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"Gladiator" star Russell Crowe and his wife of nine years, musician Danielle Spencer, have called it quits, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Warner Bros. released this first pic of actor Henry Cavill as Superman in the upcoming reboot, "Man of Steel."
The film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane; Laurence Fishburne as Editor-in-Chief Perry White; Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Clark Kent's adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent; Michael Shannon as the villain General Zod; and Julia Ormond and Russell Crowe as Superman's birth parents.
Actor Russell Crowe is getting into shape this summer... and tweeting about it.
The Oscar winner, 47, has been tweeting his exercise routine, kicking off the summer with a vigorous bike ride June 18.
Actor Russell Crowe, starring in the upcoming thriller "The Next Three Days," admitted to "Extra" he enjoys watching a little reality television as a date-night with his wife, Danielle Spencer.
"I watch the 'X Factor' ... We use that as our date night. I know that probably sounds pretty sad to some of you people out there," Crowe laughed, adding, "I know if I was 20 now, I'd be lining up with everybody else, trying to have a go."
Actor Russell Crowe flashed a bit of his infamous hot temper during a recent BBC radio interview, HuffingtonPost.com reports.
In Cannes to promote his new medieval action flick, "Robin Hood," Crowe first became irritated with a British reporter who asked the actor about his accent in the film, claiming it sounded Irish.
"Robin Hood" star Russell Crowe feels pretty comfortable swinging a sword or shooting an arrow -- but singing with Beyoncé?
Crowe sat down with "Extra's" Terri Seymour to talk about his new medieval actioner -- and the rumor he might be starring in a remake of "A Star Is Born" with the R&B singer.
"Extra's" Terri Seymour caught up with Russell Crowe, star of the upcoming summer film "Robin Hood," and found out a few things audiences will be surprised to know.
Crowe tells Terri that he wanted to have his new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as close to Marlon Brando's as possible. "I got voted down. His is way down there outside of a convenience store where I used to buy ice cream from and I wanted to be down there, but apparently, long ago, they filled up the area around him... I'm next to Anthony Hopkins... a pretty good spot and fine company."
Fun fact: the Oscar winner was a singer/songwriter back in the '80s, known as "Russ Le Roq." He recorded a song at 16 with the lyrics, "People say I'm crazy, but I don't know, just want to be Marlon, Marlon Brando."
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Actors Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks were involved in a fender-bender on Wednesday while shooting their new film, "The Next Three Days."
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With so many phones in Samsung's Android lineup it's easy to forget when a new release slips by you. Though Galaxy S Advance isn't exactly new, it's a relatively unknown, yet important member of the Galaxy S lineup. What Samsung has done with this phone is taken the design of the original Galaxy S and updated the hardware. By keeping price low they've turned Galaxy S into a compelling offer for those who don't want to empty their pockets. If you happened to pick up one of these bad boys then follow the guide below to update Galaxy S Advance i9070 to XXLQG Android 4.1.2 firmware.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. For over a decade, the drug called tPA has proven its worth as the most effective emergency treatment for the most common kind of stroke. But its promise is blemished by two facts: tPA can cause dangerous bleeding in the brain, and its brain-saving power fades fast after the third hour of a stroke.
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Kindle books now at the local library
Amazon is finally making e-books for its Kindle reader available at libraries across the country.
Barnes & Noble (BKS) worked out a similar partnership for its Nook reader a long time ago, but Kindle users have been left out of the library loop. The deal won't immediately help Amazon's business, but it may eventually entice more people to buy the device if they can borrow books on it for free.
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Users visit their library's website to find available books to borrow. There, they may see a "send to Kindle" option, which takes them to Amazon's website. After logging into their Kindle account, they can receive the book through Wi-Fi or a USB connection.
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The books will be available for all Kindle devices and for computers and phones that have the Kindle app. Amazon shares were essentially unchanged Wednesday afternoon at $233.46.
There were hundreds of Kindle books on my library's website, but only a small fraction were actually available. The library owned 68 copies of "The Help," for example, but none of its Kindle versions were available. The library suggested I place a "digital hold" on the book.
Shouldn't a library in theory be able to have unlimited copies of Kindle books for checkout? No, because it's expensive, and book publishers everywhere would riot if that took place. Also, who would visit a library anymore if it were that easy?
Many popular bestsellers are absent from the list. The public libraries in New York and Los Angeles don't have the "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series for the Kindle, reports The Los Angeles Times. Also missing is Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom."
The terms Amazon has placed on the lending are also fairly restrictive. Amazon says the lending time will vary by library, generally between seven and 14 days, Ars Technica reports.
But there was one bright spot in all of this. The actual checkout process, including the transmission to my Kindle, was flawless. I was able to find "Honeymoon" by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, and it showed up in my Kindle about 10 seconds after I requested it from the library's website.
If only it were all that easy.
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Champaign (AP) -- The National Science Foundation has given the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications more than $10 million to develop software to manage vast amounts of un-curated digital scientific data.
The NCSA said Thursday it will use the money over five years to develop systems that it says will turn vast amounts of currently unorganized information into usable data.
Initially the software will be aimed at geoscience, biology, engineering and social science.
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Here's another example where it's not so much the amount of sea slug based Pokemon that's surprising (there are only two evolutionary lines of sea slug-based Pokemon), but rather it's surprising that a whopping six designs based on sea slugs were introduced in a single generation in Diamond and Pearl.
Again, someone on the Pokemon design team must have really been inspired by sea slugs, because not only did they base legendary Pokemon Manaphy on the clione, but in a first-ever for the series, allowed a legendary to breed and produce offspring. Breeding a Manaphy produces another sea slug, Phione, who's basically a poor man's Manaphy but still officially maintains legendary status according to the Pokemon Company.
Also somewhat of a first, in the same generation Pokemon designers granted two distinct designs to a single Pokemon – both Shellos and Gastrodon have strikingly different appearances depending on whether they're from East or West Sinnoh. It's definitely not unheard of for the same species of Pokemon to have different forms, but Shellos and Gastrodon are unique because the difference in their two forms is purely cosmetic and based on geography.
Now, some of the cats shown here actually vary greatly in actual design, so not all cat-based Pokemon are offenders in the sense of being redundant. In fact, Snorlax may be (and is) the greatest Pokemon of all time, and Meowth is no slouch either. We only include them to show that Pokemon designers continue to churn out boring cat designs even after the original Red & Blue already contained the two best cats Pokemon has ever seen and will ever see. Possibly the four greatest cats, if you count Mew and Mewtwo.
In other words, we already have Snorlax and Meowth – why do we need all these second-rate cat designs like Skitty, Delcatty, Glameow and Purugly? They're not bad Pokemon, but their designs are markedly less inspired than their predecessors.
Pokemon designers seem to love hybrid pig creations. Mankey and Primeape are probably the most egregious offenses here – there's something really creepy about a "Pig Monkey" Pokemon. It's uncomfortably reminiscent of The Island of Doctor Moreau.
And why does the woolly mammoth have to have a pig nose? It's not so bad on Walrein since walruses already have flattish noses, but a stubby nose on an animal that usually has a large trunk is slightly disconcerting, almost as if it were amputated. Ew. With the name Mamoswine, we get that he's supposed to be a mammoth/pig hybrid, but it just doesn't work here. Maybe pig hybrids never work and everyone involved with creating Pokemon should once and for all give up on them. Agreed? Agreed.
Generation after generation, we continue to see Pokemon that push the boundaries between man and beast. Lots of Pokemon are vaguely anthropomorphic, and in fact there's an entire egg group for Humanshape Pokemon. But things go wrong when a Pokemon design goes from "bipedal version of an animal that's usually a quadruped" to anything that resembles a sexy woman or a clown, or anything wearing shoes for that matter.
Of course the most horrific monstrosities were birthed in Red and Blue, Jynx and Mr. Mime being the most infamous. But it could easily be argued that Hitmonchan is equally bad, because he's basically just a human boxer in full uniform with a weird head. Since then, it seems Pokemon designers have toned it down a bit without completely learning their lesson – see Buneary, the sexy humanoid rabbit, for instance. Where will the madness end?
What did we miss? What kind of Pokemon are you sick of seeing generation after generation? Let us know in the comments below!
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The beginning of Summer in the United States is neither Beltane nor Summer Solstice but today, the start of the Memorial Day weekend. All across the country, swimming pools will open, there will be cookouts and parades, and Hollywood moves firmly into popcorn movie season. The Indianapolis 500 is Sunday, as is NASCAR's longest race. If your school isn't out already it will be shortly. Summer is at hand. As much as the Nature-centered Pagan in me likes the idea of the whole country celebra … [Read more...]
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Yohji Yamamoto x Hermes Leather Bag
First showcased in the Fall/Winter 2008 shows in Paris, this Yohji Yamamoto-designed Hermes bag is finally here. Available exclusively in Hong Kong, the modern styled Barenia-leather bag will drop in three similar sizes (35/38/41cm). The collaboration piece has been announced as a one-off and will retail at a price around $5150.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration is continuing to take reservations for the 2005 Ammonia Refrigeration Conference & Exhibition March 13-16 in Acapulco, Mexico.
Billed as the "world's largest gathering dedicated exclusively to ammonia refrigeration," the conference will include back to the basics sessions, explanations of maintenance procedures, and operations workshops. English and Spanish language tracks will be available.
It will be the held at five-star Acapulco Princess Hotel and Resort on the Pacific Ocean.
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Remember that classic episode of Seinfeld where Jerry caught his dry cleaner wearing his clothes in between cleanings? (Love that show.) I think it's safe to say that most of us have wondered if that sort of thing ever really goes on after we drop off our favorite items of clothing, but one customer got a surprise much nastier than a stain or foul smell after picking up his shirts and suits.
When a man named Alex looked at his receipt after grabbing his dry cleaning, he noticed the name "Asshole Alex" at the top. His story was told on The Consumerist, which asked the question, "Were they commenting on his behavior as a customer, or was it some kind of terrible phonetic mistake?"
Um, I'm no genius, but I'm guessing the slap had something to do with how he treated the staff at the dry cleaners when he ventured in and out. Maybe he just wasn't friendly. Maybe he didn't even acknowledge their existence when he ran in and out. Or maybe it's something bigger than that -- like maybe they found some sort of evidence of shady behavior on the clothes he brought in?
Then again, there's always the possibility that the workers were just having a little bit of innocent fun to try and help get them through the mundane days of standing behind a dry cleaning counter all day. (Crazy kids.)
Whatever the case, Alex's story serves as an important lesson to always be as pleasant as possible to the people who are handling your clothes, and if you can't be nice? Maybe buying one of those at-home dry cleaning kits is a better option.
Do you ever wonder what goes on behind closed doors after you drop off your clothes at the dry cleaner?
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I used to work for a vet and once took a phone message from a client who was always a TOTAL asshole to us. The message to the vet (who knew what he was like) read, "Call Mr. ______. Take your time. What a jerk." Well, the vet left the note in the client's file and it fell out and he found it- and of course made a point to call me out on it. All I could do was blush and stare at him, though I really wanted to say, "Yes, you are a rude asshole, and I meant what I wrote." Not long after he found a new vet and we all celebrated!
I don't use dry cleaning, but my guess is that this Alex was a jerk! LOL
Thank goodness we don't have anything that is dry clean only! The only time I have been in a dry cleaners is when I was going in with my mom or dad when I was growing up.


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Showcase for Stairs: Water Tower Residence
A home for a modern day Rapunzel! This water tower in Soest, The Netherlands was converted to a nine level residence. Built in 1931, the tower renovation involves a unique opportunity for the architects to use a myriad of designs for staircases in an effort to make the unique space both efficient and filled with natural light.
In addition to a 3 level window that allows natural light to enter the structure near the ground level, the home features a sauna and roof deck with amazing views. Completed in 2004, the tower residence was designed by architects at Zecc Architecten — the same firm who completed the Church-Home conversion we shared a few weeks ago.
You can see more photos and architectural renderings at ArchDaily | Watertower of Living / Zecc Architecten.
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Neat. A nightmare for the aged though!
Someone lives here? Really? Because you'd never guess it from these photos. It looks more like a sensory deprivation dungeon.
(Although if you link to the site you'll see a goldfish in a bowl in the kitchen. Poor little fish.)
And you get buns of steel just taking the trash out!
Well, you definitely wouldn't need to sign up at the local gym when you practically live on a stairmaster. Those photos have got to be from the architect's photos before anyone moved in. The place is so stark and cold--practically sterile! I feel chilly just looking at those photos.
It looks like one of the heads on Easter Island!
I can't even imagine the Feng Shui challenges! ;)
I like how someone is repelling down the side!
very beautiful but very uncomfortable to live in! It would be a nice art-gallery or something like that, but not a house!
Lizzykewl - Maybe the owner wanted to get downstairs faster than the stairs? Don't take that seriously - it was meant as a joke.
I agree w/ Blandwagon. I love it. I would like to live there with just my bf & have complete run of the place.
There's a water tower like this in our town, and the idea of turning into a house was briefly entertained then completely rejected. Every time drive by the thing I wonder what living in it might have been like. Thanks for this peek.
@mirandabee: "sensory deprivation dungeon" *snort* Yes, it does look really cold, doesn't it? I imagine no one lived there when the pictures were taken, because... where's all the stuff!?!?! It certainly doesn't look lived in.
The romantic in me wants to like it, though. I'm in love with lighthouses, and this is similar. Could be kinda cool... if it weren't for all those stairs. :S


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The globular star cluster known as M4 likely contains a few hundred thousand stars. At a distance of 7,200 light years it is one of the closest globular star clusters to our solar system.
This star cluster is located within the constellation of Scorpius. It is visible in binoculars and small telescopes and it located just 1.3 degrees west of the star Antares. 1764 the French comet hunter Charles Messier made it the fourth object, M 4, of his now famous catalog.
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The last time Johnson scored 25 points, he also made 16 of 19 free throws in a win over Mercer on Dec. 3, 2011.
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Ian Clark, the Bruins' leading scorer averaging 19.2 points, notched 18 points on 6 of 9 shooting.
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What's the Best Reusable Wrap for Keeping My Sandwich Warm and Non-Soggy?
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Q: I like to eat breakfast at my office rather than at home. For a while now, I've been making breakfast sandwiches with toast, eggs, turkey and cheese. To keep them warm, I wrap them in parchment paper (to help reduce soggy-ness) and aluminum foil. While I can (and often do) re-use the foil, I hate how disposable my wrapping is.
Do you know of anything re-usable that will help keep my sandwich warm and non-soggy (it's generally about an hour from the time I make the sandwich to the time I eat the sandwich)?
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I'd try a simple pyrex container. However, is it possible to bring a toaster to work? I can't imagine anything staying warm and fresh for that long. Plus it would eliminate your need for all that disposable wrapping.
How about a stainless steel bento box?
You could also change breads...
Instead of toast, you could fold it up in a flour tortilla or flat bread, samosa-style, or stuff it into a pita.
It won't be toasty-crisp, but it won't be depressingly soggy, especially if you add a smear of leak-barrier, like a thin layer of cream cheese, before the rest of the ingredients.
Then you can use whatever container or wrapping you have on hand to keep it warm.
Sounds really random, but it works... If you did the above with a flour tortilla, you could iron it (yes, with your iron) while wrapped in foil. It makes unbelievably crispy outsides & nice and hot inside. Doesn't eliminate the waste of the foil, but it does eliminate the soggy issue. Not sure how you feel about ironing your food at work (can you close your office door?), but I'm just putting it out there.
Rectangular plastic chinese food take-out containers (the ones that are smaller and flatter).
If you were in the UK, I'd recommend this http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/aladdin-bento-0-6l-camping-lunch-box-p103948?gclid=CLPUnr3m1LkCFUda3godMhcAEg (with round roll for your sandwich and a cloth napkin to avoid sogginess. The closest US thing I could find is this http://www.amazon.com/LunchBots-Thermal-Stainless-Insulated-Container/dp/B005E4VIO4/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1379502132&sr=8-7&keywords=insulated+lunch+flask
I make Egg Sandwiches to go as well, I have started putting them in a shallow rectangular pyrex container. The cover has a removable tab, that when removed offers two small airholes! I remove the piece and this allows air to flow into the container. While it isn't "perfect" when the cover is removed, it is much crispier than if totally wrapped up.
You can try this newer product: Beeswax and cloth food storage alternative- The "new" old fashioned alternative to plastic wrap. It has the light weight of traditional wraps, but the sustainable function of permanent containers (ie. it is a washable and reusable wrap)
These are GREAT lunch box/sandwich bag options Provisions Shop by Food52
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2. Tiffin 3-Tier Bento Lunch Pail
Another vote for Beeswrap! It's the best thing I've found that keeps my expensive cheese fresh longer, and I love how easy it is to wash and reuse.


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Android Market is Currently Blocked in China. Here are your Alternatives.
The Android Market is currently blocked in China, presumably by the Great Firewall. It may be temporary (there have been earlier blocks), but we tested it with different devices the result is always the same: connection expired. Blocks in China always come without any official public notification.
When Google Maps updated to 4.70 for Android it was blocked too. The last time I checked Gmail on my phone, that was blocked too. Google faces a severe deficit of trust with the Chinese government.
But fear not, China's local app stores have you covered! While the rest of the world relies on Android Market, most Chinese Android users have a number of local markets and online forums to download their apps, including cracked versions with the best price tag of all: free.
Android phones sold through official channels are never equipped with Google's Android Market. The norm is either a China Unicom Market or China Mobile, whose middling offerings leave a huge market gap for the local startups to provide downloads for apps.
Here's a sampling of the alternative offerings in that space:
Wandoujia, an Innovation Works startup, is a mobile apps manager that bills itself as "iTunes for Android." It's PC desktop client that hosts most of the most popular app stores in China–the local ones that is, the Android Market is not included.
It provides an app search across all of the markets it supports. Anytime one of them has an update for your app, it will also update for you.
Apart from apps, you can also backup your phone's contacts, messages and even the apps installed for future system reinstalls.
Tencent, China's largest cloner, also recently launched an Android app manager that challenges Wandoujia.
GFan is an online forum. Internet forums were once completely dominant and are still an important form of online social networking in China. Users share millions of contents, including attachments, product info, etc.
GFan is an Android-specific forum. The site's categories are divided by Android phone models, with an independent area for downloads. Piracy runs wild.
GFan also provides a mobile client for its forum with a search feature that allows you to search for app attachments shared by other users.
This is another online forum, by Xiaomi, that provides downloads for the latest MIUI OS and also user-shared apps. The forum runs on a point system where each download requires certain number of points (usually one). To earn points, all you have to do is interact in the forum, so it's pretty much free anyway.
There is no point going through all of the local Android markets because there still isn't much differentiation. But there are couple notable ones for you to check out:
AppChina, Ndoo Market, and HiAPK.
And HTC Android phones come pre-installed with their own HTC Market. Every manufacturer wants a piece of the action.
So I wouldn't be worried that with the Android Market banned from China users in this country will miss out on the top apps. But Google should worry about missing out on the lucrative business of selling apps, especially as most of the local markets provide pirated version of paid apps.
But this is a long standing problem and challenge for any software publisher or provider to tackle in China: for now, piracy still rules the sea of China.
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Andriod Market sure is blocked in China! You can test for yourself at http://www.blockedinchina.net/?siteurl=market.android.com
not only Android Market, but also mobile Gmail and Google maps stopped work for me day before yesterday.
what a second. If it would be blocked on Great Firewall level, it wouldn't be accessible on Web too, however it is. Maybe something wrong on Google side? They like to link accounts and settings to SIM cards, which is really annoying.
Until Oct-01 when I acessed it the last time, it was not blocked, at least not in Shenyang. What is true though is that there are tieout problems. But that is true for many websites as all traffic has to pass the Golden Shield, and those machines may have problems to cope with the ever increasing network load. Also, timeout and related problems differ from operator to operator. Try to access it by WLAN from home at non-peak hours (aka morning), then it might work well.
It's not blocked though. I can access market.android.com from my browser. And I can even get it to push apps to my phone using the install feature (and they download successfully). The only thing that doesn't work is the market app.
Can you tell me how you managed to do this, as I am having trouble getting ANY apps onto my phone
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Wow, that is really great advice indeed… Telling people to go and download their apps from these local Chinese app stores, which are FAMOUS for their propagation of malware, trojans through their free and pirated apps.
What is it with people in China finding it absolutely normal and acceptable to pirate absolutely everything? Has it ever occured to you people that if you actually PAID good money for the apps you like and enjoy, that you might actually be encouraging developers to maintain and continue making more great apps like that? If you encourage people to go and download pirate stuff, you're doing much more harm to Android than good. Don't be surprised afterwards if nobody wants to make apps for Android anymore, you've been part of the problem thank you.
So thanks a lot for your advice, but no thanks, I'd much rather find other ways through SSH tunnels or VPNs to keep my access to the REAL Android Market, which is clean from viruses, and I don't actually mind PAYING for the great apps and games I want to enjoy.
Btw, if you really don't want to bother paying money for your software, that's also fine, there's a whole lot of great free and open source software out there. I absolutely blows my mind that most people in China insist on running crappy pirated versions of Windows XP when you could actually enjoy MUCH BETTER software such as Linux/Ubuntu, for absolutely free.
Wow, what is it with people in the West finding it absolutely normal and acceptable to so carelessly throw out generalizations and judgements without understanding?
True piracy is a problem in China. And Chinese people are aware of the problem and recognize it as a problem. And Chinese people an afford many of the low-cost Android apps. But if the market is blocked, why shouldn't they go to a local alternative (which is more localized for Chinese people than the app market anyway)?
Yes…why don't all Chinese people get vpn in order to get un-blocked internet? Well, for starters, you need a custom rooted ROM on your phone…which most Andoid phones have anyway because they are purchased on the grey market…because the account is tied to a SIM card. And Androidd tablets, VPN won't unblock the market… you have to delete your account and re-sign on, as well as reset all Google app data before Google's servers will recognize your devise as being in the USA. So… if Google is interested in preventing the growth of "grey markets", they probably should address this issue.
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The 'issue' here is that Aliyun and BaiduOS (?) are now ready for primetime. Fittingly they're Android forks (ha!), and the money has been wired to Beijing, so the Government has decided its time to stamp out Google in China.
Congrats to Alibaba and Baidu for… um.. slaying the round-eyed dragon…Really inspiring guys
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Which is only fair considering that Google took Linux and Java and created Android from there. Lol
yeah unfortunately some of us who actually live in china have to "get real" and just go along with what we can get – we have to crack this, pirate that and literally jump through fire walls just to get on facebook – get over here and live for a while and see how long it takes before you embrace it!
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Confucius says: "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
It calls for dropping the inner mask through which we constantly see and evaluate the world, distorted by our wants and belief-systems. Here we have to look at things as they are. Just like a newborn child would look at things. Then we are able to really see again, without instant labeling of what we see and therefore only really seeing our label. If we become able to do this – just for a second without judgment, we can see that everything in nature is as it should be. And in this natural perfection lies beauty.
i did reset my phone 10 times until found this information by luck
Google, Gmail, and Android Market are not blocked, but are extremely slow to load in China. I think this might be why the Market App has been throwing out the "Connection Timed Out" error. Hopefully everything will be better again at the end of the month, when the silly Poliburo meetings are over in Beijing.
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You guys don't get it.
the android market is not BLOCKed in terms of IP if u access it by browser. When you buy a phone in china which has the manufacture rom you will not have the android market, and to obtain the apk for it would not work either. you have to root your phone and change factory localization and sorts to access android market.
Can't you just use a VPN?
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Debate: The effects of texting on the next generation.
By excluding our earliest communication channels such as sound and visual cues (non-verbals), are we not creating a species unequipped for interpersonal communication?
Furthermore, producing a byproduct of negative dependency for avoidance, and ultimately alienation?
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I would like to extend my earnest gratitude on the thoughts of all who participated, your insight has been valuable and as a whole might be included in a project/paper I am working on for school; I thank you all.
Interesting points made by all, as thought provoking directions guided the discussion into areas I had not thought of yet; some I had. I found it interesting that some din not feel texting affects our ability to interpersonally communicate and that we needn't be concerned; even chalked it up to similar hysteria resembling past generations. Others found an effect possible, perhaps warranting further exploration. I would have to agree with concerns written language and texting is having a negative effect on the ability to cohesively formulate a properly constructed sentence (academic criteria), I see evidence of this all over campus; though research shows otherwise. Interesting point, people are born with the ability to communicate non-verbally (NV) but most do not control nonverbal cues. However, NV's are so important to communication thus replaced with symbols during texting in order to exchange feelings normally visualized through body language. Also, Social Anxiety Disorder caused by texting (lack of) effecting drug usage; interesting possibility. Likewise inference, we do not create our own world, therefore we are not in control of our forms of communication; curious. For the record, I agree we would be wise NOT to text and drive!
Once again I would like to express a warm thank you for your time and thoughts and I hope I covered the essence of our discussion in my closing statement
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Oct 22 2012: really? doesn't it seem like technology would help and cater to the needs of people with legitimate social anxiety disorder and other issues with direct contact? i also don't understand why you are bringing drug addiction into this at all.
i'm sorry if i'm coming across as rude, i just really don't understand.
could you clarify about it directly contributing to these things?
Oct 23 2012: The connection between Social Anxiety Disorder, and drug addiction is obvious... Send someone with SAD to a psychiatrist, and he or she will begin their drug addiction. That's the way psychiatry works. If you're a bit more new agey and choose a psychologist, you might save some money and have a better result... but the prescription drug industry, for people with "psychological disorders", that didn't exist before, is a multi billion dollar machine, and the drugs they push are far more addictive than alcohol or pot.
As to the connection between SAD and technology... It doesn't exist... SAD and texting.... It very much exists. Why are you typing with your thumbs when you could be having an actual conversation? It's a weird way of remaining a bit more detached from the person you are communicating with.
If you start texting people at 12 for example, when your social skills are not yet fully developed, you are going to spend far less time practicing the skill of conversation, than if you call people. That makes conversation a more rare experience, and a more difficult one, you are less comfortable with. The less time you spend conversating, the worse you are at it. The worse you are at conversation, the more negative experiences you have while conversating. The more negative experiences you have conversating, make you more likely to avoid conversations in the future. The more conversations you avoid, the worse your SAD is/gets.
Oct 23 2012: This is one of my weird ones... I don't think I'm going to win any friends with this position, and I can't support it with real time testing. I can only support it with hindsight. Modern psychologists currently believe that 20% of 18-34 year olds now have a diagnosable form of social anxiety disorder... There is no way one in five people had social anxiety disorder 20 years ago. It's obviously a reaction to something in our culture.
To me... This is common sense. If you spend less time talking to people, and more time texting, especially starting at 12... You will get worse at talking to people. It's a skill, you have to work on it to get good at it. The worse you get at the skill, the less you will want to talk, the more you will want to text, and the more out of practice you will get with actual conversation.
As your skill atrophe's, you become intimidated by social situations, and begin to feel foolish and out of place. It seems only natural that this is a major contributing factor to the huge rise in social anxiety disorder to me. But, no most psychologists would insist, we're "discovering an already existent phenomena"... Not creating a new one.
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Maybe, until these pets reach the saturation point for the target demographic. And then they become cheaper and more obsolete, down to 3k... then 1k... then around 500 gold a few months from now.
At which point $10 for 500 gold isn't even close to the 3rd party rate. All those sites have to do is wait a little bit and it swings back in their favor heavily.
"Maybe, until these pets reach the saturation point for the target demographic. And then they become cheaper and more obsolete, down to 3k... then 1k... then around 500 gold a few months from now. "
Where do people get the idea these are going to reach 500 gold just because the biggest demand will wear off? As the demand goes away, so will the supply, naturally. In order for your theory to come to pass, people would have to see prices that low, yet still decide to buy the pet to sell it. The sheer terribleness of that deal is going to stop people from doing that.
The whelplings, for example, are still pulling in around 10k gold. I'd imagine these guardian cubs are going to continue to pull in the same amount into the distant future, because as demand dissipates, you're going to see people purchasing cubs to sell them just about as often as lucky farmers find whelps on corpses.
You're correct that there's going to be less of a market as it saturates, so this particular pet is going to cease to hurt the gold sellers -- but I think that's going to be due to the unreliability of quickly selling one or more at 10k...not because of the complete inability to sell one at that price.
Grovinofdarkhour said...
I don't buy any "extras" from Blizzard, but that's a personal decision. Were I likely to participate in this grand experiment, I could see paying $10 for something that'll get me 20k, maybe even 10k. 5k? That's a coin toss. But 500g? No way in hell.
It does makes sense for Blizzard to test this with something most folks only want 1 of. There'll be a pretty clear endpoint where they believe most (95%? 98%?) people who will want one have acquired one, and they can evaluate their data and apply it to forward decisions. If they like what they see, it'll make sense to apply the same model to some thing or things that you'll buy over and over again, like higher-octane-than-you're-used-to raid consumables.
Or, I dunno, perhaps... fightin' pets.
Grovinofdarkhour said...
Yeah, and THEN I see that the next post down and at least a half dozen others are already saying the same thing. Try reading all the posts first, big guy...
Thundrcrackr said...
"The whelplings, for example, are still pulling in around 10k gold. I'd imagine these guardian cubs are going to continue to pull in the same amount into the distant future, because as demand dissipates, you're going to see people purchasing cubs to sell them just about as often as lucky farmers find whelps on corpses."
People are willing to pay that for the whelplings because that is the only way to get them. If people had the option of buying them from the Blizzard store, that would drive the prices in game way down. There are plenty of people who would rather spend $10 for a pet than 10kg or weeks of farming.
I'm still expecting the cub prices to go way down. Sure, supply will eventually dry up with them, but unlike any other vanity item in game, people will always have the option of buying it in the store instead, preventing it from maintaining a high price in game over a long period of time.
I bought 3, and sold all 3 on different Realms for an average price just North of 10k.
I expect it to normalize at 10k, so for the rest of the week I am going to buy every panic sale I see, wait for market to stabilize, and then sell them at 10k for a massive profit.
Basil Berntsen said...
(cutaia) has it right. People will stop buying these to sell for gold when they become a worse deal than other things. Hopefully, though, Blizzard will have a new one in the pet store by then.
Yup. On one end you have people scrambling to buy the pets to make gold in the game, and on the other end you have the buyers that are fully aware of said strategy. So you have this sequence about to happen:
1.) A flood of new Cubs are hitting the AH. Let's be optimistic here and say they're selling at a steady 11k gold right now (they're at 4.5-5.5k on my server). Right now you can get 9k gold for $10 via 3rd party sites (this isn't me recommending anything, by the way). So right now, you're "making" 1,000 gold per Cub.
2.) The large slice of people that are keenly aware of the system are just waiting for Cubs to drop in price before they buy one, much like the Tankard O' Terror from the Brewfest holiday: Just wait until there's three pages of them in the AH and then buy the cheapest one. A week of undercutting will make these Cubs relatively cheap in comparison to the original, first-day Cubs.
3.) Now you have the majority of potential buyers buying them at the lowest price, which is far lower than the 3rd party rate of 9,000 gold (like I said, even right now there are Cubs under 5k on my server alone). It will take a couple weeks for all the cheap Cubs to be sold and for the sellers to stop undercutting the market to get the rates back up to the 1:1 ratio of 9k per Cub. But once they do, 80-85% of the demographic that wanted a Cub already has one. And 60-75% of the sellers that wanted to make gold off a Cub already sold theirs (more people want gold than want a Cub, after all).
4.) Result? More people are selling than people are buying. And if the Cubs ever get to 9k or more, it's smarter (in terms of money, not security or morals) to just go to a 3rd party site and purchase the gold directly again.
This Cub won't solve the 3rd party issue. It's sad, but the 3rd party market controls the WoW market, not the other way around. Because making gold in WoW is free (outside of the cost of time, which isn't quantitative), and it can be done infinitely. Releasing a new pet every couple months is not going to be the cure-all for 3rd party gold-selling. People only need one pet, and after that it's obsolete. Unlike gold, which stacks infinitely and can be used for virtually every in WoW (including buy cheap pets on the AH), pets don't stack. So they have a ceiling of value, unlike gold, which skyrockets in value every patch and expansion.
The best way for WoW to stop the bleeding and REALLY take a bite out of the 3rd party gold sellers is actually Diablo 3's AH model. It's brilliant, and renders the majority of 3rd party gold and item sellers useless. But that would flip WoW upside down at this point and kill the subscriber base. It's too late to do something like that now. Like one of the WoWInsider writers wrote in a column a month or two ago about gold inflation in the game, it's a tough, tough problem and I really don't see a concrete solution on the horizon. Which must drive Blizzard higher-ups mad.
But, sadly, the Cub isn't it.


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