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MASSENA - Tickets are on sale now for the fifth annual Music for Change Charity Fest to be held at 6 p.m. on March 16 at the St. Lawrence Centre Arena.
St. Lawrence Centre Marketing Assistant Lindsey S. Breitbeck said this years show will include six competitors and seven bands, with local rock band Tyrade headlining the show and closing out the evening.
Tyrade, a band that describes themselves as country metal, has played with such groups as Godsmack, Popa Roach and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Ms. Breitbeck said while they will not be competing they will be playing a full set after each of the six competing bands has played their 20 minute sets.
Were lucky to have Tyrade playing at this years show, she said. Theyve played with some pretty big names.
This years bands include Atomic Precipitation, Tree Humor, Into the Black, All the Fallen, Vicious Intent and a group that has yet to come up with a name.
Presale tickets are available for $8 at the malls customer service center and the arena box office, with tickets also soon being available at Northern Music & Video. Tickets will be available on the day of the show, but Ms. Breitbeck said tickets will cost $10 at that time.
This year were doing something new and if college students bring in a college ID their tickets are $5, she said, adding it doesnt matter if students purchase their tickets in advance or at the door as long as they present their student ID.
The six bands will be competing for prizes that include a $100 mall gift card, two $50 Northern Music & Video gift certificates, a three-song demo recording session from North Country Public Radio and a ToneGen guitar tuner and tambourine donated by StarTech.
Prizes will be awarded for best overall band, best original song and honorable mentioned. One band competing that night will also be invited back to perform at the malls annual Fourth of July celebration.
Ms. Breitbeck said bands will be judged on originality, creativity, sound quality and stage presence. Also new this year, will be the use of a sound meter to measure audience reaction.
A concession stand with soft drinks, snacks and glow sticks will be open during the battle and all proceeds from the evening will benefit Raquette Valley Habitat For Humanity.


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alas, i no longer work at that sideshow. i joined another one.
"I'm going to keep my 'white sauce' to myself!"
"It's very hard... I don't know how to do a 'rolling wave.'"
"At least you're not wearing a diaper"
"Laura, do me a favor, just let me know when I can touch it."
What happened to those funny monkeys Monte & Mortimer??!!! I no longer see them posting on my Daily Woot News.
My fellow IT coworker asked me this yesterday. "Hey, if I buy a domain on GoDaddy.com, can I use that name to setup my home network with a domain to be like the one we have here at work?"
"I wonder if it gets smaller every time you open and close it?"
"I've noticed that if I do it every day it gets easier."
"What are you trying to do, rub it in my mouth?"
"When I came back, it was VERY hard!"
"It's not floppy." "No, it's firm. And flexible."
"You'll feel it. You'll know where it goes."
"Kelly, Ron knew when he was farting, right?" "Yes, Laura, he knew. He just didn't care."
"I shouldn't have clicked it."
"Did you hear? The Pope's retiring!" "Oh, he probably just wants to get laid before he dies."
"Hey, Jack, what do you have in your butter containers in your drawer?" O_o
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At home "Have you seen my black shorts." reply "No watta they look like."
"Occasionally, I'll just plop myself in and, you know, do a little somethin' somethin'."
"Just lick it off, Kenny!"
"I love anything with nuts." "Yes, Joyce loves nuts in her mouth!" "Kenny, let me see what's inside your thingie!"
Guy came in to remove a phone line from the neighboring cubicle. He called in, since the cube is occupied, but the name on the outside didn't match up with the 'removal' paperwork. "Hey, Janice, what name comes up with this line?" "I can't pronounce it--do you want me to spell it?"
We need to hurry up and end this thing so we can strip.
I haven't been this excited to get out of my clothes since I was 16!
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"Look at my crack! Look at my crack!"
"I don't like how it smells."
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- Traveling Alone As a Woman - Carolyn Edgar
- The Long, Sad, Bad but True BougieTale of PsychoMike, Part I
- The Long, Sad, Bad but True BougieTale of PsychoMike, Part II
Thoughts, comments, insights?
Morning Chele!
Yes it's always easier said than done and hindsight is always 20/20. Too bad foresight is not as well. But like you said, "It's easy to say in hindsight exactly
what we both should have done differently but when you are in the
moment, all you can do is find a way to save yourself." This is why we need these stories shared so that it can help those of us who've never been in these situations to try and be a little smarter. It's easier to think "It could never happen to me!" when you only see these kinds of stories on TV (either in a movie or via a news story). But when you hear them from women a little bit closer in your reach, they become more real, causing you to be a little more cautious. This is not 100% full proof protection, but if I found myself in a "Hanger-On Guy" type situation, would I have EVER thought to say what Carolyn said? Probably not, but now that will be engrained in my brain!
Thanks Ladies for sharing!
Yes hindsight is 20/20. Yes we should all listen to our intuitions, that little voice that tells us something aint right. But the fact remains that you can be as diligent as humanly possible, and STILL end up a victim, and I speak from personal experience. In the end, the only people that can prevent stuff like this from happening...is the people who do it. They make the final choice to be creepy/crazy/assault someone/etc & if they want to do it, they will.
thanks for linking Carolyn's story I need to start reading her blog. I'm sorry that in this day and age women can't get up and go without having to worry about what can happen to them. I went to volunteer for a travel nursing gig and when we were being orientated they also told us about the self defense classes that were required as well as birth control for the women. We were also taught to let several people know where you are going, who your going with, for how long you think you'll be gone. If you meet up with strangers or leave with strangers take pictures of the people send it to a friend or several friends & let the people or man your leaving with know that others know what he looks like and the name he is using. I backed out after that, sounds mean but if im here to help and you can't guarantee my safety how the hell am I helping? if im too scared to do my job because I'm constantly watching over my shoulder then what is the point? & what in the hell you mean sometimes the governments don't want us there, so who will help us if shyt goes wrong?? Nope backed all the way out after that. I can help in other ways, but not at the expense of my own life.
*reminds self to grab up my homegirls and remind them of the ratchet nature of man*
Yes, Jubi. Yes.
Good Morning Bougieland and thanks for sharing. I am glad that you and Carolyn got out without being physically harmed.
When I was in graduate school, I took a self-defense class and the main technique I learned was trusting my intuition. Our instructor hammered in our heads that our intuition is the most powerful and built-in weapon available. The more I trust my intuition, the more I get comfortable doing it and these stories reinforce why it is so necessary to do so.
It's always going to be a battle between "living a little" and trusting that intuition. You always want to trust someone, you don't want to believe they'll take advantage of you. Life is to be enjoyed. I do a lot of things alone, and it sucks I can never ever allow myself to get too comfortable. I know that it's only been by God's grace I've "lucked out" in certain situations too.
Thanks so much to you and Carolyn for sharing your stories and for issuing a much needed reminder that we all need to hear.
your stories have definitely given me a lot to keep in mind as i continue to plan my ultimate alone trip for my 40th.
thank both of you for sharing....
That PsychoMike story is the basis of an awesome movie. Gosh, I guess you never really know someone - do you?
You were not wrong to continue your partying and being entertained by Boys II Men (Mike had lost his entire mind with the McDonalds and Dennys trips). But returning to that room that night, alone, was a huge mistake!
I have a feeling Gene somehow knew Mike was a loser because he was super available to whisk you away. And good thing!
And people chide me for being 'paranoid'. Whatever, man! I've heard too many real life horror stories of women who threw caution to the wind for the sake of a good time, only to end up with lifelong mental/physical scars, or dead.
Thank you, Chele and Carolyn, for sharing your stories and reminding us that it's not silly to trust your gut.
I'm relatively a newby around here so this was my first reading of PsychoMike. Wow! Thank you and Carolyn for sharing.
I have been extremely lucky and very very dumb.2008, Funchal Portugal, an employee of a flower park offered to be my tour guide & show me the real beauty of the town. Noiiiiiiice, I thought & grabbed my camera.
Town was beautiful, so beautiful I didn't realise we were driving up mountains. I protested, he claimed he would turn around at the next opportune moment. Cue me gripping my seat and pretending to be okay.
He kept ignoring my request to turn and began to talk about black women and their beautiful bodies and would I mind if he touched himself whilst looking at me.
I sat there, terrified. But couldn't show it. I had to be brazen, nonchalant almost. I said I couldn't stop him but I wasn't interested. I took a few pics of him and decided to throw my camera out of the car if anything happened.
I sat there, in his car as this bastard got off and then kept bloody driving higher into the mountains. Thankfully we came up to a roadside village cafe, I pleaded thirst. He stopped, then I asked him to turn the car around as it was getting dark. There were no taxi services and the bus did not run to that part of town after 5pm. It was now 6ish and I knew it would get dark soon.
He was my ride back to town. I bought him a few more drinks, told him I had to shower but would love to see him the next day when I was feeling 'fresher' and better prepared. That seemed to pacify him. He drove me back to town. I arranged where to meet the next day and ran like the wind.
I never reported it. I was so ashamed of my naivety and just embarrassed. In all my travels, I've met up with and partied with strangers across the globe, never thinking anything of it. And even after that event I thought he was the crazy one, and not to let it cloud my judgement of rambling and relying on the 'kindness of strangers' how foolish of me.
Sorry for the ramble. Carolyn's story brought back a few memories
Things like this should make us brothers keep tabs on the guys that are around our homegirls. It may not stop everything but maybe bros see the warning signs that others may not
I once had to "extract" an ex from a near-deadly situation. She was staying with a cousin and the cousin's boyfriend stabbed the cousin. The cops let him right out. It was a crazy situation. I was 23 and took a train to Harlem from Philly to go get her. It was deep.
OMG, I'm glad you are okay!
As someone who is about to embark on traveling solo internationally for the first time later this year, this post and Carolyn's have given me some good watch outs. Lord Jesus be a fence around me because folks are crazy out here!
Stories like these are reminders of the responsibilities we have as men.
1) Respect women
2) Check our boys when they are out of pocket
3) Raise our sons to respect women
4) Raise our daughters to respect themselves and avoid any men who don't do 1-3
THANK you, GAM. A thousand times, thank you.
It's so often that the lesson taught is, "girls, be smart", when even the best choices women can make can't protect if someone is determined to do harm. We *need* to do better. Teaching our boys to be respectful and not reinforcing our men when they're out of line is a huge part of the battle. Thumbs up on #4, too.
"They make the final choice to be creepy/crazy/assault someone/etc & if they want to do it, they will."
Today our local news reported a 32 y.o assaulted a 10 .y.o- can't wrap my mind around these type of acts-like u said - they do it because they want to do it.
Your homegirls would be safer if you grabbed up your homeboys instead and made sure they knew how to walk the straight and narrow and that you fully expect them to.
Exactly. Thank you. Every time some man does something to a woman, we examine what the woman
did for ways to let the man off the hook: "well, she was dumb going out
alone, look what she's wearing, she was drinking, what did she expect?"
But the only constant is the presence of a man who didn't act
right. But God forbid anybody actually say that out loud, yeah?
*drops blank check in the offering plate*
*drops in all the cash I have left*
The sad thing is, you cut yourself off from an opportunity because they couldn't guarantee your safety, but even in your own living room, you can't guarantee that either. Two out of three rapists are someone the victim knows, not some stranger off the street. Just under 4 times in 10, it's someone you know well. About 4 rapes in 10 happen in the victim's home. There is no way to live a life small enough to be completely safe from rape, and those self-defense tips you turned down sound really and truly useful to me.
When overseas, you can't act like the free and liberated woman you are here in the USA.
A friend of mine was on liberty (free time in the military for the un-indoctrinated) in another country, and while out partying, some random dude tried to pick her up - in a very rude way. Being her very spirited self, she proceeded to tell him off, and as she walked away, he came behind her and hit her with an open hand in her ear. Needless to say, she bruised and had a really bad eardrum injury. Had she been alone, it could have been a lot worse. In some countries women are like chattel, and do not matter in the equation at all.
I had some Russian dude in Haifa, Israel try to pull me into a car with him - he just walked up and tried to yank me. Fortunately, some of my shipmates heard me raising Hell and came to my aid. But folks that live and breathe in Haifa, not so much. Just stared. I was scared as Hell, and all I could think of was what I woulda done.
It's a shame in this world you have to walk around as alert as a damn meerkat all the time, but what else are you gonna do?
I know how you feel. I am glad you got out okay.
"But the only constant is the presence of a man who didn't act right." Amen. That's why I wrote my post. I've had this post on my heart ever since VSB's ridiculous victim-blaming post, but it was too hard to write, let alone publish, back then. I knew it would have attracted more attention because of VSB - and even all these years later, I still feared the victim blaming. But the piece insisted on being written, and I'm grateful for your response to it. When a man does something to a woman, in most cases, the outcome depends on the man's behavior, not the woman's. Like I said in my post, the rapist decided not to rape...that day. Who knows how many other women didn't escape from him. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.
Holla if you swing by the UK :-)
That is the advice people are given when they volunteer to be camp counsellors in the USA. They can't guarantee your safety and it would have been remiss for them to say so.
Something happens to us when we travel out of our home countries. We do things we don't ordinarily do at home. Its even worse when we go to 'poorer' countries. For some reasons we seem to completely let down our guards without realising that we stick out like a saw thumb.
We party with people we just met, we go to places with strangers to chill or just chat. It's like being away from home gives us the illusion that we can drop our safe guards and just live in a freer world.
thing is, I've learnt that this is what most people think and do.
Dudes can stay friends other dangerous menfolk as long as he doesn't mess with 'their people'.
I've heard men I was close to just shrug off obscene behaviour their 'friend' is perpetrating on some woman whilst warning me to stay clear of dude, cos that's what he does when he is a lil tipsy.
Many men are extremely careful and protective of the women they know and that's about it.
First - thank you for introducing me to Carolyn's blog ... don't know how that gem has slipped by me. Second, Lawds but for the grace of God. This reminds me of my 5'9, 140 lb. sexy-chocolate-17-year old self who had no business even trying to talk to grown men much less those with their own apartments. "Robert" invited me to his apartment while on one of my many walks through our neighborhood and my dumb ass went thinking I was mature enough and sexy enough that a 25 year old wanted to get to know me. In my defense, I was neck deep in the romance novels at the time and the fact that this beautiful, older man, who had all the makings of a hero to my poor little dysfunctional home was straight out of Harlequin Romance. I seriously was naive to the ways of men . It wasn't until Robert said excuse me, went to the bathroom and came out butt nekkid that I realized I was in over my head. He tried to uh convince me this is what I wanted and all I could think was I've got to get out of here. Thank goodness his deadbolt wasn't one that needed a key. I ran out of there so fast and the only thing that saved me from being raped was he was nekkid and couldn't run out of the building after me. I never told my friends or family that story mainly because I didn't want to acknowledge how much I didn't know. Truth is that fool had probably raped many a young teenage girl before. I hate realizing after all these years, women still can't just "be" without that being mistaken for "ally ally oxen free" on our lady parts :(
thanks :-)
Thanks. I'm sure most women have a story or 3 to tell.
maybe but considering what happened to many of the different relief convoys that did go in, maybe that was my intuition telling me this wasn't the trip to go on. there are stories of even UN soliders either participating or looking the other way. I don't know I just know the disquiet I felt wouldn't let me sign up to go, there once was a time being a relief aide meant you weren't touchable but that time has passed and the criminals have started using these convoys as much as some of the governments have. Nope I refuse to be somebody's cannon fodder.
While in the Bahamas last year, a group of 11 friends and myself hired a local guy to take us around the island to see "the good, the bad, and the ugly" (his words). While pausing at the tourist attraction, "The Queen's Walk", we met a group of teenage girls who were dressed like they were looking for something they were too young to want. They were trying to duck their tour group to go back down the road to meet up with some Rasta-types, who they thought they could score some good ganja from. As we had seen these gentleman standing in the road earlier (with machetes and hand, and hate for tourists in their eyes) we told them in no uncertain terms to get back to their bus. I am glad we were there; no telling what would have happened to these young ladies if they had continued on to their destination. No bueno; no wandering off in foreign countries!


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First of all, I have no problem with same sex marriage or the recent Supreme Court decision regarding D.O.M.A.
What I found to be really troublesome about your column (actually, an editorial), however, was the statement: "And, while it's wrong that legal rights should vary from state to state…"
This statement demonstrates a complete disregard for the principle that the U.S. is a REPUBLIC.� We are not a singularity, but rather a confederation of individual states.� This was the concept embraced not only by the Founding Fathers, but also, and more importantly, by the ratifiers of our Constitution.
Individual states have, today, different laws relative to motor vehicle operation, abortion, breach of contract, marriage and divorce, to name just a very few.� And this is the way it's supposed to be in a REPUBLIC.
The concept of state's autonomy, in certain areas, is enshrined into law in the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which reads as follows:� "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
There is, perhaps, no single sentence in the entire Constitution. with greater clarity and less ambiguity than the language of this Amendment.� And yet, Rick Holmes believes that it is wrong for individual states to have their own laws???
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Why is Anisotropy 16x for Win7 but disabled for Linux?
Alright lets try this again...
---Windows 7---
SLI Off
SLI Auto
SLI Off
SLI Auto
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SLI Off
Why is Anisotropy 16x for Win7 but disabled for Linux?
I noticed that when i was uploading them to the web... I forgot to set it in the .sh script. No little program like in windows to adjust the settings before you start the program. Unless I'm overlooking it.
I wasn't trying to compare windows this time anyways... I just wanted to point out SLI support for Linux needs some much needed work... AFR causes performance issues and SRF works but the performance is about the same as a single card.
I'll retest/reload the Linux results for Anisotropy 16x. Thank God I'm not Michael
I took the liberty of posting those results on the NVnews forums and hope this will further open their eyes to improve performance quickly. You can find the post here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...=153283&page=2
Please, always post such benchmarks and problems on NVnews forums. The driver devs also take a look at them, they are the only people who can make things change. The more people they encounter with such problems, the more pressure we can execute.
Sleep is still broken on my 9500GS. The system consistently deadlocks shortly after exiting sleep mode (Ubuntu 10.04 amd64). It used to work correctly on a X1950/radeon but haven't been able to make it work since I installed the nvidia card. Bah.
Yup, I'm glad its not only me getting utter crap performance with dual Fermi's. (GTX480)
Single card is much better performance, perhaps double the framerate.
The word "glad" seems rather misplaced We should me mad because Nvidia claims to support it but performance is in really bad shape! Yes, it works, but it's not of any use because of performance issues.
Many people including me have already pointed this out to Nvidia developers, but they don't want to respond. Are they working on it or not? Or are they just ignoring the problem?
Did you try 260.*?
260 didn't change a thing. Still a huge stuttering mess in Starcraft II no different than the previous drivers. Single card its smooth as butter.


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Does Skeuomorphic Design Matter?
In the early 1900s, electricity was scary.
The lack of understanding surrounding this new technology contributed to a great deal of public fear.
The sign pictured below, from a turn of the century hotel, offers us a glimpse of what it must have been like for guests to make sense of the confusing installations of metal, glass, and wire they found lurking in their rooms.
When it comes to emerging technologies, the stakes for design are high. One misstep and a promising new product can become yesterday's news. To be effective, designers must set their sights well beyond easy-to-use. We need to convey more than how. We need to convey what as well. We need to be interpreters, to contextualize new products and concisely convey their identity, purpose, and value.
One approach, commonly called design metaphor applies a known concept to a new context to help people make sense of new products. As in literature, repurposing known concepts is a shortcut for accessing shared cultural memory—tapping into the past to make sense of the present.
Skeuomorphs and Affordances
Since the introduction of iOS 7, the blogosphere has been alive with debate on Apple's departure from skeuomorphism—the yellow lined legal pad of Notes, the leather bound folio of Calendar. We are now deeply mired in a flat vs. skeuomorphic debate that reduces skeuomorphism to coddling kitsch and equates flat design with high-modernism. Both sides have missed the point.
Skeuomorphs in design aren't useless decoration, but contextual clues. Like design metaphor they are the visual equivalent of figurative language—enabling designers to quickly tap into shared cultural understandings and convey complex meanings in a straightforward way. They work as a new kind of affordance, one that communicates not function but identity.
We shouldn't abandon cultural affordances like skeuomorphs because some find them tacky or overused
Affordances, a concept originated by James Gibson, are an object's inherent possibilities for action. Donald Norman evolved this definition to encompass the act of communicating possibilities for action through design. These perceived affordances are lingua franca for product designers. Every day we shape things to emphasize their utility, to show how this device operates or to illustrate how to use that application. Until now, this approach has been primarily focused on utility and operation.
A designed affordance: The classic example of a rotating door handle [flickr: sk8geek]
The design of a rotating door handle, for example, suggests how to use it, but does not give us context for what it is or why we should use it. Smartphone or lawnmower, before we figure out how something works, we usually ask what kind of a thing it is and why we should use it in the first place.
Reconsidering Skeuomorphs as Cultural Affordances
Skeuomorphs are stories of utility frozen in time. A new kind of affordance—a cultural affordance—that provides the context we need to understand the possibilities for action. They don't work because they coddle or educate the user—digital wood grain shelves and page-flips didn't teach people how to read ebooks—they work because they leverage a user's past experience and apply that understanding to something new.
Take this electric kettle for example. Though thousands of variations exist, we still understand the basic shape as a vessel for heating water. Designers have used a variety of cultural affordances to communicate this purpose. The tapering shape—originally larger on the bottom to maximize contact with the heat source—is no longer a requirement, but remains a key feature. The exaggerated, arching handle amplifies the kettle-ness of the object. Even the electric plug plays a role. Expanded to the scale of a stovetop heating element, it indicates where to put the kettle for use, though this modern version transmits electricity, not heat.
The kettle retains the basic shape of its ancestors and through that shape conveys its purpose. Its form is no longer tied to its literal function, but rather to functional analogs of the past. In the digital realm, where there are fewer precedents for utility, figurative design has long played a critical role in helping people make sense of new products.
The tabbed folders and icons in the Xerox Alto interface
Xerox Alto, the first commercially available graphical user interface (GUI), laid the groundwork for design metaphors like representational icons, tabs, and "spatial" organization. But there are many more ways to guide users through an interface beyond the ubiquitous tabbed folder metaphor introduced by the Alto. Other metaphor-like conventions like visual synecdoche, where a part can stand for the whole—a letter icon for the inbox—or even playful visual puns, where multiple meanings can be attributed to one object, can also help people make sense of unfamiliar digital territory.
From tabs and folders to the digital "click" on today's cameras, many cultural affordances have become standard patterns that are used by UI designers without a second thought. But as the hotel sign at the beginning of this article attests, emerging technologies without the necessary cultural affordances leave us wondering. What is it for? How will it be used? It can also leave us even a little afraid of the possibilities.
The Untapped Power of Cultural Affordances
In the last 10 years, over a billion people have started using iPhones. At least a few of those users made the mental leap between the yellow legal pad motif—the one that makes digital designerati stomachs churn—and the idea of a place to quickly jot things down. With the potential to communicate not just functionality, but identity and purpose on that scale, we shouldn't abandon cultural affordances like skeuomorphs simply because some find them tacky or overused.
Faced with ever-increasing digitization of formerly physical products, we should not retreat to the functional, literal design of the past for shortsighted aesthetic reasons. We need to expand the conversation about what design can do through cultural affordances—not simply to address ease of use, but to communicate context, identity, purpose, and value. If we don't, we may find our users just as wary and confused as the hotel patrons who first encountered the Edison's innovative new electric lights.
John Payne will be speaking at the Institute of Design's Design Research Conference, October 8-9 in Chicago.
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Thank you John for a great article. Not only I'm glad to find such a well-spoken defender of Skeuomorphs, but I truly enjoyed the effectiveness and clarity with which you address your points!
Cool article, made me reconsider my modern sins. Obv right now the flat trend is still riding high. But rarely is there common sense in trends. Though I wonder, where does evolving to more abstract concepts begin?
When they first started selling cars, they debated putting putting a sound of a horse so people would be more comfortable with the idea. To this day we still use horsepower, which is kind of mind blowing.
Thank you for creating a conversation in my head.
While all the comments are worthwhile and should be commended for content and obvious thinking on the matter. Very well thought out on some.
Did it occurr to any of the designers of these systems to give the user the choice?
Just a thought.
The use of skeuomorphs, or element of skeumorphic design, has a long history. The pictorial (skeumorphic) quality versus the graphic or more abstracted realisation of a symbol or graphic element is primarily a question of style, and like all styles they come and go. But, as you state in the article, there is a functional element also and they are not simply useless decorations. In my own field, of illustrated non-fiction book publishing, we use descriptive and conceptual diagrams. We have found that most readers prefer pictorial (skuemorphic) elements incorporated into diagrams and thematic maps rather than flat abstracted ones because they find them less 'technical' looking and therefore less off-putting.
The use of abstracted 'flat' style graphic elements now being used by Microsoft in their Window 7 interface and Apple in its iOS 7 are being championed as new, cleaner and modern. They are nothing of the kind, or at least they are modern inasmuch that they refer back to the Modernist movement of the middle of the last century. Older designers will recall this style from the 1960s, and those of us who have studied design history know that Otto Neurath proposed this style of abstracted symbol design back in the 1930s with the development of isotypes in the representation of statistics and quantities of a whole variety of objects from men and women to crops and aircraft. Today in the UK Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert's road signs, which embody much of Neurath's thinking, are still with us.
As a designer of diagrams of a conceptual nature I find that language devices are useful and you refer to this aspect when discussing the Xerox Alto GUI and refer to synecdoche, which is a part of speech. However you refer to it as metaphorical, but it is not: it is metonymic. I'm not being simply pedantic about this because the distinction between a metaphor and a metonym is a useful one for the designer of conceptual diagrams (and of course for the writer). A metonym refers directly to it's subject for example in the Peter Yates film 'The Deep' the title refers to the ocean - depth being an aspect of an ocean, here deep is a metonym - (synecdoche a more specific form of metonym is similar where part stands for a whole, as you state, for instance a deckhand, where the 'hand' refers to the part that he uses). Metaphors work in the opposite way, that is they are not contiguous to their subject; they work by striking a contrast: so our deckhand might be 'as thick as two short planks' a simile that uses metaphor because he is clearly not made of wood. In conceptual diagrams I have used, for example, a 'tree of life' metonymic visual element to represent the biosphere, and a tank-like juggernaut metaphor to represent the overpowering global economy. These visual devices devised from parts of speech are readily understood by readers; who do not need to be schooled in them.
What is also important to me is the meaning of symbols as well than their graphic realisation, and in the arguments about the use of skeuomorphs this semiotic aspect seems to be overlooked. The actual meaning or contents of symbols are somewhat overlooked in the debate about their realisation: skeuormorphs v abtracted flat symbols - it has become a question of style - what is being shown seems not to have been thought about very much. Thus we still have an old handset for a phone symbol in Windows 7 (even landline phones haven't looked like this for thirty or more years). And on Kinneir and Calvert's unmanned level crossing road sign we still have a steam locomotive, which to many means only Thomas the Tank Engine or a heritage steam train tourist location. I'm sure there are many others. Are such things really so culturally embedded that they do not need looking at again? Part of your Lingua Franca for designers: permanent and immutable.
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Great article! I really enjoyed it.
I think there is a general misuse of the term skeuomorphism, especially in the context of iOS7.
iOS7 forwards the idea of flat design, a design approach that favors simplicity and few visual embellishments and no dimensionality. Then there is dimensionality, the addition of depth or volume to a design. This might include 3d shapes, drop shadows & beveled edges. Lastly there is skeuomorphism, which as described is the use of metaphor in design to leverage built-in affordances.
A skeuomorphic design could also be flat, for example using note paper as a background. There's no dimensionality but the lined paper provides context as to the screen usage. In fact, the current Notes app in iOS7 does this in the screen icon, though strangely removes the lines within the app. A button with beveled edges and/or a drop shadow is NOT skeuomorphic, it's dimensional.
I think a combination of styles can and should be used to create the most seamless user experience for a given task. Choosing a single approach really is a disservice to users and is strictly an arbitrary design choice. We should use all the tools available to us to design the best possible experiences.
John, great article. Personally I am torn, I like a more minimalistic design and can see how skeuomorphs can add guidance to new users.
I think it's funny and an oxymoron that Apple added a parallax effect to iOS7 as that is a heavy skeuomorphism in my humble opinion.
I took the liberty to quote you here: http://www.planetquark.com/2013/10/16/removal-of-skeuomorphism-parallax-effects-and-the-oxymoron-in-ios7/
Jesus Christ, this is a bunch of awful arguments. The only reason why early UIs were trying to be skeuomorphic is because the human animal of the time didn't know what they were supposed to be doing with the virtual environment so they tried to emulate the real world as closely as possible. Over time, things became flatter and flatter as a result of a realisation that content is the key thing and any 'design' needs to be as minimal as possible to get away from distracting user from getting to content. Here's an example of 'design' we have currently on our start-up site. It's partly the product of lack of time to put more effort in it, but most people have told us 'this is really well designed' so far, even though it's not visually designed at all. www.award.io
Thanks, Jason. So your argument is that the 'human animal' has evolved in the past 40 years to be completely fluent with the virtual environment? Does that mean all of us, or just the ones in first-world societies? Or those who can afford computers? Or those who fit the demographic profile that is attractive to marketers? I completely agree that design shouldn't distract from content on a site such as yours. The design of your site is quite minimal and simple, I agree. Beautiful photography as well. Thanks for sharing. But to say it's not visually designed is simply incorrect. It is visually designed whether or or not you intended to make it so. Also, I notice a slight dropshadow on all the linkable titles. That treatment works nicely as a way to differentiate the links from the rest of the type.
I agree with some others, and am confused about some of your examples. Just because something is machine-era does not mean it is bad in the digital era. The tea kettle is a good example, where physics and ergonomics drive the design more than nostalgia. For real digital design, tabs are a favorite of mine. They evolved over centuries of organizing information to the way they are, and in their various iterations (and there were many) they always work as a way to be aware of and access information at the same hierarchical level. If you built a digital product with a tab bar that looked like it was made of little bits of beige cardstock with typed labels, that would be senselessly decorative, so skeuomorphic. But even the Alto didn't do that, and used the good part (label, sticking up) to draw on the way people actually perceive and understand.
P.S. 1 billion iPhone users? Um... no. This is a good summary. More like 1.5 billion smartphone users, and maybe 300mm on iOS http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/06/800-million-android-smartphones-300-million-iphones-in-active-use-by-december-2013-study-says/
Thanks for the comment, Steven. Skeuomorphic does not mean senselessly decorative. Skeuomorphic means the design retains cues to features that were necessary in the original, but are no longer necessary in the new technology. Tabs are not necessary, they are a choice the designers made to reference the a form that had "evolved over centuries of organizing information," as you rightly put it. That form is communicative because some of us know it from prior experience. It is in our shared memory, thus it is a cultural affordance.
And, thanks for the correction on iPhone adoption numbers. Much appreciated.
Ah... So my only concern with that comment is that designers made a choice. I often do not have a choice in the traditional sense, of one made on personal beliefs, needs, etc. I use tabs (for example) a lot because it's the clearly-best pattern for the vast majority of users to understand the information design/IA.
Hi John, I believe that there is hardly any design - good or bad - that does not make reference (through functional or formal-aesthetic aspects) to some predecessor or cultural memory. So, I agree with you that skeumorphism has its place in design. Even ornament (which is often skeurmorphic) is useful (and functional) when it makes users more comfortable and subsequently more confident with environment and interaction. However, there is a fine line. An example for the inherent "laziness" and redundancy I find in many skeumorphic design is the Thonet chair, a design which in all its beauty was made possible through a special manufacturing technique of shaping wood with steam and pressure (a classical example of 'form follows function"). Once metal work and tube structures became more available the same chairs were built from steel for "sentimental" reasons completely loosing out on the potential for innovation a new material and manufacturing process would bring about. If we are discussing the value of skeumorphism in design we must also not hold back with a critique of design for "nostalgia", which often flourishes in hideous "retro design". We must question to what degree certain designs use skeumorphs to lure users into a (false?) sense of comfort and identity for the lack of original ideas and concepts. Since this debate flared up through Apple's shift away from Skeumorphism, I would like to add that I always perceived the level of Skeumorphism in iOS as flawed and in stark contrast to the innovation Apple brought to the people. I am really happy they moved on. But maybe it was just that little piece of ridiculous ornament that made a massive adoption like this possible? After all, people are people and they love their old stuff.
Thanks for your perspective, Michael. I agree with you that laziness may be the primary force that propagates skeuomorphs forward, and that the steel Thonet chairs were very nearly a betrayal of the purity of the original Thonet chair. But the fact that some lazy designers made steel Thonet chairs didn't stop others from pushing the boundaries with chairs like Breuer's Wassily chair or Mies' MR (my personal favorite) which both used the new material to it's fullest.
Perhaps we designers misuse skeuomorphs so much precisely because they are held in such low esteem. Design education either ignores or reviles figurative or representational approaches, thus most designers equipped to use them in subtle, nuanced ways. I'm not arguing that we should accept all skeuomorphic design any more than we should accept all design that purports to be modern. But I do think that it has it's place and a 'good' designer should use all the tools at their disposal to achieve clarity of communication.
Thanks for the article.
I agree with the kettle comment . It is a highly functional modernistic design. Regulations for 220 AC/DC on kitchen counters are strict for obvious reasons, requiring a socket to be raised so spilled water can't get to it.
Although skeumorphism has it's purposes it is nothing more than a crutch. The.problem with these dated references is that they often have nothing much to do anymore with the affordances of the actual object. My kids get confused when i do the 'tshoo tshoo train'. They don't get it. Analogies like tabs and folders in the digital domain may have helped in the early days of the digital age but I believe that for the last 15 odd years and counting these interfaces hold us back from taking the digital possibility to the full potential . A leather bound address book (and the likes) suggests a mental model which often clashes with the 'real' affordances of the digital tool.
Good design uses subtle, more abstract analogies and other semiotic technics (the term 'metaphor' is used incorrectly here), to frame conceptual models that make reference to the familiar but leave enough room for the potential of the New.
I struggle to follow your idea of 'cultural affordances'. We are talking about semiotics a la Pierce, right? Do you mean with 'cultural affordances' the authentic object to which the analogy or symbol is pointing to?
Hi Michael. Thanks for your thoughtful comments. While I agree that skeuomorphs can be a crutch, I'm not convinced that no one needs crutches anymore. Nor do I think a retreat to a modernist aesthetic is a way to push the medium forward to it's full potential. What I do think is that cultural affordances—that is, sign systems that draw their meanings from cultural memory—may themselves be a way to advance.
Any design strategy can be used poorly… I love the 'tshoo tshoo train' example. In your context with your child, it is an obsolete signifier, therefore a poor choice of communication tool. In other applications it may be perfectly appropriate. If the mental model afforded by your design clashes with the real affordances of the digital tool, then you've done your job poorly. My assertion is that misuse doesn't equate to lack of value. Tabs and folders may have outlived their usefulness, but that doesn't mean they were never useful. The use of outdated or irrelevant symbols is the fault of the designer, it doesn't mean that designers shouldn't use symbols.
I think we agree that good design: "frames conceptual models that make reference to the familiar but leave enough room for the potential of the new." I believe the notion of cultural affordances gives this notion new breath and has the potential to open up the sometimes impenetrable topic of semiotics to consideration by a wider audience.
The kettle is a terrible example. The bottom is wider so it doesn't tip over. The "exaggerated" handle makes it easier to pick up (you still have to pour stuff out of it, you know).
Shall we remove the spout as well? After all, the top is removable so you can dump stuff just fine without it.
Whenever people debate the value / cost of skeuomorphic design, I think about my mother-in-law. Outside of dedicated software that she uses at work, and basic email, she hasn't used a computer in over 10 years. She takes it for granted that she'll never be able to use the latest technology because she's too far behind the learning curve, she just doesn't have the requisite familiarity with digital systems, not any of the requisite skills.
Skeuomorphs are extremely helpful to someone like her when she tries to use, say - and iPad. The familiar visual aspects tell her not only what this app or software does, but also how to use it. It allows her analog instincts to inform her use of the digital technology.
The danger of skeuomorphism, in my opinion, isn't that it became a crutch for lazy design - the real danger is that it can actively obscure the functionality of digital technology that has no analog equivalent, and drive development away from exploring those functions in favor of analog equivalence.
Ideally, it should be possible to design a digital interaction environment, digital technologies, that are instinctual and intuitive in-and-of themselves, without the need for skeuomorphs. But we're not not there yet and skeuomorphic design still has use.
Completely agreed. Apple and Ive have not made a good product with IOS 7 and for one of the first times I'm very disappointed in Apple. It breaks some really basic usability principles and I'm guessing my father will be trying something else. Couldn't they have at least filled in the icons? It takes much longer to perceive possible actions than before. This is especially painful if in distracting environment.
I agree absolutely. I was excited at the thought that my 81yo mother seemed ready to finally ditch her ancient PC and buy an iPad for her simple computer needs. I knew she would like an iPad if she ever tried it. Now I'm not so sure. There's simply not enough contrast in the icons, colors, and fonts.
I tend to agree skeuomorphism has its place, especially when new products, technology or ideas need to be communicated and made familiar to their audience. Over time, that visual metaphor may become unnecessary, but the need for newer metaphors for newer ideas will always exist. Great article!


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A toothpick and a bit of chance shaped David Page's career, which he has dedicated to understanding the mammalian Y chromosome and fetal germ cell development.
A groundbreaker in the study of Listeria monocytogenes, Pascale Cossart continues to build her research tool kit to understand how to fight such intracellular human pathogens.
Extending her initial studies of social wasps, Mary Jane West-Eberhard has spent her career probing the evolutionary relationship between social behavior and developmental flexibility.
György Hajnóczky uncovers the chemical and physical strategies by which mitochondria communicate and function within a cell.
With much of his early career dictated by US Navy interests, Carl June drew inspiration from malaria, bone marrow transplantation, and HIV in his roundabout path to a breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy.
By digging through dusty storerooms and reading dead people's mail, science historian and philosopher Michael Dietrich keeps biologists attuned to the past and mindful of the present.
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Chemical Engineering Education in the Digital Age
H. Scott FoglerUniversity of Michigan
Michigan, USA
Today's students have been interacting with computers from an early age.
This presentation answers the questions: How do we teach today's students? How do today's students learn? How can technology enhance learning? What are types of student learning styles?
Keynote speaker's biography: Professor H. Scott Fogler, a distinguished educator who excels in both teaching and research, is widely known for his engineering expertise in the area of flow and reaction in porous media; his pioneering studies form the cornerstone of current technology in petroleum production engineering. Professor Fogler also has changed the way undergraduate engineering education is taught with his innovative curriculum materials and teaching methods. Professor Fogler is the author of Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, which is estimated to be used by approximately 75% of all chemical engineering programs in the United States and is the dominant book world wide. He and his students are well-known for their work in porous media, which encompasses a number of fundamental chemical engineering areas, specifically; reaction engineering, colloids, separations, and multiphase flow. In addition to funding by government agencies, an industrial affiliates program consisting of major oil companies has supported the research on flow and reaction in porous media for the past 18 years. A number of research results are now being used in industrial applications.
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Written by Larry Reid | Filed under Wally Wood, Steve Ditko, Patrick Rosenkranz, John Severin, Jack Davis, Fantagraphics Bookstore, EC Comics, Alex Toth | 16 Oct 2014 11:59 AM |
We have some amazing Halloween treats in store at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery: Vintage copies of mid-60s Creepy and Eerie. These issues are from the estate of the late Gary Arlington, famed EC comics collector and proprietor of the San Francisco Comic Book Company, widely regarded as the country's first comic book shop. (As seen in the photo below by Patrick Rosenkranz.) The magazines feature mid-century masters like Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, Alex Toth, Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, John Severin, and more. Own a monstrous piece of comix history for only $8.95.
Speaking of history, don't miss the Georgetown Haunted History Tour this weekend. This annual event provides a playful look at the eerie history of Seattle's oldest neighborhood. Wildly entertaining.


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1850's Guesthouse
Beautiful Prussian built home, now an elegant bed & breakfast with the original stone & wood floors.
Ursa Creek Lodge
Featured on HGTV and PBS Illinois Stories, this home origionally served as a railroad bridge in 1919. Opening in the spring of 2010 as a guest lodge, the home sleeps 6-8 people comfortably, complete with spectacular scenery and situated over water. The lodge is also available for meetings for 20-30 people. Relax in front of the hand crafted fireplace or sit outside on one of the balcony's in a serene location in Ursa, just 15 minutes from Quincy, IL.
Nauvoo Log Cabins
Capture the Spirit of pioneering in a Log Cabin! Choose from state of the art new cabins or feel the history and listen to the stories from the rustic old logs in an authentic hand hewn Pioneer Log Cabin home. These cabins will capture your heart and kindle your spirit.
Sonora Gardens
Scenic Country Getaway- 5 minutes from downtown Nauvoo Private room, homecooked breakfast and baked goods.
Nauvoo Vacation Condo's
Enjoy home away from home in the new Nauvoo Vacation condos in historic Nauvoo. Full kitchen and laundry facilities.
Ursa Retreat House
Located on 7 acres of rolling woodlands, just north of Quincy, IL. This rustic sanctuary is perfect for groups who want to get away. The lodge has a wrap around porch and outdoor pool. Also on the grounds are two bunk houses for retreats, basketball court and 1-acre pond with paddleboats.
Mississippi Memories
Spectacular view of the river, beautiful home with antique furnishings, 2 fireplaces and pianos.
Nauvoo Grand Bed and Breakfast
This turn-of-the-century home has been transformed into Nauvoo's only luxury accommodations, offering the grace and intimacy of Victorian times. Perched on a gentle rise, it is surrounded by vineyards and is across the street from Illinois' oldest winery.
River Park Getaway
A genuine getaway. Perfect river view, charming interior, queen bed & hide a bed couch, sundeck.
Nauvoo Family Inn & Suites
Nauvoo Family Inn is a welcoming place. We want you to get the most out of your family vacation or Nauvoo wedding without stressing over your hotel situation. Check out our Rooms page for hotel amenities and room options. From our standard rooms with 2 queen beds, to our fully equipped family suites or bunk rooms; we are sure to accommodate families and groups of any size. We aren't just any old traditional family inn. We also provide an indoor heated swimming pool and additional services such as an on-site restaurant in a country style setting.
Motel Nauvoo
Beautiful landscaped, clean rooms, with cable t.V., Walking distance from Temple Square
Nauvoo Dairy Sweet RV Park
The RV Park and Campground is a seasonal RV park and campground featuring 28 pull-through RV sites, tent sites, free WiFi and showers, laundry facilities and Peter's Place, a full service restaurant.
The Victorian Inn
This Victorian-style house was built in the early 1900s. It has the original woodwork, spacious rooms, two fireplaces and an open staircase. Guests can eat breakfast in the dining room or on the patio.
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Prairie Winds Motel
The Prairie Winds Motel is conveniently located 1 mile west of Carthage, IL on US 136. Clean, comfortable, and affordable, the Prairie Winds Motel has free high speed internet, truck parking and weekly rates available.
Nauvoo RV Campground
Camp Nauvoo is a beautiful 30 acre campground located on the south side of Historic Nauvoo. Set on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, Camp Nauvoo offers a spectacular view. Nauvoo's Historic sites are only 1.2 miles away and the LDS Temple is approximately 1.4 miles north of the campgrounds. It is a great place for youth groups and family reunions - plenty of space. Give us a call (217-453-9930 or send us an email (firstname.lastname@example.com) and we will get back to you.
Nauvoo Log Cabins
Capture the Spirit of Pioneering in a Log Cabin! Choose from state of the art new cabins or feel the history and listen to the stories from the rustic old logs in an authentic hand hewn Pioneer Log Cabin home. These cabins will capture your heart and kindle your spirit.
The Country Star
This furnished 2-bedroom farm house provides the luxuries of the quiet life, just outside of Nauvoo, IL. Enjoy over 100 acres, pond, walking trails, and even a barn for your horses.
Fitz Randolph House Inn
This brick Italianate style home was built by Dr. James (Fitz) Randolph in 1873. Dr. Randolph was a medical doctor and then entered the mercantile business. He was a state legislator and on the board of Trustees of Carthage College. Unfortunately he died shortly after the home was completed and his wife was forced to take in washing and rent rooms in order to retain ownership of her home. The second owner, Mary Alice Curts-Black purchased the home in 1894 and did an extensive renovation including adding the porches. Ernest Coeur was the third owner (1943) followed by his son, Dr. James Coeur (1973) who did additional updates. Karol and Steve Carr purchased the home in 2007 and established Fitz Randolph House Inn as a Bed and Breakfast in 2008 after major renovations. The home now features 5 guest suites in addition to the two parlors, dining room, reception room and owners' suite.
Camp Nauvoo
Camp Nauvoo is a great place to stay for your visit to Historic Nauvoo. They are situated on the Mississippi River bluff on 30 acres of land - plenty of space. They are located just 1.2 miles from the historic area of Nauvoo and 1.4 miles from the LDS Temple. Camp Nauvoo is ideal for church youth gatherings, family reunions, weddings, RVing, retreats, tenting and many other activities.
Woodruff Hotel
Located in Nauvoo's Historic Downtown District the Woodruff Hotel welcomes its guests into the original 1871 Temple House building. Recognized in the National Registry of Historic Places, and standing high among the city's revered landmarks, this special Nauvoo hotel is named after one of Nauvoo's early distinguished and beloved residents. . . Wilford Woodruff.
Deseret Heritage Manor
Deseret Heritage Manor is a 5 bedroom, 6 bath vacation home conveniently located in the quiet neighborhood of the Hyrum Kimball Village. It will sleep 20 comfortably. It also has a crib for the little ones. It has access to a picnic pavilion (available for day rental) which makes is doubly desirable for reunions & family gatherings. There is a old wagon bench off of the back porch so you can "sit a spell" and watch the fireflies or just enjoy the sounds of Nauvoo. This home has a very spacious living & dining area with a large table & plenty of room for all. The main floor has 2 bedrooms, a king bed suite with a walk in closet and bathroom and a large bedroom with 2 queen beds & huge closet. The kitchen and dining area provide all you appliances & kitchen needs with lots of seating. There is a 40 inch HD TV with DVD player & DVDs for some "quiet time" at home. There is a bathroom with shower with handicap access located on the main floor. There are three bedrooms on the second floor, a queen size bed with a closet, a king bed suite with walk in closet and bathroom and a family bedroom with a queen size bed and two sets of bunk beds (this bedroom will sleep 6). There are 2 bathrooms with tub/shower combo and double sinks off the hall. There is also a loft with a sitting area with a couch, chair & writing desk. The basement has a game room complete with foosball table, air hockey table, big screen TV with DVD player & a futon for lounging. A sleeping area with 4 twin beds and a bathroom with a walk in shower complete the basement living space. The laundry room is complete with washer and dryer for guest use. The home is a geo thermal heating & cooling system and ceiling fans in all bedrooms for your comfort summer & winter. There is ample off street parking for 6 vehicles.
Hart house
Location, location, location! You can't stay closer to the Nauvoo Temple than at the Hart House, across the street from the temple! This location has an unobstructed view of the temple, in addition to a panoramic view of the Mississippi River.


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Confident Grimm eyes first quality start since May
Hurler expects 'good day' as Texas wraps up set with Bedard, Houston
There is no grim forecast for the Rangers' starting pitcher on Sunday. At least not from the man himself.
"It's going to be a good day," said Justin Grimm, who will take the hill for Texas in the series finale with Houston. "I'm confident going into it, and I'm going to go away with a win."
Through the season's first two months, Grimm compiled a 5-3 record and a 3.93 ERA in nine outings. Since then, the 24-year-old has endured a rough stretch, posting a 9.31 ERA in six starts since the calendar flipped to June. During that time, he has surrendered 38 hits -- including nine home runs -- in 29 innings.
"He's got to keep the ball down," said manager Ron Washington. "We have no issues with him competing, he just has to execute better. It's nothing new. He has to execute and stay away from the big inning. He's going to give up runs, but he has to stay away from the big innings."
Grimm (7-6, 5.84 ERA) registered six quality starts in his first nine outings. He hasn't recorded one since. The former fifth-round Draft pick is not lacking in confidence, though.
"[I need to] just continue to keep doing what I'm doing and get a little better at executing my pitches," Grimm said. "I had a good bullpen [session]. I concentrated mainly on my fastball and changeup. My curveball has been there and hasn't been an issue."
In Sunday's rubber match, Grimm will pitch against the Astros, whom he last faced in his Major League debut on June 16, 2012. That day, he earned his first big league win after tossing six innings and allowing three runs on six hits while tallying seven strikeouts.
He'll be opposed by Erik Bedard (3-4, 4.59 ERA), who has compiled a 2-1 record and a 2.88 ERA over his last four starts. The veteran southpaw has limited opponents to two runs or fewer in seven of his last 10 starts.
"It all starts and ends with starting pitching, and our starting pitching has been pretty good the last month and a half or so," said Astros manager Bo Porter. "They've been getting us deep into the game and giving us a chance to win the game."
Astros: Castro earns All-Star nod
• For the first time in franchise history, the Astros will send a player to the All-Star Game as part of the American League squad. That player will be catcher Jason Castro, who will travel to Citi Field to play a part in the Midsummer Classic for the first time. The 26-year-old socked his 12th home run of the season on Saturday and upped his RBI total to 31. Castro is batting .271 with an .814 OPS.
Rangers: Profar tries out left field
• Rookie infielder Jurickson Profar started in left field on Saturday for the first time. He has worked with third-base coach Gary Pettis to learn the position.
"This kid is a quick learner," Washington said. "That's not to say a ball won't get in the sun and he won't lose it, but if anybody can shield that sun and make a play, it'd be him."
• The Rangers will send at least three players to the All-Star Game. That number would rise to four should right-hander Tanner Scheppers beat out four other relievers in the AL Final Vote balloting. Yu Darvish, Joe Nathan and Nelson Cruz all were named All-Stars on Saturday. Nathan is an All-Star for the sixth time in his career. Darvish and Cruz earned their second career All-Star nods.
Worth noting
• The Rangers are expected to activate right-handed reliever Joakim Soria in time for Sunday's matinee. He has not pitched in a big league game since Sept. 11, 2011. He had Tommy John surgery in April 2012.
• Astros closer Jose Veras has allowed a run in only one of his last 14 appearances.
Zack Meisel is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @zackmeisel. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Niese to make debut as Mets seek sweep of Reds
Left-hander activated from disabled list to duel with Simon
Had it not been for left elbow inflammation during Spring Training, left-hander Jon Niese might have been the Mets' Opening Day starter. With his issues seemingly behind him now, Niese will be activated from the disabled list to make his 2014 debut as New York goes for the sweep in Sunday's series finale vs. the Reds.
"It's good," Niese said. "I'm working on all my pitches to both sides of the plate. I'm pretty excited about Sunday. I'm just going to let loose. I'll trust what I've been working on and attack hitters."
Mets manager Terry Collins and his staff will keep an eye on Niese to spot any trouble. The lefty also experienced some shoulder soreness in camp that forced him to miss time, and he spent two months on the DL last season with a partially torn rotator cuff.
Niese, who threw in a bullpen session without pain on Thursday, has not pitched since a March 16 spring game vs. the Cardinals.
"Due to the issues that he had, obviously a lot of it is going to be arm slot -- is he dropping, does it look like he's straining, does it look like he's getting stiff?" Collins said. "It's supposed to be a nice day, so that's going to help out, where hopefully we don't have any real long innings where you worry about him getting tightened up at all.
"But he threw the ball very good the other day. He says he feels absolutely great. He's at that 90-, 95-pitch mark. He probably won't go much over that."
The Reds will counter with Alfredo Simon, who will be making his season debut as well. Simon, a reliever for Cincinnati the past two seasons, is in the rotation as the fifth starter because Mat Latos began the year on the DL.
Because of circumstances not related to health issues, there has been an extended layoff for Simon. He last pitched on March 24.
"I wished there hadn't been such an extended break between outings," Reds manager Bryan Price said. "We were going to use him for an inning or two in Louisville [during an exhibition]. Of course, that game was shortened due to weather."
Simon started camp strong but struggled in the latter end. He was tagged for 15 runs and 24 hits over his last four starts, totaling 18 1/3 innings. But he was stretched out to 90 pitches and has Price's confidence.
"He had a good spring," Price said. "You can't evaluate completely by numbers in Arizona. We're more than confident with him starting -- short term or long term. I think he will do a fine job."
Mets: d'Arnaud working to find his stroke
Catcher Travis d'Arnaud will be back in the starting lineup Sunday after a routine day of rest.
It has been a tough start to the season for d'Arnaud, who appeared to be finding his batting stoke toward the end of Spring Training. Yet d'Arnaud opened the regular season 0-for-12 with six strikeouts, after batting .202 with a .548 OPS in his 31-game big league debut last season.
Collins said he is worried about the confidence of the club's No. 2 prospect given his early lack of success.
"It certainly is a concern if it starts to get in his head that he can't hit at this level," Collins said. "That's your biggest fear is that, all of a sudden, someone feels they can't do something. But Travis has always hit. He believes he can hit. He has great confidence in himself. He's just got to stay with it."
Reds: Phillips likes Flushing
Including Saturday's two-run home run in the eighth inning before the Reds fell, 6-3, in the ninth, second baseman Brandon Phillips has hit safely in all 28 road games he's played vs. the Mets.
Phillips is batting .295 (23-for-78) lifetime at Citi Field, with hits in all 18 games at the Mets' current home. He has the second-longest hitting streak vs. the Mets, with Luis Castillo hitting safely in 32 straight games from 2001-05. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Phillips' streak is the longest current road hitting streak by any active player against any team.
Worth noting
• With an 0-for-4 game on Saturday, Reds shortstop Zack Cozart is on an 0-for-15 start to his 2014 season.
• Mets outfielder Eric Young Jr. snapped an 0-for-15 streak to begin his season with a seventh-inning infield hit past the mound.
• Before Saturday's loss, the first four of the Reds' games this season have been decided by one run -- five would have set a franchise record. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Cincinnati also began the 1924 and '43 seasons with four one-run games.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)
Genetic Disorders: Breed by Breed
By knowing what conditions certain horses are predisposed to, owners and breeders can take preventive steps.
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Study: Feed Young Horses According to Birth Date
Your foal's "official" birthday might be Jan. 1, but consider his actual age when devising a diet, researchers say.
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Nutrition-Related Problems: Developmental Orthopedic Disease
Developmental orthopedic disease is a catch-all phrase for syndromes contributing to poor skeletal development in foals.
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Genetic Disorders: Breed by Breed
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Delay OCD Surgery for Optimal Racehorse Performance
December 10, 2014
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October 16, 2013
Osteochondral lesions on young horses' X rays might appear worrisome, but surgery isn't always necessary.... Read More
Equine Osteochondrosis Terminology Revamped
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A better understanding of the lesions found in growing horse skeletons has led to clearer terminology.... Read More
New Osteochondrosis Lesion Scoring System Developed
August 27, 2013
French researchers tested the new grading scale on 392 young horses screened for osteochondrosis.... Read More
Some Osteochondral Lesions Could Resolve Naturally
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Research shows that many radiographic findings in weanlings can change--usually for the better--within a year.... Read More
Osteochondrosis Field Evaluation Protocol Developed
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Management's Impact on Osteochondral Lesion Development
July 03, 2013
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Two Decades of Equine Osteochondrosis Research Reviewed
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Genetic Basis of Osteochondritis Dissecans Probed
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English researchers have taken a step forward in understanding a potential genetic component of OC.... Read More
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May 18, 2012
Researchers found that foals turned out to pasture had similar joint defects as those exercised daily.... Read More
Understanding Equine Osteochondrosis
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In horses osteochondrosis appears frequently on joint surfaces, deep within joints, or at joint physes.... Read More
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Equine Research Priorities
March 01, 2010
In 2009 the AAEP Foundation conducted a survey to assess the thoughts and opinions of the membership in defining and prioritizing the needs for equine health research. This followed an initial survey in 2003 to establish needs for equine research...... Read More
Arthrodesis of the Hock Joint
February 11, 2010
Osteoarthritis of the distal (lower) hock joints is a common performance problem in sport horses. ... Read More
Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis in Horses Reviewed
January 09, 2010
Osteoarthritis of the carpometacarpal joint (the lower joint space of the knee in a horse's front leg) is a debilitating and life-threatening condition. However, surgically fusing the joint appears to be a viable treatment option in affected ... Read More
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