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Chenbros offers a range of server chassis.
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Ultrabooks are the major focus at Computex this year.
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Well, is there any chance you feel like sharking your script for testing or feedback?
Hi, this is my first real script:
After launching the script it asks me for my network adapter, then asks me which URL I want to DNS spoof. It then edits the etter.dns with the given URL and your current network IP address. It then launches the Social Engineering Toolkit using the "set-automate" option to clone the URL. It then asks which IP addresses you want to ARP poison (or just poison the whole network), next it launches ettercap with the dns_spoof plugin enabled. Now anyone on the network that tries to access the URL is redirected to the S.E.T page and their details are logged. The script then gives you a "notify-send" pop-up to alert you that it has captured login details then emails those details to your email address, finally the script finds the PID's for ettercap and SET and kills them, restoring the network to normal.
I find this handy for an unattended credentials harvester.
I take no credit for use of SET and ettercap, this is just an automated script to launch a credential harvester.
here's a demo: http://vimeo.com/24954280
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There you go, I'll share it in a few days, I need to tidy it a little. I just wanted to show what can be done with set-automate.
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Dysthymia is a chronic type of depression in which a person's moods are regularly low. However, symptoms are not as severe as with major depression.
Neurotic depression (dysthymia); Dysthymic disorder; Chronic depression; Depression - chronic
The exact cause of dysthymia is unknown. It tends to run in families. Dysthymia occurs more often in women.
Many people with dysthymia have a long-term medical problem or problems such as anxiety, alcohol abuse, or drug addiction. Most people with dysthymia will also have an episode of major depression at some point in their lives.
Dysthymia in the elderly is often associated with difficulty caring for oneself, isolation, or medical illness.
The main symptom of dysthymia is a low, dark, or sad mood on most days for at least 2 years. In children and adolescents, the mood can be irritable instead of depressed and lasts for at least 1 year.
In addition, two or more of the following symptoms will be present almost all of the time that a person has dysthymia:
People with dysthymia will often take a negative or discouraging view of themselves, their future, other people, and life events. Problems often seem more difficult to solve.
Your health care provider will take a history of your mood and other mental health symptoms. The health care provider may also check your blood and urine to rule out medical causes of depression.
There are a number of things you can try to improve dysthymia:
Medications are often effective for dysthymia, though they sometimes do not work as well as they do for major depression, and may takelonger to work.
Don't stop taking your medicine on your own, even if you feel better or have side effects. Always call your doctor first.
When it is time to stop your medicine, you and your doctor will slowly reduce the dose instead of stopping suddenly.
People with dysthymia may also be helped by some type of talk therapy. Talk therapy is a good place to talk about feelings and thoughts, and to learn ways to deal with them. Types of talk therapy include:
Joining a support group for people who are having problems like yours can also help. Ask your therapist or health care provider to recommend a group.
Dysthymia is a chronic condition that can last for years. Though many people completely recover, others continue to have some symptoms, even with treatment.
Dysthymia also increases the risk for suicide.
Call for an appointment with your health care provider if:
Call for help immediately if you or someone you know develops these symptoms, which are signs of a suicide risk:
Fava M, Cassano P. Mood disorders: major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2008:chap 29.


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Visit the links below to explore the many multicultural programs offered in the Saint Paul Public Schools. American Indian Education Program English Language Learners Multicultural Excellence Program Multicultural Resource Center
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Our reproduction of an early American Empire sleigh bed has the elegant lines and refined proportions that are a hallmark of the era. Ornamented with carved rosettes at the corner – a design used since ancient Greece – the bed stands on elegant turned baluster legs, fluted in reference to classic columns. Crafted of solid hardwood, each piece is carefully distressed using a hand-applied multistep process to achieve the look of a weathered antique.
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Focus shifts to 21st century learning environments.
CHICAGO — Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.® has announced that it will wind down production of many of its traditional library and conference room products, effective April 30, 2014. Instead, Bretford will continue efforts on innovation in support of collaborative work and 21st century learning environments.
As of April 30, 2014, Bretford will no longer produce library shelving, circulation desks, carrels, reading tables, wood leg tables, Tru® and Presentation Environments® conference tables, and all products finished in wood veneer. They will accept orders on these products through January 31, 2014.
According to Chris Petrick, CEO for Bretford Manufacturing, Inc., "There has been a dramatic evolution in how spaces are being used in support of learning and work, especially traditional libraries and conference rooms. Today, educators are challenged with providing the optimal environment to support collaboration, technology and high impact learning. Over the last year, we have experienced exponential demand for our EDU 2.0 furniture line and a significantly diminished demand for traditional library shelving and conference room solutions. For these reasons, we are staying focused on the development of furniture designed to support technology in high-impact learning spaces."
Petrick explained that Bretford continues to ramp up production of its EDU 2.0 line of furniture, which has gained significant traction primarily in schools looking to create 21st century learning spaces. "Bretford has been in business for nearly 70 years and during that time we have adapted frequently to stay in front of the marketplace. This is not a decision we ventured into lightly. We are fully assisting our customers through this transition and are well-positioned to offer a robust product portfolio coupled with an extensive product roadmap that concentrates on supporting mobile technologies in classrooms, media centers, corporate learning environments and common areas."
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Seattle Funspot: Herkimer Coffee
Coffee and a doughnut, how idyllic? In Seattle's University District, right by Sidecar for Pigs Peace and Wayward Vegan Cafe, is Herkimer Coffee, an omni yet vegan-friendly coffee shop.
The doughnuts are from Mighty-O, and they absolutely do taste better fresh. We can get them packaged down here in Portland, and in the bakery case here and there, but you really have to eat one in its native land. And the coffee? Get a straight-up drip—just a splash of soy is all you need; no bitterness here! Of course, if you're more of the latte type, you'll be well taken care of too.
The atmosphere is cozy, clean and warm, and it wasn't too hectic, at least when we were there. I noticed the barista knew most of the customers' names—there was lots of friendly chit chat—but we weren't made to feel like we didn't belong. No pretension, just coffee.
Oh, and grab a bag o' beans to go. Your cup might not turn out as good, but you could come close.
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That doughnut looks beautiful, wish they had a shop where I live! Aww I clicked through to the Pigs Peace Sanctuary, what a lovely place for our curly tailed friends, nice to see kind people at work, thanks for sharing that 🙂
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And it sure feels special when we lounge in Bistro 24's gold-and-green-striped silk booths, taking in country French accent pieces, sophisticated artwork and peeks at Valley glitterati sucking down $7.50 French press coffee.
This is where the lords and leaders of our economic, political and social scene come for designer dishes like Bicher muesli, steel cut oatmeal brûlée, duck hash and chocolate brioche French toast.
It's better to move and shake on a full belly, after all.
Don't expect to find any piatas, colorful serapes or beer-touting sombreros here. This reproduction of a 19th-century Mexican ranch house is impeccably tasteful, down to the last carved, dark wood chair, white linen tablecloth and soaring silk flower arrangement.
But the lavish decor is just visual garnish for the most upscale Mexican food the Valley has to offer. Chips? No way, José! Instead, opt for high-end appetizers, like pasteles de jaiba (plantain-crusted crab cakes with chipotle oil) or tamal de pato (braised duckling tamale with orange honey masa and tomato nixtamal sauce). And don't even think of combo plates with entrees such as cochinillo asado (spit-roasted suckling pig stuffed with chorizo) and mero al sartén (pan-seared grouper with grilled cucumber pico and veracruzana sauce).
Whatever your choice, save room for dessert -- like La Hacienda's signature capirotada (fried three-milk bread pudding with port macerated berries and star anise ice cream).
When the weather's nice, request a table near the French doors, which collapse together for calming views of a courtyard dotted with palm trees, a bubbling fountain and strolling mariachis.
A glance at El Bravo's menu is deceptively ho-hum -- beef burros, chicken tacos, chimichangas, combo plates.
Don't be fooled. This food may sound like Taco Bell, but it tastes authentic. Everything is made fresh in the restaurant's open kitchen, and owner Carmen Tafoya isn't shy about sneaking in the spices where appropriate -- her red chile beef packs a mean left hook. The tanker-size tamales are fluffy; the chicken green corn positively floats off the plate, studded with lots of fresh kernels, peppery white-meat chicken and cheese under green chile sauce.
Both sides of the border can rejoice!
We're not morning people. We admit it. If God had meant for people to be awake in the morning, he wouldn't have had to create alarm clocks.
There's little that can convince us to leave our warm bed at the crack of dawn (has anyone else noticed that a mattress never fits so perfectly as it does just before we're forced to leave it?).
Good chorizo is one of those things, though, that rouses our head from the pillow, summons us to our slippers, and gets us to greet the day with a smile.
That's a pretty big accomplishment for just $4.50, but La Cabana pulls it off with its huevos con chorizo meal (to be accurate, the dish should read chorizo con huevos, such is the generous ratio of highly spiced chile-vinegar-garlic sausage to egg). The sausage is a wonderful jump-start to the day -- dry, salty, smoky -- and only gets better when we fold it into a corn tortilla spread with gorgeously runny refried beans.
Sometimes we mix it up, adding thin guacamole from the on-ice salsa bar, alternating munches with bites of cool lettuce, radish, and cucumber drizzled with lime. A cold horchata drink is just the thing, too, tasting comfortingly like wet tapioca and soothing some of the chorizo burn.
The only problem? After finishing the plate, we're so stuffed, we want to go right back to bed.
Who'd have thought that something so simple could be so good?
While other places may fry their fish in batter and pile on the sauces and cheese, chef-owner Rita Aramburo leaves the Mrs. Paul's approach to seafood tacos to others.
The catfish here is remarkably flavorful, sautéed in chunks with tomato, onion and a touch of seasoning. The vegetables are soft, warm, and cooked down so their juices blend with the firm fish -- so savory, and much better than the cold veggie chop we find in other tacos around town.
The uncomplicated mix is wrapped in a grilled corn tortilla, with nothing more to add than a squeeze of lemon and a splash of Rita's killer spicy salsa.
Rita's fish tacos? We're hooked.
Sure, we could tell you that the seafood cocktails here are so fresh that you'll swear you can hear sea gulls overhead.
Or that the Sea of Cortez cookery (try the garlic shrimp with rice and beans) is so authentic that you'll actually think you can smell the salty ocean air.
Or that a visit to San Carlos Seafood is so enjoyable that you'll believe you've been magically transported to a cantina on a south-of-the-border shore.
Instead, we'd just like to steer you to the most delicious Mexican-style seafood the Valley has to offer, served up in a no-frills joint on a seedy stretch of East McDowell. But if you want to pretend that freeway overpass right down the road is an Aztec temple, be our guest. As for us, we'll have another ceviche tostada.


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Best Of :: People & Places
Recently, we went on a scotch-tasting journey around Dallas. We ordered the same drink, Dewar's rocks, at many fine bars about town. It wasn't at all unusual for that drink to cost upward of eight bucks. Usually, there was just enough scotch in there to get our scotch buds active, but not nearly enough to placate them. That was not true at The Loon. Long a legend in town for its stiff pours, the bar on the wrong side of the tracks from the West Village proved itself most generous. For $5.25, we got nearly four fingers of the sweet, pale brown liquor. Since you'll be drinking fewer rounds, be sure to tip handsomely. Especially to the bartender with the tattoo on her back. At least we think it was a tattoo. After two of those drinks, it could have been a gecko loose in her britches.
Two words: Prince afterparty. Two more words: Snoop afterparty. Get the idea? When the baddest muthas come to Dallas, the real happening is at Erykah Badu's South Dallas club. A 1960s movie house that had fallen into disrepair, the Black Forest has been reimagined as a thriving cultural spot, with hand-painted murals, checkerboard floors, lush green walls, and good sound and lighting. This is all thanks to Ms. Badu, who uses the space as ground zero for a South Dallas revitalization project called Beautiful Love Incorporated Non Profit Development (or BLIND). Semi-regular entertainment comes from Mizz B herself, along with soul, R&B, hip-hop and rock acts from around the community. Notice that word: community. 'Cause even though Black Forest may host some of the biggest names in music, ain't no question whose home this really is. Prince may be on the marquee and Erykah Badu may be on the lease, but this place belongs to South Dallas.
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Velvet Curtain
It wasn't so long ago that Dallas blues had fallen on hard times. Once the signature sound of Deep Ellum, back when Blind Lemon Jefferson busked the streets and the blues poured out of every bar and brothel, by early 2004 the blues had all but disappeared from the downtown area. That changed with the February opening of Deep Ellum Blues. With a central location (painted all in blue) and an expansive seating area, the club can accommodate both intimate local shows and national touring acts. In its six months, Deep Ellum Blues has played host to such acts as George Thorogood, hometown hero Hash Brown and Austin heartthrob Guy Forsyth. But the club's real coup is owner Jim Suhler, longtime guitarist for Thorogood and nominee for Best Blues in the 2004 Dallas Observer Music Awards for Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat. He not only knows the blues; he plays them just as well.
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Deep Ellum Blues
We smoke cigars about twice a year or so. The last time was during a fancy birthday dinner for a friend at Sambuca Uptown (which is actually between Uptown and downtown). We retired to the smoking room there, which is a glass-walled patio complete with all manner of plush seating options. It was the middle of summer, but the area was cool, the stars were bright, and the rich, hot blasting pleasure of sweet cancerous tobacco filled our lungs. Couple this with a glass of vino or a fine cocktail from Sambuca, pipe in some of the best jazz in town (you can see the stage clearly while you smoke it up), and you have a fine place in which to pump your lungs full of the good stuff.
OK, the rabid sheep turned out not to be rabid, all right? Buy a bag of feed pellets and cruise through Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, where you're so close to the animals they drool on you. Or stare menacingly into your car window, occasionally tapping it with a huge beak, like the ostriches and emus. Everybody loves Fossil Rim Wildlife Center--even our friend from Nigeria, who talked on his cell phone the whole time (we didn't even know you could get a signal out here) but admitted he'd never seen any of these animals in his own country. At Fossil Rim, just south of Glen Rose--90 minutes southwest of Dallas down Highway 67--you drive in your own car through 10 miles of habitats that simulate the African savannah and other wildlife-rich regions. Along the way, you see gazelles boinging in the fields; seemingly every species of deer known to man; zebras; giraffes; cheetahs; rare black rhinos and much more. If it doesn't seem too weird to dine on animal flesh, have a delicious Black Angus burger at the cafe halfway through the safari drive and get a penny squished in the gift shop. You won't be out too many bucks, and what you do spend helps support Fossil Rim's internationally recognized breeding and wildlife preservation efforts.
Dog park folk are a different breed. Parents who put down a bowl of cool water in a dog park don't expect their dog to be the only one privy to it. They may put it down in front of little Oliver, but they're happy for Skids, Blue and Gracie to partake. Moms and dads of canines who think enough of their pup to take her to the park are flat-out considerate, and at the White Rock Lake park, that consideration is evident as humans watch out for their own pals and everyone else's. We've seen at least seven humans bolt to help keep a dog from sneaking past the first of two gates. The dog park is a more intimate setting than regular parks where kids are on alert for strangers and parents generally cut the conversation with "Hi, is this your sippy cup?" Www.dallasdogparks.org actually has a pet bio section where owners can look up other dogs they meet and find out when they usually go, you know, so Fido can play with his buddy again. Though, it's nice if it helps the parents make human friends, too.


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Living on the East Coast, I often wonder how the early pioneers lived without Doppler radar and the Weather Channel. Today, we know about hurricanes weeks ahead of time, and you have days to batten down the hatches, gas up the car, and buy strawberry Pop-Tarts at Wal-Mart. Think I'm kidding about the last item? It's a consumer behavior proven to be an early indicator of where a hurricane will actually strike. Just look up the phrase "hurricane poptarts walmart" in your favorite search engine.
We often say that security should be baked in to any system from the start, but we usually don't do it -- especially with the Internet. In the early days, the architects of the Internet were just trying to get a few separated computers to communicate with each other. By the time the miscreants began showing up to wreak havoc and commit cyber crimes, it was too late to rebuild the Internet's basic underpinnings. It's been a hardscrabble fight ever since, with the good guys and end-users losing most of the way.
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One of the best things we could do for the Internet is to create an early-warning system (EWS) to warn us against rapidly spreading malware, spam attacks, and the like. Having thought about this for years, I envision this EWS as being a free, centralized, Internet-wide service -- a DNS where participants could report and keep abreast of security events.
Here's how it would work: First, trusted devices or people would post notifications about malicious events to the service the moment they're noticed. Examples include the following:
- "IP address x.x.x.x is currently serving up a botnet"
- "XYZ Company is currently under attack by a spam worm and any email coming from them should be investigated more thoroughly"
- "Company X's website is currently hosting a malicious JavaScript redirect"
From there, any person or device could query the health status of any destination or origination point. Thus, when my email server receives an email from a given domain, it would send a one-packet query to the "Internet health service" to see if the sender's domain has been reported as healthy or ill. In either case, it would require only one packet to be sent and one packet in reply.
When the EWS reports something as unhealthy, it would generate a warning message; alternatively, devices could be instructed to handle the incoming traffic appropriately. Your organization could choose to drop traffic from very ill places immediately, accept traffic without further inspection from very healthy places, or further investigate traffic reported in between the two reputation scores.
That reputation score could be based on a confluence of factors, such as written security policies, authentication method, patch status, secure code development, and demonstrated health over years.
To prevent information blockage early on, the EWS could be designed for such legacy systems to be allowed by default, although treated as untrusted, until all the new software and devices start using the centralized security defense.
There are some clear benefits to this sort of system. I know people who want to block wholesale a particular country's IP address space because they are tired of all the maliciousness coming from that nation. But why throw the good out with the bad? What they truly want is an easy way to see if the traffic is originating from a good, healthy part of that country versus one of the thousands of bad IP addresses. An EWS as I've described would make that far easier.
Additionally, such a system would help company's protect themselves against their weakest security link: end-users. As it stands, the average end-user can't be expected to make all the necessary reputation decisions that they are being asked to make on a daily basis. How can they be expected to know if a proposed download from a website they've been visiting for years is malicious? Thus, a centralized reputation service that could be queried to see if the website was compromised and respond accordingly would be welcome.
As to the plausibility of building a service that would rely on reports from various participating organizations, consider this: Most antivirus companies already have daily feeds telling them where the bad traffic is coming from. That information could easily be shared with the world, immediately and for free, from a DNS-like service.
Moreover, all the protocols we need to make this service happen today (HTML, XML, WS-*, IF-MAP, and so on) currently exist. It would just take a few dozen smart people sitting down in a room to figure out values in a table, agree on the service, and implement it.
The Weather Channel and Doppler radar have helped countless people protect themselves, their loved ones, and their belongings from imminent threat. It's high time to extend that early-warning model to the Internet.
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Mount Saint Mary College students and alumni came equipped with
résumés and dressed for success, as employers offered fulltime
positions, internships and summer jobs recently during the 14th
annual Employment Fair at the college.
Interviewing more than 300 Mount students and alumni, some 50
employers from civic, corporate, and non-profit organizations were
present, including:
Advance Testing Company, Inc.
Anderson Center for Autism
Army National Guard
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment
Crystal Run Healthcare
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fox News Channel
Health Quest
Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
New York State Police
NYC Department of Education
Occupations, Inc.
St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital
United States Navy
United States Army Healthcare Recruiting
Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell, LLP
The event was sponsored by EOS Medical Group and Nature's Pantry
alternative grocery store, and conducted by the Mount's Career
"The recruiters were thoroughly impressed with the quality of
our students' preparation, presentation, professional attire,
polite manners, well-prepared résumés, engaging personalities, eye
contact, and motivation," said Janet Zeman, executive director of
the Career Center.
Kaeley Miller of Newburgh, N.Y., a senior biology major, said
that the Employment Fair at the Mount is "great for us students."
She pointed out that there were plenty of networking opportunities
for intrepid future professionals.
Elisa DiGiacopo, a junior public relations major, agreed.
"I found a lot of internship possibilities," she said.
Successful Mount alumni were in no short supply as employers.
Sean Glander '06, a CPA with Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni
& Weddell, LLP, encouraged students to prepare an "elevator
speech" – a two minute talk that encapsulates one's strengths, and
can be given at any time.
"If you meet someone unexpectedly and you don't have a résumé on
hand, this speech is how they are going to remember you," he
Registered nurse Brittany Marrone '12 represented her employer,
St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y.
"This is such an excellent opportunity for students to put
themselves out there," she said. "That way, when we're going
through applications looking for the best candidates, we have a
great sense of who that person is and what they can bring to the
Marrone earned a technical care associate position at St.
Peter's Hospital though the Mount's Career Center, which led to her
current position.
"The Mount's Career Center and the School of Nursing help
students in every way they can," she said. "The Mount really
prepared me for my career."
Prior to the event, the Career Center helped students enhance
their résumés, and held mock interview sessions with employers such
as Orange Regional Medical Center, Hudson Valley Magazine, Goshen
Central School District, and Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
The Career Center also hosts programs each semester to help
pre-professionals explore a plethora of career paths. For example,
the recent forum "Careers of Science Majors" featured a question
and answer session with a panel of Mount alumni professionals,
including: William Maelia '09, a chemistry teacher in the Somers
Central School District and an adjunct at the Mount; Joe Palamara
'98, an associate veterinarian at Katonah Bedford Veterinary
Center; and George J. Kaknis '83, an optometrist whose practice is
located in Fishkill, N.Y.
Early results from the Mount's 2013 survey of graduates show
that 89 percent were employed, with 79 percent working in a field
related to their studies.
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Welcome to the pre-Post-PC era
Joe Brockmeier wrote an insightful piece on ReadWrite entitled "What We Lose in a Post-PC World" that starts off with this: "Tim Cook, Ray Ozzie, and a host of others have proclaimed that we're in a "post-PC world." Well, not quite yet, but you can see it from here."
You can see it all right, with the Hubble. It's that far off in the distance.
I agree with most of that Joe writes, incidentally. In fact, I agree with all of what Joe writes, except for the "see it from here" thing (I'm assuming he didn't use a telescope, space-borne or otherwise). There are things that you can do with your post-PC apparatus, like surf the web, watch videos and all those important digital experiences. But bear in mind that you're not going to be using Blender on your Android tablet anytime soon.
So while we wait for Hallmark to make up cards heralding the Post-PC era, allow me an introduction of a new placeholder era: the pre-Post-PC era. In the pre-Post-PC era, discussions we're now having involve the how and what you can — and can't — do with new technology like tablets and smartphones, followed by heated discussion about the same, punctuated by name-calling, general flaming and hurt feelings around issues of disagreement at which time parties go to neutral corners and take a 10-count before coming back into the proverbial ring and discussing the issue with cooler heads.
Meanwhile, technology marches on and as evening falls on the pre-Post-PC era — which might be called the post-pre-Post-PC era by purists, opening another argumentative can of worms as a sideshow — Blender developers will actually get an Android version for tablets up and running, just proving the point that you can do it, but ignoring the important question around why you would make software to run on something that's not built for the job.
"Because they can," they might say, and that's a valid answer.
One more prognostication: Sailing through the Post-PC era, there will be a post-Post-PC era, after the advent of the pre-post-Post-PC era, where people will start thinking, "You know, I had a laptop (or desktop . . . or both) once where I didn't have to strain my eyes on such a small screen, and where I actually got stuff done rather than just wasting time." Or something like that.
At that time, the post-Post-PC era will allow everyone to realize what most of us already know: That what's nebulously referred to as post-PC hardware works in tandem with, not as a substitute to, the hardware like laptops and desktops that already exist.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and develops business software at Redwood Digital Research, a consultancy that provides FOSS solutions in the small business and home office environment.)
March 9, 2012 at 1:45 pm
But this is all going to be in the hands of "Generation WTF"
March 10, 2012 at 12:05 am
Last I heard, a few hundred million people own sort-of-smart phones but not other connected devices. Some of those people don't have electricity in their dwellings let alone PCs.
No doubt today's teenagers aren't all that interested in PCs, or cars, or major-network TVs shows, or compact discs . . .
While I always enjoy reading your views, the "pre-Post-PC era" viewpoint is U.S.-centric and ignores demographic trends.
March 10, 2012 at 12:20 am
>"You know, I had a laptop (or desktop . . . or both) once where I didn't have to strain my
> eyes on such a small screen,
And a keyboard.
> and where I actually got stuff done rather than just wasting
> time." Or something like that
Exactly that.
March 10, 2012 at 3:40 am
Some sensible statements.
Tablets and smart phones are cool gadgets. Handy while out and about, entertaining, and genuinely useful..
A device that scans bar codes in the supermarket so you can see if there are places locally where a can of kidney beans is a few pennies cheaper is not really suited to designing an opera house. Or rendering an animation, or filling in a customer service form at a help desk.
Problem is.. The greatest proponents are teenage kids. Flushed with the joy of owning a high tech bit of kit that their friends can envy, who really do only use it for face-book and Youtube.
THe rest of us use computers for work, or for more advanced leisure activities.
I can;t imagine using a schematic design program on my 7 inch tablet. Truth be told, I'd quite like a bigger than my 22 inch monitor, so I could see more of what is happening. And editing an image with my finger? No thanks.
Home PCs owned by generally computer hostile people who barely use them might be replaced by a tablet or a phone. Work computers.. Not a hope in hell. And higher end workstations and the like.. Not within the next decade. If not later.
March 10, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I'm looking forward to the post-post-PC era, when we get our PCs back.
March 10, 2012 at 12:44 pm
You know, up until I recently saw the recent Ubuntu on Android demo, I'd have agreed with the author completely. After seeing the demo, I think the "seeing it on the horizon " point is correct. You don't need a phone to do the lifting, that's what server's are for. Think of it, a decent docking station connected to a 27″ monitor, bluetooth keyboard and mouse, ethernet connection to Virtual server's….. Seem's pretty doable to me. Just saying.
March 10, 2012 at 7:44 pm
The future is here but it is not evenly distributed?
March 10, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Larry, I'm insulted.
I'm insulted by the way Apple Corp. have presumed to play us for the techno-addicted, consumerist hosers that we actually do tend to be. This whole kerfuffle started when Steve Jobs's successor (sorry, can't remember his name or be bothered to Google it right now) spewed this "post-PC" propaganda in an effort to convince us that we should simply give up desktop computing in an effort to sell us more Apple-brand chotchkies that lock us further into the Apple hive mind.
I don't have any facts to back this up, but I suspect Apple is in league with Amazon over all this. Brockmeier concisely points out, in addition to lock-in, other companies are very much in on the whole scam to shake us down. And Amazon just won't stop tweaking up the Kindles. I hesitate to point out that Kindles are not PC's, therefore, supportive of the post-PC hypothesis.
And here, for me, lies the crux of the issue. A hypothesis generally referred to as "The Goldilocks Hypothesis." I propose that there are three general formats for computing devices — small, medium, and large. Or, if you look at the history of computing and compare these devices to the original titans of digital computing from the Zeus Z3 to EDSAC, small, smaller, and smallest.
The smallest practical computing device currently available is the so-called smart phone. Again, Apple has the hive mind firmly enthralled with the iPhone® which does what it does very nicely, while firmly locking the owner into Apple's way of doing things for a price many users have found (barely) affordable. The iPhone® is also remarkable for its planned obsolesence. Like any number of other Apple devices, you can't replace the batteries easily, comes with iron-clad contract lock in involving expensive data plans, limited upgradability, a wimpy camera, absolute fealty to iTunes®, and a spate of other disadvantages.
Graduated up from the smartphone is the well-known notebook format (we're going to skip the netbook format here because dissatisfaction with this generally underpowered format has run high among many). Again, Apple has offerd an ubercool device with a number of disadvantages. The Air® is a beautiful thing that overheats, offers limited graphic options, no optical drive, no ethernet hardware, crappy audio, and limited upgradability. To its credit, it seems the Air® has influenced the notebook format in a positive direction, but it remains to be seen how the promise of the "ultraportable" laptops plays out.
And finally, there is the desktop computer format. Here it bears saying Apple has seen fit to throw in the towel. Sure they still offer really cool looking desktop hardware, but when is the last time you saw the news pimping the hot new Apple desktops? Right. Apple offers those products, but they don't really want to talk about them. Why? Possibly because they have never been able to capture a significant share of the desktop market. Of course, devotees of Apple Corps. will ebay their children to get their hands on a Mac, but most people look at the offerings of not-Apple and conclude that their money is better spent on less glamorous and expensive hardware that is easier to upgrade.
Yes, despite the pronouncements of Apple Corps. people are still buying desktop PC's. Other formats are certainly garnering their share of business, but desktops are still the best choice for some things. Smaller formats certainly have their attractions — you can carry a laptop or tablet in a backpack or a cellphone in your pocket, but if you care to look, you will find that people developing applications for those smaller formats are doing so on desktops.
This is because, while small formats are great for some things, you don't want to do other things with a small format. At some point, those dual 22″ monitors and full-size keyboard just can't be beat. You can read your Facebook wall on a phone or tablet, but when it comes to posting stuff, the phone is miserable and the tablet may hardly be optimal. Put together a research paper on a cellphone or tablet with no keyboard? Get real. I'm not saying it *can't* be done; I'm saying it wouldn't be easy.
On the other hand, just reading the news on a desktop can be uncomfortable and cumbersome. A tablet is just about right. Making a phone call? I suppose a tablet of some kind with a bluetooth headset could be all right, but carrying a tablet around when you're tyring to travel light and just need a phone doesn't make much sense.
My point here is that the "post-PC" idea only makes sense if it means that the PC will now coexist with all the other shiny, shiny doo-dads that compete for our hard-earned dollars. The snakeoil salesmen that offer up their latest and greatest shiny, shiny as the ultimate do-everything replacement offer a deal with the Devil for those of us who can't afford everything the market has to offer. For the growing number of us who must pick and choose our technology carefully, finding that "just right" platform is not something done lightly. We should ignore the snakoil salesmen and put the work into finding out what we think we ought to use.
At least that's my 2¢.
March 11, 2012 at 5:48 am
"Post PC" has nothing to do with device form factors. Sorry guys, but the devices themselves are only tangentially relevant to the discussion. "Post PC" means we now live in a world where anyone who is foolish enough to build an application that needs to be installed on the Windows desktop deserves the complete lack of take-up they will get. In the Post-PC Era, applications live on the server (your own server or in the cloud, that's a separate discussion as well). In the Post-PC era, a well written application is equally as comfortable on an iHandcuff, an Android, a tablet, or a desktop computer. In the Post-PC Era, you can move between devices without having to copy your data around. In the Post-PC Era, the IT department can run backups of their servers and not have to worry about Joe from Accounting who saved the Q4 Projections to C:\ and then spilled coffee on his hard disk.
The Post-PC Era is, essentially, "Network Computing" finally come to fruition. It's here — it's here today — and I say, God bless it!
March 12, 2012 at 8:14 am
Gotta agree with Larry about the things that are far off in the distance being touted as just around the corner or worse, how one paradigm is going to replace others in particularly touch.
I understand how touch works when you have a handheld but on regular monitors, its a non-starter. I can move my hand half an inch on the mouse and do everything I need.
I view pictures on my friends All in One HP touchsmart and I get shoulder pain after two dozens pictures slid over.
Certain paradigms work with some hardware and some dont.
The world is NOT going to go to touch simply because its a solution in search of a problem in many cases. Swinging your hands and arms is NOT easier than a mouse-trackpad-etc…
And like most people I sit at my 24=27in monitor at home to work and play, as well as my 50 inch TV that runs Mythbuntu and 24inch screens at work, I use a 10 inch netbook only when Im taking the train/plane or when waiting for the kids soccer practices. Besides that, i like my screens big.
heck, when I get a couple of those Raspberry Pi, im not putting one on a 10 or 14inch screen but on the 32 inch TV in our bedroom.
different form factors and hardware is one thing, but claims that people will ditch their big monitors or TV's (many people surf that way) for small screens are hyperbole: you know… marketing BS.
March 12, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Well clearly, you're all wrong!
I know this was only a light satirical post, but …
I think we are well into a 'post-pc' era: if you consider that 'pc' stands for 'personal computer'. i.e. a pc is not defined by it's form factor, but by how you are able to use it (some of us still remember a time before microsoft dos or microsoft windows was the only game in town). Clearly for example an openpandora is most definitely a 'personal computer' in all the ways that an apple iphone is not.
Although on the surface a pocket computer might seem more personal than a desktop: if you cannot change it's battery, operating system, or fully control the software it runs then there's nothing personal about it at all. All you really have is a pocket tv on which you can change the wallpaper and the physical cover, all the while pretend you've 'personalised' it.
Arguably the same is true of desktop computers running certain operating systems too: although they are also capable of much more, for many people they are simply corporate media delivery platforms. And things like EFI are definitely closer than the horizon; another tool to take the personal out of the computer and give more control to those with the money to buy it.
(this point is the most important: it's all about money and control)
Even with the Raspberry PI – whose primary reason for existence is to put the personal back into personal computing before the skills required to do more than find a youtube video (or in other words, change channel on the tv) disappear – one of the main selling points (because it seems to illicit the greatest interest) is it's ability to play HD video. Yay.
We've already entered an era where:
o we pay full buying-price to effectively rent intentionally crippled but otherwise capable hardware, which is also designed to stop working after a short time and must be replaced.
o give up all of our personal and previously private information (once protected by laws) to faceless corporations beyond the reach of national laws (which for practical purposes means the law simply does not apply to them), which slice and dice it in order to make a profit however they like. Even watching stuff on youtube, reading an e-book, or even e-mail, or listening to internet radio, is giving up valuable information which was previously private (unless you had a ratings box on your tv).
o also give up all this information to increasingly paranoid and dangerous governments who use it to control what we're allowed to even think, also beyond the borders of our own nations who appear to have deferred sovereignty to a central power.
o and we get to PAY someone for the privilege! Either directly or by having to put up with so many ads it's sometimes hard to tell where the information is.
Nothing personal about any of that.
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Meryl Davis and Charlie White: Dating Questions Are a 'Compliment'
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By Sierra Marquina
Meryl Davis and Charlie White scored the Olympic gold in ice dancing for the U.S. in Sochi, a moment they've been waiting for their whole lives.
"We've been on cloud nine for a couple days now," Meryl revealed to On Air with Ryan Seacrest when she and Charlie called in from Russia. "For the first time in our careers, we aren't looking for that next step right away. We're not looking at how we can improve. We are trying to take a moment and enjoy it," she adds.
"We started when we were 8 and 9, little kids who were too shy to hold each others hands," Charlie jokes of their 17-year relationship. "But we love the sport of ice dancing and we have such respect for each other. It's been an amazing partnership."
And by partnership, he doesn't mean relationship, despite the whole world wishing they were a couple. "We get that a lot and we take it as a compliment," Charlie explains. "You know, we aren't together as a couple, but we've worked really hard on our acting skills to make the story we're telling believable."
The gold medalists wanted to give a shout-out to their moms, who have helped them get to this moment."We were really led by our moms," Charlie shares. "They were there for us everyday. We are part of the P&G family, representatives of Puffs, and they've done such a fantastic job making sure our moms are well taken care of."
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The state Thruway Authority's board of directors will meet Dec. 17, when it will decide which of three bids it will accept for the Tappan Zee Bridge project.
But will it also consider a toll increase on commercial traffic that was first proposed in May? Officials said it's too soon to say.
Thomas Madison, executive director of the Thruway Authority, said the agenda for the meeting hasn't been set. The meeting, in fact, hasn't been formally called yet.
When it comes to a toll increase, Madison said the authority is "looking at a whole range of different options.
"The board continues to deliberate about this and until such time that we have a plan, it won't be on the agenda," he said following a meeting of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's cabinet today.
In May, the superhighway's board first proposed a 45 percent toll increase on vehicles with three or more axles. The proposal was met with extensive criticism from lawmakers and business groups. The full Thruway board hasn't met since August, postponing several meetings in the meantime.
During his cabinet meeting today, Cuomo again weighed in on the potential toll increase, calling it a "last resort" and only implemented if there are no other viable options. Here's video, courtesy of our friends at WGRZ in Buffalo, followed by Madison speaking to reporters.


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This year, Sundance is smashing an archetype. Or, at least, turning it on its head.
Over the years, countless TV actors have taken roles in independent films, hoping to lend credibility to their careers and hope against hope land in a movie that's accepted into the film festival.
This year, the casts of two television productions are headed to Sundance for screenings of their miniseries in theaters, and in their entirety.
"I really want to see this on the big screen," said Oscar-winning actress Holly Hunter, who's one of the stars of "Top of the Lake."
Hunter's "Lake" co-star, Elisabeth Moss, is a Sundance first-timer, although she's not stranger to acclaim. In addition to a recurring role on "The West Wing," she's been Emmy-nominated four straight years for her role as Peggy on "Mad Men." "But this is different," she said. "This is Sundance."
Stretching out • Scheduling screenings of the six-hour miniseries is also a different programming move for Sundance. The TV shows will air in a single day two-hour blocks with a pair of intermissions. Both miniseries are deliberately paced character studies.
"Top of the Lake" will screen in the premiere category, the first time the festival has included a scripted long-form series in its lineup. It revolves around the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl who's five months pregnant. Detective Robin Griffin (Moss) spearheads the investigation, and there are all sorts of dark secrets behind some incredible natural beauty.
"This is a director really stretching out across a canvas in the most startling, shocking, provocative way," said Hunter, who reteams with writer/director Jane Campion, who won a writing Oscar and was nominated for a directing Oscar for "The Piano."
"Rectify" is screening privately during the festival's opening weekend. It's about Daniel (Aden Young), a man released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row. He's a man out of time, a man trying to reconnect with his family, a man who may or may not be guilty of the horrific crime for which he was imprisoned.
It's not your average procedural crime drama, but "a very delicate, in-depth look at the re-connections trying to be forged by this family after the release of this guy," Young said. "And I think that tonality will find a decent home on a larger screen."
The format may be different from what's usually screened at the festival, but there's a similar indie spirit. "The original spirit of Sundance is independent thinking," said Abigail Spencer, who plays Daniel's sister in "Rectify." "'Rectify' is a very independent thinking show."
Quality is quality • "Rectify" and "Top of the Lake" are screening at Sundance before they air on the Sundance Channel. But it's also an acknowledgement that the line between theatrical films and high-quality TV productions is either slim or non-existent.
"This project going to Sundance is really kind of a great representation of where we're at right now," Moss said. "It used to be there a real dividing line between film and stage. And it was difficult to cross over, back and forth."
It's also an acknowledgment that people who work in film directors like Campion are looking to tell stories in a whatever format allows them story flexibility.
"They're now choosing the longer form as the medium to tell their stories, rather than trying to compress them into a film format," said Iain Canning, executive producer of "Top of the Lake" as well as the Academy Award-winning film "The King's Speech." "And they're actually seeing the positives of that."
While both "Top of the Lake" and "Rectify" could have been produced as two-hour movies, a lot would have been lost.
"In a way, it's about our worlds colliding," Canning said. "The wonderful thing for us is we get to tell the stories we want to tell in the format that best fits the story. For this, it was seven episodes. For 'The King's Speech,' it was two hours."
Cinematic treatment • With two Oscar-winners involved, "Top of the Lake" has the kind of pedigree most indie Sundance films lack.
Both TV shows were shot on location. "Top of the Lake" was filmed in New Zealand, while "Rectify" was filmed in Georgia. "Because that's where I'm from and I didn't want to see a stray cactus hanging out by the plantation," said creator/writer Ray McKinnon.
Watching the miniseries at Sundance will be a different experience from watching the shows at home when they air on the Sundance Channel, cast and crew said.
"There's a big difference in the impact it has on you," Young said. "Being a filmmaker and an editor, you put it up on the big screen and you go, 'Oh, that's a very different story.' You're allowed a certain geographical space that the screen provides you. Television doesn't necessarily give you that."
Canning is enthusiastic about the opportunity to watch the show in a Sundance theater. "I've never had a film in Sundance," he said. "I've had films at other festivals. So I'm looking forward to the experience."
In part, that's because these projects are outside the Sundance rat race. Producers aren't seeking distributors. "We can actually just sit there and be brave and let people watch the six hours," Canning said with a laugh.
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For Sundance news and reviews, read the blog at sltrib.com/Blogs/sundanceblog.


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Jan. 20, 1913
In death were not divided
The funeral of the late Mrs. A.K. Smiley was held this morning at the family home in Canyon Crest Park, the many friends attending and an abundance of flowers voicing the esteem in which the decedent was held. The Rev. Dr. J.H. Williams, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiated and Mrs. Horace Slater sang two selections, "Peace, Perfect Peace" and "We Bless Thee for Thy Peace, O Lord," the latter a favorite hymn of both Mr. and Mrs. Smiley, and was also sung at the funeral of Mr. Smiley. The pall bearers were the same as those at the funeral of Mr. Smiley: Dr. C.A. Sanborn, K.H. Field, Prof. Charles R. Paine, F.P. Morrison, George S. Hinckley and L. Murray Winston.
Tomorrow the bodies of both Mr. and Mrs. Smiley will be taken east for interment in the family lot at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
In the course of his remarks, Dr. Williams said:
For those who have been familiar with the work, the interests and plans of Mr. and Mrs. Smiley it is not easy to think of them apart. After a married life of more than 55 years it seems like a wonderful providence that they should depart within a little more than a month of each other. As King David said of two of his acquaintance: "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided."
It is not my purpose to enter upon any extended eulogy of Mrs. Smiley. It would be contrary to her own desire as well as that of her friends, and contrary to her life and spirit. It is eminently fitting, however, that a few words should be spoken expressive of what she was to those who knew her best and loved her, and to the work in which she had so large a share.
In the beautiful pamphlet published at Mohonk in 1907, there is a likeness of Mrs. Smiley which is a delight to her friends to look upon. It seems to express just what she was to her friends - cheerful, warm-hearted and unaffected. There are people who tax your faith and lower the temperature of your optimism when you visit them, but Mrs. Smiley reinforced these with her own confident faith and hopeful outlook. She had strong religious convictions, but combined with these a catholicity of spirit and a broad charity which kept her in sympathy with people of every condition and creed.
In that larger circle at Mohonk in which she moved, her influence and force of character were felt. She was easily at home among the guests at the hotel and among the distinguished members of the conferences which met annually at Mohonk.
There are two things connected with her life with Mr. Smiley which seem specially happy. It was a happy circumstance that one with so active a mind and of such broad sympathies should have been united to one who was to be connected with large public enterprises and great philanthropic movements, that it should fall to her lot to live for so many years in an atmosphere of progressive thought and achievement.
But it was an equally happy circumstance that Mr. Smiley should have for a companion one in such close sympathy with him, who not only favored his plans, but was able to supplement them with her own suggestions.
In these days when with so many the accumulation of wealth is a first consideration, overshadowing everything else, it is refreshing to read of Mr. Smiley's purpose concerning his hotel: "Ardently as he desires that this house may prove a financial success as hitherto, he confidently trusts that the accumulation of money without higher ulterior aims will never prevail." This we know was in the closest accord with Mrs. Smiley's spirit and desires.
What has it been worth to Redlands to have such spirits as these as residents for more than 25 years. The Heights have been a place of beauty ever since the Smiley brothers touched them so many years ago, but it seems as if they would have now a kind of sacred beauty as the mount from which these choice spirits took their departure for the heavenly home.
Jan. 20, 1913
Will meet to discuss flower show
To discuss the advisability and possibility of holding a flower show in Redlands, similar to the yearly event held in Pasadena, a meeting has been called for tomorrow afternoon at Linda Vista, the home of Mrs. Alonzo Hornby.
City officials, members of the tree and park commissions and others prominent in the business and social life of the city are expected to be present to express their views and if deemed advisable to form an organization to outline plans and carry them to completion.
Jan. 21, 1913
Ice company asks refund
Agents of the Union Ice company were before the supervisors yesterday and wanted a rebate of $343 because they allege they paid taxes last year on 25,000 tons of ice in their Redlands warehouse, when they claim not to exceed four tons stored there.
It developed that the assessor had asked for a statement but none was forthcoming, and he fixed the assessment accordingly, as the law provides. Incidentally, he may have made it too high, but how the ice men are going to pry that money out of the treasury is at present uncertain. Supervisor Horton thought it unfair they should be assessed for what they did not have, but other members of the board seemed to opine that they had sinned away their day of grace when they did not make a statement to the assessor.
Jan. 22, 1913
Horticultural and Improvement Association of Redlands organized
President - Mrs. J.W. Davis
Vice President - Mrs. J.A. Kimberly
Secretary - A. Harvey Collins
Treasurer - Mrs. E.M. Lyon
It is generally the women who take the initiative in all maters for the betterment of conditions in this world, either in communities or for the country as a whole, and to the civics committee of the Contemporary club of Redlands is due the honor of starting the first movement to bring beauty out of the present chaos and restore our city to its former attractiveness, that is, so far as the floral life is concerned.
As a result of frequent talks among the members of this committee, which is composed of Mrs. J.W. Davis, Mrs. K.H. Meigs, Mrs. J.A. Kimberly, Mrs. E.M. Lyon, Mrs. A. Hornby and Mrs. O.H. Hicks, and at the suggestion of Mrs. Kimberly, a meeting was held at the home of Mrs. A. Hornby yesterday afternoon, attended by the women above named, Mayor Clock, two representatives of the park and tree commission and the press, some twenty in all.
As the hostess, it devolved upon Mrs. Hornby to call the meeting to order, and as Mrs. Kimberly had been the leading spirit in the movement, she was asked to preside over the preliminaries. Mrs. Kimberly asked for nominations for temporary officers, and Thomas Tunis Smith was elected president and Stewart R. Hotchkiss was elected secretary. Mr. Smith then called upon Mrs. Kimberly to state the object for which the meeting had been called, and she said it was her idea to organize an association to promote flower shows, perhaps twice a year - not on the same elaborate plan as the Pasadena shows, but more on the order of the exhibitions held in San Diego. She asked Mr. Hockridge, of the Hockridge nurseries, for his ideas along the line for organization, and he replied that he though the best type of society would be a horticultural society, with the main object of holding exhibitions, say a fall show in October, and in the spring another.
"I am acquainted with many amateur gardeners," he said, "who I am sure would welcome the organization of such a society and who could be counted upon to be always on hand for the exhibitions. I would suggest that you have rules, just a few simple ones. I am in favor of charging a nominal admission fee, as well as an entry for exhibits. An interesting feature would be to have the exhibition of the native flora turned over to the school children, to be exhibited either in a collection, or individually. This is a venture that is little exploited, but of which I feel there is a vast working field. The effect of such a society would, I think, raise the tone of horticulture and gardening all over the country."
There was some further discussion then, as to just what kind of an exhibition or fair should be held, some taking the stand that a real, old-fashioned country fair, with a display of flowers, vegetables, poultry, and stock would be the thing to attract attention to Redlands. Others thought just the flower exhibit would be better and others still though it would be better to make it more of a general improvement society to not only have an exhibit semi-yearly, but to enthuse the residents of the city to commence immediately to replace the floral life killed by the recent frost, by offering prizes to property owners for the best kept lawns, etc. In this connection Mrs. Davis made a statement which encouraged those present (in their discussion of general damage to the flora life), by saying that she had taken a sort of inventory of her entire grounds and found 75 different varieties of tree and plant life that had not been damaged at all by the frost. Those present were more than pleased over this statement and asked the press to make particular mention of it.
Jan. 25, 1913
A little speedy
Albert D. Knight sinned against the city ordinance yesterday when he was driving his automobile faster than the law allows and as a result he was taken in by Motorcycle Officer Campbell. Mr. Knight was allowed his freedom on his own recognizance until this morning when he appeared before Justice of the Peace McIver to make explanations. Knight was on West Colton avenue and while he admitted he was "going some" he pleaded that he was in a hurry to attend a meeting. His pleadings, however, were in vain, and inasmuch as it was his first offense he was let off with the usual $10 fine, which he paid.
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20 September, 2008
More Brush Pen Testing
It's been some time since my last post. Too long. But the time has been productive. I'm hopeful (but not promising) to start posting more again.
If any regular visitors dropped by during my lengthy hiatus, they will have no doubt noticed that this site has undergone several changes. I switched web hosts and took the opportunity to switch blogging software as well. I'm now using WordPress to run the site. While I get acclimated to the new system, I have been messing around with some of the free templates that are floating around the internets. The one I am currently using is called Colourise by ThemeLab. I'll tweak this one a bit before I find the time to work up a new one from scratch.
In my last post, I wrote a review for the first of batch of sample pens I received from JetPens.com. Since then, I've had the chance to test some more of the stash. First up is the Platinum Pocket Brush Pen. I have gone on at length for my love of the Pentel Brush Pen. Well, out of all of the brush pens I've tried out, the Platinum comes the closest to tempting my loyalty. Like the Pentel, the Platinum utilizes a synthetic brush-like bristles and ink cartridges. Like the Pentel, the ink for the Platinum flows smoothly with no noticeable clogging. It handles well and makes it easy to get a varied smooth line.
There are some differences between the Platinum Pocket Brush Pen and the Pentel. For starters, the Platinum has a long tapered body, that resembles the body of an actual brush a bit more than most brush pens. Another noticeable difference is the ink. The ink of the Platinum is noticeably darker than the ink used for the Pentel. Finally, the brush of the Platinum itself is slightly shorter and thicker than the one on the Pentel. As a result, I found it easier to get slightly thicker lines with the Platinum, but a bit harder to get consistently as thin lines as I did with the Pentel.
My verdict? Well, I need to see how the Platinum holds up with repeated usage, but I think I can recommend it to anyone looking for an alternative to the Pentel. Personally, I still prefer my old stand by. Part of that is that I am just use to the darn thing. But I think I the brush of the Pentel fits my style a bit better.
The other two brush pens I had a chance to test out were the Uni-ball Pocket Brush Pen and the Uni-Ball Double Sided Pen (the doodle above was done using the one-sided version). These two brush pens were a bit of a surprise. The nib of these pens looks very much like a standard felt tip pen nib. However, when you put it to paper, it reacts very much like a brush. The nib is flexible and is able to reproduce a brush-like line (the double-sided pen also has a thick nib similar to the ones found on the Copic markers). This is both these pens' main advantage and their disadvantage. The pen-like nature of this brush pen makes it much easier to handle than more brush-like brush pens like the Pentel and Platinum. This makes it ideal for those who have trouble handling a brush to easily get a brush-like line quality. Conversely, if you are looking to get that portable brush experience, these aren't the pens for you. Also, I suspect that the nib on these pens will lose some of their "springiness" over time.
I still have several more brush pens to test out and I will try to mix in some more reviews soon.


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I've been flirting with the idea for a while now and after some very frustrating technical issue I've gotten a pretty much unedited podcast stitched together. I'd like to think its a little different as its less analysis and opinion and completely interview based. So as I prepare for Cage Warriors, Shock n Awe and Kayo MMA I will be recording interviews and putting it all together for anyone interested. Hopefully it'll introduce people to the more intimate details of fighters, coaches, referees and promoters.
Episode 1 focuses around top UK show Shock n Awe and welcomes Addicted MMAs Ben Farrelly (1-33), promoter and coach Brian Adams (33-1.04) along with fighters Phil Else (1.04-1.33), Luke El Nino Dalmedo (1.33-1.51) and Alexei Boom Roberts (1.51-2.3).
Ben speaks about Addicted MMA and his take on the SnA card
Brian Adams talk frankly about the South coast scene, Phil Harris at the UFC and his motivation behind SnA
Phil Else gives a very honest account of his worrying injury and how he has prepared for SnA
Luke Dalmedo talks us through his training and his regrets about the aftermath of the Callum Jones fight
Alexei will entertain you with his fine way with words, his confidence and his admiration for his coach.
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Late 1940s and early 1950s jewelry began to take on a more tailored look. From the curvaceous and chunky profile or the previous era, fine items became slimmed down and platinum once again ruled.
Here we have an archetypal example of an engagement ring from that era with a twist. With a total carat of weight of .85 point, the centered transitional brilliant cut diamond of .63 carats (E-F color; VS1 clarity) is set in a traditional mounting.
On each side in a diagonal platinum panel six (6) diamonds flank the main diamond – a column of three (3) single cuts followed by two (2) baguettes stacked one upon the other terminating in an additional single cut in a lozenge bezel for a total additional diamond weight of an estimated .22 carats (G-H color, VS2-SI2 clarity). The split shoulders gently segue into a smooth as silk platinum shank.
The ring is accompanied by an EGL USA certificate for the diamonds which were graded and estimated in mounting.
Date: Circa 1950.


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Reki K, on Apr 22 2008, 01:20 AM, said:
I don't see why this thread isn't in the "Special Events" board, the description for which specifically says "for events like...ACen Idol." This would have been very helpful to know.
I sort of understand why the signup was for March 30th, but for me (because I didn't have any clue where to find this information until I saw today that someone on Special Events linked here about it), I couldn't have possibly known in time. Better/more organization/advertisement for that would be much appreciated next time.
I don't quite understand why ACen Idol is required to be East Asian music. I know that it's supposed to be a convention celebrating otaku-ism, which is based on mostly favor towards Japanese culture, but why no English music? I just plain don't have any (legal) access to Japanese music that I could identify in any way (my only access is though iTunes podcasts that have obscure names for titles and artists, plus I can't read or even remotely understand Japanese). iTunes doesn't allow access to the Japanese music store and the anime section is crap, and I don't have access to any other viable (legal) music stores. You're automatically eliminating anyone like me who might be interested in doing this, and while I don't exactly know how many people that is, it does make me feel rather singled-out. You can argue "this is the way it's always been" but I haven't been here before so I can't be expected to know that.
I'm not asking that you change the whole system for one slightly dissatisfied customer (wouldn't expect that of anyone) so much as I'd like it to be a little clearer, instead of the thread miscategorized and not enough broadcasting of the news. I wanted so much to be in this that I was going to miss out on the SSBB tournament (which I have no chance of winning anyway) to participate, but since it's obviously too late, and because I wouldn't have a chance with my pathetic knowledge of Japanese language/music anyway, it looks like I'll be playing Brawl anyway. PLEASE be clearer with this next time.
Actually the very first year of ACen Idol we allowed one (and only one!) english song for the competition, however, miscommunication of rules led to people singing more than one english song. In most cases we would have disqualified these people for not following the rules, but just decided that for the following year, in order to avoid these types of situations, all the songs would be East Asian languages.
The reason we chose East Asian languages is because when watching Anime, most people choose to watch it in Japanese. The themes and endings of the songs are in Japanese (even on Adult Swim). Very rarely are there English versions of Anime shows, nor do the Americans choose to take the time to dub the songs. It just seemed like the logical choice.
I thought Japan had launched an ITunes in 2005. I've never used Itunes before so I can't say I'm exactly sure how the whole process works and can't offer much insight on that. However if you wanted, you could buy the music from YesAsia.com?
Lastly, sorry about all the miscommunication. ACen Idol almost didn't happen this year due to poor planning. I was asked last minute to take over and pull the event together. I was completely unaware that people were looking at Special Events for updates on the event, if I had known I definitely would have put a notice to direct people over to Panel Programming. I apologize again for all the confusion!


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Cinco de Mayo festivities are right around the corner, and that means it's time to prepare your liver for a marathon of tequila shots and sweet margarita sipping. To simplify your search on the big day, we rounded up the best restaurants and bars for margaritas in San Diego.
You can't mess with a Jalapeño Cilantro Margarita at El Agave Tequileria, and you can't call yourself a true San Diegan until you've thrown back a big daddy Cadillac Margarita from Casa Guadalajara. Outside Old Town, the tequila-chasing continues at En Fuego in Del Mar, El Callejon in Encinitas, La Puerta in the Gaslamp, and Ponce's in Kensington. But don't count out the trendy craft cocktail havens just yet. We discovered some tasty takes on margaritas at El Dorado, Gingham and Saltbox.
Discover the best spots for margaritas in San Diego.
El Agave Tequileria in Old Town
Serious tequila connoisseurs need look no further than El Agave, an Old Town staple that is home to a tequila museum with thousands of varieties. El Agave's tequila menu features everything from 1800 Reposado, to 1810 Blanco, 4 Copas Blanco and 1810 Aged. For those who speak margarita, the El Agave pros have you covered with five unique concoctions, including a Chocolate Margarita. Our top picks are the Jalapeño Cilantro Margarita, made with El Agave Artesanal Silver tequila, lime juice, agave nectar, fresh jalapeño pepper, orange liqueur and cilantro leaves; and the Ginger Peace Margarita, made with El Agave Artesanal Reposado tequila, fresh pureed peaches, ginger syrup, lime juice, peace juice and lime wedges.
En Fuego Cantina & Grill in Del Mar
Del Mar's go-to Mexican cantina by the beach, En Fuego offers 13 different types of margaritas, from superfruit-infused, to "skinny" varieties and even a marg made with Orange Bang. The signature En Fuego Margarita is a tangy mix of Herradura Double Barrel Reposado, fresh squeezed lime juice and Cointreau -- a simple yet trusted recipe. Or spice things up with The Mexican Burro, En Fuego's take on the Moscow Mule, but made with Corralejo Blanco tequila, ginger ale and mint.
La Puerta in Downtown San Diego
A tequila tavern in the Gaslamp Quarter, La Puerta is known for a long list of delicious margaritas, best enjoyed during happy hour. There are over 12 varieties to try, including the margarita-sangria Purple Haze and the Angel of Harlem with hibiscus tequila and muddled strawberries. You can't go wrong with the classic Whole Lotta Love, made with Milagro Reposado, agave nectar and fresh squeezed lime juice on the rocks with a salt rim. Upgrade to the Low Rider Cadillac Margarita, made with Gran Centenario Anejo, agave nectar, fresh squeezed lime juice and a float of Grand Marnier, served on the rocks with a salt rim.
Casa Guadalajara in Old Town
San Diegans swear by Casa Guadalajara, a Mexican food and spirits staple in Old Town. Guadalajara's best selling margaritas are La Natural, with Hornitos Reposado, fresh lime juice, lemon juice, agave nectar and triple sec; and the big daddy Cadillac Margarita, with Sauza Hornitos, triple sec premium, sweet & sour and a floater of Grand Mariner on the side.
Read our full list of margarita bars on DiscoverSD.com
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