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Review Credibility: Excellent This site compiles information about mattress satisfaction from more than 16,000 owner posts. Editors analyze mattress reviews in great detail, comparing customer ratings for each brand on criteria such as comfort, affordability and durability. Serta Perfect Sleeper mattresses earn an overall approval rating of 63 percent based on more than 530 critiques, just one point above average for innerspring mattresses. Users typically find this mattress comfortable at first, but about one in five reports premature sagging that reduces comfort and support.
Review: Serta Innerspring Mattress Reviews, Ratings & Comparison, Editors of SleepLikeTheDead.com, Feb. 20, 2013
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Criticize spec work, design contests or crowdsourcing sites, and you run the risk of being called a snooty designer, a gatekeeper, a parnoid bedwetter, a high-maintenance whiny art baby. Or worse. Being opposed to designers (mostly younger ones, often from developing nations) working without pay means you are a dinosaur, unwilling, or unable, to adapt to the 'new reality' of the graphic design industry. We're told that crowdsourcing is the future and if we don't embrace the practice, we might as well pack up our pens, pencils and copies of Illustrator and find another line of work. Fair enough (though it should be pointed out that most of these 'opinions' track back to people who make their dough as 'middle men' in some sort of spec work enterprise). Maybe I am a dinosaur. A throwback to the old days when graphic design was viewed as a profession. A Luddite who believes that people should get paid for their work and the production of intellectual property. Design contests have been heralded as the 'future of design', repackaged as 'crowdsourcing', become the darlings of business publications like Forbes, Ad Age and presented to people in the design industry as their new reality. Who am I to stand in the way of this nifty 'evolution'?
This. Is. How. It. Is.
At first blush, it's hard to argue with the sheer numbers featured on the home pages of sites like Crowdspring and 99designs. "The World's best designer community" one exclaims. "47,000+ designers ready to help". Another asks us "Need a designer?" and then tells us that their "community" is over 150,000 "strong".
My, those ARE impressive numbers.
Just two so-called 'crowdsourcing' sites and we've already established that over 200,000 designers are happily working on spec, submitting design after design to design contests, despite an ongoing pushback from the graphic design community about how bad these things are for clients and designers alike. But that's the point of making such a big deal of the numbers in the first place isn't it? 47,000 designers working "on" Crowdspring would indicate a level of acceptance by the design community at large. 150,000 designers on 99designs would seem to indicate that the spec vs. no spec argument is over but the crying. Designers by and large have embraced design contests and crowdsourcing, and the opposition (from old and snooty designers like yours truly) are some fringe element, disconnected from How. It. Is.
What if I were to tell you that most of the numbers featured on design contest sites are bunk? That the vast majority of people included in the raw numbers are registrations only (and a large number of those registrations are actually spam bots who've found the registration pages). What if I were to tell you that the vast majority of 'designers' on crowdsourcing sites sign up and then don't enter anything? How about if I told you that the next biggest group on design contest sites enter between 1 to 5 contests and then bail? That most crowdsourcing sites are supported by a fraction of the numbers claimed on the front page? Okay. I will.
The numbers
Let's first take a look at Crowdspring who proudly boast 47,000+ designers 'ready to help' on their home page (co-founder Mike Samson tells us in the comment section of this blog post that "We have almost 50,000 Creatives working on the site"). Today (January 12) Crowdspring boasts a total of 61045 under their 'browse creatives' tab (turns out that this also includes contest holders, a strange definition of the phrase 'creative' and something that skews the total number substantially. To work out our figures, I'm only going to use the 47,000 claim on the home page). The Crowdspring database can be sorted by the number of projects a 'creative' has entered, so if we drill down the pages, we can find a 'tipping point' where the activity stops. Today, the activity stops here at 15,161 (it will change rater quickly so I've put a screen grab below).
The number of designers who've actually submitted at least one design to a Crowdspring contest since the website launch is 15,161. That's STILL a fairly impressive number, but it' a long, long way from the 47,000+ designers claimed on the front page. What does it mean? It means, that at time of writing, at least 32,000 designers, almost 60% of the number claimed on Crowdspring's home page, have yet to submit a single entry to a single Crowdspring contest. And judging by their 'last seen' date, or registration dates, most never will.
The majority of 'designers' registered on crowdsourcing sites never enter a single contest
If we continue to rummage around in the stats, we can come up with more interesting numbers. Out of the 15,161 designers who have participated, approx 2,400 designers have only ever submitted 1 design to 1 project. Again, judging from the 'last seen' and 'registration' dates, that's about all they ever will submit. The number of designers who have entered 2 designs (most entering multiple entries into 1 contest) is (as of today) is approximately 1,500. The number of designers who have entered 3 designs (most into multiple contests) is about 1,200. And so on. Again, judging by the last seen and registration dates, a majority of these designers will not be entering a Crowdspring contest again. There's not much else we can garner from the numbers unless we take some rather unscientific liberties. So we won't (we'll leave those fun conclusions for discussion in the comments). What we can surmise is that a majority of people who sign up for Crowdspring do so without ever entering a contest. Zilch. Nada. Nothing. Since Crowdspring doesn't perform any vetting of the anonymous people who register as 'creatives', it's impossible for them to ascertain who is or isn't a designer, let alone how talented they are. Anyone can click on a check box that claims "I am a creative". Accordingly, the "47,000+ designers" bit on their home page is a stretch (especially when we factor in the number of spam bots that seem to have registered unmolested). As the next biggest block of people is 'creatives' who enter between 1 to 5 contests and then bail on the entire enterprise, it's safe to say that Mike Samson is entirely accurate when he opines that spec work "isn't for everybody". It might be more accurate to say that spec work isn't for most people. The majority of people (let's assume they're designers) investigate Crowdspring and find It. Isn't. How. It. Is. At all.
Lest it appear that I'm picking on Crowdspring (I'm not, Crowdspring are the most 'transparent' and up front of all contest sites so their numbers are easier to research), let's take a look at how their nemesis, 99designs, handle this whole numbers thing. 99designs upped the ante significantly mid-December as their 'community' numbers lept from 50,000 to over 140,000 overnight. No small feat that. While the Australian based contest site doesn't make it too easy to find out anything about their claims (their designer directory has disappeared from their site, no doubt to prevent folks from checking these numbers), we can put together some unscientific statistics using various bits and pieces found elsewhere. On their various press releases, 99designs claims a 'community' of 50,000 designers. Yet on their home page (as of today) they claim 153,163. So where does that number come from? You got me. Why don't I ask?
So I did, and Jason Aiken, 99designs's US-based marketing dude on Twitter, told me that the 150,000 number doesn't 'reflect designers' but includes 'registered users' and those who 'haven't launched a contest'. In other words, people who are not designers. Oddly, the 99designs Twitter profile claims otherwise, boasting a "Community of 150,000+ designers competing to fulfill your design needs." So which is it?
Well, we also have this December 11 interview with founder Mark Horbottle, in which he not only tells us how many designers 99designs is claiming to represent, but how they define that number (comment section).
"The designer numbers we quote on the site currently (54,000) are actual users who have signed up to 99designs and uploaded at least one design. Our actual member numbers are way higher than that, well past the 150,000 mark."
Guess a couple of days later, Horbottle and crew decided to let it all hang out and viola, a 'community' of 150,000. Here's the funny thing – in the interview, Horbottle actually admits that almost 66% of the designers claimed on the 99designs website home page have never submitted a design to a single contest. Worth noting that this percentage is pretty close to the one we ascertained by rummaging through Crowdspring. It's probably safe to bet that the bail rates are on par as well. Also worth noting that Harbottle wants to point out that the 99designs' designer tally is the "real deal", not "clones" or "marketing BS". Hmm. Looks like design contest sites are hip to each other inflating 'community' numbers.
Another logo design contest site is the oddly named Logo Tournament. Their designer stats are a little off (some participants with entries seem to rank less than those that don't have any) but we can find a tipping point here as of today (above). Going by their stats we can approximate that out of approximately 7,500 listed designers, over 3,500 have signed up and never submitted anything. Over at LogoMyWay.com, another upstart logo design contest site, they list a total of 2,675 designers, while 1,050 have signed up without ever submitting a solitary design. And the statistics of designers bailing after submitting entries to several contests also seems to hold true.
Why the inflated numbers?
So why all the hype about the size of 'communities' and the number of participants? Several reasons. The first is an ongoing 'my dick is bigger than yours' battle between the various spec sites. most noticeably Crowdspring and 99designs. A 'we've' got more designers than you (nyah, nyah) kinda thing. When 99designs jacked their numbers from 50,000 to over 140,00 mid-December, Crowdspring actually removed the designer tally from their home page for a few weeks, no doubt figuring there was no point in continuing the charade (luckily, they put it back as this article neared completion). The large numbers are also used as a come on to other designers, as some form of barometer of how in vogue crowdsourcing really is ("if 50,000 of my compatriots are okay with this, why shouldn't I be?").
Design contest sites need a constant influx of new 'recruits'
Here's a rather cynical theory; as the turnover and burn rates on these sites (designers entering 1 to 5 contests before bailing to greener, paid gig pastures) is astonishingly high, they require a constant influx of new blood, naively hopeful that they will beat the 4% – 10% win rate, to keep things rolling along. The designers who bail, need to be replaced by new folks who haven't figured out what a giant waste of time these sites usually are. Which most seem to do, after entering 1 to 5 contests. To that end, it's important for designers to believe that design contests and crowdsourcing sites are more accepted than they are, in order to continue the 'evolution' that we're all supposed to be embracing.
What does it mean for buyers and contest holders?
With so many design contest sites being primarily concerned about the size of their communities – the number of designers claimed on their home pages – they have zero concern for the type, age, experience, etc of the people who sign up to be counted in those totals. Most crowdsourcing sites don't even perform a perfunctory check on who's signing up or have a clue whether the registrant has ever designed, well, anything. It would be akin to me putting a sign on The Logo Factory shop door, advising anyone that was interested to go upstairs into the production studio, grab an open work-station and start cranking out logos for our clients. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the work produced wouldn't be stellar. Or original. Goes a long way to explaining why design contest sites are rife with so many hacks, copiers, rip-off artists and even in some cases, underage kids. Someone likened design contest sites as the "Mose Eisley of graphic design". For those of you who don't get the Star Wars metaphor, that's the town in which Luke and Obiwan meet Hans Solo for the first time. It is a place that's described as being full of pirates, thieves and scoundrels. You'll have to decide for yourself whether it's an apt comparison.
While not exactly lying about the numbers of people participating (what defines a 'community' in the first place?) design contest sites are, being charitable (and holding tongue here), disingenuous, about the total number of designers happily working on spec through their services. And even then, it would appear that the vast majority of designers who DO sign up, either never enter a contest, or bail shortly after they do. Which is why so-called crowdsourcing sites need to convince new designers that this new model is. How. It. Is.
Post note: As if by divine intervention, this blog post and related Twitter message popped up which further illustrates why the numbers game is a very big deal to those who keep pushing them. The 47,000+ designers claim is also mentioned several times in the comments section as evidence of the acceptance level.
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27 Comments to "Numbers – The ever-shifting realities of crowdsourcing and design contest sites."
Steve – This is a hell of a post. Incredibly good job researching it and putting it all together. As you know, we don't fully agree on this issue, but I have a lot of respect for your opinion, your passion, and your willingness to go beyond the rant to include the data. Next time I need "professional" design work, you're on the call list, and I won't hesitate to tell others about you and your work.
One thing to add it the flatline of traffic of 99d and crowdspring… http://siteanalytics.compete.c.....pring.com/ No growth in the past year. Designers, as a group, are rejecting it in mass.
It seems like the pool of designers to exploit is smaller than they thought (and yes, if you are asking for completed work for the small chance of payment, that is exploitation, lets just call it what it is).
So well said! Thumbs up!
(And re-tweeted!;-)
Hi Steve,
Great article and ditto on the research!
I've also seen these websites and when you see just the numbers you've presented in your article, knowing there are tons of sites like these, then probably a third of the world's population (infants included) is a potential logo or graphic designer!?
It's just a marketing trick' poping huge numbers in your face!
I've the same general opinion as 'the graphic design community' about these sites: You can't deliver a memorable, timeless, versatile and appropriate logo in just 1 or 2 days.
And for the amount of 99-250 USD per logo you will probably get some clip-art and no (type, color, target audience, etc.) research at all!
Cheers & Ciao …
Telling discoveries, Steve. Heck of a post, and another that shows spec design sites as they actually are.
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Another important part for those big numbers on 99design is that after you sign up there is no way in hell they let you close the account, even if you signed up when you had no idea what this site was in the begining like in my case, I think not letting you close your account says a lot about the people who runs this buisness.
Hi Steve,
I know you are a fair guy and to answer your question – the 150,000 number reflects our community members, not designers who have submitted – which is somewhere around 55,000.
The 99designs twitter bio which you screen captured was a mistake that has since been corrected.
Brilliant post!!!
Places like 99designs sicken me.
Just exactly what I needed – sites for logo design and stuff. Thanks for sharing! Bookmarked just in case I'll be needing this in the future.
At LogoTournament we've had the following:
*7482 designer accounts sign up
*Approximately 2500 are "active". (Logged in during the last month)
I'd personally like to nuke our designer count to something that reflects active designers instead of just signups, but I think it would be unwise with how all the other sites compare themselves.
I agree with you that many design contest sites don't give a hoot about who they let in, however LogoTournament is very different. In August of 2009 I locked the doors to new designers until December 2009. I estimate our designer count would be around 20-25K by now had I not done this. I did this to hunt down and eliminate the small "Mose Eisley" portion of our community and to make sure that they couldn't get back in. I couldn't imagine any of the above mentioned sites doing this, as their goal is pure size. There are many benefits to a smaller, quality, well policed community that I won't go into here.
To become a LogoTournament designer there are a series of requirements:
-Pass a brief quiz on site rules
-Submit their 3 best logos
-Online portfolio with at least 10 logos
-Answer a series of design & ethics related questions
-Pass a community vote & scrutiny
-Final approval by staff member (who have design skills)
-Technical checks to make sure they were not a previous account holder
Currently 60-65% of applicants are denied access to our site.
We currently have 146 open projects, while an above mentioned competitor has 142. They claim just under 50K "designers" VS our 7.5K "designers", and their total forum post count is 13,719 while ours is 59,612. Although we are a fraction of their "size", our level of designer site participation is much, much higher.
The problems that Logo Tournament has include the following:
1. Contests that go many months without designers getting paid.
2. Volunteer moderators who enjoy their jobs so much that they look for reasons to kill off other designers instead of paid staff who don't have motiviation to axe others so they can move up.
3. Nasty nasty nasty community of designers who are out to kill each other and endless whining and infighting in forums.
4. Unresponsive support for designers esp. on weekends.
Here is another problem with Logo Tournament. Even if you win a contest you may have lots of trouble getting paid because all they take is Pay Pal.
You can loose almost all of your winnings if you live outside the U.S. paying fees and exchanges. We have begged for changes and other methods like moneybookers, but Tyler never does anything about it.
It's unlikely that you and I will ever agree about the role of speculative work in the design industry. That's OK. As I've said, I always listen to critics (but not haters) because critics typically take the time to offer constructive feedback. I think you've done so here as it concerns crowdSPRING (I speak for my company only – not for other "contest" sites).
You are correct that we don't vet our users – we believe that open competition in projects – where only talent is relevant – speaks louder than a resume or a portfolio. The fact that a creative hasn't participated in a project doesn't mean they're not a creative (the conclusion you've drawn). When a user signs up for crowdSPRING, we ask whether they're a buyer or creative. When we disclose the number of creatives in our community, that number reflects the exact number of users who've expressly told us they are a creative.
Now – as I've said above – I can speak only for crowdSPRING. As you know (and wrote in your post), we do our best to be transparent about our marketplace and community. To that end, I want to thank you. Your article pointed out an inconsistency that we hadn't noticed – the number of "creatives" on our BROWSE tab didn't correlate to the number of "creatives" in our stats published on our homepage. In our BROWSE tab, we were counting "creatives" and "buyers". After I read your article, I asked our dev team to correct this error and we did so today. I hope this continues to prove to you that crowdSPRING not only listens to constructive feedback, but we HEAR it too.
Incidentally, we removed for a few weeks the number of creatives shown on our homepage when we migrated to our new code in mid-December (you mention this in your article). When we audited our migrated site, we found some discrepancies in our user tables and did not want to misrepresent the numbers until we were able to understand the discrepancies. We again began publishing the number earlier this week when we were able to confirm to our satisfaction that the number was accurate.
Ironically, since we're talking about numbers, your article inspired me to revisit other calculations on our homepage and I found one other mistake. When we calculated the averages entries per project, we were mistakenly calculating that number (which had been ~ 84 for the past few weeks) based on open projects (including projects just posted with zero entries). We've changed the calculation and now calculate based on projects that have ended (that average is 111 at the moment). I owe you a few rounds of beer for this find!
Ross Kimbarovsky
Hi Steve,
Good job on the number crunching, I had wondered at the huge jump in 99d numbers, thanks for clearing that up.
The reason why the numbers don't really matter is that what keeps each crowdsourcing site going isn't the total number of designers (as you pointed out) or even the designers who log in and submit something at least once a month, but a small, core group of designers on each site who contribute the majority of the artwork (on Hatchwise I think the number is around 500) to each contest, some of these "super users" contribute thousands of designs each year and they are the ones who are the sites real users.
In my experience, these designers are generally the more talented ones too, as it's the ones that know what they're doing that generally win the contests, and the winners tend to stick around.
Just my two cents…
George Ryan
Hi George, I think you're right how it's the winners who tend to stick around. For example, take the second most active user on Crowdspring:
This person knows how to win, but the way to win isn't pretty.
I see no harm in designers being too young or too old I see no problem in that we could think that these sites are mere a training or something for these kids to have some fun after all they aren't gonna win the competition unless they are good and I don't think that at age of eleven or 12 you could reach the level that gets you to win a competition at any of these logo sites or design sites.
the only case I will agree with you is the too much supply in this competition will by time decrease quality of logos by time
and I think we need to distinguish between real graphic designers and people who use computer programs to make logos/etc.
[...] vraiment une base de plus de 50 000 designers sur ces sites? Pas si sûr, comme le démontre Steve Douglas. Ces affirmations semblent plutôt verser dans la fausse représentation. Et ce n'est pas [...]
If crowdsourcing designs is so bad then why are Fortune 500 companies doing it? Many Fortune 500 companies have had logos designed by crowdsourcing websites. What's the big deal?
Where does it say 'active users'? How active do you have to be to be considered a 'user'. Every site has 'super users'. Typically 20 % are responsible for 80 % of the activity. It is just marketing talk. Nothing particularly specific to crowdsourcing websites. Live and let live.
That was exactly my point. Nothing new under the sun.
This article is one big snapshot in time. It says nothing about trends or the trajectory of crowdsourcing.
Also, a lot of number crunching to prove that websites are overstating their member numbers. So what? Aren't there other more important questions to investigate related to the economics and quality of crowdsourced design?


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One was Christopher Paul Curtis, the Newberry Award-winning author from Flint, Michigan, who quickly became a fan-magnet for a bevy of the adoring elementary school kids who have read his many books, including the two about Mr. Chickee.
The other was Lamont Dozier, the legendary Motown songwriter who, with his son, Paris Dozier, has created the score for the show — a beguiling collection of 11 instantly catchy songs that, in their clever, understated way, supply a brief history of pop music styles from the 1950s to the present, with the sound of everything from doo-wop, soul and r & b to hip hop. (If the tots in the audience at the Ruth Page Center hadn't heard about Dozier, the teachers, mothers and other adults there surely had, and Curtis also bowed to the man who penned more than 50 hit songs during his Motown days.)
Set in Flint, "The Vehicle City" that has fallen on hard times in recent years, Curtis' smart, witty book (winningly adapted for the stage by David Ingber), tells the story of three crucial days in the life of Steven (Jonathan Butler-Duplessis, all seriousness and determination), an essentially sweet, smart, enterprising and periodically sad 10-year-old.
Under the deft, deceptively hands-off tutelage of the blind, avuncular street singer, Mr. Chickee (played with a wink by Yaw Agyeman), Steven learns to appreciate his rather strict, neatnik dad, Elmwood (a most engaging Bear Bellinger), and his yoga-and-vegan-savvy mom, Lynetta (Alexis J. Rogers). He also learns to be more generous with his challenging friends: Richelle (the multitalented Ashley Elizabeth Honore, a genuine firecracker), the super-smart 4th grade feminist already thinking about college scholarships, and Russell (the easily engaging Travis Turner), a serious lover of peanut butter.
Another crucial lesson Mr. Chickee teaches Steven has to do with money — the worries that come with a lack of it, and the selfishness and consumerism that can come with possessing it. All this is set in motion after the older man gives him a mysterious quadrillion-dollar bill bearing an unfamiliar portrait (it's James Brown).That paper currency becomes the focus of a pursuit led by a trio of wildly inep† local detectives, including Agent Fondoo (Brian Gray is hilarious), and his boss, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (Rogers, in late Diana Ross mode).
Adding to the fun here is Mr. Chickee's giant, dreadlock-haired dog, Zoopy (Sam Deutsch often steals the spotlight). But even Zoogy is eclipsed by the guys in giant Afros and purple jackets who work the floor.
Smoothly directed by Derrick Sanders, with period-perfect choreography by Kevin Iega Jeff and music direction by Ethan Deppe, "Mr. Chickee's Funny Money" is funky rather than preachy, and invariably full of heart. It is sure to delight both the estimated 4000 kids expected to see it during its run here, and the parents lucky enough to come along for the ride.
'MR. CHICKEE's FUNNY MONEY'
When: Through March 2
Where: Chicago Children's Theatre at Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn
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The Kansas City Chiefs did the unthinkable Sunday by upsetting the undefeated Green Bay Packers. The Arrowhead crowd was boisterous and acted as it is best known for: the 12th man. (Occasionally the 13th man, but who's counting?) The Packers came in to Kansas CityRead on »
Kyle Orton Gives The Chiefs A Chance To Win
I suppose I could write two posts but I will sum up one of the posts by saying this: if Tyler Palko, starts this game, Todd Haley should be fired after the game. The team paid the money for Kyle Orton and, if there isRead on »
The NFL Friday Five
It's quittin' time again on your friday afternoon, so lets roll into the weekend with the NFL Friday Five.
1. The term football factory refers to college football teams that seem to produce a very large number of NFL players. In recent years, the Sooners haveRead on »
The Chiefs Are Ready For The Big Stage
When every starter in the secondary gets an interception, that is a good day for the defense and last Sunday was a good day for the Kansas City Chiefs. You can produce a lot of explanations for why and how the Chiefs were given theRead on »
Like No Other Raiders Week
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Time For The Chiefs To Take Their Opportunity To Dominate The Colts
I say "Kansas City Chiefs fans, are you ready for some football?" Hank Williams Jr. says "OH YEAH!"
Despite my seat on the "Suck for Luck" bandwagon, I have to say that the Chiefs played a good game against the Minnesota Vikings and wereRead on »
5 Reasons the Indianapolis Colts could beat the Kansas City Chiefs
Before the start of the 2011 season, many Kansas City Chiefs fans expected the Chiefs to be heading into week 5 at 3-1 or 4-0, and leaving week 5 with one more loss than when the week started. Those of us who started out pre-seasonRead on »
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
How 'bout those Chiefs?
This was a huge win for this struggling Chiefs team. Matt Cassel looked excellent in the second half. Todd Haley got his team all on the same page. Everything seemed to click pretty well over the course of the game. Sure,Read on »
#Suck4Luck Campaign Needs to End
Chiefs fans,
Have you given up all hope already? Have you already jumped ship and lost all hope in this season? As a true Chiefs fan, I have yet to give up hope. Sure, the Chiefs are 0-3. So are the Dolphins, Rams, and Vikings, andRead on »
2011 Chiefs Schedule Rundown
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Chevrolet Ute Force has helped renovate Ons Plek, the residential child and youth care centre in Cape Town that provides developmental and therapeutic services for girls who have lived, worked or begged on the streets.
"The team supports South Africans who are helping themselves and we are making a long-lasting impact that will continue to bear fruit," says Tim Hendon, Chevrolet brand manager at General Motors South Africa. "Ons Plek provides an environment for girls in Cape Town who need help to adjust to a more structured life.
Graffiti artist creates mural
"The shelter requires ongoing assistance to remain viable, in addition to essential renovations to its building. To do so they need to be more prominent in the public eye which is one of the reasons why we had an internationally renowned graffiti artist create a mural artwork for them."
Ons Plek, established in 1988, is situated at 4 Albertus Street in the historic District 6, a popular tourist destination, and lies on the route of the famous topless, double-decker bus that takes tourists on viewing tours. Adam Whitehouse, creative director at advertising agency, Native Cape Town, secured the services of graffiti artist Faith47 who has a bent for social activism, to create a striking mural that will continue to draw attention to Ons Plek long after Ute Force has left.
"We were doing so much good inside the building and in the courtyard, yet that didn't highlight the building as an amazing place," says Whitehouse. "We wanted to do something extraordinary to the outside of the building to bring attention to it. I've followed Faith47's work for years although I didn't know her personally, when I dropped her a mail and we began to chat, she said the cause resonated with her immediately."
Week's project creates order
Ute Force participant and designer, TV personality and actor Aidan Bennetts of Top Billing fame led the weeklong project. The team rerouted a gutter to clear the courtyard for recreation purposes, tiled the courtyard from bare concrete, scraped down and re-waterproofed the walls, bared, rust-proofed and painted the balcony wrought iron filigree, built and installed a shelter for the wheelie bins, built and installed a bench and installed secure planters to add greenery to the courtyard.
Bennetts says: "The project went fairly smoothly, following my first contact with Carmen Schaeffer, a graphic designer and educator who was previously involved with Ons Plek. Builders Warehouse, a long-time partner of Ute Force on many of our other projects throughout the year, supplied the materials we needed at reduced cost, we used local contractors to fulfil the work as we do on all of our projects and again to supply and erect a scaffold at short notice to support Faith47's work.
"The short time-frame in which we delivered this project was a minor challenge as was ensuring that all the work we performed was safe. Some of the girls who enter Ons Plek, because of drug abuse, can express themselves quite actively when they first arrive and so all the fittings had to be secure. One of the pleasures was working with the resident social workers who were all very enthusiastic about the support."
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This week's events, including the bullying of Robin Williams daughter, have prompted some much-needed soul searching on the issue of trolls. Albert Ziganshin / Shutterstock.com
The UpTake: Twitter promised to go after the trolls on its network after the appalling treatment of Zelda Williams, but it has been a long time coming.
I t's been a banner week for trolls, but I guess that's every week on the Internet.
Jessica Valenti, a columnist at The Guardian, was on the receiving end of a torrent of sexist abuse for tweeting a question about tampons for a subsequent column. That was last Friday.
The editors at Jezebel posted a public plea for the management at parent company Gawker Media to help them stem the tide of violent pornography, including rape GIFs, being posted to the comments section of the site. That was Monday.
Zelda Williams, the 25-year-old daughter of Robin Williams, deleted her Twitter account following a wave of vicious comments her about father's death, including gruesome Photoshop jobs. That was Tuesday.
It's probably safe to assume that the rest of the week featured the usual background noise of harassment, intimidation and rape threats documented by writers like Amanda Hess in her Pacific Standard essay from earlier this year, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet". That happens every day.
In response to Williams's very public sign-off, Twitter announced that it will reexamine its policies on harassment.
But here's the question: why does it take the very public sign-off of the daughter of a beloved celebrity to spur the company to action when the users who make Twitter relevant were already clamoring for change?
"Zelda has become this poster child, but what that overlooks is that Twitter, in particular, has become a place for abuse, and for women and people of color in particular. The company knows it and has done precious little" Jennifer Pozner, the executive director Women in Media & News told The Washington Post.
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Andy Cohen Fumes About Adrienne Maloof in RHoBH Reunion Promo (VIDEO)
In this new teaser for the upcoming Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 3 reunion special — the first part of which airs on Monday, March 25 at 8 p.m. ET — Bravo host and executive Andy Cohen barely minces his words regarding Adrienne Maloof's absentee status.
It all starts off pretty docile, making us believe that Andy was gonna let her off easy. "Adrienne Maloof has decided not to participate today," Andy announces.
But after he summarizes the Adrienne-Brandi drama and Adrienne's decision to not address the root of the feud, Andy becomes more candid... and irritated.
"We know that frustrated you in the audience — and that frustrated all of us, too," Andy reveals.
He then discusses Adrienne's future on the show — or lack thereof: "Not only is she absent tonight, but she won't be on the show next season."
This announcement appears to take the assembled Housewives by surprise, as if they're hearing this news for the first time.
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"Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanopoulos interviewed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Washington, D.C.
The following is a transcript of the interview, which took place on Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST: Mr. Secretary, thanks for doing this.
TIMOTHY GEITHNER, TREASURY SECRETARY: Happy to do it.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The president seems to be on a crusade with his financial reform. And I wonder if you can just break it down for everyone watching at home. How is this going to make a difference in -- in the lives of every average Americans?
GEITHNER: Well, one way to think about it is just to look at what happened in this financial crisis. You know, it caused eight-and-a-half million Americans to lose their jobs. You saw thousands of businesses fail. You saw people wake up and see their savings just plummet in value – huge amount of damage to the American economy. This is what financial crises do. And they're deeply unfair, because the damage is indiscriminate. The pain is indiscriminate. You know, it captures -- it doesn't just hit the people who were responsible, it hits a huge amount of innocent victims. So we have huge obligation to act to prevent that. And what reform will do, it won't just bring more transparency and disclosure to these markets, but it's going to bring basic protections to consumers and investors we did not have. And it's going to bring tough limits with teeth on risk-taking to prevent these kind of large firms from taking us to the edge of -- of the abyss again.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And you think you will get a bipartisan deal?
GEITHNER: I think we will, yes. I mean I -- again, I've spent a huge amount of time up there on both sides of the aisle, a lot of time with Republicans, too. And people I've talked to want to be for a strong bill, not just -- everybody says they're for reform now, George, because you can't be against reform given what happened. But what matters is are they going to be for strong reforms? And, again, based on what I've heard and what they tell me, they want to be for strong reforms.
STEPHANOPOULOS: There are a lot of people who are questioning whether what you're pushing for is strong enough. I mean you've got a situation now where the six biggest banks in the country have assets equal to more than 60 percent of the GDP. Why shouldn't those big banks be broken up?
GEITHNER: This is a very strong package of reforms. It's going to set limits we've never had in place on risk-taking across the system -- limits on how large firms can be and how risky they can be. And if -- if -- the best measure of whether this is tough is -- you know, we've been doing this for 14 months. There's enormous resistance, still, across the U.S. financial community and by large institutions around the world to what we're trying to work through. That's why it's been so hard to get this done, because people recognize this is very tough. It's going to transform the role of our financial system in the economy and make it much more stable, give people much more protection.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Yet they're fighting it at a time when these banks are just making staggering profits. I mean, Goldman Sachs -- 27 percent profits. You can't find a business where you make profits at that level. And it's a sure sign, isn't it, that there's not enough competition?


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COVINGTON - A man arrested in connection with the death of a woman whose severed body parts were found strewn about a wooded area off Ga. Highway 212 late last month, has been formally charged in connection with the crime.The suspect, Franklin Benson, 47, is being charged with murder and concealing the death of another in connection with the slaying of his girlfriend, 49-year-old Leslyan Williams of Decatur. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Sunday that they were able to identify Williams from fingerprints taken from one of the hands that was recovered during a manhunt in which more than 50 law enforcement officials combed a 5-acre tract of land and dragged nearby lakes. Ultimately, all of the Williams extremities were located, but the whereabouts of her head and torso remain unknown. According to Lt. Bill Watterson, spokesman for the Newton County Sheriff's Office, investigators have recovered "items of evidence" from Benson's business, Benson Auto Service and Repair at 4806 Covington Highway in Decatur, as well as his Atlanta home. Benson is being held without bond at the Newton County Detention Center, according to a jail official. Authorities ask that anyone with information about Benson or Williams call the GBI at 1-800-597-TIPS or the NCSO at 678-625-1403. Tips can be given to the NCSO anonymously at 678-625-5007 or through the Web at www.newtonsheriffga.org and clicking on "anonymous tip line." Those who want a response from NCSO personnel should leave contact information. Joel Griffin can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
More like this story
- Probe into grisly death continues
Suspect in dismemberment remains jailed in Newton ( November 15, 2007 )
- NCSO finds dismembered body
Woman's remains found in woods off Highway 212; identity still unknown ( October 31, 2007 )
- Gruesome recovery
NCSO finds second severed hand of dismembered body ( November 2, 2007 )
- Elderly man beaten, robbed ( November 27, 2007 )
- Grand jury indicts man in slaying ( January 8, 2008 )


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Real Housewives' Kyle Richards: I Was Shocked By Mauricio's Behavior on Last Week's Episode
Kyle Richards says she was not expecting her husband Mauricio's behavior on last week's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
"I have NEVER seen Mauricio like we all saw him in last [week]'s episode," she writes in her Bravo blog. "He is always the calm one in any situation. However, he felt strongly about the subject matter."
"Adrienne and Paul stopped socializing with the group after what Brandi said," Kyle continues. "Mauricio and Paul are good friends, and he was hearing from Paul the pain that they were going through. Mauricio felt that a phone call would benefit Paul, Adrienne, AND Brandi. That is how he deals with problems — directly."
Kyle says she was quite surprised to see Mauricio and Ken go at it. "I wanted Mauricio and Ken to stop because they are also friends and usually the voice of reason when we are having problems," she says.
Kyle explains that she and Brandi had actually moved on already. "Brandi and I were fine and in a good place," Kyle points out. "However, the subject is still too hot. It keeps coming up over and over again. Each time it gets brought up, more people get involved and more relationships are put to the test."
Also, Kyle says she was initially concerned about Kim Richards's serious conversation topics at the restaurant, but she's grateful that Kim is so focused on repairing their relationship.
"I was happy to hear what Kim was saying and know we needed to have those conversations, as uncomfortable as they can make me sometimes," Kyle writes.
The dinner drama just wouldn't stop last week!
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- Hosts : Dood, Tom Shook Broadcast channel: Friday, 12:00AM - 4:00AM
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ZentripZ is the longest running Electronic Dance Music radio show on the FM dial in the Southern USA. 17 Epic years ! Zentripz features cutting edge dance music with Live Dj and Video mixes. Also interviews with national and international artists, producers, Dj's and performers. The Show used to be called ZentripZiteeZ in it's truly Underground days and was spawned during those Halcyon days of the Florida Rave scene... UltraZen is Chillicious show featuring; Downtempo, Ethno, Tribal, Chill Lounge, Trip Hop and Ambient Electronica focusing on Spirituality and Awareness to send love vibes to the Multiverses.. P.L.U.R.!
"DOOD" is the host of ZentripZ and UltraZen
Experiencing numerous shamanic journeys including contacts with Alien Intelligence, a fungi inspired activation at the Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque, vision quests in the areas surrounding Sedona and the Navajo Nation, connecting with the aboriginal vibe down under, the pure beauty of New Zealand combined with the magic of Bora Bora have brought Dood to a state of supreme gratitude giving him a much deeper appreciation of uplifting rhythmic grooves .... not to mention the patience to wait for the return of the Mothership.
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Don't miss 'Dreadful's' sinfully scary season-ender
SAN ANTONIO – "Penny Dreadful" is heading toward the finish line of its ferociously satisfying second season. My new favorite Sunday night scarefest explored just about every Victorian monster imaginable — from the wolf man, a.k.a. Ethan Chandler/Lawrence Talbot (Josh Hartnett) to Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) and his creatures (Rory Kinnear as monster Caliban and […] [Read More]
KENS-TV anchor Barry Davis adds heft to hurting newscast
SAN ANTONIO – Is anchorman Barry Davis kind of a second coming of Fred Lozano at KENS-TV? Davis slid into the morning co-anchor seat next to Sarah Forgany with ease this week, embodying the sort of commanding presence that Lozano had when he helped helm that morning show. He also has a flair for the […] [Read More]
'Bizarre Foods' host touts 'Top 5′ eateries in S.A.
SAN ANTONIO — Didn't have time to watch "Bizarre Foods" host Andrew Zimmern mosey and chew through a whole hour about San Antonio's creative, creepy and crave-worthy cuisine? Then, why not try this condensed version: "Andrew's Top 5 for San Antonio." It's five minutes worth of stunning and startling visuals, scrumptious eats and hospitable S.A. […] [Read More]
KENS-TV anchorman leaves job
SAN ANTONIO – After three years as KENS-TV morning anchorman, Mat Garcia bid farewell to his job Friday. However, he has no plans to leave San Antonio, where he has settled in with his wife Danielle and four cute kids. On his last day on the air next to co-anchor Sarah Forgany, weatherman Paul Mireles […] [Read More]
S.A. weather favorite breaks silence; on TV again
SAN ANTONIO – Finally, after some 18 months of silence, a longtime S.A. weathercasting favorite speaks out about his departure from local television. John Honoré, who delivered forecasts on KSAT-TV for a decade until he mysteriously vanished from the air there, also shared details about his new TV news job. It's about time. Throughout his […] [Read More]
Update: 2nd 'Price is Right' show added to S.A.
Update: "The Price is Right" show sold out and the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts is adding a second show, also on Sept. 13, but at 3 p.m. Both shows will be in the H-E-B Performance Hall. Tickets for the second show go on sale this Wednesday, July 1 at 10 a.m. Tickets can […] [Read More]
S.A. dancer's devastating injury on 'America's Got Talent'
SAN ANTONIO – The most dramatic — and, unfortunately, tragic — moment of this year's "America's Got Talent" happened on NBC Tuesday night, courtesy of a dance quartet out of San Antonio. However, as the saying goes, "the show must go on." And it did, netting in Mel B's words, "a killer on-point performance" from […] [Read More]
S.A. dancers up next on NBC's 'Talent'
SAN ANTONIO – Keep an eye out for a San Antonio-based Latin dance group on the upcoming edition of NBC's "America's Got Talent." The local hoofers will be part of Tuesday's auditioning acts (at 7 p.m. on WOAI-TV). See preview of show below: Here's hoping the thrilling moves of Semeneya will get a thumbs-up from […] [Read More]
S.A. TV loses dynamo; vets gain powerful voice
SAN ANTONIO – Viewers may not know her as well as the faces they see each night on the local TV news, but her dynamic presence behind the scenes has boosted San Antonio television tremendously in recent years. Julie Coan, KLRN-TV's chief operating officer for the past three years, is bidding farewell not only to […] [Read More]
KLRN-TV auctioning a piece of old Hollywood
SAN ANTONIO – KLRN-TV's auction ends tonight with a vintage bang. On the block will be a precious piece of Hollywood history. For sale, revealed the public station's CEO Arthur Emerson, will be the side secret gates from Pickfair, the storied estate of the "it" couple of the roaring Twenties: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. […] [Read More]
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YIELD: Makes 8 servings
ACTIVE TIME: 10 min
TOTAL TIME: 1 1/4 hr
Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in upper third.
Prick potatoes all over with a fork and put on a foil-lined large baking sheet. Bake until very soft when squeezed, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
While potatoes bake, stir together butter, miso, and scallion until combined.
Slit hot potatoes lengthwise and, using oven mitts, push in sides to puff up potato. Serve with some scallion butter in center of each and with additional scallion butter on the side.
Cooks' notes:
· Scallion butter can be made 4 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to warm room temperature and stir before using.
· Sweet potatoes can be roasted (but not cut) 4 hours ahead and kept at room temperature, covered with foil. Reheat potatoes on a baking sheet on middle rack of a 350°F oven until heated through, about 20 minutes.


text: Square adds encryption to its Square reader March 26, 2012 10:10 PM Rocky Agrawal 0 If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th annual MobileBeat, July 13-14, where the best and brightest will be exploring the latest strategies and tactics in the mobile space. Above: The old (unopened) reader is on the left; the new reader is on the right, with encryption and a battery. Square has added encryption technology to its Square reader. Competitor VeriFone tried to drum up sentiment against Square last year because Square's readers did not encrypt credit card numbers from the reader to the application. In the recent launch of PayPal's competing product, PayPal Here, the company referenced popular unencrypted readers, while mentioning that its own dongle does encryption. Now, they can't hold that over Square. The added circuitry does mean higher costs, but it's unclear how much. The battery alone adds 15 to 25 cents in costs. All of the Square readers currently shipping have encryption; I received mine today. Square plans to migrate existing users to the new readers over time. (I asked for a replacement reader.) This moves the security risk one level up — to the fact that credit cards have the credit card number printed on them.


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John Lewis 'spring' by Lowe London
John Lewis products become the inspiration for theatre performances in this spring campaign, which launches on April 1.
The ad is set on a theatre stage and features four different performances inspired by John Lewis products.
The acts include a woman dancing across a field of cushions, someone gliding down a spiral slide to land on a chaise longue and a man flying across the stage reaching out to touch the chandeliers.
The ad carries the strapline "John Lewis. Set the stage for spring".


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Jay Paterno mentioned that people from 5 continents shared their thoughts with the family about Joe Paterno's impact on their lives. He said that the stories from so many alumni showed that Joe Paterno's impact was about so much more than football. One story he tells is about Joe Paterno's care and support for a player that had a child with cancer.
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text: The state Board of Equalization recently released information notifying wholesalers and distributors that it is illegal to sell flavored cigarettes or roll-your-own under the new federal U.S. Food and Drug Administration provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. Under federal law, these products can no longer be manufactured, imported or sold in the United States and could be seized by federal, state or local law enforcement authorities. Information: www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts; ag.ca.gov/tobacco/directory.php


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Ray J wanted to remember everybody about his sex tape with Kim Kardashian and that he was the first (celebrity) to fuck her with a new song dedicated to Kim: I hit it first
Here are the lyrics:
She might move on to rappers and ballplayers
But we all know I hit it first
I had her head going North and her ass going South
But now baby chose to go West
No matter where she goes or who she knows
She still belongs in my bed
What do you think about the song? Is it a good idea?
If you didn't watched Ray J and Kim Kardashian sex tape yet you can watch it here.
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In what may be coined one of the most-scandalous songs of 2013, singer and reality star Ray J's newest song, "I Hit It First,"and music video is sure to make him enemy No. 1 with baby daddy and rap star Kanye West. Why? Because the song reminds past love interest Kim Kardashian and the public that no matter where she goes or whom she moves on to, Ray J "hit it first." News One
In case you aren't convinced that Ray J's new song "I Hit It First" is a blatant diss to his ex Kim Kardashian, her doppelganger was cast to star in the music video. The R&B singer initially denied that his track – that reminds the world how Kardashian became famous as his sex tape co-star – is merely a song. But in the video out today, a curvaceous dark-haired Kardashian lookalike rolls around in a bed while a handheld camera films her. At the end of the video, Ray J tunes into a TV network made to look like E! that shows the Kim K dead-ringer being followed around by paparrazi. NY Post
Ray J would make a terrible politician. On Wednesday, the rapper sat down with matchmaker Natalie Clarice for the upcoming Oxygen network series Bad Girls All Star Battle, which he is hosting. In their interview, she asked Ray J point blank what the tune is really about. Daily Mail
The story of Ray J's song "I Hit It First" is really a cautionary tale of what happens when the internet meets music. Instead of making a catchy or meaningful track, Ray J went all-in on stupidity, because that's what internet users like most. Huffington Post
Alright Ray J, it's time to admit it — "I Hit It First" is DEFINITELY about Kim Kardashian. The just released music video confirms that from second one by featuring a Kim K look-alike along with a ton of heavy-handed, overt references to the reality TV star and her current boyfriend, Kanye West. You have to watch it! Hollywood Life
Ray J's new music video for "I Hit It First" is finally here — and not only is the chick in the video a dead ringer for Kim Kardashian, but she also reenacts the couple's infamous sex tape (minus the sex). TMZ
Ray J may charm the pants off Wendy Williams, but gurl doesn't take it easy on him! Before their interview even hits the halfway point, Wendy asks the man point blank if his song I Hit It First is about Kim Kardashian or not! And this time, he doesn't get cagey about it! Perez Hilton
Lets see it
Ray J is an ass for singing about Kim because even if he hit it first,intimacy is between 2 people who love each other.Ray is just being spiteful jealous just cause Kim found someone who truly loves her and is having a baby by him.Ray is just a stupid ass loser!!!
I think it's wrong because Kim has a perfect family and ray j ain't gonna ruin that
send for me
Kim is nothing but a nasty Whore.She is just like her mama.That use her children for the lust of money.She has no talent what so ever.She became famous because of Ray J. In fact she owe him big time! He need to get paid some kind a way ! She did.
Wow! You sound as jealous of Kim as Ray J sounds of Kanye
I think his new song freakin sucks!..he sounds whipped if u ask me!..i mean damn!..get over urself..
Lmao Am I the only one who finds the whole thing hilarious? The people, the sex tape, the song, everything!? Haha. Celebrities these days.. I swear. -.-+*-+-*+
Can we say jealous. Move on Ray J. If I were Kim and Kanye I would be laughing my ass off at you for trying to be as relevant as you obviously think they are. Move on dude, shes gone and shes not coming back to your bed. Poor Rayj
Ray j is so fuckin immature. Am sure kim is sorry for sleeping with such a jerk.
who do u keer you shound jealous mad because you aint hitting none…hint hint.
i love sex
Tammy,can not understand why u protecting Kim. Straight ho.and how could she b sorry,has slept wit everybody else!
ray j who better know as Brandy's little bro needs to get sh!t 2gether n get a life an get its called grow the Fu@k up FOOL cause she dont want u n she must b HAPPY to bad ur NOT lol. GET YO LIFE RAY i mean really………
Everyone remember ray j is a opportunist who road his sister brandy coatail for years. He"s deperate for attention and unfortunate he pulled kim into this mess. Who ever said she"s nasty must be a hater. If you fucked ur man that way you would be happy. I love ms kim do u. She turned it around as a business woman and I would of done the same. Dash, perfume, clothing line with her sisters and lets not forget her tasteful pics in playboy. Get a life and stay out of her, she is a very nice person. Love ya ms.kim.
Rj is an ass and this dude needs to grow up and move on.
Ray j is an asshiole for this it happened so long ago but ppl need not to forget that ray j did make kim relevant yes she and her family was wealthy but they were not known all of it is stupid though why bring up the pass..
LMAO He's hella small. I heard other ppl calling him big. If that's big, they must have even smaller ones. lol
She is a whoreee like all Kardashians


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In 1971, Edsger Dijkstra set an examination question on a synchronization problem where five computers competed for access to five shared tape drive peripherals. Soon afterwards the problem was retold by Tony Hoare as the dining philosophers problem.
This is a theoretical explanation of deadlock and resource starvation by assuming that each philosopher takes a different fork as a first priority and then looks for another.
The dining philosophers problem is summarized as five philosophers sitting at a table doing one of two things - eating or thinking. While eating, they are not thinking, and while thinking, they are not eating. The five philosophers sit at a circular table with a large bowl of spaghetti in the center. A fork is placed in between each philosopher, and as such, each philosopher has one fork to his or her left and one fork to his or her right. As spaghetti is difficult to serve and eat with a single fork, it is assumed that a philosopher must eat with two forks. The philosopher can only use the fork on his or her immediate left or right.
The dining philosophers problem is sometimes explained using rice and chopsticks as opposed to spaghetti and two forks, as this seems more logical as two chopsticks are required to eat, and not two forks.
The philosophers never speak to each other, which creates a dangerous possibility of deadlock when every philosopher holds a left fork and waits perpetually for a right fork (or vice versa).
Originally used as a means of illustrating the problem of deadlock, this system reaches deadlock when there is a 'cycle of unwarranted requests'. In this case philosopher P1 waits for the fork grabbed by philosopher P2 who is waiting for the fork of philosopher P3 and so forth, making a circular chain.
Starvation (and the pun was intended in the original problem description) might also occur independently of deadlock if a philosopher is unable to acquire both forks due to a timing issue. For example there might be a rule that the philosophers put down a fork after waiting five minutes for the other fork to become available and wait a further five minutes before making their next attempt. This scheme eliminates the possibility of deadlock (the system can always advance to a different state) but still suffers from the problem of livelock. If all five philosophers appear in the dining room at exactly the same time and each picks up their left fork at the same time the philosophers will wait five minutes until they all put their forks down and then wait a further five minutes before they all pick them up again.
The lack of available forks is an analogy to the locking of shared resources in real computer programming, a situation known as concurrency. Locking a resource is a common technique to ensure the resource is accessed by only one program or chunk of code at a time. When the resource a program is interested in is already locked by another one, the program waits until it is unlocked. When several programs are involved in locking resources, deadlock might happen, depending on the circumstances. For example, one program needs two files to process. When two such programs lock one file each, both programs wait for the other one to unlock the other file, which will never happen.
In general the dining philosophers problem is a generic and abstract problem used for explaining various issues which arise in problems which hold mutual exclusion as a core idea. For example, as in the above case deadlock/livelock is well explained with the dining philosophers problem.
To envisage how this works, consider the philosophers are labelled clockwise from A to E. If A and C are eating, four forks are in use. B sits between A and C so has neither fork available, whereas D and E have one unused fork between them. Suppose D wants to eat. Were he to take up the fifth fork, deadlock becomes likely. If instead he asks the waiter and is told to wait, we can be sure that next time two forks are released there will certainly be at least one philosopher who could successfully request a pair of forks. Therefore deadlock cannot happen.
While the resource hierarchy solution avoids deadlocks, it is not always practical, especially when the list of required resources is not completely known in advance. For example, if a unit of work holds resources 3 and 5 and then determines it needs resource 2, it must release 5, then 3 before acquiring 2, and then it must re-acquire 3 and 5 in that order. Computer programs that access large numbers of database records would not run efficiently if they were required to release all higher-numbered records before accessing a new record, making the method impractical for that purpose.
This is often the most practical solution for real world Computer Science problems; by assigning a constant hierarchy of locks, and by enforcing the ordering of obtaining the locks this problem can be avoided.
This solution also allows for a large degree of concurrency, and will solve an arbitrarily large problem.


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Very chic and everyone deserves to have one. Who knows maybe it inspires us to become more productive!
It's nice, but it has a glass surface, so my optical mouse won't work with it. Bummer!
This surely is a nice desk, but where do you get it? Also, couldn't you just use a mouse pad for your optical mousey?
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Cool.. is that balance enough?
It is not a desk, it is a modern sculpture. Evryone can find something in it that makes it hard to work by.
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North American Youth Congress 2015
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- 100 W Reno Ave, Oklahoma City, OK, 73102
These classes are free for librarians, library staff, board members, friends of the library, and literacy representatives working in public, institutional, educational and museum settings. Non-library/literacy personnel may be allowed to take courses IF space permits by signing up through Melanie Price, firstname.lastname@example.com on a paper waiting list.
No More Yawning: Designing and Delivering Successful Library Presentations
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Thursday, December 13, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (CST)
No More Yawning: Designing and Delivering Successful Presentations (1 day Train the Trainer workshop for library/literacy staff/volunteers)
Are people falling asleep or checking their watches during your presentations or classes? This workshop will give you the tools needed to engage your audience and increase learning. Participants will learn to:
1) Recognize audience needs
2) Develop clear objectives
3) Develop presentation content
4) Engage learners through dynamic presentation skills.
Michelle Malizia, Associate Director of the South Central Region for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine from Houston, will teach the class. There is no prerequisite for this class.
If your library or literacy organization is >59 miles away from ODL, a travel stipend of up to $115/night for overnight stay may be available. (Hotel Room Cost + $25 up to $115 total.) Mileage also may be reimbursed at 30 cents/mile if you are paying for your own gas & cannot collect from your library/literacy organization. Stipend contracts will be made out to the library/literacy organization and it will be your responsibility to collect your reimbursement from such organization. No contracts will be written until the class has been attended and proof of overnight stay (if applicable) has been shown to the Office of Library Development.
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A couple weeks late but I found this article by The Pioneer Woman about Memorial Day really interesting!
I have been looking for small motor activities for my boy. And I've been looking for more portable activities for both kids that I can take in the car, diaper bag, etc. I cam across this idea for homemade lacing cards. Perfect! I can find simple images for my 2yo and more complex ones for my 5yo. And talk about a portable, easy-to-pack toy!
Are you in a side dish rut? Come over to Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice for her side dish showdown this month. Get ideas and share your own!
We are preparing for a trip to Maui next month. We've traveled a decent amount with the kids but this article on The Art of Travel with Young Children at Simple Kids served as a good reminder as we start planning the details of our trip.
Have you seen a more beautiful laundry room?!! I would never have thought to accessorize a laundry room…isn't that the room that you shut off to visitors (and yourself, lest you feel the guilt of un-done laundry). If I had a laundry room like this, I'd lead my guests through it on the way to the living room!!
I came across this article about the Concept of Giving: Yourself, Your Time! Its challenged me to think about how I can give my time this week. I think I'll invite a friend with a deployed husband to bring her kids over for an ice cream party. How can you give of YOURSELF this week?
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"Mainstreaming" Kosher: Taking Ethnic/ Specialty Foods to the Masses and Growing Beyond your Specialty Niche
Join us for this first installment in a series of webinars designed to help position your product for growth in the kosher market.
Kosher has gone far beyond its traditional base in that many of its products are rife for a much broader market. From the bagel to hummus, many original kosher products are moving into mainstream aisles with a far greater potential than ever imagined.
Join kosher industry authorities Milt Weinstock and Menachem Lubinsky in this exclusive webinar, as they help you lay the groundwork to take your kosher product mainstream. They'll discuss the appeal of mainstreaming kosher products, highlight principals for success and review some successful case histories while answering these key questions:
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Correct use of technology and web tools can be executed in order to assist any kind of social networking research. Profitable results can be easily achieved from social media campaigns if the professional carefully follows important social media tips.
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Harry Reid and What Happened to the Public Option
I'm still not giving up. I want every Senator who's not in the pocket of the private insurers or Big Pharma to introduce and vote for a "Ted Kennedy Medicare for All" amendment to whatever bill Reid takes to the floor. And if this fails, a "Ted Kennedy Real Public Option for All" amendment. Let every Senate Democratic who doesn't have the guts to vote for either of them be known and counted.


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Code Curriculum
The Code Curriculum kicks off at the beginning of each academic year with a week-long "Boot Camp", consisting of a combination of didactic and hands-on experiences. Subsequently, monthly Code Scenario Sessions are held in the Simulation Lab where Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Intensive Care Faculty assist residents in developing skills for managing patients who are acutely decompensating. Additionally, on a monthly basis, our PICU faculty members assist a ward senior resident in developing and carrying out a mock code on the wards. The ward interns are given the opportunity to lead the mock codes, which helps improve their clinical abilities and hone leadership skills.
This code curriculum was developed by Dr. Benny Joyner, a faculty member in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and one of our 2011 graduates, Dr. Chrystal Rutledge. The curriculum has been met by great enthusiasm, and our residents are becoming increasingly comfortable with leading code scenarios.
Resident Leadership Lunch Series
The Resident Leadership Lunch series consists of 4 one-hour, interactive sessions throughout the academic year when our Chair, Wesley Burks, discusses the importance of leadership and leadership development in residency. Leadership Lunches include small group discussions, case study analyses, and various leadership topic discussions such as transformational versus transactional leadership. The Lunches provide an excellent opportunity for residents to step back from their many day-to-day responsibilities and consider ways to apply leadership teachings to their own lives.
Procedural Skills
In addition to developing procedural skills during their rotations, residents are given several discrete opportunities for procedural skills training. All residents receive neonatal and pediatric resuscitation training during orientation. Specific neonatal procedural skills training is also provided during a half-day NICU skills lab at the end of internship. Our code curriculum offers ongoing opportunities to work in the Simulation Lab and practice procedural skills in a controlled setting.
Scholarly Project
To foster scholarship within the UNC Pediatrics Residency Program, each resident will be required to complete a Scholarly Project during their residency (Preliminary residents excluded). The purpose of this requirement is to equip residents with the skills necessary to research a specific topic, to organize the latest data on this subject and to present this information to ones colleagues. This activity addresses several of the Core Competencies established by the ACGME – Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Systems-Based Practice and Interpersonal / Communication Skills. All physicians will utilize these skills in their future practice.
Advocacy Project
As part of their advocacy elective, interns research an advocacy-related topic of their choice and prepare a presentation for the residency program to share their findings.
Pediatric Subspecialty Fellowships
At the North Carolina Children's Hospitals, a wide variety of fellowship opportunities are provided in fields such as Critical Care Medicine, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Endocrinology, Pulmonology, Hematology/Oncology, Allergy/Immunology, Nephrology, and Preventative Medicine. Additionally, a 2 year residency in Medical Genetics is available. Fellows participate in the education of residents and enhance resident exposure to subspecialty fields. The Department of Education maintains that residents will gain experience as team leaders on subspecialty teams with direct interactions with attendings and have opportunities to perform ample procedures.
Advisor Program and Mentorship
Each class is assigned a formal advisor to assist in their career development. The advisor will meet with each resident at least twice per year to review evaluations, develop individualized learning plans, consider In-Training Exam perform and board preparation and assess progress in meeting RRC requirements. In addition, the advisor can assist the resident in identifying an individual mentor who can further help the resident in achieving their career goals.
Continuity Clinic
Our Continuity Clinic experience is superb. Consistent general pediatric attending presence provides stability in the curriculum, allowing residents to progress in their independent care of children as they gain knowledge and skills. In addition to attending and nursing staff, our clinic staff includes a Community Liaison and a Child Development Educator. We have a Reach Out and Read program and a medical home program called CATCH for children with complex medical conditions. Also, we are one of the few resident-staffed clinics that has been recognized as a Primary Medical Home. All residents have continuity clinic one half-day per week, assuring a strong generalist foundation.


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YIELD: Makes 6 servings
For Plums:
Combine first 5 ingredients and 1/4 cup sugar in heavy large saucepan; bring to boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat; simmer until plums are tender, about 20 minutes. Transfer plums to platter. Strain wine mixture.
Return strained liquid to same saucepan. Add broth, thyme sprigs, and shallot. Boil until mixture is reduced to 1 cup, about 25 minutes. Strain sauce; stir in 1 1/4 teaspoons sugar and chopped thyme. Season with salt and pepper.
DO AHEAD:Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover plums and sauce separately; chill. Bring plums to room temperature; rewarm sauce over medium heat.
For Pork:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Brush pork with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with thyme, garlic, salt, and pepper. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork and cook until brown on all sides, turning often, about 5 minutes. Transfer skillet to oven, and roast pork until thermometer inserted into center registers 140F, about 20 minutes. Remove skillet from oven and let pork stand 10 minutes. Cut pork crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Serve with poached plums and sauce. Sprinkle with chopped chives.
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