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list of surf housing manufacturers
Posted 07 March 2008 - 02:34 AM
I got interested in surf photography years ago but the technology was not quite there for someone who was a only a serious amateur. My first surf housing was for a Canon EOS-1N film camera. It was a nicely done Watershot housing made by a man named Steve Ogles, who has since moved on to doing housings for Hollywood. He is no longer bothering to make housings for us little folks.
The Watershot housing worked fine, but what a hassle! You would put the film in the camera, screw on 12 bolts with an allen wrench, swim out through the surf, take 36 shots, then have to come all the way back to the beach and reload your film! It was so exhausting that I shot about two rolls with this housing before giving up.
With the advent of digitial cameras and the ability to shoot 400 RAW images on one battery, surf photography became viable for me again. So I looked around to find a surf housing for my Nikon D200 cameras.
I do not wish to take my usual underwater housings into the surf because:
1. they sink, and the surf will often rip your housing away from you even if a lanyard is attached. Something that sinks in the surf is basically lost forever. I've lost two treasured ScubaPro frameless masks in the surf in the past year.
2. The sand in the surf will quickly ruin your underwater housing. Sand grains will embed themselves in your O-rings and glands, and this is probably the absolutely worst thing you can do to an underwater housing.
Surf housings have a minimum of controls, and they float. My present housing for my D200 camera is has shutter speed, and that's about all I need. I preset focus to about 3 feet, aperture to f8, and the shutter speed is all I need to control. I also set the viewing options on my LCD screen so that it only shows overexposed highlights as blinking white. I don't want any more complexity than that when in the surf.
I was astounded by how hard it was to find a surf housing manufacturer. So I have been urging wetpixel and Eric Cheng to get a surf photography forum up and running.
Here's a list of housing manufacturers I have found in my research, listed in alphabetical order.
AquaTech Water Imaging Technologies, USA
18685-A Main St, #359
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
phone number: Office: 714 968 6946
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Erik Hjermstad
Delmar Housing Projects
4051 Riverton Place
San Diego, CA 92130
phone number: 858-259-5830
Chad Stickney
669 Bolsana Dr
Laguna Beach, Ca 92651
phone number: 949-200-7658
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
SPL housings
8535 Arjons Dr. Ste N
San Diego, CA 92126
phone number: (858) 349-9037
email: email@example.com
These are very popular housings judging from what I have seen on the North Shore. Perhaps 8 of 10 photographers has an SPL housing.
Hope this helps. Thanks to Phil Colla for his help in my initial stages of research on surf housings. Please note that these manufacturers range from largish companies to one guy in a garage. The above is only a listing of sources; I cannot guarantee the accuracy nor the honesty of any of these operations. I have heard from more than one other photographer that at least one of the manufacturers on this list does not have a great reputation for timely delivery of housings and even returning borrowed cameras and loaned funds! Be careful before sending a camera for a housing. Hopefully the talk on this forum will help keep manufacturers honest!
Norbert Wu
Posted 07 March 2008 - 05:32 AM
Mo money, mo money.
Norbert, specifically which one of these housings do you have for your D200?
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Posted 15 January 2009 - 10:33 PM
No experience with them, but I've been looking too and they seem to be priced fairly well.
Posted 28 January 2009 - 01:02 PM
My name is Brad Masters and I work with Liquideye WHS. I'm a professional based surf photographer. I have been using Liquideye housing for the last 2 years. I have seen all the different models out there and all the different brands , but its the little things for me that make me keep using Liquideye WHS.
Anyway if you guys want to ask me anything please feel free.
Brad Masters
Check out our range and then get back to me
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Posted 03 August 2009 - 10:37 AM
I'm shooting with the 20D housing for 4 years now. Pistal grip is the only way to go for surf photography.
Posted 16 October 2009 - 12:39 PM
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 06:44 PM
I'm due to receive a new surf housing any day now. I had it boiled down to three makers: 1) Essex, 2) Water Housings Hawaii, and the aforementioned 3) SPL.
All sounded good, with good reputations. I went with Essex because the control features for the almost-out 7D housing are standard; not ala carte where you gotta pay extra for every button; although I know some folks like exactly that - less buttons. To each his/her own. All good.
Mike Waggoner, owner/designer for Essex, has been at it for almost 30 years in Hawaii. Taro Pascual's Water Housings Hawaii is now-famous Clark Little's choice. Nuff said. And there are many here in Hawaii who swear by SPL's quality and service; and after a couple inquiries I found owner Sean Labrie to be very quick in responding to questions.
Here are the websites: Essex http://www.surfhousings.com/
Waterhousings Hawaii http://www.waterhousingshawaii.com/
SPL Waterhousings http://www.splwaterhousings.com/
Hope this helps!
Posted 19 February 2011 - 01:18 AM
Anyone have a recommendation on a surf housing for the Canon G12 with fish eye lens ?
In fact any tips on housing and lens would be appreciated I'm trying to decide what camera to buy with my very small budget. It would predominately be for free-diving and Surf.
I'd be eternally grateful for any tips, I'm a total newbie and my head is melting with all the different specifications.
Posted 08 May 2011 - 01:15 AM
I went with Essex because the control features for the almost-out 7D housing are standard; not ala carte where you gotta pay extra for every button; although I know some folks like exactly that - less buttons. To each his/her own. All good.
Mike Waggoner, owner/designer for Essex, has been at it for almost 30 years in Hawaii.
Here are the websites: Essex http://www.surfhousings.com/
I've since switched to Essex because I updated from the 20D to the 7D. Cant say enough good about Mike Waggoner of Essex & his housings.
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If you recognized the eyes and forehead above before you even read the word Morrissey, these posters were made for you.
Offered by a small little design website out of the UK, this collection of posters re-imagines classic rock songs.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is why the internet was created! Without the internet I would have never stumbled upon Hunting Bears, a tiny web shop from a small UK-based design company called Source Creative. The shop has only 20 prints available – all in limited editions. In addition to these classic songs, there are also reinterpretations of Nirvana, Rolling Stones and John Lennon, along with a more complete set of the Morrissey Penguin-style posters.
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Store Inventory Integration
Octashop allows you to show and access the products inventory at store or location level.
OctaShop e-Retail Services has been the preferred technology partner, to enable some of India's largest retailer's online businesses with its enterprise level technology solution.
OctaShop has been the Pioneer in the Indian e-commerce enterprise technology space and brings more than 10 years of expertise in the retail e-commerce technology solutioning.
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Field School's third-grade math program got an extra jingle in its pocket just before Christmas when the Missouri Retired Teachers Foundation awarded a $500 grant to the school for its "Cha-Ching! Grocery Store Math" program.
The grant application was submitted by Terria Cox, on behalf of all the third grade teachers: Tiffany Acree, Katie Maples, Tracy Miller, Terria Cox, Billie McGraw and Gracie Bonderer.
"It is our hope that through the use of the math resources, we are able to foster a love for math, aid in the students' connection to real-world math applications, and bring exciting hands-on learning to the classroom," Cox stated in the application.
The teachers have noticed an improvement in math MAP scores since implementing the math workshop model. Looking at the percentage of students who scored in the Proficient and Advanced categories combined, students' scores improved from 53.6 percent in the 2010-11 school year to 67.2 percent in the 2011-12 school year. However, the MAP goal process standards data shows that students continue to struggle with adding and subtracting money amounts to five dollars, telling time to the nearest five minutes, identifying and comparing two and three dimensional shapes, and interpreting data from graphs.
"After collaborating as a grade level, we deduced the mathematical instructional practices need to incorporate more multiple intelligences by students performing real-life math," Cox stated in the application.
With the grant, the teachers plan to purchase cash registers for each classroom, as well as electronic flash card games, money card games and grocery store gift cards for packaged foods for each classroom. These items will help teachers increase student engagement and mastery of problematic life skills.
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A newly launched program requires recreational offshore anglers to acquire a free offshore landing permit to catch tuna, billfish, swordfish, amberjacks, grouper and snapper, and to report catches of yellowfin tuna to the state.
A newly launched program requires recreational offshore anglers to acquire a free offshore landing permit to catch tuna, billfish, swordfish, amberjacks, grouper and snapper, and to report catches of yellowfin tuna to the state.
The goal of the permit is to provide accurate records of yellowfin tuna landings to help Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists manage the fisheries, the agency said.
Tagging tuna can provide information about their movements, migrations, stock structure, growth, population, schooling behavior and physiology, according to the LDWF.
The permit is available at www.wlf.louisiana.gov/rolp.
Anglers who land yellowfin tuna must report the catch prior to offloading the fish. Reporting can be done digitally on a mobile cellphone application or by calling 877-792-3440 and responding to the prompts.
Charter captains must use plastic yellow tags provided by the department to report catches aboard their vessel. Guides must report their landings by the 15th of the month following the month in which the yellowfin tuna was landed.
Charter captains are responsible for recording their clients' catches as well.
If anglers and captains fail to report yellowfin tuna catches, it will be considered a stage one violation, which can result in a hefty fine and loss of fishing privileges. However, agency officials have indicated a "learning period" will be granted.
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The LDWF held an informational workshop Thursday night at the Houma Municipal Auditorium.
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Flemington-based Hunterdon Healthcare Partners announced today its formation of an accountable-care organization with Connecticut-based Cigna. The ACO, which became effective July 1, will benefit about 6,500 Cigna health plan members. It involves 120 Hunterdon primary-care physicians and 280 specialists.
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METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club has cut veteran tight end David Thomas and third-year cornerback Johnny Patrick.
Loomis says releasing Thomas on Tuesday was an "extremely difficult decision," given seven-year veteran's leadership and versatility, which allowed him to fill in at several spots, including fullback.
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A homeless shoplifter has been jailed for 12 weeks after he has declined support from the probation service to find him accommodation and to wean him off drugs.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Monday, May 19, how Paul Wells, 30, of no fixed abode, stole sandwiches from a Co-op, a baseball cap from Sports Direct and wine from Premier Express, in Newbold, Chesterfield.
Prosecuting solicitor Becky Allsop said: "He was seen on CCTV stealing from the Co-op.
"During his second offence he was seen by staff at Sports Direct acting suspiciously and putting something under his coat before he was spotted sitting nearby while wearing a stolen cap. The other matter involved the theft of a bottle of wine."
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Breaking Down Silos
Usually, IT misalingment occurs in one of two models:
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IT strategy –> IT process –> business process
In this example, there is never any overlap between business strategy and IT strategy. We need to break down these 2 silos. Business teams should come to IT not asking for software or more computers, but actually to solicit solutions for problems at a strategic level (not at a tactical level).
Ideal Process
IT strategy–> business strategy –> business process –> IT process
Once IT and your organization's mission are aligned, THEN you can think about adding social media and other Web 2.0 elements.
Think of IT as propelling business, not driving.
What the CEO needs to know about technology:
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- IT is here to stay
- caution & cost
- cost ≠ value
- don't reinvent
- everyone has a better idea
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- develop a philosophy
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Ideally suited for a backing track to some sort of voice/speech overdub for a presentation or tutorial or just because you love fun conga and maraca music tracks.
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This wiki page collects design principles and best-practice which would be useful for an App Engine port of Django.
The DB backend itself and other App Engine code will be kept as a separate project/repository: http://bitbucket.org/gumptioncom/django-db-app-engine/
Related tickets: #10192, #10355
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Porting Django to App Engine: What's needed/different?
In order to understand this proposal you must have read the App Engine documentation. In order to simplify the port it might be possible to reuse a few parts from app-engine-patch.
The following might also apply to other cloud hosts which provide special database and communication interfaces.
At the Django level we need support for:
- setting an owner model for ManyToManyFields (i.e., there is no intermediary table and the field's data could be stored on either the model defining the ManyToManyField or on the other model) and ModelForm should handle that case efficiently (i.e., try to save the relations together with the model instead of afterwards in save_m2m)
- ListField (stores a list of values of a certain type; DB backends could use this internally for ManyToManyFields without an intermediary table) and BinaryField
- batch save() and delete() on instances
- email backends
- running Django from a zip package
- Permission and ContentType should be fake models which are stored as a string in a CharField
Queries with inequality filters or sort orders need special index rules, so Django features like the admin interface should have a fall-back mode in which you can't sort query results because the developer can hardly define all possible index rules, especially if the searched property is a list property (in which case you need multiple index rules for all possible numbers of search terms).
Possibly, when App Engine gets full-text search support there could be a fall-back to (or preference for?) running complex queries on the full-text index.
Keys, key_name, key id, parents
In order to stay compatible with normal Django code the id should be emulated with an AutoField and the key_name with a CharField(primary_key=True).
Parents are a special App Engine feature which can't be mapped transparently to Django features, so they could be simulated in two different ways:
- With a separate gae_parent field that is automatically added to every model or (if this isn't possible: that must be added manually). The pk itself only contains the id or key_name (without the prefix) and thus stays clean and doesn't have to be encoded in a special format. A special function allows for constructing parent paths: make_parent_path(ModelA, 23, ModelB, 'kname'). This function returns a human-readable string (e.g.: "ModelA|23|ModelB|kname") representing the path
- With a special GAEKeyField(primary_key=True) that holds an App Engine db.Key object or its str() value.
Some applications might mix the use of ids and key_names within the same model (does this only affect existing GAE apps?). This could be emulated cleanly with a GAEKeyField, too. Of course, you lose portability in this case.
In order to simplify porting existing applications we could also add transparent prefixing of key names (since they originally couldn't start with a digit). This could be configurable per model, but it shouldn't be part of the actual model definition because it's only useful for old applications.
TODO: Queries should somehow support ancestor conditions.
App Engine supports running a whole function in a transaction via db.run_in_transaction(func, args...). Manual transaction handling and checkpoints can't be implemented with App Engine's current API. We might ask Google for help.
Django could emulate App Engine transactions with the commit_on_success decorator, but it doesn't really do exactly the same thing. App Engine's transactions are much more like a "SELECT FOR UPDATE" (which isn't supported by Django, yet). We might need a new transaction decorator for this.
Datastore batch operations
Certain batch operations can already be emulated with the existing API:
Getting lots of model instances by key:
Blog.objects.all().filter(pk__in=[key1, key2, ...])
Deleting a set of rows by key:
Blog.objects.all().filter(pk__in=[key1, key2, ...]).delete()
Changing existing rows:
Blog.objects.all().filter(pk__in=[key1, key2, ...]).update(title='My Blog')
What we also need is a way to batch-create/update model instances. Also, batch-deletes should work with model instances and reuse the model instances when sending signals (currently, they're re-fetched which is inefficient).
Model relations and JOINs
Since JOINs don't work, Django should fall back to client-side JOIN emulation by issuing multiple queries. Of course, this only works with small datasets and it's inefficient, but that can be documented. It can still be a useful feature.
Many-to-many relations could be emulated with a ListProperty(db.Key), so you can at least issue simple queries, but this can quickly hit the 5000 index entries limit. The alternative of having an intermediate table is useless if you have to issue queries on the data and due to the query limit you wouldn't be able to retrieve more than 1000 related entities, anyway (well, that could be worked around with key-based sorting, but then you have to create an index and you might hit CPU limits if you check a lot of data in one request).
The problem with many-to-many relations is that, for example, ModelForm saves the model instance and and its many-to-many relations in separate steps. With ListProperty this would cause multiple write operations. Also, depending on where the many-to-many relation is defined the changes could affect multiple models at once. One solution is to use batch operations as described above, but this means that all existing many-to-many code has to be changed to use batch operations. An alternative is to change ModelForm and all other many-to-many code to allow for setting the ListProperty before save() is called.
Since this should be transaction-safe the field would have to be defined on a specific model, so that only one entity is affected when adding multiple relations. This means that Django has to make it easy to add new fields to existing models (i.e., add a ManyToManyField to model B, but store the data in the target model A) and it must have knowledge of the storage location of the many-to-many relations since we might not have an intermediate table.
Special field types
The following field types have to be ported to Django:
- ListProperty
- BlobProperty (see BinaryField)
Django should work from within a zip package. This means at least extending find_commands(), so manage.py commands can work (app-engine-patch already does this). The media files and templates could be exported from the zip file (like it's currently done in app-engine-patch) if that is more efficient.
manage.py commands
Not all manage.py commands should be available on App Engine (e.g., the SQL-related commands). This could probably be detected at runtime based on the DB backend's capabilities. Some commands like "runserver" have to be replaced. This could possibly be done by adding an app to INSTALLED_APPS which redefines a few commands.
We also need an "official" deployment command to emulate "appcfg.py update" and similar commands for other cloud hosts.
Email support
In order to support email functionality it must be possible to provide email backends which handle the actual sending process. App Engine has a special Mail API. See #10355
File uploads
The file upload handling code should never assume that it has access to the file system. Instead, it should be supported that the file gets uploaded indirectly into the datastore (e.g., via POST to S3 and then Django just gets notified when the upload is finished). This means that imports of file system functions should be deferred as much as possible.
Permissions and content types
In order to prevent many inefficient JOINs the Permission and ContentType models should be replaced with dynamically generated fake model instances. Since we can retrieve the list of defined models at runtime we can easily generate all instances for those two models at runtime, too. Internally, they could be stored as a simple string (e.g., 'user.can_add') and converted into fake models when the field is accessed. This might require creating a FakeModelField for holding this kind of model. Alternatively, the backend itself could take care of efficiently faking those two models at a lower level (including JOIN emulation).


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Mitchell facing long rehab as Stampeders reload for 2018
Now that the sting of another Grey Cup loss has lessened a bit, it's time for some sober reflection on what the next move should be for the Calgary Stampeders.
Sure, there are areas of the team that is getting older, and some turnover at certain positions will be unavoidable.
One this is blatantly obvious though. There should be no rebuild motion taking place. At least not yet.
With quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell admitting he has tears in both his shoulder and elbow and will need extensive rehab to be ready for training camp, the Stamps are going into another off-season of physical and emotional repair.
What would have happened if Mitchell's throwing arm was completely 100% and he didn't miss on the final pass that sealed the Toronto Argonauts 27-24 victory last month?
What would have happened if Kamar Jorden didn't drop the ball with about five minutes left, allowing the Argos to return it all way the down the field to tie the game?
We will never know, but you two mistakes changed that game. Should that mean you give up on what this team has built and start over? No way.
No team has won more regular-season games over the past six seasons than the Stampeders.
No team has lost more Grey Cups either — with a 1-3 record over that span.
What this team needs is one more shot.
The reason why: Mitchell is due to become a free agent after next season. He will try to take his shot at the NFL, and no one should blame him for that.
The Stamps should be putting the focus on 2018 as a last chance with this core group of players. A healthy Mitchell will be a good start, seeing as how he was fighting through the injury for the majority of 2017 and it obviously affected the offence. Mitchell lost heat and accuracy on his throws, but the team still managed to lock down first place with three weeks left in the season. In the end, the injury probably bit the Stamps in the butt, but they did get within a minute of a championship.
It was in Week 5 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders that the injury took place, and Mitchell wasn't right the rest of the year. There were several weeks when Mitchell wouldn't throw a pass with the offence and then go out on game-day and try to perform.
In this 'off year,' Mitchell was still third in passing yardage, although his game clearly suffered as he dropped to sixth among starters in terms of quarterback efficiency. Once he goes through rehab, it's quite likely he will return to the form that earned him the 2016 most outstanding player award.
So it's time to reload and try to finish off another season in a positive manner.
Then, if this group is unsuccessful again, will be the time to make major changes, and it might be time to start the Andrew Buckley era.
The core group of players, especially the veteran defence that did basically nothing wrong in the loss to the Argos — except one deep ball Tommie Campbell probably would like back — should be able to get one more shot together.
The Stamps have a ton of free agents right now, but that doesn't seem to be unusual for this league. If John Hufnagel so desires, it's likely he will be able to put the pieces back together for this defence.
For every 'old player' the Stamps have in a key position, they have another 'young one' in another.
Sure the secondary has Brandon Smith (33), Josh Bell (32) and Joe Burnett (31), but Tommie Campbell (30) and Jamar Wall (29) certainly have some strong years left and Ciante Evans and Shaquille Richardson are just heading into their primes at 25 and the sky is the limit for Canadian Tunde Adeleke (22).
It appears that Deron Mayo (29) will be have a real hard time returning fully from the knee injury that kept him out most of the last calendar year. But Jameer Thurman (22) has a bright future after stepping up this season and Alex Singleton (24) was just voted the league's best defender.
Who's going to count out Charleston Hughes, who still is a sack leader at age 33, while Micah Johnson has seemingly been around forever and is just 29.
It just seems like the Stamps are getting old, because on offence that is the case a little bit.
No one would be surprised to see offensive lineman Dan Federkeil (34) and Marquay McDaniel (33) move on, and there's a decent chance the Stamps turn over the running back position instead of going with Jerome Messam (32) again.
As big a gaffe as Jorden had during the loss to the Argos, he still caught an amazing pass that set up the final would-be touchdown drive. DaVaris Daniels is a free agent but is unquestionably a talent at receiver too.
The biggest free agent the Stamps could go after though is Eric Rogers, who has sat out two injury plagued seasons after leaving the team to sign in the NFL.
The Stamps never have too much trouble finding the next receiver, as Marken Michel stepped in and was West Division top rookie this year.
And there is no way the Stamps will be two straight years where the offence struggles like this. Dave Dickenson is too good of a coach to let that happen.
The team thought it might lose defensive co-ordinator DeVone Claybrooks to the Montreal Alouettes as their head coach, but he's pulled himself out of the running for that job, so once again the Stamps have continuity with their staff.
Unless they lose a great deal of players to free agency … this team will be my favourite to be in the Grey Cup again.
And maybe this time they would win it.
Ian Busby
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I was so ready to Get into Bungie Gaming again, Missing my Halo Days. Now I just finished getting back my Refund and in all the Troubleshoot reading and Flames read on Reddit and other sources. I saw tons of Destiny 2 hopefuls giving up and them and friends going to game like Fortnight and Warframe, games I havent tried. Now I am trying both those games with my Destiny 2 Vacation time lol. damn shame! All the Best to future of Destiny Franchise.
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If Stewart's absence is seen as an opportunity, there's no telling which network might greenlight a competing show. There's the possibility that Dennis Miller, left, with Jon Stewart, could land another series, maybe on Fox News, where his obscure references to arcane literature might not go over that well. Then again, the conservative comic already has his own syndicated radio show.
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But...I have to say, Kam has been very transparent this season. I'm not ready to call it a bad season, I just think I expcted more.
It's not just the lack of picks (he has none). I just don't see him making the big plays like he did last season.
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A major holdout from Apple's online Newsstand announced Thursday it's bringing 20 of its consumer magazine titles to the outlet.
Time said monthly and yearly subscriptions, as well as single copies, will be available at the online store launched by Apple last year, along with the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 5.0.
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The move to Apple's Newsstand is part of the company's strategy to be everywhere consumers want it to be, according to Time CEO Laura Lang.
All the publications appearing in Newsstand have been specifically designed to look good on the iPad, added Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services.
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The reason Time has now decided to contribute to Newsstand may be easier to understand. It needs to shake the money tree. In the last five years, revenues have slipped 30 percent and in the first quarter alone, ad revenues dropped 5 percent to US$19 million.
Time did not respond to our request for further details on its announcement.
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"For Time Inc.'s magazines to be shut out of Apple's Newsstand made no more business sense than it would to disappear from the checkout aisles at Walmart and Target," Dan Kennedy, an assistant Journalism professor at Northeastern University, told MacNewsWorld.
"It's a further demonstration of Apple's power in the media world," he added. "Major publishers like Time Inc. simply can't afford to say no, regardless of how unhappy they may be about the rather onerous terms that Apple insists on."
Before moving to Newsstand, several Time titles had standalone apps in Apple's App Store. They included Time, People and Sports Illustrated.
Creating independent apps for a title is easier for large publishers than small ones, according to David Blankenship, president of Advontemedia, a magazine consulting company.
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"If you're a major national newsstand title that everybody is familiar [with], you can probably get away with creating your own app and playing in every court," he told MacNewsWorld. Otherwise, creating an app for a title is not a good idea.
"If you were to poll even enthusiastic people about magazine content on their iPad or iPhone, you're probably going to find that not everybody wants to have 30 apps on their device for all the magazines they read," he explained.
Contributing to app proliferation is the need to have separate apps for separate devices. An iPhone magazine app will likely not be adequate for the iPad, he explained. "Your iPad app has to have different features and capabilities and do more than what the iPhone version does," he maintained.
One benefit to publishers of having a standalone app, however, is more direct contact with their subscribers. "If you have an app, you can update it and provide additional information and do things that exceed just having a new issue notification occur," Blankenship noted.
Publishers, he argued, shouldn't begrudge Apple its 30 percent of their subscription pie. "Apple has earned the right to make some money," he said. "They created a wonderful distribution system for publishers.
"I don't know why publishers are complaining about 30 percent when you think of all the cost savings that's derived from the efficiency of digital distribution," he added.


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1. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyMichaelKazlow Jun 29, 2011 11:30 AM (in response to Maliazmom)
How are you converting it to epub? Acrobat doesn't export to epub.
2. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyMaliazmom Jun 29, 2011 3:57 PM (in response to MichaelKazlow)
I am converting it in Adobe Buzzword.
3. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyBernd Alheit Jul 1, 2011 6:31 AM (in response to Maliazmom)
Use the forum for Adobe Buzzword:
4. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyinman2787 Jul 6, 2011 8:26 PM (in response to Maliazmom)
Try Calibre. It's an open source ebook management app that organizes ebooks and can convert between multiple formats.
5. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyEileen Spears Feb 2, 2012 8:07 PM (in response to Maliazmom)
You can use some pdf to epub converter for mac or windows. Goole "pdf to epub converter" or "pdf to epub converter mac". There may be more useful informations for you.
6. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyjena518 Jun 16, 2012 6:44 PM (in response to inman2787)
Yes, Calibre works very well in my experience BUT it doesn't work if you buy something in pdf and the Seller put a DRM on it.
7. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyFrustrated in AZ Jun 17, 2012 8:57 PM (in response to jena518)
Nor should it do anything differently than any other software package. DRM
is implemented the same way across the board.
8. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyjena518 Jun 21, 2012 10:16 PM (in response to Frustrated in AZ)
In some ways I agree with the theory of DRM...just not the practice if the original format doesn't work when told it does. That's the equivilent of stealing isn't it? Charging for something that the Buyer can't use. If you have purchased something, believing that it will work and disappointed when it doesn't shouldn't there be a solution for the end user or is it just written off by the companies that have that in the software? Bottom line is $$$ for any company...but customer satisfaction, support...are those things no longer important to companies? Individuals that buy software that have this ability should be able to use it but when it's used to cheat as a scam, why is finding help a challenge? The End User did nothing wrong but with all the technology out there...there's no real reason something can't be done to help us.
It's not right nor is it fair...but no one who can 'fix' it really cares do they.
9. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyFrustrated in AZ Jun 22, 2012 11:05 AM (in response to jena518)
I may become a PITA for you, but I think you need to step back and
determine how you started this process.....
.pdf is a file format that's been used for documents for what seems like
forever. It has many limitations, and for that reason, other formats for
epublications were developed. Those formats permit more flexibility in
formatting text, illustrations and colors that .pdf does. Adobe developed
the 'epublication' format (.epub) many years ago, and it's one of the
standards in the industry. There are very few companies that publish
ebooks that don't have an .epub version available.
I don't know why you chose .pdf format for the ebooks you downloaded. The
results seem unsatisfactory (!). You say 'the original format doesn't
work' , but you chose it - perhaps not knowing how limited a .pdf file is,
and on the faith that the NOOK supports .pdf. Digital Editions does also,
but within limitations, because it does not incorporate all of the features
found in Adobe Reader software (which is designed to handle .pdfs). So,
there's no telling whether the ebooks you purchased in .pdf are using
features not supported by either the NOOK or Digital Editions - until you
run into a problem.
This 'feature' problem is compounded by conversions. You have no idea when
you start whether the program you're going to use will do the job correctly
because you don't know what .pdf features are incorporated in the original
ebook. Slowly, step by step, we go down the rabbit hole...
10. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyjena518 Jun 26, 2012 2:11 PM (in response to Frustrated in AZ)
Yes, you're right about the different formats available. BUT, pdf is what I was given so not being able to use it, to read more than one word on a line isn't unreasonable. However, I know that other people that have Nooks just rebuy the item after trying to fix the problem. I don't have that kind of disposable income. Most people look for deals and it a great opportunity for scammers to take advantage of that....but when 57 books from on author are set up that way....and youi have several authors it's difficult to understand why there is no help.
Again...more exercises in futility and fustration.
11. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlyFrustrated in AZ Jun 28, 2012 5:36 AM (in response to jena518)
I feel for you, Jena. The technologists who do this don't think of those
12. Re: PDF to epub not converting correctlysjpt Feb 20, 2013 12:58 AM (in response to jena518)
BUT it doesn't work if you buy something in pdf and the Seller put a DRM on it.
I agree with this comment and your points in post 8 about the practice of DRM.
There are DRM strippers such as epubee.
You can then use the best converters available to escape from the inappropriate .pdf format.
The legal case of using these strippers is not clear and varies from country to country.
However, the moral case seems pretty clear.
They should not be used for breaking the intent of the DRM (eg for sharing copies with other people).
However, their use is completely justified in cases where the DRM implementation is faulty, as it is in many ways with Adobe DRM, to enable books to be read in an appropriate manner.


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August 22, 1915
We are refugees. On August 16, at 7pm, we left our home running and stumbling. Until the last moment we thought we could stay, but our hopes were dashed. We should have already prepared, because there were many signs, that we could not stay. For example, the night before at 1am, we were awoken by loud banging on the door, we awoke in fright, the soldiers were requesting axes, saws and kerosene with which to burn the ferry. The last group of refugees to cross stayed with us with all of their animals. All throughout the night there was terrible noise, running about, screaming, both people and animals. At 4am the ferry was ready, and the fire was set to it and it burned. The sight was incredible, a huge smoke cloud – and the flames on the water – our Daugava – I imagined a sinking burning ship. We started to pack important papers and belongings, and also divided the money and hid it safely. Then we returned to bed. The morning promised a nice day -everyone was still in good spirits, we took in other refugees for lunch, including the millers from the other side of the Daugava, who had paddled across in a small boat and stayed with us. After lunch, they worried about how our soldiers burned down their mill, along with a factory, the stables, the coop and all of their millers' tools. The women – all three – worried until they fainted, the sight was terrible – one big sea of fire, which grew as the wind spread the flames along thousands of cords of wood, which had been stacked in rows along the banks of the Daugava. The Hardelis family said their goodbyes in tears, for they had been left with no home.
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I thought, it was a Saturday night, I wanted to bathe the children and put them in warm clean beds, and now, in the dark night, with empty stomachs, without a home, we need to wander… Dagmāriņa cried a lot, and my heart along with her. We arrived at the Krape estate. We waited outside, while Papa asked after a place for the night. We were welcomed warmly, the lady of the house and the girls were especially kind. But still, my mind was heavy, especially for the sake of the children. Trūdīte doesn't have her books, no doll, and there is no warm place to dry Dagiņa's pants. We stayed there two restless days. Papa went out to deliver the requisitioned animals and received some money. We stayed in the home shaking in fear because of the strong cannonfire, all of our side of Jumprava was filled with smoke. The impressions were many – the reserve soldiers staying at Krāpe held a church service under the blue sky. The soldiers sang, the cannons roared, us without our own home, without any belongings – hearts heavy – thinking, what kind of fate awaits us?
Early in the morning we headed off again, far away from everything that we had, that we had saved for a long time, away from everything that held dear memories. We were told that our matresses and duvets, our bottles of blueberries, our jam jars, were thrown about on the shores of the Daugava, to be destroyed or stolen. After some difficulties on the road, heavy winds and rain, we ended up at the Nītaure tavern, where we spent the night with the children in a small room. In one place, the horses were frightened of the locomotives and they almost pushed the workers into the ditches. God protected us until everything went still again. Then we headed off again.
Late in the evening we arrived at my father's house. How wonderful it is to have this home, especially now – fate's children without a home. In this moment we are received with warm loving hands, well fed, with warm beds. My dear small children need peace, warm milk. Thanks to God we have everything in abundance here, in God's grace, and there is still peace, we do not hear the terrible cannons or burning fires. But for how long? All of Latvia is in chaos. Thousands of refugees have left their daily work and headed into the unknown, leaving everything that the heart has grown fond of, little can be brought along, sometimes one is unable to bring anything.
The newspapers bring horrible stories of the lives of refugees, who have overcrowded all of Russia's cities. No work, famine, contagious diseases spreading like wildfire. Newspapers are also filled with notices of people looking for their loved ones. Men looking for their wives, parents their children, some mothers have lost their minds after losing their children on the streets. Many without homes, sleeping in tents in the forests, half-starved. Food is very expensive, rye flour already costs 250 kopecks per pood [approximately 36 pounds], butter is 75 kopecks, cottage cheese 25, and sweetened (?) for 18 kopecks, etc. Sugar, white flour, kerosene is no longer available. We will need to spend the winter with scraps (?) and black bread. We can do it, but my poor little Dagiņa has to immediately get used to rough bread, can't get any cakes, or pieces of white bread. Trūdīte had better days, but still, Dagmāriņa is a strong girl, for she drinks milk heartily and eats eggs, which Grandmother pushes upon us, not considering the fact that if she were to sell them she could get 9 kopecks per egg.
May God give us health – the future will be uncertain. It will be hard, but one must try, one must be strong, to win.


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