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Spanning the Shenzhen River, the Eco-Land island terminal links economic powerhouse Shenzhen and its neighbors in the Guangdong province with the international finance and trade center of Hong Kong. The competition, co-sponsored by both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, seeks a “people-oriented” design that reflects the spirit of collaboration between the two populous and economically interlinked regions. With a population of over seven million, and mountainous surroundings dotted with nature preserves, Hong Kong is increasingly focused on green building and sustainable development in its remaining space.

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  1. kcraft82 August 5, 2011 at 9:18 am

    Interesting article. Sustainable design strategies can also be applied to super-tall buildings in China such as the Shanghai Tower

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Declan from O’Learys rang this morning. Good news. He got on to the boss at the Sigma repair company who told him my lens had been fixed all along and it was going to be dispatched today. Sounds like a load of bullshit to me, and
they were fobbing off anyone who rang from O’Learys making inquiries. There was €40 still left on the bill, but O’Learys have waived that in view of the length of time it took. I’m still very annoyed at their antics with my photos though.

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In Photos dot Org » camera tutorial Cork, Ireland and Elsewhere Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:41:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How to short circuit Tue, 27 May 2008 20:05:39 +0000 Ever since I posted Short Circuit I’ve been meaning to post a small tutorial on how I did it. There were so many comments from people clamouring to know the secret of how I made traces of light dance around the picture frame.

Actually, nobody asked. Will was kind enough to suggest another title but otherwise it went unremarked. *sob* I’m going to tell you anyway.

The image is a long exposure shot, of at least 1 second and preferably 4 or 5 seconds. I simply stood in front of a construction site at night, lifted the camera, hit the shutter and rotated the camera around in my hands. Needless to say, I did not have the strap around my neck or I would have done myself damage!
At first I tried Aperture Priority mode, setting the aperture really small (big numbers, around F/22), but then I decided to do the obvious, and used Shutter Priority and simply set the speed(time) I wanted. Below are a few shots from that night, including the scene as it was on the night and some experimental shots as I practiced. The technique is really easy, but can create some really interesting and eye catching photos.

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Selvin Young a Buckeye? It almost happened

Texas coach Mack Brown wasn't above using a little negative recruiting -- at least in a meteorological sense -- after learning that running back Selvin Young considered attending Ohio State rather than Texas during his recruitment.

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The Cap To Zap Brain Cancer? The NovoTTF

NovoCure, an Israeli medical device company, has just released positive data from its Phase III clinical trail of its electric helmet, the NovoTTF-100A.  This 'helmet' looks exactly like what it is - a cap full of electrodes that is intended to zap spreading brain cancer cells before they multiply and eventually kill patients with recurrent glioblastomas (GBM), the most deadly of brain cancers.

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Today's results, reported to the Neuro-Oncology group at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, showed that NovoTTF was effective in the trials, as effective or possibly even more effective than the best chemotherapy available, prolonging life by 28 percent over the chemotherapy survival.

Additionally, the NovoTTF treatment was associated with 3 to 4 times fewer infections, and fewer side effects than standard chemotherapy.  The most frequent side effect of the NovoTTF (< 20 percent of patients) was skin irritation on the head, which was resolved by using topical corticosteroids and repositioning of the cap.

The NovoTTF, which is powered by a 6-pound battery, is worn by the patient all day, except when taking a shower. The battery must be carried around with the patient, but otherwise he or she can engage in almost any activity - though I guess American football might be out of the question. The electrodes in the NovoTTF cap resonate at such frequency as to scramble the cancer cells and prevent them from multiplying, without doing harm to healthy cells.

In case the movie One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest comes to mind, Eilon Kirson, head of NovoCure's research and development, assures that the NovoTTF employs new technology. "Electricity has gotten a bad name in medicine in the last century or two," Kirson said in a telephone interview with AP reporter, Tom Randall. "People hear 'electric fields' and of course they are skeptical. In order to cross that barrier into biology and medicine, we had to start at the end. The end is glioblastoma."

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PAWTUCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hasbro invites the next generation of property tycoons to practice valuable money skills while helping other kids — all while having fun and playing games at the new MONOPOLY Planet page at Monopoly.com. The iconic brand is teaming up with the global organization SOS Children's Villages for the launch of the MONOPOLY Planet page on Monopoly.com to offer kids the opportunity to help build houses in real life for kids who need them.*

"We know that kids today love to help others, whether it's raising money for charity or helping to collect items for those in need, and we wanted to provide a new way for them to help others while having fun with MONOPOLY," said Jonathan Berkowitz, Vice President of Global Marketing for Hasbro Gaming. "For the launch of MONOPOLY Planet on Monopoly.com, we are happy to team up with a global organization that Hasbro has worked with for many years to help children around the world, SOS Children's Villages."

"We are pleased to be working with Hasbro for the launch of MONOPOLY Planet on to introduce kids to the mission of SOS Children's Villages and to offer them an engaging and fun way to help others," said John Allen, Chief Executive Officer of SOS Children's Villages - USA. "SOS Children's Villages is committed to raising children in stable, loving families throughout the world. With this support from MONOPOLY, we will be able to provide children with a beautiful and safe new home."

Hasbro's MONOPOLY brand has committed to a total donation of $400,000 to SOS Children's Villages. The more games kids play at MONOPOLY Planet the faster they could be helping MONOPOLY support SOS Children's Villages, which is the world's largest organization that provides homes and families to children without biological parents to care for them. In addition to operating more than 500 villages in 133 countries, SOS Children's Villages advocates for the rights of children worldwide. Additionally, the organization helps to keep at-risk families together and helps at-risk families to prevent child abandonment.

In support of Hasbro's commitment, EA and Playfish will make a $10,000 donation to SOS Children's Villages and are inviting millionaires-in-training who enjoy the MONOPOLY Millionaires game on Facebook to celebrate by using their MONOPOLY Millionaires Gold to purchase a limited-time SOS Children's Villages house. MONOPOLY Millionaires allows fans of MONOPOLY to connect and play with their Facebook friends and family around the world, while buying properties, collecting rent and building elaborate houses. Since launching in February 2011, nearly 168 million houses and more than 15 million hotels have been built in the game. Visit http://apps.facebook.com/monopolymillionaires/ to start playing today.

The games featured on MONOPOLY Planet on Monopoly.com, including MONOPOLY: Electronic Banking edition, which lets kids use a bank card for all game transactions instead of cash, are also available as games they can play face-to-face with family and friends. MONOPOLY CRAZY CASH and MONOPOLY: Cars 2 Lightning McQueen Racetrack Game are also available to kids to try at www.monopoly.com.

Each game provides opportunities for families to talk about different financial lessons found in the game, such as saving, credit, debt management, negotiating and budgeting. For example: Playing MONOPOLY: Electronic Banking, in which players use a bank card for transactions, provides opportunities to talk about how debit and credit cards work and the importance of careful planning and budgeting with "digital" money.

MONOPOLY Planet on Monopoly.com is available to residents of Australia, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

* By playing games at MONOPOLY Planet, kids earn Power Points that will be converted into a cash donation of up to $100,000 (of the total $400,000 donation to SOS Children's Villages). If at the end of the program the Power Points earned equate a donation of less than $100,000, Hasbro's MONOPOLY will make up the difference.

Since 1935, more than 275 million copies of MONOPOLY have been sold in 111 countries and 43 languages. Hundreds of different editions of the game have been published, but the most popular continues to be the classic "Number Nine." Affectionately known by its original product number, "Number Nine" is based on the streets of Atlantic City and is nearly identical to Charles Darrow's original submission to Parker Brothers. The MONOPOLY name and logo, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the MR. MONOPOLY name and the character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment.

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Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company's world-class brand portfolio. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, video games and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its customers through the strategic leveraging of well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. © 2011 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.

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For over 60 years, SOS Children's Villages has been dedicated to providing family-based, long-term care to children who can no longer grow up with their biological families. They also focus on preventing the conditions that cause children to be orphaned and abandoned. Through its Children's Villages and Family Strengthening Programs, SOS impacts the lives of over 1 million people each year. SOS Children's Villages has received numerous honors including the Save the World Award, Mother Teresa Gold Medal, the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, and the Vietnam Friendship Medal. For more information about SOS Children's Villages, visit www.sos-usa.org.

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CAT Stock Has More Lives

Earnings led to a sell-off, but the stock is likely to bounce back

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) announced second-quarter earnings last week that led to a roughly 5% sell-off in the stock on Friday, July 21. Equipment sales in Asia andLatin America were solid, but higher input costs (steel and other raw materials) weighed on the company’s bottom line. And while Caterpillar’s earnings surged 44% on record sales, its profit outlook left something to be desired.

As a sector, the industrial stocks have flashed several longer-term warning signals as of late — divergence with the transports, as well as bearish chart patterns — but CAT stock still looks like an attractive setup here for those investors that don’t have to fall in love with a stock for multiple years.

On the weekly chart looking back to 2009, we see a clear uptrend that is still very much in place. The stock keeps retreating to this trendline for consolidation purposes, only to then work higher again.

07 26 11 cat weekly CAT Stock Has More Lives

The daily chart looking back to January 2011 shows how well CAT stock respects its 50-day and 200-day simple moving average (SMA). After holding as support until early May, the 50-day SMA (yellow line) then held as resistance until the end of June, and now again has a good chance to hold as support. The rising 200-day moving average (red line) also coincided with the longer-term uptrend (blue line) in mid-June, acting as solid support.

07 26 11 cat daily CAT Stock Has More Lives

After the earnings announcement last week, the stock dropped 5% and landed right on its 50-day SMA and the 50% Fibonacci retracement line of the move off the June lows to the highs in early July. If the stock wants to move higher in the near term, then it should hold here and bounce.

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The trade I see setting up is to go long near yesterday’s close of $105.65 with a stop near the 200-day simple moving average and a profit target at $117.

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Stocks Stall on Housing, CPI — Thursday’s IP Market Recap

Cisco's earnings report provides some positivity in the tech sector

IPMarketRecap Stocks Stall on Housing, CPI    Thursdays IP Market Recap This time, it was the economy.

A government report stating jobless claims rose from one week ago, a drop in housing starts for April and a falling Consumer Price Index all conspired to put a damper on stocks’ recent rally, and all three indices dropped into the red by the end of Thursday trading.

The S&P 500 led the way down, declining 0.5% to 1650.47, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.28% to close at 15233.22. The Nasdaq fell 0.18% to 3465.24.

Tech stocks rallied around Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), whose shares soared more than 12% after announcing sales and earnings that beat Street estimates. Cisco competitors Ciena (NASDAQ:CIEN, +6.7%) and Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR, +4.2%) also saw significant bumps up in sympathy.

The decline in housing starts rattled homebuilders such as Pultegroup (NYSE:PHM, -2.6%), D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI, -2.3%) and Hovnanian (NYSE:HOV, -2%). Shares of Lennar (NYSE:LEN), which is sitting near a 52-week high, fell just under 2% as well, and even DIY retailer Home Depot (NYSE:HD) took a 1.5% spill.

Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) rebounded from Wednesday’s losses, improving by more than 8% after the electric automaker said it was issuing new stock and convertible notes to raise capital — some of which it would use to repay a Department of Energy loan — and that CEO Elon Musk planned to buy $100 million worth of the new shares.

Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) jumped more than 4% after beating its own guidance numbers in quarterly earnings, though it reported a lower profit.

And finally, Walmart (NYSE:WMT) announced better-than-expected quarterly earnings, but a decrease in same-store sales and weak Q2 guidance sent its shares down just under 2%.

Three Up

  • DryShips (NASDAQ:DRYS): Up 12.2% (23 cents) to $2.10.
  • SolarCity (NASDAQ:SCTY): Up 10.9% ($3.52) to $35.69.
  • NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP): Up 6.2% ($2.24) to $38.46.

Three Down

  • Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD): Down 12.6% (55 cents) to $3.83.
  • Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK): Down 6.5% ($1.13) to $16.48.
  • Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL): Down 5.1% (29 cents) to $5.37.

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For those who read this weblog religiously ...

This weblog doesn't have a regular religious column, and doesn't intend to start one now. But every so often the Kats are concerned with religious topics -- two of which are mentioned here.

Several readers have sent links to this story about giant electronics retailer Best Buy, which is threatening to sue Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) priest Reverend Luke Strand. The bone of contention here is Reverend Strand's "God Squad" Volkswagen Beetle which, says Best Buy, sports a logo on the clergyman's Volkswagen Beetle which is identical to its own "Geek Squad" design. Reverend Strand has stopped using the logo, following receipt of a cease-and-desist order. As usual, the news reports can't make up their minds if this is a copyright matter or a trade mark dispute.

"Geek Squad" is a Best Buy subsidiary which sells computer-related services to customers. It's known for its use of a black Volkswagen Beetle with a catchy sticker logo on its front door. Said a spokesman for the church: "They feel that the shape and the font of the logo and the fact that it's on the Volkswagen bug causes confusion with their Geek Squad", adding that the minister had "driven the 'God Squad' around Fond du Lac for a "number of years" as a "creative way to bring God to the streets." The IPKat thinks he has just seen the light, recalling that his own car has a Rev counter ...

The second story concerns Richard Taylor (joint UK head of patents in law firm DLA Piper's Intellectual Property and Technology Group and, for his sins, the IP/IT columnist for the famously unread Law Society Gazette). Richard confesses that, in his spare time, as is appropriate for someone with an interest in trade marks, he has an interest in art and symbolism. He explains:

"A few years ago I wrote a book on symbolism and imagery in churches, called How To Read A Church. The book inspired a BBC TV series, called "Churches: How To Read Them", which I wrote and am presenting. The series starts next Wednesday, 1 September, 8.30pm on BBC4. It consists of six episodes, so running on Wednesdays through September and the first couple of weeks of October. Here's the trailer, which is quite fun".
The IPKat, who understands that the publicity folk are making a lot of the "IP specialist-turned-presenter thing", is sure that readers will find this quite in-spire-ing.

Filemot said...

I suppose in the US there may be a trade in religious assistance and advice but apart from weddings in the Church of England, ministers of religion do not act in the course of trade in England, but that would not prevent the application of copyright law if the squad and oval counts as a substantail part of an original work in whihch Best Buy could trace their title to the copyright. Heaven forfend

Anonymous said...

I recall that shortly after the UK police introduced "Panda" cars [generally a Morris 1000 with an illuminated sign on the roof saying "POLICE"], an enterprising jeweller got some free publicity by modifying his own Morris 1000 in the same way to advertise his own name: "CROOKS". The police were not amused!

Steven M. Getzoff said...

Taking it from the TM vantage, it seems absurd to police a symbol of goodwill in a manner likely to hurt that very goodwill you are supposed to be protecting. A discrete and affable phone call and gentle follow-up confirmation letter would have obtained the client's goal without the negative publicity generated by a cease and desist order.

From the US copyright vantage, the counterargument might be: this is a noncommercial parodic use and thus allowed.

Also--what does VW say about Best Buy using ITS intellectual property? Sure hope they got a license...

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Sometimes I need to defecate before I pray, but I pray then I do not feel that urge whilst I am praying. Is my prayer acceptable? And sometimes the opposite happens – is my prayer acceptable in that case?

Praise be to Allaah.

It is not permissible for a person to start praying when he is resisting the urge to urinate or defecate, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You should not pray when food is ready or when resisting the urge to urinate or defecate.” (Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh). The reason for that – and Allaah knows best – is that this prevents a person from having the necessary presence of mind and humility in the prayer. However, if a person prays in this state, his prayer is valid although it is somewhat lacking and is imperfect because of the hadeeth quoted; he does not have to repeat it.  But if you start to pray when you are not resisting the urge to urinate or defecate, then you start to feel that need during the prayer, then the prayer is valid and there is nothing makrooh in it, so long as that need does not prevent you from completing the prayer.

 And Allaah is the source of strength. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions, and grant them peace.

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Ginossar Probe Triggered from Washington

It seems that Ginossar assisted Arafat through Rashid to transfer $300 million to a secret Swiss bank account which is now missing $65 million. But this is a much bigger story than that.

According to a DebkaFile Special Report
This missing sum has been the subject of investigations by the United States and the European donors.

The president’s Rose Garden speech on June 24, as DEBKAfile was authoritatively informed at the time, signaled the exit of the Palestinian Authority under Arafat’s leadership and, more than anything, a resolve to put an end to the corrupt financial structure through which Arafat personally funded his terror movement.

The president’s demand for reforms and transparency in Palestinian government also targeted the Israeli “business channel” to the Palestinian Authority, which hs been active since the 1993 Oslo peace accords

Muhammed Dahlan, former chief of Palestinian preventive security in the Gaza Strip and currently Arafat’s national security adviser needs to buy immunity. Dahlan was named as the live wire in exchanges between Arafat and Osama bin Laden
that took place as early as 1995 and Dahlan has been relaying information to Washington ever since.

According to our sources in Washington, a decision was taken to make an example of Ginossar as a cautionary message to Israeli business interests to withdraw from dealings with the Palestinians – especially the partnerships in the monopolies supplying essential products to the Palestinian Authority that grew out of the Oslo accords.

The message from Washington came loud and clear: Drain the money swamp that sustains Palestinian terror. Break up the Israeli-Palestinian monopolistic partnerships.

DEBKAfile recalls that under the Oslo accords, those monopolies were set up as Israel government-approved partnerships between Palestinian entrepreneurs close to Arafat and Israeli business interests associated with the architects of those accords.

The police investigation ordered last week is aimed at getting to the bottom of how the Israeli-Palestinian monopolies system worked and who profited from them, a project that could jolt a few high-placed individuals and groups.

The Ginossar case is also a signal to certain members of his close circle, who were drawn into the Oslo business channel and continue to sponsor Rashid and Dahlan. The most prominent is the Tel Aviv lawyer Dov Weissglass. On recent visits to Washington, he angered the president’s national security adviser Dr. Condoleezza Rice by tipping Dahlan and Rashid as favorites for the reformed Palestinian government.

The former defense minister and Labor leader, Binyamin Ben Eliezer walked into the same pit on his only visit to Washington. He informed the White House that his plan for pacifying the Gaza Strip, then Bethlehem and later Hebron was based on understandings with Dahlan. He was not invited again and a short time later, his career drew to a close.

His successor as Labor leader, Amram Mitzna, may go the same way if he insists on negotiating with the Palestinians “as if there is no terror.” Some of his most powerful sponsors belong to the Oslo group of entrepreneurs.
It seems that both the EU and Labour are heavely invested in Oslo and in dealing with the Palestinians even if there is terror while the US is showing the necessary resolve and leadership to get rid of terror and corruption. Long live the USA.

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meat that is not readily identifiable, especially as served
in a student dining hall, fraternity house, etc
I am not going to eat that mystery meat unless someone can tell me what it is.
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Term used in the joint for all meat products. It tasted like shit and no one knew just exactly what animal(s) it came from.
What we havin' for breakfast homes? Shit on a shingle with some mystery meat.
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1. Fillers and other additives that are put into hashish to increase the volume at little or no cost. Such ingredients include but are not limited to:
Kerosene, gas, and/or diesel fuels and/or by-products
Ground up bricks
Such ingredients are commonly found in "Soap Bars", an extremely cheap and low potency form of hashish that is commonly found in the UK. The best hashish can be bought in Holland or Amsterdam.

2. A common term used to describe school lunch meat that is of unknown origin. It is usually drenched in gravy to disguise whatever it is really made from.
1. Dude, dont smoke that shit, it's filled with mystery meat.

2. This mystery meat is so chewy, I think it's made from rubber.
di Lil' Grimmy 22 maggio 2006
An individual of questionable or unknown racial and/or ethnic origin.
(Said of a tri-racial, Caucasian, Black, and American Indian female with indefinite ethnic features): "Damn, that chick is mystery meat!"
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The stuff they serve in the cafeteria, which is of unknown origin.
Today's luncheon special is leftover mystery meat.
di Anonymous 23 luglio 2003
Plastics, cutters, and other agents used to cheaply increase the volume of the cannabis product known as hashish
That english shit's full of mystery meat, buy from holland if you really want the good shit
di anonymous 01 maggio 2004
what you get from the kebab shop - whoever saw a round lamb leg three feet long? WAKE UP PEOPLE!
after 20 beers or so we all went to uncle salaams for a feed of mystery meat
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It is by far the most mysterious artifact in ancient history, and it has been missing for at least 2,600 years. The Ark of the Covenant has been revered by millions as the most holy object on earth, and there are those who would like to find it. In this show, you will learn why it is so important, and where you can have access to it.

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Feb 26 2013   10:01PM GMT

Mega updates

Dan O'Connor Dan O'Connor Profile: Dan O'Connor

Kim Dotcom has been back in the news again, he released a bit of stats of how Mega is going too.

So far they have 3 million registered users and they have shared a total of 125 million files in the first month of operation. He was quoted saying that it took dropbox two years to do that.

You can read it here.

The main reason that I wanted to bring this up, is that Mega is getting in to the email business. Fully encrypted end to end. I like the sound of that.

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Apr 9 2007   6:23AM GMT

Channel news: Ethernet/Fibre connection spec pitched; NAC products may fail

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Companies propose Ethernet/SAN love-in A gaggle of top networking and storage vendors have submitted a new standards proposal that will allow Fibre Channel protocol over Ethernet networks.  [TheReg]

NAC attack: today’s products will fail, report says Vendors say modern NAC products will fall by the wayside in favor of software-based technologies that manage risk by integrating endpoint security, access control, identity and risk management. [eWEEK]

Sun’s complaint on chip maker is dismissed Hynix Semiconductor has won a dismissal of claims by Sun Microsystems that it conspired to drive up memory chip prices, overcharging chip buyers. [NYT]

H.P. tries to create printers that love the Web Hewlett-Packard is devising ways to get people to print Web pages instead of reading them on-screen. [NYT]

Goldman Sachs: Interest in NetApp SAN products wanes A survey by the investment firm shows enterprise storage buyers had a declining interest in NetApp SAN products over the last year. []

Microsoft gains tech computing toehold Compute cluster product has some appeal to customers who need integration with regular Windows machines. [CNET]

Judge rules Vonage can’t seek customers Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. will be barred from signing up new customers as punishment for infringing on patents held by Verizon Communications Inc., under an injunction ordered Friday. [AP]

Acer up, Dell down in laptop sales Acer overtakes Toshiba. [TheReg]

Intel Launches Quad-core Chip for Desktop Gamers  Intel Corp. is launching a quad-core chip for desktop gamers on Monday, continuing a barrage of new products the company has announced in the past week. [PCWorld]

New WiMAX broadband technology a boon for labels If you’ve never heard the term “WiMAX” before, don’t sweat it. You’re probably not alone. [Reuters]

AmeriVault touts tiered online backup A new lifecycle service automatically migrates older backup files to cheaper storage at AmeriVault facilities.[]

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SaaS vs the 800 lb legacy gorilla.

We all know the sales pitch for SaaS cloud computing – zero capex, predictable pay-as-you-go opex, robust apps with regular “all aboard” releases, short project cycles and quick time-to-value measured in weeks rather than months or years. And even with concerns about SaaS security, performance and integration with other applications, 2011 SaaS revenue growth was still between 15-25% depending on the region (see these reports by Gartner and the Virtual Internet Blog).  And the rate for 2012 shows no signs of abating.

Given these numbers, you would expect companies across-the-board to be thinking SaaS when it comes to addressing their business problems. This is certainly true for SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises), for whom a combination of capex constraints, small IT departments and far less organizational politics tends to favour quicker SaaS adoption.  For large companies however, the picture is more varied. In some there is rapid SaaS adoption – though this can often be part of an “IT-avoidance mechanism” by BUs (and even the CFO sometimes ends up being bypassed, as I pointed out in my article CFO – Cloud Financial Officer). In others, attempts by BUs to get SaaS into the enterprise, whether under the radar or above board, can run into what I call “the 800lb legacy gorilla in the room”.

The argument of the 800lb legacy gorilla is very simple – “SAP/Oracle is a strategic choice in which the enterprise has invested so many millions over the past 5 years. This integrated software suite covers all of our needs, from ERP and CRM to timesheet reporting and project portfolio management. If required, any additional modules can be provided for “free”. It is therefore absolutely out of the question to even consider investigating a SaaS solution.

The 800 lb gorilla usually comes from the IT department which, from a staff and budget perspective, has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. With some no-brainer additional arguments around financials, security and compliance, it doesn’t take much for the 800 lb gorilla to put together a convincing argument that wins over both the CFO (financials) and procurement (authorized vendor list), leaving the hapless BU head stranded. As for evaluating the business case and actually doing a comparison – well, that doesn’t even enter the picture, since “our strategic vendor solution can meet your requirements”.

Here are two real-world examples from my own list.

A European BU of a multi-national with a long-term strategic investment in one of the on-premises big two recently evaluated alternative solutions in the area of procurement and spend management. The comparison between the incumbent and the SaaS candidate came in at a ratio of at least 2-to-1 on the cost side and at least 5-to-1 on the implementation duration side. And this doesn’t even take into account benefits, since the incumbent solution would not be able to provide anywhere near the required functionality. The 800lb legacy gorilla recently pronounced its verdict. The BU head is currently appealing.

A few years ago when I was managing EMEA pre-sales at a PPM vendor we engaged with a European multi-national that was a big-two client. After a few on-site sessions and demonstrations, it became clear that our solution was a very good fit for their requirements. This turned out to both the good news and the bad news. At a final face-to-face meeting at their HQ at VP-level, we were informed that much as they’d have loved to move forward with a pilot, they had no choice but to use the – inadequate – PPM solution of the incumbent vendor. Score another one for the 800lb gorilla.

This is of course anecdotal evidence, and given the political sensitivity of the subject, most 800lb gorilla cases will probably remain anecdotal. But even in the absence of hard numbers, my gut feel and experience tells me that this is nothing exceptional. SaaS cloud vendors targeting large companies with significant on-premises investments in integrated ERP and CRM should therefore expect sooner or later to run into an 800lb legacy gorilla in the room. And if they don’t have a convincing strategy to deal with this, it won’t matter how good their business case is or how well the BU loves the product, the chances are the gorilla will win.

It should come as no surprise to learn that you’re more likely to find 800 lb gorillas in centralized, inward-looking, risk-averse organizations in which conformity, policies and procedures trump customer focus, experimentation and getting things done. Gorilla example one above illustrates this well. When the renegade BU operational manager tried to present her case to one of the country board members, there followed a frank exchange during which the latter asked the former “If this were your company, would you go with this [SaaS] vendor?” The BU operational manager replied “Yes, I would” – and then turned the question around and asked the board member, “And you, if it were your company, would you go SaaS too?”, to which the honest reply was “Yes I would– but it’s not my company!” Translation: even if it’s the right thing to do, there’s no way I’m going to lay my ass on the line by recommending something outside of corporate standards, and then have to jump through hoops to try and justify my thinking to multiple stakeholders (IT, controlling, finance, procurement), most of whom have a vested interest in the status quo. So why rock the boat?

In a future article we’ll go into more detail about the types of organizations in which “renegade BUs” and SaaS vendors are most likely to run into the 800 lb gorilla and how they can better prepare themselves for the encounter.

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Criss Angel has a big announcement this month. This is the cryptic message being broadcast from his Twitter account. As we round the halfway point of January, we can’t help but wonder what CA has up his sleeve.

But let’s indulge in a little Kremlinology, shall we. Both tweets have been accompanied by pictures of Angel onstage during Believe. Could it be an extension for the Luxor show? Possibly a reworking of Angel’s contract to allow for a tour outside of Vegas? Either way, it seems like the hints lead to something related to Criss’ live performance career.

But who knows? It could be something way out in left field. We can only wait and see. Perhaps he’ll drop a few hints during his Loyal Saturday broadcast this weekend?

  • SNOW

    I do know that Cirque is currently in the midst of major layoffs from what I’ve heard in the news just yesterday. Maybe this has freed him up to do a live travelling show.

  • MagicGirl

    Extension?! Has anyone been to his show. It is two thirds empty!!!

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    @ea70604e5ac4454f8c1252cc23a0e0bf:disqus Gee, the theater looks packed, maybe it’s CGI? He probably calls it one third full. Quitting magic would be a good announcement. And Snow old friend, how could they “LAY OFF” the biggest star in Vegas? Hopefully Circue is finally waking up. Criss Angel, now the Lance Armstrong of magic.

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    LOL, camera tricks on the road. Should be interesting, or is he going to perform “pick any card” tricks.

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    @92b069f97110942c484ec4664bccdcf9:disqus No BS, “I won’t do a demonstration unless I can do it live” Criss uses camera tricks?

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    The only A+ rated magic show in Vegas! -BBC, Voted Best Magician In Vegas By -Review Journal Best Of Vegas, Entertainer Of The Year 2012 -Gaming Today, The BEST! -Oprah, The Best Magic Show In The World -Lance Burton, The Greatest Illusionist In The World – Jay Leno, The Best selling Magic Show -Extra and on and on…The tide raises all ships… So applaud success it helps us all – even you non working envious magicians…

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    @Hal I still think a travelling show would work for him minus Cirque. Though it would cost a tonne to put a large show like that on the road I’m sure. But, I mean if musicians can do it…

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    @SNOW: If his Vegas show is as bad as the reviews indicate, what would make a traveling show any better? He’d just SUCK in a different location. He’s shown over and over that he can’t do live what he did on Mindfake (I think we all know why). Musicians do it because they perform LIVE (Lip-syncs usually get caught, and people don’t want to pay for that). If I could get away with playing with an Eric Clapton sound track, I’d be a lot richer today. This big announcement is just another Angel attention getter, it’s the same old BS he’s famous for, all talk before the disappointment. Might be time for Circue to admit they made a big mistake. And SWISH: I don’t think magicians envy Angel. They know what he is. Best magician, Lance Burton, just happens to be a friend. Everybody’s great on Oprah and Leno. What would they say? “Here he is folks, the worst magician? Read the reviews from people seeing the show, compare to Copperfield and P&T.

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    lol…”He’d just suck i n a different location”. You always crack me up Hal. Thank you for all the times you’ve made me laugh. Yes, Mindfreak was Mindfake, but that’s TV magic. Even Copperfield did it and don’t deny it or I”ll pull out that Flying in the Grand Canyon video lol. I still think Angel should tour with his show minus Cirque. I’ve never supported the combination of magic and Cirque. They just seem to um…how do I say…’compete for attention’ on the same stage imo. Who exactly is the star here? Cirque or Angel? Never mind…don’t answer that ;-) …I’ve read your mind lol.


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Three persons rescued from Mt St Joseph Prep fire

Published:Sunday | February 26, 2012

Three adults were rescued by fire fighters from an inferno late yesterday afternoon at the Mount St Joseph Preparatory School in Mandeville, Manchester.

The institution, which is Manchester’s oldest early childhood establishment, lost a big chunk of its original structure after fire destroyed two kindergarten classrooms, a computer room, a library and staff quarters, which housed six people.

Deputy Superintendent of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Julian Davis Buckle said the department received a call at about 5:10 yesterday afternoon that the school was ablaze. A unit from the Mandeville Fire Department responded. When they arrived, the largely wooden structure, which housed the staff dormitory, was engulfed by flames.

The firemen had to rescue the three adult, who were trapped in a section upstairs the burning building, using an extension ladder. The adults were relatives of a teacher living at the quarters.

Seven water trucks supplied water to cool the blaze, while an additional fire unit from Clarendon and three private fire trucks from Windalco and Jamalco, also assisted to battle the fire.

The cause of the fire and the estimated damage are not yet known.

Chairman of the School Board, Sister Susan Fraser says the persons who occupied the staff quarters lost all their personal belongings. She says school will not be opened for classes tomorrow.


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Since the relaunch of Bitterwood.net, the boards have been plagued with adbots. Browsing the board this morning, I was struck this morning with a grim vision of the future. All technology eventually becomes a tool of advertising. My dragon age books assume that we will be able to genehack our way into creating dragons and unicorns and other fancifal beasts for our amusement. This morning, however, I realized that the most likely use of gene hacking will be advertising. The day will come when the butterflies that lights upon a flower will have have tiny billboards for wings, advertising Sherwin Williams brand paints. The flowers it lands on will be purple, blue, orange, and green--resembling the FedexOffice logo. Cows in the field will have hides with golden arches on the sides. Apples will grow that pefectly resemble the logo on an iPod. The birds outside your window in the morning will chirp out the jingle for Folger's crystals. And, all insurance salesmen in the world will lose their jobs, replaced by tiny talking geckos.

You have been warned.

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And, all insurance salesmen in the world will lose their jobs, replaced by tiny talking geckos.

Actually, I see this as an improvement.


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Decisions on what medications or medical devices may be imported legally into Japan are made by the Japanese Government, and unfortunately the limited information we have available at the American Embassy and our Consulates does not include comprehensive lists of specific medications or ingredients. This information is available only from the Japanese authorities, and subject to change.

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It is illegal to bring into Japan some over-the-counter medicines commonly used in the United States, including inhalers and some allergy and sinus medications. Specifically, products that contain stimulants (medicines that contain Pseudoephedrine, such as Actifed, Sudafed, and Vicks inhalers), or Codeine are prohibited if it contains more than allowed quantity of stimulant raw materials. According to Japanese law, up to a two-months' supply of allowable over-the-counter medication and up to a two-months' supply of allowable vitamins can be brought into Japan duty-free.

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Heroin, cocaine, MDMA, opium, cannabis (marijuana), stimulant drugs including some  prescription medications such as Adderall, and including some medications available over-the-counter in the U.S. are prohibited in Japan.  There are no exceptions in bringing these prohibited medications into Japan, even if the medication is legally obtained outside of Japan.  The import of stimulant drugs such as methamphetamines and amphetamines in particular are strictly prohibited, even when accompanied by a customs declaration and a copy of the prescription. Japanese customs officials or police can detain travelers importing prohibited items. Japanese customs officials do not make on-the-spot "humanitarian" exceptions for medicines that are prohibited in Japan.

Up to one month's supply of allowable prescription medicine (by Japanese law) can be brought into Japan. Travelers should bring a copy of their doctor's prescription as well as a letter stating the purpose of the drug. Travelers who must carry more than one month's supply (except prohibited drugs and controlled drugs), or are carrying syringes (pumps) or a CPAP machine, are required to obtain a so-called "Yakkan Shoumei", or an import certificate in advance, and show the "Yakkan Shoumei" certificate with your prescription medicines at the Customs.

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Hold me down! I’m big-time digging Jeff Schroeder’s Around the World for Free on CBS.com. Some of it has been slightly canned, like the plugs for American Airlines (a sponsor), but the majority of it is killer stuff. Anyone who backpacks will recognize what he’s going through right now as he tries to make it around the world without spending any money, instead relying on the generosity of the people who are following the trip online, like an open-palmed version of the Travel Channel’s dearly departed 5 Takes. Although the series’ conceit seems like a stunt, it takes a special traveler not to make an actual stunt out of it.

Jeff on 'Big Brother'

As a not-so-closet fan of Big Brother, I watched Schroeder last summer, and I grew to appreciate his demeanor, his almost childlike joy for seemingly trivial stuff, and the respect he has for other people.  Reality television players can be unabashedly self-serving, but Jeff wasn’t. He was the frat boy who cared. I watched the Big Brother live feeds, which expose players every minute of the day, and his character held up — when he had momentary lapses, he instantly recognized his failings and made up for them.

This summer, as he does this trip, I have grown to appreciate him even more. He’s bushy-tailed and peppy, and what he lacks in eloquence (most stuff is either “amazing” or “awesome”) he makes up for in enthusiasm and empathy. He’s unfailingly polite, hungry to learn, and is good at anticipating his audience’s questions. Two weeks ago, Schroeder served for a day with a People for Care and Learning, a humanitarian group that delivers water purification devices to floating villages in one of the poorest provinces in Cambodia.

In this segment, from a week ago, he’s stranded in Pakse, Laos. He’s not allowed to spend money, but he needs $18 for a bus fare. Begging for cash in a poor place like Laos would be highly unsavory. I seem to remember another show from about 10 years ago that was built on just such a premise — strand the players, see how they get home — and it turned me off. But that’s not how Schroeder is handling things. He’d rather go thirsty than be a burden on the locals.

This clip brings me a flood of powerful travel memories: the heat of a Southeast Asian village’s streets, the benign language barrier, that unique feeling of wandering aimlessness paired with the traveler’s faith that everything will turn out just fine. And what backpacker hasn’t found himself struggling to find a Wi-Fi signal, peering in the windows of the fancy hotels?

“I don’t want to mooch off anybody. That’s not why I signed up,” Schroeder says.

He doesn’t have a production team to put words like that in his mouth.

He made it out. Today, he’s in Bangkok battling some tummy trouble, and he appears to have been reunited with the prodigiously talented videographer and editor named Zsolt Luka (I wouldn’t give Luka’s daily edit-and-recharge demands to a monkey on a rock) who accompanies him much of the time and whom I have to assume is equally responsible for the spirit of this endeavor.

Schroeder is making this odyssey not about himself, but about the people he meets, and that’s clearly by design and not by accident. So many other mass-media travel diary projects are about the ego of the traveler, but against the odds and the currents of the genre, Schroeder always puts the spotlight on the people he meets. He’s both amazing and awesome. You can follow Schroeder’s adventure (videos, photos, tweets), throw him tips, or offer him help on his next leg by going to CBSAroundtheWorld.com. There are also videos on YouTube.

Major praise to CBS for accomplishing this series with so much sensitivity. And since it’s the sponsor, I guess I should tip my hat to American Airlines, too.

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  1. MJ says:

    I totally agree with you. I am enjoying this journey as well!

  2. Peg Gehret says:

    Thank you Mr Cochran for your recognition of the host of ATWFF. Those are all the reasons Jeff has so many followers and fans who struggle daily with their personal needs, but still because he is so good and such a wonderful person, love helping him with his goal. It is nothing for me to help him and do without. He encouraged me from a distance to contribute to PCL When I see him or hear him especially with his girlfriend, I get a smile on my face, tears in my eyes and a full heart. I have prayed for the world to open its arms and welcome him and his two partners on his special journey ATWFF. Thank you again.

  3. maggiemae802 says:

    Jason, wonderful article. I’m sure Jeff, Z, Josh and the entire Around the World for Free crew will appreciate your kind words. You captured Jeff’s character, spirit and motivation perfectly. So, glad he was chosen, for ATWFF. Can we hope CBS will turn it into a special series, like WGN did for the first season?

  4. CR says:

    What a great write up about a truly great show. Jeff is doing an amazing job, he is made for this type of show.

  5. Colleen says:

    I couldn’t agree more Mr. Cocharan. I am a fan of Jeff’s from BB11 & TAR 16. I have watched reality these reality shows from their beginning, but in all that time I have never been touched by a houseguest as I was with Jeff last year. Just as you mentioned he was himself throughout and that is the person we all grew to love and are gladly following him and helping him throughout his journey. He is the perfect person to do this. The PCL episode touched me very much and I thought what these people do with out that we take for granted daily and they always had a smile on their face & a welcoming heart. Seeing how Jeff approached his ordeal when he was stuck in Paske, Laos was telling & showed what time of person let alone human being Jeff is. I wish him nothing but success in this endeavor. He is doing an amazing job.

  6. kaysis1 says:

    Your blog was right on. Jeff is one of the most humble guys we’ve seen. I agree his focus is on the people and countries he sees. We are following him all the way.

  7. Dee says:

    Awesome and amazing blog ;-)
    You’re spot on with this, Jeff has been a pleasure to watch on this journey so far. He’s as real as it gets in reality circles. Thank you for spotlighting this series and Jeff.

  8. Liz says:

    Wonderfully written about a really, really genuinly good guy! Jeff was the perfect choise for this show and I hope it propels him forward in his chosen career. He and Jordan are the best to come out of Big Brother and I wish them every success!

  9. Setaga says:

    Mr. Cochran – thank you so much for a wonderful write up about ATWFF and host Jeff Schroeder. You really did capture what his fans already realize he is all about – a truly genuine and caring human being. CBS really knew what they were doing when they chose him as host of this very innovative web based series. He is really giving followers a unique glimpse into parts of the world that many of us will never see. His kindness and empathetic nature comes through with everyone he meets along the way. He and his girlfriend Jordan, whom he fell in love with on Big Brother 11, are a breath of fresh air in the world of reality TV. So glad to see the positive recognition they both so deserve!

  10. Cheryllo1 says:

    CBS chose the right person to host ATWFF. Jeff’s genuineness and warm heart really shine through. To team Jeff up with Zsolt Luka was pure gold. This is just the beginning of Jeff’s journey and their webisodes, pictures, and blogs have been incredible, inspiring, and motivational. The clips which include his girlfriend, Jordan Lloyd, bring out Jeff’s soft side which is endearing. Jeff and Jordan are the meaning of the word real. Jeff gives 100% in everything he does. His sense of humor is priceless. We are glued to the web, waiting to see what each day brings…not just once a week, but each and every day. There is so much more story to tell. I would love to see CBS turn ATWFF in to a series. Mr. Cochran, thank you for your blog. It made the day for many Jeff Schroeder fans.

  11. LISA says:

    What a great blog Jason you are right on regarding Jeff. He is so real and genuine and has been such a pleasure to watch. Thanks for giving him the props he deserves.

  12. Setaga says:

    Mr. Cochran – looking forward to reading your interview with Jeff Schroeder – it has been an awesome 106+ days as he has taken us around the world through his eyes, his heart and his companion Zsolt’s camera lens and talent. I’m sure you have some great questions all ready for him! He probably can’t answer some of the burning questions we fans have…such as if CBS plans to air any of his journey on CBS network as a mini-series or one-time special perhaps. I figure if he knows any of these types of plans it will be up to CBS to allow him to say….but it would certainly make for great TV!

  13. Sue says:

    Mr. Cochran – I too am looking forward to reading your interview with Jeff. From the beginning with BB11 he has shown us qualities that I believe most of us strive to have. He is kind, considerate, funny, protective, loyal, curious, emotional, sexy, and so genuine. I think he represents the son every mom and father want, the man every woman wants, the brother every sibling would want and the type of friend we’d all like to have in our lives. I’d like you to ask him what were his “highest” and “lowest” moments of this incredible journey.

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Coign of Vantage is the latest in Bobblebrook's collection of worldly, sensitive casual games, and the gameplay mechanic couldn't be more basic. An icon appears on your screen, shattered into a cloud of its component pixels, and your job is to reassemble them into the original picture. To do this, just point at the correct location.

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This game is really cool.
However, it is fairly easy because all of the smallest pixels have to be the closest to you for it to work.

This is partly easy because the answer is ALWAYS from the top of an upside down cone that you do not view the inside of. but this is very fun!

sorry for the double post but me and Spkl said basically the same thing! lol.

The_Corruptor August 13, 2008 3:16 PM

an advantageous position - as in, the best position to be in. A very clever title, more so than most games. The point of the game is to be in the best (or most advantageous) position to view the picture. Once that is completed, which is not particularly difficult, you are tasked with that task again. Perhaps there is an addional level to this, in that all players want to be in the most advantageous position of 'top of the leaderboards' but I doubt that was going through their heads at that particular time - it's far more likely that they were just coming up with a short, memorable title that captures both the goal of the game, as well as the spirit of it.

Oh shucks, that's not in three paragraph essay format. ;)

Overall, it's fun but more casual than it first appears. It quickly changes from a game of 'figure out the mechanics' to 'move the blurry cone so that it points directly towards you'. Interesting, but not terribly memorable as a game, only as an experiment in clever mechanics.

This game can be really mesmerizing. Sure it is pretty easy, but I find that the hook is less in the difficulty and more with the overall experience.

I think it should definitely be a nominee in the "simple idea" category of the JIG game of the year award in December. I just love the idea. Simple, foolproof, soothing. Perfect.

I'm just wondering... That guy over 1.3 million points on the score list... He must have too much time on his hands :D

Great find! Though I was enjoying it much more until I figured out there was a timer that was running out (yea, I was just ignoring the time flashing right in my face). Kind of turned me off of it, though I suppose it would get boring if it were just a set of picture levels to do.

I swear one of the icons is cthulu...

Okay, maybe it's just an octopus, but it could be the cuddly cthulu plushy. I'm just saying.

(if you don't know what i'm talking about:

Way too easy to be fun for long periods of time. Good idea, but in order for it to be fun you should have to rotate it at like an angle instead of straight on.

#12 on all-time highscores my first play through. Fun game, once.

Wow, some of those pics could be Lovecraft covers. Good stuff.

I have to say, I'm really pleased to see an improvement. In the previous game music-catch, the music was horrifically boring, unimaginative and repetitive. I was fairly disappointed back then since I love the concept of simple gameplay and smooth graphics along with classical music. When I started reading, I feared clicking the link. And I have to say - I'm impressed. There are a number of things that improved:
1. The piece is based on the famous Goldberg Variations by Bach. I don't know why they didn't just use the original, but, then, it's still better then basing your music on a pop songs.
2. There's much less pretension, not only in the music (which is, I admit, the only thing I care about in most things) but the game as a whole. They wrote that they "sincerely hope he's [Bach] not rolling over in his grave", which already brings a smile. The game itself is very light-hearted, which is something that the previous game lacked.

9/10 on my scale. Just for the music.

Please don't misunderstand the review: Music Catch was not developed by Philipp and Markus of Bobblebrook.

Oh sorry, I just thought because you said "Like music catch before it". Should've checked myself. Meh. So read my comment as a comparison between them: two different ways of producing the same idea.

SonicLover August 13, 2008 8:18 PM

I got 461890 points and solved... I don't know how many pictures, but it was either fifty- or sixty-something. How'd everyone else do?

After a few hints from above, namely

Treat it like a cone, and you're trying to find the very top of the cone.

I managed 83 pictures with a score that was creeping towards 700K

Overall, great concept. I'm not much a fan of Bach's, I'm sorry. Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Ravel, any of those and I'm happy. Granted I also don't expect designers to cater to my specific musical tastes...

My head's not that big.

But great concept, and I can see myself going back if I need something almost zen-like to clear my head. But I think the two things that could make this a truly addictive experience would be to introduce some sort of escalation, and some sort of award system.

Escalation could be something as simple as starting out with very small icons and working your way up to medium sized pictures. after a while you kind of almost expect it to get a little harder and it doesn't.

And as for rewards, I don't know, people just like collecting things...

Oooh... What would totally do the trick is if you could build an art gallery of those pictures you successfully completed. That would have people going back again and again just to get that one picture that eludes them.

This game would be a lot better if you had a shorter time limit. I got 51 images on my first play through, but that's partially because I got tired of playing the game. Once the countdown started ticking at me, though, I sped up since it actually began to feel like I was playing a game.

Note that this game gets ridiculously easy on slower computers, due to slowdown. The thing is, the controls don't suffer any slowdown, but the timer does. With my ancient computer, even after setting the graphics quality to "Low", one second on the in-game timer translated to about four or five seconds IRL, which means that I was able to solve images in a lot less "time".

Now i hate having a newer model computer... I had like 875,000 or something to that extent on a pretty good computer...

And for optimal bragging rights...

Somehow I got that score on a touchpad, but when I played it later on my desktop, i did worse with a mouse????????!?!?!?!?!?

I might have just been outta it or into it... Not sure but for me the touchpad worked better...

Anyone else try with a touchpad vs. a mouse?

OrigamiMarie August 14, 2008 12:20 AM

Not touchpad vs. mouse, but another experiment. I have a tablet (which of course means I use a stylus). My first game was with the pen, and didn't really count because I was working out the strategy, and of course the "oh, I'm on a countdown clock?" factor. Game 2 I played on the touchpad because I had already been wondering about it myself, and then read your comment. There I got 82. Then because I was curious, I played again with the pen. I got 81, which is pretty much the same score. I felt like I had better control on the touchpad. I suspect there are a few things that make the touchpad good for this game (ramblings got lengthy, so they are in spoiler tags).

The game field is small, so you're not going to run off the pad.

No clicking. Touchpads make for pretty good movement, but bad click integration.

The movements are a little bit finicky, especially near the end of the alignment, and I think the touchpad has superior control for this. I noticed myself using the fingertip-roll technique that I have been perfecting over the several months since I first got the computer. This is the trick where I don't actually slide my fingertip, but instead just roll it, which actually gives very good fine-control movements, without accidental slippage.

Unfortunately, I don't find that this game has a lot of replay appeal, so now I am done playing it.

yeah, got to #4 on third try.

First try was for figuring out the game, second try I aimed for 100 but got stopped at 97 :(.

I was a bit frustrated, so I tried again... 30 minutes later, I think it was enough for me.

chaos creator August 14, 2008 9:21 AM

good game. on my first try i got 65 with 500890 points. its a lot harder then it should be with a wondering mouse. wouldn't mind seeing another version of this with retro gaming sprites.
also a little tip

try to get the smallest pixels towards the front (if that makes any sense)

I wish there was a way to pause. My first two playthroughs, I scarcely got above 200k points because I kept getting distracted with other things. (Unless there is a way and I just missed it, in which case I'd feel pretty silly.)

When I sat down and decided to do nothing but play until I ran out of time, I got over a million points and ended up on the all-time high score list. Wonder how long before someone bumps me off?

A few of the pictures seem to give me a harder time, particularly the ones with few pixels or at strange angles. The dragonfly is especially annoying.

Definitely a nice, relaxing game, though I don't really feel compelled to replay it anytime soon now that I accomplished my goal of getting a high score. It's pretty easy, but that's fine. And the music's very nice. I think Bach was a great choice for this sort of game.

Oh, I forgot to add that I also found that using a touchpad wasn't nearly so much of a disadvantage for this game as it is for a lot of other games with mouse-based controls.

Wow. If I had played this game a week or so ago before I cleaned all the dust out of my mouse, I would have a mouse-sized hole in my monitor right now.

Overall, great game. Not much replay value besides the highscore list, though, which is okay since I enjoyed the experience. I got 83 pictures and 660k or something around there.

Nice little toy. Doesn't feel much like a game, though, because once you get the hang of it that very long countdown never really runs down. But it's very relaxing and fun.

That's reasonable.

1st try: 293600 something
2nd try: 862020!

A great improvement, I must say.

Wow... Lovely game! great fun and quite beautiful. Got to image 32 and 5 of those were in the last 3 seconds!!! 199070 points.

Good tip to anyone is try to find the pixels that seem smaller and further away and then move to them. That should give a general idea of where the mouse needs to be.

Lol sorry for double post.

@ninjaz a mouse is too jumpy and reacts too fast. I can use my touchpad better than I can a mouse because I'm so used to it. I can imagine a stylus being VERY useful...

Second time around (using above technique) my score jumped to 617320 with 79 pics completed

I'm glad I've helped some people... Lol...

This reminds me very much of a game/task which appeared, I think in one of the episodes of start trek. Where students of an elite federation academy (I think one of them included son of Enterprise doctor Beverly Crusher) have to solve a 3d puzzle where the screen looks filled with scattered pixels which then suddenly zap into place...

Anybody know what I am talking about??

ok, after some more investigations, the episode is from star trek - The Next Generation. Episode 19 - "Coming of Age".

I think there is a blurred screenshot of the "task" in the middle of the first image on this page:

The image looks dull though. I recall the "gameplay" looking much cooler.

Couldn't find a video though...

Ok, silly question....but how do you get the game to start and not just sit at the very first screen?

rabidchild1 April 13, 2009 1:32 AM

please add the "pixelart" tag to this game- I was thinking about it and couldn't find it for the longest time...

I adore the music. So well suited to the game. Also, I discovered that there are often "Hotspots" where, if you find one image, the next is very close to that exact spot on the screen. It can continue for quite a few pictures. Just out of curiosity, what are people's favourite images? Mine, of the few I have completed, is the purple cow.

Spkl, I was having fun until you spoiled it for me with the "smallest pixels have to be the closest" comment. Thanks a lot, Buzz Killington :P

TheMusicGirl July 24, 2010 4:19 PM

A beautiful little concept combined with the music. Very relaxing.

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A custom casual gameplay comic created exclusively for JIG by Babylon Sticks creator, James Francis. Follow Babylon Sticks on Twitter: @babylonsticks.

idontgetit July 8, 2010 10:57 AM

I don't get it. Can someone explain the joke of two fellows on a makeshift raft with metal barrels and the only thing they took to sea was a saw and a game of Battleship? THE BATTERIES IN BATTLESHIP WILL GET CORRODED BY THE SALT.

Oh! There is a red herring. That must be the joke.

[Maybe they're on a raft, not because they set out on one, but because they were playing real Battleship and their opponent evidently hit them and destroyed the ship they were in. -Jay]

Like those ancient Chinese block prints

chipmunk July 8, 2010 2:31 PM

Okay, so why is he sawing through the raft?

[He might be trying to fix the raft, I dunno...or maybe they were playing the old-school version on the raft, and the one with the saw lost the game and is so mad he's now dividing the raft in two. -Jay]

ThemePark July 8, 2010 6:20 PM

Terry! <3

I think the one is a sore loser, so he's gonna saw the raft in half to separate themselves. So the the other ones like This is why I only play online, playing with you is to emotional! or something like that. as for the setting, I have NO clue, but thats what I love about these comics, that undercurrent of absurdity.

;D Keep em comin jay! (or babylon sticks makers (or whoever))

The best jokes are the ones the owner of the website has to explin to each reader.

Roseate Spoonbill July 8, 2010 7:50 PM

The guy shouldn't be sawing through the raft. That doesn't make sense.

Jonny_s July 8, 2010 8:22 PM

I love Babylon Sticks. I always give the comics five 'shrooms, and I definitely want to see them keep coming.

That being said, I think this is the first one that, to me, kind of missed the mark. I can understand the concept, it just wasn't that well executed.

It would have been funnier, in my opinion, if one of them was clinging to a sinking battleship, while the other one looked on with a smug look on his face from a ship that was still floating. Something along those lines, anyways.

This one still gets five shrooms, just for being Babylon Sticks. :) I look forward to next week.

Arlin Ashfrond July 8, 2010 10:46 PM

Yes! Snowy! I think it's awesome just for having a shoutout to Herge's Adventures of Tintin. The raft also looks like the one depicted on the cover of "The Red Sea Sharks." (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Sea_Sharks)

Sadly, this doesn't really make the joke any funnier. But so what! It still has Snowy (the dog)! And on top of that, I was just reading a Tintin story to my son.

I don't think I've found any of these strips funny.
Keep trying. I guess.

I love that whenever someone doesn't get the joke they immediately blame the artist. Poor James Francis is nice enough to do a comic series especially for JIG and all anybody can do is bitch about how unfunny or confusing or lame each one is.

And poor Mr. Jay, lord of casual gaming is far too busy and important (how's that for being a sycophant?) to be explaining jokes to people. Especially since the clue to understanding it was given in the first comment.

Just like with the BTTF arcade comic I am left reading the comments and pining for humanity. Mmm... pine fresh.

PS. I only read a few Tin Tin comics but I was addicted to watching the cartoon shown after school, in the early 90s. Anyone else from Australia remember it? Or anywhere else for that matter?

Anonymous July 9, 2010 12:39 PM

OMG. hes sawing off the raft so he can play REAL, like REAL REAL battleship. dont know exactly where they are going to get ammo though. its also an act of revenge probably.

any particular reason why there's a cute white dog floating on the water while holding on to a log?

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December 1998

Tom Kubis Big Band Plays Steve Allen
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Steve Allen is best-known as first host of the "The Tonight Show." But he's also written 46 books and acted in films (The Benny Goodman Story). He's written thousands of songs, including the "Picnic" theme, "This Could Be the Start of Something Big," a strong score for the Broadway musical "Sophie," and 19 songs for the TV musical, "Alice in Wonderland." As a lyricist, he collaborated with Ray Brown ("Gravy Waltz"), Bob Haggart ("South Rampart Street Parade"), Duke Ellington, and Neal Hefti. His songs have been recorded by Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Louis Armstrong, Mel Torme, and Carmen McRae.

So it's good to hear 16 of Allen's melodies show-cased by a swinging 19-piece band. Kubis, professor of music at Golden West College near Los Angeles, wrote all the arrangements (you'll hear echoes of Ernie Wilkins and Bill Holman). Kubis solos on tenor sax, with strong solos also by trombonist Andy Martin and Ron Stout on trumpet. Crisp section work, and a variety of moods and tempos: check out "Samba DeElse," and "Bahia Yodel," which Allen says "incorporates a traditional Swiss lick."

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USCCB Delegation to Attend Opening of New Seminary in Havana
Seminary is first new religious construction in over 50 yearsCollection for Church in Latin America helped fund new seminary
WASHINGTON — A delegation of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Subcommittee on the Church in Latin America will travel to Cuba November 3-6, 2010 to attend the opening of the new National Seminary located some 30 miles outside of Havana. The seminary is the first new religious construction in Cuba in more than 50 years. The delegation will be led by subcommittee member Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, and will also include Father Andrew Small, OMI, National Collections Office director for the Church Latin America, Thomas Quigley, counselor to the subcommittee, and local clergy from the Archdiocese of Miami. In addition to the inauguration of the seminary, the group will visit parishes and missions in Havana supported by the Collection for the Church in Latin America. The collection is taken up each year in dioceses across the United States. It supports pastoral projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The collection has supported projects all over Cuba, including the construction of the new seminary. The delegation will also visit the Diocese of Pinar del Rio.

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