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Ek Be: Cave Exploration with No End in Sight
Last week we returned to Ek Be for more cave exploration in Mexico. We decided to leave the west end for some time and focus more and more on the east end, trying to push it north and south.
At this point it was clear we needed one scooter per diver as the distance to the end of the line got bigger and bigger. The main issue though using a dpv is the restrictions and tight places that force us to stop and swim the dpv over and over again. Especially right after passing Cenote Ek Be, there is a restriction where the shroud of the scooter literally scrapes the ceiling and the bottom if you find the right place to pass.
But so far we continue to be lucky laying in average 2000ft+ per day. It is really an amazing place to dive as I hardly know any cave that is so intensely decorated. We need to move super slow and carefully to avoid damaging the cave. We cruise around at an average depth of 3ft and often end up in a dry cave and have to search for ways around it in very smallish cave. But its full of leads everywhere and often I feel like swimming through a sub level park garage in a huge supermarket. Using a compass while laying line is crucial in order not to swim in circles. The X1 dive computer is an incredible asset for this application.
Every once in a while we stumble upon massive flow riffles that are timeless indicators of the amount of water that used to run through these passages. It is a surreal and amazing trip though time.
Two days ago we did a double stage scooter dive with a two hour time laps between divers. The only way to pass the restrictions is to clip one stage between the legs while super-manning both the other stage as well as the scooter. Its a slow and painful process but beats the heck out of swimming for hours =)
The end of the line used to be 7000ft in, which took a bit more then an hour to travel. Once there two team members managed to lay together 2800ft of new line, not only adding this amount to the system but making important steps towards a connection with another system further north. The dives took a bit more then 4hours to complete but both explorers came to the surface with huge smiles, which were only slightly diminished by the thought of carrying 8 tanks and 2 scooter back out of the jungle.
Lastly yesterday an important discovery was made, a Cenote close to the end of line, a new starting point that would, at least for some time, save us the stages and dpvs and brought us to an arms reach close to a possible connection. Of course there is a little draw back, the Cenote is about 500mtrs away of anything that remotely resembles a road. So now we have to find it on land using our survey data and a GPS, then cutting a new 500mtr trail and start hauling our gear there for the first dives…We just can't wait!!!
We will keep you posted!
May 3, 2011 4 Comments
Ek Be Rediscovered and Growing
We promised to keep you posted on the Ek Be exploration. Here comes the good news! We were finally able to dive Ek Be on April 8th and it was a very productive day with 3697 feet of the original lines resurveyed. We also added 244 feet of new exploration in just two dives!
The cenote we found and cut a trail to was named Cot Tunich. It is situated at the center of the cave system. It is a perfect starting point for our explorations. It has a wide cavern area that connects to cenote Ch'ul Nay. The distance between the two is around 200 feet. The cavern is a bit dark and has a ghostly hydrogen sulfide layer. Sunlight entering from a small window on the ceiling brightens the whole thing up and makes it really cool.
The cave runs mainly west to east and we can say that it looks like a branch of Dos Ojos running parallel to its downstream. We decided to resurvey the whole cave to have a uniform database to work with. While resurveying Ek Be, we would mark possible leads and push the end of lines when possible. The historical survey from QRSS showed 7189 feet of existing lines. It took us a few more dives to finish it all and then we really started to have fun, trying to go west towards Dos Ojos and east towards X'cacelito and Xel-Ha.
Westbound upstream explorations resulted in a connection with another small cenote. This is probably the cave reported as Scorpion Cave by Simon and Donna Richards in 2004, We also discovered a deeper cave level (50 feet) made of white flaky limestone, completely different from the upper level with wide bedding plains filled with cream color formations.
Over 3500 feet of new cave passage was added to the upstream alone, bringing it very close to Dos Ojos. The negative aspect is that it is becoming difficult to explore in this section of cave. We are finding a maze of narrow and unstable passages that connect a series of large collapse chambers. It won't be easy exploration, but we will keep trying.
Going east beyond cenote Cot Tunich (Ek Be), we found a lead at the end of the original line that opened into an incredibly wide bedding plain. Much of the passage is very low, even for side mount configuration. Thousands of tiny stalactites cover the ceiling giving you the feeling of moving through a glass shop!
In a few days we extended the cave 350 meters eastbound towards the ocean, exploring almost 4000 feet of new cave. During the last dives we arrived at the pre-historic Plasticine Ridge where the old coast line used to be. As expected, the cave divides and turns north and south. The possibility of going through the ridge at this point is not known. There are a few cave systems where the tunnel is big enough to swim beneath the ridge. We will soon find out if this is the case at Ek Be.
Thanks for reading, more news will follow! Quiet Diver Team.
April 24, 2011 Comments Off on Ek Be Rediscovered and Growing
Rediscovering Sistema Ek Be
Ek Be (Star Road in Maya) is a name that we heard many times. In a mail we exchanged, Jim Coke called it a "Lost Cave" and explained to us that it had been explored in the early nineties but that the data in his possession was not complete and he was unaware of the cave exact location.
The idea of finding it and bringing it back to light was obviously fascinating. We knew that Ek Be was in the area between Dos Ojos and Xunaan Ha, between these huge systems there is a vast unknown area that calls for exploration. We could not resist and a couple of weeks ago we decided to go scouting in the jungle looking for it.
Our only reference was a GPS way point Jim had passed us, it was the location of Cenote Zotz, and not far from it we should find our cave. After a three hour long jungle walk we found ourselves at the edge of a big collapse filled with vegetation, we descended into it and promptly found what we were looking for: cavern and water!
Unfortunately it was already dusk and we had to head back without checking for cave. A few days ago, April 1st, we went back to the spot to open up a small path and search for existing line or virgin cave.
Jumping in the water after fighting the jungle was already a pleasure but it was nothing compared to what the cave offered us: free diving from our entrance it was just a short swim before we could see light coming from the other side, a small dive and we reemerged into another and equally beautiful cenote! We were so fascinated and excited that at first we did not notice the blackened old line running a few feet deeper: that was it! We were definitely swimming in the cavern of Ek Be.
In the next days we intend to go back to the cave and start a resurvey of the existing lines and possibly to do new cave exploration.
We will keep you posted!! Quiet Diver Exploration Team.
P.s.: Jim Coke from QRSS collected the survey he received from the explorers of the Ek Be system. They were taken in 1993 and 1994 by Buddy Quattlebaum, Gary Walten, Kay Walten, Steve Gerrard, Tom Flynn, Hilaire Hiler, Frans Vandermolen.
Thanks to Jim and the first explorers, we hope we can keep up with your efforts back in that great era of Cave Exploration.
April 18, 2011 Comments Off on Rediscovering Sistema Ek Be
Sidemout Diving at Cenote Regina – Tulum, Mexico
I am back in Mexico for a short trip and I gotta tell you I miss living here. Living in New Jersey and raising a family is pretty damn fulfilling, especially when you have the coolest wife, son, family and business in the world. But I still miss it. It is easy to fanaticize about how much easier life was when we were living here with very little responsibility beyond getting coffee, diving and working enough to get by. I know the reality is that it would be radically different with family in tow and the long term commitments and responsibilities that come with them. But I know that you are not reading to get insight into the life of a repatriated cave diver. You want to know where I have been diving, how cool it was and if, by any chance, I learned anything at all?
Well, today I woke up on Patrick Widmann's floor (I got to travel cheap with a growing family), tossed all my stuff in his truck and we made our best time for Akumal, where I was to meet with Mauro Bordignon so we could do some sidemount diving. Unfortunately, Patrick had a Stage Multi-stage course to complete today for two fine Swedish students, so he couldn't manage my checkout dive. Luckily, Mauro, one of our cave exploration partners and an instructor himself, was free to dive.
Mauro and I elected to try out a new cave for my checkout dive. After debating Mayan Blue and Naharon, we settled on Cenote Regina. Cenote Regina is just past Naharon south of Tulum. It is a pretty cenote with a resident duck. Access to the water is very convenient; however the water was a nasty green color, which I suspect the duck contributed too.
I broke out my gear which had been in storage and discovered that I didn't have my booties with me. I guess this is why we inspect our gear and do checkout dives. We did some critical thinking and problem solving; arriving at the idea of wearing socks and flip flops in my 'flippers'. Truth be told, I had done this once before on a recreational boat. Well, it worked out. As long as I didn't drag my heals on the cave, the fin straps stayed on. I did get a little blister on the end of my right big toe, but it was well worth it.
Regina is a relatively deep cave. Our dive averaged 49ft and maxed out at 79ft. We dove for about 85 minutes on a set of side mount 80cuft tanks. It is very nicely decorated and provides plenty of entertainment because it undulates and changes direction often. The section of cave we dove is backmount sized passage. There are many marked jumps. However, on the way in we elected to stay on the main line. When we returned to the entrance we decided to re-entered the cave becuase we had sufficient gas reserves. Mauro and I checked the second jump and found a very beautiful passage, cause both of us to 'give the horns' in celebration when we saw the passage. The cave dropped down and turned into what looked like a perfectly half round passage with a brown clay floor at about 60ft. When we exhausted out gas reserves we turned the dive and exited.
Overall it was an excellent checkout dive. We had about 4 minutes of decompression on my LiquiVision X1, which was no problem and gave me some time to chill out and enjoy the serenity that diving provides.
Tomorrow, Patrick, Mauro and I are supposed to check some 'new' in the Tulum area. I will be sure to check in and update you.
April 8, 2011 Comments Off on Sidemout Diving at Cenote Regina – Tulum, Mexico
Base Jumping in a Blue Hole: Uber Cool
Sometimes I see something so cool, that I have to share it with everyone! This is one of those things.
I want to be like this guy! This is awesome.
Since we are on Freediving, this is pretty cool as well. Though it just doesn't have the same feel as the Blue Hole.
August 10, 2010 1 Comment
1000 Islands Water Temperatures
As many of you know the NOAA buoys have be been removed from the Saint Lawrence Sea Way. This decision by the government to save money has left an information vacuum around the river's status. Well, a friend of the river and the technical diving community, Andrew Driver, has stepped in to record and publish the water temperature along with river conditions. He is making Saint Lawrence River water temperature data available through his web site http://www.bluefootdiving.com.
Blue Foot Diving offers technical dive training and guided diving through the summer and into the fall from Alexandria Bay. Andrew Driver is one of the most experienced instructors in the area and has the resources to manage the logistics for almost any group. Blue Foot Diving offers shore diving, wreck diving, trimix diving and instruction from Alexandria Bay.
I did my training with Andrew and dive with him at least once a month in the spring, summer and fall. One of my favorite aspects of diving with him is the speed of the dive boat. We are able to get on station quickly and back for lunch quickly. The groups are always very small and the diving is customized for the group. He is committed to having fun while maintaining the safety of the group.
Hopefully, I will see you up there and we can do some diving together.
June 24, 2010 Comments Off on 1000 Islands Water Temperatures
Cenote Chemuyil Sur
I am back in Mexico again! Allie, Griffin and I came down for a wedding and some much needed relaxation. Luckily, I have the best wife in the world and I am going to get to do some diving as well!
For the first dive of the trip, Mauro Bordignon and I decided to check out Cenote Chemuyil Sur. This is a beautiful cenote to the south east of Xunaan Ha. It is also the cenote that spurred Alessandro Reato and Mauro to join me in surveying the exploring the 5th longest cave system in the world (more on this later). I was resurveying the downstream section of Xunaan Ha to join up with some dry cave survey Jim Coke was doing. When I reached the end of my lines, we determined that Chemuyil Sur was only 1000ft away and after discussing it with Alessandro, he decided to start trying to connect the two. After a couple of months of work, Mauro and Alessandro connected the two systems! This connection ended up being fairly significant because it is one of the few known connections that traverse the Plasticine Ridge. Mauro and I wanted to visit the connection.
Mauro and I met at his place, got our kit together and headed to the cenote. The dive started out uneventful. The cave is manageable in side-mount. However, as we progressed I started to get an uneasy feeling. I was anticipating a restriction that we would soon reach and was feeling fearful. Well, by the time we reached the restriction I wasn't feeling super comfortable. I wiggled into the chimney and determined I could most likely pass it. However, I just didn't want to do it today. I stayed in the restriction for 3-5 minutes just meditating and trying to get to a "mind like water" place. I was unable to get there, so I backed out. I let Mauro pass the restriction and then he returned.
Mauro and I used the remaining gas to check a bunch of jumps and just have some fun. The return trip for this dive was in reduced visibility or no visibility because of percolation and halocline mixing.
I am glad to be back in Mexico doing some cave diving. A couple of things have changed since I left.
- I have decided to add a z-knife on my right shoulder where both hands can reach it. Previously, I wore one just on my wrist and in my pocket. I am now carrying three. This change was the result of watching Patrick and Mauro dive and setup their kit.
- My level of confidence is way down from when I left. And my skills/reflexes are off as well. I am definitely a tourist again. I am kind of bummed about this change, but to recognize it and obey it is satisfying. Mauro, Alessandro and Patrick are all one percent-ers and I am glad they take the time to dive with me. The work they are doing here is amazing and I am glad to call them my friends.
Beyond that, I am having fun diving again. When I left Mexico, diving had lost some of the 'fun' factor for me. Diving in NJ was a lot more work and I was overwhelmed by the rest of my life. Now that Griffin is 6 months old and we seem to have things under control a little, diving has returned to being fun. I am looking forward to a summer of diving in NJ!
May 3, 2010 4 Comments
Beneath the Sea!
Good day trusty readers, I will be helping Matt from Protec at the Beneath the Sea show. You can find us in booth 612!
About Protec
Protec is a technical training facility and dive shop in Playa del Carmen. It was also my hang out when I lived in Playa. The Protec crew was instrumental in my growth a diver and became really close friends. Protec sponsored our dive expiditions at The Pit and elsewhere. I will be working the booth with Matt, so stop by and say, 'Hi!'.
Protec will be giving away a Cavern Training course on Sunday at 3PM. So visit the booth and pickup your raffle ticket! Protec also holds an annual photo contest in December, visit the booth to learn more.
About Beneath the Sea
Beneath the Sea is the Largest Consumer Scuba & Dive Travel Show in America and is held at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, NJ
BTS is an award-winning organization not-for-profit corporation dedicated to increasing awareness of the earth's oceans and the sport of scuba diving.
Beneath The Sea's annual exposition will be held this weekend and will feature seminars and workshops, lots of great door prizes, a film festival showcasing the work of world-renowned underwater videographers, great parties, and exhibits and demonstrations by hundreds of manufacturers, dive clubs, dive shops, resorts, and much more!
March 26, 2010 Comments Off on Beneath the Sea!
Checking Unchecked Leads. Cenote Azul.
Well… the last nine months have been pretty exciting! My wife and I moved back to the US from Mexico during the height of Swine Flu scare. We jump started our web design business, and had our son Hans Griffin. As one might imagine all of the associated chaos put a pretty big crimp on my diving, however I was still able to get a bit of diving done. I made a couple of trips up to Thousand Islands and I did my first deep dive in the Mud Hole off of New Jersey. But that is not why I am writing, I am writing because I am back in Mexico for a short trip to do some cave diving.
On Thursday I arrived full of anticipation and some anxiety. Sol picked me up from the airport. I had in tow a Silent Submersion DPV conversion kit, my side-mount gear and some other assorted dive goodies. I was very glad to not have to ride the bus. Sol dropped me off at Patrick´s apartment and I kicked back and started my wait. As luck would have it, I came down with a cold two days before my flight. The first two days here were spent waiting for my cold to pass and my sinuses to clear. On Saturday, it finally cleared enough for me to dive. I prepped my gear for a check out dive.
Sunday dawned and Patrick of Protec blog fame and I decided to go diving. We debated where to go for a while and decided to head to Cenote Azul. I was told when I moved here that divers were not allowed to enter at Cenote Azul, so I never tried to get in there. I said that to Patrick and he challenged me. We decided to check it out and see if that was true.
We pulled into the parking lot and spoke to the manager. She was apprehensive but decided to allow us in, to my surprise. She charged us each 100 Pesos. She explained we could drive to the water, which was behind the shack. Cenote Azul´s grounds are very nice and well maintained. The walkways are manageable and the Cenote is gorgeous. The water is about a 3 minute walk from the car. The water is about 10-15 feet below the parking lot.
You want to enter the water in the main cenote which is right in front of the wooden deck. There are two lines at Cenote Azul. One line runs to Kantun Ki and the other runs over to Cristolino. You can swim to Ponderosa (Garden of Eden) by swimming towards Kantun Ki and taking a left.
The main line to Kantun Chi is about 150ft from open water. There are at least three viable options once you are in the cavern zone, however only the left one will lead you to the main line. If you are looking for the line to Cristolino, you have to continue past the line to Kantun Chi. The end of both lines are in the same general vicinity.
It took us about 4 minutes to get tied in. We started up the line and stopped a number of times to make repairs. One repair took the two of us to lift a 4 foot slab of collapsed lime stone off the line to free it. Another repair required us to cut a ball of line off the main line. Lastly, we re-secured the line a number of times. Every time I dive this area of the system I find numerous problems with the line. In the past I have found the line slack numerous times and I find small collapses regularly here. If you decide to dive here, make sure you pay attention to the line. It is in the halocline and it isn´t in great condition, this is a relatively out of the way part of the system and the lack of traffic shows.
After about 45 minutes we reached Kantun Chi. We turned the dive and headed back. The swim home was uneventful and relaxing. We surfaced at 100 minutes. Overall it was an awesome dive. I am really glad to be back here. Diving in Mexico is much more relaxing then diving in New Jersey, there is no drive to the boat, no boat, and warm water.
The lesson this trip is to check out those old possibilities. There are management changes, line changes and changes in perspective.
January 31, 2010 8 Comments
Dive Report: Wreck of the Carolina
On Tuesday morning, 3:00 AM, August 11, 2009 the dive boat Gypsy Blood , skippered by Capt. Jim Wilson, left the Brielle Boat Basin in Brielle, NJ, for the 4 ½ hour run to the final resting place of the steamship S.S. Carolina. The S.S. Carolina was the last of 6 ships all sunk on Sunday, June 2, 1918, by the German U-boat U-151. The date has come to be known as "Black Sunday" and claimed the American ships:
- schooner Isabel B. Wiley, 776 tons – bombed, 7:50 AM
- freighter Winneconne, 1869 tons – bombed, 9:12 AM
- schooner Jacob M. Haskell, 1798 tons – bombed, 12:00 AM
- schooner Edward H. Cole, 1791 tons – bombed, 4:00 PM
- freighter Texel, 3220 tons – bombed, 5:20 PM
- passenger liner Carolina, 5017 tons – shelled, 7:20 PM
All 6 of these wrecks have been located over the years and they all lie within 6 to 10 miles of each other.
We left the dock on a sweltering evening following a very hot day that saw temperatures in the low 90's with high humidity. As we left Manasquan Inlet we were greeted by a light south westerly breeze and 2 to 3 foot seas. The 6 divers aboard settled into their bunks to get some sleep. This would be the first dive on this particular wreck for all 6 of them. By 7:30 AM we were over the wreck site approximately 80 miles south east of the inlet and 65 miles off of Atlantic City, NJ, in 240 feet of water. The crew quickly located and tied into the wreck and we were ready to dive by 8:30 AM.
The first divers in the water were 3 men who made the trip from Mesa, Arizona for a week of diving "Wreck Valley". Two were using Megalodon rebreathers and the 3rd was employing a Kiss. I was diving open circuit trimix. I had Tmx 17/45 as my bottom gas in a set of double steel 120 cu.ft tanks. I was using EAN 28 and 70 as my deco gases in steel 45 cu ft tanks slung from my chest. I splashed at 8:36 AM and began my decent down the anchor line. The visibility was excellent all the way down, being that we were in the deep blue waters of the open ocean. The temperature however began to decline from a pleasant 70 degrees at the surface to a chilly 46 degrees at the bottom 240 feet below. At about 200 feet the wreck started to come into view and I quickly realized that we were tied in right in the middle of the ship's 4 massive boilers, which are the most prominent remains of the vessel. This was good news as it would make navigating the wreck that much easier. The rest of the wreck is a collapsed debris field, although the stern is still recognizable. I cruised in between the massive boilers at 230 feet and then moved toward the stern where I had been told there was still a good chance of finding recoverable artifacts. The vis was excellent at 35 to 40 feet. I could see the glow of the dive lights of the other divers all around me giving the scene a surreal quality. This was my first deep dive of the season and that, combined with the excitement of making my first dive on this wreck, was negatively affecting my gas consumption rate. I needed to relax. Also, there was a bit of a current if you allowed yourself to come up off the wreck. I saw several very large lobsters but I've never been much of a bug hunter so I passed them by. I found a spot towards the stern and began digging in the silt and sand. I quickly started to find pieces of brass piping and shards of broken pottery. I was hoping to find some intact pieces of china with the ship's distinctive "New York to Porto Rico" logo on it. Unfortunately, this was not to be the case.
I made another pass through the 4 massive boilers and easily located the anchor line, right on schedule for my planned 20 minutes of bottom time. I began my ascent and upon reaching 150 feet I made the switch to my EAN 28 deco gas. I settled in to the task of completing the 47 minutes of decompression I had ahead of me. All went smoothly except for a bit of a bounce on the anchorline as the Gypsy Blood above us danced on the waves. I deployed my Jon-line to make my hang a bit more comfortable and efficient. I completed an uneventful deco and climbed back aboard perfectly on my 67th minute of runtime, as planned. Once all divers were back on board we saw that one of us had struck the mother lode and returned with a goodie bag full of china plates, saucers, and even a delicate tea cup, all intact. Ironically, it turned out that I had been searching only about 20 feet away from where these pieces were found. Oh well, better luck next time.
At this point Capt Jim fired up the barbecue and we chowed down on sausages and hamburgers as we watched a pod of Mahi-mahi swimming under the boat. I had only planned one dive for the day, so my diving was over. I spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing as the 3 divers from Mesa completed a 2nd dive. The day just got better as the wind calmed and the seas dropped to 1 foot or below. At 3:00 PM we cut loose from the wreck and began the 4 ½ hour run back home. We had a great smooth ride back and reflected on the satisfaction of making our first dives on this historic wreck, The Gypsy is planning another trip to this wreck in 1 month. I think I just might have to be on it.
August 13, 2009 4 Comments


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2004 was the year that took me way off course. My youngest sister Teresia lost her battle with cancer. Eight months later my older sister Scheryl lost her battle with cancer. I was the primary caretaker for both. My manager allowed me to work part time to perform this labor of love. I eventually took a leave of absence from my job. This allowed me to spend invaluable quality time with my family. Something that I have longed for since learning about Network Marketing. The time freedom was wonderful but, I had no money to do the things I longed to do. I was determined not to go back full time at my job.When I was 6 years old my parents were told that I had a disability. I am legally blind. My parents taught me to live life on my own terms and never to label myself disabled. They taught me to focus on my abilities. So I have always done that. My vision will never be perfect. There are visual aids that help though. Life will not be perfect. Business will not be perfect.
Sitting at my computer one day in 2005, a mentor stepped into my life. I downloaded an eBook called "Success In 10 Steps". Here was the truth about why I was struggling to have success in network marketing. Here was yet another tool that gave me a "slight edge". Here also were people that were smart, caring, and eager to help me reset my sails. So each day I sat reading, with my many mentors helping me gain the skills and knowledge to get back on course.
I was ready to do whatever it took as long as it was moral, legal, and ethical. My husband and I had been toiling away for years losing money, time, and friends trying in vain to have success. We joined a company located in our hometown and thought we had it made. But once again we were not successful.
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When I finished all 90+ pages, I was standing a bit taller. I had found the truth at last. I also found the courage to change my circumstances. My next course of action was to call the person I downloaded the book from. Wow! What a great experience that was. Here I was for the first time talking to a stranger that I met over the Internet and it felt like I had known this person for years. What a great day that was! And every day since I found Mentoring for Free!
We are actively living the life we dreamed of for so many years. And best part is that we are now the ones helping others discover Mentoring For Free. It makes Network Marketing purposeful and meaningful when you can assist others it realizing their dreams. This is not a sales business - it is a teaching and mentoring business.
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In Mentoring For Free, I now have a "dream team" of mentors and teachers to help me keep my sights and sail on the right course. Michael and Linda Dlouhy have attracted the best trainers from around the world to Mentoring For Free

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Google will be able to combine data from several Google services when a Google Accounts user is signed in, as part of a rewritten set of privacy policies that the company announced on Tuesday.
Google said it added the new capability so it can provide better and more targeted services. For example, by combining information from Google Calendar and Google Maps, the company could deliver reminders of a scheduled meeting that take into account how far the user is from the meeting location and how the traffic is on the way, said Alma Whitten, Google's director of privacy product and engineering, in a blog post on Tuesday.
The changes will take effect on March 1, and Google said it was starting to inform users about them via email and a homepage notice. They are included in a major update of Google's privacy policies that, among other things, will consolidate the policies for a majority of Google products into one policy. Taking more than 70 privacy documents, Google has combined more than 60 of them into that main policy, Whitten wrote. Google also said it has cut down on the Google Terms of Service and made them easier to read.
"We believe this new, simpler policy will make it easier for people to understand our privacy policies as well as enable Google to improve the services we offer," Whitten wrote. In addition, she said governments have called for shorter and simpler privacy rules, she wrote.
The new policy, a preview of which appears here, is a significant revision from the current one, said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit public-interest research group in San Diego.
"This is a different privacy policy," Dixon said. "It's finally a bit clearer about what they are doing. I think they're making more admissions." For example, the new policy says more about collecting and using mobile device information, including cellphone numbers. While Google's previous policy might have been legally defensible, this one is more useful for consumers, she said.
Privacy is a touchy issue for Internet-based services as they collect growing amounts of information about users. Google Buzz, the ill-fated predecessor to the company's recently introduced Google+ social networking service, drew fire for the way in which the company shared information and notified users about how it had shared.
Whitten pointed to the recently introduced "Search, plus Your World" feature as an example of combining information across services. Rolled out earlier this month, it lets Google Accounts users see posts from Google+ friends and other personal sources in the results of a search from Google's home page.
Other possible enhancements include more relevant search results and ads based on personal history. For example, Google could leave out fitness ads when delivering ads to a Google Accounts user who isn't "a gym person," Whitten wrote. Google services could also give spelling suggestions that take into account the spelling of the Google user's friends' names.
"In short, we'll treat you as a single user across all our products, which will mean a simpler, more intuitive Google experience," Whitten wrote.
Google Accounts users may want to be cautious about the company combining information from multiple services, Dixon of World Privacy Forum said. "This is a very broad statement, and it can mean so many different things," she said.
The main reason for concern about that data being combined is the possibility of Google being subpoenaed for information in a criminal case or civil lawsuit, Dixon said. "You may consider segregating your search at this point," and doing Google searches while not logged into a Google Account, she advised. Dixon would like to see Google provide a mechanism for users to opt out of the data combining.
In the blog post, Google said it still won't sell users' personal information or share it outside the company, except in rare cases such as being presented with a court order. Google said users will still be able to turn off Google ads altogether through its Ad Preferences Manager.
Stephen Lawson covers mobile, storage and networking technologies for The IDG News Service. Follow Stephen on Twitter at @sdlawsonmedia. Stephen's e-mail address is email@example.com


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The First Lady Hosts United Nations General Assembly Spouses at Stone Barns
Today, the First Lady hosted a special event for the spouses of Chiefs of State and Heads of Government participating in the United Nations General Assembly at the Stone Barns Center, a non-profit farm and education center north of New York City.
After a tour of the farm, the spouses were introduced to the Center's children's education program, where local third graders from Pocantico Hill School and JFK Magnet School demonstrated their experiences in hands-on farming, including harvesting vegetables and collecting eggs from pasture-raised hens.
The White House kitchen garden inspired the day's event and led to the development of Let's Move!, the First Lady's initiate to raise a healthier generation of kids. A key component of the initiative is school education. Stone Barns Center is an example of what can be done when local businesses, local farms, and neighborhood schools work together to educate children. In her remarks, Mrs. Obama discussed the power of hands-on experiences from her own child's experience:
Sasha doesn't like tomatoes -- or so she says -- not until she took a cooking class at her school and made a tomato-pesto-basil-mozzarella sandwich.
So she comes home and she says, Mom, have you ever heard of these "hair" potatoes -- tomatoes? And I was like, what are you -- are you talking about heirloom tomatoes? She says, yeah, that's it. She said, now those are good tomatoes. I was like, you eat those everyday. No, these were different, Mom. These were different.
And the point is, is that, yeah, it was different for her because it was her discovery. It wasn't something that her mother was telling her to do. She had discovered it. She made the sandwich. She made the pesto. And it was good. And now she's a fan of tomatoes. We can do that with our children.
At an event that brought together the spouses of leaders from around the world, Mrs. Obama noted that childhood obesity is not just an American challenge.
As I talk to these spouses, I'm understanding that we're seeing -- many of you are seeing these same issues in your own countries. And you're working very hard on nutrition and education. And my hope is that we can continue to partner and have conversations so that this local campaign becomes a national conversation in so many ways.
So I thank you all for your leadership on this issue. Thank you all for taking the time to spend this afternoon focused on an issue that is near and dear to me. I am always grateful for your friendship and your kindness. It makes these gatherings even more special, to be able to share these ideas and to share in fellowship and toast and all that good stuff.


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BOLTON — When training camp begins Friday, it might not be the first time this current Celtics crew will have worked together. Unbeknownst to the coaches, the veterans gathered the core members of the 2012-13 team for workouts last week in Los Angeles.
Several rookies and free agents joined Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, and Paul Pierce at UCLA for informal practices, perhaps a sign of the vets' seriousness in approaching this critical season.
Several players who participated Tuesday in the Celtics' charity golf tournament at the International GC discussed the workouts and the upcoming season.
"The guys have been together all summer," coach Doc Rivers said. "The last couple of weeks they have had a lot of bonding that allowed them to stick together every day. The entire team went to LA last week and played together, so it's been good."
It was the first time that several younger players were formally introduced to Garnett, including rookie Fab Melo, who is certainly going to have the veterans in his ear during practices this season.
"It was a wake-up call for us because we [youngsters] were playing against each other so the competition wasn't very hard," Melo said. "Then we went to LA and we saw we had to work. But that's a good thing. That's what we saw in LA, they were really focused. They want to win it this year. That's a good thing."
Meeting Garnett "was more like a fun moment for us," said Melo. "We were playing pickup games. It wasn't anything like coaching yet, but I'm sure when he comes [to Boston], he's gonna turn his lights on and start getting on us."
Melo said he is more comfortable with the system and better conditioned than during his inconsistent performances during summer league.
"One thing that makes me feel comfortable is the coaches, they're patient with me," he said. "They're working with me. That's the thing I'm happy about."
Collins trims down
Jason Collins has played most of his career as a beefy big man, but he reports to Waltham Friday he will be in perhaps the best shape of his career. Collins, who was signed as a reserve center after spending the past three seasons with the Hawks, now more resembles his slimmer identical twin brother Jarron, who played 10 years in the NBA.
"I've worked hard," Collins said. "I don't know how often Doc is going to call my name and number, but I'll be ready. That's the job of a professional is to put yourself in the best possible shape to help your team win."
Said Rivers: "Jason is in phenomenal shape."
Collins's role is uncertain with the recent signing of Darko Milicic, but he appears ready to make an impact.
"This is my best opportunity to win an NBA championship," he said. "My job is to go out there and be physical, play solid defense, and contribute on the offensive end whenever possible. As far as going out and guarding the Dwight Howards and Andrew Bynums in this league, that's my job."
Opportunity knocks
President of basketball operations Danny Ainge said the club is not likely to seek a reserve point guard to replace Keyon Dooling, who suddenly retired last week, leaving an opportunity for players such as Dionte Christmas or Jamar Smith . . . Jason Terry on his goal in his first season with the Celtics: "My mission is to kill, whoever that is, whether it's the Heat, whether it's the Lakers, hopefully both. That's my mission. That's what I'm here to do." . . . The Bucks agreed to a one-year, guaranteed contract with former Celtic Marquis Daniels, who spent two injury plagued years with Boston . . . The Celtics raised more than $100,000 Tuesday for their Shamrock Foundation.
Gary Washburn can be reached at email@example.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @gwashNBAGlobe


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The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is a television game show franchise originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, and created by Bob Stewart, and is currently produced and owned by FremantleMedia (Endemol in Netherlands). The franchise centers on television game shows, but also includes merchandise such as video games, printed media and board games. The franchise began in 1956 as a television game show hosted by Bill Cullen and was revamped in 1972. This version was originally hosted by Bob Barker. Since 2007, Drew Carey has hosted the program.
In the show, contestants compete to win cash and prizes by guessing the pricing of merchandise. The program has been critically successful and remains a stalwart in the television ratings.[1] It also managed to break away from the quiz show format that has been used in other game shows.[2] Since the current version premiered, it has also been adapted in several international formats around the world, most notably in the United Kingdom, Australia and Mexico.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked it No. 5 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.[3]
The original version of The Price Is Right was first broadcast on NBC, and later ABC, from 1956 to 1965. Hosted by Bill Cullen, it involved four contestants bidding on a wide array of merchandise prizes, whose values ranged anywhere from a few dollars, (in many cases, "bonus" prizes were attached after the fact, to the winner) to thousands, doing so in the manner of auctions except that Cullen did not act out the role of auctioneer (contestants tried to bid closest to the product's actual retail price without going over that price). Depending on the prize, contestants were allowed, in proper turn, to make multiple bids; or only allowed one bid. In the case of the former, each contestant would bid on the displayed item, until a buzzer sounded. They could make a final bid, or "freeze." The contestant whose bid was closest to the correct value of the prize – and had not gone over that value – won it. There was also a special game set aside for the home viewer, which offered several prizes in a package, which usually included a luxury vacation trip, and/or a new car as part of the package. Viewers would submit their bids via post cards; the winner being announced on the air. At the end of each episode, the contestant who had won the most (by dollar value) was declared the winner and became the returning champion, entitled to play again in the next episode. This version began humbly enough, as part of NBC's daytime schedule. An alleged series of technical problems made the pilot episode look bad enough for NBC to decline buying the show, but after an appeal from the producers, citing the fact that at that time all TV shows were given up to an initial 13 weeks to succeed or fail, it aired anyway. NBC was still all but convinced it would bomb. It would become successful enough, however, to warrant a second version of the series to begin on prime time in the fall of 1957. Shown weekly, that version also had the distinction of being the first TV game show to be broadcast in color.[4] After being a Top-10 prime time show for some time its ratings would gradually but noticeably decline, and by 1963, NBC would cancel it, only to have it picked up by ABC. ABC's primetime version ran for one full season (1963–64), and the daytime version ended in 1965.
In this version, four contestants place a single bid on an initial prize, in dollars only, as prices are rounded to the nearest dollar. The contestant who bids closest to the prize's actual retail price without going over wins it and then plays one of several pricing games for cash and/or an additional, higher-value prize or group of prizes. Two contestants are selected to compete against each other in the Showcase at the end of the episode for the chance to win a collection of prizes.
When the show debuted, episodes were 30 minutes in length; three pricing games were played, and the two contestants with the highest total winnings played for the Showcases. The current hour-long format debuted on November 3, 1975, with six pricing games per episode. A new feature, the Showcase Showdown, was introduced at this time and has remained in use ever since. The three contestants who make their way on stage in each half of the show spin a large wheel, which is labeled with money amounts from five cents to $1.00 in five-cent increments. The contestants spin the wheel once and then optionally a second time, and the contestant with the total score closest to $1.00 without going over is brought back to compete for the Showcases at the end of the show. Any contestant who scores exactly $1.00, either on the first spin or as a total from two spins, wins an extra $1,000 and gets a bonus spin. On the bonus spin, the contestant can win additional money if the wheel lands on one of two specially-colored green sections, (five cents or fifteen cents), or the $1.00 space.
Bob Barker hosted from September 4, 1972, to June 15, 2007. During his 35 years as host, Barker won numerous awards and honors including Daytime Emmys and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Directors of the show included Marc Breslow, Paul Alter, and Bart Eskander, with Eskander receiving a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Direction of a Game Show. Producer Roger Dobkowitz won a Daytime Emmy for his work on the show, which included the development of many of the show's games that are still being played today.
After a season-long search for a successor, Drew Carey took the helm of the show, with production resuming in August 2007, and his first episode airing on October 15. It is believed to be the longest-running game show on television (the Spanish-language variety show Sábado Gigante ended on September 19, 2015).[5][6] It is also the longest running game show airing episodes five days-per-week in the world. The Price Is Right is the only game show franchise to be seen nationally in either first-run network or syndication airings in the U.S. in every decade from the 1950s onward. CBS has occasionally aired extra episodes of the show for short periods between the cancellation of one daytime program and the premiere of its successor. On occasion since 1986, special episodes have aired during prime time hours, most notably to fill in gaps between the Survivor series, and during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike.
On September 22, 2008, Terry Kneiss made game show history by bidding the exact amount of his $23,743 showcase. Taping of the show immediately stopped, with Carey and show staffers concerned that cheating was taking place. It was later learned that—by constantly watching the show, noticing the frequency of certain products showing up on the show, and using statistical analysis—Kneiss and his wife Linda, who was in the studio audience, had legitimately determined the exact prices of the items in the showcase. Kneiss was awarded the prizes, and the show subsequently discontinued featuring certain products.[7]
On April Fools' Day in 2014, Craig Ferguson and Carey switched hosting duties, with Carey hosting the The Late Late Show and Ferguson taking over the hosting duties on The Price Is Right. The episode also featured Shadoe Stevens as announcer. Barker appeared on the April Fools' Day episode in 2015, hosting the first item up for bids and the first pricing game, with Carey hosting the remainder of the episode.[8][9]
Broadcast history
|Bob Barker
|Drew Carey
|Dennis James
|Weekly series
|Bob Barker
|Weekly series
|Tom Kennedy
|Daily series. Referred to on-air as "the nighttime Price Is Right"
|Doug Davidson
|Daily series. Referred to on-air as The New Price Is Right
Primetime episodes have been ordered by CBS on occasion since 1986. The first, The Price Is Right Special, was a six-week summer series which aired on CBS in 1986, hosted by Barker. In 2002, the show celebrated its 30th year with a Las Vegas special.
Later in 2002, the show began its current line of primetime episodes (known as #xxxSP in show codes). Six special episodes titled The Price Is Right Salutes aired in primetime, saluting the branches of the United States armed forces, and for the police and firefighters of America in the wake of the September 11 attacks became the first in the canon. The Price Is Right $1,000,000 Spectacular (#007SP-#033SP) was a series of primetime specials airing from 2003 until 2008 featuring chances at winning $1,000,000, as well as more expensive prizes than on the daytime counterpart.
Two daytime episodes aired in primetime. Episode #4035K (June 15, 2007, season finale and Bob Barker's final episode) was rebroadcast in primetime after airing that morning, leading to the Daytime Emmy Awards. Episode #4512K, the show's military special, originally intended for November 11, 2008, became the first daytime episode scheduled to originally air in primetime when it was moved to November 14.
The Celebrity Week format in daytime where a celebrity plays along with contestants was adopted for the next series of primetime episodes, which are part of the same series as the 2002 Salutes and 2003–08 $1,000,000 Spectaculars (#034SP-#036SP). These shows used former participants on the network's three primetime reality game shows (Survivor, The Amazing Race and Big Brother) who joined contestants as teams. The three-night special aired May 23–25, 2016.[10]
Licensed merchandise
Endless Games, which in the past has produced board games based on several other game shows, including The Newlywed Game and Million Dollar Password, distributes home versions of The Price Is Right, featuring the voice of Rich Fields, including a DVD edition and a Quick Picks travel-size edition. Ubisoft also released a video game version of the show for the PC, Nintendo DS, and Wii console on September 9, 2008. An updated version of the game (The Price Is Right: 2010 Edition) was released on September 22, 2009. Both versions feature the voice of Rich Fields, who was the show's announcer at the time of the release of the video games in question.
In September 2010, Ludia released the official Facebook version of The Price Is Right game. The game had two million monthly active users only two months after the launch.[11]
In October 2011, Ludia (now owned by RTL Group) released The Price Is Right Decades, a video game featuring production elements from various decades of the show, for the Wii, mobile devices, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 to celebrate their 40 years on the CBS network.
International versions
The 1972 revised format appeared on Australian television the following year and debuted in the U.K. in 1984. The format has also been adapted elsewhere around the world. Hosts and models from the versions in other countries have made appearances on the U.S. version, usually sitting in the audience and acknowledged by the host during the broadcast. Barker and then-music-director Stan Blits appeared on the Carlo Boszhard-hosted Cash en Carlo at the start of the 200th episode.
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|Duration dates
|El Precio Justo
|Azul Televisión
|Frenando Bravo
|Used a similar set to U.S. version and a similar logo to French version
|The Price Is Right
Seven Network (1963)
Network Ten (1973–74)
| Bruce Beeby (1957)
Geoff Manion (1958)
Keith Walshe (1959)
Horrie Dargie (1963)
Garry Meadows (1973–74)
|Original series
|The Price Is Right
| Seven Network (1981–86, 2012)
Network Ten (1989)
Nine Network (1993–98, 2003–05)
| Ian Turpie (1981–86, 1989)
Larry Emdur (1993–98, 2003–05, 2012)
| September 7, 1981 – November 24, 2005;
May 7, 2012 – December 19, 2012
|Both versions feature similar elements to U.S. version: the "Double Bullseye" playoff and a pricing game similar to the current U.S.'s "Easy as 1 2 3" are used for the Showcase
| De Juiste Prijs
Le Juste Prix
| Jan Theys (1990–92)
Koen Wauters (2010)
Michaël Dufour (2010)
| 1990–92
|Both versions feature similar elements to French version
| O Preço Certo (1980s)
O Preço Certo (2009)
Rede Record
| Silvio Santos
Juan Alba
| 1980s;
October 2009 – June 2010
|Juan Alba's version used a similar set to the UK Joe Pasquale's show (and the French show) and the same theme tune as the UK, while Silvio Santos' version used similar elements to U.S. show
| Това е цената
Tova e Cenata
This is the price
|bTV (Bulgaria)
| Veselin Kalanovski
Niki Stanoev(co-host)
| October 20 – November 10, 2013
January 4, 2014–present
|Aired every Sunday (21:00–22:00 EET); stopped after episode four and it was announced that it was its pilot season; restarted January 2014 and aired every Saturday form 18:00 to 19:00 EET
| Canada
| Misez Juste (1994–95)
Price Is Right: À vous de jouer (2011–12)
| Alain Léveillé (1994–95)
Philippe Bond (2011–12)
| 1994–95;
September 2011–12
|The original French-Canadian version had a significantly cheaper budget (car rentals in place of cars, trips to Halifax and Cuba) and a set more akin to Let's Make a Deal; aired twice a week, unlike the two other versions airing at the time (the U.S. version airs on English-language Canadian stations).
|Diga lo que vale
|Canal 13
|Don Francisco
|Aired as a segment inside Sábado Gigante.
| 购物街
Gòu Wù Jiē
| Gao Bo
Chen Beibei
|Name translates to "Shopping Street"; borrows many elements from the U.S. version
Quan Shi Ni De
|Beijing TV
|Li Yong
|Used some similar formats to the U.S. version and previous one on CCTV-2
|El precio es correcto
| RTI on Cadena Uno or Cadena Dos (1981–89)[12][13]
Caracol TV (2011)
| Gloria Valencia de Castaño[13] (1981–89)
Iván Lalinde (2011–2014)
| 1981–89
| 1980s: The second game, Grand Game, was called El Mercadito (The Little Supermarket); the fourth game was a Colombian rendition of Race Game
2011: A new season, presented by Iván Lalinde, started April 11, 2011 on Caracol TV;[14] this version borrowed many elements from the Mexican show
|The Price Is Right Beckham
|Al Nahar
|Kuum Hind
|Kanal 2
|Emil Rutiku
|October 2007
|Mitä maksaa?
| MTV (Yle)
| Mikko Yoderson
Petri Liski
| 1983–88
|Le Juste Prix
| Max Meynier
Eric Galliano
Patrick Roy
Philippe Risoli
Vincent Lagaf'
| 1987–88
|Aired at 12:05 on TF1 and became one of the most famous game shows of the 1990s. Currently, a version with Vincent Lagaf' is aired on TF1 at 19:00.
|Le Juste Euro
|France 2
|Patrice Laffont
|the series only lasted for three weeks and was aired in December 2001 until January 2002. The show was later replaced by Attention à la marche! (Watch your step!) hosted by Jean-Luc Reichmann.
|Der Preis ist heiß
|Harry Winjnvoord
|The first season used a set that had lots of pink and blue, the later series had a set that somewhat resembled the American set; the theme music was also changed to the American theme; the intro later included a light box, like the U.S. version, both series used similar props to U.S. show. It was recently featured on Germany's Gameshow Marathon.
| H τιμή τιμή δεν έχει
The Price Value Is
|Elias Mpenetos
|Yehi Hai Right Price
|Rohit Roy
| Tebak Harga (2001–02)
The Price is Right (2003–05, 2010–2011, 2016–)
| Trans TV (2001–02; 2003–05)
Indosiar (2010–2011)
| Farhan (2001–02; 2003–05)
Stenny Agustaf & VJ Surya (2010)
Ananda Omesh & Gracia Indri (2016–)
| December 17, 2001 – August 16, 2002;
May 2, 2003 – May 27, 2005;
August 11, 2010 – 2011
|The show was on TransTV and hosted by Muhammad Farhan (commonly known by his last name only)
| פחות או יותר
Pachot o' Yoter
|Channel 2
|Aki Avni
|OK, il Prezzo è Giusto!
| Italia 1 (1983–87)
Canale 5 (1988–96)
Rete 4 (1987–88; 1996–2001)
| Gigi Sabani (1983–86)
Iva Zanicchi (1987–2000)
Emanuela Folliero (1999)
Maria Teresa Ruta (2000–01)
| 1983–86;
May–June 1999;
September 1999 – June 2000;
September 2000 – June 2001
|The second longest continually-running version of The Price Is Right, airing from 1983 to 2001; one of three versions to be hosted by a woman; largely faithful to the U.S. version, but the last two seasons altered the format slightly to use the Showcase round seen on the U.K. version
| The Chance
Za cha-n-su
|Tokyo Broadcasting System
| Pink Lady
Shiro Ito
Masayuki Yuhara
|Veiksmes cena
|Valters Krauze
|January 7, 2007
|The Price Is Right بلا TVA
MBC 4 (2011–present)
|Tony Baroud
|May 25, 2010–present
|Uses similar elements to French Version, like sound effects
|El Precio Es Blanco
|Ángel Fernández
|Sponsored by the Departament store chain Blanco, later Gigante, and now Soriana.
|Atinale Al Precio
|Marco Antonio Regil (1997–99, 2010)
| 1997–99
|The 2010 version uses similar elements to the British version; in 2007, Regil auditioned to replace Barker for the United States version.[15]
|Ghiceşte Pretul
|Jurnal TV
|Bogdan Dascál
| السعر الصحيح
Al seer al Saheeh
| Prijs je Rijk
Cash en Carlo
The Price is Right[16]
| Fred Oster
Hans Kazàn
Carlo Boszhard
Eddy Zoëy
| 1986–88
|Prijs je Rijk (Praise Rich) used the U.S. theme and similar set; Prijzenslag (Price War) was based on Germany's Der Preis ist Heiss and Bob Warman's in the UK; Cash En Carlo (Cash & Carlo) was a version of many European versions to borrow the format of Bruce's in the UK (although it doesn't borrow the UK version's props and music cues, but uses another remix of the U.S. Price is Right theme as "Come on down" music)
|New Zealand
|The Price Is Right
|Dave Jamieson
|Filmed at TVNZ's Avalon Studios in Wellington, even though the show screened on the opposition network TV3; sponsored by the Farmers department store chain and Farmers actually changed their slogan around this time to Farmers, "Where The Price Is Right". In recent years, the Australian version had been screened on New Zealand's Prime Television.
|The Price Is Right
|Geo TV
|Ali Salman
|Uses similar elements to Bruce's Price Is Right and current U.S. logo in tones of blue
|Diga lo que Vale
|Panamericana Televisión
|Johnny López
|1982–84; 1987
|Featured a similar set to American version and a remix of the U.S. Opening as main theme.
|The Price Is Right
|Dawn Zulueta
|The only other version of the show known to have used the Australian version of the Showcase; the first version of show ran on ABC-5 as part of the network's response to the popularity of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on IBC 13
|Kris Aquino
|February 14, 2011 – August 13, 2011
|A second Philippine version of the show was produced by ABS-CBN and hosted by Kris Aquino
|Dobra cena
|Grzegorz Wons
|One of the many European versions that used Bruce's Price Is Right music
| O Preço Certo
O Preço Certo em Euros (January 2002 – March 2006)
| Carlos Cruz(1990–92)
Nicolau Breyner (1992–93)
Jorge Gabriel (2002–03)
Fernando Mendes (2003–06, 2006–present)
| 1990 – 1993 (first edition);
January 2002 – March 2006;
September 2006–present (second edition)
|The title was changed to O Preco Certo em Euros when the escudo was dropped and the Euro was introduced, with Jorge Gabriel and then Fernando Mendes as host, and Miguel Vital as announcer; this version used Bruce's Price Is Right props and music (but used a synthesized version of the U.S. theme for its closing music); when the show still used the escudo, it used a set similar to the U.S. show (and the German show) and the same music cues as the US; in Autumn 2006 the show re-launched once again and took its inspiration from the new UK version by using a similar set and music. The show also removed "em Euros" from the name making its new title O Preço Certo since the Euro has been in use for seven years
|Preţul Correct
|Stelian Nistor / Constantin Cotimanis
|December 1997 – March 2000
|Spune-mi Preţul
|Kanal D
|Cosmin Cernat
| Цена удачи
Tsena udachi
|Boris Smolkin, replaced by Anton Komolov
|September 11, 2005 – June 25, 2006
|The Price is Right
|Mediacorp Channel 5
|Cena je správna
| Andrea Lehotská & Matej "Sajfa" Cifra (2013)
Michal Hudák (2013/2014)
|El Precio Justo
Antena 3 (2006–07)
| Joaquín Prat (1988–93)
Carlos Lozano (1999–2001)
Guillermo Romero (2002–04)
Juan y Medio (2006–07)
| 1999-1993
|The 1988–93 used a similar set to UK Leslie Crowther's show and featured a Showcase played similarly to the U.S. version but featured only one Showcase on which both contestants bid; the 1999–2002 (Based in Bruce's Price Is Right) and 2006–07 (Based in UK Joe Pasquale's show) formats were somewhat resembled to American version and used an hybrid of the UK and U.S. showcase. After the top winner selected a range at random, both contestants bid on the Showcase, hoping that their bid were the fell within the selected range and the closest without going over of the actual price.
| ทายได้ให้เลย (2003–04)
The Price is Right Thailand ราคาพารวย/The Price is Right Thailand's Rich Price (2015–present)
| Royal Thai Army Radio and Television Channel 5 (2003–04)
True 4U (2015–present)
| Bundit Kosolpisit (2003–04)
Ketsetsawat Palakawong Na Ayutthaya (2015–present)
| 2003–04
|The first version features similar elements to Mexican show
|Kaç Para?
| Özkan Uğur
Vatan Şaşmaz
| September 8, 2003 – January 23, 2004;
|The 2011 version borrowed many elements from the French version like logo and intro and game styles and features a Single-player showcase similarly played as the UK version, hoping that their bid is within the range, high or low
|United Kingdom
|The Price Is Right
Sky One
| Leslie Crowther (ITV primetime)
Bob Warman (Sky One daytime)
Bruce Forsyth (ITV primetime)
Joe Pasquale (ITV daytime)
|March 24, 1984 – January 12, 2007
|The original version of the show ran from 1984 to 1988; the show was later revived in 1989 (ran from 1989 to 1994), in 1995 (ran from 1995 to 2001), and in 2006 (ran from 2006 to 2007). The theme from the 1994–95 American syndicated version was used for the show's 1995 revival.
|El Precio Justo
|Winston Vallenilla
|Hãy chọn giá đúng
|Lại Văn Sâm (2004)
Lưu Minh Vũ (2005–12)
Trần Ngọc (2012–16)
|June 26, 2004 – June 25, 2016
|The show featured many similar elements from the U.S. version; originally hosted by Lại Văn Sâm – later hosted the Vietnamese version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire called Ai Là Triệu Phú since January 4, 2005. After 620 shows, it was announced in its Facebook fanpage in June 28 that the show was put in hiatus for half of a year to wait for new time slot. In the following week, it was replaced by Bàn Thắng Vàng (Golden Goal).
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- ↑ Weintraub, Joanne (2007-05-09). "Barker still a prize: Durable host gave 'Price Is Right' a long spin". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ↑ Hoerschelmann, Olaf. "Quiz and Game Shows". Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ↑ Fretts, Bruce (June 17, 2013). "Eyes on the Prize", TV Guide, pp. 14 and 15.
- ↑ "Colorcasting". Broadcasting-Telecasting: 35. 1957-09-23.
- ↑ http://abc7.com/entertainment/5-reasons-why-well-miss-sabado-gigante/989313/
- ↑ Schneider, Michael. "Time's 'Right' to step down". Variety. Retrieved January 11, 2007.
- ↑ TV's Crowning Moment of Awesome, Chris. "Jones". Esquire. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ↑ "The Price Is Right". Episode 7073K. April 1, 2015. CBS. Missing or empty
- ↑ Hanks, Henry (April 2, 2015). "Bob Barker returns to 'The Price Is Right'". CNN. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Come on Down...to Primetime! CBS to Air Three Special Primetime Editions of Network Television's #1 Daytime Series, The Price Is Right". CBS Press Express. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ The Price Is Right on Facebook
- ↑ "El precio es correcto" (in Spanish). Colarte. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- 1 2 Paulo Laserna Phillips and Diego Amaral Ceballos, ed. (2004). 50 años: la televisión en Colombia: una historia para el futuro (in Spanish) (1 ed.). Zona Editores, Caracol TV. p. 117. ISBN 958-96587-5-X.
- ↑ "El precio es correcto" (in Spanish). Caracol TV. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
- ↑ Marco Regil on The Price Is Right (includes in commentary that he is auditioning for the host position in the U.S. at the time)
- ↑ The Price is Right (Netherlands 2012) description (courtesy of Blue Circle)
External links
- Official Fremantle website and video social network community for The Price Is Right
- Official CBS website for The Price Is Right
- The Price Is Right at the National Film and Sound Archive
- The Price is Right-related interview videos at the Archive of American Television


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Fix a Mac stuck in Expose view
You can fix a Mac stuck in Expose without needing to force-restart your system.
One of the features in OS X is the Mission Control window management system, which will show you various views of current windows for a single application or all applications. The view for all windows for a single application is called "Expose," and as with other Mission Control features it should smoothly toggle on and off when triggered. However, there may be an odd occurrence or two where this view may get stuck and not shut off.
When this happens, it may appear that no application (including the Finder) will reactivate. While applications like iTunes may continue to function in the background, the Expose view will cover everything, and prevent you from using the mouse to interact with any of these programs.
If this happens, then you might thing that forcing the system to restart is the only option, but this is not the case, and there is a relatively easy way to clear the problem without interrupting your workflow.
Fixing the problem is a matter of realizing that Mission Control is governed by the Dock in OS X, so if a problem occurs with it, then you can force-quit the Dock and clear the problem. Since the Dock is a persistent service in OS X, it will automatically re-launch when you force-quit it, and be up and running again.
To do this, you will need to launch the Terminal to run a command; however, since you cannot use the mouse to open the Terminal, you will need to use the Spotlight menu. Therefore, press Command-Space to open the menu, and type in the word "Terminal," or for more specificity, type "Terminal kind:Application" and you should see the Terminal appear as the Top Hit option in the menu. Now press Enter to launch the Terminal, followed by running the following command (simply type it, including appropriate capitalization, and press Enter):
killall Dock
When done, the stuck Expose view should disappear and the Dock should then reappear from the bottom or side of your display (depending on how you have it configured), and you should be up and running again.
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by David Crane
Surefire, LLC has just come out with their M4FA suppressor/silencer. The suppressor was designed by Surefire's "Director of Surefire Suppressors", Barry Dueck specifically for the M4/M4A1 Carbine.
According to gunwriter Gary Paul Johnston (in the "Proving Ground" section of the October 2003 issue of "Soldier of Fortune"), "because of the special alloys used in its construction, the M4FA suppressor is…
stronger at 1,200 F degrees than a stainless-steel suppressor is when cold, and it is guaranteed for 30,000 rounds."
Th M4FA suppressor can be attached and removed instantly via a simple hand-tightened nut that is secured by a device resembling a liner lock on a folding knife. The quick-secure/removal system requires a special M4/M4A1 barrel-mounted interface unit.
Military Spec-Ops and LE SWAT personnel looking for a suppressor/silencer for their M4/M4A1 Carbines might want to take a look at the M4FA suppressor/silencer. From what DefRev has heard so far, it's supposed to be state-of-the art. Civilians who own M4/M4A1 style CAR-15's and live in a state that allows Class III ownership should also give the M4FA a look.
Barry Dueck, Surefire's "Director of Surefire Suppressors" can be contacted via email at [email protected], or by phone at 1-800-828-8809 (Toll Free) or 714-545-9444.
Click here to visit the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine. DefRev highly recommends this publication to our readers and members. We particularly enjoy reading Gary Paul Johnston's work.


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$80,000 Wis. church antiques stolen, sold for $100
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say two men broke into a church and stole antique candleholders worth as much as $80,000, and then sold them for scrap for $100.
Police said Saturday the suspects were arrested this week following Monday's burglary at St. Anthony Catholic Church.
Authorities say the suspects stole several antique gold and brass candleholders. Detectives found at least some of them in a south-side home, and the buyer led officers to one of the suspects.
Police say the 31-year-old suspect told investigators he and a 55-year-old man took the candleholders. The man says the two smashed the marble off the candleholders to make them fit into the garbage can they used to transport the antiques to a metal buyer.
The 31-year-old was arrested Thursday. The 55-year-old was arrested Friday.


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We are considering a SharePoint 2010 configuration where we deploy separate app pools/web applications for each business unit in our company. We would have 10 app pool/web app instances total in that configuration.
Microsoft's current guidance is for 10 app pools max per server, but with the caveat that it is really limited by server memory. Our WFEs current have 8GB RAM each.
How much RAM would be required to host 10 app pools (or more allowing for growth)? Is 8GB enough? Are there any thumbrules for estimating RAM usage per app pool? What other problems would I likely encounter?


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One of the astonishing things about the so-called 'fiscal cliff' negotiations is how many politicians and people in the media talk of raising the marginal income tax rates on the highest earners by a small amount as a quid pro quo for raising the retirement age for Social Security (currently 67 for those born in 1960 and later) and the eligibility age for Medicare (currently 65). They seem to treat those as if they were somehow equal-valued chips in a game.
They are not. The tax rate hike has an impact on a very small number of people who will hardly feel it while the raising of the ages has a huge and seriously harmful effect on a vast number of people. There is no way in which the two are even comparable.
The trouble is that the people who think so are those with cushy, well-paying jobs, in air-conditioned and heated offices with good health benefits. For them working a couple of extra years before being able to retire may not be a problem and in fact they may well want to continue working even though they don't need to because their work is easy and enjoyable. But as I wrote in a post over two years ago that examined the arguments presented in favor of raising the ages, the view looks quite different for those who do hard, physical, soul-killing work and for whom finding private health insurance for a couple of extra years after they reach the eligibility age of 65 could be a huge, even ruinous, burden. Furthermore, forcing older people to work more years reduces the number of available jobs for young people entering the workforce. This Tom Tomorrow cartoon from a few years ago is even more apropos now.
And it is not as if Social Security benefits are extravagant. The current average benefit is just $1,230 per month or $14,760 per year which is below the poverty threshold of $15,130 for a couple. For someone born in 1950 currently earning the median income of around $50,000, their benefit on retiring at the age of 66 would be around $1,540 per month. The maximum payout is $2,750 per month, given to very high-income earners, those earning over $190,00 or so and fall in the top 5% of wage earners.
I think that the retirement ages when you can get full Social Security benefits and Medicare are too high now. Under no circumstances should they be raised even higher. We can reduce health care costs by going to a single-payer system, and the Social Security trust fund can easily be made solvent into the foreseeable future by eliminating the salary cap (which is currently $110,100) on payroll taxes.
Gutting Social Security and Medicare has long been the dream of the oligarchy, and the Democrats, as one arm of the oligarchy, cannot be trusted to be stalwart defenders of those programs. If Barack Obama and the Democrats make any noises whatsoever about touching those two programs, they need to be met with a barrage of angry protests. Because they will sell us out in a heartbeat if they think they can get away with it.


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Researchers recently got an opportunity to investigate the probability that a cancer detected with screening low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) would not have progressed to become life threatening. This was made possible by data from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST)-conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and National Cancer Institute Lung Screening Study. The results of this investigation published online today in JAMA Internal Medicine suggest that up to 18 percent of the cancers detected by LDCT may not have progressed enough to affect patient health if left undetected.
"This is another piece of important information that helps us to better understand the benefits and risks of lung cancer screening," says the study''s lead author, Edward F. Patz, Jr., M.D., a professor of radiology, and pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke University School of Medicine. "The NLST provided encouraging data demonstrating that lung cancer screening with CT reduces death from the disease. However, there are inherent risks with any mass screening program, and this paper investigates the probability of overdiagnosis-meaning, if some patients never would have been screened for lung cancer, they would never have known they had the disease because it would never have caused symptom."
Using NLST data, the authors determined an "upper bound to true overdiagnosis rate" because the post-screening follow-up period in NLST may not have been long enough to totally differentiate overdiagnosis from the effects of lead time-the length of time a diagnosis was moved up due to early detection by screening. The probability that any lung cancer (all types and stages) detected by screening with LDCT is an overdiagnosis was reported as 18.5 percent. The probability that an LDCT-detected non-small cell lung cancer-by far the most frequently diagnosed lung cancer type-represents an overdiagnosis was found to be 22 percent. The overdiagnosis rate for bronchioloalveolar lung cancer was 78.9 percent.
Patz explains that the problem clinicians face is not knowing which patients are among the approximate 18 percent who have indolent disease. "Patients with these nonaggressive cancers are treated the same as any other patient with lung cancer, because it is generally not possible to distinguish indolent lesions from more aggressive tumors," says Patz. The authors emphasize the need for better biomarkers and imaging techniques to determine which lung cancers are more or less aggressive so as to optimize patient care and enhance the value of screening programs.
"Overdiagnosis is something we don't commonly think exists in lung cancer as compared with, for example, prostate cancer," says Patz. "Most often, when patients are diagnosed with lung cancer, it's viewed as a fatal disease. However, these data confirm that's not necessarily the case with screening programs, which is important information for clinicians to discuss with their patients."
"The relatively modest rate of overdiagnosis with low-dose CT compared with the overdiagnosis rate projected for other cancer screenings programs, further supports the implementation of lung cancer screening programs. Of course, it's important that we work to further drive down overdiagnosis rates across all screening programs," says Mitchell D. Schnall, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group and the Radiology Department Chair at the University of Pennsylvania''s Perelman School of Medicine.
Source: Newswise