[ Music ] ^M00:00:10 >> Tom Merritt: Coming up on CNET Live, Electric Sheep. >> Brian Cooley: Told you he was lonely. Plus it's gonna be Hammer Time today. >> Tom Merritt: And something to help you get those LPs off the shelf and onto your iPod. All that and more coming up on CNET Live. ^M00:00:23 [ Music ] ^M00:00:30 >> Brian Cooley: Hello everybody. Welcome to our last CNET Live, Live... >> Tom Merritt: Our last live one. We've got 1 more that's not live. >> Brian Cooley: ...of this year. You'll all understand it by the end of the show, I promise. But this is our last chance for you to actually call in live and get your questions in, or ssshhhh, you've got to stop until 2008. The phone line is open at 888-900-CNET. >> Tom Merritt: That's right. When you call, Sheryl will pick up the lines. She's in there setting you up. >> Brian Cooley: There's Sheryl. >> Tom Merritt: Getting you all lined up to put your calls up here where we can answer them. So give her a call: 888-900-CNET. >> Brian Cooley: And right before we open those flood gates, you know how we start it, with Things We Crave. ^M00:01:03 [ Music ] ^M00:01:06 >> Tom Merritt: These are some of our favorite things from the Crave Blog at crave.cnet.com. Starting out with something a little weird here. This is a PC case from TT chassis. >> Brian Cooley: Seriously? >> Tom Merritt: Yeah. It's called the TT chassis and it's coming from Omaura. And it's meant to sit right below your television. >> Brian Cooley: It's really cool. >> Tom Merritt: So if your media center PC... >> Brian Cooley: It's really cool. >> Tom Merritt: ...and then pop this baby open. >> Brian Cooley: Oh look at that. So it hinges open, right? >> Tom Merritt: Yeah, it just kind of flies open like that, so you can get it... >> Brian Cooley: Hard drive on the right door. CD Rom on the -- DVD Rom on the left door. >> Tom Merritt: Everything accessible if you want to swap out parts. Nice and flat. >> Brian Cooley: I want this. Forget the living room. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah, it's gorgeous. It's not out yet. They're saying it's gonna come out Q1 of next year. >> Brian Cooley: Super expensive though? >> Tom Merritt: Q1, Q2. Don't know a price or anything about it yet, but it's super cool looking. >> Brian Cooley: That's a great looking computer case. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah. >> Brian Cooley: Alright, so I know what my next PC's gonna look like. No what I've got for you this week's a little bit bigger but equally cool: the panoramic Ford Mustang top. Ford's announced this is gonna be available starting next summer as a factory option. It's gonna be a complete glass roof. So from the back of the hatchback all the way across to the top of the windshield, can be all glass as a 2000 dollar option on Mustangs. They mention the Bullitt Mustang and the Shelby GT500KR off the bat. I'm not sure if you can get this on a garden variety GT, but this is really cool. >> Tom Merritt: You can grow plants in there. >> Brian Cooley: You could easily. You turn this into like a huge pot farming place. You know? Put about 50 plants in there, you got grow lights coming in, yeah. You know, if you want to get busted this is a good way to do it. >> Tom Merritt: Right in your Mustang. >> Brian Cooley: So, this is gonna be very cool plus they're going to have a very old school retro kind of a pull cloth inside liner, like an old fashioned roadster. >> Tom Merritt: Nice. >> Brian Cooley: As opposed to some power thing. It's kind of a retro tech thing. >> Tom Merritt: How much did you say it was? >> Brian Cooley: 2 grand. >> Tom Merritt: You could actually buy an old fashioned Roadster for that. >> Brian Cooley: For 2 grand exactly. It's one of the more expensive things I've craved so far this year, but it's appropriate for our last day live. >> Tom Merritt: Very nice, very nice. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, now enough of that. Let's get to your calls folks at 888-900-CNET, 888-900-2638. Let's see who gets the honor of being the first call on the last live show of the year. Who do you want to take? >> Tom Merritt: Let's go right to Jordan in Long Island. >> Brian Cooley: Been waiting a long time and here he is. Jordan, you were first on hold and now you're first on deck. Hello Jordan, welcome to CNET Live. >> Jordan: Hello, so... >> Tom Merritt: He's actually up to bat. >> Brian Cooley: Up to bat. He's not on deck. You were on deck. >> Jordan: I was one of the stupid people who upgraded to the 1.1.2. phoneware on the iPod Touch... >> Brian Cooley: Yeah? >> Jordan: And now I want to jailbreak it. But whenever I try to downgrade, it gives me L05, unknown error. >> Brian Cooley: Dr. iPhone? >> Tom Merritt: Yes, if you go to www.touchdev.net, they have got the instructions for jailbreaking 1.1.2. >> Jordan: Okay. >> Tom Merritt: You have to get a 1.1.2. jailbreaking utility to run. So don't worry about trying to downgrade on your own, back to 1.1.1. There is a jailbreak for 1.1.2. on iPod Touch and you get it at www.touchdev.net/wiki and then look for the jailbreaking 1.1.2. there. >> Jordan: Okay. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, so try that out and let us know if that works out. Give us a call back top of the year, and we get back to you on our next live show when we turn the corner on 2008. Okay, let's go to Chicago. Let's just take them in order here. I'm a masochist so I want to go for this one about splitting up Linux and Windows on a couple of drives, just to make myself hurt. Hello to Mark in Chicago. Hi, Mark. >> Mark: Hi. >> Brian Cooley: What's on your mind today? >> Mark: Well, I've got Windows Vista, and I want to run like a Linux operating system, but since it's Vista you can't run your boot to the [inaudible]. So is there any way of running it on an external hard drive so that way, instead of like messing up my new operating system with [inaudible], I'll be protected. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah, yeah sure. You can install Ubuntu and Knoppix and actually several other distros onto an external hard drive, and then you want to set up in your bios to boot from the USB device first, instead of from booting from the hard drive. And then it'll just go right into Linux instead of going into Windows. You know, and it will just run off the hard drive. Now, the downside of that is you're limited to the speed of reading the drive that USB gives you, so you know, you're drive speed reads aren't going to be as fast if you have a really fast hard drive in the computer, but... >> Brian Cooley: Do you know if these Linux distros care if it's a FireWire drive? Is it harder to support that connection for booting? >> Tom Merritt: It's all about bios. If you're bios will boot off it, Linux will run off it. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, so that FireWire drive has a little more headroom. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah. >> Brian Cooley: And, I like this cause it's a very clean way... >> Tom Merritt: Although you just don't have FireWire that often on a PC. You have it all the time on a Mac. >> Brian Cooley: Not as common. Do you have FireWire on your machine Mark? >> Mark: Yes. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, so you can try that. >> Tom Merritt: Well there you go. You could try it on a FireWire drive then. >> Brian Cooley: It's a little more high performance external drive and I like this clean -- we get a lot of questions about running multiple OS's on machines and how to partition and all that sort of thing. Separate physical device is always really clean because there's no risk of any pollution between the partitions and the way the operating systems come up. So that's a real, good way to go. So check that out. >> Tom Merritt: You might also want to look at www.APC-MAG.com's tutorial, not PC-MAG but APC-MAG. They have a tutorial on how to dual-boot Vista with Linux if you did want to try putting it on the same hard drive. >> Brian Cooley: Nice. Let's get one more in before the break here. We're gonna go to Matt in the UK, cause I just feel like going international early in the show. He's got a question about video editing. Hello Matt. Welcome to CNET Live. >> Matt: I was wondering what the best PC video editing software is. >> Brian Cooley: Do you want to spend any money or not? >> Matt: Yeah, a little money there. >> Brian Cooley: Little, you could spend a little? >> Matt: Just a little, yes. >> Brian Cooley: Alright, now Tom what's the Open Source video editing program. I keep forgetting the name of that. >> Tom Merritt: Jahshaka. >> Brian Cooley: Jahshaka. Good reviews on Jahshaka Open Source. You can get it at www.sourceforge.net. >> Tom Merritt: It's JAHSHAKA. >> Brian Cooley: Or something like that. If you Google [inaudible]. >> Tom Merritt: : And Google will tell you "Do you mean Jahshaka?" >> Brian Cooley: Right, Google will correct you from whatever Tom just said, although I think he has it right. The other way to go is of course there is a - what's it called - Movie Maker or something in Windows? Everybody hates it but it's free. We get more calls about what else is there? >> Tom Merritt: Molly doesn't hate it. Molly likes it. >> Brian Cooley: Oh Molly likes it? Okay so Molly Wood likes Windows Movie Maker which is probably in your XP machine. >> Tom Merritt: She likes the Vista one though, not the XP. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, in Vista she likes it. One more that I like at a modest cost - I think you can get this pretty affordably in the UK as well - is Adobe Premiere Elements, which is often bundled with a skinny version of Photoshop for under 100 dollars US. Shop around for a good deal on that. That's a nice combination of really good software. Again, it's a scaled down version. It's Elements, not the full Premiere or Photoshop, but those are good programs and they step you into the big program if you ever want to go there. >> Tom Merritt: Hey, I spelled it right. >> Brian Cooley: Jahshaka is Jahshaka? >> Tom Merritt: Yeah, I've got it on my screen right now. JAHSHAKA. >> Brian Cooley: That's Dr. Merritt for you. Coming up folks... >> Tom Merritt: I can spell. >> Brian Cooley: You can spell, alright. We'll show you more of his skills later today. Coming up in just a few minutes, I'm gonna be sitting down with Hammer. >> Tom Merritt: And, first we've got something that you've gotta love: it's a turntable that will help you take your LPs and turn them into MP3s that you could put on your music player. Take a look. ^M00:07:59 [ Music ] ^M00:08:02 >> Donald Bell: Hey, I'm Donald Bell, Senior Editor for Digital Audio and MP3 and today we're taking a First Look at the Ion TTUSB10 Turntable. You connect it up to either a Mac or a PC and digitize your vinyl directly from the turntable without having to buy a phono preamp, a sound card, a turntable, a receiver -- you can all of that into 1 solution. It's great for people who don't want to have to repurchase their music in a digital format from iTunes, but want to just take the music they already have and get onto their MP3 player or get onto their computer. So there's a lot of solutions out there like this. The TTUSB10 in particular is valuable because it looks so nice, includes a cover, has a tone arm with replaceable parts, and it just has a kind of impressive look to it. The TTUSB10 cost 200 dollars. It has a less expensive sibling called the TTUSB5, which retails for 100 dollars. The main difference is that the 10 looks way cooler, is a little bit taller and beefier, and it includes a mini jack input for recording other sources aside from vinyl. It's got 33 and 45 RPM speeds. It doesn't have a 78 RPM speed, but you can after you've made the recording, jack up 78 RPM records in the software. We like that it has a nice big start/stop button. It's got a built in 45 RPM little doohickey. What we didn't like about the TTUSB10 is that, you know, it's good for the price but it doesn't include any kind of fine pitch control or pitch adjustment, aside from the 33 and 45 RPM modes. Another thing to that same point, there's no speed calibration marks on the turntable platter itself. The plastic platter itself is gonna be a bummer because over time it might warp from heat and create an unlevel playing service for your records. So I'm Donald Bell and that was a First Look at the Ion TTUSB10 USB Turntable. ^M00:09:59 [ Music ] ^M00:10:03 >> Tom Merritt: Welcome back, CNET Live. I hope you like that LP player. Of course you could patch it in yourself, but if you're just lazy you can grab that, get those LPs onto your iPod. Okay Brian Cooley's got a special guest with us today, Former Executive Vice President of the Oakland A's and musician and the founder of a brand new video website for dance. Brian will explain, take it away. >> Brian Cooley: That's right. Back in 1990, when I was - believe it or not folks - in hip-hop radio morning show, KMEL here in San Francisco, this man was absolutely turning the world on its ear, "Can't Touch This," 1990? >> Hammer: Yeah, 1990. >> Brian Cooley: Biggest crossover of its kind, ever. And now his latest iteration, www.dancejam.com, welcome Hammer. >> Hammer: Well thank you. Good to see you again too. >> Brian Cooley: It's been a long time. >> Hammer: Good to see you. Good to see you. >> Brian Cooley: Good to see you. So what is www.dancejam.com all about. For folks who haven't gone there yet cause it's still in a beta private preview mode... >> Hammer: Right, sure. >> Brian Cooley: ...dance jam tells me something about it. What am I going to see? >> Hammer: Well, when you get there you'll find the first thing is that you'll find people there who like dance, who are dance enthusiasts. You'll find a crowd that liked to view "Dancing with the Stars": just people who like to watch dancing and be entertained by dance. You'll find instructional dance, and you'll find competitive dance. So it's a place for all things dance. >> Brian Cooley: And we do got a little bit of that we can show you on the screen right now. Tom's got it pulled up here. And what does that look like there? So here -- okay, 3 words: chicken noodle soup. Okay? Can we go there? This is such a cool video. Here's a great example of some user submitted stuff coming out of Queens. >> Hammer: Yeah, it's out of Queens. Very good. >> Brian Cooley: And what's cool here is if you see on the right side of the screen there, there are some contextual links that will show you what dance styles came before it in history... >> Hammer: Right. >> Brian Cooley: ...came after it, are like it. >> Hammer: Right, right. >> Brian Cooley: This is not just a place to go look at videos. It's a kind of -- it's a history lesson. >> Hammer: It is a community that it's focused on dance. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Hammer: So with social media, we thought that there were places that you could upload videos and dancing all throughout the web. But there was no place to hang and community around it. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Hammer: Give the historical references and some instructional dancing and things like that. And so we think we nailed it and dialed it in pretty good. >> Brian Cooley: That's the thing. You know the passion of the community really comes through because this is a specialized thing, unlike U Tube. Anyone can put their video up, and I'm sure they will cross post to U Tube as well, but what is it about Dance Jam that's gonna bring people there to see and to upload? >> Hammer: Well first of all, I love U Tube. >> Brian Cooley: You and the rest of the world. >> Hammer: Yeah I do. I love U Tube and I use it a lot as a matter of fact, but the community aspects and the culture that you get by uploading to Dance Jam is a whole difference experience. So I want to be at a place where I know that there are other dancers there, we can talk about dance, where they're choreographers there who might be looking for hot dancers for their next movie, their next video, short films. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Hammer: And then I might want to learn some dances. And you know we have a special little effect on there. You click on the turtle and the video goes into slow motion, so you can really analyze the dance or break the dance down and... >> Brian Cooley: And a lot of your users are getting into that as well. They're posting videos that teach you the moves. Aside from your technology to slow it down, I find a number of them that say "Here's how you do this move. Let me show it to you slowly. Make the squares. Make the rectangles. Bring it up." >> Hammer: Right. >> Brian Cooley: I mean it's like "Here's how you do it." >> Hammer: And now I think that's needed. Being a guy who -- you know I consider myself a master dancer, meaning learning... >> Brian Cooley: Just a little. >> Hammer: Yeah just a little bit, right? So I learn -- I love all styles. Everything from ballroom, to salsa, to hip-hop, to street dancing, hip-hop, urban, whatever you want to call it, and by being able to actually slow the moves down, have some instructions, that allows a lot of the users to really sharpen up and get their dancing up to another level. >> Brian Cooley: This obviously, it prints urban, hip-hop as you first look at it, but you're talking about a lot of styles right now? >> Hammer: Absolutely. Urban is trendsetters, so even in this great gadget world that you guys so about with so much depth everyday, a lot of it gets its traction in the urban world, so I -- especially hip-hop. Hip-hoppers are earlier doctors of technology. Historically. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, absolutely. >> Hammer: If you take any gadget that's come out that's a PA oriented in the last... >> Brian Cooley: That's hit early in hip-hop. Hammer time. >> Hammer: Always early in hip-hop which then becomes early in Hollywood. Hollywood follows hip-hop. And then, so it's the same thing with dance. It's the same way that FOX launched their network years ago. They started off... >> Brian Cooley: That's right. >> Hammer: ...urban programming, and then they moved into mainstream. So we're starting off with urban dancing but ultimately you have cheerleader competitions from youth all the way up to NFL level, every aspect of competitive cheerleading and dancing aside from cheerleading. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Hammer: All of them will be housed there. Just think, a lot of these competitions, and there's hundreds of them every year, different groups go and they meet each other, but there's no contact. So now they can be there and say "Hey, my profile is at Dance Jam. Yours is there. Let's become friends." And then those friends and relationships that you make, both as friends as possibility [inaudible] in the future, you can keep them when you meet at these dance oriented events. >> Brian Cooley: How does it work here real quickly? Is it ad supported? Is there a fee to upload and be part of the membership? How's that work? >> Hammer: So there's no fee, and it's open. And the idea is that ultimately we'll have offline events that are sponsored... >> Brian Cooley: Oh okay. >> Hammer: ...that also continue to feed premium content to the site. And then we'll also have all the traditional means of, that you know very well: ad supported, all generating revenue at the site, so. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, when does it go live? You're in preview mode now. >> Hammer: We'll probably go live - and they hate when I do this... >> Brian Cooley: I know. >> Hammer: Putting on the pressure, right? And putting pressure on the team that is doing a great job... >> Brian Cooley: See that [inaudible]? When can we get into Dance Jam? >> Hammer: I want to say Anthony Young, and Jesse and Fredo are doing a tremendous job and the rest of the Dance Jam team. And so I say that first, right? Now we'll go live probably in about a month. Give them 4 or 5 weeks. It's somewhere in that general area. >> Brian Cooley: Good, turn the corner on the New Year. >> Hammer: Yeah, sure, absolutely. >> Brian Cooley: And we can see a lot. >> Hammer: And we're very excited about it. >> Brian Cooley: Hammer, congratulations. >> Hammer: Thank you. >> Brian Cooley: Thanks a lot. >> Hammer: Good see you again too. Happy Holidays. >> Brian Cooley: Thank you, you too. Hammer folks, here on CNET Live. >> Tom Merritt: Alright, thanks Brian. Next up, the Download of the Week and more of your calls. Stick with us. ^M00:16:05 [ Music ] ^M00:16:10 >> Klaus Unlock [assumed spelling], umpire at the '85 US Open? >> McEnroe. >> Wait, there's a chance that ball did hit the line. You're not evil. >> Are you handling disputes with a simple phone call? Are you a card member? >> Epic-Fu. Now we're on CNET? Sweet. >> Epic-Fu. >> Want to check the tech on the latest rides? CNET TV's Car Tech puts you in the driver's seat, with in depth reviews of the newest models. >> Some of the worse technology implementation I ever seen. >> And special reports from auto shows around the world. Just go to CNET tv.com. ^M00:16:47 [ Music ] ^M00:16:58 >> Catch the baddest techsploitation vids at CNET tv.com. ^M00:17:02 [ Music ] ^M00:17:06 >> Brian Cooley: Okay folks, welcome back to CNET Live. That was a lot of fun having Hammer on the show, but it's time to get back to your calls at 888-900-CNET. Because no matter who comes on our stage, you're the star. >> Tom Merritt: Right, but first it's time for the Download of the Week. ^M00:17:19 [ Music ] ^M00:17:21 >> Tom Merritt: Download of the Week is brought to you by our good friends at CNET download.com where they deliver you free downloads that are free of spyware as well. Isn't that handy? And I'm not normally a fan of screen savers, but this one has actually taken me. >> Brian Cooley: Screen Saver you brought us? >> Tom Merritt: Yeah, you don't need a screen saver anymore. >> Brian Cooley: No. >> Tom Merritt: But this one's fun. It's called Electric Sheep. Alright. And let me pull it up here as a demonstration, and there's a sneak peak at all of our calls and my emails. >> Brian Cooley: Good, your email... >> Tom Merritt: Here we go, this is a preview right here. Oh it... >> Brian Cooley: Nice looking. >> Tom Merritt: It actually collaborates with other computers on the internet, running Electric Sheep to develop these patterns. >> Brian Cooley: This is like a SETI project screensaver. >> Tom Merritt: It's kind of a distributed screensaver... >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Tom Merritt: And it comes up with beautiful stuff. Now I don't like this one so much. I can vote. I use the down arrow, it gives me a down sheep. And then that tells the network "Don't spend so much time of that one. People don't like it." >> Brian Cooley: It's like Pandora with music. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah. So it's like you can vote up or down. I like this one: very fractal magic there. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, very 60s man. >> Tom Merritt: So I can vote sheep up. >> Brian Cooley: Very peacock. >> Tom Merritt: And then it just keeps playing. And I tell you, I've tried screensavers like this before, and I just like -- you know after awhile I'm like "I don't need a screensaver. This is hogging up system resources." This one's so light on the system. >> Brian Cooley: That's good. >> Tom Merritt: And it's so pretty when you come back to your desk and you see it. >> Brian Cooley: It does look great, but ladies and gentlemen, realize what you're seeing here: Tom Merritt, America's most sober to it, functional technology master is in love with a screen saver. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah I know. >> Brian Cooley: That must be a hell of a screen saver, that's all I can tell you. >> Tom Merritt: In love with a sheep. There you go. >> Brian Cooley: In love with a sheep. I didn't want to go there, but he did. >> Tom Merritt: I do have Welsh in my background. Let's get to the phone calls. >> Brian Cooley: Hello! 888-900-CNET. We're going to line 3 out to Brooklyn to say hi to Jerome. Hello Jerome, welcome to CNET Live. >> Jerome: How you doing guys? >> Brian Cooley: Very well. >> Tom Merritt: Good Jerome. >> Brian Cooley: What's on your mind today? >> Jerome: Okay, I have a question. I'm using the JBL set up on my home theater. I have the EC 3500 channel with the E30's and the E10's in the back. >> Brian Cooley: [ Inaudible ] >> Jerome: I would like to know if the Polk Audio are better than the JBLs that I have. >> Brian Cooley: Generally speaking, you know I can tell you the history. JBL and Polk Audio of course used to be independent companies. JBL - John B Lansing - Lansing the voice of the theater - the original theater speaker, then movies since World War 2, etcetera, etcetera. Polk Audio was one of the first of the boutique upstarts. Both of them now, if I'm not mistaken have been swallowed by Monolifts [assumed spelling], in fact they might even be owned by the same company: Harmon International. I've got to check that out. I seem to recall that's the case. Bottom line is, you gotta check our reviews if you want to get model specific, and I don't know what model of Polk you're looking at but we've got a great blogger on this: a guy named Steve Guttenberg, who works out of our New York office. He's part of our Blog Network. And if you go over to crave.cnet.com and just type in his last name Guttenberg, he has great reviews on speakers that I think are some of the best out there regardless of what publication or site you're looking at. So I would consult his information and I believe you can find an email link for him underneath his post as well. And he's the real expert on this stuff. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah I mean if you look at our top surround speaker packages, we're looking at KEFs and Aperions and Onkyo even, but we do not rank Polk or JBL real high anymore. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, we're a little thin on the love for those products right now, those brands, because they're not the independents they were. Like Tom just mentioned Aperion which is out of northwest Portland I want to say. They have a tremendous line of speakers at a great price. They've always blown us away with the value and the quality of their speakers. To me they're the Polk of today. They are that little more compact, passion driven, individual, independent company. So you gotta kind of break away from some of the biggest brands. And I won't name some others but you know who they are, and look at some lesser known names cause speakers are a craft more than they are an industry. >> Jerome: Which one would... >> Brian Cooley: Oop. I'm sorry. Hit the drop button on you there. Go check out those reviews on Crave from Steve Guttenberg. He's the guy to check out. >> Tom Merritt: The Polk subwoofer is the only one that makes any of our top lists, and the Aperion subwoofer still ranked higher. >> Brian Cooley: Let's do one here on iPhone. I want to go iPhone because we haven't had an iPhone call today and that just doesn't right. >> Tom Merritt: It was an iPod Touch call, not an iPhone. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, not quite. Joseph's here in Dallas. Hello Joseph, welcome to CNET LIVE. >> Joseph: Hi, how you guys doing? >> Brian Cooley: Good. >> Joseph: I was wondering, do you know when the iPhone - the 3G iPhone - comes out in '08? Do you think you'll be able to upgrade the software and make your non-3G iPhone, or non-iPhone work on the 3G network? >> Tom Merritt: That's an interesting question. >> Brian Cooley: Shouldn't. >> Tom Merritt: I doubt that they will be able to do that. >> Brian Cooley: It's missing a chip. >> Tom Merritt: Well, and it's about the antenna I think, more than the chip. >> Brian Cooley: Is it just that? >> Tom Merritt: It might be the antenna that would stop them. >> Brian Cooley: I thought I heard that one of the reasons they didn't go 3G at first is because the chip itself packaged a little larger than a 2 and a half G chip, and/or took too much power? >> Tom Merritt: Cause the battery life is what I heard. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Tom Merritt: It's that 3G sucked down the battery life so much. >> Brian Cooley: Heard that too, yeah. >> Tom Merritt: And then I heard a lot of speculation that the antenna in the iPhone could be upgraded or couldn't do -- there was a lot of that rumor around. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, different frequencies. >> Tom Merritt: And I think the last thing that I understood is that that antenna is not an upgradeable antenna and that would be your limiting factor. Now the chip might also be a program. >> Brian Cooley: But with Apple, nothing's upgradeable anyway cause it's like, they don't want you in that thing. >> Tom Merritt: They're gonna want make you buy a new thing. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Tom Merritt: So really, whether it can or can't is all a hacker question. >> Brian Cooley: It's a hack job. >> Tom Merritt: It's a matter of whether you can port that over yourself and do it yourself. My guess is, you know, 90 percent chance that Apple is not going to make it easy for you to upgrade it. Even if you can... >> Brian Cooley: Well it's not in their interest. >> Tom Merritt: And I'm not 100 percent sure on this but I don't think you even can. So you're probably gonna be stuck like the rest of us. >> Joseph: So it would be a lot better just to wait? >> Brian Cooley: I think among hackable projects, this is one of the longest of the long shots to be honest, so I wouldn't. >> Tom Merritt: Yeah and you know 3G, Edge is painful. I'll say that. 3G is not going to be all that because of where it's available. >> Brian Cooley: It's not night and day. >> Tom Merritt: You're gonna be on the Edge network or some other data network a lot of the time anyway. >> Brian Cooley: Although, I gotta say... >> Tom Merritt: [inaudible] it might be better by later this year. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, I went 2.5G to a 3G on a Trio and all else being the same it was a significant and good feeling improvement, although it's not -- you know they say it's like DSL when you're on 3G. No it's not. It's like a really lame VSL one. >> Tom Merritt: It's like a minimal DSL line... >> Brian Cooley: Yeah absolutely. >> Tom Merritt: Whereas Edge is like dial-up. >> Brian Cooley: Yes. >> Tom Merritt: It's like 24K dialing. >> Brian Cooley: Exactly, the world's worst. Okay thanks for the call. Good luck on that. We'll get one more in here although my software is hung so I think you need to go to line 5, if you can. >> Tom Merritt: Alright let's go to Justin. >> Brian Cooley: I want to talk to Justin in New Hampshire. >> Tom Merritt: I want to talk to Justin too but it won't pick up. >> Brian Cooley: Are you hung up too? >> Tom Merritt: Maybe Sheryl can pick it up? >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, maybe Sheryl can push line 5. We're in a little bit of a software communication issue here, right now. Justin, there we go. Thank you, Sheryl. Justin in New Hampshire with a question about GPS Nav. Hello Justin. Oops! Lost him. Okay, let's try another one here. >> Tom Merritt: Oh Justin, call back. >> Brian Cooley: Hey Sheryl, let's do another one here. How about line 3, Patrick in Texas. Can we get Patrick on line 3 in Texas? I can drop lines, let me try again. There we go. Patrick in Texas, we got you back. Welcome just barely, to CNET Live. What can we do for you? >> Patrick: Yeah, a couple of days ago I tried to update the driver on my CD drive and it didn't -- I don't know. It said that it couldn't update because it had the latest version software on it. And now I can not -- none of the drives are working. I've put in those CDs, and it recognized that there's a CD but there's nothing on it. And I put in a memory stick, and it recognizes that there's a memory stick, but it doesn't recognize that there's anything on it. >> Brian Cooley: Really? >> Patrick: Yeah. >> Brian Cooley: But your hard drives work obviously? Your machine is [inaudible]. >> Patrick: Yeah, I can get on the internet and get on. >> Brian Cooley: But your removable media is all screwed up in the same way? >> Patrick: Yeah, it's really weird. >> Brian Cooley: Have you encountered that before? >> Tom Merritt: Drivers are weird. I've had similar things. Not exactly that same one before. Do you have Windows XP? >> Patrick: Yeah, I'm running XP. >> Tom Merritt: I would do a system restore to a point before you installed that driver. If you're trying to track down what happened, if it won't upgrade the driver or uninstalling the driver and reinstalling the driver is a mess... >> Brian Cooley: That's a weekend you don't want to spend. >> Tom Merritt: Alright, how long has it been since you installed that -- tried to install that new driver? >> Patrick: Oh I probably tried to update it about 2 days ago. >> Tom Merritt: Okay yeah. So just pick a restore point from before then, if you have system restore on, and then just restore it. It won't take 10, 15 minutes to go through the whole restore process. And I -- believe me, you've seen me if you've watched the show long enough you've seen me do it on the air. It will help fix a lot of issues. You know I'm putting things on and off this thing that break it all the time. And then do a system restore: good as new. >> Brian Cooley: Do you have system restore turned on, do you know? >> Patrick: I think we do. >> Brian Cooley: Cause I'm bad. >> Tom Merritt: That would be your only hang up, if you don't have it on. >> Brian Cooley: I'm bad. I have mine turned off and I have many times have rued the day, but in my mind there's some kind of a system overhead load. I'm probably completely full of it. >> Tom Merritt: Nah, turn it on. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. It does hog some more drive space though, because it has to mirror a bunch of previous files. >> Tom Merritt: Not that much. >> Brian Cooley: I know. I'm so housekeeping oriented. >> Tom Merritt: It's worth it. It's worth it. >> Brian Cooley: Let's get one more in here. We're getting the clearance to go here. >> Tom Merritt: Oh we got Justin back. >> Brian Cooley: We got Justin back. Justin you're my hero in New Hampshire. Hello Justin. >> Justin: Hey how's it going guys? >> Brian Cooley: Good thanks for hanging [inaudible] technical good there after I cut you off. What do you want to know about GPS today? >> Justin: Well I was just calling to see about the Cobra Navigation line, if it was comparable to the Garman's and all that? >> Brian Cooley: Okay, well here's the thing. It could be the ultimate deal because 2 things happened this week that make -- bring you it at an incredible price. One, CompUSA pulled the plug, and 2, Cobra pulled the plug on portable navigation. So a perfect score is to find a Cobra Nav on sale at CompUSA at they're going out of business sale. You might get it for 2 dollars. But seriously, Cobra is out of the business. Do you have any reviews [inaudible] a chance to look at our reviews on Cobra? I don't know that we have ever reviewed one, to be honest. >> Tom Merritt: No I don't have any reviews from us. I've got a Car Audio Mag picture of it. >> Brian Cooley: I've got to tell you, my... >> Justin: So it probably wouldn't be a good idea to buy one. >> Brian Cooley: My impression is that they are not top of the stack, if I may be polite. >> Justin: Okay. >> Brian Cooley: But if you find a scorching deal on one, and again they have gotten out of the business. I think they announced it this morning or yesterday. That was yesterday actually. They're getting out of the PND business: portable navigation device. So you might find some great deals, and of course if it works at all, you get it for under 100 bucks maybe, you know that would be great. I don't know what the MSRP is on it. But there are better units is my hunch, especially since we don't seem to have any reviews on them and we always get the good stuff reviewed. And the other stuff we wait on? So, that's my gut. >> Justin: Alright, great, thank you guys. >> Brian Cooley: Good, thanks a lot. Appreciate the call. >> Tom Merritt: Going back to that iPhone... >> Brian Cooley: Yeah. >> Tom Merritt: As far as we can tell no UMTS or HSDPA radio in the current iPhone. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, so it's a [inaudible] issue. >> Tom Merritt: So that would just pretty much say, no way. >> Brian Cooley: Unless you've got a really good touch with a very fine soldering iron. >> Tom Merritt: Which someone will have. >> Brian Cooley: That's the worst part. If the [inaudible] match, someone will do it. >> Tom Merritt: Yep. >> Brian Cooley: Okay, folks now it's time for Best of the Web. ^M00:28:06 [ Music ] ^M00:28:10 >> Brian Cooley: Best of the Web. There it is. Here it is. Boom. Okay, here we are folks Best of the Web is -- we just talked about the iPhone. This is the Tri-Phone web service. >> Tom Merritt: I love this. >> Brian Cooley: This is cool and here's how it looks on WebWare: CNET's webware.com where we view to get all of our beautiful Best of the Web pics every week. What it does is it allows you on this website, to go try the interface on some of the hottest, smart phones on the market. So let me go to the actual site now. Here is a Blackberry -- what do we have -- it's a Pearl. And what you do, if you can see there right now it is a simulated Live Blackberry Pearl. Kind of hard to see, but the right hand click portion on the right of the Pearl ball, is blinking, which means that that is a live, clickable part of the screen as if it was a real phone. I go there with my mouse. It turns into a pointing indicator. I hit that and that actually makes things happen on the screen. So I'm navigating a Pearl just as if I had one in my hand. Then I can go hit the Pearl button in the middle here to... >> Tom Merritt: Scroll around. >> Brian Cooley: ...select the browser. >> Tom Merritt: Now, look at that. >> Brian Cooley: And there's that. Now I can hit the up button to go through various selections. Now not everything is mocked up. They have a sample of steps. It's not every single command and detour you can make, but it's a really cool way to try the interface on a smart phone. The downside is they only have 4 models in there: the iPhone and Blackberry... >> Tom Merritt: So far. >> Brian Cooley: So far. It's new. It's fresh. But you're not gonna find... >> Tom Merritt: And you don't get the feel of the buttons or anything. >> Brian Cooley: No. Yep, you're not gonna get click [inaudible]. >> Tom Merritt: It does give you a look at the interface. You know, these emulators have been around forever for developers. >>Brian Cooley: For developers, right. >> Tom Merritt: You could poke around on the web and find them freely available... >> Brian Cooley: Yep. >> Tom Merritt: ...where you could download emulators and play around with the interface and do that kind of stuff. But you had to do some digging, so it's kind of cool that somebody's taking this and making it easily available to people. >> Brian Cooley: Yeah, and surfacing -- and you can see on the right here is a list of available demos. So that actually list in text all the potential things you could do, so you can get a pretty good idea of the amount of functions they've got. There's a lot of them in here. You can't even see them all on the screen. So anyway, that's Try Phone. >> Tom Merritt: Alright. >> Brian Cooley: Wow. >> Tom Merritt: That's it. Last live show of the year but we have another show next week right? >> Brian Cooley: Not live but... >> Tom Merritt: Live-ish. >> Brian Cooley: ...it's still CNET Live. You'll see. No calls next week. We're gonna have a very special year end show that we're going to be bringing to you next Thursday. >> Tom Merritt: Oh yeah, and in the tradition of Como, Crosby, Williams. We'll be sitting down by the fireplace you saw over there during the Hammer interview. Having some friends drop by. Talking about tech for the coming year. >> Brian Cooley: Then we get past the holiday break. We come back to you next at CES. The Consumer Electronics Show is our next live show, and that's going to be on the Tuesday of CES which is January 8 at 3 o'clock Pacific - a different time and a different day - Tuesday January 8 at 3 Pacific is our next live show here on CNET Live from the Big Top in Las Vegas. >> Tom Merritt: But don't forget to watch the holiday special. That's next week, Thursday 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific and 8 a.m. Friday in Sydney. >> Brian Cooley: Always has a surprise for me. Have a great holiday folks. ^M00:31:01 [ Music ] ^M00:31:13 >> Klaus Unlock [assumed spelling], umpire at the '85 US Open? >> McEnroe. >> Wait, there's a chance that ball did hit the line. You're not evil. >> Are you handling disputes with a simple phone call? 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e Speu (,  ; ) is a province of Cambodia. It borders the provinces of Pursat and Kampong Chhnang to the north, Kandal to the east, Takéo to the southeast, Kampot to the south and Koh Kong to the west. Its capital is the town of Chbar Mon.

Etymology
Kampong Speu in Khmer means "starfruit port" or "starfruit harbor". In Khmer, kampong is a place-name element, meaning "port" or "harbor". It derives from the Austronesian language, Malay, in which it means "village". Speu in the Khmer language means "starfruit".

Administrative divisions
The province is subdivided into 7 districts and 1 municipality, further divided into 87 communes.

Economy
The Wing Star Shoes factory in Kampong Speu province manufactures Asics sports shoes. It collapsed in 2013. Three people were killed. Workers struck at the Wing Star Shoes Factory in 2014, blocking National Route 3, and demanding a $5 raise in bonuses and enforcement of labor laws. In 2016 and 2018, mass faintings of workers were reported. The cause in 2016, initially attributed to a worker having been possessed by a "spirit," was later revised to "poor health and imagination." 2018, police reported that after a worker had a seizure, her "scream caused a mass panic, prompting workers to run, feel dizzy and faint."

Attraction

Phnom Aural

Phnom Aural is the tallest peak in Cambodia. It is 1,813 meters tall (other sources give elevations between 1,771 and 1,667 meters). It is in the eastern part of the Cardamom Mountains. To protect the biodiversity of the mountains, Phnom Aural Wildlife Sanctuary was established.
This mountain located in Aoral District, Kampong Speu province.

Oudong
Located at the foothill of the mountain Phnom Oudong, about 40 km northwest of the modern capital Phnom Penh, Oudong was royal residence and Cambodia's capital for more than 250 years until 1866. A monumental royal necropolis of sovereigns of several centuries is scattered on top the prominent bisected mountain, which runs from the southeast to the northeast.

Kirirom National Park

References

External links
Kirirom National Park, Cambodia

Provinces of Cambodia

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In a circular valley beneath the looming peaks of the Himalaya lies Kathmandu, Nepal. It's a city of shimmering prayer flags, sacred cows, lavish festivals, and violent political turbulence--and a world that journalist Jeff Greenwald has come to call home.
Snake Lake unfolds during 1990's dramatic "people power" uprising against Nepal's long-entrenched monarchy. The story follows Greenwald as he wins the friendship of a high lama who reveals the pillars of Tibetan Buddhism; embarks on a passionate romance with a spunky but curiously unlucky news photographer; and discovers what democracy means to rural Nepali citizens--all while covering the revolution for a major American newspaper. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Greenwald's brilliant but troubled younger brother descends into a deepening depression. The author is forced to choose between witnessing Nepal's long-overdue revolution and reconnecting with an alienated brother in desperate need of help.
Snake Lake is primarily a memoir (though the roles of several characters have been recast). Focused on the life-changing events that unfolded during one calamitous spring, the book weaves a vivid tapestry of Buddhism, revolution, and the often serpentine paths to personal liberation.


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Michelle Le Jeune
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CRANBOOK JUNIOR SCHOOL
Michelle is a senior level assistant with extensive experience working with executives and board members in the hospitality, aviation, financial services, automotive and media industries.
Michelle's key strengths are being exceptionally organised, strong communication and interpersonal skills, a professional relationship builder, resourcefulness in problem solving, driver of company strategic objectives and absolute discretion in all dealings.
Michelle's achievements include proficient project manager for a range of assignments including corporate relocations, office renovations & global industry publications; conference coordination & event management; employee training & development; office & facility management.
Michelle manages all facets of her executive's world so they can concentrate on core business activities and focus on their accountabilities.
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Patrizia's career in business spans twenty years and has honed her executive skills by supporting some of the most influential Chairmen and CEOs in Australia. Aside from supporting executive business activities, Patrizia has also led a number of complex, high profile initiatives. This includes taking project lead in major staff relocations, business transformation of an advertising agency and managing events for over 4000 employees across multiple geographies. Patrizia's passion for people and her commitment to the professional development of the role of an Executive Assistant has her sought after as a mentor to EAs across Australasia. This is time well spent, where Patrizia feels that she gets as much out of those relationships as her mentees. In 2010 Patrizia was selected to represent NSW in the Australian Executive Assistant of the Year, and went on to be awarded 3rd place nationally.
Patrizia has been married for 24 years and has a beautiful daughter. In her spare time, Patrizia dedicates every moment to her family and friends.
Sarah Williams has over 20 years international experience as a professional senior executive assistant responsible for the management of the offices of Chief Executives and Chairmen for blue chip companies that have included Brierley Investments, Air New Zealand, Rothschild and Caltex.
With a strong work ethic and executive focus, Sarah has taken the lead in championing the role of the executive assistant as the key person able to efficiently manage the C-Level engagement with internal management and external stakeholders including the Board and Government contacts. With a career starting at the British Foreign Office in London, Sarah has gained experience in dealing with many different cultures from the UK to New Zealand, including the Asia Pacific region, organising and managing many successful events from annual general meetings to leadership workshops. Sarah has a strong network of executive assistants within her peer group at C-Level and this has enabled her to open doors where others have found them closed.
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Describe the "Hawala System." What makes it successful among its users? Since the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks on the United States, public interest in informal systems of transferring money around the world, particularly the Hawala System, has increased (Mohammed El-Qorchi, 2010). The reason is the Hawala System's alleged role in financing illegal and terrorist activities, along with its traditional roles of transferring money between individuals and families, often in different countries.
In early times, this system of informal channels for transferring funds from one location to another was created because of the dangers of traveling with gold and other types of payments on routes beset with danger. It was and still is couriered by providers known as Hawaladars. It is a simple system but yet it can be complex at times (Mohammed El-Qorchi, 2010). It can involve many Hawaladars and works from China, East Asia and into the Persian Gulf Region as well as Africa. While it has legitimate transfers of funds, its anonymity and minimal documentation make it vulnerable to abuse by groups and individuals transferring funds to finance illegal activities.
Hawala System is less expensive, swifter, reliable, convenient and less bureaucratic than formal financial sectors. Fees are lower than banks. This is due to low overhead and absence of regulatory cost. To encourage continued trade through the system, Hawaladars sometimes exempt fees to expatriates and charge higher fees to those who use the system to avoid exchange, capital or administrative controls. There is minimal documentation and little accounting (Mohammed El-Qorchi, 2002).


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Virginia House panel advances ERA for full floor vote
by: SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press
Posted: Jan 14, 2020 / 09:49 AM CST / Updated: Jan 14, 2020 / 12:58 PM CST
FILE – In this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, Equal Rights Amendment supporters demonstrate outside Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va. Virginia moved a step closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday, Jan. 1,4 2020, even as the measure's future nationally remains in doubt. A House committee approved a resolution to ratify the gender equality measure, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia moved a step closer to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday, even as the measure's future nationally remains in doubt.
A House committee approved a resolution to ratify the gender equality measure, which advocates hope will become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The 13-9 vote split along party lines, with all Democrats supporting it and all Republicans opposing it.
A Senate committee already advanced a similar resolution. The resolutions are now before the full House and Senate, where floor votes were expected Wednesday. Democrats control both chambers, and their legislative leaders have said their caucuses unanimously support the measure.
"Each action we take to move this resolution forward signals to the country that we're more than ready to do our part in creating a world where women are treated as equals," Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy, a sponsor of the House resolution, said in a statement. "I was proud to introduce this resolution and I look forward to voting to pass it in the House tomorrow."
Each chamber will then need to pass the other's resolution before ratification becomes final.
ERA advocates say the measure will enshrine equality for women in the Constitution, offering stronger protections in sex discrimination cases. Opponents warn it will erode commonsense protections for women, such as workplace accommodations during pregnancies. They also worry it would be used by abortion-rights supporters to quash restrictions on the grounds that they specifically discriminate against women.
Final passage would make Virginia the decisive 38th state to ratify the ERA, surpassing the three-quarters of states needed to add an amendment to the Constitution.
However, court battles are expected over a long-passed 1982 deadline set by Congress, as well as other legal issues.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators like to float above messy politics in what's known by some as the dignified "upper chamber," home of Congress' cooler heads and lofty rhetoric.
But as a court of President Donald Trump's impeachment, the Senate beginning Tuesday might seem more like the economy cabin of an oversold flight on an especially tense, mandatory work trip.
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Pro clutter cleaner Lili Pettit is known for transforming and organizing several celebrity wardrobes, including Jessica Alba's. Each month, we ask Pettit for her expert opinion on a new closet-related topic. Scroll down for this month's tips!
No matter your roommate situation, whether it's a good friend, a Craigslist find, or your S.O., if you share closet space, it's without a doubt a challenge. That's why we reached out to Pettit, our resident organizational expert for advice on how to make it work.
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2013 was meant to be my year of more balance. More classics, more backlist, more variety. That's why I reduced my goal to 75 instead of 100. I ended up at 72 (see my list of books read in 2013) including a couple of eNovellas and rereads. Not too shabby for a year in which I spent a lot of time traveling for my books (THE MEMORY OF AFTER/LEVEL 2 and CHICK-O-SAURUS REX), majorly revising CHASING BEFORE and also being in the hospital and recovering from major surgery.
I'm still reading a bunch of dystopian. The publishing industry might be tired of, but I'm not! My top six dystopian reads were: IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters, STUNG by Bethany Wiggins, NOT A DROP TO DRINK by Mindy McGinnis, REQUIEM by Lauren Oliver, SHADES OF EARTH by Beth Revis and CONTROL by Lydia Kang.
Last year I read over 50 debut novels by the Apocalypsies. This year I read 24 YA and MG debuts from 2013 + 2 from 2014.
'I have a dead girl's name.' From Stacey Kade's THE RULES: PROJECT PAPER DOLL. It's an immediate hook that makes me want to know more.
I'm going to say ALL OUR YESTERDAYS by Cristin Terrill. The first chapter with Em in the prison and finding the note she wrote to herself - so tense! When I got to the line 'You have to kill him', I actually gasped out loud.
It doesn't come out until next year, but LOOP by Karen Akins was so witty and fun. And I just started reading it, but SINCE YOU ASKED by Maurene Goo is hilarious so far.
IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters. Oh so sad.
NOT A DROP TO DRINK by Mindy McGinnis. STAR CURSED by Jessica Spotswood. IN TIME by Alexandra Bracken.
Elise in THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE. Terra in STARGLASS by Phoebe North. Knox in PROXY by Alex London.
Tarver in THESE BROKEN STARS by Meagan Spooner and Amie Kaufmann, Alex in WHERE THE STARS STILL SHINE by Trish Dollar, Anthem in CODA by Emma Trevayne.
Zuzana and Mik in NIGHT OF CAKE AND PUPPETS by Laini Taylor. Caymen and Xander in THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US by Kasie West. Fiona and Bowen in STUNG by Bethany Wiggins. Anna and Bennett in TIME AFTER TIME by Tamara Ireland Stone.
I loved the angry dancing scene in REBOOT by Amy Tintera.
Amelie in VENGEANCE BOUND by Justina Ireland. Mila in MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza.
Baby in IN THE AFTER by Demetria Lunetta, Chris in SHADES OF EARTH by Beth Revis, Alice in ELEMENTAL by Antony John.
The mystical oak tree in RELATIVITY by Cristin Bishara, post-apocalyptic Antarctica in CHAMPION by Marie Lu, the town of Claysoot in TAKEN by Erin Bowman.
Okay WTF was up with the ending of DANGEROUS GIRLS by Abigail Haas? Did. Not. See. That. Coming. Also CHARM & STRANGE by Stephanie Kuehn.
The dolphins in THE NEPTUNE PROJECT by Polly Holyoke. (bonus!) The sloths in A LITTLE BOOK OF SLOTH by Lucy Cooke.
Lilac's dress in THESE BROKEN STARS by Meagan Spooner and Amie Kaufmann.
When the missing girl first appears in the car in 17 & GONE by Nova Ren Suma. Pretty much every scene in BLACK HELICOPTERS by Blythe Woolston.
The conjuring of peacock footprints in NIGHT OF CAKE AND PUPPETS by Laini Taylor.
NIGHT FILM by Marisha Pessl was the creepiest novel I read all year.
Johnny in THE COLOR OF RAIN by Cori McCarthy. Dude is messed up.
Though I wasn't all that taken with the novel, I adore this cover so much. I think it's the pop of yellow.
Hands down the twisty twists in THE MADMAN'S DAUGHTER by Megan Sheperd. She knows how to set up shocking reveals.
Check out my memorable 2012 reads.
Tell me - what were some of your memorable reading moments in 2013?
The National - Trouble Will Find Me The National is showing up in all my favorite things lately. They were on The Mindy Project. They had a song on the Catching Fire soundtrack. And they sang The Rains of Castamere on Game of Thrones. They are amazing and I love this entire album.
MS MR - Secondhand Rapture At first I was only into a couple of the songs, but upon repeated listens, I really fell in love with the catchy lyrics, melodic hooks, and sultry pop atmosphere.
Bastille - Bad Blood My pick for best album of 2013. Of course that might have something to do with the fact that I am certain Dan and I have the same muse. So many of the themes he explores are present in my forthcoming novel CHASING BEFORE. So much so that I am gobsmacked. See especially Bad Blood, Flaws, and Things We Lost in the Fire.
+ I had tickets to see The Light Princess in London, but couldn't go due to my hospitalization. Major Bummer. Glad that Tori Amos is embarking on a tour in 2014 and I already have tickets to five shows.
Have any recommendations for me based on my taste? Would love to hear them!!
This haunting little middle grade novel is set in an apocalyptic near future North America where water is so scarce that gangs have taken over the cities. Musa is kidnapped from his home and forced to look for water. Meanwhile, out in the middle of nowhere, gangs kill Sarel's entire family and burn down their homestead leaving her with a dwindling well and a pack of adorably loyal dogs.
So, here's the thing. I guess I should have known that dogs + drought + evil gang = animal death. It's kind of inevitable, isn't it? Fortunately the animal death didn't feel emotionally manipulative, like many fictional animal deaths do, so plus points for that.
Crowder's writing is a highlight here. It's spare yet atmospheric. She even writes believably from one of the dogs perspectives, and the dog comes off as much more intelligent than say, Manchee (of Patrick Ness' Chaos Walking series).
Despite many bleak episodes, the story of unlikely friendship between Sarel and Musa is ultimately uplifting.
Welcome to the MAN MADE BOY blog tour! I'm in the middle of reading this, and so far, it's lots of monsterly fun.
I'm pleased to welcome Jon to the blog today!
I love monsters. The giant ones like Godzilla, King Kong, and more recently the kaiju in Pacific Rim. The people-sized ones like Dracula and the Werewolf. And even the miniature ones like the Gremlins and the strange little fairies in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
When I was a little boy, I'd while away lazy sunday afternoons at my father's house watching Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. At my mother's house, I remember begging her to let me stay up past my bedtime to watch the rest of The Creature From the Black Lagoon, which was being shown on regular broadcast television in 3D! Over the course of a summer, I wore down my grandmother's resolve and finally convinced her to buy me a massive Rhodan toy that had working wings. But my favorite toy was an MGM Monsters playset with Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the Phantom of the Opera. The playset included a sarcophagus for either the Mummy or Dracula (they took shifts), a cage for the Wolfman, and a laboratory table to strap Frankenstein's Monster to. And they all had phosphorescent paint, so they glowed in the dark. It was a pretty sweet set. I frequently took them to bed with me. Because, I reasoned, they would protect me from the scary people.
Throughout my childhood, I was a frightened little boy. Not of monsters (obviously), but of real bad guys. Burglars, kidnappers, child molesters, strangers of all sorts. I'm not sure why I was so timid. Most likely a combination of my overactive imagination and a series of traumatic events that took place early on in my childhood. By the age of six, I knew bad things happened because I had experienced them first hand. The world was a violent and capricious place, full of unanticipated dangers that no parent or adult could protect you from. The world did not need monsters to be scary.
I would lay in bed at night with the covers tucked up to my nose, the darkness pressing in all around me. Both of my parents lived in crumbling old houses and the night sounds those buildings made were ominous. Many times I was certain that someone had broken in and was slowly creeping up the stairs to get me. On the really bad nights, when the dread was almost unbearable, I would bring my MGM monsters to bed with me. I would line them up on either side, their little glowing faces peeking out from under the covers. Won't that kidnapper be surprised to find a pack of monsters waiting for him!, I would think grimly as I watched the doorway for hours until I finally drifted off to sleep.
I can't remember exactly when it was I went from being afraid of the dark to preferring it. Probably around the time I started reading Anne Rice and listening to Ministry. One way to beat the dark is to become it. And I spent some time dressing like Lestat. This was before there was such a thing as "goth" or "cosplay", but I think both would have applied. That was when, in a place as unlikely as Sophomore high school english class, I discovered what would eventually become one of my all time favorite books: Frankenstein. Far from the dim-witted brute I knew from old black and white films, the original Monster was eloquent and tragic and utterly relatable.
That book and that character carried me through a great many trials during my teenage years. So I guess it made sense that when I decided I wanted to write a YA monster book, I was drawn back to that story. And once I got going, I couldn't stop at Frankenstein's Monster. I had to bring them all with me on that ride. Vampires, werewolves, the lot!
I didn't know it at the time, but as I started writing Man Made Boy, I was just beginning what would be one of the most difficult periods of my life so far. Writing this book was how I coped with it. And so once again the monsters came to my aid, as protectors and comforters. Once again, they got me through the long dark night.


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Why am I waiting? I adore this series and this author! Cannot wait for more. Plus, did you read that blurb? Yep, I want to read it.
Why am I waiting? Because this is a book by KRISTEN ASHLEY. That right there automatically means I need this book in my life. I love her books so very, very much, and am always looking forward to more. But then there's also the fact that I'm thinking I'm gonna binge this series to kick of my 2016 (because what better way to start a year than a crap ton of KA, am I right?), so I need this book so I can just REEEEEEEAD them ALLLLLLL. I'm not a patient person. *shrugs* So yeah. I'm excited, and I love Kristen Ashley, and YAY!
Nice picks! Both are totally new to me! Hope you both enjoy them!
Both of these are new to me, but they sound really good. I hope you both enjoy your picks this week.
I agree! I can't wait for Paige in Progress! After Tessa Ever After, I was really hoping for a Paige/Adam book!!! I'm so excited!
Just love the sound of Paige in Progress! I read the first book in that series and I adored Walsh's writing. Definitely have to pick up that one as well.
Ooh Paige in Progress sounds really good :) I haven't read any Kristen Ashley books but they are on my TBR list. Thanks for sharing!
I am so excited for Paige in Progress too! That series is so awesome.
Haven't heard of either of these, the first one does sound like a good one though! Great picks!
Both of these are new to me!


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Holiday Happenings featuring Keuka Lake Players
by: Tara Lynch
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — The Keuka Lake Players are kicking off Hammondsport's Christmas in the Park with a production of Alice in Wonderland.
Every year Keuka Lake Players perform a classic play to ring in the holiday season. The once-only performance will feature classic holiday music. This is an all-new musical misadventure written by Cynthia Uznanski based on characters by Lewis Carroll.
"It is Alice in Winter Wonderland and it takes place after the traditional Alice Adventures. It really is a framed story to have an opportunity for our almost 30 cast members to all sing some Christmas favorites and some other songs as well," Sara Love, director of the performance, told 18 News.
The performance will be Saturday, Dec. 11 at 3:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church- Village Square in Hammondsport. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.


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HomeNewsDEVAGOM: Gombe Unveils 10- Year Development Plan
DEVAGOM: Gombe Unveils 10- Year Development Plan
Africa Daily News February 16, 2021
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has said that the Development Agenda for Gombe State (DEVAGOM) is an attempt by his administration to harness the state's immense potentials by taking advantage of emerging opportunities and tackling challenges to attain development objectives, stressing that "It is the road map for the transformation of Gombe State that is aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set by the United Nations".
According to the Isma'ila Uba Misilli, Director-General Press Affairs, said the Governor made the statement on Tuesday during the official unveiling of Gombe State 10- Year Development Plan (2021- 2030) at the Government House.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya said his administration is committed to planning and implementing people-oriented policies and programmes, obtained through a bottom-up stakeholder consultation process from the unit, ward, local government to State level, thereby developing a people oriented plan.
He added that "DEVAGOM projects Gombe to be a terminus that encapsulates growth, development, peace, and shared prosperity for all. Considering our comparative advantage in agriculture, commerce and trade, our tremendous human and natural resources, and our strategic position at the centre of the Northeast subregion, I have the conviction that our vision is both realistic and achievable.
The Gombe State Governor restated his administration's commitments to prioritizing human capital development through infrastructure, agriculture and health resuscitation, improved education and rural development.
Governor Yahaya said "So far, our administration has placed high priority on human capital development as the catalyst of growth with special focus on education, health and youth development. Our agricultural transformation drive is aimed at harnessing our vast irrigation potentials along our major dams; rural infrastructure projects that connect and open up our rural communities; social and environmental policies that create jobs, protect our environment and promote peaceful coexistence amongst our people".
Governor Inuwa Yahaya who quoted Benjamin Franklin's saying 'if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail,' also added that the wheels of the unveiling of the State 10 year development plan was set in motion as far back as April 2019 when he was elected as Governor of the State.
He said he had to commission a 'Needs Assessment' team to tour round the nooks and crannies of the state covering over 420 communities across all the 114 wards in order to principally ascertain the developmental needs and priorities of the people.
This, the Governor added, was borne out of his administration's commitment to plan and implement people-oriented policies and programmes.
He said the assessment was the beginning of a bottom-up stakeholder consultation process from the unit, ward, local government to State level, thus giving his administration the opportunity to define Gombe State's vision through the eyes of its people.
"That's why DEVAGOM is an agenda of the people, by the people and for the people."
He said in order to create a better future for the people of the State, his administration is making relentless efforts to stimulate and sustain economic growth and human capital development.
"However, for us to ensure that the choices we make, the steps we take, and the outcomes we envisage are technically desirable and consistent with our goals, it is necessary to have a robust plan for building durable institutions, mobilising resources and capabilities, as well as managing risks and shocks from unforeseen domestic and global events".
Governor Inuwa Yahaya said in line with international best practices, development planning in the 21st century requires collaboration between various stakeholders at subnational, national and international levels.
"In this regards, DEVAGOM is a product of synergy and collaboration with local and international development partners most of whom are here today to celebrate this historic achievement with us".
He said in order to ensure the success of DEVAGOM, his administration has put in place the necessary structures and institutional reforms that will drive its effective implementation.
"Since coming to office about 20 months ago, our administration has focused on improving internal revenue generation, ease of doing business, infrastructural development and civil service reforms amongst other initiatives. These efforts will soon be complemented by a legislative bill to further strengthen DEVAGOM's institutional legitimacy and guarantee its long-term success and sustainability".
The Governor said so far, his administration has placed high priority on human capital development as the catalyst of growth with special focus on education, health and youth development.
He said his administration's agricultural transformation drive is aimed at harnessing the vast irrigation potentials along our major dams; rural infrastructure projects that connect and open up rural communities; social and environmental policies that create jobs, protect the environment and promote peaceful coexistence amongst our people.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya said to put this effort into better perspectives, his administration has mopped up over 300,000 out-of-school children through the World Bank-supported Better Education and Service Delivery for All (BESDA) project.
"We equally embarked on network 11-100 which aims to provide 100km of roads in each of our 11 LGAs, we also embarked on the revitalization of the health system by providing a functional health centre in each of the 114 wards of the state with the necessary basic equipment and manpower to provide 24-hour service to the people".
He said his government has also upgraded and equipped the state specialist hospital and established the hospitals management board and the state contributory healthcare scheme to provide universal access to quality healthcare to the people at an affordable cost.
The Governor revealed that his administration is also building the skills of idle youth and ramping up support to farmers in the State.
"With the ongoing work on Wawa-Zange Grazing Reserve and the planned take-off of Dadin Kowa industrial park, Gombe State is on course to cement its status as the centre of agriculture, commerce and industry in the Northeast sub-region".
He said implementing the Gombe 10 year development plan will require the mobilization of domestic and external resources and their effective utilization.
To accomplish this, the Governor said, his administration has embedded in the plan policies and strategies to enhance efficiency, build transparency and entrench accountability at all levels of government.
"It is our vision to guarantee better value for money in order to apply our scare resources so as to foster rapid development of our dear State".
The Governor commend both the steering and technical committees for doing a wonderful job by ensuring a fully participatory and all-inclusive consultative process.
He equally, acknowledged the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) and the United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) as well as other UN Agencies for supporting the preparation of this Plan.
The United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed, described Governor Inuwa Yahaya as a visionary leader who shows the way, saying the unveiling of the Gombe State 10 year development plan is a clear indication of that.
She said, "a plan remains a plan if it is not implemented", expressing optimism in the determination of the present administration in Gombe State to yield to implementing the development plan which is the most critical aspect of the quest to take the State to a prefered destination of endless possibilities.
She said DEVAGOM marks a significant milestone in the quest for the advancement of the State and humanity in general.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, assured of his ministry's support to all ICT related components of the agenda.
He said it is the responsibility of the executive arm of Government to provide an enabling environment for business to thrive, describing efforts by the administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya in coming up with the plan as fundamental to making the State a destination for would be investors.
Earlier speaking, the chairman of the Steering committee for the the preparation of the Gombe State 10 year development plan, Dr. Manasseh Daniel Jatau and the chairman technical committee of the plan Dr. Ishaku Mohammed, both agreed that the plan becomes necessary in view of the burning desire of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya to reposition the State into an economic powerhouse.
The UN Resident Coordinator, Mr. Edward Kallon and heads of other UN agencies, including UNDP and UNFPA, who spoke in solidarity with the Gombe 10-year development plan, promised to support the quantum leap of the administration of Governor Inuwa Yahaya.
The unveiling ceremony equally had the Minister of Environment, Dr. Mahmood Mohammed, Sarkin Fulanin Gombe, Alhaji Umaru Kwairanga and others delivering their goodwill messages virtually.


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The Gross Law Firm Announces Class Actions on Behalf of Shareholders of WBK, WWE and INO
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 25, 2020 / The securities litigation law firm of The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice on behalf of shareholders in the following publicly-traded companies. Shareholders who purchased shares in the following companies during the dates listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible Lead Plaintiff appointment. Appointment as Lead Plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
Westpac Banking Corporation (WBK)
Investors Affected: November 11, 2015 - November 19, 2019
A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in Westpac Banking Corporation. The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) contrary to Australian law, the Company failed to report over 19.5 million international funds transfer instructions to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ("AUSTRAC"); (2) the Company did not appropriately monitor and assess the ongoing money laundering and terrorism financing risks associated with movement of money into and out of Australia; (3) the Westpac did not pass on requisite information about the source of funds to other banks in the transfer chain; (4) despite being aware of the heightened risks, the Company did not carry out appropriate due diligence on transactions in South East Asia and the Philippines that had known financial indicators relating to child exploitation risks; (5) the Company's Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Policy Program was inadequate to identify, mitigate and manage money laundering and terrorism financing risks; and (6) as a result, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
Shareholders may find more information at https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/westpac-banking-corporation-loss-submission-form/?id=5810&from=1
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE)
Investors Affected: February 7, 2019 - February 5, 2020
A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. The filed complaint alleges that defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: Defendants perpetrated a fraudulent scheme which: (i) deceived the investing public regarding WWE's business and prospects; (ii) artificially inflated the price of WWE Class A common stock; (iii) permitted certain senior executives of WWE to sell more than $282 million worth of their personally held shares at fraud inflated prices; and (iv) caused the public to purchase WWE Class A common stock at artificially inflated prices.
Shareholders may find more information at https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/world-wrestling-entertainment-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=5810&from=1
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (INO)
Investors Affected: February 14, 2020 - March 9, 2020
A class action has commenced on behalf of certain shareholders in Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. According to a filed complaint, throughout the class period, defendants made misleading statements about the company's development of a purported vaccine for the novel coronavirus, artificially inflating the company's share price and resulting in significant investor losses.
Shareholders may find more information at https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/inovio-pharmaceuticals-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=5810&from=1
The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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That I needed to make a decision on who I can see myself with truly forever because I would be letting go of a person that was so dear to me. Can your partners pursue relationships outside of their romance with you? Polyamory is not a choice. Time passed and our big exams finally came. My husband and his friend and I all decided one night to experiment with sharing me sexually. I hope someone of you can help me with my situation.
I did move out of my bf place an now live alone but still see both. I was weak and vulnerable, not that its any excuse, but I budged, and I broke my word once again. If he would be mine, or me completely his, my decision would be easy. We are both recovering addicts working a twelve step program. Carrie Bradshaw, Big, and Aidan still not sure who to root for in that one.
Are You in Love with One Person While Committed to Another?
And I think I am too. I know it sounds strange, but that is me. I love my husband with all my heart, but I can't deny my feelings for the other man. The best thing you can do in this situation is to take the time to cultivate and love yourself. I never really stopped having feelings 4 my ex. As much as I want this to work, I fell for someone else.
I really wanna be with both of them. If you're in love with two different people, this may be a warning sign about your current relationship. Gonna stick with the bf of four years- the love is real, and after all, that is what I really desire in a man. Falling for someone might be painful, but if you've noticed that literally falling doesn't bother you as much anymore, it could be a big sign you're in love. Please share with me your experience , I need someone who can understand and who could be better than you? My best guy friend I have known about 7 years.
So he loves two women, and we are both trying to figure it out at 60+ years old. If it's the latter, you may be polyamorous. We enjoy the same music, have the same opinions, and we laugh at each others joke. Time is a reality that we all must abide by. I was crushed and then took it that he had just used me and tossed me aside as my husband keeps telling me. Each time I deleted a picture, it was painful, and that feeling kept growing, but I did anything to be just be on good terms with her again.
People say, 'If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second one.' Still, to me, it's a form of cheating. What do you think?
I love him I really do. As he is married with two kids, I tried to tell him not to cross the lines. I have been married for 5 and a half years to an amazing man. And be brutally honest with yourself when writing it. How are you dealing with it? Falling in love is an illusion. I decided that it would be easier for me emotionally to be back with my old boyfriend than to be with the other guy for the rest of the college year. There are only a handful of explanations that are feasible.
Little while later were at his house and one thing led to another and he attempted to kiss me. With infatuation, we fill in a lot of blanks. Although our situations are all a little different, humanity finds peace in general commonality. His beliefs are against seeking outside help. I found him, we made email contact and it was good. But together, their good traits would be the perfect man. Me and him started talking and hit it off instantly, the minute I looked at him as more than just a friend I could never get my mind off him.
He is not married, does not have children. To me it just sound like you are self centered and like instant gradification! I had turned into an awful person who did things that I never thought that I would do. It was just something that you did. So let me tell you what helped me in that situation. You may have feelings of love for both people, but want a monogamous relationship.
Practical, spiritual but a simple man. I had no expectations going in and it was a total surprise that we both connected in the way we did. I just don't know what to do. This hormone creates the feeling of infatuation with your partner. The alternative of several changing partners, is not very satisfying either.