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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers "Hot Planet - Cold Comfort" Alda learns about global warming and what could happen if the great Atlantic Conveyor shuts down. He also slogs through melting permafrost to survey drowning forests in Alaska.G
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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers "Hydrogen Hopes" The show looks at how science might obtain hydrogen from renewable sources, store it safely and provide a usable fuel.G
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NASA Sci Files "The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle" The tree house detectives efforts to raise money with a car wash dry up when the city is hit with water restrictions. With the help of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), the entire group learns all about the water cycle, the water table, global climates, and much more to get the project flowing again.G
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Mechanical Universe And Beyond, The "Fundamental Forces" All physical phenomena of nature are explained by four forces: two nuclear forces, gravity, and electricity. D
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Democracy In America "Civil Rights: Demanding Equality" This program looks at the nature of the guarantees of political and social equality, and the roles that individuals and government have played in expanding these guarantees to less-protected segments of society, such as African Americans, women, and the disabled. D
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Connect with English "Changes/The Farm" Sandy goes to a women's shelter. Kevin decides to go out to his uncle's farm, and he and Rebecca pack up their apartment.G
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Power Yoga: Mind and Body "Abs" With Plank, Supta Tadasana, Navasana, and others. D
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Dog Who Cried Woof/Doing The Right Thing" The Dog Who Cried Woof - After overhearing Samuel tell the kids a scary story about Whiffy the Skunk Ghost, Clifford and T-Bone get a bit spooked. Cleo takes the opportunity to play a series of naughty tricks on them, but then finds them not believing her when she really needs them! She learns that it isn't nice to play tricks on people. ~~Doing the Right Thing - When T-Bone inadvertently "steals" a squeak toy, he experiences a guilt-induced dream where his conscience tries to show him the right thing to do. D
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Arthur "The Curse of the Grebes/Arthur Changes Gears" The Curse of the Grebes: The Elwood City Grebes haven't won the Baseball Championship since 1918. But with the addition of three players - voiced by real-life Red Sox players Johnny Damon, Mike Timlin, and Edgar Renteria! - the title is finally within reach. There's one problem - whenever Buster is at the game, the Grebes lose! Is Buster the team's curse?! Or can the players convince Buster that his loyalty as a fan is more valuable to them than winning? Arthur Changes Gears: Arthur finally saves enough money to buy the bike of his dreams! Butà this new bike is way too nice to actually ride. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Goes to School/Td and the Light Bulb of Doom" Martha Goes to School - TD thinks it would be funny to put Martha's name on the list for substitute teachers. TD and the Light Bulb of Doom - TD swears he'll start working on his report just as soon as he watches the "Harry Blotter, Boy Wizard" movie marathon, all nine parts!G
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Curious George "George's Super Subway Adventure/Well Done, George" George's Super Subway Adventure - The Man with the Yellow Hat has two surprises for George today: They're going to the zoo and they're riding the subway! George is so excited to see his first underground train that he hops right on, leaving the Man behind at the subway terminal. After comical mishaps where the two barely miss meeting up and some fun stops along the way, George figures out how to take the train all the way to the zoo, where he patiently waits for his friend to catch up. Well Done, George - A certain muddy monkey needs a bath, but there's no water coming out of the faucet. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "A Tale About Tails/Sticky Situation" A Tale About Tails - Nick and Sally are playing "Tape the Tail on the Donkey" when they wish they had tails of their own! Well it just so happens that the Cat knows a lot about tails! He brings them to the Jungle of Wagga-Tag-Tail where they meet a number of animals with very different tails. When Nick and Sally get to test out all of these tails for themselves, they learn that different tails can do different things! Sticky Situation - Sally and Nick are playing the drums on overturned buckets when Nick breaks his drumstick! Luckily, the Cat knows someone who is a stick expert, his friend Betty Beaver! She finds Nick the perfect drumstick, but when her dam springs a leak, Nick, Sally and the Cat help her fix it, using Nick's new stick. He doesn't have a stick anymore, but Nick learns an even better way to drum: using a home-made beaver tail!. D
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Super Why! "The Prince and the Pauper" Whyatt thinks his house is too loud while Princess Pea believes her home is too quiet! Would the friends be better-off if they switched places? To look for a solution, Super Why and his friends encounter two friends just as they are about to switch houses. A prince on the farm and a pauper in a castle soon leads to chaos and confusion! Where will everyone be the happiest? Educational Objectives: To learn to appreciate where you're from. Kids will experiment with the alphabet, celebrate spelling and use the power to read to change the story. D
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Dinosaur Train "Erma Eoraptor/Under The Volcano" Erma Eoraptor - Buddy, Tiny, and Mrs. Pteranodon go on an expedition to find Erma Eoraptor, a member of the first species of dinosaur that ever lived. They venture off the beaten paths in the Triassic to find Erma, and then bring her back for a ride on the Dinosaur Train! Under the Volcano - Tiny, Buddy, and Mr. Pteranodon take the Dinosaur Train to Volcano Valley to see the local volcano. The sight is so spectacular, they go back for the rest of the family only to discover they've already gone to see the volcano! The merry mix-up concludes as the whole family meets up to marvel at the sight of Mt. D
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Sesame Street "The Good Sport" Elmo and Abby are playing a game of hot potato together. Elmo keeps losing the game and starts to feel frustrated. He thinks that something must be wrong with the potato, and tries using another one, but he still loses. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Daniel And Miss Elaina Play Rocketship/Daniel Plays At The Castle" Daniel and Miss Elaina Play Rocketship - Daniel has come to play with Miss Elaina today! They decide to play "outer space," but Miss Elaina gets upset when her cardboard telescope and spaceship accidentally break. Lady Elaine helps the friends see that they can still have fun together, even without the toys - because they're friends! They use their imaginations to keep playing, which is just as much fun! Daniel Plays at the Castle - Daniel is visiting Prince Wednesday and the boys are excited to explore Prince Wednesday's rock collection. Daniel is saddened when Prince Wednesday tells him the rocks are too delicate to play with. D
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WordWorld "Sh-Sh-Shark!/Dog Wants to Play Ball" Sh-Sh-Shark!: Shark is misunderstood. Everyone is afraid of him and won't even give him a chance to prove he's friendly. Everyone but Duck, that is, who doesn't know that the letters s and h together make the 'sh' sound, and therefore doesn't know who Shark is. D
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Caillou "I Can Do It!" Caillou's learning to do new things, and discovering it's okay to have help while he learns. To prove he's ready to help Dad paint the porch, Caillou paints Rosie's dollhouse first - and Gilbert, with paint-dipped paws, does some painting too! Caillou moves from renovation to recreation when Dad and Sarah teach him to play baseball; Dad teaches him to swim; and Clementine goads him into going down the big kids' slide. Mom shows Caillou how to tie his shoes but he get frustrated and stops trying. D
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Barney & Friends "Trail Boss Barney and Get Happy!" Trail Boss Barney: Three children try to build a pretend farm, but have a hard time working together. Barney takes them to a ranch to show them how all the people there have to work together to keep things running smoothly. The children learn about cooperation and fun on a ranch, and even get to meet a celebrity cowboy cook! Educational theme: Working together. D
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Thomas & Friends "Slips and Trips!" While covered in pink undercoat, James is asked by Sir Topham Hatt to pick up his granddaughter and take her to the Town Hall for her birthday party. But James is worried he will be seen by his friends and tries to hide his pink coat from them on the way. Thomas has to wear a replacement funnel while his own is being fixed and he is embarrassed about it. D
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Curious George "George's Super Subway Adventure/Well Done, George" George's Super Subway Adventure - The Man with the Yellow Hat has two surprises for George today: They're going to the zoo and they're riding the subway! George is so excited to see his first underground train that he hops right on, leaving the Man behind at the subway terminal. After comical mishaps where the two barely miss meeting up and some fun stops along the way, George figures out how to take the train all the way to the zoo, where he patiently waits for his friend to catch up. Well Done, George - A certain muddy monkey needs a bath, but there's no water coming out of the faucet. D
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Martha Speaks "Martha Goes to School/Td and the Light Bulb of Doom" Martha Goes to School - TD thinks it would be funny to put Martha's name on the list for substitute teachers. TD and the Light Bulb of Doom - TD swears he'll start working on his report just as soon as he watches the "Harry Blotter, Boy Wizard" movie marathon, all nine parts!G
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The Electric Company "Goodnight Robot" The Electric Company circulates a petition to save a famous literary landmark from destruction. D
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WordGirl "Quiz Show/The People Vs. Ms. Question" Quiz Show - Mrs. Botsford is a contestant on Seymour Smooth's new show "Win a Shiny New Car." When Becky realizes the other contestants are cheating for Smooth, she has to save her Mom from being tricked again. Can Becky help her mom win the challenge and defeat Seymour Smooth? Vocabulary Words: Legitimate, Elated. D
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Wild Kratts "Little Howler" Chris and Martin are unpacking from an adventure and are surprised when a Wolf pup pops out of their bags. They have no idea where the little guy came from and must retrace their steps in order to return him back to his pack. They experience that wolves are a very social animal with a close pack structure and frequent visual and audio communication among individual members. D
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Cyberchase "Trading Places" The kids learn to trade, barter and create a monetary system to rebuild their crashed cybercraft.G
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Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Do-Se-Dos and Do-Se-Don'ts" Sammy and DJ learn how to square dance while Harsha and Jay learn about gorillas and their habitat at the zoo. D
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Nightly Business Report Housing prices continue rising and consumers are becoming more confident. But, talk on Wall Street is already turning to what investors should watch for when third quarter earnings season kicks-off next month. Was the bank bailout during the financial crisis overdone? NBR's Tom Hudson speaks with Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair. D
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Joanna Lumley's Nile The actress fulfills a childhood dream to travel the Nile River through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Rwanda. She begins the 4,000-mile trek in Egypt, capturing the spirit of Agatha Christie in Cairo. She travels by train, road and Felucca barge to Aswan, a town the Victorians viewed as "being on the edge of civilization." Along the way, she observes life as it is today along one of the world's great rivers. Part 1 of 4G
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Money and Medicine This film tackles the medical, ethical and financial challenges of containing runaway health care spending. In addition to illuminating so-called waste and over-treatment, this documentary explores ways to reduce health care expenditures while improving overall quality of medical care.G
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Frontline "Dropout Nation" Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the U.S. quit high school without diplomas. At Houston's Sharpstown High, once a notorious "dropout factory," a high-stakes experiment is under way to rescue students from the edge. FRONTLINE looks at four students in crisis and the educators waging a daily, personal struggle to get them to graduation.G
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Born in 1882, my grandfather Will Carleton Daniells was the fourth child of Carey Reed and Catherine Stowell Daniells. He married Iva Bliss in 1907. I included considerable information on W.C. and Iva in my post of July 22, and their wedding photo and newspaper article are shown on July 23. Excerpts from the July 22nd post about Will Carleton are reprinted below. The Wolf at the Door on September 18th is an example of his favorite humor.
Will Carleton graduated from the Wacousta 10th grade school in 1901 in the same class with Iva Bliss. The following day, he left for New York where he went to work for Ingersoll Watch, testing 2500 watches per day at $9 per week. He followed his older brothers Estee and Allan in working for Ingersoll. In 1902, he went to Fort Worth, Texas, to Draughon's Business College.
He graduated in 1903 and moved to Chicago where he worked for his brother, Estee, as a shipping clerk at Ingersoll. He held that job until 1906. He also worked at the Auditorium nights and was head usher for Gonzales Church when he injured his knee in a fall on the stairs.
W.C., as he was often known, purchased 40 acres of the King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas, and went there in the spring of 1906. After a year there, he returned to Wacousta long enough to marry Iva Bliss at her family's farm, "the Pivot".
W.C. and Iva had five daughters: Dora Katherine, Mary Deone (my mother), Estella Elizabeth "Betty", Eleanor Grace, and Iva Georgene "Jean."
W.C. spent the later years of his life in the citrus industry of Florida. He developed the tangelo and was known as "The Tangelo King."

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Me too. Just started here as well. I'm a 3.5/4ish. I'm free Thursday/Friday afternoons and weekends. I can play on the Cal courts or near my place in North Berkeley there are free courts at MLK middle. Let me know if you want to play.
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Microsoft Mum on Munich Migration Study
Jan 28, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Munich's multiyear migration to Linux has been nothing if not an ongoing saga over the past decade or so, beset as it has been by stops, starts, and various twists and turns.
The story appeared to have a happy ending in November when Munich reported that using Linux had already saved it more than 10 million euros, but last week Microsoft spoke up with a different tale.
Munich would have saved more than 40 million euros if it had stuck with Windows and Office 2003 rather than switching to its LiMux distribution with OpenOffice, German weekly Focus apparently reported.
'For Internal Purposes Only'
Turns out Redmond commissioned a special study of the topic after Munich's enviable savings were publicized last fall, but here's the kicker: It now refuses to release that study to the public or the press.
"The study was commissioned by Microsoft to HP Consulting for internal purposes only," Microsoft's German communications manager Astrid Aupperle reportedly told ITworld.
Bottom line? Something's rotten in the state of Munich, more than a few Linux bloggers now suspect.
'They Mostly Made Stuff Up'
"A useful saying in cases like this is that 'Figures never lie, but liars always figure,'" Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien told Linux Girl.
"The tell here is that they refuse to release the study," O'Brien explained. "If Microsoft had a valid study showing this, they would be paying to print it in every newspaper in the world."
By refusing to release it, however, "they make it clear that they mostly made stuff up," he concluded.
'You Can Smell the Bovine Fecal Matter'
Similarly, "don't believe Microsoft for a second," Google+ blogger Linux Rants agreed. "Even looking at what has been released to the public, you can smell the bovine fecal matter emanating from this 'Study.'
"Microsoft pays for a study to have HP go in and find that Microsoft would have been cheaper, but the study isn't public? It would have been cheaper for Munich to stay with Windows XP and Office 2003? For how long?" Linux Rants mused.
"XP came out in 2001 and Office in 2003 (obviously)," he pointed out. "Microsoft is expecting Munich to stay with more than 10-year-old software for the next 10 years just to come close to competing with the price point of switching the whole operation to Linux, and that's only because Munich already owns that software!" he exclaimed. "The original purchase expense doesn't factor in!"
In short, "even Microsoft's bought-and-paid-for study can't make a convincing argument," Linux Rants concluded. "Obviously nothing to see here. We should all just move along."
'Utterly Silly'
Indeed, "remember 'Get the FUD' and other classics from M$?" blogger Robert Pogson pointed out. "This is more of the same. No doubt M$ helped edit the final drafts.
"It's utterly silly to ignore licensing costs of M$'s OS when Munich would have upgraded to XP and '7' from NT over the years," Pogson added. "If they are not releasing this thing publicly, I expect they will let their salesmen distribute it to special customers as needed to stave off massive migrations to GNU/Linux."
All in all, "no matter how large the cost of migration, avoiding paying M$ licensing fees forever makes it worthwhile because upgrading with a package-manager rather than re-installing is so much easier," he concluded.
'One-off Software'
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet wasn't so sure.
"If ALL your company uses is a browser and a spreadsheet and it doesn't have to be MS Office compatible? Then yeah, Linux can probably do the job," hairyfeet opined.
"But most businesses are NOT like that; they have a ton of 'one-off' software custom-written for them, so ALL of that will have to be converted," he added. "Depending on the size of the org, that can be several hundred thousand to several million."
'More Can Be Done on Linux'
Last but not least, Chris Travers, a blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project, took a higher-level view.
"Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if the study was correct on figures, but my experience is that such numbers tend to be used by Microsoft in misleading ways," Travers told Linux Girl.
"The fact is that migration tends to be expensive both in the short and medium run," he explained. "The cost isn't what's required to get back to the base functionality, but the fact that often more can be done on Linux, which tends to cost more in IT but may save money elsewhere, or lead to other important benefits.
"Often outsiders think that you just replace Windows with Linux and a migration can be done this way, but to really leverage Linux, often a great deal more has to be done in terms of rethinking the general IT structure," he pointed out.
'A Strategic Investment'
In fact, "the studies I have seen (and this does include the various studies that Microsoft pushed in their previous 'Get the Facts' campaign) show that many organizations which migrate end up treating it not as a simple cost-saving migration but as a strategic investment," Travers pointed out.
"This means extra costs for consultants, but it also means that one often gets a much more closely tailored solution than one could get with commercial software," he noted.
"This strongly suggests to me that if folks are paying more, it is not because they have to so much as they expect benefits from that investment," Travers concluded. "These benefits are often realized down the road, and they come in many forms, ranging from greater flexibility in operations to more efficient operations."


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University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long's announcement last week that the Razorbacks will play only one game at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium for the next five years – with no guarantee of any games after that – was a big deal.
University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long's announcement last week that the Razorbacks will play only one game at Little Rock's War Memorial Stadium for the next five years – with no guarantee of any games after that – was a big deal.
It was a big deal because the Razorbacks have been playing games there since the stadium opened in 1948. With a capacity of 54,120 and assuming the vast majority of attendees are from this state, when the Razorbacks are in town about one out of every 60 Arkansans is sitting in those stands.
But it is not as big a deal as it would have been when the Razorbacks were playing three and four games in Little Rock. Two years ago, that number was reduced to two games.
This move had to have been on Long's to-do list when he accepted the athletic director's position in 2007, if nothing more than because of the economics. According to Long, the athletic program's revenues are reduced by more than a million bucks every time a game is played in Little Rock instead of Fayetteville, where another 18,000 fans can be seated.
There are other costs. Winning in college football these days is about recruiting, and recruits would rather play in an SEC-quality stadium on campus than ride a bus three hours to play in front of 54,000 fans – assuming the stadium is full, which, this year, it wasn't. Recruiting is a big reason why the Razorbacks are playing Texas A&M in Cowboys Stadium until 2024, with half of those games being "home" games. Playing there gets the team in front of the eyes of Texas, the state that has cultivated so many great Razorbacks through the years. The Razorbacks are playing Texas Tech the next two years as well.
Coach Bret Bielema said this year that playing in War Memorial is equivalent to playing a road game. While the fans are cheering, the coaches still must travel and set up shop in a distant location with their student-athletes.
And the first part of that last hyphenated word is what's been missing from much of the discussion: student. Many Arkansans tend to think of the University of Arkansas as a team. It's not. It's a school with a team. Even in the SEC, most of the players are playing to get an education, and traveling to Little Rock disrupts that.
Finally, there are the more than 24,000 University of Arkansas students who don't play for the Razorbacks. This is supposed to be their team, and on-campus games are supposed to be part of their college experience. They should go to pep rallies on Friday night and then walk to the stadium to see their classmates play the next day – not spend a day driving back and forth to Little Rock.
There are good reasons beyond tradition to continue playing games in Little Rock. It connects a program located in Arkansas' far northwest corner with the rest of the state. Taxpayers across the state, not just those in the northwest corner, support the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
But it is the University of Arkansas AT Fayetteville. Either the team and the students can travel for the fans' convenience, or the fans can travel for theirs. Traditionally, the team and students have traveled, but times change, and when they do, so should traditions. Playing on campus is better for the program, for the players, for recruiting, and for the students. Keeping one game in Little Rock maintains the school's connection with the rest of the state and makes it easier for far-flung fans to see one game a year.
So, for now, playing one game in Little Rock is probably about right.
Steve Brawner is an independent journalist in Arkansas. His email address is email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @stevebrawner.


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Girl Talk finds ways to grow
As an alligator lumbers across the screen in a 1986 episode of "Reading Rainbow," Levar Burton demonstrates how to make the same gator seem scary, happy or comical, just by changing the background music. This classic PBS show was a childhood favorite of Gregg Gillis, who grew up to find friends to know and ways to grow as wildly popular mash-up artist Girl Talk.
Creating new music out of hundreds of overlaid samples culled from decades of Top 40 hits, Girl Talk triggers complex emotional responses using tunes you thought you knew.
He often places hip-hop vocals atop a kaleidoscope of pop hooks, mixing in sly blink-and-you-missed-it asides and his own subtle production. His latest album, 2010's "All Day," kicks off with Ludacris rapping over Black Sabbath's "War Pigs," then Dorrough combined with the Brothers Johnson's funk classic "Strawberry Letter 23." In between, you'll catch a snippet of Jane's Addiction.
Live, Girl Talk triggers the samples by hand from the stage, recontextualizing emotions and memories, mixing up a perfectly balanced neurotransmitter cocktail. And his ever-growing live spectacle is just another ingredient.
"It is electronic music — it's me triggering samples on a laptop — but I like to have a lot of human elements to it," Gillis says.
While he praises the slick, mind-bending visuals of electronic acts such as Daft Punk, Girl Talk favors a loose, prankish "house-party feel."
"People always relate to these homemade props we throw out there, and the toilet paper blowers," he says.
The goal, he adds, is a show on "the biggest possible scale that we can do."
Girl Talk started out in the early 2000s in Pittsburgh's underground music scene. What set early tours apart — and got the project off the ground — was their extreme economy. During the week, Gillis worked as a biomedical engineer by day and created music in his cramped bedroom. On weekends, unbeknownst to co-workers, he would jet out to play a large party or festival, armed with only his laptop, then be back in time for work. He began performing full time in 2007.
"Even two or three years ago, the show was well known for being minimal and raw," he says.
The main visual element was the crowd of people allowed to join him onstage to dance.
As the shows and venues grew, Gillis decided he shouldn't "just milk that one idea forever." He's recently added a custom-built LED wall and is working on developing 3-D content.
And those aren't the only new things he's trying.
Earlier this year, Girl Talk recorded "Believe in Magic" with Dipset's Jim Jones, a more traditional collaboration between beatmaker and rapper.
"I've never really spent time in a studio like that," he says. "Everything I make is just in my bedroom on my monitors."
The sunny track, cut together from Honey Cone's 1970s R&B hit "Want Ads," is surprisingly straightforward from an artist who, early on, resisted being labeled a DJ.
"I'm a big fan of Jim Jones and Dipset and everything, so it was very surreal to be in that more traditional role," he says.
Whether as beatmaker or live auteur, in Girl Talk's hands, pop music is a monster, an alligator — scary, happy or comical — eating its own tail.


text: You might be better off waiting because many of the scholarships may already have been handed out if you apply now. With your numbers you should get scholarship money from any tier 4 and most tier 3 schools, and if you don't it is probably because they have already handed out all their scholarships. If you apply the first day applications open up for the next cycle you might save yourself upwards of 80,000 dollars. Just something to consider and I might be wrong, but generally schools offer out scholarship money early on to attract the students they want the most. By April and May they pretty much have their classes filled. Again, I am only a law student and never worked in a law school admissions office so I could be 100% wrong, but I am speculating that is how admissions offices handle things.


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- Joseph said...
Boy, this should be entertaining. Let the idiot parade begin.
- October 9, 2007 at 6:06 PM
- Anti Atheist said...
Frankly, John, I am impressed that you would set up a thread like this.
My respect for you, which I always had to some degree or I wouldn't bother to criticize, has gone up.
Frankly, when you consider Frank Waltons site, he does not even allow comments to be made...a least you allow them, and let them stay for a while, even if you delete them later.
Its a shame though John that your life got derailed, you really could have helped the cause of Christ.
Its been said elsewhere, and is not original with me, but anyone can join...or return...to the Lords side.
Humanity itself is seldom so forgiving.
- October 9, 2007 at 6:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks Anti-Atheist, and to think I didn't like you. We'll see, but I must go away for the evening. I'll read any comments and respond if necessary when I get back...enjoy.
Remember, I admit I'm a flawed human being, but what does that have to do with any of the arguments I make? As a former counselor in the churches I served I know what Christians are really like inside, and I suspect the ones pointing the finger at me are not any better than me. We are all flawed human beings. Personal attacks aimed at mutually flawed human beings will not get us anywhere. So why not just stick to the arguments, pro and con?
- October 9, 2007 at 6:20 PM
- Anti Atheist said...
Of course you are a flawed human being.
So am I, in spades.
But the problem is that hate, and I think there is a lot of it here, is not only wrong but distorts the reason.
If nothing else, it can lead to mistakes and underestimating your opponent, and I have certainly done my share of that.
But one thing is true, nnd that is that I am NOT Walton.
He is another one who has been derailed, but could have been a contender.
- October 9, 2007 at 6:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Okay then AA. Shall I take your word for it? I'll try.
- October 9, 2007 at 6:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
Hate? I do not hate any Christian. I may dislike a few of them who treat me with disrespect, but I don't hate anyone. There is no hate running through my veins. They view me as an insidious monster trying to send people to hell, but I see myself as helping people break free from their Christian brainwashing.
- October 9, 2007 at 6:29 PM
- WoundedEgo said...
uJohn Loftus is a bad person. He is a blasphemer. He is gross. God HATES him. His mother hates him.He is going to HELL. His feet are ALREADY WARM but due to his SPIRITUAL INSENSITIVITY he doesn't know it. He is like a frog, but his skin is like that of a TOAD. He is ugly, cruel and UNGODLY. He farts in his sleep, offending his wife and children, and DOES NOT EVEN WAKE UP TO APOLOGIZE. His grasp of the Trinity is like that of a little girl - no - of a retarded little girl - with Muscular Dystrophy! When he is driving his car, he picks his nose CONSTANTLY. No one excpet me knows about this because I happened to pull up next to him at a red light. There he was. His finger was shoved WAAAAY up there... to the second knuckle. When he was young, he peed his bed. He is a dog. No, a vermin. No, a...a... louse! NO! A tick! He is demon possessed - or he was, but the demons could not stand the stench of his putrid body...
How am I doing, John? Hey, that was fun. I don't even know you, personally, but I LOVE to do the "righteous indignation" thing!
Bill Ross
- October 9, 2007 at 6:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Bill, I'm glad not to have left yet to see that. I think you have most of the bases covered. ;-)
You made my day!
- October 9, 2007 at 6:37 PM
- Shygetz said...
I happen to know for a fact that John smells of elderberries.
- October 9, 2007 at 7:49 PM
- Caleb Wimble said...
In addition to the previously mentioned elderberry stench, all evidence seems to indicate that his father was a hamster.
- October 9, 2007 at 8:07 PM
- Joseph said...
Should we turn this into a fundraiser? You know, like a good, old-fashioned pie-in-the-face?
- October 9, 2007 at 8:21 PM
- bpabbott said...
aa wrote: anyone can [...] return...to the Lords side.
I thought the lord was on everyone's side.
Is is men that draw lines that divide men.
- October 9, 2007 at 10:03 PM
- Eric said...
This isn't nearly as exciting as I'd hoped. C'mon, where are the trolls!
- October 9, 2007 at 10:20 PM
- bpabbott said...
My experience is that trolls only present themselves when they are uninvited :-(
- October 9, 2007 at 10:32 PM
- WoundedEgo said...
I tried as hard as I could but could not think of anything as bad as the stench of elderberries. Kudos. Old folks insulted along with natural stench all in one bad breath...
Bill Ross
- October 9, 2007 at 10:52 PM
- Joseph said...
"This isn't nearly as exciting as I'd hoped. C'mon, where are the trolls!"
Cuz their slimy lil' cowards.
- October 9, 2007 at 10:57 PM
- HeIsSailing said...
Eric says:
This isn't nearly as exciting as I'd hoped. C'mon, where are the trolls!
They dare not attack John Loftus. It only makes him *stronger*. ;-)
- October 9, 2007 at 10:57 PM
- Jason said...
Didn't this used to be a site about debunking Christianity? Since when did it turn into a 'people who feel sorry for atheists' blog? ;)
- October 9, 2007 at 11:40 PM
- Lee Randolph said...
maybe they'll come out overnight and skulk around in the dark.
- October 10, 2007 at 12:23 AM
- Joseph said...
Jason said: "Since when did it turn into a 'people who feel sorry for atheists' blog? ;)"
In the immortal words of the Rolling Stones:
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
(Sympathy for the Devil)
- October 10, 2007 at 12:27 AM
- Jim Jordan said...
Peraonally attack you? The thought has never crossed my mind, because I am a Christian. However, I would recommend losing the cowboy hat if I were you. Makes you look like the atheist version of the Flying Nun....
- October 10, 2007 at 1:51 AM
- zilch said...
Now that was a low blow, Jim: criticizing a man's hat! Pretty funny, but not really visceral enough.
Where's Frank Walton when you need him? C'mon Frank- show us what a real he-man Christian can do: insult John's nipples!
- October 10, 2007 at 2:10 AM
- Divided By Zer0 said...
Quick! Someone break up the YoMomma jokes :P
I don't think the trolls will come here however. As others said, they only come when not invited and when they have something to quote-mine, word-twist and flat out misunderstand.
- October 10, 2007 at 2:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
Increasingly I have come to see that literal fundamentalism and secular rationalism are much more alike than they are different--in a very profound and fundamental way.
I guess that shows that the Enlightenment was not always so enlightening.
Both sides generally seem to have an aversion to, an ignorance of or a deficit in acquiring a comfort level in the use and understanding of such things as metaphor, similie, paradox and parable.
Since poetics can sometimes say things in a way that prose cannot, I will use a few short lines from a Wordsworth poem to illustrate my point. Both rationalists and fundamentalists speak the same language, and an example of this can be seen in the poet's description of one Peter Bell who observes that
A primrose by a river's brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more.
The attitude revealed by the poet here is one that must become dormat or vestigal in order for a more useful version of reality to inform us.
Fundamentalist relgion and objective science are not the only path. Poetry, art, creativity, metaphor,etc. are vital necessities for human living.
Without them there lies a dangerous impoverishment.
- October 10, 2007 at 4:16 AM
- Frank Walton said...
You're a girlie man, Lost-us.
- October 10, 2007 at 4:53 AM
- Steven Bently said...
Yo momma's so fat:
she has to use a steam-roller to press her clothes.
- October 10, 2007 at 5:39 AM
- Anonymous said...
Ouch you guys.....ouch!
I am a girlie man, Frank. The girls love me and my hat. My wife has to fight them off. But she has no worries. I have never been so much in love as I am with her, and I wish upon everyone the joys I have with her.
Maybe the trolls will bring their accusations today, or maybe not. I suspect they only hit when uninvited, that's why they're called trolls.
As Al Capone said on his death bed, "I'm really not such a bad guy." None of us are.
I suspect I give my critics ammunition since I fire back when fired upon. They already think we atheists are scum bag low life bastards and they know how to push my hot buttons. I only wish I still had the power of the Holy Spirit inside me to use a little more self-restraint when personally attacked! But I don't. ;-)
- October 10, 2007 at 7:11 AM
- Corn said...
I don't know what your true motivation was in posting this invitation but it comes off to me as a bit egotist. I would argue that it was predictable that no one would care to criticize you upon your invitation. Perhaps you suspected this as well?
Is this really about giving your detractors a platform, temporary as it may be, or is it about drawing more attention to John Loftus?
- October 10, 2007 at 10:55 AM
- Darren said...
inured : "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
- October 10, 2007 at 11:16 AM
- King Aardvark said...
John, I am outraged at your use of your middle initial when it matches that of The Decider who is still screwing up your country. I suggest you change it to something else. J, like Homer Simpson, for instance. Wouldn't you rather be something cool like Johnny J. Loftus than something yokelly like John Dubya Loftus?
- October 10, 2007 at 11:25 AM
- Anonymous said...
Corn, why it's to draw attention to myself, of course. Thanks for noticing.
Inured: 1. vt harden somebody to something: to make somebody used to something unpleasant over a period of time, so that he or she no longer is bothered or upset by it
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- October 10, 2007 at 11:29 AM
- Darren said...
Yeah, John, I know what inured means. Problem is, that doesn't seem to describe you when it comes to criticism. You spend an awful lot of time trying to defuse the criticism sent your way instead of simply letting it roll off your back. You say you're inured, but your actions tell a different story.
- October 10, 2007 at 3:50 PM
- Edward T. Babinski said...
Dear Darren,
I could not access your profile. We know who Loftus is, we know what he says and what he looks like, even where he lives. If you are afraid to reveal anything about yourself, then may I ask why?
Sincerely curious,
- October 10, 2007 at 9:31 PM
- Manifesting Mini Me (MMM) said...
God created you to be intelligent and attractive. (I hope that attack was not too traumatic!).
- October 12, 2007 at 3:10 PM
- goprairie said...
do you have boots to go with that hat? show us your boots!
- October 18, 2007 at 12:53 AM


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mythfilldatabase fills the Myth programs table with upcoming shows.
Manual use of mythfilldatabase
Command Line Options
Run in manual channel configuration mode This will ask you questions about every channel
For running non-destructive updates on the database for users in xmltv zones that do not provide channel data
Use it in case that you want to assign a preset number for each channel, useful for non US countries where people are used to assigning a sequenced number for each channel, i.e.: 1->TVE1(S41), 2->La 2(SE18), 3->TV3(21), 4->Canal 33(60)...
Do not delete old programs from the database until 7 days old.
--file <sourceid> <offset> <xmlfile>
Bypass the grabbers and read data directly from a file <sourceid> = number for the video source to use with this file <offset> = days from today that xmlfile defines (-1 means to replace all data, up to 10 days) <xmlfile> = file to read
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--xawchannels <sourceid> <xawtvrcfile>
(--manual flag works in combination with this) Read channels as defined in xawtvrc file given <sourceid> = cardinput <xawtvrcfile> = file to read
When using DataDirect, ask mythfilldatabase to overwrite channel names, frequencies, etc. with the values available from the data source. This will override custom channel names, which is why it is off by default. Thist may manage to fix a corrupted channel lineup.
When using DataDirect, ask mythfilldatabase to remove new channels (those not in the database) from the DataDirect lineup. These channels are removed from the lineup as if you had done so via the DataDirect website's Lineup Wizard, but may be re-added manually and incorporated into MythTV by running mythfilldatabase without this option. New channels are automatically removed for DVB and HDTV sources that use DataDirect.
--graboptions <"options">
Pass options to grabber
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Only refresh data for sourceid given
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Force the maximum number of days, counting today, for the grabber to check for future listings
Get as little listings data as possible to update channels
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Tomorrow will always be refreshed unless this argument is used
"To be announced" programs will always be refreshed unless this argument is used
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Updates icon map icons only
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Marks any programs with a OriginalAirDate earlier than their start date as a repeat
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External XMLTV
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1. Obtain xml file of tv guide
Here in Belgium, I use pytvgrab to get my tv guide and output to an xml file:
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$ mysql -u root mythconverg mysql> select * from cardinput\G cardinputid cardid sourceid=4 etc.
Remember the source id
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40. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 13, 2011 10:13 PM (in response to kdsclocan)
not to burst your bubble kdsclocan.....
but if you read the "fine print" it clearly says on Quarkexpress's website in order to create a custom app you must first subscribe to the Framework ($499 per app you create) and "Quark's issue management service (payable per issue... currently $350 per publication and valid only for a year)" This is the current solution they are "phasing out" and moving to:
Quarkexpress 9 will have Aquafadas App creation solution built in (which is still in pre-release and will be added in 90 days after QuarkX9 is released) and will follow Aquafadas costs which they released yesterday... you must pay for the APP creation and then for the "issue managment license" which is only valid for one year :
a small publication (brouchure flyer.. etc) will cost $150 an app + $350 for its license *unlike Adobe you must purchase an individual license for EVERY publication you create either Free or Paid.
a "issue" publication (newspaper... magazine.. etc ) will cost $750 for per app creation + $350 multiplied by how many issues/publications you have ( they describe a publication is either:
- An individual book title, or
- an individual magazine issue, or
- an individual newspaper issue.)
If you want the "IN app experience" and hold all your publications inside a "newsstand app" it will $1,500 for the app creation + $350 multiplied by how many issues/publications you have... so for a magazine with 12 issues a year starting costs is roughly over $5,000 a year
All Testing will have a Watermark across the screen until you pay for the app creation and publication license.
We know so much because we have been testing the aquafadas solution for the past 3 months and Adobe DPS for the past 6 months.
So if minimally paying $500 per app (150 app creation+350 a year for the license) is a solution that sounds more palatable ---Aquafados is offering the same exact solution.. experience .. and pricing model to InDesign users. Quark just wasn't able to have their "in house" solution keep up with Adobe's DPS so they teamed up with Aquafados to have the plugin automatically distributed with the software.
so you can see although they are following a different business model Quarkexpress is singing the same tune as Adobe.. which we are staying with because we like the user experience and price.
41. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 14, 2011 7:42 AM (in response to David Ben)
Using tools other than for what a developer intended is nothing new and, in fact, pushes innovation more than anything else in this industry.
I don't give a hoot what Adobe intended for InDesign's interactive features: A whole helluva lot of people immediately recognized the potential far beyond the 'party line'. Adobe no doubt did as well... But they didn't care. This notion that only subscription magazines would ever be created with the new tools is silly.
This gets down to one exceedingly simple move that Adobe made that crippled this whole thing: They removed sideloading. That little tiny act would in no way destroy Adobe's plans for WORLD DOMINATION in terms of subscription digital magazines, lol. But what it did do is immediately send a message to 99.9% of their user base. That message was:
"Hi there, Little People. You had sideloading but now you don't. Have a nice day."
There isn't one technical or legal issue that I can see that would warrant the removal of sideloading. Apple doesn't seem to have a problem with it; which would be the biggest hurdle. If anyone can point out just one reason why removing sideloading was a good idea, I'm all ears.
Adobe created a new toolset within InDesign that could allow a plethora of exciting new deliverables to be created by virtually everybody; and distributed as they see fit. Their plans for DPS subscriptions should have been UTTERLY AND TOTALLY INDEPENDANT OF THAT FACT.
That they created a new toolset but then hamstrung the stuff with $ubscription nonsense is pathetic.
Once more, for posterity. DPS subscriptions should have been a totally different initiative - and completely divorced from the new tools provided within InDesign.
42. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadBobLevine May 14, 2011 8:58 AM (in response to landrvr1)
They did remove sideloading but they left open the capability to use Acrobat.com for viewing folios on the content viewer. While I would prefer to see sideloading there, the Acrobat.com workflow is still free. If you want to use more than one folio then get a paid subscription to Acrobat.com. The cost is $390/year which is still pretty reasonable to share those folios with colleagues.
43. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 10:41 AM (in response to BobLevine)
Okay on QuarkXpress.
So are there any plans to have a universal reader on itunes/android app
store to allow for small digital magazine reading/hosting/downloading?
Someone is going to develop this and will beat Adobe to the punch if Adobe
doesn't act quickly.
I would be willing to pay a small fee for this, but not 8k per year, that's
for sure. There's already the option to make an svg e-mag, so why not just
go all the way and beat the competition? I love the Adobe Suite, don't get
me wrong, but this subscription service is insanely expensive.
44. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 12:54 PM (in response to landrvr1)
Personally, i would like to see them expand upon the Acrobat.com integration option. Paying Acrobat.com customers could then expand the storage of folios in the cloud and view them only in the "viewer app" maybe even keeping this as a non-commercial option.
45. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 1:25 PM (in response to kdsclocan)
The "viewer app" will be coming across all the platforms.. so you can access your acrobat.com stored files and view them on the various devices for testing. It would be nice if they extended this type of technology to custom viewer apps.
Adobe has also started to play with other features inside of the Enterprise version of DPS. Currently a user can purchase the subscription from Itunes or from the publisher and gain access to both their print and iOS versions. This option requires extended API's and has to communicate with various payment methods and is often a complicated step because it requires a different type of authentication. I'm sure as it becomes an easier process it will trickle down into the Pro version.
Adobe's pricing model is currently in-line with everyone else's. @$6,000 a year its currently a good deal. (mag+=$6,000 a year for a multi issue app or $2,500 for a single app) (aquafados=$5,000 for a multi issue app of 12 or $500 per app)
46. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 14, 2011 2:53 PM (in response to Pierluis)
Any sort of security risk is easily overcome by something as simple as a different file extension for items intended for sideloading vs published subscriptions.
The gaming industry is full of this kind of example - where people can create their own 3D add-on elements which are then loaded into the game under a different extension than native or purchased add-ons.
The problem with the Acrobat model is simple: It's an unnecessary series of steps that people wanting to load your content onto their devices will have to take. With sideloading, omfg, it was genius. You could even just email them a file and they point to it from iTunes and click. Done. lol. People freakin' HATE having to sign up for ANYTHING.
If people don't think it's a big deal, they've never dealt with salespeople and reps.
47. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 14, 2011 3:04 PM (in response to Pierluis)
@Bob, I agree...the Acrobat.com fee is reasonable. I'll be upgrading as soon as we know that the new app build actually works.
But it's still entirely unnecessary for private enterprise usage. I think Adobe is going to realize this sooner rather than later and figure out a way to open this up.
Wow, can you imagine community groups and not-for-profits using this great new series of tools to reinvigorate the tired old mailers?
I can.
I just cannot believe that the only way Adobe - or ANYBODY - would allow iPad content delivery is via some fee based hosting system. It's just insane, really.
We should be able to deliver private content in 2 ways:
1. Via our own servers - in subscription type form or via push.
2. Simple email or file transfer of folios.
It really can be that simple. I know it. I feels it.
Adobe just cannot be this shortsighted. I'm way too much of a fanboy to believe that....
48. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 4:50 PM (in response to landrvr1)
Im just a little lost on how
Saving.... exporting.... uploading to email... emailing... downloading... opening itunes.. transferring the file over.... and then viewing is easier than...
Saving... automatically updated on acrobat.com.. sign on the viewer app and To-dah you can view it?
If sideloading was re-introduced we would VERY QUICKLY end our service.. we have had too many issues with leaked PDF's to confidently back that kind of option.
I think an alternative solution would be a viewer app that doesn't require a sign on.... or merely a password authentication.
Scenario: You get an email ... tap a downloadpath file (which isn't an actual folio.. just merely tells the viewer app where to download from) ... opens up in the viewer app and either automatically begins your download of the folio .. or asks for a password before triggering the download.
This could integrate with the acrobat.com workflow of sharing and decreases the risk of breeching Custom Viewer folios.
So i wouldn't mind seeing
A) Adobe extending the "viewer app"
B) Adobe setting up a model that allowed someone like a freelancer to develop a single app for something like $500-$600
Currently the DPS is a paid SOLUTION..but its not the only answer to the problem. Adobe has done this before between Adobe Flash video options that were exclusive to a Flash Media Server. This didn't prevent people from creating content. I mean people are acting like they want the option for free? which seems a little silly for a BRAND new technology and Adobe would probably get a large backlash from the license holders that are paying anywhere from $500 to $4,000 per month to use the Solution.
49. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 5:03 PM (in response to David Ben)
True, but a toned down version of DPS with an agreement to only publish free
material and a limited size could be done with a yearly cost of a couple
hundred bucks. spits out an app or a file type (.issue or .folio) and you
post it on a server; guy hits a link in his email or scans a qr code and
wiz-bang this opens in his android adobe content reader or ipad adobe
content reader. Looks hot and costs little. Big mags like Wired would have a
lot nicer, bigger, more remunerative content and pay big for it. Little guys
can post a 16 to 24-page catalog or brochure for free and not have all the
sexiest features, but still get the hot new look.
I hereby volunteer for the beta program!
50. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 5:10 PM (in response to landrvr1)
I agree with landrvr1. This is going to blow wide open soon. This tech won't
stay holed up for long.
Someone is going to do the same thing with a gnu license or something along
those lines and have some fancy gui where a user can place all his elements
according to an Ipad screen, etc. Something like this will happen if Adobe
doesn't do it first. But Adobe should be the first; they are the leaders in
design, right? They will profit greatly with it.
51. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 5:15 PM (in response to kdsclocan)
Isn't that kind of what i said with
Scenario: You get an email ... tap a downloadpath file (which isn't an actual folio.. just merely tells the viewer app where to download from) ... opens up in the viewer app and either automatically begins your download of the folio .. or asks for a password before triggering the download. "
So i mean its more of a question of extending the functions of the viewer app.. and its intergration with acrobat.com (which is $360 a year or $19 a month) and if you wanted paid content or custom viewer apps... you pay the $499 a month for the FULL DPS.
52. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 5:22 PM (in response to David Ben)
Fine with me.
Now someone needs to get it done.
(hint-hint, Adobe)
53. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 5:33 PM (in response to kdsclocan)
Its pretty simple to use Flash to make an iOS app..
Like i said before.. we have apps out there that we exported from InDesign ....imported to flash.. and spit out an IOS application.. BING BANG BOOM. And now with CS5.5 both dreamweaver and flash do iOS Bing Bang Boom. DPS is an ENTIRE SOLUTION ... i mean just want to chop the parts off that you dont like? I would anticipate an option like your talking about coming about in CS6
In response to:
I agree with landrvr1. This is going to blow wide open soon. This tech won't
stay holed up for long.
54. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 6:28 PM (in response to David Ben)
Okay. But I don't want to make a whole app. (pout)
I just basically want a tablet-optimized magazine with some hot factor to
it; doesn't have to be as hot as Wired; It can open in safari for all I
care. I just want to be able to put it together in indesign (I'm no web
designer) and specify some interactive elements, test it, host it, and send
it out. And I don't want to wait for CS6! I just bought CS5 and then there's
CS5.5 and what, I have to wait for CS6 to handle the reason why I bought
55. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 14, 2011 6:49 PM (in response to Pierluis)
lol. Well, it's certainly not easy using Flash to make an app, unless I'm missing something. Still requires AS3; which a shocking number of people still haven't embraced. I've barely gotten into it myself.
No, the new InDesign features...and the digital mag format in general that Adobe has created..is suberb on many design levels; not the least of which is the total ease of use and no actionScript required.
There's still 2 separate issues in my mind:
1. The tools and what you create with them.
2. Distribution method.
Adobe has chosen to blur the lines between the 2 in some hamfisted attempt (ie thinly veiled) to tell some ease-of-use story, and that sucks.
Email link with download path that automatically opens the app and loads content? Awesome
Being forced to use ANY Adobe based server to make that happen? WRETCHED.
I don't get why anyone would be so gung-ho with that solution. Wouldn't you want the freedom to ABSOLUTELY control that content on your own servers? I just simply don't understand how these always turn into 'people want something for nothing' or 'Adobe deserves to get paid' conversations?
It's got nothing to do with who deserves to get paid. It's nothing to do with Adobe having the right to make money off of distribution.
It's everything to do with choice and options and the freedom - as a customer of Adobe's - to control my own content and distribute as I see fit.
Adobe wanting to make a huge move into monopolizing content media distribution is nothing short of madness. It works for Apple and their app store. But Adobe is not Apple.
I'll say again: Adobe is not Apple.
Adobe should open this whole thing up and then let customers decide how best to distribute content. At the same time, let them continue to offer their own DSP hosting plans as a COMPETITIVE option. If it's so incredible...so reliable and amazing...it will succeed.
But this unholy marriage we now have between the tools and distribution control? Train wreck.
56. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 6:50 PM (in response to landrvr1)
57. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 14, 2011 6:56 PM (in response to Pierluis)
Oh, and one more vital point that speaks to security issues.
We've got a whole lot of Fortune 500 clients who are no doubt looking into this for their own use - not only as sales tools, but inter-office corp monthly magazines and the like.
I can say - with 150% certainly - that not one of those companies would ever let ANYONE host their content. No way, no how. It's either their own servers or nothing at all.
So...they will look elsewhere for a solution.
Translation? Adobe loses money.
A lot of money.
58. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 7:16 PM (in response to landrvr1)
Thus why Adobe secured large names from the get go.
Again its a SOLUTION.. not a a'la carte feature inside indesign. If you look where its located inside InDesign.. its under EXTENSION. And your mad cause Adobe wants to have control over the destiny of its own file format and how its handled? i mean in all honesty the Digital Publishing Suite is something other than Indesign.. its a completely different product.. it just extends INTO InDesign. From the sounds of it your issue is with the features inside Adobe InDesign.. rather than the features of the Adobe Digital Publishing suite.
59. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadkdsclocan May 14, 2011 7:22 PM (in response to David Ben)
I'll have to agree with Landrvr1 on this one. It should be distributed such
that content can be hosted independently and not on a subscription and not
at an enormous price. If that means scaling it down, so be it.
60. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 7:32 PM (in response to kdsclocan)
But what im saying is that your still trying to morph Indesign and Digital Publishing Suite into this One Huge application.
Adobe Indesign Currently exports into formats such as Epub.. html .. pdf.. which are visable inside of an iOs device.
With the DPS EXTENSION you can create another format for the DPS solution. (the solution takes care of all three parts.. conversion.. app creation and distribution)
So because the DPS is something outside of Indesign.. even without the distribution part .. you still should be held accountable to pay for the app creation and conversion. And if you only create single folio apps.. your never actually charged for the distibution.
61. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 14, 2011 8:06 PM (in response to David Ben)
As far as large enterprise goes.. (even though the large publishing companies Adobe currently has signed dont seem to be having an issue with it).. Adobe could make a move to add the .folio Format to its other product .. the Adobe Content Server. but who knows.
62. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 5:56 AM (in response to Pierluis)
lol. Well. From the InDesign page at Adobe.com
Folio Producer tools
Create and preview digital magazines, newspapers, and catalogs with engaging elements such as 360° object rotation and image panoramas for a wide variety of tablets. Upload to Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for further production and distribution.
The tools are part of InDesign - extensions/addons or not. You aren't using a separate program.
Adobe didn't force people to use Flash Media Server (or some other Adobe sponsored server); in part because people would have simply stormed the castle in protest. But now they have a new opportunity to lock up the distribution. It doesn't matter what is said or how it's justified or how it's rationalized.
It reduces choice and freedoms that all of us have enjoyed pretty much since since Day 1 with Adobe.
And that sucks.
63. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 9:25 AM (in response to Pierluis)
Hey, let's back up a second. I'd like to understand the distribution flow with an Acrobat.com account.
I've just created a new folio that I'd like to distribute to 300 salespeople and reps in my company.
Each one creates their own Acrobat.com account. Done. (exceedingly painful, but done)
So....how exactly do they get that folio?
Do I have to manually add each of them to a share list?
Do I have to manually email them a link?
How exactly does this work?
For the Professional Edition hosting service of DPS, there's this blurb:
- Automatically notify readers of new content from within Content Viewer, including customized "push" notifications.
Okay, that sounds nice. But how exactly are in-house readers notified?
64. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadBobLevine May 15, 2011 9:52 AM (in response to landrvr1)
You'll need to share it with each of them individually. I'm sure if there's a limitation to that or not.
65. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 15, 2011 12:03 PM (in response to landrvr1)
Again is your issue with Indesign? or the Digital Publishing suite?
Everything that you keep mentioning sounds like a limitation complaints of InDesign CS5.5
I get your frustration.. in a perfect world Adobe would extend inDesign to export (because currently you can only create and preview as the website says) the .folio format.. but then your waiting around for a 3rd party developer to make some kind of reader...
Take PDF for example.. although basic PDF is supported in iOS and is a lot more secure than the folio file.. Adobe doesn't bother developing a viewer app for it. It takes a lot of money and man power to keep your app up-to-date to the various marketplace standards... so if you fully delete the DPS and just make it part of InDesign.. there is no money to continue development....
From what i grab.. you want the .folio format to no longer be associated JUST with the DPS solution and to become and open standard?
And again your argument went to distribution.. your only charged for distrubution when you have a multifolio application. $499 a month to create as many apps as you want is BY FAR the best deal out there at the moment. Other solutions are charging $500 PER APP.
The .folio format and the DPS have only been on the market for less than two weeks.. cut it some slack lol Let Adobe make its money so that it can eventually make it an open format.... but if they change the rules of the Current DPS within the next year they can expect a lot of angry people demanding refunds...
66. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipaddiedänen May 15, 2011 12:31 PM (in response to David Ben)
Ok, sorry, still confused about the pricing thing... You said 499 $ per month for as many SINGLE FOLIO apps, I agree that this is BY FAR the best deal at the moment. But what is with the fee per download?? Is the fee per download only charged with MULTI FOLIOS??
67. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 12:39 PM (in response to David Ben)
Have you read the staggering number of complaints by people up and down the Adobe forums on the cost issue? Or at any number of other forums? This isn't just a few people whining about this or that. Or nitpicking. These are longtime customers who have got serious concerns. Not sure why you continue to cheerlead on this issue? I'm a fanboy too, but I'm dumbfounded how anyone can think this is even remotely sensible.
$500 per month excludes a vast amount of folks. It's a serious amount of cash.
Glad it works for you and Martha Stewart, though. lol.
68. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 12:37 PM (in response to Pierluis)
$500 is the best deal out there..of the 2 options offered if you want to stay on the Adobe platform, lol.
69. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 15, 2011 12:50 PM (in response to diedänen)
If your application is only one folio.. like say you make an app for a book.. the folio file is already inside the application that Apple distributes.So Adobe doesn't charge you a "folio credit". For applications that allow "in app purchase" or book and magazine stand style applications that require Multi-folio downloads.. you are charged a folio credit for every folio downloaded from the server. This is where people are getting upset because your folio downloads only remain current if your license is current. Adobe cuts off the distribution if your no longer paying.
And yes landrvr1 we have participated in much of the pricing debate. Adobe adjusted the price a few times and right now.. compared to the other products on the market.. $499 is the best value( compared to the 6 different products we have tested). Enterprise level is about 10X that.
So landrvr1? what do you want for free?
70. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 1:09 PM (in response to David Ben)
What kind of a debate was this, exactly? I shudder to think what the price was like before the debate? Or did the price go up AFTER the debate? lol.
Let's take the Chicago Reader. One of the finest FREE weeklies in the nation. Let's say that they would like to do an iPad or Android version.
There's no way that they can afford $500 month. No way, no how.
So, they are screwed.
Same goes for everyone else except maybe Advance Publications. lol. Jebus.
I always HATE getting into ethical territory with these types of issues because I'm an all around free market kinda guy. It makes me cringe when people go down that road in debates when talking about private enterprise. If Adobe wants to charge $10,000 per month, so be it. Knock themselves out.
But in this case I'm going to make an exception and go against my usual position and state, quite simply: Adobe is on morally and ethically shaky ground with this entire pricing structure. Oh how wonderful that the Rupert Murdocks of the world will be able to afford the DPS pricing structure. But as for the little guy?
I only say this because Adobe - almost since Day 1 - have always waxed poetic about the democratizing of publishing as a result of their products and how proud they are to be a part of that.
http://www.how-to-code.com/latest-adobenews/adobe-founders-to-receive-us-governments-natio nal-medal-of-technology-and-innovation.html
I'm not expecting anything for free, and it's disengenuous to suggest otherwise.
I would, however, be willing to pay $100 per month to use their servers for the hosting of our folios. Folios which, incidently, would be for in-house use only and not part of any magazine subscription plan.
71. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 15, 2011 1:27 PM (in response to landrvr1)
It sounds like to me that your asking for a new product outside of the DPS solution.
72. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 1:30 PM (in response to Pierluis)
No. NONONONONO.
I love InDesign. I'm still relatively new to the product, but it's a great platform for this kind of thing.
No new product, please. Well...unless we're talking about an app creator in which I won't have to freakin learn C++, lol.
Just another way to export out of InDesign...and keep the sideloading option...is all I'm asking for.
In the meantime...
$100 going once. $100 going twice...
73. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 1:32 PM (in response to landrvr1)
I just know that if I go to the higher ups and tell them it's gonna cost over $5000 to send digital brochures out to folks, they will take me behind the woodshed and beat me senseless.
As well they should, lol
74. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 15, 2011 1:46 PM (in response to landrvr1)
But creating that option more or less deteriorates the Digital Publishing Suite and its current paying customers. Folio, how it is today residing only on adobe servers, protects large and little publishers from worry that their content will be able to "sideload" without purchase (much like the exploit many of digital publishers fight with leaked PDF formats).. this is kind of what apple did with the locked Itunes format. As it is today.. "folio" is for only the DPS solution.. its not some old format Adobe just now decided to cut off your access to... it was developed and meant to link directly into the SOLUTION.
Options i see:
Adobe could create Another new export format that is compatible with iOS and allow 3rd party to develop a viewer (much like they did with PDF)
Adobe could make PDF a more compliant file format for iOS
Apple develop's their own Publishing method
75. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 1:55 PM (in response to David Ben)
Yeah, your first option there is the best. Keep the content creation within InDesign, but totally separate the export types and viewer. (Though the viewer could, arguably, stay the same).
I think I mentioned this earlier about a different export type. You could literally just change the extension and probably a minimal amount of program code in order for that to work.
The PDF option is an interesting one, but dead in the water for so many reasons.
76. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 15, 2011 2:06 PM (in response to landrvr1)
Well i mean with the "extendability" your asking (unlinking from the adobe server), adobe shouldn't be obligated to develop two seperate viewers. Currently how the viewer is set up.. its ment only to be a preview and testing tool... not a solution for distribution. But then we rotate around my suggestion of extending the viewer app to handle a distrubition from Acrobat.com lol
So i guess the next year should be interesting.. CS6 should be interesting too lol
77. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few Ipadlandrvr1 May 15, 2011 4:30 PM (in response to Pierluis)
Soooo. Mobile devices are really the only method to view folios at this point, correct? Is that what I'm hearing?
Whereas before, folios could be viewed with the desktop viewer as well.
78. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadBobLevine May 15, 2011 4:58 PM (in response to landrvr1)
There is still a desktop viewer.
79. Re: Publishing just one .folio to a few IpadDavid Ben May 15, 2011 5:09 PM (in response to landrvr1)
And as Bob said above.. the Desktop viewer (pre-viewer) is still in place and accessed when you preview your folio file.
Both the Desktop preview and The content view app were developed for Testing/previewing purposes not distribution.
Adobe announced to the pre-release that they are still working on both a webviewer.. and desktop viewer as distribution options.. neither were ready for testing or release. They quoted the limitations of AIR (like it doesn't support PDF) .. caching.. and security of files as some of the issues they are working on.


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Help. When I originally signed the contract to take over the blog for a week, I thought it would be fun. Particularly as it meant that I got to spend the week at Ryan's house...although maybe he didn't realise that was in the small print. (Ryan...it's NOT true that I accidently broke that vase...it was like that when I got here. I promise!)
But now my regular column has gotten jealous and locked me in a small box with only a laptop for company. Who knew a column about the Muppet Villains would develop a villainy of its own?
The column is taking over and I don't know how to stop it!
Please send help!
P.S. I'm writing this message on the back of a photo postcard I received today from the Ryan in Disney...He wanted to add that he has arrived safely and that he is planning to pack the Live Sweetums from the Vision 3D experience into his suitcase to bring back with him...(Okay, I made up that last part, but shh!)
P.S. I'm writing this message on the back of a photo postcard I received today from the Ryan in Disney...He wanted to add that he has arrived safely and that he is planning to pack the Live Sweetums from the Vision 3D experience into his suitcase to bring back with him...(Okay, I made up that last part, but shh!)
Muppet Comic Mean-days
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In fact, the only real difference between them is that he's evil. And not just because he called Scooter a sweaty orange dude. Kismet the Toad is a no-nonsense con-man and sets out from the start to trick everyone into believing he's the real Kermit, and even once Scooter the Boy Detective has uncovered this secret, Kismet continues to con those around him by persuading Miss Piggy he loves her...and that he would love to see her wearing all her jewels.
Although Kimset turned out to be quite an accomplished singer and dancer, he got his comeuppance in the end...and ending which involved fake diamonds, a robot Piggy in a sailor outfit and a pig policemen. (Oh! I literally JUST got that joke...a pig is the policeman. Haha! *ahem*).
Kismet may have been almost identical to Kermit in looks – but the Toad was utterly unlike the Frog in character.
Ruthlessness: 7 (Kismet used Muppet Rats to accomplish his own evil plans...but if anyone is going to scheme and sneak about the theatre looking for ways to make money...it should be the Rats themselves!)
Sidekick: 4 (Kismet didn't have a specific sidekick, but made good use of Rizzo, some out-of-work Dwarves and a Rumplestiltskin lookalike!)
Evil appearance: 0 (Hey! There's nothing evil-looking about Kermit the Frog!)
Talking the talk: 10 (Kismet gets tons of extra points for calling Scooter the sweaty orange guy!)
Likability: 2 (Despite having a rather good sense of humour, there's little to like about this slimy toad.)
Returnability: 10 (I'd love to see this charlatan return to the Muppet comic books. I could see him reappearing in a story where he could cause endless love-tangles between himself and Miss Piggy. Just don't tell her it was my idea...)
Likelihood to look just like you plus a coat and dark glasses: 10 (Actually I made rather good use of a lookalike agency myself recently...my column has no idea that it's actually locked up my dark-glasses wearing lookalike in a small box instead of me while I remain on the loose raiding cold chicken-wings from Ryan's fridge. HA! See ya tomorrow. - T.B.C.)
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When we research/read about history, we are delving into the stories of one/two nations or one/two individuals. We focus so much on this one thing that we sometimes forget the world around this nation/individual is continuing and its own stories are unfolding.
It might just be my tiny mind, but I think its mind blowing that while the Han empire was at its height and decline the Roman empire had a similar curvature of power (I'm no expert but I'm under the impression Romes decay was alot more gradual, probably due to the fact there was a lack of finality that the mandate of heaven gives, anyway I'm rambling). Citizens of these two empires probably thought they were part of the most powerful nation in the world outright and by far and arguments can be made for both on a different thread.
Another parallel I can draw is, whilst England and France were quarrelling over relatively small amounts of land, on the other side of the world, unbeknownst to the western world the largest continuous empire the world would ever see was emerging.
I hope you think about what I've said and it stimulates your mind in the same way.
What other parallels can you draw ?
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Thanks to everyone who considered this one and replied.
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If your are doing a diagnosis as a heading, you can recast the wording
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BOS discourages the use of a number at the beginning.
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Former San Francisco Giants Payroll Manager Accused of Embezzling $1.5 Million
A former San Francisco Giants payroll manager has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than $1.5 million from the team over the past year.
Robin O'Connor, 41, has been charged with wire fraud and fraud in connection with a computer.
O'Connor is accused of rerouting a total of $1,513,836.28 to her personal accounts without authorization, and then forging a letter to the bank seeking a loan to buy a home in San Diego. Once confronted, O'Connor reportedly returned the money. Her base salary as a Giants employee was $80,000.
You have to wonder how someone would ever expect to get away with a crime like this when so much money is at stake. Even still, this doesn't explain why the team has struggled so much of late on the field.
O'Connor is due back in court Sept. 30.