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Long-time Member of Chicago Fire Backline to Join RSL Technical Staff in Time for Club's Preseason;
New Assistant Coach to Appear on Today's Edition of ESPN 700's "Bill & Spence" at 2:40 p.m. MT
SANDY, Utah (Tuesday, January 18, 2011) – Real Salt Lake General Manager/V.P. of Soccer Operations Garth Lagerwey today announced that veteran MLS defender C.J. Brown has been added to the Utah side's Technical Staff as an assistant coach, filling the vacancy left when Robin Fraser assumed the head coaching duties at Chivas USA on January 4. The 35-year-old Brown, who ended his 13-year career in Major League Soccer following the 2010 campaign, will join the Claret-and-Cobalt in time for their opening training camp, which will begin Sunday at the Grande Sports World complex in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Real Salt Lake supporters can get instant reaction from their team's newest assistant coach this afternoon on the "Home of RSL," ESPN 700 Sports, as Brown will join hosts Bill Riley and Spencer Checketts for an interview on the "Bill and Spence" program today at 2:40 p.m. MT.
Brown's addition to the Real Salt Lake staff allows the 2009 MLS Cup championship side to keep its distinction as the lone Technical Staff across the now 18-team League comprised solely of MLS alumni, joining Lagerwey, Head Coach Jason Kreis, and fellow assistant coaches Jeff Cassar and Miles Joseph. The five-man RSL braintrust now boasts cumulative MLS playing experience (regular season and playoffs) of 74,811 total minutes – spanning 923 games across 47 seasons – and eight domestic championships (one MLS Cup and seven Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups), giving the staff the unparalleled ability to tap into personal experience as it guides, assists and develops the current RSL roster.
"I'm very excited to be joining a top-notch organization in Real Salt Lake," said Brown. "This opportunity could not have come about any better, going from a great club during my playing days and then moving on to begin my coaching career with an excellent team and great coaching staff in Jason, Jeff, and Miles. It will be tough filling Robin Fraser's shoes, but I'm excited for the challenge because there are so many good things happening at Real Salt Lake. Jason has expressed that he is looking for hard workers, and that's what I'm about, so I think it's going to be a very good fit."
Brown retired from the playing field last October as one of the most respected and consistent center backs in MLS history, compiling nearly 300 regular season appearances as a member of the Chicago Fire from 1998-2010. Known as one of the League's most dependable and cerebral defenders, his 296 games played (T-13th); 290 starts (T-7th); and 25,738 minutes played (8th) all rank towards the top of the MLS record books – and are indeed atop the Fire's career charts.
"We are happy to add another long time MLS player and U.S. international to our staff. In making this hire we wanted to keep our ethos intact, and we think C.J. will fit in wonderfully with our approach to the game and how we value our players," said Lagerwey. "Our staff works very hard, and his mentality during his interview was impressive in this regard. C.J. is a winner, and we think he is going to bring the same resolve, consistency, fight, and determination to our quest to win CONCACAF and MLS Cup in his new coaching role that he did playing for some great teams in Chicago."
The last remaining "Fire Original" from the team's 1998 inaugural campaign also played an integral part in all five of the Chicago's domestic championships, as Brown helped lead the "Men in Red" to the 1998 MLS Cup and four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles (1998, 2000 2003, and 2006), in addition to a spot in the 2003 MLS Cup final. The 2001 MLS All-Star would also finish his career among the League's top 10 with 35 MLS Cup Playoff starts (T-5th) in as many appearances (T-7th).
"C.J. has been a highly respected defender in our league for a very long time," said Kreis, who went head-to-head against Brown on 17 occasions during their playing days. "He has shown what loyalty, professionalism, hard work, and dedication can get you in our league as a player, and I am certain that he will bring those same qualities to his coaching. We are extremely excited to be adding not only a terrific soccer mind to our staff, but also a terrific man that truly wants to succeed at this new challenge in his life."
Upon finishing his collegiate career at San Jose State, the Bay Area native stayed close to home to begin his road to a professional career with the USISL's San Francisco Bay Seals, playing the first two of his three years with the side as an amateur. A run to the U.S. Open Cup Semifinals in 1997 by the Bay Seals would serve as Brown's coming out party to MLS, and the then-expansion Fire would take the talented center back with the first selection in the 1998 Supplemental Draft. In addition to his standout MLS career, Brown would catch the attention of the U.S. National Team program, making 15 "caps" for the Red, White & Blue's senior squad between 1998 and 2003.
Brown is no stranger to the coaching ranks, with stints as the Assistant Director of Coaching for the Chicago Fire Juniors and the Director of Coaching for the Elmhurst (Ill.) Elite youth clubs counting among the several youth coaching positions he held since beginning his professional career in 1998. Brown has already acquired his National "B" License for coaching from the United States Soccer Federation and is planning on beginning to work towards the USSF "A" License in the next 12-18 months.
The Hayward, Calif., native will bring his family in tow to the Wasatch Front, consisting of his wife, Kim – whom he married one day after winning the U.S. Open Cup title in October 2000 – and two daughters, Canessa (6) and Kali (5).
Fans can secure their seats now for both Real Salt Lake's March 1 CONCACAF Quarterfinal Leg Two fixture against the Columbus Crew and its March 26 MLS home opener against the Los Angeles Galaxy via the "RSL 2011 2-Pack" (beginning at just $80) and the "RSL 2011 Flex 10-Pack" (beginning at $200). Both of these special ticket offers, in addition to RSL 2011 Season Ticket Packages, can be purchased online at www.RealSaltLake.com, over the phone at 801-727-2700, or in person at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office during regular business hours: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. MT.
TRANSACTION: Real Salt Lake names ex-MLS defender C.J. Brown as its new Assistant Coach.
www.RealSaltLake.com / www.RioTintoStadium.com / www.ESPN700Sports.com


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Juliet graduated in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Juliet Miller's works, resonant of religious iconography and images of carnality and disruption, were inspired by questions of loss of meaning and the aestheticization of violence. Seeking to confront our fears and the potential for catharsis, it re-examines ideas of transcendence, underlining the paradox of affirmation by negation. Her work is particularly concerned with the viewer-object relationship as a reflection of the human condition, positing apparently infinite yet ultimately limited possibilities of subjectivity.
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Travelers Championship @ TPC River Highlands, 2nd Abandoned June 22 2012
The second round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut was under a rain delay suspension, with Fredrik Jacobson currently leading the way, when play was finally abandoned for the day. Fredrik was able to complete his second round before the rain interrupted play, finishing the day with a -4 under par round of 66, to give him a tournament total of -9 under par. Wether he will remain as the second round leader is in doubt, as there are still some players who will have to complete the round before the third round can start. Most notable among these golfers is Nathan Green, who is only one shot adrift of the current lead, but he still has nine holes left to complete his second round. Another who could have a say in the second round lead is Will Claxton, he has not even started his second round, so anything is possible. I would hazard a guess that Will hopes to get some golf in today, or the possibility of completing two rounds in one day looms on the horizon. Charley Hoffman was having a good day until the suspension, and wishes he could have continued, he was 5 under through his first six holes on the back nine; "It was a nice five-hole run. Any time you can make a bunch of birdies, no matter at the beginning of the round, end of the round, middle of the round, it's a good feeling." First round leader David Mathis slumped to a second round +3 over par, leaving him at -3 under par for the tournament. Of the three Major winners contesting this title, Webb Simpson had a second round of -1 under par, for a total of -5 under par. Keegan Bradley had a -2 under par round, for -4 under par total, and Bubba Watson slumped to a +1 over par round and a tournament total of -3 under par.


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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Fire Mountain Restaurants, LLC, doing business as Ryan's Family Steakhouse. The lawsuit charged that Ryan's discriminated against Viola Brown when it reduced her hours, disciplined and suspended her, and finally fired her because of her age, then 79, and in retaliation for her complaints about age discrimination. All of the claims in the lawsuit are alleged in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, in July 2009 and August 2009, Brown's hours were reduced from an average of about 24 hours per week to as low as nine hours per week. During this time period, a coworker told Brown that the restaurant's general manager referred to Brown as an "old woman" and stated that she needed to retire. In addition, the EEOC said that on or about Aug. 16, 2009, Ryan's disciplined and suspended Brown for three days. When Brown returned to work on Aug. 20, the general manager presented her with a disciplinary form and told her to sign it. When Brown refused to sign the form, the general manager told Brown that she did not have a job and her employment was terminated.
The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville Division (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Fire Mountain Restaurants, LLC d/b/a Ryan's Family Steakhouse, Civil Action No. 1:11-CV-00275) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement. The agency seeks back pay and liquidated damages for Brown, as well as injunctive relief. The agency also seeks compensatory and punitive damages for Brown for her retaliation claim.
"Too often age bias is an unlawful factor in employment decisions, and employers see older workers as dispensable," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District. "There is no excuse for firing an employee because of her age. The EEOC is committed to using all available means, including litigation, to combat age discrimination."
EEOC Supervisory Trial Attorney Tina Burnside, who is lead counsel on the case, added, "In light of the current economic conditions, older employees are opting not to retire and want to continue working, and it is unlawful under the ADEA for an employer to discriminate against such employees simply because of their age or because of the stereotype that they are 'too old' to work and need to retire."
In fiscal year 2010, the EEOC received a total of 23,264 charges of age discrimination, which accounted for 23.3 percent of all charges filed with the EEOC nationwide.
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Twelve years, two presiding commissioners, and a quarter-cent road and bridge sales tax later, Newton County associate commissioners Jerry Black and Jack Sanders have decided to retire.
Twelve years, two presiding commissioners, and a quarter-cent road and bridge sales tax later, Newton County associate commissioners Jerry Black and Jack Sanders have decided to retire.
The two men, both elected to their posts in the November 2000 election, will be stepping down at the end of the year, making way for their successors, Jim Jackson and Alan Cook.
For Sanders, of Neosho, his position on the Newton County Commission was his first time holding elected public office.
He described his experience serving on the commission as an honor.
"I saw an announcement in the newspaper that Jerry Carter was running for presiding commissioner and I've known Jerry all of my life and I thought you know that's something maybe I could do," Sanders said. "It's been very rewarding to me. It's especially appreciated at this time in my life, kind of in my twilight years of my life, to have the satisfaction that the voters and citizens of the county have entrusted me with the office."
This wasn't Sanders' first time working with Newton County, though. Sanders had spent 11 years as a juvenile officer for Newton and McDonald counties.
Meanwhile, Black, of Joplin, had served two terms on the Joplin R-8 school board and operated his own business, Miners Ice, for 28 years, but had not experienced working with county government.
He said he saw some problems going on in the county that year, and thought he might have something to offer.
"I had a background in business and also in government, so to speak, and just felt that I had the experience to help the county," Black said. "In the 12 years, things have been stable. We went through some tough times, but we knew how to manage our way through it. There has not been controversy in this county."
Sanders said he and Black didn't know each other prior to winning office, but have worked well together. Black said it is that cooperation that has helped business to run smoothly in the county commissioner's office.
"That's what's made us successful really over the 12 years, or contributed to our success," Black said. "With Jack and previously with Jerry Carter (former presiding commissioner) and now the last two years with Marilyn Ruestman (current presiding commissioner), there's just always been the ability to work together."
Both Black and Sanders point to the county's financial stability as one of their greatest accomplishments while serving on the commission.
Black, who has spent much of his time on commission working with the county's roads and bridges, also listed the passage of a quarter-cent road and bridge sales tax as an accomplishment.
"The thing that stands out the most with me is getting the sales tax issue passed in 2011, to in the future have the funds available to improve the roads county-wide," Black said.
Black and Sanders were elected to the commission the same time Carter was elected as Newton County Presiding Commissioner.
The three men worked together through 2010, when Carter opted not to seek re-election.
Ruestman joined the commission in January 2011, and said she could not have received a better welcome.
"When I came I felt very accepted, I never was uncomfortable," Ruestman said. "They've always been supportive and I never feel like anyone here is left out on the limb. We really do function as a team and these two gentlemen I think are responsible for that."
As the end of Black and Sanders' terms near, upcoming commissioners Jackson and Cook have been spending time in the commissioners office, where the present and future office holders are working to make the transition as smooth as possible.
"I think the county will be in good hands," Sanders said. "They're both knowledgeable men and I think well qualified for the job."
After 12 years of public service, what will Black and Sanders do next?
Sanders said he will likely volunteer with Church Growth, International, where he was employed prior to his time on the commission.
For Black, a lot of family time is on the agenda, as during his time on commission his family expanded from two to ten grandchildren.
Both men say they will miss the day-to-day work of the commission and especially the people they have worked with while on the job.
Ruestman said that feeling is mutual.
"I'm very sad to see these gentlemen go, because they've really done a great job and I think they have practiced integrity," she said. "Jack and Jerry are both fine men and they are the type of men that you should have in public service, without a doubt."


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No Country for Old Men (US - BD RA)
Gabe's review's been travelling 22 years to get here, and it's either heads or tails
Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) thinks he's made his big break. One morning while hunting in the Texas desert he comes across a pile of dead bodies, shattered vehicles and cocaine. It's a drug deal gone bad. After a little more exploration Moss finds a satchel filled with two million dollars cash and takes it. He tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for a while, and goes into hiding to plan his next move. Moss is trailed by two pursuers—an enigmatic, stone-cold killer named Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), who carries an air-powered cattle gun and heavy gage shot gun with a silencer, and Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), an aging man with a golden heart trapped in a violent situation he simply doesn't understand.
The last time the Academy got the Best Picture section of the Oscars correct was Return of the King, but that sweep was such a boring forgone conclusion the ceremony was entirely robbed of any suspense. Before 2003 I can't think of the last time the Academy awarded even the second best picture the coveted prize (I guess 1993?). Post ROTK the awards have been especially disappointing, even last year when Martin Scorsese's genius was finally recognized for The Departed, a film which doesn't even crack the director's top ten best productions. The award was for a body of work, not a single picture, which cheapened the win. Out of these shadows came the 2008 ceremony where not only did the best picture win the top award, the Coen Brother's long deserved recognition comes for one of their best films, maybe even the best in their impressive catalogue.
No Country for Old Men is a breathless chase movie, a snare-taught thriller, a snide and smart comedy, a blood caked horror show, and a stoic traditional Western confined to the unfamiliarity of the early 1980s. This is every film genre but Sci-Fi, and not a single one is given less weight then any other. Why was it the best movie of 2007 and possible the Coen brother prestigious career? Because it's brilliant, that's why.
The Coen's have conveniently split this masterpiece into two parts—the part that makes you react and the part that makes you think. The majority of the film, the first part, works on a purely visceral level. Seeing the film in a theatre with a packed audience was a fascination. After his brutal introduction the entire stadium seated crowd bristled primally at the very sight of Bardem. With minimal development the audience agonized for even his least likeable victims. Even the Coen's usual back to front verbal banter has been distilled to its reptile mind minimum, without losing an ounce of wit.
Then the top of the last act sweeps visceral rug from under the edge-of-their-seaters. I can't go into the specifics of the film's more thoughtful moments because it would constitute some major spoilers, and not just the kind that could ruin plot points, the kinds that could ruin the entire experience of the film. Casual film audiences have spoken out against some of the Coen's last act choices, but without them No Country for Old Men would just be a worthy follow-up to the violent thrills of Blood Simple and rousing humour of Raising Arizona. With the choices in tact the film becomes a transcendental subversion of everything the directors' created before it.
Bardem's supporting actor win was another Oscar no-brainer. His performance is fairly comparable to Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, but it's also totally different. Anton Chigurh is the quintessential bully—cold, mocking, and repetitive—and Bardem taps into him without ever laying all his cards on the table. Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones end up overshadowed and overlooked, but both performances are equally attention worthy. Brolin had quite the badass year between this and Planet Terror, and manages to pull our attention away from Bardem's sun-like gravity long enough to really care about his nearly silent characterization. Jones, along with supporting player Woody Harrelson, doesn't stretch himself anywhere beyond places he's already been, but it's hard to argue with typecasting when it works so perfectly.
The little touches are what really push the film over the line into that 'modern classic' category. Chigurh's hair cut, his strange choice of weapons, nonchalantly lifting his boots to avoid pooling blood, the repetitive use of pit bulls ("There's a dead dog"), the surgical sequences—these are the moments that even casual audiences and people that didn't like the film will always remember. The violence is frightening in both its excesses and its procedural nature, and also entirely beautiful. No Country represents the Coens' utter obsessive-compulsive control better then any other feature. There isn't a second of film that doesn't appear sharply and specifically tuned, nor even a sound effect that appears to have escaped unnoticed and readjusted.
No Country for Old Men isn't an ugly film, and Blu-ray Disc is the ideal way to view its non-ugliness. The early outdoor sequences are, bar none, some of the best images I've seen out of a live-action Blu-ray release. The Texas vistas are deep and full, almost three-dimensional, and the sun bakes them to a nice bright yellow. Details are so sharp you can actually make out flecks of dust as they're kicked up by horse hooves and cowboy boots. Night scenes suffer only the slightest bit of low level noise, while still maintaining the transfer's overall fine details, which is very important to the experience of the film. Colours are impressive overall, but after the film leaves the desert the colouring is more natural and less flashy, so the later parts of the disc are really all about the clarity.
Both the Blu-ray and DVD releases have issues with edge enhancement, especially in sharp background contrast, but the DVD has noticeable compression noise on the edges as well. Even when upscaled there really isn't any comparison between the overall detail of the two releases, but the DVD isn't anything to shrug off either. The blacks are thick without too much blocking or noise, and colours pop without bleeding much (though some of the reds show signs of blocking).
The Best Picture race was close this year, but for my money the sound editing and design awards were even closer. No Country for Old Men has shockingly minimal music, like, almost none, but the Coens don't waste a moment of the film's minimalist audio. The biggest standout moment comes when Bardem and Brolin first face off. First the silence of wait is cut by the sound of Chigurh's footsteps and the beeping of his transponder as he gets closer. Then the silence is cut again by an air compressor's piston ejecting a deadbolt, Brolin tumbling out of a second story window, a truck crashing, and two very different shotguns unleashing their loads.
The Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 track cuts across channels with vicious clarity, the bass punches like a gunshot, and nothing distorts, not a voice, not a footstep, not even a massive explosion. Unfortunately I was unable to enjoy the uncompressed PCM track, because I still run a stone age sound system, but I can image it sounds even more super duper.
This disc might as well come with a slip of paper reading 'Special Edition to Come'. Actually, given the Coen's track record it should probably read 'Disappointing Special Edition to Come'. Besides a pile of Disney/BVHE high definition trailers the Blu-ray disc comes fitted only with three featurettes. 'The Making of No Country for Old Men' is a better then average EPK, running about twenty-five minutes, and full of the usual mix of behind the scenes, interview, and film footage. The Coen's are enjoyably awkward, obsessively fidgeting and picking at their finger nails, and are pleasantly offset by the cast and crew who are well spoken.
'Working with the Coens' is eight minutes of cast and crew butt kissing, with more interviews and behind the scenes footage. These extra eight minutes really don't bring anything new to the table. 'Dairy of a County Sheriff' is a slight explanation of the film's deeper message. Most casual filmgoers will misunderstand who the main character of the film really is, and to them the last act likely came as a sort of downward shock. In these seven minutes the always-enigmatic filmmakers kind of let us in on the fact that Tommy Lee Jones is the real heart of the film, and the title is the point.
No Country for Old Men is a must see, so it begs at least a rent. The Blu-ray disc looks positively stunning, and sounds fantastic, but doesn't hold mush in the way of interesting extras. I'd suggest that another release is on the horizon, but the Coen Brothers aren't really fans of extra features, so perhaps this is the end all release.
* Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 11th March 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: PCM 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 English,
Subtitles: English HoH, French, and Spanish
Extras: The Making of No Country for Old Men, Working with the Coens, Diary of a Country Sheriff, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: Javier Bardem, Rodger Boyce, Josh Brolin, Barry Corbin, Beth Grant
Length: 122 minutes
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Can I be the first to say:
HA ha!
Apple's FaceTime application has been fingered for randomly placing calls, identified as coming from friends and causing more than a little concern when the call fails to connect. The calls are reportedly happening at roughly the same time first thing this morning - waking up Brits around 2.30 in the morning by all accounts - …
HA ha!
Do you know what time that is in Apple Time? Thought not. It's shiny time, of course! And on Apple Time it's never the middle of the night, either.
Sent from my iHole.
California is GMT -8 hours, so 2:30am should be 6:30pm there (assuming no different Daylight Savings in effect)
And did you get up at 2.30am to think of that one? Get back under the bridge!
Remember reading a long time ago about someone changing the compiler error messages, and can't help thinking of one in particular every time a new failure (feature?) is reported with the iPhone:
"let's duct tape this gerbil of a program"
Apple - Stop bodging the fixes and do it properly!!!
How about turning it off when you want some piece and quiet?
What's that, you're too insecure without your Mobile Life Support to validate your existence? Oh well....
I never turn my phone of because if somebody phones me in the middle of the night it usually is an emergency.
Also, if you need to make an emergency phone call do really want to wait that 2 minutes (or whatever) while your phone powers up?
...they might miss out on a tweet or something.
I only experienced the full horror of combined iPhone/social networking addiction when we had a gathering recently and a friend we hadn't seen in a while stayed overnight. She spent most of the night on the fondleslab, which was never once out of her hands, then announced she was tired and off to bed at midnight-ish. It was later discovered that she was tweeting till 4am, then back at it again from 8am before appearing for breakfast at 11-ish.
It's sad, and I don't mean that in the 90's school playground slagging way. It's sad that someone who used to be the life and soul of the party is having it sucked out of her by such a meaningless waste of time.
Modern technology is a wonderous and powerful thing, and many people now use it to stay in touch with the disabled, elderly and infirm. It gives people independence safe in the knowledge they can summon help in an emergency.
You clearly don't have anyone in your life that you care for enough to be available 24/7.
How about buying a reasonably priced phone that works properly?
Turning off your cellphone is so 1990's. These days, more people call you at your mobile than your landline; and if you *do* get a nighttime call, it's urgent.
Also, you might not even be sleeping at your own home. ;)
[Sarcasm turned up to 11]
So leaving aside the disabled, elderly and infirm, what about the other 90% of the population? Oh, you actually meant you! I guess it makes you feel important that you "care" enough for someone to not turn you phone off. Such an effort you've made there. What DID we do before mobile phones? All those disabled, elderly and infirm getting murdered in their bed's 'cause they couldn't phone YOU. Get over yourself.
Right, rant over. This is actually a pretty good example of a very limited case being used to justify self indulgent behaviour. I want an expensive toy so I'll justify it by claiming it's for the benefit of someone else. I've come to suspect people who use this sort of reasoning genuinely believe their own BS.
For the record, my phone is usually turned on overnight because I forget to turn it off. Number of important phone calls at 2AM in the last 10 years: 0
Isn't that something that Clarkson et al zap around their track with (gay) abandon not caring how many they wreck? You're a b***** to treat a phone like that :P
"For the record, my phone is usually turned on overnight because I forget to turn it off. Number of important phone calls at 2AM in the last 10 years: 0"
I'm out of that environment now but it used to be my job to wake up the on-call tech if there was a problem I couldn't fix myself - usually because it required physical access to a server in the Californian data center.
After a pre-defined delay I would also wake my manager in the USA if a global issue remained unresolved.
Likewise I would expect to be woken if there were problems in APAC.
In all cases the party woken up was grateful for the call. We all had busy working days and preferred to lose a couple of hours sleep from time to time and then go in to work for a routine day than to roll into work and find nothing working except the telephone which was glowing hot with calls from users' managers who believed that shouting down a telephone at someone who is busy would somehow speed up problem resolution.
And using only a cellphone for wakeup calls meant my wife was not woken up for no reason if I was called while travelling.
Got out of bed with his girlfriend to drive 16 miles through ice to check on his Mac? Dare I hope she changed the locks?
Well obviously he was hoping to catch a burglar.
Probably not half as much as she was.
Yes, it's terrible.
The fact that there would appear to be a bloke out there who has both a Mac and a girlfriend is The End Of The World As We Know It.....
Move to California
Not that big of a deal
Sent from - 8 hours
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
That is all.
It just works, except for when it doesn't™
We had Antenagate so need something for this one to remain consistent...
Farcetime ?
Facegate ?
Fakegate ?
Facecrime ? (The act of using the app for real, maybe)
Sounds like some hackers are probing the Facetime system and triggering false calls.
its always hackers.
I'm calling it as this too.
Why don't you go and re-read the article pal?
It would seem that you missed the bit about the lad with the iphone that was turned off and in his bag, and the lad with the mac that was turned off at his home, while he was staying with his doris 16 miles away.
Apple bag-o-shite-a-rama IMO.
it should be noted that FaceTime on the Mac is still in beta (although granted, this sounds like a backend issue rather than one with the client app)
"Girlfriend got a Facetime call at 2:30am from my mac but I was in bed with her 16 miles away at her house."
Easy answer, the Mac is probably alone in your cold house surrounded by WinOS devices and just wanted a cuddle and some TLC.
It's not a bug - Jobs is just forwarding all the telemarketers calling his house during supper to Facetime. Obviously, the telemarketers don't have a number to display, so it randomly chooses someone to display.
If it's an 'emergency' why would anyone be video-calling?
"Ambulance please, my penis exploded"
"LOOK at the horrible graphics - hang on, I'll turn on a brighter light."
"Quite what this poster expected to achieve on arrival at his sub-zero house we're not clear"
Maybe the guy wanted to stop his mac from being stolen?
"I panicked thinking someone was in my house"
Or maybe he was worried that if they could get in to his mac, the aforementioned house-invader might be on his Facebook writing something embarrassing about his love for otters?
It even lets me make a profile which turns off message alerts (SMS spam) but calls work normally.
It Just Works.
Good for you. When I had a Symbian device it very rarely ever just worked at ANYTHING.
It was the worst piece of crap phone OS I have ever had the misfortune to have.
And that includes Windows Mobile.
Just curious, I see this a lot on stories involving Apple, do they ever actually call back, or are you still out in the cold?
Do you honestly expect Jobsworth to admit there's anything wrong with his companies products?
This seems to be a central server issue, not the device randomly dialing on it's own. I'm sure this will be a bug hunted down quite quickly. it seems to be very limited in scope.
that said, I've not only received random calls from random phones before on actual cell lines, worse, many, many times I've gotten voicemails or texts hours and sometimes days after they were sent/left. Typically in the wee hours of the morning. I have to have the phone set to continuously alert if i get a message because I'm on call, and sometimes don't hear the first page. Since i also have GV texts duplicated to the wife's phone from some people, as well as voicemails sent to e-mail, her phone often goes off too (in case mine is dead). If AT&T or Verizon delay a voicemail, or the the mother-in-law texts the GV number instead of my wife's number, and it gets delayed, i might have both phones go off within 10 minutes at 3AM. This happens at least once a month, sometimes more (and often from a wrong number).
A sporadic, server side, and evry random issue that Apple will vigorously hunt down and stop i can care less about. SMS systems and voicemail taking days to deliver messages and choosing to in the wee hours of the morning, especially when they were IMPORTANT, or time sensitive, that's bad. I'll take a little face time bug any time.
Ghost in the iShell: Phone Alone Complex
So, your phone is constantly (continuously?) in touch with Apple servers listening for an incoming FT call (yes, this is a common method), one wonders what else your phone might be contacting "home" about. Googlephones had a similar scare when they were announced/proposed.
Ballmer has blimps carrying chairs hovering ready to be tossed down from upon high at random for those who may be thinking "wrong thoughts" about WP7 etc...
Fake-time® says it all, can't it ?
such as not causing all your subscribers to involuntarily drop call each other at 2:30 in the morning?
they don't need "high levels of reliability", they need "low levels of not fucking up completely"
The HTC Desire has an unfortunately soft-touch "On" key, and the subsequent screenlock involves only a tiny downward stroke (instead of, say, iPhone's long left-right stroke). Result - it's trivially easy to accidentally turn the device on (ie you brush the "On" button when putting the phone in your pocket, or when later extracting cash from said pocket, or...) and for the screenlock to then be negotiated by leg-friction as you walk along.
After that, well, it's whatever random leg-engendered screenpresses the device detects as you're walking along / being vibrated by the tube / whatever. So when I extract my HTC from my pocket I sometimes find it's auto-editing my Phonebook, or that it has dialed a now-confused friend.
("Firm On/Off button" should be part of Mobile Hardware 101, IMHO, FWIW.)
(under Security), and pick one that is unlikely to happen in your pocket.
should be subjected to the consequences of their design decisions. Of which "being woken up at 02:30 by a wonky program" would be just a minor nuisance.
I have to admit, I have never switched on my HTC Desire by accident, but mine doesn't light up until the top hard button is pressed (I assume by soft button you mean one on the touchscreen). Plus its capacitive, so it requires bare skin, a trousered leg won't do, then you have to sweep it down to switch it on, then hit phone, then hit a contact. And anyway, scraping anything down the screen when its in your pocket is asking for scratches. Just how much wiggling do you hands do in your pockets?
@Hayden Clark - thanks for the tip (will do), though my HTC really ought to do the right thing out of the box. Normal folks likely won't find this workaround...
@Bunglebear - yes I did mean the hard button at the top - not difficult to brush it with enough accidental force when eg trying to extract something else out of the same pocket. And yes, I thought that the "capacitive" nature of the screen should mean this doesn't happen, but it does - and you can test it yourself. Get to the lock screen, then brush lower half of screen gently on your jeans... have a few tries - it really does work (well, for me it does).
@AC - I would turn the screen around, but it'd encounter keys and coins - not good.


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1. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderJim Lester Aug 7, 2007 2:30 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Nope, sorry. ADE expects and enforces that your library file (manifest.xml) in will be in that location (<user>\My Documents\My Digital Editions on Windows, ~/Documents/Digital Editions on Mac). Also any files that are purchased through ADE or annotations that you make will be placed there as well.

However as you noted Digital Editions does support the adding of files that are not in that location.

Jim Lester
Adobe Systems

2. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folder(Harrie_Frericks) Aug 8, 2007 3:13 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))Jim,
This is my major gripe with Digital Editions at this time. I think it's a bad choice to have the My Documents/My Digital Editions hard coded in Digital Editions. As you may be aware, many programs seem to "dump" their data in the My Documents folder. I recently cleaned up my My Documents folder and I believe I had to remove some 30-40 useless directories with useless data by hand, half of them from programs I no longer use.
This is real problem if you want to carefully backup your data. It would be easiest if I could tell my backup software to simply backup the entire My Documents folder, but this would copy a lot of unnecessary files, take up a lot of unnecessary space on my backup drive and take a lot of time.
Because of the "dump" nature of the My Documents folder I'm using a new personal folder that contains all my personal files that I want to backup. I'd like my ebooks to be in that folder tree. This is by far the simplest way to backup because it only takes a single command in my backup software.
I sincerely hope the next edition of Digital Editions will allow the user to set the default directory, as BTW any mature program does.
3. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folder(freddycat) May 25, 2008 7:51 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))I'm always irritated when control of my computer file arrangement is dictated by a vendor, so this one ticks me off. I keep my ebooks from all sources in a Library folder on my "G" drive, not my "D" drive Data folder. I'm trying this method and so far it works:
Go to Microsoft.com and search for Sysinternals and then download the free Sysinternals suite. Unzip it and they're all utilities ready to run from a Command Prompt window.
The Junction command works (at least on) NTFS drives to direct references to one folder (and its subfolders!) to another of your choosing, on the same computer (not over a network). In my situation I only had to type the following at a command prompt:
C:\Program Files\Sysinternals> junction "d:\My Digital Editions" "g:\library\adobe digital editions"
I did have to re-load already downloaded digital editions from the new location (I pointed to my "real" location of G:\library\adobe digital editions" and they came up). If you're left with duplicate, but "missing" links, delete them in Adobe Digital Editions so only the correctly linked version shows up.
Haven't used it a lot yet, but so far so good.
(You can also unlink with junction, junction -d "d:\My Digital Editions" "g:\library\adobe digital editions")
4. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folder(Ian_MacLean) Sep 5, 2008 9:49 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))+1 - what sucks is you have to go looking to find that your library is under there. The average Joe user isn't going to be able to find it.
My locally imported files stay where I want them. But if I want to use digital editions to copy files from my Sony reader I have no choice as to where they end up. Unless I want to go and move them after the fact.
I find the "Nope, sorry. " response to be flippant and frankly a bit disrespectful.
You might want to treat your users with a bit more courtesy especially since they are making the effort to come here and provide valuable feedback.
5. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folder(frankybravo) Jan 11, 2009 2:23 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))I've read there is no way of changing the default location of the "My Digital Editions" folder from "My Documents"..
You must be aware that anyone using a company laptop will loose their normal "My Documents " when they are not on the company network..
I use eBooks mostly for professional purposes.. when I try to read any of my ebooks (which are on my c: drive)without conecting to the conpany network they are not available, because you're "My Digital Editions" dir is not available ..
I think should consider making this directory location configurable .. as it stands I'm being forced to use Adobe Digital Editions because of DRM .. but I cant access my technichal books both at home and in the office .. really not good enough...
6. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldermswiercz Apr 19, 2009 9:00 PM (in response to (freddycat))
Even though the post from freddycat is a couple of years old, it is still a viable solution. Here it is 2009 and ADE still will not allow moving the library from what I can see. Microsoft's Junction tool did the magic.
If users can circumvent the My Digital Editions directory location with symbolic links on Unix and Mac, and junctions on NTFS disks on Windows, why does Adobe still insists on generating artificial aggravations by "hard coding" the library location. Make it configurable and eliminate a small amount of frustrated users; small relative to those with more pressing application problems. It save money, time, and most importantly reputation.
7. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderPearl_R May 12, 2009 12:25 AM (in response to mswiercz)
I could not agree more. I am on a company computer and only allowed 500 Mb in the My Documents folder due to server restrictions. And so a potentially fantastic time saving feature turns into a fiddle because every time you download something you then have to manually transfer it to another location.
Adobe might be wise to think what this means for companies having their employees having to manually reload their reading material each time they acquire some information.............
8. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderamanda_french Feb 5, 2010 6:18 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
This is a problem for me, too. I hate, hate, hate it when programs put things in my Documents folder without asking me and then won't let me move them. Please allow us to set the folder location.
9. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderzerotolerance01 Aug 1, 2010 5:54 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
I have deleted "Digital Editions" from my PC again because of this issue.
If any program doesn't allow me to keep my documents folder arranged the way I want it too look, it has to go.
10. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderexpnd Aug 5, 2010 4:14 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
+1 on annoyed with ADE for dictating locations. this kind of draconian drm is irritating and totally adequate justification for piracy.
11. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderzerotolerance01 Aug 5, 2010 4:27 PM (in response to expnd)
I'll just add my voice again and second the above post.
It's the only program that I can use for my purposes and it.
To say the least.
12. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderRGlowitz Aug 11, 2010 11:33 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
I would like to add my voice to allowing users the ability to change the default directory for Digital Editions. I too find it frustrating that I cannot place documents where I want.
13. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderUC_Lib Nov 17, 2010 4:32 PM (in response to RGlowitz)
I would also like to add my support. I use ADE to backup ebooks that our library subscribes to. It irritates me to no end that every time I add an ebook to ADE I have to copy the entire folder to our shared drive for backup purposes. If I could just set it to save to somewhere that is backed up each night, it would make my life infinitely easier.
14. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldersmith-lj Jan 4, 2011 2:56 AM (in response to Jim Lester)
First, thank you for that straightforward and honest feedback. It has saved me a lot of time.
That said, I add my voice to all the others. I keep a folder in My Documents which is backed up online and synchronised between my laptop and PC. Ideally I would keep My Digital Editions in there rather than have to back them up separately.
I notice that this forum thread is quite old. I don't suppose it's something that has been changed? (I suspect not, as I am having exactly the same problems others have expressed...)
15. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderKLMyers Mar 8, 2011 1:49 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Mark me as another voice strongly protesting the rigid location of this folder. Not even iTunes is that bad. Major headache for backups, and a bad idea in general.
16. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderRichardP86 Apr 6, 2011 8:09 AM (in response to KLMyers)
Same problem. Adobe please resolve. Useless for Peeps on corporate computers.
17. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderrichj00000 Apr 10, 2011 6:04 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
+1 on this
Hey Adobe - quit buying new companies and support the software you have. Just a thought.
18. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderelonex-ereader-user Apr 15, 2011 8:04 AM (in response to richj00000)
Just bought my first ereader Elonex 500, not the most sophisticated device .. no wifi...but it has colour display the reason I bought it preference to any other device. I also have the same complaint against Adobe. I tried the sysinternal fix suggested by a previous poster. Unfortunately I could nt get it to work, probably I got the syntax wrong.
However it seems I can save my books where ever I want to on my PC - in my case an external hd, so far I only see the png files and and annotations getting saved to Adobes default folder. This meets my needs since my only cornern is hard disc space. I cant see why this will impact on my use of the ereader itself.
I cant test this assumption but I cant see why those using corporate drives would not also be able to save their books to separate locations, with pngs and annotations staying on their corp drive.
I simply download to the location of my choice and then open with Adobe no complex manipulation involved.
This does not appear to interfere with the transfer of books/images/annotations to my ereader, other devices may not be so 'kind'.
Im happy to answer any questions if I can.
19. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderjanke1353 Jul 28, 2011 6:34 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Wow, this is just plain dumb. I'm having the same problem with needlessly backing up files that don't need to be backed up. It's a waste of space and time.
There are several good reasons to allow the user the choice of where to store the content. I was amazed to find out that there is no option here.
Please fix this.
20. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldermotormiller135 Jul 29, 2011 12:17 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
I second the motion.............
21. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderMitt andra jag Oct 16, 2011 10:55 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
22. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderangelo.muratore Oct 27, 2011 9:55 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Please, have a look of what is written in the FAQ:
"How do I enable content portability?
The first time you run Digital Editions, you are prompted to authorize the application by entering an Adobe ID. If you don't have an Adobe ID, you are provided with a link to get one. Then, when you purchase an item online or borrow one from a library with Digital Editions, the item is automatically "tied" to your Adobe ID, rather than your computer. This way, you are free to move your items to up to six computers and six devices that have been authorized with Digital Editions."
23. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldersmith-lj Oct 28, 2011 3:10 AM (in response to angelo.muratore)
@ Angelo – thanks for that, but sharing across devices is not the problem (for me, at least). For me, it's the fact that we are not 'allowed' to have the folder anywhere other than in 'My Documents'.
As far as I know, that one still hasn't been resolved.
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24. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderamanda_french Oct 28, 2011 7:25 AM (in response to angelo.muratore)
What smith_lj said. The problem discussed in this thread isn't moving the content, it's moving the folder that Adobe Digital Editions creates. I want a preference that I can set so that I can choose where the folder with the content is located, please.
25. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderangelo.muratore Oct 29, 2011 9:32 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
You are right, I am using Digital Edition since few weeks.
I also seen difficulties in reading a book, writing notes in a bookmark on one computer. Then change the computer and ... beeing able to find the same notes.
It's very hard.
Unfortunately I haven't my personal ultra-portable computer, there are some computers, shared with all the family members, in the different places of the house.
You are right, having the possibility to move the "My Digital Editions" folder in a pen drive or in an external hard driver would greatly simplify ... having always my notes with me.
26. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderMadMax8699 Nov 18, 2011 2:34 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Not sure if this is what you want but works for me.
My setup is:
C:\ - This is for Windows 7 (64bit) and programs.
D:\ - Optical Dirve
E:\My Documents - This is for my user files
F:\My Documents - This is a backup of the E drive files
Suggest you do backups before proceeding.
My eBooks downloads are located at E:\My Documents\My Digital Editions. Being in this location it's easy to have a Robocopy script which simply copies from E to F drive.
Anyhow, as you have noticed, the default location is C:\Users\{NAME]\My Documents for the My Digital Editions.
Here's how I fixed it for me.
In Windows Explorer, go to Libraries --> Documents --> My Documents.
Right click on this and choose Properties.
Click on Location tab.
You will notice the entry currently reads "C:\Users\[NAME]\My Documents"
Click on the Move button.
Navigate to your document location which in my case is E:\My Documents
Click ok.
At this point you will get a warning asking if you want to copy files from the old location to the new location (hence the warning above about backing up). Basically any folder and files in the old location (C Drive) will go to the new location (in my case E drive) so if you already have folders or files in the destination drive which are different, you may lose them when you say "Yes". Suggest you manually check and rename any folders that are similarly named in the destination so they aren't overwritten.
When you have finished, your library should show you your documents in the library.
Install Adobe Digital Editions.
In my case, since I had ePub files etc in E:\My Documents\My Digital Editions, when ADE started up, all my books were showing.
Any future purchases where I click on the download link and choose "Open with Adobe Digital Editions" get put in this directory and appear on my bookshelf.
Hope that helps guys. Not sure what those that have corporate accounts can do, but perhaps that might help.
27. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderMostovic Feb 11, 2012 9:13 PM (in response to MadMax8699)
Thanks MadMax. That helps to move the entire "My Documents" directory to another drive. But it doesn't solve the problem of determining where the "My Digital Editions" directory will go in relation to "My Documents".
The purpose of having a "My Documents" folder in Windows is to have a single location to store user documents, NOT to store application metadata. As someone earlier noted, when backing up personal documents, you don't want to include application support files.
As for myself, I can't stand the "My xxx" name automatically given to personal folders, whether by Windows, Adobe, or other default software installations. I want to organize personal files and documents in a way that makes sense to me and using names less juvenile sounding. I would prefer to have a single "digital book" directory under "My Documents" where I could locate the default location for the Adobe Digital Editions, Calibre, Kindle, and other libraries.
In Windows 7, for example (where I've already moved my default location from C:\ to D:\):
D:\Users\Mostovic\Documents\My Digital Editions\
D:\Users\Mostovic\Documents\Kindle Content\
D:\Users\Mostovic\Documents\My This\
D:\Users\Mostovic\Documents\My That\
I can do this with Kindle & Calibre. Not so with Adobe, where one "dumb" size is supposed to fit all.
Book lovers tend also to love their autonomy. Lacking this essential functionality, Adobe essentially insults the Adobe Digital Editions customer base. And "insult" is the appropriate word here since these forums document the fact that customers have been asking for this functionality for years without adequate response.
28. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderAnders Törnkvist Apr 1, 2012 2:33 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
If your goal is to have the contents in My Digital Editions stored in another directory, I have a temporary solution.
1. Close Adobe Digital Editions, if the program is open.
2. Move My Digital Editions to the new location in Explorer, for example by selecting the directory, pressing Ctrl+X, opening the new location and pressing Ctrl+V. I used Books\My Digital Editions as my new directory. It is, however, okay to rename My Digital Editions to whatever you would like.
3. Open cmd by (Windows Vista/7) typing "cmd" in the start menu, right-clicking on the program cmd.exe and selecting "Run as administrator". If you have Windows XP, you can open cmd by holding the Windows key and pressing R (Run), entering "cmd" and then selecting "OK".
4. Go to My documents by entering the following command:
- cd "%userprofile%\Documents"
5. Make a link in My documents to the new directory, by entering the following command. Don't forget to change the second path to your new directory. (It should be absolute or relative to My documents.
- mklink /D "My Digital Editions" "Books\My Digital Editions"
6. Hide the link by entering the following command:
- attrib "My Digital Editions" /L +S +H
Good luck!
Anders Törnkvist
29. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderFeaniel Apr 4, 2012 6:27 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
I am basically deleting this software for this really annoyoing reason. I have a Mac, so I doubt any of the trick here will work.
30. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderFrustrated in AZ Apr 4, 2012 10:19 PM (in response to Feaniel)
When you ask for help, it helps us to know what platform you're running,
what level your OS is at and a bunch of other things. Don't blame the
messenger for your oversights.
31. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderFeaniel Apr 5, 2012 6:31 AM (in response to Frustrated in AZ)
I didn't looked only here of course. And I was looking for mac in my query. But see, I found some other free reader and as usefull of ADE, where I can have a minimum of control over it. And I didn't ask for help. I wrote a message here because I wanted to let them know there were another users unhappy because of the lack of this feature. Even though I doubt they ever change it, knowing the age of this thread, I thought it was still important for me to let this feedback.
32. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderkayseekaysee Apr 7, 2012 11:04 PM (in response to (freddycat))
Just curious. Is ur G drive hard wired, or is it an external drive?
I'm also wondering if I could move my whole ADE setup to my external drive, so that it boots and runs from there.....
33. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderrobertvanbregt Apr 15, 2012 6:08 AM (in response to Feaniel)
This workaround will work on a Mac by using symbolic links through the "ln" terminal command.
- Close ADE
- Move folder to new location
- Open terminal
- goto Documents folder with command "cd ~/Documents"
- create symbolic link with command "ln -s <new location> './My Digital Editions' "
34. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldermartini2679 Apr 29, 2012 3:58 PM (in response to robertvanbregt)
Kudos to robervanbregt (#33) for providing the symbolic link pointer. I just want to suggest to all the frustrated people above that symbolic links can provide users with a tremendous amount of flexibility in where they store their stuff and can help with all the problems described above, and more, so people shouldn't ignore them just because they sound a bit tricky in facty they aren't too hard to manage at all.
For mac users there is a good little utility called SymbolicLinker that makes it really easy to create symbolic links with just a right click on the folder name. I recommend it. Something like symbolic links have been in windows since Vista - see #28 from Anders for the manual instructions; there is at least one tool (Symlinker) out there that attempts to make it easier, but I've never used it so windows users may have to shop around and experiment until they get one that they like.
Anyway, with symbolic links you can place your Digital Editions folder anywhere you like - secondar hard drive, usb drive, even on a network drive, or in your Dropbox folder. You will still need a symlink file sitting within your Documents folder called "Digital Editions" on a mac (or "My Digital Editions" on windows). That symlink file is tiny, and you can forget about it once you've put it in place.
So this helps if all you want to do is store your books and the index on perhaps a secondary harddrive, or a usb drive, or in Dropbox. However it seems that some people want to hide the Digital Editions folder away somewhere and file their actual books somewhere else. That can be done.
When you download a non-DMR ePub, download it straight to its final destination, and use the add item command in ADE. The file will stay exactly where you put it. No problem.
If you've bought a DRM-protected file, it will appear in the form of a .acsm file that ADE will run and download the ePub file, which will end up in the digital editions folder (which as we've already seen, can be placed anywhere on your system by using a symbolic link). However if you want to go one step further and put your ePub in a separate folder somewhere else, that does need a manual step. Copy the ePub and put the copy where you want it to be finally. This could take all of ten seconds, but if you want to make it quicker, create another symbolic link to the final destination of the file and place it inside the Digital Editions folder. Then you don't have to spend time navigating to the final destination: just copy the file, click on the link and paste the file. Then add the book to your library selecting the version in the new location, and delete the version in the old (Digital Editions) location. Not too hard, unless you download more than a few DRM books a day. (Note you can select multiple books at one time to add them, but I haven't found a way to delete them in a batch.)
True, users shouldn't have to do stuff like this - applications should be designed to meet users' needs, and ADE falls short in this area, as well as in others. But it's not actually a big deal to set up a manageable alternative system that allows you full choice where to put things. And right now I don't know of another application that can help me manage both DRM and non-DRM files the way I want to.
My approach is: on my desktop computer (where I usually buy things) I put everything in a single folder on Dropbox, symlinked from the mandatory Document folder location. I use that Dropbox folder also as my download folder for non-DRM files, so everything is together. On my laptop, I also use ATE but without symlinking to dropbox - I use the default folder location so that the manifest.xml files don't get mixed up, as I have a different but overlapping set of books in each library. However there are no actual books in the default folder on my laptop, they all stay in the Dropbox folder, of course. This also makes adding a book to Aldiko in my Android very easy. I just navigate to the dropbox folder from the Aldiko file function, go to my digital editions folder and select the file for import.
BTW What's this in the ADE help page about using a USB drive or emailing the file to yourself? Does anyone actually do that in the 21st century?
35. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldermartini2679 Apr 29, 2012 4:15 PM (in response to Feaniel)
Feanial #31: Apparently you found another free book reader that solves your problems. It would be really good if you let us know which reader you are now using, so that others can try it too. ADE is not perfect, and if you've found something that does everything that ADE does and more, then everyone would be grateful if you were to share that information.
36. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldermerry.camelot Nov 29, 2012 11:45 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Here we are, five and a half years later, still waiting for ADE to do what so many users have asked for. And they wonder why people migrate to Kindle.
37. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldersuperdude108 Aug 7, 2013 10:42 AM (in response to (walt_lammert))
Just popping in to add my voice to the thread. I seriously can't believe that this simple little thing STILL hasn't been addressed by Adobe after all this time.
38. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" folderMark Iliff Aug 16, 2013 2:13 AM (in response to superdude108)
Indeed - 6 *years* after the original post.
FWIW I've reverted to the Sony software that came with my reader. I've used Sony software previously and found it spectacularly bad: worse even than normal hardware-vendor-bad.
Sony Reader is pretty bad, but it's no worse than ADE and it does let you choose your file location. It somehow uses ADE for DRM without ever bringing Adobe's pile of poo into the foreground. I don't know whether it works for other makes of hardware.
39. Re: Moving "My Digital Editions" foldersordell2013 Oct 15, 2013 8:35 PM (in response to (walt_lammert))
I agree. Forcing people to use a specific directory is less than ideal. I'm using on my personal laptop. I don't keep any files locally. I store them all on my cloud storage. Cloud computing is gaining popularity, a company like Adobe, who just forced all of their Photoshop users to the Cloud Edition, should totally understand this. Kudos to the post using mklink.


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There's a chill in the air and the daylight hours are getting shorter, which means the holidays are fast approaching. Pretty soon you'll drive by a house lit up with Christmas lights and see Christmas trees for sale in store parking lots. You'll start planning holiday dinners, putting up Christmas decorations, and scouring advertisements for the best deals (pssst, don't forget to check our website). You'll even make lists of what activities and traditions you want to do as a family because, after all, the best holidays are filled with anticipation and fun. Whether you're looking to create new holiday traditions or are looking forward to your favorites, we have some great ideas for ways to build excitement and anticipation for the holiday season!
1. Adopt an Elf on the Shelf
"You better watch out / you better not cry / you better not pout / I'm telling you why…"
–"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie)
Ever wondered how Santa knows if children are naughty or nice? He has his own little helpers, of course! Santa lets families adopt special elves every year to help him know which children need to go on the naughty and nice lists. When an elf is adopted by a family and given a name, the elf gains special Christmas magic that helps it fly to the North Pole every night to give Santa a daily report on the kids' behavior. The elf then returns to its family and moves to a different observation spot each morning.
There are a couple rules every family must know when they adopt an elf:
- They may only touch the elf when absolutely necessary because the elf may lose its magic if it is touched.
- The elf will not speak, leave, or move until everyone in the house is asleep.
Adopted elves usually appear in homes at the beginning of the holiday season and then return to the North Pole on Christmas Eve until the start of next year's holiday season. A timeless holiday classic, the Elf on the Shelf and its crazy antics will help fill your household with delight and laughter this holiday season.
Since we're also one of Santa's helpers, you can adopt an elf from us! Visit elfontheshelf.com for more information about the Elf on the Shelf tradition or to register your elf.
2. Count Down to the Holidays!
Build excitement for the holidays and help your children learn and develop skills with LEGO® Advent Calendars. Each 2013 holiday advent calendar comes with 24 gifts and objects in individual compartments, which allows children to open and build a new item each day until Christmas. LEGO® Advent Calendars help children learn about the holidays and increase their manual dexterity, creativity, and problem solving skills. These calendars are also fun ways to spend time as a family during the holidays.
LEGO® City Advent Calendar
Perfect for children ages 5 years & up, LEGO® City Advent Calendar features opening windows that include 24 buildable gifts, such as a Christmas tree, sled, fireplace, snowman, and 8 minifigures.
LEGO® Star Wars™ Advent Calendar
Find your inner Jedi with the LEGO® Star Wars™ Advent Calendar. Perfect for Star Wars fans, it features 24 Star Wars™ themed gifts, such as Dooku's Solar Sailer, Cloud car, Attack cruiser, 6 minifigures, 3 droids, and much more!
LEGO® Friends Advent Calendar
Build decorations and prepare for the holidays in Heartlake City with the LEGO® Friends Advent Calendar. This set includes Stephanie and Lily minifigures and a calendar with 24 buildable gifts, such as Stephanie's snow scooter, a Christmas tree, snowman, ice skates, and sled.
Our popular LEGO® Building Plates can also help bring your advent calendar to life by allowing you to create, organize, and store your advent calendar gifts as you build them.
3. Have a Holiday Reading Tradition
Get your family in the holiday spirit by reading holiday books, which is also a great way to build children's literacy skills and interest in reading. This is an activity that the whole family can enjoy due to the fond memories holiday stories invoke. If you have young children, try to read them a holiday story at bedtime each night. If the children in your family are older, however, have everyone pick out their favorite holiday stories and either take turns reading them or have a designated holiday story reader. We recommend The Polar Express and The Twelve Days of Christmas as two great books to include in your holiday reading.
The Family Reading Partnership also has some fun ideas for holiday reading traditions:
- Plan a family trip to the library to check out books to read at Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas.
- If you don't have a collection of holiday and winter books, start a collection of them for all ages. Enjoy them during the holiday season, but then put them away in a special container until next year.
- Listen to a holiday audio book while you are baking cookies or decorating the tree.
For more holiday reading traditions and book suggestions, check out the Family Reading Partnership's e-brochure on holiday reading. Another great resource is readkiddoread.com, which is author James Patterson's non-profit website that promotes literacy and helps parents find ways to encourage their children to read.
4. Make Creative, Delicious Treats
Many holiday traditions are tied to food or the preparation of food. Perhaps your family serves a particular meal or side dish every year at Thanksgiving or Christmas, for example, or your whole family congregates at one person's house to fix Christmas Eve dinner. Whatever your holiday food traditions are, be sure that your traditions include foods and recipes that children can appreciate and help prepare. You can even incorporate a math lesson into the festivities by having kids count candies or measure ingredients!
Children love making gingerbread houses and baking and decorating cookies at this time of the year, so try to schedule a weekend for the family to make some holiday treats. If you like the idea of making a gingerbread house but don't want to go to the trouble of actually making the gingerbread, try our Candy Cottage Party Pack. It includes a 4-pack of re-usable plastic gingerbread houses that your family can decorate for Christmas, Halloween, or any another occasion. All you need is some icing, candy, and cereal to start decorating them with after you snap the pieces together.
Baking and decorating cookies is also a fun holiday tradition that you and your kids can do together. Your family could even participate in a cookie swap with other families in your neighborhood as another fun holiday activity. Remember that cookies don't necessarily have to be homemade for kids to enjoy decorating them, especially if you have time constraints on the activities you can do as a family. Just be sure to make some cookies you can leave out for Santa!
If someone in your family is diabetic or allergic to an ingredient used to make cookies or gingerbread, you can still enjoy the favorite sweet treats of the holiday season. Our Counting Cookies™ Jar and Gingerbread Sort and Snap Cookies can help you spend time as a family and help kids learn to count, recognize colors and patterns, and develop fine motor skills.
5. Decorate Your Space for the Holidays
Decorating for the holidays is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the holiday season. Most people love decorating their Christmas tree or setting up a holiday display in their front yard, but many of those decorations aren't very kid friendly. Be sure your kids are included in the decorating stage of the holidays by having them either pick out decorations or make their own homemade decorations.
One decorating idea is to buy or make a holiday ornament for each child to put on your Christmas tree every year. You can also have them trace their hand to create the outline of a turkey, which they can then color and decorate. Another easy craft for children is to draw or cut out a snowflake design and then color and decorate it with glitter. Crafts like these are great for children to do while on break from school or when they have to stay indoors due to bad weather. Be sure to check out our Art section for all of your art and craft needs!


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Poppy seeds are teeny. They are featured in the 10-04 panel of our Eames Office exhibition Powers of Ten: A Rough Sketch for a Proposed Exhibition on Scale. One seed, barely visible; 10 million (10+07) fill a single hanging jar.
Countdown to Powers of Ten Day
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