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April 24, 2014 By: Will Verduzco
A couple of days ago, we talked about how the Android 4.4.2 upgrade for the HTC Droid DNA had received technical approval from verizon for OTA release. We also mentioned how the update was scheduled to go live on Thursday the 24th. Well folks, today's the day of official KitKat for Verizon's close cousin to the Japanese HTC Butterfly.
The OTA was first spotted this morning by XDA Senior Member Spider210, who received a two-part OTA. The first part is a small (~5 MB) incremental upgrade in order to prep your device for the KitKat upgrade, whereas the second update is where the 618 MB of Sense 5.5-laden magic happens. At this time, the OTA has not yet been captured, but it's only a matter of time before it is mirrored for everyone's sideloading pleasure. Once available, the OTA will be available in the KitKat OTA thread.
Have you already updated or are you waiting for the OTA to push to your device? Let us know in the comments below and then head over to the KitKat OTA thread and the Verizon Wireless Droid DNA support page to learn more.
April 22, 2014 By: Will Verduzco
The HTC Droid DNA is Verizon's close cousin to the Japanese HTC Butterfly. It launched all the way back at the tail end of 2012 with Android 4.1, which has since been officially updated to 4.2.2. Now, the device is about to skip over 4.3, and jump straight Android 4.4.2 KitKat.
Droid DNA now have reason to rejoice, as HTC has received technical approval for its Android 4.4.2 + Sense 5.5 update on the DNA. As expected, this is not going to be the same software that is seen on the latest generation HTC One M8, but rather more similar to the M7's Sense 5.5 + Android 4.4.2 builds. The news on the upcoming update comes direct from Executive Director, Product Management Mohammed Versi who wrote the following to his personal Twitter account earlier today:
DNA Owners! Appreciate your patience, we have technical approval for OS 4.4.2 + Sense 5.5. Expect OTA updates to start on 4/24. Thanks
Unfortunately, HTC has yet to make any official statement regarding bringing Sense 6 to the DNA, which is a bit disappointing considering that the hardest part (bringing up the Android version) has already been accomplished. That said, we can't imagine it'd be too difficult for aftermarket developers here on XDA to bring fully functional hybrid ports based on the official 4.4.2 DNA builds with some Sense 6 goodness baked in. Leave your thoughts in the comments below and also head over to the Droid DNA KitKat update thread.
[Source: Mohammed Versi Twitter]
February 3, 2014 By: Samantha
You may remember that just recently the HTC Droid DNA gained the ability to dual multiple ROMs thanks to an unofficial MultiROM port. So for the folks who've been wondering how this may be of benefit, there's now a Sense 5.5-laced build of Android 4.4.2 that's been ported over from the HTC One to the Droid DNA that may serve as a fine starting point.
Not possible without the efforts of XDA Recognized Developers sbryan12144 and Zarboz as well as newtoroot, joelz9614, and Hawknest; the Android 4.4.2 and Sense 5.5 ports are currently stable and running on the Linux 3.4.18 kernel. As these have been ported from the HTC One, one will expect all the software features from the One to be present in this port. The ROM does not come pre-rooted, but this shouldn't be a problem because you can simply root it after installation. The port offers both CDMA and GSM device support, and there are three downloads provided: an odexed build, a deodexed build, and a patch to get CDMA working.
Droid DNA users interested in getting a previes of the Android 4.4.2 and Sense 5.5 experience should head over to the original thread for more information. It's better than waiting.
January 30, 2014 By: Samantha
It seems like XDA Recognized Developer Tassadar's MultiROM seems to be quite the popular method for different devices to boot multiple ROMs nowadays, considering that MultiROM was originally developed for only the Nexus 7 and has since been ported over to a number of other phones such as the Sony Xperia M and the Optimus One. And the community doesn't look like stopping any time soon, as the HTC Droid DNA, a.k.a. HTC Butterfly, has recently received an unofficial MultiROM port.
This comes thanks to the efforts of XDA Senior Member jamiethemorris, making it possible for users of the Droid DNA to run multiple ROMs (not at the same time of course) without the hassle other devices must go through. The installation process comes in three parts:
Installation will not wipe or affect the sole, primary ROM you're using right now. Additionally, you can run ROMs installed on a USB drive, which has to be connected to the phone with an OTG cable. To boot another ROM, you simply choose from those installed on your device or a USB drive from a menu at startup, and you're good to go.
So if you're interested in booting multiple roms on your Droid DNA, or would like to find out more, check out the original thread for more information.
December 9, 2013 By: Will Verduzco
Just yesterday, we mentioned how the HTC Droid DNA was starting to receive its Android 4.2.2 update in the form of a 2-part OTA. While official OEM-provided Android updates are always welcome, they often also come with the unwanted side effect of closing off previous root methods.
Luckily, when one door is closed, another often opens—and this new door comes in the form of a new S-off method for devices running software version 3. XDA Recognized Developer beaups managed to bring his Rumrunner S-off method to the device. As described by the developer:
software version 1.xx – use facepalm
software version 2.xx – use moonshine (2.06 version of moonshine DOES work with 2.07 devices)
software version 3.xx – use rumrunner
If you have a recently updated device and you want to get the S-off goods, make your way over to the original thread to get started.
[Many thanks to XDA Forum Member Skokielad for the heads up!]
December 8, 2013 By: Will Verduzco
HTC has been quite good about releasing expedient Android system updates as of late. To that end, we've recently seen Android 4.4 KitKat updates for both the HTC One Google Play edition, as well as the developer and unlocked version of the OEM-skinned model. Now, the company has shared its KitKat update plans for the HTC Droid DNA.
Close cousin to the HTC J Butterfly, the Droid DNA is HTC's former flagship a few generations ago, and the first mass market phone available in the US with a 1080p display. And released a little over a year ago, there's no reason why the the still powerful device should not get to enjoy KitKat in official capacity. Thankfully, HTC has stated that the DNA will receive KitKat by the end of Q1 2014.
And in more immediate news, Verizon and HTC are now updating the device to Android 4.2.2. The update, which comes in the form of two sequential OTAs (2.08.605.1 710RD and 3.06.605.4) also brings along HTC Sense 5 and various bugfixes. And for those looking to install a pre-rooted version, XDA Senior Member santod040 has you covered.
It's good to see that despite delays with the Android 4.3 update, KitKat will come to the DNA in the relatively near future. Share your thoughts in the comments below, and don't forget to make your way over to the HTC Droid DNA forums as well.
[Source: Verizon, HTC, HTCSource | Via AndroidPolice, AndroidandMe]
November 20, 2013 By: Will Verduzco
Yesterday, Motorola shared some insight into its Android 4.4 KitKat upgrade plans. They added some devices to the update list, and they even began the KitKat rollout to the Verizon variant of their flagship Moto X. Today, HTC has followed suit by elucidating on their update plans.
Not too long ago, HTC publicly stated that they had already delivered the KitKat code for the HTC One Google Play edition to Google. While the update is still yet to be seen, we can only assume that it will make its way to users quite soon. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the standard version of the HTC One. However, HTC's Jason Makenzie had previously stated the company's plans on updating all North American carrier variants within 90 days of KitKat's October 31st release.
Now, HTC has set a firm date on its update plans for both the carrier-branded variants of the HTC One and the Droid DNA. According to HTC's Twitter page, the One will see official KitKat love by the end of January, and the DNA will receive the goods by the end of Q1 2014. But after the One's delayed update to Android 4.3, let's just hope this doesn't become another HTC Thunderbolt situation.
Are you happy with HTC's proposed timetable? Let us know in the comments section below.
July 3, 2013 By: admin
One of our goals for the year has been to better organize all of the development works (ROMs, apps, tools, kernels, etc.) on XDA. We wanted this to be useful but also to have minimal impact on how developers post to XDA and on users who are happy with the current structure of the forums.
We're currently testing a system, we call the Development Database (or DevDB for short) on a handful of forums (Galaxy S II, Xperia Z, Galaxy Note II, Droid DNA, Nexus 4, Nexus 7). You'll note that when you go to the gateway to those forums, such as that for the Xperia Z, you can now see a tab for ROMs. Each ROM is linked to a forum thread– just as it's always been. But when you click through to these threads, you'll notice that they've become "enhanced" with a shiny new menu bar as shown in the below screenshot. Developers have the option of which features they want to include for each project:
– Feature Requester
– Bug Reporter
– Screenshots
– Downloads (via our own torrent tracker)
– Q&A Thread Linking
– Reviews
May 3, 2013 By: jerdog
A while back, we took a poll on which handset we should add to the list of XDA merchandise. After a few months of discussion, and honestly just having a lot going on, we're ready to announce the winning selections for addition to our XDA case lineup with CruzerLite. READ ON »
April 11, 2013 By: Will Verduzco
OK. It's no big secret. The HTC One is a great and exciting device. You've heard us talk about it—everything from the launch event and preliminary benchmarks to giving the device and its carrier variants a place on our forums. Now, we have kernel source for some One variants, which is great news for those looking to start development work for HTC's latest flagship. And since the device was only recently launched, with many carrier variants still pending release, HTC has done a great job of keeping to their GPL requirements.
In addition to the One, HTC also saw fit to
release update kernel source for the Droid DNA to match an OTA that was released back in early February. In other words, the company is now GPL compliant with binaries released two months ago. The DNA, if you may recall, was released quite some time ago. Available since November of last year, it took nearly five months for the device to become GPL compliant. Better late than never, but we can't help but think how much further along the development community would be for the device, had the GPL obligations been fulfilled earlier. In fact, we've even seen better from certain relatively obscure manufacturers.
Let's just hope that in the future, the One that we're waiting for isn't an HTC device's (up-to-date) kernel source code. Those looking to get in on the goods can find them in the links below.
Source: Official HTC Twitter, HTCdev
Update: As pointed out by reader and "HTC Champion" Leigh, my previous statements were somewhat mistaken. Article text has been updated accordingly.
March 30, 2013 By: jordankeyes
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Once every generation or so, a device gets to make this same proclamation: first to get a new processor, first to get more RAM, first to get a better camera. This generation, one of the key features appears to be screen resolution and, at least in North America, the HTC Droid DNA claims the prize of "first" device with a 1080p display.
Of course, the Droid DNA is not just another pretty face. It packs a definite punch with its quad-core processor and heaps of RAM, and though those things have become quite commonplace among the bevy of new devices on the market, the DNA is still a formidable device. But is it a device for a developer? Let's find out…
The Droid DNA comes with the following specs on Verizon Wireless:
So yes, for all intents and purposes, it is an extremely powerful and well-built device.
In terms of actual usability, the hardware is amazing. Everything I threw at it just worked, no questions asked. Battery life was exceptional, lasting days and days on a single charge with extremely light usage, and more than a single day with heavier usage.
The camera, if it matters to you, is still very much a traditional cell phone camera. With enough light, it can produce some decent images, but as soon as the light dims, you get a lot of grain and motion blur. Some samples are provided in the video above.
The Droid DNA originally came out running Android version 4.1.1 Jelly Bean, with HTC Sense 4.0+. What's the "+" for? I can only assume more Sense. It's not the latest, greatest version of Sense available, but it was at the time of release. If Sense is something you enjoy, consider this device your cup of tea. Otherwise, you can always load up another launcher or root the device and replace any and/or all of it. Ahh, the beauty of Android.
Additionally, since it's running Jelly Bean, you get the increased performance of the UI from Project Butter, but since it's 4.1.1, you don't have the added features from 4.2+ such as multiple user accounts, but depending on your point of view that might not be such a bad thing.
Approximately 9 days after the release of the Droid DNA, HTC dropped the kernel source and binaries to HTCDev.com. The device was quickly rooted, S-Off unlocked, and tons of custom ROMs and mods were created by the community.
However, for some reason, none of the larger projects seem to have added the DNA to their official lineups. There are quite a few CyanogenMod-based ROMs for the DNA and even a work-in-progress Ubuntu port for it, but nothing official.
Odd? Perhaps.
Maybe it's a lack of device adoption, or perhaps there's something missing from the available sources from HTC. I'm not an Android developer, so it's not my place to pass judgement on it.
Overall, from a consumer point of view, this is an extremely powerful, well-designed device with amazing battery life. It is very slim, lightweight, and no matter what you throw at it, odds are that it will perform admirably.
From a development point of view, there's a ton of activity in the official forum here on XDA for the Droid DNA, but not so much from any "official," larger projects.
At a $199 price point on-contract or $599 off-contract, it's definitely an attractive device, but that decision is best left up to you and your preference. If you're in the market for a Verizon device, head on down to your local store and try to lay your hands on this one and see how it fits you.
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February 20, 2013 By: egzthunder1
One of the biggest possible hacks for most current Android devices is the ability to completely remove security flags from the bootloader. Most companies these days will give you some way to unlock your device's bootloaders, but many are simply partial unlocks, while others are entirely not unlockable. HTC is one such company that offers what is known as a "developer unlock" through the htcdev service. However, as stated already this is but a partial unlock, which allows you to do a few fun things like flashing custom recoveries and using them to flash new ROMs. This is good, but it is quite limited, and you must have access to a PC to use fastboot commands in order to do more. This is normally overcome by disabling the HBOOT security flags, which is not an easy task. Every time HTC releases a new HBOOT, it comes loaded with patches to try and keep people from achieving a complete unlock (S-OFF). If you have either an One S, One XL, and Droid DNA your luck has just changed, courtesy of XDA Recognized Developers beaups and XDA Elite Recognized Developer jcase.
The process involves flashing a file through fastboot, which essentially removes eMMC write protection. After that, a second file is pushed into /data/local/temp, which removes all the S-OFF flags on the device. The only real requirement to perform this procedure (aside from having a PC with adb and fastboot) is that you are SuperCID. The latter (which stands for Super Country ID in case you are not familiar) is a protection to prevent you from flashing a RUU meant for a different region. This is a protection that has been around since the days of the HTC Wizard, and it is still present to this day. The flashing of the original zip requires you to have SuperCID off (rooting and custom recovery are not required for this to work). Luckily, this has already been achieved for all three devices, but it seems to have been blocked yet again after a recent OTA update. So, if you have not SuperCID'ed your device yet, do not attempt to do this! Having said that, stay tuned; a fix is on its way.
Please read the procedure carefully and thoroughly. Achieving S-OFF does involve some risk, and as such, there is a chance of bricking. That being said, rewards await you once the device is fully S-OFF, so make haste! Oh and just as your momma told you… don't accept candies from strangers or OTAs from manufacturers. Have fun and happy unlocking!
Welcome to Facepalm S-Off for modern HTC phones
You can visit the original threads in the One S, One XL, and DNA sections for more information.
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January 19, 2013 By: jerdog
At the end of last year, we started selling XDA cases with our friends at CruzerLite, and we've seen some phenomenal interest. Our current lineup is the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and the Google Nexus 4—but we want to add more. So we have decided to hold a poll and let the users choose which device(s) to add to our current lineup.
Below you will find some of the top devices at XDA. Please choose one from the list that you would like to see offered, and we will pick from the top 3 devices. The voting ends on February 15, so make sure you place your vote for the devices you love!
EDIT: The results are in, and displayed below. We'll keep you updated as to the final options when they become available.


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Rail Stock Roundup: 2 To Buy, 1 To Avoid
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If you are bullish on the macroeconomy, it makes sense to buy railroads. Not only do they track the economy, they are expected to grow at a faster rate than stocks in broader indices. Surprisingly, this preferable growth curve has not been factored into the stock prices, since railroads trade at a discount in terms of multiples. While the S&P 500 trades at 18.9x past earnings, railroads, on average, trade at just 13x past earnings. Below, I review three stocks that in the space that you should consider buying.
Why You Should Buy CSX (NYSE: CSX)
This leading railroad has underperformed peers with a return of -9.2% over the six months versus a positive return of 11% from Union Pacific. Will this underperformance continue? It is expected to grow EPS by a rate of 14.9% over the next five years, which is in-line with the railroad industry average. Price-to-book and price-to-earnings ratios are roughly in-line with the average as well at 2.2x and 11.1x, respectively. Return on invested capital? Also in-line at 12.4%. These are great fundamentals and support a bullish perspective on the rail industry. But while 13 of 24 reporting analysts recommend buying the stock, a large minority, 11 are on the fence with a "hold".
I side with the bullish half, and here's why. Free trade legislation is on the rise, which provides a major secular transition in favor of rail. We can see this with the rising trade between the United States and Mexico. Union Pacific, for example, saw cross-border carloads rise 6% leading up to the end of 3Q versus its 1% overall volume growth. And while the poor coal market caused CSX's earnings to fall in the third quarter, the downside is more than factored into the stock price. This is evidenced by how the PE multiple trades well below the 14.1x historical 5-year average.
I also believe that the market is looking too much at the coal market and too little at intermodal and industrial where robust growth has been relentless. Domestic volume gained 6% in the most recent quarter and set a record--this was reflective of not only market trends but corporate innovation, such as the UMAX interline container program. Growth opportunities are also emerging in chemicals and the automotive market.
Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) Vs. Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)
KSU and Norfolk are two other major railroads. The former trades at a respective 23.6x and 20x past and forward earnings versus 11.1x and 10.8x for Norfolk. KSU gets the premium due to how it is at a steeper part of its growth curve--it is forecasted for a nearly 500 bps faster growth rate over the next five years at 17.6%. Assuming expectations are met, 2016 EPS will come out to $6.65. At a multiple of 15x, this translates to a future stock value of nearly $100. That provides a 5.4% average annual return over the next 5 years--not nearly enough to justify an active stock investment. To put this into perspective, if Norfolk ends up at a multiple of 15x at any point within these 5 years, it beat KSU's average annual return by 160 bps with no growth.
There are several other reasons why you should be bullish on Norfolk Southern. It generates a strong 12.6% return on invested capital and is at a discount compared to peers. While the industry average price-to-book multiple stands at 2.2x, Norfolk trades at just 1.9x book value. Around 3.8% of the company is held by core value investors, and this is solid when you consider that Apple--one of the stocks institutions are most bullish on--has just 1.6% of its investors classified as "core value". Poor third quarter performance has knocked down shares 19.8% from the 52-week high, and this has created a major opportunity for long-term minded investors to pursue a "buy-and-hold" strategy.
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Ate steak again since it's Sunday. I know I can't believe it either… something besides chicken?! But you can't pass up a $2 dinner. that's just absurd. It ended up costing me $12 because I got 3 steaks and 3 orders of fries. But before dinner, I did yoga with a couple friends. It was pretty relaxing. Almost fell asleep at the end of it. It leaves your muscles very relaxed. It's like a "Gumby" feeling haha.
Skyped with Marcos and Gabriella at the same time. Then my dad and Theresa caught me on there before going to bed. It was nice talking to them… I haven't gotten a chance to talk to anyone from home yet really except once when I talked to my mom.
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Wal-Mart Investors: You Can Do Better
Bill is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is seeing mixed results domestically and abroad. Investors should look to other stocks with lower valuations and side-step these problems altogether.
Disappointment in China
Wal-Mart and Tesco are hard-pressed to lure customers to go to their stores in the People's Republic of China and Singapore. This is a widespread issue with foreign stores operating in Greater China. For example, Carrefour is also closing stores in Singapore because of competition from domestic stores. These foreign retailers are hoping to attract customers by different promotional schemes based on cooking oil, soy sauce, and apples.
International retailers are facing various business challenges in the Chinese market as many shoppers do not intend to visit them. Businesses are also facing challenges as China's economy has been hindered by slowing growth. Bloomberg Industries analyst Charles Allen said, "The rate of same-store sales increases is not what they were expecting it to be." He further explained, "The rate of addition of capacity has probably exceeded the growth of the market." As a result, Wal-Mart is very cautious to increase the number of its planned grocery stores in this country, where demand for groceries is 3.5 trillion Yuan ($560 billion) annually.
Growth in Mexico and Bribery Allegations
Sales of the largest retail store of Latin America, Wal-Mart de Mexico, gained 11% this quarter. Sales growth was attributed to extra promotional schemes attracting customers. Walmex (Wal-Mart in Mexico) secured 100.8 billion pesos ($7.9 billion) in revenues through these marketing activities.
Since August 2012, Walmex responded to price promotions from competitors like Controladora Comercial Mexicana and Organization Soriana with its own round price-cuts. Corp. Actinver analyst David Foulkes said, "The competition in the sector is more aggressive all the time."
Walmex's promotional strategy has not sacrificed profits. EBITDA has increased 15% to 9.43 billion pesos this year.
This retailer opened 49 more stores in this quarter, making its total number of stores opened this year 162. It is also planning to expand the capacity by 7.7% because of a favorable business environment. Management is also planning to start others sales schemes for food and cosmetic products to keep this sales growth for the next year. Walmex remains a leader in the Mexico's retail market.
International growth may slow as the scandal of alleged bribery in Mexico and other foreign markets inspires government and internal crack-downs. In addition, flanking competitors leave little space for maneuvering or repositioning Wal-Mart's value proposition.
Endless Wal-Mart Bad Press
Wal-Mart's 11-year-old gender discrimination lawsuit weaves in and out of the news. This is only one example of Wal-Mart's terrible labor relations, a serious issue that puts a black mark on the company's brand.
This gender discrimination lawsuit was first filed in 2001 by women from a few different Wal-Mart locations in the California area. They state that they were denied salary hikes and career growth because they are women. The workers' lawyers convinced a judge that Wal-Mart's policies affected women at many of their stores all over the country, qualifying the case as a class action lawsuit. Wal-Mart appealed the class action certification, claiming that promotion and hiring decisions were made by local managers and were not a company-wide policy.
The discrimination lawsuit was started on behalf of Californian workers after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit representing employees of Wal-Mart across the nation. A U.S. Judge said that the plaintiffs have reduced the class size to between one and a few hundred thousand members. This reduced class might be certified if it can make a "showing consistent with the Supreme Court's decision."
There is also a question of negative brand image. Wal-Mart is perceived as a rough employer and a cause of mass-extinction for small businesses. Regardless if this is true or false, good or bad, this is the perception many consumers have. Contrast this with Whole Foods Market, which can charge customers much more for what is essentially the same product. This consumer mindset latches on to confirming news of alleged bribery scandals and the negative environmental impact of Wal-Mart.
Comparing Valuations
Investors should be compensated for the many issues facing Wal-Mart in the form of low valuations. Consider the valuation metrics of Wal-Mart's grocery, discount, and department store peers:
Each of these alternatives trades at lower price-to-earnings ratios than Wal-Mart. In particular, investors should favor Target at lower valuations without the tarnished brand image. Safeway and Dillard's (NYSE: DDS) are also interesting alternatives to Wal-Mart with their considerably lower valuations. Choosing these Wal-Mart alternatives is a smart way to avoid this public relations nightmare altogether.
Many of these alternative firms could benefit from positive news of their own. For example, investors who buy shares of Safeway (NYSE: SWY) also stand to benefit from the spin-off of Safeway's gift card business. Spinoffs generally benefit investors, as the parts of the original firm are usually valued more than the whole. Safeway announced that its gift card business, Blackhawk Network Holdings, is planned to IPO in the first half of 2013.
Dillard's, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS), and Macy's may have been beneficiaries of J.C. Penney's radical change in strategy, which sacrificed 20% of its sales. Many of these customers are thought to have moved to other department stores.
Clearly, there are better valuations and unfolding news stories than ones presented for Wal-Mart investors.
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The Intensive English Language Program is looking for administration, staff and faculty members who would like to host Temple international students and IELP students for seven weeks or more. While staying in the hosts' homes, the international students would learn about the American way of life and would practice their English. In addition, the hosts would receive stipends for their service. Temple employees who are interested can contact Dennis Serge at 204-2365 or email@example.com for more details.
Carver Science Fair needs judges
The George Washington Carver Science Fair, co-sponsored by Temple, needs judges for the 26th annual fair for seventh- through 12th-graders to be held March 8 at McGonigle Hall. fields, including behavioral/social science, biochemistry, botany, chemistry, computer science, consumer science, earth/space science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics, medicine/health science, microbiology, physics and zoology.
As in previous years, the judging day includes a continental breakfast, a brief introduction to the fair, project evaluations through the morning, a buffet lunch, the opportunity to network with colleagues and individual student interviews throughout the afternoon. A science fair judge need not be employed in a science or education field, but should possess a comfortable background in science, math, technology, engineering and/or education, as well as have an appreciation for science education.
Judges are also needed for the elementary science fair for grades four through six to be held March 30 at the Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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Athletics compliance coordinator named
Andrew Cardamone has been named the compliance coordinator for intercollegiate athletics, Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw announced.
A graduate of Saint Joseph's University, Cardamone had been an academic counselor at the University of Oklahoma since 2002. He worked with athletes in the university's baseball, softball, women's soccer and golf programs while mentoring at-risk athletes and helping them build strategies for success.
Cardamone received a bachelor of science in psychology from Saint Joseph's while pitching for the Hawks baseball team. He went on to earn his master of education in counseling and psychological services with a concentration in athletic counseling from Springfield College in Massachussetts.


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Wowza. Throughout the first half I kept wondering if I was going to finish the book -- so many weird concepts, so little explanation. And then suddenly the second half became gripping and I raced through to the end. Hannu's unwillingness to explain things is definitely a challenge, right through the epilogue, but in the end worthwhile because I can't get the book out of my head.
For a book that isn't thick the story is nice and dense. There are ideas in it that are not new but they were used to good effect in the story. The reader is plopped down right in the middle and you have to keep up there is no spoonfeeding any back story to the reader at all and it was a nice change of pace. Straight up SF novel and that was certainly a change of pace for me. Not sure if I will pick up the next one as soon as it comes out or wait until the third one and read them back to back.
Ok read, but much of the tech in the book is explained way to vaguely, and there's 0 to no background as to how things got to be the way they are.
Bit disappointing
With enough new words and cultural references to fill a dictionary this could have been and incomprehensible mish-mash. That it wasn't is a testament to the author.
Vividly imagined concepts that take our current obsession with an online presence and how we are perceived to a new level are brilliantly realised by Rajaniemi.
Is it a prison if you do not realise you are imprisoned? How would a prison colony, like Australia was, evolve when those imprisoned run the place?
Enjoyed it.
Rajaniemi's pacy debut novel is set in a far future where both Jupiter and Phobos have been turned into suns in the aftermath of a war between the godlike Sobornost, who control most of the inner solar system, and the Zoku, now exiled to Mars from their Saturnian home.
On Mars all off-world tech is proscribed. The city called the Oubliette is constantly on the move, built on platforms which change their relative position as it is carried across Hellas Basin on vast articulated legs. Rajaniemi does not fetishise this creation as many another author would. Far from being almost a character in its own right the city is merely an exotic backdrop for his story, not its focus.
In the Oubliette, interactions between people (and buildings) are mediated by technology known as exomemory which captures every thought, dream and action. A filtering system known as gevulot acts as a privacy screen but is opened for speech and donation of information packets called co-memories.
The city's inhabitants all carry Watches which store the Time they use as money. When your Time runs out, death follows. Resurrection Men decant memories and implant them in a new body in which to serve the city as one of the Quiet till enough credit has been accrued to live normally again. On occasion criminals dubbed gogol pirates deliberately kill in order to steal the deceased's memories and enslave the minds. This is anathema to anyone from the Oubliette (but philosophically it surely differs from being Quiet only in degree.) Tzadikkim, a vigilante-type group with enhanced powers, act as an informal police.
The narrative is shared between the first person account of Jean le Flambeur, the quantum thief of the title, and the third person viewpoints of an Oortian, Mieli, who kicks the novel off by springing Jean from an unusual prison round Saturn, and the somewhat too intuitive detective Isodore Beautrelet. Both Jean and Mieli have (rarely used) Sobornost enhancements. In addition, several Interludes fill in backstory and -ground.
The text can be dense at times. Rajaniemi deploys technological terminology with a flourish; qdots, ghostguns, qupting, Bose-Einstein Condensate ammunition, quantum entanglement rings, qubits, but these can be allowed to wash over any technophobic reader prepared to follow the flow.
By implication Rajaniemi emphasises the importance of memory, not only in the idea of exomemory or the uploading/decanting of personality but also as a component of individual identity. Jean le Flambeur has hidden his past from himself and has no recall of it until others restore it bit by bit via gevulot exchanges.
Rajaniemi's Finnish origins are most revealed by some of the names he uses. Mieli's spidership is called Perhonen - butterfly - and he slips in a Finnish expletive in the guise of an Oortian god. There are also borrowings from Japanese, Hebrew and Russian and a subtle Sherlock Holmes reference.
"The Quantum Thief" is bursting with ideas and there are sufficient action/battle scenes to slake any thirst for vicarious violence but sometimes it seems as if incidents are present in order to fill in background rather than being necessary to the plot. The motivations of some of the characters are obscure and despite the prominence of gevulot in the Oubliette, conversations and interactions seem to be more or less unaltered in comparison to our familiar world, though had Rajaniemi presented them otherwise they may have been unintelligible.
The denouement brings all the threads together satisfyingly while the final Interlude sheds additional light on the proceedings and sets up possible scenarios for sequels - for which there will likely be an avid audience.
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"Fetch me Frank."
He pulled his phone out of his pocket and flipped it open. "Sonny." He answered, pushing some papers around on his desk and arranging different things.
"Sonny, it's Patrick." Came Patrick's nervous reply.
"Oh, hi Patrick. Whatcha need?" Sonny asked, leaving his desk and walking to the fridge and peeking in. He decided on some imitation blood. Only Gerard and Mikey were allowed to have real blood, unless stated otherwise from Gerard.
"Well, I've got Tina in my room yelling and throwing things because she wants her own room." Patrick told Sonny. "Her and Pete are fighting because she wants a kid and Pete doesn't. She doesn't like that you didn't ask her if she wanted to share a room."
"Well, she didn't tell me that she was fighting with Pete, did she? I can't read minds, Gerard and Mikey can." Sonny smiled, pouring himself a glass.
"Yeah, well I don't want to share a room with Tina when she's pissed. Do you have any more rooms?" Patrick asked, sounding like he was eager.
"Yeah, I'll be down there in a minute to show Tina her new room." Sonny said.
"Okay, thanks, Sonny." Patrick sighed in relief.
"Yeah, no problem."
"Bye." Patrick hung up and Sonny heard the dial tone.
Sonny slid his phone shut and placed it back into his pocket before walking down the hall towards Patrick's room.
Sonny glanced at the many paintings of different vampires lining the hallway walls, all-leading up to the big painting of the once-head vampire, Dracula.
Sonny looked down the hall and spotted Patrick standing outside of his room, smiling at Sonny.
"Hey," Patrick greeted.
"Hey. Tina in here?" Sonny asked, pointing to Patrick's room door.
Patrick nodded. "Yep."
"Thanks." Sonny opened the door to reveal Tina in a huff, sitting on Patrick's bed. "Tina, I have a different room for you."
Tina looked over to Sonny. "Patrick got you?" She asked.
"No, he called me. I left you and Pete cell-phones and told you that I was on speed dial. But I guess you did't get the memo." Sonny smiled.
"Whatever. Just take me to my room." Tina scoffed, getting up from Patrick's bed and walking past Sonny and into the hallway.
Sonny turned on his heel and walked out the door and into the hallway, nodding his head at Patrick.
Patrick smiled and nodded his head in Sonny's direction, showing thanks and walking into his room and shutting the door behind him.
"Sorry I didn't get you your own room in the first place." Sonny apologized, walking quite far from Fall Out Boy. And Tina noticed.
"How come so far away?" Tina asked, looking back down the hall.
"Because I only had four rooms free right next to each other. You'll have to be between Ryan and Matt." Sonny explained, opening the door.
"That's fine." Tina shrugged. "I guess."
"Ryan's on the right and Matt's on the left." Sonny told Tina, walking to the bedside table and scribbling something down on a notepad before walking back to the door and smiling before leaving.
Tina sat on the bed for a minute, before getting up and walking to the bed stand. She peered down at the piece of paper and smiled to herself.
Matt: speed-dial #8
Ryan: speed-dial #9
Tina's smile grew into a grin as she picked up the cell phone Sonny had handed her and pushed in the numbers, punching talk.
Gerard sat in the head chair, one finger on his temple with his other fingers resting aimlessly, and the other hand setting on the arm of the red plush chair-handle.
"Travis." Gerard spoke, staring intently at the band member before him.
"Yes, Gerard?" Travis answered.
"Fetch me Frank." Gerard watched as Travis nodded his head and left the room.
Travis waltzed down the hall, and up to Frank Iero's room.
He knocked on the door and waited.
Frank scrambled to get up and answer the door. "Y-yes?" Frank asked, looking down the hall both ways before fixing his eyes on Travis. "Oh... It's you."
"Jeez, you sound so happy to see me. Anyway, Gerard wants to see you." Travis notified Frank watching as Maddi scrambled for clothes in the background. A smirk grew on Travis' face before Frank punched him in the arm, closing the door behind him on his way out. "Sorry, dude." Travis grinned, holding his hands up in defense.
"Keep your eyes off my girl." Frank warned; marching the other way down the hall and to the grand ballroom where he knew Gerard would be waiting. "Yes, Gerard?" Frank asked, walking up and standing in front of Gerard in his big chair.
"That thing I told you... Did you do it?" Gerard pondered.
"Well, not yet... But I'm close." Frank winced, as he was afraid of what Gerard might do.
"Damn it Frank!" Gerard yelled. "I need it done!"
"Sorry Mr. High-and-Mighty. But I was busy. It's not easy having a fucking kid, you know." Frank hissed back.
Bad move.
With one wave of Gerard's hand, Frank was grasping his neck and gasping for air.
"Frank, just do as I say or Maddi and Franklyn Jr. will be in serious danger." Gerard warned, looking at Frank struggle for air.
Gerard waved his hand again and Frank fell to the floor gasping. He looked up at Gerard, clutching his throat and wheezing. "Asshole." Frank chocked.
Gerard's face turned furious, and his eyes widened.
Frank realized just how bad he fucked up.
"Frank... You've forced me to do something I really don't want to do." Gerard said, lifting his hand again.
Frank just watched, and so did Travis, who was standing next to Gerard's chair incase he was needed.
Gerard's hand rose, and moved swiftly to his left, causing Frank to levitate off the ground and fly into the wall.
Gerard hopped off his chair and fast-walked over to the Frank that was aching in pain and coughing up blood. "I have the power, Frank. Obey me!" Gerard hissed in Frankie's ear, before walking briskly over to the exit door and leaving. Travis quickly in tow.
"Gerard, where are you going?" Travis asked, trying to catch up.
"Out." Gerard replied, walking faster.
"We have blood here, if that's what you're after." Travis noted.
Gerard spun around and smiled that creepy grin at Travis. "I want it fresh. I want to see the look at that puny human's face when he sees my fangs..." Gerard chuckled and turned back around again and walking the rest of the way back down the hall.
Travis watched with a confused look on his face, while Gerard burst through the back doors and into the night.


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While the average rodeo can feature up to a dozen or more individual events, the most exciting and entertaining has always been the bull riding competition. Back in 1992, a group of twenty up and coming bull riders each brought $1,000 to the table in an attempt to break away from the rodeo circuit and bring bull riding itself into the national spotlight.
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I needed to develop a strategy for use and versioning because managing this lot manually was becoming a time-waster. This post details what I came up with, and in response I hope to hear other people's solutions to the same problem.
We keep a shared components directory on a server, called \\Server\SharedComponents (names changed to protect the innocent). This directory holds all shipped versions of the components, and also the current development ones. Inside that directory, there is a directory called Head. Inside head are placed the most recent builds of components that work as a set. These components are all built at the same time using a NAnt script. In fact, that's a bit of a lie because some Managed C++ bits won't build with NAnt at the moment so are done manually but in an ideal world...
The projects that we work on that use these components use the head build while in development. When the product is preparing for a release, we use the following steps:
We now have a fixed set of components for one release, and with very little effort all of the references are changed to use this build. In the future that branch can be checked out and all will be as it was on the day of release!
This solution is not perfect, identifying a set of components can be slightly hard and there are still issues with keeping change logs for component sets up-to-date but it's a step in the right direction (for us, at least!).
So tell me, how do you solve this problem?
p.s. I'll post the python script here at some point for those interested.
How many thousand times have you created a new C# class, then deleted the ?Add constructor logic here? and/or the default, useless XML Documentation comment? Far too many, I'm sure.
Solving this problem is simple: Remove them from the template that's used to generate new classes. The file is found at the following location (VS.NET 2003):
%programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC#\VC#Wizards\CSharpAddClassWiz\Templates\1033
Other templates are scattered around below the %programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC# directory. Simply do an in-file search for ?///? and you'll find several more.
(I think EricGu or someone else posted something about this a while ago, but I can't find the post.)
[via Jeff Key, "Remove default comments in C# files"]
More on my quest for knowledge about Indigo/WSE/DIME:
Rich Turner has an interesting article talking about how you can develop web services infrastructure now so that it migrates well to Indigo:
On the road to Indigo: Prescriptive Guidance for Today's Technologies
How about some coverage related to Indigo, DIME and the new MTOM/XOP stuff. Specifically, with Indigo will I still be able to send binary attachments without incurring the base64 overhead. If so, then how?
I'm trying to learn about SOAP and related technologies. I have recently been working on a connected wire protocol which involves sending XML messages to and from client and server. Most of it is a request-response system with the occasional unsolicited server->client message. Each message is wrapped in a pre-defined XML envelope. Sounding a bit like SOAP to anyone? So, I'm interested in how I can replace part of this system with SOAP.
So, here's how it went in tonight's web info-quest:
I'm using microsoft technology to start with: .NET to .NET.
MSDN → Search for SOAP and Web Services and Messaging in various combinations. Find →
XML and Web Services → Web Services Enhancements → Programming with Web Services Enhancements 2.0 → TCP Messaging
In the future, I will need to send binary files from the client to the server (data for transmission). Therefore I'm also looking for neat ways to send both XML messages and the occasional bit of binary data.
I started out by noticing something about DIME somewhere. Back to MSDN →
Sending Files, Attach,ments, and SOAP Messages Via Direct Internet Message Encapsulation,
Understanding DIME and WS-Attachments - sounds good, but the article is really old (ok, really old in Web Services terms).
Google for DIME and Indigo (Indigo is Microsoft's up and coming web services stack stuff, so it's a good term to see if DIME is no longer loved) → DIME is dead PASWA/MTOM is the way to go (ah-ha!) → Back to MSDN →
Messaging Specifications Index Page → XML, SOAP, and Binary Data:
Hmm, no concrete evidence of an implementation. Back to Google →
Google for WSE and MTOM → Don Box's Spoutlet → mnot → XOP and MTOM.
Hmm. This leaves me confused. Dime is dead, MTOM is the way forward. Only it doesn't seem that anybody has bothered to create MTOM yet. What's a developer to do?
Update: It seems that in WSE 2, Microsoft are abstracting attachments from the DIME-specific to more general attachments so that migration to MTOM will be less painful: Philip Rieck.
NPerf is an excellent new performance testing framework for .NET code by Jonathan de Halleux. [via CodeProject]
Miguel of Mono fame notes that Jim Hugunin has created an early .NET compiler for Python that performs much better than the previous effort by ActiveState.
A copy of Jim's message can be found here.
It would appear that due to a bug in EnableVisualStyles you have to call Application.DoEvents after the call to Application.EnableVisualStyles or your image lists won't work properly any more. Hope this helps someone.


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Creaking beams
Who waits in the shadow of these creaking beams?
Waits between the pillars and rafters'
Waits unbeknownst and overblown
Without the sense to come in from the cold
Isolated in darkness, eyes can not see
Nor recall the moments conceived,
But who will heed those creaking beams?
While waiting to come in from the cold
Only we shall ponder the creaking beams
Trapped under the pillars and rafters,
Trapped in the shadow of movement and time
Waiting to come in from the cold