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Does this orchid have a chance?
My friend brought me her orchid since it was dying, and I repotted her with only the most basic knowledge that I possess. The pictures that I'm posting are 'post surgery'.
From the looks of the roots, do you think this orchid has a chance of survival?
I am new to the forum and gardening in general, not to mention orchids. I appreciate your comments. Thanks!
Here is a link that might be useful: Unhealthy Moth Orchid I
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Here is a link that might be useful: Unhealthy Moth Orchid I
i have nop doubts that the orchid can live a long happy healthy life.! =) just read up on phal orchids and take good care of it. i may also suggest maybe using a little super-thrive and diluted fertilizer more often until healthy roots develop. this has worked for me in the past.
Thanks for the boost! I thought she was a lost cause since most of her roots simply slid off and I cut away much of them (hence the name "velamina"). I sprinkled some cinnamon and purchased the Phal mix. I will start fertilizing soon (I wanted to give her a week).
I am going to invest on some supplies (Physan antifungal and Superthrive as you suggested) since I would like to purchase another one. My kitchen scissors (which I disinfected before using) were definitely not suitable and rather blunt for cutting the spike down. I'm not sure what kind of pruner I need.
Any ideas when I will start to see some growth? Haha, I know I have to let her be for a while but I check almost twice a day.
Yes, orchids have a strong will to survive.
I just had a root-rotted phal that lost all its roots. I almost gave up on it, until it began sprouting a tiny new root. I sprayed the plant with fungicide and placed it in a small pot with damp sphagnum moss wrapped lightly around the base of the plant. Then I put the plant in a plastic bag, misted gently, closed it, waited a few weeks, and now its leaves have plumped up and it has 3 new roots and a new leaf.
Just give it good care--don't keep the mix too wet, and keep the humidity up (so the plant doesn't too much lose water through leaves).
thats excellent advice orchid_123. thats what did for my paph that rotted. (bad watering experiment gone wrong...)but yes, orchids are TOUGH for the most part and do have a strong will to live... if worse comes to worse for a phal and it doesnt have the will to live... it normally will pot off a keiki if im not mistaken. (which that alone is a very interesting and special treat) i may be wrong about the keiki though... i kinda skipped over phals and went to paphs and phrags, than vanilla, than masdies and dracs... all the ones that are recommended for beginners i kinda skipped stupidly. but i got lucky and it all works for me. =)
key point is, my experience with phals is at a low, and a second opinion should be taken more seriously.
Orchid, what you did is beautiful and makes a lot of sense; it probably felt like it was in a tropical rain forest where it has been raining for days on end, with the kind of humidity that humans can't normally breathe in :)
I will have to get over my aversion to moss, which quickly set in as soon as soon as I held my new orchid, stagnant of rot. I was not happy, untangling its roots from that very tight spongelike mass :P
I have her in a pot outside on the porch and the humidity has been really high for days. As soon as it drops, I will do something with a bag to increase the humidity level for a while. I'm wondering if I can sneak in a little physan near the roots since she is already potted.
Dark moon, I purchased "All About Orchids" by Ortho, slightly used from Amazon which was already on its way at the time I posted this message. I thought you'd want to know :)
I would like to sneak in a few drops of Listerine (regular) near the roots since I won't be ordering Physan for another week or so. Any ideas on how much? I don't have a dropper yet but I think I can make a good guesstimate using the capful, with your help.
I noticed that the leaves have developed a slight curl, but they are strong, green and healthy. I think I may have drastically cut back on the watering because of the rot and it is in a very bulky phal mix which I like. I'm hoping that all it means is that I must increase watering because of the new mix and moisture. I appreciate your advice!
JMO where i live in the NE, USA i take a judicious approach to messing with a sick phal, the "less is more" philosophy you could call it.
i don't bag them as most of my phals like loads of air movement, also i never use fertilizers, or any other boosts until i see some effort at recovery from the plant.
don't get me wrong i have loved several phals to death, now i back off and let nature lead the way. by not messing with them i use the extra cash i save to buy more of the critters.
I must admit, that bringing a plant to recovery is quite a trip for me. I like your school of thought as well, but I felt a real need for a fungicide and used a minute quantity of Listerine.
I also prefer airy mixes that require more frequent watering in general, and I'll probably stay on that route with orchids as well since approaches vary. I'm also not fertilizing or doing much else for a few weeks.
My newly planted shrubs and container annuals barely survived this year because of the erratic dips in temperatures. I had something to do with their recovery, but much more than half of it had to do with their foundation. You are right kw, I think their will to survive is probably determined by how good their foundation is prior to showing any signs of illness.
I'm motivated to see some signs of recovery because I would like to start a small collection now. Let's hope you're right and she'll give me something to work with.
I have a similar question. Lowe's has several clearanced orchids that appear to be dead. All the leaves are brown except for the bottom two which don't look very healthy. They want a dollar for each of them but I don't even know if it is worth the effort since they are sitting in water logged soil. The roots (that I could see) looked like they were still alive, but can the orchid come back after such abuse and without healthy leaves. Just wondering if it's even worth the dollar to try.
I gathered from some of the threads that some collectors feel there is an emotional expense and not worth it. But if you are new to this as I am, it's just a small investment in some basic supplies, and it can be a fun and rewarding experience. I learned a lot from taking apart the stagnant orchid.
If the dollar orchids are still there, I would probably smell the medium; you'll have better chances with the ones that "reek" the least. I thought I read somewhere that if the very bottom of the plant (that lies right on top of the soil, the stem underneath the leaves) is somewhat plump or swollen that it's a good sign. A more obvious indicator could be better leaves, but this could be misleading I think.
If you're motivated and have some room, why not?
On another note, I am very excited; is this new growth??!
(Notice the almost perfect white circle, about the size of a pencil point). This points directly to a stream of indirect sunlight early morning.
Here is a link that might be useful: Orchid Progress


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Vegetable Guilds?
I am designing a backyard market herb and vegetable garden and have many questions about how to make it as sustainable as possible. The beds are laid out following permaculture guidelines, but I am having trouble understanding how to best intermix plants to create guilds.
I struggle to come up with vegetable attributes in order to understand their needs and benefits; e.g. what does a green pepper need and how can it help other plants? So far I have followed this simple strategy:
 Plant as many perennial varieties as possible
 Place frequently-accessed plants close to the house
 Intermix plants and herbs and flowers paying attention to their pH requirements
And here are a few specific questions:
 Do other common vegetable guilds exist outside of the corn/bean/squash guild?
 Should I introduce white clover around the base of tomatoes and peppers since clover provides nitrogen and regulates soil moisture? Or would the clover compete with the vegetables? (I donÂt quite understand where benefits end and competition begins).
 I planted blueberry bushes a couple years ago before understanding that they require acidic soil  they are doing terribly. Is there any natural way to acidify the soil and how could they contribute to a vegetable garden?
 What would help reduce slugs in the garden?
I live in Iowa in zone 5. My backyard is about 50 x 50 feet and fenced in. Most of the yard gets excellent sun except for the south side which is shaded by small maple trees, cranberry shrubs, and a tall dogwood.
Many thanks!
Here some thoughts Fred.
One aspect of Permaculture is allowing the land to go with the natural flow of succesion. You would need to do a bit of leg work to find what natural plant comunities exist in your area. From there you start building your guilds which are nothing more than a term that discribes man-made plant comunities rather than those that occur naturally.
I mention all of this to remind you that veggetables are at the leading edge of the succesion curve. You can, and I do, think of vegetables in two ways. First I plug in as many perennial veggies as I can in the open areas that occur between tree based guilds plantings. This for me includes Jer. artichocks (edible tuber). These are tall sunflower like plants. I plant smaller annual veggies in front of them. The key here is perennial veggies.
The other way I tend the vegetable is in the old fashioned square foot raised beds. From here it not a matter of permaculture but rather using principles of companion planting. There are good books on this and of course the net.
Oh and a thought on blue berries. They like acid soil so plant them in relation with acid mulch producers like pines. Oaks leaves are also very acidic and are slow in decomposing.
So when creating guilds you can think of the pine as; acidic mulch producer, roots break up soil and brings up nutients and water, creates a moist mirco-climate under canopy, produces shade, a timber source, pine heart very flamable so is great for starting fires, forage and shelter for wildlife and I'm sure I could go on. And with all that I listed remember these are all very surface aspects of what the pine brings to the guild. The one aspect that no one seems to have done the research on yet are the unseen links between the plants in a guild and that is truely what we are experimenting with in guild creation. Heck many of the professionals will argue whether a living plant will actually share its store of nutrients with other plants. I've had it argued that wax myrtle, a Nitrogen fixing bush, does not improve the soils supply of avaliable N until the bushes death when its roots will decay and release the stored Nitrogen. In permaculture it is believd that plants share nutrients with those other plants in very close relationship with it through soil microbes transfer or simply secretion of the plant in question.
Watch your plants and learn from them. Look at what is naturally happening around you and try to think of how those relationships can work for you. Remember succession and go with tree based guilds if you have the room. That really is the goal of permaculture as see it. That along with the many other aspects of being and living with your fellow humans and nature;o)
Re: tomatoes, peppers & clover.
These should work well together. The clover shouldn't compete, as it is a legume, a nitrogen-FIXER (it draws nitrogen from the air and turns it into nodules of nitrogen on its roots), and the tomatoes & peppers are nitrogen-USERS. In your part of the country, lack of heat shouldn't be an issue in the growing season, so the clover would also help suppress weeds, cool the soil, and help retain moisture. If your soil is strongly alkaline, you may have trouble growing clover well.
Do you know what your soil pH is? Blueberries like quite acid soil, 5.0 to 5.8. If your soil is excessively alkaline (and, if it is, your water probably is, too), you may not be able to grow blueberries.
If you haven't had a soil test done, it might be a good idea to do so, so you will know where you stand. Most tests offer info on how to adjust your soil pH. Contact your local Cooperative Extension Service and ask them about soil tests, and if they think blueberries could be grown in the area.
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply in CA has good cover crop info in its paper catalog.
Here is a link that might be useful: Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
Other aspects of guild planting include the spatial aspect, both above and below ground, and water needs. Plant crops with similar water requirements together. Plant shallow rooted among deep rooted plants. Tall shade givers above those that like the protection. Tall sparsely leaved plants above those that like to see the sun. If it climbs, send it upward. The mind boggles!
Don't know about you, but I've put it the "too hard" basket for now!
Establish your perennial Vegtables and herbs in seperate garden plots. You might already be doing this, but in the long run it will save you work. This way you can have an high fertility bed for market vegtables and lower fertility perennial garden bed for your herbs. It will save you work and is easier to look after as well.
One of the points of guilds is that they will look after themselves and not require a lot of work. So guilding perennial plants works well in this case.
Guilding vegtables can be mucho work with out noticable increases in crop yeilds. Here go with the bigeasyjock and use companion planting in order to maintain plant health and have benificial relationships between your plants. The age old example is planting basil in with tomato transplants. Tonnes on companion planting on net.
When trying to guild peppers remember that you are a market gardener. It would be wise to plant a compianion plant that will create a "sellable" product like lettuce. But this is where it gets interesting because peppers like it hot, hot, hot. In zone five, one of the best things to increase yields is to use a stone mulch around your peppers, no guilds. This way moisture is kept in the soil and heat is radiated to the plants at night.
OK.....slugs. Do you have a lot of mulch around your garden or places for slugs to breed and hide in? If yes, try to minimize these area'a while keeping your biodiversity. Slug traps are always a option. You can make your own out of diotamacious(sp) earth or left over beer in a beer can. more info available online, just look up slug traps. Removing mulch from around young plants also will lessen your slug damage as slugs love to breed in deep straw mulch and then eat the young plants.
General info on plant guilds is to think about how much space the plant needs to grow, how big and deep its roots are, how tall will it grow and does the plant have special attributes like nitrogen fixing or being a dynamic acumulator. Then you can plant plants together that will not compete for space above ground or below ground and help each other out. Instead they will grow together and shade out weeds and keep the soil moist. Oh and when trying to creat guilds for market gardens....try to think in terms of rows. So that you have a row of your tallest stuff at the back of your plot that will not shade out other plants, then a row of your next tallest in front of that and etc. Then you can put lettuce and basil around our tomatoes and some calendula pretty much where ever you want. This will help keep you in business with a product to sell. In my market garden i plant rows of companion plants next to each other. It is working so far!
Good Luck this spring,
Hey Fred
There are dozens of combinations for plant companions, check the link for some books on the subject.
With the size of your yard you might want to check out, "Square Foot Gardening" by Mel Bartholomew , you can grow a lot in a little space
All the Best, Ron
Here is a link that might be useful: Companion Gardening

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AKB wishes you all a Merry Solstice & Xmas…
We look forward to sharing the 'Love of Story' with more awesome kids in 2015…
You, Me and Victoria's children..
The intention has been sent for a book tour/ motivational speaking/ sharing story sessions with Victorian children come Sept. 2015. Looking for contacts now!
Off the back of a successful, liberating and rewarding WA Book Tour, the wheels are in motion to do it all again. Only this time in the state of Victoria, my birth state. As Guest Author/ Motivational Speaker, i look to WOW the young audience and leave them 1. motivated to share/ write/ tell/ read story! 2.Increase a child's 'Sense of Selfworth' towards those that find literacy difficult, as i share my own dyslexic upbringing. 3. Share the Love of Story by reading one of my book titles & listen to a sample bunch of students creative text. 4. Give everyone time, a positive role model & healthy messages to take home.
And YOU can help… If your in Victoria, please help me help the children you know and love. Contact your local school or library and suggest they host my dynamic side-show (also know as Guest Author/ Motivational Speaker) in Sept. 2015.
I look forward to meeting you in your home town of Victoria!
Sincerely yours, CHaD
St Mary's College win me over
The last stop of the WA tour, and my heart was won over by the students at St Mary's College. With a strong percentage of indigenous students, mixed with an imaginative healthy bunch all round. I was struck by their enthusiasm and excitement to get involved. Attention was high, smiles large. I had them in the cup of my hand. From start to finish, we connected over story!
Beautiful times.
ABC Publishes my Writing
ABC Open – Stories about peoples Day Jobs (Click on link) – https://open.abc.net.au/explore/72xl6fb
For the Love of Story – Kalbarri Primary
On Tuesday 10th June, the WA Tour branched away from the iconic coastal scrub that Aussie author Tim Winton best describes. Away from the walking, sight-seeing and surfing to visit the joyous kids of Kalbarri Primary School.
Being a guest at this school was insightful for all involved. I enjoyed listening and learning from the children as much as their smiles and enthusiasm awarded me the attention I received.
Next school visit; Parabadoo Primary near the amazing Karajini National Park.
Story Time was captured by a friend…
Story Time was sweet and delightful. It took me back to the world of 'Wheels on the bus', 'If your happy and you know it' and 'The great big elephant is so slow'…What i was invited for, was a little contemporary injection. Reading Skate Session to many smiling cute faces and young parents in Margs.
Special thanks to my new friend and WA local; Mandy Collinson, for coming along in support and taking these pics as seen here.
Next stop, Kalbarri Primary School…YEW!!!
AKB now on shelves@AugustaMargaretRiver Library
After an eery early morning surf @ Gracetowns South Point, where one of the recent shark attacks went down. Did i mention i was out there alone for the first hour, before a great guy by the name of Rob paddled out. And it just so happened Rob assisted the shark bitten surfer out of the water that day. He conducted CPR for 40min on him. Yet, not the result all of humanity would ask of their friend or loved one, yet it was real. And it was the bravery of Rob & his mates, not to pull the victim out of the water in the first place, but to be the first two surfers to paddle out for a wave the next day. They decided to take this action as a way of lifting the dark cloud that hung over the area and its people. And as Rob says, there has been 5 attacks in the last ten years and thousands of surfers in the water every day. The passion and joy one gets from riding a wave far out ways the small chance of being bitten by a Noah.
Besides the noah story, i was pleased at the support and love i received from the local library here in Margies. Not only have they purchased a copy of each book title, but they really did look after me in whatever way they could. So a big heart felt thank-you go to the librarians on the day.
Kind local librarians and opportunities a match. As synchronistically i walked in as weekly sheduled Story Time had just finished. And unbeknown to everyone, next Tuesday's Story Time might see me grace the chair. As MR library may have a guest author read them an action-adventure tale that the local kids and their parents will enjoy I'm sure!
See ya there if your in the area…
The Raw Truth@The Margaret River Writers Fest
My submission into the Margaret River Poetry Slam
MY SLAM POETRY RENDITION VIDEO – THE RAW TRUTH (click to play).
We are pleased to say, the Margaret River Writers Festival officially kicks off the #ActiveKidsBooks Tour of Western Australia. Look out kids, here we come!!! Yippy…
So as one event comes to a close, symbiotically another takes its first breath. And before long, I will be passing on the torch to the work force at the Kimberley Writers Festival come late July 2014. With many schools and fun to be had in-between. Before we head off, I'd like to personally thank Nick Carroll for the literary gift he kindly signed for me at the MRWF. As one author to another, i've invested in a good book i just know it. As i grew up with #TomCarroll, in which the book is based on, as being a World Champion Surfer and one to watch with amazement! The book will be my reading material for the next couple of months as i travel in the recently purchased Landcruiser!
And to talk briefly about my Poetry Slam experience. Not a genre i generally find myself writing or delivering in public. Yet, it ended up being the only opportunity i had to speak with the literary folk of the area. So i blew caution to the wind, got busy writing 5 days before hand and gave it my best shot. I managed to get a 9/10 from one judge, yet i struggled to remember the entire poem and to really do it justice. It was fun all the same, but not to joke with you i was also super nervous. What it offered was a deadline, somewhat boxed the wild imagination in with faded grey boundaries yet a whole lot of freedom to creative play with words! BOOm thats why i went for it!
Before i go, i encourage you to say hello if you see me in the streets (or out in the surf). And to also have your children write to me, let them tell me what they think of AKB stories etc. I'm promoting old school snail mail over email, but everything and anything is great for their literary development.
Go well and lets pray for swell!!!


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MARTIN — The city of Martin is continuing to move toward more sound financial footing after receiving another audit at a regular meeting of the city council on Tuesday.
RICHMOND — After he graduated from Betsy Layne High School and enrolled at Pikeville College in 1949, he didn't have enough money even to ride a bus from his home in the Floyd County community of Harold to Pikeville, just 12 miles away,...
STANVILLE — On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, just before noon, Post 9 Pikeville received a 911 call of an armed robbery at the Stanville Subway in Floyd County. Troopers responded to the scene and determined that an unidentified male entered the...
PRESTONSBURG — It is the summer of 1963, and the river sweeps gently past the green lawns of the Garfield House in Prestonsburg. In Washington, the Kennedys occupy the White House and Camelot is in its fullest flower. Eastern Kentucky has...
PIKEVILLE _ The East Kentucky Leadership Foundation believes the leaders of Eastern Kentucky must work together to deal with problems and opportunities facing the region.
PRESTONSBURG — Floyd County Schools have released their application dates, times, and requirements for the upcoming head start school year.
LEXINGTON - A pair of Floyd County natives have earned regional coach of year honors from the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches (KABC). Former McDowell Daredevil Brian Hall has been named the Girls' 14th Region Coach of the Year.
PRESTONSBURG – Kentucky State Parks will be serving their annual Easter buffets April 5 and several parks are planning other special events. Jenny Wiley State Resort Park will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 4.
MARRIAGE LICENSESTiffany Shree Isaac, 18, of Grethel, to Nicholas Bryan Allen, 24, of Grethel.
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PRESTONSBURG — The Kentucky Blood Center is hosting blood drives next week, in honor of March Madness.
FRANKFORT – Kentucky State Resort Parks will be serving the annual Easter buffet April 5, and several parks are planning other special events.
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a revised slate of residential and commercial energy efficiency and demand side management (DSM) programs for Kentucky Power Co.
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BETSY LAYNE — The Floyd County Board of Education approved an investment in Floyd County's academic teams at a brief meeting at Betsy Layne High School on Monday.
MCDOWELL — As the snow begins to melt and the roadways are starting to clear, last week's winter storms are causing a new headache for regional utilities.
MOREHEAD - Morehead State University's Office of Enrollment Services will host its next Open House program Saturday, March 7, from 9 a.m. until noon in the Adron Doran University Center on the MSU campus.
FRANKFORT - On Monday, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed legislation based on Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes' recommendations to modernize voter registration in Kentucky. House Bill 214, a bill to allow voters to register...
RUSSELL SPRINGS – Kentucky Labor Cabinet Secretary Larry L. Roberts and Education Commissioner Terry Holliday joined local and company officials on Wednesday at Dr. Schneider Automotive Systems in Russell Springs to celebrate a new partnership...
FRANKFORT — The official kynect open enrollment ended at midnight on Feb. 15 with more than 158,000 Kentuckians signing up for private health insurance or Medicaid coverage.
PIKEVILLE – An area non-profit organization is getting help in the form of the first of four installments from a much-needed grant. Shaping Our Appalachian Region Inc. (SOAR) has received approval of a $200,000 grant from the Appalachian...
PIKEVILLE - The University of Pikeville is celebrating Black History Month with a variety of events hosted by the Office of Spiritual Life.
PRESTONSBURG — The inclement weather this week has forced the closure of courthouses, businesses, and of course Floyd County schools, but Superintendent Henry Webb says the outlook is not as bad as some might fear.
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Lately it seems James Lemons has been spending a lot of time in a hard hat, so much so that he even has one with his name on it.
Well, except for today.
Today, a construction worker putting up drywall inside Florida Studio Theatre's new Gompertz Theatre is walking around wearing Lemons' hat.
Lemons, the theater's general manager of two years, doesn't seem to mind. According to his hat, he's Bruce Price, FST's production manager.
"At least it fits," he says with a grin, as he waltzes past the mangled fence separating the Gompertz construction site from the rest of the FST campus. "Structurally, we're finishing a lot of things now. We're just about ready to move onto interior work: colors of walls, carpet details, lighting sconces. Fancy stuff."
Last year, when FST Artistic Director Richard Hopkins announced that the theater would break ground on a $6 million construction project to renovate and expand its 100-year-old Gompertz Theatre, Lemons, 34, didn't realize how much of the project would impact his day-to-day job.
The manager serves as the liaison between the Bradenton-based NDC Construction firm and FST, a job that he says has come with its fair share of pressure and excitement.
Lemons, a native of Henrietta, Texas, hasn't breathed in this much sawdust since he remodeled his first home in Dallas.
"A friend of mine once told me that remodeling a house is a lot like building a set," Lemons says. "Of course, there are a lot of differences, too. Sets are built for speed and efficiency. We build it up and tear it down. The Gompertz needs to last for a long time."
As most longtime theatergoers are aware, the building has already stood the test of time.
Built in 1925 at the corner of First Street and Cocoanut Avenue in downtown Sarasota, the Gompertz has undergone several transformations in its 87 years.
Originally a movie theater, it closed down in the 1930s and re-opened in the early 1950s as the Palm Tree Playhouse, a 160-seat venue for live theater founded by Sarasota actor Stuart Lancaster, the grandson of circus magnate Charles Ringling.
When Lancaster shut it down in 1962, it remained vacant until the Asolo Stage Two Theatre moved in 10 years later, followed by Theatre Works in 1985, followed by FST in 2004.
"The Gompertz has had a revolving door for years," says Lemons, who unearthed evidence of the theater's many tenants when renovations began on the building. "We found boxes of old ticket stubs and playbills from the Palm Tree Playhouse that hadn't seen the light of day since the 1950s."
Among some of the found treasure: handwritten movie tickets, old inkwells and employee pay stubs buried in the sand under the floorboards. According to Lemons, some of the checks were for $25 — one week's pay.
"We kept a lot of what we found," he says. "We're not sure what we're going to do with it yet, as far as preservation goes."
Lemons has been so focused on overseeing construction, he's had little time to think about his first love: directing theater.
A graduate of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, Lemons spent 10 years as the associate artistic director at WaterTower Theatre, a 32,000-square-foot professional theater in Dallas.
A fan of musical comedies, Lemons carved a niche for himself, directing what he describes as "the most modern, crass musical theater you can think of."
"If it was classy," Lemons says, "I never did it."
Despite his penchant for lighter fare, the director was burned out on musical theater and craving a new adventure.
He says he found it at FST. And, no, he's not had the itch to direct anything … yet.
"Right now I'm focused on construction deadlines," he says. "I'm Type A enough that I like getting this work done. I like crossing it off my list. In two weeks I'll be able to cross off stuccoing. Is it wrong that I'm getting excited about seeing my Sharpie roll across the page?"
160,000 — The number of people that FST reaches with its current programming
11,000 — The number of subscribers in FST's Mainstage series
6,000 — The current number of square feet inside the Gompertz Theatre
18,000 — The number of square feet FST will add to the current Gompertz Theatre
$5.6 million — The cost of the Gompertz construction campaign
$1 million — The cost of the property at the corner of First Street and Cocoanut Avenue
230 — The number of new seats FST will add to its campus
5 — The number of months until the Gompertz's grand opening
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New trends in the surgical treatment of outlet obstruction: clinical and functional results of two novel transanal stapled techniques from a randomised controlled trial
- Paolo Boccasanta,
- Marco Venturi,
- Giovanni Salamina,
- Bruno Mario Cesana,
- Francesco Bernasconi,
- Giancarlo Roviaro
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Background and aims
A randomised trial was undertaken to compare the clinical and functional results of two novel transanal stapled techniques in patients with outlet obstruction syndrome.
Materials and methods
Ninety-six females with outlet obstruction were treated with medical therapy and biofeedback for 2 months; 67 non-responders were evaluated by the Constipation Scoring and Continence Grading Systems, clinical examination, endoscopy, dynamic defecography, anorectal manometry, transanal ultrasound and anal EMG, and 50 of them, all affected with descending perineum, intussusception and rectocele, were randomly assigned to two groups and operated on: 25 patients (mean age 53.2±15.3 years) underwent a single Stapled Trans-Anal Prolapsectomy, associated with Perineal Levatorplasty (STAPL Group), and the other 25 (mean 54.6±14.2 years) underwent a double Stapled Trans-Anal Rectal Resection (STARR Group). Patients were followed-up for a mean period of 23.4±5.1 months in STAPL Group and 22.3±4.8 in STARR Group.
STARR Group showed a significantly (p <0.0001) lower pattern of postoperative pain and a greater decrease (P =0.0117) of the rectal sensitivity threshold volume; otherwise, no differences were found in operative time, hospital stay, or time of inability to work. Complications included delayed healing of the perineal wound (ten), dyspareunia (five), urinary retention (two) and stenosis (one) in STAPL Group, and urge to defecate (four), transitory incontinence to flatus (two), urinary retention (two), bleeding (one) and stenosis (one) in STARR Group. All constipation symptoms significantly improved without worsening of anal continence and with excellent/good outcome at 20 months in 76 and 88% of patients of STAPL Group and STARR Group, respectively. Seven patients of STAPL Group had a little residual rectocele, while both intussusception and rectocele were corrected in all patients of STARR Group. Neither operation modified anal pressures or caused lesions of anal sphincters.
Both techniques are safe and effective in the treatment of outlet obstruction; nevertheless, the double Stapled Trans-Anal Rectal Resection seems to be preferable due to less pain, absence of dyspareunia, reduced rectal sensitivity threshold volume and absence of residual rectocele at defecography.
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- Title
- New trends in the surgical treatment of outlet obstruction: clinical and functional results of two novel transanal stapled techniques from a randomised controlled trial
- Journal
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
Volume 19, Issue 4 , pp 359-369
- Cover Date
- 2004-07-01
- 10.1007/s00384-003-0572-2
- Print ISSN
- 0179-1958
- Online ISSN
- 1432-1262
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Keywords
- Descending perineum
- Intussusception
- Outlet obstruction
- Rectocele
- Trans-anal stapled surgery
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Paolo Boccasanta (1)
- Marco Venturi (1)
- Giovanni Salamina (1)
- Bruno Mario Cesana (2)
- Francesco Bernasconi (3)
- Giancarlo Roviaro (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. 1st Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, I.R.C.C.S. University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- 2. Epidemiologic Unit, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, I.R.C.C.S. University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- 3. Uro-Gynecological Department, Ospedale Civile di Desio, Milan, Italy


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Kotenok is another F1Wolf reader who went to see some live racing action last week. Kotenok went to the DTM days on the Barcelona track and during his walk around the paddock stumbled upon Norbert Haug, the main Mercedes guy in McLaren operation. He did not hesitate and decided to ask Mr. Haug some questions for this website (although he forgot to tell him the name of this site ). The interview was conducted in German, so what you read here is translation:
Q: Good afternoon Mr. Haug, I would like to wish you success! I would like to ask a small question for an F1 website, would you like to answer?
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Q: Soon there will be the Grand Prix in Singapore, what is your opinion on the race?
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Q: Well, as a night race, for McLaren Mercedes, I would like to know how do you see the team's expectations in there?
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Not exactly revealing answer but well, that was a very difficult question in the first place .
I would probably be laughing my butt off reading this if not for my own experience giving a radio interview few months back. You feel you have all the answers all the questions up your sleeve but when it comes to producing the goods – ooops … not that easy.
Besides doing the brief interview Kotenok also took quite a lot of pictures. Here is the slideshow with all the DTM and F3 action. Alternatively you can see them all on Kotenok's page on the F1Wolf Club. There are also some very nice paddock photos.
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A new update has arrived for Cross DJ, adding SoundCloud integration to the mixing app. This means that users can log into their SoundCloud account (even if they don't have a Pro account) and access all of the tracks on the service, which will load just as quickly as those locally-hosted. Once the mix is completed, users can then share it via major DJ platforms, with no post-processing needed.
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If brands like A. Lange & Sohne, NOMOS, Glashutte Original and Sinn get your heart pumping a little faster than their Swiss counterparts would, you're not alone. Showing off their stables of German craftsmanship are select members of the timezone community, featuring everything from the mighty Datograph, to the budget-friendly-but-every-bit-as-German NOMOS Tangente. Oh, and you're welcome to join with any German eye-candy you've got strapped to your wrist.


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Milanese hotels used to be famous for being ultra-traditional, when they weren't downright dowdy. But since the turn of the millennium, the city has finally acquired some stylish lodgings that do justice to its reputation as Italy's fashion and design capital. At the top end, the contemporary chic of the Park Hyatt and the Bulgari has proved a hit with visiting business people and fashionistas, challenging comfortable old classics such as the Principe di Savoia. Decent mid-range and budget accommodation has always been a problem in this expense-account city, but there are now a few worthwhile options in this category—including one, 3Rooms, that feels like a cross between a guesthouse and a modern design museum.
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Hi All,
I have a Focus Zetec 06 and have just bought an AUX to 3.5mm jack cable from the local Ford dealership.
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Love love love this!
They stock it in Waitrose in the UK and I bought my first bottle sometime last year when it was on offer for about £5, and was hooked. It's about £8 usually but it's currently on offer right now on buy 1 get 1 free so I've obviously stocked up ;)
Why I love it... the fragrance is INSANE. I like rose as much as the next person, but some products that are 'rose' come across as cloying, stuffy cheap fragrances that smells like old ladies powder puffs or like a nasty synthetic fragranced candle.
This stuff smells so FRESH and sweet, almost edible like rose-honey or edible rose candy (Turkish Delight maybe?).
It is perfect for the mornings or the evening as the fragrance is uplifting and soothing all at once. It lingers on the skin nicely too. It's mega MOISTURISING and luxurious to use. It has friendly ingredients too which I guess explains the steep price./
If your hair is feeling a bit dry/frizzy it also makes a wonderful creamy shampoo!
Normally I go for vanilla or fruity scented shower gels. But when the mood for florals strikes during spring this one probably my best bet.
The scent reminds me of a lush bouquet of fresh roses, while most of the rose scented body products I've tried smell sugary sweet like Turkish delight.
The packaging is neat and clean- cut and feels sturdy
The price is a bit much I guess but the product itself is a delight
I find it quite moisturizing and gentle for the skin
Lathers easily in a rich foam and the scent lingers for awhile
So, well, if you've always dreamed of having a bubble bath with the tub covered with roses like me this shower gel is a pretty good olfactory interpretation!
I don't like the smell of rose products. I love the real thing, but no product can smell like the real thing. The funny thing about Korres' Japanese Rose is that it doesn't really smell like a rose at all. It's actually more of a strong fruity, kind-of-rose smell. I absolutely adore it. The body cream and shower gel are musts for anyone who loves sweet scents and great products.
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Lathers very well. Doesn't smell like typical rose scented products, which I like because perfumes really bother me. Not drying. Love the packaging because I can control how much I want to pour out of the squeeze top. Tons of product for the price, I compared it to what I pay for Body Shop products and it was very comparable but much better quality. Will repurchase.
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Moving Beyond the First Firefox Billion
You may have noticed the odd bit of celebration around the magic billion downloads milestone for Firefox. Of course, as Mozillans themselves point out, that figure doesn't tell us very much; more useful, perhaps, are stats like 300 million users, but that too is only an estimate. And in any case, I think looking backwards is precisely the wrong thing to do at this point: what we need to ask is how do we get the *next* billion downloads – and why do we want them?
The "why" is easier to answer – not least because Mark Surman, the Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation, has been thinking and writing about this a lot. Specifically, he's been working on "engaging the next million Mozillans" - note the interesting shift in emphasis from billions of downloads (pretty meaningless) to millions of participatory users (more concrete) – and what that means. In his most recent post on the topic he explains his thinking thus:
The idea of engaging the next million Mozillians has been floating around for almost a year now. My belief is that it's time to begin experimenting and taking action on this front ASAP, starting in September or October. This is something the Mozilla Foundation team will be prioritizing. In order to move quickly, we need your ideas, tough questions, critiques and offers of help over the coming weeks. Blog comments, pingbacks and private email are all good ways to share thoughts.
Those "ideas, tough questions, critiques and offers of help" relate to Surman's belief that the "why" mentioned above is essentially about getting "large numbers of people to participate on making the web more open and awesome". In his view, the main issues are:
Is now the right time for Mozilla to start engaging large numbers of new people in stewarding the open web? I think it is, but am interested in diverse opinions.
Are issues like security, freedom in the cloud and open mobile good places to start? Or are there other issues that you think large numbers of internet users need to know about and take action on?
What other orgs and groups we should be supporting, building on and working with? We're already committed to working w/ One Web Day. We also need to connect to orgs in the specific issue areas where we want to work.
Given the importance of Mozilla to the health of not just the open Web, but also to open standards and free software in general, I would urge you to read all of Surman's posts on these ideas, and to respond as you think best.
Since Surman has done so much work on the "why", I'd like to spend a little time exploring the other issue: how do we get the *next* billion Firefox downloads?
Of course, this is something that many people connected with Mozilla in some way have given thought to; as a result, lots of clever schemes have been devised, notably through the Spreadfirefox.com advocacy site. But it seems to me that recent events have provided Mozilla with a completely new, and uniquely powerful, way to increase the number of Firefox users.
I'm referring to Microsoft's offer to the European Union to provide a "ballot screen" listing possible Web browsers when a new Windows-based PC is started up for the first time. Here's Microsoft's explanation [.doc] of the proposal:
The Ballot Screen will give those users who have set Internet Explorer as their default web browser an opportunity to choose whether and which competing web browser(s) to install in addition to the one(s) they already have. The Ballot Screen will provide two links associated with each web browser. An "install" link will connect to a vendor-managed distribution server, which, upon the user's confirmation, can directly download the installation package of the selected web browser (and only a web browser, including software to update the web browser only) for local execution (the resulting situation will therefore equal a scenario in which the user himself had downloaded and executed the installation package without being aided by the Ballot Screen). An "information" link will connect to a vendor-managed web page from which the vendor can offer users more information about its browser and installation options. Users will be able to select one or more of the web browsers offered through the Ballot Screen. Microsoft shall ensure that in the Ballot Screen users will be informed in an unbiased way that they can turn Internet Explorer off.
Now, this is still only a proposal, but the European Commission appears favourably disposed:
The Commission welcomes this proposal, and will now investigate its practical effectiveness in terms of ensuring genuine consumer choice.
Moreover, Microsoft has said that it has now unilaterally junked its previous, self-evidently daft idea – that of shipping Windows 7 without any browser at all. Thus it seems highly likely that in the not-too-distant future purchasers of Windows PCs in Europe will be faced with a screen [.ppt] listing various browser options, including Firefox, of course.
But there's a problem. Surprising as it may seem, many people have never heard of Firefox, whereas they may well have come across references to Internet Explorer – or even used it before on school or work PCs. This means that the huge, potential opportunity for Firefox that this offer by Microsoft represents could be wasted. Indeed, I suspect that Microsoft is well aware of this fact, which is why it felt it could make what seems like a fairly generous proposal without risking too much in practice.
This means that one of the most important things the Mozilla team and community can do in the run-up to this ballot screen appearing on computers is to increase Firefox's "brand awareness" among general users. This is not a matter of converting those currently using Internet Explorer, as previous campaigns have done: this is really going for the first-time or naïve user.
That won't be easy, and may require money to be spent on conventional advertising. But I believe it would be an excellent investment – not least because more new users of Firefox means more revenue from search engines.
Of course, this only applies to Europe, since Microsoft's offer is only valid there. But why should it be limited to that geographic region? If Microsoft's bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows 7 is unfair there, surely it is unfair elsewhere? So it follows that the Mozilla Foundation should also be working with consumer groups around the world to push Microsoft to employ the same ballot screen for *all* copies of Windows 7, Vista and XP (available via Windows Update), not just those sold in Europe.
Wherever such requests were successful, the same consumer-oriented campaigns could be conducted with the aim of raising awareness of Firefox among new and less net-savvy users. The benefits would be huge in terms of moving Firefox further into the mainstream - and in pushing it towards the *two* billion downloads mark.
That is window compositing in Windows Longhorn in 2003, including wobbly windows, 3 years before Compiz.
A Bit Off Topic
How does this relate to Firefox?
Perhaps you should look at Project Looking Glass, which is the more likely inventor of wobbly windows and other such things.
Note: Longhorn eventually became Windows Vista (and we all know what a hit it's been).
Mitch Frazier is an Associate Editor for Linux Journal.
Language support
If there is one thing where big benefits can be had, it is in providing more support for languages and language support. For many languages fonts do not adequately support languages.. Support for African languages is a notorious problem. When more effort is spend on adequately tagging text as being of a particular language, this support becomes possible because an ill suited font can be replaced.
In the Wikimedia Foundation, some problems are referred to to the upstream provider sometimes PHP sometimes the browser. It would be great when at least one browser supports the WMF languages and show them as they are intended.
important area
You're right, it's an important area, and one worth spending more effort on - although, to be fair, Firefox does pretty well here compared to, er, other browsers....
important area indeed
it's not easy to decide what worth spending more effort on. firefox must be not arrogant for her success (i mean of course the developers and users)
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The nuclear engineering undergraduate minor allows engineering students to acquire a formal background in nuclear engineering topics that will not only benefit them, but also fulfill a societal need for future hiring of engineers. Through this program, students can enroll in a formal minor that enables them to acquire a basic and fundamental knowledge of nuclear sciences and engineering, thus enabling them to pursue employment in any one of a number of fields associated with the construction, operation or regulation of nuclear power generation.
Students completing this minor acquire a body of knowledge in the fundamentals of nuclear science and engineering. The required courses selected ensures that all graduates of the nuclear engineering minor obtain a minimum body of knowledge in nuclear science and engineering that would allow them to apply their specialized field of engineering knowledge to nuclear-related applications, such as nuclear plant and site construction, nuclear power plant operations, nuclear safety and radiation protection.
The supporting courses that are listed in this program provide an opportunity for students to build upon the knowledge gained in the required courses by taking either more advanced courses or more specialized courses dealing with specific areas of nuclear engineering.
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Students interested in completing the nuclear engineering minor must be enrolled in the College of Engineering at Iowa State University. They should complete and submit the "Request for Minor" form. The selection process is based on approval by the administering department, Mechanical Engineering.
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Nuclear engineering courses are provided through an inter-institutional distance education program offered through the Web. Some of the courses that comprise this minor are offered at Iowa State University, while others are offered through four of the Big 12 Engineering Consortium universities that have formal nuclear engineering departments or programs. The four universities offering an assortment of nuclear engineering courses via web-based distance education are Texas A & M (TAMU), the University of Missouri Columbia (UMC), Kansas State University (KSU) and the University of Texas at Austin (UTA).
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
NUC E 401. Nuclear Radiation Theory and Engineering.
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Atomic and nuclear physics. Radioactivity and reaction rates. Cross sections. Introduction to neutron diffusion theory. Engineering applications of radiation theory.
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WWW only. Fission and chain reactions. Neutron diffusion and moderation. Reactor equations. Fermi Age theory. Multigroup and multiregional analysis.
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The relationship between nuclear energy and society is examined from the perspective of significant events in the commercial nuclear power industry. Event analysis includes differences and similarities of technologies along with environmental impact. Political, social, media and regulatory responses for each event are discussed along with the impact on future plant design.
NUC E 441. Probabilistic Risk Assessment.
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The Body by Jake Door Gym, also referred to as the Power 200, is a resistance band door gym. According to the product description, the gym offers up to 200 pounds of resistance, which is probably where the name Power 200 came from in the first place. We have a problem with door gyms. If the user starts working out heavily and pulling on the bands with force, it could damage the door. There is also the possibility of pulled the door open and getting injured while using the Body by Jake Door Gym. We found the unit available for sale online. The price is more than comparable door gyms costing more than $150 with shipping and handling.
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The idea behind the Body by Jake Door Gym is simple. Place the frame on any door in the home and use the attached resistance bands to complete a workout. There are some problems with door gyms, however. The bands require the user to maintain good form to prevent injury. Fast movements can damage the door or cause the door to fly open and the exercise chart showing more than 200 exercises is a farce. If you alter a movement just slightly, it can be considered a new exercise. Take the squat, for instance. If the user squat half-way down to the floor it is one exercise. A full squat is another exercise. Squatting with one leg is called something different, yet again. There is also a problem with the included DVD. In order to watch the DVD while using the door gym, the user would have to find a door located directly in front of a television. That may not be possible in some homes.
The price of the Body by Jake Door Gym is higher than some other models.
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Ensidia gets 10-man Algalon world-first
Ensidia, the European super-guild that resulted from the merger of SK-Gaming and Nihilum last year, has just made the world first kill of the 10-man version of Algalon, Ulduar's true final boss. Algalon is only accessible after completing every other hard mode in Ulduar, and guilds are only given 60 minutes per week of attempts on him. 25-man Algalon has not yet been killed.
For details on the loot, see Ensidia's announcement; there's some great stuff there. Mek, from Ensidia, had this to say about the fight: "It's a pretty intense fight but not quite as hard as Blizzard made it out to be. The 1 hour timer is the real challenge since you must do a perfect attempt within it." Of course, I think "not quite as hard" for Ensidia is probably a pretty good challenge for the rest of us mortals. Congratulations, Ensidia!
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
How to avoid every traffic jam
Tired of being stuck in traffic? Looking for an easy way around highway construction? Well, there's a solution.
Coming to a dealership somewhere near you is the flying car.
Yes, straight out of the Jetsons comes a whole new definition of 'hybrid'. The Terrafugia is a flying car with the ability to fly more than 500 miles on a tank of unleaded. As a car, it goes up to 90 mph. The wings fold up into the vehicle when used on the street. Hit a button or two and the wings fold out and you're ready to hit the flight deck.
Of course, it will probably be some time before every home in America has one in their two-car (or two-airplane) garage. But the thought of getting out of that two-hour traffic jam, at least for those who can afford one of these flying autos, is now about to be a reality.
Times have changed!
Happy flying..
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Great thoughts you got there, believe I may possibly try just some of it throughout my daily life.
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Sorry, I can only give you partial credit for this article. Yes, the trash can as "deleted file" repository is a metaphor. But as a part of our lives, it has become a design element... that's the thing designers understand. EVERYTHING is a design element or has the potential to be one. Now, I would suggest that it's not simply skeuomorphic elements, but "hyper-realistic" skeuomorphism that is what Apple is turning away from... people have enough of reality in their mobile phone contracts, they don't need the devices to remind them of "reality"....
Skeuomorphism is hardly dead in iOS 7. There are still examples in the apps such as Notes which has a vellum textured paper background. And as one commenter pointed out the sensible lens icon for the camera, a non-skeuomorphic design, has been replaced with ancient SLR camera icon. It's too bad Scott's not around to defend himself. Or is he ... iamnotscottforstall.blogspot.com
AGREED. Best. Article. EVER.
There was always a threat of loosing the culture with the death of Steve Jobs, it would be a great legacy is this new iOS works. When it comes down to it the globalisation by neo-liberals is dead. Products like the iPhone are the best of the stuff that was on offer. It may still make the transition to the new world of capitalism. Time will tell.
One thing is certain, microsoft will never gain its old monopoly. Open source OS have nailed that one down.
iOS 7.0 looks surprisingly like Windows Mobile 7.0
How funny that Mr. Jobs for years bashed Mr. Gates for ripping his beloved Mac UI interface when he made windows 2.0 and windows 3.0
Now we have gone full circle and Mr. Ive has gone and copied Windows Mobile 7.0 . So much for this papers preaching the god like qualities of Jonathan Ives. Now we see he is same as everyone else. Imitate, copy and steal when you can not innovate and co-operate
Could you point to which bits were copied?
Traffic signs: (excluding Germany) when was the last time you stopped at a level crossing to let a steam train go through?!
It seems Apple decided to remove some metaphors and add others. For example the Camera app's icon went from being a depiction of the iPhone's actual lens to a depiction of an SLR camera.
I disagree. Words' meanings evolve over time with society and a word's true meaning is what people use it for, not what some scholar believe it is based on outdated usage. Words are born, die off and change meaning.
You said outdate usage. How is that now outdated? Just because people use a word wrongly, it doesn't then mean the word's actual meaning becomes outdated.
For example, most people use the word 'regularly' to mean 'often'. So does that mean the idea of intervals/regularity is now outdated? Often has superseded regularity?
If you have to look up the word "skeumorphic" because you've never head it before, and if there is now a debate on what it actually means, then the logical conclusion is that this usage is not so much outdated or changed, but simply obscure.
If you have to look up the word "skeumorphic" because you've never head it before, and if there is now a debate on what it actually means, then the logical conclusion is that this usage is not so much outdated or changed, but simply obscure.
Pedantry at its finest. Where's the real content?
I think it was something along the lines of: people should probably have a think about what they say, instead of chucking words about as though that would give any real content.
Just as "slobs" are inclined to call others "anal", and vice versa, so with "pedants" and the "imprecise".
The point is to make these things less and less usable and less and less powerful.
Thus the smartphone replaced the mobile computer tablet (smarter phones with flip-out keyboards, horizontally aligned dispay, camera style buttons etc)
Apparently there was a type of motor car that was started with a crank handle. The crank handle was also used to operate the jack that was used to raise the car to change the wheel. A later model used electric start and no longer could be crank started, but it still came with the starter handle for the jack. That is a metaphor for a skeuomorph.
Not quite true. At one time ALL motor cars were started with a crank handle. Later, the electric starter became available as an option on some models.
And to add to HeadlesslyRunningAround's reply, the jacks of the era were still crank-style, and needed a crank handle. That crank handle looked just like the dual-purpose crank handle. No skeuomorph here!
Surely Microsoft took (more than) a few clues from Star Trek computer screens?
Technology must deal with the human-technology interface.
And it must be understood from the POV of the mind's eye.
Computers can talk to computers. It can be a digital chain of 1's and 0's.
But when computers must talk to humans, the rules must change.
Humans talk, use language, figures of speech, metaphors and similes, exaggerations and lies, sarcasm and humor, insults and apologies, laughter and tears.
Nobody likes a command prompt line "c:/ "
And no one thinks "Ctrl-Alt-Del" is intuitive.
Aesthetics is not a waste.
It is essential to human perception and the quality of the overall expereince.
If it makes people feel more comfortable, then skeumorphism is useful.
Visual metaphors like poetry metaphors can enrich an experience.
Do not drop it based on the recommendations of pale geeks.
Things should resemble what they represent.
An apple should look like an apple. Or a shovel a shovel.
The eye uses visual cues of shadowing and depth perception that has evolved over millions of years. Eyes seek edges. And shapes are percieved,
Do not fight nature. Instead use nature. And live with nature.
Apple is playing with Thin Designer Fonts and crisper icons.
But it is not offering RFID Universal Bank Payment System that is widespread in Kenya.
Nor is it offering broadband TV on the go.
Or voting by iPhone.
Pointing is easy. Touching is easier and more specific.
Keyboard arrow keys to move a cursor are poorly executed engineering solutions.
Newer is not necessarily better.
Sometimes older traditional proven ways beat the new fangled.
Progress is not always forward.
What is with the new Apple color palette?
Why is it so blue and blue valued?
Where are the attractive yellows, greens, oranges and reds?
Neon colors and black outlines make much easier and quicker perception.
Men and women see things differently.
15% of the population is color blind.
A cool color palate makes a harder to read interface.
Computers shoulc be intuitive and user friendly.
No one wants a finicky, complex hard to program computer.
Great design is almost invisible: it is intuitive.
You almost know how to use even before you experience it.
Consider the 'Apple'.
Great design is simple.
But it supremely difficult in execution.
Steve Jobs had it. Bill Gates did not.
Dear Apple: The old man may have had it right.
is this post an extended sonnet?
"RFID Universal Bank Payment System that is widespread in Kenya." You are drinking too much ill-informed Kool Aid. Mpesa, which is a money transfer system, is widespread in Kenya but not RFID based. Google's Bemba card, which is an e-wallet RFID solution (a la London's Oyster), is hardly widespread as it is only being used on a few bus lines in Nairobi. Your RFID BPS is in fact non-existent in Kenya.
Apparently he didn't get that memo about the TPS reports.
The silliest skeuomorphism dropped was that for the podcast app. Seriously, a reel to reel tape machine?
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