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A diamond in the rough
Ok, VERY rough. Lots to do in 8 months, but I'm looking forward to the first release!
Canonical says that Ubuntu 13.10 will include "a complete entry-level smartphone experience" when it ships in October. Anyone brave enough to try out the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview, however, will quickly discover that the current incarnation of Ubuntu for phones and tablets offers considerably less than that. When it …
Ok, VERY rough. Lots to do in 8 months, but I'm looking forward to the first release!
"For now, the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview is best seen as an experiment." just accept that. Of course they could have waited for a year with this experiment, but that is not, perhaps, how marketing works. I quite like the amount of activity going on regarding smartphones and I would very much like a situation when you bye the hardware you like and then decide what software you want to use on it. Wonder if I am thinking of something that has happened sometime earlier.
It's a Canonical product, therefore it will *always* be of alpha quality. It's nice to see new concepts and new people doing stuff, but Canonical don't appear to understand the notion of testing or quality control so even if it did make it into a phone I'd predict a 90% returns rate.
Puzzling me, at any rate.
I thought the whole point of using Linux was to re-purpose existing code, but this reads as though that is not happening. A Browser with only rendering & navigation sounds like it is being written from the ground up. Why? There are dozens of browsers for Linux. The TV image was announced last year. Has nothing liftable emerged from that.
I can sort of see the idea of using dead icons as placeholders, but there are all those desktop widgets that could be under them for now.
This sounds like something announced off the fag packet, not off a running prototype. I really, really, want it to be fantastic, but in 6 months? Scared now.
It's seriously bizarre shipping even a demo/early preview with so few apps compiled for it.
If Canonical couldn't tweak a few of its own desktop apps enough to throw in, it raises serious questions about the whole desktop/tablet/phone OS compatibility message. At the very least it hints they've dumped the current desktop API and expect everyone to start again, with something so immature they can't use it themselves. Or if we're lucky they just shipped a preview as soon as it could boot a slideshow and many months before it's ready for anything.
Either way, this looks like a fscking stupid idea if they're trying to get app devs to jump aboard. I'd love to say Mozilla will do better but FF mobile has a bare addon store with bugger all compatibility with the desktop, so the same mistake being made there.
"It's seriously bizarre shipping even a demo/early preview with so few apps compiled for it."
Development out in public with archived mailing lists and stuff in the bug tracker sounds OK to me.
Dummy content -> Canonical getting feedback on the UI as it evolves and reactions steering the design, again sounds fine to me, and consistent with the user testing driven development process that Canonical claim to follow.
The test will be in the rate at which issues e.g. the on-screen keyboard get fixed. Onboard (see full-fat Unity) looks totally different.
Interesting (and I say that as one who uses CentOS on the laptop, Ubuntu on the desktop, and has a blackberry).
@Paul Shirley "It's seriously bizarre shipping even a demo/early preview with so few apps compiled for it.:
Not at all, that's precisely how Microsoft used to operate in the 80s. Every bug-ridden partially-implemented application was a warning shot across the bows of everyone else that while they might be developing something, Microsoft have plans to do just that. All developers knew that somehow (gosh! how do they do that?) MS always got more performance out of DOS and/or WIndows than anyone else then the competition would be fierce and not necessarily fair.
Not quite sure why Shuttleworth is doing this, that is odd, but there is precedent for the actual practice.
"Canonical getting feedback on the UI as it evolves and reactions steering the design"
Ahahahahahahahahahhahaha that's funny.
As if Canonical would listen to it's user base and make appropriate changes... ahahahahahahahaha!
Some, apparently expert at marketing, do a very good job by keeping everything pretty-much secret until the all-singing all-dancing product is ready to to go in all it's [alleged] glory. First impressions count.
Anyway, this is an experiment, and I'm sure that anybody trying it will try it on that spirit. I doubt if it is for me ... I'll wait for for the Mint phone :). By the way, does the current Ubuntu phone work as ...a phone? Or doesn't that matter any longer?
If canonical listened to its user-base, the default UI would be a console window. And apparently that's precisely the number one feature request when they did user-testing. I believe they added it too.
How do we know it'll be a diamond?
Glad I resisted the urge to try it.
The most alarming part of this review:
"Navigating the OS took some getting used to. Unlike Android, Ubuntu offers no dedicated buttons for things such as Settings or the Home screen."
If Canonical decide to follow the same 'la la la la la we can't hear you' methods they deployed with Unity, this puppy will be DOA.
Why Ubuntu on a phone? I just cannot see any benefits unless it can be like Android but without the slavishness to the Google God.
From what I gather (or hope), the intent is that you will be able, should you choose, to hook it up to a proper sized monitor (and hopefully keyboard) and use it as you currently use a desktop PC. Android is essentially unworkable as a proper desktop get-something-done OS, but Ubuntu can still be used in such a way once you fight your way through the UI.
I have high hopes for this endeavour, I really do. This preview is most definitely nowhere near finished as a preview, let alone a phone! But if and when an Ubuntu phone/tablet makes its way to Oz, I'll happily buy it. Why? Because, as I'm sure many people have noticed, iOS adds about $5 to anything you could do for free on Linux, and I mean everything, for example there is no way to program in C locally on iOS, I know that very few people may ever want to do that, but its nice to be able to pick up any old device and just say "Gosh darned it, how do I use C#?" And get right into it.
Perhaps my hopes are misplaced and my dreams folly, but gosh darned if I'm going to let Apple makes it 30% on something that should be free.
>"I have high hopes for this endeavour, I really do."
I don't. I've found that Mozilla always carries out projects better than Canonical, so I would imagine that Firefox OS is the one that will make real inroads. And, hopefully, Mozilla will finally be emboldened to create their own desktop Linux distro - something I think they could have done better than anyone else over the past decade.
I would love to see Firefox mobile OS being pushed hard. It could be the only mobile OS that is commercial free in the future.
I hope Ubuntu dies, and dies all together. However, Mozilla with a Linux distro? The world doesn't need another one, it could do without some it has. Of course anymore, having your own Linux distro is like having your own garden, cheaply sown.
Stick with vanilla Debian!
I also hope, and believe, that mozilla's OS will go well. I know I mentioned C, but my mother tounge is HTML. And I would love to have an OS that is as tinker friendly as Mozilla is suggesting.
P.S Have an up vote for not being a dick and replying with a real argument, not the usual commentard crap.
I was right with you till
> going to let Apple makes it 30% on something that should be free.
If you'd said 'could be free', I'd have agreed 100%, but I have no objection to apple profiting from proprietary code they have written.
"I hope Ubuntu dies, and dies all together."
I don't like it, therefore nobody else should be allowed to use it.
@MyBackDoor - oh my, what a short memory you have. Remember back to the Linux world before Ubuntu. There was no Android. The idea of a user friendly experience was somewhat scoffed at by Linux devs - people should just edit the config files, its easy - was a common refrain. Remember things like wireless cards? How often was it people had to use ndiswrapper to get them to work? Ubuntu brought around the idea of "lets make things just work". Sure, the project itself didn't do all these things, but their drive to make their OS stable and useable encouraged other products to improve too. X11 is amazing now compared to what it used to be, for example.
Debian, before Ubuntu? Great. Nearly unusable for the average computer user. Redhat/CentOS/Fedora? All entirely aimed at business users.
So, Ubuntu, even though it has become somewhat odd in its 'maturity', has done a hell of a lot for the Linux community.
Stick with vanilla Debian? Great. Go get your gran to use it. She'll have problems as soon as she tries to use BBC iPlayer. Or play a DVD.
So, no, don't 'stick with vanilla Debian', use whatever distro suits your computer use and your way of doing things.
"Remember back to the Linux world before Ubuntu."
Certainly do - Installed my first Linux ~1995. I DON'T remember any particular need for editing config files after I moved to Suse and then OpenSUSE.
localzuk, I would hope, if you're installing an OS for your grandmother, that you'd have the plain good sense and courtesy to set it up so she could actually use it.
All the things you pointed out will work on Debian if you set it up properly. Would you toss your grandmother into the cockpit of an aeroplane without flying lessons? Would you demand she cook you restaurant quality food without providing the proper ingredients and equipment? So why would you give her a debian install that wasn't configured with her needs in mind?
Maybe you just hate your grandmother?
Hi Chemist,
I Tried Debian circa 2001, and had to manually setup my wireless cards, which then broke my network stack because i did it wrong. I gave up and went back to Win2000.
I then came back to it with Umbongo Dapper Drake, and it all just worked, which gobsmacked me. At which point I stuck with it and have been using it daily since.
A survey of one is not consistent with everyones experience, in both regards, but to dismiss Canonicals input is to be quite staggeringly idiotic.
Canonical have, in the last five years, made Ubuntu usable to the degree that the average numpty in the street can use it - such as my brother, who cares not for...well, anything computer related.
That's a massive leap for Linux, and anyone who denies that is a complete imbecile who has no concept of usability and stability.
Steven R
So why in this world you came back to Linux, Mr. Usability ? Windows was always better suited for you than Linux.
"So why in this world you came back to Linux, Mr. Usability ? Windows was always better suited for you than Linux."
And what in this world is wrong with having options and choice? These days the average computer user can cope quite effectively with Windows, Mac OS and a Linux distro like Ubuntu, and that choice of vendors and systems can only be a good thing. Ubuntu existing doesn't preclude any other Linux distro existing, so what's the problem? If you want to put it all together yourself then you still can, but if you're one of the 99% who can't then it's essential to be given an alternative to the Windows/OS X desktop duopoly (I'm not at all sure that Chrome OS is any kind of real alternative, it's just a glorified browser isn't it...?)
"Hi Chemist"
I don't know what you are going on about - I didn't criticize or dismiss Ubuntu, I merely pointed out via the illustration of another distro that the problems were being sorted out across Linux. Ubuntu may well have been trivial to install but so was Suse
I have Ubuntu in VMs and have installed Kubuntu on EEEPCs but I find the process no easier or harder than OpenSUSE.
I was an OS/2 and the eComStation user; when the writing was clearly on the wall for that I decided to try Linux. My first attempt was with Mandrake (or was it Mandriva?) which on install screwed up my HD so badly that I had to do a low level reformat and start from scratch with eCS. Linux did not go back. Then I read about Ubuntu 6.06, and gave it a try. Everything worked perfectly and I didn't reboot until a kernel upgrade three months later. OK, one user, one bad experience - but Ubuntu was what made me swap.
What's more, Ubuntu isn't the only Linux-based mobile OS on the horizon. The Mozilla Foundation is taking a stab at it with Firefox OS, and Samsung is backing Tizen.
There's at least one other Linux-based mobile OS out there... If I could just remember its name... Golem? No, not quite right. Homunculus? No, colder... Robot! No, but it's something like that... lemme go Google it...
The text you quoted says "on the horizon". I think there are already one or two mobiles running Android. Sherlock indeed.
You think Android is "on the horizon"? Are you posting from 2008?
I suppose that depends what you mean by 'taste in GUI design'. As a graphic designer Microsoft and Canonical are near the top of my list in terms of good design whereas Apple still appears to be stuck in 2007, if that. If we're talking about usability however, I'd be inclined to partially agree with you as I don't get on with Metro or Unity in the real world. Saying that, I've also always found OSX to be a bit of a headache as well. Give me an easy to use old-fashioned WIMP any day, although preferably one with a colour scheme and icon set that wasn't chosen by a programmer.
Good design does not change or get outdated so fast ...which is why I use a desktop with general design principles for which, much as I hate them, I have to thank Microsoft, 1995.
A hierarchic menu, panels, icons. The colours may change, the effects may change, but I don't see why the basic features and principles should not be working just as well in another twenty years, at least as far as the desktop system is concerned. Tablets, phones, and all things touchable are a different world, with different requirements and possibilities, and should be recognised as being different. I'm not about to demand a "start" menu on my phone.
They're stuck in 2007 because they're still obsessed with skeuomorphism in their UI design. What that means is they're still attempting to make their UI look like it's made of real materials, such as menus that look as if they're made of brushed metal and icons of glass. It's looks very dated and it's got nothing to do with their menu layout.
You're right that some good design is ageless. Some chairs and such from the 60's still look as good today as they did when they were first designed. Nobody is manufacturing or buying the things in their original beige or baby-puke green colours though. A well designed WIMP is also ageless, the dull greys of the 90's or the fake materials of the 2000's are not
Thank you for being the one to notice that the emperor has no clothes, and that tablets are not the same as desktop computers. I wish you worked as a UI designer.
It's not going to be for everyone. There will always be people who don't like it and people who do.
With all these different groups working on competing smart phone operating systems, it feels a bit like the 8-bit home micro market in the 80s. The barrier to entry has dropped to a level where anyone can have a go - and lots are.
I'm going to get my popcorn, sit back, and watch the show, because I think it's going to be a cracker.
...the issue of being locked in gets in the way. The issue is not dissimilar to PCs only being shipped with Windows (upsetting Eadon and co for example), only even more complex.
With a PC it is generally straight forward to replace the OS. With smartphones, in spite of very similar architectures to each other, replacing the OS is near impossible for the man on the street. The manufacturers compound this by insisting that a specific handset is tied to an OS - look at HTC who offer a specific design for a Windows phone and another for Android.
I'd like to see manufacturers offer a range of handsets from cheap to top end with a choice of OS and the ability to change the OS in a relatively simple manner. Obviously, you wouldn't get Apple on board, but it's in the interests of Microsoft as they haven't made the inroads they would like and it broadens their potential market, while it also opens the field to Linux derivatives who can enter the market place without needing to develop hardware. If the datamongers at Google are as open and nice as they claim, they too would be able to jump on board. Heck, even Blackberry might be able to clutch a straw.
Now that's what I call an open architecture that might drive some innovation in an otherwise stagnant space.
We can but wish. I see the porcine community donning jet packs as we speak....
You're really not up to speed on Secure Boot, are you?
Err, neither are you. You can turn it off, so its no barrier at all.
Err, neither are you. You can turn it off, so its no barrier at all.
The problem is that you are not guaranteed to be able to switch it off.
"You're really not up to speed on Secure Boot, are you?"
And you're still missing the point. I'm talking about breaking away from the old monolythic attitude that phone manyfacturers have of tying a particular hardware to particular OS. I'm not talking deep-dive technical, more philosophy. And besides, SecureBoot (if implemented properly) needn't be an impediment to this.
But don't worry your pretty little head with such matters if it's all a little too conceptual for you.
I noticed someone shipped a launcher for Android resembling the interface of it. Seems to impress.
It also means "unity" that desktop users hated is really optimized for touch. (win8 story again)
When you phone someone up will it automatically connect to Amazon's switchboard where they will pass your call onto someone at premium rate prices?
What did you say? "The easiest way to install it is to follow Canonical's installation instructions"
WTF? You're not writing for an IT pro blog, y'know.
Ubuntu Phone stayed on my Nexus for almost an hour, I wanted to feel it running on my phone even though I was well-aware it was going to be mostly mockup, similar to what was demoed at CES last month.
On a slightly related note, there was a nice analysis and comparison of upcoming phone OS contenders last week, covering the progress, teams, approaches, and industry support and tips for success for Ubuntu Phone, Tizen, Sailfish OS, Firefox OS, BB10


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Channing Tatum stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon yesterday to promote his latest film, Side Effects. The two men reminisced the famously funny "Ew!" skit Jimmy and Channing put on last Summer, and Channing admitted his Side Effects costars weren't quick to let him forget it. Jimmy flashed a photo of the two of them wearing their feminine getups, while Channing brought some photos of his own, including a childhood photo of him dressed as a cowboy.
Channing also touched on rumors of a Magic Mike sequel and requested that director Steven Soderbergh return for the gig. Nothing has been confirmed on whether Channing will reprise his stripper role yet, but he celebrated his current collaboration with Steven last night at the NYC Side Effects premiere. Channing is also gearing up for his role as a dad, since his wife, Jenna Dewan, is pregnant with their first child.


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The "Ladies Specials" are women-only commuter train recently launched in four Indian cities (New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta). While not a new practice, public transport exclusively for women is becoming popular. (Mexico City introduced women-only buses in January 2008 and commuters on Japanese trains know a thing or two about this too.)
Harassment on the train or bus is not just an annoying nuisance for women. It influences a whether or not a woman chooses to enter the workforce in the first place. (Or maybe whether her family or husband will allow her.)


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Published Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 | 2:49 p.m.
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A girl who says accused child rapist Chester A. Stiles molested her when she was 6 years old told her story in court Monday.
The girl, now 11 and in the fifth grade, has since moved from Las Vegas to Washington state. She told the court how a man she called Chetter "touched her inappropriately."
"He came upstairs and then he kissed me," she said. "I was in my bed ... He had his tongue in my mouth."
The girl, whose blond curls framed her pale face and rosy cheeks as she sat on the witness stand, responded to questions meekly, her voice soft. Although she said she didn't remember all the details of her alleged assault five years ago, she went on to say that the man, who had spent time reading her stories in her bedroom, touched her between her legs.
The girl and her mother testified Monday after opening arguments. In cross-examination, the defense challenged the girl's recollection of events.
Public defender Amy Coffee asked, "Is it safe to say that you remember some things, but you don't remember everything? … Some of these details (the prosecution asked about) were somewhat confusing for you?" The girl answered "yes" to both questions.
Court proceedings got underway after Judge Jennifer P. Togliatti dismissed juror No. 3, which leaves 12 jurors and two alternates to hear the case. The juror was dismissed after he told the judge about an issue at home. Attorneys had been briefed on the man's concerns, although the details weren't discussed in open court.
At about 11:30 a.m. Monday, the 22 charges against Stiles were read aloud. Some jurors looked uncomfortable while others appeared stoic as the charges – many of which contain explicit language – were recited by a court clerk. Stiles, flanked by public defenders Coffee and Stacey Roundtree, rarely looked up as the charges were read.
The first three of the 22 charges pertain to the girl who testified Monday, one of two alleged victims of Stiles. The first count is a charge of sexual assault of a minor under 14 years of age; counts two and three are charges of lewdness with a child under the age of 14. Twenty-one of the 22 charges can carry a life sentence.
In her opening argument to the jury, Deputy District Attorney Mary Kay Holthus outlined some of the evidence the prosecution plans to present. She said telephone calls Stiles has made during his incarceration and letters he wrote and left in a Frappuccino bottle police found in the desert will be presented to the jury.
Holthus also addressed a videotape that allegedly shows Stiles assaulting a 2-year-old girl — a tape jurors will be asked to watch later this week.
"Fortunately and unfortunately, unlike most juries … you will have the opportunity to watch one of these crimes actually being committed," Holthus said.
She also said that Darren Tuck, the 26-year-old Pahrump man who turned over to police the videotape of the alleged assault, likely will take the stand. Tuck, who has had previous run-ins with the law, was convicted of obstruction of a public officer for keeping the tape for five months before turning it over to authorities.
Holthus referred to letters and phone calls in which Stiles calls himself a "diddler" and says that, since he was 15 years old, he has had an attraction to prepubescent girls because of their "purity of virtue."
In a call made from a jailhouse telephone, Holthus said, Stiles is recorded as saying, "I can't deny what's on the video. I'm not proud of it, but that's the fact."
Holthus quoted from a letter in which Stiles wrote he was sexually abused as a child and blames incidents that happened to him as a young boy as reasons for his "proclivity." He wrote, "The abuse made my conscience smaller than what it should have been."
Holthus also read excerpts from a letter Stiles penned to his teenage son.
"So much abuse made me numb to it," he wrote. "Be ashamed of me, be embarrassed of me, but don't carry the blame or the family curse … I'm a monster, but monsters are made, not born."
Opening arguments did not sit well with Stiles' attorneys. After the alleged victim finished her testimony, Coffee moved for a mistrial, saying the prosecution's use of the word "molester" in opening arguments was inflammatory. The defense also objected to the jury seeing Stiles' mug shot, calling it "sensational" in nature. Togliatti denied the motion.
After the prosecution's opening arguments, Coffee challenged the statements the now-11-year-old girl had earlier made to police. She pointed out inconsistencies in statements the girl had made. She also said the FBI noted the tape found in the desert had been "highly edited."
"What you won't see in this trial is an original video," she said. "You won't see camera equipment that any alleged video was made on. You won't see any editing equipment. You won't see equipment used to make this video or this other alleged version."
She also said there is no fingerprint or DNA evidence linking Stiles to the alleged assault or creation of the tape.
"We are asking you to keep an open mind until you have seen and heard all of the evidence in this case," she said to the jury. "When you go back to deliberate, you will see that the state has not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Stiles is guilty of any of the 22 charges."
According to court documents, a friend of the girl's mother who also was the on-again, off-again girlfriend of Stiles had asked to stay at the family's home after losing her job. Tina Allen and the mother of the girl both were employed at a Las Vegas limousine company.
Stiles came to the home to visit Allen and ended up spending the night. The assault allegedly occurred during his stay in December 2003.
Allen is expected to testify later this week.
The girl's mother took the stand to give her account of what had happened that night. She said the next day her daughter "whispered in my ear that 'Chester put his tongue in my mouth.' I was in shock.
"I asked her how and she stuck her tongue out of her mouth and wiggled it around."
She also testified Monday that Stiles told her daughter, "this is what boyfriends and girlfriends do, that's why your daddy doesn't do this." She said Stiles had told her daughter not to tell her mother and father about what had happened because if she did, they wouldn't be able to see each other anymore.
The girl's mother will take the stand again Tuesday for cross-examination.


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A Tour of Theo Chocolate Factory
My sister Rachael and her boyfriend Matt waiting in the showroom for the tour to begin
My mom was right when she mentioned no one was quite as excited about the chocolate tour as I was. I found myself almost elbowing small children to get to the front of the line so my view of the machines and the tempering process wouldn't be obstructed. I tried to keep my cool when they passed around the cocoa butter, assuring myself I'd get a turn to feel it as well. For someone who loves chocolate and who was already a big Theo fan, this was a major afternoon. And my family was kind enough to oblige when I told them that, although we only had two days in Seattle, this was how we were spending our Tuesday afternoon.
The tour began in a small room where our fearless guide led us through a brief history of Theo Chocolate, the only U.S. fair-trade, organic bean-to bar chocolate factory. In addition to many samples and a tour through the factory, we learned all about how Theo actually yields a chocolate bar from the cocoa pod--the beginning of it all.
A cocoa pod is actually a fruit with a leathery rind about 3 cm thick, and is a bit smaller than an American football. It's filled with cocoa seeds and mucilaginous pulp. The pulp kind of looks like wet cotton and it plays a key role in the fermentation of the chocolate (did you know chocolate is a fermented food?). To simplify drastically, with time and heat throughout the fermentation process, the white pulp disappears leaving only the dead heated seeds. The seeds are then dried and become known as beans--the raw material for the Theo magic to begin. There are apparently about 30-50 seeds in each pod, and it takes 80-90 beans to make a 3 oz. bar of chocolate.
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Roasted beans, the Winnower machine, the tempering machine, quality control
In the factory itself, there are a number of machines and steps that are involved in creating the final product. They use a European roaster (there are less than 100 of these left in the world) which drives off moisture. Our tour guide explained that they do a partial roast to begin with and then send the beans into the "Winnower" machine where they are slammed against a steel plate to allow for the husks to separate, and are then moved through different meshes and through an air stream that blows the husk away from the recently smashed nibs. Then the cleaned nibs go back in the roaster to further develop the flavor. After this, off to the Ball Mill which whirls the beans at high speed so that they can be broken down and eventually turned into chocolate liqueur. They add evaporated cane juice, and 6500 pounds of chocolate goes into one holding tank where it is eventually taken to their tempering machines and out into individual molds.
Flavors of Theo Chocolate we Sampled:
- Lime Coriander Confection: I loved this little square. It had a subtle, spring citrus flavor and just a hint of coriander. I was surprised to learn each confection and caramel is still hand-decorated.
- Pink Salted Vanilla Caramel: My mom bought some of these to take home. I can't honestly say that the pink salt adds any different flavor profile than regular salt, but they sure are pretty.
- Lemon Verbena Confection: Spring time in one bite. Vibrant, bright lemon flavor enrobed in dark chocolate.
- Milk Chocolate Chai Bar: While I much prefer dark to milk chocolate, I ended up falling in love with this bar and bringing one home. At Theo, their milk chocolate has at least 40% cocoa, so it still seems very rich and complex. I loved the warm spice flavor profile.
- Dark Chocolate Toasted Coconut Bar: And I bought two of these. Apparently they are seasonal so I was concerned they may go away forever. If you like coconut, try and get your hands on one.
- Dark Chocolate Cherry Almond: A really classic combination of organic cherries and rich dark chocolate studded generously with almonds.
- 91% Dark Chocolate Bar: This blew me away. I've tried 95% chocolate before and it just screamed baking chocolate--bitter, leaving your mouth with a dry, unpleasant taste. But Theo's 91% bar was not at all bitter (although not all that sweet either). The perfect bar for a dark chocolate purist.
- Nib Brittle (70%): I learned on the tour that people either love or hate cocoa nibs. I happen to love them, but by the looks on the faces of many of the folks around me, that's not always the case. This bar has organic, roasted nibs enrobed in a crunchy, slightly sweet brittle.
Samples, samples, and more samples
I'm not sure that most people are used to describing the nuances of chocolate in the same way that we often do with wine or even with coffee. But our tour guide encouraged us to mention the first word that came to our minds when we sampled different bars. People began to loosen up after a few minutes and really explore their palates and their personal preferences. Here is a sampling of what we tried:
The Future of Chocolate in the U.S.
The tour closed with some interesting information that I wasn't aware of. Chocolate production in the U.S. is a really new endeavor--spanning only the last 250 years. And, like anything, the standards are constantly changing in regards to the percentage of cocoa required, fillers allowed etc. I was shocked to learn that currently commercial products only have to be 10% cocoa to call themselves chocolate. Yikes. What comprises the rest? Check out your average grocery store aisle and see if you can locate the chocolate chips often labeled "chocolate baking chips"--they're mostly milk solids and sugar. So Theo's whole point is that life is too short to eat bad quality chocolate and, in remaining firm with such high standards, they'll hopefully help shape the future landscape of chocolate standards and regulation. On their website they note:
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At Theo, we believe there is no luxury in products that benefit us today, while jeopardizing future generations ability to meet their needs. When you taste our chocolate you will experience our passion and integrity in every luscious bite.
So like most things, not all chocolate is created equal. And I've become a little obsessed with reading labels and researching the chocolate that I purchase since taking the Theo tour. The name Theo originates from the Greek name of the Cacao tree -- Theobroma Cacao or "Food of the Gods." They're living up to the name.


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A successful radio host who finds himself unexpectedly back in the dating pool for the first time in a decade, after discovering his long-term girlfriend has been having an affair with his best friend.
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ORANGES belong to the group of citrus fruits, but they differ from both lemons and grapefruit in that they contain more sugar and less acid. Two kinds of oranges supply the demands for this fruit, Florida and California oranges.
Florida oranges have a skin more the color of lemons and grapefruit and contain seeds, but they are considered to be the finest both as to flavor and quality. 'California oranges', which have a bright-yellow or orange skin, are seedless and are known as 'navel oranges'. Probably no citrus fruit is used so extensively as oranges. Because of their refreshing subacid flavor, they are much eaten in their fresh state, both alone and in combination with other foods in numerous salads and desserts.
Take half a pound of candid orange, cut them in thin slices, and beat them in a marble mortar to a pulp; take six eggs, (leave out half of the whites) half a pound of butter, and the juice of one orange; mix them together, and sweeten it with fine powder sugar, then bake it with thin paste under it.
Soak one third of a cup of gelatine in one third of a cup of cold water until soft; then pour over it one third of a cup of boiling water. Add a scant cup of sugar, the juice of one lemon, and a cupful of orange juice and pulp. Set the dish containing the mixture in a pan of ice water until it begins to harden. Have ready the whites of three eggs well whipped, add to the jelly, and beat all together until light and stiff enough to drop. Pour into molds wet in cold water, and lined with sections of oranges, from which seeds and white fiber have been removed.
Serve whole or cut the skin into eighths, halfway down, separating it from the fruit, and curling it inward, thus showing half the orange white and the other half yellow; or cut the skin into eighths, two-thirds down, and after loosening from the fruit, leave them spread open like the petals of a lily. Oranges sliced and mixed with well ripened strawberries, in the proportion of three oranges to a quart of berries, make a palatable dessert.
Pare divide, and take out the seeds from four or five sweet oranges, being careful to remove all the white rind and shreds. Place in a deep dish and pour over them a syrup prepared as for Apples in Jelly, using the juice of a whole lemon. Set in the ice box over night. A very little orange peel may be grated into the syrup if liked; and if the oranges are very sweet, less sugar will be required. If one can afford to use orange juice in place of the water in making the syrup, the dessert will be greatly improved.
Soak one quarter of a box of gelatine until soft in just enough cold water to cover. Then pour over it one half cup of boiling water. Stir until well dissolved, add the juice of one small lemon, one cupful of orange juice, and one half cup of sugar. Strain, turn into molds previously wet in cold water, and set on ice to harden. Strawberry, raspberry, and other fruit juices may be used in a similar manner.
Take three large seville oranges, the clearest kind you can get, grate off the out-rhine; take eight eggs, (leave out six of the whites) half a pound of double refin'd sugar, beat and put it to your eggs, then beat them both together for half an hour; take three ounces of sweet almonds blanch'd, beat them with a spoonful or two of fair water to keep them from oiling, half a pound of butter, melt it without water, and the juice of two oranges, then put in the rasping of your oranges, and mix all together; lay a thin paste over your dish and bake it, but not in too hot an oven.
Take two large Sevil oranges, and grate off the rind, as far as they are yellow; then put your oranges in fair water, and let them boil till they are tender; shift the water three or four times to take out the bitterness; when they are tender, cut them open, and take away the seeds and strings, and beat the other part in a mortar, with half a pound of sugar, till 'tis a paste; then put in the yolks of six eggs, three or four spoonfuls of thick cream, half a Naples-biscuit grated; mix these together, and melt a pound of very good fresh butter, and stir it well in; when 'tis cold, put a bit of fine puff-paste about the brim and bottom of your dish, and put it in and bake it about three quarters of an hour.
Take three or four seville oranges, the clearest skins you can get, pare them very thin, boil the peel in a pretty quantity of water, shift them two or three times in the boiling to take out the bitter taste; when it is boiled you must beat it very fine in a marble mortar; take ten eggs, (leave out six of the whites) three quarters of a pound of loaf sugar, beat it and put it to your eggs, beat them together for half an hour, put to them half a pound of melter butter, and the juice of two or three oranges, as they are of goodness, mix all together, and bake it with a thin paste over your dish.
3/4 lb. of Allinson wholemeal bread, some orange marmalade, 1 pint of milk, 3 eggs, some butter. Butter a mould thoroughly, cut the bread into slices and butter them, then arrange the bread and butter in the mould in layers, spreading each layer with marmalade. When the mould is 3/4 full, beat up the eggs with the milk and pour it over the layers; let the whole soak for 1 hour; cover the mould tightly, and steam the pudding for 1-1/2 hours. Dip the mould in cold water for 1 minute before turning it out; serve with white sauce.
6 oranges, 8 fine sweet apples, 1 oz. of ground sweet almonds, syrup as in "Orange Syrup." Peel the oranges and the apples, cut them across in thin slices, coring the apples and removing the pips from the oranges. Arrange the fruit into alternate circles in a glass dish, sprinkling the ground almonds between the layers. Pour over the whole the syrup.
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Tour Galapagos' wildlife highlights on an active adventure
Amazing wildlife, both on land and underwater, is the drawcard of the remote Galapagos Islands. Tour the Galapagos' outstanding natural beauty and interesting history by foot & boat on this active adventure. Trace Darwin's theory of evolution, spot colourful, bizarre and beautiful creatures and have an experience that is completely out of this world as you discover the incredible Galapagos Islands.
Learn about the unique habit of the marine iguana. This dinosaur-like little creature has an iridescent sheen and is only found on the Galapagos Islands
Snorkel the incredible marine life-filled waters of Kicker Rock, also known as Leon Dormido, one of the best snorkelling spots in the Galapagos and an absolute highlight for many travellers
Many come to Isla Santa Cruz just for the giant tortoises. Get up close and personal with these enormous animals, as they drag themselves through the sand
Kayaking is just one of the exciting activities on offer here. Take a boat out into the Pacific and enjoy the ride
Birdwatching in the Galapagos is quite an experience. Watch the aerobatic routines of blue-footed boobies and the death defying stunts of the frigate birds, as they whizz through the air
As this tour starts and finishes on the islands, there is the opportunity on the final day to forgo your flight back to Quito to stay on for Scuba Diving. We can offer this activity on the final day of the tour but it will require an extra night on the islands. See "important Notes" below for details.
This trip involves a lot of travel by boat between the various Galapagos Islands. The good news is that seasickness can often be managed with medication and by consulting a health professional before your trip.
This trip includes a 17 km hike (approximately 6-7 hours) on rocky terrain. We recommend bringing comfortable walking shoes that offer good support.
Wildlife is a big focus on this trip, with activities like bird-watching, swimming and visits to museums.
While you're free to go diving if you so choose, our leaders are specifically prohibited from recommending or assisting with booking this activity. This is part of Intrepid's internal safety policy.
The sun in the Galapagos islands is incredibly strong due to its close proximity to the equator, ensure you are well prepared with suncreen, sun hat, sunglasses and a rash guard if desired.
This trip does include snorkeling on multiple days throughout the itinerary. Confident swimming skills are required to take part in this tour.
Please note that internet access can be patchy in the Galapagos so Wi-Fi may not always be available or reliable.
Hot water can also be sporadic in some parts of the Galapagos so there may be a few cold showers on the trip.
This itinerary is valid for departures from 01 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. View the itinerary for departures between 01 January 2018 - 31 December 2018
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There are currently no scheduled departures on our Galapagos Island Hopping trip. If you are interested in other trips in the region visit one of the links below.
This trip starts in the Galapagos, there are two joining points available.
San Cristobal Airport- 11:30am on day 1
Casa de Nelly (start hotel)- Address: Manuel Agama S/N y Alsacio Northia. San Cristobal Galapagos-Check-in time is usually 12pm (Passengers from Quito and Leader will usually arrive at approximately 12:30)
Please advise no later than 15 days prior to departure, where you plan to join this trip.
Customer services phone number to call while in Galapagos if any issues: 09940148
This trip finishes in Santa Cruz, departure flights should be booked from Baltra airport.
Before you board your flight to the islands, at either Quito or Guayaquil Airports, you need to purchase your Galapagos Transit Control Card (US$20) at the Consejo de Gobierno counter in the entrance hall; if you haven't purchased this card you might be denied boarding. You will need to be at the airport at least 2 hours prior to the departure time as this can be a lengthy process. You will also need to have cash on hand as credit cards are not accepted.
After you have purchased Transit Control Card you will have to check your luggage at SICGAL counter where they seal your check in bags; then proceed to the check in counter of your respective airline.
The Galapagos park fee (US$100) and Isabela Port fee (US$10) are payable upon arrival to the islands (cash only). These amounts are in addition to your trip payment.
When booking, please ensure that your details are correct and they match your passport. Your passport must match the booking details provided to us; otherwise it could cause issues with your transit card and internal flights resulting in purchasing a new card and flights at your own expense.
You also have the option today to go scuba diving. To do this activity you will need to already have a scuba diving certification. All dives finish by 12.30pm and, since you need to wait at least 18 hours between diving and boarding a flight, you will need to stay in Santa Cruz at least 1 additional day. Where you will dive depends on when your trip ends and how long you can stay in Santa Cruz. See below for diving locations and experience level required:
Mondays: Dive off Floreana. Basic/Intermediate level
Tuesdays: Dive off Santa Fe. Basic/Intermediate level
Wednesdays: Dive off Seymour Canal & Mosquera Sur. Basic/Intermediate level
Thursdays: Dive off Gordon Rocks. Advanced level
Fridays: Dive off Beagle & Daphne. Intermediate level
Saturdays: Dive off Seymour Punta & Mosquera North. Basic/Intermediate level
Sundays: Dive off Gordon Rocks. Advanced level
We can assist you to book this activity and the extra accommodation required.
Galapagos, there are two joining points available.
San Cristobal Airport- 11:30am on day 1
Casa de Nelly (start hotel)- Address: Manuel Agama S/N y Alsacio Northia. San Cristobal Galapagos-Check-in time is usually 12pm (Passengers from Quito and Leader will usually arrive at approximately 12:30)
Please advise no later than 15 days prior to departure, where you plan to join this trip.
Customer services phone number to call while in Galapagos if any issues: 09940148
A single supplement is available on this trip.
This trip has a longer version which includes return flights from Quito.
Some of the hotels in the Galapagos do have internet connections however it's often very slow and may not always be functional.
Please note that in the Galapagos many of the hotels hot water services are limited and as such hot water may not always be available and cold showers maybe the only option.
Our Galapagos Island Hopping trips score an average of 4.76 out of 5 based on 411 reviews in the last year.
Good trip if you like snorkeling
Review submitted 15 Oct 2018
There was no space for me to comment on our guide Cesar Escarbay, however I have to let you know he is a brilliant guide with a passion for the islands. His knowledge and experience and guidance while in water was amazing. Very well organized and a pleasure to be around
Review submitted 15 Oct 2018


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The early symptoms of bladder cancer include blood in the urine, urinating frequently in small amounts, frequent urinary tract infections and pain during urination, according to WebMD. The early symptoms of urethral cancer include bloody urine and urethral discharge, states MedicineNet. Kidney cancer rarely causes early symptoms, notes the Mayo Clinic.
Symptoms of advanced bladder cancer include pain around the kidneys in the lower back, lower leg swelling and a pelvic mass near the bladder, notes WebMD. Patients with bladder cancer that has spread may experience weight loss, anemia, bone pain, or pain in the pelvic, rectal or anal area.
Sometimes early symptoms of urethral cancer do not occur at all, reports MedicineNet. When they do, they also include a weak or interrupted stream, frequent urination, thickness or a lump in the perineum, and enlarged lymph nodes in the groin. Symptoms may also represent conditions other than urethral cancer. Patients experiencing symptoms of urethral cancer should contact their physicians.
Symptoms of kidney cancer can occur in later stages, notes the Mayo Clinic. These include weight loss, intermittent fever, fatigue and blood in the urine. Blood in the urine may appear as red, pink or the color of cola. Back pain below the ribs can also occur.


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Well, it was a fairly relaxed Monday - but only because I made it so, taking advantage of most people's absence to take a leisurely approach at reviewing the pile of e-mail that accumulated over the past few days.
But although I had some "fun" re-partitioning my M100 and poring over some new data sets (which reminds me, I'm now looking for creative approaches at Graphing and Visualization, so feel free to send me links on those topics), the overall sensation is of things piling up on me.
On the lighter side, pfig dropped me this link to a bunch of Get a Mac spoofs (dig the Linux guy...), and Ricardo Saramago dredged up this unsightly take on a Hello Kitty Darth Vader.
Warning: link is work-safe, but may permanently taint your vision of the Star Wars universe (so much so that I just had to pinch the image myself...)
Finally, the iPhone rumors are rampant again. But the lemmings posting the news seem to have forgotten that the "news" is actually four weeks old - sites just keep on re-posting pretty much the same links, which just goes to show you how much "reporting" is really taking place.


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Janus Capital Corp. and Fidelity Investments, two of the biggest U.S. mutual fund companies, are taking opposing views on the New York Times Co.
Denver-based Janus, the best-selling fund group of recent years, was the largest buyer of Times shares in the second quarter, siding with those who say the "Gray Lady of 43rd Street" is an undervalued moneymaker. It trades at about 19 times forecast earnings, less than the Washington Post Co.'s 29 times and Tribune Co.'s 27.
"It is cheaper than a lot of newspaper stocks," said Martin Morris, an analyst and portfolio manager at Chicago Equity Partners. "They've had earnings estimates raised consistently over the last couple of quarters, and the stock is cheap on a price/earnings and cash-flow basis."
Fidelity fund managers may not share his outlook.
The biggest mutual fund company unloaded 1.1 million shares in the three months ended June 30, making it the second-biggest seller after Villanova Capital, according to the Carson Group, a New York-based research company that tracks holdings of institutional investors.
Villanova, the money-management arm of Nationwide Financial, sold 1.2 million shares amid concern a slowing economy and rising paper costs could crimp earnings.
In Monday's trading, the New York Times eased 19 cents to close at $39.38 on the New York Stock Exchange.


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"Fly with a Leader - North Dakota UAS"
North Dakota is home to the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, a growing cluster of UAS companies and Grand Sky - the nation's first UAS-focused business park. North Dakota has invested over $37 million for UAS initiatives and is collaborating with public and private partners to advance the industry. North Dakota offers legendary business opportunities with world-class expertise from our research universities, easy access to government officials and a network of existing high-tech businesses.


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Thank you kindly Ruth - I am very touched and it really cheered me up as at the time I was feeling really quite a bit down about this blog after all the Fashion Week stuff and wondering whether I should be blogging at all. As part of receiving this award I have to share seven random facts about myself and pass it on to some other bloggers. So here are my seven:
1. I have double jointed elbows. Don't think that's helpful in any way. It actually makes flamenco dancing harder, not easier and it creeps Mr V out.
2. I am arachnophobic.
3. I am not and never will be a morning person.
4. I love a good fry up on the weekends - scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms, the lot!
5. I have lived in eight different cities and five different countries, four of which were islands - see here for details.
6. People have a hard time working out where I'm from. Over the years I have been asked if I am Mexican, Peruvian, Hawaiian, Mauritian, Tahitian, Portuguese, Spanish, Gypsy, Maori, American Indian, Indian and I'm sure there are several others I've forgotten!
7. I am a published author - I have published three papers in scientific journals and two international patents. Hardly glamorous stuff but, there is a lot of noise currently being made on the blogosphere about journalistic standards in the wake of the Suzy Menkes article about whether bloggers can compare themselves to the lofty heights of bona fide fashion journalism. I'd just like to point out that writing about fashion is absolutely a walk in the park compared to the qualifications you need under your belt and the research you have to conduct in order to write and publish peer reviewed journal articles for scientific publications!
And here are my versatile blogger nominations:
6. Diane at Haute Flashion - for her great outfit shots which are always accessorised with interesting and matching backdrops!
7. And finally a special mention to a fellow Australian, Willow of Art, Clothes and Contemplations - a beautiful young woman with a blog that is the antithesis of her peergroup (where often the focus is on churning out the next high fashion look from Zara/Topshop/Primark). Willow reminds me of me when I was young. Do you remember the magic of being seventeen? Of that strange twilight age half way between leaving the innocence of childhood and becoming a woman? (Or maybe that happens so much earlier these days?). A time where romance is still to be found in having tea parties in country fields, in finding your own voice through writing, in discovering the literary joys of vintage copies of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Alice in Wonderland, in discovering the beauty of vintage clothes and imagining the stories woven into their fabric and those that are yet to be told, in discovering how to create your own clothes and your own world to go with them. If there is one thing I miss about being young, it is not the unlined, plump facial features, nor the cellulite free thighs, nor the firm glowing skin. It is that wide eyed, open-hearted view of the world and the fascination with all that life has to offer, a readiness to see and take in its beauty which we sometimes forget to stop and do when we get older. If you are becoming a little jaded with life in your old age this blog will un-jade you very quickly.
I've nominated you all because you are all fab and I love visiting your blogs. There is no obligation whatsoever on my part to follow the award "instructions" because I know that these posts take time and we're all busy (I know because I've still got a backlog of Liebster awards I still feel guilty about not following up on - sorry Emalina! Terry! Posts still in draft!), but if you are keen to share the love here is what you are supposed to do:
- Nominate some other new bloggers, I'll leave the number up to you
- Let them know you have nominated them
- Share 7 random facts about yourself (feel free to share more or less as you see fit)
- Thank the blogger who has nominated you
- Add the Versatile Blogger Award to your post.


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Just as I'd suspected, I'm suffering from iliotibial band friction syndrome.
I trained for my first race, a half marathon, entirely on a treadmill, since I trained during the winter months and I truly hate feeling cold. The first time I ran in years outdoors was during that half marathon, and while I wasn't in pain during the race, I was in pain afterwards (knees, hips).
I continued running on the treadmill without feeling pain, and trained for another half marathon which would take place two months later.
That's when I felt it.
The hills on that course were so steep that I walked most of the way after passing mile 10. My hips were in excruciating pain, and all I could do was cry and realize that finishing sub-2:30 was not going to happen.
Almost two weeks ago, and two weeks post killer-hills half marathon, I ran the Broad Street 10-miler. Mile 8 and I'm just pushing through the pain at this point.
I've been in constant pain since. A pain so sharp that I spent the last two weeks standing because sitting hurts, and of course, no running.
Today I went to a chiropractor who specializes in sports injuries who was kind enough to see me during his lunch hour. He said I had iliotibial band syndrome and helped me with stretches, aligned my hips and massaged the area with an über-painful machine, which left me literally screaming.
"I'm seeing stars, I'm seeing stars…"
I scheduled two deep tissue massages for next week and need to continue cryotherapy, gentle yoga and a break from running. I'm mad that when I went to get fitted for running shoes, right around the time when the IT Band issues started, the guy said it didn't appear to be ITB issues. $150 in running shoes later, which I couldn't return and absolutely no relief.
Lesson: Never buy running shoes you can't return after trying them out first. A good running store will allow you to return your shoes until you find the perfect fit. Running shoes are NOT cheap!!!
I'll be updating on my progress (hopefully I'll make some) as I go along.
Have a great weekend, friends!! I'll be in the NICU all weekend with my babies.


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Nicholas Carroll
April 15, 2017
For most people, online, internet, and Social Media defamation comes in three categories:
1. The defamation is all online. Maybe it's a kook you don't know, maybe it's high school revenge from 10 years ago, but all of it is online. This is the easiest type of defamation to deal with. If you post positive web pages about yourself online, and delete or push down the negative pages, the kook becomes pretty powerless, and usually will move on to a new victim.
2. The defamation started online, but has now spread to your neighbors, coworkers, classmates or customers. That's worse, but it can usually be stopped at the online level; once the perpetrator's posts are no longer reaching their audience, or are buried deep in the search engine rankings, people who know you personally will gradually lose interest and forget about it. If the kook was accusing you of something serious like embezzlement or child molesting, even that is likely to fade away.
3. The defamation started locally among people you know, and only then spread to internet defamation. This is a tougher situation – it can't hurt and will usually help you to remove the online defamation, since that will stop the "echo effect," but you still need to deal with the local problem. Sometimes an online forensic investigation to prove who is making the Internet posts will solve the problem – if you find that all the negative posts are coming from one or two people, then revealing that to the community can shift opinions fast – in fact you can come out clean, and the kooks who started the negative rumors can end up ruining their own reputation(s).
Solutions: not me, sorry. I'm technically internet-savvy, but improving people's online image is not my specialty. Since I want to offer readers a solution, not a problem, I try to point you to people who do offer effective solutions.
The number of "reputation defender" companies has grown, and are now known as Online Reputation Management companies, or "ORM." However, most of them are still limited to trying to add positive pages about you to the Web, in the hope of pushing down the negative mentions. That can't hurt, but may not solve your problems; it's a bit useless to build a nice big positive Facebook page for you, when your problem is negative comments turning up in Google search.
Over the last few years I've recommended two online reputation management companies, but they were charging customers more and more, and selling the most expensive services like investigations and lawsuits, instead of focusing on the effective and economical solution first: get the defamation off the Internet! I've contacted numerous other reputation management services, but found them unresponsive or overpriced.
Last summer I located an online reputation management company with one core service: get the defamation pushed down or completely deleted. I reviewed their services, and spoke to founder Matt Peters several times, and while they can ratchet up into tracking down anonymous critics or litigation, they definitely start with the basics getting the defamatory material deleted from the internet. The company: http://www.RipoffRemoval.com/
RipoffRemoval offers guaranteed satisfaction or your money back (which is rare or maybe unique), and they're candid about what they can and can't do for you. What they can do: push down or outright delete defamatory posts from a lot of websites you probably considered untouchable, often in a matter of weeks, without getting into forensic tracking of the libelers or expensive litigation. Unlike almost all the other online reputation management companies, they also answer the phone or return your call promptly (many other companies ask you to fill out long forms with personal information before they'll contact you).
What the company says right up front is more difficult: deleting negative posts from .gov or mainstream media websites. I consider this reasonable, since government agencies or major newspapers are not very obliging about deleting anything. On the other hand, neither of them are very obliging to kooks either government and major newspapers don't usually publish negative information about individuals until they have investigated the truth of it.
Nicholas Carroll
I'm the author of Fighting Slander, Law of the Blog, and Dancing with Lawyers (all of which are on the shelves of law libraries at eminent law schools), and the encyclopedia article "Search Engine Optimization and User Behavior." I'm also an expert witness to law firms for defamation of character lawsuits, particularly those involving online/internet/Social media defamation or emotional distress due to defamation. This is a brief writing and legal biography, and a brief technical biography can be read at here.
Definitions: Most online defamation used to come from trolls and energy creatures. The origin of "trolls" is uncertain whether it is about physical trolls who hide under bridges and attack passerbys, or comes from "trolling" for fish. In either case trolls are people who put out inflammatory posts to infuriate people. "Energy creature" has a clear origin, from the Star Trek TV series; these are trolls-to-the-max, and the more you fight back, the more they love it as they "absorb" your energy. Your anger is their strength.
However that was the early 1990s, when most users were technically savvy and knew how to track down trolls; when free (and anonymous) email accounts didn't exist; and there were no wireless connections, so a troll couldn't conveniently go to a coffee shop and libel you anonymously.
So today we also have have online sockpuppets, relatively non-technical people who still know enough to set up ten free email accounts, and log in from different fake user accounts to post libel about you. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29)
Today "online" is a broad term the defamation could begin online at in private or school or church discussion groups, professional discussion groups, a homeowners association or the workplace, then propagate to the WWW through websites, Facebook or Twitter, blogs, Ebay ratings or Amazon reviews, or even the old Internet standby of Usenet. It all comes to the same thing; when the defamation is propagated electronically, it can spread fast, and go beyond embarrassment to do you real harm.


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Santas Doing His Job Again.
What a tiring trip Santa had. He was so beat after his 24-hour flight that he slept all of Christmas Day. But the day after, he returned the many calls left by the staff of The Tentacle.
Everyone wanted to know what he had brought certain people in Frederick Countys celebrity parade. So, here are the gifts they received.
** Santa brought the president of the Board of County Commissioners a new leadership position as chairman of the World Association of County Organizations. Now she will be able to say not only that she is president of the BOCC and MACO, but she is now the head of WACO. But then again, perhaps she has been all along.
** County Commissioner Charles Jenkins received a D-9 Caterpillar and a road grader so that he will actually be able to get something done about the roads in the county.
** Santa was more than nice to Commissioner David Gray. He gave him a life-sized cardboard cutout of himself, with the appropriate bend at the waist, so he can put it in his seat at commissioners meetings to give the appearance that he actually attends them.
** Santa left Commissioner John L. Lennie Thompson the lead role in a remake of a Mayberry RFD movie. Hell assume the role of the shyster, white-suited lawyer from Mount Pilot, who has no redeeming qualities.
** As a gift to all the citizens of Frederick County, Santa left Commissioner Kai Hagen two broken hands (to keep him off computers in general, and the Frederick News-Post website in particular); a muzzle to keep him quiet at commissioners meeting; and a swimmers nose guard to keep his nose out of the business of local municipalities.
Santa left Frederick City Mayor Jeff Holtzinger an annexation petition for his farm so that hell meet residency requirement and keep Frederick News-Post Columnist Katherine Heerbrandt off his back.
** Delegate Galen Clagett found a note from Santa granting him his wish to run for the most powerful position in the world God. Santa figured that is the only office that can accommodate Delegate Clagetts raging ego.
** Almost as an afterthought, Santa made a return trip to Commissioner Grays house and left him a seeing eye dog so that Mr. Gray can blame the dog when he fails to attend meetings. And when he doesnt read background material, he can say the dog ate it.
** While he was making his return trip to Walkersville, Santa also stopped at Commissioner Thompsons house and left him a new white suit. This one is a little different it has a target on the back of the jacket.
** Santa looked through the wrapped packages under Mayor Holtzinger tree and discovered a really unique item. It a new machine that transfer all information about issues on which the aldermen must make decisions to those elected officials. This way he doesnt have to talk to them directly except at the twice-a-month meetings.
** Alderman Kip Koontz also found an exceptional gift from Santa under his tree. This little machine expands every day by six hours so that Mr. Koontz will have enough time to do everything he knows he has to get done in a timely manner.
** Santa left Fredericks President Pro-Tem Marcia Hall a complete set of furniture for a family room in City Hall. It may sound like a strange gift, but it gets a lot of use when Ms. Hall needs a relaxing place to go when she finally has to make a decision. Unfortunately, the door becomes jammed and she is able to avoid again telling anyone what the decision was.
** Alderman Donna Kuzemchak received a court order from Santa giving her the right to change her name to whatever she wants without having to return to court.
** Alderman C. Paul Smith received special reading glasses from Santa. These temple huggers grant the wearer the ability to understand the intricacies of government without first stepping on ones tongue.
** For Thurmont Mayor Martin Burns, Santa left a temperament more suited to those in public office. He will now be able to control the temper which has gotten his tongue rapped around his eye-tooth so he couldnt see what he was saying.
** Thurmont Commissioners Ron Terpko and Glenn Muth received a better scheduling calendar so they will now be able to attend all meetings of the towns board.
** For Brunswick and Frederick city governments, Santa left the solution to a sticky ethics dilemma concerning accusations that Richard Stup, Brunswicks Planning and Zoning administrator and chairman of the City of Fredericks Ethics Commission, misused his position to enhance his own financial situation.
** Santa left Delegate Joe Bartlett a cure for his foot-in-mouth disease. It provides an electrical shock every time he contradicts his family values mantra.
** Delegate Rick Weldon found a new engine for his Common Sense Express under his tree. Apparently Santa doesnt delve into local politics, or he would have realized that the old engine is doing quite nicely Thank You, Very Much.
** Delegate Sue Hecht got the nicest present of all from Santa. He left her a cure for the disease that is currently attacking her. Santa also left a note asking her to moderate her left-wing policies. If she doesnt, Santa said, he wasnt going to bring her a present next year.
** Santa didnt know what to bring Alex Mooney because the state senator seems to be able to buy anything he wants with campaign contributions.
** And at the last stop in Frederick County, Santa paid a visit to State Senator David Brinkleys house. He left the man a lot of people hope will eventually replace Congressman Roscoe Bartlett in the House of Representative, the ability to really understand why his wife left a busy and successful law practice to become a nurse.
Oh, well. Soon Santa has to start preparing for next year. Hes taking a week off to exercise rigorously. The milk and cookies left for him all over the world put on a few pounds to his already portly frame.


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Washington Aerospace Training & Research (WATR) Center (3008 100th St. SW Everett)
Schedule: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM (ongoing): Hands-on activities; opportunity to talk with current apprentices, apprenticeship providers, training agents, and employers; barbecue, raffle, 4:45 p.m.: Rep. John Lovick, 44th District, Keynote Speaker.
5:00 p.m.: Panel discussion led by Leonard Kelly, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of Snohomish County Labor Council and Mayor of Stanwood.
Panelists include current and former Snohomish County apprentices.
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: ongoing events continue.


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Where Did That Other Sock Go?
Is There A Sock Monster In Or Under Your Dryer.
How To Make Your Very Own Sock Monster, Complete Instructions In This Video.
Photo Of Sock Monster Captured. See His Eyes In Photo.
Some explanations for where those lost socks go!
Where Did All Those Lost Socks Go? Please Vote In Our Poll.
Where do you think all those lost socks went to?
Where Do All Those Lost Socks Go?
Is it possible that socks contain some type of dark matter and when heated up in the dryer just a little bit the socks go poof and vanish into thin air. Maybe just maybe this is why you can put a perfect pair of socks into the washing machine but when you go to take them out of the dryer there is only one. I always wondered where all that lint came from.
There Are Some Places Those Lost Socks May Be Hiding.
In your washing machine there is an agitator that moves the clothes around and helps to get your clothes clean. What you may not know is that in most washing machines it is easy to remove and you may be surprised at what you may find hiding under it and in it. You can usually remove the agitator easily and check under it and in it in some cases. Wow how did all those socks get under there.
Look under the lint dryer tray especially in some older dryers for those lost socks. You should take that lint tray out and insert the vacuum hose and suck out all the lint several times a year. It will help to prevent fires and your dryer will operate much better.
Where Do Those Lost Socks Go?
Where Does That Lost Sock Go?
I put both socks in the washing machine but when I take the clothes out of the dryer I'm always missing a sock or two here and there. Where in the world does that lost sock go? Is there a sock eating monster living in the dryer. And why does it always seem like its one of my newest socks that seems to vanish.
My Plans To Apply For A Government Grant To Look For The Sock Monster
The Sock Monster is usually found in and around washing machines and dryers. And until now no one had ever seen it but if you look just below you'll see that the real Sock Monster has now been caught on film. Well a photo anyway. It even looks as if he made be made partly out of socks.
I Plan To Apply For A Government Grant To Study The Sock Monster.
I have applied for a grant to study the sock monster and see if I can determine its breeding habits and possibly discover what color of socks it likes the best. We do know or believe that there is at least one sock monster living in every home in America where there is a washer or dryer.
Maybe if I feel out my grant application correctly I will soon have the funding to start my exploration of every washer and dryer in America trying to find once and for all the elusive sock monster.
After all if they will give someone a 2 million dollar grant to study the mating habits of frogs why shouldn't they give me a million to hunt down the sock monster.
Is That The Sock Monster In The Photo Above?
A source which asked not to be identified sent me the photo above of an alleged Sock Monster in her family laundry room. You can clearly see its eyes there in the photo and it even appears to be made at least partially out of socks. Is a monster similar to this living behind your washer and dryer. Is it waiting there to eat your socks when your not looking.
Maybe just maybe they will approve my grant application to study the habits of the elusive sock monster. Who knows maybe just maybe there is a sock monster living right there in your house behind or under your washer and dryer. You know I do keep hearing a strange sound coming out of my washroom. Could it be I have a sock monster looking for my socks?
How To Make Sock Monster Creatures
Why? Mind Altering Questions To Get Your Mind Off That Missing Sock.
Many articles supply information but here I will not. Here I will supply the questions and let you rack your brain to supply the answers. Use the comment section below to let me know your answers. What do you think and why. I warn you the answers will not come easy and they might even make you think if your not real careful. You might even find some of them hilarious or maybe even funny. So be careful or you just might laugh.
1. Ok on Tarzan why are there no bears even though he was raised with wolfs. What happened to the Bears. Where were they. Maybe just maybe the wolfs ate them!
2. Have you ever wondered about this one. Why does the glue not just stick to the inside of the glue container and refuse to come out. Is there a secret about the glue we do not know. If so can you please tell the rest of us that secret please.
3. Why do they use a sterile injection when they are executing someone by lethal injection. Can you say politically incorrect.
4. Why do people push down harder and harder on the buttons on the remote control even though they know the batteries are weak.
5. Why is it when someone hurts us that we say everything's ok when most of the time everything is not ok. Why don't we just tell them the truth.
6. What happens to that other sock in the dryer. You put them both in the washer but by the time they get to the dryer you have only one white sock with a blue stripe top. Where does the other sock go. Who made off with that other sock and where is it.
7. Why do people put the empty milk or juice carton back in the Fridge. Do they think its going to magically refill its self. Why?
8. If we as humans evolved from Monkeys why are there still monkeys. Or did we not get it right the first time.
9. Ever wondered why Superman can stop bullets with his chest but yet he ducks when the villain throws the gun at him. Come on why!
10. Why do people go back again and again to the refrigerator or cabinets and look over and over. Do we think something new is going to appear in there while the door is closed.
11. Why did the Coyote never catch the road runner? Could any animal be as dumb as that coyote was.
12. Why do people believe there are planets and stars out there but when they see a sign that says wet paint they have to touch it.
Ok there's you twelve questions to think about. Post a comment below and let us know your answers to these questions. And I really do hope someone can tell me where that other sock went to. I've heard about this place called, " The Land Of Lost Socks " but I just know there has to be a place where that other sock goes to. Let us know your answers. Tell us what you think. Maybe you have a question you've always wondered about. If so tell us and we will try to find the answer for you. Life has many mysteries and conundrums. And here I have mentioned but a very few. Possibly you know the answers. If so let us know.
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Post A Comment Below And Let Us Know What You Think. Do You Have My Missing Sock? Or Do You Know Where It Is?
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Funny hub and yes I have always wondered where that other sock went. Some other thought provoking material there to.
I know where my missing socks are! My dog takes them under my bed into her "nest" - along with used tissues, Rud's guitar plectrums, hair bands, and most yummy of all if she can get her paws on them, my used knickers! Eeeew!


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Minors Entering Your Promotion? Compliance is Key.
Happy New Year!
It's the time of year to refresh and plan - and, we know lots of our clients will be coming up with some awesome promotional ideas! If yours will be marketed to minors, you'll want to brush up on the specific requirements that may impact your concept.
You may remember a post we wrote a couple of months ago regarding COPPA and how it will affect the structure of your sweepstakes, contest or game if opening it up to those under 13 years of age. Although COPPA rules when it comes to online promotions, there are a lot of other things to consider when marketing your promotion to minors. Here are a few things we think you should know:
- Health Related Information. Although most sweepstakes and contests are run in accordance with general promotional law, there are always certain states that enforce some pretty specific rules. When it comes to minors, there are certain states that prohibit the collection of health related information (in addition to general personally identifiable information). For reference, "health related information" may be a child's particular food allergy or medical condition. We'll walk you through the demographic information you can collect and the best ways to obtain the information you are looking for in a safe and legal way.
- Contractual Agreements & Intellectual Property. We have a lot of clients who run contests geared towards minors and some of them involve essays or other intellectual property submissions that might get posted online. Remember, that in many states, a person under 18 cannot legally be bound to a contract (such as a release of rights to the intellectual property), so you'll want to get parental consent. Although getting parental consent might seem like another daunting step to add to the submission process, we'll guide you in the best way to structure entry so that you gather what you need, while staying compliant.
- Social Media Participation. You may not know this, but most social networks don't allow kids under the age of 13 to participate in sweepstakes on their sites. We'll review all social network guidelines with you and help resolve any structural issues while writing the official rules.
It's important to consult with the experts before hitting the "launch" button.As always, we're only a phone call away (800-894-5461) - We'll make sure you're promotion is buttoned up and ready to go!


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This one is a work between my wife and me. She put the idea and the art. I make the part of wood. If the door is closed , is a mirror, only. Only the handle of the door, it seems out of place. The meetings of the corners, they do not stand out, it looks like a closed frame. With the opened door, one sees the union.
The mirror was stuck to the door, for a professional. For safety.
I hope that this work is of your interest.
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#1 posted 05-08-2013 08:07 PM
Very neat… Have always wanted to put secret doors in the house. Have considered shelves, but really like the mirror idea :) Thanks for sharing…
-- Dan
#2 posted 05-12-2013 11:47 AM
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He said: One of the main missions of the Al-Jazeera Network is to create crisis in Middle East and sow dissension between Sunnis and Shias and Muslim and Christian and foment other kinds of sectarianism in the region in cooperation with Qatar's and Mossad's security services.
Following the eruption of conflicts between Christians and Muslims in Central Africa and after the United Nation appointed an experts team to investigate situations in Central Africa, the team and the UN commissioner for investigation of the situation in Central Africa inquired about Thuraya telephone provider, that armed groups in central Africa has used, from Ooredoo company.
According to the Ooredoo company on Jun 27, 2016, the line registered in the name of Al-Jazeera Network and was launched in January 2003. Ooredoo is one of the largest communication companies in the world and the largest mobile provider in the Qatar.
The former Qatari Foreign Minister officially announced during a press conference that Syrian crisis was created by Qatar with British and Israeli command and then it was continued by Saudi Arabia's leadership. Hereby, this analysis is certain that support if Boko Haram and ISIS in Africa is related to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.


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Her disheveled Upper East Side Manhattan office is a far cry from Atwood Richards's posh Park Avenue setting. No tropical birds here. Visitors to Barter Advantage Inc. are more apt to be greeted by a long-haired sheep dog.
But in three years, Lois Dale has built what may be the most successful small-business barter exchange in the Big Apple. And she's savvy enough for television host Louis Rukeyser to dub her the ''First Lady of Barter.''
Ms. Dale's clientele numbers 1,000, and they trade some $10 million in goods and services annually.
''Management is the whole thing,'' asserts the flamboyant matchmaker. The Bronx-born president was decked out in red nails and leopard-spotted stockings during a recent interview.
''The most important thing is balance. You can get too many services and not enough goods. It won't work if you've got 10 doctors, 10 lawyers, and one office furniture store.'' And the members must be active traders. This year, Ms. Dale has dropped 200 members for lack of trades, price gouging, or simply bad debt. On the other hand, she's picking up new clients at the rate of 14 a month, she says.
While Dale is branching into barter seminars, opening up a West Coast office, and putting a computer terminal in every barter member's office, two other New York barter exchanges recently foundered.
''The industry is in a shakeout phase now, but we're still growing in volume and interest,'' says Joe Weiss, deputy director of the International Reciprocal Trade Association.
A poorly run barter exchange can sour businesses on the concept, and ''there are bad apples all over the country. It's not a stable business,'' Mr. Weiss agrees. ''Because there are no licensing standards at all, everybody and his brother can get into this - and does.''
The trade group is trying to get Congress to set up licensing standards and put the group in an oversight role similar to the one the National Association of Securities Dealers has been given by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Meanwhile, Weiss advises business people thinking about joining a barter setup to do the following:
* Check the age of the barter firm and verify its standing in the business community.
* Ask for a referral list and check it carefully.
* Be sure the members are situated close enough to one another to trade conveniently.
* Prepare a list of what you want and then see if you can get those items based on the client list.
* Find out how many clients are on ''standby status'' - clients with such a flooded credit account they cannot trade with you. If more than 10 percent of the members are on standby status, it could be a sign of problems at the exchange.
And if you're thinking of starting a barter exchange, Ms. Dale counsels: ''It's a fallacy that you're going to get rich overnight. I started with $25,000 and in one year reinvested another $90,000 out of the business. You should have at least $25,000 to begin, plus enough to live on for six months or a year.''


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A nice soaking rain again this morning. Has to be one of the wetter July's I can remember.
The GFS is absolutely bone-dry for at least the next three days, with a huge question mark as to exactly how many of us will get any rain Friday-Sunday. When is the last time we saw this much heat and humidity but such low rain chances for a solid week? When the pattern decided to flip, she certainly flipped.
For this weekend and Monday, upper ridging slowly weakens as troughover the Carolinas/southeast United States retrogrades south/thenwest. The mid-level warm layer will move out of the area withincreasing moisture (PWs increasing to 1.7-1.9 inches). Increasingmoisture and instability will allow convection to increase incoverage and intensity. Isolated strong/severe storms are possibleeach afternoon/evening. Main concern being damaging winds, heavyrainfall, and frequent lightning.
I can deal with this weather. It is summer and its supposed to be hot. 90s and HI around 105 is plenty hot enough. The day after day after day of 120 HI that we had last year is ridiculous.


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Recently, when people ask me how I am, my automatic response has been, "Staying busy." And I am busy–with kids, work, writing, building a new house…life. But I feel like I've fallen into a trap that a lot of us fall into. I've been so busy "keeping up" that my busyness is starting to drag me down. With a 18-month-old and a seven-year-old, I don't want my kids to look back and remember their mom always too busy to play with them.
This month I'm going to focus on getting my schedule under control. Here are some things I'm going to try:
1. Make a list of all my commitments and cut out some things. There are things that were priorities in the past, that aren't anymore. There are some things I do because I've always done them. It's time to re-evaluate.
2. Learn to say "no." I've gotten better at this, but sometimes I slip back into my people-pleasing ways.
3. Exercise and get outside more. I workout in the gym a few times a week, but taking a walk outside has a way of slowing my brain down. Now that the weather is cooling off, I need to get back to that habit.
4. Simplify. I'm a minimalist at heart (having children makes this challenging), and we're currently living at my mom's house while our new home is being built. Moving my family into a couple of guest rooms has done two things. 1. Reminded me how few belongings we really need. 2. And made me appreciate how important having some "white space" in my home and in my life is. I haven't missed many things that have been in storage the past three months. When we move into the new house, it's time to clear some of those things out.
5. Pray / Meditate. I'm an introvert and I need that quiet time to restore my mind and my soul. Constantly having people and commitments pulling at me, drains all my energy. It's time for me to build quiet time into my schedule.
So do you have any ideas for me? How can we escape the trap of busy?


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Mary Sue Whatley Clark, 68, of Grove Hill died Aug. 20, 2012 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. A native of Whatley, she worked at Vanity Fair, MacMillan- Blodel and was retired from Weyerhaeuser. She was a faithful member of Tompkins Baptist Church.
She was a beloved wife and mother. Survivors are her husband of 50 years, Jerry L. Clark of Grove Hill; daughter, Angelia M (Buddy) Jordan of Grove Hill; brother, George E. (Pam) Whatley of Whatley; two sisters, Margaret (Rodney) Hubbard of Inwood, West Va. and Sandra Williams of Whatley; four grandchildren, Adam Jordan and Kimberly Jordan, both of Grove Hill, Heather (Brian) Newton of Jackson and Lindsay Jordan of Mobile; one great-grandchild, Benjamin Newton of Jackson; nephews and close family friends, Annie Harrison and Lillian Gibson.
The funeral was Aug. 22 at Tompkins Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnny Kendrick officiating. Burial was at Tompkins Baptist Church Cemetery with O'Bryant Funeral Home directing.
Active pallbearers were Wayne Pettis, Keith Newton, Claude Agee, Roger Hare, Ward Edge and Jack Robinson. Honorary pallbearers were David Downey, Randy Hare, John Mosley, Jeffrey Keel, Brad Cockerham and Chester Roberts.
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Thought I'd share a couple drool-worthy photos from a recent build. Nice bike, John.
BobC describes the first TitanFlex Ultegra Di2 installation on his blog. Thanks to this project, the new TF-20 model is made specifically for internal routing of the electronic group.
It's official. TitanFlex is the vehicle of choice among those addicted to bicycling...
For those cycling connoisseurs looking for a more "fleshed-out" boom bike we are considering importing this model from New Orleans.
Pre-delivery reservations are now being accepted.
Carbon fiber is the hottest material in today's performance bike market. Sitting on top of the progression from wood to steel to aluminum to titanium, carbon fiber offers comfort, stiffness, light weigh and curvaceous looks. Asian sourcing has overcome the labor intensity of the fabrication process, helping to keep the costs within reach of cycling addicts. About their re-sourcing decision (from the USA to China), Cannondale reported that the typical carbon frame required 45 hours of hand labor to create. That gets expensive at US labor rates, but at $1/hour, production in China made good sense, and dollars!
There's just one little dark secret that stands in the way of everyone living happily ever after: more than any other material carbon fiber is vunerable to impact damage. It doesn't take much to disturb the epoxy matrix and create a stress riser that can result in an unannounced failure. Dropping your bike on a curb, closing it in your trunk with a wheel or other gear in the way--or, God forbid, a competitor taking a ball peen hammer to it in the transition area--can put a ding in the frame. Unlike metal frames where such a collision leaves a mark that suggests the extent of the forces involved, carbon fiber is mute in all but delaminating events.
So the caution is, be extra careful. Treat your carbon fiber bike like the fine piece of China it truly is. Unlearn any habit of tossing it around like it was made of metal.
The Vice president and general counsel of TREK, Robert Burns, recently chimed in on this topic. His letter is published in the October 1, 2012 issue of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News:
"I am compelled to comment on your Aug.15, 2012, carbon fiber repair article ("Crack problem? Carbon repairers have you covered"). Contrary to the impression given by your article, Trek Bicycle does not endorse or recommend repairing damaged carbon fiber frames or parts, nor do we endorse or recommend any business that offers such repairs.
Carbon fiber is a superior material that is lighter, stronger and has greater fatigue life than either aluminum or steel. [Notice the omission of titanium.] However, when it is overloaded and becomes damaged, we recommend that it be replaced--not repaired. In fact, while we realize that we cannot stop bicycle owners from seeking carbon fiber repair services, such repairs void Trek's lifetime warranty and we require repair shops such as Calfee's to provide us with the serial number of the carbon Trek bicycles they do repair in the event of a future warranty claim or injury.
Trek offers a generous Loyalty Replacement program under which we replace damaged Trek carbon fiber frames and parts at greatly reduced cost. If you, as a dealer, have any doubt regarding the integrity of a carbon fiber frame or part, you should recommend that a customer replace it with a newly manufactured frame or part."
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