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اعلان‌ها و اطلاعیه‌های خبری

اعلان‌های معمولی که منتشر می‌کنیم از طریق رایانه یا خوراک آراس‌اس در اخبار تیلز در دسترس هستند. آن‌ها عموماً برای کاربران تیلز هستند.

گاهی اطلاعیه‌های خبری منتشر می‌کنیم اما آن‌ها را روی تارنما آرشیو نمی‌کنیم. اگر می‌خواهید اطلاعیه‌های خبری آتی را دریافت کنید یا سوالی در این زمینه دارید به tails-press@boum.org رایانامه بزنید.

You can also send press articles about Tails to this address, so we can add them to this page.

از شما دعوت می‌کنیم سوالات خبری خود را با کلید عمومی پی‌جی‌پی ما رمزگذاری کنید.

پیوندهای سریع برای فهم بهتر تیلز

حضورهای رسانه‌ای

نام تیلز مرتب در مقاله‌های خبری و پژوهشی می‌آید. این فهرست کامل نیست، اما برخی مقاله‌های مهم که در مورد تیلز منتشر شده را نشان می‌دهد.

حضورهای رسانه‌ای قدیمی‌تر

  • 2018-12-27: Tails : une cause qui nous touche by Mozinet in Communauté Mozilla francophone.

  • 2018-12-05: Lebanon Libraries Face Issue of Computer Filters in Valley News about libraries in Pennsylvania offering free Tails drives to library users to browse the Internet without fear of being traced.

  • 2018-09-08: Tails in neuer Version 3.9: Extrem anonymes Linux-OS mit wichtigem Update by Jörg Geiger in Chip.

  • 2018-04-27: Formative Testing, with Tails by Simply Secure.

  • 2018-04-04: The FIDH - Worldwide Movement for Human Rights, relayed our call for donation by making it clear that Tails is an important too for Human Rights Defenders in French, English and Farsi.

  • 2018-03-19: Edward Snowden retweeted about our participation to the DuckDuckGo Privacy Challenge explaining:

    Because I've used @Tails_live for years. The journalists who broke the mass surveillance revelations of 2013 all relied on it. Free, libre, and open source software projects quietly save the world every day, even when you can't see it, and their success depends on your support.

  • 2013-12: Bruce Schneier answered to someone asking him what Linux distribution is its favorite: "I don't use Linux. (Shhh. Don't tell anyone.) Although I have started using Tails".

  • 2013-12-12: In A conversation with Bruce Schneier, as part of the "Snowden, the NSA and free software" cycle at Columbia Law School NYC, Bruce Schneier says:

    • "I think most of the public domain privacy tools are going to be safe, yes. I think GPG is going to be safe. I think OTR is going to be safe. I think that Tails is going to be safe. I do think that these systems, because they were not -- you know, the NSA has a big lever when a tool is written closed-source by a for-profit corporation. There are levers they have that they don't have in the open source international, altruistic community. And these are generally written by crypto-paranoids, they're pretty well designed. We make mistakes, but we find them and we correct them, and we're getting good at that. I think that if the NSA is going after these tools, they're going after implementations."
    • "What do I trust? I trust, I trust Tails, I trust GPG [...]"
    • "We can make it harder, we can make it more expensive, we can make it more risky. And yes, every time we do something to increase one of those, we're making ourselves safer. [...] There are tools we are deploying in countries all over the world, that are keeping people alive. Tor is one of them. I mean, Tor saves lives. [...] And every time you use Tor [...] provides cover for everyone else who uses Tor [...]"
  • 2013-11-12: In its review "Which Linux distro is best for protecting your privacy?", techrada.com prefers Tails over 4 other distributions: "The main advantages of Tails are its readiness for USB installation and the complete nature of its desktop and its documentation. The Tails system menu also contains enough applications to make you do almost everything you may need without rebooting. The documentation, while not interesting as the one for Whonix, is more than adequate to help even Linux beginners. Yay for Tails, then!"

  • 2013-11: The German-speaking ADMIN magazine reviews Tails.

  • 2013-10 : (in French) Framablog, Le chiffrement, maintenant, contains a whole chapter about Tails.

  • 2013-10 : SecureDrop, "Aaron Swartz’s unfinished whistleblowing platform" promotes Tails in both user manual and security audit. via Korben.info

  • 2013-10: The occasional issue n°8 of MISC magazine is dedicated to privacy topics. Tails is mentioned a few times.

  • 2013-10-15: CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2013 Bruce Schneier: "One thing I didn't do, although it's worth considering, is use a stateless operating system like Tails. You can configure Tails with a persistent volume to save your data, but no operating system changes are ever saved. Booting Tails from a read-only DVD -- you can keep your data on an encrypted USB stick -- is even more secure. Of course, this is not foolproof, but it greatly reduces the potential avenues for attack."

  • 2013-10-04: In Tor: 'The king of high-secure, low-latency anonymity', page 7. NSA: "[Tails adds] severe CNE misery to equation."

  • 2013-09-12: In Inside the Effort to Crowdfund NSA-Proof Email and Chat Services by DJ Pangburn, Riseup birds write (about the TBB) "Combined with the TAILS project, which Riseup supports, there is nothing better."

  • 2013-09-05: In How to remain secure against NSA surveillance, Bruce Schneier wrote: "Since I started working with Snowden's documents, I have been using GPG, Silent Circle, Tails, OTR, TrueCrypt, BleachBit, and a few other things I'm not going to write about."

  • 2013-08-13: (in French) Tails en version 0.20 on LinuxFR

  • 2013-08-12: Anonym und sicher Surfen mit Tails, in the September edition of the LinuxUser magazine, that includes Tails on the accompanying DVD.

  • 2013-08-11: In their DeadDrop/StrongBox Security Assessment, a research group (Alexei Czeskis, David Mah, Omar Sandoval, Ian Smith, Karl Koscher, Jacob Appelbaum, Tadayoshi Kohno, and Bruce Schneier) suggests inserting Tails in the loop of the DeadDrop/StrongBox system. They also write: "We believe that sources should be adviced to use the Tails LiveCD. This provides better anonymity and is easier to use than the Tor Browser bundle."

  • 2013-07-02: Encryption Works: How to Protect Your Privacy in the Age of NSA Surveillance by Micah Lee on Freedom of the Press Foundation

  • 2013-05-21: Tails 0.18 can install packages on the fly on The H Open

  • 2013-01-31: Comment (ne pas) être (cyber)espionné ? by Jean-Marc Manach in "BUG BROTHER -- Qui surveillera les surveillants ?"

  • 2013-01-29: Tails is documented in Reporters Without Borders' Online Survival Kit

  • 2013-01-14: DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 490 announces Tails 0.16

فیلم‌ها و ویدیوها

کتاب‌ها، کتابچه‌ها و راهنماها

*۲۰۱۵/۰۳: یک خودآموز امنیت آنلاین فمینیستی از safehubcollective.org تیلز را «ناشناسی و فراموشی مطلق» می‌داند.

*۲۰۱۳/۰۸/۲۶: Practical anonymity به قلم Peter Loshin یک فصل در مورد تیلز دارد.


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Friday, December 22, 2017

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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Best Wood Fired Pizza Dough Recipe

Best Wood Fired Pizza Dough Recipe is a recipe provided for us from Woodstone, the makers individuals pizza oven. The original recipe provided for us considered necessary 50# of unbleached flour. We called them asnd said that frequently for the smaller party, we don't use anything but 20#! !.they sheepishly sent us a home recipe. This will make 4 or 5 dough balls, each setting up a 14-16" pizza. That adequately serves a party of 10-14 people. It's typical that a lot of people interest to make their own--so there may be a handful of disasters. People put an excessive amount of stuff on his or her pizzas, making oven entry and exit tough.
Preparation time                   Cook time
30 Minutes                             1 Hour

  • 1 kg strong white bread flour , (or 800g strong bread flour mixed with 200g semolina flour)
  • 1 level teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 2 x 7g sachets of dried yeast
  • 1 tablespoon golden caster sugar
  • 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • olive oil
  • 1 bunch of fresh basil
  • 3 x 400g tins of whole plum tomatoes
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 small head of broccoli
  • 4 quality anchovy fillets
  • 1 fresh red chili
  • 2–3 Italian-style sausages
  • 150 g Taleggio cheese
  • 1 tablespoon fennel seeds

  1. For the tomato sauce, peel and finely slice the garlic, then fry in a good amount of olive oil until lightly colored. Pick and tear the basil leaves, then add to the pan with the tomatoes. Using the back of a wooden spoon, mush and squash the tomatoes as much as you can. Season to taste.
  2. As soon as it comes to the boil, remove the pan from the heat. Strain the sauce through a coarse sieve into a bowl, using the spoon to push any larger bits of tomato through. Discard the basil and garlic left in the sieve, but scrape any tomatoes goodness off the back of the sieve into the bowl. Pour the sauce back into the pan, bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Cook until it’s the perfect consistency for spreading on your pizza bases.
  3. For the pizza dough, sieve the flour and salt onto a clean work surface and make a well in the middle. In a jug, mix the yeast, sugar and olive oil into 650ml lukewarm water and leave for a few minutes, then pour into the well. Using a fork, bring the flour in gradually from the sides and swirl it into the liquid. When it all starts to come together, work the rest of the flour in with your clean hands. Knead until you have smooth, springy dough. Place the ball of dough in a large flour-dusted bowl and cover with a damp cloth and place in a warm room for an hour until the dough has doubled in size.
  4. Remove the dough to a flour-dusted surface and knead it around a bit to push the air out. You can use it immediately, or keep it, wrapped in Clingfilm, in the fridge (or freezer) until required. If using straight away, divide the dough up into 6 to 8 balls.
  5. Timing-wise, it’s a good idea to roll the pizza bases out about 15 to 20 minutes before you want to cook them. Stack the pizza bases, with a square of oiled tin foil between each one, cover them with Clingfilm, and pop them into the fridge. Now’s the time to get your wood-fired oven, or conventional oven, heated up to full whack. Place a couple of heavy baking trays in the oven to heat up, too.
  6. Meanwhile, click off the broccoli florets and roughly chop (using the stalk, too). Blanch in boiled salted water for 1 to 2 minutes, then drain. Tear the anchovies into small pieces, then deseed and finely chop the chili. Squeeze the sausage meat out of their skins, and then roll into small, rough meatballs.
  7. When you’re ready to assemble your pizzas, remove a tray from the oven, put a pizza base on it and assemble it quickly – smear tomato sauce on the base and dot with broccoli, torn up anchovy fillets and sausage meatballs. Tear over the Taleggio cheese and sprinkle with chili. Crush and scatter over the fennel seeds. Place in the oven immediately while you prepare the remaining pizzas. If you’re using a wood-fired oven the pizzas should cook, one by one, in about 3 to 4 minutes – you want them to be puffed up, crispy and delicious. In a regular oven, they’ll take 8 to 10 minutes. Serve hot.

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Howdy, this is Taylor and THANK YOU for wanting to rate my podcast. Rating the podcast allows others on iTunes to find the podcast in the Apple search engine.

When you leave a review, I’ll mention your name on the podcast, thank you, and give you a shout out. I also choose a “review of the week” and if I choose your review, I’ll read it aloud during the podcast.

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  • joisygoil

    PLEASE, PLEASE make these available in print version. So
    me people do not have the luxury of being able to listen. PLEASE make this available in print version so the message can be read.

    • Dear Joisygoil,

      It’s rather costly to have these messages (1 hour) transcribed into print. If you know anyone will to donate the money to have this done, I’d gladly do it. It would be a great resource.

  • JMJT

    I think it would be good to do more with the omitted scripture verses re homosexuality from the Catholic Mass . I think the omitted verses refer to the moral and psychological deterioration of the active homosexuals and their tendency to become power hungry and strive to persecute anyone who does not give them the adulation they crave. Usually all we are hearing at Mass is , “love them, and only the homosexual acts are sinful” ,but it seems that the homosexual lifestyle leads to all kinds of other sinfulness and grave injustices to others.

  • Joseph LeBlanc

    Thank you Dr Marshall for pointing out how certain passages of the New Testament have been deliberately omitted from the Sunday Lectionary, purportedly so as not to offend certain people.

    Keeping us from knowing what was actually spoken by our Lord Christ Jesus on this matter is irresponsible and downright evil.

  • Tom Saltsman

    That was a great point, Taylor, about “all is well.”

    I, too, am a convert from Protestantism. Although I struggled for years to leave dangerous mindsets behind that I had acquired among Protestants (like the fatal and hope-destroying teaching that sin can destroy God’s ability to teach simple truths or work through those who have not repented; see Romans 11:29), I have kept a few good teachings. The best Protestant teaching comes from Merlin Carothers (ka-RUH-thers) whose seminal book is “From Prison to Praise.”

    In essence, Carothers’ precept says, “In everything give thanks for this
    is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you (I Thessalonians
    5:18).” Carothers taught that whatever the circumstance, we must always thank and praise God for it–especially the circumstances that seemed evil and overwhelming. He wrote his series on this powerful subject in the late sixties and beyond. Many of his books were blockbuster sellers that still do well today.

    I have practiced his teaching for years and it works. It’s so great to always see the bright side of things! This constant practice also draws one closer to God because one begins to see things as God sees them. It completely alters one’s value system to heaven’s value system. It produces the fruits of the Spirit.

  • mariamgal

    Thank you so much, Dr. Taylor, for a great podcast. I listened, learned, and thanked God for your talents. You have the gift of clarity to bring the Scriptures to every listener, not only in an attractive and accessible way, but also in an innovative, familiar style. May God continue to bless you and the work you do. +


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Understanding UX Deliverables: Part 1

This is part 1 of a two-part post regarding UX Deliverables. Part 2 coming soon. Originally posted on Medium by Airship’s UX design expert and Mapping lead, Holly Reynolds, on February 16, 2019.

Wireframes, prototypes, MVP, style guides… what exactly are these things? There are so many terms used today in the UX world that it can make one’s head spin. What value do they provide? When should they be used, and how? At Airship, it’s not uncommon for us to get similar questions from customers seeking to understand how these items may benefit them and their products. So, here’s a little handy guide that I hope will offer some clarity.

Ah the wireframe. A classic staple of UX mastery. It’s likely that most who have been involved at any point in the lifecycle of software development have at least some basic understanding of a wireframe. Still, there is at times some confusion between them and prototypes, so I’ll provide some insight.

Wireframes are low fidelity designs which help communicate the basic structure of a digital product. They are not typically interactive, but rather help to convey at a high level what the structure and potential layout of an app or website could be without distracting the viewer with heavier design details such as colors and fonts.

At Airship, we do a process called Wireflowing in our new customer discovery sessions (known as Mappings), which is a combination of the more detailed view of a wireframe with a simple workflow. This is designed to show the primary path a user of the product would ideally take for the product to offer real value to them.

Often created either in design applications like Sketch or with web-based tools like Figma, Whimsical or Balsamic, wireframes are beautifully simple, typically showing little-to-no color, simple styles for buttons and fonts and very little imagery (iconography is often an exception).

Wireframes serve 3 primary purposes:

  1. Show key points of interaction
  2. Present structure and layout at a high level
  3. Offer clarity about the general direction and flow of a product

When Should You Use Wireframes?

Wireframes can really offer value at any point in a project. They are primarily used at the beginning to help the team visualize the product at a high level. However, even just simple hand sketches of a wireframe can be useful to show possible changes in a product or feature well into development. I always say: It’s a lot cheaper to change a wireframe than to change code. Having that visual to get everyone on the same page can be very useful.

If we’re talking about when to use wireframes, it would also be valuable to talk about when not to use them. When more detailed design decisions need to be made such as displaying visual relationships between elements on a page and how their padding, colors, fonts may need to relate to one another, a wireframe will not be quite as useful.

Another case would be when showing animations and the way specific pieces of an app or website may need to be interacted with. It all comes down to the goal and what needs to be conveyed. Is it just showing that there would be an animated piece such as in a new product tutorial screen? Or showing how dragging and dropping a certain item will trigger a notification? The latter would be better suited with more visual details to help convey how that design can assist in providing context to the user.

So Who Can Create Wireframes?

Anyone! It’s true that a UX designer will have more experience in understanding the right and wrong ways to create a wireframe. But anyone needing to have a visual representation of what a product may need to be at a high level can accomplish this.

However, wireframes should always be collaborative. At Airship, we initially create them as a team in our Mapping sessions with our clients in the room. This helps to ensure that we are capturing all of the necessary key points as well as allows the client to see what we’re suggesting in terms of features and content. Plus, it’s a fun exercise to do together!

I then typically take the high level wireframes from that meeting and dive deeper in over a period of days to help show the other secondary touch points and flows we didn’t discuss, as well as dig up questions the team may have for the client. We’ve also discovered this is a great way for the client to think through their products in a different way, which typically results in a greater understanding of what the MVP should be early on.

Still with me? 🙂

Now that we’ve learned the basics about wireframes, let’s talk about Prototypes! A prototype is a simulation or model of what a product could be. It is not an MVP in that it is not intended to be a fully functional piece. Instead, it’s purpose is to help offer clarity and answer questions about a product.

Before I continue, I’d like to note that there’s some confusion in the industry surrounding wireframes and prototypes. The terms are used interchangeably at times because a wireframe can become a prototype. In itself, a wireframe should be a static view of a product. A prototype is something you can interact with and navigate through by clicking items, hovering, just as you would a real digital product. However, a designer may choose to take wireframes and convert them into prototypes by adding clickable hotspots to make it something a user can navigate through. The reason for this is similar to the purpose of a wireframe — to keep the user focused on the interactions and flow, not the design details.

When Is a Prototype Needed?

Again, the primary purpose of a prototype is to help offer clarity and get answers. What answers are needed depends on what the questions are and who’s asking. Perhaps a company creating a mobile app needs to know if what they’re constructing will solve a specific problem their users have. Their developers haven’t yet started it (or perhaps they have), but they need the answers yesterday so they know how to proceed and not risk spending hours of expensive developer time possibly building the wrong thing.

Enter the prototype! How they are constructed can vary widely. Again, it all comes back to the goal and what needs to be understood. In some cases, a designer may go low fidelity with wireframes, or even high fidelity with mockups, import those flat images into a prototype tool such as Figma or InVision, then add clickable hotspots to allow a user to navigate from one screen to the other. This is useful for helping the user to experience what the product may feel like to use, which can provide valuable insight to the business as to whether or not they’re on the right track.

In other cases, prototypes may actually be coded out by a developer. This is still not a fully functioning MVP in my opinion. An MVP is an MVP — a minimum viable product. A prototype should be constructed to help offer insight for an MVP. Still, coding can be useful for prototypes when the need is to test specific types of interactions or functionality, such as how an animation may affect an interface or if drag and drop is a viable solution to a problem.

When to Not Prototype?

Before basic wireframing or sketching is done. Even though they’re much faster and cheaper to construct than building out an entire feature or product to get feedback, prototypes still take time — and more time than basic wireframes or sketches typically. They also need to be properly planned, or they could potentially provide the wrong answers to the right questions by misleading a user. An example of this could be when limitations of the prototype prevent the user from understanding how an interface may respond. I’ve seen cases where this happened and it so derailed the user test that we had to step out of that screen to get back on track.

A prototype should also not be created in a silo. It may be safe to build it as an individual, but what interactions need to be included should be determined by the team building the MVP. Not doing so will potentially result in rework by the person creating the prototype, which takes a way from the idea of being able to use them to get something out there fast for testing with actual customers.

Minimum Viable Product. Who doesn’t love the thought of getting the most basic, necessary piece of their product out and getting feedback so they know how to pivot (if necessary) to accomplish true success?

It’s easier said than accomplished though. To create a true MVP, much time spent planning and detailed prep work needs to be completed, or it’s possible the MVP being built could be the wrong thing. This isn’t necessarily useless, that feedback too can help a business to understand what not to do. But it sure seems better to start out with the right thing, doesn’t it?

Once upon a time, companies would spend months or even years designing, planning and building a full product which would then get launched into the public’s hands with much anticipation. Often, this would be associated with an exciting “big reveal” on the organization’s part in hopes of wowing their customers with this new, presumably life-changing experience. It would succeed because the people who were the brains behind the product knew their audience well. They’d had several conversations in the past about what was missing from their customer’s lives and insight into what their competitors were doing. They just knew what their customers needed and wanted. They also knew how the product or feature would boost adoption rates for the business, increase the stickiness of their website, or any other number of potentially great results. Often, hours upon hours were spent in conference rooms around the world as stakeholders decided what their users needed — rather than asking them.

This resulted all too often in thousands, if not millions, of wasted dollars. Companies had anticipated what their users wanted, had even asked them. But as Steve Jobs once famously said, “People don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

An MVP should be the result of true user-centered design. This includes time spent empathizing with the customer, defining the problem that needs to be solved, brainstorming ideas regarding solutions (wireframes are great here), building those prototypes and then testing them with actual users. The feedback provided should assist in determining what to build for an MVP, and once it’s built, the cycle should continue.

An interesting challenge I encountered once at a previous job was that it was determined that the product had been built for developers initially, but was purchased by executives. Over time, the product began to evolve to become something that had lots of executive-centric features, but was cumbersome for developers to use because so much of it didn’t matter to them (whether or not it should’ve is a different story). The result was that we began to lose developers to competitors with simplified UIs, which lured the executives as well.

“Even if you think you know who your users are, it’s important to do the research to verify. Otherwise, you may be building the right thing for the wrong people.”

It’s important to know who your users are. Personas are a great place to start. There are multiple types of personas including Marketing and UX. Marketing personas help clarify who the product is being sold to and we won’t spend much time on those here. UX personas define who will actually use it and help provide clarity and empathy for the team and internal stakeholders about their users.

It’s important to ensure these groups are accurate, and not based on assumptions. Even if you think you know who your users are, it’s important to do the research to verify. Otherwise, you may be building the right thing for the wrong people.

While it’s best to have someone trained in UX to lead this process, even the small startup entrepreneur can do basic user research. A simple start may include surveys asking your target group key questions about their needs, goals, passions, expectations and pain points. SurveyMonkey or Google Forms are great tools for this.

Deeper dives may include user interviews and focus groups. User interviews can help after you’ve done the basic survey research, to go deeper and provide more contextual feedback. Focus groups can also provide great feedback, but need to be managed carefully so as to minimize group think, or the entire group’s opinion being swayed by one or two outspoken candidates.

At a high level, UX personas could be defining who will be using the product both from the business admin side and the end user side. A deeper level would include creating a name, simple bio, photo and some additional facts about that fictional person including demographics, needs, goals and pain points.

At any level, they should be backed by real data showing who is either currently or is expected to be using the product.

There’s more to come regarding UX Deliverables in part 2 of this post where I’ll talk about High Fidelity Mockups, Competitive Analysis, UX Research, User Journeys, Style Guides, and User Testing Results.

Until then, know that each of these items provides great value to a digital product in its own way and should be approached with proper planning and discussion.

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Exclusives Screw Music Fans

Listeners lose when music becomes fragmented.

You might like your new on-demand streaming better than CDs, but at least you could buy them in any store. At this rate, no matter who you choose to pay $10 a month, you might not get all the music you want. As each streaming app tries to differentiate itself, they’re signing exclusivity and windowing deals so you can only hear certain songs on their service, not their competitors’.

In February, I bet that Apple would try to throw its infinite money around by securing exclusives for its upcoming streaming version of iTunes that we hear will launch June 8th. Today Bloomberg Business reported Apple has approached over a dozen artists including Taylor Swift and Florence & The Machine about these exact kind of deals.

And a few weeks ago, Jay-Z locked up some of the biggest names in music for the streaming service Tidal he acquired. Kanye West, Daft Punk, Arcade Fire, Rihanna, Beyonce, Jack White, Madonna and more pledged to give exclusive or at least early access to their new releases, plus bonus content like videos and curated playlists.

Tidal Exclusive Videos

I get that artists want to make more money. And I get that the tech companies have no problem spending it on exclusives if they think it could cement them as the way people listen for the foreseeable future.

But the fans lose.

To stream their favorite artists, ever or at least when their albums drops, they’ll have to buy the right $10 a month subscription. But if those artists choose different sides of the streaming war, though, the fans get incomplete catalogues and sad ears.

Fans getting screwed by exclusives isn’t new:

  • MTV got exclusive access to videos, cutting out viewers in regions where it didn’t operate.
  • Big box retailers like Walmart and Target would each secure exclusives so high-profile albums they sold came with bonus songs unavailable elsewhere. Hardcore fans would have to buy multiple copies from different retailers to get all the tracks.
  • Apple had the money to pay The Beatles enough to get them on iTunes when they weren’t sold digitally elsewhere.
  • Spotify paid off Led Zeppelin, Metallica, and AC/DC for streaming rights that its competitors couldn’t afford, and its reportedly raising $400 million more.

But it’s getting worse. Now with Apple, Google, YouTube, Spotify, Tidal and more competing for listeners, yet unable to build good enough products to differentiate themselves, they’re leaning on exclusives.

As the lucid Bob Lefsetz wrote, if exclusives become fragmented, “you Balkanize the landscape and you hurt everybody in the ecosystem.”

$10 a month is already a lot more than most fans were spending on music in the CD era. Streaming the world’s history of music obviously provides a lot more value now than 8 albums, but still. No one but the most rabid fans will pay for multiple, redundant streaming subscriptions. Many won’t pay for any.

If you need proof that fans don’t like this situation, look what happened to the first legitimately attractive pieces of exclusive content to hit Tidal. Digital Music News headlined it perfectly: “Beyoncé and Rihanna Premiere Exclusive Tracks on Tidal; Fans Promptly Put Them on YouTube”. Inaccessibility breeds piracy.

Some might argue that this happened in film with Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Instant Video, but music is different.

Movies come out in theaters first, and anyone can buy a ticket a la carte. What Apple and Tidal are trying to do is akin to saying only AMC theaters, not Loews theaters, can see the new Avengers movie. Plus films aren’t snackable. When you want to watch, you watch one for two hours. With music, you might jump between artists every four minutes, so holes in the catalogue are a persistent drag.

In TV, you see exclusives like Game Of Thrones on HBO and House Of Cards on Netflix because those studios produce the content themselves. Perhaps we’ll see streaming services trying to play more of a record label role, signing and developing new talent.

What I hope artists consider is where their money really comes from.

For many larger acts, that’s concert tickets and merchandise. The way you sell those is by creating as many serious fans as possible. Open, in-exclusive access promotes that.

Limiting reach in exchange for cash now might seem enticing, but long-term, will exclusives make them bigger stars? Maybe the zookeeper that caged them will give some extra promo when their album’s released, but then what?

When I can hear an artist’s name or single, and can then go enjoy their work on the streaming service of my choice, I become the kind of person willing to pay them $30 for a t-shirt or $50 for a concert ticket. And I love them for it.

Artists used to feel a sense of integrity that dissuaded them from putting their songs in commercials for crappy brands. But taking money to not allow fans to listen to your music. That’s selling out.


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Hoshin planning for industrial product companies

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A Hoshin plan is a key tool for industrial products companies. It is a lean tool that aids in aligning your companies’ strategic objectives with the particular action plans and resources needed for their successful execution. Beginning at the strategic plan level, it flows down through your organization defining and incorporating middle management tactics and, breaking those into specific work activities that will be performed by all employees. The end object in addition to converting strategic initiatives into executable plans is to eliminate waste associated with inconsistent direction, uncoordinated execution and poor communication.

A Hoshin plan follows the basic lean precept which is to, “plan, do, check and act.” In utilizing this planning your first step will be to create a strategic plan focused on identifying and furthering your company’s long-term goals. If you haven’t undertaken this activity in the past a good place to start is by identifying five goals. Keeping the number of strategic goals small will help ensure a successful outcome and avoid stretching your organization beyond its capabilities. The individual plans should focus on effectiveness, doing the right things, over efficiency as that can be achieved later through continuous improvement. The plans should have been developed by achieving top down consensus which includes consulting with middle management. Each plan needs to have Key Performance Indicators, KPIs, that will drive the desired outcome. Lastly, each plan needs to have an owner who can lead the development of the tactics necessary to support the strategy and facilitate and coach the organization through to completion.

The second step is to take action or, “do.” This encompasses the supervisors and team leads identifying and working through the operational details needed to implement the plan tactics. This will include working with their plant floor and/or administrative team members to identify and assign ownership to managing and carrying out all related activity.

The third step, “check,” portion of the Hoshin planning process is to track as a unit each strategy and its associated tactics and detail activities. This needs to be done on a daily basis and through a visually available tool like a mounted project plan, activity graphs, or the like. This daily reporting should on an exception basis call out adherence to the plan, activities that are at risk and what plans and/or additional activities and resources are being brought to bear to mitigate the issue(s).

The fourth step comes to the adjustment activity known as, “act.” Acting is an iterative process where each days’ activities are carried out and when necessary, adjustments are incorporated as new information comes to light or unexpected results require mitigation.

As we’ve all probably experience in the course of our careers, people perform best when they have a defined purpose which is measured and reported. Incorporating this understanding of not just what to do but why it’s important is a key benefit of the Hoshin planning process. To learn more about how RSM can assist you with your other business needs, contact RSM’s management consulting professionals at 800.274.3978 or email us.

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Independence Day 2018: Why the dream of housing for all has not taken off in last 71 years?

Reflecting India's 71 year-long independence one can't miss the dream of affordable housing for all. But has it really taken off beyond marketing hype?

When we reflect on India’s 71 year-long independence in context with , one thought overshadows all others – . No nation can call itself truly self-sufficient until there is a roof over every head. We can talk about increased transparency and efficiency, but this has true relevance only if it is not just the industry that benefits but also the common man.

Independence Day 2018: Why the dream of housing for all has not taken off in last 71 years?
Independence Day 2018: Why the dream of housing for all has not taken off in last 71 years? (Photo: Agency)

Embodying this very basic but profound premise, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s election manifesto of providing Housing for all by 2022 definitely rang all the right bells. Obviously, it boils down to unleashing a massive number of affordable homes, and the government has certainly gone the extra mile to make that happen. Unfortunately, what we have seen so far is more marketing hype than genuinely affordable housing.

Many developers have climbed on the ‘affordable housing’ bandwagon, but actually the term ‘affordable’ is in most cases just being misused to ostensibly show alignment to the ‘Housing for All’ mission. Of course, builders have been generously applying terms like ‘affordable’ and ‘luxurious’ to projects which were neither affordable nor luxurious long before the Modi Government took charge in 2014.

However, almost every second project today is being purveyed as ‘affordable’ and people can still not afford to buy homes there. There appears to be a big intelligence gap when it comes to the real definition of affordable housing.

What is affordable housing in India?

What is affordable housing in India?
What is affordable housing in India? (Photo: Agency)

According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, affordable housing is defined on the basis of property size, its price, and the buyer’s income. For instance, for the economically weaker section (EWS), an affordable house must measure between 300 and 500 sq. ft. and be priced below Rs 5 lakh, incurring no more than Rs. 4,000-5,000 as monthly EMIs. The income ratio, in this case, should be of 2:3. These numbers change for lower income group (LIG) and the mid-income groups (MIG).

The central bank’s definition, on the other hand, is based on the loans given by banks to people for building homes or buying apartments. It recently tweaked the incentivised affordable housing loan limits from Rs 28 lakh to Rs 35 lakh in metros and from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh in non-metros, provided the overall cost of the home doesn’t exceed Rs 45 lakh and Rs 30 lakh respectively. This move was aimed to give a fillip to low-cost housing for the EWS and LIG groups.

Thus, the definition changes according to the context. Some builders even use the term ‘affordable luxury’, whose validity is again very context and location-based.

How much of the upcoming supply qualifies?

As per ANAROCK data, as many as 22,120 new units were launched in the affordable category (less than Rs 40 lakh) in Q2 2018 across the top 7 cities. Affordable housing units comprised a massive 46% of the total new supply in the same quarter. If we break these numbers down further, then nearly 6,530 units were launched in the price bracket of less than Rs 20 lakh, and the remaining between Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh.

The supply in the affordable housing segment ( less than Rs 40 lakh) saw an increase of 100% in Q2 2018 as against the previous quarter. In fact, the overall supply in Q2 2018 was dominated by the affordable segment, with nearly 46% supply in this category which eventually boosted the overall supply growth.

However, around 2,37,000 units in the affordable segment (units priced at less than Rs 40 lakh) were unsold as of Q2 2018 across the top 7 cities. This number pertains only to the unsold units of organized private developers and does not include Government housing schemes. If those are included, the figures would go further northwards.

Here is a paradox. While there are ample options in the affordable category which can easily bridge the demand-supply gap, the numbers speak otherwise. Yes, more potential buyers are now eligible for bank loans – but due to rising NPAs (particularly in the real estate sector) banks are being extremely cautious in lending to both builders and buyers.

Affordable luxury

The terms ‘premium affordable’ or ‘affordable luxury’ are coined by developers to leverage the ‘affordable’ buzzword in the Indian real estate sector. Such projects may boil down to normal mid-range housing with some extra amenities thrown in. A parallel that could be drawn is the air ticket category ‘premium economy’, which offers some extras but isn’t quite a business or first class.

In a limited number of such projects, there is genuine added value for a slightly higher price. Others may be normal mid-range projects with a fancy name. However, by no stretch of imagination can one claim that the supply of ‘affordable luxury’ housing is in any way geared to help meet the Government’s ‘Housing for All by 2022’ target.

‘Honey, I shrunk the flat!’

Let’s face it – only compact housing is really affordable. Affordability in any category actually depends on the location, the builder’s brand value and property specifications, but size is obviously the primary criterion. Most metros are seeing the emergence of the ‘small is beautiful’ trend. Compact homes have become the new mantra for affordability in pricey cities and locations.

If we consider that even the lower-income groups need to be able to live in our cities, this makes sense – and this supply can in many cases be aligned to the affordable housing category targeted by the Government.

In fact, the average size of properties is shrinking in most cities to suit the ‘affordable budget’ of most buyers. If we consider the yearly trends, average unit sizes in Bengaluru shrunk from 1,478 sq. ft. in 2017 to nearly 1,334 sq. ft. in 2018. Other cities followed suit with overall sizes of properties seeing a downward trend over the last three years. In fact, if we plot the ‘honey I shrunk the flat’ syndrome from 2013 onwards, it emerges that apartment sizes have reduced by anything between 15-27% in the top seven cities.

Again – a home for every Indian by 2022?

Obviously, the government’s spate of policy reforms and schemes over the last few quarters has resulted in an increased new supply and also demand for affordable housing. However, ‘housing for all’ does not necessarily mean ‘every Indian family owns a home’ – we are in any case nowhere near to such a target. This concept must evidently also include the rental housing which those who cannot afford to buy can avail comfortably within their means.

If we look at it that way, we may be a lot closer to the Government’s target than it seems. If RERA spreads its wings as intended and has the expected nation-wide impact, a lot of inventory will hit the market over the next 2-3 years. Attracting end-users aside, the next necessary step would be to entice investors who can buy and rent out this inventory back onto the market.

Boosting rental housing

This is quite a challenge, considering that the Indian real estate market currently favours end-users – and that too largely only for ready-to-move options – but is rather unattractive for investors. What is required is that the GST rates for affordable housing be significantly reduced, or that affordable housing is exempted from GST altogether. GST has resulted in reduced buyers’ interest in new launches and under-construction projects.

With minimal customer advances, the liquidity crunch has stalled construction of several projects. Despite having all the approvals in place and the developers will to complete these projects, lack of funds is acting as the main barrier.

Besides the reduction of GST rates, the Government must intervene to allow bank funding to developers for land purchase. Allowing banks and HFCs to fund land purchase will help developers bring down their costs significantly, which in turn can be passed on to the buyers. In the absence of a bank finance, developers resort to PE funding and other non-formal modes of funding to finance its land purchase which increases the cost of capital for them drastically.

Investors have historically sought to leverage the lower price points of under-construction properties and tend to focus on emerging growth areas – which are also affordable rental locations. On project completion, serious investors will put their holdings on the rental market until the desired price appreciation is achieved and selling the properties makes sense. Since it will take at least 3-4 more years for serious price appreciation in viable emerging areas to manifest, we would have a sizeable rental market.

Boosting rental housing demand and absorption can go a long way in meeting the ‘Housing for All by 2022’ target that the government should consider seriously. Perhaps then, we could celebrate our independence day in 2022 with this dream fully realized. Hope spring eternal, as does human endeavour.

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StumbleUpon is one of a type of search engine which helps users to find content and also recommends it to the users. Some of the features are, users can discover web pages, media content like photos and videos according to taste and interests of the users by using peer sourcing. It is also one of the best Social Sharing website. Like in the Facebook StumbleUpon has also got timeline and users can be able to get the posts related to their interest. Sharing content on StumbleUpon is one of the best ways to drive traffic to the websites. It was found by Garrett Camp in the year 2002. Many find difficulty in creating a StumbleUpon account. So today I will share an easy method to create a StumbleUpon account.

7 simple steps to create a StumbleUpon account

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1) Head on to StumbleUpon website

2) Simply click on Start Exploring
3) Now you need to fill the following details like

Enter Name

Enter Email

Enter Password

Enter Date of Birth

Select Gender Male or Female

After filling up the details just click on Sign Up. You can also create an account by using your Facebook account.

4) Now you need to type some moving words as a part of verification and after completing it just click on Join

5) Now you are almost done. After clicking on Join next you need to select your areas of interest and
there a huge list of interest and after selecting your interest then click on save interest.
6) Now you can be able to see your StumbleUpon account dashboard and you can start posting and sharing.

7) You can be able to get the most of the information in the StumbleUpon dashboard.

>>> Create reddit Account

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1) Just click on Add a new list

2) After clicking on Add a New Page and just enter Web Page Address and tags and after completing It just click on Add Page.
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Sunday, 29 December 2013

The Fifth Day of Christmas

On the fifth Day Of Christmas...

My friend gave to me, the most perfect and tiny and ever so real looking little boy's hat, scarf and mittens set you ever did see.

Again, I am in complete awe... did you hear the screams of delight as I opened the tiny parcel and gently pulled out a hat then one mitten and then another and finally a scarf... wow... I'm still sat with wide eyes just surveying every tiny detail.   I cannot wait to dress my little dolls up, I may have to make a new doll and a whole outfit to compliment this perfect hat, scarf and mitts set.  I think Virginia may have to move in with me and just spend her life mini knitting all day long while I sit there drooling over her creations lol.

This picture was taken with the hat, mits and scarf  sitting on the corner of a serviette so you can see they are very tiny!

Come back again tomorrow to see what else lies in store :)

  1. O My, those mittens!!!! Adorable!!!!

  2. John says , as long as you supply constant cups of coffee and tea he will come too!!!!!! hugs Virginia


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Ruckus Networks deploys wireless network for Hangzhou AiCai Group

Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, has deployed a wireless network infrastructure at the new headquarters of AiCai Group, a Hangzhou-based fintech enterprise.

Spanning a total of 10 floors of the office building, the new 802.11ac-powered network supports the increasing Wi-Fi demands and mobile access requirements for thousands of employees and visitors, delivering both uninterrupted network experience and secure visitor management system through visitor authentication. The stable and reliable wireless network boosts overall mobile office efficiency and is critical to the success of AiCai Group in the fast-developing fintech market in China.

Aicai Group Co., Ltd. is China’s leading provider of online fintech services with products focused on four areas including wealth management, consumer instalment financing, small and micro-finance and automobile financing. The company currently holds a valuation of over $1 billion USD, putting it among the ranks of China’s “unicorn” technology firms.

“Aicai is committed to adopting the latest technologies for consumer finance services targeting young Chinese professionals,” said a representative from AiCai Group. “Everyday we analyze tens of millions user data points through artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with most employees working through mobile terminals. A high-performance, reliable and secure wireless network is critical to our work and for growing market share.”

The representative said that the popularity of mobile terminals has made Wi-Fi a key channel to access the Internet in many Chinese offices today. “Network performance directly impacts employees’ work efficiency and satisfaction with their working environment,” he continued.

In Aicai Group offices with older wireless networks, users experienced low-data speeds and dropped connections when trying to access the network.

In the new premises, AiCai’s IT department wanted to improve the overall wireless network performance while addressing the challenges of secure access.

After careful selection, Hangzhou Xuben Technology Co., Ltd., the IT integrator of AiCai Group, recommended Ruckus Networks’ wireless portfolio for the new office installation.

“The high density of wireless terminals in the office can cause interference, which makes wireless access stability difficult to guarantee,” said Zhou Zhangfu, Technical Director of Hangzhou Xuben Technology Co., Ltd. “Ruckus’ solutions provide better anti-interference features and support for users in high-density environments, offering a better user experience in demanding network environments.”

The new AiCai Group headquarters spans 12,000-square meters, with over one hundred indoor Ruckus R600 access points (APs), along with two ZoneDirector™ 3000-series controllers. The 802.11ac-compatible APs include Ruckus’s patented BeamFlex+™ adaptive antenna technology that directs the antenna to point in the direction of client devices, expanding coverage and mitigating interference, while providing better indoor user experience in high-density environments.

In addition, Ruckus’s ZoneDirector 3000 controller interfaces with the AiCai Group’s Active Directory Server to provide secure 802.1X authentication for employees, while managing visitor access through visitor pass authentication or WeChat authentication.

The number of wireless clients connecting to the new wireless network has reached 1,300 concurrent users daily and is expected to reach 5,000 daily users in the future. The powerful and reliable wireless network also allows AiCai Group to run all important business applications safely and wirelessly.

“The high performance 802.11ac APs and ZoneDirector controllers enable our employees’ wireless terminals to connect seamlessly to the network, while also making wireless projection in the conference room possible. Overall, the total cost of ownership (TCO) of Ruckus’ solutions is very attractive,” said a senior management from AiCai Group,

Easy to install and deploy, AiCai Group has been able to save time, costs and manpower when they installed the Ruckus APs. The Ruckus ZoneDirector controller provides a graphical troubleshooting tool that makes it easy to analyze wireless environment when problems occur, making network management much simpler.

The Group’s wireless network also became more secure with manageable application identification and access controls, through Ruckus’s support for features such as 802.1X, portal authentication, and the ability to set access policies according to request.

“With an increasing number of employees using smart devices in offices, mobility has become an unstoppable trend. Ruckus’s efficient Wi-Fi and network solutions can support a wide range of businesses and transform any space into a reliable working environment, creating different network scenarios according to customers’ needs, thus improving overall productivity, execution capability and network security,” said David Deng, General Manager of Ruckus Networks China.

Ruckus Network has extensive experience in enterprise office network upgrades. Examples of prior successful deployment in domestic enterprises include China National Offshore Oil Corporation, Founder Electronics, Didi Chuxing, Xueersi, Mary Kay, WeWork, and ACEA Biosciences.

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City of London

The City of London Corporation is the Square Mile’s local authority and trustee of significant public and charitable assets, which include:

  • The Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), Mayor’s and City of London County Court, and the City of London Magistrates’ Court
  • 11,000 acres of open space – including Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, West Ham Park, Queen’s Park, and Burnham Beeches
  • Smithfield, Billingsgate, and New Spitalfields Markets
  • The Barbican Centre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and 50% of the Museum of London
  • London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Southwark Bridge, and the Millennium Bridge
  • City Bridge Trust – London’s largest independent grant-maker
  • City of London School, City of London School for Girls, City of London Freemen’s School
  • City of London Academies in Hackney, Islington, Newham, and Southwark

The Corporation’s governing body, the Court of Common Council, comprises the Lord Mayor of London, twenty-four other Aldermen and one hundred City Councillors. The Council meets nine times a year and has a range of committees which manage different functions of the Corporation as well as overseeing its substantial public, private, and charitable resources.


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Monday, December 11, 2006

The Wolf Within

Darren Nash at "Tetrapod Zoology" has a very nice piece on the orgins of the domestic dog that is well worth reading. I cover this topic a bit in American Working Terriers, as I did in the post below (from March 11, 2005), as well as here.

Darren also mentions the Russian fox-breeding experiments which I covered here.

If anyone is interested in paleontology, evolution, and the kind of stuff Stephen Jay Gould might be writing (or reading) if he were alive today, check out Darren's site. Some of the Great Questions of our time are mused on here, such as: "Why do British slow-worms look so different from those of mainland Europe? " I dare you to click and find out! This is, let me say unequivocally, a darn good blog.

Meanwhile, a repost from March 11, 2005, because tonight I am too tired to write anything new:

People are not apes, no matter how often such nonsense is asserted by nodding know-nothings. People are people and apes are apes. Both sides know the difference. If you think otherwise, just try to steal a good-night kiss from a gorilla.

And so it is with dogs. Dogs may be descended from proto-wolves, but they are not wolves. They are dogs. They are exactly what they seem, and quite different from what is commonly asserted, especially by facile want-to-be dog trainers who claim everything is about "dominance" as seen in wolf packs.

This is not to say that wolves and dogs are not evolutionarily related -- this is an absolute fact. Dogs descended from wolves, probably through some form of long-lasting pro-wolf phase.

That said, dogs are not wolves anymore than humans are apes. Dogs are dogs.

A wolf, for example, goes into estrus only once a year, generally in February or March. A dog normally goes into estrus twice a year and this can occur in any season.

Dogs are so far removed from wolves that basic evolutionary adaptations for reproduction no longer line up.

A male dog lifts its leg to pee, while a female dog squats to pee. In wolf packs, only the top male and top female raise their legs to pee -- all subordinate animals squat to pee.

Wolves and dogs have drifted so apart from each other that key signals related to hierarchy are no longer shared. Little wonder that dogs lost in wolf country are quickly attacked and frequently eaten!

Dogs bark -- it is their primary vocalization and it is maddeningly common.
Adult wolves bark so rarely that it is almost never heard in the wild.

Wolves and coyotes howl, and do so very frequently -- generally in the early evening just after waking up and before going off to hunt. Dogs almost never howl except under very special conditions and in response to sustained noises that rise and fall -- like human singing or the wail of fire engines. You may have 15 dogs in the yard, but they do not howl for 5 minutes after they get up in the morning as a coyote or a wolf often will do.

Sex and communication -- can there be anything more basic to identity? And yet, the wolf and the dog operate on different wavelengths. This is one reason that in the real world dogs almost never breed with wolves or coyotes. This phenomenon only occurs in captivity or in those very rare instances when a vanguard of the species (a lone coyote or a lone wolf in a very large area devoid of all other wolves and coyotes) may find it impossible to mate with its own kind.

The simple truth is that dogs know they are not wolves, just as wolves know they are not dogs, and humans know they are not apes.

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Anonymous said...

Your main point I agree with - dogs should not be seen as wolves, as they are separated by quite a space of evolutionary time. The other reason not to use dominance techniques on dogs is that we don't fully understand dominance in wolves, and even less so in dogs, and every technique currently used with dogs has failed with wolves in captivity.

One point I'd like to make, though, is that humans ARE classified as a type of ape. I see the point you're trying to make - we're not chimpanzees but, in fact, are descended from a common ancestor with chimps. But we ARE apes. It may be better to make the point by saying we're not chimps.

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Ah, but you are confusing words, political assertions, and obvious reality -- the exact point of the piece.

Calling a human an ape does not make it so, any more than calling a dog's tail a leg gives you a five-legged dog. A dog's tail is a tail no matter what you call it. Similarly, a human is not an ape.

Because a *scientist* somewhere has shoved humans into the "apes" taxonomic group for purposes of illminating evolution, does not actually make it a correct or logical grouping, does it?

It's worth remembering that scientists split and lump species and groups with abandon, and that these splittings and lumpings are driven, to no small degree, by fads.

Clads are a fad. I am not against cladistic analysis for purposes of evolutionary education and illumination, but it is important to recognize that while clads illuminate some important points about evolution, they obscure elemental truths about the animals being grouped.

Take humans and apes, for example.

Humans split off from apes so far back that while we may share a common ancestor (some sort of proto-ape), it is not a common ancestor that has been alive for millions and millions of years.

Because our relations are so far removed from each other, humans and apes do not even share the same number of chromosomes. Apes have 24 pairs (48) chromosomes, while humans have 23 pairs (46).

More obvious difference between humans and apes exist, however, and they are not hard to see with your own eyes.

For example, humans walk upright and as a consequence our entire pelvic ares is different from that of apes. Apes normally walk on all fours, and their pelvic area is poorly constructed for walking, except for short distances.

Apes also do they eat meat on a regular basis. Humans not only eat meat on a regular basis, our entire social structure appears to be arranged around hunting, raising and eating meat.

Apes do not have the vocal cords necessary for speech, and so their communication methods are markedly different and they can drink water while breathing. Humans have vocal cords and cannot drink water while breathing -- a trade off we made many millions of years ago.

And then there is the little issue of hair ears, etc. I will not detail these; they are obvious enough.

One reason folks get confused about humans and apes is that in selling the cause of Great Ape protection (a very good cause), it is often said that humans are 98 percent identical to chimps or gorillas.

There are two problems here. The first is that the data is wrong. g. Chimps and humans only share 87 percent of our genntic make up.
The second problem is that an 87 percent parallel does not tell us much. You see, humans are 75% identical to nematodes which are nothing more than tiny worms! So, in short, nematodes are as similar to chimps as chimps are to us. Smoke that in your pipe!

Finally, it's fun to turn to Mother Nature and ask her directly. And it turns out she will answer. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are walking around with pig parts in them (heart valves, etc.) No one is walking around with a chimp or gorilla anything in them. The reason: our bodies reject all ape parts even though they do not reject all pig parts. Mother Nature is telling us LOUD AND CLEAR that we may be a pig in many ways, but we are definitely not an ape.

So, to come back to it, do not drink the Koolaid of language. A human is not an ape. The apes know it, the surgeons know it, the geneticts know it. Only the clad-loving evolutionary biologists have a different point of view, and that is because they are willing to lose obvious truths in order to teach their issue. I am willing to let them do it, but I am not willing to say an ape is a human, because it is NOT true.


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stack_of_booksI’ve seen hundreds of book lists: Books you should read before you die; Books that should be on your book shelves (hopefully you’re still allowed to take them out and read them); The best books of the 20th centuryBooks that your children should read … you can see where this is going.

I have to admit that in terms of lists, I am not doing that well.  In the “how many of the books you should have read by now. Yes, you!” quizzes popping daily on the Internet, I probably reach a score around 50%.  I always imagine my highschool librarian scowling at me, as I’ve read a lot, but apparently not the ‘must-read’ types of books.  And I have to confess, I have forgotten quite a lot from my earlier reading.

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The Soundlogic XT is the Android Netbook Convertible You Never Knew You Wanted

Today must be my day for finding weird stuff because I've got another one. The Soundlogic XT is that rarest of birds. It is both an Android netbook  and (thanks to the swivel hinge) a tablet.

This 7" Android device showed up in one of my search alerts today. It's on sale at Miejer, but given the info I found on it I don't think it's worth buying.

Still, it's the odd duck of the Android ecosystem so I think it's worth a brief look.

Update: I posted a brief review of the device.

It's based around a standard cheap 7" screen, and it's running Android v2.2 Froyo on an 800MHz CPU with 256MB of RAM. That last detail is according to the one review I found, which was done by a soul luckier than me. It has 4GB Flash storage, a microSD card slot, Wifi, speaker/mike, ethernet, but no camera or Bluetooth.

As you can see from the lead image, it has a nearly full keyboard (but shrunken because of the size of the screen) and a trackpad as well as the touchscreen. And if the review is to be believed, this device doesn't have a g-sensor, so when you need to change orientation you will need to do it manually. I don't think that will be a big issue, though.

It doesn't ship with much in the way of software beyond the very basic email, web browser, file manager, etc. And as you can probably guess, it doesn't have Android Market.

But that's not the biggest issue with this device. The reviewer reports that build quality is cheap, it didn't turn itself off at night, and that battery life is somewhere under 4 hours. Those last 2 are incredibly disappointing and they are good reasons not to get this gadget. On the other hand, it's weird enough that I'm tempted to get one just to collect it.

It's not the first convertible I've seen; they're old hat. It's not even the first with a mobile OS; that would be the Intermec 6651, a 10 plus year old device that hardly ever heard of. Now that was a handheld that was ahead of its time; it even had a camera (320x240). It was also probably built with higher quality parts, but then again it retailed for over $1,000.

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  1. meth30 April, 2012

    For the money, why not just get an HTC shift for $199? You can run windows mobile 6.x-7, xp, vista, win7, win8, and android variants.

    1. Nate Hoffelder30 April, 2012

      Cause it ships with Vista? That seems like a good reason not to buy it. And besides, i just like to post the weird stuff I find.

  2. Andy Ward30 April, 2012

    I got given one of these. So, I can’t complain about price or apps or anything. 🙂 What I’m wondering… can I get a USB antenna for GPS to work with any Android GPS app? Seems I could use it for GPS and email when traveling, etc. Thanks!

  3. Timster3 May, 2012

    piece of crap. Got it thru Meijer for $137 (including state tax) thru their great steal email; arrived today, charged it, and cannot get it to work past the opening screen, which also has a vertical straight line at approx the first third of the screen. apps do not appear, tried the reset, nothing works. appeared as new, not a factory refurb, will return tomorrow. Was a primer for an Ipad (not an apple fan) but will prob splurge for one. Also the 2nd Android
    device purchased & returned. Google has a long way to go !

    1. april18 May, 2012

      What is the process of returning this netbook n gettin my money back?

  4. Sue3 May, 2012

    I just got mine in the mail and I can’t figure out if there is a special button or setting I have to use to be able to use the keyboard? The touch screen works fine but I want to use the keyboard

    1. Nate Hoffelder3 May, 2012

      I don’t know. Mine simply works.

    2. roky25 August, 2012

      In case you are not familiar with Android usage, you probably first need to tap the part of an app that needs input, then it should “activate” the keyboard as it would with an onscreen keyboard popping up as needed for input on a “pure” tablet with no physical keyboard.

  5. […] · No Comments · hardware reviewsTweet EmailTweet Email Last Sunday I came across an odd little Android netbook/tablet, and like my many other gadgets I couldn’t resist buying one. Well, I’ve made similar […]

  6. Linda9 May, 2012

    I just got it today and I can’t fingure out how to get the screen. It says”touch crosshair to calibrate”. What in the heck does that mean? Help!!!

    1. Nate Hoffelder9 May, 2012

      It means touch the cross hair with your finger.

      1. Joy Anyaokah4 August, 2012

        Pls, how do i use a modem with it. I need reply urgently. thanks

        1. Nate Hoffelder4 August, 2012

          Does the modem also have Wifi or an ethernet port? You’ll need to use one or the other.

  7. Nick From Honolulu Hawaii15 July, 2012

    For all those complaints. Try using a 16gb micro sd CLASS 10 memory card. With the CLASS 10 speed of the memory card i have had excellent results. Got mine through HEARTLAND AMERICA discount catalog for $129.00 deal. No complaints here works as advertised have always been an ANDROID operating system fan.

  8. John15 September, 2012

    Uhh ive had this for a while and im still using froyo.. how do i update it even to ice cream??

    1. Nate Hoffelder16 September, 2012

      I don’t know of any updates for this device. You’re only option is to find a hacker who is interested in working on developing a new firmware. It’s beyond the skills of the average user.

  9. Jason4 November, 2012

    Can’t get this thing to connect to my wifi. It recognizes it in the search, allows me to put in my password but that’s it. Never connects. Have two of these for gifts and on the verge of returning. Can anyone offer some help?

    1. mARIE24 December, 2012

      Did you ever get this connected to WIFI? I can’t seem to get mine connected and I am having the same problem.

      1. Nate Hoffelder24 December, 2012

        Mine did.

        Have you tried googling for a troubleshooting guide for Android/Wifi?

        1. mARIE24 December, 2012

          I tried that but it’s not working. It keeps scanning and then disconnect. I am having the same issue as you did. How did you get it to work?

      2. Sara28 December, 2012

        i have this device and have for sometime now, it sucks and i am constantly trying to figure out what the hell the point of it is. i originally installed the amazon app market and it just stopped working. the only actual app i was using was the kindle app and that stopped working as well, no matter what i tried to do. i tried uninstalling, there aren’t any software updates. tried master reset, reset, everything and nothing works. mine did not come with a usb cord to install into my pc to install updates that way and i am def. not wasting anymore money or time on this. also, it does NOT get a good wifi connection unless you are literally sitting onto of the router. This is not the device to buy if you want to download any type of apps.

  10. Confused5 November, 2012

    I’m a bit confused. Since it has no marketplace, does that mean if I get it, I’m stuck with whatever apps it comes pre installed with? Or is there a way to add the apps? I was considering getting this, because it fulfills my dual needs for a netbook and a tablet (and it’s REALLY cheap).

    1. Nate Hoffelder5 November, 2012

      You can install your own apps. That’s an issue I’ve covered elsewhere (after having similar problems with other Android devices):

      I’ve also managed to install Android Market on this device:

      1. Confused5 November, 2012

  11. patty t19 November, 2012

    I cannot get the language to English.

  12. W COTTON21 November, 2012

    I have had mine for about a month and it serves my purpose. The only thing is I want to turn my screen from horizontal to vertical. I know it can be done, I have done it accidentally a few times. Please advise,

  13. Theresa Blake21 November, 2012

    I bought this, and I have downloaded 3 ebooks onto it. I am unable to read them. It automatically does a force close on them when I attempt to open any of them. Anybody know a fix?

  14. kandy valdez23 November, 2012

    Can the system be upgraded to android 4.0?

    1. Nate Hoffelder23 November, 2012

      Not that I know of, no.

  15. cookie15 December, 2012

    Piece of crap. It’s slow and Battery life sucks.

    1. cookie15 December, 2012

      While I probably agree with your comment, there is only one cookie, and your not him/her!

  16. Chris3 January, 2013

    Can you get android market on there? If so how?

      1. Hey ho27 June, 2013

        I got this gem from my mother. Do you know if it is possible to install a usable skype app from the android market ? ( Or any other usable internet telephony possible?)

        1. Nate Hoffelder27 June, 2013

          No, sorry.

  17. leslie19 January, 2013

    waste of material and time

  18. Bonnie5 February, 2013

    My daughter got this for xmas and she was messing with the screen darkness setting and now the screen is black and cant get it back to normal can anyone help Ive tried rebooting it and using the reset button,

  19. Johnny16 February, 2013

    With was working fine and then one day it stopped going past the initial start up screen. All I get when I turn it on is the Android screen with the flashing cursor. Has anyone else had this problem? I’ve tried other forums but have not been able to find any good reliable results.

  20. Rick15 March, 2013

    Mine worked for just over the 30 warranty period. Now it will not go past the android screen.

  21. kathy williams12 April, 2013

    I am having diffuculty with the charging of the device. I believe the dock area in the device is broke. does anyone know of a way the charge the device without using a dc9v or of a place they may repair the input. this is my daughters and would really like to get it back working any advice is appreciated. There does not seem to be a needle in the input and looks like there should be one.

  22. gigi22 April, 2013

    well i bought this item,when i received it i turn it on it seems to work. I bought it for my nephew in another country. put it away and now just took it out saying i could use it for school. Now it wont pass the flashing screen with the word android… what can i do. My husband said it is a piece of crap, cheap crap…

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  24. Chris17 May, 2013

    I have one of these and my daughter got ahold of it and put a password on it and promptly forgot it, is there any way around the password? Or a way to factory reset it without going into the menu?

    1. Zan21 May, 2013

      I have one of these that a child put a swipe pattern on it and doesn’t remember it as well. I have tried the reset and also removing the battery but neither has worked. Any ideas out there???

      1. Thomas21 May, 2013

        On most tablets, if you fail the pattern unlock multiple times, it will ask for your gmail account. Is that what is happening?

  25. mary clark22 May, 2013

    I lost my cable that charges my tablet. Please help me find one.

    1. Nate Hoffelder23 May, 2013

      I am away from home at the moment so I can’t check my unit, sorry.

      But I do know that if you go to Radio Shack you will be able to assemble a replacement. They have a standardized replacement kit that will let you match a specific tip with a generic charger.

  26. Soundlogic XT is crap11 July, 2013

    My wife bought this on the internet and she turned it on once and never came back on, so it is crap and don’t buy one.

  27. Marcelo José de Souza19 July, 2013

    Olá a todos. Tenho um aparelho destes, remarcado como Mox Pad 738. Não concordo com os comentários acima. O aparelho é bom: é apenas limitado. Consigo estudar, navegar na internet e manter minha contabilidade, sempre levando em consideração que o aparelho possui processador fraco e pouca memória. Se vocês não o usam mais, podem envia-los para mim. Entrem em contato via e-mail para que eu possa encaminhar as instruções de envio.
    Hello everybody. I have a unit, rebranded Mox Pad 738. I don’t agree with the oppinions I have read above. The gadget is indeed good: it’s just a limited computer. I can do my web surfing, e-mail, chatting with Skype (no video, no voice) – always aware about the weakness of the processor and small memory. If anyone of you want to get rid of such device, please send it to me. E-mail me for shipping directions. Thanks.

  28. Lily29 July, 2013

    NATE HOFFELDER PLEASE HELP!!!! Please tell me how to factory reset my SoundLogic XT Android netbook. Or how to fix it. Every time I power it on it gets stuck/freezes stays on the android_ loading screen. Please help!!!

    1. Nate Hoffelder29 July, 2013

      Best I can suggest is to hold down the power button till it finally reboots.

    2. Sharon1 August, 2013

      Did you ever figure out how to reboot/fix your tablet? Mine is doing the same thing & won’t change when even reset it. HELP!! ~Scooter

  29. Lily29 July, 2013

    I’ve tried that with no success. But I appreciate your help. Thank you.

  30. carol2 August, 2013

    passwordsneeds to get reset – does anyone know how

  31. MrsBlinky03 August, 2013

    Does anyone know where I can find an instruction manual for the SoundLogic XT?

  32. imran26 October, 2013

    sir i have model no ks-umpco70vk mtg-571 when i power on then stil on androied plz hellp me

  33. jessegpcr3 December, 2013

    How would a person go about wiping the firmware and reinstalled the OS. It is the only way to get back to the out of the box state. Need bootable thumb drive to install firmware. Google will not share. I like the little thing but I installed to many apps and lock unit at start screen. Will not go pass that point. It schemes to be out of memory and will not let OS start.

    1. Nate Hoffelder3 December, 2013

      I don’t know of any way to perform a factory reset other than from the settings menu.

      Have you tried a hard reboot? This would boot the device with just the core apps. It might help.

  34. jessegpcr3 December, 2013

    I have tried: 1) Reset via pin hole on bottom of unit. 2) Power down via power button. 3) Allowing the power to run completely out. Is there some other way to restart with bare bones start-up? Is there an internal battery that holds setting? What method do you use to boot with only system services?

    1. Nate Hoffelder3 December, 2013

      I did some googling and found this:

      There are ways to perform a factory rest on an Android device when it won’t boot. I don’t know which one will work on the XT but it’s worth a shot.

  35. anonymous19 December, 2013

    I need help. Yesterday the screen started showing colorful vertical lines on it when I was charging my tablet. I pressed the reset button but it did not help. any advice would be helpful.

    1. Nate Hoffelder19 December, 2013

      Do the lines appear when you are using the tablet? If so then you probably have a problem with one of the chips inside the tablet. Basically the tablet is dead.

  36. Katrina28 December, 2013

    when i turn it on it shows the android logo the the screengoes black. whats up with that. any suggestions

  37. kiynejoste2 March, 2014

    Does anyone know where to get a charger for this ? or if someone has a number that i can call to help me with getting one

    1. Nate Hoffelder2 March, 2014

      You can take it in to Radio Shack. They have a system where you can match a generic charger with a specific plug that will fit your device.

  38. Loli23 March, 2014

    Lol, I found one of these in the box outside the dumpster at my apartment complex!
    I got it to work once but I have all of the same issues of the previous posts. I find it very hard to comprehend anyone paying over 30 bucks for this new. I would like to find the manual and was rooting around on Bing and came across this thread. I am seriously considering using it for target practice on the mesa. Sorry Nate some wyrd birds are meant to die.

    1. Marcelo23 March, 2014

      Hi! Would you sell me tour device? I van pay fifteen Bucks for it. Look at my blog. I had onde of these and I Sant another one. Blog:

  39. sam housaton1 September, 2014

    lost all conections to internet, can,t reset tablet. nwhat to do. thanks

  40. Angelika18 November, 2014

    Ayudaaaaaaaaaa!!!! La mía enciende aparece android y después c apaga que hago???????

  41. L16 March, 2015

    I was given one I just need to find a charger for it. If I remember correctly this one is not only an android but a Linux. Just saying.

    1. Nate Hoffelder16 March, 2015

      I would take it to your local RadioShack and have them match the plug with a universal charger.

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