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You'd figure a flashy spy show would be all about the action, but what's least interesting in Alias is the weekly quota of derring-do. In fact, I wish the characters would take a break from battling terrorists and other villains and concentrate on personal issues.
Alias creator J.J. Abrams is also the man behind Lost, and ABC now has the shows airing back to back. It should be a surefire combination, but I found it hard to get excited last month when Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) started the fourth season by pretending to quit the CIA and quickly slipping into the agency's new black ops unit, APO. Her boss is none other than Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin), ex-head of the sinister SD-6, whom Sydney calls "a criminal psychopath beyond verbal description." Since words fail Sydney, let's just say she has reason to detest Sloane, who happens to be the father of her half sister and APO teammate Nadia Santos (Mia Maestro). Sydney also resents her own dad, old CIA hand Jack (Victor Garber), for killing her mother and telling lies. At least she's finding love again with colleague Michael Vaughn (Michael Vartan), who feels bad about gunning down the double agent he married back when Sydney was presumed dead.
Everybody here has a festering grudge or a haunting memory, and you wish they could simply sit down someplace and talk things over. (Rifkin, a terrific actor, is especially worth listening to because his every word suggests a hidden agenda.) But custom dictates that each episode send the spies off on some new mission improbable that allows Garner to play the sexy, butt-kicking chameleon. APO's next assignment should be group therapy.


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Effectively Market to In-house Counsel Through Your Pro Bono Work
Soon to become a model in pro bono work, law firms are increasingly partnering with in-house attorneys. There are benefits all around. Lawyers tend to enjoy pro bono work, it allows for increased trust with an outside lawyer and there is increased probability of additional work in the future.
Intel's new and innovative approach to pro bono work for its in-house lawyers, given a little twist, presents every firm with a way to accomplish its community service goals while concomitantly developing or maintaining relationships with in-house counsel.
Last fall, the computer chip maker successfully used a request for proposal to find law firms to partner with in-house attorneys at its Silicon Valley headquarters on pro bono projects. The response was so gratifying that Intel later announced it would expand the program to other locations. Attorneys from Nixon Peabody and Baker & McKenzie are reported to be working with Intel lawyers on projects for two San Francisco-based public interest groups, Legal Services for Entrepreneurs and Legal Services for Children. Baker & McKenzie had worked with Intel before, but not Nixon Peabody.
The opportunity for private firms here is not to wait for an in-house legal department or counsel whom they would like to get to know better to copy Intel's idea. Instead, private firms should contact in-house counsel about selecting and then working together on a project of mutual interest. The in-house lawyers don't have to be your clients.
The offer will fill a need. A survey of Intel's domestic legal staff had revealed many of the company's lawyers had once done and enjoyed pro bono projects when employed by outside law firms. Recent interviews of in-house lawyers we have conducted confirm Intel's lawyers are not alone. Pro bono opportunities are not presented to or actively sought in most large corporate legal departments, or in smaller corporate counsel offices. The in-house lawyers we interviewed also said that working together on pro bono cases would build or further trust and confidence with an outside lawyer, and probably turn into more or initial paying work in the future.
"This really is a model," Esther Lardent., president of the Pro Bono Institute, told the The National Law Journal.
Litigation isn't the only type of work to consider. Non-profits supporting low-income communities need to help people with, among other things, real estate transactions, business formation, school and elder law.

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Can Carl Bernstein Handle Deep Troth? Nora Ephron Leaves Him Over An Ex-P.M.'s Daughter
After two and a half years of courtship, Bernstein and Ephron wed quietly in a civil ceremony in Manhattan in 1976. (Both had been married previously: Ephron to free-lance writer Dan Greenburg, Carl to then Washington Post reporter Carol Honsa.) Bernstein had mended his skirt-chasing ways, and for three-plus golden years the marriage confounded the cynics.
But what the media had brought together, the media last week were rapidly putting asunder. Just before Christmas Nora, 38, stormed out of their Washington condominium and resettled in a New York apartment with their two babies, Jacob, 17 months, and Max, 7 weeks. (A preemie, Max was released from New York's Mount Sinai Hospital just two weeks ago.)
"Carl's a rat," Nora confided to a friend and called New York Daily News syndicated columnist Liz Smith to confirm the split. "Writing this scoop makes me feel sick," lamented Liz, who adds that two weeks earlier she had called Nora about the stability of her marriage and rumors of Carl's resumed swinging. Then the Ear gossip column in the Washington Star named the other woman: Margaret Jay, 39, the lanky, blond daughter of former Prime Minister James Callaghan and the wife of ex-British Ambassador Peter Jay, 42. According to the diplomatic circuit, Margaret and Peter (now a scholar at Washington's Brookings Institution and member of the Economist's staff) have a "relaxed" marriage. Margaret, a onetime BBC producer, is now consultant to National Public Radio. Her friendship with the ambitious Bernstein, who next month moves into television as ABC's Washington bureau chief, was discovered by Nora last summer. Carl assured her it was unimportant. Yet it is hard to gull a bird-dog reporter. Last month Nora faced Carl with what she determined to be the facts. Says a friend of Nora's: "He had the affair in the last stages of her pregnancy. She figured if that is what he is like now, what will he be like later?"
Friends of the couple say that Carl continued to see other women even when they were dating. At one point Nora broke off the relationship. "She's a fidelity queen and expects it the other way too," says a source. "Carl finally made a pledge that he wasn't going to fool around. For five years he didn't, which was pretty good, considering he was a major womanizer."
"Carl's behavior is childish," adds a less loyal friend. "But he hasn't got a chance. He has even been blamed for the premature baby." In fact, associates report that Carl is a proud father and say that, after visiting Nora in the hospital, he would drop by Elaine's, a New York hangout of the literati, to brag about his new son, born November 16. He joked he would name him Early Bernstein, but settled on Max instead. "Nora could forgive him," says a close friend. "But she is down and broken up by it. She went a little crazy over the whole thing."
The eldest of four girls, Nora was born in Manhattan. Her parents, Phoebe and Henry Ephron, were successful playwrights and screenwriters who moved to the Coast. There she attended Beverly Hills High, went on to Wellesley ('62) and eventually became a reporter for the New York Post. Her collected works have filled four books, including Crazy Salad and one on the media, Scribble Scribble. Ever quick to write about her own experiences, she did a New York Times article, "Having a Baby after 35," in which she wrote about Lamaze classes she attended with Carl. Recently she finished the screenplay for Susan Isaacs' witty best-seller, Compromising Positions, for Warner Bros. Meanwhile Carl, 35, the college dropout son of a leftist lawyer, is struggling with a memoir about his own family.
As for Margaret Jay, a British newsman reports that she doesn't deny her liaison with Carl, but she certainly isn't leaving her husband. "I think this illustrates the difference between us British and you Americans," he continues. "We have our little affairs—but we certainly don't wreck our marriages." Carl's friends question whether he can handle it all. "He has gotten in over his head," says one. "The Jays are old-timers, and Nora's no dummy—she grew up in Hollywood. Carl is basically a street kid who doesn't know how to play in the big leagues. He thinks you can have everything you want." But he hasn't been denied very much lately, and no one is betting against a Bernstein-Ephron reconciliation.
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Microsoft is officially doing a "do-over" on Windows 8, their new operating system that you love to hate. Starting in the early morning wee hours of Thursday, October 17, you can download Windows 8.1, the refurbished version of Windows 8 that offers the long-lost Start button again, lets you set favorites like iTunes and Firefox as default programs, allows you to bypass that aggravatingly useless Start screen, and lets you power down your computer by command instead of just holding down the On/Off button and hoping for the best.
This is great for me. I've had Windows 8 for about nine months, and I'm not sure I have ever once properly turned my computer off.
Best of all, Windows 8.1 is free to anyone who already has Windows 8 on their system. You can download Windows 8.1 operating system on Thursday by visiting the Windows Store, where Windows 8.1 will begin a staggered release at 7 a.m. EDT / 4 a.m. PDT the morning of Thursday, October 17.
(If you're on a Windows 8 PC, you can access the Windows Store by clicking on the green "shopping bag tile" on your aggravatingly useless Start screen.)
Windows 8 was an attempt to bridge the habits of both tablet and PC users, but ended up pissing off both sides. Sales of both Windows 8 machines and Microsoft Surface tablets (running Windows 8) have been disappointing. So Microsoft is addressing the disappointment with Windows 8.1, which attempts to bring back the aspects of Windows you like and minimize the aspects consumers have disliked.
Microsoft has produced a Windows 8.1 preview video that shows off several new features of the Windows 8.1 upgrade. The video shows off Windows 8.1's new features, but edits between them so quickly that you might get motion sickness by watching it.
In Windows 8.1, you'll be able to bypass the unpopular Start screen and boot your computer directly to the traditional Desktop mode. CNET has a set of instructions for how to bypass the Start screen in Windows 8.1.
Or if you're a fan of the Start screen, you'll finally be able to customize the Start screen background image (whoa, novel idea!), plus move tiles and apps around more easily.
And yes, you will have the option of getting the Start button back. But it won't be like old times -- the new Start button will just bring up the Windows 8 Start screen, which you may not be super fond of.
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Garden Solar LLC has won a variance from the rule that allows only one principal use on a lot. Final site plan approval was also granted.
Before the vote, Board Attorney Stewart Palilonis explained that state law specifies the solar generation of electricity as an "inherently beneficial use," which rules out a reason to vote no. He said that the aesthetic impact of a solar installation would not be legitimate grounds for a no vote.
He focused the board's decision-making powers on the narrow question of whether the two uses sharing the lot would cause a problem. Palilonis even went so far as to say he would appreciate hearing an explanation of each no vote.
Neighbors of the tract at the corner of Route 518 and Rock Road West, some of whom had testified previously against the variance, occasionally called out their objections as the vote approached.
Board vice chairman John Cronce had suggested on May 22 that the board members take a month to deliberate. On June 25, with the resolution to approve the variance pending, he said, "This has been a very hard case for this board… With the extra time, I searched very hard through my all my notes, I've studied what the public said — it's very hard on the public — and also equally to the application. There are still some things that still are questions in my mind, but… listening to the attorney here and their attorney's summary, it's been a hard vote, but I vote yes."
Except for chairman Rob Fulper who voted yes without comment, all the other yes voters expressed reluctance. Ruth Hall said she feels the way her fellow residents do, "but we have to listen to the facts, so therefore I vote aye."
But Joe Romano said the added use would add "some intensification in my estimation. There's a number of things that I think the applicant could have provided this board, but didn't, with regard to showing how the existing non-conformities (of Mason Supply) could be addressed by the impact of the solar field … and they didn't do that, so it makes it very difficult for me to vote yes, so I vote no." Rob Borden agreed with Romano and voted no.
After the vote, Jane Eiseman, a foe of the solar field, went up and shook the hands of the dissenters.
The board then unanimously approved the Garden Solar site plan.
After the approvals have been memorialized, Garden Solar will sell the approval to a company that will build and operate the solar field. It was estimated earlier that it will provide enough electricity to power 300 houses.
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It might need to be returned by season's end.
Trout has the national media's attention in the palm of his hand amid a rookie campaign that has buried all other potential candidates standing in his 21-year-old way.
Except Miguel Cabrera.
Less than a day after Cabrera became the third Tigers player with 100-plus RBIs in five straight seasons, the 29-year-old superstar reached another milestone Wednesday afternoon.
His first-inning home run gave Detroit a 1-0 lead and, more noteworthy, made him the first Tigers player to hit 30-plus homers in five consecutive seasons.
"I'm not surprised by anything he does," Tigers manager Jim Leyland told FOX Sports Detroit.
Trout has understandably swept Major League Baseball by storm, piecing together arguably the single greatest rookie season in baseball history.
But the soft-spoken Cabrera is quietly putting up MVP numbers of his own that should -- eventually -- trump the slick-fielding center fielder when all is said and done.
That's not to say Trout isn't worthy of the honor -- if the season were to end today.
Based on his offensive production through his first 94 games, Trout has been nothing short of spectacular.
Despite missing the first month of the season, his 21 home runs and 37 stolen bases still puts him on pace to top 30 homers and and 50 steals, which has been done just twice.
But there's the problem in a nutshell.
Being on pace to reach a milestone is about as sure a guarantee as Brennan Boesch cementing his role as Detroit's No. 2 hitter. It might seem possible, but nothing is certain -- especially when it comes to a ballplayer with less than 150 career games played in the majors.
Leyland is a big believer in track records and Trout's resume measures shorter than his 6-foot-1 frame. Meanwhile, Cabrera's extends longer than the 349-foot blast he belted Wednesday.
The home run came in his first at-bat on the first pitch he saw from Twins right-hander Cole De Vries. It marked the sixth straight season he's hit 30-plus homers, trailing only Albert Pujols (11) and Mark Teixeira (8).
"The first pitch he saw today," Leyland said. "That's not easy to do, particularly off a pitcher he's never seen. That's just tough to do."
Cabrera now has eight seasons of hitting 30 or more homers -- and he's only 29 years old. It was his ninth homer this year to right or right-center, which he's crafted through the years as a sort of specialty.
"He's probably going to do that for quite a while if he keeps his health," Leyland said. "And we all pray he does."
Even more impressive? He accomplished the feat in 118 games on a bum ankle, the quickest he's hit 30 in his career -- making him the eighth Tigers player to do so in 118 games or fewer. For comparison sake, he picked up home run No. 30 in Game 157 last year.
Ask him about his personal accomplishments and Cabrera will shrug off the question. It's not about him, he'll say.
"I think that's selfish," Cabrera said Wednesday. "We're here for one reason: to win games."
And, right now, the Tigers are doing that. Wednesday's win pushed them one game behind the wild-card leaders and eight games above .500.
"We're winning," Cabrera said. "We won this series on the road. That's more important thing for us."
And, that's the exact mindset a team wants out of an MVP-type player. But, in reality, there's a strong interest in the MVP race -- and, for now, all eyes seem to be focused on Trout.
If the season were to end today, Trout would walk away with the award in hand -- possibly even becoming the first unanimous MVP since Ken Griffey Jr. in 1997.
But with 44 games remaining, it's way, way too early to declare him this year's winner. Especially when Cabrera, like Trout, is on pace to smash career highs.
Cabrera extended his major-league leading RBI total to 103 after his fifth-inning single to center scored Andy Dirks and gave the Tigers a 4-0 lead. He's now recorded 100-plus RBIs in nine straight seasons -- and, this year, he did it as a third baseman.
On Tuesday, Cabrera became the first Tigers third baseman to drive in 100 or more RBIs since Dean Palmer (102) did it in 2000. He's now on pace to drive in a career-high 142 runs and hit 41 homers -- oh, yeah, and his .327 batting average is now just .014 shy of matching Trout's .341.
"He's just a terrific hitter," Leyland said Tuesday. "He can hit the ball 450 feet or 500 feet and he can hit the ball over the first baseman's head or down the left-field line. He's a great hitter."
The reality of it all is that Cabrera is within striking distance of the AL Triple Crown title. And, considering he's a career .318 hitter with 5,509 career at-bats to show for it, his track record suggests that batting .341 is certainly do-able.
"He's just a superstar," Leyland said.
Can you say the same about a rookie batting .269 this month with only 504 at-bats under his belt? Maybe down the road. But certainly not right now.
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Spotted for you this week: readymade holidays available literally out of the box, online ambassadors who kickstart buzz about new books, a winemaker using its byproducts for a skincare sideline, and more. Our next edition is due on 22 December 2010. In the meantime, check out our daily postings on www.springwise.com, send us your tips, and please don't forget to tell your friends and colleagues about us. Much appreciated!
Offered under the Mumbai-based SOTC brand of global travel company Kuoni, Box Holidays are tangible, prepackaged travel offerings that can be purchased online or off the shelf in a participating retail store. Rather than having to spend time and effort researching options with a travel agent, purchasers can simply buy a Box Holiday, which features all the key details on the outside of the box, including price, validity period, service inclusions and exclusions, complimentary offers, loyalty benefits, discounts, cancellation rules and hotel images.
Buyers (or recipients) of SOTC Box Holidays need only call to schedule the dates on which they'd like to redeem the package. Pricing begins at INR 7,000 for a three-day, two-night domestic getaway for two, and travel can be done at any time within the package's validity period. International packages begin at INR 47,410 for four days and three nights, and price protection against exchange rate fluctuations is included. Also packaged into many Box Holidays are holiday vouchers, value add-ons, discount coupons, destination information, tips and other freebies. SOTC Box Holidays are available at Globus stores in Mumbai and select BigBazaar outlets in Delhi, as well as online.
Besides appealing to new groups of tourists who might be daunted by the prospects of organizing holiday travel, it seems a safe bet that consumers around the globe would be more likely to consider travel for gift-giving purposes if it were available as a tangible box in mainstream retail outlets.
Website: www.sotcboxholidays.com
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It wasn't long ago that we covered Reflective Lace, the safety-minded and stylish embellishment that makes bicyclists more visible at night. Now bringing similar reflective qualities to baby strollers is Wagalum, a German maker of self-adhesive strips designed specifically to keep young children safe while on the go.
Billed as "headlights for prams," Wagalum's reflective sticker set includes eight pieces in four different sizes to provide all-around visibility for babies in strollers. The stickers' microprismatic surface shines nine times brighter than comparable materials do, causing strollers bearing them to be seen six times earlier by other traffic participants and 85 percent less likely to be involved in an accident, Wagalum says. The strips meet all key DIN standards for traffic safety, and are apparently even officially recommended by the German police. Pricing online is EUR 9.90 for Wagalum's eight-piece set.
Wagalum's reflective strips are currently available at a number of stockists in Germany, but the company aims to expand to other countries soon, and it welcomes dealer inquiries. Retailers of children's products: this one's for you! (Related: Five business ideas focused on babies & new parents — Colour-changing sleep suit signals baby's fever.)
Website: www.wagalum.com
Contact: email@example.com
Spotted by: Elisa Huijsman
One of the unfortunate realities of the pharmaceuticals industry is that promising new drugs are sometimes abandoned simply because they're not likely to be profitable. Aiming to give such medicines a chance at a new life — not to mention the patients who might benefit from them — Cinderella Therapeutics is a Dutch not-for-profit enterprise that picks up the most promising of such therapies and continues testing them.
Cinderella was founded by a team of seasoned Dutch and American scientist-entrepreneurs who have agreed to forgo personal financial gain in order to further the development of what they call "stepchild" medications — hence the organization's name. Toward that end, they have secured the collaboration of clinical investigators along with the financial support of creative philanthropists, and are now working on a new form of RadioImmunoTherapy (RIT) for brain tumours that continues and extends the work of a doctor in Italy 17 years ago. In 2011 the first patients with a recurrent GlioBlastoma Multifome will be entered in the Cinderella study; if it proves effective there, the treatment will be tested in patients with other incurable forms of cancer as well. Five other potential medicines are currently being evaluated by Cinderella for similar pursuit. "We do not hesitate to claim that Cinderella can develop new drugs quicker, more effectively and with a higher success rate by the combination of not-for-profit with a corporate approach," explains cofounder Dick van Bekkum. Each study is directed by physician/scientists and focused on patients; participants include scientists at selected academic centers and philanthropists willing to provide both talent and working capital.
Following an open source approach, Cinderella seeks others to participate in its efforts, particularly those who have invented what later became stepchild therapies; physicians and scientists willing to help out on the research end; philanthropists for funding; and anyone else willing to help run the Cinderella Therapeutics Foundation or participate in one of its projects. All those with a scientific or health care bent: one to get involved in early? (Related: Making medicine as ubiquitous as Coca-Cola.)
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Residents and visitors to the Italian town of Ferrara may be able to enjoy its secret, pop-up Street Dinner events on occasion, but French consumers can enjoy something similar every month. Specifically, Les Terrasses Bleues holds a free gathering for drinks each month for a select group of invited guests.
Les Terrasses Bleues' events take place on the 16th of each month, each of them at one or more distinct locations in France. Its inaugural event in July, for instance, hosted some 1,200 attendees at the Musée Rodin, which was decked out in blue decorations for the occasion. Anyone can subscribe to Les Terrasses Bleues' Facebook page for updates via email. When the next event is imminent, the event's organizers send out a text message; the first set number of consumers to respond are given the event's secret location and invited to attend. There is no charge for Les Terrasses Bleues' evenings of drinks, but participants are required to wear blue. October's event was the last for this year, and it took place at numerous locations throughout France. More events are apparently planned for 2011.
There's no explicit mention so far of any corporate sponsors behind Les Terrasses Bleues, but we've heard it suggested that French beer brand Kronenbourg 1664 is involved. What is clear, however, is the universal appeal of the events' exclusiveness and secrecy. Canadian Charlie's Burgers is another one that has figured that out — something to emulate in your neck of the woods...?
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Every day between 70 percent and 90 percent of online financial transactions are abandoned because consumers are told to finish them by taking their driving license, passport or utility bill to a local bank branch for in-person verification. That's according to UK-based miiCard, which aims to help solve that problem with a single sign-on for use at participating sites whenever identity validation is required.
Essentially, the miiCard lets consumers skip the offline identity-verification step by providing a third-party-validated identity to the vendor website. Once it launches officially, consumers will sign up for the miiCard by simply supplying basic personal information such as full name, address and date of birth. To add validation, they can then choose additional pieces of information to supply — the higher their resulting "level of assurance," as the company puts it, the wider the range of services and products they'll have access to using the miiCard. In any case, every time consumers use their miiCard, their identity is verified via a series of secure token exchanges between them, their computer, their mobile phone and the website owner's computer system. miiCard is free to the consumer and charged to the vendor on a transactional basis.
Powered by Yodlee, the miiCard will enable consumers in North America, Western Europe, India and Australia to prove they are who they say they are. Currently, the company seeks business, channel and developer partners. One to get involved in early? (Related: Three wallet cards in one.)
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Spotted by Ken Green
Much the way GreatCall's Jitterbug phones and the more recently debuted John's phones both focus on simplicity for the benefit of senior citizens, so Red Stamp Mail aims to make e-mail clear and easy for those who didn't grow up with it.
Operated by Israel-based Platonix Technologies, Red Stamp Mail is a completely web-based email client, requiring no downloads or installations. Rather, the service works with any existing email account that can be accessed via POP3 or IMAP — it even works with text-only browsers and screen readers. Whereas many e-mail programs today try to cram as much information as possible onto the screen — making them unsuitable for users with reduced eyesight or impaired motor skills — Red Stamp Mail was designed to offer a simple, accessible way to read and write email. Large, readable fonts and high-contrast colors help toward that end, as does the client's Mailbox Tab, which presents mail in a clear and simple format, grouped by day of arrival; it also gives users simple ways to search and filter their messages. Mail from established contacts is clearly marked, meanwhile, making it easy to filter out spam. After a 30-day free trial, Red Stamp Mail costs USD 18 for a year of service.
With more than 1.5 billion people over 65 expected worldwide by the year 2050, according to the US Census Bureau, there's no shortage of opportunities to tailor technology products and services accordingly. How can your brand open new technological doors to senior citizens...? (Related: Phone support for seniors, by seniors — Remote computer support for senior citizens — Facebook tool prints and mails personal newsletter — An online address for the offline world.)
Website: www.redstampmail.com
Contact: www.redstampmail.com/ticket/new/?type=2
Spotted by: Itai Shirav
Crowdsourcing has already shaken up the recruitment process in graphic design and numerous other fields, as we've noted on several occasions. What we hadn't seen until recently, however, is the concept applied in a structured way to the world of programming. Enter CanYouCode, a site that aims to match skilled coders with companies in need of programming help.
There are plenty of sites out there already dedicated to freelance coders, but many pay too little to attract the cream of the crop. That's where CanYouCode seeks to differ, with steps that verify the quality of both programmers and the companies hoping to hire them. "We manually verify all companies which offer services here," the site explains. "Like how good their team is. Or maybe look at their Open Source contributions. And whether they have a standards-compliant, well-designed website." Programmers are guaranteed a minimum rate of USD 35 per hour on jobs found through the site, but their LinkedIn profiles must be verified before they can bid. CanYouCode is currently targeting professionals in the U.S. and Europe. Based in Bangalore, India, CanYouCode is now looking for early-stage investors.
Website: www.canyoucode.com
Contact: email@example.com
It's more or less generally acknowledged by now that traditional advertising can no longer hold a candle to social media buzz. That's why we've seen bloggers so often wooed with free food and other rewards, and it's also why California-based marketing firm Attack created the Underground Book Club.
The Underground Book Club generates pre-release buzz for new book titles by engaging Attack's network of online brand ambassadors. From that network of more than 50,000 people, Attack uses proprietary staffing technology to pick out those whose interests mesh best with the genre and the particular book in question. Working with the author or literary agent, it then gets an advanced reading copy of the book into those ambassadors' hands months before it's due for release. Next, Attack creates what it calls an "immersive reading experience," including everything from social media conversations to surprise engagements with "characters" and the author. Book lovers get the prestige of reading books early, in other words, while authors and literary agents get the benefit of early buzz.
In a promotion of Karen Essex's book "Dracula in Love," for example, Attack pinpointed 55 brand ambassadors who were avid readers, vampire-fiction enthusiasts and active social media users. Daily Facebook conversations and an online video chat with the author were among the tools of engagement used. All together, the campaign produced 6,710 social media impressions, 619 click-throughs and a 9.2 percent click-through rate for the book. Figures like that are nothing to sneeze at — but they just might be something to emulate. ;-) (Related: Blogger helps connect consumers and brands — Food blogger turned intermediary & purveyor.)
Website: www.ugbclub.com
Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Spotted by: Scott James
It's always inspiring to see a company expand in ways that reflect both sustainability and good synergy, and Spanish winemaker Group Matarromera recently did just that. With a history that includes more than 20 years of producing award-winning wines, the company has now launched a cosmetics line that makes use of the antioxidant-rich grape skins that are left over by the wine-making process.
Launched this past summer, Matarromera's Esdor cosmetics brand taps into the powerful polyphenols so abundant in the skins of red grapes. Using a patented process, the company extracts those antioxidant-rich compounds — it calls the result Eminol — and blends them with other natural ingredients to create its nourishing cream, moisturizer cream and eye contour products. Esdor cosmetics are all made with 85 percent natural compounds, including 7.5 percent Eminol and other ingredients including musk oil, caviar extract, jojoba oil and wheat germ oil; no parabens, mineral oils or artificial colors are included. Anti-aging, anti-wrinkling and improved skin elasticity are all among the properties the company claims for the Esdor line as a result of its antioxidant ingredients. Adding further to Esdor's eco-creds, meanwhile, is that its main office — surrounded by vineyards in the heart of Spain's Douro region — is a 100 percent sustainable building that generates more energy than it consumes.
Esdor cosmetics are available both online and at select Spanish retailers. One to help bring to your part of the world...? (Related: Juice mimics the benefits of red wine.)
Website: www.esdor.es
Contact: www.esdor.es/en/contacto/esdor-cosmetics.html
Spotted by Leticia Pérez Prieto
For companies with a web or desktop application in the works, private beta testing can be a headache to organize and manage. What better pain relief, then, than a service that will handle it for them?
That's precisely the premise behind Prefinery, a Texas-based company that lets companies outsource the whole process. Clients of Prefinery can launch a web beta invite process in seconds, the company says, by customizing an HTML signup form and easily installing it on their site. Key questions can be included on that form, too, as a basis for selecting just the right testers. Next, clients can promote their product by distributing invitation codes on blogs, Twitter or Facebook. From there, they can collect email addresses and other survey information from potential testers — contact information is easily exported to a spreadsheet or XML file, or to various CRM and e-mail marketing services. While clients review tester applications, Prefinery's analytics can reveal insights such as how many times an invitation form is viewed, allowing the client to measure conversions. Finally, once the client approves applicants for its beta, Prefinery e-mails each accepted tester a unique invitation code from the client's e-mail address. Prefinery is free for up to 50 testers; its most popular plan, according to the site, allows 500 testers for USD 49 per month. A version of Prefinery for installable desktop applications is also available.
Where there's pain, there's opportunity, as in virtually every aspect of life. One to emulate on a localized or niche basis — or to try out for your own next big thing? (Related: Site gives authors quick reader feedback, based on page 99 — A personalized landing page for every customer — Team meeting space meets product testing ground — For planned websites, a 'coming soon' page in 1 minute.)
Website: www.prefinery.com
Contact: email@example.com
Spotted by: Margarita Barry
informing consumers about child labour, milk tracking by a Swedish dairy, a registration service for product recalls and supermarkets offering increased food traceability, or read more about building a smarter planet.
For today's post, we've collected examples of ten food brands that give consumers access to information on the origins of their products' ingredients. While these efforts are baby steps toward true traceability — and critics are somewhat justified in their assertion that images of verdant fields and smiling farmers are little more than marketing tools — smart brands are nonetheless moving in the direction of increased transparency.
1. Stone-Buhr — Buyers of Stone-Buhr's All Purpose Flour can type in a lot code on the company's website to see which family farms grew the grain. Stone-Buhr's emphasis is on spotlighting the family-owned farms in the Northwest who supply it with certified sustainable wheat.
Website: www.findthefarmer.com
2. Coca-Cola — In the UK, Coca-Cola launched a web app that allows consumers to trace the origin of their can or bottle of Coke. Instead of divulging the sources of ingredients, Coca-Cola focuses on manufacturing locations, distribution and environmental impact. It estimates the carbon footprint of a drink, and shows the address of the factory it was made in.
Website: www.coca-cola.co.uk/environment/trace-your-coke.html
3. Askinosie — Missouri-based chocolate maker Askinosie invites customers to enter a 'Choc-O-Lot' number to view the chocolate's geographical origin, as well as information about the farmers who grew the cocoa beans. The tool highlights the company's commitment both to quality and to a fair deal for farmers. Askinosie buys directly from farmers in Mexico, Phillipines, Tanzania and Ecuador, and doesn't purchase beans until they've met the farmers in person.
Website: www.askinosie.com
4. Dole Organic — Dole lets consumers "travel to the origin of each organic product". By typing in a fruit sticker's three-digit code on Dole Organic's website, customers can find the story behind their banana or pineapple. Each farm's section on the website includes background info, shows photos of the crops and workers and tells consumers more about the origin of Dole's organic products.
Website: www.doleorganic.com
5. Chippindale Foods — Chippindale Foods supplies free range eggs to supermarkets in northern England. The company created wheresyoursfrom.com to allow consumers to find out where their eggs were laid. After entering the code printed on an egg carton, people can view pictures of 'their' farmer and hens, and read a history of the farm.
Website: www.wheresyoursfrom.com
6. Frito-Lay — Another big brand that's embracing traceability is Frito-Lay. Its Chip Tracker lets consumers trace where a particular bag of chips was made, by entering their ZIP code along with the first three digits of the bag's product code. The site returns a specific location along with its annual output. An associated map, meanwhile, highlights both growing and production facilities.
Website: www.fritolay.com/lays/chip-tracker.html
7. Fresh Express — A subsidiary of Chiquita Brands and purveyor of washed and packaged salad greens, Fresh Express allows consumers to find the origin of their salad through a 'Leaf Locator' on the company's website. Fresh Express sources leafy greens from five US states and Mexico, and includes details on a location's climate, growing season and agricultural history.
Website: www.freshexpress.com
8. Crop to Cup — Through Crop to Cup's website, consumers can trace their coffee back to the farmers who produced it. Drinkers of Uganda Bugisu coffee, for example, can read a profile of Peter Guimuii, who is married, has six children and approximately 5,000 coffee trees. The detailed personal information provided underscores Crop to Cup's goal of improving farmers' livelihoods.
Website: www.croptocup.com
9. Domino's Pizza — Pizza lovers don't enter product codes on 'Behind the Pizza', which was created by Domino's to give consumers more information on how their pizza ingredients are made. While the site does show manufacturing plants and farms it works with, the focus here is more on edutainment than targeted transparency.
Website: more.dominos.com/behindthepizza
10. Iglo — First featured on Springwise in 2008, 'Woher kommt Ihr Spinat' is still going strong. Created by Iglo, a European market leader in the frozen foods segment, the program gives consumers access to details on where their spinach came from. Offsetting its Big Brand reputation, Iglo displays pictures of the spinach grower and his or her family, alongside information about the farm.
Website: www.iglo.de
The French are among the world's top consumers of bottled water, taking in an average of 128 litres each in 2009, according to a recent report on Reuters. Presumably with the resulting 262,000 tonnes of plastic waste in mind, Eau de Paris — the city's public water company — recently set up a new water fountain that dispenses sparkling water.
Located in Jardin de Reuilly, a park in eastern Paris, the new fountain injects city tap water with carbon dioxide and then chills it to a pleasing temperature. Underground springs feed the city half of its public water, while the other half is pumped and treated from the rivers Seine and Marne. At the new fountain — which is modeled after similar ones in Italy, the agency says — consumers can now get both still and bubbly versions. "Our aim is to boost the image of Paris tap water," Philippe Burguiere, spokesman for Eau de Paris, told Reuters. "We want to show that we're proud of it, that it's totally safe, and that it's ecological as there's no oil involved, no waste and no packaging."
Cities can run recycling programs until they're blue in the proverbial face, but it would be hard for such efforts to beat a program that virtually eliminates the need for all those plastic bottles in the first place. Other cities around the globe: be inspired! (Related: Water-bottle refills at cafés, now with a charitable twist — Water bottle's plunger-style filter purifies instantly — Water bottle with integrated filter purifies as you drink — Reusable water bottle flattens & folds when empty.)
Website: www.eaudeparis.fr
Contact: www.eaudeparis.fr/page/contact?page_id=124
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It seems safe to say that most of us have experienced at one time or another the unpleasantness of having a song "stuck" in our heads, repeating over and over again long past its welcome. It's a predicament for which there's historically been little cure other than time; fortunately, more expedient help has finally arrived in the form of Unhearit.
A new venture from Washington-based startup Liftoff Media, Unhearit uses what it likes to call "the latest in reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology" to help afflicted consumers get stubborn songs out of their heads. Specifically, those currently suffering from the ailment — known as earworm — can visit the site to hear "equally catchy songs," as Unhearit puts it. It's a cleverly disguised free music service, in other words, with streaming, download and purchase capabilities. Mobile apps for iPhone/iPod and Android phones are also available.
We've written fairly extensively already about brand butlers, but this just may be the first instance we've seen of one that's used to disguise a company's real value proposition; the humour inherent in that "disguise" only adds to the site's appeal. One to be inspired by! (Related: Beer brand provides a loaner if fridge dies during World Cup.)
Website: www.unhearit.com
Contact: email@example.com
Spotted by: Dietfried Globocnik
Much the way Ford's in-car driving coach aims to help drivers maximize their fuel efficiency, so a new iPhone app from Toyota Sweden hopes to help them reduce their emissions.
Dubbed A Glass of Water, the free app is based on the idea that if everyone drove with a glass of water on their dashboard — and aimed not to spill it — driving would be both gentler and more economical. Accordingly, the Glass of Water app records the user's driving distance, time, fuel consumption and "water" spilled. After each drive, the user can analyze the results and see on a map where they could improve their driving for the future. The results are automatically uploaded to Toyota's website and compared against those of other participants. Developed in partnership with Saatchi & Saatchi Sweden, the Glass of Water app was recently honoured in the 2010 Green Awards.
Aggressive acceleration and braking wastes fuel, so if all drivers in Sweden managed to avoid spilling their figurative "water," carbon dioxide emissions could be reduced by some 2 million tons per year, Toyota points out. What brand butler could *your* company offer to help consumers achieve similar savings at home or on the road...? (Related: Smart devices help households monitor their energy use — Europcar lists CO2 emissions on customer invoices — Smart thermostat is always online — Home energy monitoring, delivered by Google.)
Website: www.aglassofwater.org
Contact: email@example.com
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Pop-up 'MedCottage' enables senior care at home
Homes & housing / Lifestyle & leisure
The MedCottage is a pop-up suite that families can use on their
property to care for seniors or those recovering from illness or injury.
It's equipped with a host of medical facilities and monitoring equipment.
Mushroom-growing kit uses recycled coffee grounds
Food & beverage / Eco & sustainability
Back to the Roots offers a grow-your-own mushroom garden kit
using soil made entirely from recycled coffee grounds. The all-in one
kit just needs to be moistened twice a day with a provided mister.
Grocery service collects & delivers from local shops
Beelocal is a food delivery service that works with local shops and
producers. Consumers order items directly from various vendors.
Beelocal then collects them all and delivers them in a single basket.
shrtn lets consumers earn money while sharing links
Life hacks / Marketing & advertising / Media & publishing
Link shortener shrtn has made a deal with online merchants so that
every time an item is purchased through a registered user's link,
shrtn receives a commission - and passes part of it on to the user.
More pedal-powered cargo delivery, now in Portland
Transportation / Eco & sustainability
Oregon-based B-line uses a fleet of electric-assisted tricycles with
attached trailers to provide a cost-effective and green solution for
last-mile goods deliveries. The trailers feature advertising space, too.
Digital photo booth uses free photos as marketing tool
Entertainment / Marketing & advertising
Consumers pose for free photos using the rented PhotoBoxi booth.
The photos are delivered over the web along with an advert - which
will be disseminated virally as the images are shared online.
Social network helps commuters meet others on the go
Life hacks / Transportation
Users of Bumped.in enter their travel plans to find other users
travelling in close proximity. They can then share tips and photos,
send messages, and even connect in person en route.
Connecting consumers with makers of custom goods
Style & design
What Can I Make for You offers to help find a custom-builder for
virtually any product a consumer might need. Users submit a
request and the site searches its database for the right artisan.
Lifestyle hotel focuses on music
Tourism & travel / Entertainment
Berlin's Nhow hotel boasts professional music studios, rooms with
high quality iPod-friendly entertainment systems, and even guitars
available through room service. It's also a live performance venue.
T-shirts for grown-ups feature built-in ties
Fashion & beauty
Idaho-based startup Formalitees recently launched the Tie Tee,
an organic cotton t-shirt with an actual tie permanently attached
at the neck. One percent of sales goes to environmental causes.
Meals delivered to the gate at New York airports
Tourism & travel / Food & beverage
Thanks to a Delta Air Lines and airport restaurant partnership,
travellers can use iPad kiosks near their departure gates to order
meals. Delivery to the gate within 10 minutes is guaranteed.
Matchmaking site focuses on musical taste
Lifestyle & leisure / Entertainment
Tastebuds is a UK-based matchmaking site that makes connections
based on shared musical passions. Users can connect their Last.fm
accounts or simply list some favourite artists to get started.
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KALAMAZOO — Special teams were anything but special Friday night for the Western Michigan University hockey team at Lawson Arena.
The Broncos surrendered a pair of short-handed goals to Miami University and the nation's top-ranked team skated to a 3-0 Central Collegiate Hockey Association victory in front of 2,446 fans.
"I thought it was a tremendous effort on our part against the No. 1-ranked team in the country," WMU coach Jim Culhane said. "We played extremely hard throughout the 60 minutes of play.
"Obviously, you don't want to give those short-handers up. Give them credit. They made a couple of nice plays short-handed. They're playing a lot of their skill kids out there and they made some plays."
The victory extended the unbeaten streak to seven games for the Redhawks, who return a majority of a team that lost to Boston University in the 2009 NCAA championship game.
Miami (9-1-3, 6-1-2 CCHA) got 16 saves from sophomore goaltender Cody Reichard, who is unbeaten in 10 starts this season.
"You naturally can't go back to where you were a year ago, you go through a process and the team is focusing on getting better every day," Miami coach Enrico Blasi said. "Cody has been solid for us for the better part of a year and a half. Those are the kind of things we expect from him."
It took Miami nearly nine minutes to record its first shot on goal. Just over a minute later, the Redhawks found the back of the net.
Skating on the power-play, Miami junior Andy Miele took a feed from Curtis McKenzie and beat WMU goaltender Jerry Kuhn high on the stick side.
A breakdown on special teams also produced the lone goal of the middle period when the Redhawks scored short-handed.
On the play, Miami captain Tommy Wingels swiped the puck near center ice from WMU senior Tyler Ludwig, skated alone in on Kuhn and tucked it past the Broncos' netminder at the 12:19 mark.
The Redhawks tacked on a second short-handed goal at 6:57 of the third period, when Miele flipped a backhander past Kuhn.
"We went into the night knowing 5-on-5 was probably going to be pretty even and that special teams was going to be a difference," Blasi said. "I thought our PK did a great job, not only killing the penalties, but scoring two big goals.
"In our league there's so much parity, it really comes down to special teams and I thought our guys did a good job."
Despite recording just 16 shots on goal and failing to convert on seven power-play opportunities, Culhane was encouraged following the contest.
"If we don't give up the short-handed goals, it's a 1-0 game," he said. "We generated scoring opportunities on the power play, we just didn't find the back of the net. There's a lot of positives."
Said Ludwig: "It was a hard-fought battle the entire game and I thought we played well. We had some key opportunities to score on the power play, but they're a good team. They got a couple of opportunities and they capitalized."
Kuhn made 17 saves for WMU (5-5-1, 1-5-1-1).
Today's game
Miami at WMU
When: 7:35 p.m.
Where: Lawson Ice Arena.
Radio: WQXC-FM 100.9.


text: Explore The southern coast The Con Dao Archipelago Vung Tau The Ba Ria coast The southern Binh Thuan coast Mui Ne Ca Na Phan Rang and Thap Cham Nha Trang The coast north of Nha Trang Quy Nhon Quang Ngai Share Several companies in Nha Trang offer day-trips to a selection of islands, including a stop for snorkelling and a seafood lunch on board – all for around $6–8 per person. However, to fully enjoy the day, you'll need to fork out for several extras if you don't want to sit on the boat and wait till everyone comes back. Some boat rides, particularly those booked through backpacker guesthouses, can be quite wild and alcohol-fuelled, while other operators run gentler tours. On a typical island day tour, you'll be picked up from your hotel, taken to Cau Da Wharf, 6km south of the town centre, and shuffled on to one of many boats jostling in the harbour. As the boat casts off at around 9.30am, you'll pass beneath the cable car to Hon Tre, then chug between islands for about half an hour to Hon Mun (Black Island), named after the dark cliffs that rear up from it. There's no beach to speak of on Hon Mun, but the island boasts one of the best places for snorkelling in the area, with some great coral. Boats hang around for an hour or so while people snorkel over the corals or sunbathe on the boat, and there are frequently diving groups here too. There's a 40,000đ charge to snorkel in this "protected area", though it's not clear quite how it's being protected. After a break for lunch in the shelter of Hon Mot, boats head for Hon Tam, where there's a small beach (10,000đ entry), and you get the chance to stretch on the sand or splash about in the sea for an hour before heading for the final destination, the Tri Nguyen Aquarium (25,000đ) on Hon Mieu. The setting here is wonderfully kitsch: visitors approach the site through giant lobsters and past cement sharks, and the strange building that houses the aquarium looks like a galleon dragged up from the depths and draped in seaweed. Inside, the tanks feature black-tipped sharks, bug-eyed groupers, hawksbill turtles and colourful sea anemones. Finally the boat heads back to the mainland and visitors are whisked back to their hotels. Read More


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GLENDALE, Ariz.—The Arizona Cardinals are unsure if quarterback Kevin Kolb will recover from a foot injury in time to play against his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Kolb missed Week 9's overtime victory over the St. Louis Rams. John Skelton started in Kolb's place, and that could be the situation again Sunday in Philadelphia.
Kolb has looked forward to this game and joked last week that he expected to be booed by Eagles fans. He spent four seasons with the Eagles and was traded to the Cardinals in July. Kolb has turf toe, a mid-foot sprain and a bone bruise from the Big Red's loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
If he can play, he will start, even though the Cardinals won with Skelton starting.
Skelton passed for 222 yards, a career high, and more importantly, did not commit a turnover. But the offense scored one touchdown and Skelton missed on opportunities to get the ball to receiver Larry Fitzgerald.
Notes: Outside linebacker Joey Porter had arthroscopic knee surgery late last week and is expected to miss at least two more games. Porter's knee has bothered him for much of the season, and he's missed the past two games.
Even before the injury, Porter was in danger of losing his starting job. He had one sack, and his playing time was eroding.
Sam Acho started in his place, and had a sack in each of the past three games. O'Brien Schofield's playing time also has increased, and he played a big part in two late-game stops in short yardage.


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It's not so much a "whodunit" as it is a "how'd they do it?"
The "who" is Donald Trump and his narrowing cast of Trump wannabes on the hugely popular reality series "The Apprentice." The "crime" is the way in which the ratings for this new program have dispatched one of network TV's most successful shows, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
In its Thursday night matchup, "CSI" continued its head-to-head competition with NBC's new show since the network moved "The Apprentice" opposite the crime drama a couple months ago. Only this time, "The Apprentice" won, Reuters reports.
That marks a first for the reality series, and it likely spells good news for Trump, who hosted "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend. CBS's "CSI" has had a stranglehold on that time slot, and the series has proven so popular that one spinoff, "CSI: Miami," has already taken off, while another, "CSI: New York," is set for next season.
But despite The Donald's upset of Las Vegas's favorite criminologists, a new analysis of television ratings indicates that reality TV isn't about to kill dramas and comedies altogether, Reuters reports.
While viewing of reality-based shows such as "Survivor," "Average Joe" and Paris Hilton's "The Simple Life" are up, the report by Steve Sternberg of advertising group Magna Global found that viewers aren't turning to one type of program over another.
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The fight over national education standards intensified Wednesday with the endorsement of a national evangelical organization.
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which represents 40,000 member churches, said it supports Common Core standards as a matter of biblical justice.
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the NHCLC, released a statement explaining the organization's position.
Are national standards driving curriculum and taking away local control? Alan Arroyo, dean of the School of Education at Regent University, answers this and more on Newswatch, Feb. 6.
"For years many states have set expectations too low for all our students, but particularly those from low-income schools, where many Hispanic children are educated. Rigorous standards must be available to all children, especially those in poverty," Rodriguez said.
Other conservative and Christian leaders also support the Core.
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior, professor of English at Liberty University, said the English standards are helping to refocus students on text analysis.
"A lot of students come to us who have very rarely if ever actually read a text in school," she explained. "Some students who study English have just learned to get by by having brilliant conversations."
Prior said the standards mark a return to an emphasis on close reading of the text, a move she believes that Christians should welcome.
"The Common Core standards are just simply asking students to read the text carefully, understand what a text is saying and how it is making an argument, which is really important," she said.
Prior did acknowledge that many conservatives are concerned that the standards represent federal overreach in education.
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Garces High's football team is playing Friday night with heavy hearts after learning earlier this week of the passing of former teammate Philip Dhanens. The Rams travel to BHS to take on the Drillers Friday night but the team is still stunned and saddendd by their friend's death. Dhanens was a freshman at Fresno State and considered walking-on to the football team.


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The agreements negotiated in the Uruguay Round, which form the legal framework of the World Trade Organization, will govern world trade into the twenty-first century. This volume covers both the original and the updated General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the new procedures for dispute settlement, and the legal framework for the World Trade Organization. This is the definitive reference for all practicing and academic trade lawyers, an essential holding for all international law libraries, and a vital source book for students, economists, and political scientists.
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Also "usbcore" (surprise) and (when it's printing) "printer". Mobo (which sucks) is nForce2-based plus a Radeon 9600SE video card. Still CUPS 1.1.10 under Mandrake 10.0 on an Athlon 2000.$ uname -r
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You're right. I didn't read your post closely enough before delivering an unnecessary lecuture about USB2, which I hope helped enlighten some other reader, because otherwise I just wasted a lot of my time. I apologize for wasting yours.
I see from the original poster's follow-up that it looks like he has a dedicated ohci usb-1.x controller in a
A+ for CUPS from me, too. It seamlessly took the
Well maybe a little -- you had to put the
If you have a driver and CUPS+Foomatic+All of that stuff installed, printing under Linux is no trouble at all.
Unfortunately that's not my experience. I'm running Red Hat 9, with CUPS, Foomatic and a fairly bog standard installation.
Setting it up for my HP990cxi was nice and straightforward.
But can you explain why when printing some simple documents from OpenOffice Writer, it doesn't send anything to the printer (the data light doesn't flash), and "lpq" shows that a file is spooled but nothing happe
Moral of the story: STOP BUYING CRAP from manufacturers that refuse to cooperate with the Linux community and only support those willing to disclose the information needed to use their products!!!
One would hope this is obvious -- not doing business with organizations that don't treat you well -- but I'm pleasantly surprised to see someone else echoing this concern.
I have an Epson Perfection 1260 [google.com] and I've found that they are plug and play with Fedora Core GNU/Linux 1 and 2. I imagine any other free
Wake up and smell the coffee guys !! We are now well into the 21st Century and Linux is still using a printing system that appears to have been written in the 1960's. This needs fixing with a solution that is small, fast and easy to use.
Naah. Here in the 21st Century we don't waste trees to convey or store information. That's what e-mail and PDF files are for.
[To the topic, though: CUPS/IPP is great. USB printers are great. My Lexmark 312foo is hooked to CUPS on my NetBSD box, and all of my other com
With a PS printer, there is no complex setup involving filters and GhostScript and other stuff. You just send the PS documents straight to the printer. They print as fast as the computer can send the data, because the printer does all the rendering. It doesn't matter if you have a 386 or a P4 3.6, printing is at top speed.
Better yet, upgrade the printer with a print server and things get even easier. It looks just like a little computer on the LAN, it accepts jobs from others perfectly because it's running LPD (or something else). All your computers print!
I have fussed and fussed with printers over the years. It wasn't untill my brother got a Mac and we had to get a PostScript cartridge for my printer that I realized the wonders of PS. All my computers were printing faster because they weren't doing the rendering any more. And you should see how fast PDF files print in Windows because they are just passed on to the printer (since they are basically PS).
People complain about WinModems, where the CPU is forced to do all the labor. Why don't people complain about those $50 printers? They have no brains, it's up to your computer to do all the thinking, either with GhostScript or the driver in Windows. Get a REAL printer. Get a SMART printer. Get a PS printer and save yourself all the headaches.
Sorry if this sounds like an ad, I'm just a college student. But setting up my PS printer under Linux was a walk in the park. I've never gotten another printer set up well (with the exception of an old dot matrix, which didn't do graphics or anythign) because they are a pain. A printer with a brain (PS) is what we need.
PS: If there was another standard that worked like PS, I'd be fine with that. PCL is nice, but Linux prints using PS so with a PCL printer you still have to run GhostScript.
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When will the Housewives return?
The apparent suicide of Taylor Armstrong's estranged husband has shaken up Bravo's plans to air the new season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills next month.
Russell Armstrong, 47, who was found hanging at a friend's house Monday, was expected to be featured in the reality show, which last season chronicled his marital strife with star Taylor, 40, who since filed for divorce.
"We're all still trying to process [Tuesday's] very sad news, and looking at how to proceed with the series, which has finished primary production and was set to premiere on Labor Day," Bravo executive Andy Cohen writes on his blog. "We'll let you know what we decide when we do. In the meantime, we're sending our thoughts and prayers to Taylor and the rest of Russell's family."
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Students in grades nine through 12 in Erie County are invited to design a logo for Love Your Library Month (April). Prizes will be awarded. For rules and entry forms, visit www.buffalolib.org. Deadline is Feb. 14.
• The Western Division Federal Credit Union will award $1,000 scholarships to six area high school students for outstanding academic performance. Applicants will be judged on four-year cumulative scholastic performance, community service, leadership roles and essay. Also, the applicant who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the community will be awarded $500. For more information or to apply, visit www.westerndivision.org.
• The Friends Committee of the Amherst Symphony Orchestra and the Williamsville Rotary will offer a $1,500 scholarship to a high school senior living in Amherst who is planning to study music at an accredited music school. Application deadline is Feb. 7, and auditions will be held March 1. For more information or to get an application, visit www.amherstsymphony.com; click on Friends Committee/scholarship/requirements and application form or check with the music department at your school or write to ASO Scholarship, P.O. Box 1083, Williamsville, NY 14231-1083.
The Buffalo Museum of Science is looking for "makers" to participate in the upcoming Buffalo Mini Maker Faire from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1 at the museum, 1020 Humboldt Parkway. The museum will be accepting applications through Feb. 1. For more information or to apply, visit makerfairebuffalo.com or call Doug Borzynski at 896-5200, Ext. 341, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Auditions for Artpark's Musical Theatre Apprenticeship Program will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 25 at Niagara University's Annex, Porter Road, Niagara Falls. High school students age 16 and older should prepare 32 bars of two songs; be prepared to dance/move; and bring sheet music, application and photo. An accompanist will be provided. Up to eight students will be chosen to participate in the program, which will be held July 14 through Aug. 8. The students will participate in Artpark's production of "Mary Poppins." To download an application, visit http://www.artpark.net. For information, email email@example.com.
The 37th annual Carter G. Woodson essay contest is open to all students in grades four through 12. Essays must be 500 words or less (200-word minimum) on "A Salute to African-American Organizations in Western New York." The history of the organization or a local chapter must have been started in Western New York and must be included in the essay. Interviews and photos are acceptable but not required. Deadline is Feb. 3. Send essays to Carter G. Woodson Essay Contest, P.O. Box 63, Buffalo, NY 14207 or drop them off at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Branch Library, 1324 Jefferson Ave. (at East Utica Street). Name, address, telephone number, school and grade must be written on the essay. Prizes will be awarded, and winning essays will be read at the African American History Program at 1 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Branch Library and printed in the April issue of Historically Speaking.
This week at the Central Library, Lafayette Square: noon to 1 p.m. today, Martin Luther King tribute; 5 to 7 p.m. today, screening of "Ocean's Eleven"; 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, winter reading kickoff event with Cody Hodgson from the Buffalo Sabres. For more information, visit www.buffalolib.org or call 858-8900.
Auditions will be held for the Alden Christian Theatre Society's March production of "Road from Jerusalem" from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and next Thursday at ACTS, 1470 Church St., Alden. Bring a prepared piece of music and a memorized monologue.
Intense Milk continues its Winter of Fun program with discounts at area ski resorts. Just bring a specially marked cap from an Intense Milk product to Holiday Valley for two-for-one lift tickets from 4 p.m. to close Monday through Wednesday and two-for-one tubing passes from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. At Kissing Bridge, get buy-one get-one free lift tickets Monday through Friday or $5 off an all-day jump ticket for the BigAirBag. For more information, visit www.upstatefarms.com.
Kevin Williams, associate professor of earth sciences and science education at SUNY Buffalo State, will talk about "Unraveling the Geologic History of Mars" at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Gateway Executive Office, 3556 Lake Shore Road, Blasdell. Cost is $4; free for Penn Dixie members. For more information, call 627-4560.
Reinstein Woods, 83 Honorine Drive, Cheektowaga, will be renting snowshoes and skis from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday for $5 (cash only). Visitors also can rent skis and snowshoes from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. Cost is $10 and credit cards are accepted. For a schedule of other events at Reinstein Woods, visit www.dec.ny.gov or call 683-5959.


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Meh, add it to the list of all the other things that were supposed to transform Detroit: Comerica Park, Ford Field, The SuperBowl, the All Star Game, the Casinos, the Cobo Expansion. I'll believe it when I see it. There was supposed to be a big entertainment and housing expansion with Comerica and Ford Field, too.
Not getting all the affection for Joe Louis Arena. That place was a dump even before it opened. It was totally thrown together without much thought.
So what is wrong with the Joe in your opinion?
I may have a slightly biased sentiment in the fact that obviously I'm a Wings fan and I saw my first hockey game there, but there isn't much I can say I don't like about it. The sightlines are way better than the other NHL rinks i've seen games at (ACC and Centre Bell), the standing room is the best in the league, the concourse and the general place has this old school atmosphere that makes me get really amped up for the game, and I don't know if i'm the only one, but I really really love walking up those steps before you enter the building.
Yes it's crowded as hell in the concourses and bathrooms, it's old, it doesn't look that aesthetically pleasing from the outside for some, the seats are worn, but frankly, I couldn't care less. I'd take a building like the Joe that has a million times more character than a septic, cold brand spanking new rink anyway.
Now, that's not to say that the new building will be like all the other ones that have been built. And after seeing and reading about the plans today, I'm definitely excited. But I will definitely miss being right on top of the action for sure.
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Greg Chalmers has enjoyed quite a month of November. The 38-year-old Aussie won his country's two major golf championships, the Australian Open two weeks ago at the Lakes in Sydney and the Australian PGA at Hyatt Regency Coolum this weekend.
On Sunday, the left-hander closed with a 5-under 67 to tie countrymen Robert Allenby (68) and Marcus Fraser (69) at 12-under 276 in regulation, then won the PGA with a par on the first playoff hole.
"I was surprised to see that a par was good enough, but that's how it goes sometime in a playoff," Chalmers said.
Australians Adam Scott (68) and Aaron Baddeley (72) tied for fourth at 10 under, while Aussies Nick O'Hern (67) and Marc Leishman (69) shared sixth with third-round leader K.T. Kim of South Korea, who closed with a 76.
Bubba Watson was only one stroke behind Kim starting the final round, but ballooned to a 77 to end up in 12th. Playing in his first tournament Down Under, American Rickie Fowler had a 70 to finish at 6-under.
The captain of the International team in last week's Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, Greg Norman, closed with a 2-over 74 that included a double-bogey on the par-4 18th to end up at 4-under. One of Norman's players on the International squad, Geoff Ogilvy, closed with an 80 that included a nine on the par-3 11th hole after he put three tee shots into a water hazard.
Reigning British Open champion Darren Clarke recovered from a "brutal" 79 Saturday with a 70 in the final round.
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FORT WORTH — Helio Castroneves raced to his first IndyCar victory of the season, leading the final 132 laps Saturday night for his fourth career victory at Texas Motor Speedway.
Castroneves also won at the 1½-mile, high-banked track in 2004, 2006 and 2009.
"Texas is awesome. I love this place," Castroneves said after celebrating by climbing up the frontstretch fence.
Former series champion Sam Hornish Jr. was the only other three-time IndyCar winner at Texas, and his last came for Roger Penske, who now has eight victories at the track which hosted its 25th IndyCar race.
Ryan Hunter-Reay of Andretti Motorsports finished second, more than 5 seconds back. He led 35 of the 228 laps.
With six other top-10 finishes in the first seven races, Castroneves entered the night tied with Marco Andretti for the season points lead.
Andretti, who led the first 53 laps after starting on the front row, finished fifth. He dropped to second, 22 points behind Castroneves.
Castroneves took the lead from Andretti, going around him in Turn 3 on lap 96, and stayed there. He is the seventh driver to win in eight races this season.
Before Oriol Servia spun out right in front of him on lap 113, Castroneves had built a 14-second lead over defending race winner Justin Wilson. Castroneves was able to get around Servia's car without any issue.
That ended a sequence when Castroneves went 61 laps without a stop before going into the pit during that caution.
The top five finishers were Chevrolets, with Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan third, followed by Ed Carpenter and Andretti. The highest-finishing Honda was Dario Franchitti, just ahead of Castroneves teammate Will Power, the polesitter.
While nothing obscene, a clearly frustrated Andretti motioned with his hand to Sebastien Bourdais while completing a pass.
It was a week earlier in the first race of the Detroit doubleheader that Andretti was the target when Sebastian Saavedra flashed both of his middle fingers after the two made contact on the track. That motion by Saavera was caught on live television, and earned him a $30,000 fine from IndyCar.
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As both a teacher and a parent in Lower Merion School District, Danielle Arnold-Schwartz has a unique perspective on the state's proposed Keystone exams, which students would need to pass to graduate high school starting in 2017.
"The exams are not in the best interest of my own children and my students," Arnold-Schwartz said before the start of a public hearing on the controversial tests held Monday by the state Senate Education Committee at Valley Forge Middle School.
Her daughter took a Keystone in Algebra I last year - they have been phased in, but aren't yet tied to graduation - and even though she earned an A in the subject, she failed the test.


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Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
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Set in Los Angeles in 1980, a year after the events in Hotel Dusk: Room 215, the story follows the investigation of Kyle Hyde, a former police officer, as he attempts to solve a mystery involving his father's murder and secretive past. Knowledge of Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is not essential for you to help Kyle crack the mystery behind Cape West, the former hotel which is now his apartment building.
With beautifully sketched, fully rendered 3D environments, plus easy-to-use touch screen controls for navigating environments and controlling characters, it is easy to lose yourself in this story. You won't be prompted, but why not try using the Nintendo DS in-built microphone to solve some of the mysteries? Jazz fans will also be pleased hear that Kyle shares your passion – enjoy his favourite music on the Juke Box at any time you like
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Kyle Hyde may not be such a famous character in the land of games, as long as he keeps appearing in quality titles like his first adventure (Hotel Dusk: Room 215) he can grow his popularity without any problem. Last Window: The Secret of Cape West may be the next step to that eternal fame. […]
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