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May 11, 2013: Whitecaps FC 3-1 LA Galaxy
Who would have thought going into this game that the Galaxy would be in more need of a victory than we would.
The 'Caps are the in-form team and sit two points ahead of LA with a game in hand. Now we need to carry this momentum into the game and make sure we keep the pressure on them. In the past, maybe we wouldn't expect much out of this game, but confidence must be at an all-time high right now.
We must be wary though. LA are still a good team and, being at home, they will have a decent amount of possession. We need to keep our shape and remain compact as LA will exploit any spaces we leave open.
It will be vitally important that we are not tentative when we win the ball back. We need to be aggressive and attack them at every opportunity. We are a very dangerous team on the break and need to show that to the Galaxy. They will not be as potent on offence if they have to work hard to get the ball back.
We have already beaten this team 3-1 at home this year, and in order to replicate that on the road, we must show the Galaxy that we are there for three points right from the opening whistle.
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'Caps take advantage of space, catch Chicago on counter
Robbie Keane has seven goals and eight assists in just a dozen league games this year, but he limped off in the 79th minute of LA's 2-1 defeat to the Timbers last weekend and looks likely to miss this game. When Keane is in the lineup the Galaxy are a very different team as the stats show. They are 9W-8L-3D when he is playing and 2W-5L-1D when he's not, and they have been outscored 15-7 in his absence.
An LA team with Keane in the mix is a very hard team to put pressure on when they have the ball, as he is one of the smartest players in MLS at finding space in-between the defence and midfielders. He pops up in areas where he is hard to mark, which allows them to maintain great possession
Should he not play on Saturday, our 'Caps can capitalize by putting increase pressure on the ball, which will create more turnovers that will allow us to catch them on the break.
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Manneh comes off the bench vs. Chicago, scores 2nd goal
As I mentioned in what we learned from the Chicago game, we have a number of attacking options that can come off the bench late in a game.
This provides different looks which have paid dividends in our last few matches.
This could be an important factor against an LA team that is not easily defeated at home. However, the Galaxy have conceded 15 goals after the 76-minute mark of matches this season, and eight goals in stoppage time.
Their last game in Portland was a stoppage time winner to lose 2-1, and two weeks ago they conceded twice in stoppage time to lose 3-2 to San Jose Earthquakes.
If the game is close at the end then this will be playing on their minds. We can take advantage of this with our game changers off the bench.


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Charlie Bullough looks at the world's largest garden wildlife survey and some of its winners and losers.
The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch will clock up a 40-year milestone in 2019.
The nature study, where we spend an hour counting the birds in our garden each winter, has ticked more than 130 million birds since 1979.
Close to half-a-million people join in every year and the next count will take place on January 26, 27 and 28.
Mike Clarke, RSPB chief executive, said: "Everyone has a role to play in saving nature and protecting our wildlife. Big Garden Birdwatch participants have made a significant contribution to monitoring garden bird numbers over the past four decades. Those taking part work together as part of a community with thousands of other Big Garden Birdwatchers to help the RSPB's work to protect birds, other wildlife and the places they live.
"Reaching 40 years is a huge achievement and shows just how passionate people across the UK are about their wildlife. The survey started as a winter activity for our youth members. It's now the largest garden wildlife survey in the world and appeals to both children and adults because it's an enjoyable, easy, inclusive activity that anyone can do and a great opportunity to connect with nature."
In gardens, we advise people not to use slug pellets – and to try to provide dense, thorny bushes for cover' RSPB spokesman
The nature survey has helped reveal the winners and losers over the last 40 years.
Species like the song thrush are down by minus 75 per cent since the survey began. The study was the first to alert the RSPB to the decline in song thrush numbers. It was a firm fixture in the top 10 in 1979. But by 2009, its numbers were less than half those recorded in 1979. It's now ranked 20th.
The starling was the number one bird in 1979 and maintained its high flying status for the next 20 years. But the total number of starlings seen during the counts has plummeted. In 1979 on average 15 starlings were seen but that was down to just over three by 2018. The bird is still the second most popular but its long range decline is much sharper with a minus 80 per cent drop.
The house sparrow has also seen a 57 per cent decline over 40 years, but data from the last ten years suggests a 17 percent increase.
Birds fully on the up include woodpigeons and collared doves. These have risen by 950 and 307 percent, respectively, since 1979.
An RSPB spokesman said: "Causes of song thrush decline are unclear, particularly in urban areas. In the countryside, their disappearance is linked to changes in land use, particularly where land has been drained and dried out, meaning there's less food for these birds.
Fortunately their population seems to be stabilising after big declines from the 1970s to the 1980s. We think we know enough about their needs to be able to tackle the declines. For example, in gardens, we advise people not to use slug pellets – and to try to provide dense, thorny bushes for cover. On farmland we want to see improvements in the way farmers are rewarded for providing homes for wildlife, and by providing the right habitat for song thrushes they can make a huge difference." The spokesman added: "In addition to things people can do is things people can stop doing - don't use pesticides. Increasingly more and more local authorities are going pesticide free and a lot of them are extending that to the inhabitants of the areas.
"These actions will also benefit song thrush and a raft of the commoner Big Garden Birdwatch birds such as robin, dunnock and blackbird, as well as bats, hedgehogs, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, solitary bees and other pollinators."
To mark the scheme's 40th anniversary the RSPB is asking participants 'How will you #BigGardenBirdWatch?' to share their stories of how they take part.
The spokesman added: "So far, we've reached over a million people through our social media channels since we launched the campaign on January 1. Our supporters are constantly talking to us, there's a real excitement around the 40th anniversary and people are wanting to make sure their gardens are ready for the Birdwatch weekend. We've had requests for 100,000 Big Garden Birdwatch packs."
This year's event takes place on January 26, 27 and 28. The public is asked to spend just one hour watching and recording the birds in their garden or local green space, then send their results to the RSPB.
Only count the birds that land, not those flying over. The RSPB wants to know the highest number of each bird species you see at any one time – not the total you see in the hour.
The RSPB is again asking participants to log some of the other wildlife they have seen throughout the year. This year, people are being asked to look out for badgers, foxes, grey and red squirrels, muntjac deer, roe deer, frog and toad. For your free 40th anniversary Big Garden Birdwatch pack, which includes a bird identification chart, text BIRD to 70030 or visit Are you ready to Big Garden Birdwatch? . The RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch, a parallel event, is taking place during the first half of spring term (January 2 to February 22). See Big Schools Birdwatch for more.


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My DSTV decoder breaking down so I haven't been able to watch any of the final test
Australia's idiotic selection. Just expecting the Oval's curators to produce a pitch that would end in a draw was ignorant. Why no one in the Australian camp couldnt read that the pitch was modified to ensure a result is bizarre. North's 4 wickets in the 2nd innings just shows you what a massive blunder it was to not select Hauritz.
Whats the old saying? Its harder to get dropped from the Australian side than to get in. Stuart Clark finished with 4 wickets @ 44 from 2 tests. I find it hard that neither Lee or Haurtiz could have done better than that.
When it comes to cricket every country has its hang-ups and bizarre philosophies. The way people in Australia hang on to old ideas is puzzling. Maybe because cricket is still largely an anglo-saxon sport here and we've inherited England's stubbornness when it comes to cricket. Then again people of limited intelligence will always hold onto their prejudices and beliefs without reason or re-evaluating them.
The selectors got it right by dropping Hughes for Watson, even though Watson is not the long term solution. Why couldnt get it right for Clark I dont know. He was smashed in England's 2nd innings in Leeds and then was smashed again in the tour match between the 4th and 5th tests.
I think people are being unduly unfair on Johson. He finished the series with much better figures than Flinoff, Swann and Anderson and only 2 runs per wicket higher than Broad but 2 more wickets.
I thought it was a bold decision by England to drop Onions for the 5th test. Obviously the English read the pitch better and realised that Onions/Clark's style of bowling would have little impact at the Oval.
Most disappointing thing besides Australia's selection policy was North only being able to score runs when Australia was on top. His 2nd innings score of 96 at Edgbaston was when the game was already headed for a draw.
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a match played in Wales
KP missing most of the series
Johnson's erratic performances
Think the biggest disappointment for me that all the matches were so one sided and that we only got one classic finnish. Though that the run chases at both Lords and today could have been classics if things had gone a little differently. Third test could also have been a really good one if it had not been for the rain.
No Brett Lee vs. Kevin Pietersen
"I am very happy and it will allow me to have lot more rice."
Eoin Morgan on being given a rice cooker for being Man of the Match in a Dhaka Premier Division game.
Siddle maintaining his spot in the side really hurts.
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Though from an Aussie POV, Hughes, Mitch and Hussey were the biggest disappointments, was expecting big things from these guys, but they clearly failed to live upto the expectations.
The 5 minutes where Ponting and Clarke both got out run out.
I quite liked Siddle's bowling. A bit of fire and gave some of the Poms a sound test of the short delivery. He's young and I think he proved he's got what it takes.
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Hughes and Johnson. Johnson at least turned it around and played a pretty big role in the 4th test, but Hughes just never looked up to it.
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Lack of memorable banter eg "why are you so fat?"....."your mother / biscuit."
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Alexei Ramirez tied the game with an RBI triple in the fourth and scored the go-ahead run on Marcus Semien's double later in the frame, as the Chicago White Sox secured a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in the finale of a four-game set Monday at U.S. Cellular Field. Alejandro De Aza drilled a two-run homer in the second and after Semien put the White Sox in front in the fourth, Adam Eaton added Some insurance with a two-run double in the sixth for the White Sox, who took three of four from the Rays. "Taking the series is great," Eaton said. "You want to take three out of four from everyone, or two out of three, so we'll take it." Jose Abreu collected his 32nd RBI of the season with a single in the eighth, extending his Major League rookie record for RBI in the month of April. Chicago starter Andre Rienzo (2-0) recorded the win after yielding three runs -- two earned -- on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts over six innings. David DeJesus smacked an RBI double for the Rays, who have lost five of their last six games. "They beat us fair and square," Rays manager Joe Maddon said of the Solid White Sox. "You just have to give them credit. They played well and they beat us." Jake Odorizzi (1-3) got the start for the Rays and surrendered four runs on eight hits and two walks over 4 1/3 innings. DeJesus' double provided the visitors with a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth, but the White Sox answered swiftly in the home half, as Dayan Viciedo worked a leadoff walk before scoring when Ramirez followed with a triple that tipped off the glove of center fielder Desmond Jennings on the warning track. Odorizzi nearly escaped with the game still tied after grounding out De Aza and fanning Tyler Flowers, but Semien smacked a two-out double to left and Ramirez trotted home for a 4-3 lead. Eaton extended the margin with a two-out, two-run double to left in the sixth. Flowers kept the frame alive with a single and Semien walked before both runners scored on Eaton's two-bagger into the left-field corner. Abreu's two-out single in the eighth scored Semien to account for the final margin. Early on, the Rays jumped on Rienzo in the first, as Ben Zobrist smacked a leadoff double before Jennings put down a bunt that Rienzo bobbled. The Chicago right-hander then tried to throw to first from a knee, but his throw skipped past second baseman Gordon Beckham covering first. Zobrist scored easily on the play, while Jennings was awarded second after running into Beckham on his way to second. Matt Joyce followed with a drive to right-center field that Eaton snared with a leaping grab at the wall. Eaton fell to the ground after the catch and Jennings, who was tagging up on the play, raced around third before beating the relay throw to the plate to give Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead. De Aza's two-out, two-run blast in the second tied the game. Adam Dunn started the inning with a single and moved to second on a bunt two batters later before crossing the plate on De Aza's fourth homer of the season. Game Notes Tampa Bay went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and finished the series 6-for-35 with RISP ... Chicago finished 4-for-12 with RISP and stranded nine runners ... Zobrist and Jennings each had two of Tampa Bay's seven hits.
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The FBI is readying its own facial recognition system and critics say it isn't good -- in fact, Facebook's own facial recognition software is better, reports say.
The FBI's new system, the Next Generation Identification (NGI) is being rolled out this summer with "millions of photos in a central database," according to the Verge. However, critics say that the NGI isn't very good and that Facebook's own in-house facial recognition software is better.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation actually did some research on the NGI and found that it's only about 85 percent accurate in placing a suspect in a 50-person list. In other words, in 50 guesses, the NGI "lets one in seven suspects off the hook."
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Facebook's DeepFace system, however, is 97 percent accurate -- about the same as a human eyewitness. While not exactly apples to apples (Facebook has a database of 250 billion photos while the FBI only has 50 million,) it kind of stings to think the FBI's facial recognition system is second to a social network's.
That's a bit alarming especially since the FBI expects faces to be similar to fingerprints and hold up in court. However, with a significant number of inaccuracies, it can't -- so does that mean that the FBI will soon be serving court orders to Facebook?


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by armageddon on Jan.15, 2011, under Projects
Well, first of all I have a 1995 Mercedes C200. 136PS. Nothing special about that.
Then I added some things, like for example a computer. And speakers. The cockpit looks like this:
The display is capable of a 640×480 resolution and is equipped with a touchscreen. I removed it from its original enclosure and built a custom wooden frame that fits exactly in-place. The screws are just there to attach the display to the frame, the whole contraption is just pressed in there. The radio above the display is mostly just for volume control. Additionally it has a bluetooth module which lets me use it as a hands-free phone system. Not even the internal amplifiers are used. Instead, I got two amplifiers in the rear, one for the subwoofer and another one for the four front speakers. The speakers were about 40€ per piece and came with the right frames for my car. I bought the subwoofer for a very low prive from a relative of mine.
Now to the really interesting part: The computer.
On the right hand side of the above picture you can see my EeeBox. It is just like those netbooks, the eeePcs from Asus, just without display, battery, keyboard and mouse. It is directly attached to the 12V from the car power supply. To controll it, I am using the touchscreen and a USB-Numpad.
The box is running on ArchLinux, I am using awesome as a window manager and XBMC is my media center.
Another cool feature are the webcams. At the moment only the front view is working. It is taking a picture every ten seconds and storing it into one folder for every journey. At home, I can create cool movies from those pictures. This is one of them:
At the moment, I am working at the second camera. There are some issues regarging USB-bandwidth limitations and missing MJPEG-compression. The goal is to take one picture per second per camera and have it directly saved as a movie. Another feature would be live-streaming into the internet via my cell phone's broadband connection.
One of the most recent changes include adding a triple power outlet because the original one in the ashtray was covered up by the display. Since I could not quite reach the screws that were holding the ashtray, I just used some force to remove it. After a few seconds I was holding it in my hands. Now I could reach the wires I was after.
That's all I have to say for now. I will post pictures of the subwoofer and amplifiers in the trunk as soon as I managed to clean up the wiring there.
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If you're a part of the wine industry, or if you follow it, it's hard to get away from the debate; the alcohol level debate. Everywhere you turn, it's a dominating topic of conversation.
A recent example is a column (Decanter Magazine, September 2011) by the famed English wine writer Oz Clarke, which was summed up by Decanter's own Adam Lechmere as follows:
There is no style revolution in California: low acid, velvet tannins and high alcohol is what Americans want from their wine and Californian winemakers will continue to feed that need.
There was, predictably, a whole host of responses to the article (and to Mr. Lechmere's summary!), including a notable offering from Steve Heimoff (Wine Enthusiast), who wrote the following:
I've been saying it for years: this supposed "trend" toward lower alcohol wine is largely a fiction invented and perpetuated by writers who (a) wish it were true and (b) need something sexy to write about in their columns and on their blogs.
All of which got me thinking of an admittedly tangential, but certainly related question: what IS high alcohol?
Is it the 14% cut-off, with "high" being above and "low" being below? This certainly seems to be the most commonly deployed barometer, but is it appropriate?
Honestly, I don't think so, because I think "high" and "low" are relative terms, and what is high for one varietal, for example, may not be so high for another varietal. To simply say that if it's over 14% ABV it's a high-alcohol wine is, to my mind, a fairly meaningless assessment, and one doomed to inaccuracy, because it's devoid of context.
As far as I'm concerned, the question should be, is the wine balanced? If you're noticing too much of the alcohol, and not enough of the other components, then it's a high-alcohol wine. This can happen at 13.2%, and it can happen at 15.2%. Conversely, if the wines wears its alcohol well, and is integrated and harmonious, then the wine is accordingly a balanced wine, and not high-alcohol at all. This can happen at 13.2%, and it can happen at 15.2%.
Consider the Ridge Vineyards Geyserville, long hailed as one of the most consistently balanced, elegant zinfandels California has ever produced. ("Year after year, Ridge makes some of the most polished, refined, and beautifully balanced zinfandels in California." – Karen MacNeil, The Wine Bible)
I took a look at the past thirty years or so of Geyserville, and came up with some interesting tidbits. For example:
1996 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville, 14.9% ABV
"A powerful wine that manages to wear its alcohol gracefully" — excerpted from a Stephen Tanzer review
And from Wine & Spirits Magazine: "This is the Ridge zinfandel of the vintage and certainly one of the very best overall. Well-farmed old-vine fruit, combined with Paul Draper's informed winemaking, provide a supple and elegant zin. Because the fruit isn't as dense as in some vintages, the wine has a lightness and grace to it that is ideal with food. It's dark red in color with vivid aromas of oak spice, pepper, venison, bacon, plum and wild berries, the palate supple with firm acidity. Not overly complex, just beautifully balanced and complete."
And from Wine Spectator: "… Supple and harmonious …"
Graceful? Supple? Lightness and Grace? Harmonious? At 14.9% ABV? Go figure …
Now, take the 1998 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville. It clocked in at 14.1% ABV. And yet here is Robert Parker, the purported Godfather of Support for the "ripe" style:
"One of Ridge's classic efforts, the 1998 Geyserville (74% Zinfandel, 15% Petite Sirah, 10% Carignan, and 1% Mataro) possesses Bordeaux-like complexity and elegance…This classy, elegant, restrained, yet authoritatively rich Zinfandel should be consumed over the next 5-6 years."
Hmmm …
Now, let's jump all the way back to 1982! What did the critics say then? Well, Wine Enthusiast called the nose "overripe." It was 12.6% ABV! But, lest you go thinking, "Aha! See! That's the way it used to be done, lower alcohol!", jump back even further to 1978, and you'll find the Geyserville coming in at 14.9% ABV, and being described by the very same Wine Enthusiast reviewer as: "Deep, complex … almost Burgundian style."
The point being that, while the alcohol levels vary notably (something the reviewer notes, insomuch as he calls the 82 "low alcohol" and the 78 "high alcohol"), the quality remains consistent, and balance is paramount.
In its many-decade history, the Geyserville has been as low as the low 13s, and as high as the high 14s, and it has accrued praise and appreciation throughout, and given great joy and pleasure to those who have tasted it.
So is Geyserville a "high-alcohol" wine?
Don't bother answering, says me, because it's the wrong question.
And on another note, Steve Heimoff made an interesting comment to his own blog post (in response to an earlier comment in the feed); when he wrote:
All I'm saying is that, from my vantage point of tasting nearly 5,000 California wines a year, I don't see them moving away from high alcohol, especially the Cabernets.
Which of course got me thinking of the Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello.
So I did the same sort of thing as I did with the Geyserville; I went looking back through the long history of Monte Bello, to see what I could discover about alcohol levels. Dig this:
The 1970 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello was 13.5% ABV. The 1962 (the first Monte Bello ever produced) was 12.4% ABV. The median there is about 13% ABV. The 2007 Monte Bello (current vintage) is 13.1%ABV.
Now, are we the exception to the rule? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I'm pretty sure it's not the Monte Bello that Steve (or Oz) are talking about. And I'm certainly not presenting the above as any sort of challenge to their points.
Rather, it's just another way of approaching my primary thesis, which is that, at the end of the day, I truly believe we should be debating balance first and foremost, not alcohol levels. ABV is certainly a legitimate sub-category in any debate about any given wine (as are fruit, minerality, structure, spice, acidity, etc.), but it's just that, a sub-category, and nothing more or less.
Now, I should disclaim all the above by saying I recognize that Oz Clarke and Steve Heimoff are talking about something a little different; what they're essentially talking about is the continuing dominance of a style despite a sea of rhetoric seemingly indicating a sea change in another direction; their point seems to be that it is everything from wishful thinking to out and out hypocrisy to believe that the style in question is in fact changing.
This is not what I'm on about. They may in fact be right. But my concern is the focus of the debate itself, which I believe may need some re-framing; getting away from primarily obsessing over alcohol levels, and the question of high vs. low alcohol wines, and focusing instead on the question of balance.
And on yet another note, I think we also need to be careful about getting too cynical about our wine buyers out there.
As wine producers, I think we can actually happily show great respect for, and faith in, our consumers and their palates. They may not all understand secondary malolactic fermentaion, or know what the word "veraison" means, or be able to discuss the difference between pad and membrane filtration methods, or define "brix levels," but they can tell balanced from unbalanced, on a visceral if not always analytical level. And that's a great thing. And sure, they might buy the "fruit bombs" sometimes, but they buy lots of other styles too, and that's also a great thing. Their ability to discern and to experiment, to learn and to change, to vary and to sample; this is what keeps us all in business. And believe you me, they can spot a good wine, and they can spot a not-so-good wine, and the difference is balance. Balance is what give a wine its magic; that unnameable certain something that makes one wine an "excitement wine," and another one not. And I truly believe that, in the end, that's what wine consumers are responding to.
Balance. It's what makes a wine sing.
I see it every day in our tasting rooms. I see it in their faces, that slight and subtle, inward-looking smile that twinkingly emerges when a magic wine hits their palate. They may not always know the what, where, how, and why of why the wine tastes the way it does, but they can sense it when it's good.
And I say it's good, when it's balanced.
Categories: Bordeaux varietals, Cabernet Sauvignon, Geyserville, History, Monte Bello, Press Reviews, Tasting Notes, Tasting Rooms, Varietals & Blends, Viticultural Salmagundi, Wine Blogs, Wine Quotes, Wine Tales, Winemaking, Zinfandel


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Excerpt From "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes"
Amazing how many things we need to 'relearn'. I tend to use that word frequently, relearn, we are born with instinct and reason and frequently it's beaten out of us so we're more obedient consumers, or just better lemmings. Hopefully this - like all other things- is cyclical. Note in this excerpt, the mention of the gap betwee nthe first and second toe. This is something frequently discussed on the mobiltywod.com.
Samuel B. Shulman. "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes," The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists, 49, 1949, pp. 26-30.
Samuel B. Shulman. "Survey in China and India of Feet That Have Never Worn Shoes," The Journal of the National Association of Chiropodists, 49, 1949, pp. 26-30.
The low incidence of dermatomycotic infection here noted might be attributed to the fact that most foot fungi require dark, warm and damp interdigital spaces for growth such as that provided by shoes and stockings on a foot that has no free outlet for its perspiration. In addition, these bare feet get the beneficial fungicidal effects of the sun's ultra-violet rays....No instances among the barefoot feet were found of: Onychrocryptosis, Hyperidrosis, Bromidrosis, Hallux Valgus, Hallux Varus, Bursitis at the first or fifth metatarso-phalangeal articulations....Almost everyone surveyed showed a marked spacing between the first and second toes such as that found on young babies. The great toe was either pointing straight ahead or slightly abducted to provide a greater weight-bearing base or, possibly, to compensate for a shortened first metatarsal segment....One hundred and eighteen of those interviewed were rickshaw coolies. Because these men spend very long hours each day on cobblestone or other hard roads pulling their passengers at a run it was of particular interest to survey them. If anything, their feet were more perfect than the others. All of them, however, gave a history of much pain and swelling of the foot and ankle during the first few days of work as a rickshaw puller. But after either a rest of two days or a week's more work on their feet, the pain and swelling passed away and never returned again. There is no occupation more strenuous for the feet than trotting a rickshaw on hard pavement for many hours each day yet these men do it without pain or pathology. These figures prove that restrictive footgear, particularly ill-fitting footgear, cause most of the ailments of the human foot.
...Baby shoes cause great harm to growing, formative feet. The so-called "sentimental" value of baby's shoes might well be dispensed with....People who have never worn shoes acquire very few foot defects, most of which are painless and non-debilitating. The range of their foot motions are remarkably great, allowing for full foot activity. Shoes are not necessary for healthy feet and are the cause of most foot troubles. Children should not be encouraged to walk prematurely and should not wear any footwear until absolutely necessary. Footgear is the greatest enemy of the human foot.
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|400 million[2]
|July 4, 1996 (as Hotmail)
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Outlook.com is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services from Microsoft. Founded in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith as Hotmail, Microsoft acquired it in 1997 for an estimated $400 million and launched it as MSN Hotmail, later rebranded to Windows Live Hotmail as part of the Windows Live suite of products.[2][3] Microsoft released the final version of Hotmail in October 2011[4][5][6] and it was replaced by Outlook.com in 2012.
- 1 History
- 2 Features
- 3 Mobile applications
- 4 Mail client access
- 5 Controversy
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Launch of Hotmail[edit]
Hotmail service was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, and was one of the first webmail services on the Internet along with Four11's RocketMail (later Yahoo! Mail).[citation needed] It was commercially launched on July 4, 1996, symbolizing "freedom" from ISP-based email[7] and the ability to access a user's inbox from anywhere in the world. The name "Hotmail" was chosen out of many possibilities ending in "-mail" as it included the letters HTML, the markup language used to create web pages (to emphasize this, the original type casing was "HoTMaiL"). The limit for free storage was 2 MB.[8] Hotmail was initially backed by venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. By December 1997, it reported more than 8.5 million subscribers.[9] Hotmail initially ran under Solaris for mail services and Apache on FreeBSD for web services, before being partly converted to Microsoft products,[10][11] using Windows Services for UNIX in the migration path.[12]
MSN Hotmail[edit]
Hotmail was sold to Microsoft in December 1997 for a reported $400 million, and it joined the MSN group of services.[13] Hotmail quickly gained in popularity as it was localized for different markets around the globe, and became the world's largest webmail service with more than 30 million active members reported by February 1999.[14] Hotmail originally ran on a mixture of FreeBSD and Solaris operating systems.[15] A project was started to move Hotmail to Windows 2000. In June 2001, Microsoft claimed this had been completed; a few days later they retracted and admitted that the DNS functions of the Hotmail system were still reliant on FreeBSD. In 2002 Hotmail still ran its infrastructure on UNIX servers, with only the front-end converted to Windows 2000.[16] Later development saw the service tied with Microsoft's web authentication scheme, Microsoft Passport (now Microsoft account), and integration with Microsoft's instant messaging and social networking programs, MSN Messenger and MSN Spaces (later Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Spaces, respectively).
Security issues[edit]
In 1999, hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log in to any Hotmail account using the password 'eh'. At the time it was called "the most widespread security incident in the history of the Web".[17] In 2001, the Hotmail service was compromised again by computer hackers who discovered that anyone could log in to their Hotmail account and then pull messages from any other Hotmail account by crafting a URL with the second account's username and a valid message number. It was such a simple attack that by the time the patch was made, dozens of newspapers and hundreds of web sites published exact descriptions allowing tens of thousands of hackers to run rampant across Hotmail. The exploitable vulnerability exposed millions of accounts to tampering between August 7, 2001, and August 31, 2001.[18][19]
In 2004, Google announced its own mail service, Gmail. Featuring greater storage space, speed, and interface flexibility, this new competitor spurred a wave of innovation in webmail.[20] The main industry heavyweights – Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail – introduced upgraded versions of their email services with greater speed, security, and advanced features.[21][22]
Windows Live Hotmail[edit]
Microsoft's new email system was announced on November 1, 2005, under the codename "Kahuna", and a beta version was released to a few thousand testers. Other webmail enthusiasts also wanting to try the beta version could request an invitation granting access. The new service was built from scratch and emphasized three main concepts of being "faster, simpler, and safer". New versions of the beta service were rolled out over the development period, and by the end of 2006 the number of beta testers had reached the millions.[23]
The Hotmail brand was planned to be phased-out when Microsoft announced that the new mail system would be called Windows Live Mail, but the developers soon backtracked after beta-testers were confused with the name change and preferred the already well-known Hotmail name, and decided on Windows Live Hotmail. After a period of beta testing, it was officially released to new and existing users in the Netherlands on November 9, 2006, as a pilot market. Development of the beta was finished in April 2007, Windows Live Hotmail was released to new registrations on May 7, 2007, as the 260 million MSN Hotmail accounts worldwide gained access to the new system. The old MSN Hotmail interface was accessible only by users who registered before the Windows Live Hotmail release date and had not chosen to update to the new service. The roll-out to all existing users was completed in October 2007.
Windows Live Hotmail was awarded PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award in February 2007,[24] March 2007,[25] and February 2011.[26]
In 2008 it was announced that the service would be updated with focus on improving the speed, increasing the storage space, better user experience and usability features, and that sign-in and email access speeds would be up to 70 percent faster.[27] The classic and full versions of Windows Live Hotmail were combined in the new release. As a result of user feedback, Hotmail was updated so that scrolling works for users who have the reading pane turned off. It was also expected that Hotmail team would be moving the advertisement from the top of page to the side, adding more themes, increasing the number of messages on each page and adding the ability to send instant messages from the user's inbox in future releases.[28]
Support for Firefox in the upgraded Windows Live Hotmail took a few months to complete. By 2009, support for Google Chrome was still incomplete, prompting the Chrome developers to temporarily ship a browser that employed user agent spoofing when making requests to the Windows Live site.[29]
As part of the update, Microsoft also added integrated capability for instant messaging with contacts on the Windows Live Messenger service. The feature was the realization of a project that began as "Windows Live Web Messenger" in 2007, a replacement for the outdated "MSN Web Messenger" service that was first introduced in August 2004. It was noted that the original "Windows Live Web Messenger" featured tabbed conversations in a "conversation workspace", however since its integration with Hotmail this has been removed.[30][31]
Microsoft's search engine Bing was integrated into Hotmail in 2009 through the introduction of a "Quick Add" feature, allowing users to add search results from Bing into emails. These include images, maps and business listings.[32]
On May 18, 2010, Microsoft unveiled the "Wave 4" update of Hotmail, which offered features such as 1-click filters, active views, inbox sweeping, and 10 GB space for photos, Microsoft Office documents, and attachments.[33] It also included integration with Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Live Office, a free version of Microsoft's Office Web Apps suite. The new version began its gradual release to all Hotmail users on June 15, 2010[34] and was completely rolled out on August 3, 2010.[35] Exchange ActiveSync support was enabled to all Hotmail users on August 30, 2010, allowing users to sync their mail, contacts, calendar and tasks to their mobile devices that supports the protocol.[36] Addition of full-session SSL was released on November 9, 2010.
Throughout 2011, Microsoft added several new features to Hotmail, such as aliases[37] and speed improvements.[38] In October 2011, Microsoft unveiled a "re-invented Hotmail", and added many new features such as Instant Actions, scheduled Sweep, and Categories[39][40][41] and this update began fully rolling out on November 9, 2011.[42] This update also made SSL enabled by default on all accounts.
Transition to Outlook.com[edit]
Outlook.com was first introduced on July 31, 2012, when its beta version was made available to the general public. Existing Hotmail customers could freely upgrade to the preview version of Outlook.com and downgrade back.[43]
Outlook.com graduated preview stage on 18 February 2013. According to Microsoft, the upgrade was deployed on April 3, 2013; the user kept their existing Hotmail accounts and received the option of having an @outlook.com email address. By May 2013, Outlook.com had 400 million active users.[44] By May 2014, Outlook.com continued to have 400 million active users.[45]
Transition to new infrastructure[edit]
In May 2015, Microsoft announced it would move the service over to what it described as an Office 365-based infrastructure.[46] This was followed in June 2015 by the introduction through an opt-in preview of new features, including new calendar layout options, a filtering service called "Clutter" and new theme designs.[47] Microsoft also introduced the ability for third-party providers such as PayPal and Evernote to include add-ins into the service.[48] Additionally, contact suggestions and updates from emails such as flight reservations are due to be introduced to Office 365 subscribers' accounts and Outlook.com users' from January and March 2016 respectively.[49] With the upgrade, users were no longer able to use the Windows Live Mail 2012 client to synchronize their email, contacts and calendar event using the official settings; they were encouraged to view Outlook.com through a web browser, through the Mail app, or through the Microsoft Outlook client.[50] However, Windows Live Mail could be configured to use the IMAP protocol (or the less effective POP3) to fetch mail only.[51][52] Microsoft concluded this preview stage in February 2016, when it began to roll out the new version to users' accounts, beginning with North America.[53]
2017 redesign[edit]
On August 8, 2017, Microsoft launched a new opt-in beta toggle allowing users to test upcoming changes to the Outlook.com Mail, including a faster inbox, a responsive design, and the ability to search for emojis.[54] There was also an introduction of the Photos Hub, the fifth component of Outlook.com.[55][better source needed]
On October 30, 2017, Microsoft announced that it would phase out its "Outlook.com Premium" subscription service, which offered features such as expanded storage and removal of ads from the user interface. These benefits were subsequently made available to Office 365 subscribers, and Microsoft will no longer accept new subscriptions to Outlook.com Premium. Existing Outlook.com Premium subscribers may continue to renew their existing subscription.[56]
The old interface, which dated from 2016, was phased out in 16th February 2018.
Similar to other major webmail services, Outlook.com uses Ajax programming techniques and supports later versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. Some of its features include keyboard controls giving the ability to navigate around the page without using the mouse, the ability to search the user's messages including structured query syntax such as "from:ebay", message filters, folder-based organization of messages, auto-completion of contact addresses when composing, contact grouping, importing and exporting of contacts as CSV files, rich text formatting, rich text signatures, spam filtering and virus scanning, support for multiple addresses, and different language versions.
One example of a feature no longer present is the ability to create custom domain names.[57]
Security and privacy[edit]
Outlook.com has promised to respect users' privacy, specifically targeting Gmail's privacy practices.[58] Outlook.com does not scan emails or attachments for advertising information and personal conversations are ad-free entirely.[59][60]
In March 2014, when former Microsoft employee Alex Kibkalo was arrested for his involvement in 2012 leaking of Microsoft's trade secrets, Microsoft came under criticism for having accessed the email inbox of his French accomplice.[61][62] Critics claim these actions violate privacy laws[63][64] as well as Microsoft's own promises with regards to users' personal information,[65] while others have pointed out that such access is permitted under Microsoft's privacy policies in order to "protect the rights or property of Microsoft",[66][67] that it was necessary in order to prevent a crime intended to have inflicted billions of dollars of damage, and that such action on Microsoft's part is unprecedented in 18 years.[68] In response to the criticism, Microsoft has announced that it would no longer access private account information themselves in such cases, but would instead hand the investigation over to law enforcement agencies.[69][70]
Outlook.com uses DMARC specifications to provide better security for message transmission and Extended Validation Certificate to secure the user's connection with Outlook.com.[71] On April 17, 2013, Microsoft added two step verification to Microsoft accounts, thereby by extension to Outlook.com.[72]
Outlook also allows for a single-use code to be used instead of a user's password when signing into a Microsoft account. Each code can only be used once, but one can be requested whenever needed. If a user is signing in on a public computer—such as at the library or school—using a single-use code helps keep account information secure. The single-use code is sent to the user when requested during login.[73]
Active View[edit]
Outlook.com's Active View allows users to interact directly with contents and functionality within their email message. For example, any photo attachments can be previewed directly using Active View. In addition, Outlook.com provides a partner platform which allows contents and functionality from various websites and services such as YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn, and the United States Postal Service to be viewed directly within the email message. For example, users may view the YouTube video within Outlook.com when a user receives an email which contains a link to the video. Other Active View features include tracking of real time shipping status from United States Postal Service and performing social networking actions on LinkedIn or other social networking sites directly from within the email message.
Outlook's time-management web application was first released on January 14, 2008 as Windows Live Calendar, and was updated to the "Wave 4" release on June 7, 2010. It was updated with Microsoft's Metro design in a phased roll-out to users from April 2, 2013.[74]
Calendar features a similar interface to desktop calendar applications such as Windows Calendar, and supports iCalendar files for users to import calendar entries into their calendars. It uses Ajax technology which enables users to view, add and drag-and-drop calendar events from one date to another without reloading the page, and features daily, weekly, monthly and agenda view modes. It also features a to-do list function for users to keep track of their tasks to be completed.
Calendar events are stored online and can be viewed from any location. Multiple calendars can be created and shared, allowing different levels of permissions for each user.
Outlook's contacts management service was originally known as Windows Live Contacts and before that, Windows Live People. It provides users with access to their contacts' profiles and information, allowing them to share different information with different groups of people. Besides an address book, People also provides integrated services with social media, such as Facebook and Twitter.[75] The service was rebranded to its current name in 2012, introducing a new interface based on the Metro design language that had already been introduced with Outlook.com.
Contacts are automatically updated in real-time, and the service allows for the removal of duplicated contact entries when imported with Profile. Users can also set limits on what parts of their contact details can be seen by others.
Tasks is task management component of Outlook.com introduced during the transition to the Office 365-based infrastructure.
Office for the web integration[edit]
Outlook.com integrates with Office for the web to allow viewing and editing of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents that are attached to the email messages. Users can directly open attached Office documents within the web browser, and save them into their OneDrive. Users can also perform edits to any received Office documents, and directly reply to the sender with the edited version of the document. In addition, users may also send up to 25 GB of Office documents (up to 50 MB each) using Outlook.com by uploading these documents onto OneDrive, and share these documents with other users for viewing or collaboration. Users can also save emails to OneNote.[76]
Skype integration[edit]
A preview version of Skype for Outlook.com started rolling out in the UK on April 30, 2013. This feature allows users to make a Skype video call within Outlook.com without using the Skype desktop client.[77]
Outlook.com offers a "virtual broom" which allow users to delete or move large numbers of emails into specified folders based on the sender's information. Once a "sweep" is performed, the user may choose to configure Outlook.com to remember the sweep settings and perform the same move or delete actions for any future emails. Users may also set up custom message rules based on the sender's or recipient's information, the subject of the email, or attachments to the email. There is also an option to delete/move messages that are older than a specified number of days, or only keep the latest message from a sender.
Quick views and one-click filters[edit]
Quick views allow users to filter all emails (in all folders) by document attachments, photo attachments, flagged messages, or shipping updates. One-click filters allow users to filter the inbox (or specific folder) based on whether or not the email message is unread, from the People service list, group mailing lists, or from a social networking website. Categories appear under quick views for ease of access.
Users can create additional, unique email addresses, called aliases, for their Microsoft account. As of April 17, 2013, users can sign in with any alias and create up to 10 aliases per year for a total of up to 10 addresses. For a given account, all aliases uses the same inbox, contact list, and account settings—including password—as the primary address. Once an alias is set up, users can choose to have all email sent to that address go to the inbox, or to a different folder.[78] Emails sent from an alias do not reveal to recipients that they come from an account with other addresses.
Keyboard shortcuts[edit]
The freeware version of hotmail.com provides a list of almost 50 keyboard shortcuts[79] for web users with visual impairment, blindness or other disabilities.
Mobile applications[edit]
Microsoft has released client applications for Android and iOS, allowing users to access their inboxes and send new messages. The apps were formerly known as Accompli, which was acquired by Microsoft in December 2014, and were rebranded as Outlook Mobile in January 2015.
Mail client access[edit]
Outlook.com supports email clients connecting through the following protocols, listed in chronological order:
- WebDAV was used by Outlook Express but was discontinued on September 1, 2009.[80][81]
- Microsoft Outlook 2002 introduced in Microsoft Office XP included integrated support for Outlook.com accounts.[82]
- DeltaSync was used by Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector, a free plug-in for Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007 or 2010. Using the Outlook connector, users can freely access email messages, contacts, and calendars in any Outlook.com account, though access to tasks and notes requires a premium subscription. Another alternative for users is to use the Windows Live Mail desktop client, which had built-in support for Hotmail.[83]
- Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) access has been made available for all Hotmail accounts as part of the "Wave 3" release, adding support to access Hotmail from any email client that supported this protocol.[84]
- Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support was added as part of the Hotmail "Wave 4" release, allowing users to synchronise not just their email, but also their contacts and calendar on any device that supports EAS.[85]
- On September 12, 2013, Microsoft added support for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) and OAuth.[86][87]
Popularity with spammers[edit]
Like many free webmail services, Hotmail was often used by spammers for illicit purposes such as junk or chain mailing and unwanted marketing, due to wide availability, service popularity, and ease of registration of new accounts.[88] Hotmail amended its service agreement stating that any account engaging in these activities would be terminated without warning.[89][90]
Requests for contact details[edit]
The ability to associate Outlook.com accounts with mobile phones or other email addresses was initially advertised as an optional feature.[91] However, an update in 2013 required many users to associate their accounts before the website would allow them to log in - a refusal which could be sidestepped by using an app, such as Windows Live Mail 2011 or 2012, to access the account instead of a web browser (and it remains possible to "associate" an account with a one-use, or otherwise 'disposable', e-mail address).[92] Some users also saw messages that their accounts would expire if they continued to use them anonymously.
US government surveillance[edit]
According to theguardian.com, several top-secret internal National Security Agency (NSA) newsletters indicate that Microsoft has allowed NSA to access chats and emails on Outlook.com, and implemented a bypass of its advertised encryption in order to facilitate government access.[93]
- One newsletter entry dated December 26, 2012, shows that Microsoft had "developed a surveillance capability to deal" with the interception of encrypted chats on Outlook.com, within five months after the service went into public testing.[93]
- Another entry states that "for Prism collection against Hotmail, Live, and Outlook.com emails will be unaffected because Prism collects this data prior to encryption".[93]
In response to the report, Microsoft stated, among other things, that "when we upgrade or update products we aren't absolved from the need to comply with existing or future lawful demands" and that "there are aspects of this debate that we wish we were able to discuss more freely".[93]
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In an effort to distract his miserable, just-divorced buddy Adam (Martin Grey), ladies' man Jon (Pillsbury) arranges a trip to the desert for some golf therapy. Shades of "Swingers" are evident, as the socially awkward Adam reluctantly accompanies his cool, confident buddy on the drive to Palm Springs.
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