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This is my attempt to compare the latest versions of Android and iOS from the perspective of a totally blind user. This article will be split up into three sections. The first section is a general overview of my experience with Android and iOS. Since I am primarily an iOS user, the second section will be my general experience with Android. In order to get an idea of what Android is like from a blind perspective, I will not be making comparisons to iOS in this section. I will just describe my experiences using an Android phone for the last month. The final section will be a comparison of Android and iOS from an accessibility prospective. The section about my experiences with Android is fairly long and can be skipped for those who want a quick overview of my opinion on Android compared to iOS accessibility.
When choosing an Android device, use this article as a general guide to determine whether Android is something you would be interested in, not a recommendation for a specific device. Some Android phones have customizations which make them more accessible than the default Android experience you get on Google Play devices such as the Nexus 4. Some devices have issues which make them less accessible than the default you get with a Google Play device. Since I cannot test all devices, I am going to use the Nexus 4 for this review. If researching other devices, keep in mind that everything I write may not apply to your chosen device. During this review, where ever possible, I attempted to use the default software applications included with Android. While in some cases these meant things might be somewhat less accessible, my goal is to provide a comparison of default Android accessibility to iOS, not a comparison of heavily customized Android to iOS. For information on specific devices, look at the eyes-free google group at
It is a group of blind Android users who have been helpful to me when I have had questions in the past.
I am a software developer and have been using computers every day for the last 15 years with Jaws as my screen reader. My first smart phone was a Nokia E71X using Mobile Accessibility as the screen reader. While this phone would not be considered smart by today's standards due to the lack of an app store, I was able to use it for basic internet browsing and email. In 2009 I bought the third generation iPod touch, which was the equivalent of an iPhone 3GS. Although I was skeptical that a totally blind person could use a touch screen device, I got the salesperson at the store to promise that they would waive the 10% restocking fee if I returned it within 14 days. Although I initially had trouble figuring out how to use the iPod touch, within a week I was comfortable with it and had decided to keep it. In 2011, I bought an iPhone 4 that I used until I recently upgraded to an iPhone 5s.
My experience with Android started in 2012 when I bought a $99 Chinese Android tablet running Android 4.0. I was not expecting a lot out of this tablet, but was hoping to get a basic idea of Android accessibility. While I was able to get it speaking with sighted help, accessibility never worked quite right and I gave up on it. In 2013 I bought a 2012 refurbished Nexus 7. My experience with this device was more positive since I was able to set it up without sighted assistance. Although it was usable if you were totally blind, I never got comfortable with it since if I had trouble figuring out how to do something, I would just go back to the iPhone. When I decided I wanted to realistically assess Android for accessibility, I realized I would need to use an Android phone as my primary phone in order to avoid picking up the iPhone whenever I ran into something I could not easily figure out how to do. In order to do this, I bought a Nexus 4 from one of my co-workers and swapped the SIM from my iPhone into it. At the time of this review, I have been using the Nexus 4 as my phone for about a month.
Setting up the Nexus 4 was completely accessible, although it required you to have headphones. From the initial setup screen I held two fingers on the screen slightly separated for several seconds. Performing this gesture enabled Talkback. Using Talkback, I was able to connect to a wireless network, log into my Google account, and choose my keyboard layout and everything else that was required to set up the phone. The only issue is that by default, Android does not speak the characters you enter into a password field unless you have headphones plugged in. While you can turn this off in settings, when in the setup wizard, there is no way to get to settings and disable this option. In order to type in my Gmail password, I had to use headphones. While this is not a big deal, it is something to be aware of.
Google provides an explore by touch tutorial that is somewhat useful. The tutorial walks you through finding and activating apps, scrolling through lists and pages, text selection, and typing. In Android when selecting text, changing the way Talkback reads text etc., you need to use specific gestures such as swiping up and right, then exploring the screen with your finger to find the specific option you want, such as read by word. While the tutorial teaches you how to do this, the gestures are tricky to always get right. It would have been more helpful if the tutorial had required you to complete these gestures several times before moving to the next step.
Once I was done with setup, the first thing I tried to do was answer a call. This turned out to be impossible to easily do by default. While I could swipe through options when someone called, there was no option I could tap to answer the call. A quick Google search of the eyes-free blind Android users group confirmed that you had to perform a specific gesture to answer a call and that it had to be performed on a specific portion of the screen. Rather than making a friend repeatedly call me so I could practice the gesture to answer the phone and hoping I was able to do it properly every time, I just downloaded "shaking call receive." This app allows me to shake the phone to answer a call. While it is ridiculous that Google does not offer an easy way for a blind user to answer their phones, at least this can be quickly fixed by a free app.
The next thing I did was to import my contacts from my iPhone. Many people will not need to do this since any contact you have in Gmail will be automatically accessible. Since I did not have my iPhone set to sync all my contacts with Gmail, I had to export all my contacts as a .VCF file. Using my computer, I then transferred this file to the downloads folder on my Nexus 4. I was then able to use the app OI file manager to select the file. When I opened it, I was able to import all the contacts from the file to my phone. This entire process was easy and accessible.
After getting my contacts imported, I tried out text messaging. When I sent a message to a contact, my phone prompted me to switch from the default messaging app to Google Hangouts for text messaging. Since I do not use Google Plus or Hangouts, I decided to stick with the default messaging app. I was easily able to send and receive text messages. It was easy, although slow to type messages using the onscreen keyboard. I found myself using dictation by activating dictation rather than typing on the onscreen keyboard. The one annoyance of the messaging app is a lot of unlabeled buttons. When reading previous messages, there was an unlabeled button after every message. This made reviewing past messages slower than necessary, although had no other negative effects on accessibility. It is worth noting that Android allows you to install alternative messaging apps. I have not tried any of these, but saw info on the Eyes-free list about an app called Accessible SMS. If I were using an Android phone as my primary phone full time, I would probably give this app a try.
The next thing I set up on my phone was email. I'm not a big email user on my phone, but I do like the ability to glance at new messages. Since I had heard that the Gmail app has accessibility issues and I wanted to use other accounts besides Gmail, I installed K-9 Mail. This app was easy to set up my email accounts on and I had no problem reading and responding to email. Deleting multiple email messages without reading them first was less intuitive. I had to enable multiple checkboxes in the K-9 Mail settings. Once I did this, to select a message I would have to tap the checkbox immediately before the email subject, as well as the checkbox immediately after the email subject. While this allowed me to select multiple email messages at once and delete them, it was a slow process. Since I'm not a heavy email user, this application met all my needs. If I had a lot of email triage to perform though, I would have quickly grown frustrated with how long it took to select multiple messages. One note on using this application, by default it puts new messages in your notification center. Since I had my main Gmail account set up in K-9 Mail in order to avoid duplicate notifications, I disabled mail for my Google account in the device settings so the Gmail app would not pop up with a notification.
After setting up email, I installed Firefox for Android in order to have an accessible browser. Let me preface what follows with the fact that I do very little browsing on my smart phone. If I know I am going to have to read or type a lot when using the internet, I will grab my laptop. Given the fact that I generally only do quick Google searches or quickly read a Wikipedia article, Firefox works well enough. Opening a webpage and reading it was completely accessible. In order to move by link, form field, etc. you use a three finger swipe left and right to move element by element. A three finger swipe up and down cycles through the type of elements you want to move by. I had a very hard time performing these gestures until I realized that on my Nexus 4 I needed to have my three fingers oriented vertically on the screen not horizontally. Once I figured this out everything, worked fine. In addition to swiping with three fingers, you can use a Bluetooth keyboard to move by element K and Shift+K will move to the next and previous link, h moves by headings, etc. Since I always carry a small Bluetooth keyboard with me, I found this the easiest way to use Firefox. I should note that as of mid-June an accessible version of Google Chrome has been released. Since I don't use an internet browser much though, I did not bother playing with this.
In general, I was able to find accessible applications on Android for everything I use frequently on iOS. For podcasts I used Pocket Casts. I was able to import my podcast subscriptions from an OPML file and the app was accessible. For music I use Spotify instead of storing files on my phone. The Android version of Spotify was generally accessible. One issue I had was the inability to pause playback from within the Spotify app since the playback controls are not labeled. In order to work around this, I would lock my phone then pause playback from the lock screen. For reading books I use Kindle. The Kindle app on Android has just recently become accessible and worked well for me. When attempting to install the official Twitter client, I saw it wanted access to my text messages. Since this made me uncomfortable, I bought Tweetings for Twitter. This app is accessible and my only complaint about it is, when reading through my timeline, there would be a button after each tweet. While this did not reduce the accessibility of the app, it did slow me down when I had a lot of timeline reading to do. Since I am not a heavy user of GPS apps, I did not play with any of these. Searching the eyes-free list should provide several options for GPS apps specifically designed for blind users.
After using Android for a couple of weeks, I looked into customizing my home screen layout and using widgets. I experimented with different launchers but was never able to find one which would allow me to delete home screens. Since I was unable to find a launcher that would let me reduce the number of home screens from 5, I just stuck with the default launcher. Using the default launcher, I was able to add an app to a home screen by accessing the app drawer and long pressing the application. After the app was on the home screen, I could long press it and swipe left and right to move it from home screen to home screen. I could never control where the app would wind up on a home screen though, so I was unable to create folders of apps. I was also able to add a widget to the home screen by selecting the widget type I wanted from the list of available widgets accessed through the app drawer. Given these constraints, I laid out my home screens as followed:
Home screen one consisted of nothing but widgets to direct dial important contacts. The second home screen consisted of a weather widget and other widgets to access quick settings such as mobile hotspot and cellular data. My third home screen contained my most important apps such as Kindle, Tweettings, Pocket Casts, etc. My fourth and fifth home screens contained all the stuff that I dragged off the first three home screens when I was arranging them. This is due to the fact that I could not figure out how to delete an icon from a home screen, only move it to another home screen where it would be out of the way.
From an out of the box experience, I feel Android is close to iOS from an accessibility standpoint. Android, however, felt much less polished to me. While all the major functions of a smart phone can be accessed on both iOS and Android, Android requires more customization. The two examples of this that stood out to me were having to install the Shake to Answer app and Shades. As soon as Voiceover is activated on an iPhone, you can easily answer the phone. In order to answer the phone on Android without sighted assistance, you need to get comfortable enough with Android to launch the Android market and install Shake to Answer. The second major out of the box advantage of iOS over Android is a built in screen curtain in iOS. With Android, I had to install the Shades app to reduce the screen brightness to a level that someone could not read by glancing at my phone. Unfortunately Shades does not directly integrate with Talkback. On iOS if voiceover is deactivated, the screen automatically becomes visible. With Shades this is not the case, making it a two-step process to allow a sighted person to borrow your phone. Rather than just disabling your screen reader, you have to disable Shades then disable your screen reader. When the sighted person is done with your phone, you have to remember to enable Shades, since it does not automatically activate when Talkback does.
In general usage I found Android to be slower than iOS. I realize there is no good way to make this comparison since the hardware is not identical but there is one specific issue that I assume is not specific to the Nexus 4, since I also saw it on my Nexus 7. When scrolling through long lists, Talkback would pause as it was switching pages and sometimes repeat the last item on the prior page, before continuing to read items on the new page. This was particularly annoying in apps consisting of long lists with few items per page, such as Tweetings. In general, I found swiping from item to item to be slightly less responsive on the Nexus 4 than on the iPhone. I do not believe these are issues specific to the Nexus 4 since my 2012 Nexus 7 with half the ram and a duel core processor, instead of the Nexus 4′s quad core processor, had similar performance in daily use to the Nexus 4.
General screen reader usage is easier for me on iOS than on Android. While I understand some of this is due to more experience with iOS, the gestures on iOS are more intuitive than on Android. With iOS you can use the rotor to access all major options. On Android, there are multiple two part gestures, for example, swiping up and right or right then down. In some cases, performing these gestures on Android will immediately perform an action such as opening the notification center or activating the back button. In other cases, the gesture will bring up a menu of options. While in theory a menu of options is nice, you have to drag your finger around the screen without lifting it to find the specific option you want. I found this difficult and, after a month of use, still have some trouble quickly finding options such as reading by word or pausing Talkback after I've activated the menu. I also find the two part gestures difficult to perform. After a month, I'd say I only get them right about 90% of the time. With iOS I had a 100% success rate with any gesture I needed to perform after two weeks. iOS has two system wide gestures that I miss on Android. The first is a two finger double tap to pause and resume music playback. Since Android did not have this gesture, I often found myself having to search an application for a play/pause button or locking then unlocking the phone to pause playback from the lock screen. The second gesture is a double tap within a text field to start dictation. In Android you have to find the dictation button next to the space bar. This makes starting dictation slower. On the pro side for Android, I found text dictation on Android to be quite a bit more accurate and more reliable than iOS.
Navigation on Android and iOS was comparable, although different. On iOS it is easy to get home by pressing the home button or to switch apps by double tapping the home button. Generally back buttons in applications are in the upper left corner of the screen and are relatively easy to find. On the Nexus 4, there is not a physical home button. Instead, there is a home button, back button, and recent apps button at the bottom of the screen. While I was worried about the lack of a physical home button, within a couple days, I could find all these buttons easily so I would call this a draw. One advantage the iPhone has over the Nexus 4 is the availability of tactile screen protectors. While it is easy to find items such as the back button and status bar on the Nexus 4, a tactile screen protector would have made typing easier.
Following are some general comparison notes that do not fit anywhere else. The status bar is easier to read in iOS than in Android. In iOS if you touch the status bar, you can swipe left and right to hear individual pieces of information. In Android, you cannot read individual pieces of information. Tapping the status bar reads all the information. In Android it is impossible to tell whether your phone is charging. When you tap the status bar, it will announce your battery percent but does not announce whether the phone is charging, unlike iOS. In Android using Talkback, it is impossible to see if there is network activity. According to a Google search in the Wi-Fi indicator, a blinking up arrow represents upload activity and a blinking down arrow represents download activity. Talkback does not announce this. Talkback also does not announce that location services are active when reading the status bar, even though this information is available. Finally, I found Bluetooth keyboards to be much more reliable for entering text on Android than iOS. Before Fleksy (an alternative touch typing application I find to be much more efficient than the standard iOS keyboard) was released for iOS, I bought a $20 mini Bluetooth keyboard. I would often have issues with keystrokes not being picked up or repeated multiple times. I assumed this was due to it being a keyboard, but when I used the same keyboard on Android, I had none of these issues. I found using a mini Bluetooth keyboard on Android to be just as efficient as Fleksy on iOS when I was in a situation where I did not want to dictate text messages, such as texting at work.
In summary I was pleasantly surprised with Android accessibility. Both Android and iOS are viable smartphone platforms if you are a totally blind individual. Both allow you to perform main smartphone functions such as calling, texting, checking email, browsing the internet and using apps. The learning curve for Android is steeper than for iOS, due to the requirement of finding alternative apps such as an email client and way to answer calls. Android gestures are also harder to learn than iOS. While quite usable, Android performance is not as good as iOS. At any instant this is not a big deal, but having used the Nexus 4 for a month, I did notice that things did take slightly longer to do on the Nexus than on the iPhone.
Based on this, there are three different budgets I will consider. The first budget is money is not an issue. I could not recommend buying a high end Android phone that costs the equivalent of an iPhone. If you're going to pay the same for iOS or Android, it makes more sense to go with iOS since it is generally easier to use and performs better. The second situation is if your budget is around $350. With having read multiple reviews, but not having a chance to play with a Moto G, I would either suggest trying to spend extra on a used iPhone or save $150 and buy a Moto G. Since I did not see a performance difference between my Nexus 4 phone and Nexus 7 tablet in daily use, I would assume there would not be a big performance difference to a blind user between a Nexus 5 and a Moto G. If you are blind you do not care about the screen quality, as long as the touch screen is good enough to register taps. Since a camera is not a big deal, I do not see the point in spending extra for the Nexus 5. If your budget is $200 or below, I would suggest getting an Android phone such as the Moto G or possibly the Moto E instead of buying an out of date used iPhone, or struggling to save enough money to buy a newer iPhone.
When I went to college, Smart phones were not really an option if you were blind. With everything I know now, if I were 18 and starting college, I would buy a $149 Moto G with the $25 per month republic wireless plan to save money, rather than spending $650 on a new iPhone and paying $50 for cell service. If money matters a lot, Android is good enough as a blind user. Even if you are giving up some usability and performance, you can still accomplish everything with it that you could with an iPhone. If money is not a major concern, the better usability of the iPhone is worth the extra cost.


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Syrian jihadist groups reject rebel council, call for Islamic state
Fourteen jihadist groups based in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a hub of fighting during the nearly two-year old rebellion against the regime of President Bashir al Assad, have banded together to reject the newly formed National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. Instead, the 14 groups, which include the Al Nusrah Front, an al Qaeda-linked terror group behind at least 35 suicide attacks in Syria in the past 11 months, have called for the establishment of "a just Islamic State," according to a statement released on the Internet two days ago. The statement was translated by the SITE Intelligence Group.
"We declare our legitimate rejection of what came to be called the 'national alliance.' An agreement has been reached to establish a just Islamic State and to reject any foreign project, alliances or councils that are forced on us domestically from any entity, whatever it is," the statement said, according to SITE.
The 14 groups that purportedly rejected the national council and called for an Islamic state are as follows (the list is provided by SITE):
Al-Nusra Front
Ahrar al-Sham Brigades
Liwa' al-Tawhid [al-Tawhid Brigade]
Ahrar Souriya [Free of Syria]
Liwa Habab al-Shahba al-Islami [Islamic Brigade of Habab al-Shahba]
Al-Fajr Al-Islamiyya
Movement [al-Fajr Islamic Movement]
Dera' al-Ummah [Shield of the Ummah]
Liwa' 'Amadan ['Amadan Brigade]
Al-Islam Brigades
Liwa' Jeish Muhammad [Army of Muhammad Brigade]
Liwa' al-Nasser [al-Nasser Brigade]
Liwa' al-Baz [al-Baz Brigade]
Liwa' al-Sultan Muhammad [Sultan Muhammad Brigade]
Liwa' Dera' al-Islam [Shield of Islam Brigade]
But, according to SITE, the Ahrar al Sham Brigades denied any "participation" in the declaration. The Ahrar al Sham Brigades did not reject the declaration of an Islamic state, however, or the denunciation of the Syrian rebel council.
READER COMMENTS: "Syrian jihadist groups reject rebel council, call for Islamic state"
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If the rebels want any control of their lives, they had better take out the foreign jihadists now.

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What makes dominant allele dominant?... peptide is too short to do its work. Or you can have change of a crucial residue to turn off your protein, like in case of Asp to Asn mutations in receptor which impair its ability to transfer phosphates and thus signal the binding. Or you could change the post-translational modification and thus ...
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Cell signalling inhibitorsHi guys, Can you please list for me some cell signalling inhibitors for C. elegans (or generic) and tell me the enzyme or receptor that is inhibited? (Preferably for tyrosine kinase, G-protein, JAK/STAT and Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase) Thanks :D
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Diffusion and concentration gradient... the result of neural regulation. Transport and the distribution of related molecules is completed under the control of the brain via some specific receptor proteins .
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Science versus a job as a "scientist"... I didn't find too much in your general suggestions that I haven't seen discussed before. Where and when before did you see discussed growth factor receptor inhibitors used to protect normal cells from the toxic side-effects of chemotherapy? Before my article and my links and reference? I think ...
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Makina Hoshimura is one of the living dead. If she is to ever find peace, she must hunt down and destroy her own kind. Corpse Princess (aka Shikabane Hime)
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Dear Tim.
It's been widely reported that Apple are about to start manufacturing big-ass versions of the iPhone product. This trend of super sizing phones is really naff. On the UK there was an old TV programme staring a guy called Dom Jollie who would take an enormous prop phone into public places and then have a conversation about embarrassing g stuff at the top of his voice making the viewer cringe. The trend of certain manufacturers producing their own massive dimension smartphone is just like this gag.
The average person does not want something the size of a roofing tile in their pocket. Some might say the current iPhone is too big.
So, please, let the iPhone6 be the pocket friendly size if the previous generations and not the impractical iPad wannabe you are alleged to launch.
Yours sincerely
Pushing Jelly
Beatsing the drum
Is it just me or did Apple pay over the odds for Beats.
So apparently they paid $3B – $2.5B of that for the hardware business and £500m for their streaming music service.
If they wanted a streaming music service why not buy Spotify? Who the heck subscribes to Beats? I don't know anyone who does – do you?
Also $2.5B for their hardware business – WTF? they sell crappy headphones! How can that business be worth that much – I know they are popular with a certain type of person (insert style over content Apple comment here) but that's a shed load of cash – hell they could of bought Sennheiser if they wanted good headphones, or Bose or Bowers and Wilkins or BEO or any number of other companies that make great kit – but Beats? – Really guys?
I am probably missing something, you know some strategic technology acquisition that makes it all make sense.
$,2500,000,000 (shakes head)
Foreigner in my own country
As I sit here on the train to Liverpool Street, I can hear many voices of fellow travellers and it occurs to me none of them are speaking English. There's Spanish, various forms of Asian languages, dialects that sound like Russian (they could be Latvian or Ukraine however). An so I'm sitting wondering what happened to all the British English speaking people. Is this the new Britain? We have always been an island of mixed people, there's barely a true Anglo Saxon among us anymore, but through nationalism (and probably an unhealthy dose of racism and xenophobia), most emmagrants have tried to adapt, tried to become British. I think it is the sheer scale of immigration that is allowing/causing the reluctance to adapt.
Where as before the drip of immigration meant that social integration was vital for the immigrant to "get on" in their new life, now the influx caused by Europe's open borders means that ghettos of various nationalities, silos of languages and customs have developed across our country.
This has happened before of course, notable examples being Brixton, Slough and Bradford, these being driven by the racial undertones of last century's England. Today's ghettoisation is more to do with convenience for the immigrant, many cant speak English when they arrive and so settle where the shops speak their language and sell their foods from home. This is much like the English Ex-Pats in Spain and other countries that gather in certain areas, for example Bennedorm.
What can we do as a nation, if we should do anything? Like the citizens of Bradford, Slough and Brixton have, these colonies will gradually integrate. The social boom and benefits bonanza that made moving to the UK an attractive proposition are mostly gone so we may even see migration back to their countries of origin.
I think the conclusion we should take is that Britain is a sum of its parts. From time immorial we have suffered invaders, intruders and invitees, we are the resultant mess of peoples, a nation if immigrants.
Been a bit busy
So it's been a while! Over a year. Lots have happened.
We now have dogs, two Labrador puppies (well not so much now)
The kids are grown or growing up fast. This year they will be 21 and 16.
Goodness I feel ancient.
I am still at the same company and at long last we have a studio again with lots of toys, I wish we had been allowed more of a hand in the process but it's a start.
My long suffering friend Ian has recently been put out of his misery and relieved of his job in the latest round of rationalisations. Not cool.
So that's a very quick status check.
I have no excuse for not blogging other than the fact that I am a lazy toad so i'll shall endeavour to write regularly again.
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Water, bridge, stuff like that
Well another year is upon us, 2012 – a year of great portent, the Olympics, the Jubilie and the (apparently) impending doom of the end of the world.
As anyone who has tried to keep a diary or write a blog will know, writing regularly is a challenge, especially when each day consists of get up, go to work, get home, eat sleep, repeat and nothing (particularly interesting for others) happens.
The usual stock-in-trade of the Mac Head blogger like me are Apple releases or moans, but apart from the iPhone 4S (which is more or less exactly the same as the original '4′) not that much has happened really – just lots of profit and patents.
Work is bizarre at the moment but if you know where I work, you will know it's not something I can really blog about and remain employed.
Home life is OK but unless you want to hear about my new sofa, which I doubt (although I might poll to see if you do!) there's not much to write about .
So there you have it, I am leading an unexceptional life and not much is happening in my world, hense my lack of posts recently.
I can start making shit up if you like? No, didn't think so.
Rest assured PJ fans, I will find something to moan about soon.
Macs no longer to be Pro
The latest rumour from the internets is that Apple are considering canning the Mac Pro product line, because people are not buying them.
Well when they are such a premium product I am not that surprised, however there are many of Apple's core industries rely on pci-express – Audio, video to name two and for whom an external Thunderbolt card cage' four lanes is not going to cut it.
Should we be surprised if this happens. No, not really. Look at the XServe, MacOSX server and FinalCutX if you want evidence of Apple' abandonment of the high-end.
So take a good look at HP's Z800 because if you are doing anything that needs a little more grunt than an iMac can provide, it will soon be your new best friend.
Protests worldwide
The people (proletariat?) seem to have had enough with the rich living off the cream while the other 99.99% of us get skimmed milk.
I particularly love this reaction to Chilian soldiers at one demonstration:
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iPhone4S tariff bizarre'ness from O2
Being an O2 iPhone customer I was eager to see what their tariff prices are for the new iPhone4GS
The first thing I noticed is that they are offiering a 12 Month contract – obviously ready for the upgrade debacle when the iPhone5 is launched.
Secondly they are listing the data as a bolt-on which include Tethering and Visual Voicemail – from £3/month for a measly 100MB through £6 to £10/month which includes 1GB of data allowance, Wifi and a paultry 50 MMS's.
Reading between the lines it looks like you don't get Visual VM unless you get a data bolt-on "All our data Bolt Ons include Visual Voicemail and Tethering for iPhone."
It's when you start to crunch the numbers it becomes interesting, which if I am reading it right has all the tariffs (except the unlimited) are more or less the same when you factor in the cost of the phone. In fact the 1200 minutes tariff is cheapest of them all!
Here's a little chart that demonstrates what I found.
So if I stick with O2 (which is likely taking a cursory look at Vodafone's tariffs for the device) I'll be signing up to the 12month 1200 minutes tariff and saving myself some cash.
Steven P. Jobs 1955-2011
After many years of battling illness, Steve Jobs – co founder of Apple, has passed away aged 56
I guess in respect for Steve's Buddhist beliefs, I should probably say moved on.
You could tell that Steve knew he wasn't long for this life by the way he was getting his affairs in order, in fact it was amazing that he held on to the CEO position for so long into this latest bought of his illness.
Pancreatic Cancer rarely has a good outcome and it's treatment is very invasive and life changing.
The years that he had after diagnosis were a (painful) gift, and if you listen to speeches he gave I think he understood this, he seemed changed almost humbled by the reality that we are visitors on this planet and have a relatively limited time here and how we use that time is up to us.
Money can make you comfortable, sure but it can't buy you well and doesn't guarantee happiness.
It's the love of friends and family that count, everything else is secondary.
So a chap in America died today, he was a complicated mix of business-man, artist, inventor, perfectionist, some might say tyrant or even genius.
Under his direction, a whole lot of other people have produced some really neat stuff that have informed, entertained and helped millions of other people around the planet, frustrated lots of us and have made others rich (or at least kept some of us gainfully employed for the last 25 years).
So thanks Steve, you know – for all the stuff, it's been cool.


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How To Obtain Premium Value For Your Practice
Many podiatric physicians are suddenly realizing the importance of their practice as a retirement asset. The sale of a practice, its value and the associated terms of the sale can either substantially supplement a retirement nest egg or be the source of retirement delaying frustration. Understanding the process of a practice transaction or sale, and having a deliberate and proactive strategy to enhance the value of the practice are likely to reduce the stress and frustration in addition to providing some supplementary retirement funds. There are a myriad of issues to consider when selling a medical practice. One must think about the valuation of assets, continuing patient care and, in the case of retirement, the emotional aspects of leaving the practice, just to name a few key issues. More often than not, physicians do not allow enough time for this process. Indeed, finding the right fit for their replacement and completing the steps to ensure maximum practice value may take up to two years. Doctors have various options and which one you choose will be based on personal preference. In consideration of retirement, a physician might hire an associate and integrate that person gradually into the practice before selling it. A physician might choose to merge with another practice. An obviously poor yet occasionally pursued option is gradually cutting back on the number of patients. However, with this option, patients will ultimately go to other practitioners and as result, the staff begins to leave. By the time of the sale, the practice's value will be compromised. Aside from these fundamental choices, physicians approaching retirement need to understand how their medical practice will be valuated. During this process, it is critical to engage the expertise of consultants, accountants, attorneys and financial planners in order to prepare properly for this next phase of life. Understanding the valuation process is a prerequisite for understanding how to enhance the value of the practice.
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Valuation of a professional practice is both a science and an art. It is a science because all the tests and procedures utilized have been documented for usual business appraisals. It is an art because valuation of a medical practice is quite different from an ordinary valuation since it involves intangible assets. Intangible assets, or goodwill, lend value to a practice but often lead to questions as to whom or what that value is derived from. Quantifying the goodwill often becomes the most challenging task during the valuation process. With this in mind, there are four main components in the valuation of a medical practice. They are as follows: Tangible assets. Tangible assets are items of equipment, cash, accounts receivable and other property that the practice owns. Intangible assets. Intangible assets include all the characteristics that contribute to the success of the medical practice. These are collectively termed "goodwill." This may include the reputation of the physician, the practice's location, the relationships the practice has with various insurance companies and the management systems that contribute to low overhead costs. Liabilities. Liabilities are debts that the practice has incurred and for which there is a future obligation to pay. Principally, these are accounts payable or loans. Equity. Equity is the difference between what a practice owns (its assets) and what it owes (its liabilities). It is the residual value of stock and retained earnings. There are many methods of calculating a practice's value. The rule of thumb governing the valuation is based on the percentage of revenue concept. In short, it is equivalent to saying that $1 in revenue should translate into a specified amount in cents on the bottom line.


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The final pre-season test of 2012 concluded in Spain on Sunday, with Lotuss Kimi Raikkonen setting the pace. Less than half a second covered the top six at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Ferraris Fernando Alonso second and Williams Bruno Senna third.
Raikkonens 1m 22.030s lap was the fastest set over this years two sessions at the 4.7 kilometre track. The Finn also completed the greatest distance on Sunday, with 121 laps at the wheel of the E20.
I was happy with todays running, said Raikkonen. We didnt have any major issues so it was certainly better than yesterday. Everything worked, we tried a lot of set-ups on the car and it all came together well. It was a long time in the car today but I feel fine. It was cooler today so the tyres didnt work as well as otherwise but everything was okay.
Of course, the fastest time at the end of the day looks good but no-one will know how fast any of the cars are until we get to qualifying at Albert Park. All the changes we have made over testing have been improving the car, so well have to see what happens in Melbourne in a couple of weeks time. Im feeling positive.
Alonso had a routine day of tyre and set-up work with Ferraris F2012, carrying out both long and short runs, while Senna was sure Williams are in good shape for Australia after trying their first race update package during his morning outing. Team mate Pastor Maldonado took over the FW34 for the afternoon and finished the day ninth.
Force India were again right in the mix with Nico Hulkenberg fourth in the VJM05, while at Sauber, Kamui Kobayashi was content with fifth place despite his session ending 90 minutes early due to an engine problem.
These things happen, but I am still happy with our achievements, said the Japanese driver. We did a lot of work to learn about the huge variety of set-up and aero options the new car offers. I think performance wise we are looking fine and our simulation work for racing was really good. I feel confident, well and fit - and I think we could race tomorrow if we had to.
McLarens Lewis Hamilton was sixth fastest as he continued testing the teams proposed race-one aerodynamic upgrade. The MP4-27 suffered a small hydraulic leak at the end of the day, but as it coincided with a late-afternoon rain shower, it meant the team lost little significant running.
Seventh place fell to Caterhams new signing Vitaly Petrov and chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne was in upbeat mood after a trouble-free day with the CT01.
"We have had a very good final week of testing, he commented. Both drivers have made the sort of progress we targeted, particularly Vitaly who had his proper race seat today and is starting to find a balance he can really use. We still have some work to do to help him optimise the braking system, but that is about fine tuning his setup and I am sure we can have that ready for him in Melbourne.
"We can also be pleased that in the two key areas of reliability and performance we have been able to achieve what we set out to. The car has run pretty much faultlessly all week and we are starting to unlock the performance that we know this car can deliver. It looks like the midfield teams will be very tightly packed this year, and while we know the times from the tests do not tell the whole story, it does look like we have made a step from last year.
Michael Schumacher was also looking forward to Australia after Mercedes F1 W03 completed its second test session in promising fashion, the German ending the day eighth fastest.
We are very happy with all the work we have been able to achieve, covering a lot of kilometres and learning a lot about our car which gives us a good basis to work from, said Schumacher. The car felt good from the very beginning, and we have managed to improve it over the test days, so I think we can say that we are very well prepared.
In an unusual twist, the two Red Bull teams were to be found at the bottom of the times, with Toro Rossos Daniel Ricciardo 10th and world champion Sebastian Vettel 11th. Ricciardo had a busy time in the STR7, completing 100 laps, but Vettel managed just 23 in the RB8.
Id love to be able to say more about today, but this morning I had an issue, I went off track and broke the front wing and had to come in, Vettel said. It took quite a while to get back out and then just before lunch we had a problem with the gearbox so it upset the whole day. After that there wasnt much we could constructively do.
To be honest, it wouldnt be fair to judge the updates we have, as I didnt get many laps today. I think yesterday was quite a decent step and it was a good day for Mark [Webber], so well take what we can from that.
With official testing complete, the next time an F1 car will turn a wheel in anger will be in opening practice for the Australian Grand Prix on March 16-18. There will still be some action in Barcelona on Monday, however, as HRT use a filming day to debut their 2012 car, the F112.
Unofficial Sunday test times from Barcelona:
1. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:22.030, 121 Laps
2. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:22.250, 115 Laps
3. Bruno Senna, Williams, 1:22.296, 53 Laps
4. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:22.312, 101 Laps
5. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:22.386, 72 Laps
6. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:22.430, 115 Laps
7. Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, 1:22.795, 101 Laps
8. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, 1:22.939, 100 Laps
9. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:23.347, 48 Laps
10. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:23.393, 100 Laps
11. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:23.608, 23 Laps
Unofficial aggregate test times from Barcelona:
1. Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus, 1:22.030, 164 Laps
2. Sergio Perez, Sauber, 1:22.094, 232 Laps
3. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:22.103, 108 Laps
4. Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, 1:22.155, 231 Laps
5. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:22.250, 240 Laps
6. Bruno Senna, Williams, 1:22.296, 212 Laps
7. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:22.312, 137 Laps
8. Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber, 1:22.386, 149 Laps
9. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 1:22.413, 227 Laps
10. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 1:22.430, 180 Laps
11. Paul di Resta, Force India, 1:22.446, 206 Laps
12. Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:22.614, 197 Laps
13. Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, 1:22.630, 168 Laps
14. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 1:22.662, 172 Laps
15. Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, 1:22.795, 224 Laps
16. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:22.932, 257 Laps
17. Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, 1:22.939, 179 Laps
18. Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, 1:23.126, 158 Laps
19. Pastor Maldonado, Williams, 1:23.347, 126 Laps
20. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 1:23.361, 108 Laps
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For their previous temporary-reunion album, 2003's Strays, these dark alt gods created a superslick din seemingly designed for radio, but definitely not your heart. Here, the same three vets (still minus bassist Eric Avery) team with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek and Muse producer Rich Costey with results that slam like vintage, drug-addled scuzzbag rock (opening whammy "Underground," closing raver "Words Right Out of My Mouth"). Between those poles, 21st-century Jane's morphs into something resembling U2 on fastidiously uplifting anthems that clash fiercely with frontman Perry Farrell's anti-charisma -- particularly when he's lying to get laid or bragging about his ability to inflict scars.


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I've always been passionate about defending the world's forests. As a designer, I have been familiar with the FSC for a couple of years, and always specify FSC certified products. Raising awareness of this organization and their certification program is critical. Especially amongst designers, who lead and guide the materials used in projects from small scale residential to large scale commercial, FSC awareness is tragically low.
In November, I spent most of the month in Brazil traveling throughout several states. This was the first time I had seen such large scale devastation. Brazilians I spoke with were painfully aware of the precious treasure they were losing. The corruption is so rampant through all levels of government and corporation, it seems impossible to change the laws. This makes the FSC rating more important than ever. Through this system, individuals have the power to make the right choices. Together, we can make choices that shift the power from illegal logging companies to ethically and responsibly managed forests.
While we can't bring back what we have lost, it is time to stop the destruction. We're all in this together. I designed an advertising scheme which is eye-catching, but not busy. I want it to appeal to designers, and people interested in design. It is an ad that could fit anywhere, on any website, in any magazine, but would easily grab attention. The message is clear, and the website memorable.
My Suggested URL, www.ForestsforLives.com is clear and easy to remember, while driving home the point. By saving forests from careless destruction, we are saving lives. We are saving indigenous people and indigent people who depend on these forests for their livelihood. We are saving the lives of countless precious species of animals and plants which thrive only in these forests. Also, in the end we are saving ourselves. Forests are one of the most precious resources on our planet.
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Fishing Report: September is here and it is the start of our Fall Bass fishing. Lake Fork is in great shape right now a little low but thats not a big deal for this time of year, and the fishing will only get better as the month rolls along. The water clarity is fairly clear mid lake to the south end.. I have been catching bass on a number of different patterns and baits this past week. The shallow fishing has been best for me lately in depths ranging from 2-10 foot. With this cool cloudy weather we have had a good Spinner bait bite with numbers of good solid bass. Today we put 33 bass in the boat and more than half came on the Spinner bait and the rest on a 1/4oz lipless Crank bait . Fishing a Spinner bait over the grass on these cloudy days this time of year is a pattern that will work great all day. The Spinner bait that works best for me this time of year is a Stanley ¼ oz Chartreuse & White Colorado Willow Nickel and gold blades. The areas we are fishing the Spinner bait have been points and pockets on the main lake, there is a lot of Shad in these areas right now. This time of year I have my best luck fishing this Spinner bait fast, keeping the bait just under the surface the bass are coming out of the grass and killing the bait. Other patterns that are working good right now are Wacky Worms and Flukes, they have been real productive in the grass as well in these same areas. Best colors have been Blue Fleck, June Bug, and Watermelon. We are also catching some good fish on a Carolina Rig on the out side of the grass. Yesterday John Haber and his son Drew from Minnesota fished with me and they got the lake fork experience times 2, Drew caught one that went 8 lbs 4oz and his dad caught one that went 7 lbs 6oz these 2 bass were there personal best and both came on a Carolina Rig in 10 foot of water good job guys. Good places to try right now for the above patterns are, the mouth of Chaney Branch, points and pockets on the main lake, and the mouth of Big and little Mustang. I always look forward to this time of year it is the start of the fall Season, the weather is cooling down and the fishing is Hot. So dont miss out on one of the most productive times of year to be on Lake Fork. If you would like to book a guide trip and get in on some great early fall Bass fishing you can reach me at my cell 903-629-5085 or 903-629-7699 check my web site http://www.lakeforktexasfishingreports.com Good Fishing, David Vance
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Very Good Recipes of Banana from lazy cooks kitchen
There is one Banana recipe on the blog lazy cooks kitchen. (2041 on all the blogs)
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Lazy coooks banana walnut cupcakes
By lazy cooks kitchen
05/03/12 13:13
Hello there people....I had a real fun evening yesterday..A whole bunch of friends ,my kitty party crowd (ahem) had come over for tea...well I had invited them,it was my turn to host the party and it was great...girl bonding rocks!.I had the tea..savoury...
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the human brain was used to study whether the amygdala is activated in response to emotional stimuli, even in the absence of explicit knowledge that such stimuli were presented. Pictures of human faces bearing fearful or happy expressions were presented to 10 normal, healthy subjects by using a backward masking procedure that resulted in 8 of 10 subjects reporting that they had not seen these facial expressions. The backward masking procedure consisted of 33 msec presentations of fearful or happy facial expressions, their offset coincident with the onset of 167 msec presentations of neutral facial expressions. Although subjects reported seeing only neutral faces, blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) fMRI signal in the amygdala was significantly higher during viewing of masked fearful faces than during the viewing of masked happy faces. This difference was composed of significant signal increases in the amygdala to masked fearful faces as well as significant signal decreases to masked happy faces, consistent with the notion that the level of amygdala activation is affected differentially by the emotional valence of external stimuli. In addition, these facial expressions activated the sublenticular substantia innominata (SI), where signal increases were observed to both fearful and happy faces--suggesting a spatial dissociation of territories that respond to emotional valence versus salience or arousal value. This study, using fMRI in conjunction with masked stimulus presentations, represents an initial step toward determining the role of the amygdala in nonconscious processing.
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UK Town To Ban Smoking Outdoors
Posted By admin On June 29, 2011 @ 6:30 am In Prison Planet | Comments Disabled
Daily Mail [1]
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
A town is set to become the first in Britain to ban smoking from its streets.
Councillor Paul Bartlett, 50, wants to create a new bylaw to outlaw smoking in any open place or public street in the market town of Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire.
If the scheme is passed by the town's council as well as Milton Keynes Council, smokers who lit up in public places would risk being fined.
The proposal comes after the mayor of New York banned smoking from parks and beaches in the city last month.
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Posts Tagged 'seafood'
Snapper with cockle sauce / Pargo com molho de berbigão
Inspired by Bulhão Pato's coriander, garlic and shellfish magic, this is a flavourful and delicious approach to serving fish filets. The make or break aspect of this is to get the right flavour balance in the shell fish stock. The method works equally well with fillets of bream or bass.
Prawn Rice/Arroz de Camarão
The archetypal Portuguese wet rice, flavoured by a rich prawn stock is a must in any coastal restaurant. The capacity for producing a perfect arroz de camarão can make or break a chef's reputation.
As with most prawn and shrimp dishes, the secret is to extract as much flavour as possible from the shells and heads. To cook with shelled shrimp meat is no more than a allusive reference to the unique taste of this remarkable seafood. Frozen at sea prawns are the most practical way of guaranteeing good results as sourcing fresh prawns is usually rather tricky. This recipe achieves its richness and flavour through the preparation of a stock used to cook the rice. The same stock can be used as a basis for a prawn velouté soup (creme de camarão).
Algarve Squid/Lulas à Algarvia
Algarve Squid/Lulas à Algarvia
The Algarve region in the south of Portugal is renowned for guaranteed good weather, high levels of tourism but also excellent sea food, especially if one avoids restaurants serving chips with everything… This is an extremely simple recipe for small squid which brings out their natural salty taste and soft texture. Like with all squid cooking, timing is everything!
Serve with simple boiled potatoes and greens.
Mussels "Bulhão Pato"/Mexilhões à Bulhão Pato
A variation of the classic clam dish, this works equally as well with mussels. This recipe based be used as a base for preparing mussels vinaigrette.
Chorizo stuffed squid/Lulas recheadas
Squid is an incredibly versatile food. In this recipe tubes and tentacles are used in combination with chorizo and tomatoes to end up with a rich flavorful dish. The relatively long cooking time gives the squid a tender texture and enriches the tomato sauce. Great for a slightly chillier summer evening.
Grilled Squid Salad / Salada de Lulas
This is an excellent way of using the heat from the a nice charcoal barbecue to lend a smokey flavour and crispy texture to fresh squid. This recipe is a mix between grilled squid, commonly served in skewers (espetada de lulas) and octopus salad (salada de polvo).
Octopus Fillets with Rice/Filetes the Polvo com Arroz do Mesmo
This dish is common across the north of Portugal and uses the octopus to provide an intense flavoured stock in which to cook a moist risotto served with long crispy strips fried in a light batter. Octopus is normally boiled before it is used in a dish such as Polvo à Lagareiro in which the octopus is grilled to achieve a crispy texture on the outside while remaining soft on the inside. Since my post on Polvo à Lagareiro the number of tips on how to properly boil an octopus has increased yet again… My favourite is to hold the octopus by its head over a boiling pot of water and dip the end of the tentacles three times (about 10 cm into the water) then finally adding the whole octopus. This is done to achieve a nice curly finish at the end of the tentacles. My new preferred tip is to use an un peeled onion to provide a richer colour and a cork from a wine bottle…


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On the subject of writing song melodies, composer Robert Schumann once said, "in order to compose, all you have to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of." For composer and educator Dr. Stephen Weber, the trick was to write songs that incorporated things that other people had already said.
Two students are sharing the spotlight at their upcoming University of Science and Arts senior recital. On April 4, oboist Annica Canady of Choctaw and soprano vocalist Rachael Sweeden of Oklahoma City will present a joint public performance in the USAO Alumni Chapel at 7:30 p.m.
To assist the Chickasha Fire Department in responding to large crowds anticipated for Thursday's funeral of firefighter Destry Horton, the University of Science and Arts will host a live broadcast of the observance to four remote locations. The funeral is scheduled at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 30.
Unique perspectives and distinct disciplines will reveal the world through artistic eyes March 31 at the annual University of Science and Arts senior art exhibit. The art show, titled "Different Directions," will feature the works of 15 bachelor of fine arts seniors from the spring semester, as well as seven seniors from 2005.
A new traveling exhibit entitled "Early Oklahoma: Black Dreams/Black Hope" will be unveiled on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the University of Science and Arts' Student Center Regents Room.
Sponsored by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, this nine-panel exhibition tells the stories of Chickasha's Ada Lois Sipuel, who broke down color barriers in higher education; early Oklahoma journalist Roscoe Dunjee; and Edwin McCabe, an early Black leader in territorial Oklahoma.
Heralding spring with bagpipes, Scottish-Highland dancing, and folksongs, the Concert Choir will present a unique musical experience March 30 at the University of Science and Arts.
The university's Concert Choir will debut its annual Spring Concert with a Celtic flair at 7:30 p.m. in the Davis Hall Theatre. Under the direction of Dr. Jan Hanson, the choral arrangements will include Irish and Scottish tunes such as "A Celtic Suite," "Go, Lassie, Go," and "Celtic Lullaby." Deborah Johnson will accompany the choir on piano.
Meteorologist Gary England joined a host of atmospheric scientists on March 9 when the latest advancement in radar technology was unveiled in Chickasha. Despite brisk winds and 40-degree temperatures, the ceremony drew nearly 100 people on the Owens Flag Plaza at the University of Science and Arts, a few steps from the tower where the first radar was installed later that day.
Faculty, staff and students,
This is your invitation to join President John Feaver at 9 a.m. Thursday morning at Owens Flag Plaza in the Campus Oval. Please help us welcome faculty and students from other universities participating in the research. Technically this is a press conference but it is open to the public as well. We are expecting OKC media to attend. -RT
The musical comedy "Pippin" opened last night to an enthusiastic audience at USAO. The show continues tonight – Friday, March 3 – at USAO's Hall Theatre, through Sunday.
Performances of the USAO production are scheduled at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for senior citizens.
Sculptor Archie Held of Point Richmond, Calif., will be on campus today to present his work as the second of three artists under consideration in the USAO Public Art Project this spring.
Held's brief presentation is scheduled at 11 a.m. today -- Thursday, March 2 -- in the Davis Hall Theater at USAO. Held will present his proposal for the public art sculpture to be erected in the Alumni Walk of Fame in front of the USAO Nash Library.