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Refurbished PowerBooks, iMac G5s at Apple Store
Apple is offering a variety of refurbished PowerBooks and iBooks at its online Apple Store. Two current-generation 12-inch models--with AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0--are available for $1,300 (1.5GHz/Combo) and $1,500 (1.5GHz/SuperDrive), while 15-inch models with a backlit keyboard are available for $1,700 (1.5GHz/Combo) and $2,000 (1.67BHz/SuperDrive). Finally, Apple is offering a (refurbished) previous-generation 1.5GHz 17-inch PowerBook with SuperDrive for $2,000. A 1.33GHz 14-inch iBook with a Combo drive is $1,100, while a SuperDrive version is $1,300. Refurbished 17-inch iMac G5s are also available for $900 (1.6GHz/Combo), $1000 (1.8GHz/SuperDrive), while a refurbished 20-inch model is $1,400.
Cobb County kicks off $70 million iBook program
Cobb County's $70 million laptop program is scheduled to roll out this week with teachers in four pilot schools receiving their computers and training, according to WXIA-TV Atlanta. "The roll-out is the first $25 million of a $70 million commitment by Cobb schools to equip all 63,000 Cobb students with notebooks over the next four year. Lassiter High School is one of the four that have already received iBooks and 16 of its teachers are currently in the middle of a training session [...] Of that number, only five have ever used a [Mac]. Ann Griffiths, a Spanish teacher at the school, said she was concerned about the switch after using PCs for so long, but said the transition was relatively painless.... The teachers also have phone support specifically set up for Cobb�s teachers to help alleviate concern." Earlier this month, the school district argued that Apple offered the best deal, after reports saying otherwise.
Dartware InterMapper 4.3 offers network monitoring
Dartware has released InterMapper 4.3, an update to its network mapping and monitoring tool that offers a visual, realtime view of traffic flows and features tools for monitoring servers. Version 4.3 offers NT services monitoring, export/import of map data, geographic import functions, improved icon display, an improved interfaces window, a new installer, additional optional wireless probes (starting at $350), and other improvements. InterMapper 4.3 is free (5-devices), $500 (25-devices), $1245 (75-devices), and $2400 (unlimited devices). The price includes a 12-month maintenance contract that entitles you to all the updates, enhancements, and bug-fixes we release during that period.
Sirius to integrate satellite radio service w/iPod?
Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin told shareholders Wednesday that the company was pursuing discussions to integrate its satellite radio service with Apple's iPod as well as manufacturers of other MP3 players and portable devices: "'We've had discussions with everyone," the executive acknowledged, including makers of cell phones, digital music players and other devices. He said that he'd had dinner Monday night with Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs and other digital entertainment-related executives at a conference. 'Will there be MP3 players that include satellite radio? Sure. The technology's easy,' Karmazin added. The issue, he elaborated, is whether such an agreement would cannibalize existing Sirius business, and how much of its $12.95 monthly fee the company would have to split with a manufacturer."
Briefly: ezGear Shuffle Clip, Vinyl icons, Asante
In Brief: ezGear today launched a Shuffle Clip for the iPod shuffle.... Sirius CEO Karmazin said the company has had discussions to integrate its service with the iPod and other portable devices.... The Iconfactory's "Vinyl" ($350 or $250 for EPS/vector version) is a Stockicons.com collection that features smooth gradients and subtle shading of Vinyl.... In addition to recently posting updated drivers for Mac OS X Tiger, Asante announced that its Gigabit switches support Apple's new Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), failover, and load balancing features in Mac OS X Tiger, which it says will increase performance by about 50 percent.... enVision, one of Denmark's largest full-service advertising agencies, announced today its success in optimizing workflow processes between Macintosh and Windows platforms using the latest version of Group Logic's ExtremeZ-IP product.
ezGear offers new Shuffle clip for iPod shuffle
ezGear today launched the ezClip Shuffle clip for the iPod shuffle. The ezClip Shuffle is described as a sturdy belt clip that replaces the iPod shuffle's USB cap so that you can wear your iPod shuffle on your belt, in your pocket, or on a sleeve. "The ezClip Shuffle is simple and easy to use and provides the flexibility iPod Shuffle users desire." It is available now for $13 through iPod resellers and distributors, electronics superstores, and the company's website.
Keynote 2.02 addresses security, Pages 1.02 released
Apple today released Keynote 2.02, an update to its presentation application that is bundled as part of iWork. The update fixes a security issue that allows users to create presentations that retrieve files from a local system: "With a specially crafted Keynote presentation and the use of the "keynote:" URI handler, it is possible that local files could be read and then sent to an arbitrary network location. This issue has been addressed in two ways: References to external resources have been limited, and the registration of the 'keynote:' URI handler has been removed. This issue does not affect Keynote versions prior to Keynote 2." It is available via Mac OS X Software Update (not yet available via the web). Update: Apple also released Pages 1.02, an update to its word processing/layout application that addresses issues with page navigation and organization.
Mac the answer to WinTel, \'Shattered Mac Illusions\'
Apple's Mac OS X platform may be the answer the security problems faced by WinTel users, according Network World Winn Schwartau's Mad as hell, switching to Mac column: "This is my first column written on a Mac - ever. Maybe I should have done it a long time ago, but I never said I was smart, just obstinate. I was a PC bigot.....But now, I've had it. I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. my company has given up on WinTel. We have successfully moved to Mac in less than two days. Think about it: a security-friendly alternative that works and doesn't require gobs of third-party utilities to safely perform the most mundane tasks." Meanwhile, Shattered Mac illusions describes problems using iPhoto on a brand new dual 2GHz desktop G5 running Mac OS X Tiger.
Apps: Descender, Booxter, Troi Dialog, iCal widget
Descender 1.5 ($12) is an update to the popular Mac OS X Tetris game with multiplayer support from SloppyDisk Software. The new version adds full Tiger support, as well as squashing several bugs that could cause the game to hang or crash on quit. [Download - 7.8MB] Booxter 1.8 ($15) is an easy to use application that helps manage a book collection. Version 1.8 adds official support for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) with full Spotlight integration. Under Mac OS X 10.4, users can search Booxter libraries using Spotlight, and double-click on a selected item to navigate directly to it in Booxter. [Download - 1.4MB] iCal Events widget 2.0.1 (free) is a Dashboard plug-in that lists events from multiple iCal calendars. The new version fixes bugs, displays up to two weeks of upcoming events, offers a French localization, and more. [Download - 98KB] Troi Dialog Plug-in 4.0 ($50) is a tool for displaying "all sorts of dialogs" in FileMaker Pro 7. Calls to the plug-in's functions can now support Unicode and more and bigger parameters. Troi Dialog Plug-in 3.6 makes use of the 'classic' plug-in API for FileMaker 6 and 5.x. [Download - 4.0, 3.6] quickWebAlbum ($20) (quickly creates web albums & slideshows) and JPEGCleaner ($15) (removes jpeg resources & metadata for email) have undergone a major update for 10.4. Both programs now correctly handle jpeg rotation under 10.4 and the image resizing code has been improved to produce better quality images. [Download - quickWebAlbum, JPEGCleaner] Disk Order 1.5 ($23) is the latest version of the double-panel utility for managing files, folders and archives. The lastest version gives users the ability to easily browse archives and extract needed files out of them without the need to extart the whole contents of the package. This feature is supported for TAR, GZ, BZ & ZIP formats. [Download - 1.0MB]
Podcasting, iTunes may threaten Audible\'s future
Forthcoming podcasting features in iTunes 4.9 will help popularize the growing Podcasting phenomenon and along with other recently announced free podcast offerings, it may threaten Audible's business, according to one research firm. Forbes reports that Standard & Poor's Equity Research reiterated a "sell" rating on Audible, saying that that "podcasting constitutes a growing threat" to the company, "particularly its Periodicals and Radio and TV categories." In the report, S&P Equity Research said that a number of media outlets have recently announced new and free podcasting offerings, which it thinks "will detract from interest in similar content from Audible that generally costs $6.95 to $12.95 a month per download."
Briefly: OmniGraffle 4.0, Scion iPod kit, OSCON, ...
In brief: We've published a sneak preview of OmniGraffle 4.0. which is expected as a public beta within the next week... Toyota's Scion car division today announced pricing for the new 2006 Scion tC coupe and iPod-integration option.... Registration has just opened for OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, taking place August 1-5 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.... Film and game industry experts from Digital Domain, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Turner Studios, and Weta Digital are scheduled to present Alias MasterClasses at SIGGRAPH, August 1-5, 2005 in Los Angeles (May 31 is the early bird deadline).... Organizers of Mac Design Conference & Digital Photography Expo today announced that Nikon Corporation is sponsoring a half-day �Nikon Photo Safari� digital photography pre-conference workshop on June 20th, one day prior to the full conference kick-off in Tampa.... Forthcoming podcasting features in iTunes 4.9 will help popularize the growing Podcasting phenomenon and along with other recently announced free podcast offerings, it may threaten Audible's business, according to one research firm.
Toyota\'s 2006 Scion tC offers iPod connection
Toyota's Scion car division today announced its retail prices (MSRP) for the 2006 Scion tC, its top-rated sports coupe (in its segment in initial quality) and new iPod-integration option on all models. Due at Scion dealerships next week, The 2006 Scion sports coupe comes with additional interior standard equipment as well as a new audio upgrade. All tCs will now have a new three-spoke steering wheel with integrated audio controls and a redesigned Pioneer AM/FM/CD audio head unit as well as an optional iPod compatible audio upgrade from Pioneer that integrates the iPod with the car's sound system, including music navigation, power and display.
Philadelphia high school alumni fund Mac computer lab
This afternoon, alumni and staff at Central High School in Philadelphia will unveil the revamped Barnwell Library - a new communications, research and media facility that Apple has named a national demonstration site for school-library technology. "The alumni did it all - not the school district," marveled Ellen Rosen, a library assistant in the new Barnwell Library. "I think that's what's incredible.... So many people are attached to their colleges. These people are attached to their high school." The library also will be a technology showplace that will be featured during the National Educational Computing Conference in the city next month. Vincent DeTolla, who heads the district's educational technology group, said Apple formed a partnership with the district and alumni to help outfit the facility. The project cost $4.5 million.
Journalists, bloggers support rumor sites
Online journalists and bloggers recently filed a brief supporting the three Mac rumor websites whose records Apple sought to subpoena. The Center for Individual Freedom, First Amendment Project, Media Bloggers Association, Reporters Without Borders, and several individual online journalists, bloggers, and other groups submitted a brief this week asking that the online publishers be allowed to keep sources confidential. In December, Apple sued 25 unnamed individuals -- believed to be Apple employees and contractors -- whom it claims leaked confidential product information to three Mac rumor sites. In addition to seeking subpoenas to the records of the three sites, Apple also sued Think Secret, the site that was first to publish the leaked information.
LayerLink plugin adds Illustrator support to Motion
Ampede today released LayerLink 1.2, a software plugin for Apple's Motion video effects package that brings native multi-layer Adobe Illustrator support. With LayerLink, motion graphics professionals can take advantage of Motion's realtime tools when using Illustrator artwork. LayerLink provides a new command in Motion's File menu that imports an Illustrator file as a Motion project, keeping layer settings, names, and visibility intact. Users can scale, rotate, move, apply filters and animate each layer separately. Version 1.2 adds PDF Compression support in Illustrator files, Mac OS X Tiger compatibility, and is localized in German. It is available for $120.
DragonBurn 4.1 gains DVD-R Dual Layer support
NewTech Infosystems today announced that it has added DVD-R Dual Layer (DL) support to the latest version of DragonBurn 4.1. With DVD-R DL media support, NTI customers can record up to 8.5GB of data, up to 4 hours of DVD-quality videos, or more than 120 hours of MP3 audio on a single side without having to flip the disc. In addition to DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL support, DragonBurn can be used to burn CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/+RW, and DVD-RAM media. "Designed for novices and experienced users, the newly enhanced products leverage the power and performance of NTI�s CD/DVD burning engine, which has an installed base of 70 million users worldwide." Dragon Burn 4.1 for Mac OS X is available for $50 (or an OEM bundle with various CD and DVD drives). [site not updated as of 12:30 pm ET]
RadTech universal laptop case with \"stay-on\" feature
RadTech today announced the tekm�d regular, an addition to its line of universal notebook cases. The tekm�d regular is intended for 12-15 inch notebooks with standard (4:3) viewing ratio. The tekm�d regular works as a conventional top-loading case for quick access to your notebook, but also offers a unique "stay-on" feature to work right out of the case. The stay-on feature provides access to ports and slots on the side and back of a notebook. An internal suspension system cradles and lifts the rear of the notebook allowing ample ventilation and air circulation to ensure cool running. tekm�d regular's pockets and pouches completely flatten when empty, yet expand to accommodate a variety of items such as power supplies, cables, peripherals, documents, wallets, and keys. Pricing ranges from $75-80.
Alabama iBook pilot program could lead to expansion
The success of Apple's iBook pilot program with an Alabama elementary school could lead to a expansion of the program. The 3-year program, which included 41 sixth-graders, could expand to all sixth graders, according a report in The Birmingham News: While many students have sad faces, administrators are happy with the results of a pilot program that put laptops in the hands of sixth-graders for a year. The program will continue into the next two years and could expand to all sixth-graders in the Vestavia Hills school system. Currently, 360 are enrolled." A decision to expand the program would come during the 2006-2007 school year.
iPod: iMuffs wireless headphones, Vaja case, Podcasts
iPodNN headlines: Wi-Gear has released iMuffs, a new set of Bluetooth wireless headphones that can connect to an iPod and cellphone at the same time.... Vaja is offering a new customizable leather case for the iPod shuffle with press-through access to controls, and cut-outs for the shuffle switch, USB connector, and earphones.... "Podcast Secrets Revealed" is a new 75-page PDF e-book on the emerging audio distribution concept that "shows people how to do it in only a few hours."
Vaja offers iPod shuffle leather case
Vaja is offering a new leather case for the iPod shuffle. Like other iPod shuffle cases, the controls are printed on the outside of the case, allowing users to "press through" to the controls beneath. This $35 case is made of leather, and offers a cutout for the earphones connector and for the shuffle "slider." It also allows access to the USB connector. The case is currently offered in eight different colors. Each case is custom-made, and takes about 25 days to make. It measures 1.28" x 3.56 x 0.74 inches. "These cases are not in stock: you will design your case as you prefer and our master artisans will make it specially for you." To personalize cases, Vaja offers embossing and laser engraving.
Wi-Gear offers iMuffs wireless bluetooth headphones
Wi-Gear has released iMuffs, a new set of wireless headphones designed specifically for the iPod. iMuffs use Bluetooth technology to provide wireless connectivity to an iPod and/or cellphone. When your Bluetooth phone rings, the iMuffs automatically pause your iPod and ring in the headphones, and let you talk through the integrated microphone. Users can "enjoy CD quality sound" up to 30' (10m) away thanks to the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) and Bluetooth 1.2. Intuitive on the each-piece of the iMuffs allow users to pause, change volume, skip tracks, and seek music. The iMuffs require a small receiver attached to the top of the iPod. The iMuffs offer over 12 hours of playtime via a rechargeable lithium polymer battery, according to the manufacturer. The device operates on a 2.4 GHz frequency.
\"Podcast Secrets Revealed\" e-book released
"Podcast Secrets Revealed" is a new book on the emerging audio distribution concept that "shows people how to do it in only a few hours." The book shows readers how to reach the "six million U.S. adults" who are estimated to have downloaded podcasts. "Podcast Secrets Revealed" is offered as a 75-page electronic book. It is distributed in Adobe PDF format. Topics include: getting a podcast listed, using podcasting to promote an online business, creating an RSS feed, podcasting for free, the best MP3 recording devices, transitioning from radio broadcasting, and more. A sample chapter is available for free download.
Kinoma Producer 3.2 gains PSP support
Kinoma today released Kinoma Producer 3.2, an update to the video compression utility for Mac OS X users. The new version adds high quality video encoding for Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP). Mac users can convert AVI, DV, MPEG-4, 3GPP, QuickTime, and MPEG files, in addition to most other QuickTime compatible files. "Kinoma is the first to deliver 'drag and drop & port' ease for getting personal video onto the PSP," the company said. Version 3.2 is a free update for registered users of Kinoma Producer 3. The full version of can be purchased for $30.
Intel CEO: WSJ story \"Haley\'s comet of rumors\"
Intel CEO Paul Otellini said the idea that Apple might use Intel chips was the "Haley's comet of rumors." Otellini, however, would not confirm or deny the Wall Street Journal's report that Apple might use Intel chips in Macs. One analyst said the talks were simply a ploy to pressure IBM into fixing its own chip supply problems. Meanwhile, many Mac enthusiasts speculate that talks between Apple and Intel may be about something other than Mac processors.
Briefly: Free MacDesign passes; Xbox 360; Paris store
In brief: Peachpit is offering free passes to the upcoming MacDesign Expo in Tampa, for June 22 only (include your name and mailing address).... macProVideo.com has released Understanding Logic's Environment ($15) video tutorials for modular download.... French Mac news site MacPlus.net reports that chief executive Steve Jobs and lead designer Jonathan Ive were visiting Europe's first Apple Store in London when Jobs mentioned a store would open in Paris in 2007.... Splashdata said it is considering offering a Mac version of the SplashMoney conduit for Palm and Quicken users, if it receives sufficient feedback from interested users.... Ars Technica has posted the first article of a series on the architecture of the Xbox 360.... MacJams.com has announced the winners of its recent "MacJams/TuneMedia" Song Contest.
iBooks in the classroom make it \"all cool\"
Administrators are happy with the results of a pilot program that put iBooks in the hands of sixth-graders for a year. The program will continue into the next two years and could expand to all sixth-graders in the Vestavia Hills school system. There are currently 360 students enrolled. Students seemed less distracted and got more work done on time, and there were fewer disciplinary problems, teachers say. Pat Bean, a sixth-grade teacher at Cahaba Heights, said students were more in tune when following her on an electronic version of the textbook. They also treated the laptops with more respect than they did textbooks, she said. "The iBook makes it cool," said student Blake Ange. "It makes it all cool." Students like Blake who are going into the seventh grade next year will no longer have iBooks to use. "On paper, it can be such a hassle," he said.
Review: 2.7GHz Mac, 3.6GHz PC \"just about the same\"
A Digital Video Editing review compares Apple's Power Mac G5 dual 2.7GHz to a dual Xeon 3.6GHz computer from Dell. The review concludes that the Power Mac is only slightly slower than the fastest PC available, and costs less, too. "You get speed that�s statistically just about the same as a PC, Bluetooth connectivity, FireWire 800 on the motherboard , and then there�s that striking industrial design and cachet that only goes with owning a Mac." To conclude, the reviewer writes, "I�d say that even though the Mac is still slower than the fastest PC in our benchmarks, for professional content creation it would be hard for me to pass it up." The Power Mac G5 receives a 9.5 rating. The article also looks as the 23-inch Cinema HD display. "The monitor has performed flawlessly and receives my highest recommendation, 10 out of 10 stars."
Apple may turn to Taiwan for batteries after recall
Taiwan-based lithium-battery specialists DynaPack International Technology and Simplo Technology may benefit from Apple's recent recall of notebook batteries, according to DigiTimes. The recalled batteries were manufactured by LG Chem of South Korea and "should affect LG Chem�s ability to secure more Apple orders," according to the report. "Although DynaPack has stated it began lithium-battery shipments to Apple for its PowerBook earlier this year, the company has declined to provide any forecast for total shipments to Apple for the year. However, sources at the maker anticipate DynaPack will ship a total of 4.5 million notebook-use battery packs in 2005, up 51.5% from the 2.97 million units it shipped last year. As recently reported, Simplo has also secured orders from Apple, with shipments to start by the end of the year. The maker earlier projected that its notebook lithium-battery shipments will reach 11-12 million units this year."
Sonnet debuts PodFreq mini for iPod mini
Sonnet Technologies today launched its PodFreq mini, a premium FM transmitter, integrated dock and protective case for iPod mini. PodFreq mini broadcasts tunes to any nearby car, home, or portable FM radio. Designed for the audio enthusiast, PodFreq mini connects to iPod mini through its dock connector to take advantage of the consistent-level, line-out signal. Users can quickly tune and broadcast to any clear station between 88.1MHz and 107.9MHz using up/down tuning buttons and the built-in, backlit display. The $100 PodFreq mini, expected to ship in July, includes a car charger, car cradle, USB 2.0 cable, soft carrying pouch, and a telescoping antenna.
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WhatsApp now handles over 100M calls daily
WhatsApp is celebrating that it is being used for over 100 million calls every day. In a brief notice, the Facebook-owned messaging platform advises the voice-calling feature it rolled out to its users last year now deals with an average of over 1,100 calls initiated per second. Earlier this year, it increased the security of its calls and other messages, by introducing end-to-end encryption on all platforms. http://bit.ly/292HqCX
Adele's '25' album now streaming
Recording artist Adele has "pulled a Kanye" after saying that her current album "25" would not be available for streaming. The seven-month-old record, which has yielded a number of hit singles, is now available for streaming on all the major streaming services, such as Apple Music and Spotify, as of today in most major markets, with worldwide distribution to come. Reportedly, the singer had demanded streaming be limited to paid subscribers -- a condition that has hurt some streamers with artists, who aren't paid royalties for free or trial listens . Apple pays performers its normal royalty rates during its free trial, avoiding the issue -- and having repeated success in both signing up exclusives and placing those exclusives into the top of the charts. http://ti.me/28U7NOu
SanDisk iXpand case has battery, storage
A new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s case from SanDisk appears to be the "holy grail" of accessories: a stylish and protective case that offers both extra storage as well as the option of extra battery power as well. The iXpand Memory case offers either 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB of additional storage incorporated into the case, and an optional add-on battery pack (sold separately) adds up to an extra day or more of charge. Through the associated iXpand app, camera photos and videos can be automatically stored on the extra storage, optionally password-protected, The cost for the case is (in order of storage capacity) $60, $100, and $130. The battery pack's release data has not yet been announced, but the add-on should retail for an additional $30. http://bit.ly/291epHu
Fifth Hong Kong store to open June 30
The 46th official Apple store in what the company calls the "Greater China" region will open at 10AM local time in Hong Kong's New Town Plaza in the Sha Tin district on Thursday, June 30, according to a new page on Apple's retail website. Despite slowing growth due to economic turmoil in China, the country is still Apple's fastest-growing market. The new story will be the fifth for Hong Kong, a lucrative market for Apple thanks to the high concentration of wealth there and a thriving "gray" market. Normal store hours for the new store will be 10AM to 10PM every day. http://apple.co/291diaT
Apple Music bug bites very short songs
There appears to be a reproducible bug in the current version of iTunes -- version 12.4.1, running on OS X 10.11.5, both the current non-beta versions of the respective software -- that causes a streamed song to become "stuck" in endless buffering if the streamed item just before this happened was 60 seconds or less in length. The problem appears to stem from code in iTunes that signals the next track to start downloading one minute before the currently-playing track is done, and thus songs shorter than one minute don't trigger the download. Locally-stored music is unaffected by the bug, and the problem does not appear to exist in either the macOS Sierra developer beta or versions of iTunes earlier than 12.4, and does not affect the iOS Music app at all. http://bit.ly/291cN0l
Walmart Pay expands to 15 states
Walmart, one of the key progenitors of the failed CurrentC mobile payment system that was distinguished from Apple Pay by its ability to collect and share customer financial and buying data among its participants, has expanded the soft rollout of its alternative solution "Walmart Pay" to an additional 15 US states following a pilot program in Arkansas and Texas last month. Walmart continues to resist adding Apple Pay. The system, built into the Walmart app for iOS and Android, works with a complicated system of the camera scanning a purchase code at the register, then generating a QR code which is then scanned by the register. The system is available now in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington, DC. http://apple.co/28SqZfu
Amazon refreshes entry-level Kindle
Amazon has added a new Kindle to its ebook reader range, one that is thinner and lighter than the previous entry-level model. Offering a six-inch 167-dpi touchscreen display, a doubled 4GB of storage, and an option for a white casing, the new model also adds in the ability to export highlights and notes to an email account as a PDF. Two versions of the all-new Kindle are available, priced at $80 including "Special Offers" and $100 without. http://amzn.to/28Q4c3R


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Steve Jeske
2005 Highlights: Earned a season-best time in the 800-meter run (2:08.31) at the Lewis Invitational...picked up a career-best time of 25.21 in the 200-meter run at the Butler Twilight....earned UIC's second-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles with a career-best mark of 1:00.09, set at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships.
2004 Highlights: Set a personal and an indoor team-season best time of 2:03.16 in the 800-meter run at the UW-Milwaukee Quadrangular...raced to a personal and outdoor team-season best time of 1:00.24 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Butler Twilight...opened cross country season with a 23:22 at the UIC Home Opener on Aug. 30th...turned in a 28:50.55 at the Bradley Open on Sept. 12th...turned in a season-best 27:59 at the Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational on Oct. 4th...finished the Horizon League Championships with a 29:08.61...looked strong at the Central Collegiate Championships by racing to a 28:21.53.
2003 Highlights: Placed third in his heat in the 800-meter run at the Badger Track Classic with a time of 2:07.62...finished fourth in the 1,000-meter run (2:44.68) at the Eastern Illinois Mega Meet...ran a leg of the first-place distance medley relay (10:42.37) at the Lewis Friday Night Series #1...holds UIC's second-fastest time in the 1,000-meter run (2:38.27) at the Horizon League Indoor Championships...turned in a season-best time of 4:38.06 in the mile run at the UW-Milwaukee Quadrangular...took home a fifth-place finish in the 3,000-steeplechase (10:48) at the Wheaton Invitational...crossed the finish line of the 3,000-meter run at the Lewis Friday Night Series #3 in a season-best time of 9:33.6...picked up a season-best time of 4:29.8 in the 1,500-meter run at the Elmhurst Invitational...owns UIC's third-fastest time in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.94) at the Butler Twilight...ran UIC's second-fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:17.32) at the Lee Calhoun Memorial Meet.
Prep/Personal: Four-year letter-winner in both cross country and track and field at Geneva High School...ran a personal-best 42.7 in the 300-meter hurdles...was a member of the conference champion and conference-record holding 3200-meter relay team...qualified for the track and field state championships as a junior and as a senior...named to the All-Conference Cross Country team as a junior...three-year selection to the All-Conference track and field team...averaged 5:19 per mile at the cross country state championships as a senior...ran a personal-best 2:00.6 in the 800-meter run as a senior...son of Bob and Carrol Jeske...born October 15, 1983...major is Civil Engineering.
2005 Top Indoor Track and Field Times 800-Meter Run 2:08.31 2/12/05
Career Best Outdoor Track and Field Times 200-Meter Dash 25.21 5/7/05 400-Meter Hurdles 1:00.09 5/13/05 1,500-Meter Run 4:29.80 4/19/03 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 10:17.32 4/12/03
2005 Top Outdoor Track and Field Times 200-Meter Dash 25.21 5/7/05 400-Meter Hurdles 1:00.09 5/13/05

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Rady! What's good, my friend? You need to get in to your admin control panel and alter how many YouTube videos one post can have. 15 works fine, but any more creates a slow page load time.
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Felton's lack of footwork and perifoveal vision and overall body reflex is below average. He looks like a rookie on defense. He gets caught by the pick and roll ALL the time. Felton doesnt have the foot speed to keep up his man, thus easy points for ALL point guards in the NBA.
when I type "perifoveal" I get a red line under it. Just saying...that might have been a clue
Apparently not as cool as either straight up ignoring your computer saying "this **** isn't a word" or not seeing the warning in your peripheral vision as you're typing.
It's all good tho, no harm no foul.
Pick n roll D is tough. Ray actually did right thing in OP vid. He went over pick but was late getting to his man. I've seen much worse.
You're a funny dude metro. You're grammar has taken a downturn lately, content is still there however.


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I am using both softwares but I would like to import MediaMonkey's playlist in Itunes. Can you tell me how to do it ?
Select the playlist name in MediaMonkey, then go to File > Export to Playlist.
Save the playlist, and then in iTunes, go to File > Library > Import Playlists and select the playlist you just saved.
Your playlist should now be imported into iTunes.
I'm currently using MediaMonkey 22.214.171.1244 and iTunes 10.4.0.80 and the solution which @Jazzy Josh described didn't work for me. Whenever I imported the M3U playlist in iTunes it was empty, althought the playlist-file looked correct to me.
What worked for me was just selecting all files in the playlist within MediaMonkey and dragging them over onto the empty playlist in iTunes. I had imported the whole library into iTunes previously and dragging the lists over did not create any duplicates.
Chiming in late, but: There is an iTunes plugin for MediaMonkey that makes your iTunes install look like a device.
"> Synchronise MM playlist folders to iPods"
I'm pretty sure you can right click on your iPod and go to Properties for the device.
Once there you can tell it what you want to sync: playlists, podcasts, etc. Just choose the playlist you want to sync and it will sync it for you.


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In this article we field test the Target Impact Signal System III, model DK8-001-III, at ranges beyond 1500 yards. Firing a bullet out to extreme distances with precision accuracy has been the primary goal for sharpshooters since the rifle was first introduced. Modern military training produces lethal snipers skilled with deadly aim that can hit key targets located so far away the shot goes unheard. Long-range shooting requires sharp skills and a high degree of understand to be proficient, but it requires repetitive target practice to ever become effective. To become well practiced it's necessary to know if a shot hits its target, at distances where sight and sound of bullet impact fail to register. This is where the Target Impact Signal System aids shooters by flashing a strobe signal back to the shooter whenever a bullet hits its mark.
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Strawberry Chiffon Shortcake
Adapted from The Joy of Cooking
Chiffon cakes are known for having the richness of butter pound cakes but the lightness of angel food cakes. Some argue that this is because they use oil, which because it is liquid at room temperature, can keep the cake especially moist. The oil cannot be replaced by butter, unfortunately, and recipes advise universally against it. The lemon zest helps compensate for flavor lost by the lack of butter.
Although I'd intended the cake as a four-layer, the limitations of my cake carrier demanded that I stop at three, and even the center dollop of that was rudely squished by the dome. Not to overwhelm you with my might and could-ofs, here are three options to consider before you proceed with the following recipe:
Cake layers:
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cups superfine or regular sugar, divided
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 large egg yolks at room temperature
8 large egg whites at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 cups heavy cream
6 tablespoons confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 quarts strawberries, hulled and sliced (I sliced mine very thinly, but would do so more thickly next time, or double-layer the strawberries so that you get a higher fruit-to-bite ratio.)*
1. Make cake layers: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Have two 9-inch round cake pans ready, lined with parchment paper that has been lightly sprayed with cooking spray, but otherwise ungreased. (Alternatively, this recipe yields on classic tube chiffon cake. Leave the cake pan ungreased, and use one with a removable bottom.)
2. Sift the flour, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking powder and salt together twice into a large bowl.
3. In a another bowl, beat the yolks, water, oil, zest and vanilla on high speed until smooth. Stir into the flour mixture until smooth. In another large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until soft peaks are formed. Add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar, and beat on high speed until the peaks are stiff but not dry.
4. Use a rubber spatula to fold one-quarter of the egg whites into the egg yolk mixture, then fold in the remaining whites. Do so gently, only until the egg whites are no longer visible. Overdoing it will deflate the egg whites, and yield a denser, shorter cake.
5. Scrape the batter into the two prepared pans and spread evenly. (If you are needling and fussy, you can weigh them to make sure they are even, something I would never do, oh no.) Bake them until the top springs back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean 40 to 50 minutes (or 55 to 65 for the tube pan). (Please, do me a favor and check your cake every five minutes or so from the 30 minute mark on, as I confess I never wrote down the exact baking time for the 9″ circles, but am pretty sure it was 45 minutes in my oven. M'kay?)
6. Let cakes cool on a cooling rack for at least an hour (or, if in a tube pan, upside down over a bottleneck or resting the pan on four glasses for at least 1 1/2 hours). When completely cool, run a knife around the sides to release, then flip out onto a plate (or your hand, if you're daring) and then another plate.
7. Make the whipped cream: Beat heavy cream, powdered sugar and vanilla extract in a clean mixing bowl until it holds stiff peaks.
8. Assemble the cake: Carefully split each cake layer in half, leaving you with four cake surfaces. One by one, scoop one-quarter of the whipped cream onto the surface of the cake and spread it evenly to the edges, without going over, with an offset spatula. Arrange one-quarter of the sliced strawberries over the whipped cream in one or two layers, depending on your preference. (If you use only one layer, you'll likely have leftovers.) Repeat with the remaining three layers. If you have any leftover whipped cream, you can pipe it decoratively over the top, or, uh, scoop it up with those leftover strawberries. I won't tell.
9. The cake can refrigerated for a few hours before eating it. In fact, as some of the moisture from the whipped cream and berries seeps into the cake, I think the texture is improved.
* In the comments, we've gotten into another approach to the strawberry filling part: macerating them for one hour with a couple tablespoons of sugar and 1 tablespoon of either creme de cassis or fresh lemon juice. This softens the strawberries and creates more of the saucy variety you'd get in a bakery cake. To create the cake layers this way, spread the strawberry mixture then the whipped cream over each layer, proceeding otherwise as directed above.
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Changes to FWC quota permit application periods
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has signed a contract with a new vendor — Brandt Information Services of Tallahassee — to provide quota hunt permits for wildlife management areas. The contract begins Oct. 1, so some of the quota application periods that previously occurred in October were moved up earlier and others are going to be held later.
For this year only, the application dates for St. Marks spring turkey and special-opportunity spring turkey permits will happen in November. Applications for regular and youth spring turkey quota hunt permits also will be accepted Nov. 1-30.
Changing to the new system also means there will be no issuing of guest permits during the entire month of October for this year. So if you're planning on getting a guest permit for your friend for your October hunt, you had better make sure you get it in September.
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It's World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), and this year's motto, "*** Feeding the 1st Hour -- Save One Million Babies," is emphasizing the importance of breastfeeding during the newborn's first hour of life.Breastfeeding in the first hour, according to a 2006 study published in the journal Pediatrics, could save 41 percent of newborns who would otherwise die in their first month of life.Breastfeeding right away increases the likelihood that babies will continue to breastfeed, and also gives them colostrum, a mother's first milk. Colostrum, often called the "perfect food for every newborn," is rich in antibodies and essential nutrients.Mothers also benefit from early breastfeeding through improved lactation and less loss of blood.Also part of WBW is the slogan "Welcome Baby Softly." It encourages protecting the first hour between a mother and baby, so they're able to bond naturally. One of the best ways to do this is by placing the newborn on the mother's chest, skin-to-skin. During this time, babies actually feel less pain and it's not uncommon for the baby to intuitively latch onto the *** to feed.
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Campaigns like this one are greatly needed to counteract widespread infant formula ads that often make it seem like bottle-feeding is superior to breastfeeding. Unfortunately, in the developing world, the average family does believe that bottle-feeding is better for babies than breast milk.
Of course, this is completely false. Breastfeeding is the least expensive and most effective way to improve the health of both yourself and your baby. It offers your child lifelong health benefits, including added protection against:
Breast milk boosts your child's immune system naturally, promoting greater resilience against most common childhood illnesses and diseases. Many mothers who breastfed their babies have reported that their children were completely free of illness for the first several years, and have maintained unusually good health even as they've grown older.
Several studies have also shown that breastfeeding can improve your child's IQ, with breastfed children scoring an average of three to five points higher than formula-fed babies. The reason for this is that breast milk contains long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, including animal based omega 3 fats like DHA and AA, which appear to support brain development.
These nutrients have recently been added to some infant formulas sold in the United States, however the DHA added to formula is inferior to that in breast milk, as it may be highly oxidized. Meanwhile, breast milk contains other important fat constituents beyond DHA and AA that your baby simply won't get from formula.
Encouraging breastfeeding and initiating skin-to-skin contact shortly after birth can make a huge difference in the future health of your child. It can also improve your own experience with parenting, since breastfeeding stimulates the release of the oxytocin hormone, which is known to promote maternal behavior.
There are ways you can increase your odds of being able to breastfeed successfully, such as looking into having a home birth, or using a doula. However, if, for whatever reason, you are unable to breastfeed, the next best thing would be to make this healthy infant formula using raw milk.
Additionally, if you need to go back to work but want to continue breastfeeding, look into the possibility of pumping or expressing your milk. As a precautionary note, please do not ever give your baby soymilk or soy-based baby formula, as they are grossly deficient in nutrients, will expose your baby to chemicals that mimic estrogen, and have been linked to several infant deaths.
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Mike Dickinson, the unhinged Virginia Democrat who once sought the House seat formerly held by Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., issued a tweet Sunday asking God to kill everyone in the NRA with the Ebola virus. The tweet was sent after he issued another message saying he would lead a prayer asking God to murder everyone in the NRA during the debut of his alleged radio program.
"Dear god (sic)," he began. "Please use Ebola to infect the @NRA and it's various members. For they are A (sic) true virus and true terrorists in America."
He followed that up with another tweet, telling the world he thinks "there would be no funnier thing then (sic) to see the @NRA s (sic) members in a death clutch of their gun while dealing w Ebola." Dickinson's tweets didn't go over well with anyone.
"I doubt hate speech will help out your campaign.....especially since your (sic) running in Virginia," one person said. Dickinson, however, is not on the ballot as he elected to not file papers.
"@VoteMike2014 you realize how damaging this is to your image, right?" one person asked. "Or is it acceptable to wish death on political opponents in the US now?"
Dickinson has shown with his vile tweets and juvenile actions that he apparently doesn't care about his image. In early July, for example, he issued a $100,000 reward for nude photos of 19-year-old Kendall Jones, a cheerleader who hunts big game. Dickinson's "campaign," if one could even call it that, consisted entirely of false, hateful tweets attacking the NRA, the Tea Party, Christians and anyone to the right of Stalin. At one point, he sought support from those who wanted to see him "decimate" Christians.
On Monday, for example, he issued a tweet falsely claiming the Tea Party consists of high school dropouts who "lack mental capacity." "That's why they blame the black man when they can't get a job," he falsely claimed. Naturally, Dickinson offered no proof to back up his false assertion.
Dickinson first gained national attention when he claimed Fox News lies and suggested Soviet-style monitoring and regulation. Although he talked tough on Twitter, he crumpled like a cheap suit when he actually faced those he accused. In a masterfully conducted interview, Greta van Susteren got Dickinson to admit he lied about his connections to local adult businesses.
Now, Dickinson claims he will be a regular feature at radio station WHAN, where he will translate his hate from Twitter to the airwaves. WHAN, however, doesn't mention Dickinson on its website, and has not confirmed to Examiner that he will be part of their lineup.
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We had planned two more pieces, one by Willem Breuker and one by Frank Wright. My piece took about 40 minutes, the first half of the concert. At the end of the performance, Naura came to me while we were still on the air and whispered that the house got a bomb threat and had to be evacuated. So I had to bring the piece quickly to and end and the audience was asked to leave the hall. We also had to pack and leave. Police and special forces showed up with all kinds of equipment, gear, dogs we know all that better now than then.
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With the exception of the Special Regulations Areas where hunters may take antlerless deer until Saturday, Jan. 25, the deer season has ended statewide. But it doesn't have to end if you take to the woods and fields in search of antler sheds.
According to Pennsylvania resident Bob Foulkrod, a RedHead Pro Hunting Team member, outdoor TV personality and outdoor writer, "From a practical standpoint, hunting sheds is a tremendous aid in hunting the deer that grew them. Finding shed antlers in your hunting area in late January and into February and March, can tell you a great deal about the number and quality of bucks you are likely to see during next hunting season."
Shedding can start to occur in late December as famed wildlife photographer and author Dr. Lenny Rue III indicates in his new book, Whitetail Savvy (a sensational encyclopedia on whitetails available from Rue at www.ruewildlifephotos.com). Says Rue, "With the ever increasing amount of daylight after December 21st, the melatonin is suppressed by the end of March and the luteinizing hormone allows enough testosterone to be produced to start the growth of the buck's new antlers."
In his chapter on sheds, Rue writes that finding cast antlers may help hunters to be more successful in locating a good buck the following deer season. Sheds, he contends, also make good knife handles, door pulls and chandeliers.
Rue goes on to say that even more important, cast antlers give definite proof which bucks made it through the hunting season, how large the bucks are and where they might be found next season.
He adds that although bucks may not live in the same area in which they spend their winter, hunters who live in an area where deer do not yard up, can find sheds that indicate home range.
And as many shed hunters know, if you find one antler you may or may not find the other one. Rue says that most of the time a buck will lose one antler and not drop the second for another hour, day or week. And if not found a short time after they're cast, they'll be consumed by rodents and other animals desperate for minerals.
Trying to spot antlers in a forest littered with leaves and sticks could be tough, as they don't stand out. He writes about an Indiana farmer who had two of his tractor tires punctured by a shed as he was driving in his hayfield. "That cost him $600 to have the tires replaced."
But for shed hunters, finding large ones could bring big bucks of the monetary kind. Rue points out that if finding a large 150-195-inch B&C class shed could bring the hunter upwards of $2,500 or more.
As for locally in the Lehigh Valley area, Bob Danenhower, of Bob's Wildlife Taxidermy in Orefield and an avid shed hunter since he was a kid, says shed hunters should check hillsides and ridge-tops with a southern exposure as bucks like to warm themselves during cold and bright winter days. He also suggests checking winter deer bedding areas.
Danenhower contends, as does Rue, that bucks may drop an antler then keep shaking its head to drop the other that may or may not fall at that time.
For novice shed hunters looking for a public spot to hunt, Danenhower suggests walking the Trexler Game Preserve lands as he did and as he used to find many sheds there.
So to lengthen your deer-hunting season, give shed hunting a try. It may pay off handsomely.
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Baseball reaches 40 wins in back to back seasons
With a 6-1 win over McPherson College on Friday night, Sterling College earned its second straight 40 win baseball season under the tutelage of Head Coach Adrian Dinkel. The Warriors jumped up on McPherson 2-0 in the first inning and never looked back on the way to maintain their hold of the top spot in the KCAC standings. The Warriors picked up their 40th win this year on Apr. 26, two days sooner than in their 45-14 finish to the 2012 season. Sterling still has three games remaining in the KCAC Regular Season and a guaranteed two games in the KCAC Championship Tournament. This Warrior team still has the opportunity to beat the wins record set by last year's club.
Daniel Cloteaux (8-3, 2.50 ERA) picked up the complete game, four hit win for Sterling. The sole run given up by Cloteaux was on a solo homerun in the bottom of the ninth to Andrew Pina.
The middle of the Sterling lineup once again showed why the Warriors are in the top 15 teams in the NAIA in RBI's. Jared Forbush and Joe Battaglia each knocked in two runs while Anthony Stewart and Daniel Hall had one RBI each. Stewart led Sterling at the plate, going four for four with three runs scored to go along with his RBI.
Weather became a factor in the late innings of the game and temperatures and moisture caused the second game of the double header to be postponed.
Game times and location for tomorrow's games is still yet to be determined. The two schools will check field conditions in the morning before making a call on where tomorrow's games will be played. Monitor www.scwarriors.com for information on the games in the morning.
With the win, Sterling improves to 40-11, 22-3 in the KCAC.
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The very public announcement of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan at the end of 2014 by President Barack Obama has rankled many Washington lawmakers. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) called it a "big mistake." On Tuesday, the president said that the U.S. military will leave 9,800 troops behind.
Remarkably to many critics, Obama didn't leave it there. As shocking as that piece of information helped America's enemies, he also stated "most troops would be out of Afghanistan by 2016."
An obviously angered King said, "That just gives the enemy the opportunity to plan their strategy." He was appearing on CNN's "Out Front with Erin Burnett." Three other Republican senators John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire concurred that the decision was irresponsible and a "triumph of politics over strategy."
In their joint communique they said, "The president came into office wanting to end the wars he inherited. But wars do not end just because politicians say so. The president appears to have learned nothing from the damage done by his previous withdrawal announcements in Afghanistan and his disastrous decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq."
Obama called the questionable move a way to "preserve momentum on the battlefield and create conditions for a negotiated end to the conflict." Rep. King vigorously disagreed saying the amount of troops left in Afghanistan is insufficient to carry out intelligence operations outside of Bagram Air Base and the capital, Kabul.
It is reminiscent of the chaotic evacuation of American personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Saigon back in 1975. The U.S. had only a few thousand troops left in the country when it was overrun by North Vietnamese Communists regulars and the Viet Cong.
The United States went to war with al-Qaida in Afghanistan largely due to the 9/11 attacks. Making such an announcement public knowledge, as the U.S. enters fragile negotiations to remain a relevant force for years to come, is "provocative" at best.
Britt Hume of Fox News said on "Special Report" it was clearly a move to appease his left-wing base. "Why would you need to let the enemy know that you're going to be leaving, or how much of your force that you're going to draw down? Strategically it makes no sense. Tactically it makes no sense."
Last weekend began with the incredulous announcement that through the ineptness of the White House, the name of the CIA's top spy in Afghanistan was accidentally divulged to around 6,000 media news people.
Who is behind this bungling of foreign policy? Is it Obama's top political adviser Valarie Jarrett or maybe former campaign chairman David Axelrod? Are the president's sagging poll numbers responsible for risking the lives of uncountable American lives to please his base? He is surely not accepting advice from a besieged Secretary of State John Kerry or his doormat Republican Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in his position for token GOP representation.
A noticeably riled Peter King told CNN, the uncovering of the CIA operative was "an unpardonable error." After over five years of on-the-job training, isn't it expected the White House can find adults to oversee these important affairs?
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Après Paris: Reverberations of the Terrorist Attacks
Following Friday's horrific assault on Paris—the world's most vibrant monument to the open society—there is a welcome global determination to crush the Islamic State. There can be no negotiation with this apocalyptic movement. The international response against the perpetrators must be, in the words of French President François Hollande, "pitiless." Achieving this aim will require a broad coalition, including not only NATO allies but also strange bedfellows like Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. There will be necessary debates, of course—about whether to introduce Western (including U.S.) ground forces in Syria and Iraq, about whether to treat the Assad regime as an enemy, bystander, or partner in this effort, and about how the West can escalate its involvement without sparking the global religious war that ISIS desires. An effective response will require the Obama administration to be out in front: there must be no leading from behind in this effort. Read more »


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I've been meaning to give Fabian Nicieza's run on "Red Robin" a whirl for a while now, but will freely admit that until this week, it had yet to happen. But Catman from "Secret Six" was on the cover, and it looked like a good enough jumping on point, so I thought I'd give it a whirl.
Now on the plus side, Nicieza was planning for new readers this month. It's a crossover with "Teen Titans," as it turns out, and so even though there's a larger story going on this is billed as an interlude. But with that in mind, Nicieza decided to use the first part of the issue to try and bring us new readers up to date. And, well..
Did someone get the number of that train that hit me? I think it said "exposition" on its side.
There is, to put it mildly, a lot of exposition in this issue. And as it's getting unloaded on the reader, Nicieza also keeps the story moving. In many ways the first ten pages of "Red Robin" #20 feel like an entire comic in its own right, there's so much crammed into them. While I appreciate a good compressed story as much as anyone else, this felt to be almost too much going on. At least for this new reader, it's hard to focus on what's happening with the constant barrage of information about new characters, situations, and a networked named the Unternet.
Fortunately the second half of the issue slows down, and that's where it got interesting enough that I want to see how this plays out. Robin's researching the bomber, talking to his fellow crime-fighters, and meeting up with the Teen Titans before flying to Istanbul? That's actually fun stuff. In many ways it's this slightly slower paced half that matches up in my head to what I expected "Red Robin" to be. It's a nice save, but I wish the entire issue was able to move at that speed.
Marcus To and Ray McCarthy's art is new to me, and overall it's not bad. It falls like so many superhero artists into the trap of over-accentuating the physiques (six pack abs plus being able to count ribs feels like a bit much), but To has some nice visual flairs here and there. I like the ghost-image chase scene between Red Robin and Catman over the rooftops, for instance; it's easy to follow, it feels like it's actually in motion, and it's fun to look at. Even a throw-away scene (like Batgirl versus Romeo Void) has a good sense of movement and a graceful look about it. To feels like a good choice for "Red Robin."
I'll give "Red Robin" another try next month, and hopefully it won't open at such a frantic pace. Still, considering this is all occurring mid-storyline, I suppose I should be glad it made as much sense as it did. Nothing world-shattering here, but it's just strong enough in the second half that the book ends on a positive note, and that counts for a lot.


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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared three days of national mourning in Turkey after a huge explosion ripped through a coal mine in Soma yesterday. A few hours ago President Erdogan confirmed in a press conference that 363 miners have been found alive and 238 dead bodies have been recovered. There were 787 working in the mine at the time of the explosion.
Prior to the killing fires surging through the mines yesterday, Turkey's worst mining disaster was the 1992 gas explosion in a mine close to Zonguldak (near the shores of the Black Sea). The death toll in that tragedy was 263 miners. Authorities fear that this explosion is on track to far surpass that one in the sheer numbers of lives lost.
Many of the miners Tuesday were working approximately 460 yards below ground, but the explosion knocked out the power and they were not able to ride the elevators up to safety. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said "our hopes are diminishing." He is overseeing the rescue operations which include over 400 people trying to save the miners still trapped underground.
Yildiz said that it appears most of the dead that they have examined so far were killed by the carbon monoxide gas which is always present in coal mines; but the effects were intensified after the explosion. Because of the gas and the awful thick smoke, rescue workers have to come out frequently and this is prolonging the recovery efforts.
Soma Komur, the company that owns the mines, expressed their condolences to the families of the victims and well wishes in the safe recovery of the other workers still to be found. However they assert that this mine was up-to-date on all technologies and safety standards.
Turkey's Work and Social Ministry confirmed that the company had followed all safety precautions. This particular mine has had four inspections between 2012 and 2014, with the last one being in March 2014. They had passed all inspections and were deemed safe for the workers.


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On the destructive roots of Christianity
Were the fanatic Christian iconoclasts responsible for all those headless statues that now clutter up the museums? Eberhard Sauer, a reader in classical archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, attempts to answer that question in The Archaeology of Religious Hatred (Tempus, 2003).
The required detective work is, however, no easy task when the only clues available in most cases are nothing more than some headless pagan gods or mutilated murals. How can we know that it wasn't an enemy soldier seeking revenge, or an earthquake or a simple accident that was the real culprit? According to Sauer, the presence of any of the following 5 pieces of evidence is enough to suspect Christian zealots and "saints".
1 exceptionally laborious and thorough modes of destruction without any obvious practical purpose like re-use of stone,Sauer discusses several examples of vandalized pagan temples, mostly in Europe, but also in the Middle East and Egypt, goes over the available evidence and argues that in many cases the perpetrators were Christians.
2 cases where pagan images appear to have [been] targeted, but other artwork spared,
3 cases where naked deities were more thoroughly destroyed than their modestly dressed counterparts,
4 temples in which items of value, notably coins or other metal
items, were deliberately left behind, and, of course,
5 iconoclasm in temples which soon thereafter were consecrated
as churches or built over by churches.
Who dunit? Gods that were being restored at Claros in western Turkey in August 2000.
The book provides quite a bit of information on Mithraism, a relatively short lived religion that was popular among the subjects of the Roman Empire, and about which I knew nothing previously. According to Sauer, some common elements Mithraism had with the then emerging Christianity made its temples a frequent target of Christian iconoclasts.
It is precisely because Christianity did not have a monopoly on the promise of salvation and heavenly life after death that Eastern mystery cults, notably those of Isis and Mithras, were serious competition, even though the exclusion of women put Mithraism at a major competitive disadvantage.Not every case Sauer reviews as a purported example of destructive Christian iconoclasm is fully convincing; in some instances, the evidence is not entirely supportive and his conclusions are speculative and controversial. For example, the destruction of the Mithras temple at Mühlthal in Bavaria was attributed, by its excavator, possibly to looters seeking treasure despite the fact that a large number of coins had been left behind. Sauer, however, thinks that Christians were indeed responsible for the act, because "[i]t makes infinitely more sense to argue that the decision to leave money behind was borne out of religious conviction, the fear of contamination with cursed votive objects, and the fear of divine punishment."
However, treasure-seeking, which must have been a strong and perennial driving force for the vandalism of many religious sites, cannot be easily dismissed. Charles Fellows noted in his Travels and Researches in Asia Minor the impressions he had of the Anatolian peasants' destructive preoccupation with hidden treasures in Anatolia in 1840. (Incidentally, more than 160 years later, the rural mentality towards antiquities is sadly still the same in Turkey.)
My guide kept earnestly begging that I would point out the stones in which he should find gold, thinking that I knew from my books where it was to be met with. The people had spent much time and trouble in cutting pedestals in pieces, imagining from their having inscriptions that they contained treasure. They have in several instances been fortunate, and I saw a split stone which from its form had probably been a kind of altar; into this they had cut, and, concealed in a hollow in the centre, they had found, they said, much gold money.Overall, this is an interesting book, but it is a little difficult to read, because of Sauer's somewhat dense style. Most of the book is general enough for a reader like me with no relevant background to follow, but towards the end, Sauer veers into what appears to be a long-running dispute between academic fractions and the previously more informative style of the book turns into one of "he said that and I said this." Fortunately, however, those parts are short and can be skipped without missing out much.


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Why one bit matters.
By pmonday on Feb 15, 2008
Sometimes I wonder why I'm in the field of storage. Its not glamorous. Its JBODs, RAID arrays, HBAs, expanders, spinning rust, and all of those things wrapped into enclosures with lots of fans humming. My background is varied, I wrote a file system for my Master's, I worked on one of the biggest Java Business Frameworks ever (the SanFrancisco Project at IBM), and I've danced between the application and infrastructure space more than once.
I often think about my "ideal" job, I've even pondered it here on my blog...and take note, the new Jack Johnson CD is very good and I am ripping it to 8-track real soon now. Personally, I love the field of digital preservation, XAM is in the right direction, and long term digital archives are important to people-kind.
But still, this storage business, there is something to it.
I watched my friend get their eyes lasered to correct their vision this week. While I was watching, I was able to sit with one of the assistants and pepper her with questions, it is an astounding process. Basically, as I understand it, the Doctors use the scanners and computers to
- map the surface of each eye
- analyze the surface to understand why the vision is incorrect
- create several corrective treatments
- the doctor looks at the corrective treatments and adds their wisdom to make the right decision (a lot goes into this, like the health of the patient, the age, their profession, whatever...)
- the doctor may tweak the map of places that need adjustments
- the updated map is loaded into the "laser"
- the patient comes in, gets prepped, the doctor aims the laser and sets the program loose
- the "laser" jumps around the eye zapping away
- the doctor reassembles the eye
- the patient goes home
Coolness. But then the geek in me took over, I asked what I could about the machine, backup generators, power, moving the data, mapping the eye, etc... But my head kept thinking about the storage and computer software.
What if a bit is wrong? What if the bits are stored away but due to some battery backup cache being down, it doesn't really get stored and the out of date map is actually in place? What if one tiny point "ages" and becomes rust and there is no checksumming to see it "rotted"? These are people's eyes, you know? Would you want to be the storage vendor that supplied storage that messed up someone's eye because you didn't get the signal / noise ratio on the cabling right?
I've been thinking a lot about digital photography lately as well. While its not people's eyes, it is still an incredibly fragile process. In fact, many of the world's best photographers still do not use digital, and for very good reason. Even when you purchase photographs, you pay a premium price for pictures that have not gone through the digitization process.
Think about this, if a person takes a picture, the CCD (or whatever they are these days) takes the light and transfers it to a memory card. The memory card gets transferred to a laptop hard drive (in my case), a variety of backups are made and I move many of the pictures to SmugMug.
That's a lot of storage along the way. Now, let's say (God forbid), my house burns down. I get my pictures back from SmugMug and one of my pictures has a bit that rotted away.
Now, that is one tiny bit of imperfection to some people. To a professional, that picture is no longer an original. At that point, you have to decide to toss away your artistic integrity and photoshop the point to be like the ones near to it, or just toss the picture from your portfolio. Either way, the picture is never the same.
How would you like to be the one that sold the storage unit that allowed the bit to rot or be stored incorrectly, or archived incorrectly and destroyed that person's memory, that one perfect picture that was meant to be a keepsake forever.
Well, when you think about it, building storage units and management for those storage units is probably not as glamorous as owning the software or companies that specialize in photo archiving, or "lasering" people's eyes, or storing original recordings for artists, or archives of space travel. But those folks have to pick storage units from a company...and if you are the company they pick and you fulfill your moral responsibility to supply checksumming in your file systems, and well-tested storage that may occasionally be late to market to ensure that a memory is not lost or an eye doesn't get fried...you know, that's pretty rewarding.
Cheers to all of my co-workers at Sun who believe storage is more than a spinning drive or a paycheck.