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Modern companies need to improve their manufacturing output and to make plants reliable, efficient, flexible and safe.
Robot systems can be integrated with complicated production lines, and dialogue with them by means of special software packages and targeted programs. Using intelligent systems (such as artificial-vision robot guidance systems), many problems connected with optimizing manufacturing cycles can be easily solved.
Eutro Log's many years of experience have meant that the latest robot technology can be applied successfully.
End-of-line packaging is placed at the end of a production line, for packaging, identifying, and palletizing goods prior to delivery or warehousing, and is very useful in speeding up the entire production process.
Together with our customers, we at Eutro Log examine the best end-of-line in terms of production times, layout, and integration of information with a company's IT management system.
End-of-line plants comprise mechanical transport systems, for shifting goods and connecting the various dedicated islands to specific functions such as:
- Automatic identification (bar codes, magnetic tags, OCR, artificial vision systems)
- Packaging machines
- Weight control
- Marking (labelling, inkjet, laser, magnetic tags)
- Shape control
- Product integrity control
Special care is taken with product tracking, which starts with the arrival of goods (and data relative thereto) and ends with the delivery thereof to palletising plants or transport systems that convey them into warehouses.
Goods shifting and tracking, whether inside the company or outside, can be monitored and managed. This avoids the need for special operators and also gets around time wasting.
When goods come off the production line, they can be automatically transported to special storage areas using automatic vehicles (LGVs) or more conventional, operator-controlled methods. The latter, however, will still entail modern, automatic identification systems such as RF terminals and specific software packages to integrate the production line with the warehouse.
Eutro Log's strenght is the ability to provide complete and unique logistic solution for manufacturing modern companies.
Primary Problems Addressed:
- Facility is full; no additional storage space
- Limited expansion options
- Plans for a new facility
- Congestion; product stored in aisle and hallways
- Need more space for production
- Low labor productivity
- Low response time to customer demands
Benefits of Automated Warehouses:
- Improving control of products
- Regaining of floor space
- Reduction of time needed for inventory and maintainance of accurate inventory records
- Flexible design for easy expansion
- Improving of labor productivity
- Employee safety guaranteed
- Reduction of excessive handling of products
- Reduction of product damage from multiple handling, location errors and shrinkage
- Use of less energy than most systems
- Help to increase response time to customer demands
- Highest possible storage density
The plant we will expose at the show is an innovative system for reels palletising and storage, integrated with a LAEM SYSTEM reels cutting machine.
The cycle starts from half-finished plastic film reels (parent reels), loaded on europallets and stored into a self-supporting warehouse.
An automatic radio-controlled shuttle, moved by a lift to the different warehouse levels, takes the pallets from the store.
When the shuttle is full, it is placed on the ground and then slides on rails up to the reels cutting machine.
The shuttle is interfaced with the cutting machine unrolling device. The parent reel is loaded onto the unrolling device and then cut it into smaller reels (daughter reels).
These ones are then unloaded from the cutting machine by means of a rotating twin-shaft system.
Downstream of this there is a robotized palletizing station.
An anthropomorphic robot, by means of a pneumatic gripper, takes the single daughter reels and places them onto an empty europallet, previously placed in the loading area by the shuttle.
When the pallet is full, the shuttle takes it back into the warehouse.
From the stored half-finished reels to the finished products stored again into the warehouse, ready for shipping: this system allows to completely automate and optimise a very common working cycle, often found in many real plants.
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So hey everyone. I'm new to the site. My name's Chelsea and I'm a young atheist (fifteen years old). I've been an atheist since May of 2011. I told my parents but they didn't take it very well ("Where did we go wrong? Should we check her into a mental facility? I wonder if she's just doing it for attention?") so I was able to convince them that I am Catholic, even though...I'm not. But I'd rather lie to my parents about my religious beliefs (or lack thereof, rather) than be treated like some kind of rebellious heathen. I'm a good kid, really, I think. I worked hard to get into a really great high school and I keep my grades up; I don't drink or smoke weed or have sex. But somehow the idea of atheism can cancel that all out for my parents.
Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm glad to be a part of something where I can talk about atheism without being punished for it. And if the majority of you are adults, as I presume you are, you may or may not have more experience in the world of atheism than I. With that being said, I have some trouble backing up what I believe when people ask me. It's like, I know what I believe and why I believe it, but it makes more sense in my head than it does out loud and I can't change my thoughts into sentences. I'd really like to be able to arm myself with knowledge so I don't look like a fool next time I'm asked.
Anyway, thanks for reading if you're there.
Although reading the books and theories of others can be quite intuitive, believing everything you read is quite naive. Believing what I believe has nothing to do with the hypothesis of others. Think and be free. That's what Atheism is all about. Welcome kiddo.
Hi Chelsea,
Welcome to TA and the world of reason. Most of us have been through the difficulty of dealing with the reactions of family and friends when they find out that we no longer suspend our judgment with regard to popular myths. And that is really all atheism is; examined objectively, there is no more reason to believe in god than there is to believe fairies.
That being said, there is a whole world of prejudice out there that must be navigated and the task is treacherous. Fortunately, it is getting a bit easier. I hope that you and other young rationalists don't have to go through some of the things that I went through. I advise caution, however. Don't share your non-belief with anyone who isn't trustworthy or who is a religious fanatic of any stripe. In fact, as soon as you catch a whiff of a personality that has "dedicated his or her life to god", you should run away (usually metaphorically, but perhaps literally). Also, I advise not using your real name on the internet. You might even want to be vague about other identifying information as well.
As for expressing your thoughts well, just research your ideas or the questions and arguments posed by believers. You will find very good counterarguments to any arguments that the religious can throw at you and, if you look hard enough, you will find very well expressed replies often from famous thinkers.
Welcome again, and good luck!
I read many of the comments, but forgive me if I am repeating something already said. In your search for knowledge, don't neglect the chance to learn about Christianity. I was raised atheist, but attended parochial schools for much of my pre-college education. I found the education in Christian theology absolutely priceless when I began discussing why I rejected religion later on.
I know it really sucks to paste on a devout face and go to church or what have you, but you can learn a lot, and that will help state clearly why you don't agree with religion. If it helps, think of yourself as an undercover investigator, or as an anthropologist in a foreign country, trying to learn as much as you can about this culture. (I did this through high school, and it was kind of fun, although I did have my family in my corner. Then again, you have the entire internet community of atheists!)
Also, if you have the chance, take some courses in religion, mythology, even in Christianity. You may not have access to anything like that until college, but it's really invaluable to know what you're refuting!
BTW, I teach college classes about Christianity from a historical, cultural, totally non-theist perspective, so if you ever have questions, or find that you want resources on history of Christianity, let me know. Not that you don't have TONS of resources already here (which are all fantastic), but still.
Welcome, best wishes and good luck!
Hi Chelsea,
When I was 13, I became a born again Christian, much to the pleasure of my Catholic parents, until I told them that they were going to burn in hell for praying to the saints and Mary, etc (the differences between Catholics and protestants). In the end they were just happy that I was some kind of Christian, until I left the church at 17 (experimented with Taoism and New Age and other things for a while, until it was clear that naturalism made the most sense). Now I'm much older and I've learned a thing or two. Back then, my parents were liberal Catholics with their own problems, so they didn't freak out so much when I left the church, but now that they are old, they are much more religious and dogmatic than ever. After many years of discussions, often very heated, we agree to disagree and when we are all together we just don't talk about it. We've decided that family is more important. Not every family can do that though, and it took years to get there. Every situation is different, but you might come to a point when you just can't or don't want to hide it anymore. If that happens, be respectful with your skepticism, humble about what you do know, and have some diffusing bible verses like these handy to share right from the start:
"...And be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear" (1 Pet. 3:15)
"Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good" (1 Thes. 5:21)
"And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient..." (2 Tim. 2:24)
"Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath, For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God" (James 1:19-20)
"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend" (Prov. 27:17).
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord…" (Is. 1:18).
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world' (1 John 4:1).
"The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going" (Prov. 14:15).
When I use these verses with Christians online, I notice they almost always turn the heat way down when I ask them difficult questions. It won't always work though.
Last, I'd like to 4th (5th?) the motion that youtube is great as well. I like qualiasoup and nonstampcollector- his cartoons are very informative and accessible, even if a little more provocative than might be suitable for sharing with them, you will learn where the controversies are. Remember, it doesn't matter if you are right, you WILL turn them off if you are rude, aggressive, or arrogant. Always find something to agree on when discussing what you don't agree on (per the work of Mercier and Sperber).
Welcome Chelsea. And congratulations for being able to think for yourself. Whenever you feel a bit left out, remember that you have this very important tool, and that makes you a cut above those that have dependencies.
Hi Chelsea and welcome...:-) Most people who believe in the Bible believe the ENTIRE UNIVERSE is only six-thousand years old..!! Ask them if that's true, when did God make all the fossils...???
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Jersey Pocket Stuff: Week Two
Michael Cloidt took home the Rapha Essentials Case this time around. Not only were his pockets well packed for his ride, but they were also well displayed on the Rapha Facebook page. The choice becomes harder each week as the number of submissions almost doubled. If nothing else it is a great way to see what people a) wear when they ride b) carry with them in their pockets and c) show their sense of humor on Facebook. There were a few in the running this time around and my attention was caught by not only the variation on a theme by the Dave Wyman, but the humorous contributions all around.
There were a few contributions from the ladies. One that included using the Essentials Case to "host jelly babies." There were short rides with lots of food, long rides with not so much food and one with a big watermelon. There were the headphones, whether you like them or not. If it is not something that you have had the time to notice, you should do so now. There are many different styles of riding and just as many types of people riding bikes. All of them right. Sure, we may not agree with them because they do not match up perfectly with our own personal styles of riding (or listening, or smoking, or helmet wearing) but they are never wrong.
The runner up prize of hi-fives go to Dave Wyman and Bill Newton. Dave posted a photo of his phone (top) after he had taken the photo of the contents of his pockets. How he did it, whether it be with smoke and mirrors or just plain magic we will never know, but he gets props for mixing it up a bit. Bill on the other hand gets the award for simplicity with his Rapha + Paul Smith T-shirt and Black Grand Tour Glove combination.
All in all this has a been a hard contest to judge. What merits a great shot of the contents of ones jersey pocket? The arrangement, color scheme, use of Rapha product, addition of humorous touches? All of these things are are just in their own right which makes the choosing hard. So, thanks to everyone who has participated. Below you will find another contribution from one of our own.
Mike Spriggs lives and works in New York City, he was the General Manager for our Cycle Club when it was there, but before that (and after) he had a website called Gage & Desoto. There you will find some of the most interesting t-shirts, curious and printed materials that this cycling life has to offer. He is also the Managing Editor for our very own SURVEY.
Jersey Pick-Pocket
Ride: "Chinese Bakery Ride"- NYC to Tenafly NJ - 45 miles, a lovely 99 degrees.
My Rapha Lightweight Jersey holds:
iPhone/headphones in the patented G+D iPhone waterproof case (ok, not patented, just a Uline 3"×5" poly zip bag)
Lezyne Road Drive Pump (Medium)
Cash, card + ID for coffee and emergency (but most likely for a coffee emergency).
House keys
Larabar (NOT a Luna Bar, which apparently is for pregnant women. But everyone makes fun of me for them anyway.)
Rapha Essentials Case: spare tube, Park IB-1 Multitool, Pedros tire lever
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stuart kerr
16th August 2011 09:42am
from a few years ago
Jeremy Dunn
16th August 2011 09:45am
Wow, that's great Stuart! Thanks for sharing. Did you do more in this series or just the one?
Dave Wyman
20th August 2011 08:34am
Oh, so close! This is a terrific contest.
Dave Wyman
22nd August 2011 01:07am
Oh, so close! This is a terrific contest.
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- Well done to @AlanLyne who won through @sticky_bottle a day in the @raphacondor JLT team car for the last stage of the @anpostras
- Last Night: http://t.co/K8ZACmUGGK
- The #raphaprestige story is up. Film by @WEREHAUS, photos from Brian Vernor & story by @krasniakjulie ::http://t.co/YtCARBlXee
- Clancy takes the win in the Tour series in Aberystwyth.
- @alainrumpf sorry for late reply. Comprehensive site is http://t.co/gBvpR134lP. As Udo Bölts once said, 'quäl' dich, du Sau!' Enjoy!
- On Friday May 31st, Rapha will be hosting a ride from Rapperswil-Jona on the banks of Lake Zurich. More info to follow next week on rapha.cc
- Boss. Norwegian national champion's replica jersey and bib shorts now at rapha.cc. http://t.co/fpyjc3PeiM
- As the #Giro begins to climax, @herbiesykes looks at one of its long-established traditions—the one-stage wonder. → http://t.co/mydWSIHSrT
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- The Tour Series continues tonight in Aberystwyth. Last year Kristian House took his second win of the series there.


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Dr. Rajiv Shah serves as the 16th Administrator of USAID and leads the efforts of more than 9,600 professionals in 80 missions around the world.
Since being sworn in on Dec. 31, 2009, Shah managed the U.S. Government's response to the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti; co-chaired the State Department's first review of American diplomacy and development operations; and now spearheads President Barack Obama's landmark Feed the Future food security initiative. He is also leading "USAID Forward," an extensive set of reforms to USAID's business model focusing on seven key areas, including procurement, science & technology, and monitoring & evaluation.
Before becoming USAID's Administrator, Shah served as undersecretary for research, education and economics, and as chief scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At USDA, he launched the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, which significantly elevated the status and funding of agricultural research.
Prior to joining the Obama administration, Shah served for seven years with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, including as director of agricultural development in the Global Development Program, and as director of strategic opportunities.
Originally from Detroit, Shah earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and his master's in health economics from the Wharton School of Business. He attended the London School of Economics and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
Shah is married to Shivam Mallick Shah and is the father of three children. He lives in Washington, D.C.
The United States is gravely concerned by the multiple crises that are affecting the people of Mali: a political crisis following the military coup d'état of March 21, a security crisis as a result of conflict in the North and the actions of several armed groups, a food security crisis affecting populations across the country, all resulting in a complex humanitarian crisis that is affecting the people of Mali as well as its neighbors in the Sahel. 4.6 million Malians face severe hunger; 175,000 Malian children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition; and more than 450,000 have fled their homes because of ongoing violence coupled with food insecurity.
Many of us in this room and thousands of other across the globe have and continue to spend tremendous energy on improving our effectiveness in development. We choose smarter things to do, focusing on key competencies and appropriate roles. We measure relentlessly, inviting cold hard facts to challenge our warm, fuzzy assumptions. We have become hard-nosed in pursuit of our soft goals, and, when doing so, we have often invoked the ideal of 'How They Do It In The Private Sector.' ... Perhaps we need to explore how we could use an open source development model to connect our work to all people. Perhaps to genuinely win the war against extreme poverty, leverage social networks to deliver real democracy, and ensure every kid everywhere lives to see their fifth birthday and thrives in school in the years ahead, we need to both elevate development in the Situation Room of the National Security Council and in the hearts and minds of how millions of additional people express their own personal quest for meaning.
It is an incredible honor to be here and to be here with so many members of Diaspora communities from around this country and around the world. I'm one of you, and so, I'm pleased to be able to join. In fact, joining you last year and hearing about the businesses you've started, the volunteer programs you've supported, the innovations you've generated and the resources and inspiration that you've offered to your original home communities was one of my more personal and inspiring moments of the year. So, thank you for allowing me to participate.
Today, more than 62 million Americans, a full fifth of this nation are first or second generation Diaspora community members. That undoubtedly is what makes our country great. We all collectively represent a vast and diverse community, and we do so much both here and with our home communities and the countries from which we came that we're excited to now have the opportunity to partner more deeply together to improve on the results we can accomplish when we do work together.
At USAID, we understand that our development assistance will never be fully effective unless we draw on the full contributions of the entire population, including previously marginalized groups such as the LGBT community, women, young people, ethnic and religious minorities, people with disabilities, and displaced persons.
We come together at a moment of great hope and equal challenge with respect to the refugee situation in Afghanistan. We celebrate the return of nearly six million people to Afghanistan from neighboring countries, a clear reflection of the progress we have collectively achieved in rebuilding and stabilizing the country. People are voting for a better life for themselves and their families. Indeed, this is an expression of confidence in the future, one that the United States government has been able to support with more than $700 million in assistance for refugees and returnees over the past decade.
Ten years ago, I took part in the first Tokyo conference on Afghanistan on behalf of the United States Government. In many ways, I have a strong sense of deja vu. In January 2002, in the wake of the fall of the Taliban, the world came together to pledge our mutual commitment to support the stability and reconstruction of a fragile and devastated Afghanistan. Working together as a community in support of the Afghan people and government, we have kept faith over the past decade. This fact is reflected in a 15 year increase in life expectancy for the Afghan people; the presence of some seven million students – of which nearly 40 percent are girls -- in schools; a huge decline in infant and maternal mortality; and a three-fold increase in per capita income.
In Tokyo, the international community and the Afghans will come together to discuss the best way to solidify the progress we've made in the past decade. The timing of this conference is significant because it some so quickly on the heels of the G8 in Chicago that focused on the 2014 transition. As we all know, there are really two transitions in 2014 - the transfer of security operations to the Afghans, and also the first democratic transfer of power in the history of Afghanistan.
Dignity and freedom were the banners of the peaceful revolutionaries. They came carrying dignity, and another banner as well, their humanity. They were searching for the humanity inside them; they lost their humanity because of oppression, corruption and injustice. They came sacrificing their lives, their money, their property, and their children – carrying dignity and humanity. The dignity they were asking for was not in vain. This is something God has granted them.
All religions in the world talk about the dignity of the human being. Islam talks about dignity for humans; this is a part of the Quran. Also, the same thing is in the Holy Bible. This dignity comes from humans as a means for rights. This dignity is a regional value that is carried by all human beings, despite their backgrounds or their beliefs. The youths of the Arab Spring and the women raise a banner of dignity, freedom and justice. Free people of the world – let us work for the dignity of all people.
And in the forefront of the Arab Spring, let us support dignity there; let us support dignity in your own countries. You may be surprised why I say your country instead of our country – because i always believed that humanity, that all of the people of the world are one nation. All of humanity is one nation, and all of the people are brothers.
JACK LESLIE: Well, good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. I'm Jack Leslie. I am delighted to serve as chair for our proceedings today. I'll try to keep things on track. I wanted to start by thanking Georgetown University. They've been very nice to provide their facilities all week long for so many activities, and this big tent, which I guess gives new meaning to the word open meeting. We certainly have an open meeting. We're glad too, that all of you came to join us this morning.
Good morning. I want to thank Dean Lancaster for opening up Georgetown for partnership and hosting this important session today. I want to thank Minister Tedros and Mr. Azad from Ethiopia and India, respectively, for co-convening this effort and the executive director of UNICEF, Tony Lake, for your leadership in making all of this possible.
I know we're all also quite excited to hear from both Secretary Clinton and Ben Affleck this morning. And so we're eager to see them and I thank so many honored guests and excellencies who have come from around the world to be with us. Welcome to Washington.
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Makeup: Beauty Brand Pronunciation Guide
Some brands may be downright difficult to pronounce but with one quick read of this handy-dandy guide, you won't ever have to feel shy at the makeup counter again
May 19, 2011 | by Audrey Fine, Kristal Bailey | 63 COMMENTS
How to pronounce it: gerr-lahn (the n is silent)The history behind the name: The Guerlain family fragrance business stretches back over five generations and is among the oldest in the world. In 1828, perfume maker Pierre-Francois Pascal Guerlain hung his first shingle on 42 Rue de Rivoli in Paris.
For 12 years he and his two sons created custom fragrances for an exclusive clientele and in 1840 opened their flagship boutique on Rue de la Paix. By the mid-19th century, the house had been named "His Majesty's Official Perfumer" by France and they soon created fragrances for many members of European royalty including Britain's Queen Victoria.
I need to make a cheat sheet from this! So so helpful.
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Wow, this post was actually made for me!
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The meaning of shiseido is pretty epic for a makeup brand!
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I have been doing a pretty good job
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Now I can sound fancy and pronounce these correct.
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This was most excellent.
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I'm Japanese. Both of the Japanese brands were still not pronounced correctly!!!
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very creative idea for an article, and very helpful!
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this is so helpful! but i wasnt completely clueless because most are french and taking french for 3 yrs can be a plus
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Thanks for the help I really needed it.:-)
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This is really helpful- I usually avoid some brands that I don't know how to pronounce because I'm afraid of saying them wrong!
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Very helpful printing a copy for my husband who loves to destroy names. LOL
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Surprisingly I already knew how to say some of these but most I didn't thanks
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I avoided even trying to say some of these brands. Thanks. SFC
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Thanks. I learned I was saying some of these wrong.
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Lovely! I knew most pronunciations, but, I LOVED the histories of the brands.
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This was such a helpful, well-written feature! Thank you for sharing :D
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This is so helpful! I keep wondering how Guerlain was pronounced since I've seen that brand everywhere on Temptalia's website.
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This was fun! I was trying to trying for figure out how to soften the 'R' into a "D' for the Shu Uemura pronunciation, lol
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I was pronouncing NYX as N-Y-X. LOL I guess i learned something today. :)
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That was hysterical. Awesome info and definitely a good laugh
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God, being French, I didn't realize those brand names were such a pronunciation issue ... Really good guide, and thanks for the history ! Can still be interesting for you all to know !!! =D
by moiraminaude Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 11:09AM Report as inappropriate
Wow it's fun to read the stories behind the product origins. Very neat!
by LittleBunny Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 07:55PM Report as inappropriate
thanks. i knew already how to pronounce all but 1 of them. it was fun checking to see if i was right all this time :)
by aquarius2772 Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 04:38PM Report as inappropriate
No way i will remember this kinda funny though
by elena62 Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 11:12AM Report as inappropriate
Ok so this was actually helpful but I think I liked saying Guerlain as Gwer-layn. :-)
by BellezzaBeauty Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 07:05AM Report as inappropriate
Good article, I've been saying most of these fancy brands wrong, lol. Thanks for the company history too!
by RoleModel Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 12:00AM Report as inappropriate
I will probably keep saying them incorrectly
by modinosaur Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 12:12PM Report as inappropriate
great article! i have been dying to know how to pronounce loxeetann! lol
by kenya Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 09:01AM Report as inappropriate
LOLL I pronounce these totally different going eye shadow shopping tomorrow at Sephora, so good to know.
by darkcocoa Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 01:16AM Report as inappropriate
This was great! haha... It's funny because some of the words just look weird, and people pronounce them all sorts of ways. I've been saying L'Occitane wrong, and it's one of my favorite brands. I also love that you included some company history.
by LipglossandSpandex Friday, May 20, 2011 at 08:20PM Report as inappropriate
haha ive been pronouncing some of these brands so wrong!
by makeupbyjanalyn Friday, May 20, 2011 at 06:20PM Report as inappropriate
I new that NYX was pronounced Nix, but I cant tell you how many times I watch a video and the people say N. Y. X
by aly7 Friday, May 20, 2011 at 05:21PM Report as inappropriate
Wow! I've been saying Bor-gay-zee only because that's how my friend introduced it to me. LOL, nice...
by msbrown822 Friday, May 20, 2011 at 07:26AM Report as inappropriate
didn't know that guerlain was prounounced like that
by red.louboutin Friday, May 20, 2011 at 04:50AM Report as inappropriate
I always thought Rimmel was Rim-L!
by WhitneyScott Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 08:30PM Report as inappropriate
There are several other names that are even more troubling for people to say.
by volta Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 08:19PM Report as inappropriate
i heard of most of these products but never could say them.
by sandyc Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 05:22PM Report as inappropriate
I find this kind of information more interesting than I like to let on lol.
by kelser11 Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 04:17PM Report as inappropriate
Loved learning the history behind these companies.
by alictasia Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 02:40PM Report as inappropriate
How people didn't know how to pronounce Rimmel is beyond me...
by CliniqueLover Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 02:10PM Report as inappropriate
the really mind blowing one for me was NYX. why would they make it all caps? however, the rest were pretty easy since i mostly assumed they were french (and they are) and they go along with french pronunciations.
by mlenaei Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 12:36PM Report as inappropriate
Love it!! I was totally pronouncing Borghese wrong. lol
by ladyboarder9669 Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 11:48AM Report as inappropriate
what a GREAT idea - I've ALWAYS been stumped by Chantecaille and recently NYX. thanks!
by WhitneyScott Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 07:17AM Report as inappropriate
love this! Great idea for an article
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The Passaic/Bergen County Roleplayers are a group of people who are interested in Roleplaying (Pencil/Paper), Wargaming, and other associated hobbies. The more the merrier, so contact James for more info!
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This is a group for those of us who enjoy Roleplaying games, strategy games, and video games, but also have the joy of raising a young family. There are some gamers out there that cannot deal with having children around, or who do not understand when things arise, and games need to pause, stop, or generally take a backseat to real life. With any luck, we can even find others with children that can keep each other busy while mommy and daddy play games too. ;)
"Noumenon (/ˈnuːmɨnɒn/): A posited object or event that is known (if at all) without the use of the senses." (A good description of roleplaying, no?) Noumena is a New York City World of Darkness (and more) roleplaying group open to any and all who are interested in playing or running a roleplaying game! While focused primarily on the (old and new) World of Darkness game line, other games--especially indie or experimental games--are welcome and encouraged. Gamers of all experience levels--includi …
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Our gaming group is dedicated to meeting once a week on Fridays, between 7:30 and 11 PM. We primarily play high fantasy systems, currently focusing on Pathfinder. Our group is currently full.
This group is for those living in the suburbs to get together to play role playing games of various kinds. By Role Playing games, I mean games with characters and dice and a story line in person like Dungeons and Dragons/Pathfinder, Warhammer, Call of Cthulhu, even LARP players My intention is to over time possibly have multiple groups, each variable sizes but each DM/GM can decide the minimum/maximum sizes and individual rules for their games.
Pathfinder Society, the organized play arm of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, is coming back to Baltimore! Join us at a variety of locations around Baltimore as we get this going again.
We are a gaming group in Central NJ that mainly runs 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. We run games out of our organizer's house, and have a good number of trained DMs. Our new campaign just started October 2008; travel to magical worlds and adventure with us! New players are definitely welcome. In fact they are encouraged- all new players receive a free mini just for showing up to their first game! We will help you make a character and teach you how to play if you are unfamiliar with 4th editio …
This group exists for the purposes of playing traditional games of all types, such as board games (both euro and non), Table Top RPGS (with a focus on indie RPGS) and wargames. We are based in the greater Philadelphia area, and are open to all sorts of gamers, from new folks just getting started in the hobby to long-time players of games, and everyone in between.
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Organizing D&D players of ALL editions in the greater Northeastern Pennsylvania area (roughly the area brodered by US 78, US 81 and the northeastern state borders including the Stroudsburg, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Allentown areas). We also lend support to groups in northern New Jersey. The goal is to have many games going but come together to get players and DMs in each of the several games. Plus we can share tips and tales that make our games better. Please join the site and help us spread th …
Annapolis are meetup group to play, discuss, and enjoy Tabletop RPG and Boardgames! Get together with others who enjoy all the same games you do.
Looking for a Lost Continent? Seeking a king's ransom in gold? Discover it all with the Philadelphia Dungeons and Dragons group. New players or old there is something for everyone. Although D&D is in our name (and our blood, some may say), we accept all types of gamers into the group. From Vampires to Shadowrunners, Warhammers to Mechwarriors, Mana-tappers to Pokemon Trainers, you have friends here. Come join us and unlock your imagination.
Behold Gamers of the Empire State! Let this be a Grand Lodge of ALL those Who Game with Dice and Merit. A Gathering of Heroes and Villains- All with the common goal of bringing high adventure to life in action and deed! In other words, a group dedicated to Role Playing Games of All Sorts - All editions of D&D and its 3.5/d20 Brethren such Pathfinder, action games such as Marvel Superheroes, Star Trek, Star Wars and BattleTech RPGs, and Tabletop Systems like Warhammer 40k and other RPG games tha …
GamePodz is a not-for-profit association of passionate gamers advocating the highest standards in gaming experience that are enjoyable along with an atmosphere of respect, maturity and sportsmanship. We instill those designated levels of standards in offering a gateway of opportunities of private, public and pay to play venues for gamers to connect with other gamers.
Dedicated to supporting the myriad RPG campaigns currently going on here at Maplewood Hobby in Maplewood New Jersey. We play D&D 3.5, 4.0, Call of Cthulhu, Rogue Trader, Warhammer RPG and many more. You will always find a table and even a private room here at Maplewood Hobby.
We play mostly 'table-top' Role-playing games weekly at our Friday night Open-Gaming. They include genres like; Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, anime, superheros, the high seas and science-fiction. Our group predates this site, so we have many of non-Meetup members who attend. We do have age restrictions for those 17 and under, please contact us for details.
Hi! We're starting a gaming group which will meet Tuesdays at All The King's Men in Pitman for some Vampire: The Masquerade. We ask that you purchase all snacks and supplies on site as much as possible, as the prices are quite reasonable. New/curious players are encouraged to come out and try the game, as well as veterans. For fans of the Requiem system, this game will be using some 'house rule' mechanics torn straight from the pages of Requiem in order to make the story run more smoothly. The c …
GamePodz is a not-for-profit association of passionate gamers advocating the highest standards in gaming experience that are enjoyable along with an atmosphere of respect, maturity and sportsmanship. We instill those designated levels of standards in offering a gateway of opportunities of private, public and pay to play venues for gamers to connect with other gamers.
GamePodz is a not-for-profit association of passionate gamers advocating the highest standards in gaming experience that are enjoyable along with an atmosphere of respect, maturity and sportsmanship. We instill those designated levels of standards in offering a gateway of opportunities of private, public and pay to play venues for gamers to connect with other gamers.
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Bitter Old Men Gaming Group is geared for 30+ year old men and women (despite the name) who enjoy RPGs and/or board games. Don't let the name put you off: We're not all that "bitter." Younger folks are more than welcome to join as well as long as you are 21+ years of age. We are looking to cater to those in the lower Somerset/upper Mercer County areas of New Jersey as there are already plenty of fine gaming groups in the North Jersey and Philly areas. Our meetups will typically take place in a …
We are a chapter of the LARP or Action Sport Game, Amtgard. We meet on Sundays at 1 pm in Central Park behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art near "Cleopatra's Needle". We are always welcoming new or returning players. We have some basic loaner gear to get you started, just bring yourself for your first time out! More information can be found at www.amtgardinc.com/ ,by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com, or by searching "Amtgard-Shire of Empire's Grove" on Facebook. Please contact us if you plan t …
New York, the city that never sleeps. An Ivory Tower. A cesspool. Both Babylon and Bohemia. Home to those who call themselves Sabbat. Denizens of the night, they cry to defy the tyrannous stars and slake their thirst upon those who would see them kneel. Still, they stand at a precipice of inevitability. Can the children of Caine stay united in their holy war, or will they fall upon themselves once more? Only time will tell, and the end of days grows closer with each passing night... Kings of Ne …
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This meetup group has been started because of the challenges I've had of finding Pathfinder and D&D v3.5 players around that are my own age. I know you're out there and are busy with your professional lives and perhaps you have family obligations as I do. The purpose of this group is to initially meet for a bimonthly game of Pathfinder and to escape from reality a couple times a month. I've had the books for two years now & I've kept putting off this group because other things just keep coming u …
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Serious D&D gamers who love the game and want to be iimmersed in a fantasy world. We meet every Friday night playing D&D 3.5 edition. Experienced gamers welcome.
Roses and Thorns is a troupe LARP (Live Action Role Play) group for players of Vampire: The Masquerade in the Southeast area of Pennsylvania. The game meets on alternating Fridays in Shrewsbury, PA for now. Find out more information about the game at our city book.
What is Grim Worlds? Palladium Games systems is responsible for The Heroes Unlimited and Rifts Megaverse games, Primary focus of the primary GM will be pre-RIFTS games such as Heroes Unlimited, Beyond The Supernatural, Ninjas & Superspies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness, and other off-shoot games (Nightspawn/Nightbane, System Failure, After The Bomb, et cetera). The gaming style is gritty and realistic, where moral lines and ethics are sometimes unclear and anything can happ …
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The Heroes' Guild of Maryland is a community of gamers in the Greater Baltimore area. The Guild supports all aspects of the gaming community, including RPGs, tabletop wargames and CCGs. The Guild is here to help gamers find each other and to provide news, information, and resources for the local gaming community.
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This is a group for the casual Magic: the Gathering card player who is interested in getting together with other casual gamers approximately once a month. Open play, non-tournament rules, all cards accepted, no restrictions, no ante(unless specified). Just looking to get together and enjoy the game, the cards, the strategy, and the comradery of fellow Magic enthusiasts. So whether your young or old (18+) male or female, all are invited, and encouraged to enter the REALM... ...may the mightiest d …
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Started by game designers, for game players, game designers, anyone who likes to interact and have fun! Board games, card games, party games, team building games, mingling games, adventures games, treasure hunts, outdoor games, interactive events of all types! PGE is unique because we play all types of games, and we love to stretch that definition to any and all game-like events... ..Plus we are actively involved in Game Design and encourage playtesting of new games by designers. (if you are an …
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Special Information: Must be 21+ to attend.
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City and Colour will be out on tour this fall in support of The Hurry and The Harm. Go see them live October 21st at In The Venue!
Date: 2013-10-21 Time: 6:30 PM Ticket Price: $29.50
Special Information: On Sale: April 12 @ 10am. All ages show.
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British prog rockers Muse will bring their The 2nd Law World Tour with special guest Cage The Elephant to EnergySolutions Arena September 19th. This is one show you will not want to miss!
Date: 2013-09-19 Time: 7:00 PM Ticket Price: $35-$50
Special Information: On Sale: April 12 @10am. All ages show.
Soul Asylum is back with their new album, "Delayed Reaction." See them live in concert April 11th at The Depot!
Date: 2013-04-11 Time: 8:00 PM Ticket Price: $18 Adv/$23 Day Of
Special Information: On Sale: January 25 @ 10am. Must be 21+ to attend.
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Laugh all night long when stand up comedian Aziz Ansari brings his Buried Alive Tour to Abravanel Hall May 7th!
Date: 2013-05-07 Time: 7:00 PM Ticket Price: $35
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Well, Ramadan is officially over and I've spent the past few days at various parties celebrating by eating, eating, and, oh yeah, eating. What ends up happening on Eid (after the morning communal prayer at the mosque) is usually this circuit of house visits, going from family to family, eating, popping in and out, eating, seeing people, chatting, eating, then heading off to another house party. At each new house, I'm just too polite to say, "I understand you've been slaving over a hot stove all day, but I just came from two other parties. I can't eat anymore. Touch my belly. Touch it!"
Yesterday was thankfully free of parties, as is tonight, but apparently my cousin and his family (and I) are booked for two Saturday parties, the first at 11:00 am. It's going to be a long day. To what could I compare all this? Thanksgiving—both the word and the holiday. Eid is basically several days of eating and socializing and, hopefully, feeling happy to be alive.
My colleague Rob McGinley Myers, who sits next to me, asked me if the experience of fasting changes the way I look at food. I admit that it doesn't turn me into a saint in my everyday life, but it absolutely affects how I think about politics. I can choose to stop starving. A lot of people can't.
Anyway, a hearty Eid mubarak to those who are (still?) celebrating.
In working on our two new shows about faith — the Left and the Right — in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, we were struck by the fact that the 2008 Democratic National Convention was the first modern DNC that began each day with an invocation and ended each night with a benediction. Our guest Amy Sullivan said, "As I was watching it, what I felt was less kind of a sense that I was witnessing something new and more a disbelief that this hadn't existed before." By contrast, Republican conventions have long included invocations and benedictions.
The final benediction of the DNC was delivered by Joel Hunter, a pro-life Evangelical and a registered Republican who serves as the senior pastor to a 12,000-member congregation in Florida. The final benediction at the Republican National Convention was delivered by Dan Yeary, a Southern Baptist pastor of North Phoenix Baptist Church, where John McCain's wife is a member.
Let us know what you think of these two prayers. Does this religious language ennoble the sometimes less than noble sentiments of these political gatherings? Or do you agree with one of our previous guests, Steve Waldman, that injecting religion into politics can actually hurt religion, by sullying it with the baggage that political figures carry?
On Thursday night before the debate, I wrote something that meant a great deal to me. It was about a trip I made to Ole Miss in August and the incredible symbolism of that the debate on that campus, a cultural triumph it signified far larger than who won or lost.
The drama in financial markets nearly stopped the debate completely, and overshadowed a few hours of reflection we might have allowed ourselves on race. But Scott Simon did a lovely piece on Saturday morning, and Slate produced this: "Negro to Address Ole Miss Class" (The headline you won't be reading about tonight's presidential debate.) A white presidential candidate in civil debate against a black presidential candidate is a monumental, quiet victory of a milestone worth pondering, and celebrating, in a world in which bad news gets all the attention.
I spent three fascinating, moving days in Oxford, Mississippi at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in August — the site of the first scheduled presidential debate. I was honored with an invitation to speak to the remarkable Honors College of Ole Miss by its dean Douglass Sullivan-Gonzales. Oxford was the home of William Faulkner, and it is one of the most intriguing places I have ever visited — marked by a loveliness of people as well as place. Even then, in mid-August, the Secret Service and other affiliated debate authorities had begun to tear up and rearrange that beautiful campus — building elaborate security perimeters and state of the art communications facilities for thousands of journalists. The august building in which I was to speak, the appointed site of the debate, had already been locked down and quarantined. I couldn't help but think of all these practicalities — at public expense — as I heard John McCain's announcement of his wish to postpone the debate yesterday. I imagine many hearts sank in Oxford.
And it's been a wild ride for them all along. The first debate was originally planned to focus on issues of domestic policy and the economy. The Ole Miss faculty and administration created an interdisciplinary semester curriculum around these issues. They lined up an astonishing array of visiting lectures and extracurricular seminars. Then just as school began, the McCain and Obama campaigns agreed to shift the Ole Miss debate focus to foreign policy. Right now it looks like the original plan was more prescient. The university took the change in stride, moving forward with its own well-laid plans, though with some understandable frustration. I joked — but not all in jest — that by November the students at Ole Miss will be the best-informed, most well-rounded thinkers in the nation.
But there are deeper issues at play around this debate, in particular, a convergence of more fundamental national dynamics that could easily be missed in all the politicking around this ultra-politicized event. In 1962, the nation's eyes focused on Oxford and Ole Miss, as race riots accompanied the integration of the university by a determined African-American student named James Meredith. In just a few days there, I learned that for people who live in and love Oxford even in 2008, history's subdivisions and ephiphanies still fall on either side of this living memory: time is divided into "before Meredith" and "after Meredith."
I remember especially one woman who stood with me at the monument to James Meredith at the center of the campus — a wonderful dean at the honors college from an old Oxford family. Her grandparents were close friends of William Faulkner and his wife, icons of a paradoxical past — at once immensely gracious and essentially cruel. She spoke of how after the riots hearts and minds changed individually and ultimately collectively. She suggested, softly, that Oxford has become something of a model for how people and communities can evolve. This is not a story so often told. She said, "We had to realize that we had been wrong — and wrong about a way of life we loved." I was humbled to be in her presence. I have not spent much time in the Deep South in my life, though I grew up in Oklahoma, where issues of race and bigotry have not often enough met with profound public reflection. In Oxford, I saw people wrestling carefully, searchingly, self-critically, and gracefully with the unresolved American encounter with race. I was impressed.
And so hosting this historic 2008 civil debate between a white candidate for president and an African-American candidate for president means more to the people of Oxford than most of us can imagine. The current chancellor of the university was himself a student "during Meredith." History is present at Ole Miss, and it is history that we have scarcely found ways in our common life to name and discuss even in the midst of Barack Obama's historic candidacy. I for one will be watching the people of Oxford tomorrow, not just the candidates. I hope very much that the debate happens.
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If you've never listened to the playlist that accompanies each show, I highly recommend checking out the list for this week's show exploring the meaning and sounds of the approaching Jewish High Holy Days, "Days of Awe." You can hear full-length tracks of each song played in the program.
As we were preparing this program for rebroadcast, I was struck by the beauty and diversity of the music Mitch compiled, which is inspired by this sacred time. I looked a little more closely into the background of some of the songs, discovering some interesting history and modern context. Here are a few examples:
"On Rosh Hashanah"
Bassist David Chevan's 10-minute rendition of "On Rosh Hashanah" is a contemporary jazz composition that fuses Jewish and non-Jewish musical influences. Chevan, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, grew up in a Conservative-Egalitarian synagogue where he led services from the age of 10. He's melded sacred music with jazz for years, and he currently performs with an ensemble called The Afro-Semitic Experience. Their compositions blend a wide range of music influenced by both Jewish and African-American traditions, from 18th-century cantorial works to the music of Sly Stone and Mahalia Jackson. In this 2002 NPR profile of Chevan and Afro-Semitic pianist Warren Byrd, they describe how the point of their collaboration is to address differences and commalities among faiths and races in America.
"On Rosh Hashanah" is from Chevan's 2003 album, The Days of Awe: Meditations for Selichot, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur. A review of the album called it a "groundbreaking work if only because it is the first time that a jazz musician (or any instrumental musician) has ever made a recording solely devoted to the music of the Jewish High Holy Days." "On Rosh Hashanah" features Chevan, The Afro-Semitic Experience, and trumpeter Frank London. Like many of the works on the album, it's based on a 1907 recording by the famous early 20th-century cantor Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt.
"Rivers of Babylon"
Rabbi Sharon Brous sent us this version of Psalm 137 (expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem) as one example of "the vibe of services at IKAR." Originally recorded for an IKAR Shabbat CD, she says it is also used for High Holy Days, and she calls it "one of the most soulful compositions" she's ever heard. It's based on the 1972 version written by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of The Melodians — a 1960's Jamaican rock-steady reggae trio. It first appeared in the sound track to the 1972 movie The Harder They Come — a film based on the life of Ivanhoe "Rhyging" Martin, a Jamaican criminal who achieved fame in the 1940s. Many other musicians have covered it, including Boney M, Sinead O'Connor, the Neville Brothers, and Sublime.
As in her conversation with Krista, the influence of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel on Brous surfaces again in this quote from IKAR's Web site: "Heschel taught that music is the only language that is compatible with the wonder and mystery of being."
The lead female voice on "Rivers of Babylon" is Jessica Meyer, a former IKAR member who taught prayer music to children and sang at services. A former actress (she was in Roman Polanski's The Pianist), Meyer gave up a burgeoning Hollywood career to become a cantor. She recounts what drew her to IKAR:
"I was a Hebrew School dropout. Disgusted with the Judaism 'Lite' espoused by the Conservative synagogue of my childhood, I went in search of a spiritually vibrant, politically engaged Jewish community committed to a culture of Jewish learning and prayer. I did not find it until I came to an IKAR service…
The music of prayer at IKAR is electrifying. The melodies range from Ashkenazi old school to Carlebach, to one inspired by a Sufi chant! The people who lead services are not performing, they're praying. (It is amazing how much closer people can come to a prayer when they have the freedom to explore for themselves – when there isn't a someone performing it for them.)
It took me many years, and three continents to find Ikar. It is a blessing to be a part of this community."
Check out the "Days of Awe" play list for other songs by Leonard Cohen, the BBC Symphony, and Barbara Streisand. Which ones resonate with you?


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from the show-what-our-priorities-are-at-least dept.
So, it appears that this is outlawing attaching a camera to your kite, to a model rocket, to an arrow... many forms of amateur photography are basically becoming misdemeanor offenses. so if one decides to start their iphone recording and throw it up into the air to see what they can see, or throw their recording ipad like a frisbee in the park, if either captures images of a place or person who didn't give express permission to photograph, you could be charged.
that's all nutso to me.
That's the most realistic description of the modern definition of credit. When it comes to credit cards, you're pressured into using them to cover things that you should have been able to afford to begin with, enticing you with low monthly payments. The problem is that you get a couple things that you *need* for a while, then you get one or two things that you want and next thing you know you're stuck with no way out.
10 years ago, it was easy to get a new card with a low interest rate (typically 0% for a year) on balance transfers, so if you planned it properly and you got into a hole, you could consolidate to a 0% card and be able to pay off a significant portion (if not all) within that time period. Obviously this is assuming semi-responsible spending habits with the occasional lapse in judgement, not the spend thrifts that will blow their entire wad on clothing, a flatscreen TV and an home theatre system the day they get the card.
Today, those 0% cards are pretty much non-existent. The only way out of the hole once you're in is to either get help with it (many people don't have a friend or relative willing to loan that kind of money), go to a debt consolidation agency (also a racket, but if you can get a good deal can actually work) or completely change your way of life (move closer to work, sell your car for a more fuel efficient one, move to a state with cheaper gas, move to a cheaper household, etc), but that isn't necessarily an option for many people either.
If I decided to do this, I would need to operate my LAN like every node was bare on the internet. I've got fileservers with guest access (for, you know... houseguests), web services, my invoicing system, and a whole slew of other personal services. The thought of open wifi on the LAN kinda scares me from a security perspective.
Given that the majority of people out there aren't security conscious, there are all kinds of implications for keeping default router settings/passwords.
When I was staying in the Oakwoods in Burbank, CA for work (long-term housing, like... for months), I could see every machine on the LAN and all of the windows machines had read-only filesharing on, so I was able to loot up on all kinds of raunchy porn that people downloaded from limewire. One guy even had a bunch of tax documents in a shared folder. This included a PDF of the lease on his lexus, and some credit card statements. Another guy had 8GB of photos of his kids and family.
Shit can be dangerous out there if you're not careful.
When it comes to the Creative Suite (especially Photoshop and Illustrator), Adobe has been really good about actually giving you value for your money. Sure they break compatibility, but that's because they give you new features that you actually use all the time. The bad thing about these features is that techniques that retouchers used to charge $100/hour for and work on a photo for 14 hours now takes someone who has zero experience 20 minutes to accomplish, so it's ruining the industry... but at the same time, the quality of work and amount of work you can accomplish in a given amount of time has increased dramatically.
Some examples of valid compatibility-breaking features:
* gradient mesh (illustrator)
* transparency (illustrator)
* support for more than 99 layers (photoshop)
* layer groups/ folders (photoshop)
* embedding fonts (photoshop/illustrator)
* effects (photoshop/illustrator)
* artboard size (illustrator)
Many of these features are older. I haven't used the suite extensively since CS3 when I was a certified expert in photoshop and illustrator. I'd been using photoshop since version 2.5 and illustrator since version 7, so I've seen the evolution of the products and they are incredibly impressive. I'm constantly amazed at what they've been able to do with these programs.
Things like Office are a different story. I'm not aware of any specific features that they've added in any recent versions. MS changes their file formats with every new version of their package and doesn't seem to be adding any additional features beyond user interface (which is no excuse for breaking compatibility).
From what I see, though, one of the big issues is that when you get to be the size of Facebook or Twitter, it HAS to be about making money. Who is going to pay for your servers and who is going to pay your employees who work on the site full-time? Once you hit critical mass, in order not collapse under your own weight, you need to protect your monetary interests and that means closing off access to competing services.
Now, in the past, this wasn't as much of an issue because people actually paid for things and/or the advertisements covered costs. Today, the bottom has fallen out of the advertising market and no one wants to pay for anything anymore. I have friends that think Flickr's $25/year pro account is a rip-off. I think that's a *steal*.
The ecosystem of the web today is full of freeloaders and "entrepreneurs" who are trying to make a quick buck (via VC or getting bought, primarily) rather than trying to build awesome new products that people would actually want to pay for. No one wants to build companies anymore, they just want to build windfalls.
I really liked internet time. It was great because I had a widget in my menubar that showed the @time and when I met people in chat rooms, it was easy to synchronize...
for those of you not in the know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
I've spent the better part of the last year trying to bring this back. Not to use as a primary time-telling device, but as a way of easily synchronizing across timezones, mostly for IRC/IM and teleconference meetings.
I also think we need to completely kill daylight savings (as many people are suggesting). It is definitely time to do that worldwide.
A very large problem with this forcing of real names is when the sites in question have blacklists for certain names. I have a friend who's real, birth certificate name is "Aragorn" (his parents are HUGE LOTR geeks) and facebook does not allow that name, so he goes by Aragor. It's incredibly annoying to me, but he doesn't really care that much. facebook wants him to send a copy of his driver's license as proof so they'll allow him to use the name.
I'm just glad that they let me use Spike. I mean, it may not be on my birth certificate, but it's the only name I use. It's on my bank accounts (BofA doesn't seem to care), credit cards, cell phone, work ID, everything. My parents have called me that since before I was born and it's all anyone calls me.
In "Rant," there's a character who purposely gets bitten by spiders in order to get the proper erection. Life imitating art, again?
docs were read. mass-googling was done. I'm talking about apple's utilities... `networksetup` in the instance of the LOM and the network port bonding. There's no consistency in the docs about what they mean by "Service Name" which is what they call the "interface." However, there are 2 names for the interface... the user-specified one ("Ethernet 2") and the bsd name ("en1"), but the docs call them both the servicename. The only way I was able to figure out which gets used where is by trial and error.
in many cases, apple has provided their own tools that completely replace the standard toolset. hdiutil and networksetup are 2 prime examples.
another thing I forgot to bring up is ipmitool which mostly works unless you try to do serial-over-lan (sol) connections; it's completely unusable and you have to go to sourceforge and build your own ipmitool to do that stuff.
I mean, I'm not an OSX n00b. Typically I'm a linux engineer, but I've been OSX on the desktop since the developer previews and the server I've had running at home for a while and I've done contract server set up on versions going back to jaguar... the thing is that this is the first time that I've had to do seriously low-level shit (building a large xserve infrastructure with customized management and deployment tools) and it's like running into a concrete wall headfirst every time a new task comes down the pipe.
Apple has no real interest in the enterprise market.
And this is terrible news.
Content providers for apple MUST provide video files in Apple ProRes fileformat which is ONLY able to be encoded using apple's tools which only run in OSX. I don't know how apple expects large content producers to encode high-volumes of videos for them without the xserves. MacPros are not an option as they are not enterprise ready (single PSU, no management port, they're HUGE and must be de-"racked" in order to swap drives, etc). MacMinis are not suitable for this as they don't have enough CPU/RAM. The xserves weren't even that great, but they were the right form factor.
Apple's been seriously fucking up with regard to the enterprise lately. I've been running into issues with their commandline admin utilities --they don't give access to everything that you can do with the GUI. You can't configure which port to use for management from the CLI (the docs say you can, but it doesn't work), it renames your interface when you bond network interfaces by appending " Configuration" to the name, which doesn't happen in the gui... and now, 10.6.6 doesn't properly image using System Image Utility (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3665)
Now, they're bundling OSX Server into OSX Lion. Who knows whether they'll continue to support ALL of the non-home user features of server like OpenDirectory. WTF.
apple's mobileme has had this since at least 2003. It was the one feature (but not the only reason) that has kept me from migrating my email over to gmail or other provider. They have an email aliasing feature which allows you to not only create new aliases for your main account, but you can choose what address is in the reply-to field in Mail.app or through the web app.
This has been great since I signed up for MobileMe (then,
I really wish gmail would add that. There's no way to change my google account's login (according to their faq) and I'm not about to get a new account and lose my entire search history and everything else that's tied to that account.
I would use an email address on one of my domains, but after having the same email address for 11 years, it's kinda hard to switch.
So this also proves that, ultimately, this list of passwords was not properly hashed.
People jump up and down and scream that SHA1 and MD5 are broken, but if properly used, they still offer significant password security. One trick is to use salts when storing passwords in the database.
password: 'foo'
salt: '2010-11-16T08:39:05Z - some_random_string$#@!'
password-hash (md5): 14e80778512f578a5fe263abe4b58e9c
that increased the amount of time required to brute-force the password significantly. Also, the use of a database of hashes is largely worthless since each password in the list would have a completely unique hash. for the sake of brute-forcing the data, short passwords don't matter (on the other hand, brute-forcing login to the application is not affected). Having a different salt for each password makes the time spent on each other password completely worthless once the cracker gets to the next item in the list.
to improve that, we can say... hash the result 1000 times in a row. For someone trying to brute force the hash, they would spend 1000x the CPU resources creating the hash. It's mostly not a big deal to run that hash 1000 times when creating the information for the database or authenticating the user.
of course, SHA1 and MD5 are still broken when it comes to file integrity checking (when it comes to tampering) since there are documented collisions. For this case, cryptographic signatures are where it's at. You can guarantee that not only was the file not tampered with, but also that the person who supplied the signature was who they say they were. Gotta love public key encryption.
...you insensitive clod!
8 commands. period. no more, no less. Super maintainable, cross platform and...
bah, who am I kidding?
cars are lame.
friends from out of town don't understand my love affair with being carless. living in NYC, public transportation is spectacular... I just wish it was better outside of the city.
You may call me by my name, Wirth, or by my value, Worth. - Nicklaus Wirth


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