New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 26 – April 1. And this week's video: Seth Godin suggests that we can benefit from thinking backwards—flipping the point of view on which our assumptions are based. 19 minutes, safe for work.
Christian Stewart notes some significant data privacy concerns for this of us who use Google's services and products. 5 minutes to read. Nervous yet?
A 2016 memo by Facebook VP Andrew Bosworth acknowledges that the company's relentless pursuit of growth via data collection could get people killed. Ethics matter, even when you're popular. 8 minutes to read.
Kailash Awati provides a very detailed tutorial on using a Monte Carlo simulation to calculate a distribution of probable completion times, using a simple project with four tasks and three-point estimates. 20 minutes to read, but well worth it.
John Goodpasture extracts some key principles from Nate Silver's book, The Signal and the Noise: why so many predictions fail – and some don't. 2 minutes to read.
Elizabeth Harrin reviews SaaS project resource management TeamDeck. 5 minutes to read.
Katrine Kavli gives us a crib sheet on test plans, useful for everyone from project managers to end users recruited for UAT. With templates! 2 minutes to read.
Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy explains how (and why) to create your own project management templates, rather than download one from some PM site. 4 minutes to read.
Brian Anthony O'Malley recommends a few ways to make your status reports more effective in a way that promotes your personal brand. 5 minutes to read.
Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from agile ecology to scaling with Lean and DevOps to problematic management principles. 3 minutes to read, 7 outbound links.
Brendan Connolly expands on Test Driven Development to provide an entry point for testers to perform their QA—start with objectives. 4 minutes to read.
Joe Colantonio interviews Michael Bolton on rapid software testing. Podcast, 38 minutes, safe for work.
Gojko Adzic notes that as more SaaS applications run in complex combinations, we will need to do more testing in the production environment. 7 minutes to read.
Pete Houghton explains how he found a bug—not by testing conformance to specifications, but by testing conformance to expectations. 2 minutes to read.
Martin Fowler announces the second edition of "Refactoring." 7 minutes to read.
Alexander Maasik curates his weekly list of leadership articles, from the importance of self-improvement to improving your KPI's to the difference between marketing, advertising, and branding. 3 minutes to read.
Mike Clayton points out the top priorities for project leaders, using the acronym LEAD. 10 minutes to read.
Marcia Reynolds explains the difference between convincing and influencing. 4 minutes to read.
Kiron Bondale notes that psychological safety must be cultivated one person at a time.
Daniel Bourke notes that we may have already invented artificial general intelligence. Maybe we just haven't noticed. 5 minutes to read.
David Nield shares eleven tell-tale signs your accounts and devices have been hacked. 8 minutes to read.
Dan Kopf charts the history of the scatter plot (OK, that was nerd humor—so sue me). 3 minutes to read.
John Yorke philosophizes on feedback—one can be the beneficiary of feedback or the victim. 5 minutes to read.
Francisco Saez explains why you need a daily action plan to let you focus on what's important. 3 minutes to read.
Laura Guillen reports on recent research that casts serious doubt on the existence of a "confidence gap" between men and women. 5 minutes to read.
Donald Charles Wynes suggests an interesting way to identify risks: pretend the project is over, and you're trying to analyze why it failed.
Mike Clayton recommends eight techniques for identifying risks. I especially like Brainwriting and Pre-Mortem.
Andy Jordan points out another source of risk: a change in leadership.
Harry Hall shares a checklist that should help you understand your project, which is the first step in managing it.
Glen Alleman presents the Project Breathalyzer: should your project even be on the road?
Women Testers has released the April edition of their quarterly online magazine.
John Goodpasture contemplates managing schedule slack, based on a TED talk by Tim Urban on procrastination. Just 14 minutes, safe for work.
Elise Stevens interviews Emma Arnaz-Pemberton on how PMO's can become trusted partners to the business. Just 16 minutes, safe for work.
Alistair Cockburn gives an excellent talk, "The Heart of Agile." Just 50 minutes, safe for work.
Joshua Taylor makes a good point: designers shouldn't focus on code – they should focus on the business.
Henny Portman returns from class with a nice summary of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) 4.0.
Emanuele Passera begins a series on Kanban, with a brief introduction to the terminology.
Angela Wick explains the difference between use cases and user stories, and why you should use one or the other but not both.
Sandeep Paudel posts a brief user story FAQ. Part one of two.
Cameron Conaway gets a few ideas about vision from Patti Sanchez, Chief Strategy Officer at Duarte, Inc, a "visual storytelling company" in Silicon Valley.
Suzanne Lucas, the Evil HR Lady, explains why hiring is so much more difficult than you might expect.
Liane Davey tells us how to deal with chronic complainers.
Art Petty explains how to succeed in high-pressure conversations.
Allen Ruddock contemplates the nature of motivation.
Bruce Harpham gives us a comprehensive approach to winning that next promotion.
Project Journal has rounded up 30 of the best interview questions to ask of applicants for a project management position.
Derek Huether explains how to triage meeting requests.
Thomas Carney summarizes six highly regarded productivity systems, and identifies roles that they might work best for (and not).
Seth Godin makes the (quality) case for not using free software.


Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt registered a facile win in his first race of the year in Europe, but the Jamaican failed to break 20 seconds in the 200m at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava.
In wet conditions, Bolt clocked 20.13 seconds, well outside his 19.19 seconds world record mark to beat American Isiah Young on Tuesday, reports bbc.com.
"You can't be satisfied if I don't break 20 seconds," the 28-year-old, who is building up to the World Championships in August, said.
He won 100m, 200m and sprint relay gold at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. "I just need to try to get myself into running shape. I really wanted to break 20 seconds but the conditions didn't allow. And I'm coming back from injuries, so it's going to take time," Bolt said.
Asafa Powell took the 100m in 10.04 seconds. The 32-year-old former world record holder was also well off his best pace, having clocked 9.84 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston this month.
His compatriot Bolt improved on his season's best of 20.20 seconds for the 200m, set in April in Jamaica, but conceded he was well off where he will need to be by summer.
Britain's Richard Kilty was third in the 100m in 10.31 seconds, while James Ellington finished sixth in 10.45 seconds, before doubling up in the 200m, coming home fourth in 20.81 seconds.


text:
package pdp

import (
	"fmt"
	"net"
	"testing"

	"github.com/google/uuid"
	"github.com/infobloxopen/go-trees/domaintree"
	"github.com/infobloxopen/go-trees/iptree"
	"github.com/infobloxopen/go-trees/strtree"
)

func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
	ct := strtree.NewTree()
	ct.InplaceInsert("test-notag-content", &LocalContent{id: "test-notag-content"})
	var nullContent *LocalContent
	ct.InplaceInsert("test-null-content", nullContent)
	tag := uuid.New()
	ct.InplaceInsert("test-content", &LocalContent{id: "test-content", tag: &tag})
	lcs := &LocalContentStorage{r: ct}

	ctx, err := NewContext(lcs, 9, func(i int) (string, AttributeValue, error) {
		switch i {
		default:
			return "", undefinedValue, fmt.Errorf("no attribute for index: %d", i)

		case 0:
			return "b", MakeBooleanValue(true), nil

		case 1:
			return "s", MakeStringValue("test"), nil

		case 2:
			a := net.ParseIP("192.0.2.1")
			if a == nil {
				return "", undefinedValue, fmt.Errorf("can't make IP address")
			}

			return "a", MakeAddressValue(a), nil

		case 3:
			_, n, err := net.ParseCIDR("192.0.2.0/24")
			if err != nil {
				return "", undefinedValue, fmt.Errorf("can't make IP network: %s", err)
			}

			return "n", MakeNetworkValue(n), nil

		case 4:
			return "d", MakeDomainValue(domaintree.WireDomainNameLower("\x07example\x03com\x00")), nil

		case 5:
			st := strtree.NewTree()
			st.InplaceInsert("1 - one", 1)
			st.InplaceInsert("2 - two", 2)
			st.InplaceInsert("3 - three", 3)
			return "ss", MakeSetOfStringsValue(st), nil

		case 6:
			nt := iptree.NewTree()
			_, n, err := net.ParseCIDR("192.0.2.0/28")
			if err != nil {
				return "", undefinedValue, fmt.Errorf("can't make IP network: %s", err)
			}
			nt.InplaceInsertNet(n, 1)
			_, n, err = net.ParseCIDR("192.0.2.16/28")
			if err != nil {
				return "", undefinedValue, fmt.Errorf("can't make IP network: %s", err)
			}
			nt.InplaceInsertNet(n, 2)
			_, n, err = net.ParseCIDR("192.0.2.32/28")
			if err != nil {
				return "", undefinedValue, fmt.Errorf("can't make IP network: %s", err)
			}
			nt.InplaceInsertNet(n, 3)
			return "sn", MakeSetOfNetworksValue(nt), nil

		case 7:
			dt := &domaintree.Node{}
			dt.InplaceInsert("example.com", 1)
			dt.InplaceInsert("example.org", 2)
			dt.InplaceInsert("example.net", 3)
			return "sd", MakeSetOfDomainsValue(dt), nil

		case 8:
			return "ls", MakeListOfStringsValue([]string{"1 - one", "2 - two", "3 - three"}), nil
		}
	})
	if err != nil {
		t.Errorf("Expected no error but got %s", err)
	} else if len(ctx.String()) <= 0 {
		t.Error("Expected content description but got nothing")
	}
}

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News January 6, 2021 / 4:00 PM / Last updated: January 6, 2021 January 6, 2021
Hello and welcome to today's NixFAQ news and today I will discuss things that happening in the *nix universe and the tech world. We have lots of new releases which I won't discuss much, instead I will focus on important and interesting news and events happening in the *nix universe and the tech world.
Github will continue to operate in Iran
Github will continue operating in Iran after the US grants exemptions. This is great news for Iranian developers who are working with open source software. And after the exemption, Github is working to restore services in Crimea and Syria.
Due to the US sanction, Iran is restricted to trade within the US. That means no US based services can operate in Iran. The exemption happened a few days ago and yesterday Github announced that they will now operate without restriction in Iran. Previously Github only provided limited access in Iran.
Minecraft Earth is shutting down
Microsoft announced that it will shut down Minecraft Earth, an Augmented Reality game based on a successful Minecraft game. It allowed players to use Augmented Reality to build various things with different blocks in real life scenes. Players could interact with the real world and explore similar to Pokemon Go, another successful AR game.
Microsoft released the last version yesterday and it will remove the app on June 30th. And player data will be deleted in July. The reason for the shutdown is global pandemic and players cannot go out. Microsoft encouraged players to play the game at home but still the main purpose of the game is hindered due to the ongoing pandemic.
Singapore is using Covid-19 tracking data for different purpose
Singapore used data collected from the mandatory covid19 app enforced on residents. About 70% of Singapore's residents have installed and provided data for the app. Recently, the security officials accessed collected data from the app and used it for murder investigation.
While many can defend the reasoning, it is certainly a violation of privacy. Many developing countries with unstable political states can misuse such data to oppress minority, target individuals and misuse for various reasons.
The minister of Singapore said: "I think Singaporeans can understand why Section 20 of the CPC confers such broad powers. There may be serious crimes — murder, terrorist incidents — where the use of TraceTogether data in police investigations may be necessary in the public interest. The police must be given the tools to bring criminals to justice and protect the safety and security of all Singaporeans."
Microsoft is planning for a redesigned Windows 10
WIndows 10 is far from a polished operating system. The overall design is inconsistent and awkward for this old operating system. The theming is limited and complex while windows, icons and context menus show inconsistencies across desktop. Microsoft is planning to redesign Windows 10 and make it polished. It is a rumor, I can feel why Microsoft should do such a thing.
With the release of Windows 10, a fully re-designed layout and desktop experience with new and edge features. New start menu, taskbar, window and settings gave Windows 10 a new look. But older complex control panels and features were also still included. Windows 10 was suffering from inconsistency.
UK judge blocks extradition of Wikileaks founder to US
A UK judge has ruled that Jullian Assange, founder of Wikileaks cannot be extradited to the US for health issues. Mr Assange faces an 18-count indictment from the US government, accusing him of conspiring to hack into US military databases to acquire sensitive secret information relating to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, which was then published on the Wikileaks website. Later Assange took refuge in the UK and UK police arrested Assange due to a request from the US.
"Faced with the conditions of near total isolation without the protective factors which limited his risk at HMP Belmarsh, I am satisfied the procedures described by the US will not prevent Mr Assange from finding a way to commit suicide and for this reason I have decided extradition would be oppressive by reason of mental harm and I order his discharge."
Know who contributed most in Linux 5.10
Statistics published by LWN gives us a summary of the contributions made by various organizations. On this version of Linux kernel, Huawei and Intel took the lead in contribution. Huawei with its OpenEuler and cloud business that is competing with AWS and Google Cloud heavily relies on Linux.
Huawei with its US ban, struggling with the restriction from using Android, latest technology and Qualcomm's chipsets. Recently they announced an open source operating system for their own ecosystem which is based on AOSP and Linux.
Apple patent indicates wireless charging base integrated in Macbooks chassis
A new patient has surfaced and people are talking about Apple's patent for an integrated wireless charging system. The patent shows three charging coils inside macbooks chassis with iphone charging on one side, and apple watch on the other side.
Although this is just a patent and Apple may or may not introduce it in the future, this is a cool thing which can be very handy for so many users. '
Amazon buys more jets
Amazon adds more jets to their delivery fleet. They bought 11 Boeing 767-300 and they are set to start operating in 2022. Amazon news said
"Our goal is to continue delivering for customers across the U.S. in the way that they expect from Amazon, and purchasing our own aircraft is a natural next step toward that goal," said Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Amazon Global Air. "Having a mix of both leased and owned aircraft in our growing fleet allows us to better manage our operations, which in turn helps us to keep pace in meeting our customer promises."
While talking about Amazon Air, they stated:
"Amazon Air plays a central role in delivering for customers by transporting items across longer distances in shorter time frames. The four aircraft purchased from WestJet in March are currently undergoing passenger to cargo conversion and will join Amazon Air's network in 2021, and the seven aircraft from Delta will enter Amazon's air cargo network in 2022. These fleet additions will ensure added capacity in Amazon Air's network for years to come. The company will continue to rely on third-party carriers to operate these new aircraft."
US bans more apps from China – Wechat and Alipay is on the list
Trump signs an order to ban 7 apps from operating in the US. These chinese apps are accused of violating users privacy. Although many US companies do the same, Trump started a trend of banning apps in mass in previous years. Later India too banned many chinese applications for political reasons.
President Trump's order says "by accessing personal electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, and computers, Chinese connected software applications can access and capture vast swaths of information from users, including sensitive personally identifiable information and private information."
The order requires banning of 7 apps including Alipay, Wechat, Tencent QQ, CamScanner, SHAREit, VMate and WP Office.
So this is the end of today's news about recent events in open source, *nix and technology. Thank you so much for reading. Continue discussion in the comment.
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Alex Jones delves into the veritable cornucopia of headlines, explaining the FEC's move to regulate conservative media outlets like Drudge Report as an attack on the First Amendment, and reporting on the crisis in Ukraine where pro-Russian forces battle for control of the east. Jones also looks at the wider repercussions of U.S. entanglement in the regional war, keeping in mind Russia's military exercises involving nuclear capable strategic bombers off the Pacific coast of the U.S. We'll also consider the latest Fukushima radiation news, predictions that every country will have armed drones within 10 years, the Obamacare boondoggle, as well as take your calls on this worldwide transmission.
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To stand by passively without so much as raising one's voice as the tide of tyranny rises is a betrayal of our children and our grand children.
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According to Michigan Public Radio, the ruling could ban all chickens, goats, honey bees and other animals from farms which have another residential house less than 250 feet away."
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News > News > Meet the winners of MedAI: Transparency in Medical Image Segmentation challenge
Meet the winners of MedAI: Transparency in Medical Image Segmentation challenge
The winners of NORA's first dataset challange were announced in November 2021. MedAI: Transparency in Medical Image Segmentation was a challenge held in connection with the Nordic AI Meet conference and focused on medical image segmentation and transparency in machine learning (ML)-based systems.
NORA, in association with Simula, proposed three tasks to meet specific gastrointestinal image segmentation challenges collected from experts within the field, including two separate segmentation scenarios and one scenario on transparent ML systems. The latter emphasized the need for explainable and interpretable ML algorithms. NORA provided a development dataset for the participants to train their ML models, tested on a concealed test dataset.
The challenge gathered huge interest among young researchers and a total of 17 papers were submitted, answering the challenge. Read all the submitted papers in the first volume of the journal Nordic Machine Intelligence.
NORA and Simula would like to thank everyone who participated in the competition.
Here you can meet the winner and runner up.
Adrian Galdran
Adrian Galdran, is a researcher on biomedical image analysis. Currently he is enjoying a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowship that allows him to do research under the supervision of Gustavo Carneiro from the University of Adelaide and Miguel Ángel González-Ballester, from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona. His education is as a mathematician, although his Ph.D. was on image processing, and after that he has been working almost exclusively on computer vision for medical image analysis. We have taken the opportunity to ask Galdran some questions about his experience with the challange. You can read his winning paper here.
Q&A with Adrian Galdran
How did you come across the competition?
I had already participated on previous competitions organized by the same team, and I got an email from the organization informing me about MedAI.
What triggered you to participate in the competition?
The competition I had participated previously, which was held at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition last year, was about polyp segmentation, which means that I was familiar with the kind of data in MedAI. At the same time, I had been improving my image segmentation private code since then, so I thought I would give it a try in this new competition. In addition, the folks at DataCrunch.io, a Finnish startup that provides cloud computing infrastructure, kindly donated to me some GPU time for this project, which made it possible to run many simulations in order to find the optimal configuration of my model.
Have you participated in other such competitions? If yes, which and when?
Yes, in the last years I have been taking part in several medical image analysis competitions, usually associated with conferences I (used to) attend. For instance, I won the ICPR polyp segmentation competition I mentioned above (Endotect), and I got the second position on the EndoCV challenge held with the ISBI conference. I do not participate on Kaggle competitions, though, I find that people there exploit too much "dirty" tricks, and everything is too competitive for my taste.
How would you compare this competition to other competitions?
Compared to other challenges and competitions, the main two differences were the lack of intermediate validation and the transparency track.
You can find intermediate validation very often in other competitions, which means that there is a subset of the test data that is made public, and participants are allowed to try their solution many times against it before submitting their final predictions on the hidden part of the test set. I honestly prefer to have it the MedAI way, it prevents people from exploiting too much the data and developing methods that most likely wouldn't generalize well outside of the competition. Regarding the transparency task, it was a very nice (and original!) addition to the standard performance-based assessment.
What was your biggest take away from the competition?
I would say that with a properly trained modern deep learning model, the tasks of polyp or instrument segmentation from this kind of data is almost well-solved. It does not seem that minor differences in the boundary of an instrument's segmentation would make any relevant difference, so I think we can safely move on to greater challenges, like understanding better the surgical situation, the actions that take place, etc.
This competition was in the field of medical imaging. What is your thought on using AI in the medical field? What are the benefits?
The technology that we have these days is very mature for solving repetitive tasks and carrying out pattern recognition at an incredibly large scale, in terms of the amount of data that neural network can consume. AI models are a bit dumb, though, meaning that they can amazingly do pattern recognition, but their ability for reasoning in anything similar to a human baby is ultra-limited. So, I would say that the benefits are the tremendous amount of data that we can process at very high speed, not so much the augmented reasoning we get out of AI these days.
What is the most exciting part of working with AI for you?
Probably the velocity at which the field is expanding and evolving. My Ph.D. supervisor was an applied mathematician, solving Partial Differential Equations and things like that, and I remember when I used to tell him "this paper is from five years ago, it is outdated", he would answer "how is that possible? In my field, papers from decades ago are still useful nowadays". I find it challenging but also very rewarding that one needs to say all the time "checking the news" of computer vision and machine learning research if one wants to stay current.
The runner up
Debayan Bhattacharya
The runner up was a team consisting of Debayan Bhattacharya, PhD Candidate, Dr.rer.nat. Dennis Eggert, Dr.med. Christian Betz and Dr.Ing Alexander Schlaefer. You can read their paper here.
We have taken the oppurtunity to talk to Bhattacharya, who completed his Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, India in 2016. After his Bachelors, he worked for two years as a software developer in two startups in India. In 2018, he came to Germany to pursue his Masters in Hamburg University of Technology to make a career change towards Artificial Intelligence. He completed his masters in February of 2021 and decided to pursue a PhD under Prof. Dr. Alexander Schlaefer and Prof. Dr. Christian Betz. His Ph.D. is focused on finding novel Artificial Intelligence based solutions to detect and diagnose cancers occurring in the ear, neck, throat and head.
Q&A with the runner up
Debesh Jha tweeted about this competition.
There are multiple answers to this question. Firstly, I admire the works published by the organizers of this competition. Simula Research Laboratory has published noteworthy works in the domain of polyp segmentation. Seeing that the competition was being organized by people whose papers I have read, I decided that it would be best to take part in this challenge.
Secondly, the three tasks were challenging. The transparency task especially was really interesting. It mandated that the work that was submitted to the competition was reproducible. Furthermore, the participants were required to explain the model predictions. This was an eccentric requirement of the competition which I have not come across in any other competition.
The transparency task was one of the highlights of this competition. What made this task the most fun was that it was left entirely up to the participants to submit what they thought made their work more transparent. I enjoyed doing this task!
Firstly, I was very happy to see that my model performed better than many ensemble models. Secondly, I gained lot of experience in writing reproducible code. This is necessary especially in the rapidly evolving domain of Artificial Intelligence. Thirdly, I learned the best ways to perform hyper parameter tuning of my models thanks to this competition.
AI has huge potential in the medical field. I do not see AI as a complete substitute for doctors/physicians. However, I do see a future where AI based solutions work side by side with doctors and physicians. Taking the example of polyp segmentation, I believe clinics of the future will have portable AI based Computer Aided Diagnostics Systems installed. These AI CADx will give doctors a secondary opinion on the colonoscopy videos and can surely help in reducing misdetection of polyps.
Firstly, the most exciting part of working with AI is that it is still a black box. This gives tons of possibilities to discover new insights into how this black box operates from within. The more we understand the decision making process of AI models, the more likely such solutions will be trusted by people. Secondly, the artificial intelligence community is really great! Papers which would have been blocked behind pay walls are being openly shared as preprints. This makes it relatively easy for a novice to enter and for an expert to progress in this domain. I particularly like that many researchers have a code first approach to their research. Sharing code is one of the most important drivers of progress in this domain and I am glad this community is actively making an effort to publish reproducible code.
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News > Meet the winners of MedAI: Transparency in Medical Image Segmentation challenge


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Nearly four years ago, Amy Winehouse joined music legends Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain in the 27 Club, and much like those artists, her music and legacy continue to thrive after her untimely death.
This summer sees the arrival of Amy, a documentary that will focus on the late Grammy-winning singer's rise to fame, and we now have our first look at the trailer.
The documentary will feature unheard recordings, personal home videos and more.
"I'm not a girl trying to be a star or trying to be anything besides a musician. I don't think I'm gonna be at all famous. I don't think I could handle it. I'd probably go mad," says Amy in unreleased footage.
Amy, directed by Asif Kapadia, is set to premiere in the U.K. on July 3, with A24 having acquired distribution rights for the documentary in the United States, according to Deadline.


Ram Navami, Celebrates the birth of the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu, Lord Rama. This day is marked with Rath-yatras or Kalyanotsavams of god Ram with special importance in the cities associated with Ramayana Legend like Ayodhya, Rameshwaram, Badrachalam, and Sitamarhi.
Mythology has always been and will continue to be one of the most favored genres in the film industry.On this auspicious day, we take a moment to appreciate the films that have featured the story of Ramayan.
Directed by Babubhai Mistri, this epic narration managed to garner much attention owing to its costume designing. This film featured the complete story penned by Valmiki right from the birth of Rama to the killing of Ravana.
The first film to present the story of Ram in animated form. It was animated and directed by Japanese professionals. In one word, the film was truly amazing and inspirational to many others that followed.Believe it or not, box office hits at Hollywood have adopted many elements from the film. According to an article published by Hindustan Times, the flying chariot used in the film is later seen in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The spaceship kind of thing that flies, spotted in The Wachowskis. The eagles in Hobbits. The battle scenes in The Lord of the Rings and Tarzan. All of these draw some kind of remarkable similarities from the movie.
Hanuman is the first full length animated version of Ramayan. Retelling the story from the point of view of Hanuman has helped the film achieve success. This movie is credited to have pushed many more animated films in the mythological genre.
Produced by Ketan Mehta, it is the first 3D animated version of the story of Ram which had Manoj Bajpayee and Juhi Chawla voicing for Ram and Sita while Ashutosh Rana as the voice of Raavan.
It is the first mythological series to feature on the small screen in Doordarshan. Throughout the two years of its run, it gained immense popularity. Actors Arun Govil and Dara Singh are still remembered for their portrayal of the characters as Lord Ram and Hanuman respectively.


…And here is the new look. Awesome right?
I will be taking a trip to my friendly, neighborhood store to check out the slick labels and new flavors. But in the meanwhile, a recap of this lavish cup is in order.
There's so many ingredients that I won't list them all. White Tea, Lemongrass, and Chamomile are the three off the top. I couldn't detect the latter. And had no idea it was in there. And even after a cup, I still can't trace it. The Lemongrass, for me, was easy to taste. Rose Petals and Rose Hips are included, but I suspect in smaller amounts. With a melange of flavors, the Jasmine Tea that is included, was not found on my radar. Nevertheless, this is a comforting cup. It's the right amount of sweet that isn't overpowering. And that is what drinking your favorite cup of tea is all about. It's all about your taste buds and preferences. It's your cup of tea, pun intended?
There's a lot to like about the packaging too. A breathtaking drawing of a butterfly is on the front. On the back, there is a Caffeine Meter, which compares the milligrams of caffeine, per cup, against other teas and coffee. Fun!
And the tea tag itself, has inspiring quotes applied to each bag. Per it's In The Know section, you can enter a quote to be selected, and other great perks by joining their FanFare club. I just signed up, while I write this review.
I haven't tried this one. I'll have to add it to my list!
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Kelvin Harrison Jr. (* 23. Juli 1994 in New Orleans) ist ein US-amerikanischer Fernseh- und Filmschauspieler.

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Kelvin Harrison Jr. wurde 1994 in New Orleans geboren. Seine Eltern sind die Musiker Shirlita und Kelvin Harrison Senior. Er wuchs im Garden District auf und zog später in die Westbank. Harrison studierte Studiotechnik und Marketing, bevor er nach Los Angeles zog, um Schauspieler zu werden. Wie seine Eltern ist Harrison ebenfalls musikalisch, singt und spielt hauptsächlich Jazz und Gospel auf Klavier und Trompete.

Seine erste kleine Filmrolle erhielt Harrison in dem Filmdrama 12 Years a Slave von Steve McQueen. Eine Nebenrolle folgte 2015 in dem Filmdrama A Sort of Homecoming. 2016 war er in The Birth of a Nation – Aufstand zur Freiheit von Nate Parker in der Rolle von Simon zu sehen. Ab dem gleichen Jahr war er in insgesamt 12 Folgen der Serie StartUp in der Rolle von Touie Dacey zu sehen. 2017 folgte eine Rolle in dem Filmdrama Mudbound  von Dee Rees. Im gleichen Jahr kam It Comes at Night in die Kinos, in dem er die Rolle von Travis übernahm. Es folgten drei Folgen in der Serie Shots Fired.

Im Jahr 2018 folgten Rollen in Monsters and Men, Assassination Nation, Jinn und Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy. Eine Hauptrolle erhielt Harrison in dem im Januar 2019 beim Sundance Film Festival vorgestellten Mystery-Thriller The Wolf Hour von Alistair Banks Griffin. Im gleichen Jahr war er in der Titelrolle in Julius Onahs Filmdrama Luce und in zehn Folgen der Serie Godfather of Harlem zu sehen. In dem Filmdrama Gully von Nabil Elderkin spielt Harrison in der Rolle von Jessie einen Teenager, der sich mit zwei anderen Jungs durch ein dystopisches Los Angeles schlagen muss.

Weitere in Produktion befindliche Filme mit Harrison sind Waves von Trey Edward Shults, Bolden von Dan Pritzker und The Photograph von Stella Meghie.

Ende Juni 2020 wurde er ein Mitglied der Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Beim Toronto International Film Festival 2019 wurde Harrison neben Geraldine Viswanathan, Chino Darín und Josefine Frida Pettersen zu einem der vier Rising Stars bestimmt.

Im Jahr 2022 erschien er in den Filmbiografien Elvis und Chevalier. Während er im erstgenannten Film die Nebenrolle von B. B. King übernahm, spielte er im zweiten die Hauptrolle des Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799).

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2016–2017: StartUp (Fernsehserie, 12 Folgen)
 2016: The Birth of a Nation – Aufstand zur Freiheit (The Birth of a Nation)
 2017: Mudbound
 2018: Monsters and Men
 2018: Monster! Monster? (Monster)
 2018: Assassination Nation
 2018: Zu schön um wahr zu sein – Die JT LeRoy Story (JT LeRoy)
 2019: The Wolf Hour
 2019: Luce
 2019: Gully
 2019: Waves
 2020: The High Note
 2020: The Photograph
 2020: The Trial of the Chicago 7
 2021: Cyrano
 2022: Elvis
 2022: Chevalier

Auszeichnungen
African-American Film Critics Association Award
 2019: Auszeichnung in der Kategorie Best Breakout Performance (Waves)

Black Reel Award
 2020: Nominierung als Bester Hauptdarsteller (Waves)
 2020: Nominierung als Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller (Waves)
 2020: Nominierung als Bester Hauptdarsteller (Luce)

British Academy Film Award
 2020: Nominierung als Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller für den EE Rising Star Award

Gotham Award
 2017: Nominierung als Bester Nachwuchsschauspieler (It Comes at Night)

Hollywood Critics Association Award
 2020: Auszeichnung als Bester Nachwuchsschauspieler (Waves)
 2020: Aufnahme in die Next Generation of Hollywood

Independent Spirit Award
 2020: Nominierung als Beste Hauptdarsteller (Luce)

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Einzelnachweise

Filmschauspieler
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1994
Mann

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US: Iran Misusing World Court with Suit Aimed at Lifting Sanctions
By Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, Aug 28 (Reuters) – U.S. lawyers urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday to dismiss an Iranian lawsuit calling for a lifting of U.S. sanctions against Tehran, saying its real aim was to restore a 2015 nuclear pact rejected by President Donald Trump.
The ICJ is the United Nations' highest court for resolving disputes between nations. Its rulings are binding, but it has no power to enforce them, and the United States and Iran are both among a handful of countries that has ignored its decisions.
FILE PHOTO: International Court of Justice (ICJ) The Hague, Netherlands, March 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen/File Photo
Iran argues that the reimposed U.S. sanctions, which are undermining its already weak economy, violate a 1955 friendship treaty between the two countries – signed before Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution and the sharp deterioration in bilateral ties that has endured until today.
But U.S. State Department Legal Adviser Jennifer Newstead said on the second day of oral arguments in the case that Iran's appeal based on the 1955 Treaty of Amity was a legal dodge.
"Iran is endeavouring to use the procedures of the Treaty of Amity to enforce rights that it claims under an entirely different (agreement) that specifically excludes judicial remedies," she said.
Newstead said U.S.-Iranian disagreements should be resolved through diplomacy and not by the court.
Trump pulled out of what he described as a flawed 2015 pact between Iran and major world powers under which sanctions were lifted in return for Tehran accepting curbs on its nuclear programme. The Trump administration then announced unilateral plans to restore sanctions against Tehran.
Although Washington's European allies protested against the move, most Western companies intend to adhere to the sanctions, preferring to lose business in Iran than be punished by the United States or barred from doing business there.
"This case is entirely about an attempt to compel the U.S. by order of this court to resume" the 2015 nuclear deal, Newstead said.
In May, U.S. President Donald Trump, here displaying a presidential memorandum, withdrew from an international nuclear agreement that had lifted sanctions on Iran. Since then, the U.S. has imposed new restrictions on trade with the Islamic republic. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
The Trump administration has said its decision to quit the 2015 deal were prompted by U.S. national security concerns, including the threat it says is posed by Iran's nuclear programme and Tehran's involvement in conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Iran asked the ICJ, which is also known as the World Court, on Monday to order Washington to suspend the sanctions temporarily while it hears Iran's case in full, a process that could take years. Washington says that request must be rejected.
A provisional ruling is expected within a month, though no date has been set.
(Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg. Writing by Toby Sterling Editing by Gareth Jones)


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The nightmare for Ecount, an online gift certificate service, began last year when a hacker broke in to the company's system and stole personal information belonging to its customers. Nine months later, the criminal is still at large. The thief . . . The nightmare for Ecount, an online gift certificate service, began last year when a hacker broke in to the company's system and stole personal information belonging to its customers. Nine months later, the criminal is still at large. The thief has brazenly taunted executives with repeated e-mails while staying ahead of investigators, deftly wiping away his electronic fingerprints and covering his tracks at every turn.
"We're sick to death of hearing from him," Ecount Chief Executive Matt Gillin said of the intruder, who has offered to return the information for a fee.


Mama's Jewelry - What's Baking, Babycakes?
I was teary eyed when I received my Swarovski CZ sterling silver anniversary band with 13 round 2.0mm CZ's. This ring is absolutely stunning! It came in the mail extremely quickly, delivered in a classy black jewelry bag. When I opened the bag, I immediately loved how it glimmered and shined. I was so excited to see how how fabulous it looks with my wedding band. This ring is a precious reminder of 20 fabulous years with my husband and two children.


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Walter Page (1900–1957) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader.

Walter Page may also refer to:

Walter Hines Page (1855–1918), American diplomat, United States ambassador to the United Kingdom
Walter Page (umpire) (died 1958), New Zealand cricket umpire


What are Click & Go Solutions?
Click & Go solutions are Telefónica's innovative approach aimed at providing instant IoT solutions for organizations that traditionally do business in non-connected ways. The success is built upon the golden rule of technological success: a solution where technology is imperceptible to the user and is the easiest way to get things done.
Click & Go builds bonds between customers and companies offering their services in an easy to consume manner, thus increasing recurring business due to higher rates of customer satisfaction. These solutions also offer a competitive advantage over the 'disconnected' competence.
How did Click & Go begin?
Click &Go's debut came through Telefónica's close business relationship with home delivery food company Telepizza. Both companies were already seeking new ways of combining communication and technology. Telefónica has constantly sought innovative uses for cellular communication. Nowadays normally when we talk about the IoT we refer to non m2m (cellular) technologies such as Bluetooth LE, LPWA, WiFi, RF mesh networks or RFID. The use cases for m2m was limited to certain areas and applications and the ultimate goal has been to broaden the field of application.
To test the concept and streamline the use Telefónica is launching pilot programmes with selected clients from different business areas in order to test the best way of interacting with consumers in their everyday tasks using technology in a simple way.
What are the possibilities of Click & Go?
All Click & Go devices have a similar underlying hardware technology. At the core they have a pre-programmed welded SIM set to send service requests to a predetermined destination. In the case of Telepizza, the buttons resemble a fridge magnet, being actual physical replicas of the mobile app. Simply pressing the button for 3 seconds (to avoid accidental ordering) triggers the user's favourite order to be requested. A tiny LED and an SMS give the user confirmation that the order is on its way. Recurring orders are one of the main sources of business for home delivery food restaurants. Helping customers have a simple method of placing their favourite order is a great way of increasing brand loyalty and ease the overall process for clients.
What type of solutions does Telefónica envision as fitting into the Click & Go model?
The hardware is based on the Arduino compatible Thinking Things Open module that is designed for simple integrated cellular connectivity. Click & Go is the result of months of R&D from the same innovation team that developed the modular Thinking Things kit.
SEUR One Click, enables automatic pick up of courier packages wherever the button is located by simply pressing the button. It is aimed at easing operations for companies of all size (from SMEs to Large Organizations) that require urgent delivery courier services.
Cabify, is a simplified taxi ordering service that prints out a receipt upon pressing the button requesting a taxi with the car model, license plate, driver name and expected time of arrival for the client's safety. Thanks to Telefónica's Global SIM, it will be available in Spain, México, Peru and Chile.
Why is Click & Go a 'killer' solution?


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Russian ruble makes almost full recovery despite western sanctions
Russia's currency has almost fully recovered its value despite weeks of crippling sanctions from the West over the invasion of Ukraine.
"This is an ongoing process," Anthony Kim, a research fellow in economic freedom at the Heritage Foundation, told FOX Business. "For now, as markets are processing more and more information, and we see the conflict is getting prolonged rather than getting really intense and more negative."
"But this is not the end outcome," he stressed.
RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES
The ruble has recovered some of its lost value, with $1 equal to around 83 RUB as of Thursday. The exchange rate prior to the invasion saw $1 equal to roughly 83.53 RUB, with the peak at around 139 RUB.
"There was an immediate shock or reaction from the Russian market and the markets outside Russia, which is why we saw this immediate legitimate panic and legitimate downturn," Kim explained. "And where we are now is a different kind of period."
FILE PHOTO: Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of Russia's Central Bank, speaks during an interview in Moscow, Russia, June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina//File Photo | Reuters
Initial panic following the implementation of sanctions led to Russian citizens trying to pull their money from the bank, which forced banks to then borrow heavily from the Bank of Russia to meet demand.
BIDEN SANCTIONS 'MUST STAY' UNTIL UKRAINE, CRIMEA TERRITORY RESTORED: RUSSIAN CHESS GRANDMASTER KASPAROV
The Wall Street Journal argued that strict limits from Russia's Central Bank on currency exchange, withdrawals and hard-currency transfers helped to rein in the wild fluctuations that initially spooked officials into shutting down trading on the Moscow Exchange for almost a month.
Russia also faced the danger of sovereign default but avoided that particular hurdle with a debt payment of roughly $117 million. Credit rating agency Moody's earlier this month put Russia on the second lowest rung on the credit ladder, just above default.
Part of Russia's advantage is that the ruble is not "really" a global currency, Kim noted, which creates the space to partially insulate itself against foreign market reactions, which might otherwise accelerate the loss of value.
LATEST INFLATION DATA SENDS 'RED FLASHING SIGNAL,' ECONOMICS PROFESSOR BRIAN BRENBERG WARNS
"I think it's just part of the process … I don't think this is any meaningful recovery, it's an ongoing process," he said. "What's more important and more critical is the next step."
Russia's sale of oil and gas has also continued to dampen the impact of sanctions, which has prompted calls from Ukraine and its supporters to fully embargo Russian energy exports.
The US and Britain have cut all Russian energy imports, and Poland is working to undo its own commitments. Other European countries, such as Germany, are trying to follow but face difficulties cutting reliance on their chief source of energy.
Russia's economy is still experiencing pains from the sanctions that will likely intensify over the coming months, with inflation possibly reaching at least 20% this year and Russia's GDP tracking to shrink by 15%.
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Janis Kluge, an economist at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, told the Post that the "psychological effect is very important."
"It's very important what the population thinks about the health of the economy, and the ruble is one of the main indicators that every Russian knows," Kluge said.


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Which homes or renovations are eligible for this rebate?
Building a home or contracting someone to build one.
Buying a newly constructed or substantially renovated home from a builder.
Buying a newly constructed house from a builder, where you lease the land from the builder under the same agreement to buy the house.
Substantially renovating a home or building a major addition to one.
Buying a share of the capital stock in a newly constructed cooperative housing project.
How long must one live in a property in order for it to be eligible for rebate?
Whether or not an individual is eligible for this rebate depends on the intention of the buyer according to a recent case. (Wong v. Her Majesty the Queen.) The buyer must have purchased the property with the intention of using it as his or her primary place of residence, or the primary place of residence for a close relative. The purchaser's intent matters only at the time of the initial transaction and not at any time thereafter. The end result is that on a buy and flip, since the property was never intended to be the person's primary residence, there will be no rebate granted. The time that one must reside in a building is dealt with on a case-by-case basis, and usually hinges on how reasonable a claimant's usage of the property as their primary residence seems taking into consideration all of the facts.
How does the HST affect purchase of new homes?
As of July 1, 2010, a 13% HST tax, consisting of 5% federal tax and 8% Ontario tax, was imposed on new home buyers. The tax applied to a builder's sale of newly constructed or substantially renovated homes where both ownership and possession are transferred after June 30, 2010.
If a written agreement of purchase and sale was entered into on or before June 18, 2009.
Rebates are available for both the GST portion and the Ontario provincial portion of the HST Tax, and both operate differently.
Builders of newly constructed or substantially renovated rental housing, who make a supply by way of lease, licence or similar arrangement of the house, apartment or condominium unit are considered to have paid and collected tax under the self-supply rules for rental housing. Where the self-supply occurs after June 2010, the HST at 13% would apply. The HST would be calculated on the fair market value of the property, including the building and the land reasonably necessary for the use of the housing as a place of residence for individuals. The self-supply is deemed to occur at the later of the time of construction (or substantial completion of the substantial renovation) and the time possession or use of the rental property is given under a lease, licence or similar arrangement to an individual who is the first to occupy it as a place of residence. If a builder is required to pay tax on a self-supply before July 2010, the provincial part of the HST would not apply. However, the GST at 5% would apply. Purchasers who rent out a new home so that the first occupant of the new home is a tenant are entitled to the New Residential Rental Property Rebate (NRRPR) but cannot obtain the NRRPR from the builder. Such Purchases must apply for the NRRPR directly after closing.
An example of a property which would qualify as a self-supply would be as follows. An individual ("Individual A") hires a contractor to substantially renovate a house that they own and that they intend to rent out to an individual who will occupy it as a place of residence. The substantial renovation is substantially complete in August 2012, and on November 1, 2012, they give possession of the house under a lease to an individual who is the first to occupy it as a place of residence following the substantial renovation. Individual A meets the definition of "builder" for GST/HST purposes. Individual A will be considered to have made a taxable self-supply (sold and repurchased) the house on November 1, 2012, which is the later of the time the substantial renovation of the house is substantially complete and the time that you first give possession of the house to the individual. Since the self-supply occurs on or after July 1, 2010, the HST applies and Individual A will be considered to have paid and collected the HST on the fair market value of the house (i.e. building and land) on November 1, 2012.
Furthermore, for residential properties which are purchased for the first time which is to be used as a rental property in a non self-supply fashion, the application of such rebate is slightly different than the standard New Home Rebate. Despite the fact that they operate fundamentally in the same fashion, the way that they are applied differs. For rental properties, the rebate is obtained via an application for reimbursement after closing the deal, whereas in the New Home Rebate, the rebate is often incorporated into the sale price of the home and the builder will apply for it for themselves. This may put some additional, albeit temporary, financial strain on those purchasing an investment property.
The Ontario new residential rental property rebate would be available in respect of the provincial part of the HST so that qualifying newly constructed or substantially renovated properties of any price would qualify for a maximum rebate amount of up to $24,000 per rental unit. Landlords who purchase newly constructed or substantially renovated residential rental properties and pay the HST would be entitled to claim the Ontario NRRP. Landlords who build their own residential rental properties and are required to account for the HST under the self-supply rules would also be entitled to claim the rebate.


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Managing Entities Praise Florida Legislature for Prioritizing Behavioral Health Care Services This Session
The Florida Association of Managing Entities today applauded the Florida legislature for prioritizing behavioral health services this legislative session, especially at a time when Floridians are experiencing increased substance use and mental health issues.
"By expanding mental health services, especially in schools, the Florida legislature has taken an important step in ensuring all Floridians have access to the behavioral health care they need to live healthy and productive lives," said Natalie Kelly, CEO of the Florida Association of Managing Entities.
During the legislative session that ended last week, legislators funded critical programs for Floridians experiencing substance use and mental health challenges and directed COVID-19 funds to behavioral health services. The legislature also allocated additional funds to the 2-1-1 helpline that allows individuals to connect to the mental health resources they need.
Legislators also directed the opioid settlement funding to life-saving programs and the Managing Entity Care Coordination program, an innovative program that guides those who need multiple services from different providers across systems, such as law enforcement agencies, courts, child welfare, insurance/Medicaid, housing, school districts, etc. The legislature is also asking Managing Entities to assess cultural health disparities and develop strategies to engage minority populations on available community services.
Legislators prioritized children's mental health services by adding an extra $20 million for school mental health resources, allowing school districts to contract with Managing Entities to provide behavioral health care services to children and families in crisis. Further, lawmakers established a commission to evaluate mental health and substance use services in schools to serve students better.
Managing Entities also applaud the legislature for approving additional support for veteran's mental health and strengthening the laws for sober homes.
"The pandemic brought countless challenges to Floridians across the state, particularly related to mental and behavioral health," added Natalie Kelly. "We are grateful to legislative leaders, Gov. Ron DeSantis, and First Lady Casey DeSantis for continuing to recognize the importance of mental health services and prioritizing policies that help Floridians who are struggling."
The Florida Association of Managing Entities (FAME) is the statewide organization representing Florida's seven Managing Entities. FAME's mission is to advance the behavioral health recovery of individuals and their families in the state of Florida.


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Q: vue dynamic vlaue based on multiple data based on most of vue docs that have mentioned to single parameter,
I used the v-on:mouseover and leave to control  style dynamically based on each item color because i need to change each item color by hover based on its color and although I used !important with styles, it doesn't change

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A: Another approach without using mouseleave and mouseover, only CSS:
Apply the main color with :style for each list item from its data definition. Also add class on the parent element class="list" with the color for hover effect. And finally class="list-item" which inherits color from the parent on hover only. Thus color red is inherit on hover only:

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Live example:

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          title: "one",
          color: "red",
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          id: 2,
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          title: "three",
          color: "blue",
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})
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}
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}

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by Larry Fitzmaurice
R.I.P. Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers
The Los Angeles Times reports that Phil Everly, one-half of the Everly Brothers, died earlier today in Burbank, Calif. at the age of 74 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His wife, Patty Everly, told the Times that the disease was the result of a lifetime of smoking cigarettes, adding, "We are absolutely heartbroken. He fought long and hard."Along with sibling Don, the Everly Brothers had nearly three dozen songs place on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during the height of their popularity in the late 1950s and early '60s. Check out a few highlights from their career below.
"Bye Bye Love":
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David Hogg is having difficulty with his college applications.
I assume he sent in the applications back in January, and so there wouldn't be any references to his recent gun-control activism. But still...I'd expect a lot of colleges would want to take a flyer on him.
Yesterday, BlackLivesMatter1 began posting links to a new domain: BlackLivesMatterMedia.com. This domain contains embedded links to news stories, and it basically acts as a middleman between the headlines on BlackLivesMatter1 and the news sites.
The very first article embedded on BlackLivesMatterMedia was a fake news story from BreakingNews247.net, claiming that an old photo of the 1936 Yankees showed the players kneeling in protest during the National Anthem. Snopes debunked this story back in November, and several commenters on the BlackLivesMatter1 Facebook page called out the story as fake. Nevertheless, the post has been shared 867 times and liked 1,678 times.
There is a "DONATE" page on BlackLivesMatterMedia.com, where you can give money in order to help boost the stories on Facebook. (I won't link directly to the donation page, but you can view an archive here.) The "Buy Now" button takes you to PayPal. A drop-down menu shows dollar amounts ranging from $4.99 to $4,999.99.
It's a free country, and if folks want to give money to a sketchy, anonymous Facebook page, that's their right. I just hope anyone who's thinking of giving money to BlackLivesMatter1 (AKA "Black Lives Matter Media") will do some research first.
Come on, Startoriall.com, who are you trying to fool?
Your article from February 24, 2018, is titled "The Highest Form of Disagreement"
An article in The Atlantic from June 26, 2017, is titled "The Highest Form of Disagreement"
For Joshua Johnson, the host of 1A, an NPR talk show inspired by the First Amendment, Americans can better thrive despite their differences and disagreements by taking inspiration from the courageous lead character in a modern classic.
41 domains have been linked with the admin e-mail address "Info@33universal.com."
I've already mentioned 16 of them: 33Networks.com, BooksNReview.com, Celebeat.com, ChesterCo.com, DesignTimes.com, FashionNStyle.com, FashionTimes.com, FoodAdnet.com, iTechPost.com, JobsNHire.com, MobileNApps.com, MotorTimes.com, ScienceTimes.com, TechTimes.com, TravelersToday.com, and UniversityHerald.com.
1. AsianInside.com -- Offline. No archived pages.
2. BooksJournals.com -- Offline. No archived pages.
3. BoomsBeat.com -- This site is a combination of listicles ("50 Interesting Facts About Whitney Houston") and product reviews ("Top Best 5 karaoke speakers for sale 2017"). Some review pages contain outbound links to the products on Amazon, while other review pages contain outbound links to the products on IBBuy.com. The BoomsBeat About Us page says: "Owned and Operated by IBSPOT Inc"
4. BoomsBuzz.com -- Offline. No archives.
5. BoomsPlus.com -- Offline. No archives.
6. BoomsWire.com -- Offline. No archives.
7. DailyNewsNow.com -- Offline. This site was mainly re-posting Reuters articles for a period of time in late 2014/early 2015. In December of 2015, the homepage started aggregating excerpts of articles from other news sources, similar to Memeorandum.
8. DailyZone.com -- Offline. This was a news website with an emphasis on international news. An About Us page from September, 2014, shows the address 33 Whitehall Street, 7F, New York, NY, 10004.
9. Enstars.com -- Redirects to Enstarz.com.
10. EntertainmentAsiaTimes.com -- Offline. No archives.
13. HNGNTV.com -- Offline. No archives.
15. KPopStars.com -- Redirects to KPopStarz.com. The entity KPopStars Inc. was registered in New York on December 12, 2011. The DOS Process address is 61 Broadway Suite 0120, New York, New York, 10006. The CEO is Julieta Mendoza, and her address is 33 Whitehall St, 7th Fl, New York, New York, 10004.
16. LatinosColumn.com -- Offline. No archives.
17. MDNewsDaily.com -- This site contains various science-themed articles. The About Us page says: "mdnewsdaily provides medical news and health news on a daily basis.
18. MoneyTimes.com -- A news site about finance and business. The most-recent story is from May, 2017. The Contact page shows the address 40 Wall Street FL 28, New York, NY 10005. The entity "Money Times Inc." was registered in New York on April 9, 2015. The DOS Process address is: David Enwright, 40 Wall Street, Flr 28, New York City, New York, 10005.
19. NewsEveryDay.com -- A general news site. The most-recent articles are from January, 2018. The About Us page says: "News Everyday is committed to providing insightful and engaging approaches to the news that will inspire thought-provoking discussions among our consumers." The Contact page shows the address 115 E 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York City, NY 10022.
20. OffbeatAsia.com -- This is an empty WordPress blog. There's just a "Hello world!" post, dated April 21, 2017.
21. Pierpaolo.com -- A media company. The About Us page says "Pierpaolo is a New York-based Corporation providing digital global fashion news to a growing audience of 2 million fashion-obsessed." Its portfolio includes FashionNStyle.com BeautyWorldNews.com, and DesignNTrend.com. The Contact page shows the address 37 Trinity Place, BSMNT, New York, NY, 10006. The entity "Pierpaolo Corporation" was registered in New York on July 7, 2011. The DOS Process address is Pierpaolo Corporation, 33 Whitehall Street Fl 9, New York, New York, 10004-2112.
22. Sandwichsms.com -- Offline. No archives.
23. TravelerToday.com -- Offline. The site's archived URLs redirect to TravelersToday.com.
24. uPlayList.com -- Offline. This was a site where users could make and share YouTube video playlists. By late 2014, the URL would redirect to uplaylist.kpopstarz.com.
25. VineGroup.net -- Offline. No archived pages.
Just cause I want to track this.


IT service provider IT-Informatik cut operating costs by upgrading its infrastructure to IBM POWER8 and IBM PowerKVM. Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power, the company can now offer customers a faster and more reliable service, deploying SAP applications 75 percent faster.
IT-Informatik wanted to stay ahead of competitors by offering sophisticated SAP hosting and cloud services—but its complex landscape made it difficult to set up client environments cost-effectively.
To simplify and optimize its SAP application hosting and cloud services, the company is using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on an IBM® Power® System S822L server with IBM PowerKVM virtualization.
IT-Informatik provides SAP solution hosting and cloud services for medium-sized companies. For example, the company hosts SAP ERP applications for financials, controlling, materials management, production planning, as well as SAP ERP Human Capital Management and SAP Business Warehouse.
To secure its leading market position, IT-Informatik aimed to boost retention and win new business by creating highly competitive and flexible offerings. Achieving the goal meant streamlining its hosting environment to improve agility, operational efficiency and cut costs.
With existing systems at or near capacity, IT-Informatik, looked for ways to expand the scope, performance and capabilities of its hosting and cloud services. The company realized that if it could accelerate the deployment of new SAP application environments, it could on-board new customers more rapidly and respond faster to clients' changing business needs. How could it enable faster implementations and reduce total operating costs?
IT-Informatik runs the majority of its customers' mission-critical solutions on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for IBM® POWER8®. The company recognized that consolidating its servers to a single IBM Power Systems™ server running multiple virtual machines would dramatically simplify the IT environment, cut costs and increase system flexibility.
To expand its fully virtualized and automated environment for SAP application hosting, IT-Informatik worked with IBM to deploy an additional IBM Power System S822L server, IBM PowerKVM virtualization and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for IBM Power operating system in combination with two IBM Storwize® V7000 storage systems.
IT-Informatik currently runs approximately 30 SAP systems, and is gradually moving additional workloads to the new IBM POWER8® processor-based servers. To ensure business continuity even in the event of failure of a location, the company synchronizes data between the IBM Storwize V7000 systems using IBM Metro Mirror technology across two sites. The IBM Storwize V7000 devices include a mix of solid-state and standard disk drives, offering high-performance data access at an optimized price point for customers.
Jürgen Mang says: "IBM PowerKVM is the ideal solution for us. Because we have experienced SUSE Linux Enterprise Server administrators on our team, working with IBM PowerKVM is a big advantage, as it enables our people to build on their previous experience with virtualization on other platforms without the need to learn completely new tools.
In comparison to its x86 server landscape, IT-Informatik is now realizing the benefit of running its client environments on IBM Power Systems servers, including higher SAP workload capacity per processor, improved reliability and lower maintenance during the leasing cycle. As a result, the company has increased business agility and substantially reduced its total cost of ownership, enabling more competitive pricing.
Headquartered in Ulm, Germany, IT-Informatik offers SAP consulting and hosting services. The company also develops online shops and web-based business to business applications. IT-Informatik employs more than 300 people and reports annual revenues of approximately EUR30 million (USD33.1 million).
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This past weekend I made my second trip to Texas for the spring turkey season. This trip I would be the cameraman, guide, and do some of the calling but not hunt. I would be videoing the hunt with two close friends Billy and David and wanted to try and get some great turkey hunting video footage and try to get Billy on his first Rio Gobbler. We would be hunting another friend of mines ranch in Palo Pinto County about 100 miles west of Dallas, Texas. He has a 2,600 acre place that has hardly if ever been spring turkey hunted. I had made a trip out to this ranch about a month back to help him shoot some hogs. When I was there I could not help but notice all the turkeys and how many mature Gobblers I was seeing. So we setup a date with the rancher to head back over and try our luck on the Gobblers.
The three of us arrived at the ranch just at dark on Thursday afternoon and tried to get a gobbler or two to sound off on the roost. We heard a few but could not nail down their exact location mainly due to wind.
Friday morning we decided to try an area along a big creek bottom which ran into a small cow pasture which my buddy who has the property told me he had been seeing plenty of turkeys in that area over the last few days. We eased into the cow pasture way before daylight and stood along the tree line and waited for the sound of a gobbler. It did not take long and as soon as the song birds started their morning ritual the gobblers started sounding off. We could hear 5 or 6 gobblers within 300-400 yards of our location and sounded like a few more farther away. We decided to split up and I would video David's hunt first while Billy moved to another location to try his luck. David and I picked out the closest Gobbler that was about 150 yards away and made our way next to the creek where he was roosted. We found a nice thicket along the fence line and decided to setup there. We put out one hen decoy in the cow pasture and sat down and waited. I let out a few soft tree yelps and got an immediate response. As more daylight came we could see a turkey in a tree not 60 yards from us. The turkey had a beard but was not gobbling. We could also hear a hen yelping and the gobbler gobbling only about 100 yards from us. I let out a few more tree yelps and got cut off every time by the gobbler. It did not take long and we could hear and see turkeys pitching out the trees. We sat for a few minutes and I let out a few yelps and got cut off again by the gobbler gobbling at my call. After a minute or two David noticed some movement on his side, he whispered that I see a hen entering the field, then here comes the gobbler in full strut! I could not move and only watch as the hen and gobbler moved closer to the decoy. I have my camera tripod on the opposite side that the turkeys are approaching on. I whisper to David that I cannot get the video camera around and to get ready to take the shoot. As he readies I let out a cluck with my mouth call and the turkey gobbles, BOOM David lets the Gobbler have it with his 10 gauge with Hevi-Shot Turkey load! Done, one gobbler down! We walk over and he has taken a very nice Gobbler, he had a 9 7/8' beard and 1 1/8' spurs.
Billy was on gobblers where he went and took a nice gobbler that had an 8 1/2' beard and 1 1/16' spurs. Friday afternoon I sat with Billy on the edge of a cow pasture while David hunted on his own. Billy and I set out 3 hen decoys and 1 gobbler decoy. We both started calling and after a short while got a gobbler to answer us, then another and another. Before dark fell we had 3 different gobblers answering us and had hens and jakes entering the field. We watched as a big mature Gobbler entered the field straight across from our location some 100 yards away. I started running my video camera and thought we would get some great action on film. As he drew closer one of the hens didn?t like something and let out her alarm call and flushed the entire flock out of the field. We sat tight and let things calm down and called some more. The gobblers would answer but none came back in the field. While this was going on David took a nice gobbler on his own. It had a 9 1/2' beard and 1 1/16' spurs. So we ended our first day with 3 very nice gobblers.
Saturday morning we headed back to the cow pasture with the creek and worked several gobblers but none would commit and we could here hens with the Gobblers. It was still awesome as the gobblers would answer just about every call we could throw at them! The skies were getting dark and I checked my phones radar app, it showed rain moving in and fast. We headed out and pretty much shut down our afternoon hunt.
Sunday morning we decided to try a new area as my buddy that has the property told us while he was working cows he heard several gobblers right at dark and one sounded like it was on crack (gobbling like crazy)! He said it gobbled steady till dark and was just going crazy gobbling. So with that info we made our way before daylight and setup on the edge of another cow pasture. As daylight came so did the Gobblers. We could hear several and one that was gobbling none stop. As we listened closer it was two gobblers sounding off together. They were about 400 yards out but we couldn't pass up on going after these two! As we headed in their direction we heard another gobbler closer. We setup on him but he shut down on us once he flew down. The entire time these other two gobblers are just going crazy gobbling at everything (crows, cows, owls, and other turkeys). We packed up and continued heading in their direction. As we drew closer we could tell they were moving. I told Billy and David we need to pick up the pace. After a very fast walk and closing the distance I made a few load cackles and yelps and was cut off by them. I made another series of calls and had them turned around and heading in our direction fast. We quickly dropped to our knees, I made another call and they answered and was closing fast! We didn't even have time to set out a decoy. By the time we sat down and I got my video camera ready I made another call and they were on us at a dead run! The first one stopped at about 15 yards and BOOM Billy rolled it with his 10 gauge loaded with Hevi-Shot turkey load. The second gobbler spun around and took off flying. We were all pumped up to have a fast and furious hunt unfold like that. We figured from the time they started gobbling till the time Billy shot we had heard them gobble over 300 times! I just wish I could have captured the audio of all that! I cannot remember ever hearing gobblers go that crazy. It's was like they were feeding off of each other! Billy's gobbler had an 8' beard and 1 1/8' spurs. What a way to finish up our weekend hunt! I've got some great video footage which I will post on my YouTube channel 'LETUMGROW' when I get some time after turkey season.


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Bejeweled jumps to Android, Weatherbug helps wannabe Benjamin Franklins
We also talk to the people behind Swype, and eat with Evernote Food.
Florence Ion - May 4, 2013 12:05 am UTC
veggiefrog
The Android app market saw a few well-known applications get some major updates last week. Amazon's Kindle app for Android now features a new user interface, while Air Droid 2 has exited beta and brought those features over to apps in the Google Play store. We'll take a look at both of these apps and quickly chat with the developers at Swype, who have finally pushed through their widely-used keyboard application to the Google Play store.
We'll also celebrate the fact that Bejeweled Blitz has finally made it to the Android platform and look at Evernote's update to its Food app and Weatherbug's new interface.
Weatherbug, Free
The new WeatherBug interface is easier to navigate and includes an at-a-glance temperature gauge in the Android status bar, which you can turn off from the settings. Additionally, WeatherBug now includes Spark Lightning Alerts, which let you know if lighting will hit near you by tapping into your GPS location. You can also use the app's lifestyle forecast to figure out how bad the pollen is in your area, whether it's a nice day for a game of golf, or whether you should considering wearing moisturizer for the day.
Bejeweled Blitz, Free(mium)
The wait is finally over—for fans of Bejeweled, that is. Although Bejeweled Blitz has long been available to play on iOS and Facebook, it's now available on Android for as many glorious mobile gaming lightning rounds as you can fit into a ten minute train ride. The match-three puzzle game features the same mechanics as its predecessor, Bejeweled, but die-hard fans can now invest in coins to pay for power ups and bonus rounds. You can even share those power ups with friends on Facebook, though those who don't play will likely hide your status updates for spamming their feed. Although power ups and extra spins on the Bejeweled slot machine will cost you a pretty penny, it's a fun game to pick up from time to time to test your match-three reflexes. New players will also receive 100,000 coins for free with their initial download.
Evernote Food, Free
Evernote Food used to be a simple application for keeping track of food you've cooked and enjoyed without the temptation to spam friends on social networks with lunch photos (that's what I've been using it for, anyway). Now, the app has been updated to help inspire confused or curious chefs, and it's added some extra functionality for those who have used Evernote to store recipes all this time.
Recipes you've clipped with the Evernote Web Clipper will now appear front and center in the app, so you no longer have to navigate through the myriad of Notebooks in your Evernote account to try to figure out what to make for dinner. You can also check out the latest suggestions from food sites as well as other Evernote users and then add them to the "My Cookbook" section to try out later. Too tired to eat in? Evernote Food also offers a map of restaurants nearby and around the world, which you can add to a wish list for later eating.
Air Droid, Free
Those who are keen on cutting the cord will be happy to know that AirDroid, the app that lets you manage your phone from your desktop, has reached another full version number this past week. AirDroid 2 now includes the ability to sign in on the Web to launch the device, even if your device is not nearby. You don't even need to have it on the same Wi-Fi network for it work—all you need is to register for an AirDroid account, which now also lets you locate your phone should it get lost. You can also sign up for AirDroid through your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account.
The new AirDroid also features call notifications and allows you to initiate a call on your Android device from the desktop. There's also a remote camera functionality, which lets you check out what's going on in the environment around your phone with the rear-facing camera. The update also brings improved SMS, photo, and file browsing experiences.
Back in January, AirDroid beta version 2 had opened up its doors for public beta access via a side-loaded APK file, and many of the features included in the most recent update actually started out in the beta version. No word yet on whether the developers plan to release another beta version to help with future software updates.
Amazon Kindle, Free
This week, Amazon updated its Kindle app with a few new subtle interface changes to make the overall experience more pleasant for avid e-book readers. The app now has a redesigned carousel view that allows users to flip through e-book titles, a feature that was previously limited to Amazon's Kindle Fire devices, as well as an updated navigational panel that organizes content for quick access to books, documents, and newsstand periodicals.
Swype, 99 cents
Swype, the popular swipe-to-type keyboard application, is now in the Google Play store. Initially launched in 2010 in a private Beta, it eventually opened up to those interested in side-loading the application as long as they offered their e-mail in exchange. "Now that we're part of a bigger organization and we're super confident of the strength of our product quality, we were just looking forward to getting out in the Google Play store," said Aaron Sheedy, Vice President of Text Input for Nuance, the company behind Swype, in a telephone conversation with Ars. When asked about why it now costs 99 cents to purchase, Sheedy answered, "We think it's worth it." There may be beta versions in the future, however. "We might be testing out a new keyboard design for some language; we might be doing some A/B testing on our UI; we might be asking for a little more rigorous feedback. We really want to have that balance of "free," but you really gotta sort of help us out with feedback and stuff." Also, you can try it before you buy it.
Swype hit its peak when OEM overlays on handsets like Samsung's Galaxy S III started including the feature. According to Sheedy, it has over 80 OEM partners for its keyboard application and supports 62 languages and dialects. The app in the Google Play store also contains three features that were once exclusive to Beta users, including Living Language, which will automatically detect where you are when a phone is turned on and add local words; Smart Touch, which will adjust for sloppy typers, and Smart Editor, which predicts what words you're about to type based on the context of the message.
Florence Ion Florence is a former reviews editor at Ars.
KidSizedCoffin Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
Now if the Kindle Fire (HD) would be considered an Android device for the purposes of using the Google Play store. I don't have a problem sideloading most programs from unofficial mirrors, the same can't be said for some of my relatives, who are very much wanting bejeweled blitz on their Kindles.
Mine was a gift, so research ahead of time would not apply.
zonnked Ars Centurion
I had a problem with Swype when they replaced Google's voice interpreter with Dragon Voice.
After Google update their interpreter to print the words as you speak, it was hard to go back to the "Speak a paragraph, wait for it, ok now start editing" mode of dictation.
Anybody know if that's still the case?
(Even though Google has added a Swype like interface to their keyboard, I think Swype's is still better.)
epeternally Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
About time on Bejeweled Blitz for Android. That was, no joke, one of the points in favor of getting an iOS device for me.
103 posts | registered Dec 2, 2009
Malth Ars Scholae Palatinae
I use Weatherbug. No comment on the usability of the new UI, but they really need to bring back the scrolling animations and whatnot.
TheDissolver Ars Praefectus
I really miss the navigation/arrow keys from the old Swype UI. I updated to a beta version to fix a really annoying bug with Chrome's address bar, but I think I'll switch back.
Decade Ars Centurion
The new Kindle app has been thoroughly disappointing on my Gingerbread phone. Hyperlinks and contextual menus no longer work, so I can't use tables of contents, and I can't use the built-in dictionary.
Furthermore, I tried sending feedback, but my feedback just went to clueless technical support in India.
EDIT: Ah, another update. The program is still not working for some people, but it's working for me. I'm sated for now.
Last edited by Decade on Wed May 08, 2013 2:11 am
mnisdo Seniorius Lurkius
Interesting that Bejeweled was on Windows Phone before Android as well.
Why does EA always release its games twice, one under 'Electronic Arts Inc' for NA and 'EA Swiss Sarl' for the EU? It makes no damn sense to fragment them like this, especially when the games are free.
I'd love to try AirDroid but I question the intention of the venture capitalist behind its funding. I'll stick to the USB cord. :-P
mnisdo wrote:
Bejeweled was out for Android back in the Gingerbread days. I had it on my DroidX. But EA abandoned it and the app won't install or play on ICS and above. So Bejeweled Blitz is, very much, a RE-release on Android.
sprockkets Ars Legatus Legionis
SinclairZX81 wrote:
Just to show you how old that game is, it worked for my old Palm m130. A better version worked on my Palm Life Drive.
I wish they release Alchemy onto any up to date device.
16824 posts | registered Aug 12, 2005
ninjaroll Smack-Fu Master, in training
"LOL. You guys are JUST getting ____ now??? I've been using _____ for years now."
~in fandroid voice
Charles314 Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
I tried AirDroid, and unfortunately it only works over WiFi for me. I can't get it to connect via 3G. Anyone else experiencing the same problem?
IHaveABugInMyEye Seniorius Lurkius
Am I the only one who still cringes when they hear the name Weatherbug?
I don't care how nice their new app may be, they should never be forgiven for the horrible chirping adware they inflicted on millions of PCs for a decade.
Whole office floors used to echo with cricket sounds as if they had been struck by a biblical plague.
Eons of work hours were wasted uninstalling that crap and entire oil fields emptied to power the sound of it's foul chirp.
Its creators should be forced to walk the earth apologizing to every human being and begging for forgiveness. The company and its name should be struck from human memory, possibly by being turned into pillars of salt.
Never forget, never forgive!
9 posts | registered Oct 24, 2003
Leather Rope Ars Praetorian
Be careful with Weatherbug. If there is no local reporting station in your area, it will choose another one which could be many miles away from you. Yet the name that appears is your town.
jbrizz Ars Centurion
Bejeweled is incompatible with my Nexus 4? The most Androidest of Android devices? Typical.
Jilkon Ars Centurion
zonnked wrote:
My main beef with Google's keyboard is that it has no Swedish dictionary. That's the obvious benefit of Swype or Samsung's keyboard to me. Swype has tons of dictionaries that you can download. I do think it's worth a dollar since using it is very painless and quick. It guesses very well, and offers decent enough predictions of words to come too.
garapito Ars Scholae Palatinae
So what happens if you happen to have one of the handsets with Swype already installed and you want a newer release? You have to buy it from the store? I'm not gonna lie, that's kinda shitty.
Ars of Ares Moderator et Subscriptor
Mmmm.. nice updates here.
The biggest change for the Kindle app is putting the 'sync to furthest page' feature right up front on the menu button. The other elements are nice, too, but this is a feature I use quite often and it's really nice not having to hunt for it - not to mention, consistency with the Kindle device.
While I like Evernote Food, it simply will not sync with my recipes folder. That stinks, because entering recipes by hand - which I am wont to do after having created one - is much easier on the desktop, but you can't enter directly to Food. Maybe the update fixes this, I dunno, but at least it's not a deal breaker. With all the thought they put into segmenting data entry, it would also be nice to have an ingredients section.
One last note: The article is a hot mess on my screen. I had to [Ctrl]+[F] to find the writeup about Evernote Food because I scrolled past the Bejewelled screenshots. It could be IE8 playing tricks on me, but the screenies don't appear to match up with the blurbs.
IHaveABugInMyEye wrote:
Nope. It was pretty bad on the last phone I had with it pre-installed, too.
DancesWithBikers Ars Praetorian
No, you're not alone. Weatherbug was a horrible, nasty, invasive piece of malware. It went to great lengths to make it difficult to remove. I agree completely with your condemnation of it!
xwindowsjunkie Ars Scholae Palatinae
...or whether you should considering wearing moisturizer for the day.
That has never been a consideration for me, never ever. lol! Now if WeatherBug or some other apps start talking about chances of acid-rain or 100% chances of sandstorms, maybe. I would suspect I'd wear a raincoat or a facemask first though. Moisturizer hasn't made my grocery list in my memory.
1263 posts | registered Apr 1, 2010