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Sun deals Sparc boxes, x64 iron
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On the verge of being eaten by Oracle, Sun Microsystems has been unusually - but understandably - quiet on the marketing and announcement front. But that doesn't mean Sun is not wheeling and dealing and tweaking its server lineup as technology moves forward. It apparently just means Sun is not paying for public relations any more.
Sun's high-end Sparc64 servers are under attack by IBM and Hewlett-Packard because the uncertainty of Sun's hardware future has been exacerbated, not settled, by the Oracle deal. To help goose sales of its big iron boxes - or more precisely, the Fujitsu big iron boxes that have Sun's labels slapped on them) - Sun is offering customers a trade-in and upgrade deal.
If you upgrade from Sun Sparc boxes or competitive Unix platforms to a Sparc Enterprise M8000 or M9000 machine using the latest quad-core 2.52 GHz Sparc64-VII processors, you get the chassis for free (which saves you up to $600,000, apparently) as well as a 20 per cent trade-in allowance. The deal runs to September 30.
The Sparc Enterprise M8000 is a single-chassis machine that has up to 16 processor sockets, supporting dual-core Sparc64-VI chips running at 2.28 GHz or 2.4 GHz and quad-core Sparc64-VII chips running at 2.52 GHz. The M9000 can support up to 32 processor sockets in the one-chassis version and up to 64 sockets in a two-chassis version.
Presumably, the $600,000 value in the deal above refers to the two-chassis box. Neither Sun nor Fujitsu provide public pricing for the M8000 and M9000 machines, so it is hard to say what per cent of the total value of a system this free chassis represents. Sun and Fujitsu haven't run benchmark tests with pricing information using Sparc iron for many, many years, so we can't back into the data that way either.
Sun also has a double upgrade promotion aimed specifically at shops using its UltraSparc-III Sun Enterprise line, which dates from 2001, and its UltraSparc-IV Sun Fire line, which dates from 2004. The suggested upgrade paths for old to new servers can be found here, and the deal offers customers a 20 per cent "promotional allowance" (Sun is apparently allergic to saying discount, or this is some kind of credit good toward the purchase of other Sun products or services). This deal runs out on September 30 as well.
The company is also offering a bunch of different deals - which you can see here - that give customers upgrading to smaller Enterprise M machines (using either dual-core Sparc64-VI or quad-core Sparc64-VII processors) a 15 per cent discount. Customers moving to Sun's "Galaxy" line of x64 servers from other x64 boxes can get 15 per cent lopped off the top, and those moving to the current "Niagara" line of Sparc T multithreaded machines can get a 20 per cent price chop no matter what box they come from. Sun's discounts on its Sparc T or x64 blade servers are a less impressive 10 per cent.
Of course, these are the official discounts. Actual discounting - given the state of the economy, Sun's key financial services customer base, and uncertainty about the company's hardware plans - is probably a lot lower, contributing mightily to Sun's dismal fourth quarter results, which the company previewed a few weeks ago and will report officially when it gets around to it. (Sun has not said when it will report its Q4 and fiscal 2009 financials, except that it is required by law to do so on or before August 31).
On the x64 front, Sun is previewing its Sun Fire X4640 server in the Galaxy line, which will support the new six-core "Istanbul" Opteron processors and which is a kicker to the existing X4600 M2 server. The X4640 preview, which you can see here, puts the Opteron 8400 series processors on uniboard-style processor cards that in this case puts a single Opteron chip and its memory on a card and then allows from two to eight of these card to be put into a single system image for Solaris, Linux, or Windows to play with. The X4640 cards have eight DDR2 memory slots each, for a maximum of 64 slots per server and 512 GB of main memory using 8 GB memory sticks.
Sun will be supporting the 2.4 GHz Opteron 8431 and 2.6 GHz Opteron 8435 chips in the X4640. These chips were the only 8400 series chips in the original Istanbul launch on June 1. Sun's preview does not mention support for faster and cooler Istanbuls that came out on July 13 or the super-cool energy efficient ones that are due later this quarter, but there is no technical reason why these chips cannot be snapped into the X4640. The X4640 server has room for four 2.5-inch SAS disks, four Gigabit Ethernet ports, and eight peripheral slots (six PCI-Express and two PCI-X).
Sun has also shifted some of its Sun Fire rack and blade servers from quad-core "Shanghai" to six-core Istanbul machines.
The two-socket X4140 rack server - a 1U box supporting up to 128 GB of memory - now comes configured with 2.2 GHz Opteron 2427, 2.4 GHz Opteron 2431, and 2.6 GHz Opteron 2435 Istanbuls. A base X4140 with a single 2.2 GHz Istanbul, 8 GB of memory and no disks costs $2,934. A heavy configuration with two 2.6 GHz processors, 8 GB of memory, and four 300 GB SATA disks costs $8,518. The X4240, which is a 2U version of essentially the same box that supports up to 16 disks instead of the eight drives in the 1U chassis, is also sold with the same Istanbuls mentioned above. With a single 2.2 GHz processor, 8 GB of memory, and no disk, the base X4240 costs $3,534; a heavier machine with two 2.6 GHz Istanbuls, 8 GB of memory, and four disks costs $9,118.
This machine's fatter sibling, X4540 weighing in at 4U of space, has room for 48 2.5-inch SATA disks and is really designed to be a storage server. With two 2.6 GHz Istanbuls, 32 GB of memory, and the full 48 TB of disk capacity, the X4540 costs $47,995.
Sun's four-socket Opteron rack server, the X4440, now sports the six-core Opterons as well. The X4440 is a 2U rack box that supports up to 256 GB of memory and has room for eight disks. It has a base price of $10,365 with two Opteron 8431 chips running at 2.4 GHz with 16 GB of memory and no disks, scaling up to $25,461 for a 24-core machine using 2.6 GHz Opteron 8435s with 16 GB of memory and eight 300 GB disks.
Finally, the Istanbul chips have made their way into the two-socket Sun Blade X6240 blade server, which supports up to 128 GB of memory, and the four-socket X6440 blade, which supports up to 256 GB of memory. A Sun Blade 6000 chassis with a single X6240 blade costs $19,278, with the blade server being $3,328 of that. A Sun Blade 6048 chassis with a single X6440 blade costs $81,399. The blade appears to cost $18,150 of that. The exact configuration of either blade in those bundles is not clear from Sun's site. ®


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I am a student who is excelling at university, and the university gave me a prize as a reward for my achievements. My father asked me to use it to pay for my university fees, then he changed his mind and did not mention the prize-money again as he had asked me to do. Then it became clear to me that this prize-money is like the university returning to us the money that we had paid in fees. I thought it was only honest to tell my father, but when I told him he said that it is his money, but I think that it is mine, because the university returned it because of my doing well. There is also a contract between me and the university to the effect that this is in return for something: for every year that they return the fees, I will work in the university or the government, in any job and in any location they choose. If I do not accept this, then I have to return the money. So I have worked very hard to get this prize, and I have made a commitment to the university in return for the money. I do intend to give my father the money, but please note that he is not in need, because he owns property worth one million dinars, whereas I have no money apart from this prize, and I want to complete my graduate studies that my father said he will sponsor me for until I complete them.
If the matter is as you say, that your father promised to pay the university fees, then he decided not to ask you to give him the prize that will be given to you, then it became clear that the prize was no more than returning the university fees, then this prize belongs to you and what your father paid previously was a gift with no intention of asking for it back. This is in addition to the fact that you state that the prize is in return for future work.
But we should point out that the father has the right to take from the wealth of his child – male or female – whatever he needs, without harming the child, because of the hadeeth of Jaabir ibn 'Abdillah (may Allah be pleased with him), according to which a man said: O Messenger of Allah, I have wealth and a son, and my father wants to take all my wealth. He said, "You and your wealth belong to your father." Narrated by Ibn Maajah, 2291; Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh, 2/142, from the hadeeth of Jaabir; Ahmad, 6902 from the hadeeth of 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr.
Ahmad narrated from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb from his father that his grandfather said: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and said: My father wants to take all of my wealth. He said: "You and your wealth belong to your father. The best of what you consume is what you yourself have earned and the wealth of your son is part of your earnings, so consume it joyfully."
It has several isnaads and corroborating evidence that makes it saheeh.
See: Fath al-Baari, 5/211; Nasab ar-Raayah, 3/337
But this is subject to conditions that were laid out by the scholars:
1. The father should not be unfair to the son or harm him, or take anything that he needs.
2. He should not take from the wealth of one son and give it to another son.
3. The father should be in need of the wealth; it is not permissible for him to take that which he does not need, according to the majority of fuqaha', apart from the Hanbalis, because of the report narrated by al-Haakim (2/284) and al-Bayhaqi (7/480) from 'Aa'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Your children are a gift from Allah to you, 'He bestows female (offspring) upon whom He wills, and bestows male (offspring) upon whom He wills' [ash-Shoora 42:49], so they and their wealth belong to you if you need it." Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in as-Silsilah as-Saheehah, 2564
Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The father may take from his son's wealth whatever he wants and it becomes his, whether the father needs what he takes or not, and whether the child is a minor or an adult, subject to two conditions:
1. That he is not unfair to his child and does not harm him, and he does not take anything that his son needs
2. and that he does not take from the wealth of one son and give it to another.
Abu Haneefah, Maalik and ash-Shaafa'i said: He does not have the right to take from the wealth of his son except as much as he needs, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Your blood and your wealth are sacred to one another, as sacred as this day of yours, in this month of yours." Agreed upon. And it was narrated that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "It is not permissible (to take) the wealth of a Muslim unless he gives it willingly." Narrated by ad-Daaraqutni. And because the son has full possession of his own property, so it is not permissible to take it from him.
End quote from al-Mughni, 5/395
You stated that your father is not in need; based on that, it is not permissible for him to take anything from your wealth except with your consent.
We appreciate your intention to give the money to your father, because this comes under the heading of honouring him and treating him kindly. We ask Allah to compensate you with good.
And Allah knows best.

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Waldo Canyon Fire destroys 'hundreds of homes'
The fire has consumed 18,500 acres, has forced 32,000 people from their homes
COLORADO SPRINGS | June 28, 2012
The Waldo Canyon Fire has destroyed "hundreds of homes" in the Colorado Springs area, forcing thousands of people to flee, Mayor Steve Bach said Thursday.
The fire, which began June 23 and has consumed 18,500 acres, has forced about 32,000 people from their homes in and around Colorado Springs, The Denver Post reported.
"We know hundreds of homes have been destroyed," Bach said.
The U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs said it evacuated about 550 cadets away from the academy's campus, including about 200 summer academics cadets relocated to the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus.
"UCCS has been a terrific partner helping our faculty and cadets continue our academic programs while we focus on the Class of 2016 and in-processing," said Brig. Gen. Dana Born, dean of faculty.
The airmanship program and other training programs also were postponed, and 350 cadets were released to local sponsor families, the academy said on its Web site.
As of Wednesday evening, no structures on the academy campus were threatened by the Waldo Canyon Fire, the Web posting said.
Before the evacuation of the cadets was announced, the academy ordered the evacuation of several housing areas "as a health and safety precaution resulting from the unpredictability of the fire."
The academy was closed to visitors.
The fire was about 5 percent contained, an incident report posted by InciWeb.org indicated. The FBI is helping local authorities determine what started the blaze.
InciWeb.org said 20,085 homes and 160 commercial building are threatened.
Firefighting efforts as of Thursday were estimated at $3.2 million, officials said.
Fire officials said higher humidity levels, rain and diminished winds helped firefighters Wednesday, the Post said.
"Yesterday was a good day to make some headway," U.S. Forest Service supervisor Jerri Marr said.
A stretch of U.S. 24 near Cave of the Winds would remain closed through the weekend, officials said. Major tourist attractions Garden of the Gods and the Pikes Peak Highway and cog railroad were closed to visitors.
Officials said mandatory evacuation orders were in effect for the communities of Cascade, Chipita Park Green Mountain Falls and Crystola; portions of northwest Colorado Springs, the Air Force Academy and unincorporated Teller County.
Incident commander Rich Harvey called Wednesday "a good day" for firefighters and said crews would be "incredibly aggressive" Thursday, the Post said.
Temperatures were expected to be in the upper 90s F Thursday after hovering around 100 since the fire broke Saturday.
A thousand firefighters battled the blaze, one of four major fires burning in Colorado. Dozens of other forest fires burned across the West.
The White House said President Barack Obama would tour the affected area Friday.
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Busted–some rowdy british hooligans were nabbed stealing a triceratops from the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester. Pretty funny, innit?
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D'you think they 'saur-us? The students lifted the huge plastic triceratops over the iron gate outside the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester
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A kind man changes a dogs abandonment into a lucky day.
As we entered an entryway to a local business, I noticed a man down on one knee, stroking an obviously frightened young dog. The brown and black dog's body language, ears laid back, tail between his legs, eyebrows questioning, sent all the information we needed to know this fellow was confused and afraid. The man stroked and scratched this dog, and the dog leaned into him. Another man kept advising, "Take him home. The guy dumped him! He's a nice dog. Take him."
Some employees came out to see what was happening. One said she would call the animal control.
That seemed to push the decision.
A couple more scratches behind the ears, and a pat, and the good man picked up the trembling dog and headed for his car. A lucky day for an abandoned dog.
What would motivate someone to dump a dog? Especially on one of those well below zero days? Was it the cost of food and veterinary care? Did the dumper struggle with the decision? Is he an uncaring, cruel person? We will never know if he hoped that dumping the dog at a busy store was the best he choice he had, and hoped the result would be as it was---a kind person took the dog home.
As the man carried the dog to his car, the dog licked his cheek.
I can not help but wonder about all the children who also need help through no fault of their own. I was recently informed that there are nearly 400 homeless children in Bismarck! In this prosperous time in North Dakota, allowing children to be homeless or hungry is a Sin. Where are the kindly people who will help the homeless children, the children who are hungry, the children who are abused, unloved, and unwanted? When the next election comes around, remember those legislators who voted against free milk for poor pre-schoolers.


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GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT -- Placed an order on 6/29/11. On 7/2 requested status and were advised, "I have messaged our warehouse for a tracking number. As soon as I receive it I will forward it to you. Please be aware that you should not see a charge on your credit card until we ship your purchase. Let me know if you have any other questions in the meantime. Thanks for your business, we really appreciate it." That was the last I ever heard from them.
After nearly three weeks of their failure to respond to my phone messages (they never answered the phone and even on late Sunday evening their response was always the same -- "we are on the phone helping another customer...") and repeated emails, I sent a request to CANCEL. Not once but three separate times to three separate email addresses, continued phone messages and finally a certified letter.
It was only after a final urgent plea for the common courtesy of a response to my cancellation request that I finally received a confirmation, which interestingly ended with their rote, "Please let us know if you have any other questions, and thanks again for your business, we really appreciate it.." This is a company well worth avoiding.
CONNECTICUT -- I used this company a few months ago to order some vases. After I submitted my order and gave my credit card information, I received a confirmation stating that I could cancel my order and be fully reimbursed as long as I canceled before my card was charged.
Well, it so happened that we had an unexpected expense come up the next morning, so the first thing I did was go to cancel my order that I could no longer afford to pay. I sent an e-mail to their customer service including my order confirmation number and all of my information asking that they please CANCEL my order before my card charged, and asked for a reply indicating that my e-mail was received. I also called their phone number which is 100% useless! Just a "full mail box" message. I sent another e-mail informing them of the urgency that they PLEASE CANCEL my order, and letting them know their phone wasn't working (little did I know?)
The following day I checked my e-mail anxious to hear that they canceled my order. Nothing! Day after that? NOPE! Then came an e-mail stating that my items had been shipped! Check my account, and it was charged that morning. For 2 days I followed their procedure of canceling my order which they ignored and I paid the consequence. Luckily I was able to get the funds to cover it since there was no way to cancel. My order arrived and I was happy with it, but I was furious at the company for being so unprofessional.
Well, I'm not sure why, but I gave The Cozy Pineapple another shot. I needed more vases and the deal was just "too good" to pass. Seemed that way anyway... I placed my order, received confirmation and my order was shipped. When it was delivered this morning I opened it immediately. 1 vase was missing, 2 were broken. Called the number again - no answer surprise, surprise.
So this time I'm dealing directly with UPS for the damages, but I fear it won't end well. Will my broken vases be replaced or refunded? Will my missing vase ever show up? I'll post a follow-up should anything -good or bad- come out of this. BUYER BEWARE! THIS COMPANY IS UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNRELIABLE!
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT -- I ordered from this company on December 4, 2008. I ordered a Hostess set and 2 45-piece sets of Godinger Calhoun silverware. The Hostess set arrived. The packing slip said the silverware was on backorder. So I waited and waited. Nothing ever came. I contacted the company through email and dealt with "**" the Customer Service Supervisor. He gave me a tracking number and said that my items had been shipped. I told him that I received the Hostess set but not the other 2 items. I told him they were on backorder and asked when I could expect them. He said he would check with the warehouse and get back with me.
When he got back to me, he gave me the same exact tracking number. This is when I began to get suspicious. The whole thing didn't make sense. I felt like I was in a circular conversation. I was right back where I began. I explained again that the items were never shipped and even according to the details under the tracking number he gave me didn't make sense. It said the weight of the items shipped was 2 pounds!
I said to him that that is proof as well that my items were never shipped! Two 45-piece sets of silverware and a Hostess set weighs well over 2 pounds!! Well, I continued to follow up with my order, or lack thereof, until January 28, 2009. I had finally had enough and realized that something was not quite right with this company. I too, tried calling the phone number.
No answer and mailbox full. I was not surprised at this point - just furious. I emailed him (**) one last time and told him that he had billed my credit card but did not deliver the items and that this was an illegal act. I told him that I would take legal action against the company and him personally if this matter was not resolved. My account was credited less than an hour later. I was worried that he didn't follow through after stumbling upon this site.
I just double checked with my credit card company and the credit went through. Thank goodness! I can't believe he has done this to so many other people. Maybe threatening to take legal action will help some of you get your money back. My purchase was for about $200.00. There was no way I was going to let that slide. I can't believe that people would do such a thing! It makes me sick! Good luck on getting your money back!
CONNECTICUT -- I placed an an order in Dec. 2010 for Christmas dinnerware. They charged my credit card for what was expected to ship. I didn't receive my order and was finally told shipment was due to be delivered in June. I asked at that time for a credit and rebill as the items were shipped. They agreed but that never happened. I did receive some items sooner than June, but less than what I was charged for. I e-mailed them several times asking for a refund for the difference and finally was told yes they did owe me $200.
The rest of my order came in a little at a time through August of 2011. When the balance never arrived, I e-mailed them again and was told the items had been discontinued. They never bothered to let me know until I asked. They still have not refunded my $200.00 and my credit card company said now it is too late for them to do anything about it. The Cozy Pineapple is a horrible company so STAY AWAY FROM THEM!! Any calls you make to them go directly to voicemail and they do not return your calls. I guess I am out 200.00!!
My story is like all the others. The Cozy Pineapple was less expensive than Williams and Sonoma's ladder but appeared to be exactly the same item. I waited three weeks past the time it should have been delivered and nothing arrived. I tried to call them and I heard the message, " the service was too full and call back later." I continued to try numerous times with no luck. I wanted to cancel the order before it was received.
When I checked the phone number, the operator state it did not exist. Now I am at the letter writing stage to cancel the order. Hope that works because I will dispute any charge through my Credit Card Company should they send this product now. The Cozy Pineapple needs to be shut down.
CONNECTICUT -- I ordered something from the Cozy Pineapple over two weeks ago and the item never came. I repeatedly checked the order status and when I tried to cancel the order no one answered their customer service (mailbox full, try later). I then found this website with all the helpful reviews and decided to cancel my card today! They do not have a secure website where transactions are sent through a secure server so basically when you make a purchase from them you actually give THEM your credit card information and they can use it whenever they want. This is a Total Scam!
GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT -- We agree with other reviews that The Cozy Pineapple is an Internet scam. Processes your order including credit card information, has product manufacturer's stock numbers and so on, but does not ship product. Follow ups are futile. No answer at Customer Service number, only a recording stating that mailbox is full. Watch out; they post some very expensive items for sale. Do not buy anything from them. Unable to confirm if the listed physical address even exists since there is no response to email or telephone inquiries. Wonder why law enforcement does not bust this company. Could be they are not actually in the USA.
PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT -- Wish I had read the reviews for these folks before I placed the order. 2 weeks after placing our order, we have received nothing. Look up the order on their site and it simply says "Order Cancelled". No email, no phone call, nothing.
Their toll-free number is just an answering machine and they never call back. Incidentally, our credit card number got stolen online the very day after I placed the order with these folks? Coincidence? I don't know, but I'll forward their contact info to my bank to figure it out. Furthermore, their address is just a mailbox store. You'd be wise to skip this outfit unless you want to get scammed. Search their name on Google, and you'll all sorts of negative info.
GREENWICH,, CONNECTICUT -- I ordered from the Cozy Pineapple thinking they were a reputable company. I was wrong. Today I found the website about all of the reviews concerning this company. This is my first encounter with fraud on the internet. I ordered two sixteen piece sets of Butterfly Menagerie China from this company a month ago and this has never been received. I was told that they would not charge my credit card until the order was shipped. When I got a copy of my order there was no tracking number. This should have given me a clue that something was not right. But I trust people. I waited and waited but nothing came.
Called and like everyone else got the message "the mailbox is full.." Sent numerous emails and finally got one answer asking what was my order number which I immediately sent them. Called and emailed again and still have heard nothing or received anything. My last email was to credit my account with the amount of the order. Have not heard anything. Even called the Greenwich, CT Chamber of Commerce but got no answer from them. This company is a scam and something should be done about them.
NEW YORK, COLORADO -- This is a horrible company. I usually read reviews online before doing business with anyone but I was in a hurry. Shame on me. This company is a scam. After reading all the reviews, not only on this site but on many others as well, I truly think they are stealing, plain and simple. Do not do business with this "company" and, please, anyone who was a victim of The Cozy Pineapple, join me in filing complaints with the FTC, the New York Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau.


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For interviewing, a good rule of thumb is to dress for the position one
step above the one for which you are interviewing. Keep in mind that
even in a "business casual" environment, it will be to your benefit to
dress in formal business attire to show your respect for the company
and the interviewer. While interviewing, take notice of how the
employees dress and take your cue from them as to how you will dress
once you are hired. Remember that your formal business attire will be
modified once you are employed. Colors, accessories, etc. will become
much more flexible but always dependent on company culture and daily
schedules (e.g., going off site to visit a client).
For additional information on this topic, an excellent resource (which was used for much of this information), is The New Professional Image by Susan Bixler and Nancy Nix-Rice, published by Adams Media Source.


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Following the news of a Clove report stating that it won't be getting any SIM free stock of the Nokia Lumia 800 until 2012, and therefore neither will the rest of the industry, Nokia has set the record straight saying, well, the complete opposite.
"The Nokia Lumia 800 goes on sale on the 16th of November as we stated during the launch at Nokia World. There are some rather odd stories circulating at present, it's rather flattering as it proves that there are a lot of people who believe the Lumia 800 will be a major sales item and are now trying to get it onto their shelves.
"However for the rollout of our first Lumia products, we have chosen to work with the UK operator and retail partners who shared our enthusiasm and commitment to bring these first products to market with a major focus on bringing alive the Nokia with Windows Phone experience for consumers. Therefore we are making sure that by using these channels the Lumia 800 will be available to our customers in the widest variety of outlets from SIM free to contract.
"We have also worked extensively to train these channels to support the product. From Q1 next year we will be supplying the product to our wider UK distribution network and in the interim we will be supporting these additional channels with training ready for this wider reach."
Turns out Clove just isn't one of those key parties. It said in a statement on Tuesday:
"It's bad news on the Nokia front this afternoon unfortunately. We can now confirm that the Nokia Lumia 800 will not be available SIM-free in the UK until January 2012, although it will still be launched in the UK on November 16th with a contract and will be available from selected stores.
"This is a real shame as we're seeing massive interest in the first baby from the Nokia/Windows Phone marriage and we're expecting it to be well received when it does launch. We will be contacting customers that have pre-ordered by email shortly."
Our bet would be to get it from one of the network operators with or without SIM. You can read our thoughts on the new Nokia phone in our Nokia Lumia 800 review.


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* -August 2nd Craig, Alaska Fishing Report
Posted on August 2nd, 2008 by . Filed under Uncategorized .
This report is a few days late because on our last turnaround day I layed on my back most of the day, recoupering from 3 gale force winds in 9 days. During that 9 day stretch we had three gales well over 30 knots, 5 days over 20 knots, and one day of 15 knots. The last three days have been downright pleasent, however, and Capt. Rob is alive and kicking again. The rough weather didn't keeping us from catching fish, as we have the boats and equipment to get the job done in just about anything Mother Nature can throw at us.The silver fishing has been very good for a couple of weeks now, but it really busted wide open during our last rotation. On the last afternoon with the Fowler gang from Bellingham we dropped into a kelp patch without a soul in sight and it was wide open chaos on fat cohos to 15 pounds. The fish were hovering in 40 to 50 feet of water and all four rods would light off the second we reached the ledge that was holding gobs of bait and a horde of silvers.
On this last rotation we had coho chaos every day on both Kim's boat and my own. Yesterday we were drifting over a huge school and I just told the guys, Hang On! The guys baits were below the school, which was holding 25 feet deep, but with the line counter reels they quickly adjusted and WHAMO! All four rods went berserk, Richards rod pulled directly under the boat as his fish shot the wrong direction and right into a line on the other side of the boat and the two back rods were immediately tangled. Of the four fish hooked two were landed and who knows what happened to the other two. This is kind of how it went every day…good clean fun!
Jim Wilson from Georgia had the lucky rod yesterday, releasing a chrome chinook of about 25 pounds and another in the low 30's. Jim was all smiles, but he and Denny, both from Georgia, just couldn't figure out why the fish needed to be released. Releasing Chinook and huge ling cod "just ain't right".
Halibut fishing has remained rock solid and it seems like we get big fish every day. During one of the gales last week Kim managed to fish the ocean for a couple of hours one morning, getting Mark Yuasa into a 155 pound halibut. Mark was here to do a story for the Seattle Times, which should appear sometime in August. Dave Vedder was also on board, enjoying the good fishing and the even better weather. On board the Polar Bear we've had halibut over 90 pound three of the last four days.
With the weather looking like it's going to hold for another week, or so, we're hopeful the fishing will even get better. Yesterday while we halibut fished offshore I gawked at the sonar, which was picking up school after school of silvers. I don't think we've even seen "Wide Open" yet!
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|2012-11-25, 20:19
|Link #1321
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Miria and her crew already remarked as much as they are going to way back when they actually encountered Raki several chapters ago at Organization HQ. If they decided to get all fascinated with Raki again in this latest chapter it would be slightly odd. The male AB's were wondering about Raki because it was the first time they'd seen him.
That said, it is kinda messed up that Raki ended up actually telling the entire Isley/Priscilla story to these no-name ABs ... instead of Miria and most especially Clare ... the one person who really needed to hear it if only to get her bewildered and conflicted reaction.
Also, the entire relationship now between Raki and Claire is awkward imo. They barely even have private conversations, for all this time passed and their history together, you would think they'd have talked plenty and he would have told this story to her, but no.
I predict that we'll find out that Claire not only gained Rafaela's fight style (chapter before last), but also we'll find out that she's also picked up the Soul Link ability, and will attempt to use this on Cassandra once she gets to Rabona. Riful (or who/whatever Riful is now) will end up leading the rest of the AB's near Rabona.
|2012-11-26, 17:48
|Link #1322
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
I do realize that Miria and Co. did remark to each other about Raki, and that Helen got annoyed with him when they were standing before the combined being that they had stashed near Rabona, and he muttered "Priscilla?" It's just that after what amounts to several days in close proximity with each other on board the ship and traveling overland to Rabona. The subject of "So, what have you been doing with yourself?" Has yet to come up. Once again, we are snared in plotholes and can only wait for Yagi-San to clarify the story for us mere fans. As far as the seemingly resurrected Riful? We'll have wait and see what our favorite twisted villain does, this time around.
|2012-11-29, 18:50
|Link #1323
True Believer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Chapter 133 Spoiler
Summary by God Eye Galatea from Mangahelpers:
|2012-12-03, 18:45
|Link #1324
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
I guess this Riful doll is like a mix of Riful and Dauf? She certainly is making an impression on Priscilla/Luciela-Rafaela. What's with the warriors? They had little trouble taking out Bloody Agatha when she was that size, of course she was just an awakened number two, still she was huge! And the ladies took her apart. What are Dae and Rubel up to? More mischief? With the awakeneds joining in, I guess the story is building up to its climax.
|2013-01-02, 22:43
|Link #1325
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
Priscilla Pwned?
Just read chapter 134, wow! Is the Riful/dauf hybrid about to finish off Priscilla/Luciela-Rafaela? Certainly looks bad for them. Of course Yagi could pull a fast one and have our favorite monster survive by suddenly ripping the revived Riful/Dauf apart somehow. Clare will have to wait and see whether she gets to confront Priscilla again or the Riful/Dauf hybrid.
|2013-01-12, 11:51
|Link #1327
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterrey, México
Age: 38
However, claymores that are exceptional cases can survive if they have their heads twisted 180° or 360° degrees. One famous example was Ophelia. As long as the head is not literally separated from its body, they can survive.
|2013-01-14, 16:59
|Link #1328
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
Guido has a point, Ophelia's head was twisted around backwards, breaking her neck. The Riful/Dauf hybrid is pulling Priscilla's head straight up, theoretically severing the spinal cord by pulling it apart. Ophelia recovered because her body was otherwise only bruised up a bit, Priscilla is badly injured and seemingly unable to do anything about her eminent demise.
|2013-02-11, 16:15
|Link #1329
Join Date: Nov 2010
Age: 47
I've just finished updating Claymore: Beginnings. The first half is done.
|2013-02-22, 14:44
|Link #1331
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: With Titania.
This whole Neo-Riful thing is cool, but I'm just no longer as interested in the new chapters as I used to be. The fighting takes too long ;__; Though, I will admit I am curious as to what is going to happen in this fight.
|2013-03-30, 18:07
|Link #1334
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Australia
Age: 30
a few spoilers have been released for the upcoming chapter either one is possibly fake
source baidu
Spoiler for chapter 137:
which roughly translates to
Spoiler for 137:
and another one is
(sourced from TSS)
Spoiler for 137:
rough translation
Spoiler for 137:
another one from baidu
Spoiler for 137:
which roughly translates to
Spoiler for 137:
|2013-04-01, 05:00
|Link #1335
True Believer
Join Date: Jun 2008
Sorry for taking so long. The names in the summary were all mixed up due to April fool's joke so I had to put them back in a proper places.
Chapter 137 summary God Eye Galatea from Mangahelpers:
Spoiler for Chapter 137:
|2013-04-02, 16:34
|Link #1336
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Colombia
I gotta tell you, I've known this manga for a couple of years but never read it. Gore/Tragedy/Horror ala Berserk was never my cup of tea, but I started reading this from like chapter 30 yesterday something and just couldn't stop!
Can't wait for next chapter, but if the genre tells me something, is that I'm absolutely sure something bad and frustrating will happen regarding Raki not telling Claire or anyone about Priscilla and him...that's just waiting to come bite someone in the ass!
|2013-04-05, 12:14
|Link #1337
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
Rubel a warrior?
So, are we finally going to find out more about Rubel? Is this why he always wears those dark glasses, to hide his silver eyes? Why haven't the current crop of warriors sensed his youki? Galatea should've spotted him by now, considering that she can read youki from across the land. OR is this a little teaser that Yagi threw in just to get us to talking about his manga?
|2013-04-05, 23:35
|Link #1338
Join Date: Nov 2010
Age: 47
|2013-04-06, 11:30
|Link #1339
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
You have a point there Lightsenshi, the black robes all appear to have undergone some sort of drastic alterations, Rubel was always the most relatively normal looking one. I have wondered at just how old the black robes are, Yagi alluded to the dragonkin as having a lifespan of some two hundred years. If, as it is being hinted at in the most recent release, the black robes are early developments. Then they could be quite old. Yagi has left so many holes in his plot line that fanfiction writers such as yourself, can weave almost any plot line into the claymore world without it being too farfetched.
|2013-04-07, 11:54
|Link #1340
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Granada Hills Ca.
Jumped the gun?
Having just read the second release of chapter #137, I can only say Okay... That makes a little more sense. Rubel is not a former warrior, Rubel is finally revealing the existence of the half awakened warriors, the fab four. Does this mean that Miria, Clare, Helen and Deneve have all had the flesh of loved ones implanted in them? Like Lightsenshi pointed out, many of the upper echelon organization personnel appear to have undergone some sort of physical changes. Dae sama's face can be attributed to a catastrophic injury he'd survived, the other's? Not so easily guessed at. Once again, we wait and see.
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Page to Screen
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Article in Movies category.
This page lists the films that have been shown as part of the Gordon Avenue Library "Page to Screen" monthly movie event. For a list of novels made into feature films, please see the Books Gone Hollywood list on this wiki.
- Sept. 2011 - The Lincoln Lawyer, based on the book by Michael Connelly
- Oct. 2011 - It's Kind of a Funny Story, based on the book by Ned Vizzini
- Nov. 2011 - The American, based on the book "A Very Private Gentleman" by Martin Booth
- Dec. 2011 - My Life So Far, based on the book "Son of Adam" by Denis Forman
- Jan. 2012 - Jane Eyre, based on the book by Charlotte Bronte
- Feb. 2012 - Julie and Julia, based on the book by Julie Powell and also on "My Life in France" by Julia Child
- Mar. 2012 - Never Let Me Go, based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro
- April 2012- 21, based on the book by "Bringing Down the House" by Ben Mezrich
- May 2012- Charlotte Gray, based on the book by Sebastian Faulks
- June 2012 - V for Vendetta, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore
- July 2012 - Big Fish, based on the book by Daniel Wallace
- August 2012 - The Painted Veil, based on the book by W. Somerset Maugham
- September 2012 - The Children of Men, based on the book by P. D. James
- October 2012 - The Birds, based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier
- November 2012 - The Heiress, based on the book "Washington Square" by Henry James
- December 2012 - Washington Square, based on the book by Henry James
- January 2013 - Everything Must Go, based on the short story by Raymond Carver
- February 2013 -Starting Out in the Evening, based on the book by Brian Morton
- March 2013 -Raise the Red Lantern, based on the novella "Wives and Concubines" by Su Tong
- March 2013 (special event) - The Joy Luck Club, based on the book by Amy Tan


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Carmen Ortiz
|Carmen Ortiz
The Ballad of Gay Tony
|Full Name
|Carmen Ortiz
|Date of Birth
|Place of Birth
|South Bohan, Liberty City
|Age Now
|Liberty City
|Main Affiliations
Niko Bellic
Luis Fernando Lopez
Armando Torres
Henrique Bardas
Elizabeta Torres
|Voiced by
|Elan Luz Rivera
Carmen Ortiz is a datable character in Grand Theft Auto IV, who uses the profile name SoBoHoe on Love-Meet.net. She is a nurse but often talks of her ambitions to be a television presenter. She lives in an apartment in Bohan, but seems unhappy there, as she will randomly ask Niko to buy her a place in Algonquin; however, Niko always refuses. Her profile on the LCPD Database also states that she is a nymphomaniac. Like every other internet-girlfriends, she can be dumped by Niko depending on the player's choice.
Carmen usually refers to herself in third person, e.g. 'She' and 'Carmen'. She also considers herself very attractive, and upon entering strip clubs will say, "My tit job is so much better than the ones these girls have got." She also sometimes has her nails and hair done. Carmen is possibly bisexual, as she enjoys going to strip clubs on dates, her sexuality on Lovemeet is put as "free spirit", and she can be seen dancing with Elizabeta Torres at a party during the Blow Your Cover mission. She claims to be in several different no-strings attached relationships with men as well as Niko, and says she will never settle down "like her mama."
Carmen is a very sexually forward character. On almost every date with Niko, she will make a reference to sex. Examples include when Niko takes her to play pool, she will comment "Lets see how good you are with your stick", this will alter depending on whether Niko wins or loses. If he takes her to eat at a diner, she will ask Niko "you ain't gonna try and get with me in the restroom are you?" Also, when Niko asks to sleep with her, she demands that he come inside. She also states that she has had breast implants.
Her personality is somewhat similar to Brucie Kibbutz, as she is very vain about her appearances and in fact states she loves looking good.
Mission Appearances
Dating Preferences
Carmen likes expensive clothing from Modo or Perseus and likes Niko to wear different clothes on each date. Carmen is wilder than the other girlfriends as she enjoys it when Niko drives fast or gets a wanted level. Escaping from the cops is an ideal way to raise her fondness. She prefers to visit bars or strip clubs for early dates and restaurants for later dates. She likes expensive luxury/sports cars and coupes, with the exception of the Banshee. Carmen also enjoys motorcycles, saying "my friend drives a bike, too, Niko." She doesn't however, like the Faggio.
- Cars Carmen Likes
- Restaurants/Bars Carmen Likes:
- Venues Carmen Likes:
- The Triangle Club
- Honkers
- Pool
- Bowling (though seems iffy on the idea at first)
Note: Carmen will complain if Niko beats her at games, though this doesn't seem to have any impact on the success of a date.
Once Niko's relationship level gets high enough, Niko will gain the ability to call Carmen for medical advice and a quick health boost. This is bugged, causing it to not work properly from time to time.
LCPD Database information
Surname: Ortiz
First Name: Carmen
Age: 23
Place of Birth: South Bohan, Liberty City
Affiliations: N/A
Criminal Record:
- 2005 - Public Lewdness
- Arrested in a compromising position with a man in a motor vehicle.
- Believed to be a nymphomaniac .
- Carmen can be seen dancing with Elizabeta Torres in the cutscene for Blow Your Cover.
- Carmen is known to have had relationships with Luis Fernando Lopez, Henrique Bardas, and Armando Torres, the former two describing her as "nasty".
- She likes to be in control when her and Niko have sex, telling him he cannot hold her down.
- A Carmen look-a-like can be seen with another guy in Middle Park during Hating The Haters, when you steal the Faggio right beside her and another person, presumably one of her boyfriends. However, this is not Carmen, as if this look-a-like is killed, it will not affect Niko's relationship with her. However, this only applies if Niko is dating her.
- There is a poster of singer Miss Terrie on the wall of Bahama Mamas club which bears a strong resemblance to Carmen.
- Carmen's nickname "SoBoHoe" means "South Bohan Whore".
- According to Carmen, her "mami" (mother) was "chained to the cooker" (stove). This could either be a metaphor stating her mom was a standard housewife, or that she was abused by her husband.
- It's possible she might have relatives in Los Santos, or at least lived there, when Niko mentions of Carmen moving she replies "Move from Liberty City? I have no where else to go... except maybe Los Santos". This may also be a reference to her vanity, implying she would want to be somewhere she can be noticed, like as Vinewood star.
- Clones of Carmen can be seen also at the Split Sides Comedy Club and on Weazel News.
- Carmen has had sex with two protagonists, much like Ashley Butler who's had sex with Johnny Klebitz and Trevor Phillips.


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LS-GL Custom Firmware Development
LS-GL Custom Firmware Development
Please fix and update these sections. Also, please correct any grammar and spelling errors. Thanks -- jonli447
- 1 Using the Firmware Updater
- 2 Telnet Access
- 3 Removing Root Password
- 4 Toolchains
- 5 OpenLink
- 6 FreeLink
- 7 Development Tools
- 8 Other Development
- 9 Related Forum Topics
Using the Firmware Updater
It is aparent, like all of the Linkstations, that the firmware does not want to update the firmware if the LS-GL reports the same firmware version as the the one to be that's to be sent to the LS-GL (i.e. a modified firmware). The work around is to:
- Add to lsupdater.ini
[SpecialFlags] Debug
- Change in lsupdater.ini
VersionCheck = 1
VersionCheck = 0
- Open linkstation_version.txt in any text editor (i.e. vi). Edit either the BOOT=, KERNEL=, INITRD=, or ROOTFS= (this is the main firmware and filesystem) to choose what to update by changing the version to a higher number.
- i.e. by setting rootfs to a higher number, the filesystem will get updated, but uboot, kernel, and initrd won't get updated.
- Steps originally drafted by Georg.
Note: We are not positive if only one segmet (i.e. rootfs) will get updated. This method must be fully tested to find this out.
Telnet Access
We have successfully managed to create a telnet-enabled firmware for the LS-GL. Fortunately for us, the LS-GL already came with a telnet binary in the stock firmware. Telnet can be enabled by uncommenting line 42 in /etc/init.d/rcS and repackaging hddrootfs.
There is a pre-made telnet enabled firmware available at here.
Note: The above firmware package does not enable root access. For users that already have root access, this firmware is fine. There is testing being done for a telnet enabled firmware that includes root access. See below. Also, for repackaging the firmware, see Create_a_custom_firmware_image. The current firmware password is:
Removing Root Password
We are currently working on removing the Melco root password in the stock firmware. Some users have managed to do this, but the development team as a whole has not agreed to which method to use.
Manual Method
The general idea is to open connect the sata drive to a desktop running a linux distribution (i.e. Knoppix or Ubuntu). Then remove root password in /etc/shadow.
Detailed Steps
1) Connect the hard drive to a pc running Linux (i.e. Knoppix boots directly from cd/dvd)
2) Find out how it was recognized. (i.e. in Knoppix there are some shortcuts on the desktop).
3) Open a shell/commandline/terminal.
4) Mount the second partition of the sata hdd to somewhere.
5) Delete everything on the partition
6) Download the telnet enabled hddrootfs.img located in this zip
7) Unzip hddrootfs.img...you will be prompted for a password. it is:
8) Untar the resulting file to the second partition:
tar xzvf <file> <path_where_you_mounted_the_first_partition>
9*) mount /dev/sda1 (assuming the sata drive is the first special drive connected on the pc) somewhere
- extract conf_saved.tgz, remove password in etc/shadow to look like:
10*) re-tar the contents of conf_saved.tgz, replace conf_saved.tgz to /dev/sda1, umount
(*)These steps still need to be tested further!!!
- Steps originally drafted by mindbender.
Heinz' Method
Heinz made a script to automatically convert a downloaded stock firmware into a telnet enabled firmware with root access. The script is made for the German firmware. The script is available here. Heinz also made a pre-made firmware package with his script. It can be downloaded here.
- Testing Needed
The script mainly does the following things:
- retrieving the actual firmware update from the buffalo site.
- unzip the archive to a tmp directory
- modify linkstation_version, because the updater only updates "newer" firmwares. It seems this can be overwritten in the debug mode (see georg's changes)
- for modifing the installed image. it is unzipped (using the current password)
- then to start the (already installed) telnetd, some comments in the rcS script are removed.
- because the password of the root login is not known, it needs to be removed. Modifing /etc/shadow had not worked, so currently we change the web interface, which runs with root permissions, to do it for us.
- reverse the whole zip/tar process to create a useable firmware update again.
Georg's Method
Georg modified Heinz' automatic script. For those with access, the script it is available in LS_Pro Temporary Upload Folder for Telnet Enabled Firmwares
- Testing Needed
Cross Toolchain
- Codesourcery for Arm version 2005q3-2 is suggested. Please look at Toolchain from codesourcery for more information.
Todo: Import information from forum.
Native Toolchain
- Yugi has managed to get a working native toolchain. It is available here
Todo: Import information from forum here.
- Development for the LS-GL is too young. Official Openlink development has not started yet.
Oh1jty's Firmware - version 1.03-0.49-jtymod2
- Features
- New debug menu
- Clear root password
- Give shell commands
- Programs
- ssh enabled
- telnet disabled (for security reasons)
- rsync enabled (via ssh) for /mnt/disk1
- joe editor added
- wget url fetcher added
- dd_rescue added (you can backup failed usbdrives with badblocks etc.)
- dp500serv Kiss DP-x server added (not on by default, start with /etc/init.d/dp500serv.sh start or add dp500serv.sh to /etc/init.d/rcS)
- Download from
- More info on this firmware
lb_worm has managed to Debanize the LS-GL. Though this is not an official FreeLink yet, it is a tremendous start. See Debian for more information.
Todo: Import information from forum.
Development Tools
- For the same reasons as OpenLink, development tools has not been created yet.
Other Development
GPL Kernel
lb_worm is currently working on the kernel project. See Outlook on LS Pro Kernel Development
Todo: Import information from forum.
Custom Updater
See Opensource_Firmware_Updater and LS-GL Custom Updater Thread for more information.
Todo: Import information from the forum here.
IPKG Feed
This is just idea at the moment. See Optware IPKG Feed Poll
Some binaries (i.e. wget) have been compiled for the LS-GL.
Please post successfully binaries that should be included in an OpenLink here.
- wget
User Accomplishments
Please post accomplishments that don't fit into the above categories here
- Someone got ssh up and running (sorry, I can't remember who...please give credit if you know).
Related Forum Topics
- Telnet Access
- Native Toolchain
- Codesourcery Toolchain
- Custom Updater
- Kernel Development
- Debian for LS-GL
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Gidophone Attracts Domestic and International Audience at 2013 Consumer Electronics Show
Paves the Way for French Startups to Exhibit Next Year
Jan 10, 2013, 06:23 EST
DARDILLY, France, Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors from North America to Europe, Asia and beyond are flocking in huge numbers to the Taztag Booth (#35303) in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center to experience a product that's poised to revolutionize the way the public recharges their personal electronic devices at public venues.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130110/NY40924 )
Gidophone, a subsidiary of the ASKCO, is a French company specializing in the production, delivery and marketing of rapid-charging kiosks for mobile devices. Their display at CES focuses on their primary product, the Gidophone, a 6-foot, 8-inch tall inductive charging tower kiosk, built to quickly re-energize cell phones, tablets, laptop computers, MP3 players, game consoles, PDAs and cameras of all popular brands and makes. Unlike other similar products on the market, Gidophone is 100 percent secure. Users can relax, knowing their valuable possessions will remain locked in their own private compartment until the unit is recharged, or until they choose to retrieve it.
Already in place in more than 100 locations across Europe, Gidophone now seeks to unveil its product in the United States. "The reaction to our kiosk thus far has been phenomenal," said Christian Pineau, Gidophone's VP of Sales." From the conversations that I've had with CES attendees thus far, I think that the US market has just been waiting for a product like Gidophone."
Ideal for commercial use in airports, train stations, shopping centers, hotels and other public spaces, the unit accepts customer payments through cash, credit cards and debit cards. The product line can also be retrofitted to include display shelving, multimedia, corporate or sponsor branding and much more.
Gidophone is blazing a path for 15 French startups by exhibiting at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. The Government of France is considering a major investment on behalf of several tech-product startup companies at the 2014 CES, hence Gidophone is leading the charge this year as a pilot program.
"French companies have traditionally been under-represented at CES, and with the French government now considering possible high-level support of domestic SMEs and launch products from startup organizations, we are both pleased and proud to take the lead for our country," stated Gidophone CEO Romain Lecarpentier. According to Christian Pineau, Gidophone's VP of Sales, UBIFRANCE – the government agency tasked with helping French companies export and market their products overseas – is expected to provide a considerable level of investment for launch companies in 2014 if they believe such companies can develop qualified business relationships. "For that reason," Pineau said, "it is incumbent upon us to have a successful show this year."
Gidophone will continue to exhibit at CES at Booth LVCC South Hall 4, 35303 (Taztag) through Friday, January 11. For additional information, contact Christian Pineau at +1 650-274-5563, or visit www.gidophone.fr.
About Gidophone
Established in 2009, Gidophone – a subsidiary of the ASKCO – is a company headquartered in France created to provide a viable solution to personal electronics battery failures in public places. A wireless kiosk equipped with a universal induction charging system, which allows the user to simply place his or her device on a charging platform – the Gidophone can re-energize 99 percent of all telephones, MP3 players, touch pads and PDAs available on the market today. For information on ASKCO, please visit www.askco.fr; for information on Gidophone, please visit www.gidophone.fr.
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Zach Braff
Why is this guy the voice of my generation?
Zach Braff has said that his hit movie Garden State (2004) was "a big, life-affirming, state-of-the-union address for twentysomethings." I'm a twentysomething. His new feature, The Last Kiss, documents the mental anguish of a 29-year-old commitment-phobe. I'm at the age when commitment looms. If Braff maintains this pace, he'll be making facile observations about our voyage through life's milestones until he films an indie-rock-infused On Golden Pond. My only comfort is that one day, we'll both be dead. If Zach Braff is the voice of my generation, can't someone please crush his larynx?
Braff is known primarily as a sitcom star (Scrubs) and an indie actor-writer-director (Garden State). His most significant cultural role, though, is as Hollywood's ambassador to the nation's cool kids—the guy who interprets youth culture for film execs and then repackages it for popular consumption.
Want a soundtrack that hipsters will buy? Braff picked the tasteful underground hits that are slathered all over Garden State and The Last Kiss. Want to use the Internet for direct marketing? Braff helped turn Garden State into a grass-roots smash by writing regular blog posts. Need to tap in to the thoughts and speech patterns of the Ritalin Generation? Braff's got that covered, too—he suggested additional shots and scenes for The Last Kiss and punched up the dialogue of Paul Haggis (writer/director of Crash) "to ensure that the characters sounded and behaved like men his age."
What has Braff's keen ear picked up about the nation's young people? If Garden State is to be believed, they spend their days squinting and staring wistfully while slowly learning that it's OK to feel and, like, live. When they do speak, yearbook quotes come out. For example: "Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place." In The Last Kiss, Braff furrows his brow solemnly and ponders a question that's paralyzed millions: Should I replace my incredibly hot girlfriend with an incredibly hot college student? This time, OC starlet Rachel Bilson gets the Ferris Bueller-esque pearl of wisdom: "The world is moving so fast now that we start freaking out way before our parents did because we don't ever stop to breathe anymore." Never has the voice of a generation had so little of substance to say.
So, why do people care about Zach Braff? Tony Goldwyn, the director of The Last Kiss, thinks it's because he has an Everyman quality that recalls Tom Hanks. Braff's adoring fans say he feels more like a friend than a movie star. The introductory video message on his new, Last Kiss-promoting Web site says that he doesn't "want it to be just, like, a site about me because that'll get boring really fast. … I want it to be about you guys, my loyal fans." The populist shtick works—as of this writing, Braff's got 76,072 friends on MySpace.
Braff's doofy looks also help him seem accessible. His face doesn't have the clean, angular lines that usually denote manly movie stardom. He's more like a Claymation version of a matinee idol, with pinchable cheeks and permanently raised eyebrows. His dorky visage and mannerisms work marvelously on Scrubs. We root for Braff's character, the perpetually confused Dr. John "J.D." Dorian, because he's such a good sport about always being the butt of the joke. Braff makes a great doormat—he can pull off both a quizzical reaction shot and a pratfall into a gigantic puddle.
The gee-whiz, aww-shucks affect that works for Braff on TV is irksome on the big screen. Perhaps that's because in the movies he only gets beaten down emotionally—it's much more satisfying to see him fall on his face. Though he's got a mug made for comedy, Braff's ambition is to be the funny-serious guy. He has said he strives to emulateManhattan and Annie Hall-era Woody Allen. If nothing else, he's captured Allen's self-absorption. Watching Garden State, it's impossible not to remember that Braff is writing for himself and directing himself. As such, it's kind of annoying that 80 percent of the shots are close-ups of Zach Braff. It's also irritating, for that matter, that he created a role that requires Natalie Portman to fall in love with him.
If Garden State is any indication, Braff's weaknesses as a director go beyond narcissism. In the film, he piles on quirky details—a disembodied red gas pump hanging from a car, a guy in a suit of armor, a framed diploma on the ceiling—to keep viewers from scrutinizing his shallow characters and clichéd cultural observations. Thisis the kind of movie the Zuckers would have made if they used gags in the service of drama rather than screwball comedy. Braff also uses pop songs as a cheat, an easy way to heighten the emotional impact of otherwise unremarkable moments. The music in Garden State is so load-bearing that the movie becomes ridiculous if you swap in different tunes—if you don't believe me, check this out.
Braff is tapped in to how young people consume, if not how they think. Sure, Garden State and The Last Kiss resemble overlong iPod ads with less adventuresome music choices. But thesoundtracks that Braff compiled for both films have been remarkably successful—the Garden State CD sold more than a million copies, and The Last Kiss is currently No. 38 on Amazon. It makes sense that Braff is so popular on MySpace, a site that exists so people can list what they like—friends, celebrities, music, movies. Braff is, essentially, an aggregator. His soundtracks are lists of his favorite songs. Garden State was a list of funny anecdotes and off-kilter objects rather than a cohesive story. He might not have anything original to say, but Braff does offer this insight on our generation: We are inclined to mistake stuff for substance.
Braff's problem is that he's come of age at a time when we want our stars—Beyoncé, J. Lo, George Clooney—to do everything. He writes, acts, directs, DJs—next time out, he'll probably lash a pair of cymbals between his knees. Instead of focusing on the one thing he's good at, Braff is quitting Scrubs after this season to focus on his film career. His rumored upcoming projects reveal two possible career paths. The first: the leading role in a Fletch remake. The second: starring in, writing, directing, and producing a remake of a Danish Dogme film about a woman whose husband gets paralyzed in a car accident. Please, Zach, leave paralysis to Lars von Trier. Chevy Chase—now there's a guy you should look up to.


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Deputy Supervisor Marc Carpenter said Town Board members wanted more time to work on the budget before presenting it to the public.
"We're trying to trim it the best we can," he said, explaining that's a difficult task. "Steve (Richards, town supervisor) always puts out a very tight budget.


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Editors' Picks — Salad with Apples
- Salad with Caramelized Fennel and Apples by fiveandspice (tested and photographed by fortheloveofyum)
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'We measure our success against our mission,' said George Siemon, C-E-I-E-I-O and founding farmer of Organic Valley. 'For us, that means keeping farmers on the land, being responsible stewards of the environment, and supporting rural communities.'
La Farge, Wis. (PRWEB) January 13, 2012
Organic Valley, the nation's largest cooperative of organic farmers and a leading organic brand, today announced their 2011 year-end results, which include bringing on 212 new farmers in regions such as Pennsylvania, Vermont, and California for 12 percent member growth across the country, increasing sales from $620 million to $715 million for 15.3 percent growth, and donating more than $2.2 million to nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing organic food and farming—from community food banks to farmer initiatives to advocacy for mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food.
"We measure our success against our mission," said George Siemon, C-E-I-E-I-O and founding farmer of Organic Valley. "For us, that means keeping farmers on the land, being responsible stewards of the environment, and supporting rural communities."
In terms of other tangible metrics for success, Organic Valley achieved sustainability and job creation goals in 2011, such as beginning installation of wind turbines to offset 100 percent of its distribution center's current electricity use, on-farm renewable energy projects and other sustainability initiatives, and undergoing a state-of-the-art green-designed headquarters expansion in La Farge, Wis., that is expected to add 84 new jobs this year. In 2011 alone, the farmer-owned cooperative brought 79 new jobs to Vernon County, Wis., bringing total employees up to 620.
The past year also saw the launch of the latest of Organic Valley's regional milks, New York Fresh™, produced, bottled, distributed and sold right in the Empire State. Like its regional counterparts, New York Fresh milk ensures fewer miles from farm to table and supports local economies, including the 115 New York farm families that produce it. Organic Valley also launched the first organic flavored half-and-half and soy creamers, providing an organic, fair-trade alternative to complement beverages and recipes.
The year was not without its hardships, as feed and other input costs skyrocketed, which together with lost acreage and carryover issues from the recession and oversupply era caused a shortage in organic milk supply. As such, Organic Valley will increase its farmer-owner pay price by $2 per hundred pounds of milk ("hundredweight," or "cwt") beginning in March 2012.
"It's important as we start 2012 to support our farmers during these difficult supply times by increasing our farmer pay price," continued Siemon. "We recognize the challenge of high feed costs and it is a major issue."
Including the March 2012 pay price increase, Organic Valley farmer-owners will earn an average national pay price of $30/cwt, which exceeds the average pay price for a conventional farmer by approximately $10. As a farmer-owned cooperative, Organic Valley has historically adjusted its pay price to meet the needs of and assure a fair livelihood for its members.
Organic Valley: Independent and Farmer-Owned
Organic Valley is America's largest cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leading organic brands. Organized in 1988, it represents 1,687 farmers in 35 states and three Canadian provinces, and achieved $715 million in 2011 sales. Focused on its founding mission of saving family farms through organic farming, Organic Valley produces a variety of organic foods, including organic milk, soy, cheese, butter, spreads, creams, eggs, produce and juice, which are sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and food cooperatives nationwide. With its regional model, milk is produced, bottled and distributed right in the region where it is farmed to ensure fewer miles from farm to table and to support our local economies. The same farmers who produce for Organic Valley also produce a full range of delicious organic meat under the Organic Prairie label. For further information, call 1-888-444-MILK or visit http://www.organicvalley.coop, http://www.organicprairie.coop and the cooperative's farmer website, http://www.farmers.coop. Organic Valley is also on Twitter @OrganicValley and Facebook http://www.facebook.com/OrganicValley.
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