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Asus Eee PC 1001P: Our Favorite Netbookby Vivek Gowri on 3/16/2010 11:30 PM EST
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hotbunz - Friday, March 26, 2010 - linkThis looks really nice. Hope I win, could use this for school! Reply
afkrotch - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - linkMy netbook is mostly just a PMP. I'm just watching my tv on it. Reply
EddyKilowatt - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkThanks for the review, appreciate your comments about the superiority of the matte screen.
Now, could I get you to also direct some journalistic ire toward another fashion-driven faux pas: those filled-out flush-fitting keys on the keyboard! Completely unnecessary, and twice as difficult to keep your fingers aligned by touch, as a practical keyboard with a decent 5mm gap between the key crowns.
My HP2140 is plagued with a similar keyboard design and I can't see any reason for it. It saddens me to see decades of progress (in functional keyboard design) thrown out, apparently for nothing more than a stylish look. Let's keep the style on the outside of the computer, and the functionality on the inside! Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Friday, March 19, 2010 - linkThat's a great point, and one I haven't thought of before. Reply
Stokestack - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkCome on. It's time to put VGA to rest. Reply
The0ne - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkSo by saying favorite you like the netbook right? I was under the impression, and Anand confirmed this in his ipad review, that no one like any netbook and tablet PCs.
Maybe semantics is different by whom is using it? Reply
ric3r - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkIt means that it's the best netbook on the market. Netbooks are netbooks, they're not a particularly enjoyable class of devices to work with, but if you were looking to get one, this is our favorite of the lot and thus we recommend it.
I'm pretty sure you can find people out there who like netbooks and tablets. While I'm not the hugest fan of netbooks, they definitely have their place in the market. I do genuinely enjoy tablet PCs though, so I hope I can do some tablet reviews in the future :) Reply
MamiyaOtaru - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkthe first eee I would consider buying since the 900 (though I do miss the dearly departed 9" form factor). Thanks Asus for offering at least one option with matte case as well as the even more important matte screen.
I'd get this and slap Easy Mode for XP on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyMn92mQSns">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyMn92mQSns Reply
Jellodyne - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkHDMI is certainly capable of sending a high def signal, but it's also just as capable of pushing 480p to a TV set. So it's not like an HDMI would be a pointless port. Reply
SSquirrel - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI'd be curious to see what kind of numbers the 1005PE and 1001P produce if you replace Windows 7 Starter with Home Premium. People have reported that the extra accelerations in Aero have actually extended their battery life. Drop some of the excess crap from Aero but let the accelerations function. Reply
mczak - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkConclusion says the only thing you give up over 1005pe is battery life. I think in this time and age, not having n-wireless is a fairly big omission too. Maybe not quite a deal breaker, but I'd consider that an important distinction between the two (maybe even more so than the battery life difference).
I'm wondering though if we'll see most netbooks switch to the N470. Not exactly a performance demon neither, but every little bit helps... Reply
ric3r - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkIt's purely a cost thing, and honestly, so many public hotspots are still on g (or b) wireless that it's not really a necessity to have -n wireless. Yeah, it's nice to have, but not essential.
As for the N470, yeah, we'll see. I haven't noticed any difference speed-wise between the N270, 280, and 450, but the N470 does offer a comparatively substantial speed bump so maybe it'll do better. Reply
heulenwolf - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkAgree, I'm tired of the G-only devices holding up my N-network at home. Even the Nexus One found a way to put N-networking in the device. I guess it comes down to cost, though. A part costing $x more on an unsubsidized device tends to lead to a retail price $3x more. I don't think the mass market wants a netbook when the price creeps near $400. So, perhaps the G-only networking was a cost-cutting measure to keep the price well out of the range where people could even round up to $400. Reply
mucker365 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - link> I'm tired of the G-only devices holding up my N-network at home
Holding up, how? Do you have an internet connection with better throughput or latency than wifi g? Reply
Veerappan - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkHe could be referring to inter-computer transfers, such as streaming videos off of a NAS via wireless. I've had issues in the past with collisions on a 802.11G network impacting playback performance of HD video streamed from another computer on the network.
I'd also love to do a NAS setup with my Linux boxes where there is a network-mounted home directory, but as it is the wireless speed of 54mbit/s (when I'm lucky, more often it's in the 30mbit range) makes that impractical.
It's also very possible that he is being held back by his router in his network speed. My FiOS connection at home has been clocked by DSL Reports at 25mbit/s down and 18.5mbit/s up (this has been echoed by real-world transfer speeds). Add those upload/download figures together, add in collision reset times, and 54Mbit/s could actually be a limiting factor. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI had the chance to play with a netbook with the same specs as this. I was impressed until I put it in sleep mode. I put my ear up to the vent and noticed that the fan was still running. It never shut off. I tried waking it up but it never came back on. Apparently during the process of closing the netbook lid (which puts it to sleep), I must have caused a hard drive I/O error which locked up the netbook. So it never suspended and the fan never shut off.
What a joke. It had to be the hard drive. The hard drives in these things are nothing more than cheap garbage. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it. Anandtech ought to be ashamed of themselves for recommending such garbage. Even the smallest, crappiest SSD is better than crap that breaks on a dime. I dont care what any of these morons say, do NOT trust a netbook hard drive any further than you can throw it. Reply
strikeback03 - Friday, March 19, 2010 - linkSo you write off the entire category because one example of one design had an issue? Reply
JonB - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkYou would think a nice, solid state hard drive would be problem free, but it sure wasn't for me. I have replaced the failed 8GB Intel SSD with a cheaper and faster 16GB SuperTalent. This was an Acer AspireOne, though, not the Asus series.
When an SSD fails, apparently it just goes away. No warning, no chance of recovery.
Hard drives, even cheap hard drives, usually give some warning. Reply
mckirkus - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI wasn't aware that Intel made 8GB SSDs. The new generation are around $100, 5x larger, and are rock solid. In fact, some say they're better at dealing with failures than the rotating variety.
I'd rather have a super fast 40GB SSD in one of these things than a 250GB spinning disaster waiting to happen.
8 & 16 GB SSDs are really old tech. Reply
JonB - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkBoth the 8GB and 16GB SSDs are literally the size of a credit card and barely thicker. A short ZIF ribbon cable connection to the motherboard.
My AspireOne is running a slightly modified Linpus so needs very little room and I store everything of value on SD cards. My netbook is not a desktop replacement in any way; more like a huge smartphone. Reply
Taft12 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkHas anyone made a netbook since the Dell Mini 9 (owned and loved by me) that has no moving parts?
This should be a design decision netbook makers should strive for, but I don't even know if anyone has even managed this feat since Dell did 1.5 years ago. Reply
tlbj6142 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - link"Honestly, I would rather have XP on a netbook—any netbook. Win7 Starter is annoying and unsightly when compared to the "full" version of Win7 Home Premium and shouldn't exist in any corner of the market with its lack of Aero and the ridiculousness of a fixed desktop background."
Why does this bother so many people? With a 10" screen do you ever even see your background? I know on my 15" laptop, I never do.
Areo has a couple of nice features (alt-tab layered look), but most are annoying. Especially the blurry "see through" window borders.
The real advantage Win7 has over XP is readyboost support. A $20 USB makes a world of difference in performance. Even on a 64-bit dual-core machine with 4G of ram. Reply
straubs - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI find the very suggestion that "memory over USB" is somehow faster than extremely fast DDR3 memory connected directly to the motherboard to be completely preposterous. Reply
SunSamurai - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - linkThat is completely preposterous, so its a good thing no one in their right mind ever suggested that.
Replace DDR3 with Hard Drive and thats what its for. It's suppose to supplement the hard drive to provide less thrashing the pagefile.
Its still crap, and all it is is a buzzword selling point for dbag sales people in the tech department to toss around at consumers. Its almost as bad at them adding dual-core Ghz speeds together to come up with 5Ghz when really selling a 2.5Ghz chip.
Toss these people in jail or fine them please! Reply
nubie - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI think you completely misunderstood the point of readyboost.
Flash ram has much lower latency than any physical medium (IE spinning disk)
Thus if you intelligently cache the OS and some apps to Flash you can mask HDD latency, and probably improve on hard disk caching by allowing flash cache.
Hard drive latencies have a large effect on lag issues in a low-ram computer. Reply
strikeback03 - Friday, March 19, 2010 - linkSuppose that is a good point, has anyone tested Readyboost in Win7 to see if it is useful yet? I can't, I run Windows off an X25-M so I'm sure it is faster than a flash drive Reply
Taft12 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkWhat bothers people is the unnecessary crippling and step backwards from the "antiquated" Windows XP. We should be moving forward, not backwards.
Also, Readyboost was shown to provide almost no benefit except in contrived benchmarks back in the Vista days and I doubt things have changed since. Reply
mschira - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI am not giving away my eee 1000h,
It has a nice factory build in button to overclock to 1.8Ghz - effectively the fastest Atom CPU around, and boy it needs every single Hz it can get.
Asus overclocks the CULV platform, why not Pineview?
2Ghz? where are you?
M. Reply
synaesthetic - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkUsing ASRock's OCTuner utility, I've seen people overclock the HP Mini 311 (N270, nvidia ION) to 2.4GHz stable without a serious impact on battery life (lose one hour at most).
I still haven't seen anything to make me want any other netbook more than the HP Mini 311, purely due to the presence of ION and the ability to increase clock speed by 50%. Reply
QuietOC - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkThis sounds like the best current netbook. I can't understand why anyone puts up with the garbage LCDs. I didn't know how good my 1000HA was until I got a 11" CULV. I agree the Atom should be clocked at 2GHz--which works on the Eee PC 1000 series. Intel actually does offer one Atom model rated for that speed but it is not Pineview.
kevith - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI´m new here, wonderful site.
Why all the fuzz over these netbooks? When I look at the specs of this - even brandnew - netbook, I shiver. As many of you, I remember hardware like that, from when it was the hottest you could get - for a desktop that is. And that was NOT very hot indeed. Or fast or effective or environmental friendly or in any way a pleasure to use, related to the hardware of today.
Why this return to hardware with outdated specs? Battery life? Well, that doesn´t seem to work to great anyway, compared to a real laptop. Smartness? An iPhone would be so much flashier, and probably much faster. Portability? Come on, real laptops weigh 2 kg. You have a serious healthproblem if you can´t carry that.
The ones I´ve tried, has been an agony to use, slow slow slow, impossible to read and with terrible keyboards. Reply
nubie - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkReal laptops weigh 1.25 kg.
Just do a search for a Toshiba Portege, real processors, real laptops, and they were thinner and lighter than the Macbook Air long before it ever came out.
A magnesium case and a real Intel processor? That I can get behind.
When do we skip this Atom nonsense and get real On-Die graphics and ULV current-gen processor technology?
Even AMD can compete if Atom is the bar they have to hurdle. Reply
ric3r - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkThe Protege R100, back in the day, retailed for $1999 minimum. The MacBook Air debuted at $1799, and now goes for $1499. I could get five netbooks for the price of a base MBA. Some people don't have that much money to blow on a laptop, and for the severely cost conscious who don't need a lot of computing power (or for those that need a dirt cheap portable companion machine), a netbook is perfect. And even if you think they're pointless, a friend of mine recently noted, they have a 12% share of the entire computing market and pretty much own the sub-$400 price point, so they're not going anywhere soon. Reply
nubie - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkAgreed, but the intelligent user nowadays would simply buy an older (better performance and quality) model for less money than the netbook.
Less than $300 can get you a Portege with 1.2-1.6ghz Core processor.
Obviously this won't appeal to everyone, but in person the quality of the depreciated $2k laptop is much better than a new netbook. Reply
Taft12 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkSince you're new here, you've missed all the debate that has raged since this type of device was introduced.
It's not intended to be a main computer, the battery life, portability and (perhaps most importantly) low-cost are the important aspects. The keyboards may suck, but it's still much better than text input on an iPhone.
An Atom CPU is definitely "good enough" for web browsing, IM and email. As this article points out, Windows 7 Starter sucks but Windows XP or a Linux Netbook distro are certainly appropriate OSes. If there weren't a market for these, OEMs would stop producing them. Reply
kevith - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkOh, there has been a debate.
I wonder what it is, that triggers the emotions so much - mine inclusive - about these little machines? Maybe it´s just envy because everyone that has one seem to love them so much, although they´re tiny...?
I would like to point out, that the article - like any article I´ve read here - is a pleasure to read and has - in my opinion - a high degree of seriousness and credibillity. This is the one place I would seek information when considering new hardware. May it happen again soon...
Only sad thing about AnandTech is: I don´t live in the USA so I can participate in the giveaways.:-)
samspqr - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkand still, my sister loves hers
there must be some people out there with needs that are appropriately matched by these little machines Reply
kevith - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkYeah, guess you´re right. They seem to be a great hit, so it is only I that are getting a bit too old:-) Reply
drvelocity - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - link"The capabilities of netbooks have not changed—you still can't play HD video or HD flash without ION or a Broadcom HD chip, and you can't really do much more than run a word processor and a browser simultaneously."
I beg to differ - with the newest Accelerated GMA500 drivers from Intel HD video is definitely possible on netbooks that utilize this chipset. ;) Reply
piroroadkill - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkThe GMA500 is a poor, unloved chipset, way better than people think, hampered by godawful driver support.
I'm glad to hear it's got better now Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkpiroroadkill, I suggest you find out who God is, before throwing out "godawful", "goddamn", or whatever else. Don't forget that God created the physics that allows your computer to work, as well as wireless communication, and the incredible light sensors known as your eyes, and light in general. Reply
afkrotch - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkAnd according to god, I'm allowed to beat my children when they misbehave. I'm also suppose to envision myself eating his flesh and drinking his blood in church. Reply
funkyd99 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkReligion and tech websites don't mix... If someone offends you, ignoring that person is more effective than patronizing them.
Yours truely,
An agnostic who is sick of finding religious references in inappropriate places (and a hypocrite for responding to you) Reply
legoman666 - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkI have a Dell Mini10 with the GMA500. Buying it was a mistake. Constant BSOD with Aero enabled in Win7, slow as crap, poor drivers. On the plus side, about 9 months after I got it, the drivers finally progressed enough to get HD decoding working somewhat. 720p works OK, 1080p works sometimes.
I finally said screw it and installed Ubuntu netbook remix. Honestly, my Nokia N900 phone fills the gadget gap better than the Mini10. My next laptop will be bigger, CULV with a ~12" screen and more than 1gb ram. Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkWhy can't Microsoft make an OS that's better than XP for netbooks? And you can't even change the background--are you kidding?
The matte screen is very welcome. Great review. Reply
afkrotch - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkI reloaded my netbook with a clean install of WinXP Pro. Can change my desktop all the time. Reply
MonkeyPaw - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkSpeaking of OSes, I wonder how well it hackintoshes? Reply
numberoneoppa - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkNice review. The battery life would definitely be the selling point for me. 10 hours of web browsing or movie watching sounds mighty fine. Oh, and of course, the screen. I also cannot stand most notebook screens these days. The only company that seems to be able to do a glossy screen properly is Apple, and even still, I prefer matte (<3 Thinkpad). Reply
piroroadkill - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkReally? Have a Macbook here and the screen is like a goddamn mirror. I'd say NOBODY can do a glossy screen right Reply
samspqr - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkglossy is bad, always Reply
autoboy - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkAgreed. Why can't I buy a laptop under $1000 without a glossy screen? Frankly, I find it ridiculous that 99% of computer enthusiasts don't want a glossy screen, and yet you can't find a matte screen in any notebook on the market. Keep up the fight Anand. Reply
lemonadesoda - Sunday, March 21, 2010 - linkAnand, fighting against glossy visuals? I think not, see the new ANANDTECH logo: http://it.anandtech.com/default.aspx">http://it.anandtech.com/default.aspx
Anand is as "glossy" as every other consumer bandwagon. Reply
JarredWalton - Sunday, March 21, 2010 - linkNot even close; that's the IT section of the current AnandTech, and honestly a "glossy" logo isn't the same as a glossy LCD. This is such a silly comparison I don't even know how you can make it. A glossy LCD is a criticism of inherent hardware design; a "glossy" logo is a criticism of artistic design that can easily be changed (or avoided). Reply
afkrotch - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkI personally prefer the glossy screen. Not cause it's glossy, just cause it seems to be a lot sturdier. The matte screens seem to just pick up scratches like it was nothing.
I eat and I tend to eat near my netbook. Crap hits the screen, I wipe it down. After time, you'll notice the screen starts to scratch up from being wiped down often.
On a non-mobile solution, I'm all for the matte screens, as I don't eat near my desktop. Only on my laptop/netbook, as I'm more prone to be using it in a restaurant or cafe. Reply
Nomgle - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkUm...
Was that a serious post ? You genuinely can't eat food without spilling it ? Reply
afkrotch - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkI don't spill the food, it splatters. Like eat a piece of fried chicken, without a small drop of oil like fly off of it. Eat a bowl of curry udon, without it flying around. It's not like I'm eating and I smear the food onto my screen.
Like take your keyboard and tap it upside down. See how much food particles come flying out of it. Reply
AnnonymousCoward - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkWhat, you think manufacturers would actually make what we want? Things seem to be mostly driven by sales and marketing and what they think the masses are attracted to, which results in unoptimzed & inferior products. It's why 16:9 monitors are taking over, as well as glossy laptop screens. Reply
erple2 - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - linkThe 16x9 is taking over because they are cheaper to produce that 16x10 screens - you can fit more of the screens per giant wafer, which means the savings of 50 cents per screen means something to someone. Reply
numberoneoppa - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - linkOh, and one more thing: I bet it looks sexy without all of those stupid stickers on it. Reply
tmgp - Thursday, April 01, 2010 - linkyou guys should try the samsung n210. with a 5900mAh battery and also a nice anti glare screen, it's one of the best netbooks out there in my opinion. it would make a good comparison Reply
guilhermejrs - Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - linkComprei um netbook ASUS Eee PC 1001p, que veio com o Windows 7 Starter instalado. Tudo estava funcionando perfeitamente; isto é, ao ligar ele encontrava a minha rede Internet e então eu me conectava normalmente.
Depois que instalei o Windows 7 Ultimate, não consigo mais me conectar na Internet, o wifi não está funcionando.
Alguém poderia me ajudar? Reply
Saltee - Thursday, July 22, 2010 - linkI still run an ASUS 701. It's more than happy running Ubuntu 10.04 (with Compiz and full 3d cube). Mini Laptops (aka Netbooks) were never designed or originally sold to run Windows. Please stop saying they're slow.
On the Windows front, both my lads have 1005ha's with Windows, and they're more than happy.
One thing that has been missed in all of the above discussion (and I apologise if I never caught it), size. I have a full size laptop, it's just a pain to carry around - I have a two hour commute.
Just brought the 1001p over the 1005pe on the back of this and other reading. I won't be running Windows however ...
Mini laptops have a place - I don't want to lug a full size lappy around all day. Reply
Cheiftan7778 - Saturday, June 18, 2011 - linkI have a Asus Eee PC 1001p and I was really surprised how a small netbook's performance. I am using my 1001P to post this comment. If you're looking for a netbook I also recommend the 1001P. BTW I got Windows XP. Reply


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"Next thing I knew, a shoe flew into the road," one man told Local 6. "And then next thing I knew, a body flew into the road, so I had to swerve to avoid it."
"I'm still in shock because I've never seen anything like that before," the witness said.
Troopers say the 26-year-old and 49-year-old victims are from El Monte, California. The driver involved in the crash is 42-year-old Johnny Harvey Jr., of Cocoa.
Harvey was taken to Wuesthoff Medical Center in Rockledge with minor injuries.
Troopers tell Local 6 the crash is still under investigation and they aren't sure if Harvey, Jr. will face charges.
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GameZone's Vito Gesualdi swung by the Indiecade booth at E32012 to meet with Festival Director Sam Roberts. Learn about what this organization does to promote independent games and check out some of the cool indie titles that were being shown at the show! Learn more about Indiecade at http://www.indiecade.com/


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Two local lawmakers joined fellow Republicans on Thursday in rejected a state employee contract proposal negotiated by DFL Gov. Mark Dayton's administration and labor unions.
Rep. Mike Benson, of Rochester, and Rep. Steve Drazkowski, of Mazeppa, serve on the Subcommittee on Employee Relations and voted against the contract. The committee rejected the contract 6 to 4 on a straight party-line vote. That means the full Legislature will have to vote on the proposal when it reconvenes in January.
The contract covers more than 27,000 employees represented by two unions — the American Federal of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees.
Republicans spoke out against the plan, which included a 2 percent across-the-board pay increase and tenure-based pay increases known as "steps."
"Wage increases based on seniority are a poor proxy for rewarding performance," Drazkowsi said in a written statement "Minnesota can no longer afford to reward people based on how long they have been in state service. A 7 to 9 percent increase in salary is simply unsustainable, particularly looking into the next biennium."
Under that agreement, individual state employees would not have to contribute anything toward their health insurance coverage. Republicans argue it's time these employees start chipping in.
Democrats on the committee said this is the latest example of union bashing at the hands of Republicans. State Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, issued the following statement after the vote:
"Today anti-union extremists chose to attack a fair and modest contract for our hard-working employees. Unlike the legislators who constantly attack them, state employes have sacrificed. State employees lost $65 million in wages — nearly 6 percent pay cut — during the Republican government shtudown last year."
State employees will continue to work under the terms of an existing contract that expired in June 2011.
The proposal included a 2 percent across-the-board pay raise for employees beginning next year. It also allowed for tenure-based pay increases known as "steps."


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838P movement
A variation on the 830P movement, the 838P movement is an ultra-thin hand-wound mechanical movement with an increased power reserve compared to its predecessors, and measuring only 2.5 mm thick. It is a direct descendant of the legendary 9P movement and belongs to the third generation of ultra-thin movements created by the watchmaker Piaget. The movement is enhanced with a screw balance, as befits an example of Fine Watchmaking. While losing none of the extreme finesse inherited from the 830P movement, the 838P movement is distinguished by the addition of an off-centred small seconds indication at 10 o'clock, the true hallmark of Piaget. Finally, the circular Côtes de Genève, circular-grained mainplate, bevelled bridges, blued screws and engraved Piaget coat-of-arms round off this exceptional movement, while remaining true to the aesthetic codes cherished by the Swiss watchmaking brand.
838P movement
Manufacture Piaget 838P ultra-thin hand-wound mechanical movement with small seconds.
Shape: Round
Functions: Small seconds at 10 o'clock, Hours, Minutes
Technical features: Balance with screws
Power reserve (in hours): Approx. 61
Frequency (vph): 21,600
Frequency (Hz): 3
Diameter (lines): 12.00
Diameter (mm): 26.8
Number of jewels: 19
Thickness (mm): 2.5
Number of components: 131
Finishing: Engraved coat-of-arms, Bevelled bridges, Blued screws, Circular Côtes de Genève, Circular-grained mainplate
*Piaget luxury watches and jewellery are individually produced and thus the weight and carats of each product can vary from the displayed data.


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I believe having a top level domain which matches keywords of searches ideal. Am i correct in thinking this...
I did a google trend search for "general discussion forums" and there is volume there, so people are searching this. Now if i was to buy www.generaldiscussionforums.com as a domain and put a forum on it. Would my site appear as the first link in Google when people type in "general discussion forums" or is there more to it than that?
The way i see it is- it's a top level domain (which google loves)- the domain matches exact keywords which people enter- there is volume in them keywords
Have i got this right? would this work? does this work?
We've had a couple of threads recently discussing this, which you might find helpful. For example:
Thanks for that, thats pretty much what i was getting at. I was just looking at volume for "help with seo" which there was quite a bit of so i typed "help with seo" into google but the domain helpwithseo.com didn't show up at all on the first page. I guess targeting keywords in your domain just doesn't work then. What a shame.
The reality of the situation is that Google want a system where it is near impossible to game results. The only realistic way of doing this is to base your rank off of high-quality back links.
Google isn't capable of reading content and knowing that it is quality. It is also unrealistic to suggest that a domain that matches the content is going to be the best resource.
The Google algorithm is going to be incredibly difficult to decipher, even more so as a black-box system. Ultimately, most of SEO is guess-work.
So basically then, the domain name importance isn't really that important? i was always taught to have keywords in a domain name so you get higher up in the rankings. What a shame
It went through a period of being quite important, but then Google found that lots of people were buying keyword-rich domain names but those sites were often low quality and not necessarily relevant to the name, so in one of the recent updates they have significantly reduced the importance they give to "exact match domains".
You can get to first page of Google using such keys. I see you've studied the keys very well. But you don't expect to see results overnight. You have to be able to compete sites in such niche. Most sites have been there for quite awhile, so you have to do a lot of seo and other internet marketing strat to get to the top. Work and focus on your keys.
Any evidence of this, because there are two thought-out replies above that say otherwise.
Well one thing which makes me think that domain names are absolutely useless (as stated slightly in the above post i wrote), is that someone owns the domain helpwithseo.com. So i looked on google trends and typed "help with seo" in to see if there was volume, and there was. I then typed "help with seo" in google and guess what... helpwithseo.com was nowhere to be seen not even in the top 2 pages.
I think for big keywords like "money" which are in domains like money.com or money.co.uk do work. But other generic terms don't seem to work. That being said, if i owned money.co.uk i'd sell it for a few million bucks and sit in the sun
As mentioned before exact match domains do not carry the weight they used to. You next best bet is to get your website up and running and get some valuable content on the site that people will want to read / participate in.
I TOTALLY DISAGREE. Sure it can't read the content but it can know if you've got quality contents. Everyone points out content is king for a reason! Google looks for quality contents. It can know based on how long visitors visit a certain page. You can definitely check that out even in GA. Usually, people find pages interesting if they stay for quite a time and read what you got. If your content sucks, people don't stay and read your content/s.
That is true. But 1 thing is quality content - here it matters how long users stay, whether he is searching further on the same site and so on - and other thing is relevance. There keywords matter. You need to be good in both areas now to rank for certain keywords.
No it will not, you will have to give it some quality links but less as compare to website with totally different name. Having keyword in URL, title and description and with few quality backlinks you can rank early.
Okay then. Name a single algorithm that could look at any piece of information and quantify its credibility and quality.
You can't, because it does not exist. You don't need a PhD or time at the Googleplex to know that.
No, they don't. Anyone that has worked in SEO before targets backlinks because they are proven to work. The reason people say content is king is because they don't want to push people towards spamming.
To prove my point; how would you promote an image only website? The only content is images, so how can Google judge this content?
How do they do this? They can do it through Google Analytics, but not everyone uses that. Can you prove that Google uses their analytics script in their rankings?
Also, how does staying on a page for a long time make it a good page? I know many great pages that require very little time, and some crappy pages that will use up minutes of my time.
That's a very narrow-minded view of quality, and I seriously doubt that the engineers at Google would view the Internet in such a way.
I disagree with everything you said. Sure you'd know if you've got good contents - PEOPLE STAY TO READ YOUR POSTING. How would you know? Check the number of minutes people stay in your page. That is at least how I know Google does it, base on what I learn from the so-called experts. Sometimes people stay in seconds because maybe you don't have what they are looking for, your key must not be correlated with what you've written, or just poor writing.
Not everyone uses GA doesn't mean it can't determine the number or minutes/hours/seccs a visitor stays on your site because it can.
Narrow minded? Really? I think those who doesn't have a clue on how to distinguish good from bad contents are narrow minded.
Backlinks for SEO?! Where were you with the recent panda update? People were even taking out backlinks done through blackhat as Google was penalizing their sites. With the update, experts advised on producing quality contents on websites rather than producing a bunch of links.
Nobody knows exactly how Google's algorithm works, perhaps except those working in the company. People make adjustments depending on which one works. And they found that Google is interested in valuable information - keywords relating to the contents and the site itself.
I'm intrigued as to how you think Google can figure that out.
You've yet to explain how Google can automate this process. You've also yet to state how minutes on page equates to quality.
It can, but Google would open themselves up to some horrendous anti-trust cases if it were proven that they used their analytics tool to boost site rankings.
We're not talking about people though, are we? We're talking about a search algorithm.
Sitting back, and relaxing, because my sites were fine and people that relied on crappy backlinks were watching their rankings fall.
The mantra "content is king" has been touted for the best part of a decade. It's nothing new. I hate to repeat myself, but you still need to explain how Google's search algorithm can say whether a website is of sufficient quality just by looking at its content.
If you really think that keywords are relevant then I would reconsider your knowledge base on SEO.
Once again, explain how an algorithm can judge content and dictate its quality.


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- Have an understanding of good hygiene practices used within food production and food service areas.
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- Training staff.
- Have attention to detail, precision and patience.
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POSEIDON ultra luxe goldplated kilt pin made with by wondercandy
This kilt pin was inspired by the rich colours of Scotland in autumn. Rich plum and gold colours weave a spellbinding tapestry of hues connected by a dazzling multi-coloured vintage rhinestone chain. A brass flower bell beadcap completes the ensemble with a touch of natural flair. The kilt pin base is gold plated and of a very high quality. It is sturdy and does not flex in any way with fine detailings all over. Measures approx 2" (50mm) by 3" (80mm). POSEIDON will come in a lovely white giftbox tied with a ribbon - ready for gifting!


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Savage and Surreal: Modernism's Wild Years in Paris
Picasso once said that he and his friend the painter Georges Braque had been like two mountain climbers in the first days of Cubism, roped together as they progressed, step by step, to the summit of modernist painting's accomplishment in Paris in the early years of the 20th century. He meant that they had worked closely together and had by turns taken the lead in their great discoveries, but also that they had challenged each other to take dizzying risks, going where none had been before, and that they had been alone up there, with nobody to rely on but themselves. In the years before and after the First World War, avant-garde artists in Paris demolished the limits of painting, first the limits of color, with the Fauves or "Wild Beasts," then the limits of perspective and the picture plane, with the Cubists, and finally the limits of painting itself, with the Surrealists, who even demolished the limits of rational thought. In this course we examine this adventure story of modern art, through artworks, original texts and recent scholarship, in the political and social context of France in the early 20th century with its conflicts about national identity, colonial empire, and cultural heritage. We also discuss how and why artists explored issues of gender and racial identity through formal innovations of color, composition, and materials.
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THE sound of singing at the station saw a community choir raise vital funds for charity.
More than 100 Got 2 Sing choristers from Worcester, Bewdley, Stourbridge, Wombourne and Wolverhampton travelled the length of the Severn Valley Railway, stopping off at three of its main stations to entertain the attraction's visitors with their harmonies.
Their journey began at the start of the line in Kidderminster and by the time they had sung soul and motown classics in the Engine House in Highley and at the end of the line in Bridgnorth they had raised more than £275 for the Stroke Association.
Choir member, Sophie James, who is also the community and events fund-raising manager for the Stroke Association, said: , "We were thrilled that Got 2 Sing chose to raise funds for us and are so grateful for all donations as they help us to provide that vital support for local people affected by stroke."
Television personality Noel Edmonds added the first coins to the coffers two weeks earlier with a chance meeting at the Severn Valley Railway during a photo shoot to publicise the event.


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It's doesn't give you the best image quality, but this pocketable iPhone-only 360-degree camera gets the job done.
The compact dual-lens camera is loaded with top-end features for capturing and streaming spherical video, but it's not priced that way.
No longer a big eyeball, the shrunken 360-degree camera has a better design, improved video and more phone support -- including iPhone.
The Kodak Super 8 film camera brings the fun of shooting 8mm film into the digital age.
Not only did the company announce a first for the action cam category at the show, but it brought its folding high-speed tricopter drone along for the ride.
Combining everything great about the Hero4 cameras and then some, the GoPro Hero5 Black is a no-compromise capture device for the ordinary and extraordinary.
The Samsung Gear 360 is great for simple 360-degree video and photos. You'll just need the right Galaxy phone and a Windows computer to get the most from it, right out of the box.
If a GoPro camera and a performance data recorder had a baby, it would be the new Horizon dashcam.
The GoPro Hero5 Session brings top-notch features to an already great design.
Along with steady and smooth 4K- and full HD-resolution video, the new cameras get an updated Live-View remote.
The company issues a new model with minor updates over the XC10.
Interchangeable EF and PL mounts also make the feature list.
An action cam with a lot of features, excellent video quality and a more affordable price, the YI 4K is undeniably a good deal.
What's it like to use a 360-degree camera designed to create virtual reality content? This is what we learned from using the Ozo.
The $5,000 six-camera setup might be aimed at professionals, but the hardware-software combination looks easy enough for beginners.
The 360fly 4K is just all-around a better camera than the original, and its excellent mobile app is a definite plus compared to competing cameras. You'll just have to be forgiving of its image quality.
The versatile Kodak Pixpro SP360 4K is a 360-degree camera and 4K-resolution action cam rolled into one. You'll need better software than what's provided to get the most from it, though.
You can use the waterproof, LTE-enabled action camera to record video privately, or press a button to share your adventures with the world.


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PetSugar and North Attend the ASPCA's Fifth Annual Dog Day on the Bay
North and Samson Enjoy a Dog Day on the Bay!
On Sunday, North, Samson, LilPeaPod and I joined the ASPCA, our local KOFY TV station, and a gaggle of other pooches for brunch as we sailed around the San Francisco Bay. Even though it was a nasty drizzly day in SF, we weren't about to let the weather hold us back from a doggie buffet, mingling, and (hello!), champagne for the two legged kind on board. The fifth annual Dog Day on the Bay took us on a scenic tour of our bay, around Alcatraz island, and even for an up-close look at San Francisco's AT&T Park, where the Giants played (and beat) the Colorado Rockies.
All the pooches had a blast shaking their tails on the dance floor, posing for pictures, and auditioning to be the next KOFY TV dog, but the best part of the day wasn't just fun activities, it was the fact that everyone who attended was helping to lend a hand to our local SPCA and animal shelters.
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"On August 26, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department finalized the portion the cost sharing regulations issued on December 16, 2011 that was reserved at the time of release. In addition to the final cost sharing regulations issued at that time, the December 2011 regulations had included certain provisions issued in the form of temporary regulations and proposed regulations. These temporary and proposed regulation provisions, designed to limit certain analytical approaches taken by taxpayers in applying the income method, have now been finalized. Our PKN Alert issued on December 21, 2011, previously summarized and discussed these regulations.
The newly finalized regulations provide additional guidance and testing around the selection and use of discount rates under an income method analysis. The stated intent of this guidance is to address what the IRS views to be ""unreasonable positions"" taken by taxpayers in relation to the selection of discount rates under the income method and resultant ""material distortions and . . . potential for [platform contribution transaction] payments not in accordance with the arm's length standard.""
From a practical perspective, taxpayers that engage in cost sharing platform contribution transactions (PCTs) can expect that their selection of discount rates, a central parameter in an income method analysis, will be subject to additional scrutiny and tests. The likely consequences are an additional compliance burden for taxpayers along with a greater possibility of disputes.


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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
One of the first steps for preparing to have lucid dreams is to start keeping a dream journal. Any time that you remember a dream, write it down in your journal. Even if it's just a fragment of a dream or a lingering feeling, write it down. The journal will help you notice what your dreams are like. You will probably find that certain things reoccur in your dreams on a regular basis. These things are called "dreamsigns" and with practice you can learn to recognize dreamsigns while in a dream and then become lucid.
Most people remember very few dreams. In fact, it's quite possible that you have already had a lucid dream and not remembered it! Keeping a dream journal next to your bed will improve your ability to remember dreams. Get into the habit of lying in bed for a few minutes after you wake up and try to remember any dreams that you might have had.
Once you are able to recall at least one dream per night, you will have a good chance at having a lucid dream.
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MLB All-Star Summer Pepsi Block Party adds to MLB All-Star Week festivities
A new interactive event will help fans in Minneapolis next week gear up for the MLB All-Star Week events at Target Field, as MLB and Pepsi today announced the debut of the MLB All-Star Summer Pepsi Block Party. A unique tailgate-inspired event featuring celebrity chef dining, music and interactive attractions, the Pepsi Block Party will set up shop in Minneapolis' Butler Square from July 13-15 prior to All-Star events at Target Field.
Celebrity chefs attending and cooking at the Pepsi Block Party include Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods; Nick Elmi, the winner of Top Chef Season 11; Bryan Caswell, Food & Wine's Best New Chef winner in 2009; Graham Elliot, one of Master Chef's judges; and Michelle Bernstein, a James Beard Foundation Award Winner.
As part of the MLB All-Star Summer Pepsi Block Party festivities, former players, along with these celebrity & regional chefs will be on hand to serve ballpark-inspired food for fans in the Twin Cities. In this tailgate-style setting, chefs from Minneapolis and around the country will serve their specialties from 2014 MLB All-Star Game food trucks.
On Monday, July 14, in advance of the Gillette Home Run Derby, the MLB All-Star Summer Pepsi Block Party will host an inaugural hot dog cook-off. In this judged competition featuring celebrity chefs and the Minnesota Twins food truck, each contestant will create their own one-of-a-kind hot dogs to be judged by fans and a panel of media and celebrities, including former New York Mets pitcher Doc Gooden.
In addition to dining out at the MLB All-Star Summer Pepsi Block Party, MLB sponsors Chevrolet, Anheuser-Busch, Target, MLB.com and FOX will also have a variety of interactive attractions for fans to enjoy, such as an exhibit featuring the world-famous Clydesdales, a special Target Retail Tent and a new car display.


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Some interesting questions have been raised regarding sandboxing in AIR, and whether the AIR Application sandbox is "weaker" than the equivalent browser sandbox.
On the face of this, this seems like a reasonable assumption to make. Simply adding system access to a browser sandbox would indeed be much scarier, but that is not what happened. In fact, AIR Application sandbox is significantly different from a browser sandbox insofar that many high-risk APIs have been disabled or severely restricted, making it far more difficult to attack such applications. So the AIR sandbox is not weaker than a browser sandbox; it is different, and in many respects stronger.


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Will the South African IPR from Publicly Funded Research and Development Bill Affect Documentary Filmmakers?
Marynelle Wilson
October 9, 2008
The current IP bill before the South African parliament, Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Funded Research and Development ("IPR") Bill, aims to encourage South African innovation by providing public funding and managing IP to allow both protection and commercialization for "the benefit of society." The IPR bill implicitly applies more to scientific and technological innovation than to creative expression; an earlier version of the bill defined "intellectual property" as "non-patentable and patentable inventions, and one or more of copyright, designs, trademarks, in as far as they are an integral part of such inventions," and Schedule 1 attached to the bill lists included institutions, most of which focus on scientific research. However, the current definition of "intellectual property in the bill is broader, reading:
any creation of the mind that is capable of being protected by law from use by any other person, whether in terms of South African law or foreign intellectual property law, and includes any rights in such creation, but excludes copyrighted works such as a thesis, dissertation, article, handbook or any other publication which, in the ordinary course of business, is associated with conventional academic work.
This definition may or may not encompass documentary films; it is unclear whether films or cinematographic footage would be considered "conventional academic work."
Under the bill, IP borne from publicly funded research and development will be owned by the recipient rather than the inventor or creator, similar to the "work for hire" provision in U.S. copyright law, although the bill does reserve some revenue rights for creators. The bill probably has little impact on documentary filmmakers' rights in terms of ownership, unless the documentary was commissioned and funded by a public entity.
The IPR bill could be beneficial documentary filmmakers because of its emphasis on using IP for public benefit. Section 11 addresses IP licensing and includes provisions requiring that recipients give preference to non-exclusive licensing, small enterprises, and "parties that seek to use the intellectual property in ways that provide optimal benefits to the economy and quality of life of the people of the Republic," among others. If film and broadcasting footage is implicated under the IPR bill, the bill could improve filmmakers' access to information. Even if the bill does not implicate copyright licensing relevant to documentary filmmakers, it might indicate some form of government action towards less restrictive IP rights and imply better prospects for amendments to the Copyright Act.
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A TALENTED Worcester News photographer has been highly commended for a striking picture of an evacuation which captures the drama of the devastating floods.
Picture editor Jonathan Barry captured the moment a woman was lifted to the safety of a waiting rescue boat during an evacuation from John Gwynn House by the banks of the river Seven in Worcester during February's floods.
The picture, which was used on the front page on February 13, impressed judges at the Midlands Media Awards, the Birmingham Press Club's largest and most prestigious annual event, attended by over 300 of the region's media professionals and key guests from the business community,. Mr Barry was highly commended in the news photo of the year category.
Mr Barry was presented with his award at a ceremony at Aston Villa Football Club, holding his own with some of the best in the business including Anna Draper (Lincolnshire Echo), Alex Hannam (Leicester Mercury), Will Johnston (Leicester Mercury), Tim Sturgess (Express & Star), Victoria Wilcox (Derby Telegraph) and Nick Wilkinson (BPM Media). Mr Barry, who says he has never won anything before in his life, has worked at the Worcester News for the last 10 years and in the journalism business for the last 30 years. Mr Barry, who was taking pictures of the floods after wading along New Road in his wellies, saw the fire engine and followed crews to take the picture.
He said: "It was just a news moment and the picture captures the drama. It's a real honour to have my work recognised by peers in the industry. We were up against some amazing news pictures, from some of the best press photographers across the Midlands, and I was delighted, when I heard I had been highly commended. It just goes to show the team at The Worcester News often punches above their weight, and can compete with some of the best regional daily newspapers in the country."
It is not the first time the Worcester News has shone in this category - a former Worcester News photographer, Richard Eaton, won the news picture of the year in 2006 with photos of a gun siege in Upton.


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Be aware that just because it's able to be jailbroken does NOT mean Cydia will load or Mobilesubstrate is updated or any of your favorite jailbroken apps will work. Jailbreaking a beta is good for REAL devs that need to update their apps for 5.0 compatibility. There will not be an official jailbreak from the dev team until a public release of 5.0 comes out from Apple and Saurik won't push a mobile substrate update until after that happens.
Never really got a chance to post this, but look at the new boot logo!
apple needs the jailbreak community...where do you think they get their ideas from....just look at the IOS5 updates....camera button on lockscreen, volume up to take pic...they will never stop us from jailbreaking...they will make it seem that way...but apple knows if there is no jailbreak community their phones will not be that popular...I know for my own sake ip4 is not that interesting without the jailbreak...
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guide to jailbreak using this method
Nice, still patiently waiting for iPad 2 jailbreak
I wish I could find info on how to learn how to write the JB codes, I would be all over it, learning.
Great shot MuscleNerd! The iPhone Dev Team is amazing. I'm serial, I think I will get back into the iPhone game, and just get the 250MB plan. Since my iPad has unlimited data, I can just use MyWi and leave Cellular Data off. Sorry, bit of a tangent. Go iPDT!


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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Make Your Own Book
When I started blogging, I loved the events, even if just for the round-ups. To have one place to go to for all Rajasthani recipes, or lovely breakfast recipes, or one-dish meals etc. I wanted to have them as cookbooks - something I can keep forever - long after a blog has gone away - something I can pass on to someone else. After all, whats better than having authentic recipes with lovely photographs and little tidbits of information (and long rants) from the author?
(photo courtesy - blurb.com)
I stumbled upon Blurb, where you can make your own book - a professional one for as little as $12.95! Or an amateur one for free! I love the idea. Thought you might like it too. And its not just cookbooks - its journals too - or just about anything you write about. I know I'd love to give my daughter a printed version of the baby blog I kept for her, complete with photographs and my thoughts.
What a lovely idea. This is obviously not meant in a commercial way - its just for us to keep a personal, permanent memoir. What are your thoughts on this?
32 comments:
- Srivalli said...
this sounds too good..thanks for the info!
- May 6, 2008 at 4:07 PM
- Lavi said...
Best Idea Anu..as you say we can pass it on to next generation..
- May 6, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Arundathi said...
you're welcome valli! :)
lavi - exactly - what a great gift that will be!
- May 6, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- kamala said...
Nice idea arundathi. Thanks for the info
- May 6, 2008 at 6:56 PM
- Jayashree said...
Do you still write a baby blog??? I am thinking of getting excerpts from my blog printed for my daughter when she's older....have used Mypublisher before...that's a good site too, but it's mostly for picture journals with a little bit of text in it...
- May 6, 2008 at 7:48 PM
- Swati: Sugarcraft India said...
Brilliant idea!! what a lovely way to preserve recipes!!
- May 6, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- Pixie said...
Hi there in regards to the bake I'll see if I can help with some substitutions for you can use granulated sugar as a substitute; any dried fruit or none at all for your choice and you can likely drizzle some milk chocolate instead on top.
As for golden syrup :
Substitutes: Combine two parts light corn syrup plus one part molasses OR equal parts honey and corn syrup OR maple syrup (This is thinner, and not as sweet.) OR dark corn syrup (This is thnner and not as sweet as golden syrup. If you like, try reducing the corn syrup in a saucepan to thicken it.) OR light corn syrup (This is thnner and not as sweet or flavorful as golden syrup. If you like, try reducing the corn syrup in a saucepan to thicken it.)
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- May 6, 2008 at 8:46 PM
- Pixie said...
oh and this is such a wonderful link! thanks for sharing ;)
- May 6, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- Rachel said...
Neat link!
Is your baby blog up for public view as well? Loved you blog about chennai.
- May 6, 2008 at 10:04 PM
- Arundathi said...
@ kamala - thanks! :)
@ jayashree - i still write a blog for her - she's 2 - still a baby right? ;) erm...ok i'll call it a toddler blog. i write very irregularly though :(
@ Swati - yes, i thought so too. lovely.
@ pixie - thanks for all that info - thats great!! i'll definitely take part - will figure something out.
@ rachel - thanks. nope - the blog is not public...but thanks about my chennai one - i'm trying to be regular with it!
- May 6, 2008 at 10:56 PM
- aravind said...
great concept maam.........
i can try experimenting some of them when my moms not home.......
- May 7, 2008 at 1:57 AM
- ANJALI J. said...
thats an informative entry. thanks for sharing..
- May 7, 2008 at 1:59 AM
- DK said...
This sure is a good idea. I have made a personalised book!!!!! I mean one printer and one recipe book binder works wonders for me...and my recipe book is actually my own customized book :)
Will keep this in mind for a photo journal that I have in mind of making. Also in reply to ur query for the raspberry Jam, u can use the same recipe for strawberry.I am not sure of grapes since havent tried one with this recipe. Will update when i do so :)
- May 7, 2008 at 4:51 AM
- Mansi Desai said...
I've used this service fron blurb and its a great personal gift! you can also use it for the upcoming Mother's Day!:)
- May 7, 2008 at 5:25 AM
- Arundathi said...
Aravind, Anjali - Thanks!
DK - thanks for the info on the jam - the book binder and printer are a great idea if its for you, but i guess this is nice to give to someone - esp as a gift! :)
mansi - thats great to hear! i'd love to do something like this for Mother's Day! :)
- May 7, 2008 at 7:42 AM
- Sonal said...
This sounds awesome..I will definitely check it out. Thanks!
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- May 7, 2008 at 8:42 AM
- Red Chillies said...
This is a neat idea. In fact, I have looked at differnt options trying to convert HTML to pdf so that I could convert my recipes to a book format. I totally loved this book idea. Thanks a bunch for sharing this.
- May 7, 2008 at 8:43 AM
- Raaga said...
I love the idea :-)
- May 7, 2008 at 9:58 AM
- Jayashree said...
That's not what I meant Anu.....I didn't see the baby blog on your profile so I was wondering if you don't write any more or if it is private....wasn't talking about the "baby" part of the blog....I write one on my daughter too...and I don't ever think of her as a toddler...she's still my baby...
- May 7, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Arundathi said...
Hey RC - you are very welcome.
Raaga - c'mon publish that book and send me a copy! :)
Jayashree - oh oops! Yes, I do write but its private. its totally irregular though- i'm very bad at keeping it up! :(
- May 7, 2008 at 12:15 PM
- Homecooked said...
Thanks for the info.Sounds really great!Will definitely look it up.
- May 7, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Passionate baker...& beyond said...
I've been a huge fan of blurb since when it began a couple of years ago. Made my book, & the computer crashed & ate up my book! :0(...but its a fab idea! They've come up with lovely options recently!!
- May 9, 2008 at 7:02 PM
- Arundathi said...
@ homecooked - you're welcome!
@ pb&b - that's great to know. I hope you were able to recover it! yes its a fab idea, and i'm definitely gonna do this once i have enough to put into a book! lol!
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UF commit shows skills in playoffs
Published: Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 1:10 a.m.
At 6-foot-4 and 270 pounds, Florida football commit Joey Ivie has always been able to use his size as a weapon.
But the Dade City Pasco senior defensive lineman showed during last week's playoff-opening win over North Marion that his mind can be a weapon, too.
After a relatively quiet first half spent mostly measuring up North Marion's offensive line for weaknesses, Ivie spent the second half exploiting those weaknesses and converting them into repeated bull-rushes into the backfield that busted up play after play.
"In the first half I got to know the offensive linemen and what they like to do," Ivie said. "And then I executed certain moves and they were working. I got in the backfield and ended up with four-and-a-half sacks."
With Ivie blazing the trail, Pasco (11-0) steamrolled into the second round of the playoffs where the Pirates will host Eastside on Friday.
It's all just icing on the cake for Ivie, who said he was thrilled to commit to the Gators after a Gainesville minicamp in June.
"I grew up a Gator fan," Ivie said, "but I didn't really expect to be playing for them."
Ivie was recruited by running backs coach Brian White while also in frequent contact with defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and defensive line coach Bryant Young.
The Rivals four-star strongside defensive end prospect has a published list of over 25 offers including Florida State, Miami, Tennessee and Ole Miss, but after a round of visits he quickly decided he was going to be a Gator.
"Everything they do, from where they want me to play, the education, I love everything about it," Ivie said. "Plus, it's only an hour-and-a-half away from home."
Ivie showed impressive athleticism for his size and a nice burst against North Marion. Because of that size and speed, he said his future college coaches have told him he could be used in a variety of ways at UF.
"Maybe the first two downs at end, third down (at) D-tackle," he said. "Just moving around the line. The versatility, that's what they like."
Any football coach would like the way Ivie broke down his opponents mentally last week, then went on to dominate physically. For one night, at least, he showed he has a mind for the game that measures up to his physical stature.
It's a scary combination for a kid who's still growing.
"I'm going to get leaner," Ivie said, "but bigger."
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Before the building's conversion into the creative and innovative space it is now, Arts on Main was a bonded liquor store that was later used by a construction company. During its renovation, the basic structures of the warehouses were preserved and almost all the original industrial features, such as the double volume ceilings, concrete floors and over-sized windows, have been retained.
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I am building a large-ish site that has many content-managed sections. It all needs to be searchable so I am having a single pages tables that has a FULLTEXT index on it for searches.
Each pages has a unique URL-slug that is used for URL rewriting.
I am using the section followed by the ID so on two sections you have the same page name.
…would both be valid. The above would have a unique ID of news/test-post and recipes/test-post respectively. I have three questions regarding indices:
my opinion...
Thanks, I thought as much re points 1 and 3.
Regarding point two. Let's say you have 10,000 records and SELECT * FROM table WHERE id = '$id' takes 100 milliseconds with a 50 varchar as the PK, do you think with auto_increment it would be a couple of milliseconds quicker or say twice as fast? I guess I should set up a test table and find out for myself but if you have any experience, feel free to share it. Based on how I understand integer based indices work I would guess that ints are quite a bit faster.
depends on how you define "quite a bit"
time for some testing, yes?
LOL, yep.
Also consider whether your URL slugs might ever change, because the unique ID that you use as a foreign key in other tables must not change, otherwise those relations will break. (It's also harder to use compound values as a foreign key.) My preference, for simplicity, keep an int ID.
Of course if the slug is guaranteed to never change then adding the int id just makes for added complexity and should only be included if the added efficiency for lookups is sufficient to outweigh the added complexity that having two unique keys adds to the code.
Generally not using int ids where there is another field suited to use as the key is the simpler solution.
Even then, I'm still iffy about it. If it's a public-facing value, then no guarentee is as strong as you might think. Tomorrow, the boss/client could say, "I've changed my mind. I want people to be able to change their URLs." Then you'd be wishing you had used an int ID from the beginning.
Thanks for the replies. Jeff has an interesting point and in this particular implementation the URLs can change—though they won't very often. However, because I need a FULLTEXT index, it's a MyISAM table so any relation between other tables would have to be done manually anyway. (I'm assuming that's right, as you can tell, databases aren't my strong point)
That's prompted another question regarding IDs and slugs but I think it would be more appropriate in another thread.


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How do I create a variable that contains the html of a site using file_get_contents()?
Based on http://php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php, I've tried many variations of this short script with no joy.
$homepage = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com');
$txt = fopen($homepage,'r');
How do I avoid the warning and create a variable that I can fopen using file_get_contents()?
$txt = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com');That is all. You do not use fopen or other f* functions with this.
$txt = file_get_contents('http://www.example.com');
Thanks logic_earth.
So, when I run this script:
$file = file_get_contents('http://comlinc.com/file_get_contents3.php');
$var = substr($file,strripos($file,"ViewPropertyOrOwners"));
It targets the string in the javascript. I want to target the "ViewPropertyOrOwners" string in the html.
Why doesn't my script target the string in the html first?
Here's the link for the script: http://comlinc.com/test_121209.php
PHP has no concept of HTML or Javascript. If that is what you need, use the DOM functions. http://us2.php.net/DOM
I'm following you. Thanks.
I found this tutorial at http://www.php4every1.com/tutorials/php-domdocument-tutorial/
It produces this little script:
$dom = new DOMDocument();
$food = $dom->getElementsByTagName('food');
It produces this result: object(DOMNodeList)#2 (0) { }
How do I see what's in it? var_dump will display the contents of a "normal" array. How do I display the contents of a "object" array. I'm new to objects and don't know which keywords to google.
Got it!
$DOM = new DOMDocument();
$items = $DOM->getElementsByTagName('a');
for ($i = 0; $i < $items->length; $i++) {
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Thanks again for your help logic_earth, but then I'm sure you hear that all the time.
Note Bene: fopen wrappers must be enabled for this to work. Some server admins may disable this for security reasons, in which event cURL should be used. So if anyone tries this and it doesn't work, that's likely why.
Also, even if URL fopen is enabled, file_get_contents() can fail if the remote server checks the user agent of the request. Sometimes the default one is blocked. Twitter RSS feeds, for example, don't like the default User Agent of my web server. You can set the user agent in file_get_contents() but it's just as easy to use cURL in these cases.


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Power at plate not enough against Rays
Chacin allows six runs (five earned) in return from disabled list
DENVER -- Opening Day starter Jhoulys Chacin rejoined the rotation Sunday for the rubber game of the series with the Rays and pitched a season-high seven innings for the Rockies. He had been their best starter by far before a back injury put him on the 15-day disabled list, and he showed some of the form that had enabled him to take the mound with a 3-0 record and a 1.46 ERA.
Chacin had to overcome early rust in the first before his defense betrayed him in the sixth, both three-run innings that helped the Rays beat the Rockies, 8-3. He limited the Rays to two singles from the second through the fifth and set them down in order in the seventh, but the Rockies were unable to get their offense cranked up against Ray starter Alex Cobb.
The Rockies hit three solo home runs but went hitless in nine at-bats with runners in scoring position, six of those at-bats coming against Cobb. Indeed, they hit two homers while going 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position in an extra-inning loss Friday night. The Rockies were 4-for-12 in those situations while winning Saturday night.
"Other than the middle game of the series, we struggled with runners in scoring position," manager Walt Weiss said. "We hit some homers, but if you don't get any hits with runners in scoring position, it's tough."
Cobb pitched in a National League ballpark for the first time -- in the hitters' paradise that is Coors Field of all places and against a powerful Rockies lineup. He gave up a career-high three home runs among the eight hits he allowed, to Michael Cuddyer, Troy Tulowitzki and Nolan Arenado, and pitched 6 2/3 innings, shrugging off the effects of altitude.
"I'm always angry when I give up a home run," Cobb said. "We train ourselves that it happens, get over it and focus on the next batter. That was my approach. Two were leadoff home runs, and I was able to clear it and move on to the next guy. When home runs are hit, you don't let it become a big inning."
The Rockies made it hard on themselves Sunday as catcher Wilin Rosario was charged with two passed balls, leading to one unearned run in Tampa Bay's three-run sixth and another in a two-run eighth. Second baseman Josh Rutledge reached for a line drive by James Loney in the sixth, but the ball went off his glove, putting runners at first and third with one out.
Asked whether his team had played a sloppy game, Weiss said, "It certainly wasn't real clean. Yeah, it wasn't real pretty. The game kind of got away from us a little bit later."
Chacin had not pitched since April 19 because of a back strain that caused him to go on the 15-day disabled list and miss two starts. He fought his way through a 23-pitch first when the Rays parlayed three singles, a walk and a wild pitch into three runs.
"Maybe I was trying to throw a perfect pitch than go right at them," Chacin said. "I get behind in the count and you get bad counts and then you walk guys. Just a couple things, I didn't make that good pitch to get out of the inning and get a long inning."
But Chacin rebounded with a nine-pitch second and began to sink the ball better. He ended the second and third innings with double-play ground balls, getting help before Cobb grounded into a double play in the second when Rosario picked Jose Lobaton off second base.
Chacin walked Matt Joyce to open the sixth. With one out, Loney hit a hard liner off the glove of Rutledge, who had made an error in the second, for a hit on a catchable ball. Kelly Johnson followed with a broken-bat single to short right-center, scoring Joyce to put the Rays ahead, 4-2.
"It was a knuckleball," Rutledge said of the liner Loney hit. "It was coming down, but it ended up staying up."
Rosario was charged with his first passed ball with Ryan Roberts batting, putting runners on second and third, and both scored when Roberts doubled to left past a drawn-in infield.
Josh Outman issued a leadoff walk and a single in the eighth before Rosario had a high pitch glance off his glove, moving the runners into scoring position. Both came home on Lobaton's single.
Referring to the passed balls, Rosario said: "The pitchers tried to overdo a little bit with the pitches, so the ball moved more than I expected. They got me, but it's part of the game. Tomorrow we got a day off and forget about it. That game is over already."
Cuddyer belted his seventh homer in the second, giving him at least one hit, one RBI and one run scored in five straight games. Tulowitzki led off the fourth with his seventh homer, trimming the Rays' lead to 3-2.
Arenado, who hit his first career grand slam Saturday night, connected in the seventh, ending Cobb's workday at 107 pitches, 71 of them strikes. It was the third homer for Arenado in his seventh Major League game.
By that point, Chacin's 86-pitch effort, which included 54 strikes, was over. After two weeks off, he could take a small measure of satisfaction about how he regrouped after wading into immediate trouble against the Rays.
"I felt really good about my pitches I was throwing after the first," Chacin said, adding: "I feel good throwing my changeup and slider for a strike. Maybe I could get better command with my fastball, especially the beginning of the game. Things happen, but, anyway, I'm real happy to be back with my team and happy to throw seven innings and help the bullpen also."
Jack Etkin is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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