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Menu bar functions
You can use various functions from the menu bar.
Audio/Video files playback
Menu bar functions
selects the time mode shown in the display window and the status bar. � TOTAL: Elapsed time of current title (DVD) or a disc (CD/VCD/SVCD) � T.REM: Remaining time of current title (DVD) or a disc (CD/VCD/SVCD) (Except for DVD: while stopped, disc total time) � TIME: Elapsed time of current chapter (DVD) or track (CD/VCD/SVCD) � REM: Remaining time of current chapter (DVD) or track (CD/VCD/SVCD) (while stopped, current track total time) selects repeat mode. DVD: During playback CD: In any condition VCD/SVCD: In any condition except PBC playback � CHAPTER: Current chapter repeat (DVD) � TITLE: Current title repeat (DVD) � TRACK: Current track repeat (CD/VCD/SVCD) � ALL: All track repeat (CD/VCD/SVCD) � A-B: A-B repeat (During playback). After selecting A-B, press ENTER at the beginning point of repeat, then press ENTER again at the end point. � OFF: Repeat mode deactivated. Select this to quit repeat mode. specifies beginning point of a title (DVD) or a disc (CD/VCD/SVCD) by the time. DVD: In any condition CD: In any condition except program or random playback VCD/SVCD: In any condition except PBC or program or random playback specifies a chapter to play back from (DVD only). playback. selects the subtitle language (DVD) or subtitle (SVCD) during playback. selects a desired scene angle in a multiangle part (DVD only). specifies the playback order of tracks while stopped (unavailable for DVD). You can program up to 99 tracks. 1. After selecting icon, press the numeric buttons to specify tracks in the desired order. � To correct the program, press 5/� to move to the track to be corrected, then press CANCEL. The track is erased and the subsequent programmed tracks move up. Pressing 7 clears all the programmed tracks. 2. Press 3(SELECT) to start program playback. � During program playback, you cannot edit the program contents. � To exit the program mode, press ON SCREEN after clearing the program. activates random playback while stopped (unavailable for DVD). After selecting icon, press ENTER. The player starts random playback.
Group column Current group Current playback mode File column
Various playback mode
� To play back a disc continuously, select NORMAL.
selects the audio language (DVD), sound track (DVD), or audio channel (VCD/SVCD) during
You can play back MP3/JPEG files on a CD/CD-R/RW.
Various JPEG files playback
To zoom in a picture
Press ZOOM. Each time you press ZOOM, you can magnify a JPEG file (x1.5/x2). NOTE This function is not available for some JPEG files depending on their resolution size and JPEG format.
Power does not come on.
\ Power plug is not inserted securely. Plug in securely.
DVD VIDEO disc playback sound level is lower than TV broadcast sound level.
\ Set the [D.RANGE CONTROL] preference to [TV MODE].
To bring up the menu bar
When a disc is inserted, press ON SCREEN twice. A menu bar for the type of disc inserted will appear under the status bar. Ex.: Menu bar for DVD VIDEO
� Use �ISO 9660� as the disc format. � The player does not support �packet writing (UDF files)� discs. � The player supports discs recorded with up to five multiple sessions. � The player may be unable to play back a disc due to the characteristics or recording conditions. � The player recognizes up to the fifth layer of groups, 999 files per group (including unplayable files), and up to 250 groups per disc. � Add the appropriate extension (�.mp3� and �.jpg�) to the file name. � MP3i and MP3 Pro are not available. � The player cannot play back a picture of more than 5120 x 3413 pixels (baseline JPEG) or 2048 x 1536 pixels (progressive JPEG).
Repeat playback
1. While stopped, press 5/�/2/3 to move the cursor bar to playback mode. 2. Press ENTER repeatedly to select the desired repeat mode. � REPEAT 1: Repeats the current file. � REPEAT GROUP: Repeats all files in the current group. � REPEAT ALL: Repeats all files on the disc. 3. Press 3 to move the cursor bar to the file column, then press 3(SELECT).
�REGION CODE ERROR!� is shown on the TV.
\ Region code of the inserted disc does not match the player. Check the region code of the disc printed on the disc jacket.
Analog audio output is distorted.
\ Set the [OUTPUT LEVEL] preference to [LOW].
To dismiss the menu bar and the status bar, press ON SCREEN.
To rotate/reflect a still picture
Basic operation procedure
1 Press 2/3 to select the icon you want to work with. 2 Press ENTER.
After pressing ENTER: (1) When a pull-down menu appears, press 5/� to select the setting you want, then press ENTER. (2) When a number-entry box appears, use the numeric buttons to enter the number you want, then press ENTER. (3) When changing setting, press ENTER repeatedly to select the setting you want. NOTES � The selected item on the menu bar is shown in green. � The available functions differ depending on the player status. Refer to the explanation below to check when you can use a certain function.
While a still picture is played back: � Pressing 2/3 rotates the picture by 90°. � Pressing 5 reflects the picture vertically. � Pressing � reflects the picture horizontally.
No sound and/or no picture comes out.
\ MP3/JPEG disc is recorded with the �packet writing (UDF file).� It cannot be played. Check the files you want to play back.
Operation is not possible.
\ Microcomputer malfunction due to lightning or static electricity. Turn off the power and unplug the power cord, then connect the power cord again. \ Moisture condensation caused by a sudden change of temperature or humidity. Turn off the power, then turn it on a few hours later. \ The disc does not allow the operation, or an unplayable disc is inserted. Check and replace the disc.
Random playback
1. While stopped, press 5/�/2/3 to move the cursor bar to playback mode. 2. Press ENTER repeatedly to select RANDOM. 3. Press 3 to move the cursor bar to the file column, then press 3(SELECT).
To select a JPEG files from the thumbnail list
1. Press and hold THUMBNAIL/LIST while a JPEG file is selected on the Control display. 2. Press 5/�/2/3 to select the desired picture, then press ENTER. � You can change the page of thumbnail list by pressing 4/¢.
Files (tracks) are not played in the recorded order.
\ This player plays the files in the alphabetic order. So, the playback order can vary.
Selecting a specific file or group
You can select files or folders (groups) using the Control display on the TV screen. Control display
NORMAL GROUP MP3 SLIDESHOW MIX -PICT01.jpg PICT02.jpg PICT03.jpg MUSIC01.mp3 MUSIC02.mp3
Program playback
1. While stopped, press 5/�/2/3 to move the cursor bar to playback mode. 2. Press ENTER repeatedly to select PROGRAM. 3. Press 5/�/2/3 to select the desired file, then press ENTER. 4. Repeat step 3 until all the desired files are selected. � To erase the last programmed file, press 2 to move the cursor bar to the programmed files column, then press CANCEL. 5. Press 3(SELECT).
Slide show playback of JPEG files
Press 3(SELECT) while a JPEG file is selected on the Control display. � To select slide show effect Press and hold ANGLE-SLIDE EFFECT until [SLIDE EFFECT MODE:] and the current mode appears on the TV screen. By pressing and holding the button repeatedly, you can select the effect from 11 effects, random effect selection (RAND), and no effect (NONE). The effect is not applied to progressive JPEG files.
[LOCK] is displayed on the display window and the disc tray does not open.
\ When you press 0 while pressing down 7 on the player in standby mode, the tray lock function is activated. The disc tray cannot be opened or closed in this status. To release this status, press 0 while pressing down 7 on the player in standby mode.
Select these sections to show the upper layer. Current file
Picture is noisy.
\ The player is connected to a VCR directly and the copyguard function is activated. Connect the player so that the picture signal flows directly to the TV. With some discs, the picture may be blurred when [PICTURE SOURCE] is set to [FILM] or [AUTO]. Set [PICTURE SOURCE] to [VIDEO (NORMAL)] or [VIDEO (ACTIVE)].
Press 5/�/2/3 to move the cursor bar to a desired file, then press 3(SELECT). � When you press ENTER, only the selected file is played back (except for MP3 files).
Picture is distorted when using component (Y, PB, PR) or S-VIDEO jack(s).
\ Both the component connection and S-video connection are made. Disconnect the unused one.
No picture is displayed on the TV screen or the screen is blurred or divided into two parts.
\ The player is in the progressive scanning mode though it is connected to a TV via the VIDEO or S-VIDEO jack. Observe the display window. If [P] is turned on, the player is in the progressive scanning mode. Make the Progressive scanning mode inactive by using the VFP - I/P button.
Initial settings
You can change the settings of this player according to your preferences and playing environment. To dismiss a preference display Press SET UP. NOTES � Some items in the menus cannot be changed during playback. � During MP3 files playback, you cannot show the menus. � If the upper and lower parts of the menu are cut off, adjust the picture size control of the TV. � For settings of the LANGUAGE menu or the PARENTAL LOCK menu, see also �Language codes� below. � Depending on the disc, the settings may not apply correctly.
Country/Area code list for Parental Lock
AUDIO menu
Item Contents
AD Andorra AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AL Albania AM Armenia AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola AQ Antarctica AR AS AT AU Argentina American Samoa Austria Australia CK CL CM CN CO CR CU Cook Islands Chile Cameroon China Colombia Costa Rica Cuba GS and the South South Georgia Sandwich GT Guatemala GU GW GY HK HM Guam Guinea-Bissau Guyana Hong Kong Heard Island and McDonald Islands HN Honduras HR Croatia HT Haiti HU ID IE IL IN IO IQ IR IS IT JM JO JP KE KG KH KI KM Hungary Indonesia Ireland Israel India British Indian Ocean Territory Iraq Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iceland Italy Jamaica Jordan Japan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Cambodia Kiribati Comoros LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD MG MH ML MM MN MO MP MQ MR Liechtenstein Sri Lanka Liberia Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Morocco Monaco Moldova, Republic of Madagascar Marshall Islands Mali Myanmar Mongolia Macau Northern Mariana Islands Martinique Mauritania PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines PK Pakistan PL Poland PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon PN Pitcairn PR Puerto Rico PT Portugal PW Palau PY QA RE RO RU RW SA SB SC SD SE Paraguay Qatar Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Seychelles Sudan Sweden TK TM TN TO TP TR TT TV TW TZ UA UG UM US UY Tokelau Turkmenistan Tunisia Tonga East Timor Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania, United Republic of Ukraine Uganda United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Uruguay
Specifications and appearance are subject to change without prior notice. � Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. �Dolby� and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. � �DTS� and �DTS Digital Out� are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. � This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.
How to set the Initial settings
1 2 3 4 5
Press SET UP. Press 2/3 to select the menu. Press 5/� to move to select the item. Press ENTER. Press 5/� to select the options, then press ENTER.
Readable discs: DVD VIDEO, DVD-R (Video format), DVD-RW (Video format), SVCD, Video CD, Audio CD (CD-DA), CD-R/RW (CD-DA, SVCD, Video CD, MP3 format, JPEG) Video format: NTSC, 480i/480p selectable
DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT Set this item correctly according to the logo on your receiver or decoder. [PCM ONLY]: Receiver/decoder bearing neither Dolby Digital nor DTS logo, or digital recorder. [DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM]: Receiver/decoder bearing Dolby Digital logo and no DTS. [STREAM/PCM]: Receiver/decoder bearing both Dolby Digital and DTS logos. ANALOG DOWNMIX Set this item properly according to your analog audio connection to play the sound of the surround multichannel audio on a DVD VIDEO. [DOLBY SURROUND]: Select this when connecting to a surround decoder. [STEREO]: Select this when connecting to a stereo amplifier or TV, or in case you want to record from a DVD VIDEO to a MiniDisc, cassette, etc. Set this item to listen to DVD VIDEO recorded in Dolby Digital format at low or middle volume. [WIDE RANGE]: You can enjoy powerful playback sound. [NORMAL]: Normally, select this. [TV MODE]: Select this if the sound level of DVD VIDEO is lower than the one of TV program to make the sound at a lower volume clear. Set this item to attenuate the level of the signal output from the analog AUDIO OUT terminals. If the sound from the speaker is distorted, select [LOW].
CV Cape Verde CX Christmas Island CY Cyprus CZ DE DJ DK Czech Republic Germany Djibouti Denmark
Power requirements: AC 120 V , 60 Hz Power consumption: 11.0 W (POWER ON), 1.0 W (STANDBY mode) Mass: 1.5 kg Dimensions (W x H x D): 435 mm x 44 mm x 201.5 mm
LANGUAGE menu
Item MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLE ON SCREEN LANGUAGE Contents You can select the default menu language of DVD VIDEO. You can select the default audio language of DVD VIDEO. You can select the default subtitle language of DVD VIDEO. You can select �ENGLISH,� �FRENCH,� or �SPANISH� as the on-screen language.
AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso BG Bulgaria BH Bahrain BI Burundi BJ Benin BM Bermuda BN Brunei Darussalam BO Bolivia BR BS BT BV BW BY BZ CA Brazil Bahamas Bhutan Bouvet Island Botswana Belarus Belize Canada
DM Dominica DO Dominican Republic DZ Algeria EC Ecuador EE Estonia EG Egypt EH Western Sahara ER ES ET FI FJ FK Eritrea Spain Ethiopia Finland Fiji Falkland Islands
UZ Uzbekistan VA Vatican City State (Holy See) VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VE Venezuela VG Virgin Islands (British) VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) VN Vietnam VU Vanuatu WF Wallis and Futuna Islands WS Samoa YE Yemen YT Mayotte YU Yugoslavia ZA South Africa ZM Zambia ZR Zaire ZW Zimbabwe
Video outputs
Component (pin jacks) Y Output: 1.0 Vp-p (75 �) PB/PR Output: 0.7 Vp-p (75 �) VIDEO (pin jack): 1.0 Vp-p (75 �) S-VIDEO (S jack) Y Output: 1.0 Vp-p (75 �) C Output: 286 mVp-p (75 �) Horizontal resolution: 500 lines or more
MS Montserrat MT Malta MU Mauritius MV Maldives MW MX MY MZ Malawi Mexico Malaysia Mozambique
SG Singapore SH Saint Helena SI Slovenia SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen
FM Micronesia (Federated States of) FO Faroe Islands FR France FX France, Metropolitan GA Gabon GB United Kingdom GD Grenada GE Georgia GF GH GI GL GM GN French Guiana Ghana Gibraltar Greenland Gambia Guinea
SK Slovakia SL Sierra Leone SM SN SO SR ST San Marino Senegal Somalia Suriname Sao Tome and Principe SV El Salvador SY Syrian Arab Republic SZ Swaziland TC Turks and Caicos Islands TD Chad TF French Southern Territories TG Togo TH Thailand TJ Tajikistan
OTHERS menu
Item RESUME Contents You can select the resume playback mode. [ON]: The player resumes playback from the position where playback has been stopped if the disc is still in the disc tray. [OFF]: This function is deactivated. [DISC RESUME]: The player resumes playback of the last 10 discs played. The player retains a memory of the stopped position of each disc even if the disc is removed from the disc tray. ON SCREEN GUIDE AUTO STANDBY PARENTAL LOCK
PICTURE menu
Item MONITOR TYPE 16:9 4:3 LB Contents You can select the monitor type to match your TV when you play back DVD VIDEO discs recorded for wide-screen televisions. [16:9] (Wide television screen): For a wide-screen (16:9) TV. [4:3 LB] (Letter Box conversion): For a normal (4:3) TV. Displays a wide-screen picture to fit the width of the TV screen keeping the aspect ratio. [4:3 PS] (Pan Scan conversion): For a normal (4:3) TV. The picture is zoomed up to filling the screen vertically and the left and right sides of the picture are cut off.
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis KP Korea, Democratic People�s Republic of KR Korea, Republic of KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Lao People�s Democratic Republic LB Lebanon LC Saint Lucia
NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NE Niger NF NG NI NL NO NP NR Norfolk Island Nigeria Nicaragua Netherlands Norway Nepal Nauru
Audio outputs
ANALOG OUT (pin jack): 2.0 Vrms (10 k�) DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL): 0.5 Vp-p (75 � termination)
Audio characteristics
Frequency response CD (sampling frequency 44.1 kHz): 2 Hz to 20 kHz DVD (sampling frequency 48 kHz): 2 Hz to 22 kHz(4 Hz to 20 kHz for DTS and Dolby Digital bitstream signals) DVD (sampling frequency 96 kHz): 2 Hz to 44 kHz Wow and flutter: Unmeasurable (less than ± 0.002%) Total harmonic distortion: less than 0.009%
CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands CF Central African Republic CG Congo CH Switzerland CI Côte d�Ivoire
NU Niue NZ New Zealand OM PA PE PF Oman Panama Peru French Polynesia
Activate or deactivate the on-screen guide. Set the time until the player turns off (into standby) automatically if playback is stopped for more than 30 minutes or 60 minutes. Select this item, then press ENTER to show the PARENTAL LOCK menu for limiting playback by children. Scenes which are limited by this function are not played or replaced with other scenes. [COUNTRY CODE]: Select the code of your country/area. [SET LEVEL]: Select the level of restriction. (�1� is the strictest.) [PASSWORD]: Enter your 4-digit password by pressing the numeric buttons (0 to 9). [EXIT]: Select this and press ENTER to go back to the OTHERS menu. Notes: � Some DVD VIDEO cannot be played by this function. If you try to play such a disc, the PARENTAL LOCK menu appears on the TV and asks whether you want to release the lock or not. To release the lock and play, select �TEMPORARY RELEASE,� press ENTER, then enter your password. Otherwise, eject the disc. � To change the setting of the limitation, you need to enter your password. � If you forget your password, enter �8888.�
GP Guadeloupe GQ Equatorial Guinea GR Greece
Language codes list for the LANGUAGE menu
AA AB AF AM Afar Abkhazian Afrikaans Ameharic CA CO CS CY Catalan Corsican Czech Welsh GL GN GU HA Galician Guarani Gujarati Hausa KK KL KM KN Kazakh Greenlandic Cambodian Kannada ML MN MO MR MS MT MY NA NE NL NO OC OM OR PA PL Malayalam Mongolian Moldavian Marathi PS Pashto, Pushto PT Portuguese QU Quechua RM RhaetoMalay (MAY) Romance Maltese Burmese RN Kirundi RO Rumanian Nauru RU Russian Nepali RW Kinyarwanda Dutch SA Sanskrit Norwegian SD Sindhi Occitan (Afan) Oromo SG Sangho Oriya SH SerboCroatian Panjabi SI Singhalese Polish SK Slovak SL SM SN SO Slovenian Samoan Shona Somali TL TN TO TR Tagalog Setswana Tongan Turkish
You can obtain optimal picture quality by selecting the source type of the disc contents. [AUTO]: Normally, select this option. The player recognizes the picture type (film or video source) of the current disc according to the disc information. [FILM]: For a film source disc. [VIDEO(NORMAL)]: For a video source disc with relatively a few movements. [VIDEO(ACTIVE)]: For a video source disc with relatively a lot of movements.
AR Arabic AS Assamese AY Aymara AZ BA BE BG BH BI Azerbaijani Bashkir Byelorussian Bulgarian Bihari Bislama
DA Danish DZ Bhutani EL Greek EO ET EU FA FI FJ FO FY GA GD Esperanto Estonian Basque Persian Finnish Fiji Faroese Frisian Irish Scots Gaelic
HI Hindi HR Croatian HU Hungarian HY IA IE IK IN IS IW JI JW KA Armenian Interlingua Interlingue Inupiak Indonesian Icelandic Hebrew Yiddish Javanese Georgian
KO Korean (KOR) KS Kashmiri KU Kurdish KY LA LN LO LT LV Kirghiz Latin Lingala Laothian Lithuanian Latvian, Lettish MG Malagasy MI Maori MK Macedonian
SQ Albanian SR Serbian SS Siswati ST SU SV SW TA TE TG TH TI TK Sesotho Sundanese Swedish Swahili Tamil Telugu Tajik Thai Tigrinya Turkmen
TS Tsonga TT Tatar TW Twi UK UR UZ VI VO WO Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Volapuk Wolof
You can set the screen saver function to ON or OFF. You can use your favorite image as the opening display. [STANDARD]: Display the JVC original image. [USER]: Display your favorite image as the opening display when a JPEG image is registered. [SAVE AS BACKGROUND]: To register a new image, select this while a JPEG image is displayed on the TV.
BN Bengali,Bangla BO Tibetan BR Breton
XH Xhosa YO Yoruba ZU Zulu
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BioShock is now available for free to celebrate the launch of GameFly's PC client. Can't say much fairer than that can you?
GameFly's digital store front now comes with a option of installing a desktop client. You have to download the client to play BioShock for free, but still, it's a small price to pay for getting Irrational's shooter for nothing.
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I will try to arrange them by their usefulness in PvP. I tried to use the best possible ability setup that I could think of, and compare it with the breed id to see how useful they are compare to other pets with similar abilities.
1. Earth (breed #7 aka H/P)
Why? Fairly unique weather effect(only shared with Sumprush Rodent) that traps for 3 rounds every time a pet is swapped in. 25% chance of stun on damage ability. And a nice 1 round nuke with Stone Rush.
2. Air (breed #3 aka B/B)
Why? The crappiest breed id for overall stat gain, but as far as I've seen the only pet with the possibility of having AoE abilities in every slot. Situational, but its uniqueness gives this an edge over Fire and Water.
3. Water (breed #9 aka H/S)
Why not? The breed id makes the heal crappy. However, with round cooldowns counting while pet is inactive now, Dive and Healing Wave could potentially make it really hard to kill(but the crappy power will most likely put a stop to that), if you just swap it out when they are on CD. Tidal Wave for AoE or incase you meet those pesky gnome turrets and/or other objects.
4. Fire (breed #8 aka P/S)
Why not? The breed id gives it low HP and the speed is not good enough to matter, so basicly wasted stats. Immolate(burning) + Conflagrate are always a winner, but there are other pets with the same combo with better power. Magma Wave for AoE / objects, but again the power is really low so the only good thing is removing objects part.
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Volatile spring weather
When I got off work yesterday and headed for home, a black cloud was hanging over Hopkinsville (KY). I turned on the radio and learned that we had a tornado watch and a severe thunderstorm warning. A storm front, capable of 70 mph winds, was passing through eastern Christian County.
The bright sunlight against the dark storm cloud was eerie. I held my camera out of the car window and clicked this photo of Skyline Drive. Its angle is strange, but it expresses the instability of the weather at that moment.
Later, I read on Hopkinsville's weather report that one-inch hail was reported east/southeast of Kelly (a few miles north/northeast of Hopkinsville.)
A lot of people were wearing shorts and sleeveless shirts earlier this week, but today they had on their sweatshirts and jackets again. The low tonight is supposed to be around 30 degrees.
Today at work, I talked to a fellow who is building a house on the Kelly-Dogwood Road. He said that he was in town when the cloud went through, but when he went out to the construction site later, he found full-size sheets of plywood in the treetops.


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If you use an Apple iOS device, you probably have asked yourself if unique identifiers for your device are included among a group of 12 million that the hacktivist group AntiSec this week claimed to have stolen from an FBI laptop. And you probably haven't gotten much help from either the FBI or Apple.
Not to worry. There are sites popping up to help you find out if you are among the compromised.
"To check your device, just input your UDID (Unique Device Identifier)/UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) into the form and we'll run it against the database" of exposed numbers, one site offers.
Dem, GOP platforms expose divide over cyber defense
Call me cynical, but if you are worried that identifiable information from your device has been stolen and exposed by hackers I don't think it is a good idea to submit that information to strangers through an unsecured Web site.
The site in question appears to be legitimate, and users are advised that the information they submit is not encrypted and warns them not to use their entire identifier if they are concerned about security. But without using the entire identifier, it is difficult for the user to be sure of the results of the search. The user also has no way to determine if the site he is using for advice is legitimate or is just phishing for their info.
Another problem: AntiSec claims to have posted only about 1 million of more than 12 million stolen records, so even if you download the list yourself there still are more than 11 million that can't be checked.
What have the FBI and Apple done to ease these concerns? So far, very little. The FBI has issued a non-denial denial, saying that "at this time, there is no evidence indicating that an FBI laptop was compromised or that the FBI either sought or obtained this data." This is not an outright "no," and the feds leave open the door that they could confirm this at some other time.
Some analysts think it is likely that the breach is real because of the details provided by the hackers and the difficulty of convincingly faking the large volume of identifiers they have released.
Apple on Wednesday afternoon belatedly issued a statement to the website AllThingsD saying only that it didn't give the FBI any identifiers and that the FBI hadn't asked for any. That's something, but it doesn't answer the whole question.
What should the FBI and Apple do? At the least, come clean — especially the FBI — with a clear, unambiguous statement about whether the breach is real, and, if it is, tell users about whether their device info has been compromised and offer advice about what they can do about it. Leaving users in the dark creates more risks that we shouldn't have to worry about.
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Editor's note: To the reader who asked about the risk of having a UDID stolen. If this breach did occur, the real risk would likely be in what the hackers did not release. AntiSec has claimed that the information they took included user names, cell phone numbers, addresses and other device information, along the the UDIDs. They released just the purported UDID numbers as evidence that the hack took place.
The press has made a big deal out of this but no one has explained to me what is the risk of someone having my UDID. I understand the consequences of someone gaining access to my login ID/Password to my bank account, my credit card information or my iTunes id/password; but what damage is done by someone having my UDID?
Please read the article before commenting. Nowhere does it say that anyone hacked the FBI or Apple server. It says "FBI laptop was compromised"
Thing is, if you are familiar with phone ID construction, you can generate these numbers on your own and then claim to have "hacked" them out of a company's servers. The hackers would have had to have provided evidence that they had names of account holders or phone owners attached to these numbers in order to show that they really did hack into either the FBI's or Apple's servers.
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You know the saying "Whoever dies with the most toys wins"? For us a real winner is the one who leaves the most toys for others.
That's exactly what 12-year-old Kiarah "Kiki" Bowley of Williamstown, New Jersey, did.
Bowley, who died of a rare childhood leukemia last month, had told people she had just one final wish. It wasn't a trip to Disney, One Direction tickets, or anything else for herself; instead, heartbreakingly, she wanted to make sure other kids still struggling with cancer got some special goodies from Santa this year.
An area philanthropist, Martino Cartier, took up the cause, collecting thousands of donations from the community.
Plus: Dying Mom' s Last Wish is to be with Her Kids
Yesterday, Bowley got her wish: an 18-wheeler pulled up to a local hospital and delivered about 10,000 toys. Delighted little patients got to pick from prize swag like iPods, digital cameras, and CDs.
Her family said Kiki would have loved to see it.
Although she couldn't give her family the joy of spending one last Christmas with her, Bowley still pulled off a holiday miracle.
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Plaistow remembers Korean WarBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
November 12. 2013 12:02AM
PLAISTOW — Veterans Day is a day to honor all who served this country, but at Plaistow's annual ceremony this year, a special tribute was paid to veterans of the Korean War on the 60th anniversary of that war's end.
The event's keynote speaker was Plaistow state representative and Korean War veteran Norman Major.
Major said that 150 members of the New Hampshire National Guard are still serving in Iraq, and that since Sept. 11, 2001, nearly two million Americans have volunteered to serve their country in uniform.
"Over 6,000 of those Americans made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom," Major said.
He urged those who attended the ceremony at Plaistow Town Hall to celebrate Veterans Day with their families and to never forget those who served because they believed in the ultimate goodness of the United States.
American Legion Post 34 Cmdr. David Meaney spoke of the Korean War as the forgotten war and said no one should forget the sacrifices made by Major and others who served in Korea.
"We will never let their deeds and heroism be forgotten, even 60 years after the cease fire," said Meaney.In addition to the speakers, the ceremony also included the presentation of flags and the pledge of allegiance by Cub Scout troop 114 and a memorial for all those veterans from Plaistow who died over the past email@example.com


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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Colin Kaepernick wins NFC offensive player of the week
Plenty of people were surprised when 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh decided to change horses in the middle of the season and switch to Colin Kaepernick as his starting quarterback, but there's less disbelief about his choice right now.
Kaepernick has been named the NFC offensive player of the week after becoming the third quarterback in history to throw four touchdown passes at Gilette Stadium in Sunday night's 41-34 win against the Patriots. In doing so, he outdueled another member of that club in Tom Brady.
Kaepernick was 14-of-25 for 216 yards overall in the game, which saw the 49ers roar to a 31-3 lead before giving it all back to the Patriots. On the 49ers' first offensive play after the Patriots tied the game, Kaepernick hit Michael Crabtree with a pass that the receiver was able to turn into a 38-yard touchdown that put the 49ers back in front for good.
There were an impressive list of candidates in the NFC this week, including Tony Romo, Adrian Peterson and Russell Wilson. Kaepernick took home the honor by continuing to make Harbaugh's move look like one of the smartest of the year.
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Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said he's concerned that the depreciation of the yen is bolstering the competitiveness of Japanese carmakers.
"The most important thing that most countries around the world believe in is letting the markets determine the currency," Mulally said today from Bangkok in reference to the Japanese currency, during an interview on Bloomberg Television's "First Up with Susan Li." "That's just so important to all of us in the international trading system."
The yen has fallen about 15% against the dollar since mid-November when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, then running for office, began a campaign to talk down the value of Japan's currency to revive the nation's export-led economy. That has bolstered shares of Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co.
The yen's slide increases profit for Japanese automakers when they sell vehicles outside their home market, helping them to cut prices, boost advertising and improve products. The American Automotive Policy Council, backed by Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC, estimates that the currency advantage equates to about $5,700 per vehicle.
Ford rose 0.6% to $13.37 at 10:12 a.m. in New York. The shares had gained 2.6% this year through yesterday, trailing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index's 8.8% climb.
Europe Plans
In Europe, the company is scaling back production to meet "real demand" amid economic contraction in the region, Mulally said. Ford forecast in January that it will lose about $2 billion in Europe this year, up from $1.75 billion in 2011 and its previous estimate of about $1.5 billion.
Ford is cutting jobs in Europe and adding plants in Asia to curb losses in both regions while relying on earnings in North America. The company earned a record $8.34 pretax profit and 10.4% operating margin in its North American operations last year on strong sales of its F-Series pickups.
Calling China a "tremendous market," Mulally said Ford is among the fastest-growing brands in that nation, where it's focused on producing and selling its family of brands. Ford is listening to consumers to modify the Lincoln models it will introduce next year in China, the world's largest auto market, he said.
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"We really used the consumer feedback in our design process," Mulally said. "We're going to continue to incorporate the consumer's input into the vehicle."
Asia will probably generate about 40% of Ford's sales by the end of the decade, with the Americas and Europe accounting for the rest, he told reporters.
Ford's wholesale deliveries in China surged 46% to 105,209 through the first two months of this year, according to the Dearborn, Michigan-based company's website. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers forecasts total vehicle sales this year will surpass 20 million units for the first time, driven by urbanization and rising incomes.
Mulally said he was "really disappointed" after an advertising agency in India drew up mock ads for the Ford Figo, including one that depicted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with three women who were tied up. Still, the CEO said the incident is unlikely to affect Ford sales in the country because the company didn't use or approve the ads.
"This was done by our advertising agency in India for a completely separate advertising competition that they were having," he said. "We are going to review all our processes and make sure that this absolutely does not happen again because this is not consistent at all with our Ford values."


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If you had to put an explanation on Manchester City's failure to regain the Premier League title, it would have to be the lack of goals scored by the Citizens.
Pessimists may believe that things do not look like improving next year, with City recently selling Argentina striker Carlos Tevez, who netted 17 goals in all competitions last term.
However, in light of the recent speculation surrounding Napoli star Edinson Cavani potentially joining Manchester City, let's take a look at whether the striker would benefit Manuel Pellegrini's side.
Cavani was born in Uruguay's second largest city, Salto. Like many other Uruguayans, he left South America at an early age to join Palermo in Serie A. Since then, he has scored 141 goals in 255 games for Palermo and, more recently, Napoli combined.
As well as excelling in the league, Cavani has been very impressive in Europe, scoring 19 times in 25 games, including three against City.
There's no doubt that he would be an excellent signing. However, with many other big clubs interested in signing him this summer, Manchester City face a race against time to land the prolific striker.
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The consensus in and around the Florida football program is that quarterback Jeff Driskel's overall level of play will improve substantially in his second year as the starter in coordinator Brent Pease's offense.
The consensus in and around the Florida football program is that quarterback Jeff Driskel's overall level of play will improve substantially in his second year as the starter in coordinator Brent Pease's offense.
But the Driskel doubters (and there still seem to be many out there) can throw out all kinds of numbers to poke holes in that theory.
Driskel threw for only 12 touchdowns and averaged just 136.6 passing yards a game last season.
He threw only 12 passes of 25 yards or longer.
He threw for less than 100 yards in four games.
He threw two interceptions, lost a fumble and was sacked five times in the Gators' only loss (Georgia) in the regular season.
He was sacked an SEC-most 36 times, many of those for holding onto the ball too long.
So, can all those negative numbers (and trends) be reversed with a year of experience and one productive offseason?
Driskel seems convinced that they can. He's planning on converting the doubters into believers in 2013.
"I feel like I have (made a big leap in a year)," Driskel said. "I'm excited for the first game to really show it off.
"I feel like I've gotten a lot better, and I think we've gotten a lot better as a whole on offense."
At this time a year ago, Driskel was still embroiled in a tight competition with Jacoby Brissett for the starting role, a battle he would eventually win in the opening game after the two shared playing time against Bowling Green.
But winning the job could not mask the fact Driskel had little playing experience at the collegiate level and that the 2012 season was going to be an on-the-job learning experience for the true sophomore.
Pease and UF coach Will Muschamp gave Driskel an opportunity to grow in the offense (and eventually become comfortable in it) by scaling back his responsibilities and placing the burden on UF's ground game and strong defense.
It was a winning formula that produced an 11-1 regular season and a BCS bowl berth.
To build on that success, the consensus is Driskel is going to have to be a much more complete quarterback this season. A better passer (especially downfield). A more prominent leader. More efficient reading defenses, getting into the right protections and managing the offense.
He's no longer just a caretaker under center, like he was a year ago.
"Year 2 in the system, Jeff Driskel, it's his football team now," Muschamp said. "He's a guy that attacked the offseason the way you're supposed to as far as mental preparation and watching film. He understands what we're doing offensively much better than a year ago.
"You see the leadership taking over on our team. Jeff is a hard worker. He earns the respect of his teammates because of how he handles himself. He's a great leader. He's a great athlete. He's a guy that has tremendous arm talent.
"Jeff is extremely bright. He'll learn from those situations (looking at tape from last season). That's part of the growing process of a young quarterback."
Driskel is a veteran quarterback now, and he seems to have earned the confidence and respect of his teammates, many of whom seemed torn between the two quarterbacks at times last season.
"I've seen a lot of maturity and growth in him," senior offensive guard Jon Halapio said. "Everyone feels the same about Driskel. He's become a real team leader, the overall leader on offense.
"We need that from the quarterback. He's done a good job. He's going to have a great season."
With a year of experience, and an offseason of studying the playbook and spending hours in the film room, Driskel said he's more comfortable leading now, more comfortable in the offense — and confident that he and the Gators are going to be appreciably more productive, especially in their downfield passing game.
"I just think I'm a lot more comfortable," he said. "I know where to throw the ball and I know where to throw the ball in certain situations, and we're a lot better at timing. I'm getting the ball out before (the receivers) are breaking rather than waiting for them to break to throw the ball. That's a big difference in catching the ball and getting tackled or catching the ball and turning it upfield."
Driskel said a big reason he's feeling so comfortable is the fact he's going into his second season with the same offensive coordinator (Pease) and playbook.
"That's huge," he said. "If you're getting a new system, in the offseason you don't really know what to study because you can't be with your coaches in the summer and not too much in the spring. I kind of know how to study by myself now and that's something you can't really do if you don't know what's in front of you.
"And going back and looking at last year's film, you know we have a lot of the same plays, obviously we're going to have some new wrinkles. But like I said, we've done it before and as you do something more you're going to be more comfortable with it."
Driskel said the priorities this season are to be more productive in the downfield passing game and reduce the number of sacks and negative plays.
"I need to be more accurate down the field," Driskel said. "We did not hit enough big plays down the field last season. I need to hit some this year.
"We've got a ton of talent at the skill positions. Those guys have put in a lot of work. They've been hearing it more than anyone, that they're not good. They're tired of it.
"I'm tired of it as well. We've put in the work and we're ready to show it off once the season starts. I definitely think we can (step up). You don't really know until the season, but I think we're definitely capable of stepping up."


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Tanya Amrine has a vision for the future.
Amrine recently was hired as the Ute Mountain Ute Education Division director.
Amrine, who grew up in Cortez and is half Navajo and half Caucasion, is excited about the opportunity.
She oversees 49 employees on the Towaoc reservation, including a daycare center, Head Start campus and five school advocates who work with Ute Mountain Ute youth in the Montezuma-Cortez School District.
The Ute Mountain Ute Education Division covers a number of types of education, including general, special, early childhood, adult, college, and alternative.
Amrine, 40, graduated from Montezuma-Cortez High School in 1990 as Tanya Taylor. She came on board July 30 and is still learning her new position since it was vacant for a year and a half.
Theres a lot of nuts and bolts work right now, she said. She said shes currently occupied with the departments infrastructure.
Eventually she will focus more on higher education issues and building a collaborative effort with the Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1.
She plans to try to find out what the barriers to education are among Mountain Utes.
Currently, We dont know those barriers.
But she is anxious to work with Re-1 Superintendent Alex Carter and others.
There are some big challenges ahead.
Im trying to figure out how to change the dynamic to where its a good thing to be recognized as a good student and a good athlete, she said.
Specifically, Amrine plans to focus on family literacy, tutoring and building the distance education offerings on the reservation. One can currently obtain a doctorate through online and video classes offered through Utah State University in Blanding. That program, facilitated through the Unlimited Learning Center in Cortez and Navajo Technical College in Crown Point, N.M., is in its infancy.
What Im doing has a direct connection to the community I live in, she said, noting her family lives in Cortez, including her husband Terry, who is an electrician, and her sons, Marcus, 14, and Bradley, 12, who attend Cortez Middle School. Amrines mother, Linda Taylor, also lives in Cortez.
Amrines experience in the education field includes time as a preschool teacher, elementary teacher, early childhood program coordinator, and a school principal. She also has experience in family literacy and adult education and spent time as a math and reading coach.
The Fort Lewis College and University of Northern Colorado graduate has worked in Cortez, Shiprock and Beclabito, N.M., and Teec Nos Pos, Ariz. Shes thankful that she doesnt have to commute as far now.
There is a lot of potential here, she said. Im enjoying myself because in previous jobs I had a lot of constraints. I have the support of the tribal council and my staff to think outside the box to provide services.


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Those of you that miss the long hair are in luck! Maria was just pranking us!
"Wow, when I posted those photos with the short hair I had no idea everyone would all go bananza....( my dear friends, I never actually said I cut my hair!) so for the sake of my email inbox and it's stressful 24 hours, I would like to showyou the below pictures...my hair is still long...and blonde...and well it's pretty much the same! We did a shoot a few days ago and I sported all types of hair styles...long and yes short (a wig!!!)."
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@Harold, exactly!
Does she look a little like Miss Piggy in this photo, or is it just me?
The long hair looks like a wig. The cut looks real.
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HeadClarkson University Team Takes First Place in Clean Snowmobile Challenge
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Hosted by Michigan Technological University, the Clean Snowmobile Challenge is the Society of Automotive Engineers' newest collegiate design competition. Engineering students from participating schools take a stock snowmobile and reengineer it to reduce emissions and noise while maintaining or improving performance.
Event co-organizer Jay Meldrum, director of the Keweenaw Research Center, said that in Clarkson's case, simplicity paid off. "They just boosted the pressure on their fuel pump and added a catalytic converter," he said. "They deserved to win."
Clarkson also received the Lotus Engineering and Horiba Instruments Award for Lowest Emissions and the EMITEC Award for Best Value, which balances cost, fuel economy and performance.
All entries in the challenge's internal combustion division were required to run on biofuel, and most, including Clarkson, chose E85 ethanol. The events included: The 100-mile endurance race, subjective handling, objective handling, acceleration, engine noise, cold start, and an oral presentation of the design.
The Clarkson team used a 2006 Polaris FST Classic Snowmobile that was converted to run on E85 winter-blend ethanol. The fuel delivery system was modified to be ethanol resistant and the system included the additions of an ethanol compatible external fuel pump and adjustable fuel pressure regulator in order to precisely control fuel flow.
A catalytic converter was also integrated into a redesigned muffler to reduce emissions. This design was quite different from all the other schools in the competition in that most teams use after market ECUs to map and control the fuel flow. This requires $3,000-$4,000 worth of computer equipment and the need to tune the engine on a dynamometer to be competitive. The Clarkson design was simplistic and reliable, and cost about $500 to complete.
Members of the Clarkson Winter Knights Internal Combustion Clean Snowmobile Team are Pete V. Giovenco, a freshman from Macedon, N.Y., majoring in mechanical engineering; Nicholas A. Baillargeon, a freshman from Springfield, Mass., majoring in aeronautical engineering; Marc S. Rogner, a junior from Ballston Spa, N.Y., majoring in mechanical engineering; Matt R. Mastro, a sophomore from Sherburne, N.Y., majoring in mechanical engineering; Phil J. Mitchell, a senior from Colden, N.Y., majoring in mechanical engineering; and Silas Magee, a December 2007 graduate from Dryden, N.Y., who majored in mechanical engineering. Giovenco, Baillargeon and Rogner traveled to Michigan for the competition.
Team Advisers Bob Davis and Doug Bohl say that the team would like to thank Polaris Industries, Camoplast Corporation, and Mark Hill and Neil Haney from the SUNY Canton Motorsports Program for their support.
Photo caption: Marc S. Rogner, a junior from Ballston Spa, N.Y., drives the Clarkson Internal Combustion Snowmobile in the acceleration event at the Clean Snowmobile Challenge in Houghton, Mich. The Clarkson Winter Knights Internal Combustion Clean Snowmobile Team took first place at the competition.


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COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) — Defending champion Spain will play its opening World Cup game against the Netherlands, a repeat of the 2010 final, while host Brazil faces a relatively easy path to the knockout stage after Friday's draw.
The United States was drawn into the toughest group with Germany, Portugal and Ghana.
"Difficult draw, but a group the U.S. can get through if they play well," former U.S. coach Bruce Arena told The Associated Press.
Brazil starts its campaign for a sixth World Cup title with an opener against Croatia. Mexico and Cameroon are also in the group.
Bosnia-Herzegovina, the only World Cup newcomer among the 32 teams, plays its opener against Argentina. Iran and Nigeria were also drawn in that Group F.
Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan are in Group C, with Uruguay, Costa Rica, England and Italy in a strong Group D.
One of the easiest groups on paper looked to be E, with Switzerland, Ecuador, France and Honduras.
Russia, host of the next World Cup, is in Group H with Belgium, Algeria and Korea.


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Yeah, that guy that looks like Joe Calderone is a complete Fitness Fraud... i saw him struggling on the chest press with 70 and when i went to use it after him it was set at 180.
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Free Beer & Hot Wings: Seniors Break Into New Jersey High School, Urinate In Hallways [Video]
On Thursday, 62 high school seniors were arrested early in the morning after they were caught breaking into their Teaneck, N.J., school and destroying everything in sight.
And by destroying everything in sight, we mean filling the hallways with balloons, pulling desks out of rooms, oh and urinating in the hallways.
OK, the first two weren't really that bad because it only made it a little difficult to get around, according to the guy in the video.
But urinate?! Everywhere?!
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — United States Steel Corp. says one of its top executives will take over as its new CEO in September as long-time leader John Surma transitions into retirement.
The steel company said Friday that it has elected Mario Longhi as its next chief executive. Longhi currently serves as the company's president and chief operating officer.
Surma, 59, will stay on as an executive chairman through the end of the year and then he will retire from the company and board. He has been president of the company since March 2003, CEO since 2004, and chairman since February 2006.
Longhi, also 59, joined U.S. Steel as its COO in July 2012 and was named president of the company in June. He was CEO of Gerdau Ameristeel for five years and worked at Alcoa for 23 years in a variety of positions.
U.S. Steel also said David Burritt, 58, will become its next chief financial officer. Current CFO Gretchen Haggerty, 57, announced her intention to retire in July.
The company also said General Counsel James Garraux, 60, will retire by the end of the year.
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Amy Hope Witryol, D-Lewiston, a candidate for the New York State Senate, has been endorsed by U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Schumer said, "Amy Witryol's financial expertise makes her well-suited to protect the interests of the taxpayers in her district. And no one will be a stronger advocate for the kind of campaign finance reform we need to reduce the influence of special interests."
Witryol expressed appreciation for Schumer's support noting that his public service to New York has been characterized by integrity, intelligence and results.
Separately, Rochester's major newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle, wrote, "Amy Hope Witryol brings decades of banking experience and political passion to her race for the 62nd District state Senate seat. Those attributes, along with a platform that includes economic development and governmental reforms, have earned her the Democrat and Chronicle's endorsement. Witryol supports stronger ethics reform in Albany and says her No. 1 issue is 'to take the money out of politics.' That would be a welcome change in the state Senate."


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After eight years, I've decided to shut down RandomCulture.com and start something new. Visit my new site at JohnKeehler.com. Thanks to all who've been reading and following me for so long... here's to eight more years!
After eight years, I've decided to shut down RandomCulture.com and start something new. Visit my new site at JohnKeehler.com. Thanks to all who've been reading and following me for so long... here's to eight more years!
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One of the more interesting things I heard about during advertising week was this Clickz article from Christoper Heine covering a panel called "Do Agencies Need to Think Like Tech Companies?" If you've been reading this blog, you know I'm a big advocate that both agencies and startups could learn something from one another.
I latched in particular one some of the remarks made by Paul Gunning, CEO of TribalDDB that articulated some of the resistance agencies have to adopting a more agile approach, but one quote in particular got me thinking...
According to Gunning, startups "are really smart people, but they also got lucky.... We mitigate. We don't want risk."
Financially, this doesn't make sense. Agencies risk hundreds of millions of dollars on campaigns that hang on single messages. Creative directors have been risking billions of advertising dollars on 30 seconds for years. By contrast, most startups in this "lean" era merely gamble the price of funding a small team.
The truth is that agencies take HUGE risks to affect small changes and startups take small risks for more disruptive changes. Would you rather spend $100 million to persuade people that you're more fun than they think you are, or spend $10 million to create something fun they can use for years?
Agencies mitigate risk primarily by sticking to what they believe still works. I think that's a risk in itself.
Posted at 05:00 PM in Advertising, Trends | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
What's the best launch strategy for a startup?
Great discussion here, with the occainsional cop-out of "just do it." Definitely wish there was more marketing knowledge reflected. In fact, I think I may write an answer!
What are some interesting true stories about the writing of famous books?
Great answer about 100 Years of Solitude, in particular...
Does Facebook allow you to target ads by life stage?
Good insight on advanced ad targeting for Facebook's self-service ad platform.
Posted at 08:40 PM in Quora | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The SXSW 2012 Panel Picker is live... my submission for this year once again centers around a topic I'm passionate about, the need for better relationships between the marketing and startup communities. My panel for this year is entitled "Marketing for Early-Stage Startup Founders."
The argument I'm often faced with from startup folks is that marketing expertise isn't needed until a company reaches a later stage of growth. In the early stages of a company, the founders have to wear many hats, one of which is marketing. This panel is designed to help provide marketing tools to startup founders that can help them make some critical decisions at an early stage in the life of their company that can pay off in huge dividends down the road. The things I'll talk about will include:
Follow this link to vote for my SXSW panel submission, "Marketing for Early-Stage Startup Founders."
Posted at 09:06 PM in Advertising, SXSW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
You may have read Chip Bayers' recent article in AdWeek, "Why Silicon Valley Can't Sell." It's a great read, and echoes many of the sentiments near and dear to my ongoing interest in the gap between the agency and startup worlds. There's a disparity between the time people are spending with digital media and the amount being invested in advertising... according to the article, this is a $60 billion gap.
I think the gap is widening... here's why.
Some brands are actually decreasing their online advertising spend because they don't believe in banners, or more "traditional" forms of digital marketing. This isn't particularly dramatic when you consider that most online ad dollars are actually going into search.
Yet if the dollars are really going where users are spending their time, they should be going into social media, and into mobile... not into search. The problem is that we have yet to create robust ad options in social. Instead, while Silicon Valley lags behind in creating new social ad format, the dollars that would be spend with them will increasingly going to shift away from advertising into the following:
Ad dollars will increasingly go into prodcution
Many brands have limited budgets and increasing technology needs. Why spend so much money on advertising you don't believe in when you can be building apps, and spend that money on maintaining them?
Ad dollars will increasingly go into staff
Somtimes the right investment in social media for a brand isn't in social advertising, but an investment in resources to activate their social community. I think we'll see brands trade dollars on the media plan for people in the social org chart.
Ad dollars will increasingly go into content
It costs money to create an engaging social presence. As brands have grown Facebook fan pages, they're realizing that the content demands are great. More money will flow from media budgets into the costs required to create video and editorial content.
Perhaps what this means in the long run is that advertising spending will incresingly become more digital, but that overall ad spending will shrink as dollars flow into these new priorities...
Posted at 04:00 PM in Advertising, social media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Earlier this week, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced that Twitter may not rely solely on ad revenues in the future. Rather, he suggested that Twitter might find a new model by taking a more active role in the transactions currently happening on the platform. He offered no details, and said that advertising will continue to be the dominant business model. Here are a few ideas of how Twitter could create an e-commerce business model:
Sell Cost-per-Acquisition Ads Twitter sells most of it's ads based on engagement, like followers gained, or retweets. Many advertisers, however, will sell based on the acquisition of customers, and charge a higher premium. Twitter could sell ads where advertisers only pay when an item is purchased.
Sponsored Shopping Tweets Sponsored Tweets are called out in your Twitter stream. Allow those selling goods a new "shopping" callout to identify an e-commerce related Tweet. Charge for the ability to stand out.
Tweet-to-Buy Allow people to enter payment and shipping info into Twitter or connect through a partner like Paypal or Square. Buy from verified merchants simply by Tweeting a specific keyword.
I do believe that Twitter is leaving a ton of revenue on the table right now, and that they've been slow to create their ad offering. Hopefully this is a signal that will change.
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My last 9 years at The Richards Group have been a pleasure. That kind of tenure is an anomaly in an industry where relationships change so quickly. It's only appropriate that I am now joining R/GA, an agency that also reinvents itself in 9-year cycles. I'm excited to be a part of these new plans, which I'm sure you'll see reflected here.
Reinvention will be more than a new job. I will have a new family, a new city and new clients. It will also mean old friends and interests. I will be rethinking this blog and doing more making.
Thanks to all of you who've supported me. Here's to the next 9...
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I help brands create digital strategies. What this really means is that I create a framework to help them make decisions about what they should be doing in digital. This framework is based on their goals, customers' needs and opportunities in the category. I'm also always thinking about emerging uses of technology and how the brands my team represents can make better use.
I count myself guilty at times of being a "Digital Actuary."
Actuaries try to predict the probability of outcomes, but it's based solely on an examination of the past, and their primary goal is to minimize risk. Many of us make sense of the world in the same way, looking at the past. However, a digital strategy that comes out of an "actuary" approach is inherently flawed in a few ways:
The future of digital cannot always be predicted by the past
Sometimes the digital future is easy to predict. Think about broadband. Ten years ago, we all knew that eventually everyone would have a broadband connection and this would change how we consumed media. Some chose to jump on this bandwagon too early, and others, like most of the music and movie industry, were too slow.
Some futures are much more difficult to predict. Think about the mobile industry. Even six short years ago, when the RAZR was king, no one could predict that the smartphones of today would have altered as drastically the way we communicate. The past is much sooner than it used it be, and less reliable.
Risk is how innovation in digital happens
Actuaries are all about minimizing risk, but risk is a key component in digital innovation. Risk in the digital age is a belief that people will try a new way of doing something. They will… we've seen it time and time again. If you're a brand, stop thinking about your customers as people who won't and start thinking about them as people who will.
Your risks must be calculated, but simply following a pattern from the past won't result in anything new or noteworthy. There's no easy answer. The only way to help create the digital future is to spend less time looking backwards and more time guessing forwards…
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I'm an Apple fan. A diehard Apple fan. However, I think Microsoft deserves some credit for innovation. Namely, the Xbox Kinect. Apple brought us a game-changer taking touch gesture mainstream, but Microsoft's Kinect is the future of gesture.
It's easy to see this in a recent showcase by Fast Company of a new platform called KinectShop, an augmented reality shopping platform. See it in action below:
Clearly, there are applications well beyond gaming. If this kind of innovation can still come from within the walls of Microsoft, I think a little more credit is due.
Posted at 05:24 PM in Games, Retail | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
I continue to find great topics from smart people on Quora. Here are a few of the most recent:
What are some warning signs to look for when dealing with VCs?
Great answers here from folks with lots of experience looking for investment
How is Trader Joe's wine so cheap?
Great answers about the origins of Two-Buck Chuck
What are the best poems of the 20th century?
How can you pick just one... find the greatest hits here
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As a part of my annual visit to the University of Colorado's Advertising A2B intensive this year, I spoke with the students about building a foundation of "influences" to help keep them up to date on the evolving digital landscape. As a part of our time together, I put together a list of "starter influences" across a variety of different categories. Here is that list:
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I'll be speaking next week at the Lakewood Theater on May 25th at the "Gary Vee in Big D" event. It was organized locally by some smart folks who used the power of Twitter to bring Gary Vaynerchuck to Dallas as a part of his tour to promote his new book "The Thank You Economy." I think the event is a great way to showcase some of the great digital work being done locally in Dallas and you're sure to run into a diverse group of folks from startups, brands and agencies.
If you're interested in attending, you can get 50% off your tickets by using the Click Here agency discount code "clickhere." I hope to see you there!
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Last week I downloaded the new HBO "Go" iPad app. I've long lamented the fact that while the rest of the world was allowing full episode streaming online, the paid premium networks hadn't found a solution. Now, however, HBO is making its entire catalog availble online and via iPhone and iPad if you're a subscriber.
The Good
HBO is making their ENTIRE catalog available. My current AT&T Uverse "On Demand" only offers a few of the latest episodes... that's it. I also can start watching entire HBO series without having to spend a ton of money on $1.99 episode downloads in the iTunes store.
While the HBO series are the quality programming that people care about, they also include movies, with a not-too-shabby selection.
The quality of the streaming is pretty good, and I've had little trouble with performance. There are also a few nifty features, like the ability to create a queue of shows or movies you want to watch.
The Bad
Internet connection is required. This means that if you do want to watch something on a plane, you can't download it to watch while you're offline. I really hope that HBO figures this one out soon.
Apparently, not all HBO subscribers can access the service, only those who are subscribing through premium providers like AT&T, Charter, Time Warner, etc...
It's clear to me that these apps will drive subscriptions for HBO. More than a few people have told me, after seeing it that they would subscribe to have access. The problem is that it's hard to see the role of the cable companies moving forward. We pay for hundreds of channels we don't watch, and there are only a few worth the money. I don't think I'm alone in the feeling that if HBO offered direct subscription through digital, I'd join the growing ranks of cord-cutters.
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Content is king again. Social media has taught us that you can build networks of people, but content is what engages them. Some of the best examples I've seen lately aren't of the bite-size variety, but much more robust. Suprisingly, some of the most engaging are new ways of looking at the written word. Here are two of them:
If you follow me on Twitter, you've heard me rave about Longreads. The premise of the site is simple, to aggregate the best long-form content on the web. Visitors to the site can sort content by the time it takes to read, from less than 15 minutes to more than an hour. New content is added daily from many of the best publishers of long-form content, like The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Business Week and many, many more.
This most recent entry into the long-form content space provides an intriguing challenge to the traditional news publisher business model. It also has a simple premise, original long form content from notable authors. The first original to launch on Byliner is by Jon Krakauer, for the price of $2.99.
While newspapers are still focused on subscription models, Byliner provides an interesting micropayment model into the mix. The site has not fully launched yet, but those who question the business model should ask themselves: if you'll pay $0.99 for an iPhone app that makes fart noises, and $5.99 for a magazine, why wouldn't you pay $2.99 for a really in-depth, engaging piece on something you're actually interested in. Don't like the topic? You don't have to pay.
I think both of these sites are an indication of how important the production and curation of great content have become. As the web grows, so does the need for both.
Update: Thanks to Evan for a couple additional suggestions worth checking out - Longform and Essayist.
Posted at 03:00 PM in News, Newspapers | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Last week at the Web 2.0 conference, Wired founder Kevin Kelly presented a few digital trends in the form of verbs. The video of his keynote is worth watching.
I was particularly struck by one of the ideas as a primary challenge to advertising today, the idea of "flowing." Kelly illustrates that "flowing" is the result of the evolution of the web from pages and links to a realtime web of status updates, check-ins and "streams."
The problem with most advertising efforts today is that many folks are still stuck in this outdated view of the web as pages and links. We're no longer "surfing" a wave of information, we're swimming in it.
What should advertising in this "stream" look like?
Be Relevant to the Stream
I think of the standard "push" model of advertising as a brand trying to "interrupt" or "divert" the flow of the stream rather than going along with it. The stream will require new formats that aren't pages or links, or even ads. The new formats will look very much like the stream itself, and include media like video, photos, status updates and the like. Facebook pages are just the beginning.
Cross Streams
Brands are now creating their own streams. Many brands are seeing success not by trying to interrupt a customer's stream, but interact with them. This is also why content strategy is important. A brand's stream must hold its own with consumer content.
Streams aren't 9 to 5
Television runs on schedules, magazines come out monthly, but there's no online schedule. Everything is on-demand, and advertising wasn't built to work on that timetable. In the past, we had the luxury of getting an ad in front of someone, hoping that at some point in the near future, they'd remember our company and buy our goods. A real-time web will require real-time ads.
It's easy for advertisers to understand the web as pages. At least this was similar to the modular idea of creating single-page ads and inserting 30-second spots. The new web of streams is something very different. It's only happened within the last few years, while our industry has still been playing catch-up with a model their customers are beginning to outgrow.
I don't know what advertising in the flow will look like exactly, but if it's done right, I don't think it will look anything like the advertising we're doing today.
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Monday, December 30, 2013 - Christmas Wank Party 2013 - WANK PARTY
For our Christmas Wank Party we brought in a stellar cast, Jan Sadecky, Petr Cisler, Jiri Tucek, Milan Hornik and Ivan Mraz. We find the guys sitting around and Jiri arriving with some presents. Jan gets new vibrator, as does Petr, Milan does too, but he also gets some underwear. Ivan gets underwear too. So they both try on the underwear which looks very good as Jiri inspects them in it. Then he gets Petr and Jan to check out their toys. Ivan and Milan remove their tee-shirts so show the underwear off properly. Jiri then does to and measure one of the vibrators against their cocks. He opens his jeans and we see that his dick is already quite hard. Petr and Jan get their cocks out too, and Jiri gets a feel as Jan strokes him a bit. Jiri starts kissing on Jan's nipples and reaches over feeling everyone's cocks. The guys all get naked and Jiri tries some of the underwear. Then he drops to his knees and begins sucking on Jan's big cock. As he sucks he wanks on Milan's cock too. Ivan follows the lead and starts sucking Petr's cock. Milan and Jan sit down and Milan sucks on Jan, who takes Jiri's hard cock in his mouth. Petr is hard in Ivan's mouth and then they change positions. Ivan's cock is throbbing as Petr takes it in his mouth. Milan swaps with Jan, and sucks Jiri. Jan's dick is massive and Jiri leans over and sucks it too. Then it is all change. With Jiri working on Petr's cock and Ivan sucking on Jan and Milan. With all the guys so hard it all looks very hot indeed. As Ivan continues to suck Milan Jan moves to join Petr and Jiri. Petr is sucking Jiri, who again is sucking that big cock of Jan. Jiri then drops down to work on Petr's dick and Milan swaps with Ivan, sucking him and also Jan. Ivan joins Petr and Jiri, With all the changing around it seems that each guy has been sucking everyone else. Then Jan kneels and pushes his ass out, so that Petr can rim his hole. Ivan lays on his back, legs up, for Jiri to work on his hole too. He tongues the hole and slides a finger deep inside. He wanks Ivan as he fingers him. Petr fingers Jan as well, going nice and fast in that hole before rimming it again. Then Jiri sucks Ivan and shoves a vibrator in his ass too. Next Jiri lays on the sofa and Ivan sits on his throbbing cock. Jan is on his knees taking Petr's dick in his ass and sucking Ivan's cock at the same time. Milan is under Jan working on his cock. Then Petr and Milan trade places, so Jan gets Milan's rock hard cock deep in his ass. They move around again, with Milan pounding Ivan's ass, as he lay on his side, sucking Petr. Meanwhile Jiri is fucking Jan nice and deep. Another switch has Jan and Ivan on their shoulders, next to each other with Jan getting his ass filled by Peter and Jiri shoving his dick deep into Ivan again. As they get fucked Jan and Ivan wank themselves. Milan gets to fuck Jan as Petr stands wanking himself until he shoots his hot cream. Jiri pulls out and dumps his load all over Ivan's balls. Milan continues fucking Jan who is also ready to cum and he unloads all over his chest. Then Milan pulls out his cum squirts over Jan's hot ass. Milan then stands up, in the middle of the guys and wanks himself to mighty fine climax. What a great start to Christmas they all had.
... more about Christmas Wank Party 2013 - WANK PARTY further in this newsletter
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Having recently tried Paco Mlaticka out with another guy we then paired him up with newcomer Otakar Bubek for a screentest. He does a brief interview with Otakar and then starts to kiss him, running his hands over his at the same time. Paco kisses down Otakar's body and opens his jeans. Pulling them down reveals a nice hard cock, which Paco quickly starts to suck. He is on his knees, sucking on that stiff cock, and kissing Otakar's nipples. Then he removes the jeans completely, so he can lick at the balls too. His mouth works well on Otakar's rigid pole. Then, as he rises up on his knees he allows Otakar to open his jeans too. Paco's dick is thick and quite hard too and Otakar is soon showing that he is up for sucking cock. His mouth closes tight around the thick shaft as he sucks on it. Then Otakar gets up on his knees too and Paco goes back down on that cock. His head bobs up and down as Paco's balls get nice and tight. Otakar holds Paco's head and fucks his face some. Then they wank each other's dick as they kiss again. Paco leans back and Otakar goes back to sucking on his, now rigid, cock. Paco uses a fucking motion to move that cock in and out of Otakar's mouth. Paco then moves, and bends over, exposing his hot ass, and Otakar starts to rim his tight hole. His tongue works on the hole and he slips a finger in there too. Then, with Paco on his stomach, Otakar slides his rock hard cock deep into that tight ass. He fucks that ass with nice long strokes, going in good and deep. They then move to a spoon position, with Otakar able to kiss Paco as he continues to fuck him. Paco is hard too and wanks himself as he gets a good, hard fucking. With Paco on his back, one leg up in the air Otakar fucks him deep. Paco wanks himself hard and fast and soon blows a big load of cum over his sexy body. Otakar continues to fuck that hot ass until he is ready to cum too and he drops his cum on Paco, milking his cock until it is completely drained. Then, as he leans over to kiss Paco, he slides his dick back inside. The guys then go off to the shower to clean up, with both of them still good and hard.
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Prague is very pleasant for the countdown to the New Year, it's kind of empty as many people are gone on vacation. The weather is quite balmy this time of year. Miro and Borek have been in the studio arranging shoots for the new year. Only Kyptus, Marco and I are in the office. Aida is a Granny's Farm for the New Year, thank goodness. Fireworks just unglue her and Prague will be like a war zone after today for a couple of days. There are hardly any fireworks in Granny's little hamlet.
We all want to wish you the very best for the New Year. Maybe shortly after the first we'll have a new government in the Czech Republic.
Well in our bumper edition of the newsletter today we really have a lot of great shoots. We start with our Christmas Wank Party, and that is followed by Jan Kaiser in a very good erotic video. Then we have Jan Stofa's session stills. A backstage video of Wank Party 2013 #6 is followed by a wonderful duo with Felix Ryha and Peter Van Don and then Milan Neoral's massage. We finish off with Milan Dlouhy's erotic video and Mato Havran in his session stills. Every one of those shoots is top notch, so if you haven't already seen them be sure to check them out.
We have a whole week of castings too, and what a lovely collection of guys that is. They are Henrik Larson, Sagi Mon, Daniel Otruba, Richard Hajek, Petr Parek, Mato Havran and Jan Obora. What a difficult choice, with so many good guys, but I will go with Mato Havran as my pick of the litter.
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Comedian Katt Williams has helped to kickstart actor-turned-talk show host Arsenio Hall's crowdfunding campaign to raise $1 billion to buy the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team after donating $1,600 (£1,000) in cash.
The sports team's owner, Donald Sterling, is facing having to sell the franchise after he was banned for life from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for making racist remarks that were caught on tape.
A number of celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, rap moguls Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Dr. Dre, boxing champ Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and actress Whoopi Goldberg have all expressed an interest in buying the team, and now Hall has thrown his hat into the ring, too.
The Coming to America star announced his plans at the start of The Arsenio Hall Show on Thursday (01May14), when he unveiled a campaign video, in which he reveals it has been a dream of his to own a professional basketball team since he was a little boy.
In the promo, he says, "The Clippers deserve a better owner. They deserve an owner who will represent everybody. There's only one problem, I ain't got a billion dollars...! I want you to bet on me... You buy it, I'll run it. Let me put your money where my mouth is."
After the video, which appeared to be a spoof, aired, Hall insisted he was "serious about this", adding, "We're gonna do this together, that's why I'm starting the Help Arsenio Buy The Clippers (crowdfunding) campaign."
He brought the topic up during an interview with his guest Williams and brazenly asked for a donation.
Williams happily obliged, and proceeded to pull out a wad of $100 bills to hand over to his stunned pal.
The funnyman admitted he wanted to donate more, but couldn't afford to due to his ongoing tax problems, quipping, "My business partners at the IRS (U.S. tax authorities Internal Revenue Service) have authorised me to put $1,600 into whatever you plan on doing. (It's) not much... (but) we are in the Clipper business!"
Williams has been slowly paying off his tax debt after being hit with a $3.2 million (£2 million) bill stemming from 2008, as well as another $829,352 (£518,345) invoice from the following year (09).


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While the HTC 8XT Windows Phone is slated to hit Sprint tomorrow, the 8XT is also making an appearance with Ting.
Ting is offering the 8XT for $373 and is listed as shipping in 2-4 weeks. While the price sounds a little on the high side, keep in mind that Ting's pricing lacks any contractual discounts.
For those not familiar, Ting is a wireless provider in the U.S. that doesn't subsidize the cost of smartphones in order to avoid those pesky contracts. Ting operates over Sprint's CDMA 3G, 4G, WiMAX and 4G LTE networks. So the 8XT fits in nicely and the price isn't bad considering it's a "no contract" price.
You can find all the fine print on ordering the 8XT and Ting's rate plans over here at Ting's web site.
Thanks, Erick, for the tip!