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Live Recap: Google's 4Q Earnings Call
Google just reported its fourth-quarter earnings, and it looks like it's a beat on earnings.
First, the scorecard: Google delivered $10.65 a share in earnings — better than analysts' estimates of $10.47 a share.
Revenue rose 36% to $14.4 billion, but excluding traffic acquisition costs revenue was about $11.3 billion — that's below the $12.3 billion in ex-TAC revenue Wall Street was predicting.
More promising: The average cost that advertisers pay every time users clicked on ads is stabilizing. That number has been falling dramatically in recent quarters because of the increase in mobile ads, but in the fourth quarter cost-per-click fell only 6% on-year and even rose 2% from the third quarter.
Meanwhile, paid clicks–a measure of how frequently users click on Google ad — still showed strong growth, rising 24% on-year and 9% from third quarter.
Here's a full recap of the earnings call.
The call is starting!
Larry Page, Nikesh Arora and Patrick Pichette are on the call.
Larry Page is starting off.
"Happy new year, everyone." His voice still sounds somewhat raspy, similar to what it was on the last earnings call.
Page is walking through some of Google's successes this quarter...
Page is walking through the Knowledge Graph and its expansion. "Google has to understand millions of different entities, a well as their meaning and context."
The Knowledge Graph delivers "answers" to search results. For example, searching for Nikolai Tesla results in some immediate information about Tesla in search results.
A little jab at Apple...
"With Google Maps for iOS, we have re-invigorated our product."
Google Maps was downloaded over 10 million times in the first 48 hours. Six Google Apps were included in Apple's best apps of 2012, Page said.
On Nexus device shortages...
"Clearly there's work to be done managing our supply better."
What about Google+?
"Google Play, another big bet, is on fire."
Google signed deals with Time and Warner Music Group, Page said.
Patrick Pichette is taking over
He's walking through the financials.
Remember, Google first said Page would miss events in June last year due to his voice.
Some notes on earnings...
Google's increase in "other costs of revenue" was driven by content acquisition costs and hardware costs on Google Play, Pichette said.
Other costs increased to $3.14 billion, or 22% of revenues, in Q4 2012, up from $1.25 billion, or 12% of revenues, in the Q4 2011.
For full details about Google's fourth quarter, check out the main story on The WSJ.
The stock is still soaring
Google is up more than 4.4% in extended trading today.
Now Arora is taking over
He's going over some of the business aspects.
"Our advertising business is firing on all cylinders."
Across search, display, YouTube and more, Google's top 25 advertisers are spending more than $150 million every year, Arora said.
YouTube is growing steadily
"Video is now baked into the core of our products," Arora said.
The site's redesign is focused on channels and led to increased engagement. In 2012, viewers watched 4 billion hours of video a month, Arora said.
Gangnam Style, the most-watched video of all time, generated $8 million in advertising deals, based on third-party estimates, Arora said.
Here's the video, for reference:
On enterprise...
Nintendo is a new customer this quarter, Arora said.
The question-and-answer session is starting
Q: What have been the continued driver for some drops in Google websites?
Pichette: On the first one, you are right there's quite a bit of noise because of foreign-exchange. Overall we're very pleased with the growth. The core search business is doing well, driven really by the strength in mobile. Despite the fact there's quite a bit of FX noise and that carries over the sites, we're very pleased with the overall growth.
In terms of TAC, that's the case where our mobile revenue is growing and it is having impact on our shift. That's what's really going on there. As we said in previous calls, we think of TAC as, it is distribution and it's worth paying for. This is a positive side of our business, it gives us much more distribution of our apps.
Will Knowledge Graph impact revenue?
Q: On knowledge graph, can you give us a high-level view in terms of implementation? How does it impact the economics of Google's business?
Page: We rolled out Knowledge Graph very recently, and we're still in early stages. I think we'll continue to do that. I guess we're still at 1% or something of where we should be, so I'm excited about what we can do in the future.
The economics point, we provide much better answers to people. We increase the number of times that you might want information because you know you're going to get great answers, or increase the modality for which you get answers. Generally we monetize those things. I don't comment on the specifics of that.
It runs on the side with ads, there might be short-term impact with that.
What about buying things on Google?
Q: On shopping — do you expect a mechanism where users can transact without having to leave?
Page: We're also in the very early stages of that. We just rolled it out, we've seen tremendous uptake from merchants and users and I expect the quality of the site and the ease of buying things will improve over time. I'm not gonna comment on details about that, but we're always focused on making our user experience better.
What about travel?
Q: What about the possibility of a system that can vacation plan for you? Can you talk more about the strategy of travel?
Page: I think, we've always done a very good job of sending people to the right places. I don't think being able to answer very complex information needs means necessarily we wouldn't send people off to other sites. The main thing is to understand a complex problem. Finding a hotel that's near, figuring out the logistics of a flight, kind of solving that all at once in the way a human assistant might be able to do. You might use other parties to do that transaction. I don't believe in the assumption of your question, we are looking at those thigns but that was more of an example.
Google's aspiration is to be able to do that for any area. We've been working with as many companies as we can to organize the world's information. We've acquired companies who have done some of that, whether we need to make deals or whatever we need to do, we're trying to be practical about that.
Progress on maps...
Q: Where is the monetization for Google Maps, and where could it be?
Page: I can say a little bit about Maps. It's important to tell you the history of Maps, we started working on it a long time ago because we thought it was critical to your search experience. If you look at our component of queries that are geographically related, it's a huge number. We have to understand where things are in the real world, so that's always been a core part of our main web search. We already make quite a bit of money off web search, so we already make quite a bit of money off Maps. We're in the early stages of monetization on the Maps themselves, and I think we're doing some interesting things there. It's likely to be a great source of revenue, but still in the early stages. On the search side, we have significant revenue already.
On driverless cars...
Q: Around the commercialization of driverless cars, can you give us an update?
Page: It's still early days there. I'm excited for what it can mean for everyday people, for reducing the land area we have to devote for cars. It could really reduce parking. We're looking at that even for Google, to reduce our parking cars in facilities by having the automated cars park more densely and serve more people. Android, I think that's a little different than automated cars, Android will be used in cars before we get automated cars.
More on Motorola
Q: In terms of the losses on Motorola, what's the financial direction of Motorola?
Pichette: Just to remind everyone, we do care about profitability. We are 180 days into this journey and we have made huge progress. We're outsourcing manufacturing and I just want to remind everyone that we inherited 12-18 months of product pipeline that we have to work through. We have to overhaul and then rebuild the new product pipeline. It does take time before it shows up. Having said that, on the financails themselves, it's worth noting that Motorola is hindered by a portion of amoritization of intangibles due to the acquisition. All in all, when we look at the losses for this quarter, if you take out the amoritization, these are not consequential losses. That's why Larry started by saying we're really optimistic. It's just the nature of the beast.
What about mobile ads?
Q: As you look at your mobile business, as far as the growth of queries, do you think you're gaining share in the market? Is your position in mobile really secure?
Page: The mobile business, I think we're doing very well. We have tremendous growth with Android, we're serving our users really well and building amazing products that are getting better at a rapid rate. The rate of improvements is also very high. I focus mostly on our product and assume the usage will follow great products. In some sense, we consider mobile to be an extension of our desktop usage. We have built a lot of great products for our desktops like Maps, which have transferred very well. One thing I've been amazed by Chrome, on my Android phone, it's an amazing experience. I think the experiences are improving a lot, and very, very quickly. I think the CPCs will improve as these devices improve as well.
Has Google hired enough?
Q: The pace of your headcount increase seems to be moderating, do you feel you are now at an appropriate level to tackle your three major areas of investment?
Page: We run a number of different businesses and they all have different needs. We're looking at the sum of those things. It's a little hard to predict those things. You should ask us to grow however is necessary to make the best business income. Said that, we have a lot of people, we're growing at the edge of what's reasonable in terms of scaling. That's still the case. We've slowed our international growth in product development a bit.
On mobile advertising...
Q: What percent of your several million advertising clients are bidding on mobile keywords? What have mobile-specific websites enabled?
Arora: A vast majority of our advertisers have opted into mobile. We have been working over time to make it feel like a common experience. Our teams have been working really hard the last few quarters to make it really simple for the advertiser so we're able to solve it. So, from that perspective, I think things are going in the right direction. Advertisers have mobile landing pages, that number is not as high as we'd like it. Broadly speaking, I think we're happy with the progress we've made.
Page: We don't always want them to have a mobile site, sometimes I have a device that can handle the full site. I find it confusing. I don't want to say we shouldn't be designing for mobile. The phones we have are state of the art and those experiences should work on all devices pretty well, so I'd like to see us go more in that direction.
On mobile CPCs...
Q: How many years will it take before CPCs on mobile and desktop are roughly equal, trading off location and display size.
Page: I'm not gonna make predictions, one will always be bigger than the other. It's not clear which way. I don't think this is a long-term problem. There's a lot of advantages to mobile — you can call somebody, you can take pictures, you can do hangouts with the business. There's a lot of things about mobile that are amazing opportunities for advertisers and businesses.
What about China?
Q: Looking broadly in the business there are a number of markets where you can't enter, do you see prospects where you can enter those markets?
Arora: I think it is fair to say we do operate in China, we have a display business and an ad sales business. We know there are many Android users. We decided to not operate in China was to make sure users have unfettered access to our products. We think we operate in China, not in the way you might perceive it, and there's even a small revenue business we have in China.
An update on Google Fiber
Q: Can you share your initial thoughts for the Google Fiber rollout?
Page: It's been great to see the success there with the initial private rollouts. We're still in very early stages. We are excited about the possibilities there of getting people gigabit speeds and a really great Internet experience.
Pichette: We're really focused on Kansas City now, it's gotten a lot of press because we started to roll out. We're growing up in terms of installs weeks after week. People just love the product. It's been a great success overall. As we've said all along, we've said, it's not a hobby, we should be making good business with this opportunity.
What about the iOS YouTube app?
Q: What's the feedback from the YouTube app on iOS?
Arora: We're very excited about the iOS app we put out there, not just for YouTube but for Google Maps. It's an illustration of how you focus on the user experience, it doesn't matter what the platform is.
It's over!
The call is over. Be sure to follow Digits for additional coverage of Google's earnings.


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Money 2. It is the all-new, easy-to-use and fun accounting application for your personal or small business use.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: accounting , budget , finance
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This app is being offered in the new www.macbundlebox.com offer. 6 apps normally retailed at $186 in total being sold for $29, with 20% going to the Haiti relief effot. This app is amazing, and I suggest if you want this app and 6 others for the price of one, you get it from here before the 4th of feb.
This app does support multiple currencies, but not very well. A currency can be assigned to each account, but when viewing your total balance it doesn't convert everything to one currency. It just adds everything together.
I'm not sure why, because the preference let you define the rates. It even has a "automatic update" functionality.
what a nice utility!
I love it~~~
clean, clear and easy to use...
What a nifty helpful little tool this is. PERFECT to track your money and accounts. Very clean and easy to use interface. A must-have!
Is it just me, or can this program simply NOT keep a correct running balance?? Every time I load this up and add new transactions, it hardly ever adds up to what it should be. I have to keep manually correcting the starting balance. Very frustrating!
Good stuff, still feels a bit early in development (some bugs that shouldn't be there, and some missing features), but is cleaner than iBank, and outperforms it for sure. Nice interface.
I have tried Moneydance, iBank, Checkbook, and others and didn't care for any of them much. It was a toss up between this app and iBank. I decided to go with this one. The interface was clean and easy to use. The reconcile feature is a little funky but Im sure it will be improved upon.
Very nice software..
Very fast, and, of all the personal financing apps I've tried, Money has the best reporting scheme I've seen.

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SAN MATEO -- SolarCity is going to build its own solar panels on a giant scale in order to bring the cost of residential solar power lower than energy produced from fossil fuels, following in the path of Elon Musk's other Silicon Valley company.
The San Mateo solar installation company announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire Fremont-based Silevo, a solar panel manufacturer, for at least $200 million in stock and will build in upstate New York a photovoltaic factory, with an even larger facility to follow.
"Our intent is to combine what we believe is fundamentally the best photovoltaic technology with massive economies of scale to achieve a breakthrough in the cost of solar power," Musk, SolarCity's chairman, and company co-founders Lyndon and Peter Rive wrote in a blog post.
"Goal is for unsubsidized solar power to cost less than grid electricity from coal or fracked gas," Musk said in a tweet Tuesday morning.
If that path sounds familiar, it's because Musk is making a similar move with Tesla Motors, his Palo Alto company that makes electric cars. Musk plans to build a massive factory (or two) that manufactures lithium-ion batteries, which he calls a "Gigafactory," in order to bring the cost of electric cars to a level where they can truly compete with gasoline-powered automobiles.
While SolarCity will attempt to travel a similar road -- the solar facility is targeted to produce more than a gigawatt of solar power capability, making it a true "Gigafactory" -- it is not starting from scratch like Tesla. Silevo already had made progress negotiating for a new manufacturing facility in New York, so SolarCity will piggyback on those advances. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, SolarCity said it would pay $200 million in stock for Silevo, with an additional $150 million in SolarCity shares available dependent on certain milestones.
Solar panel manufacturing has been an unstable business for the past few years, with a wave of Chinese-made solar companies creating a glut and causing prices to dive in recent years, followed by U.S. tariffs on the Chinese products that have brought prices up.
SolarCity's blog post acknowledged the difficulties inherent in the panel-manufacturing industry, but remained undaunted.
"What we are trying to address is not the lay of the land today, where there are indeed too many suppliers, most of whom are producing relatively low photonic efficiency solar cells at uncompelling costs, but how we see the future developing," the company's blog post read. "Without decisive action to lay the groundwork today, the massive volume of affordable, high efficiency panels needed for unsubsidized solar power to outcompete fossil fuel grid power simply will not be there when it is needed."
Silevo is a seven-year-old company founded by two former executives at the world's largest semiconductor manufacturing equipment company, Santa Clara's Applied Materials. Zheng Xu and Jianming Fu, who serve as CEO and chief technology officer of the Fremont company respectively, hold 137 U.S. patents between them, according to the company's website. Silevo is known for technology that helps PV cells soak up as much of the sun's potential energy as possible, through its 'tunneling junction' solar cell structure, which the company says is especially of use in areas with extreme temperatures.
SolarCity shares took off after Tuesday's announcement, gaining 17.6 percent to $64.53, the highest closing price for the stock since early April.
Contact Jeremy C. Owens at 408-920-5876; follow him at Twitter.com/jowens510.


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Britney Spears has traded in her blonde locks for a dark brown.
She shared a photo of her new 'do on Twitter over the weekend, and fans have mostly applauded the move on social media.
Spears is currently headlining a show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas that runs through 2015.
What do you think about Britney's new brown hair from last night? :) pic.twitter.com/IaClpR2Dcj— DailySpears (@DailySpears) February 8, 2014


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|11 weeks 2 days ago
|Does anyone else find it
Does anyone else find it confusing that Rutgers is bringing in Ohio State as a part of their camp? It feels like they're inviting in a pack of wolves to try and keep the fox out of the hen house. Good luck keeping any NJ talent when both Harbaugh (HAIL!) and Meyer are firmly entrenched in your state.
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|Of course they do...
In fact, THE_KNOWLEDGE is actually Greg Mattison. Now that I've disclosed this I know the ban hammer to Bolivia is coming but he obviously KNEW I was going to disclose this here and now and did nothing to stop it.
|3 years 3 weeks ago
|Jake Butt approves....sorry,
Jake Butt approves....sorry, I couldn't resist
|3 years 4 weeks ago
|Guess I'm the only one who
Guess I'm the only one who cares. I'm barely 40 and in decent shape, and I do spend a good deal of time standing during the game but I love my seat pad. It's official M-den, not the giant 1974 version the blue hairs carry.
In the cold games it keeps my butt warm; during the 7 minute version of the thirty second timeout it keeps my back from aching, in general it serves a purpose.
$35 won't break my bank but when I saw this I was pissed. I voluntarily fork out thousands of dollars to enjoy 7 or 8 football games per year and travel to 3 or 4 away games each year to support Michigan. I love it and it's part of what defines me. Instead of banning seat pads, make the game day better by banning selling tickets to Spartans, Buckeyes, and Cornhuskers but leave me and my ass cushion alone.
|3 years 18 weeks ago
|Ohio State fans getting the
Ohio State fans getting the O-H-I-O chant going full bore in our house sure did seem to appreciate it.
|3 years 18 weeks ago
|Until they add...
Until they add 'sponsored by Nabisco'
|3 years 18 weeks ago
|Add a petition to revoke
Add a petition to revoke season tickets for people who sell their seats to opponents EVERY game. I will sign that one....
|3 years 18 weeks ago
|So there is a problem with
So there is a problem with people being rewarded for being first in line? I don't see anyone getting screwed except someone who wants to show up at half time and still have sweet seats. The student section is the loudest in the stadium but is unfortunately 6th loudest student section in the Big Ten. I've been fortunate enough to stand on the sideline at Penn State (a GA venue) and its downright scary loud. Nebraska, Wisconsin and Ohio State student sections are pretty damn loud too and ALWAYS packed. I sit across the stadium from the student section below the opponent sections and it's embarrassing when our student section is 1/3 empty for kickoff. Show up early = get sweet seats.
|3 years 28 weeks ago
|Only if the Orphan was a potential 4-5 star...
What an asshole
|3 years 28 weeks ago
|So basically....
Is he saying the rest of the Big Ten coaches are phoning it in? On the heels of recruiting violations for his school no less? That's like Lance Armstrong accusing other cyclists of being lazy. Maybe he can do a session on "Using Your Health as an Excuse to Bail on Your Team". I didn't dislike him but he just made my list....once I actually get off my ass and actually write those names down.
|3 years 38 weeks ago
|Road losses....
And to think Notre Dame on the road by 7, Ohio on the road by 5....I don't remember the Bama score but I'm certain we would have beaten them at home..../-S
|3 years 39 weeks ago
|That's kind of how it felt.
That's kind of how it felt. Who do you guys see as a rival now? We did expect to win today and the game stayed winnable right up until that last drive but that is all beside the point. If Michigan wins the next 3 is the hatred back? What would it take for you?
|3 years 39 weeks ago
|I'm pretty sure....
I'm pretty sure jingling keys or a Fake Eddie George sighting will get me out of the OSU mayhem. If that doesn't work just grab someone who looks like your sister and start making out with her...you'll fit right in.
Seriously though, I wear 2 jackets or sweatshirts into the game with my Michigan one on the outside. In the 4th quarter I switch them so my plain gray one is on the outside. Call me what you will but it's kept me alive.
Secondly, if we win, I treat it like when I win an argument with my wife...I keep it to myself until I am safely out of earshot. Good luck, god bless, and go blue.
|3 years 40 weeks ago
|I think Hoke and Co. can...
I think Hoke and Co. can spin winning the Legends division 3 out of every 4 years as a positive for recruiting. Wasn't there also talk about adding a 9th conference game and dropping the non-conference to 3?
|3 years 40 weeks ago
|...and while we're discussing it....
Why should we hate Ohio? Or slivers and mosquito bites? In fact I think I enjoy being hungry and thirsty too. For someone who asks the question can never understand the answer. I despise ND because every ounce of my souls tells me to. When I see someone in a ND hat or shirt I immediately dislike them and although I am wise enough to know that's irrational, I don't care. ND is not God's team or Ireland's team but rather a perennial fraud who thinks they are the Alpha and Omega of college football....to hell with Notre Dame
|3 years 50 weeks ago
|Where is THE KNOWLEDGE when
Where is THE KNOWLEDGE when you need him? I believe the correct answer is Row 45
|3 years 50 weeks ago
|I'm hopeful it's a temporary
I'm hopeful it's a temporary situation. I've passed your tailgate many times and give you huge props for the M-trailer (picturing Gary and Wyatt up all night designing that thing on their bitchin' computer). I noticed what you described but figured it was more a result of the new PDC taking up the entire south side of the blue lot. I (probably being in the minority) like a lot of the changes that seem to be energizing the game day experience. It seem like the Mylanta chugging crowd of the 90s (no offense Herm) is slowly being replaced by a younger, slightly hipper crowd. I can't believe those spots would ever be held for our opponents fans and hopefully you end up surrounded by dedicated rabid fans such as yourselves.
|4 years 1 week ago
|This appears to be at or
This appears to be at or around Section 1. The block M behind them gives it away.
|4 years 1 week ago
|The helmet kinda looks like
The helmet kinda looks like Ern McCraken's bowling ball...and that's still the best part of that monstrocity of a uniform! I expect 4 decommits for this uniform alone
|4 years 1 week ago
|Oregon beats Oklahoma 70-66.
Oregon beats Oklahoma 70-66. Since you already know the outcome will you announce the winner right away or wait for the event to occur? I assume the latter to keep us all from running out to Vegas to profit?
|4 years 1 week ago
|Oh my god! The KNOWLEDGE
Oh my god! The KNOWLEDGE said some of us would predict that! He is amazing.
|4 years 2 weeks ago
|That was Hawthorn. Gardner
That was Hawthorn. Gardner isnt 7 anymore anyhow.
|4 years 9 weeks ago
|Welcome Mr. Stribling. I'm
Welcome Mr. Stribling. I'm confident the offer was earned and look forward to see him suit up in the maize and blue. Let 's not become ND and base our greatness on the number of stars in our class. I have a feeling Stribling brings some major weapons to Ann Arbor.
|4 years 12 weeks ago
|Just replace the Q&A with
Just replace the Q&A with bikini hula hoop. This is painful
|4 years 12 weeks ago
|I want a new mod category for
I want a new mod category for this pic called "PERFECT". Brian, please make it so.
|4 years 12 weeks ago
|I think it's us or Nebraska
I think it's us or Nebraska so either way I found it meaningful. Our D-line coaching will hopefully tip things in our favor. He has been on of my favorite prospects for months
|4 years 12 weeks ago
|F'in A cotton!
F'in A cotton!
|4 years 12 weeks ago
|I believe it's referred to as
I believe it's referred to as hindsight bias. After you get kicked in the balls three times in the past 70 days you decide wearing a cup is a great idea...
|4 years 12 weeks ago
|Alright. Officially
Alright. Officially unbuckling and going to the bar. I've seen this movie before and don't like the ending.
|4 years 13 weeks ago
|And who said the Lion's
And who said the Lion's defense lacks consistency? This is as consistent of a trainwreck as I've seen since Maurice Clarrett


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The St. James Police department is investigating a personal injury accident between a pedestrian and motor vehicle that took place at the intersection of 7th St. So. and 4th Ave So. in St. James on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at approximately 6:55 a.m.
A 2003 white Chevrolet Silverado with trailer turned south onto 7th St. So. from 4th Ave., two pedestrians were in the intersection walking north on 7th St. when one of the pedestrians was struck.
The pedestrian, Karen Pauline Curry, age 71 of St. James was taken to the St. James Medical Center with undisclosed injuries. The second pedestrian, Larry Dean Curry, age 75 was not hurt. The driver of the vehicle, Brent Joseph Korst, age 26 of St. James was also not injured.
The matter is still under investigation. Reports will be forwarded to the City Attorney for possible charges against the driver.
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moveAddict can be used to cut and paste files from Finder and to merge folders.
moveAddict is a OS X application that provides a functionality the Finder was missing, the ability to move files using the keyboard. It's meant to replace dragging and dropping for anyone that would rather use the keyboard instead of the mouse.
In a nutshell, you can use it to cut files or folders and then paste them where you want.
You can also use it to merge folders instead of completely replacing them, another functionality that the Finder was missing.
For anyone that hasn't used cut and paste for files before, here's a short description:
Cut - when you cut files the only thing that happens is that moveAddict remembers the location of the files, it does not change the files in any way
Paste - when you paste, moveAddict moves the files from their original locations to the new one
If you cut a file and forget to paste it, nothing happens!
moveAddict does not change the system or the Finder in any way, it's just a regular application which you can uninstall by deleting it.
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amazing. can't imaging my life without this app.
Nice program, does what is says. But it IS a feature that should exist in OS X itself.
Everything seems to be alright now.
My hosting account seems to have been suspended, even though I've done nothing wrong and have paid for it. Sorry for the inconvenience, hopefully this problem will be fixed soon.
This goes straight into my Top 3 of MacOS enhancements. Actually it brings the two features Apple should have built into Finder ages ago. The merge feature brings back memories of good olde CopyDoubler. Essential - not only for switchers. And the developer is extremely responsive (aka 'realtime')


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LODI - The Lodi Police Department and the Delta Regional Auto Theft Task Force worked quickly to recover five of six vehicles that were stolen in Lodi over a 24-hour period beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, police said.
It was an unusually high number of stolen vehicles for a one-day period in Lodi, but the thefts did not appear to be related, police said.
Eric Borja, 26, and Joshua Grinstead, 24, were arrested about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in connection with the theft of a Dodge Caravan, officers said. They were apprehended just outside of Lodi near Curry Avenue and East Sargent Road. Both were on parole for auto theft, police said.
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We should draft this guy. He fits in nicely with our core
We should draft this guy. He fits in nicely with our core
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T-Math start rolling in the schedules of other bottom feeders we need to get by.
Like the Wizards
Kyrie comes back tonight so Cavs will move up big time.
2013 Mock Chicago Bulls
Guys i think it's better that we stay in denial and forget about this tank thing for the time being. The fact that the tank is being brought out only 22 games in the season makes me want to cry lol
We won't get a top 3 pick. We'll be in position for 2nd, and then it'll slip to 4th and go to OKC. It's just the Raptors luck.
This thread is so depressing, I can't believe we doing this again.
Its about winning, Stoudemire said. You win, youre going to get on national TV. Simple. In Phoenix, we won Western Conference finals three, four years, playoffs every year. We won. If you dont win, nobody really wants to see you.
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whoaaa tank nation, already? Say it isn't so.....
A part of me wants to join the tank but then the other part of me has a little hope left. The Raps have had the toughest schedule so far, in more ways than one (most road games, most back to backs, toughest schedule in terms of opponenet winning %).
Then there's other fun facts like every opponent we faced in the 2nd game of a back-to-back has had at least 1 day of rest. Then there was Lowry (our best player) getting injured really early and screwing up our chemistry. We'll start picking it up once the new year rolls in, we probably won't make the playoffs but it's something to shoot for
Don't really see us getting a top 3 pick anyways. Pretty much all of our games have been on the road. So whenever our homestands start, we'll probably win a few.
How Raptors fans feel about when the Raptors play a game .....
Last night was awesome, Wizards won and Cavs beat Lakers.
We officially have the worst record in the league booooooooooooooooooo yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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best actor my hallibaster....dah
For real home slices, one movie that made me hate the world after i watched it was "John Q"...it insulted the intelligence of lab rats and monkey feces around the globe...i lost a little faith in mankind after i suffered threw that one...HOLLA!
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I want to take this opportunity to tell the guy who thinks the matrix is the worst movie ever that he is a pretentious ass.
And Sage Francis is a bitchboy for not liking Cabin Boy. Jesus! How can you not like Cabin Boy??? Smoke a spliff and watch it again man.... you will be cracking up!
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Cabin Boy felt forced and sad.
I'm sure a spliff could cure all wack movies though. Maybe that was your solution to One Hour Photo. I'll have to give it a try.
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hey, that t.v. show "misfits of science" was pretty fucking awful.
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You people have weird taste.
Sometimes I'm more entertained by a BAD movie than a good one.
Such as "Kung Pow". That movie was fucking terrible... but I laughed non-stop through the whole thing.
Any Ken Russel film other than "Whore" has awesome imagery... but doesn't make ANY sense.
Also... any Troma Film is usually entertaining, although completely retarded and badly done. (i.e. Toxic Avenger)
Fave. semi-new MAGNIFICENTLY done movie = Amelie
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i mistakenly tried to watch battlefield earth, several times actually (you know sometimes when you try to watch a movie when you're in a certain mood it sucks, then when you watch it at a later date it's not so bad), but each time it was horrible. i count myself pretty tolerant when it comes to movies, i even watched glitter (i had bugger all to do and i wanted to see what all the fuss was about), and while it was a bad movie with bad acting, i was able to trudge through it. but battlefield earth was unwatchable.
it's even a point of pride that i like allegedly bad movies such as hudson hawk. i think that movie is hilarious.
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"gymkata" made a mockery of modern gymnastics. damn those karate smart asses.
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this wee tit is going to grace many a bad movie in the years to come.....
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coma emilio wrote:
this wee tit is going to grace many a bad movie in the years to come.....
i know.... bruce willis really sucks....
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he's talking about Queen Elizabeth in the middle.
and Gymkata was hot!
Wed Sep 25, 2002 7:34 pm
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Cabin Boy did have its moments (very few) A movie with David Letterman in it cant be all trash can it?
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A significant portion of the dialogue on Dr. Octagon-Octagonecologyst was sampled from Cabin Boy. The movie did suck though.
Also Handsome Boy modeling school came from an episode of "Get a Life" TV show starring Chris Elliott.
Automator must dig Chris Elliot.
Does anyone know where that first track on Octagonecologyst is sampled from?
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Battlefield Earth
Man, Battlefield Earth has a classic line that shouldn't be missed by anyone.. somewhere in the beginning of the movie a guy rides a horse up a mountain and meets some girl that I don't remember who she was. But they knew each other anyhow.. so she says something and he replies with a "no I don't". The line might not be that funny in itself, and it is probably not even supposed to be. But the way he says it.. me and a friend just laughed for days and we still refer to that classic almost 2 years after seeing it.
Pathetic? Maybe so.
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[quote="Tashya Salad"]You people have weird taste.
Sometimes I'm more entertained by a BAD movie than a good one.
Such as "Kung Pow". That movie was fucking terrible... but I laughed non-stop through the whole thing.
I don't see how anybody could lauph at this movie. This movie is complete SHIT. I've seen stupid ass movies that are so stupid that you lauph, but this is definately not one of them. Cabin Boy is one of these movies, funnier than shit. I loved Chris Elliots show Get A Life. I used to watch that shit every week. I seen that episode too, that Automator sampled for Handsome Boy. Funny shit
The worst movie ever......
anything with Mario Van Peoples, the worst fuckin actor in the world.
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Well I laughed all through 8 Legged Freaks, mostly at the parts that weren't meant to be funny.
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SAN MARCOS, Texas – Despite a late rally, the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team (6-13, 2-4) dropped their fourth conference game of the season Wednesday night, 73-67, to Texas State (11-7, 3-2) at Strahan Coliseum. Senior Myeisha Myles and junior Alisa Roberts paced the Islanders in double-figure scoring.
Myles powered the Islanders with her third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Roberts posted her fourth double-figure scoring game and her second back-to-back double-figure scoring game with 15 points and six rebounds. She also chipped in two assists and three steals in 28 minutes. The Islanders also had a balanced performance out of Verne'qua Taylor. The junior added seven points, six rebounds, five assists and six steals in 34 minutes. Sophomore Brandi Huff registered eight points and Damequia Montgomery added seven.
The Islanders outrebounded the Bobcats 45-42 and scored 23 points off Texas State's 18 turnovers. The Islanders bench also came up big outscoring the Bobcats' bench 20-13.
The Bobcats were propelled by three players in double-digit scoring. Diamond Ford led Texas State with 22 points, Kelsey Krupa added 15 and Ashley Ezeh tallied 13 points and 13 rebounds.
Texas State jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Roberts answered with a lay-in and a jumper to tie the game at 4-4. The Bobcats' Krupa triggered a three from downtown to push Texas State's lead to three. Myles got on the board with her first basket of the game on a put back to cut the lead to two. Krupa answered with her second three of the game before Vega-Vega and Huff each added layups to tie it at 10. Texas State took a 14-11 lead before Taylor added a free throw. Ford made two free throws before Huff scored inside from a dish from Taylor to bring the Islanders within two at the 10-minute mark.
The Bobcats pulled ahead by 11 on an 11-2 run. Myles and freshman Trish Amboree added back-to-back baskets to cut the lead to seven, 27-20. The Islanders and Bobcats traded baskets until Texas State continued to push ahead with a 5-0 run. Taylor and Kaylan Martin each traded free throws before Myles added a basket from Taylor. The Bobcats went to the line two more times before the half to score four before Roberts added a free throw with 26.1 seconds to end the half with the Bobcats leading, 39-27.
Texas State led the Islanders headed into locker room at the half with a 12-point cushion. Myles paced the Islanders with six points and five rebounds and Roberts added five points and four rebounds. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi edged the Bobcats on the boards 26-25 and led the bench 11-6. The Bobcats capitalized at the charity stripe, going to the line 15 times to shoot 86.7. Texas State was powered by Ford's 12 points and Krupa's 11.
The Islanders jumped out to a 6-2 run to start the second half. Texas State took the opening basket to take their biggest lead of the game, 41-27. Zoe Vega-Vega, Taylor and Myles each responded, tacking up points to cut the lead to eight. Texas State added four free throws before Roberts hit two from the line. Ford then hit her 1,000th point of her career on a three-pointer from the left wing. Huff responded with back-to-back jumpers to pull the Islanders within 10. The two teams traded buckets back and forth until Taylor jumpstarted the Islanders on a 7-2 run to cut the Bobcats lead to six with 10:25 to play.
The Bobcats clawed their way back with a 6-0 run to push the lead back to 12. Montgomery's free throw and Jammer's layup brought the Islanders within nine. Ezeh's layup gave the Bobcats a 62-51 lead with 5:57 remaining before Jammer and Taylor each scored at the line. The Bobcats extended the lead to 12 on a layup and two free throws. Roberts answered with a layup to cut the lead back to 10. The two teams battled back and forth until Myles put-back and two free throws pulled the Islanders within striking distance, 70-64. Ford made three free throws before Roberts triggered the Islanders only three-pointer of the game with 36 seconds remaining to bring the Islanders within five. Ford finished the game with a free throw to give the Bobcats the six-point victory.
The Islanders will remain on the road on Saturday, Jan. 28, when they travel to Nacogdoches to take on Stephen F. Austin. Tipoff is slated for 6 p.m.


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School of Music senior Michael Reinemann to be published in Journal of Band Research
An article written by Music Education and Performance major Michael Reinemann ('13) was accepted for publication earlier this month in the Journal of Band Research, a premier collection of academic articles on musical analysis, band history, and rehearsal methodology.
Titled "Agents of Form in the Third Movement of Ned Rorem's Sinfonia for 15 Wind Instruments," Reinemann's article investigates formal construction in a lesser-known 20th Century work for wind ensemble by Ned Rorem called "Sinfonia for 15 Winds and Percussion." It will be published in the spring of 2014.
Reinemann's research is the result of a half-year independent study in the fall of 2013 with Peter Silberman, Assistant Professor of Music Theory, History, and Composition at the School of Music.
"Dr. Silberman pushed me to do my very best work on this project," Reinemann said, "and I owe a great deal to his guidance. I also owe much to my theory training here at IC. I have had excellent, invested mentors and professors along the way in the department who have taken me from a freshman who couldn't tell the difference between a major and minor chord, to a published researcher as a senior."
Silberman, a regularly published music theorist and French horn player, expressed great pride in his student's commitment to excellence and success.
"Mike was quite dedicated to this project, displaying intelligence, insight, and a work ethic second to none," Silberman said. "He proposed that he submit his paper to a journal and wrote a second version for submission. I am very proud of his significant accomplishment."
The Journal of Band Research, published at Troy University, is an official publication of The American Bandmasters Association. It is one of the premier forums for the publication of academic articles dealing with all aspects of concert and marching bands.
Congratulations to Michael and his instructors!
Originally published in Intercom: School of Music senior Michael Reinemann to be published in Journal of Band Research.


text: Most little girls love dolls and will do anything to have the one they want. Joyce Parker's daughter, Taylor, is no different. On a mother-daughter getaway to Mexico, the girls decide to visit an unusual tourist attraction: The Island of the Dolls. On the island, there are hundreds of dolls hanging from the trees and placed on altars in various stages of decomposition and disarray. Warned not to disturb anything on the island, Joyce is already unnerved enough by the atmosphere and carefully watches Taylor as she admires the eerily beautiful dolls; but close enough.


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OAKLAND -- The Warriors have gotten off to slow starts the first two games of their playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers because they are playing soft and tentative basketball, coach Mark Jackson said Tuesday.
"We've got to come out playing with force, being aggressive and we didn't do that in two games now," Jackson said. "We've been the counter-puncher, but we've got to find a way to be the puncher."
The Warriors overcame an early 12-1 hole to earn a Game 1 victory, but another quick double-digit deficit in Game 2 spelled their doom. They trailed by 11 points after just more than five minutes of action and were run out of the building.
The players struggled to explain the early game tentativeness.
"Sometimes the playoffs do that," veteran center Jermaine O'Neal suggested. "You want to play well and do well and sometimes playing well and doing well consists of making mistakes. We started the games out turning the ball over at a high rate. We were able to respond in the first game, but they didn't let us respond last night."
How can the Warriors suddenly be more aggressive when Game 3 tips off Thursday in Oakland?
"I don't know, we've just got to do it," guard Stephen Curry said. "We can't turn the ball over. We've got to try to get some clean looks early in the game to get guys' confidence going. Just execute our offense regardless of how intense they are on the defensive end."
"We've got to come out with the mindset of destroying them," reserve forward Draymond Green said. "If we come out with that mindset, we'll be fine."
"We told each other we love each other," O'Neal said of the words exchanged. "He's competitive, obviously, he was a player. He understands my mentality by me playing for him. If we saw each other right now, I think we'd go out and have lunch together and talk about it. It was nothing personal, just heat of the moment. He's trying to get his team going and I'm trying to help my team win. So it's something for you guys to talk about, but it's nothing more than that between me and him. We ended up talking about it three minutes later and laughed about it."
"I'm going to keep attacking and keep being aggressive," he said. "It's a physical game, and I may not look it, but I'm pretty tough. I'll be all right.
Staff Writer Carl Steward contributed to this report.
A look at how the Warriors responded to early deficits in their Game 1 win and Game 2 loss:
Game Opening Clippers run 1Q Half 3Q Final
1 12-1 over first 4:04 L.A., 29-24 Tie, 52-52 GS, 87-79 GS, 109-105
2 15-4 over first 5:10 L.A., 31-20 L.A., 67-41 L.A., 105-73 L.A., 138-98


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Cowboys Have Solid Sunday At ITA
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Hardin-Simmons' had a solid showing on Sunday in the final day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Regional at Trinity University in San Antonio.
Frankie Sanchez and Jason Ligon won the B Flight doubles championship. Ligon and Andrew Eurek advanced to the B Consolation Singles Championship and did not play the final.
Sanchez lost in the A Consolation semifinals.
The tournament ends the HSU fall season.
A Draw Consolation
Sanjo Dizdaervic (TLU) Def. Frankie Sanchez (HSU), 7-5, 6-2
B Draw Singles Consolation
Jason Ligon def. Omeed Azmoudeh (SW), 6-2, 6-4
Jordan Jackson (UMHB) def. Jordan Subia (HSU), 7-5, 7-5
Andrew Eurek (HSU) def. Cole Brachman (UMHB), 6-2, 7-5
Henry Moon (TLU) def. Justin Fry (HSU), 6-3, 6-3
Ligon def. Jackson, 7-6, 7-5
Eurek (HSU) def. Moon, 6-3, 7-5
B Draw Doubles
Green/Logan (Trinity) def. Jordan Subia/Thomas Morales (HSU), 8-5
Frankie Sanchez/Jason Ligon won by default
Sanchez/Ligon def. Brown/Marifan (TU), 8-6
Sanchez/Ligon def. Green/Logan (Trinity), 8-6
Information provided by HSU Athletics.


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NEW YORK -- Bay Area players made a modest contribution in Tuesday's All-Star game, but the National League bats were even more limited as the American League snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory at Citi Field on a night that was dominated by one special moment.
All-time saves leader Mariano Rivera pitched a ceremonial eighth inning in his final All-Star game as A.L. players delayed taking the field to allow the Yankees closer center stage for a standing ovation.
After Rivera got the Brewers' Carlos Gomez on a grounder to short to end a 1-2-3 inning, he exited to another ovation and congratulations from his teammates. He was selected as the game's MVP.
"We were playing for one guy today," said A's closer Grant Balfour, who pitched a scoreless sixth.
Rivera, when asked about the players staying in the dugout while he took the field, said: "No, I wasn't expecting that. I wanted to come in and do my job. And when I got to the mound, I see both sides, both teams in the dugout, and it was amazing, it almost made me cry, too. I was close. It was amazing, a scene that I will never forget."
Ten A.L. pitchers combined to limit the N.L. to three hits. Chris Sale of the White Sox went two innings for the victory, and Diamondbacks left-hander Patrick Corbin took the loss. Joe Nathan of Texas pitched the ninth for the save, working around a two-out double by Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt.
Giants catcher Buster Posey came up with a runner on and his team trailing 2-0 in the seventh inning against the Blue Jays' Steve Delabar but struck out on an 85 mph slider. The N.L. never threatened after that.
No other A's or Giants got into the game. Other players with Bay Area ties who played were Cal alum Allen Craig (Cardinals), who lined out batting against Rivera, and South Bay product Troy Tulowitzki (Rockies), who started and went 0 for 2.
Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays, J.J. Hardy of the Orioles and Jason Kipnis of the Indians drove in runs for the American League, which earned home-field advantage in the World Series and pulled within 43-39-2 in the series. An eighth-inning double by Kipnis was the fourth two-bagger for the A.L., one short of the All-Star game record.
But it was Rivera, at 43 the oldest All-Star since Carlton Fisk in 1991 and the second-oldest pitcher to appear in an All-Star game -- Satchel Paige was 47 in 1953 -- who was the center of attention in his farewell season.
Rivera came in from the bullpen to Metallica's "Enter Sandman," just like across town at Yankee Stadium, and was left alone on the field for 90 seconds to take in a stirring ovation.
A.L. manager Jim Leyland, who wanted to be sure he got Rivera into the game, said: "I said to the players before the game, I said I'm not a motivational speaker, but my motivation for tonight is to work our fannies off and bring in the greatest closer of all time. I think you all understand that if something freaky would have happened ... there possibly wouldn't have been (a ninth inning), so that's why I did it."
Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter had asked Rivera to speak to his teammates before the game.
"Torii Hunter, he spoke, told me to say something," Rivera said. "What I said was that I was honored and it was a privilege for me to play with all of them, you know, for so many years; this is my 13th year as an All-Star, and many of them, it was their first one. I told them just make sure they enjoy, because it goes quick."
Rivera pitched a total of nine innings in All-Star play over his career, allowing an unearned run in 2000.
Leyland and N.L. manager Bruce Bochy combined to employ 18 pitchers, but everyone Leyland sent to the mound baffled the N.L. The N.L. didn't even get a baserunner until the Cardinals' Carlos Beltran singled with one out in the fourth.
In his much-hyped start, Matt Harvey of the host Mets went two scoreless innings, but not without some drama.
The Angels' Mike Trout doubled down the first base line on Harvey's first pitch, belly-sliding into second. Harvey's third pitch hit the Yankees' Robinson Cano in the right leg, bringing a trainer out to check on him. One out later, Cano removed himself and was replaced by the Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia. Harvey escaped on a fly ball and a strikeout.
Cano -- and the Yankees -- escaped as well, as X-rays proved negative. Cano said he doesn't expect to miss any games.
That was it for either team until the fourth, when the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera doubled, went to third on Chris Davis' liner off the glove of Reds first baseman Joey Votto and scored on Bautista's fly to center.
Max Scherzer of the Tigers opened with a 1-2-3 first inning before giving way to Sale.
A couple of Orioles generated a run in the fifth. Adam Jones led off with a double off the Phillies' Cliff Lee. Minnesota's Joe Mauer singled, and Hardy delivered the run with a fielder's choice grounder.
The A.L. added a run in the eighth when Kipnis doubled to left, scoring the Royals' Salvador Perez from third.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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