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So I'm working with an incredible woman who is an MS Office tutor. She knows Excel like she wrote it herself.
Over the past few weeks she's been compiling my sales data. ALL of my sales data.
For the very first time, I have total counts of all my sales from every platform. My legacy titles, Amazon published titles, and everything I have on KDP, Nook, Smashwords, Overdrive, Createspace, Kobo, Sony, and Apple.
And now I'm going to share those numbers with you.
These are based on my 8 legacy titles (the Jack Daniels books, Afraid, Timecaster) and my 40+ self-pubbed titles (which include 6 solo novels, 3 collaborative novels--Flee, Draculas, and Serial Killers Uncut, and the rest shorts and compilations and collaborations).
So what are these numbers? (For fun, compare them to my numbers from 2009.)
Since 2004, I've sold 126,366 legacy ebooks, earning me $130,916 (prior to 15% to my agent.)
Since 2009, I've sold 632,501 self-pubbed ebooks, earning me $912,138. Some of that is shared with my collaborators, but not the lion's share by a longshot.
The majority of the money I've made on ebooks are on six of my novels, The List, Origin, Disturb, Shot of Tequila, Endurance, and Trapped. These six novels--all rejected by legacy publishers, have sold 362,783 copies, earning me $600,501.
I'm not at liberty to discuss the sales of my Amazon published books, Shaken and Stirred, because Amazon prefers I don't. But I'll say that I've sold more ebook copies of Shaken and Stirred in less than three years than my eight legacy titles of sold in ebooks in eight years.
My eight legacy titles have sold 60,993 hardcovers, 190,213 paperbacks, and 9828 trade paper since 2004, earning me a total of $264,527.
I've used Createspace to make my self-pubbed books available in print. Since 2010 I've sold 12,711 self-pubbed paper books and made $37,519.
Again, can't talk about Shaken and Stirred. Shaken, released first, did pretty well in print, as this was when Borders and B&N carried copies. Now Borders is gone, and no brick and mortar bookstore will touch Amazon pubbed paper books, so Stirred didn't do as well.
Since 2004, I've sold a combined ebook/paper total of 387,400 legacy books, earning $395,443, or $336,126 after my agent's commission. This includes all advances. That's $42,015 per year. Not bad, but anyone who is a longtime reader of this blog knows how much I busted my ass to sell that many, and how much I spent on promotion and travel. If I took home $30k any given year, I'd be very surprised. It was usually less than that.
Since 2009, I've sold a combined ebook.paper total of 645,212 self-pubbed legacy books, earning $949,657. That's $730,282 on my own, and another $109,687 for my share of my collaborations, for a total of $839,969. That's $210,000 a year, average.
Stirred has made a little more money than Shaken, due to Blake Crouch's brand, but I had to split that money with him. Again, I'm not disclosing how much I've made, but I've made more on Shaken than I have on any one of my legacy titles. This is the reason I continue to sign with Amazon publishing, and why at the end of this year I'll release three books with them, co-written with Ann Voss Peterson, Flee, Spree, and Three.
Some of my self-pubbed novels have made more money than Shaken.
Now my calculations don't take certain things into account, including:
1. I don't have 2012 legacy sales figures yet, thanks to publishing's reporting system being back-asswards and archaic.
2. I'm counting 2012 as a full year, even though it is only September.
3. My averages aren't fully accurate. For my first year of legacy pubbing I only had one book out, and my first year of self-pubbing I had less than ten. Obviously I didn't sell many legacy ebooks before 2007, when the Kindle was invented.
4. The vast majority of my sales have been in the last 22 months, as ebooks have really taken off, so averaging out over four years isn't accurate. In 2011 and the first months of 2012 I've made $791k, or an average of $37,000 a month. To put this in perspective, I got a $33,000 advance for Whiskey Sour, and a $20k advance for Afraid.
5. My legacy paper sales have dwindled dramatically, partially because of bookstores closing, partly because bookstores hate me and won't carry me, partly because I haven't had a new legacy book in years. So again, averages aren't the best way to view the data.
Because this isn't a true science experiment with a control, any conclusions I draw will be speculative. But my data is solid, and I'm confident enough to make a few observations.
1. Ebooks are the future.
I've been saying this for years, but my data bears it out. I'm betting, when I get my next legacy royalty statement, my ebooks will have outsold my mass market paperbacks. Paper sales are dwindling, ebooks are taking over, in a big way.
2. Amazon is the big dog.
Not only is Amazon Publishing (Encore, Thomas & Mercer, etc.) a smart and lucrative way to diversify from self-pubbing, but Amazon is where most of the money is made.
I hear some of you asking: Joe, can you break down the numbers?
Absolutely. One of the wonderful things about my new spreadsheet is it uses pivot tables. In other words, I can sort my data however I wish. If I want to know how many $2.99 titles I sold on Nook in June 2011, I can sort it. If I want to know how many Kindle Owner Lends I've had, I can to it in a few clicks.
And yes, in an upcoming blog I will be interviewing the woman who did this for me. So if you're like me, and have too much data to compile into one spreadsheet, let alone analyze, you'll be able to hire her.
Let's look at my numbers broken down by platform:
Apple (via Smashwords) 6356 sold, $10,446 earned
Kobo (via Smashwords) 2229 sold, $3040 earned. But I recently signed on with Kobo directly, and in August 2012 made $1033. So Kobo is shaping up to be a player.
Sony (via Smashwords) 3882 sold, $6047 earned.
Nook (via Smashwords) 5769 sold, $7524 earned
Nook Pubit 16,727 sold $29,300 earned
Amazon KOLL 20,179 shared, $35,015 earned
According to my numbers, my Amazon titles have earned $885,452 and other platforms combined have earned just $64,204. Amazon is the clear winner by almost 14 to 1 against its competition.
But what interests me most is KOLL. I made $35,015 KOLL on select titles, for a three month period. I currently have a handful of titles in KOLL for another three months, but I'd opted out the majority of my work in order to make it available on other platforms.
Granted, the majority of my KOLL profits came around the holidays, and I had to opt out of the other platforms to do so. Perhaps I could have made good money on Apple and Nook during the holidays if I'd been live, but would it have been comparable to what I made via KOLL? It doesn't seem likely.
I've been urging Amazon at every opportunity to make KDP Select non-exclusive. I've also been urging them to sell epub format, something I've been urging since 2009.
Amazon still demands KDP Select be exclusive, and recently offered a 70% royalty in India for KDP Select titles. They seem to like the exclusivity of it, even though their customers get fewer titles, and Amazon scares away many authors from the Select program.
Kobo is on the rise. Nook seems to be holding steady. The same with Apple.
So what is an author to do? Pull all titles and go all-in with Amazon, to hopefully make more money? Or self-publish on multiple platforms, encouraging competition, and perhaps earning less?
I want to hear from writers on this issue. Do you go with Amazon Select or not, and why?
I'm going to remain on multiple platforms for the time being. But come the holidays, I'm not sure what I'll do. A lot of my KOLL earnings, and KDP earnings, were the result of the Select freebie program and resulting bounceback to the paid bestseller lists. But all signs point to the bounceback being not as effective as it once was. I want to hear from writers on this issue as well.
3. Amazon and Createspace have impressed me.
I've made over $37k on my self pubbed paper books. Since 2010, that's $12,500 a year. My legacy books have averaged $33,065 a year.
In other words, even with major publishers behind me, four book tours where I went to 42 states, and signing at over 1200 bookstores, I only made $33k a year selling legacy-pubbed paper. Doing absolutely nothing, with a minimal investment per title (cover art, formatting) I'm making $12,500 a year selling self-pubbed paper.
Obviously, as with all of my numbers, your mileage may vary. But this shows me what an utter failure legacy publishers have been with me, and I bet my data can be extrapolated to dozens, if not hundreds, of other midlist authors. I may be among the better selling indie writers, but as more and more midlist authors leave legacy, more and more of them will have success that mirrors mine.
Paper isn't going away. But it isn't going to be the preferred method of reading in the future. For millions of people, it is already passe.
I just got a blurb request from a Big 6 author whose novel is being released ebook-only.
WTF?!? Publishers are actually signing authors and not even putting out a paper version? Why would any author take 14.9% of a legacy pubbed ebook that sells for $9.99 (hint: by "sells" I mean "won't sell") instead of 70% (or 80% via Kobo) of a self-pubbed ebook where they control the price and the rights?
Publishing can survive using this strategy, if authors are gullible enough to keep signing these one-sided contracts. Here's how.
On a $6.99 paperback, the author makes about 56 cents. That's close to what the publisher makes, after all expenses. While it is possible for publishers to get into the black before an author earns out her advance, earning out the advance is usually a good indicator the book is making money.
On a $6.99 legacy ebook, the author makes $1.04 after agent commission. The publisher makes $3.67. So let's play the advance game.
A publisher pays an author $20,000 advance. Author keeps $17,000 after the agent is paid. There is no paper version. The ebook, priced at $6.99, sells 12,000 ebooks in five years, which is what my legacy ebook Dirty Martini has sold.
The author would still owe $7520 on the advance before earning another nickel. In the meantime, the publisher has made $44,000. Minus the $20k advance, the publisher has pocketed $24,000, and still will make money for a few more years without paying the author any more.
If the author self-pubbed his own book at $6.99, and sold 12,000 copies, he would have made $58,880.
If publishers keep signing authors for ebook-only deals, at the current royalty rates, they'll get richer than they ever have, at the expense of authors. Authors will still be living advance to advance, never earning out, and publishers will be printing money by doing nothing more than providing cover art, proofreading, and editing services--all jobs that can be freelanced for fixed costs.
If you are thinking about signing an ebook-only deal with a publisher, crunch the numbers first.
As I've said ad nauseum, ebooks are forever. And they are going global. We're going to be able to reach readers worldwide, with a combination of POD, ebook retailers, and libraries. But in order to exploit this market, we need to hold onto our rights and get the highest royalties possible.
As always, I encourage authors to figure out what they want out of their career, and set appropriate goals. Experiment, share your results with others, and keep trying new things. Before you sign any contract, understand what it means, what you're getting, and what you're giving up.
There are no sure things. I've never said there were. No path you take in publishing is a quick-rich scheme. Talent and hard work can help you get lucky, but it still all comes down to luck. Keep at it until luck strikes.
If you want to take a legacy deal, know what it means. I was recently talking with a peer--the first time we ever spoke--who has done just as well as I have with self-pubbing. She told me she was interested in pursuing a legacy contract, and I agreed that for her it made sense. She has a lot of titles, and this could be a chance for her to make a seven figure advance while still controlling the majority of her self-pub empire. She has nothing to lose by trying. But I do want to share part of our conversation, because I think it's telling.
Author: I was recently in a Barnes & Noble, my first time in years, and I saw huge display tables for EL James and Amanda Hocking. Legacy publishers really are good at getting the books they push onto the bookstore shelves.
Joe: For certain titles, yes they are. But how many customers in the bookstore did you see buying those books? How many customers were in the bookstore at all?
Ask yourself that. When was the last time you were in a bookstore? How many customers were there, buying books?
I've heard that 7 out of 10 books shipped get returned. I've seen bookstores close, and I've noticed space within the bookstores increasingly devoted to non-book items. And now publishers aren't even printing books anymore, they're signing ebook-only deals.
Tread lightly. There's a big difference between taking $1,000,000 because a publisher thinks you're the next James or Hocking, and taking $20,000 that you'll never earn out. If you're holding out for that million dollar deal without a track record to back it up, you might as well go buy a bunch of lottery tickets. And if you do have the track record to back it up, you have the power to negotiate a better deal, or to walk away and keep your rights.
A few weeks ago, I declared myself independent of legacy publishers. I'm reposting that here, for newbie authors to read, because whenever I post my numbers I get a whole bunch of new readers, and they need to see this.
The Declaration of Independence for Writers
When in the Course of publishing events, it becomes necessary for writers to sever their ties with the industry that is supposed to have "nurtured" them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that we should declare the causes which impel those writers to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all writers should have an equal chance to find readers. That their successes or failures should be dependent upon their own actions and their own choices. That they should be paid fairly for their work. That they should have control over the works they produce. That they should have immediate and accurate access to their sales data. That they should be paid promptly. That they should not be restricted from reaching those who may enjoy their work. That whenever a publisher becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of Authors to abolish all connections with the offending parties.
The history of the legacy publishing industry is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over writers. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
They have given us take-it-or-leave-it, one-sided, unconscionable contracts.
They have failed to adequately market works they have acquired.
They have artificially inflated the price of ebooks.
They have refused to negotiate better ebook royalties for authors.
They have forced unnecessary editing changes on authors.
They have forced unnecessary title changes on authors.
They have forced crappy covers on authors.
They have refused to exploit rights they own.
They have refused to return rights they aren't properly exploiting.
They take far too long to bring acquired works to market.
They take far too long to pay writers advances and royalties.
Their royalty statements are opaque, out-of-date, and inaccurate.
They orphan authors.
They orphan books.
They refuse to treat authors as equals, let alone with a reasonable measure of fairness.
They make mistakes and take no responsibility for those mistakes.
For every hope they nurture, they unnecessarily neglect and destroy countless others.
They have made accessories of the authors' ostensible representative organization, the quisling Authors Guild, and are served, too, by the misleadingly named Association of Authors' Representatives.
They have failed to honor promises made.
They have failed to honor their own onerous contract terms.
They've failed the vast majority of authors, period.
This blog has documented nearly every stage of these Oppressions, and in many cases offered solutions to publishers, and has been answered with only silence and derision.
But that's okay. Because now authors have a choice.
I don't need legacy publishing, and I will never be taken advantage of again. I declare myself independent of the entire archaic, broken, corrupt system.
And I won't be the last to do so.
Friday, September 21, 2012
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First of all, water down your paint. I used semigloss white paint that I had left over from the trim. I watered it down to 2 parts water 1 part paint. I was worried that it would look too glossy because it was semigloss but it didn't at all. Now, if you use straight paint, the above is what will happen to your wood. It will be white. Which is fine, but the character of the wood kind of gets lost.
It's really easy to do this technique! This is all you do:
First, sand the pallet with a medium grit sand paper. You don't want to make it smooth, you just want to remove the big splinters.
Then dip your brush in the paint again and put the brush in another cloth so it can soak up some of the paint. Now that your brush is almost dry you're going to go back over the area that you just did. This lets the paint highlight the details.
This may be hard for the perfectionists out there, but hear me out: DO NOT do a second coat. DO NOT fix anything. Once you're done just walk away. Because this isn't supposed to look pristine, it's not supposed to look perfect. It's supposed to look weathered, and that's exactly what it will look like if you follow my instructions.
I love my new table, and because we used found pallets and paint we had on hand, it was FREE. And I love free.

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SAN DIEGO -- A political action committee that apparently formed last year to hurt the San Diego mayoral bid of Carl DeMaio by reminding voters that he is gay has been fined $7,500 for violating campaign disclosure laws.
The group, called Conservatives for Gay Rights Supporting Carl DeMaio for Mayor 2012, did not provide the names of its principals or a valid street address, according to the city Ethics Commission, which announced the fine Friday. It also did not keep records explaining its expenditures, the commission said.
DeMaio, who lost the mayor's race to then-U.S. Rep. Bob Filner, said Saturday that the group's efforts were the kind of tactics that have caused the public to think of politics as a nasty business.
"I'm not going to be deterred by these dirty tactics," said DeMaio, a Republican now seeking his party's nomination to represent the 52nd Congressional District in the U.S. House.
The leaders of the group had ties to the Democratic party or Filner, and in some cases both.
But nothing in the commission findings suggested that Filner knew of the group's efforts on his behalf. Filner, a Democrat, resigned in August amid a scandal over sexual harassment allegations.
Conservatives for Gay Rights Supporting Carl DeMaio for Mayor 2012 paid for "robo-calls" and leaflets reminding voters that DeMaio is gay.
The calls asked voters twice, "If you knew Carl DeMaio was the first openly gay man to be elected to our San Diego City Council, would you be more likely or less likely to vote for Carl DeMaio or does this fact make no difference?"
The leaflets showed DeMaio standing near a man dressed in drag.
One of the political consultants named in the commission's finding was set to assist the mayoral campaign of Councilman David Alvarez, a Democrat, one of the leading candidates in the Nov. 19 election to name a replacement for Filner.
Alvarez, in a statement released after the fine was revealed, said the consultant had been set to gather a group of neighbors to hear about his campaign.
"In light of today's news, she has canceled the event," Alvarez said.
About the commission ruling, Alvarez said, "I'm saddened that anyone would choose to highlight a candidate's sexuality for political gain."
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None of it bothers me at all. I guess if he was going to strip clubs ~all~ the time, it'd be a different story, but the occasional strip club with the boys, I'm all good with.
I do have a silly rule when it comes to strip clubs though. There is a no sex rule when he comes home. I guess I just don't like the idea he'd be thinking of some stripper when having sex with me, so there is a one night waiting period. I don't think that's too much to ask.
So what about you? Are you cool with nudie magazines and strip clubs?
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The guys at Huawei recently sent us the Huawei Sonic smartphone. Basically, the Huawei Sonic is a budget smartphone, targeted at the consumers who cannot afford to buy a high-end phone, but still want to experience the spectacular Android OS. This handset was launched a few months ago in India along with the Huawei Ideos X3 smartphone and the Huawei MediaPad tablet. Huawei Sonic is the first smartphone with the amazing Huawei's Clould+ service.
The Huawei Sonic comes with a 3.5 inch touchscreen display, 600 Mhz processor, 3.2 megapixel camera and so on. This handset ships with the Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) OS. However, you should not expect this handset to get the latest Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS ever.
Huawei Sonic Specifications:
- 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display
- 320 x 480 pixels
- 600 MHz processor
- Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) OS
- 3.2 megapixel camera
- VGA video recording
- 3.5mm headset jack
- FM Radio
- 160 MB internal memory
- 32 GB expandable memory
- microSD card slot
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Portable hotspot support
- A-GPS support
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
- microUSB 2.0
- SNS integration
- Dual Mic noise reduction
- Proximity/light sensor
- Diversity Rx support
- Up to 400 hours stand-by time
- Up to 8 hours 20 mins talk-time
- 1400mAh Li-Ion battery
What's in the box?
- Huawei Sonic
- Huawei Battery
- Travel charger
- Data Cable
- Wired Headset
- User Manual
The Huawei Sonic is a budget phone, however it does not mean that the handset looks pathetic like its other Android competitors. This handset is absolutely stunning. At a first look, no one can guess the price of this device. It looks far better than other mid-range Android smartphones currently available in the market.
This handset looks amazing, thanks to the capacitive buttons on the front, instead of the ugly hardware buttons. The capacitive buttons are visible even when the phone is in the stand-by mode. However the buttons lit up, only when the phone is in use.
On the front of this device, you will find a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen display, sporting a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. Below the display, you will find 4 capacitive buttons – Home, Menu, Back and Search. These buttons lit up while you are using the handset. Unlike other phones, these capacitive buttons are visible even when the phone is not in use.
This handset comes with a unique earpiece compartment on the front, which has a status LED placed inside the earpiece. The LED light is lit up when you are charging the phone as well as when you receive a text or a missed call. However, the LED light is not visible properly during the daytime.
On the back of the device, you will find a 3.2 megapixel camera. Sadly, this device does not come with a LED flash. The speaker grill is placed at the bottom, along with the Huawei logo. The volume rocker is on the left side, while there are no buttons placed on the right side. The company should have utilized the blank space for placing a camera button.
On the top of this device, you can connect your favorite pair of headphones or the bundled Huawei headphones, thanks to the universal 3.5 mm headset jack. There is also a lock/unlock button, which also acts as a power button. When you click the button, it will lock/unlock the device. On the other hand, when you hold the button for a couple of seconds, the silent mode, airplane mode, power off and restart options will be displayed on the screen.
The bottom of this handset sports a microUSB port as well as a dual microphone for noise reduction. The back cover is completely made up of plastic. When you hold the device, you would get a feeling that the device might just slips out of your hand. This handset comes with the 3G connectivity option. However, the much-needed front-facing camera is missing from this device. The speakers on the back are quite loud.
When you open the back cover, you will find the battery slot. The SIM-card slot is placed below it, while the microSD card slot is placed above it. You will need to remove the battery for changing SIM cards. However, the microSD card can be replaced without removing the battery.
This handset comes with a 600 MHz processor, which slow down the overall performance at times. At a normal usage, this handset works flawlessly. It comes with different connectivity options such as Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, portable hotspot support, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0. It also comes with a 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM, 160 MB internal memory and 32 GB expandable memory.
The Huawei Sonic runs on the Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Operating System. Like I said earlier, you should not expect the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update on this device. The Huawei UI offers 3D homepage animation which makes the complete look of the homescreen simply outstanding. It also allows you to change the homescreen animation as well as the themes from the Home settings.
The Huawei Sonic allows you to add up to 7 home screens. You can select the default home screen from the settings. The launcher has only 3 shortcut rows, out of which only 2 can be customized. The messaging app is quite average, however you can download other messaging apps such as Go SMS Pro from the Android Market. The stream app allows you to get the updates from various social networking services. This handset features the Fast Boot technology, which helps the device to boot-up within 9 seconds.
Audio & Video:
The Huawei Sonic comes with a Huawei Music app for playing your favorite tracks. It allows you to view songs using the album, songs, playlists, folders, artists, composers and Genres categories. The bundled headphones feels cheap and the audio quality is just not up to the mark. You can anytime connect your favorite pair of wired headphones, thanks to the 3.5 mm headset jack.
This handset allows you to watch all of your recorded videos as well as your favorite music videos. You can find all your videos under the gallery app. There is no separate video app pre-installed in this phone. You can also download the Youtube app and watch all latest, favorite and bookmarked videos on the go.
This handset comes with various connectivity options such as GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0. You can connect to your favorite site or social networking services within a few seconds, thanks to the super-fast 3G service. It also comes with the portable hotspot support which allows you to use your device as a Wi-Fi Hotspot for other devices
The Huawei Sonic sports a 3.2 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and VGA video recording capabilities. The maximum resolution for an image is 2048 x 1536 pixels. Sadly, there is no auto focus or LED flash. The quality of the images taken are just average. Some of the images appear to be blurry, while some of them had more noise than expected.
The images taken during the day were average, but the images taken during the night were below our expectations. This handset is also capable of recording VGA videos @ 30fps. The video quality is quite satisfactory. The camera settings allows you to change the picture size, picture quality, color effects, white balance, etc. This handset is also capable of adding location to the images, thanks to the geo-tagging feature. The video camera settings comes with 4 video quality options – High, Low, MMS and YouTube.
Battery Life:
The Huawei Sonic comes with a 1400 mAh Li-Ion battery. While testing, I used the device for web browsing and watching YouTube videos for couple of hours, few calls and texts and few hours of games and SNS services. On a full recharge, I was able to use the device for about 1 day 19 hours and the battery icon still displayed around 20% battery remaining. The battery life on this handset is quite impressive.
Huawei Sonic is one of the best entry-level Android smartphone currently available in the market. This handset comes with a price-tag of Rs.9210. The design of this handset is outstanding, on the other hand, it has an amazing build quality. Even though the browser and camera are not up to the mark, but other amazing features such as the slick design, smooth feel, Android Gingerbread OS, different connectivity options and a great battery life completely overshadows the negative factors.
Some of this handsets in this price range comes with a 5 megapixel camera. However, they lack a great display and better processor. The default browser is not up to the mark, but you can download other browsers such as Firefox for Android, Opera or Dolphin Browser HD from the Android Market. If you have no issues regarding the camera quality or the default browser, then you should definitely go for this handset.
Techie Buzz Rating: 6/10 (Above Average)
Positive Features:
- Great Design
- Huawei 3D UI
- Excellent connectivity options
- Good battery life
- Dual Mic for noise reduction
Negative Features:
- Poor Camera
- Display not clearly visible under sun-light
- No Front-Facing Camera
- Poor audio quality
Huawei Bloggers Meet and the Huawei Cloud Service:
We were recently invited to the Huawei Bloggers Meet in Mumbai. At the bloggers meet, the company showcased its latest devices, including the Huawei Sonic, Huawei Ideos X3 and the Huawei Mediapad tablet. We also got a chance to play with these smartphones and tablet for an hour and we were completely amazed with the features, quality and pricing of these devices.
The Huawei Ideos X3 comes with a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen display, sporting a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, 600 MHz processor, Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Operating System, 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 3G Connectivity, FM Radio, 3.5 mm headset jack, 32 GB expandable memory, 512 MB ROM, 256 MB RAM and a 1200 mAh battery. The Huawei Ideos X3 is priced slightly higher than the Huawei Sonic. This handset comes with a price tag of Rs.10,229.
The Huawei Mediapad features a 7 inch IPS LCD display, sporting a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) Operating System, 5 megapixel rear-facing camera, HD (720p) video recording capabilities, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB ROM, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 3G Connectivity, A-GPS and a 4100 mAh battery. The Huawei Mediapad comes with a price-tag of Rs.28,359.
Huawei Cloud Service:
At the Huawei Bloggers Meet, the company also showcased their Cloud service and explained why their cloud phones stands out from their competitors. The Huawei Sonic and the Huawei Ideos X3 are the company's first ever cloud smartphones. Both of these devices comes with 16 GB of free cloud storage. The Huawei Cloud service is something that really impressed us. Let me explain you the complete features in details below.
The Huawei Cloud offers 16 GB of cloud storage as well as other amazing services such as Cloud Drive, Message+, Phone Finder, Contact Suite, Hi Space, Social Stream, Gallery, etc.
The Cloud+ Drive service allows you to not only store your favorite photos, music and videos, but it also allows you to save documents and other types of files to the cloud. The files saved in the Huawei's Cloud+ Drive can be accessed from any Huawei smartphone, Huawei Mediapad or directly via computer. You can save up to 3500 songs or 7000 photos in the available space.
The Cloud+ Contacts lets you to synchronize contacts from your phone to the Cloud+ server. Any changes in the contact information will be automatically synchronized to the Cloud+ server. The All Backup service allows you to backup all of your important information and data to the Cloud+ server. So, if you lose your data due to some reason, then you can easily restore your files on your Huawei smartphone or Mediapad tablet.
The Message+ is another great service which takes the regular messaging to the next level. The Message+ is an instant messaging service which is exclusively available for the Huawei smartphone users. It allows you to chat with your other friends, who are currently using the Huawei smartphone. You can also share images, videos and voice note with your friends. The group chat lets you chat with your all the users in your friends list or family list. The Cloud+ Gallery is another unique feature where you can view all the images saved in the Cloud+ server, directly on your phone screen.
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text: London-based artist Chloe Early works primarily in oil, creating paintings that set themes of "love, beauty, and innocence" against "worldly symbols of agression" -bombs, bullets, urban development, etc. And we're talking right up against each other. Subjects as disparate as weapons and flowers seamlessly come together as one to create a kind of informal pattern. Missiles, engines, and guns -harsh, metallic things- spiral away from lovers and graceful figures. In creating such a sharp contrast of subject matter, Early captures an elusive, sublime moment. That perfect, last second of beauty before everything falls to shit. That enormous show of strength in the midst of destruction and decay. More paintings after the jump.


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Backlash and rumors following Anna Wintour's decision to feature polarizing couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover of Vogue has the editrix defending her choice.
The Annie Leibovitz-shot cover for the April 2014 issue features the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star, 33, and her rapper beau, 36, in wedding regalia and comes after months of contentious stories about her landing in the coveted pages of the fashion bible.
"Their Fashionable Life and Surreal Times #WORLDSMOSTTALKEDABOUTCOUPLE," reads the headline on the magazine's annual Shape issue.
Most talked about, indeed.
Reports swirled for months that Kardashian was persona non grata at the style tome, with some claiming that West had "begged" the 64-year-old fashionista to give the cover spot to his fiancee. The rapper even publicly railed against the publication for not tapping Kardashian sooner.
"There's no way Kim Kardashian shouldn't be on the cover of Vogue right now," West told Ryan Seacrest in October 2013. "She's like the most intriguing woman right now. She's got Barbara Walters calling her like every day. And collectively, we're the most influential with clothing."
Radar Online reported that Wintour "loathed" Kardashian and her notorious reality TV clan, but happened to love the Grammy-winning rapper and fashion designer.
Soon after the cover debuted online, Wintour, who has edited the magazine since 1988, addressed the haters in her an open letter.
"Part of the pleasure of editing Vogue, one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who define the culture at any given moment, who stir things up, whose presence in the world shapes the way it looks and influences the way we see it," she wrote (via TooFab). "I think we can all agree on the fact that that role is currently being played by Kim and Kanye to a T. (Or perhaps that should be to a K?)"
"As for the cover, my opinion is that it is both charming and touching, and it was, I should add, entirely our idea to do it; you may have read that Kanye begged me to put his fiancee on Vogue's cover. He did nothing of the sort," she added. "The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.
"There's barely a strand of the modern media that the Kardashian Wests haven't been able to master, and for good reason: Kanye is an amazing performer and cultural provocateur, while Kim, through her strength of character, has created a place for herself in the glare of the world's spotlight, and it takes real guts to do that."
But that doesn't mean the cover is beloved by everyone.
"The Crazy Ones" star Sarah Michelle Gellar threatened to cancel her Vogue subscription
"I'm gonna pretend I didn't see the cover of April 2014 issue of US Vogue," tweeted fashion blogger and "America's Next Top Model" correspondent Bryan Boy, later sharing a mock cover featuring Honey Boo-Boo's mother, Mama June.
Others called out Kardashian's reaction and her misspelling of the word "breathe" when she posted the cover on Instagram.
"This is such a dream come true!!! Thank you @VogueMagazine for this cover! O M GGGGGG!!! I can't even breath!" Kardashian wrote.
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By Eugenia Woo
Prompted by concerns for proposed future redevelopment plans for the former Battelle Memorial Institute Seattle Research Center (now Talaris Conference Center, 4000 NE 41st St) in Seattle's Laurelhurst neighborhood, the Friends of Battelle/Talaris (FOBT), a grassroots community group, formed in early 2012 to advocate for the property's preservation and to produce a landmark nomination report. The 18-acre property has been owned by 4000 Property LLC (a holding company for Bruce McCaw, Telecom multimillionaire) since 2000. The group submitted a landmark nomination to the Seattle Historic Preservation Program in spring 2013. In Seattle, owner consent is not required before a nomination is submitted. The property was designated a landmark by the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board in a unanimous vote on November 6, 2013.
Image (above): Contemporary view of the Battelle/Talaris campus. Credit: Eugenia Woo.
The property has also been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places by the State Architectural Historian at the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.
For the past two years, Historic Seattle has been providing technical assistance and advice on the landmark nomination preparation, research and preservation advocacy strategy for FOBT. The Battelle Memorial Institute/Talaris was included in the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation's 2013 Most Endangered Properties List and also included in The Cultural Landscape Foundation's "Landslide" at-risk properties for 2013. Docomomo US/WEWA has engaged in communicating advocacy efforts for Battelle/Talaris to its constituents.
Image (right): Contemporary view of the Battelle/Talaris campus. Credit: Eugenia Woo.
Why is the Battelle Memorial Institute Property Significant?
The former Battelle campus is unique and significant because it represents an outstanding example of Northwest Modernist landscape and architecture integrally designed, master planned and constructed in two phases in 1965-67 and 1970-1971. The property embodies the distinctive visible characteristics of Northwest Modernism. Originally designed by landscape architecture firm Rich Haag Associates and architecture firm NBBJ, the site benefited from a collaborative effort by two of the most prominent and well-respected firms in Seattle and the nation. It is an outstanding example of the work of these two firms.
Images (right): Historic views and drawings of the Battelle Memorial Institute Seattle Research Center. Magazine source unknown. Date: Ca. 1967. Credit: Collection of Eugenia Woo.
As the only research campus of its type in Seattle at the time, it is associated in a significant way with a significant aspect (science and technology) of the cultural and economic heritage of the city. The Battelle campus was master planned, designed and built to provide a place to sponsor educational seminars, conferences, and workshops and to serve as an advanced study center for science and technology.
Because of its prominence of spatial location, contrast of siting, and scale, it is an easily identifiable visual feature of Laurelhurst and contributes to the distinctive quality and identity of the neighborhood. The site, landscape and buildings also retain a remarkably high level of integrity.
What's the Preservation Threat?
In November 2013, property owner 4000 Property LLC filed a proposed land use application to subdivide the 18-acre parcel (the entire site is a landmark) into 82 parcels and 7 tracts of land for single-family development. The underlying zoning is single-family but there is an overlay zone for "an institute of advanced study" that was created in the 1960s to allow Battelle to develop the site for its campus and operate as a research institute. In addition, an agreement on the use and development of the property between Battelle and the Laurelhurst Community Club (LCC), also directs what happens on the site. This agreement runs with the land so any subsequent owner after Battelle is bound by the agreement. The LCC is a formidable neighborhood organization established in 1920 "to foster the improvement and beautification of the Laurelhurst neighborhood." The LCC supports the underlying single-family zone and wants to preserve open space and possibly limited, new development. The LCC also supported the landmark designation.
Ownership's proposal would destroy the historic landscape, site features and buildings. The Director of Department of Planning and Development has already made a determination that the proposal may result in significant adverse impacts, thus requiring preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). DPD has identified "Historic Preservation" as an element of the environment for discussion in the EIS. Preservation advocates do not support the current proposed land use action to subdivide the property into 82 lots because it will effectively obliterate a unique historic site, one of the most architecturally significant landscapes in Seattle. Preservation groups have provided public comment to DPD, requesting the inclusion of at least one preservation alternative in the EIS that meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
Image (right): Site plan for Battelle/Talaris. Credit: Friends of Battelle/Talaris.
In the City of Seattle, after a property is designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Board, the City and property owner usually negotiate a controls and incentives agreement. As described by the Seattle Historic Preservation Program, "Controls define those features of the landmark to be preserved and outline the Certificate of Approval process for changes for those features. Incentives may include, but are not limited to, zoning variances, building code exceptions, and financial incentives." However, in this case, negotiations are on hold until the property owner works out issues related to land use and zoning.
Is there a Path to Preservation?
FOBT and local preservation organizations have been meeting with and are in regular communication with the owner's representatives regarding proposed plans for the property. They have also been meeting with leadership from the Laurelhurst Community Club. In these meetings, preservationists seek a "win-win" solution that would allow for an economically viable project; compatible new infill construction that is well-designed and respects the character of the original landscape and buildings; and a project that preserves most of the buildings, site features and landscape. Preservation advocates also support uses and zoning that would allow for flexible development and preserve the original design integrity and intent. There may be a solution aided by the landmark designation which not only protects a historic property (through a controls and incentives agreement between the City and property owner— yet to be negotiated in this case) but may also provided building and zoning code relief and financial incentives.
Image (above): Contemporary view of the Battelle/Talaris campus. Credit: Eugenia Woo.
At the time of this writing, the issues are unresolved as the various parties work through the process. Preservation advocates remain hopeful for a preservation path as they move forward and continue their dialogue with the owner and neighborhood groups. Preservation advocacy is most effective at the local level, particularly when it involves community advocates who have a passion for heritage and preservation.
Eugenia Woo is co-founder of Docomomo US/WEWA and current Board member. She is the Director of Preservation Services at Historic Seattle.


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A closer look at Victoria Cavanaugh
Favorite game to play with the children: soccer
Favorite saints: St. Patrick and St. Francis of Assisi
Best advice she's ever received: "Not so much anything my parents have said [but the example they set]. The way my parents have taught me faith from an early age, making the sacrifices that they made to make sure I could go to Mass every Sunday."
In 2005, inspired by the story of martyr Jean Donovan, college student Victoria Cavanaugh traveled to Central America, where she found her calling among the orphans of El Salvador. Recognizing the vital role education plays in securing the uncertain future of the kids, she founded Nuestro Ahora, an academic program that offers the children a chance not just to survive, but to pursue their dreams. Cavanaugh recently spoke with Catholic Digest about the program.
How did you first get involved in caring for children in El Salvador?
When I was in junior high, I watched a documentary in religion class about Jean Donovan, who was one of the four church women murdered in El Salvador back in 1980. I think she had a very comfortable and nice life, but she said that there was something missing. Only by going to El Salvador did she find that, and she found it particularly in working with the children. [Later], when I was in university, I eventually went to study abroad for a semester in El Salvador, and that sort of turned into two semesters, and now four years.
What compelled you to return?
After spending two days a week in the orphanage during the first semester as part of my studies, I felt it was too soon to leave. I went down in August (2005), and by December I felt like I was just getting to the point of starting to know the kids, so it was really hard to think about walking away. I was looking to have a more long-term connection; I thought that would make it more meaningful. So I decided to stay another semester, and then after that I moved into the orphanage, and then it became almost impossible to leave — in a good way.
What were your expectations going to El Salvador, and how did that compare to your actual experience?
I wanted to get a sense of what Jean Donovan was talking about. And why, even when she knew her life was in danger, she decided to return again and again. I think I found or understood on some level what she was talking about, in being there and being with the kids. I think the faith of the people here, even in such modern times, is really incredible. Very strong. They're very open about faith in just about everything. I mean, there are phrases from the Bible on the side of buses; people are constantly talking about faith.
How did this experience affect you, especially spiritually?
It made my faith more concrete. In the States we have many more luxuries and there's a risk of taking things for granted. But in El Salvador I'm much more aware of what I have, not [just] material things but also relationships. And so there's a level of gratitude, which I think leads to faith.
What inspired you to found your organization?
The organization Nuestro Ahora ("Our Time") is really about encouraging these youths, as they get older in the orphanages, to realize that they have the opportunity to do something right now. I think oftentimes the younger kids in the orphanages have these dreams, but as they grow up, they're sort of taught not to dream, and that there's only a certain set of options available to them. So out of that need grew the concept for the scholarship program. Our emphasis is on providing education so that the students have the resources they need to be able to carry out their dreams and whatever it is they hope for their future, so that in turn they can go back and help their communities.
Did you have to go through any special language training?
The kids really taught me Spanish, much more than I ever learned in the classroom. It's been a great and humbling experience.
|Cavanaugh with current and incoming students from
Nuestro Ahora's university prep program, El Caminito
What are some of the unique spiritual needs of the children you serve?
When I heard the word "orphan," I automatically had this idea of kids who don't have biological parents or living parents, but in El Salvador that's not necessarily the case. A great number (of children) are there because they can't be with their families. It might be because of severe economic reasons, violence within the families, abuse, or it could be because of the gang violence near where the family lives, or because the family lives too far from the city. The kids usually know that they do have families but they can't be with them. I think that affects them tremendously, that there's a hunger for that love and for someone to care about them.
How do you help them cope with these challenges?
One of our main emphases is education, and so we started sending them to school so that they can learn what they need to learn to be able to get a job. The students who are in university are living in communities, and really it's supposed to be a family for them. We eat dinner every night, they take turns shopping for groceries, cooking together, learning together, studying together. There's a sense that we're in this together.
That sense of positive community is another focus of the scholarship program, and there's also a strong focus on service. The students don't work or they aren't allowed to work; instead they spend four hours a week volunteering, usually at local schools, the orphanage, or (in the community by) serving as role models for younger kids. So to tie those three pieces together — the academics, the focus on community, and service — I think there's faith and reflection involved with all of those.
What is the hardest part of your job? The most rewarding?
There are over 1,000 kids in residence at the 15 orphanages that we work with. There's a dream to see each one of those children succeed, to continue studying, to be able to grow up and go out in the community and be stable, and even contribute, giving back to the community. But sometimes, the concept of success for each one of those kids might be different. And it's really hard when we have a student who [even though] they have the opportunity to study, turns it down. And we're not able to make that connection or reach them in that moment, and it's hard to have faith that things will work out and will be OK. Seeing students have to leave for whatever reason is the hardest.
In return, the greatest joy or gift of being there is the dinner every night with the students, and just seeing that they're going to study, and that they're coming home and telling these great stories about where they're volunteering. Just knowing that it's an actual reality and no longer a dream.
What's the most inspiring moment you've experienced through your work?
When I see the students go back to [visit] the orphanages where they grew up, or see an older student in the scholarship program explaining something to one of the younger kids, be it homework or playing soccer. It's really neat to see that student who was thought of perhaps as a victim by a lot of people, being empowered, taking control, and being an example to the younger kids. So seeing it come full circle is really rewarding and inspiring to see in such little time. CD
Photos courtesy of Nuestro Ahora


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Topic: SW tv series Cassuss Fett introduction
George has said he could do series based back in the old republic times. Perhaps Cassuss Fett will finaly be revealed?
What do you think? would you like to see this? perhaps an entire series based on the Mandalorian wars we heard so much about in knights of the old republic. with a new line of toys
I know theres already a thread about kotor tv series so dont point it out, this is about CASSUSS mostly.


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Victor Oladipo scored 19 points, and Yogi Ferrell added a season-high 15 to help No. 7 Indiana rout Penn State 72-49 on Wednesday night.
The Hoosiers (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten) survived a sluggish shooting first half with strong defense and used a fast second-half start to reassert their dominance in this series that has included only two home losses for Indiana..
Will Sheehey added 12 points for the Hoosiers, who matched a season-high by making 11 3s in a game.
D.J. Newbill had 18 points and Jermaine Marshall finished with 12 to lead Penn State (8-11, 0-7), which has lost seven straight overall and 12 straight on the road in league play. Their last Big Ten road win came March 6, 2011, at Minnesota. They lost both times to Indiana this season by 23 points.
But this was not the typical Indiana script.
On a night preseason All-America Cody Zeller had no baskets for the first time in his career and finished with a career-low two points, the Hoosiers locked up the Nittany Lions' on defense.
Penn State shot just 33.3 percent from the field, and struggled in the first half when it managed only one 3-pointer, shot 29.6 percent, had five players each called for two fouls and produced only 19 points — matching Ball State and Coppin State for the second-lowest point total in any half this season against Indiana. Northwestern scored only 17 points in the first half of the Hoosiers' 67-59 win Sunday.
It could have been even worse.
Indiana scored the first seven points of the game, then used runs of 8-2 and 12-5 to take a 33-19 halftime lead despite making only 8 of 14 free throws.
The Hoosiers wasted no seizing control in the second half, going on an 8-0 run over the first 65 seconds to extend the lead to 41-19.
With Indiana knocking down 6 of 8 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes, the Nittany Lions had no chance.
They got as close as 44-27 with 16:42 to play, but Indiana went on an 11-3 spurt to make it 55-32 and Penn State never seriously challenged again.
The Hoosiers have won two straight since losing last week to Wisconsin and are 12-1 at home this season.


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Saturday, February 11, 2012
Apricot Cardamom Thumbprints with Pistachio and crushed Rose Petals
how thoughtful...some flowers...
always a welcome gift...
BUT, why not get a little creative and make your gift of flowers edible and cute...?
thumbprints are old school. they look like little flowers, they are so versatile and you can make them fit anyone's flavor favorites. i chose to go the Middle Eastern route with cardamom, pistachios, apricot and rose petals. while you can't necessarily taste the rose, it sounds fancy and you know it's there.
there are a ton of thumbprint recipes out there and they are all pretty similar. this happens to be Martha Stewart's recipe. it's simple, it works...although a little tedious, it's well worth the effort when you see the smiles.
i say tedious because i think most cookies are time consuming......so many batches in and out of the oven and having a watchful eye to get them just right.
i wish it weren't so, but i definitely fall (fail?) in the ranks of perfectionism so my cookies take longer than the average.
mind you...my cookies don't all come out perfect no matter how hard i try...and try.
slightly adapted from Martha Stewart...original found HERE
1 /2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar
1 large egg...separated.
1 tsp pure vanilla
1 1/4 cups AP flour
1/4 (a little more) ground cardamom
dash of cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped fine
2Tbsp edible rose petals chopped or crushed into tiny pieces
5 - 6 dried apricots, chopped into small cubes or pieces for thumbprint
apricot preserves or jam...i like Bon Maman
put butter and 1/2 cup sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment. mix for 3 - 4 minutes until pale and fluffy. add egg yolk and vanilla, mix well. mix the flour, cardamom and salt in a small bowl...lower speed and add flour mixture. mix until just combined. refrigerate dough for 2 hours.
preheat the oven to 325 F
stir together pistachios, petals and 2 Tbsp sugar in a small bowl...NOTE...not sure that the sugar is necessary...i think i would have left it out because i like more nuts and petal pieces stuck on the outside.
beat the egg white in a small bowl (slightly beat, but not to a meringue).
roll the dough into 1 inch balls. NOTE...1 inch seems really small, but don't make them bigger.
dip the balls into the egg white then roll in the nut/petal mixture.
press down the center of each ball with your thumb...i tried to use my large thumb, then changed to the end of a wooded spoon for a more uniform hole.
NOTE...you will see cracking around the edges. some look cute that way and some i pressed back together, closing the cracks. depending on how thick your jam is you might have seepage.
bake for 10 minutes and remove from oven. lightly re-press the hole with the end of a wooden spoon.
at this time i put in a piece or a few pieces of dried apricot and a small dollop of apricot jam over the piece...then back into the oven until golden brown...about 8 - 10 minutes.
let cool on wire racks.
NOTE...if you put the jam in before the second baking they seem to hold up and travel better...easier to give away. you may chose to put the jam in after all baking is done.
Posted by Jules and Ruby at 1:20 PM
Labels: cookie, sweet, sweets 'n treats
5 comments:
- MyFudo™ said...
What an interesting combination...Perfect for Valentine's Day!
- February 13, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- Sis. Boom. said...
These could not be more perfect to make and take to my Persian mother in law! Yum.
- February 14, 2012 at 11:57 AM
- Bren @ Flanboyant Eats™ said...
Love coming across your blog! Fantastic cookies! Love me some pistachio! But, I have to know where you found those lovely Bee demitasse cups?? Please do share. I need them for my collection seeing as though I go by "B" :) Thanks!
- February 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- Jules and Ruby said...
Bren...i wish i new where these were from. my mother is a master at sniffing out finds like these little cups. hope to here from you again..."B"
- February 27, 2012 at 7:02 PM
- Easy Recipes, Stunning Presentations said...
Wow, those thumbprints look really amazing. Apricot and pistachio sounds like a great combination.
- March 14, 2012 at 12:12 AM
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How NEHEN Hangs TogetherBy Regina Kwon | Posted 2002-02-11 Print
Online exclusive: The creators of the trailblazing medical data network took special steps to bring legacy data and small health-care providers into the system.
|Click here for PDF schematic of NEHEN's network
The easiest route, they concluded, would be to fold in software that acted as a translation layer between each health care provider's or payer's internal system and HIPAA-compliant data along with a private peer-to-peer network that guaranteed security.
In the strategy they devised, each NEHEN member integrates a server running NEHEN-created software with its back-end systems. The software takes requests, formats them according to the requisite electronic data interchange (EDI) specifications and passes them over dedicated frame-relay connections to other members.
It also acts as a gateway, receiving EDI transmissions, decoding them and submitting them to the appropriate legacy machine.
For smaller providers, such as independent doctors' offices, NEHEN created a Web-based module called NEHEN Lite. These offices connect via a dedicated link to the hospital with which it's affiliated; the transactions created and managed by the NEHEN Lite client are treated by the larger provider's NEHEN gateway software as though they originated from that provider's legacy system.
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Utah 1088 Rally
Held in June. Salt Lake City, Utah area.
Utah 1088 Rally
Held in June. Salt Lake City, Utah area.
If Poker's a sport, so's this.
I'm there. This year it's June 25-28. It'll be my 3rd. Great time!
Good luck to all 1088 participants this weekend!
If Poker's a sport, so's this.
Preliminary Utah 1088 results:
From here.
- Ken Meese - 104888
- Matt Watkins - 98270
- Ken Morton - 91382
Congrats Ken!
If Poker's a sport, so's this.
First of all, a big congratulations to Mr. Meese. It's good to see him get a win for a change.
Also, to Matt and Ken, (Ken on a 650 V-Strom to boot!), great job to both of you. A couple of really nice guys.
Now, I apologize, (and feel free to relocate as needed), if this is the wrong thread for this but I need to embarrass the CAL24 Rally Master a little bit:
When I arrived at the hotel to attempt my slow ride test Saturday morning I realized that I had neglected to insert the tube into my hydration jug on the right passenger peg. As a result it had lodged itself between the subframe and the exhaust pipe. With 2/3 of the plastic tube melted away it was pretty much useless. Without hessitation Tom offered to lend me one of his and in minutes I was back on the road to my stunning, mid-pack finish . I'm sure it seemed like a trivial matter to Tom but I was so appreciative of his kind gesture - especially later in the day when the western Wyoming temps were in the mid-90's. So, without taking away from the kudos that these top riders rightly deserve, I wanted to publicly thank Tom for his generosity. It's camaraderie like this that makes me proud to be a part of this community. Thanks a bunch, Tom!
A Rally Report
A Saddle Sore Report
Some Motorcycle Photos
This year the 1088 will offer some really interesting possibilities. They are having 3 Rallies going on at the same time. You can choose to ride 3 days, 24 hours or 12 hours. They also have a mentoring program if you bring a new rider to ride the 12 hour event.
You can get the information at www.utah1088.com
The 1088 runs 2 weeks after the Cal 24 and has been a great sister event. We highly recommend rider participate in both events! You will always see many friends from the Cal 24 in Utah.
If you think things are going well, you're just not paying attention......
I was really hoping to ride the three day version of the 1088 but it looks like I'll be busy in another rally then....
Has AndyM joined the ranks of Cal24 riders going on to the big dance?
If Poker's a sport, so's this.
I am debating signing up for the MERA unfinished business rally in August and trying to decide between a 24 hour and the three day. Any input from more seasoned riders here?
Thanks Andy! My buddy Rich talked me into the three day via email earlier today. So that's my plan. I sent in my membership application yesterday and will submit my entry once I am approved. I can't wait. I'll be doing to Cal24 this year, too. Can't wait!


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recv, recvfrom, recvmsg - receive a message from a socket
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> int recv(int s, void *buf, int len, unsigned int flags); int recvfrom(int s, void *buf, int len, unsigned int flags struct sockaddr *from, int *fromlen); int recvmsg(int s, struct msghdr *msg, unsigned int flags);
The recvfrom and recvmsg calls are used to receive mesŁ sages from a socket, and may be used to receive data on a socket whether or not it is connection-oriented. If from is not NULL, and the socket is not connection-oriŁ ented, the source address of the message is filled in. Fromlen is a value-result parameter, initialized to the size of the buffer associated with from, and modified on return to indicate the actual size of the address stored there. The recv call is normally used only on a connected socket (see connect(2)) and is identical to recvfrom with a NULL from parameter. As it is redundant, it may not be supŁ ported in future releases. All three routines return the length of the message on successful completion. If a message is too long to fit in the supplied buffer, excess bytes may be discarded dependŁ ing on the type of socket the message is received from (see socket(2)). If no messages are available at the socket, the receive calls wait for a message to arrive, unless the socket is nonblocking (see fcntl(2)) in which case the value -1 is returned and the external variable errno set to EAGAIN. The receive calls normally return any data available, up to the requested amount, rather than waiting for receipt of the full amount requested. The select(2) or poll(2) call may be used to determine when more data arrives. The flags argument to a recv call is formed by OR'ing one or more of the following values: MSG_OOB Some protocols place expedited data at the head of the normal data queue, and thus this flag cannot be used with such protocols. MSG_PEEK This flag causes the receive operation to return data from the beginning of the receive queue withŁ out removing that data from the queue. Thus, a subsequent receive call will return the same data. MSG_WAITALL This flag requests that the operation block until the full request is satisfied. However, the call may still return less data than requested if a sigŁ nal is caught, an error or disconnect occurs, or the next data to be received is of a different type than that returned. MSG_ERRQUEUE Receive packet from the error queue MSG_NOSIGNAL This flag turns off raising of SIGPIPE on stream sockets when the other end disappears. MSG_ERRQUEUE This flag specifies that queued errors should be received from the socket error queue. The error is passed in a ancilliary message with a type depenŁ dent on the protocol (for IP IP_RECVERR). The error is supplied in a sock_extended_error strucŁ ture: #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_NONE 0 #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_LOCAL 1 #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP 2 #define SO_EE_ORIGIN_ICMP6 3 struct sock_extended_err { __u32 ee_errno; /* error number */ __u8 ee_origin; /* where the error originated */ __u8 ee_type; /* type */ __u8 ee_code; /* code */ __u8 ee_pad; __u32 ee_info; /* additional information */ __u32 ee_data; /* other data */ }; struct sockaddr *SOCK_EE_OFFENDER(struct sock_extended_err *); ee_errno contains the errno number of the queued specific. SOCK_EE_OFFENDER returns a pointer to the address of the network object where the error originated from. If this address is not known, the sa_family member of the sockaddr contains AF_UNSPEC and the other fields of the sockaddr are undefined. The payload of the packet that caused the error is passed as normal data. For local errors, no address is passed (this can be checked with the cmsg_len member of the cmsghdr). For error receives, the MSG_ERRQUEUE is set in the msghdr. After a error has been passed, the pending socket error is regenerated based on the next queued error and will be passed on the next socket operation. The recvmsg call uses a msghdr structure to minimize the number of directly supplied parameters. This structure has the following form, as defined in <sys/socket.h>: struct msghdr { void *msg_name; /* optional address */ socklen_t msg_namelen; /* size of address */ struct iovec *msg_iov; /* scatter/gather array */ size_t msg_iovlen; /* # elements in msg_iov */ void * msg_control; /* ancillary data, see below */ socklen_t msg_controllen; /* ancillary data buffer len */ int msg_flags; /* flags on received message */ }; Msg_name and msg_namelen specify the destination address if the socket is unconnected; msg_name may be given as a null pointer if no names are desired or required. Msg_iov and msg_iovlen describe scatter-gather locations, as disŁ cussed in readv(2). msg_control, which has length msg_controllen, points to a buffer for other protocol conŁ trol related messages or miscellaneous ancillary data. When recvmsg is called, msg_controllen should contain the length of the available buffer in msg_control; after the successful call return it will contain the length of the control message sequence. The messages are of the form: struct cmsghdr { socklen_t cmsg_len; /* data byte count, including hdr */ int cmsg_level; /* originating protocol */ int cmsg_type; /* protocol-specific type */ /* followed by u_char cmsg_data[]; */ }; As an example, Linux uses this auxiliary data mechanism to pass extended errors, IP options or file descriptors over Unix sockets. The msg_flags field is set on return according to the mesŁ sage received. MSG_EOR indicates end-of-record; the data returned completed a record (generally used with sockets of type SOCK_SEQPACKET). MSG_TRUNC indicates that the trailing portion of a datagram was discarded because the datagram was larger than the buffer supplied. MSG_CTRUNC indicates that some control data were discarded due to lack of space in the buffer for ancillary data. MSG_OOB is returned to indicate that expedited or out-of-band data were received. MSG_ERRQUEUE indicates that no data was received but an extended error from the socket error queue.
These calls return the number of bytes received, or -1 if an error occurred.
These are some standard errors generated by the socket layer. Additional errors may be generated and returned from the underlying protocol modules; see their manual pages. EBADF The argument s is an invalid descriptor. ENOTCONN The socket is associated with a connection-oriŁ ented protocol and has not been connected (see connect(2) and accept(2)). ENOTSOCK The argument s does not refer to a socket. EAGAIN The socket is marked non-blocking and the receive operation would block, or a receive timeout had been set and the timeout expired before data was received. EINTR The receive was interrupted by delivery of a sigŁ nal before any data were available. EFAULT The receive buffer pointer(s) point outside the process's address space. EINVAL Invalid argument passed.
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a source of joy to your Church, that she may always be fortified with
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RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – Ridgewood school officials tried to cover up a series of incidents in which a 14-year-old girl was cyber-bullied by another student and a boy who tried to defend her was severely beaten, a defense attorney said Thursday.
Another student "disseminated a private photograph of her via Snapchat to many students of the high school," said defense lawyer Rosemarie Arnold, who filed a notice of intent to sue the school district and high school Thursday on behalf of the two students – while filing a separate suit for them against Snapchat.
"When her friend intervened to try to stop the bullying, he was beaten to a pulp by another student ," Arnold said.
Arnold said she also filed suit against SNAP Inc., the Delaware-based parent of Snapchat, as well as 47 unidentified students who "instigated, incited, aided or abetted and filmed the beating of the victim."
The notice of intent claims that the Ridgewood High School "did not implement proper social media and bullying policies and procedures in the wake of another incident reported 2 years ago when Ridgewood High School had a very similar problem with teen boys disseminating private photos of girls," the lawyer said late Thursday afternoon.
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While Kanye West was performing on his Watch the Throne tour overseas, thieves broke into his home in Los Angeles. According to LA Weekly, LAPD has confirmed that burglars targeted West's residence early this morning (June 13).
Apparently, someone from West's camp reported the burglary to police. No word on if any valuables were removed from the home. Police office Bruce Borihahan stated that the housebreaking occurred around 6:30AM PT. "The owner wasn't home at the time, and it is unknown if any property was taken," he said.
LA Weekly reports that West doesn't spend much time on the property, which boasts scenic views of the Hollywood Hills. He tried to sell it for $4 million last year, but didn't have any takers.
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The greatest compliment for a writer, is to have readers appreciate and enjoy what is written. I have two blogs - one is for stories about my own ancestors and the other is filled with tips for other family history researchers, interesting discoveries and anything else related to genealogy.
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There are three conditions to be met in order to receive this award, which are as follows:
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