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Tips & Tricks
Opening a Playlist in a separate window in iTunes 12.6
- May 11, 2017
- iTunes,
If you're a long-time iTunes power user, you'll probably remember the good old days when you could open a playlist in a second iTunes window — a feature that Apple in its infinite wisdom decided to callously discard alongside the whole new user interface in iTunes 11. Even after iTunes resurrected the sidebar in iTunes 12.4 last year, the ability to open playlists in a new window still remained conspicuously absent.
Until iTunes 12.6 arrived this year, that is. While it's taken almost five years to return, with iTunes 12.6 those users who want to manage playlists in multiple windows can once again finally do so. While the old double-click action won't work — that still just starts playback — you can now at least right-click on any playlist in your sidebar where an Open in New Window option now appears. Sadly, this isn't quite as flexible as it was in iTunes 10; it only works for playlists, so you won't be able to open additional windows for other library views, and there's no way to display the sidebar in the additional windows, so if you want to switch to viewing a different playlist, you'll have to close the playlist window you're looking at and then repeat the process to open another one.
Optimizing iTunes Media Storage in macOS Sierra
- December 20, 2016
- iTunes,
If you're a Mac user with a large iTunes video library and limited storage space, you might appreciate a new feature in macOS Sierra that lets iTunes automatically take care of leaving those videos you've watched up in the cloud to free up space on your Mac's hard drive. A new option, Automatically delete watched movies and TV shows, can be found in the Advanced section of your iTunes preferences, and it's pretty self-explanatory; when enabled, you basically give iTunes permission to automatically clean up any movies or TV shows you've downloaded from the iTunes Store once you've watched them.
Choosing Sidebar Categories in iTunes 12.4
- May 18, 2016
- iTunes,
Now that iTunes 12.4 has brought the sidebar back, you can not only more easily navigate between different groupings of your media content, but you can also choose which categories you want to see. Hovering over the "Library" heading at the top of the sidebar will reveal an "Edit" button; click this and you'll see all available categories — even some you may not have realized were there.
Placing a checkmark beside a category makes it appear in the sidebar, while removing the checkmark hides it. When you're done customizing your sidebar list, simply click "Done" to return to the normal sidebar view.
Adjusting Artwork Size in iTunes 12.4
- May 17, 2016
- iTunes,
iTunes 12.4, released earlier this week, has taken steps to simplify the user interface a bit. Although most of the same options are still there, they've been moved around and a few have been enhanced a bit in the process. View options have been taken out of the location on the top-right drop-down menu and have returned entirely to the traditional View overlay dialog found in pre-iTunes 12 versions — accessible using the Show View Options or by simply pressing CMD+J.
Syncing iTunes Store videos with older iPods
Although many users are likely focused mostly on HD videos these days, Apple has still been taking steps recently to increase the quality of the SD video content in the iTunes Store, pushing the envelope beyond what older traditional iPods can handle. If you're still using an iPod classic or iPod nano for storing and watching videos, you may start running into an error message that "high-quality SD video is not compatible with this iPod" when you try to sync or transfer your videos.
Managing iOS device backups in iTunes
While iCloud backups provide a certain degree of convenience, many users will quickly go beyond the free 5GB of storage that Apple provides. Unless you're already paying for more iCloud storage, or willing to shell out for a larger plan just for backups, you'll be happy to know that iTunes still provides a handy alternative to keep your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch backed up to your Mac or PC, and in fact even has a key advantage over iCloud for transferring data to a new device.
Fixing tracks stuck "Waiting" in Apple Music
- July 16, 2015
- iTunes,
Despite Apple having already released iTunes 12.2.1 to fix some of the problems reported with Apple Music and iCloud Music Library, you may find that tracks sometimes remain stuck in a "Waiting" state, particularly if you were an iTunes Match user before subscribing to and enabling Apple Music. These tracks not only end up being unplayable in your iTunes library, but the process may in fact block the syncing of playlists and other data to iCloud Music Library, resulting in an inconsistent experience on your iOS devices and other Macs or PCs running iTunes.
In many cases this happens because the iCloud Music Library updating process in iTunes effectively stops, but the good news is that you can force an update of the iCloud Music Library. While the equivalent options for iTunes Match and Genius were previously found on the iTunes Advanced menu, in the case of iCloud Music Library, Apple has hidden this option on the File, Library menu – simply look for Update iCloud Music Library to resume the process.
Selecting this option will begin the updating process and hopefully fix at least some of your stuck tracks, but in our experience it can sometimes take a few attempts before they all get cleared up. If this doesn't work, other tricks you can try are disabling iCloud Music Library entirely from your iTunes Preferences, and then reloading iTunes and re-enabling it, or signing out of your iTunes Store account, restarting iTunes, and then signing back in. Unfortunately, none of these solutions seem to work in all cases – clearly there are still some bugs in the underlying iCloud Music Library system – but they've helped in some cases and are definitely worth a try if you're having problems.
Setting a custom playlist image
- July 14, 2015
- Apple Music, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTunes,
One of the new features introduced alongside Apple Music and the iCloud Music Library in the latest versions of iTunes and iOS is the ability to now specify an image of your choice to represent any of your playlists. By default, iTunes and iOS will simply use a collage of the album artwork from the tracks in your playlist, but you can actually add any photo you want instead.
In iOS 8.4, this is done by opening the playlist, tapping the "Edit" button, and then tapping the artwork, at which point you'll be prompted to either choose an image from your photo library or take a photo with your device's camera.
You can also do this in iTunes while editing a playlist by clicking on the artwork image. On OS X you'll get the same image picker used for contact photos, allowing you to choose one of the stock photos, browse for an image on your Mac, or use your Mac's camera to take a picture. In either case, the image you've chosen will sync with the playlist between your devices — but be aware that once you've done this, there doesn't appear to be any way to get back to the default album artwork collage, as there's no "remove image" option to be found anywhere.
Finding your iPhone's Serial Number, IMEI, and other numbers
If you've ever had to contact Apple for iPhone service, or had to call your cellular carrier to make changes to your account, you've probably been asked to provide a cryptic number to uniquely identify your iPhone. In Apple's case, your serial number is used to track warranty service, and with your cellular carrier, your IMEI, or International Mobile Station Equipment Identity, is a number that uniquely identifies your mobile phone number on the cellular network. You can easily find these by going into your iPhone Settings app and choosing General, About, and then copying them to your iOS clipboard by tapping and holding on them, but this doesn't really help if you need to access these numbers from a desktop computer, such as when you need to paste into an online form in a web browser.
The good news is that if you need to get at these numbers from your Mac or PC, there's an easier way than emailing the number to yourself — as long as you've associated your iPhone to iTunes on your computer, you can find these numbers hidden away on your device's "Summary" screen. The Serial Number is readily shown right beneath your iPhone's phone number, but if you click on the phone number field, it will toggle between your phone number and your IMEI as well as your Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID), and SIM card's Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID) with each click. Similarly, the Serial Number field can also show your Unique Device Identifier (UDID), Exclusive Chip Identification (ECID), and Product Type. You can right-click on any of these numbers to copy them to your clipboard, making it easy to grab them and paste them into any form where they may be needed, or easily read them off and recite them back to your carrier's customer service provider without having to take your iPhone away from ear.
Managing iTunes Wish Lists
While the rise of subscription music services has replaced traditional purchased music downloads for many users, there are still those who may prefer to build a collection of music that they can keep without any monthly expenses, and with every new iTunes Store and iOS iteration, Apple adds new features to make it even easier to discover and buy music (and other media content) from the iTunes Store. While you probably know about iTunes' Wish List feature, which lets you save items that you may want to purchase later, you may not realize that iTunes and iOS 8 will automatically keep track of music you've listened to through other means — including songs you've previewed in the iTunes Store, songs you've listened to on iTunes Radio, and now with iOS 8, songs you've asked Siri to identify via Shazam.
All of this information is nicely collected in your iTunes Store account and can be viewed from iTunes on your Mac or PC, or the iTunes Store app on your iOS devices. On iOS, simply open the iTunes Store app and tap the lists button in the top right corner. Tabs across the top will allow you to choose between your Wish List, Siri, Previews, or iTunes Radio. From here you can preview or purchase any of the displayed tracks, or even play a track if you've already purchased it. If you want to clean the lists up, simply tapping the button in the top left corner will let you select and remove items from your Wish List, or
clear out your Siri, Preview, or iTunes Radio lists entirely.
If you're on a Mac or PC, simply select your name near the top right corner of your iTunes window and choose "Wish List" from the drop down menu that appears. The main wish list is displayed across the majority of the window, as before, but new categories appear to show you items listened to or discovered via the other sources.
Quickly hiding iCloud media content in iTunes
- November 26, 2013
- iTunes,
iTunes 11 allows you to integrate your cloud-based music, movie, and TV show purchases directly into your iTunes library, where you can easily download or stream anything in your purchase history. While you can disable this feature entirely if you don't want to see any of your cloud-based purchases at all, you can also easily hide items individually.
Simply select the item from your iTunes in the Cloud library that you would like to hide, and delete it as if you were removing it from your local iTunes library. You'll see a dialog box asking you to confirm whether or not you want to hide the item in iCloud. Select the Hide option, and the item will vanish from your library as if you had actually deleted it. Keep in mind, however, that this will also hide the purchased item from all of your devices that share the same iTunes Store account; you can un-hide any hidden purchases by logging into the iTunes Store and selecting your "Account Information" and looking for the "Hidden Purchases" section.
Organizing Home Videos in iTunes
Last year, iTunes 11 introduced a new "Home Videos" category, providing a great way—in principle—to use iTunes for storing personal videos and syncing them with other Apple devices without cluttering up the main "Movies" category. Unfortunately, it wasn't until the release of Apple TV 6.0 and iOS 7 that the category become fully supported across all of Apple's current hardware devices.
The "Home Videos' category will remain hidden in iTunes and on other devices until you actually place something in it; to categorize a video as a "Home Video" simply import it into the main "Movies" section and then open the properties by selecting it and choosing File, Get Info, selecting the Options tab and setting the Media Kind field to "Home Video."
You'll need to sync the video to any iOS devices the old-fashioned way, since iCloud doesn't support non-purchased video content, at which point a new "Home Videos' button should appear in the iOS "Videos" app.
Upgrading your 720p iTunes purchases to 1080p
- August 27, 2013
- iTunes,
Apple began offering HD content on the iTunes Store in 1080p a little over a year ago, and has been gradually increasing the amount of content available in the higher resolution. The good news is that Apple considers the 720p and 1080p versions of HD content to be the same purchase, so if you have older 720p content sitting around in your iTunes library, you can very easily upgrade it to the 1080p simply by downloading it from your iTunes Purchase history.
To do this, ensure that your "Preferred Video Version" is set to 1080p in your iTunes Preferences, and then simply go into the iTunes Store and select the "Purchases" link near the top-right corner. You can access a list of all of your previously purchased movies and TV shows from here, and any that are available for re-download in the higher resolution will show an iCloud download icon beside them instead of the word "Downloaded." If you have a large library of purchased 720p content, it may even be worth checking back here from time to time to see if any new content has become available in the better format. Keep in mind, though, that downloading the 1080p version doesn't remove the older 720p version from your library, so you'll have to go and do that manually if you want to conserve disk space and don't need to keep the other version around for syncing to older devices.
Adding Internet Radio streams to iTunes
- July 16, 2013
- iTunes,
iTunes provides a list of Internet Radio stations that can be found in the "Radio" sub-section under the "Music" section, however this list is by no means comprehensive, and you may find that it doesn't include all of your preferred online radio stations. Although you can't actually modify this list, the good news is that you can easily create a custom playlist containing your own personal selection of stations, from just about any open and unprotected Internet audio source. Simply copy the URL to your clipboard and then choose Open Stream under the File menu and paste the URL into the dialog box that appears. A custom playlist named "Internet Songs" will be created automatically the first time you do this, and any subsequent streams will simply be added to this playlist.
Quickly update info for different tracks in iTunes
- July 4, 2013
- iTunes,
Most iTunes users probably already know that you can edit information for multiple tracks simply by selecting them all and choosing File, Get Info. However, this only works if you need to apply the same information to all of the selected tracks. If you're updating tracks individually, such as to correct song titles or track numbers, you'll find the multiple item editor to be less useful. However, iTunes does offer a useful shortcut for quickly moving between tracks without leaving the edit window. Instead of clicking "OK" when you're finished editing the information for a selected track, you can use the buttons found in the bottom left corner of the editing window to simply pull up the information for the next or previous track, and better yet, iTunes provides shortcuts for these buttons: CMD+N and CMD+P respectively on a Mac, or ALT+N and ALT+P in iTunes for Windows. If you simply organize your tracks in the order you want by sorting or placing them into a playlist, with these shortcuts you can quickly move through them and update your info like a pro.
Manually adding artwork in iTunes 11
- June 27, 2013
- iTunes,
Although iTunes has a feature for automatically fetching album artwork, there are likely going to be times that you'll still want to add artwork manually to your tracks, especially for more obscure tracks that you've imported from your own collection. Unfortunately, with the redesign of iTunes 11, the long-established artwork pane in the bottom left corner disappeared, and with it one of the easier shortcuts for adding and removing album artwork. Fortunately, however, all is not lost, and you can still add artwork to multiple tracks through the track info dialog box. Simply select one or more tracks and choose Get Info from the iTunes File menu. If you're working with a single track, you'll need to switch to the "Artwork" tab, while with multiple tracks selected, an "Artwork" section will appear in the main Info tab. From here, you can drag and drop an image in from Finder or Windows Explorer, or paste an image in from the clipboard using CTRL+V (Windows) or CMD+V (Mac). As an added bonus, the clipboard options also work to copy artwork from other tracks; simply open the track info, highlight the artwork, and use CTRL+C/CMD+C to copy the selected image to the clipboard, after which you can easily paste it to one or more additional tracks using the method above.
Quickly search in the iTunes Store
- June 18, 2013
- iTunes,
The search field in the top-right corner of the iTunes window is a handy way to find content in your own library, but did you know that you can also quickly search the iTunes Store directly from this field? Simply enter your text in the search field and hold down the OPT key (Mac) or SHIFT key (Windows) when pressing RETURN and you'll be automatically taken to a results page in the iTunes Store. This can be particularly useful when you're trying to determine if you already have something in your library, as you can search for it locally first, and then use the OPT/SHIFT trick to continue your search in the iTunes Store. The best part is that this works regardless of whether you're using the newer Live Search feature or have opted to disable Live Search and use the older style iTunes search filtering.
Updating Apps in iTunes 11.0.3
- May 21, 2013
- iTunes,
If you've updated to the latest version of iTunes, you may have noticed a change in the way app updates are now handled. In place of the update button traditionally found in the bottom right corner of the apps listing, an "Updates" tab now appears along the top navigation bar, taking you to an iTunes view of apps with available updates, rather than an iTunes Store page. An "Update All Apps" button appears in the bottom right corner here, and clicking on an app icon from here will open details on what's changed in the update, along with a button to update that individual app. You can also select one or more apps and right-click to update only those individual apps.
Creating or Importing your own Ringtones into iTunes
While Apple still allows you to purchase alert tones directly from the iTunes Store, many users may already have their own sound effects or songs that they already own that they'd like to use as ringtones or alert tones. Unfortunately, while iTunes doesn't provide any way to do this directly, if you already have a short sound file in the AAC format you can actually import it straight into the "Tones" section in iTunes simply by renaming the file, changing the extension from M4A to M4R before importing it.
If your file is longer than about 30 seconds and/or in a format other than AAC, however, you'll need to take some additional steps. See this week's Ask iLounge article Setting up a ringtone in iTunes for more information.
Identifying and Removing Device Backups in iTunes
If you backup your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iTunes, you may find it useful to be able to check the status of these backups and when the last one was made for each of your devices. You can easily find this out by going into your iTunes Preferences and selecting the Devices section. A list of all of your device backups will be shown here by device name, with the date and time of the last backup for each. If you have multiple backups under the same name, which can often happen if you've upgraded to a new device, you can easily tell which is which simply by hovering over them with your mouse pointer; a popup will appear displaying the serial number of the device from which that backup was made, along with the phone number and IMEI number in the case of an iPhone or cellular-capable iPad.
If you want to remove any old backups, simply select the one you want to remove and click the "Delete Backup" button. Although deleting a backup is ultimately irreversible, the good news is that it isn't actually removed until you click "OK" to close the iTunes preferences dialog, so if you make a mistake, simply click "Cancel" instead, and the backup will be left alone.
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BATS, Direct Edge to Create No. 2 U.S. Exchange
BATS Global Markets announced a merger with rival stock-exchange company Direct Edge Holdings in a deal that would unseat Nasdaq as the second-largest U.S. stcok-exchange operator by volume. Jacob Bunge joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Direct Edge.
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Why Bosses Should Let Employees Make Decisions
Vineet Nayar of HLC Technologies tells the WSJ's Deborah Kan how empowering employees to make decisions can foster innovation.
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I'm always surprised to hear this response from some of our most loyal guests when I tell them about how we prepare our seafood. They know our seafood is good, but they've never thought about what makes it so good. It's really simple - we take great care in choosing ingredients and preparing your meal at Eat'n Park. Here are a few of the fun facts that have surprised my friends and family:
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- Our new Gulf Coast Spinach appetizer is prepared fresh! When I say fresh, I mean that it's not shipped in or frozen, but is hand-mixed from the raw ingredients each day and baked fresh when you order it.
- Our Nantucket Cod, one of my favorites, is topped with an incredible seafood stuffing that's homemade each morning. It's fresh-baked and made to order, just for you. Our crab-stuffed cod also features our own homemade stuffing.
- We prepare our tuna salad fresh, from scratch, every day. We mix Starkist tuna with fresh green peppers, celery, onion, diced egg and mayo. It's served on our six-grain bread, which we bake fresh each day in our restaurants. We then top it with melted cheddar cheese, lettuce, and tomato to make what we think is the best Tuna Melt Sandwich in town. Homemade tuna salad on fresh-baked bread is why it tastes so good.
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RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Thursday February 11 as the stock popped 6.83% to $3.44, representing a gain of $0.22 per share. Some 18,745 shares traded hands on 157 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 70,092 shares out of a total float of 36.25 million. The stock opened at $3.14 and traded with an intraday range of $3.44 to $3.14.
After today's gains, RealNetworks Inc. reached a market cap of $124.7 million. RealNetworks Inc. has had a trading range between $7.24 and $3.04 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $3.89 and a 200-day SMA of $4.64.
RealNetworks Inc provides digital media services and products. It offers video sharing and storage application, casual and casino games, direct-to-consumer ringback tone and productivity tool, and RealPlayer, a media player.
RealNetworks Inc. is based out of Seattle, WA and has some 769 employees. Its CEO is Robert Glaser.
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Yesterday was the 32nd anniversay of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. Roe was a great libertarian decision, but unfortunately inconsistent with the Supreme Court's other decisions which, since the 1930s, have generally held that both states and the federal government have the power to make any law they want.
It's too bad that liberals only praise libertarian principles with respect to matters about sex. Another great libertarian Supreme Court decision, Lochner v. New York, is today viewed as an example of bad jurisprudence.


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Dwayne Wade summed it up pretty well:
"This team brings out the best in you," Wade said about the Jazz. "I thought we played a great game but they just made more plays when it counted to win the ballgame."
Give the Heat credit, they battled hard and the game was very much in doubt most of the way. In the end, Miami simply doesn't have enough talent to finish what it started. They did however shoot 53% from the field and 41% from 3pt range. What they didn't do, was what winning teams must do - play defense down the stretch and make free throws. The Heat allowed the Jazz to score 36 points in the 4th quarter and pretty much lost this game at the free throw line by going 16-31 for 51%. I haven't done any digging, but when is the last time you saw an NBA team miss that many free throws and shoot so poorly? Before you blame it all on Shaq (2-6 FT), you should know that Mr. Wade was the biggest offender (6-12), and Alonzo Mourning (3-6) didn't exactly look comfy at the stripe. If the Heat had shot 80% from the line, they would have scored 9 more points in this game...which was the margin of defeat.
Some Headlines -
- Booz continues to roll: Carlos Boozer came back from injury in a big way with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.
- Jazz get their money man back: Mehmet Okur had perhaps his best game of the year after returning from his back injury - 25 points and 6 rebounds while finding his outside stroke, with 10-14 shooting and 4-5 from downtown.
- DWill decisive over JWill: Deron Williams continued his red hot streak with 24 points, 15 assists, 2-3 from 3pt range, and only 2 turnovers. For the season he is shooting 52%, averaging 9.1 assists and now up to 19.3 ppg. If you are not watching him play these last few weeks, you are missing some special PG play.
- Team ball produces results: The Jazz assisted on 38 of their 42 field goals (90.5%). So in today's 1-on-1 game, Utah stands out as unique. They lead the league in assists per game, field goal percentage, and 3rd in the league in points per game.
- Brewer slows Wade: We give Ronnie Brewer the heat whenever a stud guard scores 35 points, we should give him credit when he slows down a great one. DWade still had 26 points and 10 assists, but he did have to take 20 shots to do it and was not able to get to the basket down the stretch the way he has in the past. DWade against last year's Jazz would have taken over the close game late.
Sixty percent of the Heat starting line-up could very well be 10 years past their prime, and if you didn't know better, you'd think it was throwback night.
Consider Penny Hardaway, started with Orlando 15 years ago and the 1999 season was the last time he scored more than 12 points a game. You are forgiven if you didn't realize he as still in the league - he play only 37 games for New York 3 years ago, 4 games for New York and Orlando 2 years ago, and last year ago he took the year off - so that is 41 games in 3 years. Talk about a reclamation project! Penny however went scoreless in 14 minutes against the Jazz.
Consider Jason Williams, who has been solid in Miami, is now in his 10th season and maybe will never find his prime. Remember the aggressive, bald-headed Jason Williams from his Sacramento days. Who had all the promise in the world, but was too out of control. Looking at his career, he has found control - but never shooting accuracy (only 1 season has he shot better than 41% from the field) or big time scoring (only 1 season has he scored more than his 12.8 ppg rookie average).
Consider Shaquille O'Neal, who is now in his 16th season and 4th for the Heat and officially on the downward slide statistically. While he has had some terrific seasons in the last 10 years, he just isn't in the physical shape to impact the game the way he has in the past. Rather than be negative with the Diesel, let's be real - he is a giant man who has had an amazing career and has been one of the most dominant big men to play the game. It's no fair to ask him to carry the load these days.
Up next for the Jazz, are the Sacramento Kings in California. The Kings have all 6 of their wins at home (6-3) and join the Knicks as the only win-less teams on the road (both 0-7). To read up on the Kings, I recommend Sactown Royalty as a strong blog (and one of the best looking too).


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Microsoft E3 Press Conference
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So here are some notes and thoughts on the Microsoft press event which maybe come across more as the end result of a live blog.
- Mass Effect 3 gets Kinect's voice control. Read the conversation option out loud and that's the selection made. The battle command controls look pretty cool giving the ability the ability to shout orders to team mates. Sucks that the basic Kinect dashboard voice commands don't work for my voice. I know it works for the rest of the internet and it works for Suzy, but its never worked for me. Because of that I have no confidence that Mass Effect 3 will work for my voice so I'm not moving away from the PC version. On top of this, what is there goal here? Anyone who has played Mass Effect on another platform isn't going to abandon their saves. Will this get more people to buy Kinect? I doubt it. But then again it might give those us who have dubbed Kinect the Dance Central machine another thing to do with it. Either way, when they come out with that Mass Effect collection for 360 is when I'll get to find out.
- Ghost Recon Future Solider Kinect Enabled looks massively confusing to me. Google Motion Control anyone?
- I was hoping there would be more information on TV coming to the 360 than a commercial with people sitting on their couch who obviously don't use their Kinect for motion control. No way that was 8 feet! Either way, the appeal of TV coming to platforms for me isn't that it will be live (which was announced), but that it will be a distribution service and selectable. I want to watch Castle when I want to watch it, not when a TV programmer decides when I can. Maybe live TV is a first step toward this, I don't know. I'm also curious if there will be any subscription fees for separate services or if we're looking at an Xbox Platinum membership.
- Man Cliffy B sure knows his audience with Gears 3. Brings out Ice T and announces Body Count is back for an exclusive song for Gears 3 Horde Mode. 'Nuff said!
- Halo remake (which we already knew) but what we didn't know was 7 classic updated maps for multiplayer. Do I hear a hell yes from Halo fans?
- Minecraft coming to 360 and Kinect. Lot of people will probably be happy about that.
- I died a little inside when the kids playing the Disney game said "fist bump".
- Star Wars Kinect. Its a rail shooter with voice activated lightsaber. The combat appears to mostly involve flailing with the ability to hop in real life which causes the character to jump to the back of the opponent. And the game appears to happen mostly during the first three episodes of Star Wars (as in not 4, 5, and 6).
- Lots of Kinect Enabled games. A little disappointing for those of us who like using controllers. Some of the games look like they'll be fun and some look like they do not get motion control at all. The real question is will Microsoft keep faith with the hardcore gamer or go the Nintendo route with an occasional Halo or Gears. Money talks and Kinect has sold A LOT.
- Dance Central 2. Funny part is probably half the audience knows the dances that the stage people are doing now. And finally co-op! By the end of this I'm just going have to have a Kinect room in my house.
- Yup, Halo 4 for 2012. Saw that coming.


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Are The Old Enablers Becoming The New Gatekeepers?
from the watch-out deptWe've argued, for a long time, that just railing against "middlemen" misses the point. There are always middlemen. But not all middlemen are created equal. The distinction, that we've discussed multiple times, is the difference between enablers and gatekeepers. That is, historically, many middlemen came to power because they were gatekeepers. If you wanted to do something -- be a musician, write a book, sell a new product -- you effectively had to get "approval" and support from a gatekeeper who had access to those markets. Being a gatekeeper gave them enormous power, such that the gatekeepers often became central to the market, rather than the people/companies they were working with and it also allowed them to craft ridiculous deals that were incredibly favorable to themselves, at the expense of those they were working with. That, of course, is why there tends to be so much inherent antipathy towards traditional gatekeepers.
In contrast to that -- and what we found most exciting about many of the new companies that had popped up over the last decade or two -- was the rise of middlemen as "enablers." These were situations where the middlemen weren't gatekeepers, and weren't "required" to do what you wanted to do. Instead, they were companies that helped give people/organizations a lift up on what they were trying to do, while keeping them and their work (rather than the middlemen) central to the market. So, when you see things like eBay or Etsy or Kickstarter, those are more enablers (and, yes, they do have some restrictions on use, but they're more policy based, rather than "can you make us money"-based).
Of course, the truth is that there's a spectrum along which these middlemen lie. It's not two separate buckets, where "enablers" are here and "gatekeepers" are there. Rather, intermediary companies often fall somewhere along that spectrum. It seems somewhat clear that, for the most part, newer firms are becoming successful by being enablers, rather than gatekeepers. But... they don't necessarily remain enablers their whole lives. One thing that is worth paying close attention to, is how companies shift over time, and when they start to shift from being enablers to being gatekeepers.
In fact, it seems like some of the big "clashes" we've been seeing in the tech/web world lately are along those lines. Lots of people have talked about Instagram and Twitter fighting with each other, which is just the latest in a series of "fights" among hot web companies blocking each other. Considering that many of these companies grew up on a web 2.0 ethos of openness and sharing -- and we're now watching them get more locked down, proprietary and limiting -- it seems obvious that some of these companies are moving along the spectrum from enabler to gatekeeper.
Anil Dash recently wrote a great post in which he frets about the fact that we're effectively losing key parts of the open web, which made the web great. You should read the whole post, as I couldn't do it justice summarizing it here. Again, it seems like many of his points are really about some of the more successful "internet" companies moving along that spectrum more towards the gatekeeper side of things, and that clashing with the more open spirit that the enablers built their reputations on. Dash, rightly, points out that this is self-correcting over time. We shouldn't necessarily fear the new gatekeepers, mainly because a gatekeeper business model, while lucrative in the short-term, is unsustainable in the long term. Companies, which move along that chain chasing the easy money, need to learn that they do so at their own peril. Becoming a gatekeeper merely opens up massive opportunity for a new enabler to disrupt you. That's a lesson that too many companies learn way too late.
That said, Dash fears that because a new generation is growing up in a world with more closed systems, that we may lose some generational knowledge of what came before:
I both agree and disagree. I'm among those who get a bit frustrated when I see new entrepreneurs trying something that was done before -- and they seem to have no knowledge of it (ditto for reporters who cover the big "new thing" without mentioning that half a dozen companies did exactly the same thing a decade earlier). But, some of that, I'll admit, may just be the onset of old fogeyism. Yes, there's value in knowing the past, and learning from it, but there is also value in the naivete with which some new entrepreneurs jump into the pool -- often not fully understanding the past. Will they repeat some of the mistakes? Sure. Absolutely. But not being burdened with the past can sometimes be a key ingredient in redoing something that failed in the past, and in somehow making that slight unexpected tweak that just makes it work.
This isn't some standard polemic about "those stupid walled-garden networks are bad!" I know that Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest and LinkedIn and the rest are great sites, and they give their users a lot of value. They're amazing achievements, from a pure software perspective. But they're based on a few assumptions that aren't necessarily correct. The primary fallacy that underpins many of their mistakes is that user flexibility and control necessarily lead to a user experience complexity that hurts growth. And the second, more grave fallacy, is the thinking that exerting extreme control over users is the best way to maximize the profitability and sustainability of their networks.
The first step to disabusing them of this notion is for the people creating the next generation of social applications to learn a little bit of history, to know your shit, whether that's about Twitter's business model or Google's social features or anything else. We have to know what's been tried and failed, what good ideas were simply ahead of their time, and what opportunities have been lost in the current generation of dominant social networks.
So, I agree wholeheartedly that the "new gatekeepers" mean that we've lost some sense of what made the last generation of internet companies great. And I do hope that the next generation that comes along can similarly disrupt the last generation, often by being the enablers that break up their new gatekeeper role. And I think that companies who understand the history of how enablers disrupt gatekeepers should understand why progressing down that spectrum in search of short-term profits can lead to long-term pain. So I think it's wise for those companies to learn from history. But I'm less worried about the new entrepreneurs jumping into the space. They'll likely find their opportunities in being the new enablers, because that's where the disruption occurs.
Watching the cycles of innovation can be a fascinating (and at times frustrating) past time. Companies make the same mistakes over and over again. The ones, which actually don't fall for the usual traps, are few and far between. But, in the long run, the new startups tend to be pretty good at showing the old guard that they chose the wrong path.
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HDC Galaxy S3 EX/Star B92M Android 4.1.2 JellyBean Update, Rooting, and GPS Fix
A very nice share from Xuan69, here's a video tutorial (English) for updatingthe HDC Galaxy S3 EX/Star B92M to Android 4.1.2 JellyBean. The video will also teach you how to root the device, and apply GPS fix. This is a really great stuff for those who own this phone, enjoy!
For a refresher, the HDC Galaxy S3 EX and the Star B92M are very much similar to each other. Both are really close S3 knock-offs, featuring 4.7 inches screen with 1080×720 pixels in resolution. This JellyBean update adds the support for the following languages: bahasa indo/melayu, deutsch, english, espanol, francais, italiano, netherlands, portugues, brazil/portugal, turkce, puccknn and other asian languages.
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Construction is continuing on Halliburton's new facility on 150 acres in southern Bexar County, which is being built to support activity in the Eagle Ford Shale. Although the facility won't hold its grand opening until this summer, the company's Baroid business line and hydraulic fracturing operations already are operating out of it. Halliburton has nearly 500 employees in San Antonio and Pleasanton and plans to hire another 500 before the end of the year. It also will transfer some employees from some of its other South and East Texas operations to the Bexar facility.


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Perez jokes about signing striker Falcao
Real Madrid's big-spending president Florentino Perez cracked a joke on Tuesday about making an offer to sign coveted Colombia striker Radamel Falcao from city rivals Atletico.
Falcao has attracted interest from several of Europe's richest clubs and his five-goal haul in Atletico's 6-0 La Liga win at home to Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday will only have served to boost his market value.
Construction magnate Perez was sitting at the same table as Falcao and Real captain Iker Casillas at an awards ceremony in Madrid and was caught on camera saying to Casillas: "I'm going to ask for a serviette and give it to Falcao".
Perez was referring to an incident at a gala in Monaco in 2000 when he made an offer to Zinedine Zidane by writing "Do you want to play for Madrid?" on a serviette and delivering it to the former Real and France midfielder.
"Be careful they are recording this," a laughing Casillas responded, pointing to the television cameras.
Media reports have suggested English Premier League side and European champions Chelsea and Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain are among clubs interested in signing the prolific 26-year-old Colombian, who is known as "the tiger".


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Saturday, March 24, 2012
This week in 1964: LION
The issue of Lion that was on sale this week in 1964 is a good example of the high quality of the comic back then. Arguably the early to mid 1960s was Lion's best period, with some of the top comic artists in the UK regularly contributing to the weekly.
The eye-catching cover by Joe Colquhoun sets the scene. Tough, dynamic action with a meticulous amount of detail. The strip continued on the back page in black and white, for in those days Lion only had the front cover in colour. Here, Colquhoun draws scenes of World War 1 several years before he'd return to the subject with Charley's War.
This period in Lion's history saw the comic bring two interesting tweaks to the usual look of British adventure comic. For one, the serials were given individual titles, so Karl the Viking was headed The Voyage of the Sea Raiders for example. Secondly, the large opening panel was rendered in a grey wash, giving it more of a realistic photographic effect. (Sadly this didn't always reproduce well on newsprint.) Stunning artwork here from Don Lawrence...
Britain in Chains, drawn by Geoff Campion, was a relatively new addition to Lion at this time, but the series character Vic Gunn would continue his fight against the tyrant occupying Britain in several sequels such as The Battle for Liverpool and Rebel Island. The series was later reprinted in Smash! as The Battle of Britain.
Robot Archie had debuted in the first issue of Lion in 1952 (as The Jungle Robot) and had been a regular in the comic since 1957. The Curse of Dragon Island (drawn by series regular Ted Kearon) still has Archie as a silent robot, before he developed a boastful personality in the slightly lighter stories that came later.
The great thing about the Fleetway comics is that they understood how to pace a comic. Page after page of adventure strips can make a comic look duller than it actually is so Lion added a few features and humour strips to break things up. Its most notable humour strip being Mowser, drawn by Reg Parlett, which ran for ten years. The strip had only been running a few weeks when this example was published and Mowser's relocation to Crummy Castle and meeting his nemesis James the Butler was yet to happen...
The other humour strip in Lion at this time was Spy Smasher Smith, latching onto the spy craze of the 1960s...
The anti-smoking campaign was starting to get underway back then and comics often featured advertisements to discourage young readers from smoking. (See here for an old blog post I did on the subject.) Here's an ad that featured in Lion this week in 1964...
It may have only had 28 pages but Lion of 1964 packed a lot in and was a strong rival to the DC Thomson adventure papers such as Victor and Hornet.
6 comments:
- MikeM said...
"We're fine, thanks to the safety straps!" must be an early effort at encouraging kids to belt up, too!
- Saturday, 24 March 2012 at 19:21:00 GMT
- Reuben said...
As usual seeing pages like these just makes me wish there was a collected edition of some of these strips.
- Sunday, 25 March 2012 at 13:58:00 BST
- Lew Stringer said...
Yes, apart from a handful of strips, nothing's been collected. It looked promising when Titan published one volume each of The Steel Claw and The Spider (titled King of Crooks) a few years ago (and their Albion collection) but there's been nothing since. Presumably sales were not high enough. Problem is, as time goes on the potential market for older material diminishes. I doubt we'll ever see collections of the old Amalgamated Press comics now. Our comics heritage, lost forever.
- Sunday, 25 March 2012 at 14:13:00 BST
The Lion was on e of my big three favourite UK comic as a kid (with the Valiant and Smash)Sad to say a lot of these great strips will never be seen or heard of again (apart form in blogs like this) - Oddball Oats will forever be one on my favourite childhood strips - - McScotty
- Sunday, 25 March 2012 at 20:09:00 BST
- Peter Gray said...
Things might change now...reprints from lion comic..
- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 at 19:48:00 BST
- Lew Stringer said...
Depends what source material they have and if they think there's a big enough market, but it'd be good to see some 1960s material back in print. I didn't read Lion until 1969 and only have a handful of issues before then so it'd be nice to see what I'd missed.
- Tuesday, 16 October 2018 at 21:34:00 BST


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Alice laughed. "There's no use trying," she said, "one can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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It was the headaches that did it. Blinding, seemingly everlasting migraine headaches that took days and joy out of my life.I had tried everything to alleviate the cell-vibrating throbbing that started with a zazzy aura at the outer fringes of my vision, and focused a short time later behind my left eye and through the left side of my head. Agony. Nothing seemed to help. Allopathic, homeopathic, naturopathic—I tried them all, including an expensive series of sessions with an international "healer" who claimed to heal all ills.
By this time, I had started a hypnosis school and clinic in Toronto and had worked with various hypnotists at the clinic, using pain-management hypnosis. It didn't work. Then someone recommended hypnotic regression—back to the cause—the theory being that all pain has an emotional root, and that all you have to do is find that root.
As fate—or karma—would have it, I had signed up to learn the official protocols to run past-life regression sessions—always believing that we are more than we seem. Coming from England, I believed there were fairies at the bottom of the garden and that ghosts existed—and if they existed, they were the soul, somewhere—and I wanted to find out where that somewhere was, and how it worked.
Knowing that the training included practice sessions, I decided, what the heck, I'll try it. I would have tried anything to get rid of the migraines at that point! But back to cause . . . hmmm . . . could they have come from the repeated head-bashing I received from my mother as a child? (They came with the precursor of her going around the house, closing all the windows so the neighbors wouldn't hear, then grabbing me by my hair and bashing the back of my head against the wall while she screamed the list of my misdemeanors.) But I'd worked through that with years of therapy—so it couldn't be that. Or maybe it was the time I slipped at the swimming pool and crashed my head against the diving board. Hmm . . . I'd forgotten about that. Well, one way to find out!
As we paired up for practice, my partner agreed to see if we could discover the root of my migraines. "Sure," he said, "we can try." To be honest, neither of us was that confident in the process yet—and this added another layer of uncertainty!
Relaxed in the chair, I heard the trainee past-life facilitator's voice leading me back through time and space, and suddenly an awful stench surrounded me. It was disgusting. Putrid. I felt like vomiting—and then I realized it was coming from me. I stank!
I suddenly saw and knew myself as a decrepit hag with rotting teeth and filthy, lank strings of hair. It was hard to see my skin color it was so encrusted with dirt. I found myself living in a cave just outside a small Mediterranean village, and I knew immediately what my role was. I birthed babies in the village and gathered herbs for abortions and easier births. I was the desired and reviled "witch" the villagers called on in times of trouble. And then chased away or, at best, ignored.
I was paid with food, when they remembered—and most of the time they didn't, or chose not to. I was always close to starvation, especially in the winter. But the birthing of babies and the brief, grateful acknowledgements I received from the women when they needed my help kept me going.
Depleted and exhausted, I had just returned from a difficult birth. The baby—a boy—came feet first with the cord around his neck, and he was dead. I had cleaned up the mother and stopped the bleeding, given the body of the child to women relatives, and dragged myself back to my cave. And slept.
I woke to the sounds of shouting and heavy footsteps in my cave. A man was standing above me holding a rock. He started to beat me with the rock, blaming me for the death of his son and his wife, who had subsequently died. He kicked me and screamed at me, his spittle spraying my skin. Suddenly, the rock came down on my eye, into my brain—and then, blackness.
The facilitator guided me through the soul's leaving the body and looking down at the scene below. The husband had killed me with the rock, through my left eye and into the left side of my brain. We completed the protocol of healing, forgiveness, and wisdom, and I returned to this lifetime, shaken and in awe of the process. Maybe that was it! Not the head beating, or the swimming-pool accident, but this past life.
Time would prove if it had worked. I waited for the next migraine to come. More than a decade later, I'm still waiting!
This was the start of my journey of studying, learning, teaching, writing, and appearing in and on the media as a spokesperson for the power of regression therapy—both past-life and Interlife.
This book is designed to hold your hand along the path toward the awe-inspiring possibilities that can enrich your current life. Because, ultimately, it is this current life that is the most important—and everything we do, I believe, needs to be focused on improving who we are, and where we are now.


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What does Golf and Lamborghini have in common? Not much until the invention of forged composite carbon. The ultra-modern material is used in both the Lamborghini Gallardo and the new Callaway Diablo Octane driver. So the two companies decided to get together for some shameless promotions and put the golf club against the hardcore LP560-4 to see if pro Stuart Appleby can drive a golf ball 250 meters faster than the Gallardo can cover the same distance from a rolling start.
With a good drive Stuart Appleby can launch a golf ball at about 280kph. By comparison a Lamborghini Gallardo can approach speeds of 320kph. The supercar is already at a good pace as it crosses the start line, and Appleby appears to strike the ball at almost exactly the same time. In the video the Lambo goes full-throttle right through the finish line with no sign of the ball anywhere near, but the power of slo-mo helps reveal the truth. You want the truth? Then check out the video below.


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Following last weekend's Barclays Premier League draw with Wigan Athletic Roy Hodgson made three changes to his starting eleven for Saturday's Fifth Round FA Cup tie against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
After long haul return journeys from midweek international games Clint Dempsey and John Pantsil were rested for Zoltan Gera and Fredrik Stoor respectively. In attack Erik Nevland was handed his first start of the season, replacing Bobby Zamora in attack alongside Andy Johnson.
Swansea City were in buoyant mood coming into Saturday's clash following their Fourth Round win over 2007/08 FA Cup Winners, Porstmouth. After last weekend's convincing three-nil win over Ipswich Town Roberto Martinez kept faith with a familiar Swansea line-up with Jason Scotland, "only 60% fit" according his manager, looking to add to his season's tally of 16 goals in 26 appearances.
Fulham's manager admitted it was a "jaded performance" from his side on Saturday after the midweek internationals. Fulham got Saturday's 12.45pm kick-off underway but it was Swansea who created a host of first half opportunities.
After just three minutes of play Swansea broke down the left flank and after playing a neat one two with Scotland on the edge of Fulham's area, Gower struck a left-footed strike across Schwarzer's goal and against the base of the keeper's far post. Fulham scrambled the ball clear and it was a lucky early escape for the visitors.
Fulham's most promising play during the early stages came down the right flank with both Nevland and Johnson looking to exploit the space behind the home side's defence but their opportunities were few and far between.
Swansea, to their credit, played some fine football during the first half and Gower was handed his second chance of the game after 25 minutes of play. A fine cross from the right flank found Gower, unmarked, six yards from goal. His close range effort was directed straight at Schwarzer and the keeper tipped the ball round his near post.
Swansea's five man midfield combined quick passing interplay with clear attacking intent and their width allowed them to get behind Fulham's defence on several occassions during the first half. Tate and Dyer went close on the half hour mark as the tie remained on level terms as half time approached.
Five minutes before the break Fulham entered a period of promising play with Erik Nevland heading a long ball upfield into Andy's Johnson's path as the striker raced through on goal. De Vries spinted out of his goal to smother the ball at Johnson's feet on the penalty spot.
Fulham's late first half rally saw Johnson once again looking to expose the space down Swansea's left flank. The striker forced a corner two minutes before the break and from Konchesky's delivery the ball was turned into the net by Swansea captain Garry Monk.
The Whites had earned a crucial lead, albeit by fortuitous circumstances, moments before the break and after one minute of added time Referee Howard Webb blew for the interval.
At the start of the second half the home side dominated and after five minutes of the restart Schwarzer was required to pull off a superb save to deny Gower for a second time. Racing into the area down the left flank Gower delivered a powerful left footedl shot in on goal and Schwarzer managed to tip the ball onto the bar and over with a fingertip save.
Two minutes later Swansea drew level through Jason Scotland. The striker made no mistake with his left footed strike from the edge of the area, delivering an unstoppable shot past Mark Schwarzer into the corner of the net to bring the game level.
Encouraged by a buoyant home crowd, Martinez' side attacked in waves and Fulham manager Roy Hodgson made the first substitution of the game, introducing Clint Dempsey for Olivier Dacourt. Simon Davies moved in alongside Murphy in central midfield with Dempsey taking up his position on the left flank.
Nathan Dyer used his pace to telling effect down both flanks in the second half, breaking beyond Fulham's defence with electrifying speed and Brede Hangeland intevened on more than one occassion to cut out Swansea's supply line.
Roy Hodgson introduced Bobby Zamora to the fray with fifteen minutes remaining. The striker was in the thick of it shortly after his introduction, earning a free-kick down Fulham's left flank after taking what appeared to be a knock to the head. Konchesky's delivery flew towards the near post but Fulham's front pair failed to deliver a finishing touch before de Vries saved.
Five minutes before full time Nathan Dyer smashed a fine chance wide of goal from the left hand side of the area. It was to be the final opportunity of the game as Saturday's draw at the Liberty stadium forced a Fifth Round replay at Craven Cottage in ten days time.
Competition: The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Date: Saturday 14 February 2009
Kick-off: 12:45pm
Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 16,573
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Apart from the exclusion of certain characters throughout the film, there have been minimal changes to the personality traits and behaviors in both the film and novel. Both mediums represent the characters similarly; however the film does not quite add as much emphasis to the "wacky" behavior of Dumbledore. Unfortunately, there are many aspects of his personality that do not get a mention, due to limitations on film production and the ability of the actors and actresses. One of the main scenes in the novel portrays Dumbledore's eccentric behavior, was excluded from the film was that of the sorting ceremony as well as the singing of the school song. Even though Columbus was unable to fully portray Dumbledore as the same man that Rowling described in her novel, he instead decides to portray Dumbledore as a wise and powerful old man. One of the most noted missing characters in Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone film would be that of Neville Longbottom. He was excluded from numerous scenes in the film, and replaced with other characters such as Ron Weasley. Such occasions include; The meeting of Fluffy, the three headed dog, along with Hermione and Harry, as well as receiving detention for being out of bed after hours. This scene was the buildup to the detention in the Forbidden Forest, in which Ron was used instead. Neville was possibly excluded from these scenes due to his description as a bumbling careless character.
These changes have occurred in order for the production to appeal to a much broader range than the novel first targeted. In order for the film to live up to the directors expectations, scenes were shortened, excluded, and altered in order to achieve the goal of producing a film similar to the novel, but a film that would still be appealing for the masses of fans expecting to see their most beloved characters. These changes altered the story line, but it is the responsibility of the viewer to decide whether or not they felt the alterations were negative, or positive. The directors aim to create a film that was true to the book was successful for the most part. It consisted of no major plot changes or unexpected situations that affected the story line.
These short essays were completed as my do at home exam. (3 hour period to write as much as possible on 4 different texts, pertaining to 2 separate questions.
'Fantasy offers young readers not an escape from the challenges of everyday life, but an opportunity to consider those challenges from a less distressing perspective. To what extent is this true?'
The purpose of reading a fantasy novel, or any novel for that fact, is to "consider the challenges from a less distressing perspective"; however in doing so, the reader will fall into the novel, more so if it is an enjoyable read. It is not due to the reader solely escaping from real life, but a mark of a great read that the reader cannot help but become stimulated by. When a reader reads an article that is more interesting than their own life, they may just fall into the story as it gives them higher feelings of enjoyment and peacefulness.
J.K Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone in 1997 to be published by Bloomsbury publishing. Her writing is and has been considered the fore most popular form of fantasy writing for the majority of the 21st century. Her writing opened up an entirely fanciful and wonderful world for all readers of any age to explore through many different facets. Through the development of her story, she has allowed the readers the possibility to explore different characters, different worlds, and many different possibilities.
The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel written by Suzanne Collins in 2008 and published by Scholastic Press. The Hunger Games was her first series to gain worldwide recognition. The novel contains uncommon themes given its reading age. It is classed as a dystopian novel, but its other themes include suffering as entertainment, and specifically outline the inequality between the rich and poor. A dystopian novel is a novel in which contains large themes of pain and suffering, however that is not the major appeal that draws so many readers. It is the Battle Royale style of teens killing each other which appeals to its readers.
Through Harry Potter, Rowling has allowed readers to take on the characters role and look through their eyes at events and possibilities that are impossible in the real world. Even though Rowlings writing is entirely fictional, in it, she has developed real life scenarios that are quite possible, such as the death of a loved one, complex relationships, and a sense of belonging. Through her writing, Rowling has established an emotional link with the reader that they can use to help deal with the problems in their own reality.
In both The Hunger Games and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone, the readers are able to see what toll certain impacts can take on a person and due to those scenarios; it is possible for the reader to form a bond with the character and show empathy towards he or she as they go through the hardship together. This allows the reader to gain greater meaning from the novel and the situations that are explored will have greater emphasis. The reader knows it is fictional, but the reader will see that the fear and anger and psychological damage and manipulation shown in the novel are very possible. Throughout either novel, the reader has the opportunity to consider every perspective in great detail and possibly think over those situations. The reader has the opportunity to "consider those challenges from a less distressing perspective". During the events that occur throughout the story, the characters themselves learn, which is expected, but at the same time, the reader is absorbing information that could relate to their own situations, be it starting relationships such as in Harry Potter. "Harry, said the other twin, 'did we introduce ourselves/ Fred and George Weasely. And this is Ron, our brother….."(p74) Or being strong for your family, such as in The Hunger Games "With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. "I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute" (p26). To some, this demonstrates an unfathomable amount of love and courage that is possible, no matter the scenario.
Throughout both novels, the characters demonstrate primal urges of fear and anger, that most readers are able to connect with. Rowling and Collins demonstrate the most feared action of death, and that it is such a simple thing, however show that it can cause those effected to fight even harder, to push through the hurt and the tragedy of death until they realise they are not alone. Katniss from The Hunger Games regularly goes through stages of death and misery, however in the end, she comes out stronger. "Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue." (p283) As one of the most beloved characters is killed off, it inspires Katniss to fight harder. This could be seen as a metaphor in many people's lives, that when you lose one thing, you fight harder.
Throughout both novels, the characters demonstrate basic emotions of belonging and of safety that each reader is able to connect with. Rowling and Collins both demonstrate that it is easy to destroy a home and the safety that you can feel in that home, but they also demonstrate that the damage can be repaired, and safety returned, if you persist, or if you hope. This could be said for Harry, never having a place that he felt he belonged, until he went to Hogwarts. "While you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts." (p85) This feeling of belonging drives everybody to feel safe and secure, and through Rowlings writing, many people are able to feel it in different ways.
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Pacific Heartbeat "Papa Mau: The Wayfinder" In 1974, Hawaiians sailed the traditional voyaging canoe from Hawai'i to Tahiti and proved to the world that their ancestors had explored the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean by navigating with the stars. This is the story of the critical role that master navigator Mau Piailug played in that voyage, and the rebirth of Polynesian unity and pride that followed. The canoe was built by members of the newly formed Polynesian Voyaging Society, who dreamed of sailing in the way of their ancestors. Shortly thereafter, a search began for someone who could teach them the art of non-instrument navigation, which had been all but lost until they met Micronesian-born Mau, who agreed to share his knowledge.G
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Globe Trekker "Globe Trekker Special: World History-England" After dodging swords at a re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, Justine Shapiro travels up the coast to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Passing through London, she takes a canal ride to the Yorkshire Moores. Her next stop is Whitby, the eerie coastal town that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula.G
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Sky Island The volcanic Jemez Mountains of New Mexico rise more than a mile above the surrounding high desert, like an island in the sky. Environmental filmmaker John Grabowska profiles the landscape and humankind's place within it, where the effects of climate change are already transforming the desert and alpine ecosystems. Author and poet N. Scott Momaday and actress Meryl Streep narrate the stunning images of this formation, which encompasses the Bandelier National Monument and the Valles Caldera.G
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Dialogue "Colum McCann: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" Marcia Franklin talks with Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin. The book, which has been called the "first great 9/11 novel," won the 2009 National Book Award for fiction, and was Amazon.com's 2009 Book of the Year. The interview is part of Dialogue's ongoing "Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" and was taped at the 2011 conference.G


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The Spread is one cool eatery in a hot spot
The Spread is one very cool place, one very hot place and with quite a Spread in between.
And South Norwalk, which is also very cool, very hot and with quite a bit in between, is probably just the right location
The cool part is the ambiance. A lot of effort has gone into making it very cool with a spattered-and-splashed glazed cement floor, a giant metal fan in the industrial-strength black and stovepipe ceiling, shiny metal chairs and stools in the ultra-hip bar.
All this is masterfully tempered with gleaming wood on the bar, old barn siding as tabletops and even a big barn door hanging on one wall and a giant vertical garden on another wall. It is very, very cool.
And if you think that is just too cool, then step back in time as all of the serving plates are beautiful -- vintage grandma's floral china -- and the silverware is stuck upright in a Mason jar filled with unpopped corn or black beans or rice -- all depending upon your table. Someone with real talent designed this place.
The hot part is that folks with real talent also cook in the kitchen and tend the bar. The food here is ambitious, rich and daring.
The bar is on the same par with an eclectic and interesting wine and beer list, as well as some pretty wild cocktails, such as bourbon and cilantro-infused gin with fresh lime juice and ginger beer called the Fog Horn.
The menu is heavy on rich meats and fowl, taking cues from around the world with emphasis on the French/Moroccan heritage of the chef.
Most dishes are served in small portions and most service is designed for table sharing. Despite being so hot/cool, food and libation here are reasonably priced.
The menu also runs hot and cool, both in content and execution. Appetizers, which are meant to be ordered for table sharing, are frequently lush and rich.
Duck terrine, with fruit chutney, foie gras with Armagnac soaked prunes, rich pureed salt cod in brandade and rosy slices of beef tongue are all intriguing and beautifully prepared and presented.
Steak tartare seems a tad lighter as the finely chopped beef is tossed with minced pickle, onion and a splash of excellent olive oil, then heaped with a side of perfect French fries. Velvety pumpkin soup is laced with yogurt and sprinkled with pepitas, but a heavy hand with cinnamon makes it seem more like dessert than a meal starter.
Your table can, of course, temper the richness with some tantalizing veggies, which are a real strength of the kitchen. Moroccan carrots are doused with cumin, garlic, lemon and cilantro. Beets are adorned with pistachios and blood oranges. But the best of all is shredded cabbage tossed with a truffle vinaigrette and toasted hazelnuts.
Main courses are equally diverse. Simplicity is found in a nicely grilled brick-flattened chicken served on a pool of milky polenta and a side of Caesar dressed greens, or a terrific cheeseburger with spicy mayo and more of those fab fries.
Gnocchi with wild mushrooms and gruyere is wonderfully rich with mushrooms, but gummy gnocchi and a heavy hand with salt tempers the enjoyment. Seafood is given interesting treatments, such as a lovely combo of cranberry beans, diced chorizo and shelled littleneck clams in a sort of stew, grilled swordfish with charmoula and spiced yogurt or tender octopus with mashed chickpeas, yogurt and mint.
Meat options continue the rich theme with such choices as deep-fried rabbit, griddled pork belly, sauteed calves liver or veal confit.
Desserts need work. The list is short and sweet, including apple crisp, crème brulee and dulce de leche flan -- all of which are unremarkable.
Chocolate cream, a flat dish of chilled ganache served with icy cold hazelnut biscuits has potential -- perhaps warm the ganache, ladle it over ice cream, then crumble up the cookies on top.
To add to the hot and cool of it all, The Spread has live music and entertainment several nights a week.
This is a place that's hard to fit into a single definition. It is hot and cool and a lot of in between -- you will just have to try it for yourself.
70 North Main St., South Norwalk, 203-866-8800, www.thespreadsono.com
HOURS: Dinner: Sunday-Thursday 5--10 p.m.; Friday, Saturday 5--11 p.m. Brunch: Sunday 11 a.m.--3 p.m.
RESERVATIONS: Accepted
PRICES: Dinner: $20-$5; main courses: $25-$14; Desserts $8-$4


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a natural childbirth education website. We provide articles, videos and audios for expectant mothers, teaching them mind-body techniques to have a more calm, comfortable, natural labor, delivery, and pregnancy. We're looking for a logo to help make us stand out among competitors.
Our target audience are 20- and 30-something women who have babies on their brain and are likely to give birth in the next 3-6 months. They are technology savvy and like modern, but like soft things. The classic baby blue and pink come to mind but they tend to be overdone in this market so it may be best to use soft, complimentary colors.
I would like the words "My Birthing Zone" to become a recognizable graphic. Preferably the WORDS plus a graphic relating to love, birth, babies, relaxation, etc.
The logo text should be stylized but legible.
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Access management is the coordination of land use and access to a highway. The goal is to develop plans that will allow for economic growth and rational development while maintaining or improving safety and mobility along arterial roadways. In developed areas, access management can enhance safety and mobility by minimizing conflicts between arterial routes and local driveways and entrances. In rural areas access management can minimize development pressure along those roadways intended to serve long distance and regional trips and where development is not planned.
The program involves developing access management plans that are implemented through the county development process. The development of access management plans is a collaborative effort between the State Highway Administration and local jurisdictions, who in turn typically incorporate the plans into their local planning documents.
The Access Management Program is based on developing an Access Management Plan for a corridor. An access management plan identifies long-term access concepts, including access locations, locations of median breaks and/or local service road concepts. This plan can be used as a guide for State and local agencies to address the requests for access from development/redevelopment properties. There is no set time for implementing an Access Management Plan; usually the pace of development within the corridor will determine the schedule for implementation. Access management is implemented by evaluating proposed access for each new or redeveloping property independently to determine its relationship to corridor plans and policies. SHA, the local jurisdiction and the property owner will work together to manage access through such techniques as:
In addition to working with SHA on Access Management plans as described above, specific actions local jurisdictions can take to help integrate highways with development plans include:
With the preservation of existing public works systems being a priority at all levels of government, access controls along the State Highway Administration's arterial highways is a viable method of improving capacity and safety. As a first step in making rational decisions regarding future improvements, this inventory of existing access controls has been developed.
Included in this inventory are maps and line item listings outlining each access controlled state highway. The Access Control Inventory (PDF, 5.77 MB) should be used by technicians and managers to make decisions concerning the State Highway System.
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