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Hawaii seems a robust archipelago, a paradise pinned like a bouquet to the middle of the Pacific, fragrant, sniffable and easy of access. But in 50 years of traveling the world, I have found the inner life of these islands to be difficult to penetrate, partly because this is not one place but many, but most of all because of the fragile and floral way in which it is structured. Yet it is my home, and home is always the impossible subject, multilayered and maddening.
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Two thousand miles from any great landmass, Hawaii was once utterly unpeopled. Its insularity was its salvation; and then, in installments, the world washed ashore and its Edenic uniqueness was lost in a process of disenchantment. There was first the discovery of Hawaii by Polynesian voyagers, who brought with them their dogs, their plants, their fables, their cosmology, their hierarchies, their rivalries and their predilection for plucking the feathers of birds; the much later barging in of Europeans and their rats and diseases and junk food; the introduction of the mosquito, which brought avian flu and devastated the native birds; the paving over of Honolulu; the bombing of Pearl Harbor; and many hurricanes and tsunamis. Anything but robust, Hawaii is a stark illustration of Proust's melancholy observation: "The true paradises are the paradises we have lost."
I think of a simple native plant, the alula, or cabbage plant, which is found only in Hawaii. In maturity, as an eight-foot specimen, you might mistake it for a tall, pale, skinny creature with a cabbage for a head ("cabbage on a stick" is its common description, Brighamia insignis its proper name). In the 1990s an outcrop of it was found growing on a high cliff on the Na Pali Coast in Kauai by some intrepid botanists. A long-tongued moth, a species of hawk moth, its natural pollinator, had gone extinct, and because of this the plant itself was facing extinction. But some rapelling botanists, dangling from ropes, pollinated it with their dabbling fingers; in time, they collected the seeds and germinated them.
Like most of Hawaii's plants, an early form of the alula was probably carried to the volcanic rock in the ocean in the Paleozoic era as a seed in the feathers of a migratory bird. But the eons altered it, made it milder, more precious, dependent on a single pollinator. That's the way with flora on remote islands. Plants, so to speak, lose their sense of danger, their survival skills—their thorns and poisons. Isolated, without competition and natural enemies, they become sportive and odder and special—and far more vulnerable to anything new or introduced. Now there are many alula plants—though each one is the result of having been propagated by hand.
This is the precarious fate of much of Hawaii's flora, and its birds—its native mammals are just two, the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus), Hawaii's only native land mammal, and the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi), both severely endangered and needlessly so. I have seen the slumber of a monk seal on a Hawaii beach interrupted by a dithering dog walker with an unleashed pet, and by onlookers in bathing suits hooting gleefully. There are fewer than 1,100 monk seals in the islands and the numbers are decreasing. The poor creature is undoubtedly doomed.
Hawaii offers peculiar challenges to anyone wishing to write about the place or its people. Of course, many writers do, arriving for a week or so and gushing about the marvelous beaches, the excellent food, the heavenly weather, filling travel pages with holiday hyperbole. Hawaii has a well-deserved reputation as a special set of islands, a place apart, fragrant with blossoms, caressed by trade winds, vibrant with the plucking of ukuleles, effulgent with sunshine spanking the water—see how easy it is? None of this is wrong; but there is more, and it is difficult to find or describe.
I have spent my life on the road waking in a pleasant, or not so pleasant hotel, and setting off every morning after breakfast hoping to discover something new and repeatable, something worth writing about. I think other serious travelers do the same, looking for a story, facing the world, tramping out a book with their feet—a far cry from sitting at a desk and staring mutely at a glowing screen or a blank page. The traveler physically enacts the narrative, chases the story, often becomes part of the story. This is the way most travel narratives happen.
Because of my capacity for listening to strangers' tales, or the details of their lives, my patience with their food and their crotchets, my curiosity that borders on nosiness, I am told that anyone traveling with me experiences an unbelievable tedium, and this is why I choose to travel alone. Where I have found a place, or its people, to be unyielding I have moved on. But this is a rare happenstance. The wider world in my experience is anything but unyielding. I seldom meet uncooperative people. In traditional societies, especially, I've found folks to be hospitable, helpful, talkative, grateful for my interest, and curious about me, too—who I am, where I'm from, and by the way where's my wife? I have sometimes encountered hostility, but in each case I have found that conflict dramatic enough to write about—a rifle muzzle in my face in Malawi, a predatory shifta bandit in the northern Kenya desert, a pickpocket in Florence, a drunken policeman at a roadblock in rural Angola, a mob in India, teenaged boys jabbing spears at me in a shallow lagoon where I was paddling in Papua New Guinea. Such confrontations go with the territory.
My love for traveling to islands amounts to a pathological condition known as nesomania, an obsession with islands. This craze seems reasonable to me, because islands are small self-contained worlds that can help us understand larger ones. For example, in Easter Island, Earth Island, the authors Paul Bahn and John Flenley convincingly argue that the fate of the world has been prefigured by the eco-disaster of Easter Island, the history of this small rock standing as a parable of the earth. Literature is full of island parables too, from The Tempest through Robinson Crusoe to Lord of the Flies, and notably in each case the drama arises from people who have arrived on the island from the outside world.
One of the traits that I've found in many island cultures is a deep suspicion of the outsiders, palangi, as such people are called in Samoa, suggesting they've dropped from the sky; a haole in Hawaii, meaning "of another breath"; the "wash-ashore" as non-islanders are dismissively termed in Martha's Vineyard and other islands. Of course it's understandable that an islander would regard a visitor with a degree of suspicion. An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed. It is inconceivable that a newcomer, invariably superfluous, could bring a benefit to such a place; suspicion seems justified. The very presence of the visitor, the new arrival, the settler, suggests self-interest and scheming.


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WINGATE, N.C. – Saint Leo freshman Chris Caiazza was named Deep South Conference Freshman of the Week for the period ending March 4, league officials announced Monday. The conference accolade marks the first of Caiazza's career.
The Lindenhurst, N.Y. native tallied four goals in two games last week for the Lions, which included scoring the game-winning goal in overtime against DSC opponent Rollins. Caiazza scored two goals against the Tars while also causing a turnover. He then netted two goals against third-ranked Limestone to cap his week. Currently, the freshman ranks third on the team in goals and points scored.
Joining Caiazza on the weekly award list were Catawba College senior attackman Braden Artem as the DSC Offensive Player of the Week, while Mar Hill's Dylan Price was given the nod as Defensive Player of the Week.
Saint Leo returns to action on Saturday, March 10, when they host Pfeiffer University. Game time against the Falcons is set for 7 p.m. at University Field. Fans will be able to catch all of the action live through saintleolions.com. For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's lacrosse team, be sure to follow the Lions on Facebook and Twitter.

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I've been reading this site and lately especially this thread and find it very informative. I've been using XHTML for as much time as I'm a conscious developer, and I admit - kind of a 'victim' of the XHTML hype, not realizing fully what it was in the first place back in the years. First, I was using HTML in ancient times some 6-7 years ago.I don't like where HTML(5) is headed to, there are still no clear standards, some browsers do implement some things, and we will have to reiterate the well known hell from when IE5/6, Netscape 4.x etc. were widespread.
But I wanted to point on something - the IE8/9 application/xhtml+xml support and the alleged download dialog they throw upon it.
I tried this in IE8 and 9, this page is rendered prefectly in both, no download dialog, no nothing. I double checked - the server sends the content type HEADER as application/xhtml+xml.
So where is the catch here? These are machines with Win7, and no registry hacks were ever applied. I kept reading here how IE (even 9) would offer real XHTML for downloading, still I do not witness this.
Thanks in advance for any explanation.
IE9 and all other modern browsers can handle XHTML properly without offering it for download.
If you are not seeing it happen then you are probably serving the page with the wrong MIME type.
Whether a page is HTML or XHTML is determined by whether the MIME type is text/html or application/xhtml+xml - what doctype is used is irrelevant.
felgall, thanks for replying so fast.What I meant was I tried your link (opened it in various browsers), and even in IE8 it opens right. Although I could just try and write this myself, you've done it and I used it directly for the test. Obviously you created it to demonstrate the correct MIME type, which is what it does, still IE8 opens it right.Also I read here that even IE9 wouldn't support XHTML and its related MIME type. Thus my confusion.
I'm in the process of looking around to update my front-end skills (I'm mainly PHP with mysql/ms sql) and wondered to what degree I could count on HTML5 right now..
To my knowledge M$ IE9 was the MS first browsers to properly support 'application/xhtml+xml' thus assuming you have IE9 is should display. If you only have a standalone IE8 it would ask you to save or download, etc. All my pages are 'application/xhtml+xml' to those browsers that support the MIME or given 'text/html' to the legacy browsers.
Attempting to open my [real XHTML test page in IE8 will result in the file being offered for download. If it actually opens the page then it either isn't IE8 (or earlier) or you have somehow installed a plugin into IE8 that adds XHTML support. If the latter then I would be interested in knowing what plugins you have installed so as to work out which is adding that support. IE8 definitely offers that as a file for download when I try to access it using that browser (I just retested it and it displayed the save as dialog instead of the page). Tests I have done in IE9 do result in the page being displayed however if you try opening my [URL="http://www.felgall.com/invxhtml.php"]broken XHTML page](http://www.felgall.com/realxhtml.php) it also opens in IE9 when it shouldn't. Restesting that page in the latest version of Opera shows that Opera now also opens it rather than correctly displaying an error message the way it used to so it looks like the latest version of Opera has worse XHTML support than earlier versions - since having the page not display iof there are errors is one of the main benefits of using XHTML in the first place.
Actually it is a relatively rarely updated Win7 (virtual machine), I attach two screens:
I have nothing installed in IE, this is a machine used seldom, I intended to keep it because of the IE8 that is not WinUpdated to 9.As you can see, no download, but displayed correctly.
For now I have no explanation, but I didn't start diving deeply in browsers compatibility yet.
The only thing I can think of then is that it is the Win 7 VM that is supplying the XHTML support. IE is so closely tied into the operating system that it is possible that it behaves differently on different versions of Windows. It definitely offers the page for download in IE8 on Win XP.
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zcorpan sent: http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2011/09/28/no-more-xml-parsing-failed-errors cause I was wondering about it


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Imagine getting a letter announcing you are the million dollar winner in a major sweepstakes. Would you pay fees to get that money? The wrong answer could lead to financial ruin.
"It looked so real… that's when I got scammed," admitted Gertrude Hsia.
She was thrilled when she got a letter saying "Dear Winner, You won $1,000,000 from the Publishers Clearning House." Inside was a check for more than $1,200.
"I had to supposedly deposit that check and then ask for $8,000 in the money orders to pay fees and a small tax," she said.
Hsia followed the instructions and bought eight $1,000 money orders. She was told once she paid the so-called fees, she would get her one million dollar prize. At the Post Office, her purchases of multiple money orders was a red flag. The clerk notified Postal Inspectors.
"I contacted the victim to find out exactly why she was sending $8,000 in money orders to an individual she did not know," said U.S. Postal Inspector, Cheryl Swyers.
Sadly, it was too late. Hsia had already sent the money orders and the check she deposited bounced. The retired 73-year-old on a fixed income was devastated.
"It's really sad when you don't know where that money has gone," said Hsia.
Postal Inspectors say this scam is all too common and the elderly are often the target.
"If you are a winner in a legitimate sweepstakes – you will never be asked to pay fees to get your winnings," explained Swyers.
Hsia says she learned the lesson the hard way.
"It will never happen again. But it's $8,000 too late. From now on – it all goes into the garbage – I'll shred it and that's it," Hsia said.
The good news, due to a bigger investigation into lottery scams, Postal Inspectors caught and federally prosecuted the recipient of Hsia's money orders.
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Moncler Gamme Rouge Fall 2012
It might have been raining outside, but there were heaps of powdery fresh snow on the runway at Moncler Gamme Rouge. That picture-perfect winter wonderland was inspired by a scene from Visconti's The Witches, in which a fabulously dressed diva played by 1960s screen siren Silvana Mangano, arrives in St. Moritz. Indeed the troop of handsome male models outfitted as valets and carrying trunks was a reminder that chic women of that era did not travel light. "It's somewhere between extreme hi-tech modernity and timeless glamour," said creative director Giambattista Valli backstage. "With Moncler Gamme Rouge I really want to bring the worlds of haute couture and sport technology together." With neoprene black overcoats that had the appearance of gazar silk, and cozy puffer jackets trimmed in mink, with Mongolian fur hoods, he made the meshing of those two different forces look deceptively simple. An intricate down-stuffed appliqué jacket had a faint trace of a camo pattern, and the black-and-white alpine scene on jackets and coats was precisely lined up on panels to create a panoramic view around the body.
That palette of mostly black–and–winter white harked back to Visconti's glamorous mise-en-scène, and it's true that against a snow-covered landscape, his designs would cut a chic silhouette. Today stylish women are just as likely to wear their luxe sportswear off-piste, however. And for those returning to the city, a red rubber-coated bouclé puffer, as worn by the men in the show, is the bewitching prize they'd really want to take home.


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Gwen Salley never thought she'd have a law named after her, her father said Thursday.
But on Thursday, 27 days after the Grand Cane woman's death at the hands of her estranged husband, that's what happened.
The new law provides additional protections for women in domestic violence situations.
"The system as we have today failed her, not only her but everybody else. Gwen is up in heaven right now smiling. We cannot bring her back but she can certainly … have an important role in possibly saving someone else," said her father, Bennie Cox, choking back tears.
Just days before Gwen Salley's death, her estranged husband, Michael Salley, was charged with false imprisonment, unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm in connection with an incident involving her. He was out of jail on bail at the time he killed her and himself.
"Gwen's Law" requires a contradictory bail hearing for a felony offense against the defendant's family or household member or dating partner and gives the court the authority to hold the person charged without bail if there's evidence a danger exists.
If bail is allowed, the court could require wearing of an electronic monitoring device.
The measure was one of several anti-domestic violence bills Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law Thursday in special State Capitol ceremonies attended by legislators who sponsored the bills and representatives of anti-domestic violence groups.
Others bills becoming law make it a crime for a person convicted of domestic abuse battery to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon; expedite transmission of restraining orders in abuse cases to law enforcement; allow for an immediate divorce on grounds of domestic abuse; provide for punitive damages in lawsuits arising from domestic abuse; and add the crime of domestic abuse aggravated assault to the list of crime of violence, with offenders required to participate in a court-monitored domestic abuse intervention program.
"Domestic violence is a tragedy that has plagued our state for too long," Jindal said. "We must be vigilant as long as there are other Gwens out there."
Jindal said he plans to sign another measure, sponsored by state Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans, that will create a special commission to review existing public and private programs with a goal of identifying gaps in prevention and intervention services.
Groups such as the United Way of Southeast Louisiana and the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence made a strong push this year for new laws to protect victims in a state that ranks second in the nation in the number of homicides related to domestic abuse.
The legislation was met with overwhelming support from the Legislature, which left legislative sponsor state Sen. J.P. Morrell wondering "what took us so long to pass these bills?"
"The cries of women who have suffered have not fallen on deaf ears," said Morrell, D-New Orleans.
"We asked these people to take some hard stands on issues that can be critical and controversial and they did it," said Beth Meeks, executive director of the Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
A short time before Jindal's bill signing ceremony, the Louisiana House overwhelming rejected another bill aimed at helping those in domestic violence situations.
The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Sharon Broome, D-Baton Rouge, would have stopped the eviction of victims of domestic abuse.
"We have to let the landlords make decisions they think are best for their tenants overall," said state Rep. Joseph Lopinto, R-Metairie.
The House agreed, with 53 representatives voting against the measure while only 34 supported it. Another 18 representatives did not vote.
Proponents said Senate Bill 233 is necessary to stop victims of domestic abuse becoming further victims.
"All we are trying to do is make sure someone is not kicked out of their property just because they are victims of domestic abuse," said state Rep. Helena Moreno, D-New Orleans. She said they can be kicked out for other reasons such as creating disturbances.
"Let's help these women going through these horrific situations," Moreno said.
But a parade of legislators argued the proposed law would put landlords in an untenable situation and expose them to lawsuits.
Follow Marsha Shuler on Twitter, @MarshaShulerCNB. For more coverage of the state capitol, follow Louisiana Politics at http://blogs.theadvocate.com/politicsblog/.


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THE clouds cleared and the sun came out just in time for the many people all geared up to take part in Bolton's Sport Relief Mile.
Families, runners and even toddlers put their best foot forward to take part in the run at Leverhulme Park yesterday (SUN).
This is the second time Bolton Council has organised a Sport Relief Mile to raise money for those less fortunate both home and abroad.
Runners and walkers took part in a warm up to get them ready for the mile and then chose whether to take part in a one mile, three mile or even a six mile "run" around the track.
More than 100 people took part in the first mile event, which kicked-off at 1pm.
Among those taking part was Albie-James Cullen — and at just two-years-old he was one of the youngest to take part.
His family say that he skipped crawling and went straight to walking before running, which he loves.
Albie-James, who has already raised £21 for Sport Relief, was joined by his cousin Rachel Berry, aged 15, from Halliwell.
She said: "This event is so important, when I was watching Sport Relief on television I was carrying. But events like this allows young people to support it and get used to supporting events like this "It shows that everyone can help and make a difference."
Kara Fordjones, aged seven, from Darcy Lever, said: "I really enjoy running and this event is very important in helping to raise money."
Her cousin Katie McClelland, aged six, from Westhoughton, added: "I like running too because I like winning.
"I also took part in a run at school as well."
Even dogs, determined not to miss out on the fun, took part with their owners, including Joanna Kiely, aged 28, from Tyldesley, who ran with her dog Sally.
She said: "I think it will be Sally leading me around the track."
All those who took part were presented with a medal in honour of their achievements.
Janani Velayuthan, aged eight, from Westhoughton, said: "I am really proud of the medal, we were also fundraising at school.
"It is so important to support this because some people don't have homes and we have to support them."
The Sport Relief Mile at Leverhulme Park was the culmination of an activities, which took place across Bolton on Friday at schools and workplaces, including a 12 hour broadcast — between 7am and 7pm — on Bolton FM


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You may not know who they are, but chances are you have some homeless students in your class right now. Homelessness has become a pervasive problem in our modern society, which leaves no aspect of life untouched for the students experiencing it. Unfortunately, this means that often homeless students struggle to succeed academically. As persons uniquely invested in the academic achievement of homeless students, teachers can face challenges in reaching these students. One way to help identify the homeless students in your classroom is to work with your district's McKinney-Vento Liaison. The goal of this page is to provide you with some other resources for the classroom that help bridge the gaps.
The constant change in the lives of homeless children can make the importance of school take on a whole new meaning for them. For many homeless students, school is the one stable and reliable thing in their lives. Teachers can foster that sense of security by creating a homelike environment in their classrooms without actually singling out any one child or group of children. The following strategies were discussed at a conference held by Horizons For Homeless Children in the spring of 2005:
- Friendship Buddies: Homeless families move much more frequently than permanently housed students. By providing new students with Friendship Buddies, the new school and class can seem less threatening and more stable.
- Transitional Items: Homeless students frequently lose all or nearly all of their possessions when they lose their homes. This can produce a great deal of anxiety, especially for young children. Allowing homeless students to keep a small item that reminds them of home or makes them feel safe in their desk or locker can go a long way to decreasing anxiety, which helps allow students to focus on the academic tasks at hand.
- Giving Them a Place of Their Own: Homeless children may literally be living in their cars. Even children living in homeless shelters do not have a space or place to call their own. Giving students a place with their name on it, such as a locker, cubby, or coat hook, can give homeless children a sense of security and ownership.
- Pictures: Some children experience separation anxiety when they have to leave their parents to come to school. Allowing the child to keep a picture of their mom or dad with them at all times can reduce this.
- Lunch Choices: Homeless children have chaotic lives that seem out of control. As a result, many children act out in an attempt to control things. If children are given some limited options to choose their breakfast, lunch, or snack, their internal loci of control can be reinforced.
- Sensory Exploration: Children who are homeless have extremely limited options for exploration and play. Young children especially may spend their entire time with their parents in a child carrier. This can lead to developmental delays. Giving children the chance to get "down and dirty" provides sensory experiences they may otherwise lack.
- Accidents Happen: Because economic and emotional resources are so strained in homeless families, many children become extremely upset when seemingly insignificant events happen. Some teachers reported purposely spilling milk or creating other "accidents" to model adaptive behavior for the children when "accidents happen."
- Consistent Staff: When possible, having regular substitute staff helps children gain a sense of stability.
- Homework File: Teachers can keep a file containing recent work that students have done to send with the students if they move to a new district. This gives the new teacher an immediate point of reference for where the student is academically.
- Goodbye Books: When a teacher has warning that one of her students is leaving, a Goodbye Book can be created to send good wishes with the student. It can include letters, pictures drawn by the other students, signatures, or pictures of the students.
- Stationery: Pre-addressed and stamped envelopes and paper can be sent with transferring students so they feel the link to their friends is still open.
- Hideaway Spaces: Homeless students may never get to be alone or have any down time. By creating safe hideaway spaces in the classroom for free time, students may get away from it all while still being monitored by their teacher.
- My Class: Pictures can be taken of all the students and placed together in a display to give ownership.
- Community Service: While they often receive help at Thanksgiving and Christmas, people in need are often overlooked during the rest of the year. Community service projects can be used to teach academic skills, about homelessness, and civic responsibility.
Lesson Plans
Lessons can also be designed to incorporate homelessness as a topic to raise awareness about the issue. This is frequently a way for other students to be identified, especially in advanced grades. Once students learn more, they frequently will self-identify to the school counselor or identify friends to get help.


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Aldabra tortoises are among the largest in the world – sometimes weighing in at over 500 pounds! Anyone who has spent any amount of time with them will tell you that each one has a distinct and very interesting personality. In fact as a zookeeper, one of my favorite animals to introduce visitors to is the tortoises because I never get tired of seeing people fall in love with them.
The Oakland Zoo has six Aldabra tortoises ranging in age from 40 years old to more than 100 years old! Gigi – one of our middle aged tortoises (she's about 80 years old) received a wound on her shell last year after one of the male tortoises was little rough in his mating ritual. Turtle shells take a VERY long time to heal and require x-rays to monitor the progress. Just try x-raying through the shell of a giant tortoise. It's not easy and requires very special equipment -the type of equipment that we haven't had on zoo grounds.
Last year, in order to monitor Gigi's progress, we had to take her all the way to UC Davis where she could have a CT scan on their larger and stronger equipment. The scan showed us that our treatment was working, but now it is time to check on her again.
Moving a giant tortoise is no easy feat! It requires several people to lift and move her. Then we need a van that she will fit in and it has to have climate control because reptiles are ectothermic. Of course, it is also stressful on her to be removed from her group, make a two hour drive to Davis, be put into a large machine for the scan and drive two hours back to the Zoo afterwards. That's a pretty crazy day for a tortoise.
If Measure A1 passes this November, our new veterinary hospital will be outfitted with a brand new high powered x-ray machine – one that will be capable of going through a giant tortoise shell. This means that Gigi will have a five minute drive to the hospital and be finished in less than an hour – rather than taking a full day! A great deal less stressful for her, which means improved animal welfare!
Gigi says "Vote YES" on Measure A1!


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I LOVE THIS PRODUCT! It smells great and gives limp hair a lot of volume and body. This is perfect for midday when you want more volume, and it really leaves your hair looking like you just left the salon. I have medium thickness and wavy brunette hair. My hair can straighten easily and curl easily. My hair is not that dry, but not completely supple either. This product is perfect for my type of hair. It removes any unwanted odors and makes my hair feel lively and fresh. When used properly, this product can work wonders. DETAILS: instantly cleanses, revives and refreshes hair and scalp without water "erases" away impurities, toxins, excess oil and product build-up leaves hair cleansed, light, luminous and healthy-looking perfect for use between washings, as a hair pick-me-up, when you're in a rush, or when you overuse a styling product increases hair volume at the root while treating both hair and scalp eco-friendly formula
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Teens Turn Into Entrepreneurs
Boston Herald, August 7, 2011
Written by Jennifer Heldt Powell
Teenage entrepreneur. An oxymoron, right? After all, teenagers sleep late, would rather hang out with friends than work and prefer buying over selling.
Here's what teens have going for them, however: They have a lot of energy, they usually want money and they haven't been told "can't be done" often enough to buy into the mindset.
That's what the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship counts on. The organization provides programs through schools and community groups that introduce the concept of entrepreneurship to teens, often setting them up to start their own businesses. Armed with a $1 million gift from MasterCard, the group is expanding to reach more students.


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Something has gone slightly mad with brand management if we barely shrug at the news that Google's next release of its Android mobile operating system will be named after a chocolate bar.
Android Key Lime Pie was the original name – continuing a trend of labelling Android versions after sweet treats. The Android KitKat idea was kept under wraps until this week, but it is now out there, complete with an Android KitKat sculpture at Google HQ in California. Read more


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Recipe: Lasagne
Updated 2:10 pm, Friday, June 21, 2013
Makes 8-10 servings
1 pound mild sausage
6 ounces lasagna noodles
1 cup cream-style cottage cheese
1 (6-ounce) package grated mozzarella cheese
1 (15 1/2-ounce) can or jar spaghetti sauce with meat
1 (4-ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
Instructions: Brown sausage slowly, breaking up meat as it cooks. Drain off excess grease.
Meanwhile, cook noodles in boiling salted water according to package directions. Drain.
Heat oven to 375 degrees. In greased 10-by-6-by-11/2-inch baking dish, layers in the following order half of each: noodles, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, spaghetti sauce, mushrooms and sausage. Repeat layers. Bake until heated throughout, about 30 minutes. Let rest a short while before cutting into pieces.
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Per serving (based on 10): 300 calories (50.9 percent calories from fat), 17 g fat, 45 mg cholesterol, 780 mg sodium, 20 g carbohydrates, 2 g dietary fiber, 17 g protein.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Senior All-American Maalik Reynolds broke his own record in the indoor high jump to highlight a record-breaking weekend for the University of Pennsylvania track and field teams. Twelve Quakers climbed the school record books at Penn State's annual Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup.
Reynolds recorded the third-highest jump in the nation this year when he surpassed 2.24 meters (7 feet, 4 1/4 inches) to win the high jump. He won the event when he cleared 2.14 meters on his first attempt. He then cleared 2.18 meters on his second jump and passed the bar cleanly at 2.21 meters on his final attempt at that height. The bar fell on his first two attempts at the school record - which he previously held at 2.23 meters - but he had a clean jump on his third try to raise his own school standard.
Also in the high jump, freshman Noel Jancewicz accomplished something no Penn woman has done in 19 years. She became the first Quaker since Tiffany Archer in 1995 to clear the bar at 1.72 meters (5-07.75 ft.). That placed her as the runner-up and moved herinto sixth-place all-time at Penn in the indoor high jump.
In the weight throw, sophomore Sam Mattis became just the ninth man in school history to surpass 17 meters in the event, while classmateSerena Graf moved into sixth-place in the Penn women's record book. Mattis advanced past the first round with a toss of 16.37 meters and then his first throw in the finals measured 17.01 meters (55-09.75 ft.) for seventh overall. Graf had not exceeded 15 meters on any of her first five throws, but she launched her final toss 15.97 meters (52-04.75 ft.) to finish fifth.
On the track, Penn's milers led the way. Sophomores Tom Awad and Clark Shurtleff were 1-2 for the men, while sophomore Elyssa Gensib and freshman Ashley Montgomerynearly crossed the finish line simultaneously and scored for the women. Awad won the event with a collegiate-best time of 4:04.54 - the fourth-fastest mile in program history and the best time for a Quaker since 2006. Just a few seconds behind, Shurtleff finished in 4:08. 21 - the ninth-fastest time mile in program history. A short while later, Gensib finished in 4:54.16 - just one-hundreth of a second before her teammate. Those times now rank fifth and sixth, respectively, in Penn's record book.
Other women to make a move in the record books includedCleo Whiting, who was second in the women's 3,000 meters with the school's sixth-fastest finish of all-time at 9:47.32, and junior Heather Bong, who improved upon her third-place standing in the school record book with a fifth-place finish of 24.93 in the 200 meters.
For the men, sophomore Ben Bowers was third in the men's 60-meter hurdles with the third-fastest finish in program history. He crossed the finish in 8.12 which matched Max Westman's time from 2009. Senior Mato Bekelja moved up to fifth all-time at Penn in the 800 meters with a fourth-place finish of 1:50.48.
Three men scored in the shot put as Jake Brenza (16.18m), Mattis (16.05m) and Marcus LaRoche (16.05m) finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively. A pair of Quakers scored in the 3,000 meters as William Meadows was fourth (8:30.37) and Brendan Shearn was seventh (8:34.93). Tom Timmins was sixth in the 400 meters (49.40). Penn also scored in the distance medley relay (10:04.42) and the 4x400 (3:20.06).
Also on the women's side, sophomore Gillian Berger scored in the long jump with a fifth-place finish of 5.41 meters (17-09 ft.). Senior Kersie Jhabvala was fourth in the 5,000 meters with a career-best finish of 17:18.68. Senior Chelsea Delaney was sixth in the 800 meters (2:13.89).Lydia Ali was fourth in the 60 meters (7.70) and sixth in the 200 meters (25.16). Penn also scored in the 4x400 relay (3:50.57).
Of the eight schools competing atHorace Ashenfelter III Track, thePenn men finished fourth with 71 points. The Penn women were fifth with 65 points.
Next week the Quakers return to the historic Armory in New York City. Penn will compete in the Rider/Lafayette Invitational on Friday and will some send Quakers to the prestigious Millrose Games on Saturday.


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Apple iOS 5 Reviewby Vivek Gowri, Andrew Cunningham, Saumitra Bhagwat & Brian Klug on 10/18/2011 3:05 AM EST
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simi13 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI could swear I am on 9to5mac.com (I read anand and that daily), hahaha. A very nice review, though. Reply
MobiusStrip - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkIt does fail to mention a glaring omission in the OS, though: repeating, AUDIBLE notifications of MISSED CALLS.
This was inexcusable in version 1, but after five or six years, Apple's phone still lacks an important, common-sense feature that was found on cell phones in the '90s. Aren't people sick of missing time with their friends and families because they didn't find out they called until the next day?
Your phone is on its charger on your dresser, and you're taking a shower when someone calls; the phone gives one little chirp immediately after the call and never again. WTF? If you missed the call, it stands to reason that you're going to miss a single noise right after it. The thing should (OPTIONALLY) notify you periodically that someone called, until you cancel the notification.
Even more bafflingly, Apple added repeat-notification controls for TEXTS. So if there's an emergency in my family and my parents want to get in touch with me, we're assuming they'll TEXT me? Brilliant, Apple. You have to wonder what kind of retards make these decisions over there. Reply
eallan - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI hope Apple adds the option for people that want it, but man, that is one specific complaint.
I don't think I've ever wanted the feature. Just wake your phone up after a shower? Whats the big deal?
I think that may be the most rare complaint about iOS. Hardly makes them "retards" for not adding a specific niche feature. Relax Reply
Booster - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - link"I don't think I've ever wanted the feature. Just wake your phone up after a shower? Whats the big deal?
I think that may be the most rare complaint about iOS. Hardly makes them "retards" for not adding a specific niche feature. Relax"
Sorry man, but it IS a big deal. Who in the hell would want to wake his phone periodically? Don't you realize how stressful this is? You'll never get to 'relax' knowing someone might have called or texted you etc. You'll be constantly checking out your iPhone and over time this will drive you crazy. Not a small matter by any means and surely not 'niche', since every freaking user suffers from this.
If iPhones were really that good, they'd have a dedicated LED indicator for missed events and sufficient options to customize alerts, but they would be off by default so idiots wouldn't complain that their iPhone is bugging them. Leave it disabled by default, that's fine, might even add a warning before activating alerts, but this feature just needs to be there, man. Reply
Bob-o - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - link> If iPhones were really that good, they'd have a dedicated LED indicator
Agreed. It was only last weekend, when my neighbor was showing off her new 4S, that I realized you couldn't just look over at the phone to see if you have a txt/email/voicemail waiting for you. Something my Treo 650 used to do just fine.
As great as new phones are, it is amazing how some of them have taken steps backwards in many little ways. Reply
robco - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThat's all well and good if you're home alone, your phone rings, you aren't available, you find out when you return. However, I do recall back in the day, being in a public place, someone's phone rings in their purse or jacket, they're off in the bathroom or in a meeting or something. Not only do you have to listen to their phone ringing, but then you have to listen to the audible beep every so often and that can get quite annoying. Convenient for you, not always convenient for those around you.
Honestly, get into the habit of checking the phone when you've been away and out of earshot. One quick tap on the sleep/wake button will let you know if you've missed something. Otherwise yours is the phone people are going to want to smash with a sledgehammer because it's beeping every few seconds. Reply
Booster - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - link"Honestly, get into the habit of checking the phone when you've been away and out of earshot. One quick tap on the sleep/wake button will let you know if you've missed something. Otherwise yours is the phone people are going to want to smash with a sledgehammer because it's beeping every few seconds."
I'm more concerned with my personal psychologic wellness rather than with what irritates the others. Then again, why not include the feature but disable it by default? Morons won't even care to enable the cornerstone feature of any mobile device, but those who care - they will.
You probably don't realize how retarded the 'quick tap' concept is, how extremely inconvinient for the user. Why should he or she pimp the damn square button every now and then? There is just no excuse for not really caring about end users. Reply
snuuggles - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - linkHmmm, I think you are too-quickly dismissing a valid point. I mean, there are actual laws about car alarms that go off repeatedly because they are so amazingly annoying. I think your repeated noise idea is along the same line. A dedicated light might be a better compramise.
Honestly, you seem a little unhinged, I somehow doubt that adding this single notification feature will allow you to have better "personal psychological wellness."
Maybe you should get rid of the phone if it's that important. Unless you are a doctor or the president, being reachable isn't *that* important. Reply
kezeka - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - linkI am in medical school and I can personally vouch against doctors wanting to be within earshot. If we aren't on call (you would have a pager for this) then there is no reason to constantly check the phone. There are instances where I can see it being necessary.
That said, I leave my phone completely silenced all day, every day and just check it periodically to see if anyone has tried to contact me. If they have, I call them back. It isn't worth breaking your concentration to be completely on top of things (insert link to any number of articles suggesting the human brain is horrible at multitasking here). Reply
name99 - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - linkI actually am with MobiusStrip here. Different people use their phones in different ways, and I'd appreciate a more aggressive reminding of missed calls.
A similar problem (which I reported as a bug a year ago, but which is still not fixed) is audible notification of text messages. Suppose you have your phone connected to a BT headset or headphones, and a call comes through. The phone is smart enough to realize that it should still ring the phone speaker because you may not actually have the headset or headphones plugged in. But it does not extend that same level of intelligence to other notifications, most obviously text messages --- but I think also Skype or Viber calls. Reply
willstay - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkExactly. Few of my friends complain that if they miss that email chirp, and that email notifications do not show upfront, they are going to have to actually run the email app to see if there are new emails (or remember unread counter from previous).
LED notification is better suited for this kind of notification. Unfortunately my phone doesn't have one but comes with amoled screen and there I found free app that actually displays contact pic of person I missed call/text/email/yahoo/viber/whatsapp from. A quick glance from afar and I know if I missed anything. Reply
steven75 - Monday, October 31, 2011 - linkWhile I sympathize with your issue, I've been an iPhone user since 2007 and not even a single time has this been a problem for me.
The fact is, my phone lives in my pocket even while at home. If I'm the shower, the phone is on the counter in the bathroom, usually because I'm listening to music or a podcast on it. Reply
sigmatau - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI for one will never, ever install one more piece of Apple software on my "PC". They can thank itunes (and quicktime) for that. Buggy, almost malware-like acting crap. Reply
Stuka87 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkGo away troll. If you don't care for Apple, don't bother commenting on an Apple article. Reply
The0ne - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI totally agree with you. What we need is segregation, a separation of Windows and Mac users. Screw the Linux users cause really they suck anyways. I'll go as far as to suggest we segregate idiots from average to knowledgeable users as well. All future reviews and articles should specify exactly what type of users should be allow. We all know people don't cross-platform use PCs, less know about them and the apps.
Doing it this way it would be way way more fair. I'm serious, lets do it! Reply
sigmatau - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkLOL why? Maybe they will rethink their magic and make it more magical! I'm so glad to get rid of my 3gs for a GS2.
I've owned computers for almost 20 years. In all that time, I have never, ever used software that blatently prevented simple common sense functions. I guess it is Apples form of computer DRM. Reply
simi13 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI only use iTunes for music, on Windows. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkWell... itunes is pretty godawful. Reply
Bansaku - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - linkUhm, I have been using iTunes, Safari, Quicktime and Software update in Windows since XP, and have found it to be 100% stable, NO bugs, and works like it does on my iMac. I call BS, Troll! Reply
kylewat - Monday, October 24, 2011 - linkQuicktime is pretty annoying. Not sure it is malware like but very difficult to disable. Then again; you don't have to install quicktime. Reply
anubis44 - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkMobiusStrip, your point is well-taken. It would be nice for Apple to make incessant missed call bitching an option, but I take issue with your attitude. Only an a$$hole needs other people and machines to prod them in the a$$ every 5 minutes to do things. Try taking responsibility and check your godam phone for messages after your shower/bubble bath/whatever. No wonder the Chinese are leaving the West in their dust. With such lazy a$$holes like you being broadly representative of our spoiled, self-entitled civilization. Try being pro-active and less reactive in your life and you'll see amazing things happen before you know it. Reply
Aikouka - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkHave you guys noticed any weird issues with WiFi sync? It seems that whenever I would unplug my phone, iTunes would start freaking out because it couldn't find the phone. That's pretty obvious why... it's no longer on the network since iOS only keeps WiFi alive while plugged in. It would constantly pop up an error about being unable to find my iPhone or iPad.
Not to mention leaving "Open iTunes when this device is connected" would cause iTunes to constantly open up... even when closed. Turning this off caused my device to enter some weird limbo state with iTunes. Plugging it in gave me an error, "Another iPhone has sync'd with this computer." The only options were to restore or setup as a new iPhone. A little Googling revealed that the only option was to hit setup as new iPhone and quickly unplug the cable.
It worked, but now my device just comes up as "Apple iPhone" instead of how it used to.
I really don't like iTunes. Reply
kezeka - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - linkI just straight up cannot get it to function with my iPad 2 and MBP. I have tried pretty much everything I can think of without any luck. Not that it bothers me that much, I would just like to have it working to simplify the syncing of the two. Reply
name99 - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - linkThere are two things you might want to try.
(a) Shame on Apple for not making this clear, but you have to go to iTunes and, while the phone is plugged in, toggle the "Sync with this phone over WiFi" checkbox. It is not set by default, and when you try to sync on your phone, the phone gives a useless error message rather than telling you this setting needs to be toggled.
(b) You have to ensure that your phone in on the correct wifi network. If you have a modern Airport base station and have a guest network setup, you must ensure that the phone is NOT on the guest network --- best is to tell the phone to forget the guest network. This makes perfect sense --- the whole point of the guest network is to contact the outside world, without allowing you to contact machines on the local LAN. Reply
StormyParis - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkGuys, I think devoting graphs to gains of 0.1s is... mmmm.... we French say "sodomozing flies". I think the coclusion is 1- don't do graphs for irrelevant sutff (especially, not lots and lots fo thm) 2- a 0.1s improvement is not forth more than a "slightly speedier" comment in passing, and 3- those times are so low to start with, lobel them "very good", and talk about some interesting ?
I know benchmarking is fun and all, but we're well past the point of irrelevance. Reply
dingetje - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkhmmm we dutch say f**king Ants.
it seems u french are way more pervy than us ;) Reply
cjs150 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkIn depths of northern England we go for sheep - but I think that is a lifestyle choice rather than pithy phrase describing graphs!! Reply
Samoht - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkinteresting.. in danish it's called flyf**king. Maybe the translation from french to danish didn't carry all the way over ? Or maybe we do not need the specifics;-) Reply
Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkWhat they show is that there is no difference, which is kind of their point. Reply
grkhetan - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI didn't know AnandTech did software reviews... I have been coming here every day since the last 3-4 days to see the iPhone 4S review, but finally I see here is an iOS5 review. But even this was high quality as your hardware reviews are -- I love how you go into detail of everything and don't cut back on prose. With hardware your reviews are unmatched in the industry considering your technical depth.
Anyway, nice review and great coverage. However, when is the iPhone 4S hardware review coming out? Reply
Blaze-Senpai - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkGo read an iPhone 4 hardware review; it's basically the same thing. The only (physical) changes are minute and you'll get different bar charts. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI disagree. Anecdotal reports better antennae reception in the 4s over the 4. Also the internals are almost completely different between the 4 and the 4s. Reply
Andrew Rockefeller - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - link...but then again, I come here for the info that I don't/can't get elsewhere. Is there really any need for yet another review on a spec bump? What magical new insight could be added to the dearth of info already available??
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iPhone+4S+review Reply
uhuznaa - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkWell, reliable comparisons of battery life and antenna performance would be good start. Reply
LordSojar - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkIt's the Android notification system we've had for years with a few minor tweaks. Wow, Apple sure is revolutionary.
Why isn't Google suing them again? Oh right, because Google aren't a**holes... my bad. Reply
uhuznaa - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI thought Android was "open" and even GPL/Apache licensed? Hard to sue anyone doing what the license allows them to do, really. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkOh please just stop already it's getting old. Reply
name99 - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - link"Why isn't Google suing them again? Oh right, because Google aren't a**holes... my bad."
Presumably because Google don't have a patent on the idea. Why not?
Maybe there is prior art? Maybe Google just didn't get a patent?
Either way, throwing out random statements as you are doing is not informative. The law has its flaws, but it's not just a popularity contest. If you have something useful to say about the legal issues go right ahead, but what you have said is not helpful, implying as it does that Google would never sue over patents. To take an example, if someone started copying pagerank or the adwords system, I expect Google would be suing them the next day. Reply
Yann Bodson - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThe music app new design is inspired by the old Braun vinyl players.
http://www.wearesuperfamous.com/wp-content/3511586... Reply
cjs150 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThere is a lot to admire about the new OS, and to be fair to Apple, the iPhone has been the class of the field since it first came out.
Problem is that the field has raised their game. The rest of the field has no hang ups about making sure their phone works well with lots of software not just "Apple approved" products - particularly Microsoft products (I am not going to start on the Flash argument - lets just say it is an example of the closed universe that Apple wants).
Simple fact is the overwhelming majority of businesses run Microsoft products and in particular Outlook and exchange servers. If Anandtech cannot the iOS 5 calender to work with Outlook consistently what hope is there for the rest of us.
Great as a home phone, fantastic for kids. No better than B+ for business
More positively I really like the Apple philosphy of getting all their mobile products working the same way, there will be loads of people with mobile phones and iPads and an MP3 player of some sort. I would take issue with the idea that make OS upgrades "PC free" is a novel concept. The iPad 2 probably has more processing power than the office machine I used 7 years ago, so the concept that freeing updates from the PC is revolutionary is feeble. The real question is why did it take so long to achieve such an obvious step. Reply
steven75 - Monday, October 31, 2011 - linkFunny because many of here at this Exchange shop use iPhones with our work email just fine, calendar and all. In fact, it works quite nicely.
We have our choice of company phones and it's extremely rare for anyone to pick anything but an iPhone. I'm sure that would be different if it didn't play so nicely with Exchange. Reply
myxiplx - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkJust a note, my 3GS is far more responsive since installing IOS 5 than it's been for years. It's not just application launch times, popups, and notifications are a lot snappier, there's a definite reduction in the lag that's been creeping up over the last year. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkWow, I have found it lags a bit more than ios4 Reply
kmmatney - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI'm still running iOS 4.0 (can't upgrade easily due to jailbreak for tethering) and its not all that bad once you disable Spotlight search. I'm hoping they have an untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5 soon, though. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkAnand,
Surprised you missed this large flaw. iPads will not receive iMessages sent to your cellular number, just iMessages sent to the email addresses setup in the iMessage account.
This is a huge flaw. What has already happened to me is people using their iPads have missed messages for many hours since they were addressed to the cell number and this then isn't devlivered to the iPads.
Why would apple miss this huge functionality gap? It means now I have to remember to send iMessages to email addresses to be sure the person will see it in a timely fashion. Reply
Aikouka - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThat explains why I never saw any of the "iMessages" that a friend sent me the other day. I was wondering why they didn't show up when I poked around the Messaging app on my iPad. I assumed all you had to do was sign into the same iMessage account to share everything. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThat's all you have to do for things to work, however there's a catch that I mention - both devices have to be configured to have the same iMessage "Caller ID." This is why the default Caller ID is set to the iMessage "Apple ID" email account, and also the other catch is that your sender has to then be talking with that contact.
-Brian Reply
kylewat - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - linkThis simply is not true. It's ridiculously easy to have it sync with the iPad you just have to have the contact information in settings correct. ie Have your phone number in the settings. Reply
windywoo - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkIf Apple is just now implementing features that have been around on other phones why do their products always get such high scores in reviews? Why is it acceptable for Apple to trail in features while Android handsets will be marked down if there happens to be a flicker in the animations? Don't tell me it's because Apple does it so much better because that's subjective at best, and to my mind dishonest.
All the features implemented here fix major usability flaws in iOS that really contradict the general view that Apple's products are the easiest to use, but for some reason Apple has got a pass from reviewers like some favoured, hobbit haired child.
I would like to see fewer double standards. We are talking about a capitalist, profit driven corporation, I think they can stand to be handled a little less gently. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkHere's why
http://dinnerwithandroid.tumblr.com/post/115710967... Reply
windywoo - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThat article is a prime example of what I'm talking about. Subjectives passed off as objectives. Until recently the android browser was ahead in any benchmarks yet he claims it's slow. And in any case, Android gives a choice of browser if there are any rendering errors. Safari is not without its own flaws, and when it does go wrong you're stuck, because Apple doesn't allow other browsers.
He finds Widgets useless, but doesn't appreciate that other people might not and Android allows them the freedom to spend battery juice on trinkets like live wallpaper if they so choose. Why is it that Apple users always consider it an advantage to have Apple make decisions for them and will pay over the odds to be nannied?
The market argument is almost entirely irrelevant. Let's leave aside the fact that he can't have looked very closely if he thinks there is no software on the Android market, the same argument used to be addressed at Macs. Apple fans would claim then that the quantity didn't matter so long as the major functions were there. Apps are a con anyway. If consumers weren't so gullible, many of them could be written as web apps, making platform irrelevant. But consumers are dumb. They like being fed nuggets of code like junk food.
He lists the good things at the end so why does he consider them less important than what he sees as faults? The answer is of course, fawning subservience to the mighty Apple. Reply
Phynaz - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkWho told you Apple doesn't allow other browsers. I've tried at least three alternatives, and my current browser is Atomic. Reply
name99 - Friday, October 21, 2011 - linkLet me just point out that obsessing about numbers can be counterproductive. Let me give you an example:
No phone reviews (yet, anyway) measure the speed of the file system, the speed of launching apps, that sort of thing. But we all know from desktops that, for most purposes, what makes a machine feel fast or slow is not the speed of the CPU, it is the speed of the disk.
So, suppose one is using a phone where most of the storage is an SD card (which are, or at least can be, quite a bit slower than the internal flash storage iPhone uses). That's not going to show up in benchmarks like Linpack, or Sunspider, or how fast the GPU is --- it's not going to show up on ANYTHING that current reviews benchmark.
Now, does this make any sense? The single most important determinant of perceived performance is not being mentioned? You can either close your eyes and say "la la la, I don't care", or you can face reality and accept that slowness in IO leads to general complaints about "feels sluggish".
And, look, it is STUPID of Android fans to ignore these complaints. Presumably you want your phones to feel fast, right? So what is more likely to get manufacturers to install faster flash in their phones?
- a bunch of people saying "what performance problem? The speed of our phones is perfect in every way. Heck, don't change anything ever"
- a bunch of people saying "yeah, the phone is nice in a lot of ways, bnut damn it feels slow when I perform the following operations"
? Reply
_tangent - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - linkThat blog illustrates Apple's greatest achievement in technology: convincing people that choice only serves to complicates matters. The browser comparison is a perfect example. There are browsers available which perform far better than the stock android browser. On an SGS2 (7 month old handset), firefox comprehensively beats the new 4S is JS benchmarks. Yet the blogger behaves as if visiting the market and downloading a third party browser is a complication too far for the average smartphone owner.
I wish people would stop evangelizing the dumbing down of technology. There's nothing wrong with engaging your brain a little to get the best out of your tech. Too many people are bought into Apple's belief that we're all a little too stupid or too busy to think. iOS is to technology what pop is to music: instant gratification for very little investment of time or effort. But ultimately the same rules apply to everything: you get out what you put in. And on that topic, the author of that blog can't have put much effort at all into looking for apps, because i have never struggled to find quality games/widgets/etc on the android market. Reply
kylewat - Monday, October 24, 2011 - link_tangent,
I believe you represent the worst in IT evangelism. The reality is that simplicity is what people want; and choice does serve to complicate matters. It is probably hard to understand how complexity makes things harder because it allows people to get involved. When people get involved 'complexity' creeps in. It's very difficult to fight. Apple's achievement is getting rid of complexity.
How often does a good project good bogged down by feature bloat? You go to a certain new product because it is sleeker and simpler, yet does everything you want. Then someone starts adding 'features' and a few years later the product is slow and complicated. Someone has started making a new product that is small and fast.
This is what enabled Apple to enter any market they have entered. The mp3 market was complicated; iTunes made it easy to share music (especially on university campus' for anyone who was alive in the early 2000s.) and the iPod caught on.
The same thing has happened to basically every major invention. Over time, simplicity and best practices trump 'choice' which allows people to get in the way. Reply
steven75 - Monday, October 31, 2011 - linkDo you know what my friend's favorite thing about switching from Android to iPhone is?
How much better the browser is.
So much for benchmarks, eh? Reply
TEAMSWITCHER - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkProducts like smart phones, tablets, and computers are multi-faceted beasts. An overall evaluation of each is what reviewers typically strive to determine. Apple is not perfect by any stretch, but taken as a whole the products are quite good. What you perceive as media bias, is actually just Apple making great products. Reply
windywoo - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkNo, what Apple make are products which are simple, and pleasing to the eye. They "just work" because they restrict the user in how much they can do, and therefore limit the amount of mistakes they can make.They usually trade off on other features such as customisation and flexibility. Then they add in the missing pieces as they go along. Why is this Apple method so beloved of reviewers? Why handle them with kid gloves for such obvious flaws that have just now been fixed? No-one applauds Fisher Price for simplifying things. Do Apple really deserve such praise for putting stabilizers on a bike and then taking them off when their users are suitably indoctrinated? Reply
tbutler - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkBecause, just maybe, Apple designs products primarily for people who are willing - and often even *happy* - to trade maximum customization and flexibility in return for simplicity, fewer hassles, and limiting the possibility for mistakes? Heck, I've been using computers since the late 70's and consider myself a fairly experienced user, and I still like having a platform I can just pick up and use with a minimum of fuss.
To answer a point further upthread: Benchmarks and feature checklists are suitable metrics for people who view benchmarks and feature checklists as the primary reason for using a platform. For those who think UX trumps raw performance or features*, not so much. And how do you quantify UX?
*(A feature with a UX that makes it more trouble to use than the benefit you get from the feature is a null feature in my book.)
For example, let's talk about the PlayBook, which I was able to grab for $200 recently. To back out of an application and return to the launcher/task switcher, you swipe up from the bottom of the screen. This leaves your finger in a good position to either swipe between apps, or tap an icon to launch. Offscreen controls are typically located in a toolbar you reveal by swiping down from the top of the screen; again, the gesture leaves your finger in position to do what you want.
Compare this to Honeycomb, where the home icon and app drawer controls are on complete opposite corners of the screen; the same sequence requires going to the lower-left corner to return to the home screen, upper-righte corner for the app drawer, then back to the center to select an app.
One platform feels fluid, with one action naturally leading into another; the other feels interrupted, with your finger jumping all around the screen. How do you reduce this to metrics for a review? Measure the number of inches your finger has to travel across the screen? Reply
Daniel Egger - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI have just read the one linked article and I must say I have to agree quite a bit save for the "Sharing" experience. I do have a Gingerbread phone and only an iPod Touch on the IOS side (besides my main phones are a Palm Pre for the "business" stuff and a Nokia 6310i for the phoning part).
The Android phone, while allowing for a hell of flexibility, just feels clumsy compared to the other smart devices: animations are not fluid, the UI of all non-Google applications feel like design by blender; about every single app looks vastly different and most don't provide any classy feel, save for Wunderlist, which must be the most wonderfully crafted Android application out there.
Apps get swapped out erratically while other uninteresting tasks stay in -- why the heck does CSipSimple get swapped out several times a day while Maps launches itself? Managing running apps is a royal PITA on Android while it is supposed to be a "don't care".
The Android market is utterly swamped with crap; it's about impossible to find decent apps and even more so without annoying ads all over the map. There really needs a separate right "Displays Ads" rather than "Full internet access". Also the market is not really helpful in finding good apps compared to the App Store. I've literally hundreds of very good apps and games, about 90% of which didn't cost me anything, on the iPod while I'm really struggling to hit 10(!) solid ones on the Android device.
Then there's the standby time. The Pre and the iPod have SIP accounts XMPP registrations over WLAN up for over 2 days, the Pre even with UMTS on. The Android phone will need a recharge after less than one day, without cell or GPS reception on yet it has the largest battery of all devices.
Then there's usability issues, maybe caused by vendor modifications (but fragmentation is also another con rather than a pro), like when you plug in USB while the phone is locked is will display the USB selector but you can't select anything until you use the hardware buttons to get to the hidden lock screen and disable the lock first...
I was about as psyched to get the Gingerbread thingy as much as I was to get the Pre and and my iPod but I really hoped for a *lot* more than I received. There're so many inherent problems in the Android platform that I'm certainly not going to let me lure into trying Android another time soon... Reply
Jeff7181 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkRepeat alerts indefinitely until read or dismissed.
Set ringer based on location and date/time.
Set WiFi & Bluetooth based on location and date/time. Reply
name99 - Friday, October 21, 2011 - linkI agree. Have you reported them as bugs to Apple?
I've submitted maybe 30 bug reports and feature requests regarding iOS5 and iCloud over the past few days.
Having worked at Apple for ten years, I know: engineering is DRIVEN by bug reports. If you submit a bug, especially if lots of other people are submitting the same bug, it's pretty likely to get handled before the next release. Feature requests --- maybe handled --- sometimes they agree, sometimes not, sometime it's just a low priority.
But random rants on blogs --- unlikely to change anything unless some Apple engineer happens to read your comment and think "fantastic idea". Reply
steven75 - Monday, October 31, 2011 - link"Repeat alerts indefinitely until read or dismissed."
This is a feature, not a bug, to everyone else in the world that doesn't want to hear your phone make noises endlessly because you aren't in the room.
"Set ringer based on location and date/time."
Agreed, this would be nice.
"Set WiFi & Bluetooth based on location and date/time."
I find this unnecessary. I leave both of those on 24/7 and always make it through the day on a single charge. Push notifications and location uses far more battery than those two and having them turn on/off based on location is going to cause more battery usage than just leaving them on all the time. Reply
ddarko - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - link"Unfortunately, iTunes Wi-Fi Sync asks that your phone be connected to a power source for the feature to work. This shouldn't be too hard to grasp considering the massive power drain issues people would have inevitably faced had it not been otherwise."
A quick but notable clarification in the review which gives the impression the wi-fi sync function requires a device to be powered to work. It needs to be plugged in to work automatically once a day. However, a device can manually be synced over wi-fi without being plugged in. Go to settings -> general -> iTunes Wi-Fi Sync and hitting the Sync Now button. Reply
darkpaw - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkOn the last pic in the find my friends section, you blurred out the account name at the top,. but not where it appears again at the bottom of the screen. Reply
teetee1970 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkYou mentioned the newton force etc to take a picture. You can actually take pictures now with the headset using the up volume button. So you could hook up to a tripod etc or set the phone down somewhere and click away as fast as you can press the buttons on the headset. You could probably use a bluetooth up volume button too. Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI've yet to have WiFi sync actually automatically sync my phone when plugging it in for the night. Perhaps iTunes must be left running on the computer, but that kind of defeats the purpose of automatic sync; I'm not going to leave a bloated app like iTunes running 24/7 just in case my iPhone decides to sync.
If this is a requirement, WiFi sync will be largely useless for me until they can at least have a service launch iTunes on the PC when the phone wants to sync. Reply
ddarko - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkYes, iTunes has to be running for the wi-fi sync to initiate automatically. No, the iOS device won't launch and then quit iTunes.
One other thing I've noticed is that leaving iTunes running with wi-fi sync enabled is an enormous power drain on the battery on my iPhone 4. I've noticed my fully charged phone will be down to 40% charge by the morning. Of course, if you leave the iPhone plugged in all night, it will still be fully charged in the morning but apparently, there's a lot of power-draining activities going on between iOS device and computer during the night. This is one reason I've decided not to use auto wi-fi sync since I don't want to keep iTunes running and unnecessarily using power overnight. I still like the wi-fi sync option a lot but I manually sync wirelessly and then quit iTunes. Reply
Geigco - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI was a Palm/WebOS junkie since it came out.
"A company that executes consistently may not be competitive on day 1, but after a couple years of progressive iteration it may be a different beast entirely." sums up what WebOS failed to do successfully. Reply
ltcommanderdata - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThanks for including results from previous iOS versions to see the evolution in performance as well as the analysis of iPhone 3GS and iPad 1 performance.
I was wondering why GPU benchmarks weren't included? The results at Barefeats show that Apple seems to have much improved GPU drivers in iOS 5 compared to iOS 4.3.5. Devices seem to show around a 25% improvement in GLBenchmark for instance. It would be good if you could validate this result in GLBenchmark and GLview as well as add in the iPhone 3GS which Barefeats is missing.
And do you know how GLBenchmark's online results database reports it's scores? For each device, in the details they seem to list multiple GPU driver and OS versions, which makes me think they are using a running average of submissions. Seeing performance changes with OS version, that would make he GLBenchmark online database very inaccurate. It's great that you are able to run the benchmarks on your own devices so that the results are unambiguous. Reply
MyTechLife2 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI haven't seen many comments about the disadvantages of using iMessage. Here's some I've noted:
iMessage costs more when not on wi-fi. I pay a flat $6 per phone for everyone in my family to have UNLIMITED SMS/MMS. Or if I use iMessage while away from Wi-Fi, it counts against my LIMITED $15/200MB per phone data plan.
Also, I've found SMS to be more reliable than data service in congested and rural areas. Try posting a Facebook status update or any other data service from a crowded football stadium, vs. using SMS. SMS always wins. Reply
lukarak - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkMost people don't have it like that. But then again, most normal people use Whatsapp. It has really been a revolution for me and my friends.
P.S. I have 50 sms free per month, and 1GB of traffic. Reply
repoman27 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkiMessage packets are very small though. You would have to send on the order of 8000 iMessages per month to use even 1% of your 200MB plan. I'm guessing concerns regarding data plans are also the reason why Apple implements compression for iMessage MMS's when even one client isn't on Wi-Fi. Reply
Brian Klug - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThat's true, however we've measured and talked about the size of iMessage messages - read/delivery reports are 53 bytes (which is literally almost entirely just overhead from JSON and APNS), and messages range upwards in size from there up to 853 bytes before being fragmented across a few different APNS.
By that math, it's going to take 245,856 maximum length (853 byte) iMessages to eat up your 200 MB data plan.
-Brian Reply
steven75 - Monday, October 31, 2011 - linkiMessage defaults back to SMS if it hasn't been sent after X seconds. In theory, this means you shouldn't have to worry about congestion because Apple thought of this for you. Reply
FoTacTix - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkI was hoping for a battery life comparison in the review. Maybe I missed it? My battery life seemed to be much worse with imessage turned on on my Verizon iPhone 4. Reply
Dug - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkGreat review!
The most important update for me was mirroring to the Apple TV, and I think Apple would sell millions of Apple TV's if they promoted this.
I enjoyed airplay before, but now that it works with every app is incredible.
I enjoy being able to put everything through my stereo and TV. Things like Pandora, MOG, videos, games, etc. is so nice and very easy. Garage Band is actually fun now that I don't have to plug into my stereo. No other product can come close to this. I have several Apple TV's now throughout the house and can control everything from my iPad.
It makes me wish that they made a 16x9 iPad. (But with my TV's I'm able to do a little stretch so it's not so bad) Reply
jsd6 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkYou can easily delete items from Reading List - swipe to delete on iphone/ipad, click the "X" icon on desktop Safari.
You can do Wifi sync without being plugged in - it just isn't automatic. The wording on the iDevice is definitely confusing. As soon as your device is within wifi range of your Mac, the device will show up in iTunes as if it were connected via a cable. You can click Sync on iTunes, or initiate it from the phone. I've actually found to be too slow for my tastes so I stick with the cable. At least now the phone is still usable while the syncing is happening. That's a big step in the right direction! Reply
Galatian - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkThe one thing that really made me angry about the iOS update was the removal of the multitouch gestures for iPad 1 owners. I mean it worked in iOS 4 through an Xcode developer account, so Apple can't even say that the hardware is not powerful enough, like they do with Siri.
What is even worse is the fact that they changed their website AFTER the update has been releases and people started complaining on their support forum. Now the American site states it is an iPad 2 feature only. Strangely enough the UK, Canadian, German, ... still quote the general iPad.
Also the change log for iOS 5 update never mentions this to be an iPad 2 only feature.
Apple has been known to artificially outdate their products, but they have down so quietly. This time they actually announced something and are now quietly changing stuff so it fits their business model...dumb move if you ask me. Reply
steven75 - Monday, October 31, 2011 - linkI agree there was not a good reason to do that. I wouldn't want to be without multitouch gestures on an iPad. I never use the home button except to turn it on. Reply
lurker22 - Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - linkSo there is no fix?
I have to remember to send messages to people using their email address in order for it to be sure and deliver to all their iOS device? Which means I have to know what phones all my friends use which is nuts.
Why doesn't iMessage just route imessages sent to a cell number to all the values associated with the apple ID? Reply
name99 - Friday, October 21, 2011 - linkTruth is, there are a HUGE number of rough edges associated with iCloud and all the related services. A different set of examples would be the duplicates of events in calendars, or the duplicates of contacts in Address Book; and there is no consistent mental model for how data is supposed to behave "in the cloud and on devices". Mail behaves one way, calendars and contacts another, iTunes music a third --- and I don't think any human understands how Notes are supposed to behave.
My HOPE is that this is all teething troubles --- Apple was faced with a deadline --- they needed to get iPhone 4S out by a certain date --- and iCloud was rushed before various bits were quite ready. If this is so, hopefully we'll see the worst discrepancies resolved in iOS5.1 and OSX 10.7.3 in three months or so.
And if not --- well, that is NOT a good sign. Apple's whole value proposition is, of course, "it just works". And while Android seem unlikely to compete on that front soon, it is possible (not inevitable, but possible) that MS might actually get it right in Win 8, right enough at least to become the new press darling, the company whose cloud offerings make sense, unlike Apple whose every product behaves poorly and inconsistently across the cloud. Reply
unixfg - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - linkI don't really understand your claim here:
"So regardless of how and where you've gotten your music from, if its there on the iTunes Store, it automatically gets legalized and added to your account..."
Do you mean to imply there is no distinction on Apple's servers as to the source of your Music? I know the AAC files you buy have a tag linking it to your account, and can't imagine they wouldn't keep track of the source.
That aside, I don't see how it would "legalize" anything. I'm a huge fan of your articles, and hate that this is the first time I've felt the need to register and comment, but...
<citation needed> Reply
name99 - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - link
Unfortunately, iMessage still isn't a clean break since it's limited to the confines of iDevices (and not even the desktop, yet), and it's no way to make friends to tell people they'll need at least an iPod Touch to text you.
It's worth remembering that Apple also did not say, on day one, that FaceTime would be available on desktops. In fact they announced
- FaceTime for Phones in June 2010.
- FaceTime for iPods in Sept 2010.
- FaceTime for Macs in Oct 2010.
I'd say, given the FaceTime experience, there is no reason to assume iMessage for Macs won't appear as soon as Apple feels the time is appropriate. (Who knows when that will be, but it will probably be thrown into, to spice up some Mac related announcements, rather than just appearing silently in OSX update 10.7.3).
The limitation to the Apple world may be a bigger hassle longterm, at least in terms of wanting to avoid SMS charges. I guess if you have lots of non-Apple using friends, you need to stick with Viber and suchlike.
The REAL attack on the telcos comes when
- FaceTime offers a voice-only mode AND
- Apple offers VoIP transport to foreign numbers (like Skype does)
My guess is Apple has plans for both of these, but they'll be introduced at the point where the Telcos no longer have the power to screw Apple over (which Apple probably feels requires a larger critical mass of customers than they have today). Reply
alpha754293 - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - linkHow does the new iOS affect battery life? Reply
techloverLA - Thursday, October 20, 2011 - linkHello,
I own a Mac that recently got the iCloud upgrade. I turned it on and registered a new .me ID just to try it out for fun. Later when I turned it off, it gave me the message that "turning off iCloud will delete all iCloud data from the Mac. User can still access iCloud data with other iDevices." That scared me a bit, as I thought all my calendar/contacts on my Mac will get deleted. I logged on to iCloud.com and found nothing has been sync'd, so I went ahead and turned iCloud off. Nothing happened to my existing data on Mac. However this makes me wonder, does turning off iCloud wipe off data from the advices? I don't own an iPhone, but am considering one. However I don't want to have to delete data from my device should I choose not to use iCloud. Do you find that true in your test? Thanks. Reply
RosiePerkins - Friday, October 21, 2011 - linkI think that if you are so pedantic as to worry about mising calls constantly. Or enough to be thrown by the fact there is no 'repetitive and annoying' alerts, then you should either get into a habit of constantly checking your phone. Which you would be if people were ringing you so often that you always miss calls or text messages.
You're being rather lazy by expecting a feature in an already highly advanced phone to compensate for you not wanting to hit the wake button. If you are then unsatisfied with the way you have to wake your iPhone now and then maybe you should reconsider ever having it leave your person. This way there is no need for features that would cause stress for every one else around you. Reply
IndyJaws - Saturday, October 22, 2011 - linkThank you for one one of the most thorough recaps/reviews I've seen on iOS 5 - excellent work!
One thing I'll share with others at the risk of looking stupid...I couldn't figure out why iTunes kept launching on my 2 computers for no reason at all (phone was not connected at the time). I'd shut it down and it'd start back up, seemingly randomly, from time to time. Silly me, I had iTunes configured to sync to iCloud, but to still launch iTunes when the iPhone was connected. So...the wireless sync would kick in (at intervals much more frequently than I would have expected), causing iTunes to launch. Clearing that checkbox fixed the issue. Just an FYI in case anyone else runs into the same issue - I'm sure there are others, but not willing to admit it! Reply
mashimaroo - Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - linkMirroring in the iphone 4s and ios5 makes doing presentations on my iphone so much easier. I can simply connect it with a vga connector or a/v connector to my aaxa p4 pico projector and im good to go. I can use whatever docs goodreader or keynote. i can even play games with it and stop staring at my tiny phone screen. Reply


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