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Marathon tragedy changed, galvanized Red Sox
BOSTON -- Six months later, the finish line for the 117th Boston Marathon is cracked and peeled, its blue and yellow paint flecked with black. A silent landmark, it is the only obvious evidence that a race took place here, save for a pair of signs on nearby buildings.
One, in the window of a running sneaker store, cites "a huge debt of gratitude to the City of Boston," detailing the rebuilding efforts that followed April's attack on the city. The other, on the second floor of a chiropractic office, depicts a blue and yellow ribbon and the words "Boston Strong."View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- Six months later, the finish line for the 117th Boston Marathon is cracked and peeled, its blue and yellow paint flecked with black. A silent landmark, it is the only obvious evidence that a race took place here, save for a pair of signs on nearby buildings.
One, in the window of a running sneaker store, cites "a huge debt of gratitude to the City of Boston," detailing the rebuilding efforts that followed April's attack on the city. The other, on the second floor of a chiropractic office, depicts a blue and yellow ribbon and the words "Boston Strong."View Full Game Coverage
The Boston Athletic Association, which hosts the marathon, keeps its offices around the corner in a stately brick building just past Copley Square. It was earlier this week that the association's executive director, Tom Grilk, decided to email a group of Red Sox executives, wishing them well against the Cardinals in the World Series.
Barely an hour passed before a reply landed from Red Sox president Larry Lucchino.
"Thank you, Tom," the message read. "As you well know, the Marathon has been with us and our players this entire season. It continues to inspire a nation."
Over the course of a baseball season, successful teams tend to point to specific games, meetings or acquisitions that define their clubs. These Red Sox are different. This group largely points to April 15, the day two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
The bombings galvanized a roster composed significantly of free agents, some of them perfect strangers three months prior. Now mowed into Fenway Park's center-field grass, the "Boston Strong" recovery slogan, in the words of outfielder Jonny Gomes, "turned into a lifestyle real quick."
It began when 22 players gathered in Cleveland the night of the bombings, without input from the club, to discuss what they could do to help. As reliever Craig Breslow recalled it, their mission statement revolved around the concept that there is no "right way" to deal with tragedies; the Sox knew only that as public figures, they had the power to influence others.
Today, that influence continues to lace through the lives of many, whose stories have, in turn, come to define the team.
• A sizeable group of victims, rescue people, police and medical types united at Fenway Park earlier this month for a ceremony prior to Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Among them was Robert Wheeler, a marathon finisher who gained fame as the bombings' "shirtless hero." As others ran away from the first explosion, Wheeler hustled toward it, ripping off his jersey to create a makeshift tourniquet for a New Hampshire man's leg.
By October, Wheeler had already reunited and developed a friendship with the man he saved, Ron Brassard, who attended his college graduation at Framingham State. But on the field that night, Wheeler for the first time met a man named Everett Spain, who helped him stop Brassard's bleeding.
What struck Wheeler at Fenway was that his conversations with Brassard, Spain and others tended to skirt around the marathon, focusing instead on the one other topic the men all knew they had in common.
"With anything like that in life, you just talk about other things than this traumatic experience you went through," Wheeler said. "It's more like, 'Hey how about the Sox? How about the way we came back with that grand slam last week?'"
Even so, some conversations did run deeper. Also in attendance that night was Heather Abbott, the Rhode Island woman who lost her left leg as a result of the bombings. One of Fenway Park's ballgirls encountered Abbott for the first time on May 11, moments before she threw out that game's ceremonial pitch. It was the same day Abbott checked out of Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on a wheelchair -- "one of the best days I've had since this whole thing happened," she said, recalling her hop to the mound on crutches. Standing in the middle of the diamond, Abbott could not believe the outpouring of support from her friends, from her family and from the Red Sox. David Ortiz offered some words. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, a hug.
Back at Fenway five months later, the same ballgirl approached Abbott -- now moving without assistance -- to marvel at her improvement.
"The last time she saw me, I was on crutches, having just had my leg amputated," Abbott said. "So she saw me, and I was walking all by myself. She looked at me and pointed to my leg and was just like, 'Oh my gosh!' And I realized how far I had come."
• Between Abbott's two trips to Fenway, the Red Sox busied themselves inviting marathon victims and heroes to throw out first pitches. There was Jeff Bauman, the deli worker who lost both legs cheering on his girlfriend at the race, and Carlos Arredondo, the man who saved his life. (The photograph of Arredondo, in his cowboy hat, helping Bauman into a wheelchair remains one of the day's most arresting images.) There was Peter DiMartino, the transplanted New Yorker who suffered shrapnel damage and tore 90 percent of his left Achilles tendon, and Chris Troyanos, the medical director who helped coordinate rescuers at the bomb site. There was the family of Sean Collier, the MIT police officer killed in the aftermath.
There were also moments of silence, such as the May ceremony for Krystle Campbell, one of three to die in the bombings. There were much louder moments, including the night that 7-year-old Jane Richard, who lost both her left leg and her 8-year-old brother at the marathon, sang the national anthem before a playoff game.
Along the way, there was unbroken support from Yawkey Way.
The Red Sox are not even certain how often players lent their time and services over the past six months, because the players -- and this is not normal -- did not always inform the team before doing so. "They just started doing it," marveled Lucchino's senior advisor, Charles Steinberg, who counted 470 community appearances that he knew of over the course of the year. Steinberg compared that to the 305 appearances his team made in 2012, with marathon initiatives accounting for much of the difference.
Abbott also noticed a pattern emerge from those numbers. As the Red Sox continued honoring victims and rescuers, the club kept on winning, amassing its second-highest victory total in 35 years. From her home in Newport, R.I., Abbott referred to it as "that Boston Strong mentality" now mowed into the grass, convinced of its role in the Red Sox winning the pennant.
That may seem like an overly romantic notion, particularly from someone outside Fenway's walls. But the players don't dismiss it. To the contrary, they point to their charitable efforts as key bonding moments for a club comprised largely of free agents.
"The best way I could sum it up is, yeah, I think it was a moment in time that enabled us to galvanize in a certain way," manager John Farrell said. "It was an opportunity for our players to understand their importance in this city, what the Red Sox mean to this region."
Now the Red Sox are in the World Series, and a group of Abbott's Yankees-loving friends from Connecticut are pulling for them. Wheeler is certainly rooting -- "Who doesn't love a Sox game?" he says -- along with so many others throughout the region and the country.
How much impact the Sox had on those folks is impossible to quantify. Harder still is determining how much the bombings' victims and heroes accelerated the team's on-field coalescence.
What became clear over the summer was simply that the influence ran both ways, allowing each side to draw something good from something evil.
"This is not a city that just lets something like that happen, and just backs down," Saltalamacchia said. "It's a city that says, 'All right, I'm going to go about it as hard as I can and make everyone know that nothing affects us.' That's the way this team has been, and the city's been behind us the whole way."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo.

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Microsoft Announces Windows 10 S for Education
Subject: General Tech | May 2, 2017 - 10:16 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: Windows 10 S, windows 10, windows, OS, operating system, microsoft, Education
Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows 10 today during their education event, with low-cost education-specific laptops (starting at $189) to feature Windows 10 S, a lightweight edition of the OS for education.
During the presentation it was revealed that the only way to install applications that are not found within the Windows store on Windows 10 S would be to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. The installation and configuration saves to a USB key that saves the state of the student's laptop, so that any laptop in the school can be used by the student after inserting their USB key, which reconfigures the OS to the last state used with that key.
Microsoft demonstrated the speed of their streamlined version of the OS with a first boot, which took around 10 seconds on a new machine due to the stripped-down features and limited pre-installed applications. Windows 10 S will be available free to all schools on their current "genuine Window Pro PCs", and free subscriptions to Microsoft Office 365 and Minecraft: Education Edition were also announced.
Windows 10 S will arrive this summer, and while a future on low-cost consumer devices for a Windows Store-only version of the OS seems likely, Windows 10 S seems geared specifically for the education sector for now.
Comparing Apples to Unicorns
Subject: General Tech | November 25, 2014 - 12:19 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: osx, ubuntu 14.10, linux, apple, OS
Over at Phoronix you can see a comparison between the new Apple OS X 10.10 and the newest release of Ubuntu 14.10. This offers an interesting comparison in performance as both OSes were tested on the same system, a 2013 Macbook Air with a Haswell i5-4250U with onboard HD 5000, 4GB of DDR3-1600MHz and the Apple branded SSD. For content creators and those with no interest in running Windows it highlights the contrasts you can expect between the two operating systems in data transfer and graphics applications. Right from the start you can see that the contest is somewhat one sided, the first benchmark, PostMark, showed the disk with Ubuntu installed performing three times as fast as with OSX. The results get a little closer in some benchmarks but overall Linux outpaces OSX significantly.
"While I delivered some OS X 10.10 Yosemite preview benchmarks back in August, here's my first tests of the official release of Apple OS X 10.10.1 compared to Ubuntu 14.10 Linux. Tests were done of OS X 10.9.5 and OS X 10.10.1 against Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn when running the benchmarks under both GCC and LLVM Clang compilers."
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- BitTorrent users are 170 percent more likely to download legally than non-torrenters @ The Inquirer
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- You stupid BRICK! PCs running Avast AV can't handle Windows fixes @ The Register
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Microsoft Rumored to Release Subscription-based Windows Blue Update in 2013
Subject: General Tech | November 28, 2012 - 02:37 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Windows Store, windows blue, windows 8, update, subscription, OS, microsoft
In other Microsoft news, the company is rumored to be working on its next generation operating system. Codenamed Windows Blue, it will be a low cost upgrade for existing Windows users that will be based on a subscription service for updates.
Details are extremely scarce at this point but it does seem like a probable move from Microsoft. It does seem like Microsoft has been moving in that direction for some time now. According to The Verge in reporting on sources in the know, Windows Blue will keep the Windows 8 name for branding purposes but the OS will receive a new SDK, UI changes, and performance tweaks during yearly updates. The updates are due in mid-2013, and the Windows Blue update service will span from Windows 8 to Windows Phone (Windows Server was not mentioned). Oddly enough, with the Windows Blue update Microsoft will stop accepting new Windows Store applications built to run on Windows 8. The Windows Store will continue to allow existing Windows 8 applications, but will require developers to rewrite their applications using the new SDK in order to get them on the Store for users running Windows Blue subscription service.
It is a lot to take in, and there are many unknowns at this point. Do you think Microsoft has a good idea with the yearly subscription model, or will it cause backlash from users used to the way Windows has worked for years. Especially those that buy an OEM system with a pre-installed OS and use it until something breaks. Will they be receptive to yet another subscription service for an OS that traditionally has been a one-time purchase?
Assuming it is a good idea, how much would you pay for yearly updates? Will the Windows Store be enough of a success to essentially subsidize the development cost and allow for cheap pricing on the subscriptions?
Find more details on the rumored Windows Blue subscription over at The Verge.
Linux Kernel 3.3 Merges With Android, Now Available
Subject: General Tech | March 19, 2012 - 11:46 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: OS, linux kernel 3.3, linux, kernel, Android
Linux kernel 3.3 has recently been released for public consumption, and it features quite a few new features and improvements. The kernel is the code that developers than build upon to create all the various Linux distributions such as Fedora, Mint, and Arch Linux (among others).
This latest release, version 3.3 includes various improvements to the file system, btrfs, networking, architecture, and EFI BIOS support. In regards to the file system, the Linux 3.3 kernel supports improved balancing and the ability to re-stripe between different RAID (redundant array of independent disks) levels. Further, the kernel will now allow an x86 boot image to be processed by EFI firmware in addition to the traditional BIOS microcode boot that is present in the majority of today's machines. Also, Kernel 3.3 improves the networking aspects by improving the ability to bond multiple NICs to improve networking throughput and/or to provide redundant connections. Support for a new architecture has also emerged such that Linux kernel will work with Texas Instruments C6X based chips. These chips include the "family of C64x single and multicore DSPs."
The above improvements are just the tip of the iceberg, however. The most talked about new feature is likely going to be the inclusion of Android code from Google's Android OS project. According to the Kernel Newbies website, the disagreements between Linux kernel developers and Google have been "ironed out," and code from the Android project will now start to be rolled back into the Linux kernel. They expect that Android coming home to traditional Linux will make developing code and end user software easier for everyone, and they expect further Android and Linux integration in the future.
More information on the latest Linux kernel release is available here.
Raspberry Pi: An Operating System Slice For Everyone
Subject: Systems | March 10, 2012 - 12:52 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Raspberry Pi, OS, linux
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has quite the success on their hands with the small ARM powered Linux computer they have dubbed the Raspberry Pi. With pre-orders that sold out within hours, a great deal of press coverage, and overwhelming support from the community to support the Raspberry Pi with software and download mirrors, they have announced not only the promised Fedora 14 Remix Linux distribution, but OpenELEC XBMC support and an Arch Linux distro for power users.
So far, the charity has released the Fedora 14 Remix, Debian Squeeze, and Arch Linux distributions. All three are now available for download via their downloads page using either Torrent files or HTTP downloads through the community mirrors.
The Fedora Remix Distro
The Debian Squeeze OS is the Raspberry Pi's reference file system and is aimed at software developers while the Fedora Remix is aimed at those wanting a casual OS that is capable of playing back multimedia content. Finally, the Arch Linux distro is aimed at power users and Linux enthusiasts that want to totally customize their Linux operating system and the software including with it. These distros are meant to be installed on an SD card and then inserted into the Raspberry Pi.
Head on over to their downloads page to get your hands on the distros!
NVIDIA Joins Linux Foundation
Subject: General Tech | March 10, 2012 - 12:37 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: software, OS, nvidia, linux
In a recent press release, the Linux Foundation added four new members, one of which is a big deal in the graphics card industry. In addition to the new members of Fluendo, Lineo Solutions, and Mocana is the green GPU powerhouse NVIDIA. According to Maximum PC, there is talk around the web of the company moving to open source graphics drivers; however, NVIDIA has not released anything to officially confirm or deny.
The Linux Foundation's Logo
Such a move would be rather extreme and unlikely, but it would certainly be one that is welcomed by the Linux community. Officially, the Vice President of Linux Platform Software Scott Pritchett stated the company is "strongly committed" to delivering quality software/hardware experiences and they hope their membership in the Linux Foundation will "accelerate our collaboration with the organizations and individuals instrumental in shaping the future of Linux." Further, they hope to be able to add to and enhance the user and development experience of the open source operating system.
The three other members to join the Linux Foundation specialize in multimedia software (Fluendo), embedded system development (Lineo Solutions), and device-agnostic security (Mocana) but the green giant that is NVIDIA has certainly stolen the show and is the big announcement for them (which isn't a bad thing that they joined, it is kind of a big deal to have them). Amanda McPherson, VP of Marketing and Developer Services for the Linux Foundation wrapped up the press release by saying that all of the new members "represent important areas of the Linux ecosystem and their contributions will immediately help advance the operating system."
NVIDIA has generally enjoyed good support on the major Linux distributions, but now that they are a member here's hoping they can further improve their Linux graphics card drivers. What is your take on the Linux Foundation's new members, will they make a difference?
Microsoft's juggernaut Windows operating system powers on with the company preparing Windows 7's successor in Windows 8. The new operating system (OS) was first released for public consumption during the last BUILD conference in the form of a "Developer Preview." This release was mainly intended for software developers to start to get a feel for the OS and its new features, but many consumers and technology enthusiasts also took a peek at the OS to get an idea of where MS was going with its next OS.
Coinciding with Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012, Microsoft released the next iteration of the in progress OS, and this time it is aimed at getting consumer feedback. The aptly named Consumer Preview build is now available for download by anyone interested.
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Desktop
The question many consumers and enthusiasts are likely asking; however, is what to do with the MS provided ISO, and what the safest and easiest method for testing the beta operating system is. One appropriate answer, and the method covered in this guide, is to use a virtual machine program to test the Windows 8 Consumer Preview inside a VM without needing to muck with or worry about effecting your existing system or settings. Installing to bare hardware will always be faster, but if you upgrade to Windows 8 CP from Windows 7, you will not be able to go back once the beta period is over. By installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview inside a virtual machine will allow you to test out the operating system in a secure environment, and if you have a recent machine with at least 4 GB of RAM, performance of the OS should be sufficient to get an idea of the new OS and whether you want to pursue a bare hardware full install.
I expect that many users are going to be curious about the new build as the Windows 8 OS has ignited several heated debates among enthusiasts concerning the direction Microsoft is going. The new Metro interface, removal of Start Menu, and the overhauled Windows logo are three of the major concerns users have raised, for example.
The specific program in question that we will be using is Oracle's VirtualBox software, which is a free VM host that is very easy to setup and use. Another alternative is VMWare, and the setup process will be very similar (though the exact steps and settings will differ slightly). This guide will show you how to go from the Windows 8 ISO to a fully functional installation inside a VirtualBox virtual machine. If you are familiar with setting up a new VirtualBox VM, you can safely skip those steps. I felt it prudent to go through the entire process; however, for those new to VirtualBox that wish to try out the new Microsoft OS.
Let's begin.
Continue reading our guide on installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a Virtual Machine!!
Microsoft Allegedly Changing Windows Logo To Minimalist Green Tile Design
Subject: General Tech | February 13, 2012 - 01:18 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: windows 8, windows, OS, microsoft, logo
That fluttering window containing flag that would carry Microsoft into Operating System dominance on the, er, wind of success debuted with Windows 3.0 in 1990. As the years have passed, the company has made alterations and updates to keep the design modern. After 22 years of ingraining into people's minds that the flag logo is Windows, Microsoft may be ditching it in favor of a new minimalistic monochromatic affair. According to Chinese site cnBeta.com, Microsoft will roll out the new Windows logo with the launch of Windows 8. Allegedly, the new logo will be four turquoise panels with a shifted perspective and separated by interior white borders. The site claims that the evidence lies in a logo photo and a photograph of a physical "Windows" button on a tablet.
Personally, I think Microsoft would be crazy to change their logo, and especially insane to switch to this particular alleged new logo. Minimalist designs certainly have their place, but the colorful Windows logo that we are all used to has always done a good job of catching the eye (and four blue-green rectangles just don't do it for me). Not to mention that the company has had 22 years to burn into the minds of consumers that the logo is Windows, and it will be difficult for people to accept the new logo. There is definitely a certain amount of nostalgia and consumer confidence associated with the "old" logo, and it seems odd that Microsoft would be so cavalier to throw it away just to make their logo look better on the Metro desktop. Perhaps if they were changing direction and entering a different market or if they had a line of crappy products they would want a new logo, but that really does not seem to be the case. Here's hoping the photos are just fake. On the other hand, if Microsoft does end up taking out the start button it's not like people will be seeing the new logo anyway (heh).
What are your thoughts on the new logo? Am I off base in thinking that the current logo has a lot of "mindshare" built up and it would be crazy to just leave it behind?
Are you nuts to switch to the Narwhal? Check out Ubuntu 11.04
Subject: General Tech | May 12, 2011 - 11:54 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Unity, Ubuntu 11.04, ubuntu, OS, natty narwhal, linux, gnome
Natty Narwhal, officially called Ubuntu 11.04, has arrived on the scene and it brings some changes to the way you will look at Linux. It was designed to be the first desktop version to dump the Gnome GUI in favour of the Unity interface that has been previously used on netbook and other lower powered machines. The design its self is fairly minimalistic as you would expect from what it was first implemented as, but not to the point where you won't recognize the familiar dock style interface common to OS X and Win 7. Ars Technica takes you through a thorough look at the newest Linux and the pluses and minuses of the new GUI.
"Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal, rose from the depths last week. The update brings a number of significant new features to the Linux-based operating system. It includes a much-improved refresh of the Unity shell and a number of other significant improvements throughout the application stack.
This is the first version of Ubuntu to ship with Unity on the desktop. Due to the far-reaching nature of the changes that accompany the transition to a new desktop shell, this review will focus almost entirely on Unity and how it impacts the Ubuntu user experience. We will also look at how Unity compares with GNOME 3.0 and the classic GNOME experience."
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The Unity Linux GUI Controversy and Linux Mint's Decision to Stick With Gnome 2
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 9, 2011 - 09:06 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: OS, linux, GUI
With the release of Ubuntu 11.04, a new desktop environment called Unity was released. Unity promised to revamp the Linux operating system's desktop GUI to be more user friendly and intuitive. There are a multitude of noticeable changes that Unity brings to Ubuntu's GUI compared to the classic Gnome environment. A new Windows 7 like task bar stretches along the left side of the screen where small icons of running and pinned applications reside. This new application dock is used instead of the traditional Gnome task bar that ran along the bottom of the screen. Also present is a new Ubuntu button that acts as an application launcher where installed programs can be sorted and searched for. Further, there are improvements to the workspace switcher and changes in window management with new hover-to-reveal scroll bars and each application's (context sensitive) file menus being relocated to the top of the screen. These and other minor changes in the latest Ubuntu release have caused a flood of controversy among both reviewers and users alike.
Pictured: Unity GUI (Insert: Ubuntu Classic GUI)
On the positive side of the issue, there are a number of new and long time users of Ubuntu that have embraced the new GUI for it's new features and design. Many people migrating from Windows 7 or Mac OS will become accustomed to the interface quickly as it works in much the same manner. Further, users of convertible tablet PCs have an easier time of navigating to applications and windows thanks to the larger icons. Touch and digitizer controls on the Dell Latitude XT worked well out of the box without a need to much with drivers, for example.
In contrast, as a newly developed desktop environment, it is less customizable from a user standpoint than the traditional Gnome GUI. Because of this (at the time of writing) restriction on customizability, many self-proclaimed power users have called Unity a step backwards in the aspects that make Linux a desirable OS--the ability to customize. Mainly, they dislike the constraints that Unity places on their ability to customize the operating system to their liking.
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The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, VIC
Discover the experiences and attractions that await you at every turn along the Great Ocean Road to make your journey memorable.
Experience one of the world's most scenic coastal drives along the south-west coast of Victoria.
Discover the experiences and attractions that await you at every turn along the Great Ocean Road to make your journey memorable.
The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures, VIC
The Otway Fly Treetop Adventures
Otway Fly Treetop Adventures offers a whole host of experiences with the two core activities being The Otway Fly Treetop Walk and The Otway Fly Zip Line Tour. The Otway Fly Tree Top Walk is a 600 metre long 25 metre high elevated tree top walk. It is the longest and tallest walkway of its type in the world. The tree top walk ascends at a gentle grade through a magnificent stand of cool temperate rainforest featuring Myrtle Beech, Blackwood and Mountain Ash. A 45 metre high lookout then ascends via a spiral stairway to emerge amongst the crowns of the giants of the forest. The Otway Fly Zip Line Tour includes two and a half hours of zip line activity, including training and simulation, and features eight cloud stations high in the rainforest, six zip line flights and traverses two suspension bridges, concluding with a one-hour Treetop Walk.
Chris's Beacon Point Restaurant & Villas
Overlooking Bass Strait, set high in the Otways above the Great Ocean Road at Apollo Bay, Chris's Beacon Point Restaurant and Villas has become an international drawcard for gourmet travellers. The owner's personal approach to hospitality has made him one of the best-loved characters in the region and his passion for the food of Southern Europe combined with the freshest and purest produce has made his cuisine world famous. On-site accommodation is provided in self-contained apartment villas. All the apartments have contemporary decor, with modern fittings and floor-to-ceiling windows and balconies looking out over stunning ocean views.
Great Ocean Ecolodge and Conservation Ecology Centre, VIC
Great Ocean Ecolodge and Conservation Ecology Centre
From the moment you waken with the dawn chorus and see the wild kangaroos peacefully grazing outside your bedroom window, you will know that the Great Ocean Ecolodge is a very special place. The Great Ocean Ecolodge is a social enterprise operated by The Conservation Ecology Centre. All profits are reinvested into wildlife conservation and the lodge itself is entirely solar powered and ecologically responsible. Located within the grounds of the Conservation Ecology Centre, it is surrounded by pristine bushland, lush rainforests, secluded beaches and steep cliffs, close to one of the world's most spectacular coastlines. It offers the chance to stay in an award winning eco retreat, and venture out into the bush with researchers to help save endangered species, explore the Great Ocean Walk or just relax in the dappled shade of the eucalypts, watching the koalas high in the trees above you.
Rotten Point House
Rotten Point House is a modern, eco-friendly property nestled in 100 acres of untouched Australian bushland near Johanna Beach, one of the top surfing beaches in Australia. The dwelling comprises four double bedrooms, two bathrooms, open living areas, and a protected courtyard. It has elevated views across the Southern Ocean and of the surf beach, cliffs and surrounding countryside with landmarks such as Johanna Beach, the Great Otways National Park; Lion head and Moonlight Head visible all from the property. It also overlooks the Great Ocean Walk walking track. Johanna Beach is a 25 minute drive from Apollo Bay along the Great Ocean Road.
Twelve Apostles, Port Campbell National Park, VIC
12 Apostles Helicopters
Join 12 Apostles Helicopters for a unique opportunity to see the Shipwreck Coast and Port Campbell National Park from the air. Experience unrivalled views of Australia's most spectacular coastline in the comfort and safety of an immaculate fleet of helicopters. 12 Apostles Helicopters offers different scenic flights around the region including a flight over the Twelve Apostles, a flight to the Bay of Islands via London Bridge, and the entire Shipwreck Coast all the way to the Cape Otway Lighthouse. 12 Apostles Helicopters offers the highest level of safety and service to make this a day you will never forget.
Go Ride a Wave
Go Ride a Wave has been teaching surfing for more than 15 years and their expert, qualified instructors not only teach you the basics, they make it an experience you will not forget.
Go Ride a Wave takes care of more than 50,000 customers every year from multiple locations along the east coast of Australia and provides a safe and enjoyable experience. Full-length wetsuits, boards and instruction for two hours are all provided in the sessions. The company also provides a diverse range of other outdoor recreational activities including bodyboarding, surf life saving, surf carnivals, surf safety, lifeguarding, kayaking, climbing and abseiling.
The Sands Golf Course, Torquay, VIC
Peppers the Sands Resort, Torquay
Perched on the northern headland of Torquay nestled against the dunes and at the start of the world famous Great Ocean Road, Peppers The Sands Resort is a sleek and modern premium golf resort destination. The resort comprises of two interconnecting, three-level buildings looking out to spectacular views of the surrounding golf course, coastal dunes and Surf Coast, the perfect setting for a short break escape. The resort boasts 112 spacious rooms featuring private balconies or terraces with stunning views, tasteful furnishings and premium facilities. Moulding into the natural landscape is The Sands 18-hole championship golf course, designed by Stuart Appleby.
The resort's signature restaurant, Hanners Restaurant and Bar, is one of the region's most desired dining destinations. Sandy beaches are an easy stroll from Peppers The Sands Resort and will lead you to Victoria's most famous surf beach, Bells Beach.
The Great Ocean Walk
The Great Ocean Walk stretches for 104 kilometres from the idyllic resort town of Apollo Bay, to within sight of the magnificent Twelve Apostles. Weave through beautiful National Parks, walk deserted beaches and gaze over pristine marine sanctuaries. The walk has been designed so that walkers can step on and step off the trail at a number of places, completing short, day or overnight hikes. The trail is suitable for walkers of almost any ability. Short walks are less than two to three hours in length and vary in difficulty from easy to hard. There is plenty of accommodation along the way from luxury spa retreats to self-contained cottages and picturesque camping sites. A good starting point is the Cape Otway Lighthouse, the oldest on the Australian mainland, where it is possible to stay in the lighthouse keeper's cottage.
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From Melbourne, discover the rugged Great Ocean Road, vine-lined Yarra Valley and nearby Macedon Ranges, and the picturesque Mornington Peninsula. Meet fairy penguins on Phillip Island, houseboat down the Murray River and walk the sand of Wilsons Promontory and 90 Mile Beach. Relive the goldrush in Bendigo and High Country towns and hike the ancient landscapes of Grampians National Park.
Great Ocean Road
Drive Victoria's Great Ocean Road, home to the world class surf at Bells Beach and the craggy limestone spires of the Twelve Apostles. This dramatic region also offers fishing villages, migrating whales, shipwrecks, golden beaches, rainforests and national parks. Tackle the Great Ocean Walk or drive the Great Southern Touring Route between Melbourne and Adelaide.
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2011-12: Opens the year as one of the nation's best 184-pounders … coming off an All-American junior campaign ... worked exceptionally hard over the offseason, including attending the Olympic Training Facility in Colorado ... will be extremely prepared entering the year ... is one of the Spartans' three captains this season … provides outstanding leadership for the Green and White … will look to defend the Metropolitan Conference title at 184 … could make another tremendous run in the NCAA Tournament … goes the extra mile in all aspects of the program … has the potential to post another All-American campaign.
2010-11: Put together an unforgettable 32-6 season … placed fourth overall at 184 pounds at the NCAA Nationals tournament, capturing All-American honors … finished the year as the #4 wrestler in Division III at 184 pounds ... won the title in 184 pounds at the annual Metropolitan Conference Championships … took home the Outstanding Wrestler award at the Metropolitan Championships … was in the lineup every dual match this season except two matches … picked up his first win of the year with a 13-4 major decision over Johns Hopkins Ben Finelli in York's first dual meet in Hershey, Pa … had a six-match winning streak toward the end of the season … his 32 wins sets a college career record for the Spartan junior … was nationally ranked during a majority of the season.
2009-10: Posted an outstanding 22-7 campaign … took second at the annual Metropolitan Conference Championship Tournament … also took second place at the Spartans own New Standard Corporation Invitational Tournament … was in the lineup during York's opening meets against Drexel and #10 Maryland, two Division I programs … picked up his first win of the year with a 11-2 major decision over McDaniel's William Yeo in the Spartans' first home meet … owned a nine-match winning streak early in the season … had two technical falls and one pinfall during his nine-match streak … had another six-match winning streak toward the end of the season … his 21 wins consisted of ten decisions, five major decisions, four technical falls, and two pinfalls.
2008-09: Put together a 10-6 record during his freshman campaign … took fifth place with a 4-2 mark at the Monarch Tournament at 174 pounds … drew the start at 174 against Millersville on January 24 … started again against Kutztown on February 13 … served as a backup to All-American Brian Thomason … gained outstanding experience wrestling against Thomason during practice.
Personal: Is a business administration major ... is the son of Steve and Irene Martocello ... born on July 28, 1990 ... was a league champion in 2008 and named to the all-county list that same year ... names his father as the person he most admires ... hobbies include water sports and hunting ... favorite athlete is Dan Gable ... chose York because of the "business program along with a great wrestling program with a rich history" ... most significant athletic achievement is garnering All-American honors during his junior season in 2011 ... most significant athletic moment while with the Spartan program is winning the 2011 Metropolitan Conference title at 184 pounds and becoming an All-American that same season ... after graduation he plans on attending graduate school.


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LightCotton-Blouse - One more top:1
Added May 20, 2013
by taketina
Dresden, Germany
I used the burdastyle-pattern for a light blouse, that I can wear with wide and slim skirts. I hemmed the blouse by hand and used rosy biasbinding as belt.
Material Notes
Light cotton in blus with white and rosy print
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Jun 9, 2013, 04.07 PMby leokadia
ein wunderschönes outfit!
May 20, 2013, 09.43 PMby Helguchi
You really brought out the color and beauty of your fabric with the details you chose, the pink belt and dark buttons. A very romantic and elegant blouse.
May 20, 2013, 09.06 PMby freakusbzzz
Very pretty, I made this and found the waiste too short. Did you do the buttons on the back too?
I might remake it after seeing yours. With a longer peplum section though.
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May 21, 2013, 04.45 PMby taketina
Thank you! (:
Maybe it's because I'm not tall, but the waistline was was good for me – no alterations needed. And I did the buttons and loops in the back, too.
I'm planing to use this pattern again, too. I will try it with chiffon … and hope it will work one more time! (:
May 20, 2013, 08.45 PMby Mary Athey
this blouse is just lovely, its delicate with a vintage feel and is lovely on you x
May 20, 2013, 05.54 PMby kihli
So beautiful! And it really goes well with a skirt!
May 20, 2013, 05.33 PMby sleepy-dumpling
This is so pretty. I love the shape of the blouse and the fabric you have used.
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Busch Qualifies 37th at Martinsville Speedway
October 24, 2009
"We've been struggling here all day, with the car being loose in, tight in the corner and loose off," said Busch, currently fifth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings, trailing leader Jimmie Johnson by 177 points with five races remaining to determine the 2009 series champion. "We think we'll be quite a bit better in the race than what our qualifying effort showed. This is just a super-tough little track to get a handle on."
"That's definitely not what we'd hoped for, but we'll just have to take it and go from there," said crew chief Pat Tryson. "We decided to bring the car here that we ran so well with in the Richmond race (the PRS-621 chassis that finished second at Richmond last month) and still think we can come out of here with a decent finish on Sunday. We're in a hole, but we've seen time after time that Kurt and our team do so well when there's really nowhere to go but forward. We're looking to advance all day here on Sunday."
Busch's Martinsville record certainly displays reason to believe he can excel, even after having to start toward the rear of the field. He won the October 2002 race here after starting from the 36th position.
Ryan Newman, 28th of the 44 drivers to make qualifying runs here this afternoon, picked up the Coors Light Pole Award with his fast lap of 19.563 seconds (96.795 mph). He will start inside of Jeff Gordon (19.619 seconds/96.519 mph) on the front row. Martin Truex Jr. (19.621/96.509) starts third, with Mark Martin (19.622/96.504) fourth and David Reutimann (19.701/96.117) fifth. Casey Mears, rookie Joey Logano, Bobby Labonte, Reed Sorenson and Kevin Harvick rounded out today's top-10 qualifiers.
Among the other Chase drivers, Tony Stewart starts 13th, Jimmie Johnson 15th, Denny Hamlin 17th, Greg Biffle 20th, Juan Pablo Montoya 21st, Kasey Kahne 26th, Carl Edwards 29th and Busch 37th.
Busch's Penske Racing teammates David Stremme (19.745 seconds/95.903 mph) and Sam Hornish Jr. (19.882/95.242) will start 11th and 31st, respectively, on Sunday.
Saturday's first practice here at Martinsville Speedway, weather permitting of course, is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. till 11:15 a.m. The final "happy hour" practice session is scheduled from 11:50 a.m. till 12:50 p.m. (taped-delayed till 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2). Sunday's TUMS 500 has a scheduled 2:00 p.m. local (EDT) starting time at the 0.526-mile high-banked facility. ABC-TV and MRN Radio will provide live coverage of all the action.


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Amazon Sued For Copyright, Design Patent, Trademark & Trade Dress Infringement Due To Marketplace Seller
from the seems-like-a-stretch dept
Now, of course, we often point to safe harbors when it comes to service providers, and those could conceivably come into play partly here. Amazon, as a company with a registered DMCA agent, would normally have a safe harbor against user actions on copyright claims -- but the original letter sent by Mint's lawyer, while not officially declaring itself to be a DMCA takedown, certainly does seem to satisfy all the required elements of a DMCA notice (copyright lawyers, feel free to chime in and clarify). Thus, the fact that Amazon did not respond, may actually open up the company to liability. That's just the copyright claim, though. While Section 230 protects other types of third party liability, it has an explicit exception for "intellectual property," meaning that the design patent, (common law) trademark and trade dress claims might live on as well.
Even so, however, it seems like Amazon might have a pretty strong defense, as it has no way of knowing whether or not the salt and pepper shakers actually infringe. In fact, as I read through the complaint, I started to wonder if Shokomoko wasn't buying Mint's legitimate salt and pepper shakers and reselling them. Perhaps there's more evidence that they're counterfeit, but it's not clear from the filing. Mint claims Shokomoko is not "authorized" to sell such things, but if it bought them legally and is reselling them, this becomes a bit trickier. I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that Amazon didn't respond to the two letters from Mint's lawyers.
Either way, is this really the best use of Mint's time and money? Is it really such a bad thing that another company is competing with them in selling salt and pepper shakers that look the same? If Mint is the original creator, play up that fact and keep designing cool new things, rather than worrying about any copycats. And, no matter what you think of the evilness of infringement, doesn't it seem silly to involve Amazon at all? If there's a legitimate complaint here, shouldn't it just be between Mint and Shokomoko?


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Ralph Lauren's Niece Jailed For Being Drunk and Disorderly On a Plane
Ralph Lauren's niece, jewelry designer Jennifer Lauren, is being held in jail in Ireland after she became so intoxicated and enraged that her New York-bound flight had to make an emergency landing.
It's not clear exactly what Lauren said or did on the flight, but authorities say she was sufficiently drunk, threatening and verbally abusive to warrant the 200-person plane making an emergency landing in Shannon, Ireland, where Lauren was removed and arrested.
An Irish police officer testified that when she went to arrest Lauren, the designer asked her to "repeat that in English."
Lauren did not speak during today's arraignment except to cry softly and confirm her nationality.
Because the area has no dedicated courthouse, the hearings today were held in a Shannon pub. According to the BBC, the bar area was cordoned off with wire mesh.
Before Lauren is sentenced, the court says it will take into account how many people were inconvenienced by the emergency landing (209), the cost to the airline, and the cost to the Shannon airport. Delta has not commented on the incident beyond referring to Lauren as an "unruly customer."
Lauren's attorneys say she intends to plead guilty to all charges tomorrow when court proceedings resume. Officials say air rage cases like Lauren's typically result in a cash fine and a suspended sentence.
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Harvard's 2010-11 captains (from left): Michael Del Mauro, Kyle Richter and Chris Huxley.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Seniors-to-be Michael Del Mauro and Chris Huxley were announced as the 117th and 118th captains of Harvard men's ice hockey at the Crimson's season-ending awards banquet Saturday morning at the Harvard Club of Boston. Kyle Richter was named assistant captain, and Alex Biega received his second straight Tudor Cup as the team's most valuable player.
Del Mauro, Louis Leblanc, Colin Moore and John Riley also received awards at the brunch, as the team looked back on the 2009-10 season and awarded varsity letters.
Del Mauro, a forward from Watchung, N.J., and Huxley, a defenseman hailing from Weymouth, Mass., will be the fifth set of co-captains in 111 seasons of Harvard men's hockey. It marks the eighth straight season that a defenseman will captain the Crimson. Richter, a Calgary native, will become the first Harvard goaltender to serve as captain or assistant since John Hynes '80 was a co-captain in 1979-80.
Biega, the Crimson's 2009-10 captain, became the first two-time winner of the John Tudor Memorial Cup since goaltender J.R. Prestifilippo '00 in 1996-97 and 1999-2000. He is the first player to earn the award in consecutive seasons since Steve Martins '95 in 1993-94 and 1994-95. Biega was also the recipient of the Ralph "Cooney" Weiland Award for spirited play and devotion to the game of hockey.
The Montreal native, who played with younger brothers Michael and Danny Biega this season, skated on Harvard's top defensive pair. He played in all 33 of the Crimson's games, registering 10 points and earning All-Ivy League honorable mention. Biega was also selected to participate in the NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge. He finished his career tied for eighth on Harvard's all-time games-played list with 131.
Del Mauro received the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy as Harvard's most improved player. After skating in just five of the team's first 15 games, he earned a spot in the lineup for 15 of the final 18, including each of the final eight. He was most productive in the playoffs, ranking second on team with three points and a +2 rating in four postseason games. Del Mauro scored the game-winning goal, breaking a 2-2 tie in the third period, in Harvard's win at Princeton to open the playoffs.
Leblanc was honored with the George Percy Award, given to the Crimson's top rookie. The Kirkland, Que., native was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and was an ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year finalist and All-Rookie selection. He led Harvard with 23 points, 11 goals and three game-winning goals. Leblanc was the first freshman to lead Harvard in scoring since Mark Fusco '83 in 1979-80 and the first rookie to pace the Crimson in goals since Dominic Moore '03 in 1999-2000.
Moore, a sophomore forward from Medfield, Mass., was the recipient of the Iron Crimson award as the team's top weight-room performer.
Riley was recognized as Harvard's ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year nominee. The senior goaltender from Lake Forest, Ill., will graduate Harvard with honors as a history concentrator with a secondary field in classics. He was the 2009 winner of the Newbold Rhinelander Landon Memorial Scholarship, recognizing a student of the classics considering a career in public/government service.


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Analyst blames Apple for slow NFC growth, we blame limited use
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2. ultimatebatman (Posts: 52; Member since: 04 Dec 2012)
So basically it shouldn't be in the phone because it isn't common enough yet? If Android used the same logic, carriers would not have bothered with LTE. Basically, here is the order:
Android pioneers, Apple adopts only once Android laid the foundation, Apple sues
4. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2731; Member since: 26 May 2011)
1) NFC was around well before Android. As stated, NFC is huge in places like Japan, and has been since before Android or the iPhone launched.
2) Not saying it shouldn't be in the iPhone yet, but Apple doesn't tend to adopt technologies until they are proven and have had time to mature. That's why Apple was late putting DVD into computers, and LTE into its mobile devices.
So, if the NFC infrastructure doesn't get built out (regardless of Android), Apple might not put it in the iPhone. And, a big problem with building out the infrastructure is that people have a very limited idea of what NFC can be.
6. lzsbleach (Posts: 155; Member since: 20 May 2012)
So Apple is not really a company that will bring something new to the market but they improve on products that have been proven or have huge potential to succeed. I think this one track mind of doing things like this can be very detrimental to them as they can be left behine. I think companies that are on the verge of dome always come up with the best products and push for innovation because its all or nothing; look at Nokia
9. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2731; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Apple will try to improve upon existing products. That's been the same business model for plenty of companies. The rewards may not be as big if you don't risk as much by pushing innovation, but a company can still be plenty successful.
13. lzsbleach (Posts: 155; Member since: 20 May 2012)
Doesnt that also depend on what type of companies are in the market to? Apple plays it safe but Google takes more risk and pushes for innovation more and I guess its because they have so many different things going on, that they cant lose. This innovation that Google is pushing wouldnt that put pressure on apple's products as they are the ones that are playing catch up? Consumers are becoming more aware of whats going on in the market too.
15. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2731; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Doing too many things can be just as bad as doing too little. There's a reason why Larry Page killed off a lot of products when he took over as CEO. Every company has to find it's own balance.
Google pushing something doesn't guarantee success any more than Apple pushing it would. Products succeed when consumers see the value in it, and that hasn't fully happened for NFC.
31. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)
Can't analysts just stop blaming and mentioning Apple for everything?
EVEN THOUGH it totally deserves the blaming part
3. imkyle (Posts: 1105; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
You nailed it PA.
5. RamyRamz69 (Posts: 390; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
NFC is extremely useful. I use it on my Xperia Ion each and every single day whether it's Smart Tags, Beam or speakers. It just needs more marketing, it makes life much more simpler...
7. mnp188 (Posts: 19; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Ahhh... there we go again. This is where I hate phonearena - defending apple in the title itself.
I agree... your point is valid. But you don't have to prove apple innocent in the title itself.
11. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2731; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Not defending Apple or trying to prove the company innocent. In fact, I'm flat out saying that Apple is somewhat irrelevant in the whole thing.
As I've said many times, if you come looking for bias, you'll probably find it somewhere, even if it doesn't actually exist.
47. anshul0000 (unregistered)
you have a soft corner for apple..
48. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2731; Member since: 26 May 2011)
The idiom is a "soft spot", but really I just don't completely hate the company. I don't personally like Apple products, but I'm not going to judge those who enjoy them. And, while I will freely admit all of the bad practices of the company, I'm not going to ignore that it has been extremely influential in tech over the years.
8. kirholstov (Posts: 146; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
iOS doesn't have even a Bluetooth sharing option, if it will have NFC, I think that situation won't be better
25. Valdomero (Posts: 507; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
Perhaps that's the reason why they don't adopt NFC yet, they may be figuring out how to only allow NFC to Apple products. Just like their bluetooth...
10. kellkeezy (Posts: 57; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)
@michaelheller and @imkyle
Nailed it completely, apple has always been known to adopt technology into their business
for years.
Just to let you know the patent office is what allows a company to own the ideas, which are sold by people or intellectual properties within a company or freelance. Lawsuits from one company to another is the equivilent of dogs pissing in a park.
12. RapidCat (Posts: 351; Member since: 12 Jun 2012)
nfc not only for payment. look what google does with Android Beam, easy transfer file. without pairing like bluetooth.
or sony with nfc tags.
without company like sony and google maybe nfc still stuck with payment.
14. roscuthiii (Posts: 2382; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Nicely done again Michael. Sheesh, I'm starting to feel like K.I.T.T. here with all the, "Well done Michael"s. Do a crappy write up for once so I can lambaste you a bit. ;-)
What it seems to all come down to here is that companies are beholden to shareholders so much that no ones willing to pull the trigger. No one wants to take a gamble without some kind of guarantee-able return of investment. Which is kind of an oxymoron. I guess this is where Apple does come into play. Forgoing all the other pros and cons that can be said of Apple, they were at least willing to stand up and say, "Oh yeah?! Well... Screw you, we're doing it anyway!"
It's not enough for someone to dip their toe in to test the waters... someone's gonna have to take the plunge to show NFC as a viable profit generator.
23. mrochester (unregistered)
When Apple innovates it tends to be something huge that the entire industry falls over themselves to immitate; iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad. This is usually because Apple puts decent amounts of time, money and effort into making these product get off the ground and be widely adopted. If anyone has a track record of taking an idea and putting enough oomph behind it to get it going, it's Apple, which is probably exactly what the analyst in question is referring too. I should imagine NFC will continue to bob along the ground until Apple get the infrastructure and agreements in place to make it a viable venture.
16. Slammer (Posts: 1515; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
In your conclusion Michael, you do claim Apple is somewhat responsible. I respect that and I can't really disagree here. I do tend to justify the analyst's opinion more however.
The business and education enterprises have begun to heavily adopt the Apple platform. This then trickles down to business people and students having to invest in the platform as well. These two areas of interest and its extensions, are the ones that would benefit the most out of NFC. Business travelers and students that don't carry large sums of cash. It is said that if you build, they will come. If Apple does not include it for the more dependant consumer base , it will come slower. So, I have to believe that the analyst is not really far off base. My beef is that this is the problem with waiting and relying too heavily on Apple. Sure, they are a focal point for tech, but it delays moving forward. You can't fine tune unless you get everyone involved with the technology.
John B.
20. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
America is slave to the APPLE....
37. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Very well said. Cause it's there country's pride and joy, also there are heavy investments and shares on Apple!
53. JunitoNH (Posts: 1941; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
Now, that my friend, is a clever and true statement. I rather see Apple succeed, and shares go up. I can care less what happens to Samsung from an investor point of view. I can always get an Android device, even if it is from GM.
24. mrochester (unregistered)
Although the problem might be people relying too heavily on Apple, the actual issue is that there isn't anyone else who seems to be able to do what Apple does. Google are currently the best placed to make NFC big but haven't really seemed to put as much effort behind the tech as they could have. Where are the agreements with Visa, Mastercard and transportation providers to use Android as a payment device? There are so many possibilities currently sitting unrealised.
44. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
It is out there... companies are taking their time with NFC...my Jack in the Box uses it now.
17. GuiltyBystander (Posts: 199; Member since: 05 Mar 2012)
I blame Dinkleberg.
19. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I am surprised that APPLE has not owned a patent on NFC tech, yet.
21. nwright94 (unregistered)
When I did use a device that had NFC, there was nowhere at all to use it in southwest Michigan. My brother hasn't used it once on his s3 and he's had it since launch day. It's just something that hasn't caught on in America yet, but like any other thing in the tech world, everyone's so quick to blame Apple. I've even seen some people blame apple for mobile malware. People just like to complain and always try to justify their complaining by blaming a company that usually has nothing to do with what they're complaining about.
26. CMonster (Posts: 7; Member since: 04 Dec 2012)
How would NFC be any more practical than using an app like Voxer? The only difference is that one goes over the network and the other goes directly from one phone to another. I guess with Voxer you have to know of the phone you are attempting to contact, but isnt that almost the same as knowing what frequency to be on using NFC?
When it comes to data transfer like S-Note or picture sharing, I could potentially see the use, but who are you really going to share something with that you wouldn't mind also having his/her number?
29. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
I blame Apple, because everyone likes to cater to them. Until the iphone has an NFC chip in it, a lot of retailers wont really care about NFC. When Apple puts a chip in the iphone, a lot of retailers will care alot about it.


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Department of Revenue News Release
March 03, 2009Barry County Added To List of Counties Eligible for Extended Tax Deadlines
JEFFERSON CITY – Karen King Mitchell, director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, today announced that businesses and citizens in Barry County will be eligible for an extended deadline to pay some taxes.
"A wide portion of southern Missouri, including Barry County, suffered because of the ice and snow storms in late January," Mitchell said. "I know that some people went long periods without electrical power and that their lives were disrupted in a major way. Because of these conditions, the department has decided to give people and businesses in Barry County additional time to pay certain taxes they might owe."
The deadline extension applies to state sales and income taxes due between January 22, 2009 and March 20, 2009. The deadline to pay the taxes has been extended to March 30, 2009.
Examples of taxes covered by the department's extension include:
- Missouri Sales Tax
- Corporate Income and Franchise Tax
- Missouri Employer Withholding Tax
The department has also decided to waive any penalties or interest connected with the late filing of fuel and cigarette taxes that businesses were required to remit to the state.
Businesses and taxpayers submitting returns past their original due dates should write "LATE DUE TO ICE STORMS" at the top of their return. Taxpayers that have already filed their taxes past the original due date, or that have received a "late notice" for unpaid taxes during the aforementioned time period, should write a letter to the department explaining their taxes were filed past the due date as a result of the recent ice storms and request a waiver from any interest or penalties.
The department's directive does not apply to any federal or local taxes not collected by the department. It also does not change the April 15 deadline for paying Missouri income taxes due for Tax Year 2008.
The Department of Revenue's original directive applied only to businesses and citizens located in the 20 Missouri counties included in President Barack Obama's Feb. 17 disaster declaration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency later added Barry County to the list of counties covered by the presidential declaration, and this triggered the department's addition of Barry County. The 20 other counties affected by the department's extension are Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Stone, Taney and Wayne.


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The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, or LXDE as it's more commonly known, really takes its "lightweightness" seriously. They claim that LXDE's minimum hardware specifications are only slightly higher than that of Windows 98, consuming only 45MB of memory after boot. Any Pentium II processor should be capable enough of running LXDE, and thanks to it being ported to ARM and MIPS as well, it can serve a whole range of machines, like the Chinese MIPS netbooks.
The LXDE interface is attractive but simple, more or less similar to Windows' Classic interface. It comes with a whole set of basic utilities and configuration tools, so LXDE really stands on its own two feet. It's installable on most modern Linux distributions, with some of them even releasing specific versions with LXDE or some of its components.
Due to the success of LXDE, there's even talk of an official Ubuntu derivative, Lubuntu. In an interview, LXDE president Mario Behling detailed how he met Mark Shuttleworth to talk about this possibility. "Mark is pretty nice and he understood immediately, that LXDE as a desktop environment could be the base for an official derivate. This was only an initial talk and we need to understand that there is still a long way to go. The conversation was mainly about how we could work together as a community," Behling explains. As of yet, however, there is no financial commitment from Canonical.
It seems like LXDE has the possibility of becoming the desktop environment of choice for resource-constrained machines. I have several Pentium II machines that would perform pretty good with LXDE as their desktops, and I must say, t has become a tempting idea.


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Worlds are colliding in my neck of the woods. You may know Hannah, my twinny who stars in our weekly Friday TGIH and assists in a ton of what I do. In addition to what she does for Steep Street, she sews, she crafts, she collects, and she blogs. A recent brainwave brought on by our newfound proximity has begun to connect her array of creative skills with my own in a cloud of crazy inspiration.... with the sparkly plan to join forces as one company.
{{ TBA Spring 2012! }}


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Steven Horwitz is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and department chair at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. He completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University and received his A.B. in economics and philosophy from The University of Michigan. He is the author of two books, Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000) and Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), and he has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary theory and history, and macroeconomics. In addition to several dozen articles in numerous professional journals, he has also done nationally recognized public policy work on the role of the private sector during Hurricane Katrina for the Mercatus Center, where he is an Affiliated Senior Scholar. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Fraser Institute in Canada. The author of numerous op-eds, Horwitz is a frequent guest on TV and radio programs, particularly speaking on the Great Recession and monetary policy. His current research is on the economics and social theory of the family, and he is at work on a book on classical liberalism and the family.
Horwitz co-edits the book series Advances in Austrian Economics and is a contributing editor at The Freeman. He also blogs at "Coordination Problem" and "Bleeding Heart Libertarians." Horwitz is a past recipient of three fellowship research grants from the Earhart Foundation and has been a visiting scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. He was awarded the Hayek Prize in 2010 by the Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Order for his work on the economics of the family among other contributions. At St. Lawrence, he has been the recipient of the the Frank P. Piskor Lectureship for 1998–99 and the J. Calvin Keene Award in 2003, and served as Associate Dean of the First Year from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, Horwitz has spoken to professional, student, policymaker, and general audiences throughout North America as well as Europe, Asia, and South America.


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Next-gen consoles have allow developers to create massive open world games and we have the best 10 so far.
Let's see how opened they really are first. What you can do with-in that world is even bigger of a concern. A big opened world with nothing to do is not worth the effort.
Massive open worlds to explore really do get my balls tingling :0)
While massively scaled worlds are important, it's those intimate and dynamic details that make them come alive. To paint on the canvas of an open world is to utilize the contrast between populated areas and emptiness to get a good thematic feel for the world. And to this date I feel only Red Dead Redemption has achieved this. But with Hideo Kojima giving his hand at it, I'm very excited to see how the japenese game design philosophy of "the power in ones self" effects how they design an open world.
open world games, so I'll wait to see how they handle open world before I get excited.
I think open world can break the pace of the game. You are like saving the world, rescuing someone that has been kidnapped and then go around getting collectables, hunting dragons or getting drunk in the night club. It is just weird.


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Add this to your Cyclone 12 to increase your tuning options - this CNC machined aluminium mount allows you to clamp the T-bar firmly to the chassis, or allows it to 'float' freely, giving you two distinct suspension feels for the car. The mount allows drivers with different driving and tuning styles to try a variety of settings. Also a spare for the 12X circuit racer.
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10 Pieces of Silverware With Way Too Much Attitude
Silverware is intended to help you eat. It helps you raise food from a bowl or plate in a civilized way and place that substance in your mouth. When it goes beyond the call of duty to, say, help you spin spaghetti or tell you you're eating too fast, well that's just not OK.
Here are ten pieces of silverware that need to be told, gently, that at the table it's better to be seen, not heard.
Besides this silverware trying to dictate how you eat or simply being downright sneaky, some of it is actually kind of expensive. I mean, $145 for really heavy silverware? That's insane.
Here are ten pieces of silverware that will "help" you — if you let them.
1. HapiFork, $99.99 - Helps you stop eating too fast.
2. Hog Wild Twirling Spaghetti Fork, $10.67 - Helps you twirl your pasta.
3. Eat Fit Silverware, $145.00 - Helps you work out while eating.
4. Sip-n-Spoon, $3.50 - Helps you drink your milk while eating cereal.
5. The Dipr, $19.22 - Helps you dunk cookies.
6. Pizza Fork, $6.00 - Helps you cut your pizza.
7. Dine Ink Pen Cap, $7.56 - Helps you work while eating.
8. Jumbo Fork, $15.00 - Helps you steal food.
9. My Spoon, $4.99 - Helps kids learn how to eat.
10. Fred and Friends Snack and Stack, $14.62 - Helps you stay organized.


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Mississippi cresting but Midwest flooding still a concern
GRAFTON, Ill. The Mississippi River is topping out at some problematic spots, but there is growing concern that spring floods are far from over.
The river was at or near crest at several places Sunday between the Quad Cities and near St. Louis. Some towns in the approximate 100-mile stretch of river from Quincy, Ill., to Grafton, Ill., reached 10-12 feet above flood stage.
The good news was that most businesses and homes were high and dry, though hundreds of acres of farmland were under water, bridges were closed at Quincy and Louisiana, Mo., and countless roads were shut down.
But river towns aren't yet in the clear: An inch or more of rain is in the forecast as well as continuing accumulation of snow to the north, especially in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Flood watchers along both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers know that once that snow -- record levels in some cases -- melts, a lot of it ends up in the big rivers.
- Dangerous floodwaters surge in Midwest towns
- Ind. man dies as car is swept away by floodwaters
- Rain prompts flood fears in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri
The current flooding is bad enough. In scenic Grafton, a small tourist town 40 miles north of St. Louis, floodwater 3 inches deep seeped into the basement of Pam and Dennis Bick's home, where they've lived for four decades.
"We have time to figure out what to do, where we would go and where we would put everything," Pam Bick, 57, said. "I don't want it to come up any more. But I can't stop it."
The Coast Guard closed a stretch of the Mississippi south of St. Louis after 114 barges broke loose from their moorings late Saturday night, reports CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV.
The runaway barges were floating freely at the time and posed "immediate danger" to facilities and bridges near St. Louis, the Coast Guard said. All the loose vessels have since been secured, but 11 barges sank, and officials worried they could obstruct traffic on the river's surface, prompting the continued closure, KMOV says.
Separately, the Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River at Vicksburg. Miss. after barges hit a railroad bridge there Sunday and about 30 barges broke free from the towboat "Captain Buck Lay."
Nine towboats -- six bound upriver and three heading downriver -- with a total of 134 barges were waiting to get through Sunday evening, Petty Officer Ryan Tippets said.
Every barge was accounted for, but the river remained closed with no word on when it might reopen. Tippets says three barges carried grain and the rest held coal.
Rain last week started the whole flooding mess, causing the Mississippi and many other rivers to surge in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Flooding has now been blamed in three deaths -- two at the same spot in Indiana and one in Missouri. In all three cases, vehicles were swept off the road in flash floods.
Spots south of St. Louis aren't expected to crest until late this week, and significant flooding is possible in places like Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Cairo, Ill.
Adding to concern is the forecast. National Weather Service meteorologist Julie Phillipson said an inch of rain is likely in many places Monday night into Tuesday, some places could receive more than that.
"That's not what we want to see when we have this kind of flooding, that's for sure," Phillipson said.
In La Grange, Mo., sandbags were holding back the murky Mississippi River water at City Hall, a bank and a handful of threatened homes, and the water was dropping. This flood was little more than an inconvenience, Lewis County emergency management director David Keith said.
"What we're worried about now is all that snow melt in North and South Dakota and Minnesota," Keith said, referencing the state's mounds of April snow.
Forecasters said up to 6 inches of new snow were possible in the Black Hills area of South Dakota through Monday morning. But AccuWeather meteorologist Alan Reppert said it may stay cold long enough to the north to make for a gradual melt. Of greater concern, he said, is the Red River in North Dakota, which could see significant flooding in the coming weeks.
By Sunday, sandbagging had all but stopped in Clarksville, Mo., evidence of the confidence in the makeshift sandbag levee hurriedly erected to protect downtown. The river Sunday was about 10 feet above flood stage and expected to rise another foot before cresting Monday.
"We believe we'll have a successful conclusion," said Jo Anne Smiley, longtime mayor of the 442-resident hamlet.
In Grand Rapids, Mich., Mayor George Heartwell declared a state of emergency as the flooding Grand River poured into the basements of several hotels and other downtown buildings.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn declared at least 41 counties disaster areas from flooding. The Fox River in northern Illinois reached record levels, and several records were possible along the Illinois River.
Indiana officials were still determining if flooded communities like Kokomo, Tipton and Elwood will be eligible for disaster aid.


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(Kansas City, Kan., May 8, 2012) - EPA Region 7 representatives have volunteered at three Kansas City area high schools as part of the Girl Scouts of America's IMAGINE program.
The IMAGINE program seeks to educate girls about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by providing interaction and hands-on learning activities with role models and content knowledge experts.
Three EPA Region 7 employees volunteered to be those role models and content knowledge experts. Katy Miley, Janice Kroone and Megan Schuette, who reached out to girls at ACE High School and Alta Vista Charter High School in Kansas City, Mo., and Turner High School in Kansas City, Kan., work at EPA as On-Scene Coordinators who are deployed in the field during environmental crises within the region.
EPA is committed to community education, involvement, and outreach. This opportunity made it possible to educate and mentor young women in the Kansas City area. Volunteers also participated in hands-on and career exploration activities designed to introduce the students to STEM opportunities.
Karen Grode, CEO of Girl Scouts of Northeast Kansas and Northwest Missouri said, "The Girl Scouts are proud to partner with the EPA in providing the IMAGINE program to hundreds of girls across the Kansas City metropolitan area. Young women need strong female role models to demonstrate what their future can look like and the EPA guest speakers provided extraordinary examples."
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MINNETONKA, MN--(Marketwire - Feb 4, 2013) - Neurotech NA, Minneapolis-based market leader in pain management and rehabilitation orthopedic devices, has recently hired Mat Kandell as sales product specialist. Kandell will be responsible for supporting Neurotech's network of distributors in the northeast region.
Kandell brings extensive orthopedic sales and surgical education experience to the Neurotech team. He served as regional manager for Arthrosurface where he managed 6 distributor groups. Prior to that, Kandell was a clinical specialist manager for SpineView, training orthopedic surgeons throughout the northeast and assisting in the launch of SpineView's endoscopic platform. He has also held positions with Pioneer Surgical, Gotham Surgical and Brace, and Soma Medical.
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ASIST 2012 Annual Meeting
Baltimore, MD, October 26-30, 2012
Integrating Digital Forensics Into Born-Digital Workflows: The BitCurator Project
Martin Gengenbach, Alexandra Chassanoff and Porter Olsen
Monday, 6:30pm
There is a growing body of work investigating the needs and desires of collecting institutions as they adapt to the acquisition of born-digital materials. The incorporation of digital forensics tools and techniques into digital curation workflows offers great promise for addressing the complexities bound up in ingesting and preserving digital objects at multiple levels of representation. This poster presents preliminary results from ongoing research conducted as part of the BitCurator project, a two-year grant funded initiative to build, test, and analyze systems and software for incorporating digital forensics methods into collecting institutions' workflows. The project arose out of a perceived need in the library, archives, and museum (LAM) communities for better documentation, interfaces, and functionality in processing born-digital archival materials.


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Melanie was born July 10, 1977 in Oakland, Calif., to James K. and Gayle M. Gee, the fourth of seven children. Her family moved to Spanish Fork, where she graduated from high school.
She married Jared Nyland in 1999, and they were later sealed in the Mt. Timpanogos LDS temple. Together they have two beautiful daughters. Melanie loved being a wife and mother, and enjoyed spending time with her family. Melanie also enjoyed crafts, taking photos, shopping, gardening and reading.
In 2005, Melanie received a heart transplant and was able to enjoy eight more years with her family. For a short time she worked at East Meadows Elementary school and loved working with the children.
Melanie is survived by her husband of 14 years, Jared Nyland; daughters, Halle (13), Kyah (9); mother, Gayle M. Gee; brothers, James Gee, Christopher Gee; sisters, Cynthia Taylor, Allison Muhlestein, Rachei Fawson; 16 nephews; eight nieces; father- and mother-in-law, Jim and Cheryl Nyland; brother-in-law, J.D. Nyland; and sister-in-law, Tina Burgess.
She is preceded in death by her father, James K. Gee; sister, Alisa Gee; cousin, Andrea Brierley Slade; and both sets of grandparents.
Funeral services will be held on Friday March 1, at 11 a.m., at the Canyon Ridge Ward chapel at 2162 E. Canyon Road, Spanish Fork. A viewing will be held on Thursday evening Feb. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Walker Funeral Home, 187 S. Main St., Spanish Fork. Interment will be at Spanish Fork Cemetery.
The family would like to thank the IMC heart transplant team and staff for their loving care, as well as all those who provided service and support.
In lieu of flowers an account has been set up in Melanie Nyland's name at Mountain America Credit Union.


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Rated 4 out of 5 by JJ4444 from Bring this back in more colours please!! While I agree with the other comments about the quality of this item not being so great, it really is a super cute top and looks amazing on. Would love it if Bebe brought this back in more colours (black and blue would be great)! Deducted one star for the quality, fix that and this would be 5 stars for sure.
Date published: 2014-09-09
Rated 4 out of 5 by Kaelmi from Cute As many other reviews stated, the material of this shirt is a lighter fabric compared to most bebe tops and that's why I purchased it. It's a great top for the hot summers down here in south FL.
Date published: 2014-08-12
Rated 3 out of 5 by sbrya28 from Cautiously optimistic about this top Ok, so I read all the reviews of how horrible this top is. I bought the size Small in Very Berry color, but I was a bit skeptical when I purchased it. However, because of the reviews, I waited until the sale, since I don't want to feel like I've wasted too much $$ if this top doesn't work out. This top is very feminine and goes lovely with jeans or white shorts. It is a very light material, but the front ruffle panels do conceal the chest, so if you can pull off going without a bra with this one, I'd strongly suggest that. I can't though, so I was told to either wear a nude strapless bra or a cami underneath. So far I have not had issues with material piling or with washing it, but I will update if I do see any issues with the top after any future wearings.
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Date published: 2013-06-26
Rated 1 out of 5 by Chens from Wore it once and its falling apart! So very sad, this top had such great potential... cute cut and brilliant color, I bought the green and wore it with a black pair of jeans only to have the fabric rub off onto my jeans in little green lint balls. Not cute at all! Spent the day at work trying to keep my pants clear. Don't think this will last beyond my one wear which is completely unacceptable considering the price I paid :-(
Date published: 2013-06-25
Rated 1 out of 5 by Fashionjunky from :( I walked into the store just to c it in person and try the sizes..... oMG.... The material is so thin its like rice paper!!! It looks cheap. Anyway it's not worth the price... But if you are interested in rice paper tops then its true to size.....and the colors are fantastic...
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