Happy Book Birthday to Weina Dai Randel & THE MOON IN THE PALACE!
Hi everyone! Today we're thrilled to congratulate Weina Dai Randel as her debut historical fiction novel THE MOON IN THE PALACE hits bookstores everywhere. Weina has received rave reviews for her debut, including a starred review from Library Journal and top honors (4.5 stars) from RT Book Reviews. It was also selected as an editor's choice by Historical Novel Reviews.
A concubine at the palace learns quickly that there are many ways to capture the Emperor's attention. Many paint their faces white and style their hair attractively, hoping to lure in the One Above All with their beauty. Some present him with fantastic gifts, such as jade pendants and scrolls of calligraphy, while others rely on their knowledge of seduction to draw his interest. But young Mei knows nothing of these womanly arts, yet she will give the Emperor a gift he can never forget.
Mei's intelligence and curiosity, the same traits that make her an outcast among the other concubines, impress the Emperor. But just as she is in a position to seduce the most powerful man in China, divided loyalties split the palace in two, culminating in a perilous battle that Mei can only hope to survive.
What was the book that made an impact on you?
The book that made a huge impact on me was Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. I first read it fifteen years ago when my husband introduced it to me. I was mesmerized by the story, then I read it again ten years ago when I was researching Empress Wu, and I read it for the third time when I was struggling with the voice of The Moon in the Palace. I was tempted to imitate the seductive, elaborate tone of Memoirs of a Geisha, but as I continued to write, I discovered my Empress Wu character diverged from Golden's Sayuri in many ways, and consequently, the young Empress Wu's voice and tone was different from the geisha figure. But yes, I still think I learned a lot from Golden's book.
Musical talent! Singing and playing piano, especially. I love to sing! I sang a lot at school – somehow the teachers always picked me to sing! And I did sing in front of a crowd, but you know what, I had no musical talent! I didn't know it though. Very embarrassing now that I think of it… (Don't look at me.) And piano. Oh, I love the sound of piano! I took some piano lessons when I made some money myself, but again, you know, I had no talent! I gave up very quickly, because you know, you can always tell a pianist with talent and a pianist who's just following the notes.
Night – late night when the house is quiet, everyone is sleeping, it's dark outside, and I can hear the wind flowing, the murmurs of creatures stirring, and I can see the moonlight casts a silvery net on the flat lawn like a shimmering blanket. I love the peace, the silent contentedness, and I can feel my heart at ease, enjoying the serenity that looks empty but feels full.
Er. I actually didn't put it in my resume, so you can see I still feel embarrassed about it – the job I had briefly as a copywriter when I was twenty one. I was working for a Taiwanese company in Shanghai, and I wrote pieces such as ads for a 9-hole golf course – yes, 9, not 18, because Shanghai was so crowded and it was hard to have a golf course with 18 holes. I also wrote for new brands of socks, refrigerators, and pills that were supposed to cure diabetics. The whole experience was very interesting. I loved poetic language even then, and I strove to write that way, but the rule for writing ads was different, and I needed to sell something by writing it in a way that would appeal to the customers. It was very frustrating for me. I had the job for ten months, then I was fired.
Yes! I met Diana Gabaldon, whose book Outlander I loved and read many years ago. I met her a few times actually during a conference. She was one of the key reasons I actually published my books. I'll tell you why.
You can imagine how excited I was! Because at that point, I had been writing for ten years, received almost 80 rejection letters, and I had decided The Moon in the Palace would never be published and I switched my career – I took a teaching job! But her words boosted my confidence and I queried again, using her name, which led me to an agent and the two-book deal!
Thanks for stopping by, Weina, and all the best to you and your debut THE MOON IN THE PALACE!
Weina Dai Randel was born and raised in China. She came to the U.S. when she was 24, and English is her second language. She has worked as a journalist, a magazine editor, and an adjunct professor. She received an M.A. in English from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, where she was inspired to write about Empress Wu of China. She lives in Texas with her husband and two kids, and THE MOON IN THE PALACE is her debut novel. You can learn more about Weina and her books (including her upcoming sequel, THE EMPRESS OF BRIGHT MOON, out April 5th) on her website, and connect with her on Twitter and Facebook.


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La chiesa di San Dionigi è un edificio religioso sito a Vigevano, in provincia di Pavia e diocesi di Vigevano, sconsacrato e dal 2009 adibito ad auditorium cittadino.

Storia
È documentato che, prima dell'edificio attuale, sul luogo nel 1323 era presente una chiesa omonima, probabilmente costruita prima del Mille, ma della quale non rimane traccia: in un testamento di quell'anno si fa infatti menzione di un frater Bregundius de Gravelona rector el minister ordinis fratrum paupertatis S. Dionysii de Vigievano. Tale chiesa era anche detta "Casa delle elemosine".

Al primo edificio se ne sovrappose un altro, le cui tracce si fanno risalire alla metà del Quattrocento. La costruzione del nuovo edificio iniziò nel 1750, nel 1780 fu costruita la cupola e mezzo secolo dopo fu riadattato il campanile. Tra il 2007 e il 2009, infine, l'edificio è stato oggetto di un restauro molto radicale e la chiesa è stata trasformata in auditorium.

Descrizione
Situata in piazza Martiri della Liberazione, la chiesa di San Dionigi è un edificio in stile barocco dalle origini molto antiche; la facciata è attribuita all'architetto Giovanni Ruggeri. Nell'edificio vi sono cinque altari: il maggiore, con marmi variegati e policromi, è collocato al centro. Il pavimento all'entrata è formato da una lastra di granito che copre il sepolcro dei giustiziati, che spiega anche la dedicazione della chiesa: esisteva infatti un'omonima congregazione che si occupava delle sepolture dei condannati a morte.

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Voci correlate
 Vigevano

Altri progetti

Dionigi
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Architetture barocche della provincia di Pavia

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Here's what we know so far about the COVID-19 independent panel
By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 04 September 2020
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, co-chair of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. Photo by: Africa Progress Panel / Flickr / CC BY
MANILA — The novel coronavirus has infected over 26 million people and caused the deaths of more than 870,000 globally. As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19 and its impacts, a group of experts is coming together to help address some of the lingering questions about the pandemic and the global response.
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, set up following a request from the World Health Assembly in May for an independent review of the response to COVID-19, will be holding its first meeting on Sept. 17, said former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at a media briefing Thursday.
Conference call: WHO and the COVID-19 response review
Devex Senior Reporter Jenny Lei Ravelo speaks with global health experts Carolyn Reynolds and Jorge Saavedra for insight into WHO's independent panel review of the global COVID-19 response.
Clark and Sirleaf are co-chairs of the panel, which was initiated by World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in early July. During a member state briefing in August, the co-chairs announced the appointment of Anders Nordström, Sweden's global health ambassador, as head of the panel's secretariat.
The panel is given the huge task of reviewing a response to an ongoing pandemic within a limited time frame. It is expected to submit its report to the 74th World Health Assembly in May 2021. Health experts have underscored the need for the panel to ensure independence from not just WHO but also from its member states, an issue the co-chairs said they recognize.
"The independent panel takes the term 'impartial and independent' as its mandate very seriously. Panelists are expected to draw from their considerable expertise and experiences. They do not represent their institutions or governments," Sirleaf said.
The panel has yet to clearly lay out its plans, its scope, and the process for conducting the review, but these issues are expected to soon gain clarity now that the co-chairs have announced all the members of the panel. At the media briefing, Clark and Sirleaf also shared some of the broad themes or questions that the panel may tackle in the review.
Here's what is known so far about the panel and its work:
What's expected of the panel?
Member states want a "stepwise process of impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation" that would review the experience and lessons learned from the WHO-coordinated international health response to COVID-19.
Some of the issues that member states identified in the resolution adopted at the 73rd WHA in May include "the effectiveness of the mechanisms at WHO's disposal"; the functioning of the International Health Regulations and extent to which recommendations of previous IHR reviews have been implemented; and WHO's actions, COVID-19 timeline, and contributions to United Nations-wide efforts.
The resolution also requested recommendations to improve the pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response capacity of WHO's Health Emergencies Programme.
Who are the panel members?
Apart from the co-chairs, the panel is composed of activists, former government officials, heads of international organizations, economists, and health experts.
These include Dr. Joanne Liu, who was international president of Médecins Sans Frontières during the 2014- 2016 Ebola crisis in West Africa and for part of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Congo; Precious Matsoso, the former director-general of health of South Africa who chaired the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme in 2017; and Zhong Nanshan, also known as China's "SARS hero" — a reference to severe acute respiratory syndrome — who led the COVID-19 response in that country.
"We can ask ... how WHO and national governments might have worked differently, knowing what we know now about the disease."
— Helen Clark, co-chair, Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Others are Mauricio Cárdenas, former finance minister of Colombia; Aya Chebbi, African Union special envoy on youth; Mark Dybul, former head of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; Michel Kazatchkine, also former head of The Global Fund; David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee; Thoraya Obaid, former executive director of the United Nations Population Fund; Preeti Sudan, former secretary of health of India; and Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico, whom some have raised concerns over.
The panelists, selected from a pool of more than 120 candidates, were chosen based on expertise; knowledge of the international system, including WHO; and experience with similar international processes, according to a news release. Member states were invited to nominate candidates to the panel, although the co-chairs reiterated that they selected the panel members themselves.
"We gave the director-general the courtesy of knowing our intentions, but he did not endeavor to persuade us in any way that we should not proceed with the choice that we have made," Clark said.
What will be the scope of the review?
It is still not clear what the scope and limitations of the review will be, but Clark said the panel will consider "a series of bold themes," including questions of when and how the pandemic emerged and why the world was caught off guard despite years of warnings about a potential health crisis.
The panel also intends to learn more about ongoing efforts to contain virus transmission, the pandemic's impact on people's health and health systems, the experience of those on the front lines, and collaboration.
"The places which have done well in that respect, we'll ask what evidence and decisions made the difference for them. In places that have suffered greatly, we would like to know what decisions people would like to have made but couldn't," Clark said. "For decision-makers, we may ask what kept them awake at night and what actions made them sleep a little better."
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Clark also talked about the importance of communication and the issue of an "infodemic," which has added to the challenges of responding to COVID-19.
"We can ask, too, with the benefit of hindsight — which is always a wonderful thing — how WHO and national governments might have worked differently, knowing what we know now about the disease. Are there lessons to be learned in order not to repeat the experiences of this pandemic?" she said.
The former prime minister, who also previously headed the United Nations Development Programme, said the panel will look for feedback from a broad range of stakeholders — not just WHO and member states, but also health experts, economists, social impact specialists, civil society, the private sector, and the larger public.
"We wish to find ways to hear from the general public at large. We will decide how best to gather information and to consult widely when we meet in the panel for the first time," she said.
The panel will first convene on Sept. 17, with the goal of meeting about every six weeks until April 2021. The co-chairs will present a briefing to WHO's executive board at a special session in October, to the resumed 73rd World Health Assembly in November, and to the executive board's regular session in January 2021. The panel's report is expected to be submitted to the 74th World Health Assembly in May 2021.
Update, Sept. 7, 2020: This article has been updated to reflect that concerns have been raised over the inclusion of Zedillo on the panel.
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boost::log::visitation_result — The class represents attribute value visitation result.

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The main purpose of this class is to provide a convenient interface for checking whether the attribute value visitation succeeded or not. It also allows to discover the actual cause of failure, should the operation fail.

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Supreme Court: Pension plan participants do not have standing to sue plan fiduciaries
Benefits Alert
Author(s): Brian Kopp, Thomas J. McCord
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that pension plan participants did not have standing to sue plan fiduciaries of a defined benefit pension plan for alleged imprudent investment decisions unless they could reasonably demonstrate the fiduciary breach substantially increased the risk that the plan and the employer would fail and be unable to make future pension payments. The case is a significant loss to the plaintiffs' bar because it will be difficult for plan participants to sue plan fiduciaries under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA) unless the participants can show that they have been individually harmed by the fiduciaries' acts and will receive a portion of a recovery. A recovery that solely benefits the plan may not be sufficient to give the participant the required standing to sue.
The facts of Thole et al. v U.S. Bank N.A. et al. are straightforward. The plaintiffs were retired participants in U.S. Bank's defined benefit pension plan. They alleged that the plan's fiduciaries violated ERISA's duties of loyalty and prudence by poorly investing the plan's assets and engaging in self-interested investments. The plaintiffs alleged the plan suffered approximately $750 million in losses as a consequence of the fiduciaries' breaches.
The majority's decision is premised on Article III of the Constitution, which requires a plaintiff to have "standing" to bring a lawsuit. This requires the plaintiff to demonstrate (i) that the plaintiff suffered an injury-in-fact that is concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent; (ii) that the injury was caused by the defendant, and (iii) the injury would likely be redressed by the requested relief. Specifically, the Court concluded that the plaintiffs fail to show that they incurred a concrete injury.
The decision was very much tied to how a single-employer defined benefit plan works. Such plans promise to pay participants a monthly retirement benefit for their lives. The employer is responsible for funding the plan to ensure benefits will be paid and investment risk falls on the employer. Participants do not have individual rights to any plan assets. Rather, participants only have a right to receive their monthly benefits from the plan.
The Court noted that in a defined benefit pension, the amount paid to any individual participant does not fluctuate based on plan investments or the fiduciaries' good or bad investment decisions. Because plaintiffs had received all of their promised benefits, and "the complaint did not plausibly and clearly claim that the alleged mismanagement of the plan substantially increased the risk that the plan and the employer would fail and be unable to make future pension payments," the Court concluded that plaintiffs failed to show they had been injured. In other words, any recovery for a breach of fiduciary duty would inure to the plan generally and not any particular participant. The Court recognized that while at times the pension plan had been underfunded, the "bare allegation of plan underfunding does not itself demonstrate a substantially increased risk that the plan and the employer would both fail."
Unlike the majority, the dissenting justices agreed with the plaintiffs' arguments that they had standing to bring the lawsuit. Specifically, the dissenting justices believed the plaintiffs had standing (i) by analogizing to trust law where beneficiaries can sue a trustee for a breach of fiduciary duty, (ii) based on agency theories and statutory provisions supporting the view that participants have the right to bring a lawsuit on behalf of the plan, and (iii) due to practical implications (i.e., if participants cannot bring these sorts of lawsuits, the harm to the plans will not be addressed). The dissenting justices also noted that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which insures defined benefit pension plans, has solvency issues and does not protect the full pensions of highly compensated participants. Each of these theories was rejected in the majority opinion.
It is difficult to read this decision and not conclude that the majority was suspicious of the growing number of class action ERISA lawsuits being brought by the plaintiffs' bar that are driven more by the prospect of attorney's fees rather than recovery to the plaintiffs. As a practical matter, if the plaintiffs, in this case, were to succeed in their lawsuit, U.S. Bank would be liable for the breach of fiduciary duty, which would result in it having to make a payment to the plan. But this payment, in turn, would simply reduce U.S. Bank's funding obligation to the plan, without increasing participants' benefits. But even a small damages payment could lead to an award of attorneys' fees, which is a significant driver behind these lawsuits.
This decision, of course, does not prevent the Department of Labor or other co-fiduciaries from bringing lawsuits. Moreover, in ERISA cases where plaintiffs can demonstrate that participants incurred actual damages or reduced benefits, standing may not be an issue. In particular, we would not expect the plaintiffs' bar to view this case as an impediment to bringing 401(k) and other defined contribution plan class actions where the alleged breaches result in direct losses to participant account balances. However, in ERISA class action cases involving defined benefit plans and welfare benefit plans, where the recovery goes solely to the plan—not individual participants—and the plan's ability to pay promised benefits is not imperiled, standing issues may now bar the lawsuits.
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I've now got a similar issue and need to understand how to get this working on my popup page:
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31 Days of… Instablogging- Starts TODAY!
Today I begin a journey to instablog through the month of October! What is instablogging? Well, it's mostly photos and short snipits to encourage as well as show my everyday life.
I plan to be writing a little more than I normally do in my Instgram captions to give my beautiful followers encouragement and a real life view of country life with 3 kids and one on the way! I will be instablogging about what living by faith really looks like, what homeschool becomes when it is simplified, what homemaking can be when we live with inspiration but not by the standards of Pinterest (as much as I adore it!), what motherhood can look like when it is filled with intention and how to thrive being a woman with many hats in the midst of all that!
I also hope to direct my followers to encouraging posts by other bloggers and instabloggers- sharing what I'm reading and learning and growing from!
And if you decide to join in with your own Instablogging fun, be sure to use hashtag #31daysofinstablogging so I can follow your journey as well!
31 Days to Clean- starts tomorrow!!
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Lifestyle & Mobility talks shop
Sarah Sarsby 19th May 2019 Lifestyle & Mobility talks shop2019-06-19T16:10:19+01:00 Features, Industry topics
With the demise of Betterlife's online and dedicated bricks and mortar retail operations, many in the industry could mark this a sign of the times for the mobility retail market, with dealers often noting the struggle to achieve margin and remain competitive. This is not the case for all however, with Essex-based Lifestyle & Mobility in the midst of an expansion following a period of sustained retail success. THIIS caught up with Business Development Manager Darren Macey to learn more about the retailer's growth ambitions, securing market share in the South East, and a new flagship store in Harlow.
A growing success story in the mobility retail industry, the family-run mobility company was founded in 2002 by Ron Sverdloff and has organically grown and expanded. The company is now managed by Managing Director Aaron Sverdloff and supported by an engaged team across its multiple sites.
"This will undoubtably be the best mobility store the UK has seen to date! People will travel far and wide to see us and we hope to have the largest selection of products of any other mobility showroom." Darren Macey
Avoiding getting sucked into competing solely on price, the company has carefully chosen which suppliers to work with and focused on stocking quality products on the higher-end of the price spectrum requiring more specialist knowledge, explained Aaron.
After enjoying its best year to date and investing in new staff at its Southend store to bolster its service levels, the successful South East mobility retailer is now expanding its presence into Harlow and is searching for a new team to run the store.
Promising to be the company's biggest and brightest store yet and with high hopes of it becoming the company's highest earning branch in its portfolio as well, the new Harlow store will join Lifestyle & Mobility network of showrooms in Basildon, Southend, as well as a specialist centre in Potters Bar.
To ensure the new flagship store is a success, the company is recruiting for a number of roles to be based at the store, including an experienced Showroom Manager, enthusiastic Showroom Assistant, as well as a knowledgeable Mobility Service Engineer.
www.lifestyleandmobility.co.uk
Trade talks: with Lifestyle & Mobility's Darren Macey
Why is now the right time to expand for Lifestyle & Mobility?
"In my opinion, there are only a couple of dozen absolutely quality mobility retailers out there that do a fantastic job. Right now, this is the most important time for us to expand as we need to protect our patch that surrounds us. We have no intention of becoming a national company, we just want to become even stronger in our region.
"If we sew up all the business in our region, it then makes it impossible for others companies to survive if they try and open in the same town. This sounds all like fighting talk, but we have seen many companies try before… at best they only last a year.
"I honestly believe we have the winning formula to succeed!"
What made you select Harlow as the location for your next store?
"To be honest, we always felt Harlow would be a great location for us but stayed away as there was a multi-million-pound company in town, which we didn't want to take on for the same reason as I mentioned before.
"They've sold most of that business off now and were looking to sell the last part of their business to us. Unfortunately, it wasn't cost effective enough for us to buy them out and they didn't have enough space for us to import all the stock that we like to showcase in our stores. Instead, we are now investing a lot of money into a much bigger site.
"We are on very good terms with that company and are very much a different business model to them, so I'm sure we will both complement the town."
What will this new flagship store be like?
"I don't want to give too much away at this stage but I can say people won't be disappointed.
"This will undoubtedly be the best mobility store the UK has seen to date! People will travel far and wide to see us and we hope to have the largest selection of products of any other mobility showroom.
"The Store is 7,500 sq. ft and will boast a very modern retail look with lots of engaging POS. We shall have all the top brands that you see in our other stores… Sunrise Medical, Invacare, Quantum, TGA Mobility, Kymco, Primacare, Van Os, Karma, Rise and Recline Ltd, Celebrity, Sherborne and Furmanac."
What is key to launching a successful new mobility store in a new town?
"Staff, staff and staff… this is the key. We want the best people that are in the business, so if you're looking for a job and a company that looks after you, look no further!
"We have a huge retention rate and all our employees love working for us & stay with us. Don't be put off by the location or distance you may have to travel. You will get great job satisfaction and will be paid well as the company becomes more of a success."
Some have commented that the mobility industry is becoming increasingly difficult to remain competitive in, yet Lifestyle & Mobility seems to be going from strength-to-strength, what is the secret?
"I think I've said too much already… but again, I would say staff. We have a fantastic management team, with a great mix of personalities and styles. Together, we are Lifestyle and Mobility; on our own, we are nothing."
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Chad Clark and The Cajun Fuel Allstars Band presented a"Tribute to Mr. Hubert Maitre" at the Liberty Theater, March 23, 2019. Maitre, who died in 2017, was a guitarist and vocalist who played with many Cajun groups going back to the 1950s. Among various awards he received, his recording of Camey Doucet's song "La Vieille Chaudière Noire," the title cut of his 2000 CD, won the Cajun French Music Association's Song of the Year Award. For more on his many, many other accomplishments, go to www.facebook.com/notes/cajun-music-friends/hubert-maitre-.... Part of his legacy lives on in the young musicians he helped along the way, including accordionist and vocalist Jacob LeBlanc, who was a special guest performer at the Liberty tribute.


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Gmail's Phone Feature: A Logical Addition - PCWorld
Image via CrunchBaseGmail's Phone Feature: A Logical Addition - PCWorld
Analysis: Google's habit of introducing non-e-mail features into Gmail works out well, this time.
Harry McCracken
Saturday, August 28, 2010 06:49 AM PDT
I've been using Gmail's new free voice calling feature over the past couple of days. For a while, I thought that the Google Buzz blowup proved it was a bad idea to introduce non-e-mail features into Gmail, period. Now I now that if it's the right feature done the right way, it can make perfect sense.
Quick notes:
The quality-on the calls I've made so far, at least-is sensational, and seemingly so on both ends. I hear the other party just great, he or she hears me, and there's zero lag time. All using the microphone and speakers built into my MacBook, no headset required. It's like having a speakerphone, except I've never encountered a speakerphone that sounds this good.
Making calls from within Gmail works well; receiving them has its complications. For one thing, you need to make sure that Gmail is open, and that it's in a tab you can get to quickly when your browser starts to ring. For another, if you mute your laptop's speakers and aren't in Gmail when a call comes in, there's no way to tell someone's trying to reach you. (I'd love to see Google release a bit of notification software that would get your attention even when you're in another app.)
It would be nice to see more comprehensive integration of Gmail and Google Voice, or at least parity in terms of phone features. For instance, being able to check voice messages from within Gmail would be a plus. And shouldn't you be able to make PC calls from within Google Voice itself? (It has a calling feature, but it does something different: It rings both you and the person you want to talk to on your standard phones.)
I agree that this is a wonderfully, useful feature. I also agree that it would also be useful if there was a separate notification software which let you know when you receive a call without Gmail having to be open. I actually like Skype's service better. I pay $2.99 per month for unlimited U.S. and Canada calling. I pay $30.00 a year for a Skype in phone number, which is a local number which receives calls on my computer wherever in the world I may be. It was very useful for my family in friends when i was living in South Korea. They could reach me from any phone for free by dialing my local, Skype provided number which rang on my MacBook.
Now my Skype number is my home number. I can receive calls as long as a computer is on in my house. I make all and receive of my daytime phone calls from either my MacBook or the Skype application on my iPod Touch. I make all of my overseas calls using Skype. In the past 24 hours I have spoken to friends in South Korea twice, for free. I spoke over two hours.
Skype averages out to less than $6.00 per month for its unlimited U.S. and Canada service with a local phone number.
On the other hand I give my google voice number out to my college students or as a home number in business situations. I have Google Voice set up to automatically forward calls to my Skype number. So I never have to worry about missing calls and I get around the Google Voice and Gmail phone limitation that requires your browsers Gmail tab to always be open.
All of my text messaging is done through Google Voice either on my MacBook or my iPod touch. As long as there is a wifi connection Skype and Google Voice work together like a charm. I use Skype for my overseas texting. It is only a couple of cents per texts and calls range from $02 cents to land lines and $.05 to overseas mobile phones. The best part is that I have all of these features for under $6.00 per month. I pay Skype under $6.00 and combine its features with the call forwarding features of Google Voice. Did I mention that Google Voice provides a free voice mail which transcribes your messages and sends them to your Gmail account. Of course you can listen to a recording of the original message. On the weekend and after 9PM and on weekends I have my Google Voice number set up to forward my call directly to my cell phone. This way during the week I do not use my cell phone minutes. Five people in my family share 700 minutes without any overages. This system works.
This is a wonderful brave new world. Telephony will never be as it used to be. Those of you who are middle age like me remember when "Ma Bell" charged you $0.10 per message unit (every 3 minutes) for local calls. Thank God those days are long over.
John H. Armwood
Google Voice and Gmail Mix to Make U.S. Calls Free (pcworld.com)
Gmail Users Make One Million Calls in 24 Hours (pcworld.com)
Labels: Canada, Gmail, Google, Google Buzz, Google Voice, IPod Touch, MacBook, Skype
A World Without Blockbuster Is a World Filled With Sadness
Blockbuster's likely bankruptcy filing will mean lots of their stores will close. That's sad! The loss of Blockbuster stores is a loss for everybody.
Of course, filing for bankruptcy doesn't mean that Blockbuster will close all its stores and go away entirely. It just mean that they're going to consolidate their into more profitable markets, and close down somewhere around 50% or 70% of their lower-performing stores. That sucks.
I pay $20 a month for three in-the-mail rentals, like with Netflix. Unlike Netflix, I'm able to exchange each one of these rentals in-store, immediately, with a physical movie, which satisfies my watch-it-right-now urge I get once in a while. Plus, all of these are Blu-ray.
Netflix soars as Blockbuster plans bankruptcy (news.cnet.com)
Rumor: Blockbuster Filing for Bankruptcy Next Month [Blockbuster] (gizmodo.com)
Labels: Bankruptcy, Blockbuster, Blu-ray Disc, Law, Movie, Netflix, redbox, Unlike Netflix
Google: 1 million Gmail calls during first day | Deep Tech - CNET News
Image via CrunchBaseGoogle: 1 million Gmail calls during first day | Deep Tech - CNET News
Google Wave and Google Buzz may have had troubles attracting usage, but the new ability to place calls from Gmail appears to have caught on quickly.
"Over 1,000,000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours!" Google tweeted Thursday, evidently pleased with the number.
For comparison, there are somewhat more than 300 million people in the United States. If the average person makes 10 calls per day--research in 2008 put the number at 208 calls per month--that means about one out of every 3,000 calls in the U.S. went through the service on its first day.
The service lets Gmail users make free calls to U.S. and Canada and inexpensive calls to phones in other countries. It uses Gmail as an interface and optionally can integrate with Google Voice to receive calls as well.
Google makes it official: Phone calls now in Gmail | Relevant Results - CNET News (armwoodtechnology.blogspot.com)
Voice Calling Coming to Gmail? - PCWorld (armwoodtechnology.blogspot.com)
Use Gmail to make VoIP calls: Hands-on review (news.cnet.com)
Google makes it official: Phone calls now in Gmail (news.cnet.com)
Labels: Canada, CNET.com, Gmail, Google, Google Buzz, Google Voice, Google Wave, United States
iWork update enables iBooks self-publishing | Apple - CNET News
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeiWork update enables iBooks self-publishing | Apple - CNET News
Apple on Thursday released an update for its iWork suite of productivity applications, adding a new feature that enables authors to add books to its iBookstore application.
While all of the applications in the iWork suite were updated, the most significant change comes in Pages 4.0.4. The word-processing app now includes compatibility with the ePub format, which Apple uses for iBooks.
Apple published a document on its support site giving users tips on creating documents in the ePub format that covers everything from using paragraph styles in your Pages document to providing a downloadable template to use.
ePub export comes to Pages in iWork 9.0.4 update (macworld.com)
Labels: Apple, Apple II, CNET News, EPUB, iBook, iWork, Keynote, Macintosh
Microsoft's Big Bing Theory Targets Google - PCWorld
Image via CrunchBaseMicrosoft's Big Bing Theory Targets Google - PCWorld
With Microsoft and Yahoo officially teaming up in the search market this week, it's time to wait and see if this move could eat into Google 's hearty lead over its top opponents.
Microsoft and Yahoo announced Tuesday that Bing is totally fueling Yahoo search results in the U.S. and Canada. The search integration comes more than a year after both companies announced that they were joining forces to better take on Google, the goliath of the search industry.
It will be a while before there are any numbers to show how the pair is fairing against Google , said Hadley Reynolds, an analyst at market research firm IDC. However he said the launch was a positive start.
"It's important for Microsoft and Yahoo that the shift from Yahoo search to Bing for organic results took place smoothly this week -- apparently without any technical breakdowns," Reynolds said. "These transitions are dicey in any software environment, and the fact that Yahoo and Bing pulled off the project successfully should build confidence among search marketers and advertisers."
With the 10-year deal, Yahoo gave up its own longstanding search technology in lieu of using Microsoft's fairly new Bing search engine to power all searches on the various Yahoo sites.
Microsoft's big Bing theory targets Google (macworld.com)
Will Bing's Back-End Make Yahoo Better? (pcworld.com)
Labels: Bing, Canada, Google, Microsoft, Search, Search Engines, Web search engine, Yahoo
Google makes it official: Phone calls now in Gmail | Relevant Results - CNET News
Image via WikipediaGoogle makes it official: Phone calls now in Gmail | Relevant Results - CNET News
Gmail isn't just about e-mail anymore: it's also a phone.
Google launched the ability to make voice calls to any traditional phone number from a Gmail account Wednesday, which CNET had reported Tuesday was in testing. It's a blend of Gmail and Google Voice technology that allows users to dial numbers from their computers as well as receive incoming calls through one's Google Voice number.
Gmail users can link their Google Voice accounts with their Gmail accounts to have their in-boxes treated like just another line that will ring when people call their Google Voice numbers, and their Google Voice number will appear on the incoming call screen of those they are calling. A Google Voice account isn't required to use the service, but international calls will be funded through Google Voice accounts.
Calls to phone numbers in the U.S. and Canada will be free, and will cost 2 cents a minute to several other countries such as France and the U.K. The service should be rolling out to Gmail users in the U.S. on Wednesday, with international availability coming at an unspecified later date.
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Gmail adds phone-call support for U.S. users (macworld.com)
Gmail Adds Phone-call Support for U.S. Users (pcworld.com)
Labels: Canada, CNET.com, France, Google, Google Voice, Searching, Telephone number, United States
Software Will Be Used to Predict Who Will Commit Crime - BV Black Spin
It is being reported that law enforcement officials in Washington DC plan to use a new computer program that claims to be able to predict which citizens are most likely to commit crime. The concept conjures up images of the Tom Cruise film, "Minority Report," in which agents were able to predict "pre-crime": Crime that hasn't happened yet, and is set to occur. But far from science fiction, this program is based on reality.
The program was developed by Richard Berk, a professor at The University of Pennsylvania. The first version of the program was used to predict future murders among parolees, but it is being argued that the software can be used for all kinds of crime.
Pre-Crime Software Technology Predicts Behaviour (techeblog.com)
From Reel Life to Real Life: Pre-Crime Intelligence Software (taragana.com)
New Software Predicts Criminal Behavior (abcnews.go.com)
Labels: Crime, Law, Minority Report, Professor, Richard Berk, Tom Cruise, University of Pennsylvania, Washington DC
BBC News - Secret US military computers 'cyber attacked' in 2008
A 2008 cyber attack launched from an infected flash drive in the Middle East penetrated secret US military computers, a Pentagon official says.
The attack by a foreign spy service was the "most significant breach" ever of US military networks, Deputy Defence Secretary William Lynn said.
Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine, Mr Lynn described it as a "digital beachhead" to steal military secrets.
He urged the US to speed up its cyber defence system procurement procedure.
Mr Lynn, the number two official in the Pentagon, wrote that the previously undisclosed 2008 attack began when an infected flash drive was inserted into a US military laptop at a base.
Pentagon: U.S. Suffered Cyber Attack in 2008 (cbsnews.com)
2008 Attack on Military Computers Is Confirmed (nytimes.com)
You: Defense official discloses cyberattack (washingtonpost.com)
America's Most Dangerous Computer Security Breach Was Caused By a Flash Drive [Security] (gizmodo.com)
Labels: Foreign Affairs, Government, Middle East, Military, Pentagon, United States, United States armed forces, USB flash drive
Voice Calling Coming to Gmail? - PCWorld
Image via WikipediaVoice Calling Coming to Gmail? - PCWorld
You may be able to dial phone numbers and carry on voice conversations directly through Gmail Chat as early as Wednesday, when Google has scheduled an announcement.
The new service reportedly has a very Google Voice-like interface that uses similar icons for placed calls, missed calls and voicemail messages. But it's unclear whether the unnamed feature would be integrated with your Google Voice account, because you will not need a Google Voice phone number to use the new service. But just like Google Voice the new service will let you place free phone calls to the U.S. and Canada, according to a report from CNET.
It's unclear when any new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service would launch, but Fortune's Seth Weintraub expects Google's press briefing today to unveil the service then.
Google testing voice calling in Gmail (news.cnet.com)
Free Phonecall Integration on Its Way to Gmail? [Rumors] (lifehacker.com)
Google Testing Voice Calling in Gmail (cbsnews.com)
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Labels: Canada, CNET.com, Google, Google Voice, Google Voice-like, Seth Weintraub, Telephone number, Voice over IP
iPhone: Great Device, Lousy Telephone? - PCWorld
Image via CrunchBaseiPhone: Great Device, Lousy Telephone? - PCWorld
If you have an iPhone, this experience may be familiar: Your phone shows only a bar or two, and either you can't make a call or the call you do make is so scratchy and garbled that the person you're calling can't understand what you're saying. Meanwhile, right next to you, someone on a different AT&T phone connects without a hitch and chats away happily. I decided to informally test whether there's a solid basis for that common gripe. My findings: The two iPhones I tested had lower rates of connecting successfully and had poorer voice quality in AT&T low-signal areas than did two non-Apple AT&T phones that I tested under the same conditions.
I tested four phones on AT&T service in two cities over three days. I drove around San Francisco and Los Angeles comparing the performance of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS against the performance of the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9000 and the Pantech Impact in voice calls placed at roughly the same time from areas where coverage from the AT&T network is less than optimal.
What I found was surprising. Calls on the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS failed to connect or dropped in midcall far more often than did calls on the other two phones, and the iPhone calls that connected successfully sounded marginally worse than calls placed with the BlackBerry and Pantech phones. More...
I have noticed a significant call in drop call quality since my daughter switched from a Blackberry, which broke, to a new iPhone 4
Smartphone Smackdown on PCWorld Podcast #82 (pcworld.com)
AppleInsider | iPhone 4 owners report fewer dropped calls than iPhone 3GS (armwoodtechnology.blogspot.com)
More Than 25 Percent of iPhones Break in Just Two Years (pcworld.com)
iPhone 4 Seems to Connect Faster, with One Troubling Flaw (pcworld.com)
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Labels: Apple, Handhelds, IPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Smartphone
Yahoo Moves to Bing in North America - PCWorld
Bing is now fully fueling Yahoo search results in the U.S. and Canada, Yahoo and Microsoft said on Tuesday.
The announcement marks one of the first major milestones since the two companies signed a 10-year deal for Microsoft to power Yahoo search and for Yahoo to use Microsoft's AdCenter advertising platform. Authorities in the U.S. and Europe approved the deal in February and the companies have said they expect to take about two years to fully implement the agreement.
So far, Bing is only powering results in English in the U.S. and Canada, with other languages to follow "in the weeks and months to come," wrote Satya Nadella, senior vice president of Microsoft's Online Services Division, in a blog post.
Last week, Yahoo said it would begin transitioning to Bing on the back end for search, noting that search results pages would display the line "Powered by Bing" at the bottom for searches using Microsoft's results.
The companies are still working on Yahoo's transition to using AdCenter, Microsoft's self-serve search ad platform. "As we have said all along, our primary goal is to provide advertisers with a quality transition experience in 2010, while being mindful of the holiday season," Nadella wrote.
During its second-quarter earnings call, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said she expects the company to be using AdCenter in October, but she stressed that the company wouldn't be rushed. "It's very important that our advertisers are ready, that AdCenter is ready, and we're not going to pull the trigger until we're sure of it," she said at the time. "We feel good, but because the holiday season is so important to advertisers, we won't launch unless we have a smooth transition."
Nancy Gohring covers mobile phones and cloud computing for The IDG News Service. Follow Nancy on Twitter at @idgnancy. Nancy's e-mail address is Nancy_Gohring@idg.com
Yahoo moves to Bing in North America (macworld.com)
Yahoo completes switch to Microsoft-powered search (news.cnet.com)
Labels: Bing, Carol Bartz, Microsoft, Microsoft adCenter, Microsoft's Online Services Division, Satya Nadella, Twitter, Yahoo
State of the Art - OpenDNS Simplifies Life for Web Users - NYTimes.com
I'm about to make your life better. No need to thank me.
But first, a warning: On the way to understanding how your life will get better, you'll have to read about some technical, fairly arcane topics. Trust me: it'll be worth it.
In this case, the topic is your Web browsing, and the magic wand is a free service called OpenDNS.
You know how every Web site has an address, like www.google.com or www.nytimes.com? Turns out that's just a fakeout. It's a convenient crutch for you, the human with limited brain capacity.
Behind the scenes, the actual address is a string of numbers (called an I.P. address, for Internet protocol) that looks something like this: 74.125.53.100. (That happens to be Google's address.)
Nobody can remember those addresses, though they are no longer than a phone number, so the Web's thoughtful designers came up with a secondary system: plain-English addresses like www.whatever.com. When you type that into your browser, a computer at your Internet provider performs a quick lookup. "Aha," it says to itself in its little digital way, "you just typed www.google.com. What you really want, of course, is 74.125.53.100. Please hold; I'll connect you."
That, in a nutshell, is how D.N.S. works. (It stands for domain name system, in case that helps.)
Unfortunately, from time to time, your Internet provider's D.N.S. computer goes down. To you, it seems that the Web itself has gone out, because you can't pull up any sites at all. In December 2008, for example, 1.2 million Los Angeles citizens thought that the entire Web had gone offline, because of a crashed Time Warner D.N.S. computer.
That story was gleefully provided by OpenDNS, the one-of-a-kind company with a killer idea: to provide a free, alternative D.N.S. service that works better than your Internet provider's. Faster, more reliably and with more features. You don't pay anything, sign up for anything or install anything. All you have to do is make one change to your network settings, and you get all of these benefits:
NO D.N.S. CRASHES The company claims that in its five-year history, its D.N.S. computers have had zero downtime. In fact, had you been using OpenDNS in 2008, the Time Warner crash would not have affected you at all. You'd have kept right on surfing while your next-door neighbors were gnashing their teeth and playing board games.
A similar feature called SmartCache lets you pull up individual Web sites even when, because of broken addresses, they are unavailable to everyone else.
FASTER PAGES To speed up the conversion of plain-English addresses to numeric ones, every Internet provider caches, or preloads, the addresses of thousands of the most popular Web sites. This trick can save you microseconds or fractions of seconds with every page you open. When you visit a site that's not on that "most popular" list, though, you may wait a bit.
But OpenDNS caches the entire Web. Every Web site appears slightly faster. If you don't actually feel the difference, you can measure it using Google's free Namebench program. It told me that OpenDNS was performing that looking-up business 14.8 percent faster than what I'd been getting before.
TYPO CORRECTIONS As long as OpenDNS is inserting itself between you and the Web, it can do you some favors. One is correcting typos. If you type "nytimes.cmo" or "wikipedia.og," for example, OpenDNS quietly and instantly corrects the typo and sends you where you wanted to go. Most of the time, you never even realize your fingers misfired.
Unfortunately, this feature auto-fixes only the suffix (.com, .org, .gov and so on). If you type "dinseyworld.com" or "wikipeida.org," you're on your own.
PHISHING PROTECTION Phishing is the Internet scheme where you get a fake e-mail note from your bank about a problem with your account. When you click the link to correct the problem, you get a fake Web site, designed to look just like your bank's — and by logging in, you unwittingly supply your name and password to the bad guys.
OpenDNS intercepts and blocks your efforts to visit the fake sites. It works like a charm.
SHORTCUTS Web address shortcuts are short, memorable abbreviations for your favorite sites. You can set up "nyt" so that, when you type it into your address bar, you go to a much longer Web address like http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html.
Shortcuts are great. There's limited space on your bookmarks toolbar, and the bookmarks menu is clumsy for people who like to keep their hands on the keyboard. And unlike the similar feature in Firefox, OpenDNS's shortcuts work in any browser on any computer or phone in the house.
PARENTAL CONTROLS The latest OpenDNS feature is site-blocking. Here again, having an account means that you can create a setting that applies to every computer in the house — and block your choice of 57 categories of Web sites, including Pornography, Nudity, Lingerie, Instant Messaging, File Sharing, Game and Humor. (Honestly. What kind of parent would block humor?)
How can OpenDNS possibly track every Web site on earth and put it into the right 57 categories? It doesn't. Its fans do. Anyone can submit a site to the master database of categorized sites, whereupon other people vote on its placement. This Wikipedia-style crowdsourcing is ingenious, and, as far as my testing was concerned, bulletproof.
(Teenagers often subscribe to mailing lists that publish the addresses of proxies and anonymizers, special sites that they use to get around traditional Web blockers installed by schools or parents. But I was amused to learn that the engineers at OpenDNS subscribe to those lists, too. They block the proxies as fast as they are created.)
All of this OpenDNS goodness is free, automatic and always improving. Surely there's a catch. How, for example, does OpenDNS make money?
First, although everything described here is free, the company sells additional services to businesses.
Second, if you type the address of a nonexistent site, OpenDNS throws up the equivalent of Google's "Did you mean?" screen: a list of sites, provided for (and paid for) by Yahoo, that behave as though you've done a search for that term. Presto: more income.
About the only worry anyone seems to have about OpenDNS is about privacy. Already, 20 million people use OpenDNS, according to the company — 1 percent of everyone on the Internet. Even if OpenDNS doesn't know your name or anything about you, couldn't it be collecting all kinds of Web traffic data, concocting its evil plans?
Of course, whoever is providing your D.N.S. lookups now (not to mention your bank, phone company and grocery store) could be doing exactly the same thing right now. At a certain point, you have to let go.
The biggest realistic challenge may be setting up OpenDNS in the first place. It involves typing two addresses into the D.N.S. settings page of your computer or router: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220. That new address directs your computers' Web requests to OpenDNS's lookup service.
At OpenDNS.com, the step-by-step instructions take all of two minutes to complete. But fooling around with these network underpinnings may strike some people as intimidating.
You can, if you like, turn on OpenDNS on each computer and phone in your building individually. But it's much smarter and quicker to make the change on the router itself, the little box that distributes your Internet connection throughout your home. At OpenDNS.com, you'll find illustrated instructions for each router brand.
In any case, OpenDNS is one of the last great freebies of the Web. It manages to pull off the Google trick: offering, at no charge, incredible utility and speed to the masses — while still finding inoffensive ways to make money. Even if you use only one or two of its features, you'll find that OpenDNS makes your Web life better.
Come to think of it, you can thank me after all.
E-mail: pogue@nytimes.com
This DNS service is highly recommended. I have been using the free version for a while on all of my computers and on my iPod Touch. It is wonderful.
OpenDNS FamilyShield helps protect kids online (macworld.com)
Malware protection for the rest of us (go.theregister.com)
OpenDNS has stopped more than a million attempts to steal your identity (venturebeat.com)
OpenDNS Has A History Of Stability (lockergnome.com)
FamilyShield Blocks Phishing, Malware and Adult Websites (techie-buzz.com)
Labels: Domain Name System, Google, Internet service provider, IP address, New York Times, OpenDNS, Time Warner, Yahoo
PayPal/iTunes attacks based on existing bots, phishing? | iPodNN
A recent series of fraudulent iTunes downloads, tied to PayPal accounts, is not based on any new exploit, sources claim. Described as "close to Apple," the sources suggest that iTunes has not been compromised and that Apple isn't aware of any sudden jump in fraud. In reality, people are probably falling prey to variants of bot and phishing attacks that have been around for years, All Thing Digital writes.
PayPal is promising to reimburse any illicit charges. Apple's position has remained consistent. "iTunes is always working to prevent fraud and enhance password security for all of our users," a new statement reads. "But if your credit card or iTunes password is stolen and used on iTunes we recommend that you contact your financial institution and inquire about canceling the card and/or issuing a chargeback for any unauthorized transactions. We also recommend that you change your iTunes account password immediately."
Web scam hits iTunes and Paypal (bbc.co.uk)
Apple Can't Stop Ongoing ITunes Charge Scam (pcworld.com)
iTunes Scam: How to Protect Yourself (pcworld.com)
Phishers continue to target iTunes users | Security | Playlist | Macworld (armwoodtechnology.blogspot.com)
Labels: Apple, Credit card, Fraud, iTunes, PayPal, Phishing, Security, Theft
Phishers continue to target iTunes users | Security | Playlist | Macworld
Users of Apple's iTunes services should keep a close eye on PayPal and credit card statements for fraudulent iTunes charges.
For more than a year now, scammers have been racking up unauthorized charges on iTunes accounts, leaving Apple's customers to clean up the mess.
Tech Crunch and the San Jose Mercury News report that the scam is ongoing—often draining hundreds of dollars or more from accounts—but consumers have been complaining about the problem since at least early 2009.
The number of people being hit by the fraudsters now seems to be growing, however.
The real iTunes fraud vulnerability: Gullible users (news.cnet.com)
Users experience unauthorized PayPal charges via iTunes phishing scam (edibleapple.com)
Complaints of Bogus iTunes Charges Go Back Weeks (pcworld.com)
Labels: Apple, Credit card, Fraud, iTunes, PayPal, Phishing, San Jose Mercury News, TechCrunch
Why I'm sticking with the Mac | Mac OS X | MacUser | Macworld
Why I'm sticking with the Mac
For this Mac developer, the desktop is still central
Posted on Aug 21, 2010 9:00 am by Daniel Jalkut, Macworld.com
Three years ago, I had never even held a touchscreen computer. Today I carry one everywhere I go. Apple changed the mobile phone industry with the launch of the iPhone, and appears to be creating a similar sensation with the iPad. Now it's doing everything it can to keep that momentum going, showering us with ads on television and elsewhere, singing the praises of their latest handheld, touch-driven devices.
Some interpret the relative silence of Mac marketing as a death knell for the platform. But while the iPad is many great things, it's no Mac. Apple's touch platforms excite me as a programmer, and inspire me to think about software in all kinds of new ways. I'm spending a lot of time and energy targeting these new products. But I'm also still committed to the Mac.
If you are a content producer or use your computer using productivity applications you will probably wand an iMAC or a Macbook. A P.C. is not in the same ballpark. Macs simply work better. Even though they are somewhat more expensive you save money in headaches and usability.
Podcast: Macworld Pundit Showdown (macworld.com)
Labels: Apple, IPhone, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Macintosh, Macworld, Mobile phone, Television
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Watching 21-year-old Oahu-born Cheesa Laureta perform Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart with Angie Johnson on episode six of The Voice's second season gave many Americans goosebumps.
The video clip of the performance has been spread all over social media sites as people congratulate Laureta on her win over Johnson.
This Filipina-American, who grew up in Ewa Beach and Kalihi, took a bold step at the age of 16 when she decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a singer.
Laureta attended St. Francis School in Manoa before graduating from Hollywood High School in 2008.
"It was a crazy transition going from an all-girls Catholic school in Hawaii to a big city public school in the heart of Hollywood," Laureta admits. She says she was ready to leave after three months, but credits her mother, Martiniana, for pushing her to follow her dreams.
Laureta moved to the Mainland with her brother Troy (a singer/songwriter), and they both knew it was a step they had to take to further their music endeavors.
She explains that her father Joseph, was not all for their decision, but she understands he was looking out for them in the long run.
While Troy is currently touring Asia with Filipina singer Charice Pempengco, Laureta is making a lasting impression on NBC's The Voice.
She expressed great appreciation and love for her parents who have sacrificed in order to help their children's dreams come true.
During the blind auditions, celebrity music coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton face away from the stage. They are able to hear the performances but cannot see the singers.
According to The Voice, if a coach is impressed by the artist's voice, he/she pushes a button to select the artist for his/her team. At this point, the coach's chair will swivel so that he/she can face the artist he/she has selected.
Each coach must recruit a team of 12 artists by the end of the blind auditions.
For her blind audition, Laureta sang Beyonce's If I Were a Boy, and Cee Lo Green hit his "I Pick You" button that turned his chair around, putting Laureta on his "Red Zone" team.
"It was surreal because I already missed my cue in the beginning and in my mind I was sure I was going home," Laureta says. In her blog on The Voice's website she wrote, "Cheesa you buffoon! Now the coaches aren't going to turn for you. All you can do now is kill it!" And she did.
She'd wanted to be on Green's team and says she felt relieved when he turned at the last second. She feels grateful and blessed to be given the opportunity to work with him, whom she views as an amazing talent.
One can never know what to expect during a blind audition, but Laureta says she just gave it her all and prayed for the best. She even brought a little bit of Hawaii to the stage when she let out a big "CHEE HOO!" after being chosen by Green.
"I had to represent," she says.
Her fun-loving and happy personality shined through during her blind audition and continues to do so. Friends from her time at St. Francis remember her as being a down-to-earth person who was always smiling and always funny.
Even though she made it through the blind auditions, Laureta knew she had to keep working hard to make it through the battle rounds. With the help of Green and legendary singer/songwriter Babyface, Laureta was able to advance to the third stage of The Voice.
"I was in awe that he was my mentor because he has been such a big influence on me, and to hear him say that I was good left me speechless," Laureta says.
Babyface, who has written and produced for well-known artists such as Madonna, Boyz II Men and TLC, is a musical genius to her, and she hopes she can work more with him in the near future.
Green, also has impacted Laureta in a big way.
She also respects Green's ability to truly be himself no matter what others think of him. "That's what captivates people toward him," Laureta says.
Even though this was a battle, and one of them would be going home, Laureta says she wanted to focus on giving an epic performance as a unit. And the duo did just that.
Laureta comes from a duo background singing with her brother, who pushed her to audition this year. They were in a singing group, A2C, and were even ready to release an album.
Because of her experience singing with a partner, Laureta knew when to come in and when to fall back during the performance.
"I auditioned last year and didn't even make it past the executive auditions," she explained.
She knew she had to bring her A-game after watching Johnson's YouTube performance of Adele's Rolling in the Deep, and had nothing but praise for her teammate and opponent.
Laureta says she respects and loves artists from many different genres, but R&B and pop singer Beyonce Knowles tops them all.
On an episode of The Voice, Laureta expressed her passion for singing and is determined to do her best.
Follow Laureta on Twitter (@CheesyFbaby) and "like" her Facebook page, facebook.com/CheesaLauretaTheVoice.


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What Are the Strangest Laws in the South?
Whether you live in the South or you're just visiting, you always want to make sure you follow the rules and the laws of the land. However, some Southern laws are so strange and outlandish that it can be tough to follow them.
The following are some of the craziest and oddest laws in the South.
South Carolina—No Working on Sundays
Sure, plenty of businesses not just in the South, but around the country, might be closed on Sundays. That's fairly traditional, and Sunday is seen as a family day or day of worship. Some businesses have made not being open on Sundays an integral part of their business model, like Chick-Fil-A.
However, in South Carolina, it's illegal to work on Sundays. There is a section in the South Carolina code of law stating that it "unlawful" to work on Sunday.
Other crazy South Carolina laws? If you're going to play pinball in the state, you better be an adult. It's unlawful for a minor who's younger than 18 to play unsupervised pinball.
If you thought you might go to a dancehall on a Sunday, think again—that's not allowed either.
Finally, in South Carolina, if you're looking for a place to keep your horse, it's illegal to do so in a bathtub.
Florida—Don't Fall Asleep Under a Hair Dryer
Florida is known in general as one of the wackiest states in the country. On any given day, there's usually a news story involving Florida and an off-the-wall situation.
There's a state law in Florida that says women can be fined if they fall asleep under a hairdryer, so if you're getting your hair done, keep that in mind. Your salon owner may face a fine as well.
If you're not married, you aren't allowed to legally parachute on Sundays. The penalties? Arrest, fines and possible jail time.
You'll need a license to skateboard, and if you're in Pensacola, you can't roll a barrel down the street because it's illegal. You also have to pay the parking meter in Florida if you use it to tie up your gator, goat or elephant.
Alabama—No Fake Mustaches in Church
Next time you go to church in Alabama, leave your fake mustache at home. It's illegal if it causes laughter in the church.
It's also illegal to be blindfolded while you're operating a vehicle in Alabama, which seems reasonable enough.
Bear wrestling matches are illegal as well, and you can't play dominoes on Sunday. You legally can't stab yourself to make someone feel sorry for you in Alabama, and you can't put salt on a railroad track, or else you might get the death penalty in the state.
Finally, while you're in Alabama, make sure you don't drive the wrong way down a one-way street if there's a lantern on the front of your vehicle.
As far as city laws, don't wear blue jeans on Noble Street in Anniston, and in Montgomery, don't open your umbrella on the street because it may spook nearby horses.
Texas—Don't Show Your Stockings
If you're in Dennison or Bristol, Texas, sort out your stocking issues before you head out on the town. Adjusting your stockings in public could carry a one-year jail sentence.
If you are planning to commit a crime in Texas, you should give your victim at least 24 hours advance notice, according to state laws. You'll also need to let them know the nature of your crime.
If you're thinking about selling your eyes, remember it's illegal in the Longhorn State, and if you're staying on the second story of a hotel, don't shoot a buffalo.
Ran out of milk? It's also illegal to milk someone else's cow, and to be barefoot, you need a permit.
Tennessee—No Skunk Smuggling
If you were going to bring your skunk to Tennessee, think again. If you cross Tennessee state lines with a skunk, it's a Class C misdemeanor. However, you might be able to get away with it if you were to put your skunk on the border and have it walk across on its own.
If you spot any delicious roadkill, don't pick it up. It's illegal to gather it and consume it in Tennessee.
Arkansas—Watch Your Horn By the Sandwich Shop
In Arkansas, you can't honk your horn anywhere drinks or sandwiches are served after 9 p.m.
Make sure you're saying the state name correctly while you're there to stay out of trouble. If you mispronounce Arkansas, you're going against the law, even though you won't have to pay a fine or go to jail for it.
Louisiana—Make Your Jambalaya How You Want
If you're going to Louisiana and you're hoping to get a bowl of the state's famous jambalaya, just know that when it's made traditionally, it's not subject to state sanitary code. The traditional way to make jambalaya is using wood fires and iron pots.
If you steal an alligator in Louisiana, you could face up to 10 years behind bars. The same goes for crawfish theft.
If you have hogs, you can only feed them things cooked on the premises immediately before it's given to them, and if you have dentures and bite another person, it can be considered aggravated battery.
You can't dare someone to go on another person's railroad tracks, and even though it's everywhere, it's still illegal to practice voodoo within the city limits of New Orleans.
Kentucky—Don't Forget to Shower
If you're in Kentucky for any reason, know that you have to shower at least once a year. If you plan to sell dyed ducks, you have to sell at least six or you face a fine.
Additionally, if you're a woman in Kentucky and you're wearing red underwear, you have to marry the first man who proposes to you.
Finally, you can't hunt an animal from a moving vehicle, unless it's a whale. If it's a whale, it's legal to shoot it from your vehicle in Kentucky, so no worries.
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TerraVerdae Introduces Biodegradable MicroSpheres for Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
New ingredient for cosmetic facial scrubs to address concerns of freshwater pollution from synthetic, non-degradable plastic microbeads
June 03, 2015 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
EDMONTON, Alberta & BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TerraVerdae BioWorks, an industrial biotechnology company developing advanced bioplastics and environmentally sustainable biomaterials, today announced that it is releasing a line of biodegradable, natural microspheres for use in personal care and cosmetic products, as a direct replacement for synthetic, non-degradable plastic microbeads that are currently the subject of restrictive legislation throughout the world.
Cosmetic manufacturers have been using synthetic plastic microbeads as abrasives in facial and body scrubs, as well as in other personal care products, since the 1990s. Their small size - approximately 0.5 microns - allows them to pass through the filtration systems of typical water treatment plants and flow into the Great Lakes and other freshwater bodies. There, the beads can attract toxic pollutants and can be consumed by fish, birds and other wildlife. A single container of a personal hygiene product can contain 300,000 or more microbeads, and scientists have found concentrations as high as 1.1 million microbeads per square kilometer in the Great Lakes, the world's largest source of freshwater.
"The scale of pollution found recently in the Great Lakes as a result of plastic microbeads used in personal care products has been dramatic and concerning," said William Bardosh, CEO and founder of TerraVerdae BioWorks. "Our biodegradable, environmentally safe microspheres have all the performance characteristics that cosmetic manufacturers demand of current polyethylene plastic products, but they rapidly and safely break down in the marine environment, leaving behind no harmful solids."
Recently, the Microbeads Free Waters Act of 2015 was filed in the US Senate and the House of Representative to phase out the manufacturing and sale of microbeads found in household products. If passed, the legislation would amend the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to prohibit, starting Jan. 1, 2018, the distribution of a cosmetic that contains synthetic plastic microbeads. Likewise, this past March, the Canadian House of Commons unanimously passed a motion that microbeads should be immediately added to the list of substances managed by the government under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
A number of major companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, L'Oreal, and Colgate-Palmolive, have already announced commitments to end the use of polyethylene microbeads in favor of environmentally sustainable alternatives.
TerraVerdae's natural microspheres are a PHA-based biomaterial produced using a non-GMO, non-toxic, plant-associated process. Unlike other biomaterials that require a compost environment to degrade, TerraVerdae's microspheres are intrinsically biodegradable and meet the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) industry standards for biodegradation in a marine environment. TerraVerdae can produce microspheres in a range of sizes, in both smooth and coarse finishes, that feature high optical clarity and the mechanical characteristics to meet all requirements for cosmetic formulations.
"With our bioprocess technology, we can design a responsible solution for cosmetic and personal care products that is environmentally sustainable and that has the exfoliation performance that consumers seek," said Bardosh.
About TerraVerdae BioWorks
TerraVerdae BioWorks develops biodegradable bioplastics, biobased chemicals, and bioactives from environmentally sustainable, single carbon (C1) feedstocks. TerraVerdae's industrial biorefinery platform combines systems biology, bioprocess engineering, and polymer chemistry capabilities to produce high-value, performance biomaterials. These products have applications in the agriculture/horticulture, personal care, dietary supplement, and associated markets. TerraVerdae's synthetic biology platform and proprietary genetic tools have developed biobased products and challenging proteins for companies and institutes worldwide.
TerraVerdae BioWorks is headquartered in Canada with operations in the US and the UK. For more information, please visit http://www.terraverdae.com.
TerraVerdae BioWorks
William Bardosh, 978-712-0220
wbardosh@terraverdae.com
KCSA Strategic Communications
Paul Sagan, 617-852-0495
psagan@kcsa.com
Release Summary
TerraVerdae BioWorks is introducing a line of biodegradable, natural microspheres for use in personal care and cosmetic products, as a direct replacement to synthetic, non-degradable microbeads.


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'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Reboot Adds Former 'Daily Show' Head Writer
Elliott Kalan will lead writers' room of Kickstarter-funded version of cult TV series
Joe Otterson | May 20, 2016 @ 10:35 AM	Last Updated: June 16, 2016 @ 6:17 AM
The "Mystery Science Theater 3000" reboot has added former "Daily Show" head writer Elliott Kalan as its new head writer.
Series creator Joel Hodgson made the announcement on the show's Kickstarter page on Friday morning. "To a lot of you, Elliott's name is familiar because he was the former head writer from 'The Daily Show,' but he's written lots of other great stuff too," Hodgson said. "He was at the top of my wish list, so I'm really happy to have him on board."
Kalan served as head writer on the Comedy Central satirical news program under former host Jon Stewart. During his tenure, the show won four Emmys for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series.
Also Read: Entire 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Cast to Reunite for RiffTrax Anniversary Show
"For roughly two decades I've rued the fact that I was too young and too not-in-Minnesota to work on ['Mystery Science Theater 3000']," Kalan added. "But now it's finally happening! This is so exciting! All those hours reading and rereading the Amazing, Colossal Episode Guide are finally paying off!"
Hodgson began a Kickstarter campaign to relaunch the show last year. It raised more than $6.3 million, surpassing the record set by the "Veronica Mars" movie, which raised $5,702,153. The "MST3K" campaign raised $5,764,229 off of Kickstarter and $600,000 from online merchandise sales, with more than 47,000 people contributing.
Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Hamill and Joel McHale have all agreed to cameo on the new season. Hodgson also tweeted that he had extended invitations to Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris and Jack Black to appear on the show as well.
Also Read: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Reboot Smashes Crowdfunding Record
In addition, "Mythbusters" star Adam Savage has agreed to join the show to consult on the practical effects that will be required for the new season. Dan Harmon, the creator of "Community" and co-creator of "Rick and Morty," has agreed to serve as a guest writer on the show.
Patton Oswalt joined the project to write and play TV's Son of TV's Frank, the offspring of the character TV's Frank from the original show, as played by Frank Conniff. Felicia Day will play the daughter of Dr. Forrester, who was played by Trace Beaulieu. Other new cast members include Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn and Jonah Ray.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000," which launched on a Minneapolis UHF station in 1988, featured Hodgson and, later, Mike Nelson and two robot sidekicks as they riffed on cheesy B-movies by providing their own hilarious commentary.
It then moved to Comedy Central and finished its run on the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) in 1999 after 197 episodes. Hodgson recently acquired the rights to the show in a joint venture with Shout! Factory.
Death Toll: Here Are All the TV Shows Canceled This Month (Photos)
"Telenovela," NBC
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"Heartbeat," NBC
Also Read: NBC Cancels 'Undateable Live,' Freshman Drama 'Heartbeat'
"Undateable," NBC
"Second Chance," Fox
"Minority Report," Fox
"Game of Silence," NBC
Also Read: NBC Cancels 'Game of Silence' After 1 Season
In addition to the shows canceled Friday, several shows were canceled Thursday. They appear on the next 12 slides.
"Bordertown," Fox
Also Read: 'Grandfathered,' 'The Grinder,' 'Bordertown' All One-and-Done at Fox
"Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life," Fox
"Grandfathered," Fox
"The Grinder," Fox
"Containment," CW
Also Read: 'Containment' Canceled After One Season on The CW
"CSI: Cyber," CBS
Also Read: 'CSI: Cyber' Canceled After 2 Seasons
"Galavant," ABC
Also Read: 'Galavant' Canceled After 2 Seasons on ABC
"Castle," ABC
Also Read: 'Castle' Canceled at ABC After Eight Seasons
"The Muppets," ABC
Also Read: 'The Muppets' Canceled After 1 Season at ABC
"Nashville," ABC
Also Read: 'Nashville' Canceled After 4 Seasons at ABC
"The Family," ABC
Also Read: ABC Cancels 'The Family,' 'Agent Carter'
"Agent Carter," ABC
It's been a rough week for stars including Rob Lowe, Patricia Arquette and Kermit the Frog
'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Reboot Smashes Crowdfunding Record
By Joe Otterson | December 12, 2015 @ 9:30 AM
Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Hamill, Joel McHale to Appear on 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Reboot
By Joe Otterson | December 10, 2015 @ 11:26 AM
Patton Oswalt Joins 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Reboot
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Peking University (abbreviated PKU or Beida; Chinese: 北京大学, pinyin: běi jīng dà xué) is a major Chinese research university located in Beijing and a member of the C9 League. Founded as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a successor and replacement of Guozijian (Imperial College), it is the first modern national university established in China. It also served as the highest administration for education in China at the beginning of its founding. In 1917, Cai Yuanpei became the president of the university and initiated a series of reforms that helped transform the University, including faculty governance and democratic management. By the early 1920s, Peking University had become a center for China's emerging progressive thought. The university had played an important role in the birth of China's New Culture Movement, May Fourth Movement and many other significant events, to the extent that the university's history has been closely tied to the history of modern China. Peking University has educated and hosted many prominent modern Chinese figures, including Mao Zedong, Lu Xun, Gu Hongming, Hu Shi, Mao Dun, Li Dazhao, Chen Duxiu, and the current Premier Li Keqiang.As of 2017, Peking University's faculty includes 76 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 25 members of the World Academy of Sciences. Peking University's school library is one of the largest libraries in the world with over 8 million volumes. The university also operates the PKU Hall, a professional centre for arts performance, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Arts and Archaeology. Peking University's affiliated Founder Corporation is the largest university affiliated company in China, its total assets value is 239.3billion RMB in 2016. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University.Peking University has been consistently ranked as the top academic institution in China. It is one of the most selective universities in admissions in China. In 2017, Peking University was ranked the best university in China by CUAA for the 11th consecutive year. In addition to academics, Peking University is especially renowned for its campus grounds and the beauty of its traditional Chinese architecture.The university's English name has retained the older transliteration of "Beijing" that has been abandoned in most other contexts.
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