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Apple Cinnamon Fruit Leather
A recipe for homemade apple fruit leather that is both delicious and easy. Great for back to school lunches and afternoon snacks!
I can still hear the store bought fruit strips being pulled away from their package. It's the kind of thing you don't forget. Or at least for me. Roll it up, rip it apart or just take a giant bite. I loved those things. I can practically smell the strawberry variety right now. A delicious childhood memory. I had little restraint when it came to those. I could easily eat an entire box if I wanted to.
It only makes sense after making a cherry version that I would make an apple version. And let me tell you, this was incredible. Just the right amount of cinnamon and the absolute perfect texture. I wanted to hide them from the kids so I could eat them all myself! That good. My oldest has already requested I make another batch for school.
I still can't get over how incredibly easy this is to make. But best of all, the taste is fantastic and it's a great healthy snack. You don't need to question the ingredients either. Apples, cinnamon, sugar and water. All words you can say without stumbling over, unlike the long ingredient list of the store bought version. Yikes!
Yield: Makes 2 trays
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours
Apple Cinnamon Fruit Leather
A recipe for making homemade apple fruit leather that is both delicious and easy.
- 4C apples
- 1/4C lemon juice
- 1/2C water
- 1/2 tbsp boiled cider, optional
- 1/3C sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 170 degrees. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats.
Core and peel apples. Chop into large chunks. Toss in lemon juice to avoid browning while prepping the remaining apples.
Add apples and remaining ingredients to a large saucepan or stockpot. Cook over medium heat. When apples are tender, use a potato masher to slightly mash the apples. Continue cooking for an additional 5 minutes.
Carefully pour mixture into a blender or food processor to purée.
Divide purée evenly between pans. Use an offset spatula to smooth out the mixture.
Bake for 3 hours or until leather is slightly tacky and no longer wet. (*Time will vary depending on the thickness of your mixture.) Every hour, rotate pans 180 degrees and swap rack levels.
Allow leather to cool before slicing. Using a pizza wheel or knife, carefully slice fruit leather into desired sizes. Wrap in wax paper. Store in an airtight container.
-I used Paula Red apples for this. Use whatever apple you like best that has a nice flavor.
-Boiled cider may be omitted from recipe if you do not have it. Alternately you may use apple cider or apple juice in place of the boiled cider and water.
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41 Responses to "Apple Cinnamon Fruit Leather"
I've never made fruit leather before, but you make it sound so easy, I think I might have to try it!!
love this! I took your advice and stocked up on apples yesterday, i'm ready for lots of recipes!
I am seriously going to try this! I bet my kids would LOVE it!
I have been wanting to make fruit leather since you posted the cherry one. I think my kids would go nuts for it.
This looks and sounds so good! so reminiscent of childhood. i used to eat a disgusting amount of these. so awesome you can make them at home! ahh i want it now!
Tiffany would have a blast helping me with the apple leather! Can't wait to see other #anappleaday treats
Thanks for sharing this Rachel. We don't have a single clue on how to make fruit leather – thanks to this post, we now know how ;)
Going to try making this for my daughter's lunches when she starts kindergarten next week (and for the rest of the family to snack on)! Thanks for sharing!
That looks so good!!
I've wanted to make these for so long, and I think I just might have to now! Thanks for sharing. :)
I'm in love… :)
Since Apple Season is here (or coming up) it will be real cheap to buy alot of apples especially since I live in Washington! :)
I love this idea! I haven't had fruit leather in forever, but I was a big fan back in the day. The possibilities are endless!
I can not wait to try this!!! Looks yummy!
Yum! I need some apples in my life!
What a great idea! They look so good & I'm loving the apple series!
Oh how fun is this!!! I am so going to have to try it, my 7 year old will love it!
Hi! Does the 'c' in the ingredient list stand for cups?! If so, I'm in the UK and we don't measure in cups over here! Can you possible confirm in grams instead please including how many while apples I'll need please. Many thanks!
C does stand for cups. As for a conversion, it can not simply be converted to grams as cups and grams are two different styles of measurements. I suggest you use 4 medium to large size apples.
I am doing a post on your fruit leathers today. They turned out great and my daughter loves them. Thanks for sharing!!
I just love all the fun flavors you have for these fruit leathers!
so does the lemon/water go in the crockpot or is that on the ingredients list to toss to prevent browning? i think i'll try this tomorrow with some tart apples i don't know what to do with and was a bit confused!
can you make this without sugar? we don't eat sugar.
I have made it with straight stewed apples and no added sugar, I just used nice sweet apples. It worked fine for me. I also made some with puréed really ripe pears ( I did not cook these just blended them) they were fantastic, too.
İn Turkey we have many kind (grapes,cherry,apricots,white mullberry),of fruit leathers but I didn't try to make at home Thanks a lot
I was also confused about the lemon juice. I added lemon juice to the pot with the other I ingredients and realized after reading one of the comments that I probably shouldn't have. Please update your recipe to be more clear. Excited to try it, thanks got sharing!
is it ok to replace the sugar with stevia?
I love this recipe and have used it regularly since I found it last year. Thank you for sharing!
I hope you don't mind, but I'm teaching a class on making fruit leather tomorrow, and I am including your recipe. I am also making sure to give you credit on the paper, with your website. I hope that's ok.
You have inspired me to not waste food that we've had canned and hadn't eaten yet. My children love this snack as much as I do!
Hi! Maybe a dumb question, but what type of cider did you use? Like apple cider or cider vinegar? Thanks!
**tip** I used parchment paper instead of silicon sheets as that's all I had and it made storage a breeze!! I was able to trim edges and then cut to the right size using clean kitchen shears. It was a breeze! Then I rolled them up and into a Ziploc bag.
Can't wait to try with other fruit and new combos !!
how long can these store for?
Can you use like Splenda or something like that in stead of sugar?


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10km training schedule - 3 months out
I am completing in my first 10km swim in December. I would like some ideas/suggestion on what other swimmers do in regards to a more formal training schedule leading into the last 3 months.
I am a beginner swimmer who swims about 10-15km a week comprising of a variety of 500m, 1000m, 2500m and 5000m sets. I have trained hard for 9 months doing lots of technique and strength work (about 400km worth) and feel now is a perfect time to tackle this distance. I am not a fast swimmer and like most newbies I still stuggle mentally with the longer distance sets (thank god for my ipod and the ever shifting shapes of sand at the bottom of the pool).
My goals are to 1. complete the event in sub 3hours 10min (21min per 1km) and 2. prove to myself that i can mentally swim this far.
Any suggestions on set structure per week that could assist me in achieing my goals for the next 12 weeks would be very much appriciated.
SuirThing Carrick-on-Suir, IrelandMemberHi Kane, I hope to take on a 10k myself next year. Some good advice here.
13 week training plan here
best of luck with it, and make sure to write up a report for us !!
ps - unfortuneately 21min per 1km will give you a time of 3hours 30min rather than 3hrs10
I tried to convince myself, but, orange flavour electrolyte, mixed with hot chocolate,
tastes nothing like Terry's Chocolate Orange ....
Just enjoy yourself. Don't set a time goal unless the race has one.
If the race won't have kayak escorts, then work on navigation and swimming straight. I'm a steady 3K per hour swimmer, but when in open water, that drops to about 2.8K per. I lose almost 10% solely from not being able to swim straight.
Good luck. It is fun!
Just here troubling deaf heaven with my bootless cries...
RickS MemberI completed my first 6 mile swim in June and the 10 mile kingdom swim in July (also a first for me) The thing that gave me total confidence during these events was my long pool swims. If you can get in some long training swims in open water I'm sure that would be even better.
hey guys, thanks heaps for the advice, links and especially the encouragement. I will be sure to post the training schedule i end up collating from the links and what i end up working too.
Glad to hear i am not the only zig zagger out there IronMike!
heart San Francisco, CACharter MemberI find that, during open water races, I'm buoyed by the scenery and the beauty of it all, and end up being able to swim distances I never thought possible. So, for the "big swims", I would do them in open water if possible, and use the pool for interval work. If you're near a body of water that has a buoy line or recognizable landmarks, practice sighting on those.
I've recently taken to closing my eyes when I swim in the pool (I open them only to flip turn.) It encourages me to sight even in the pool.
If you can race a 5K hard, you can swim a 10K easy.
Chris_OD Oceanside, CAMemberWhen will you take your first food/drink stop? Two hours? Longer?
I'll be the one lone voice against feeding. Water yourself up prior and just swim slowly. Even if it's 3.5 hours, you don't need feeding if you're just swimming to finish versus win.
Just here troubling deaf heaven with my bootless cries...
My first couple of 10Ks were in large fresh water reservoirs. I just drank the water when I felt thirsty and ate a few GUs that I had jammed into my suit.
the plan is for no stops Chris, apart from rolling onto my back to drink. It will be our summer and temps will be about 25-30 C out and 21 in. it is a fresh water swim but unlike Bobswims drinking habits i won't b taking a swig of this water. My rule is if i can smell the water then i am not drinking it...!
With all the info i got from this post and the links provided i have put together my 13 week swimming plan. Here is a link to it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar3lxM1eONRfdEZWLTdObkZuMnVLX1B3eGxqVjlIVkE
This is very much tailored to my life in the next 13 weeks. i tried to get a mixture of short and long swims and increase the distances in the 8-12th week.
Feel free to comment, take it, etc.
Hard to comment as I can't figure out how many meters you're doing on each day. For instance, in week 8 you have 22 workouts not including your extras. How many per day? How many rest days? Week one is filled out, so of course I can see you did 2 days and were sick. Is your intent to do all the distances per week? If you get busy and/or sick, would you then try and fit all those meters in on whatever days are left? And I don't know what the experts would say about you doing a 10K only two weeks from your race.
I'm certainly no expert, having only done one OW 10K, one pool 10K (horrible), and a bunch of 5Ks. But these are questions that came to mind while reading your plan.
One thing I will say: For your open water practices, I would worry less about distance and more on practicing those skills that, at least for me, I find hard: navigation, peeing, drinking, fixing goggles, etc.
Just here troubling deaf heaven with my bootless cries...
Kind of related to this thread. So far this year, I've been focused a lot more on building my aerobic base for the 25k I swam, and the other one I was supposed to swim but got cancelled. My next big target is a 10k in November, and, if conditions permit, I'd like to shoot for an improved time. The biggest challenge will be switching my head from "cruise" to "work", but other than that, how should I structure my sets? I still will have to do long swims, I understand that, but I'm a bit confused how to build my workouts. 100s with less rest? 500s? Any suggestions?
yeah IronMike this appears to an oversight. I wrote it out on paper first and have forgotten to include it in the spreadsheet. I will retrieve my notes from the recycle bin tonight and fix it up. Most sessions following the first week average about 3.5 - 4km every second day. I like this distance as i can easily fit it in after work and my body's recovery time remains no longer than 12-15 hours. This allows me to go to work the next day without feeling mentally and physically drained.
Timsroot - 25km WOW that is huge...i am probably well out of my depth here to comment but for what it is worth: i like 500s as a base distances with reletively quick turn arounds; 500m is short enough to see the stats (lots of sets to view), this particularly helps me with mental motivation. 500m is also long enough for me get into your grove especially if i am working on something.
dc_in_sf San FranciscoCharter Membertimsroot wrote:My next big target is a 10k in November, and, if conditions permit, I'd like to shoot for an improved time.
Are you doing the Bale of Tortuga? I'll be there as well - hoping to use it as a qualifier for Rottnest.
http://notdrowningswimming.com - open water adventures of a very ordinary swimmer
dc_in_sf wrote:Are you doing the Bale of Tortuga? I'll be there as well - hoping to use it as a qualifier for Rottnest.
I am. I swam their 5k this past April, and am swimming the one in October, too. The race was pretty well run, and the race director seems like a pretty good guy.
Guys i have hit a little hurdle 3 weeks out and would love some advice...i have been rather ill over the last 10 days with a chest infection. For the last 2 weeks and then again for the next two weeks I was scheduled to do some longer swims. However, I was back in the pool today and my 1000m sets were a struggle.
So my questions are;
1. how long does it normal take you guys to get back to 100% swimming fitness and
2. should i stick to my original training program and jump right into the scheduled 5km, 7km and 10km swims or alter it to build up my base again and then try get one or two longer swim in when i am feeling closer to 100% i.e. closer to the event?
I have just under 420km under my belt this year so mentally i know i have done the work; its now about that all important last few weeks! I am very excited about the swim!
Thanks guys, as a newbie to long distance swimming i really appreciate your advice.
Kane, if I were you, I'd maybe try and fit in a 5K a couple weeks before, but if I felt bad I wouldn't. It really is more important to get healthy.
Just here troubling deaf heaven with my bootless cries...
ssthomas DenverCharter MemberListen to your body! Make sure you're fully recovered before you start to push yourself. Pushing it too soon will just make you more tired and take longer to get back to it. If I've been sick, it's usually around 2 weeks or so until I'm feeling normal in the water. The truth is, you've done the work already. Just focus on getting yourself to feeling better and doing what feels right. I'd try building, but maybe not doing a longer training swim too close to the race. Higher intensity and lower yardarge, like a taper, might work. Good luck- and stay healthy!
ChickenOSea Charter MemberDitto. Good luck!
Hey guys...i did it easy!!!
The training schedule, and revised schedule after the flu was more than sufficient and I am pleased to say i had at least another 5km in the tank! I think the secret for me was lots and lots of 1km sets then breaking the actual swim into 1km sets.
Now to start training to double the distance, I am hooked!!!
Thx for the advice along he way guys!
oopwater MemberHey Kane,
Awesome job!! I know it's been a while since you've done this swim, but I'm 3 weeks out from doing my first 7.5km swim. I've also been swimming about 10 - 15km a week, like you did before this one. What advice do you have for the last 3 weeks before the first swim?
Did you end up feeding on the day? I've done a couple of cold miles in the past, but what should I expect from doing 5 of them at once?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Training is a very personal thing as we're all different ages, sizes and shapes and with different 'histories'. I used to be as fit as a fiddle then did precisely nothing for 20 years before returning to sport. It's been a long road back.
I have a 10k in precisely one month and I'm now going flat out prior to tapering. 4x 3.5 or 4k swims a week with 2x gym sessions on non swimming days. I'd like fit in a couple of runs as well but I'm listening to my body and if I don't have the energy, I don't run.
I've found that fitness isn't enough with MS, you need strength as well hence the weight sessions.
How the time has flown since I posted this...since that 10km swim i have gone on to complete lots of 10Km swims and more recently a 20km swim....I am starting to plan my next big challenge a 35km swim...I am addicted!!!
So how has your training changed/progressed? What tips can you pass on?
Thanks Kane.
Quigley MemberI'm not sure how to post a new discussion thread, but since this is closely related I'll ask here. What would your training plan look like if you had a 10 mile swim 5 weeks out? I currently swim 2x/4000y twice a week and then a longer swim (3-6miles) once a week. I have no sense of "feeding" since my longest swim thus far is 6 miles and I just drink some water during that.
OnceaRunner Member@SuirThing That training guide is awesome. Thanks for posting!
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I am by no means a swimming or coaching expert and what i have learnt can only be credited to the coach i train with and the info i have learnt from others i.e. forums such as this. So the most valuable things i have learnt:
- keep it dead simple...don't complicate your training, preparations, etc.
- your output is so dependant on what you eat. Eat well and drink lots of water.
- determine what you are going to eat during the race early on and practise eating that at ""every"" long swim thereafter.
- swim in a masters squad...speeds sets are essential to distance swimming and if you are anything like me i don't like completing them by myself.
- The most important part of your squad sets are the few kms after everyone has gone home. Practise swimming tired...alot!
- One day per week swim a double session. The morning set is a long anaerobic swim designed to tire you (i was doing 8km) whilst the afternoon swim is an aerobic squad style swim...short speed sets (4km).
- do 3 weeks of training then 1 week at one third to half the normal distance (aerobic swims only).
- don't forget your mental training...positive affirmations are gold during those dark moments in the middle of the sea...mine are: "Nothing Great comes easy", "pain is temporary", "long, strong, complete", and my favourite..."swimming is just like walking"
- And lastly
thats why you are swimming after all!!!!!
loneswimmer IrelandCharter Member@KaneThe morning set is a long anaerobic swim designed to tire you (i was doing 8km) whilst the afternoon swim is an aerobic squad style swim...short speed sets (4km).
Other way around. Long sets are aerobic, speed sets are anaerobic.
@Quigley, only swimming three times a week for a 10 mile? You should be swimming five times a week. The weekly long swim won't really compensate for regular swimming.
Wow that's some mileage Kane! I would struggle combining that kind of tempo with work commitments, I'd need to sleep afterwards. Do you, or others suffer from that? I guess we all do surely. I did 4k off the beach this morning before going to the office but much more than 5k and my heads starts to drop at lunch time.
@LoneSwimmer - oops your correct...!
@warmwater - the first few weeks of double sessions are tough but it get easier as you go. I actually find the early morning swims before work very invigorating...i wish i had the up-and-go to do it everyday.
Nikki Member
Hi Kane,I loved your tips. Can you provide a bit more information on what you consumed during the long swims in the pool and what constituted a long swim when you were training for the 20k?
Also, what was the longest training swim you did for the 20k and how far in advance of the 20k did you do it?
I'm training for a 20k now. About six weeks out and just hitting my max swim of 15k this weekend.
Thank you!

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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray).
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FS#237 - Glitch in displaying rendered pixels and percentage
Opened by Simon (infoised) - Monday, 20 February 2012, 13:27 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Friday, 03 March 2017, 14:37 GMT
When rendering in multiple passes (radiosity in my case), the elapsed pixels and percentage, written to terminal
I'm running
I don't see where this glitch might have any "drastic effect"; as for scripts evaluating the output, they see all those lines separated by carriage-return characters.
Anyway, I guess it should be easy to fix by printing a newline between stages.
I just meant the number of leftover characters may be very large in some cases.
Printing a newline is a good solution.
Right now there is no indication of which stage the render is in, which makes it hard to estimate the remaining time. Could this also be added?
In addition to this, it appears that during the photon mapping stage, all threads report their counts in parallel, and the displayed number of photons fluctuates a lot: it can change like this
Photon count 697
Photon count 1043
Photon count 703
It seems to me, that the counts from threads are not added together, but rather just reported separately, whichever comes first. It would be better to add them together for consistent increasing photon count, or report separate counts from different working threads, like Photon count [697,1043,...]= 3423 total
Edit: this seems to be commented in the code as a known issue.
While we are at it, it would be nice to report timing for each stage separately. Just like the parse stage and the render stage have a block like this
Parser Time Parse Time: 0 hours 0 minutes 8 seconds (8.777 seconds) using 1 thread(s) with 8.773 CPU-seconds total
This should be done seperately for
- parsing
- photons
- radiosity (each pass separately, plus total), where it should be indicated which pretrace pass it is
- main render
This avoids the original glitch and also provides the user with information about where we are... I got angry a lot of times, when I returned to the computer, seen the progress at 90% and when it finished, I noticed that it was actually radiosity stage, and the render stage will take even more time.
- Field changed: Status (Assigned → Tracked on GitHub)
Now tracked on github as issue #247.


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NSF-funded scientists are recognized in White House event
March 25, 2014
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Benjamin Blonder is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow who recently completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. He co-founded the University of Arizona's Sky School, a residential science school that provides inquiry-based environmental education on a campus located in the heart of the Coronado National Forest. Because of his efforts, each year hundreds of K-12 students, primarily from Title I schools, are now able to conduct independent research while exploring the unique ecology, geology, and astronomy resources of the region.
"My science outreach has been possible with the financial support of my Graduate Research Fellowship," says Blonder. Among his outreach prior activities was a GK-12 (NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education) collaboration between the University of Arizona and Miles Exploratory Learning Center in Tucson to bring science resources to teachers and classrooms.
Billy Spitzer is vice president for programs, exhibits, and planning at the New England Aquarium. He is responsible for oversight of exhibit design, visitor experience, volunteer, and education programs, as well as institutional strategic planning. He is supported by NSF through the Division of Research on Learning to strengthen the capacity of informal science education institutions to increase public understanding of climate change and its impacts on coastal zones and marine life. In addition, he is funded by the Division of Ocean Science to take a leadership role with the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence.
"NSF support has enabled us to develop, test, and refine our climate change training program, and now is enabling us to scale it up to reach more than 150 aquariums, zoos, and science/nature centers across the country," says Spitzer.
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Growing Up
I love technology. Ever since i was 10 I've been using computers, taking them apart, sometimes putting them back together correctly, and in general keeping up with the latest trends. I've never been much of a fanboy for one company or another because I feel like the pace of electronic innovation is moving too fast for one company to consistently be at the forefront every year. This fast pace is no more evident than in the world of smartphones.
I'm sure you've heard the statement that as soon as you buy an electronic it's obsolete. Cell phones are the epitome of this truth. Currently you have your choice of phones running Apple iOS, Google Android, Blackberry OS, Amazon FireOS, Windows Phone, and those are just the headliners. There's up and comers like Firefox OS, Blackphone, and Tizen, and you can still buy tablets featuring failed mobile operating systems like Palm's WebOS on Ebay.
My first phone was a Nokia 6610, one of the first color cell phones; meaning the screen was color, the phone itself was silver. The battery lasted for a week, it had Java games like Snake and a sweet hang-gliding game, and I used it to run over my text message limit every month much to the chagrin of my parents. I upgraded to a flip phone after a few years, and then the revolutionary for its time Motorola RAZR.
In 2003 I began fixing computers for family and friends, and I had taken apart my home PC several times. The first Mac I ever used was one of the Blueberry blue iMacs with the cute little handle and hockey puck mouse. This was pre-OSX days, so the interface looked like a gray turd. In 2005 my school's lab bought all iMacs and we were required to use them. Thankfully this was at least right after OSX came out, so it did look pretty cool. I knew I would never be a "mac guy" though. Once you understand computers and how to put them together, it really does make sense to build your own. It's kinda like working on your own car; if you have the time and skill it can be fun, save you money, and result in more power. I built my first computer in January 2009, and am still typing on it right now. Its been through plenty of upgrades, but it still runs as well as the day I built it.
My First iPhone
When the iPhone was announced in early 2007, I was the first person to record Steve Jobs' entire Keynote speech and put it up on YouTube one 10 minute segment at a time. Yes, this was before YouTube let you have videos longer than 10 minutes. The keynote turned out to be one of Steve's best, and those keynote videos I uploaded to YouTube got a couple million views. That December, 6 months after the iPhone was released, I bought on of my own.
In marketing there is something called a "first-mover advantage." Basically, the first company to the market usually has a large head start on the competition and it becomes first in the minds of consumers. This leads to increased market share, sales, hype, and fanboys. iPhone was the first mover to a new market of easy to use smartphones for the masses, and one year after it came out, it was the first mover to offer easy to develop apps that anyone could create and sell. These were two huge advantages that led to Apple being synonymous with "cutting edge technology" and "it just works" user interfaces among others.
I'm sure you can recall the competitors that came out against the iPhone in 2008-2010. Other cell phone manufacturers tried to make touchscreen phones with 1/10th of the capability of the iPhone and failed miserably because they lacked the software to backup any of their hardware. In 2010 I remember first hearing about Android when a friend of mine had the T-Mobile G1. It was a cool phone that showed promise, but I still loved my iPhone. Every year though, I would hear more and more about Android. This was partially due to the AT&T's exclusivity of the iPhone that really led to Android being able to take hold with the other carriers. All my friends that didn't have AT&T and wanted a smartphone either switched to AT&T and bought the iPhone or went with Android. The other contributing factor to Android's growth was the lack of advertising that the carriers did for the iPhone. Because Apple wanted control of the entire user experience, cell phone carriers weren't able to install their own apps or branding on the phone. The openness of Android let the carriers put whatever bloated programs they wanted on the phones, thus guaranteeing higher profits at the cost of confusing and angering customers. Pay attention next time you see a cell phone commercial, it will probably be for an Android phone.
Android was really the only smartphone operating system that seemed capable of taking on iOS. Granted, there was Palm's WebOS and a few others, but they never got the market share to survive. By 2012 though, I began to see where iOS was looking dated, and Android had begun to surpass it in many features. Customizable notifications? Android only. Tap to pay using near field communications? Android only. Want to set new default apps so you don't have to use the built in SMS, Calendar, or Maps app? Android only. The openness of this technology was beginning to appeal to me. I already had built computers for myself and several friends at this point, and I knew that the openness of Android mirrored what Microsoft has done with the Windows operating system in many ways. Whereas no one outside of the tech blogs could tell you how much RAM the latest iPhone has, Android phones feature their processors and RAM prominently. If Android was already ahead of iOS in so many ways by being open, and I enjoyed the customization, it made sense for me to want to change to Android.
In October 2013, my iPhone 4S was two years old, and I was due for a subsidized upgrade with AT&T to the phone of my choosing. I spoke to my friend who had a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 about switching over and buying the Note 3 when it released later that month. He said to me, "If you can handle not being known as an iPhone user, then you'll be fine and you'll love Android." For me to switch I would have to undergo a stigma of sorts that many people have gone through. I would have to explain to my friends why I can't receive iMessages anymore. I would have to undergo an exodus from the iPhone.
A Fabulous Phablet
The specs of the Galaxy Note 3 made quite a compelling argument. A massive 5.7 inch screen was literally a huge upgrade from my iPhone 4S diminutive 3.5 inches. Would it even fit in my pocket? What about the skinny jeans I wear on occasion? I was even more swayed by the 3 gigs of RAM it offered. Three Gigabytes! That's more than my first laptop had! Heck, that's more than some computers sold today have! It had a 2.4 Gigahertz quad-core processor too, which was pretty amazing. On paper, it sounded perfect.
I prepared myself for launch day of the Note 3, expecting to have to deal with some semblance of the lines and hype that the iPhone creates. AT&T said on their website they would have it in stock on Friday, October 18th. That Wednesday I checked the AT&T website and saw that several of the stores said they had it in stock early. I called and the guy said, "Sure, we have them right now." I drove excitedly to the store. There was no line. I was seated and bought the Note 3 within about 10 minutes of arriving. No hype. No crazy Galaxy Note 3 faithful camped out for weeks in advance. Just me and my new massive phone.
It took me about a month to get used to the large size of the phone. I customized it to my heart's content, gladly uninstalling iTunes from my PC and enjoying the freedom to install what I wanted. Granted, some of my favorite iOS apps weren't on the phone such as Strut, VSCO Cam, and Tweetbot, but maybe they would arrive on Android eventually? I really did grow to love the phone, Android, and the openness that it has to offer. I could use the SMS apps I wanted, everything was integrated with the Google apps that I use every day, and I could make the interface look however I want. Samsung had done a great job with the hardware too. I swapped out my battery for a larger one, popped a 64GB micro-sd card in the back, and could even change channels with the infrared sensor on the phone. The interface was even USB 3.0, so I could use the plethora of cables I had instead of buying Apple's proprietary Lightning Connector.
Falling Out Of Love
After about 5 months, I began to fall out of love. Not with Android, my goodness I love Android and what Google is doing with the software side of things. I fell out of love with Samsung and all of their "features" they've added to the phone. Multi-window mode that only works with a few apps? Check. Inconsistent interface with different styles that I can't change? Check. S-pen that I really didn't need? Check. Bloated apps such as S Health, S Voice, S Note, Samsung Hub, WatchOn, Flipboard, ChatON, etc etc etc. So many apps that I didn't need, didn't want, and they were constantly running, not able to be disabled, and slowing down the core Android operating system. It's like Samsung put all their effort into making good hardware, and then put everything and the kitchen sink into the software without thinking about how that would effect the speed and quality of the user experience. Samsung, and even Google to some extent, has focused their software on doing a lot of things decently, whereas iOS has focused on doing fewer things really well. When I used my friend's iPhone 5S I saw how fast and fluid the operating system was, and I missed it. I felt pangs of regret over leaving an operating system that was exactly designed for the hardware it was created for.
Currently, Android has an 85% global market share. Let that sink in for a minute. 85% of the smart phones sold in the world are running Android. By this logic one would think that Android users have an app store overflowing with amazing and exclusive apps because developers want to create apps that will get in front of the most faces and thus make them more money. But this isn't the case! Apple still has the first-mover advantage with their apps, and they have more apps and developers creating for iOS. To this day, a lot of the Android apps released feel like after-thoughts of the iOS versions. Even some of the official Google apps have more features on iOS than on Android. I feel like developers are going to realize how much more they can make on Android, and they are really going to start coming over from iOS in droves, but it hasn't happened yet.
I feel like I need to say something about the speed of the updates to the operating system as well. On iOS, Apple has full control of operating system updates, and they are pushed out to all iOS devices simultaneously. When iOS 8 is released, everyone with an iPhone 4S and later can download it immediately for free. Android on the other hand is incredibly slow to update, and there is no guarantees that your phone will receive an update. My Note 3 came with Android 4.3 when I bought it. One month later Android 4.4.2 was released. If I was on iOS I would have had it upgraded the day it came out. Instead, Samsung's engineers and AT&T's engineers had to inspect it and ensure it would run all their included software well. I didn't get the update to 4.4.2 until February of the next year, 5 months later. Even when I got it, the update took a week to be pushed to my phone after being released. Today, Android 4.4.4 has been out for several months and I have yet to hear anything about getting the update on my device.
My wife has an old iPhone 4 that she still uses. She's been due for an upgrade for years, and up until a week ago, I was fully planning on getting the Google Nexus 6 when it comes out. There are rumors that the Nexus 6 will have a large screen like the Note 3, but no pen, no Samsung software crap, and it gets updates as soon as they come out. So when the successor to 4.4 KitKat comes out for Android, the phone will receive the update the day it is released. And the new Android release looks amazing! Google finally has a set of design guidelines that look even better than iOS in my opinion, and I believe that when this update is released and the design guidelines trickle down to the developers, there will be some truly beautiful apps made on Android. Here's a preview:
Return to the iPhone
At WWDC 2014 in June, Apple announced iOS 8, which included a lot of features that Android already had including Widgets, third-party keyboards, and more ways for apps to connect with each other. A lot of these new features Android had since 2011 and I wasn't very interested; mainly because I knew that the rumors were pointing to the newest iPhone being 4.7 inches, a lower resolution screen, and generally not the hardware I was wanting.
In the weeks leading up to the release of the iPhone 6, I had heard rumors that Apple was making a large screened "phablet" to compete with Samsung's Note line and other large screened Android phones. I doubted the rumors though and decided to wait for Google to come out with the Nexus 6. Then the Apple Tuesday event came, and while watching a live stream of the unveiling, I saw that the rumors had been true! There was a large screened iPhone coming out! And it hit me, I could return to Apple.
I could return to the interface that made me fall in love with smart phones from the beginning. My friends could send me iMessages again. A lot of the apps that I loved on iOS that never made it to Android would be waiting on me to come back. And I would get all those features that were on Android in 2011. They may not be the most cutting edge, but I was guaranteed that they would work properly. I could use the keyboard that I wanted. My phone would know my fingerprints and be more secure. And I could do it all with a large screen that I loved. So I took the plunge and pre-ordered the latest iPhone 6 Plus at 2am Friday morning. I'm really excited about it! I'm looking forward to the hype, the lines, and the fanboys arguing. I missed it.
Is Apple going to out-revolutionize all other smartphone operating systems? No, I don't think so. Is Apple even on the cutting edge of development with eye tracking software, heartbeat monitors, and a stylus? Nope. Is Apple even doing as well as Google Drive with their new iCloud Drive? It isn't even close. But for now, as least in my opinion, Apple is doing enough right for me to want to return to them. I will take Apple doing less things really well than Android doing a lot of things decently. I don't know what things will look like in a year from now when the latest smartphones and Android releases come out. Maybe I will switch back to Android in a year. Or maybe Windows phone will be more compelling (gasp!) and I will switch to that. Whatever the case, the smartphone landscape is changing far too quickly to be a fanboy to one operating system, one hardware manufacturer, or one company. I always have been and always will be a fan of technology, and wherever I think the most innovation is happening there I'll be. I'm glad to be back with iOS. For now.
Thanks for reading. This isn't my typical type of post on my blog, but this site is a home for what I'm passionate about, and technology is one of those things. Speaking of things I'm passionate about, you should watch this wedding I filmed.


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Red Bull have formally confirmed their intention to appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.
Ricciardo had initally thrilled his home crowd at Melbourne's Albert Park in finishing runner-up to Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, only for the stewards to later exclude him from the race classification due to a technical fuel infringement with his Red Bull.
After immediately serving notice of their intention to appeal, the team were then given 96 hours to process their application, doing so just ahead of Thursday's deadline via the Austrian motor sport federation.
A hearing will now go before the FIA's Court of Appeal at a date yet to be determined.
The latest set of regulations, to accommodate the introduction of the new 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged power units and various accompanying energy-saving devices, have swiftly resulted in the first challenge.
Among them is the cars now start with a maximum 100 kilograms of fuel, as opposed to 140-150kg in previous seasons, and operate with a fuel-flow rate of no more than 100kg per hour.
Ricciardo's car, however, was found to consistently exceed that rate during the race.
In layman's terms, the fuel-flow rate is monitored by an FIA meter, manufactured by Gill Sensors, who are based in Lymington, Hampshire.
Following Ricciardo's disqualification, on his debut for Red Bull after being promoted from Toro Rosso as replacement for Mark Webber, team principal Christian Horner claimed the sensors were "unreliable".
Horner stated there was an issue with the sensor that changed its reading through Friday practice, which was replaced on Saturday but failed during qualifying.
Red Bull, of their own volition, chose to use their own sensor to determine the fuel-flow rate which had not been cleared by the FIA.
FIA technical director Charlie Whiting confirmed Red Bull were warned against doing so, both after qualifying and again five laps into the race, but chose to ignore the directive.
Addressing his team's actions, Horner said on Sunday: "These fuel-flow sensors that have been fitted by the FIA have proved problematic throughout the pit lane since the start of testing.
"There have been discrepancies in them, even unreliable. We had a fuel-flow sensor fitted to the car that we believe to be in error.
"We wouldn't be appealing if we weren't extremely confident we have a defendable case."
Red Bull will now have to prove the FIA sensor was defective and that their own device was not in error.
Earlier this week Gill Sensors issued a statement claiming the FIA had provided them "with positive feedback" about their equipment that is based on ultrasonic technology.
The statement added the FIA further confirmed "their confidence in the development" and the meters "meet the FIA's accuracy specification".
Horner, though, slated the system as "immature technology" and that it was "impossible to rely (on it) 100 per cent".
Pending the outcome of the appeal, the race result, with McLaren duo Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button promoted to second and third behind Rosberg, remains provisional.


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Oct. 26, 2009 -- A new, four-drug regimen to wipe out bacteria associated with peptic ulcers and stomach inflammation banished the bugs better than the standard three-drug treatment often used, according to research presented at ACG 2009, the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in San Diego.
The new, four-drug treatment is "tolerable, and there is excellent compliance," says researcher P. Patrick Basu, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and chief of the division of gastroenterology and endoscopy at North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, N.Y.
Unchecked, the bacteria Helicobacter pylori can lead to irritation of the stomach lining and inflammation of the lining (gastritis) and peptic ulcers, and boost the risk for certain types of stomach cancer.
Detecting Ulcers From H. pylori
An estimated 40% of U.S. residents are infected with H. pylori, according to Basu, but most have no problems with it. Those who are bothered may report a burning pain in the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, burping, bloating, and weight loss.
When the symptoms are bad enough, they prompt a visit to the doctor, who may order a test for the bacteria. The bacteria are detected in a number of ways, including a blood test that looks for antibodies in the blood to indicate exposure, a stool test that looks for evidence of infection, a breath test that checks for the presence of a gas the bacteria produces, or other ways.
Once the bacteria are found in those with troublesome symptoms, the goal is to eradicate them to avoid future problems. Several drug treatment approaches are available, but compliance is often poor, experts say, and the bacteria aren't always eliminated. Resistance to the antibiotics is sometimes a problem, too.
Ulcer Treatment: Study Details
Basu and his colleagues compared a new four-drug regimen -- a seven-day course and a 10-day course -- with a standard 10-day, three-drug treatment. The study was not funded by any drug company.
The three-drug regimen, a standard approach, is called LAC because it included:
- Lansoprazole ( Prevacid), a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) to reduce stomach acid
- Amoxicillin (Amoxil), an antibiotic
- Clarithromycin ( Biaxin), another antibiotic
The four-drug regimen, called LOAD, included:
- Levofloxacin (Levaquin), an antibiotic
- Omeprazole ( Prilosec), a proton pump inhibitor
- Nitazoxanide (Alinia), an antibiotic
- Doxycycline (Vibramycin), another antibiotic
In all, 135 patients were evaluated, with 45 in each of the three regimens. The average age in all three groups was 46. Some had peptic ulcers, others had gastritis or other gastric conditions linked to the bacteria. All had been off antibiotic or PPI use for six weeks before beginning the new ulcer treatments. None had undergone treatment to eradicate H. pylori before.
Ulcer Treatment Study Results
The four-drug approach eliminated bacteria in more than 95% of all these patients, with the seven-day plan achieving it in 95.3% and the 10-day 95.2%. The three-day approach eliminated it in 80.9%. Physicians say compliance is often a problem, with patients not taking prescribed pills, but Basu found high compliance, with 93.3% of the 10-day LOAD patients and the 10-day LAC patients completing the treatment and 95.6% of the LOAD seven-day patients finishing.
When the analysis was computed to include everyone who began the study, including the eight who discontinued the treatments, the four-drug, seven-day plan eliminated bacteria in 91.1%, the four-drug 10-day plan eliminated it in 88.9%, and the three-drug, 10-day plan eradicated bacteria in 75.6%.
Side effects reported by all groups were mostly minor, such as headache, belching, or constipation.
All patients he studied had not received treatment before, so Basu can't yet say whether the new plan might be worth a try for those who have failed previous treatment.
Costs are comparable, Basu says. "LAC is about $400 for 10 days, and LOAD is about $400 for seven days. LOAD 10 is about $535."
Second Opinion
''It's a completely new regimen," says William Chey, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who reviewed the study findings for WebMD.
He views the results as promising. "This is exciting news about a potential new therapy," he says. New treatment regimens have been few in recent years, he says, as the percentage of people with H. pylori in the U.S. has dropped steadily.
What strengthens the study finding that the four-day approach is more effective, he says, is that "the eradication rate he got with [the three-day approach] is exactly what you would expect based on other studies from the U.S." In his recent review of published studies, Chey found an eradication rate of about 77% with three-drug treatment plans, close to the 80% found in the new study.
Physicians should consider the new four-drug regimen, he says, adding that further studies are needed. "The results are encouraging, and the eradication rates with standard therapy are not very good."


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Dance review: Morris protege makes his mark
It is not too early in John Heginbotham's choreographic career to describe his work as "School of Mark Morris," which is not surprising when you consider that he danced in Morris' company for 14 years and picked up more than one tip on fusing dance and music.
But that categorization would not account for the tempered energy, effortless charm and droll wit displayed by the six-member Dance Heginbotham, which made its West Coast debut Thursday evening at ODC Theater, the latest entry in the ongoing Music Moves Festival. When the dancers jog around the perimeter of the performance space or tease you with expected symmetries that refuse to materialize, you can sense the playfulness of his former employer, the sense of community one treasures in Morris' performers.
Heginbotham may care deeply about the relationship between movement and music, but he has other fascinating matters on his mind. In "Twin" (2012), he develops patterns imbued with almost geometric rigor. Four of the dancers (Kristen Foote, Lindsey Jones, Weaver Rhodes, Sarah Stanley) materialize in Maile Okamura's op-art costumes, while John Eirich comes on in a flowing white skirt. The spread-out unisons, flowing arms and vacant stares suggest a calisthenics class, but the isolations and broad strides imply something subversive. The title of the dance probably alludes to the deft mirror duet for Jones and Stanley.
At one point, Heginbotham, dressed in a black suit, emerges from the wings and stands motionless at the rear. Yet his ominous presence confers an air of narrative. Eirich is drawn to him like a magnet, and his periodic reappearances darken the mood, complemented in the score by Aphex Twin. The style becomes expressionistic; surely Heginbotham intends those silent screams to look like a stroke of parody. "Twin" leaves us asking questions, but they're the right sort of query. Nicole Pearce's dazzling lighting scheme is just about the best I've seen in this theater.
"Twin" demands that these admirable dancers curb their natural brio, which is untethered in the zany "Closing Bell" (2011). Inspired by a "Twilight Zone" episode, it opens with four dancers rolling around the floor. These toy-shop denizens flop, swagger, rock on their haunches, toss in some ballet bits, run in circles, make eyes at each other and do whatever awakened dolls are supposed to do.
The score by Tyondai Braxton mingles lush orchestral sonorities with jazz riffs and sound effects. And Heginbotham's choreographed response to every moment has yielded a splendid kinetic cartoon, climaxing in a feigned shoot-out. Throughout, the dancers' movements reflect the score meticulously.
This is where the comparison with Morris ends. For one thing, Heginbotham's scores (both written for him) are serviceable, not great music. Second, as yet in his tender choreographic career, Heginbotham can't deploy the dancer's body as a medium of musical interpretation. But there is time.
Happily, Heginbotham still dances with relaxed verve. His loping performance of a Remy Charlip Air Mail dance, "The Picture Image Solos," left the audience wanting more.
Dance Heginbotham: Works by John Heginbotham. 8 p.m. Saturday. ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco. $25-$30. (415) 863-9834. www.odctheater.org.
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– to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost."
– BARACK OBAMA, speech, Aug. 28, 2006
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The Washington Post has published a very silly op-ed by Chrystia Freeland accusing President Barack Obama of unfairly "demonizing" Wall Street. Freeland wants to see Obama tone down his rhetoric and play nice with executives in pursuit of a harmonious economic recovery. The trouble is, Obama hasn't actually deployed harsh words against Wall Street. What's more, in order to avoid being characterized as "anti-business," the Obama administration has refused to mete out serious punishment for outright financial fraud. Complaining about nouns and adjectives is a little ridiculous when handcuffs and prison sentences are in order.
Freeland is a long-time business editor at Reuters and the Financial Times, and the story she spins about the financial crisis comes across as very reasonable. It's also completely inaccurate. Here's the key line:
"Stricter regulation of financial services is necessary not because American bankers were bad, but because the rules governing them were."
Bank regulations were lousy, of course. But Wall Street spent decades lobbying hard for those rules, and screamed bloody murder when Obama had the audacity to tweak them. More importantly, the financial crisis was not only the result of bad rules. It was the result of bad rules and rampant, straightforward fraud, something a seasoned business editor like Freeland ought to know. Seeking economic harmony with criminals seems like a pretty poor foundation for an economic recovery.
The FBI was warning about an "epidemic" of mortgage fraud as early as 2004. Mortgage fraud is typically perpetrated by lenders, not borrowers — 80 percent of the time, according to the FBI. Banks made a lot of quick bucks over the past decade by illegally conning borrowers. Then bankers who knew these loans were fraudulent still packaged them into securities and sold them to investors without disclosing that fraud. They lied to their own shareholders about how many bad loans were on their books, and lied to them about the bonuses that were derived from the entire scheme. When you do these things, you are stealing lots of money from innocent people, and you are, in fact, behaving badly (to put it mildly).
The fraud allegations that have emerged over the past year are not restricted to a few bad apples at shady companies– they involve some of the largest players in global finance. Washington Mutual executives knew their company was issuing fraudulent loans, and securitized them anyway without stopping the influx of fraud in the lending pipeline. Wachovia is settling charges that it illegally laundered $380 billion in drug money in order to maintain access to liquidity. Barclays is accused of illegally laundering money from Iran, Sudan and other nations, jumping through elaborate technical hoops to conceal the source of their funds. Goldman Sachs set up its own clients to fail and bragged about their "shitty deals." Citibank executives deceived their shareholders about the extent of their subprime mortgage holdings. Bank of America executives concealed heavy losses from the Merrill Lynch merger, and then lied to their shareholders about the massive bonuses they were paying out. IndyMac Bank and at least five other banks cooked their books by backdating capital injections.
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Former marine, Brendan O'Toole, who received a punch in the face during his charity run through Wilmington, Del. last week, was back in Wilmington this morning running with veterans and members of the Wilmington Police Department.
According to O'Toole, this morning's run was a show of support for veterans, as well as an effort to show he won't be holding any grudges against the First State.
"We get a lot of negative things on the road here and there. That one definitely struck us a little bit harder, and gave me a bit of a headache, but I'm feeling great. I feel like we're doing our best job to raise awareness and all the support we're getting, it's pretty contagious," O'Toole said.
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"So, no qualms or bad feelings about Wilmington or Delaware; I'm just really thankful that everyone helped us as much as possible, and made a lot of noise, and we'll see what happens the rest of the trip for New England."
O'Toole, 26, of Alexandria, Va. began the 3,600 mile "Run for Veterans" in California last November on Veterans Day. His hope was to finish the run in Portland, Maine this November and to raise $2 million for veterans' causes along the way.
While running near Sixth and Market Streets around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, O'Toole says a man came out of nowhere, punched him in the face, and then took off running. The unexpected punch left O'Toole with a mild concussion and a bloodied face.
"My head was down, I had a hat on, and I just didn't see it coming. So when he hit me it just swept me right off my feet. It happened so quick and it was so ridiculous. I just kept going. I went two or three blocks before my head started pounding," he said.
"My hope is that he was just excited about a hello, and gave me a high five, and over-exaggerated for it and missed, but the mark and the blood from it will show differently."
Unsure whether anyone else observed the incident, O'Toole was hopeful that the Wilmington Police Department would be able to track down surveillance video footage.
They did.
"I thought it would be a lost cause to try to find someone who had just hit me and ran, so at first I didn't call police. After he hit me, he ran near an elementary school, and I thought, if he hit a grown man, he might hit one of those kids, and he must have mental health issue."
Wilmington police did find surveillance video of the incident and later arrested 21-year-old Garry Beauford of Chester in connection with the assault. The department tweeted a picture of the suspect after he was taken into custody late Thursday.
According to O'Toole, this was the first time anything like this happened during his entire cross-country run. Still, he says, he won't be holding any grudges against Wilmington.
"Out of 13 states that I've been through, and I've been in some bad parts, I've never had a problem. So, it wasn't even a thought in my mind that something like that was coming," he said. "We don't have a bad view of Wilmington or Delaware, it's just unfortunate that it happened there."
O'Toole says the idea to do The Run for Veterans came after a friend of his, a fellow Marine, committed suicide after completing a tour in Iraq.
"I had a buddy in the Corps who killed himself after his tour in Iraq. I also had many friends in the Marines and service members who left the Marines and when back to their hometowns and had a hard time with that transition," he said. "We thought this would be a good way to collect money for organizations that help with the difficulties a lot of veterans face."
According to the website, all donations collected will be disbursed to three national non-profit organizations that support military service members, Give an Hour, Team Red White and Blue, and The USO.
O'Toole reportedly completed two tours of duty in the United States Marine Corps between 2008 and 2012, according to Run for Veterans website. During the time in which he served, O'Toole was deployed to Haiti, in response to the 2010 earthquake, and to Afghanistan where he maintained tactical communications systems used to coordinate air strikes against insurgent forces. O'Toole completed his active duty military service at the rank of Sergeant in June, 2012.
O'Toole's next stop is in Philadelphia. A Run for Veterans representative says they are re-routing the current map to avoid potentially 'sketchy' parts of the city.


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I don't speak French, so that joke probably doesn't work, but I thought it worth a try.
Our link-chums at Kotaku found this. It is, quite literally, like nothing you've ever seen before (at least hopefully). Footage is Not Safe For Work. With Capitals. I mean, it's not Warren-Ellis-Don't-Look-link bad or anything, but it's about as out there as (say) Battle Raper. Probably worse, in fact. I'm not sure if there's actually a scale for these things. Maybe we should make one, on which this would score a nine, as we're famously hard-markers on weird-shit perversion.
The game in question is Love Death 2. It's a section of first-person shooting, except that it's a love-gun firing its sticky bullets. We're dealing with a veritable one-man Bukkake, with a minigun at the hip and a hair-trigger, ready to go off AT ANY TIME. It's indescribable. Or, at least, indescribable to us right now. I hope it has an early release.
It also begs the question: How did we miss the original Love Death?