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What Secrets Your Phone Is Sharing About You
Businesses Use Sensors to Track Customers, Build Shopper Profiles
Fan Zhang, the owner of Happy Child, a trendy Asian restaurant in downtown Toronto, knows that 170 of his customers went clubbing in November. He knows that 250 went to the gym that month, and that 216 came in from Yorkville, an upscale neighborhood.
And he gleans this information without his customers' knowledge, or ever asking them a single question.


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1 Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise the Lord, my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in human beings, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God.
6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
he remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners free,
8 the Lord gives sight to the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
the Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the foreigner
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
10 The Lord reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord.
1 Praise the Lord.[b]
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the exiles of Israel.
3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
4 He determines the number of the stars
and calls them each by name.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power;
his understanding has no limit.
6 The Lord sustains the humble
but casts the wicked to the ground.
7 Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;
make music to our God on the harp.
8 He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.
9 He provides food for the cattle
and for the young ravens when they call.
10 His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 the Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.
12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;
praise your God, Zion.
13 He strengthens the bars of your gates
and blesses your people within you.
14 He grants peace to your borders
and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
15 He sends his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow like wool
and scatters the frost like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail like pebbles.
Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word and melts them;
he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow.
19 He has revealed his word to Jacob,
his laws and decrees to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;
they do not know his laws.[c]
Praise the Lord.
15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,[b] and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11 Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he "has put everything under his feet."[c] Now when it says that "everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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The Beirut Theater is hosting a film festival entitled "Between Two Intifadas: Palestine in the New Cinema," organized by the Palestinian cultural association Al Jana in cooperation with Shams.
This year, Mai Masri's latest movie, "Frontiers of Dreams and Fears," opened the festival on May 9, according to thisiscyberia.com.
The film follows two young Palestinian girls on their journey to the Lebanese-Israeli border. One comes from the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, the other from the Dheisha camp in Bethlehem. The film was shot during the Israeli retreat and the second Intifada.
A total of some 30 short and feature films will be screened during the seven-day festival, including Masri's earlier and most famous work, "Children of Fire," in which she returns to visit her hometown Nablus after a 14-year absence.
The many works tackle a variety of subjects, including the judaization of Jerusalem (Behind the Walls), a Palestinian family scattered across the world (Usturah), the relationship between Jaffa and its many exiled children (Jaffa la Miene), and traditional Palestinian beliefs in "Jinn" (The Shadow).
Some directors will be present to discuss their films with the audience. Most films are in Arabic with English subtitles, or in French – Albawaba.com
© 2000 - 2019 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)


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Aishwarya Rai is one of the top actresses in Bollywood and she is certainly a very busy person. She got married one year ago and after that she has become even busier. He's all the time up to something and now she has to look after the couple lives and give a lot of time to her husband's family. This is surely a big challenge for any person and we are surely eager to know how Aishwarya Rai can manage so many things everyday. But it seems that she tries to be good at time management and good time management is the secret of her success.
One India wrote:
Learning how to manage time and taking up only those assignments wherein you can deliver your best are the 'mantras' that actress Aishwarya Rai follows in her life.
'I have learnt that if we take more work than we can chew, it will lead to utter chaos. Juggling work and personal life adds up to a very hectic schedule, but you've got to take it as it comes,' said the actress who took time out from her shoot in Kerala to launch the new collection, 'Admiral', of luxury watch brand Longines here today.
This is something we can learn from heart and it will have all of us. In our daily life, we have to face this kind of challenge and often, we get frustrated and we lose our mental balance.


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Memorial Day is one of my favorite holidays. The obvious reasons are only augmented by the unofficial start of summer and that means a lot of outdoor time.
The time spent indoors ( more basketball and not complaining) was more than made up for by the great finds outside on bike rides and dog walking excursions.
The endangered Lady Slipper (which I may have picked once as a youngster):
The crowd favorite, baby snapping turtle:
The poisonous water moccasin (on my walk with Dixie and right on the child filled street):
The last reason I love Memorial Day is that it is now time to wear white!
Wear white and have a happy summer!


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As required by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) sections 616(e)(7) and 642, State's must notify the public that the Secretary of Education has taken enforcement actions in relation to their Annual Performance Report. Notification may include posting on the State and public agency websites.
To view the letters, please go to the Illinois Early Intervention Training website by clicking on the link below:
FFY 2010/FFY 2011 Illinois Annual Performance Report Determination Letter and Response - 06/12
For additional information regarding this information, please contact:
Jenni Grissom
IDHS - Early Intervention Program
823 East Monroe
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: 217/782-1981
Fax: 217/524-6248
email address: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Glocester is a rural community dotted throughout by lakes and ponds, and a good part of the northern portion of the town is set aside as state-owned parks and forests. The town of Glocester was immortalized by the author H.P. Lovecraft who was entranced by the town and expressed its picturesque essence in verse.
The real estate data on this web site comes in part from the IDX Program of the State-Wide Multiple Listing Service, Inc. The IDX information is provided exclusively for consumers' personal, non-commercial use, and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Copyright© 2019 State-Wide MLS, Inc. All rights reserved. Data last updated 11/21/19.


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About Ellie
I like probability and statistics and EL&U StackExchange!
Adobe is probably tracking reading speed, bookmarks etc. just like AMZN did. I used Adobe Digital Editions, the free e-reader using EPUB (?) format. It was good, but not better than any others. This sounds like the best option to me:
buy the printed version that's usually cheaper and more pleasant to read at home.I don't like messing with DRM.
There isn't anything wrong with "stockpiling" cereal. As long as you eat it, it is a discounted bulk purchase, and nothing to feel guilty over. Well, if there aren't food shortages! As for renting power tools, great idea! I think Home Depot and small non-chain hardware stores used to offer that.
Most of the sharing economy so far seems to enrich a tiny number of middle men who own the distribution platform, with inconsistent or questionable benefit to users/customers. I do NOT see Google in that role though.
This is really awful:
The Obama administration has revealed so few details about the negotiations, even to members of Congress and their staffs, that it is impossible to fully analyze the Pacific partnership. Negotiators have argued that it's impossible to conduct trade talks in public because opponents to the deal would try to derail them.That isn't how U.S. government works. There are always opponents to legislation by some members of Congress. Hiding the details from them, and the public, is wrong, and very ominous.
I visited your website from your profile here, after reading that URL to the MoveOn news.
Wow! You are so kind and introspective, based on what I read. You seem like a very good person, emotionally and ethically. Keep up the great work, and don't doubt yourself!
* No one here is allowed to poke fun at me for this, okay?
Speaking of LA education, I think they may have seen the light, scales falling from eyes. (Sorry, that was for dramatic effect. I am not a Christian, but love their way with words sometimes).
I say that with respect to the highly STATIST Common Core, which Gov. Jindal is finally turning away from.
Thank you!
Waging war on Medicaid... ugh, that isn't good.
I haven't seen the billboard or read the text. Two thoughts:
1. This is bad precedent by MoveOn. It will open the floodgates for more mudracking political crud, from all parties. I'm tired of that, don't need more. I doubt I'm the only person who is sick of politicized discourse about every little thing.
2. It doesn't imply any deficiency in voter intelligence to assume that a state's trademarked slogan is used exclusively by that state, or in support of the elected officials (and policies) of that state. The Lt Governor should have taken a "wait and see" attitude, rather than sue. Depending on how the billboard is worded, it might lead viewers to believe that MoveOn is organizing on behalf of the Louisiana GOP. Now wouldn't THAT be ironic!
That was the first thought I had too.
It is a remarkably unfortunate surname. Bad anglicization maybe? Middle initial "D" doesn't help either...
Thank you, thank you, thank you, TechDirt and Mike Masnick for sharing this with us! And thank you for so kindly posting the full text of the document.
I knew about the NRC having no reporting procedure to track breaches pertaining to accidental release of sensitive information, because I noticed an entry in the Federal Register (or somewhere similar) saying that they needed to draft and instate one, in October or November last year. I wasn't aware of the pervasive carelessness in so many other U.S. government departments though.
The SEC is my primary interest. Lax security increases exchange infrastructure vulnerability. There is another concern, namely, the always-tempting opportunity to exploit and profit from unauthorized access to material non-public information.
Hello CBimerrow formerly of IT support! I didn't know any other way to reply to you, about what I read on the TechDirt insider chat thingy. That's where y'all talk to each other and we get read access. You mentioned something that I noticed and winced at (just like you did, when you said, "it burns!") but no one talks about. Same as the reaction on TechDirt Insider chat; no one replied to you, re this
hxxp://gizmodo.com/sochi-official-our-shower-surveillance-footage-says-ho-1517435247?utm_campaign=so cialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
I agree, it is unsightly! The UTM's are for Google, or other web analytics "campaign metrics". I strip them away whenever I post or send a URL. They look cheezy. Even if I'm using a URL shortener, I want that crud gone. I was curious why the person you were IM chatting with didn't post this instead,
Is it considered immoral or rude to excise the crud, because the URL creator can't surveil (track?) as well? That URL was so lengthy that it forced the sidebar chat widget to scroll out to 4 times width!
For etiquette's sake, I'll return to the current topic. Why don't these comments have any respect for IT? IT departments are NOT always clueless bureaucrats who don't know how to set a password other than to "password". Someone else described how their IT department isolated Macs because of PC viruses (I didn't say that quite right, it's down below). Just maybe, the IT guys know something that the users don't know, about security. The user's job, in this case, is to be a developer. IT doesn't sit around all day doing nothing. Their job, among other things, is to be real-time up to date about viruses. Macs are not immune, regardless of OS used. Even computers running Linux can be vulnerable.
As for getting in the way of business and customers, I learned the hard way that IT needs to be consulted. I worked on a project using PHI (protected health information). At the beginning, before we bid on the contract, one of our IT guys warned us that there would be problems with using VolP as part oF the dEliverable, that HIPAA didn't allow it, in that context. Client said it would be okay, but didn't check with their own IT guy, nor anyone else. So we did months of work and sure enough, our IT guy was right. We should have spent some time to see if he were correct, before proceeding further. We were still paid, nothing terrible happened. Client had to spend more though, for us to do (lots of tedious) changes.
IT security can be a huge pain to deal with, like a law enforcement bureaucracy in your midst, e.g. a visit from Tyler in Data Security was much worse than having the Assistant District Attorney stop by to "ask you a few questions"! It is management's job to reign in overzealous IT, or replace any who are incompetent.
Yes. This is a very convincing argument against DRM in HTML5. Urg... plug-in's.
I have never used a file sharing site, never illegally downloaded software, music, video or anything else. I'd be happy to give my computer to the MpAA, RIAA, NSA etc. to peruse. I'm very boring! Yet I still don't like the idea of DRM in HTML5. It will cause profound interoperability problems.
Are you certain about that? I don't see why he wouldn't get any salary. He should. He does work!
Jimmy Wales has a variety of shortcomings. I could find many examples of his vanity, accepting large cash honorariums for speaking engagements, sailing on Richard Branson's yacht etc. Nevertheless, Wikimedia Foundation should pay Jimmy Wales. Maybe they should pay him more than they do now. Maybe if he were paid better... well, I've said enough. Everyone who works as an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation should be paid a living wage.
Lots oF people use Wikipedia content, including the U.S. government. Google does too. They link to it for definitions in their help pages, as is their right, under the CC license.
This is all going on at the same time. First there is the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). That's what they renamed it! It was originally Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement or TAFTA. It is so complicated and lengthy that it is difficult to understand any of it. I tried to read the document that Wikileaks kindly provided. I am certain that the opacity is by intent though. The CFC folks wrote this about the implications of TAFTA - TTIP in plain language.
Then I read a super creepy commentary by Vint Cerf via TechCrunch. He met with the head of SANS and two FCC commissioners and lots of other people at an off-the-record "privacy thought leaders" dinner in Washington D.C. a few nights ago. Immediately afterward, he made the creepy announcement about right to privacy being a transitory anomaly, unknown in human civilization until the 1960's, and an inevitable, necessary casualty of the "digital age".
And now... THIS! From what I can tell, Colum Lynch seems like a sensible person. This latest not-privacy scheme at the UN is something to be concerned about.
Unless circumstances have changed, Glenn Greenwald had all 30,000 to 50,000 of Snowden's documents. Glenn Greenwald is in Brazil, and not likely to be delivering the remaining documents to the NSA in Washington D.C. nor the NSA's Utah data center.
Whether the documents are destroyed or not isn't up to anyone but Greenwald. The Guardian is his employer, but I'm sure another newspaper would be happy to work with him, if The Guardian weren't.
Yes, school districts are agencies of the state. Here, the state is California, which is large and influential. One school district has implemented Geo Tracking. Another, larger district (Burbank) is already considering doing the same..
These are minors. First, they are protected under the Fourth Amendment. Where does the school district draw the line of in loco parentis, despite the child having one, or two, parents or legal guardians?
Even if this were limited to school, I wouldn't like it. It would be better for schools not to allow SMS, Twitter and Facebook during school hours, instead of this 24 hour per day/ 7 days per week surveillance. That is so wrong!
The school is using contractors. If there were a choice, the school district IT department would be required to observe privacy law and be less likely to exploit student information than an outside, private contractor. I'm just saying "what if", as this tracking, 24/7, of all minors is not ethical, whomever does it; with the exception of parents, as a personal family decision that should not be dictated by the school district, nor the state.
Rush Holt had finished his own education and started teaching when I started school at Swarthmore College. He was either an instructor or associate professor of physics.
He was well-liked at Swarthmore, He isn't an extremist about anything, despite Swarthmore College's extensive reputation as a bastion of communist-socialists and militant feminist-lesbians. Yes, they have free speech, as is their right. But their are many viewpoints held by students and academic staff at Swarthmore. I didn't realize that until years later. .
I agree with you, Prashanth. I have followed Rush Holt's career, though not that observantly. He is one of the only members of the current Congress that I respect and trust, unequivocally. I hope I can say that in five years, or ten, and that he remains in public office.
Yes, Congress IS still required to disclose financial information. They did NOT exempt themselves from the provisions of the STOCK law.
This article here, in TechDirt, is being quoted as evidence that the law was rolled back in its entirety. That is not true.
You're right. But they'll ruin our physical infrastructure, goods and services supply chains, and society as we wait for them to realize that.
Ninja, don't talk to him like that! What is your problem? You said:
"why are you so bitter ootb? did someone molest you when you were a kid?"
Say whatever else you want. Call him a an a-hole, or an idiot, or Communist, or unpatriotic, or stupid. DON'T SAY THAT THOUGH. It is cruel, excessive, unnecessary. It made me cry. And no, I'm not him, I'm Ellie Kesselman. I wasn't "molested when I was a kid", and I wasn't fortunate enough to be able to have children.
Ad hominem attacks are facile, but, call me a bad and illogical person, I sometimes find them amusing. Trolls can be amusing too. They usually behave, or leave you unscathed, if you recognize and appreciate the genuine aspects of humor, or sorrow/ bitterness in what they say.
This isn't about being "politically correct", or LBGTQ friendly, or feminist or not being racist, or any of that. It transcends all of it. How dare you toss out remarks about being molested as a child as ridicule in a comment thread. Don't tell me to "lighten up" either. With so many other creative, cruel, clever insults available, you say THAT? You've reached the nadir of worthless.
This is becoming impossible for me to ignore, that
"gun control, anti-abortion restrictions, immigration, gay marriage / civil union rights, medical marijuana, birth control, or any of the other hot topics [are] meant to distract the public from what's REALLY going on".
Seems that way to me too. Sadly, it also seems that regulations, which should help, are being used to serve other, quite separate agendas.


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Complete Guide to Installing, Configuring CyanogenMod 7 Stable Release (Android 2.3, Gingerbread) on the Nook Color
If you are new to Nook Color operating system and install options, I strongly recommend reading this guide to picking your Nook Color operating system and installer. And if you're just starting to explore what Android is and are a little hesitant, you can always try Android for free on your computer with a virtual machine.
Within 30 minutes your Nook Color can be running the latest stable, available version of Google's Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS (technically the CyanogenMod 7 Stable manifestation of it), and thanks to its use of the SD card, all safely achieved without altering your existing Nook Color's setup or violating the warranty. Included in all the new features, performance benefits, and elevation of your own personal coolness, you get Bluetooth support. The Nook Color can do VOIP (e.g., Skype), GPS navigation, sending music to wireless headets or stereos, and much more!
My goal in this document is to help less technical people through the slightly more technical and slightly more we-assume-you-know what-you're-doing verygreen's CyanogenMod 7 (CM 7) to SD install instructions, covering things left out, additional problems you might encounter, and configuration you might want to do post install. If you have any basic questions or run into trouble, please check out this Nook Color Modding FAQ which might save us both some time.
Be aware, I experienced lingering and frustrating stability and file system corruption issues with several installs to several SD cards. Other people are not having this experience, but if you do be aware that your SD cards may be too "fast". Your choice is then to try and find other workable SD cards or do an eMMC (internal memory) install, such as you'll find in my guide to phiremod install on the Nook Color.
Step 1: Installing CM7 Stable to your SD card
The first step is to follow verygreen's instructions on how to take the SD card image he made, combined with the latest updated CM7 install, combined with the Google apps pack (gapps) to get a bootable system.
Before you begin, though, let me give you some tips.
- Windows users will need Win32DiskImager to flash the requisite .img file to your SD card. It's free, download Win32DiskImager now.
- Mac / Linux / FreeBSD users will use "dd" to flash the requisite .img file to your SD card. The command you will execute looks like:
# dd if=generic-sdcard-v1.1.img of=/dev/sdcard
If needed, replace /dev/sdcard with the real path of your mounted SD card and specify the real path of the data image (after unpacking the gz version you downloaded).
- I strongly recommend against using class 10 rated SD cards! Testing over several days proved that my system would not run reliably (tons of "force close" errors and the file system reverting to read-only) on a class 10 rated card, the Patriot LX series. Whereas the system works flawlessly on my PNY class 4 card, which cost less than half as much and actually operates just as fast, according to SD Tools it writes at 12 MB/s and reads at 84 MB/s read, which exceeds class 10.
- If you insist on using a class 10 card, the verygreen install script will probably hang when it goes to create the disk structure. A workaround for this is to first burn the image to a working (and dirt cheap, $7-10) class 4 PNY or Sandisk (or other) microSD card (of equivalent or, to be safe, smaller size) and then when you've got the install completed clone the microSD card by using Win32DiskImager to create a .img file of the working class 4 SD card and then write that image to your class 10 SD card. It's a hassle, you'll be waiting 15 minutes to read, 15 minutes to write, but it works! And you've now got a backup to boot. Assuming your class 10 was larger than your class 4 SD card you can then expand the virtual SD partition using any non-destructive partitioning product (the partition is fat32) so that you get all your space used. If you've got Windows 7, use its Disk Mangement feature to safely expand the partition, if you've got another Windows version you may need to use EASUS's Partition Master Professional Edition ($19) or Acronis' DiskDirector ($49).
- The CM7 build you want is "update-cm-7.0.0-encore-signed.zip", so make sure you get that one! (Obviously if you're reading this document in the distant future, make your best choice!)
- You might want to initially avoid the Dalingrin OC kernel/ROM upgrade instructions for now, I'll cover that separately below.
- If you get hung up trying to install the Google apps pack because it seems like the recovery console isn't installing it, you may be going into the wrong recover mode or no mode at all! Turn off the device and then turn it back on holding both power and N for 6 seconds, one to two seconds after the "Touch the Future of Reading" comes on the screen. You'll see the Linux penguin at the top and a bunch of console messages, one of which will indicate it's looking for "gapps". If you don't see that you're not in the right recovery screen!
Those tips being given:
Go to and follow carefully verygreen's CyanogenMod 7 (CM 7) to SD install instructions!
The entire process will only take you about 15 - 20 minutes. If you were using a class 10 card you can do the class 4 to class 10 clone at this point, or at the very end when you've got everything set up, it's your choice.
Step 2: Turn on Bluetooth (optional)
If you're ready to turn on Bluetooth, there's a trick. If you don't do this, Bluetooth will just refuse to turn on / be enabled.
- Turn off wifi (Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wi-Fi)
- Reboot
- Turn on Bluetooth (Settings > Wireless & Networks > Bluetooth)
- Turn on wifi
It seems a bit odd, but that's what you have to do. From then on out it'll work fine.
Bluetooth Keyboard Instructions
Pair as you normally pair a Bluetooth keyboard, that all works just as you'd expect. But, if you don't do this next step you'll likely want to throw your keyboard and Nook Color out the window within the first 30 minutes of typing. When you type on your Bluetooth keyboard the virtual keyboard will very likely appear, or re-appear if you've hidden it. I am not sure why this is. You close the keyboard, you type, maybe it stays closed for a moment or two, but invariably it opens up again. And, because it's open not only do you have much of your screen real estate wasted by a keyboard you're not using, your physical keyboard presses will often linger long enough to pop up the Gingerbread character selector. In other words, type "e" on the keyboard and about 5% of the time it will think you held "e" down in order to bring up the list of international "e" variations, which you then need to close. And, as if that's not annoying enough, the predictive text completion that will go on with the virtual keyboard open will lead to sometimes sluggish responses to your keypresses, and even missing text. The solution? Buy and install the Null Keyboard ($2)! It's money well spent. You install it, enable it in settings, and then when you are going to use your BT keyboard you hold your finger down on an input box for a few seconds, it asks you to choose your input method, you choose Null Keyboard, and voila! You can now type on your BT keyboard with joy. And when you put away the keyboard don't forget you'll need to switch the input back to your Android (or Gingerbread) keyboard next time you need to type with the virtual one.
Step 3: Adding Important Apps
CM7 is great, but you'll need some other free apps to really get the best experience out of it. The list had gotten rather long so I have now put it on its own page. I strongly recommend you go now and install all of the free Must Have Apps for your Nook Color.
Obviously you can add more apps beyond those, but you walking that list you will cover the basics and be in good shape to proceed.
Step 4: Overclocking!
If you want to at this point you can try some overclocking. It appears to be pretty stable, pretty safe, and potentially makes your Nook Color 40% faster than when you bought it! It can arguably run as fast as the Samsung Galaxy Tab!
This process is pretty simple, it involves replacing the uImage file on the SD partition of your microSD card with an alternative that has been "hacked" for performance (and/or features). The one everyone is using now for CM7 is Dalingrin's.
- Download the 2.6.29 Dalingrin OC kernel (or earlier version, DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE LATEST) for CM7 on SD card. You do not want to download the latest, it requires a test build of CM 7 that isn't stable. Do not pick the wrong kernel! Follow the link in Dalingrin's kernel announcement thread for the "Froyo and CM7 kernel". Then choose the most recent dated folder, then pick the kernel called "update-CM7-dalingrin-OC-sd-MMDDYY.zip" (where the MMDDYY is replaced with the date of the recent version). MAKE SURE YOU PICK THE ONE WITH "CM7" AND "SD" IN THE NAME!
- On your Nook Color go into the installed "Terminal Emulator" app, type "su" to make you the superuser. You should see the prompt change to "#" instead of "$". If this doesn't change, close out and try again. I've seen Terminal Emulator seem to have issues getting super user permission at first. Once it has accepted your "su" and the prompt changes, type in "rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache/*". As soon as this is done, shutdown your Nook Color (hold the power button down, then choose power off) and put the microSD card in your computer.
- Rename the existing file in your mounted SD card "uImage" as "uImage.original".
- Open the kernel file you downloaded and copy the "uImage" file inside it to the SD card, so it sits next to the original uImage file.
- Safely eject the SD card from your computer, pop it in your Nook Color and power on!
Your Nook Color will now be running the latest kernel!
To turn on the overclocking, go to Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > Performance > CPU Settings > Max CPU Frequency.
If something goes wrong and your device won't boot or in some other way seems seriously screwed up, just shut down, pop out the microSD card, put it back into your computer and delete the "uImage" file, and rename the "uImage.original" to "uImage". Dealing with any problems is beyond the scope of this article, your best bet for support would be the people in this thread. And don't forget, we're doing all this on the microSD, you can always pop-out the microSD and your original Nook Color is still there.
Step 5: Backup
You really should back up at this point. Shut down and make an image of your SD card if possible. Things can easily get screwed up, corrupted, etc. with an alpha-stage release like this, so it's best to be able to easily get back to where you were. I've seen a lot of things get corrupted and had to reinstall more than a few things. Better safe than sorry. Also, use Titanium Backup to backup your app data!
Step 6: Keeping Up to Date
Once you've got your system up and running you'll inevitably want to update it as new bug fixes and features are released. This process is a lot less painful than it used to be, thanks to the clever way these installs are distributed and also thanks to the great apps available for backup and restore.
I do not recommend people update to the 2.6.32 kernel yet, since it requires the test/dev version of CM 7 and isn't ready for prime time yet. If you do you'll also need to update u-boot file.
The details of how you do this are too big to insert here, but can be found in this separate guide to keeping your Nook Color up to date.
Post Script - Addendum
Stability Problems?
If you see a lot of "force close" events happening randomly or you find that files you were working on suddenly become unusable, your problem is most likely with your SD cards. You can try to find other SD cards that will work, or you can try an eMMC (internal memory) install such as the one I describe in my guide to phiremod install on the Nook Color.
First Impressions
I've been running CM7 for a week now, and tried quite a few kernels along the way. I am mostly thrilled. My setup has been stable ever since I ditched the class 10 rated cards. Everything I need works, including most notably Bluetooth! Admittedly the range is terrible, but good enough for my purposes, and I'm sure range will improve soon. Wifi is stable, since the device never sleeps. And battery life is good, though because the device never sleeps it isn't nearly as good as a stock Nook Color. The video is works at very respectable frame rate since the RC4 update. And I've had no trouble with overclocking.
CM7 Versus Froyo
CM7 feels much faster than Froyo, the responsiveness of the interfaces, the boot time, maybe it's all in my head, but hopefully not. One major issue gone is the crippling slowness of Market downloads/etc. I experienced with Froyo on a class 4 SD card were totally gone on CM7 with the same class 4 SD card.
Don't Forget to Use Your Internal Memory!
You can access the contents of your Nook Color's original, internal memory within your CM7 OS by browsing to /mnt/emmc with an appropriate file manager (see above). In this way you can still use most (5+ GB) of your internal storage for things like music and video files (not apps, since the system doesn't know to use that location). So don't forget that space is available if you need it.
Responding to Force Close Messages
Unfortunately at this stage you can expect some instability in the OS, and this seems to manifest itself primarily as "force close" messages when an app fails. My experience suggests the best thing to do when you get any such message is to reboot. On my system a force close can correspond with the file system having become or about to become read only. I assume the OS tries to protect itself by becoming read only and once the system starts going, baby, it's gone! So, the best policy seems to be to immediately reboot, and if you have any more problems on reboot do the "rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache/*" and reboot again.
One particular force close message I got frequently was from Google apps ("gapps") and Google framework. I suspect the issue related to network issues, perhaps it trying to run when the wifi wasn't yet reconnected after a wake. I was able to eliminate this by disabling the automatic sync, go to Settings > Accounts & sync > Auto-sync and set it to unchecked. This means my email won't automatically come in, but I can manually retrieve it by choosing "Refresh" from the Gmail menu. Personally, my phone alerts me on every email, so it's not vital for my tablet to do it as well. Warning, do not uncheck the "Background data" checkbox on the same page, Market and a few other more vital things will refuse to work if you do that.
Another cause of force closes seems to be corrupted installs / configuration / filesystem. If an app in particular isn't working try the following, first one, then if you're still having the problem go to the next one, and so on:
- Clear dalvik-cache and reboot (rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache/*). Then reboot.
- Use ClockwordMod's permission fix option. Then reboot.
- Backup your data related to the app (using Titanium Backup) then uninstall and reinstall the app using Market. And only if the app is working try to restore the data (only) from the backup you made.
This approach has resolved several different force close problems I had.
(FYI, ClockworkMod still crashes and reboots the NC when I try to back up a ROM, and refuses utterly to enter CWM recovery on a reboot.)
As I mentioned above, further testing has suggested that most of my were the result of my using a class 10 card. Since I cloned my SD card from class 10 to class 4 I've seen almost no instability, and what problems remain are likely down to problems with individual applications and their compatibility. I'd encourage people to just use class 4 or 6... And as I mentioned, my PNY class 4 cards all perform as well as my class 10 card, but with greater stability!
Which Kernel?
Dalingrin is frequently releasing new kernels, and it's tempting to jump to the latest, but always check the change log first (in the beginning of his thread) to see if it resolves any problems you have. Sometimes you may wish to hold off and see how others embrace it. Ultimately it's a matter of the bugs you can live with versus the ones you can't.
I'm thrilled with my new mobile set up, which was only possible with the Bluetooth ability of CM7! I used to do the same with my OQO Model 02, but sadly that device was a little before its time...
(The iGo Stowaway keyboard is the single great gadget I've ever had! I got it for $30 at a Tuesday Morning discount store, and four or five years later it's still the best mobile keyboard I've seen, and they are so loved you can't get an old stock one online for less than $175!)
^ Quinxy
The Ultimate Nook Color CyanogenMod 7 Setup
If you want CM7 yourself, check out my Complete Guide to Installing CyanogenMod 7, which covers the basics of installing on an SD card and issues you may encounter along the way!
CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) was released yesterday and I put it on my Nook Color this morning. Video playback has definitely improved, seems "normal" now. CM7 is amazing, a definite improvement over the Froyo install, in particular because there is Bluetooth and I can go back to using my beautifully awesome iGo Stowaway foldable keyboard! For anyone contemplating moving to CM7 I strongly recommend it. It's not without its faults (seems less stable than Froyo, more "force close" app crashes for me), but the good is worth the bad, especially because very active development will likely address the flaws in the near future; if you don't plan to keep CM7 updated I'd still with Froyo or even wait for Barnes & Noble's official Froyo release next month.
Here's my sweet Nook Color CM7 setup with iGo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard, I am a master of my mobile domain!
^ Quinxy
Complete Guide to Turning the Nook Color Into a Great Android 2.2 (Froyo) Tablet
If you are new to Nook Color operating system and install options, I strongly recommend reading this guide to picking your Nook Color operating system and installer. And if you want something even better and easier than the Froyo install documented below, check out my more recent Complete Guide to Installing CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) on the Nook.
I recently stumbled onto the most amazing tablet I've seen yet, amazing not because it rivals Apple's iPad or Motorola's Xoom in features but because it blows them away in price (about $250), utility (it's screen is just big enough to be comfortable, just small enough to fit easily in a jacket pocket), and style (it's got a quirky, rugged charm that grows on you). The Barnes & Noble Nook Color was not intended to be a tablet, it was intended to be an e-reader, but some clever folks have figured out how to unleash its potential by unlocking and/or replacing its limited version of Google's Android OS, and by doing so they have created what I think is one of the best tablets out there. It may lack a forward and rear facing camera, it may lack a microphone, but by god is this thing a pleasure to own. And now I'm going to share with you the lessons I learned in a brutal, sleepless weekend trying to get up to speed with the Nook Color modding community and what they could do. If you have a Nook Color and you follow through with the steps outlined in this guide, in a matter of an hour or two you'll have a very stable, highly functional, overclocked Android tablet running Android 2.2 (aka Froyo); more recent versions, 2.3 (Eclair) and 3.0 (Honeycomb), have not yet been sufficiently tailored to be reliable on the Nook Color. Your new Froyo Nook Color will be almost as stable a store bought tablet at half the price, while running at 1.1 GHz, 40% faster than the original Color Nook and about the same speed as other much more expensive tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
The approach documented here is to run the OS on a bootable microSD card rather than replace the original Nook Color firmware. I like this approach because the performance I'll experience is roughly similar to that using the built-in memory, and I can still access the original device in its original form if I like, for the e-reader features, should I choose to use them. And if the device proves itself defective in time, the device is still "original".
Step 0: Buy a Nook and a High Speed microSD Card
Before we begin you'll need the hardware, specifically:
- Barnes & Noble Nook Color $249
- Buy a microSD card $7 - 15
You want to make sure you get a microSD card that is fast, but stay away from the class 10 rated cards! I can recommend the PNY class 4 microSD cards because of the three I've purchased all perform at class 10 speeds (they all write at ~12 MB/s and read at ~84 MB/s) and they actually work well in the Nook Color. The class 10 Patriot LX SD cards I bought behaved very badly, making my system very unstable; the kernel would freak out randomly and every app would start to crash as the filesystem became read only. My experience was not unique, people using all makes of class 10 cards have had problems getting them to work reliable (if at all) with the Nook Color.
Step 1: Make Android Froyo SD card
Simply follow the painless guide on NookDevs and within a few minutes you'll have a bootable microSD with Froyo on it that you can stick in your Nook Color:
NookDev Guide to Burning a Bootable Froyo SD Card
You'll only be using a fraction of the total size of the card at this point, we'll cover accessing the rest of it later.
Step 2: Android Debug Bridge
To add the initial, critical apps (e.g., Google's Market, app store) and do the required customization you will need to install the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) tools as well as the necessary USB drivers, and a Java JDK if you don't have one:
NookDev Guide to Installing ADB for the Nook Color
The process isn't fun, but you only have to do it once.
Make sure to change your Windows PATH variable to include the platform-tools folder (where adb.exe is located). I have found that some adb commands will not accept the path to a file as a parameter, and will tell you the file does not exist even though it does (very frustrating and confusing). By including the platform-tools directory you can run adb from the directory where the file in question is so that you have no such problems.
Step 3: Basic Froyo Customization
It is now time to do the basic mods of your vanilla Froyo install to make the Nook Color a fully functional (and usable) tablet. Here again we rely on the great:
Walk through this document doing all the items listed. Be careful to note the text indicating which steps are not required because your version of Froyo already includes those enhancements. Also, I recommend against doing the Adobe Flash step listed on this page, as it did not appear to do anything for me. Below I list apps you should add to your device and Adobe Flash will be covered there.
Ignore the section on overclocking, we'll tackle that separately down below.
Softkeys Versus Remapped Volume Keys
The reason you want to map the hardware keys is because the Nook Color is missing two critical physical buttons that you desperately need, Menu and Back. If you don't map the hardware keys (in the section Remapping Volume Buttons to MENU and BACK Buttons) you can use the Softkeys app, which will make virtual buttons appear on screen when you need them by clicking an always-on-top virtual button. Personally I think you'd be silly to use Softkeys, since these keys are so needed. Adjusting your volume is far less critical; I separately add a widget to the home screen to easily adjust volume.
Slow to Start
When you first run your new Froyo install you may initially feel the OS is painfully slow. Not to worry! Services are still starting up and various caches are being created. After an hour or two of use the responsiveness will be much improved.
Battery Indicator
I haven't read about this happening for anyone else, but on my Nook Color the battery indicator went crazy at some point during the upgrading, artificially reading 53% when the battery was nearly full, and at another time reading -20435%. I left the device plugged into the wall over night and when I turned it on in the morning the battery was reading properly, and has been ever since.
Step 4: Adding Important Apps
Now it's time to install a bunch of apps (almost all of them free) to get the most out of your Froyo experience. The list of apps I was recommending got rather long so it now has its own page. I strongly recommend you go now and install all of these Must Have Apps for your Nook Color.
Obviously you can add more apps beyond those, but you walking that list you will cover the basics and be in good shape to proceed.
Froyo seems to have a serious peculiarity where downloading apps in the Market may go very, very, very slowly. I experienced this with my class 10 performing but class 4 rated PNY cards, but others reported no such problems when they used a class 6 card. When I installed Gingerbread / CM 7 instead of Froyo the problem was completely absent.
Step 5: Backup Your Progress
Now we back up the progress we've made so far, so that if something goes wrong in the next step (replacing the kernel) we can just revert and try again.
Shut down your Nook Color. Remove the microSD card and plug it into your computer's card reader.
If you're a Windows user, use the free software Image Writer to create the backup image, if you're on anything else you can use "dd".
The backup might take 5 - 15 minutes, depending on the size and speed of your card.
Step 6 : Upgrade the kernel!
If you don't know what the kernel (aka ROM) is, it's the core OS code upon which everything else depends. And we're now going to replace your stock Froyo kernel with a greatly enhanced version. The main reason to do this is to allow overclocking of your Nook Color, but it also fixes things like volume issues with the headphones, solves touch screen problems, and adds Bluetooth support!
The first thing to do is to download the kernel you need. We're going to use Dalingrin's OC (overclocking) kernel. Follow the link in Dalingrin's kernel announcement thread for the "Froyo and CM7 kernel". Then choose the most recent dated folder, navigate the hellishly confusing minefield that is the Mediafire download hosting site, and get the download you need which will be called "update-froyo-dalingrin-OC-sd-MMDDYY.zip" (where the MMDDYY is replaced with the date of the recent version).
Unzip this file to a folder you can easily get to in a DOS window. FYI, the only file we will actually be needing in the zip is the "uImage" file, which is the new kernel.
The installation path given in the discussion thread isn't right for our Nook Color with Froyo SD. So, instead of what they say, do this:
> adb shell mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard
> adb push uImage /mnt/sdcard/uImage
And immediately after this, clear the Dalvik Cache (it's a cache of JIT binaries):
> adb shell
# rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache/*
# reboot
Your Nook Color will shut down and when it comes back it will be running the latest kernel!
If something goes wrong and your device won't boot or in some other way seems seriously screwed up, just shut down, pop out the microSD card and use Image Writer to restore the image you previously backed up. Dealing with any problems is beyond the scope of this article, your best bet for support would be the people in this thread. And don't forget, we're doing all this on the microSD, you can always pop-out the microSD and your original Nook Color is still there.
If you experience subsequent WiFi problems (such as wifi refusing to stay on, where it loops trying to turn it on then going off) clear your Dalvik Cache with the adb shell and rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache/* reboot approach I listed above! Or buy the pro version of Titanium Backup which includes a cache cleaning feature.
ClockworkMod Recovery is a system which facilitates kernel upgrades and prevents you from getting into a situation where you would need to revert to a previous backup of your kernel/ROM. Serious kernel upgraders would be better off using that approach, but if you're just doing it once, or every once in a while, the above approach should suffice. Unfortunately, for some reason it won't work properly on my (and presumably this) installation of Froyo to an SD card. When I try to back up ROMs it crashes the Nook Color, and when I try to go into ClockworkMod Recovery (from the app or from cold boot and the Power + Nook button combo it ignores me); it does however sometimes randomly drop me into ClockworkMod Recovery after a spontaneous Nook Color crash.
Step 7: Overclocking
Go into the CPU Tuner app you installed and adjust the upper limits of the CPU to 1100 MHz. I set the upper limit to 1100 MHz for only the Performance, Good, and Normal profiles. I made sure the lower limit was 300 MHz for all profiles. Most people report no problems overclocking their Nook Color. If you have problems, you can always revert your CPU Tuner settings.
Step 8: Repartitioning your Virtual SD Card
The final task is to expand the partition containing your virtual SD card. At the moment you are using only 2 GB of your real microSD card, because that was the size of the image we used to write the original Froyo card. The rest of the microSD card is currently wasted, and we want to add that the partition that is used for your virtual microSD card. Repartitioning while preserving your data requires special software that can expand a Linux partition. One such product for a Windows user is EASUS Partition Master, which is under $20. Simply shutdown your Nook Color, move the microSD card into the PC's card reader and use that software to expand the sdcard partition to occupy the rest of the card; if anyone knows of a good free alternative, let me know!
Hopefully my time wasted figuring all this out will be your time saved and enjoying a truly fantastic tablet experience.
While your Nook Color may not compete with the iPad 2 in terms of power and features, you'll probably find you use it more than you would an iPad 2 because it's compact enough to always be with you.
After Thoughts
The wifi turn of/off loop (mentioned above) can be pretty irritating; the solution involves rebooting and clearing the Dalvik Cache. It didn't happen to me at all yesterday, but did three times today. A solution I'm now trying is using the "Green Power FREE battery saver" app.
Bluetooth is available in the Nook Color, meaning you can use Bluetooth keyboards, GPS dongles, and audio devices! But... the Bluetooth features are not available as yet in the Froyo kernel. The features are available in the CM7 kernel. Since I ran the CM7 kernel accidentally a few days ago on my Froyo install without seeming complaint I'm wondering if perhaps switching to the CM7 kernel would give my Froyo Bluetooth support. I'm guessing running the CM7 kernel on a Froyo install would lead to subtly serious problems in the long run. I've got a great iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth keyboard ready to use, so this deserves more investigating.
CyanogenMod 7 Early Experience
Just today I got a new class 10 microSD card in the mail and decided that I'd give CyanogenMod 7 (CM7) a try since "verygreen" had a great description on how to install CM7 to SD card and it sure looked easy. And, well, it was! Within a couple hours I'd installed CM7, ported all my apps (and data) over (with Titanium Backup's help), installed Dalingrin's OC latest kernel! I wanted to explore CM7 because people are getting Bluetooth working on it, and I wanted that. Also, others were talking about how it was "better". So far all I can say is it feels much faster! The major slowness of Market downloads/etc. I experienced with Froyo on a class 4 card were totally gone on CM7. Also, a pretty cool Softkeys like set of buttons is in the status bar at the top as part of CM7, though unless you want to remap the hardware keys you still need something when apps go fullscreen. This time I tried Button Savior which I like a lot better than Softkeys. I elected not to remap the hardware keys this time, since the status bar solution means I'm fine 85% of the time, it's just when fullscreen is employed that I need virtual buttons, and Button Savior's solution is elegant enough for that. Had a few hiccups during the process, but nothing that you'll probably experience. I did get BT working with my iGo Stowaway keyboard, which is awesome! (The secret is, turn off wifi, reboot, then turn on BT, then turn wifi back on.) The Dalvik Cache got screwed up at one point and everything was doing force closes. I manually deleted the cache and rebooted, since then things behaved. Also ran ClockwordMod's permission fix feature, just in case. ClockworkMod still won't back up my ROM. Everything so far seems great, except video... Video framerates are like 8-10 fps, across the board in every app and even as you scroll windows in the OS. I'm sure this will get fixed soon, but just be aware that's what you'll have right now if you jump over to this. Froyo had perfect video playback, but no BT.
Here are some photos from my sweet CM7 RC4 setup (with iGo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard)!


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Friday, May 14, 2010
11 comments:
- Joyce said...
A golden weekend to you my friend too! I will be taking a little break from blogging for awhile, I can't wait to come back and catch up on all of your menus and fun adventures. xo
- May 14, 2010 at 7:14 AM
- paige said...
so true!
i love the cute colorful practical inspiring & ever so elequent words you share with us
have a great one my friend
- May 14, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Liz@Violet Posy said...
Happy Weekend to you too x
- May 14, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Kristin said...
Definitely! The fam comes first!
- May 14, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Whatever Dee-Dee wants said...
That in between is where all the good stuff happens! Sometimes I have a hard time remembering that though :)
- May 14, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- AFJ said...
Hi there! I just found your blog via another blog...and can't wait to try some of your recipes-dinner is always rough sailing for me. I have a question for you...what paint color is in your son's nursery? It looks like a really great "brown" color and I am in the process of making my twin boy's big boy room too. Thanks so much! Love your blog..and yoour fonts! Andrea
- May 15, 2010 at 4:25 PM
- PS~Erin said...
Hi Andrea~ It's "hopsack" by Sherwin Williams. I was trying to decide between this color and "latte" by SW, but this was a bit richer, even if it didn't have as nice a name :-) I love it.
Thanks so much for the sweet comments! I couldn't email you bc blogger isn't showing your email address, so I hope you get this.
- May 15, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Kristi said...
Wonderful quote...you always seem to have the best ones and the ones that I need to hear. Thanks and I hope you are having a lovely weekend too. ♥
- May 16, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- Mary said...
Another lovely thought of the day. Thanks!
Tag - you're it! I just tagged you in today's post on my blog. Check it out and play along if you like... ;-)
- May 17, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- our little love nest said...
OOoooh so with you on this quote today!!
My mom told me almost those exact words a few minutes ago on the phone.
Love it!
- May 17, 2010 at 11:54 AM
- frenchie said...
just a little sentence that all of a sudden help me to let go of the pressure i inflict to myself daily...
thx andhappy weekend!
- May 29, 2010 at 5:27 AM


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Mayor Chris Beutler today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for July to Public Health Nursing Supervisor Shirley Terry. The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Terry is with the Community Health Services division of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department and has worked for the City since 2003. The Maternal-Child Health Services team nominated her in the categories of customer relations and productivity.
Terry has worked with the State and the community to develop information and help undocumented mothers and babies access prenatal care while keeping staff informed of program changes. She also has been instrumental in getting the Electronic Health System to work efficiently for the team's charting needs.
The team said Terry is a visionary person who also is attentive to details, and she is committed to moving the Maternal-Child Health Division in a direction that meets the community's needs. The nominators said Terry is a good listener and motivator, acknowledges successes and has a good sense of humor. They wrote, "... mainly it is the passion and dedication for your career that we respect and admire."
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are loss prevention, safety and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.


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Teddy Tennis by Nyx Digital
TEDDY TENNIS STICKER BOOK *The Official Teddy Tennis App*
Teddy Tennis Sticker & Stamp Book is a creative, fun and enjoyable app for children aged 3 to 7.
Offered free upon download is an extensive collection of handcrafted virtual Teddy Tennis stickers that can be played and arranged on a selection of exciting locations that can be found in Teddy Tennis Town. Accompanying the app is a selection of Teddy Tennis Tunes and interactive sound effects.
Children can also enjoy the Stamp Book, which will allow your child to create their own pictures from many different Teddy Tennis stamps, colours and drawing tools.
The App can also be used as an educational tool by a coach or teacher to introduce young children to the game of tennis.
About Teddy Tennis
Teddy Tennis, is a fantastic new system that encourages children aged 3, 4 and 5 years to get active and learn to play tennis. It works by combining Music, Pictures and 'Teddy Bear' Stories into a totally interactive learning adventure that your child will love. Teddy Tennis is currently played at sports & tennis clubs, kindergartens, pre-schools and day-care centres in the UK, the USA and in other parts of the world too. To find out more about Teddy Tennis and where to play, visit our website www.teddytennis.com.
App features:
-8 unique background scenes that are selected from a map of Teddy Tennis Town. Our initial launch includes, beach, swimming pool, meadow and of course tennis court scenes
-The 11 different bears that play at the Teddy Tennis Academy including Head Ted and Amanda Panda (with the great backhander)
-Features over 40 hand designed Teddy Tennis stickers to choose from
-9 'action' stickers of the bears at the Teddy Tennis Academy showing the perfect stance for forehand, backhand and volley – great teaching aid
-Place as many stickers on the background as you want
-Shake your device to clear the picture and start over
-Save your pages to the gallery, the photo album or email them
-Use the crayon tool to easily create wonderful colourful pictures
-A selection of Teddy Tennis Tunes (as used in regular Teddy Tennis lessons) together with interactive sounds
-Works with iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and retina displays
Developer Website: http://teddytennis.com/content/apps/index.html


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The four campuses of the University of Missouri System announced today that they have generated $80.86 million through efficiencies and increased effectiveness in Fiscal Year 2012.These cost savings and revenue enhancements can be used for core mission areas and strategic priorities, helping to keep the cost of education affordable and a college degree attainable for Missourians.
Since 2009, the university's cumulative savings and revenue enhancements have totaled $411.7 million.
"We have long considered ourselves good stewards of state resources, and our ability to identify continued cost savings and revenue enhancements year over year is something we are very proud of," said University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe. "Not only does it demonstrate our commitment to utilize well the resources that are invested in us, but it also shows our continued effort to rethink normal business processes, seek new revenue streams and continually think about how to deliver our mission in the most effective and efficient ways.
"At the same time," Wolfe continued, "these cost savings often represent difficult choices and tradeoffs for our university and challenge our employees. We recognize that it is our new normal to do more with less."
Of the nearly $60 million in savings realized through cost reductions and cost management activities, Wolfe said the largest amount—$23 million—came from deferral of maintenance and repair, bringing the university's total backlog in this category to more than $1 billion. More than $16 million in savings was the result of competitive contracting and other procurement activities, and nearly $9 million was in workforce reductions. Other cost management activities include elimination or consolidation of academic programs; energy conservation; strategic partnerships with external entities; and technology initiatives.
At the same time, more than $21 million in revenue enhancements was realized in FY12, mostly the result of net tuition and fees due to enrollment growth and management; entrepreneurial activities; grants and sales of surplus property.
Wolfe said these cost savings and revenue enhancements are all the more impressive given the university's significant increases in enrollment. Overall student headcount at the four campuses increased by 23 percent—or 14,141 students—from Fall 2002 to Fall 2012, accounting for 70 percent of the growth in full-time equivalent students at the state's 13 four-year public institutions.
"As in past years, we will continue to look for ways to be more efficient in our processes and effective in the meeting of our mission of teaching, research, service and economic development," Wolfe said. "We expect some of these efficiencies will come about through our strategic planning efforts in the coming year."
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Today's song prompt is called "Shell Suite" by Chad Valley.
"Shell Suite" – Chad Valley
Signs written on the walls, handwriting no —
One reads such a language anymore.
But you saw the signs, the moment —
Words in my head untangled.
I don't understood us,
Myself, in this mess.
My feelings confused,
Time was short.
Now we're —
Are so,
Clear to you,
I don't need some —
Gifted seers dream.
Echoes in my head rhyme,
Tapping my foot along in —
Rapid time, and I wonder where —
My search will begin, if I find us?
Quarter past, rustle up — we fit or we don't.
Somehow I'm the one in control, I choose,
I decide; I want to just go with —
The flow, not worry, not decide;
But at least I have my say.
Yet life works out your way.
Grand design heart beats,
Perplexed by these —
Sounds, friends, foes,
Not, writing —
So vivid and —
So crystal clear I,
Felt resilience in,
My chest; down to the beach,
Our getaway, but rhythms ting.
They keep echoing, it's exhausting,
Figuring out your charms, while packing for the sun.
You're packing; feel the heart attack we live,
A life I want not, I'm looking for the shore.
For a place to get of off the flooding —
Boat before it carries me down.
Where are you, where'd you go?
Writings on the wall,
Said it all well,
They're erased.
You're gone,
©Mandibelle16. (2016) All Rights Reserved.


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I've successfully installed sendmail, but when I connect to the Courier IMAP server via Outlook, the Inbox is listed as empty. When I check the inbox with Alpine locally on the server, it has content though. Why? I do see files with content in /var/mail . Is that not where Courier-imap checks for mail?
The setup is pretty clean - I run Ubuntu 12.04 on AWS, have installed sendmail and courier-imap. sendmail was configured with
sendmailconfigure and it works well to both send and receive mail. The problem is with courier.


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Moose has few fans in TO
TORONTO — Riding the elevator up to the press level here at Rogers Centre, I was standing beside Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi and the friendly elevator operator. He turned to J.P., points to Mike Mussina's name on the lineup sheet that was taped to the wall and said, "I don't like this guy."
He isn't alone. It's no secret that Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston isn't a fan of Mussina, and that's putting it lightly. Earlier this season, when asked about Mussina — tonight's starter for the Yankees — Gaston said, "Mike Mussina can kiss my [posterior], and you can tell him I said that,"
Today, when told that Mussina might never win 20 games in a season if Toronto won tonight's game, Gaston smiled and said, "Man, I wish I was playing." There were laughs all around as Cito left the dugout. Gaston's dislike of Mussina dates back to the 1993 All-Star Game in Baltimore, when the manager didn't use the pitcher in his home city.
In the ninth inning, Mussina began to warm up in the bullpen — without the go-ahead from Gaston — and he later claimed that he was simply throwing a side session in preparation for his next start. That was his story, but it was thought by some to be Mussina's way of trying to force his way into the game. Gaston instead used Toronto's Duane Ward to finish off the AL's win.
Good times.
As for today's Blue Jays? Casey Janssen is in town and is throwing from a distance of roughly 105 feet. He'll work his way up to 120 feet and then on to a mound over the next month before shutting it down for a month or so.
Gaston said that the rotation for the upcoming series in Baltimore will be Scott Richmond, John Parrish and Jesse Litsch. David Purcey has been shut down for the season in light of the volume of innings he's thrown between Triple-A and Toronto.
Today's lineups:
NEW YORK (85-71) at TORONTO (83-73)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Brett Gardner, CF
Johnny Damon, LF
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Jason Giambi, 1B
Xavier Nady, DH
Robinson Cano, 2B
Cody Ransom, SS
Jose Molina, C
PITCHING: RHP Mike Mussina (18-9, 3.57)
Joe Inglett, 2B
Marco Scutaro, SS
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Adam Lind, LF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Scott Rolen, 3B
Gregg Zaun, C
Travis Snider, DH
PITCHING: RHP Jesse Litsch (12-8, 3.72)
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Shutting down Purcey is a good move. He's already tossed 182 innings this year which is almost 3 times what he tossed last year, and likely the most he's ever thrown.
nice at bat by Wells.
Go to gameday and look at the calls by the Ump Wells had a pitch that was inside by a foot and it was called a strike by the Yankee fan Ump.It's a good thing Kate is not on because she would have a ugly on for sure lol.
I'm not sure gameday is all that accurate.
Someone must have put grease on the Jays bats lol.
Well, it looks like Giambi brought his.
Mussina has had a great season this year. That being said, he is the most over-rated pitcher in the last 15 years or so. I never knew that story with Gaston and Mussina. I am now a big fan of Cito Gaston! LOL!!
Congrats to Michigan State with there win over N.D. They go to Bloomington this weekend. Another win for M.S.U.? The Bears melted in the 4th and former Bears q.b. Griese leads the comeback, ouch! lol. Forte sure looks good though.
Actually I had forgot about that incident of Cito with Mussina, until Jordan posted it. I can imagine Cito is boiling on the bench with how our guys are hitting him.
Or should I say NOT hitting him
Give Cito a bat!
How about the story i've heard about how Mussina actually blamed the length of a pre-game ceromony for Tom Cheek being the biggest factor to a rough first inning he had some time ago. I've never liked the guy even before I heard that. It's just something about him.
Anyway the Jays are getting some B.S. calls tonight. I thought the Litsch homeplate play could have gone either way though. From one angle he looked safe but from the other 2 it was pretty close.
I'm hoping to grab a couple of tickets for the last game of the year. I'd love to see Snider hit a homerun.
Nice to read that Casey has started his throwing program. Hopefully he can be ready by spring training with May being a worst case scenerio.
It was really great to see Aaron Hill with a smile on his face.
That made the game worth tuning into tonight.
As I typed this, nice to see Rolen come through.
Don't what Overybay was looking for there….ugh.
**don't know
I like Travis Snider as much as the rest of you,BUT as the DH next year no chance and the same with Lind.We need a DH that can hit 40 HR and drive in 120 RBIs a year and NO LESS THAN THAT.
Trade Lind and Overbay in a package deal for what ever you can get to make room for Snider and sigh Tex and Manny.If Rogers wants to make money and have a winning team they will have to make moves like this in order to fill the stands and get the team into the playoffs.


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"Dixie" How St. George got the Nickname
When you come to visit southern Utah, and specifically St. George, you will notice two predominant features on the surrounding hills. The first is a very large "D" lit up on the Black Hill and a "DIXIE" painted on the sugar loaf or the Red Hill. Obviously, the "D" stands for Dixie; but why?
Here's how the story goes…
When the Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) Pioneers left the United States to go out west and settled what is now Salt Lake City they the began to establish settlements about every fifty miles to the north, south, east and west. The reason it was every fifty miles is because that was about how long the signal on a telegraph wire would extend. This expansion of what was then called the Territory of Deseret is most notable when looking at a map and the settlements that extend north into Canada and as far south into Mexico. In fact it is interesting to note that the cities of Mesquite and Las Vegas, Nevada were created due to this expansion effort.
Geographically there is a mountain range between St. George and Cedar City, Utah…fifty miles north. This is the reason for the drastic difference in weather between northern Utah, which has great snow skiing, and southern Utah which has great golf – year-round.
The warmer weather alone still doesn't account for the nickname "Dixie".
When the American Civil War broke out it became extremely expensive to find cotton and have it shipped to the western territories. Thought the Mormons did not actively participate in the Civil War fighting they claimed faithfulness to the Union and had strong antislavery sentiments. To find remedy to this lack of cotton several of the Mormon Saints were sent to establish the Cotton Mission. They were charged to grow cotton and other warm climate crops. Today one can still tour the Historic Cotton Mill which currently houses the Star Nursery Business. Some of those Saints were from the southern United States and had the special skills and knowledge in growing cotton.
Other products that are known to come out of the area included Dixie Wine, silk and tobacco. Grapes grow well in the area and one will notice Mulberry trees that abound in the historic areas of Downtown St. George. The leaves from these trees was harvested to feed to the silk worms.
So, for the warmer climate, the growing of cotton by some Southern Saints, the area became known as Dixie, and later Utah's Dixie.


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BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after a phone call with Barack Obama on Wednesday night that she believed the U.S. president took Germany's concern over reported U.S. spying very seriously, and she hoped coming talks would bring answers.
Obama sought to allay the anger in Germany and other European allies in his call with Merkel, during which the chancellor said she made clear to him spying was not what she expected from countries considered friends.
They agreed to high level bilateral talks, in addition to planned talks between the European Union and the United States, to investigate reports that Washington spied on European allies.
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich will travel to the United States at the end of next week, a spokesman said.
The reports came to light amid the imbroglio over former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked details of surveillance activities by Washington. He is currently in limbo in a transit area of Moscow's airport as the United States pressures Moscow to expel him home.
"I want to see the facts established," Merkel said on Thursday during a press conference in Berlin. "I hope to gain information and draw important conclusions."
She added: "I made clear spying on institutions within the European Union is not how we would expect those we consider friends to treat us. We are no longer in the Cold War."
Her comments come at the same time as a poll, published by ARD-DeutschlandTrend, showing only 49 percent of Germans consider the Americans trustworthy partners in the wake of the row - a low not seen since the presidency of George W. Bush - and down from a previous level of 65 percent.
In a statement, the White House said Obama assured Merkel the United States took the concerns seriously and officials would discuss intelligence and privacy issues as early as July 8.
Sigmar Gabriel, leader of the SPD, said German authorities should quickly contact Snowden and consider giving him witness protection, German news magazine Spiegel said on Thursday.
Two days earlier, Germany's Foreign and Interior Ministries released a statement saying they had rejected Snowden's request for asylum, faxed to the German embassy in Moscow.
"The first step must be that the federal prosecutors office travels to Moscow to examine him as a witness," Gabriel was quoted as saying, adding if he was reliable Germany should consider whether to put him into a witness protection program.
The White House said Obama and Merkel reiterated their strong support for the launch of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, welcoming the soon-to-begin first round of discussions.
Obama promised on Monday to supply all the information requested by European allies on the allegations, which he said Washington was still evaluating.
"Every intelligence service, not just ours, but every European intelligence service, every Asian intelligence service, wherever there's an intelligence service, here's one thing they're going to be doing: they're going to be trying to understand the world better and what's going on in world capitals around the world from sources that aren't available through the New York Times or NBC News," Obama said.
Additional reporting by Steve Holland in Washington, Michelle Martin in Berlin; Writing by Alexandra Hudson; Editing by Michael Roddy