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Opare has become a regular on LA's game day roster since the start of August and performed well during his first competitive start for the club in their 3-0 victory over C.S. Cartaginés earlier this month. However, Opare was unable to get in the squad in LA's 3-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes and the subsequent reserve match due to a knee infection called cellulitis.
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I love getting invitations to wonderful special events, but when these invitations come via email and social media only a day or so before the event, or for an event in a city thousands of miles away on short notice, I have to wonder if the event hosts truly want me at the event. Does anyone have the luxury of an unlimited travel budget or—even more precious—a wealth of uncommitted time?
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Dear mgmueller (or anyone else who can help), thank you for your very helpful comparisons. If it would be possible for you, I would be most grateful if you could answer the following question for me.
Background: I very often read scanned pdfs, where usually the ocr-text-layer is below the page image or not present at all. I am deciding on buying a prs-505 vs. a kindle dx (other suggestions also welcome). My concern is that such images might display much slower than mere text files.
Now, can you tell me how slow such files display (is it also around 1 second per page turn, or how much more)? And is one the the two (or other) devices considerably faster? That would be very nice!
(In case i did not explain clearly enough what kind of pdfs i mean, here are 2 examples of pdfs technically like the ones i often read: http://muslimphilosophy.com/sina/art/marmura4.pdf . http://muslimphilosophy.com/sina/art...chotRev.03.pdf )
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I'm travelling and only got 2 of my readers with me. So it will take some time to check your specific documents.
In general, concerning scanned PDFs:
I love the daily Garfield and Dilbert strips. (Text documents I usually use in different formats).
On the Kindle 2, I've used the graphics. But most of the times, I generate a single PDF per year or month, only about 1.5 MB.
My experience:
Sony 505:
For PDFs, I often found the Display too small. I very often have had problems to even read the text.
And: Many posts (for PDF text) praise the reflow capabilities, since Sony's firmware update about 1 year ago. Actually, I don't like it at all. I prefer the zoom capabilities of iRex iLiad, I'll describe below.
Kindle 2:
For the graphics it's okay. For PDFs, I don't really "like" Kindle 2. There's no native support, you have to convert via calibre or other 3rd Party tools. The conversion from Amazon usually delivers less convincing results than 3rd party.
iRex iLiad:
You don't list that unit, but I'd like to mention it anyway. On the iLiad, via its touchscreen, you can mark any region you'd like to zoom in. You don't even have to draw a rectangle or circle around the respective area. Just draw a diagonal line, for example from bottom left to top right of the respective area. You don't have to use fixed zoom levels, i. e. 200%, simply blow the respective area to full screen.
That way, I don't have to care about margins, I simply expand the view once and use it for the entire book.
I'll test boot times and time for page turns anyway for all of my units. But in general, I experience Kindle 2 faster than the other units.
But in my opinion, it's not really an issue. My wife HATES (she's got the Sony 505) the page turns of eInk devices. In her opinion, waiting for 1 second and watching the "inversion" is absolutely annoying.
I don't have any problems at all with that.
Usually, startup time for "big" PDFs might be a bit annoying. But page turns usually don't differ that much.
I'll give some figures in a few days.
Over all, scanned PDFs in general same to be slower than sole text files. I guess, that's mainly because of sheer file size. Text files probably are about 700k, PDFs easily can be more than 5 or 10 MBs. (You easily will find PDFs, way bigger than that. 100 MB for technical documents will be easy to find. The few I've tested all could be handled. But startup time alone was no fun at all.)
Anyway: From personal experience, iRax iLiad would be my suggestion for (scanned) PDFs. I LOVE the "free" zoom and the display is significantly bigger.
Kindle DX is about the same size. But lacking any kind of "clever" zooming, I find it less convincing.
iRex 1000S with its even bigger display of course would be the "safest way to go". But most people I'm talking to, consider this unit kind of "overkill".
.....Just downloaded one of your documents. It's just about 500k. Startup time and page turn won't be a problem for that, you won't see any difference.
But still: No native support for PDF on Kindle 2. Kindle DX still far from being benchmark for PDFs.
For a scanned PDF like that, I still don't find Sony's zoom the ideal one.
My personal ranking would be:
iRex iLiad, Sony 505, then Kindle DX.
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Boot times, page turns and other "speed" comparisons
I'll further edit this, day by day.
Comment: I don't have the same amount of data on my different readers. On Kindle DX, for example I only have about 150 books so far. Indexing more files may change the measurements a bit...
Kindle DX:
Startup : 5 seconds, spectacular. No idea, what's their "trick".
Maybe it's suspend-to-ram instead of really turning off or something like that?
Startup from Standby : < 1 second, can't even measure it.
Kindle 2
Startup : 7 seconds, still benchmark
Startup from Standby : < 1 second, can't even measure it.
iRex iLiad
Startup : 45 seconds
Startup from Standby : No standby, I very often simply leave it on.
iRex Reader 1000S
Startup : 50 seconds
Startup from Standby : No standby.
Cybook Gen3
Startup : 35 seconds
Startup from Standby : No standby.
Sony 300
Startup : 30 seconds
Startup from Standby : < 1 second, can't even measure it. 5 seconds when indexing my library.
EDIT: Just took 72 seconds to "cold boot". Way more books than the first time and way more fragmented collections structure.
Sony 505
Startup : 45 seconds
Startup from Standby : < 1 second, can't even measure it. 5 seconds when indexing my library.
Sony 900
Startup : 45 seconds
Startup from Standby : < 1 second, can't even measure it. 5 seconds when indexing my library.
No recognisable improvement to older units (not necessary, has been fine already).
I'll check why it has been slower than Sony 300. Have to compare number of books, indexing fro new books and so on...
EDIT: Just did compare to Sony 300. Sony 900 is a bit faster for the same amount of books.
Startup : 70 seconds.
Startup from Standby : 2 seconds, almost instantaneous.
The others will follow shortly. I'll add times for page turns as well.
Anything else I should measure?
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Hmm. I see. Thank you very much! (You almost conviced my that my choice will be between the iliad and the sony 505. The biggest advantage of the sony of course is its price. But the iliad would come with a bigger screen, many more capabilities (note taking, wlan, djvu? etc), so i will have to think about this a bit more.) Maybe you can help me with a few more questions?
1. In the comparison matrix from mobileread i see that the iliad will take about 0.5sec more for page turning. Can you confirm this? Is it recognizable for you?
2. In the meanwhile i also found that the sony ebook library seems to give me a supposedly reliable idea of how the pdf files would look on the sony 505. For a lot of files, this does look not so bad. But there seems to be no option for switching "reflow" on/off or rotating screen, but switching from "S(mall)" to "M(edium)" in lower right seems, in some pdfs, to switch from page view to reflow view. Now, is this "emulation" of the sony's pdf displaying capabilities really reliable?
3. Do you know if the current sony firmware supports jpeg2000 in pdfs? (As in (some?) google book pdfs or pdfs from archive.org.)
4. Is there a nice way to share (via samba?) pdf files from a desktop pc to the iliad, meaning that i have the iliad connected to my wlan router and can browse with it through the files i have on the desktop and then download and read one of them comfortably?
5. Is it possible (and cheaper) to buy the cheaper iliad (Book Edition) and add wlan capability via CF or USB?
6. Concerning the nice zooming feature of the iliad you described: do i take your description ("once and use it for the entire book") right in that it is possible this way to let the iliad "remember" a zoom frame i draw in page 1 for the following pages like a temporary crop of white border? Is there such a zoom feature with the Sony (or does one have to manually crop pdfs in advance on a desktop pc)?
Thanks again, mgmueller, for your again very helpful informations!
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I've got iRex iLiad and Sony 505 with me, so I directly can compare. The comparison won't be fair, as I don't use the very same book on different devices...
I've just tested it. May not be representative, would have to check various formats.
But for that single check, I can confirm: In that test, iLiad IS slower than Sony 505 in page turns. 0.5 sec seems about right.
Never did recognize it, though. You just get a feeling, when to turn. On iLiad, I do it about 2 lines before the end of the page.
Question 2:
They actually all look fine. Sony 505 has a brilliant display (as opposed to Sony 700), always crisp and clear.
Question is, whether the document still is readable.
You can send a document to me, I'll take a snapshot and post it here.
You change the orientation for Sony 505 within the settings. You change it in general, not just for the single book.
If you zoom in, the PDF automatically is reflowed, you can't stop that. Before Sony's firmware update, the PDF as a whole simply was zoomed, without any changes in the layout. I was fine with that, but it only had "fixed" zoom levels, whereas iLiad can zoom freely.
After the firmware update, zooming was replaced by reflow.
I don't really like it. I'd prefer the option zoom OR reflow.
With reflow, of course the entire layout/linespacing, is changing.
One of my "problems" might be, using "low qualilty" PDFs, sometimes from OCRed scans. Maybe it looks better with "professional" documents.
But in my documents, reflow simply doesn't look that good.
On iLiad, nothing changes, I just zoom in and out as I please - with the touchscreen it's extremely convenient as well.
And of course, iLiad can change the orientation "on the fly" within the document.
I've just compared a single document in Sony library and on the Sony 505.
For that single book, the "emulation" is perfect.
But Sony only has "S", "M", and "L" as zooming levels, no "XL" or "XXL".
For the existing zoom levels, layout was identical on both units.
I've checked on my UMPC, which has 7" and only 1024 x 600. So it's kind of comparable. But still, eInk and TFT look very differently, so it only can give you a very rough idea.
(On the other hand, using the same resolution and screen size, eInk should be superior. So, when you're fine on the PC...)
Question 3:
If you send a respective file to me, I'll test it on the units you're interested in.
Question 4:
Haven't done it, but I've read the posts in the developer's section.
It seems to be working fine.
Personally, I don't need it. I'm either at home, with my entire library within reach. Or I'm travelling and have my UMPC with the entire library with me.
PLUS: Most of the readers (exception: Kindle 2 and Kindle DX=) offer storage capacity for >> 1000 ebooks. So I wouldn't see the need to store the majority of my books elsewhere.
Question 5:
Honestly, I have NO USE AT ALL for the WLAN capability.
I've only ever used it for 2 features:
a.) Firmware updates. But you could do this easily via Ethernet as well, you won't do it too often. And posts in the forum state, there won't be any further firmware updates for iLiad anymore. (Fine by me, the OS more or less seems perfect to me.)
b.) In the developer's section you find a cool tool for downloading daily comic strips via WLAN. Nice and working perfectly. But I prefer downloading the ones I'll actually read manually.
There is NO webshop, you could access (similar to Amazon's Whispernet via WLAN).
-->What's your intention/demand for WLAN? Is it the feature, you describe under question 4?
As far as i know (but I may be wrong here) you CANNOT add WLAN functionality afterwards via USB or CF. BeBook has announced that feature, but obviously it has to be supported by the OS. As far as I know, iRex DOESN'T support that.
Question 6:
Yes, iLiad remembers your zooming level through the entire document.
Can be a different one for every single book, of course.
There's even a "hack" (another advantage of iLiad, having tons of applications) for a "fullscreen" mode.
There's no such feature on Sony 505 (or any other device I've tested), that's really bound to iRex' touchscreen.
For Sony, you would have to crop your PDF on the PC accordingly.
There are lots of posts concerning that feature.
Imagine PDFs with 2 columns.
Or scanned PDFs with different margins within a single book.
And: You can scribble on your PDFs via iRex' tablet/pen.
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But: Mobipocket is the only DRM format on it. This I can use on Cybook or both iRex units as well (even with some advantages, for example thumbnails on Cybook). For the other formats, I don't really have any advantage.
I mainly don't download from the web, but purchase the ebooks I'm interested in.
Would BeBook process DRMed .lit, which I've got from my former Pocket PCs, it would be helpful. But being able to process un-DRMed .lit is of no use for me. Same for the other formats.
So I don't really have any use for most of the formats.
Still, the OS has some nice aspects and OpenInkpot certainly would be an option.
But I'm simply not using it, because it's simply "not cool" to me. Lots of people, which have seen more than 1 unit from me, ALL did agree on that.
If you compare, let's say Sony 505 and BeBook, you've got the impression, it's either a difference of at least 1 generation (3 years or something like that) or a totally different price range.
I don't know how else to express it. BeBook looks and feels like "cheap plastic".
Quote from PC Pro's online review:
"Unfortunately, first impressions are underwhelming. Whereas the Sony PRS-505 slid from the box like a Bentley whispering out of the showroom, there's a real bargain basement feel to the BeBook".
Quote from Macworld:
"With its black plastic case, tic-tac buttons and e-paper screen it has a retro feel, rather like an old Psion PDA. Sony seems to have offset the old-fashioned feel of the screen with a swish silver case and svelte buttons - something the BeBook could use."
Quote from cnet UK:
"When it comes to design, comparing the BeBook to the PRS-505 is like comparing Asda's £20 'city' suit to Savile Row's finest tailoring. The Sony model's classy metallic finish and the BeBook's plasticky case just don't compare."
"Endless Ideas' BeBook is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it has good battery life, great file support and an excellent screen, but, on the other, it's hampered by a sluggish menu system and plasticky, unappealing design."
Additional comment:
Standalone, on its own, all readers are great. I'd prefer ANY eInk over Notebooks and other technologies anytime.
A friend of mine decided for Sony 700 over Sony 505 because of speed and touchscreen.
He absolutely LOVES his unit. When checking out my Sony 505, he's briefly depressed. But after using his Sony 700 again for a few minutes, everything is fine.
Same probably is true for BeBook. If you don't compare to others, it's a nice unit.
But in comparison, its design "flaws" in aesthetics become obvious...
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Expansion slots
iRex iLiad:
MMC/SD: Limit 1GB
CF: No limitation
USB Host: Not for connecting to a PC, but hosting a harddisk or using a Memory Stick. When travelling, in the beginning I sometimes have had a harddisk > 30 GB of comics.
iRex 1000S:
SD: No limitation
When purchasing, 1GB already is included.
Sony 505 and Sony 700:
SD: No limitation
Memory Stick: No limitation
Kindle 2 and Kindle DX:
NO expansion slots.
I guess the idea is, you can download your content anytime via Whispernet. Personally, I don't like that. You may be out of range of Whispernet, or you simply might want to carry 3rd party content with you.
Cybook Gen3:
SD: Limit 2GB
SD: Limit 1GB
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I've got Kindle, so I can't even imagining to accept something like that.
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Do you actually consider the lack of memory slots a downside of Kindle?
How many books a time do you carry with you?
I usually have about 100 books with me, which seems plenty. What good is any expansion?
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But it's acceptable to me. Prices are okay and I only need one cartridge, so I never even take it out.
But I clearly find Sony preferable (in that issue): 2 slots with 2 up-to-date cards (SD and/or Memory stick).
How many books? It depends. On Kindle, I exclusively use .azw from Amazon. Both units are new, so I only have about 150 ebooks so far.
I've got ALL of them with me, all the time. For the moment, I even leave the ones on, I've already read.
On my iRex I would have to count. But i guess, it's about 800 books.
On Sony 505, I have 964.
I don't see measurable differences in performance, depending on the number of books. So, as long as I've got the storage space, I'll fill my readers to the limit.
Usually, I just scroll through my library to decide, which book to read next. Sometimes, I read 3 to 5 books in parallel.
So I absolutely prefer, having more or less all my books with me. All the time.
In German we have a saying "viel hilft viel". Translation would be something like "a lot helps a lot".
The more the better....
Surely, on Kindle 2 I probably can carry about 300 books with me, on Kindle DX even more. But why accept such a limit? Cost for SD cards are sooo low...
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So I simply left it on.
And back then it was working. I was so enthusiastic about my reader, that I've used it often enough, to never really drain the battery, even without standby.
But now, still happy but not THAT enthusiastic anymore and having 8 readers to choose, I very often find one or two of my readers drained.
a.) They (all of them) DEFINITELY drain energy in standby.
b.) WITHOUT standby, they would drain the battery even faster.
So I don't leave them on anymore. Either I use standby, or (if not available) I switch them off.
That's the reason why at home, for a quick read, I prefer Sony 505 over iRex iLiad.
I use iRex iLiad for longer reading sessions only.
When owning only 1 device, 45 seconds for startup aren't that big a problem. But if you compare readers, it's a bit annoying.
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West Jefferson Dr. Pepper bottling - Online retailers??
I am on a desperate hunt for any online retailers selling the bottled sodas that West Jefferson Dr. Pepper bottling plant in North Carolina bottles. I am specifically looking for the Orange Crush. They dont ship to just anywhere so I need a place I can order from since I live way the heck up here in Minneapolis, MN.
Wikipedias page states:
"The company does not ship outside its contracted territory, however several Web sites sell the product at a premium price."
I am willing to pay this premium.
Thanks in advance!
Have you tried the Old 52 General Store in west MN? I don't know where their bottled OC comes from, so you'd have to ask.
http://www.shopold52.com/store/produ...D=71&submit=GoGive me some cane sugar real Pepsi in a glass bottle... and not Throwback!
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looks like old 52 gets the same HFCS version as all the local grocery stores, I contacted the other place litsed above and left a message.
Any other suggestions?
I've driven to WJ on a few occasions to buy glass-bottled drinks directly from their warehouse. Some drinks are harder to get than others. Their best-sellers (Mountain Dew, Cheerwine, Dr Pepper, RC Cola) are almost always available. With other drinks, it's a matter of what they've bottled recently and what they can sell to you. On one occasion when I was there, for example, they had cases of NuGrape, on another, they had 7-Up, and on another they had Red Rock Cola. The folks there have been helpful to me, so you might want to contact them directly and see if they have any suggestions:
I was wanting to buy Diet Sundrop from them. They don't have distribution rights to Sundrop in Ashe County, so they can't sell it. They did tell me to check with Sundrop Bottling of Concord, and I was able to get a case of it that way. Good luck!
I can suggest a number of orange sodas with real sugar, but finding Crush with real sugar may be a challenge. One suggestion would be to check any type of Hispanic/Mexican/South American/international grocery stores. They sell Crush down there, and I have found glass bottles as well as 2 liters.
http://soda-emporium.com/ is a good site to go to for other sodas with real sugar. I bought from this seller when he was on ebay, no problems at all.
If you ever travel south of the Twin Cities, there is a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Lakeville (I-35, exit #85). They should have Nesbitt's orange soda if you wanted to give that a try. They also usually have NuGrape and a few other sugar sodas.
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I saw Heritage Dr Pepper a few weeks ago at a supermarket in Berkeley, CA so I was wondering if it was coming back nationwide or just in select areas. I didn't buy a 12 pack there for $5.99+ tax and CRV thinking I'd find it cheaper where I live (Central CA coast). I have yet to see it anywhere else so now I am wishing I would have just bought it there. By the way Dr Pepper is done by Pepsi in the Bay Area and by Coke where I live.


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OTTAWA, Ontario -- Eight students earn top honours and eighteen students are provincial champions in the SIXTH Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC). The COMC is the organized and administered by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) in collaboration with the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (University of Waterloo). Over 4000 students from all across Canada participated in the sixth Open on November 28, 2001. Students had to solve 12 questions during the two and one-half hour time limit.
"The Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge is designed to motivate students who have done some enrichment study beyond their regular classroom work and who are looking for a mathematics enrichment challenge", said Mr. Peter Crippin, University of Waterloo, and Chair of the CMS COMC Committee. "In addition, the Open acts as a qualifying paper for the 2002 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad written on March 27, 2002"
Prize Winners: The top eight winners in the 6th Open are:
Leonid Chindelevitch, Marianopolis College, Montreal, QC; Brian Choi, Markville Secondary School, Markham, ON; Tianyi Han, Woburn Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON; Xiaoxuan Jin, Vincent Massey Secondary School, Windsor, ON; Henry Pan, East York Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON; Wei Lung Tseng, Yale Secondary School, Abbotsford, BC; Samuel Wong, University Hill Secondary School, Vancouver, BC; Xin Zhang, Woburn Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON.
For outstanding performance in the COMC, the top contestants in a region are selected as the Provincial Gold Medalist. The 2001 Open Provincial Gold Medalists are:
Robert Barrington Leigh, Old Scona Academic High School, Edmonton and Charles Li, Western Canada High School, Calgary, Alberta; Wei Lung Tseng, Yale Secondary School, Abbortsford and Samuel Wong, University Hill Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia; Michael Hirsh, St. John's-Ravenscourt School, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Yihao Shen, Saint John High School, Saint John, New Brunswick; Nithum Thain, Prince of Wales Collegiate Institute, St. John's, Newfoundland; Timothy Kusalik, Queen Elizabeth High School, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Brian Choi, Markville Secondary School, Markham, Ontario Central; Chris Francis, Moira Secondary School, Belleville, Ontario East; Tianyi Han, Woburn Collegiate Institute, Toronto and Henry Pan, East York Collegiate Institute, Toronto and Xin Zhang, Woburn Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario Metro; Ryan Holm, St. Ignatius High School, Thunder Bay, Ontario North; Xiaoxuan Jin, Vincent Massey Secondary School, Windsor, Ontario West; Michael Gauthier, Charlottetown Rural High School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; Leonid Chindelevitch, Marianopolis College, Montréal, Québec; Mark Maxson, Evan Hardy Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
"All the winners have done remarkably well on a very challenging competition and have demonstrated the critical and creative problem solving skills so essential in today's workplace", said Dr. Daryl Tingley, University of New Brunswick (Fredericton), and Chair of the CMS Mathematical Competitions Committee. "Students with excellent problem solving skills are vital if Canada is to be competitive in the 21st Century."
Approximately 50 of the top students from the 2001 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge were invited to write the 2002 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO). The CMO is Canada's premier mathematics competition organized and administered by the Canadian Mathematical Society. "These top students will be busy honing their problem solving skills as they prepare for the 2002 CMO and try to be one of six students who will be chosen to represent Canada at the 2002 International Mathematical Olympiad in Glasgow, Scotland in July", said Dr. Graham Wright, Executive Director, Canadian Mathematical Society. "These valuable enrichment activities are only possible because of the voluntary help received from many school, college and university teachers."
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The player has total freedom of movements most of the game time –it is a little restricted at the beginning for tutorial reasons-. In Scrapland, one can freely wander round all levels/maps, interact with all characters, drive all ships and combine, with no restriction, the main mission with any other thing the player feels like doing. The possible casuistry is huge, thanks to which the game world is perceived as living, realistic and unpredictable.
SCRAPLAND's multiplayer offers a kind of gameplay based in combat and speed, with the same ships the player can built in single player. Individually or by tem, LAN or internet, SCRAPLAND establishes a new standard in high-competitive multiplayer games.
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I can't quite say "I was right" just yet, but problems with the new Internet domain expansion plan has the situation leaning in that direction.
If you recall when the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which controls domain assignments, announced that it was throwing open the doors to potentially thousands of new Internet extensions, I said that it was a bad idea. I even named it one of the top 10 terrible technology blunders of 2011.
Now it seems like ICANN is trying to make this year's list as well!
Google, Amazon – and conflicts – dominate potential new Internet domains
The Washington Post reported that a new investment group called Donuts Inc. is aggressively bidding for the lion's share of the new generic top-level domains. And they don't have anything to do with pastries. In fact, Internet watchdogs say the group has strong ties to another company that makes its money aiding spammers and providing services for Internet abusers.
Donuts is spending nearly $57 million dollars to purchase 307 domain names (applications for the new top-level domains cost $185,000 a piece). If approved, the group will own everything from .mortgage to .attorney to .medical. Generic top-level domains are represented by the letters appearing after the last dot an in e-mail address, such as .com, .gov and .net. ICANN's expansion would open up the possibilities up to almost anything. The expansion drew applications for 1,930 new names.
The Post reports that Donuts is founded by two executives from Demand Media, a company that is responsible for a lot of the domain squatting that happens today, which isn't illegal. Demand Media will share the rights to 107 new sites with Donuts under its plan, which will bring .army, .airforce, .democrat, .republican and .gay into its fold.
I don't know what Donuts and Demand Media have planned. Perhaps they are perfectly respectable companies with big business plans for their 307 new domains. But I don't think they, or anyone else, should be allowed to gain control over so many names without a valid plan in place saying how they will use each one.
And no private entity should be able to get control of a domain that might be mistaken for a government entity. So, no .fbi and no .army, please. It's not hard to imagine the phishing scams that could exploit such addresses.
Federal officials also are worried about what could happen. Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill would rather ICANN release new domains as part of a pilot program so that the new sites could be monitored for fraud and abuse. She is particularly worried that sites ending in medical or educational extensions could more easily be used to add legitimacy to those who might exploit it. A letter was sent to ICANN expressing this opinion, but federal officials have no real control over what happens.
Back when this plan was announced, I called it little more than a money grab by ICANN, a solution for which there was no problem. Potential abuses aside, what this does is force companies like Coca-Cola to purchase .coke in order to keep it out of the hands of those who might want to exploit it.
And should we really allow a private company to buy .army? Perhaps the Army should take control over that domain, but why should a government entity have to shell out $185,000 to protect against someone else using its name?
All this is just saber rattling, of course. ICANN used to make about $6 million a year processing domain names. Today, it stands to make 10 times that for these new luxury domains.
Do you really think ICANN executives have any incentive to change their ways? Generally I believe in a free and open Internet and oppose things like SOPA. But the potential dangers in this situation are a bit too much. Perhaps it's time to limit ICANN's authority when it has clearly overstepped its bounds in the name of the almighty dollar.
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Solution: Stop using the internets as a trusted source. There's no reason we can't "go back" today and stop trusting the interwebs for our daily life. We sure had far fewer scams before we did. If people would go back to using it for just entertainment, we'd be much better.
John Breeden II has right: Amazon, Google and Donut should not to get to much power, by registering to many generic domains.
But: There is no application for .fbi. The other application is for .army, not .us-army. Therefore I do not see any applications for government-sounding domain names.
And by the way: ICANN has not yet approved any application for .army.
"But I don't think they, or anyone else, should be allowed to gain control over so many names without a valid plan in place saying how they will use each one."
Every applicant had to explain in the application what the sponsor wants to do with the domains:
Donut will allow registrations for general public, Google will reserve some domains for the company, will permit registration for target groups (similiar to .aero) at other domains and will allow registrations for general public at a third group of domains. Amazon will reserve the domains for the company.
The details of these explications you can read at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en.
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Looking for fantastic Christmas Jumpers or just a fab Retro Winter pullover? Look no further! Here is the perfect thick winter jumper! Pure Retro Seventies style Reindeer design. Just the ticket for a Retro Kitsch Christmas present and the genuine article. Ask anyone to describe a Christmas jumper and they'll most probably describe this! A unique Winter Warmer!
'REINDEER JUMPER' RETRO SEVENTIES WOOLLY WINTER/CHRISTMAS JUMPER - Thick Retro style jumper. Black Jumper with Red and White Reindeer and Snowflake patterns. Ribbed cuffs and hem. Crew neck. 30% wool, 70% acrylic. 5% allowance for shrinkage.
Retro Christmas Reindeer Jumper. Unisex fit.
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After making a big bet on mobile several years ago, eBay CEO John Donahoe told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" that the gamble is paying off with the company able to monetize the same on mobile as it does on the Web.
"Consumers are making the mobile device the central navigation system of their lives," the eBay executive said. "While it's driving great mobile results for us, the coming year will be when the mobile device links the digital world to the physical world."


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Attaches to rail of cot and holds a "D" cylinder. Attaches with 2" hook and loop sewn to 2" webbing. There is a hook and loop tab sewn to the top where you can coil your demand valve or mask tubing and store it when not in use. A small side pocket holds extra masks. Colors: Green and Orange. Wt. 8 oz. Contents not included.
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New Cars
New Porsche Cars
Once known solely for its luxury sports cars, Porsche's lineup has expanded in recent years to include the Cayenne SUV and Panamera sedan. Read on to learn more about all of the new Porsche cars and SUVs, as well as updates to existing models.
2013 Porsche 911
After a full redesign for 2012, the 911 returns mostly unchanged for 2013 except for new all-wheel drive Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S models.
2013 Porsche Boxster
The entry-level Boxster roadster is completely redesigned for 2013, offering new interior and exterior styling, a fully automatic convertible top and a power boost to 265 horsepower in the base model and 315 horses in the Boxster S. Pricing starts at just over $50,000.
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2013 Porsche Cayenne
Two new Cayenne models join the lineup for 2013: the more-efficient 240-hp Cayenne Diesel and the sporty 420-hp Cayenne GTS.
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2013 Porsche Cayman
Porsche has yet to reveal updates for its mid-engine Cayman sports car for 2013, though we expect a full redesign similar to its Boxster stablemate.
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2013 Porsche Panamera
A luxury-oriented Platinum Edition, now available for Panamera V6 models, offers special 2-tone interior trim, heated front and rear seats and standard 19-inch wheels.


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Fight Cancer in Movember with Gunaxin
This November, Gunaxin is joining the global fight against Men's Cancers known as Movember. For the un-initiated, it means that we'll be growing mustaches (mo) and raising money and awareness of Men's Cancers. Here is the official word from Movember.com, summarized in this video :
So in support of Movember, myself and other Gunaxin contributors will be growing a Mo, and raising money under Team Gunaxin. We'd love to have your support for this fabulous cause.
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- Grow a Mo, and join us on Team Gunaxin. We have swag available for those who join our team and support the cause. So sign up for an account, and jump on our team. At the end of the month we'll select some winners from our team and send you some goodies from the Gunaxin Prize Vault
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The Collector's Gallery White Double View Portrait Folder without Foil border for 5 x 7" Print, Model PF5412-75 (Landscape Format) offers you twice the frame at a reasonable price. Just as it says, this "double view" allows you to place two images within the frame. So, if you snapped two great photos within a couple of seconds and can't decide which to use, this frame solves the problem. Or, if you have two children or pets and want to show them at the same time, here's the answer.
A great choice for not only family images but prom shots, sports events or "before and after" images.
Available in several styles to suit your needs and decor: with gold foil border, with black foil border and with standard border.
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Computergiant needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 33 designs submitted by 17 freelance designers.
Think Sandals.com. I need a navigation bar with vertical dropdown, and a page layout like http://www.sandals.com/general/resorts.cfm
Friendly Planet Travel
Guaranteed Project! I want a header, footer, right column and main area designed to look professional like http://www.sandals.com/general/resorts.cfm. View a mockup of the site at
Logo is at http://www.friendlyplanet.com/FPT_Logo_4C.ai
I need this design completed fasts and will pay immediately upon a winner being chosen. If your design is chosen you WILL be tapped for more graphic work on this website to complement the look and feel you have created. Consider this a way to get your foot in the door and have 3 to 6 times more compensation than this competition pays for completing other pieces of this puzzle.
I will be coding the site but I will need to work with the winner after the contest is over to assist with mouse over effects, etc. for additional compensation.
- Must match wireframe layout located at http://www.friendlyplanet.com/fpasia.jpg. A color scheme using aqua colora like the caribbean water or even a gradient purple is preferred. Main area can be white as long as some elements of the page have these colors in them.
Navigation bar should be modern web 2.0-ish. Gradients a must and transparency might be interesting there. Please keep pertinent information above the fold. Also body of page can be narrower than the top width of about 980px, but the body shouldn't be smaller than 940px.
- Item 1...I don't want a template design. Please submit only originals. Please ignore the yellow folders everywhere on the page as those are for notes about the wireframe and should not be in the design.
To clarify: When I said Template submissions, I meant I was concerned that people would submit the $60 templates from templatemonster.com or some other place. I need a unique design with unique elements in it, and I want the person who wins the competition to actually be able to create further work for me in the same style. If they didn't create it in the first place, then they wouldn't be able to do more work for me since they didn't do the original work.


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Evan Lysacek's figure skating comeback has been put off again.
Lysacek has withdrawn from this week's U.S. International Classic in Salt Lake City with an abdominal tear.
It was to have been his first competition since winning the men's singles title at the 2010 Olympics.
Now his comeback event is to be Skate America Oct. 18-20 in Detroit, but recent history suggests that may not happen.
Lysacek, 28, a Neuqua Valley High School graduate, withdrew from last January's U.S. Championships after a hernia that required extensive surgery.
He had pulled out of Skate America last October with a groin injury.
To compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Lysacek needs not only a strong performance at next January's U.S. Championships (likely a top-three finish) but also to meet the Olympic qualifying score for both the short and long programs at an international event before Jan. 27, 2014.
The U.S. Figure Skating announcement of Lysacek's withdrawal from the Salt Lake event said he is expected to make a full recovery from the "slight" abdominal tear but gave no timetable.


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Animal Abuse & Domestic Violence
The Link Between Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence
Whenever an animal is abused, a chain reaction begins in our community. Not only does an innocent animal get injured, but the person who commits the offense often falls into a cycle that could ultimately result in violence against other people. The evidence of a link between cruelty to animals and violence toward humans is compelling. In the vast majority of cases, cruelty to animals is just one aspect of a social environment marked by violence. In fact, people who abuse animals are five times more likely to commit violent crime.
Animal abuse, like many other forms of abuse, is about power and control over a helpless victim. It is intolerable. By taking action against animal cruelty, we not only prevent animal suffering, but also uncover and perhaps prevent additional crimes. Understand the link and take animal abuse seriously. Hurting an animal hurts us all.


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|System: Xbox 360*, PS3
|Dev: 2XL Games
|Pub: Reverb Publishing, D3 Publisher
|Release: June 26, 2012
|Players: 1-8 Online Multiplayer
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It's worth mentioning the graphics of Jeremy McGrath's Offroad. The game runs at 60FPS at 1080p with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. For a downloadable indie title, this is exceptional. Unfortunately, all the game is actually rendering is dirt and cars, so there's a limit to how much the graphics actually enhance the experience. Still, the game is one of the best-looking downloadable racing titles on the market, and it easily competes with other AAA releases.
The game's biggest fault is its lack of replay value. Since career mode is so barebones and arcade mode is almost identical, the only real draw to the game is the multiplayer races which, as I said before, can become unbalanced quickly. Since you essentially unlock everything in the game by playing through career mode once, there's nothing much else to gain from multiplayer. The game doesn't have a lot of staying power, growing repetitive rather quickly and lacking depth after career mode ends. You can blow through career mode in an hour or two, which doesn't help the game's shelf life either.
Overall, Jeremy McGrath's Offroad manages to set itself apart from other racing games out there through its use of an interesting racing engine and a host of interesting RPG elements. Unfortunately, these high points are brought down by a barebones presentation and lack of game modes. However, for its ten-dollar budget price tag, Offroad certainly managed to keep me entertained for a few afternoons of racing fun.
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Ten Things You Must Know About Topical Corticosteroids
Dr. Sharon Orrange -
If ever you should be angry at the cost of a medication, here it is. Many itchy rashes and chronic skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis are treated with a topical corticosteroid. These are a huge money making business and they will put a dent in your pocketbook.
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During a Sept. 30 symposium in Washington on how self-described progressive Catholics can reframe media coverage of church issues, speakers talked about one thorny media problem for Catholics of all stripes: the shrinking number of reporters with religion as their beat.
Jesuit Father Thomas Reese, of Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, sends a weekly e-mail to religion reporters. He commented that every week "I get more and more bouncebacks" as reporters' work-based e-mail accounts have been deactivated now that they no longer work for the publication.
Father Reese noted that some reporters newly assigned to cover religion are unfamiliar with knowledge of basic church matters that with other writers would have been taken for granted. When being interviewed by one scribe — the name of the news outlet will be withheld here since we are confident the writer continues to learn on the job — Father Reese said he was asked "what the difference is between a Jesuit priest and a diocesan priest." Later in the interview, when Father Reese made a reference to "St. Peter, the first pope," the writer asked him, "And what was his last name?"


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I keep finding myself buying bird-related items like these Victorian die cuts
on Etsy from The Seasonal Cottage.
Awwww--well,Carol--you knew I'd be smiling here. These birds are all wonderful. Joe and I were sitting enjoying our breakfast and the little Carolina wren was singing up a storm in front of us--we were laughing at his huge sound from such a tiny little guy. Love your paintings--in fact, I love 'em so much I had to have one, so I can replace the Christmas bird with ornaments, when I tuck that away for next Christmas. Since I put a hole in the wall for that painting, now I have to put something else there that I can enjoy--your bluebird is perfect. Merci, Mlle. ;))ReplyDelete
I love the birds! And that vintage field guide! Cool find.. like a map. Lots of goodies here. What color are you painting the apartment BTW?ReplyDelete
The apartment is just plain white Janice...nothing exciting, but in the process so many things were lost!!! :(
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Oh I am in love with this post and those paintings. I love to draw the birds too. Such fun little critters. Give it time you will be having birds coming out of your ears before long feeding them. LOL Now draw that. :)ReplyDelete
But fresh white ;-) they'll show up again....just when you least expect them.
I love that "Birds" B and W picture in the field guide. Very Hitchcockian I think. And the sketches are so wonderful.
Ah,ah,ah, the Bendel ostrich made me laugh! It's so funny!ReplyDelete
I would fight a bird for a macaron. I love birds as much as the next gal but I would never let them have my macaron.ReplyDelete
Larry keeps a list of all the different birds he's identified for the past 43 years!
We have a resident Sharpshin hawk who alights on the building behind us and swoops down into the vacant lot. Haven't seen what he's hunting. Larry's enticing the Juncos with seed. Greedy little guys. Oh, I see they have eaten everything he put out earlier!
I have a rubber ducky who would love to come look at your paints.ReplyDelete
Quels beaux oiseaux (Ok, maybe not the ostrich...) Thanks for all these gorgeous posts.
And I gave you an award:
I love your bird paintings. I prefer them in paint rather than in the flesh. I have a stable door in my kitchen and when I poke my head out for my morning coffee and ciggy (sorry) I swear they almost scrape my nose when they fly past.ReplyDelete
Chirp! Thank you for posting a picture of my Marie Antoinette calendar and her little bird friend. :) Each month she has a new birdie to share with you.
I been a follower of your blog for almost the whole 3 years you've been blogging. Love your paintings. And, thank you for your reporting on the happenings of the sweet shops in Paris. Yum!


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Valve's bid to lure gamers away from Microsoft's platform just got a little sweeter: Left 4 Dead 2 is finally available on Linux. Despite early appearances in early leaks, the game has been absent from Steam's Linux compatible library. The wait might have been worth it — early ports of the game apparently only ran at six frames per second, but it eventually surpassed its Windows counterpart. Now, Valve is looking towards is community to fine tune the port even further, offering a fully functional beta client to Steam users who already own the game. Although the focus here is Linux compatibility, the company is offering the beta to Windows and Mac users as well, and says that running the game on any system helps with testing. Ready to take down the horde? Fire up Ubuntu and get started. Otherwise, you can check out the company's official announcement at the source link below.
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The authors noted that methamphetamine (MA) use among young people is a significant social, economic, and public health concern for affected communities as well as policymakers. A strong base of scientific evidence is needed to craft effective public health interventions in response.
The researchers conducted a systematic review to identify scientific studies of health outcomes associated with MA use among persons ages 10 to 24. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) was used to categorize outcomes and determine the level of evidence for each series of harms.
In all, 47 eligible studies were identified for review. The results showed consistent associations between MA use and several mental health outcomes, including depression, suicidal ideation, and psychosis. Among young MA users, suicide and overdose appear to be significant sources of morbidity and mortality. "Evidence for a strong association between MA use and increased risk of [HIV] and other [STDs] is equivocal," the authors wrote. "Finally, we identified only weak evidence of an association between MA use and dental diseases among young people."
"Available evidence indicates a consistent relationship between MA use and mental health outcomes (e.g. depression, psychosis) and an increased risk of mortality due to suicide and overdose," the authors concluded. "We found insufficient evidence of an association between MA use and other previously cited harms, including infectious diseases and dental outcomes. As such, future research of higher methodological quality is required to further investigate possible associations. Current interventions should focus attention upon MA-related health outcomes for which sound scientific evidence is available."
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Nicholas DeMarco necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 426 diseños de 119 diseñadores freelance.
We need a logo for Aeon Technologies. We also want a single logotype which can stand alone. The logotype should be an abstract geometric symbol, not a mock-up of the letter "A".
Aeon Technologies Ltd. / aeontechltd.com
Hello! Here is your mission, should you decide to accept it...
...Design a two color logo with an accompanying symbol
* Two colors (An optional gradiented area is ok but not preferred)
* Logo must contain as the most prominent feature the name 'Aeon Technologies'. 'Technologies' can be subordinate.
* The design must include an extractable graphic element which can be used, for example, as a favicon or end-of-paragraph logotype. This will also be used on promotional materials and ghosted in publications/collateral.
The company produces laboratory instruments and equipment. See http://www.ana-logix.com or http://www.gilson.com or http://www.varianinc.com or http://www.agilent.com for a couple of reasonable examples. Note: This logo should not be related to any of the above mentioned companies.
Simple is better.
- Minimal gradients, please!
- Complete logo on a white background (primary objective) in AI vector format
- Complete logo on a black background in native AI vector format
- Extracted symbol/icon/logotype on a white background in native AI format
- Two colors maximum. A small color gradient (using one of the colors only) is acceptable, but you must then provide one example each with the gradient element and with the gradient element represented as a solid color (for box/carton printing, for example)
- STRIKE THIS! Please do not! If possible, the logotype could be put into a font as a single character (example: A = logotype). NO! Please ignore. Sorry to all.
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- Anything medieval or gothic
- Simple "A" as a logotype. Choose another shape, please.
- Stay away from Agilent's logo http://www.agilent.com. We like dots, but they should be different from Agilent.
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This "Welcome to Washington" panel discussion was held on June 26, 2013 at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and was sponsored by the Cato Institute, Institute for Humane Studies, and America's Future Foundation for the purpose of teaching networking skills to interns and new employees of policy organizations. The panelists are (left to right) Cynthia Bell, Robby Soave, Heather Lakemacher, Alex Nowrasteh, and Annie Dwyer.


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Father Accused of Using Stereo to Assault Son Over Messy Room
An argument between 38-year-old Jeffrey Woods and his 14-year-old son ended violently on the night of Tuesday, September 25.
The incident took place on Montana street in East Missoula and was the culmination of a dispute over a messy room that the son refused to clean despite his father's repeated demands.
According to Jason Johnson, the Public Information Officer for the Missoula County Sheriff's office, Woods "picked up a stereo and threw it at his son, striking him in the face which caused some injuries including a black and swollen left eye and lacerations above the left eye"
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37signals recommends 1Password in new 'Remote' book
You might know 37signals from Basecamp, Highrise, and Campfire—excellent services that help team members collaborate better whether they're across the hall or the world. Those folks know a thing or two about working remotely, so co-founder Jason Fried and company partner David Heinemeier Hansson wrote an entire book on the topic and called it Remote. You can get it in iBookstore, Amazon, and elsewhere.
Remote covers the advantages of allowing some or all of a company to work remotely and how to pull it off, and in the midst of all that, Fried and Hansson give a shout-out to 1Password. In a chapter called "Only the office can be secure," Remote debunks the myth that employees need to be under the same roof in order to keep sensitive accounts and data under control. The company describes its simple security checklist that all employees must follow, and one of its cornerstones is to:
Use a unique, generated, long-form password for each site you visit, kept by a password-managing software, such as 1Password.
It's a smart checklist overall, and one of the dozens of reasons you should really give Remote a look to learn more about how and why working remotely can open a lot of doors for you and your organization.
For bonus points, our very own co-founder Dave Teare had a brief Twitter conversation with Jason Fried to say thank you: