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Feb 23 2009
A Child's Garden of Verses
Few things zip! zing! whap! transport me back to my childhood quite like reading through Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses.
Please go check it out from the library today and read it to your children. Or if you don't have children, read it to your husband. Or wife. Or boyfriend. Or girlfriend. Or best friend.
Or read it to yourself. And as you read, delight in every last word…and try to imagine a time when life was all about swinging on swings and playing and dreaming. And eating apple tarts.
A Child's Garden of Verses has been published and printed dozens of times, by as many different publishers. So don't let this cover throw you. Just search the title online or at the library and you'll find it.
Stevenson wrote the book for children. But it's become a favorite of parents through the years. My mom used to read it to me, and the poems are etched into my brain.
It reminds me of Meg Ryan's line in "You've Got Mail" when she's talking to Joe Fox before she realizes he's JOE FOX of the BIG BAD FOX BOOKS: "Because when you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity like nothing else does…"
And that's really, really true.
Once I started homeschooling, I started reading the poems to my kids…and before long, they were memorizing the shorter poems and reciting them. This was the first poem my daughter memorized, and she still remembers every word.
She memorized this one, too. It's just so…so…so vintage.
Hey! How did my kids get in there?
And then there's The Swing. Do me a favor, will you? Just read this aloud as we go along.
Now, I want you to memorize it. Then, if you have kids, I want them to memorize it. It's just so light and happy and representative of a child's point of view.
Incidentally, A Child's Garden of Verses is believed to be a reflection of Stevenson's happy childhood, which, ironically, was marked by chronic illness and lots of bedrest.
Life is all how you look at it.
This. This is my favorite poem in the whole collection. I can almost taste what Stevenson's describing.
The Cow
The friendly cow all red and white
I love with all my heart:
She gives me cream with all her might
To eat with apple tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet, she cannot stray
All in the pleasant open air
The pleasant light of day;
And blown by all the winds that pass
And wet with all the showers,
She walks among the meadow grass
And eats the meadow flowers.
I'm sorry. But it just doesn't get any better than that.
Check out A Child's Garden of Verses. Read through the poems with your kids over the course of a week or two. Then challenge them to memorize poems at their own pace—even five-year-olds can memorize the shorter, simpler ones.
Off to make an apple tart! That line gets me every time.
237 Comments
Cindy On Tuesday, February 24 at 9:13 pm
Thanks for the suggestion – we borrowed this book from the library today and my 3-year-old loves it. . .the poems and the artwork.
Erin Lea On Tuesday, February 24 at 9:23 pm
My dad gave me that book as a kid when he left of one of his first business trips. Its one of the Little Golden Books. And on the inside cover he just wrote "Love, Daddy" I still own it and cherish it. And I still call him Daddy.
Gee On Tuesday, February 24 at 9:35 pm
Oh, you are playing my song, PW!
My favorite is….
"When I was sick and lay abed I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay to keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so…….."
"In winter I get up at night………"
"I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me……."
What is it about Stevenson's poems that make them so memorizable (is that a word?I)
Thank you for the trip down memory lane!
Anonymous On Wednesday, February 25 at 4:36 am
great book.
i love when my big kids search the shelves for their favorite books to read to their little brothers.
Prudy On Wednesday, February 25 at 8:06 am
I'm a homeschooler too and what do you know? We memorize a couple RLS poems every month. I also love RSL's "A Good Play."
Julie On Wednesday, February 25 at 11:39 am
My mother was a first-grade teacher when I was growing up and she read all of these poems to us, had us (and her students) memorize them, and to this day those poems bring back such happy memories.
I have a sign in my home that says,
"Richer than me you will never be.
I had a mother who read to me."
Apart from the fact that correct grammar bows to rhyme in this sentiment, I absolutely agree with it. My kids are grown now, but my happiest days were spent reading to them. Can't wait to have grandchildren to read to one day! I hope I inspire in them the same love for books and the written word that my mother inspired with "A Child's Garden Of Verses."
The sole perfect thing I did as a parent was read to my children. I hope it makes up for all the things I screwed up with them.
Julie On Wednesday, February 25 at 12:25 pm
RLS, Child Garden of Verses is the most beautiful of his works. RLS had a dark side. Sad.
Ms.Tee On Wednesday, February 25 at 4:02 pm
I had this book as a child and loved it. I've got to get one now!
Susan On Wednesday, February 25 at 6:39 pm
Awesome…Gonna buy this book!
cher On Wednesday, February 25 at 8:06 pm
I just found this book at the local Goodwill for 50 cents! It was published in 1952 and is darling. My daughter does her copy work from it everyday for homeschool…
Connie On Wednesday, February 25 at 9:32 pm
This book has such memories for me. My father who never went to the grocery store decided to go one day and took me with him! It was such fun! He bought all kinds of snacks and goodies that my Mother never bought! Plus he bought me this exact book! The was about 50 years ago! I still to this day have that book and I cherish it so! I loved these exact poems that you showed! The Cow, The swing and the one about the seaside! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
Sharon On Wednesday, February 25 at 10:03 pm
I absolutely LOVE this book. I was raised on this book. Robert Louis Stevenson got me hook on poetry! My favorite was the Swing. I memorized that poem along with the birdie with the yellow bill. Consequently this was one of the first books I read to my own children. My oldest daughter, loved Silverstein. Now she reads to her little one. Ah the power of poetry!
Megan On Thursday, February 26 at 12:19 pm
I just ordered this from Amazon to read to my preschooler!
Talon On Thursday, February 26 at 3:37 pm
We have several variations of children's collections of poetry. Ripley's favorite one includes MANY Robert Louis Stevenson poems.
But your post upwards about Edward Lear reminded me of something.
When Ripley was almost five, she had the Owl and the Pussycat memorized. Completely. We used to recite it together, and we both loved the begging to buy the Piggy's ring.
She still knows it by heart…that and the one about the fight between the gingham dog and the calico cat too. Poetry is huge in our family, and so is reciting long long poems. The Walrus and the Carpenter is a rite of passage, or was for me and my brothers, though when I was in seventh grade I did the Highwayman. Biiiig bite.
Dana On Thursday, February 26 at 4:28 pm
you can also find them online! (although i would enjoy having the illustrations to look at)http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/collections/childs_garden_of_verses.html
Kelly On Thursday, February 26 at 5:34 pm
I love that book! My favorite is this one:
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to bed by day.
I have to go to bed and see
The birds still hopping on the tree,
Or hear the grown-up people's feet
Still going past me in the street.
And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the sky is clear and blue,
And I should like so much to play,
To have to go to bed by day?
Bonnie On Friday, February 27 at 1:46 pm
I must agree with you that this is one of the most enduringly wonderful children's books ever. I'm 26 years old and have 3 kids (ages 4, 2, and 4 months) and the copy we own was given to my father by his mother in 1953, when he was 1 year old. It is illustrated by someone with the pen name of Eulalie and most of the illustrations are in b&w, but there are a few full-page color illustrations throughout. I absolutely LOVE them and wish I could show you my favorite pictures. "The Swing" is definitely my favorite, as well as my daughter's. Last summer when she was 3, I would recite it to her while pushing her in her swing in our backyard. She memorized it word for word!
Stefanie On Saturday, February 28 at 3:27 pm
Another good book to look at is Jack Prelutsky's Ride a Purple Pelican. I could watch my 5 year old all day long recite some of those!
Susanna On Tuesday, March 3 at 12:57 am
This is so cool! I homeschool my daughters and my oldest,5 yrs old, has memorized "Beside the Sea" and is now actually memorizing "The Swing". I love Robert Louis Stevensons poems.
Susanna On Tuesday, March 3 at 12:59 am
I loved reading books as a kid, and still do. I remember reading the poem "Beside the Sea" when I was a kid and actually remembered it when I was teaching it to my 5 yr. old.
Charolette On Tuesday, March 3 at 6:56 am
I confess! I saw this book at a resale shop the other day for $1.00. It looked sweet, but I don't know why I overlooked it. Hmm, maybe I should go back for it!
auntie m. On Tuesday, March 3 at 8:46 am
My copy is one of my most prized possessions. It's a 1919 edition illustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock. It was a gift to my mother from her parents and was inscribed: "Good books, dear, are the pictures of beautiful thoughts. And who ever had more beautiful thoughts than Stevenson? Love, Mother and Daddy."
Ok…now I'm all weepy.
J-Dub On Tuesday, March 3 at 11:36 am
Oh thank you. I had totally forgotten this collection…but my childhood just came rushing back to me. Many pleasant hours of reading and being read to. Such lovely memories. Thank you!
Pegg On Wednesday, March 4 at 2:30 pm
How funny to see these poems here. I confess I am also a mean mother that makes her homeschooled kids memorize poems. I have noticed that over the years that the kids actually prefer to memorize Stevensons poems. Funny too that the three poems that you show we have memorized. We have a Christmas recital and my son (six) recited The Cow and everyone remarked how they liked his poem. Thanks for your hard work!
Jeanne On Wednesday, March 4 at 9:13 pm
Loved this book when I was a child – still love it. Also that quote from one of my favorite movies! And Black Beauty lives forever in my heart…
Kathy McGown On Saturday, March 7 at 7:57 pm
I LOVE CS Lewis. I first heard him when a teacher read his works out loud in a church school class when I was eleven years old. His books have been my prefered gift to friends with children over the past 25 years. Now at 50, I am still ilstening to the audio versions that are available at Audible.com. Patrick Stewart, Kenneth Branagh, and Derek Jacobi; how can you get better than than for bedtime stories? Such joy…amd I have also been following the movies as if I were ten years old again..
Thank you for bringing the books of C. S Lewis back to everyone's mind again…
Jill R On Monday, March 16 at 8:51 pm
See now…I have to comment on this one too! This is my all-time favorite childhood book. I'm still looking for a vintage copy that my Grandma Luella gave to me when I was 8. "Up into the cherry tree, who should climb but little me. I held the trunk with both my hands and looked abroad to foreign lands." Wow!
Great classics! Thanks for taking me down memory lane tonight! I'll have to take my kids there tomorrow!
rachel On Saturday, March 21 at 7:09 pm
I can't tell you how many times I read through this book as a child, and a homeschooled one at that. A few weeks ago when I was having a rough week, my mom quoted "The Cow" to me to cheer me up. How can you be sad when Robert Louis Stevenson paints the world as such a happy place? Thanks for the post!
Stephanie R. On Sunday, April 12 at 11:22 am
When we moved to Alaska, my dd was three. I painted her room in theme with our move and "Escape at Bedtime" poem from RLS, with most of the walls and ceiling on one side being white and light blue "igloo bricks", falling away to show a night sky, an iceberg, happy polar bears and seals, the aurora, and lots of stars.
My favorite quote from an RLS poem though is from Keepsake Mill
"Home from the Indies and home from the ocean,
Heroes and soldiers we all shall come home;". It just gets me right there…
Jessica On Friday, April 17 at 6:02 pm
When I was 3 years old, I recited The Swing on the local radio station. Now I recite it to my three year old as I push her on the swings at the park. It just warms me from the inside out! In an attempt to recreate some of my childhood, I purchased the book, but it's not the same one. It has The Swing in it, but it's not as cute and I can't get attached to the other poems for some reason.
Thanks for sharing!
Sheri O. On Wednesday, April 22 at 8:53 pm
I searched high and low for this book and finally found it at a children's consignment store – while on vacation in Florida of al places!!! I am so excited – I can't wait to read it to my kids!
erin On Tuesday, April 28 at 3:21 pm
I had that book when I was a kid. I memorized "The Swing" and the one about going to bed when it's still light in summer. I am going to buy a copy for my little ones soon:)
Polly Duryea On Thursday, May 28 at 9:12 am
My mother read me these poems in 1930.
Melanie On Friday, June 26 at 7:20 am
We have this book too and really like it. Our copy is just the right size for my 7 yr. old's hands and she loves to carry it around with her everywhere.
Has anyone read "Little Britches" by Ralph Moody? It has nothing whatsoever to do with this topic except for both books are great literature! Bree-I really think you'll love it and so will your kids. It's an autobiography about a boy growing up on a ranch-kind of like a Little House book geared more towards boys but girls love it too! I've read it multiple times and always find myself laughing out loud. It's my son's all time favorite book.
If you like this website, you'll probably love "Little Britches"!
Sue P (not soupy) On Thursday, July 2 at 1:01 pm
I grew up with this book. And I'm 53.
Last year, while perusing a small gift shop, what do you suppose I found? A BRAND SPANKING NEW REPRINT, including all those lovely pictures by Eloise Wilkin. Which, no offense, Ree, to your more modern illustrations, is the master artist of all children's picture books. All those chubby arms and cheeks.
Of course I bought it.
Someday, I may let a child look at it.
Martha On Wednesday, August 5 at 10:53 pm
This is only the second thing my eyes have hit on your website (after missing the contest! lol), and I'm crying already. I can still hear my mom's and dad's soothing voices reading this book nightly. And those pictures…delicately stamped in my memory, too. I'd forgotten all about it! Time to call Mom again. Thanks. I can't wait to share it again with my teen Autism boys. Rhythms & rhymes just soothe them…I think that's why Therapeutic Riding and playing nice repetitive drum-set rhythms soothe them (not me with the drums lol). I think I need some of those pictures up on our walls. I've always loved the "oh, don't you love to go up in a swing, up in a swing so high" poem & pics…it'll make me feel like it's breezy even if it's 100 degees tomorrow!
Cristy On Friday, October 30 at 4:53 pm
What memories; I know I am WAY late commenting on this one… but I have to anyway. I LOVE this collection, and my favorite is "My Shadow".


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The Barrie Colts began a six game road trip in Owen Sound on Wednesday night as their home has been taken over by curlers as the Ontario Tankard Men's Curling Championships have taken over the Barrie Molson Centre for the next two weeks.
The Colts headed into the Bayshore looking for some revenge after falling 3-0 to the Attack a week prior in a physical contest that saw Kyle Hope knock the Colts leading scorer Zach Hall out of the game with a thunderous body check.
Barrie would go into the game shorthanded as Mitchell Theoret and Devin Rymarchuk were out with injuries and Andreas Athanasiou was battling the flu. To make up for the shortage of forwards, the Colts dressed eight defencemen as Alex Yuill and CJ Garcia would play on the fourth line with Cody Brown.
Jordan Binnington would once again look to be unbeatable in the Attack goal as the Colts peppered the netminder with 23 shots in the first period.
His best save of the period came on a shorthanded breakaway from Erik Bradford and for the seventh straight period the Colts could not beat Binnington.
Kurtis Gabriel got Owen Sound on the board 9:32 into the first period as he beat Mathias Niederberger off a pass from Kyle Hope.
Gilbert Gabor would add to the Attack lead just 1:58 into the second as a Jaden Lindo pass deflected off Gabor's skate, off the post and past Niederberger.
The Colts would respond quickly as they were finally able to solve Binnington when Bradford finished off a beautiful pass from Brendon Lemieux to cut the lead to one just 20 seconds after the Gabor goal.
That's as close as the Colts would get however as two third period goals including an empty netter from Daniel Catenacci would seal a third consecutive win for Owen Sound over the Colts.
4-1 the final and Jordan Binnington was a major reason once again for the Attack's success over Barrie as he made 37 saves in the win.
Niederberger played well in the Barrie goal stopping 41 of 44 shots fired his way.
The Colts would make just one change to their lineup Friday night in Kingston and that would be in goal as Alex Fotinos got the call to give some much deserved rest to Mathias Niederberger.
The Frontenacs have really struggled as of late, losers of nine straight but they were looking to take advantage of a depleted Colts offence.
No scoring in the first period as both back-up goaltenders (Alex Fotinos and Colin Furlong) went save for save in the opening frame.
In the second it would be Spencer Watson putting the home side on the board first with a goal 3:09 into the period.
Sam Bennett then doubled the Frontenacs lead at the 11:13 mark to make it 2-0 as the Colts goal scoring woes continued.
Rookie CJ Garcia who had been itching to get his first career fight under his belt dropped the mitts with Ryan Hutchinson a minute after the Bennett goal.
Hutchinson wasn't done there as he dropped the gloves with Colts defenceman Jake Dotchin 5:55 into the third period.
Dotchin waved his arms in the air starring at the Colts bench as he skated to the penalty box to try and fire up his team as the Colts were still trying to solve Furlong. Dotchin was then ejected from the game for removing Hutchinson's helmet during the fight which warrants a one game suspension.
Dale Hawerchuk juggled up his lines and moved Erik Bradford up onto the top line with Zach Hall and Anthony Camara and that move paid dividends for the Colts.
Bradford fed Ryan O'Connor who found Hall on the far side of the ice and he unleashed an absolute bullet off the crossbar and in to get the Colts on the scoreboard.
Barrie continued to press and with 1:35 remaining it would be Bradford digging the puck loose and Hall fired the puck to a wide open Camara in front of the goal and the power forward popped in his team leading 28th goal to tie the game 2-2.
Overtime would solve nothing so the game headed to a shootout where it was Camara again being the hero, scoring the lone goal as Fotinos stopped all three Kingston shooters and the Colts skated away with a come from behind 3-2 win.
With the shootout win the Colts improved their shootout record to 6-2 on the season as the Colts have fared very well in the shootout so far this season and it always seems to be a different player playing the role of hero.
Next up for the Colts (33-15-2): Their road trip continues with their annual States trip as the Colts head to Plymouth (26-15-9) on Friday night then make a stop in Saginaw (24-21-5) on Saturday before playing an afternoon contest in Sarnia (27-19-3) on Sunday.
News and Notes:
Mitchell Theoret and Devin Rymarchuk are expected to be back skating on Monday and should be in the lineup come Friday night. Theoret has been nursing a knee injury while Rymarchuk is still recovering from an upper body injury that he suffered while playing for Owen Sound.
The Mark Scheifele saga continues as well. The Colts best player has played four games for the Winnipeg Jets but has also found himself in the press box for four games. He is eligible to play one more game before his entry level contract kicks in but the Jets are keeping quiet on what their plans are with the 19 year old.
Scheifele has 0 points in his four games and has spent much of his time on the Jets fourth line but did get a bigger opportunity Friday night in the Jets 8-3 loss to Tampa Bay. The 2011 7th overall pick played 16:47 of ice time as it appears head coach Claude Noel is taking one final good look at his team's top prospect before a final decision is made on whether or not to send Scheifele back to the Colts.

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Grassroots garden sharing scheme blooms
Posted: May 27, 2009|
A scheme which matches would-be gardeners with spare patches of other people's gardens has got off to a brisk – but unexpected – start.
The Bath Area Garden Share project was set up as a solution to the long waiting list for allotments in the area.
But the vast majority of interest shown so far has come from people willing to offer part of their garden for others to use.
Organisers now have more gardens than gardeners wanting to use them.
Co-ordinator Geoff Andrews said: "At the moment we have plots all over the city and in the surrounding area in search of gardeners.
"Some could be planted up with enough veg to feed a family with just a few hours of work. Others will take a bit more elbow grease, but all of them could be growing food this season.
"The list is changing all the time as we create matches and new people come forward."
The scheme pairs people who want to grow their own vegetables – but can't get an allotment – with householders whose gardens are too big for them.
Volunteers interview garden owners and gardeners before making an introduction and either side can say no to the proposed match at any point before signing an agreement, which lasts, initially, for a year.
Organisers say every attempt is made to allocate plots to gardeners living nearby to reduce unnecessary travel.
In exchange for providing the plot the owner gets a share of the vegetables it produces.
BAGS is based on a scheme run by volunteers which has worked successfully in Totnes in Devon for the past two years.
It is hoped that it will reduce pressure on the waiting lists for allotments, where at the moment 800 people face a wait of up to eight years.
A BAGS garden sharing agreement does not affect gardeners' positions on the council allotments waiting list.
Joining BAGS is free for owners. Gardeners pay £5 to cover running costs and £2 for insurance – which works out much cheaper than an allotment.
Mr Andrews added: "Plots for garden sharing don't have to be big. Many people will be happy with a plot the size of a front door."
The project is an initiative of the environmental group Transition Bath, working with the Bath and North East Somerset Allotments Association, and Bath Organic Group. For more information or to register go to www.bathorganicgroup.org.uk or call 01225 338473.


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Much of the recent talk about Google Glass has revolved around the social acceptability of taking computerized eye-wear into coffee shops, with one cafe in Seattle already preempting the trend by banning its customers from ever wearing one on premises (for PR-reasons, it turns out). Yet before Google Glass or its competitors really hit the problem of mainstream etiquette, they'll have to get through some serious road testing in niche, industrial environments.
Think warehouses, construction zones, emergency workers and machinery repair.
New York-based Vuzix claims it is the only other company launching a device this summer that closely parallels Google Glass. Its M100 (pictured below) looks like a Jawbone earpiece that's been extended to include a rectangular unit for the eye. It runs on Android and will cost under $500 when it becomes available.
Last week the company announced it had started shipping prototypes of the M100 to developers, and the company now says that so far, interested software engineers are largely working on apps that utilize the device for medical professionals and field-service engineers. (eg. The person called out to fix your Xerox machine.)
Vuzix CEO Paul Travers said developers he'd been speaking to were more interested in the industrial use cases for the device than what they could potentially offer consumers with the likes of photography or gaming apps. "A field-service technician might be looking at a piece of equipment, and then [the M100] says 'Look to your right,' and you can replace the device that needs to be replaced," he said.
In some cases the unit's in-built camera could live-stream video back to a corporate headquarters, allowing for a third party to see what the wearer is doing and give instructions in real-time, or it could just record and send the video on without any live engagement.
Travers suggested big brands like Mars might like keeping an eye, as it were, on the person setting up their product display in a store. "People are writing software to do that," he said, adding that some of the programmers looking at Vuzix's device were from the in-house development teams of field services companies.
Vuzix bills the M100 as the world's first hands-free smartphone display. The device is not a standalone computer but works in tandem with another Android tablet or smartphone.
Another similar-but-bulkier device is the the Golden-i (pictured above), a standalone wearable computer produced by Kopin in collaboration with Verizon and Motorola Solutions. The head set runs on Windows CE, and has WiFi connectivity. The latest version announced at the Consumer Electronics Show 2013 weighed 4.5 ounces and could be worn straight over the head or on a helmet.
Kopin also has industrial use in mind for Golden-i, including firefighting and police work. A demonstration of the headset at CES 2012 showed how a police officer could command the headset to display a street camera, follow a map and receive an alert about a missing child.
Vuzix's Travers says the Golden-i is "definitely an industrial device" and is designed for a "very tough environment. It's big and bulky."
Google's more mainstream approach with Project Glass looks trickier to pull off since aesthetics become more important. "They're working hard to make the use case mass market, and I think that being in the mass market you need things that look better, like sunglasses," says Travers. He adds that "Vuzix is going down that path," but doesn't give specifics.
Seeking Alpha suggests that the very idea of Google Glass successfully going mainstream is hard to fathom, and that the media has over-hyped its use case for consumers. "Many have been touting Project Glass as an invention that will somehow make the smartphone obsolete, and revolutionize the way we interact with the world," the site's commentator said. "However, I have yet to see a single piece of analysis question whether a market for a smartphone accessory that you wear on your nose exists."
Still, examples of wearable technology are gradually falling into various categories from "fun" gadgets like Nike's FitBit and Fuel Band to "serious" tech like Second Sight's Argus II Bionic Eye, says Tony Rizzo, the organizer of a wearable technology conference taking place in New York this July.
"We are truly at the very beginning of the next major wave of technology," Rizzo said. "As with BYOD [bring your own device] it will span both business and consumer and simply become pervasive over the next five years." When it comes to glasses, though, it may just take longer to find mainstream acceptance.


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Executive summary: Google adds video alerts and you have more options to monitor search results.
Sometimes a search results page is not the best medium for finding things: if you want to find great new web pages about Google Web Toolkit, searching every day for this query and trying to find what's new is time-consuming and inefficient.
Google Alerts lets you receive email notifications when new web sites appear in the top results for your query. You can get alerts for results from web search, blog search, Google News, Google Groups and now Google Video. There's also a type of alert that combines the results from three search engines (web, news, blogs): you could call it the universal alert, but the official name is comprehensive alert. The number of top results that are potential candidates for Google Alerts is: 10 for blogs/news/videos, 15 for Google Groups and 20 for web search.
Depending on how often you want to receive the alerts, there are two types of alerts:
* as-it-happens: this is useful if you want to monitor an event or an important news. You should choose this option if you want to receive the alerts as soon as a new web page becomes relevant for your query. If your query is too general, you'll receive a lot of alerts, so use quotes or negative terms to make your query more precise.
* daily or weekly summary: this option is useful to monitor the latest news about a product, a company, a person, a research subject. The most common type of alert is the daily summary.
Usually, to monitor an event you should choose Google News, to find opinions about a product choose the Blog Search alerts, for new important pages about a subject Web Search alerts are the way to go, for answer to technical or not-so-technical question Google Groups alerts are helpful, while the new video alerts are great to find the latest video of your favorite band or a demo for that Google killer that's still not ready for the prime time. The comprehensive alerts are useful to get the full picture of a subject, for example to find if there's anything newsworthy or at least interesting about Google Reader.
Some of Google's search engines (Google News, Blog Search, Google Video) provide feeds for search results, so you can monitor the results in a feed reader. You should note that Google's alerts only include the top results sorted by relevance, while the feeds can also be sorted by date. So if you've wanted feeds for Google's search results, you could use Google Alerts as a partial replacement or subscribe to Yahoo's search feeds.
Google Alerts are also a way to produce "content" for your site with minimal effort. For example, Blogger has an option that lets you post by email and it's so easy to setup a Gmail filter that automatically forwards Google Alerts to Blogger's mail address. A way to monetize this "content" is to use Google's contextual ads. A simple Google search reveals a lot of sites that pollute the web with search results in disguise. Indirectly, Google Alerts, Blogger, Gmail and Google AdSense can be connected to generate revenue and pollute the search results.
Hopefully, Google will start to detect patterns in your search results and offer the option to create alerts if you search for some keywords frequently. The alerts might be combined with recommendations in a web interface that shows search results without having to type queries. Google could also add SMS alerts for important Gmail messages, traffic increases in Google Analytics, breaking news, weather changes, sports results and combine the service with Google SMS. Until then, you could try other alert services from Yahoo, Microsoft or AOL, which are less focused on search.
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"This summer camp favorite makes a delicious crisp-CHEWY peanut butter cookie."
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2 tablespoons
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6 cups
brown sugar
3 cups
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3 cups
peanut butter
1/2 cup
white sugar, or as needed
I'm sorry but the cookies didn't taste very well. I followed the instrutions exactly as it was written. It tastes like hot flour and butter. I'm sorry for the bad review. :(
A perfectly fine ordinary peanut butter cookie. I cut back on the recipe to 20 servings since I'm not feeding a camp full of kids and it did make 20 large cookies. I didn't change the recipe at all other than the quantity and using chunky peanut butter. They are tasty and I'm sure if feeding a camp full of kids, this recipe will be fantastic.
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By student Kyle Olson
For the past 3 years the RSU Theatre Organization has found a unique way to generate interest in helping out the John 3:16 Mission. Students have built a "Box City" and slept in the boxes overnight. At the same time, they are collecting clothing donations at the event. This year marks the fourth "Box City," and RSU student Josh Buehler has been involved since the event started. "We are setting out to build a city out of boxes, it sounds silly, but it's to attract people to donate and help the John 3:16 Mission. We risk somewhat cool temperatures, but it has always been fun," Buehler says.
Buehler insists that you don't have to be in the Theatre Organization to participate. "Students from any student organization can come and help us out. There will be free pizza and coffee for all participants, now that's incentive," he says.
Fellow RSU students are very supportive of Box City. RSU senior Candice Nivison says ", I think it's great that they are staying out in the chilly weather to help this important cause." Fellow senior Ryan Floyd agrees with Nivison ", I think it's a very interesting idea. They are getting out there and actually experiencing what the people they are trying to help experience."
With support of students and faculty, Box City is marked for another year for success. To contribute, stop by "Box City" on October 2nd at the front of Post Hall. The donations will be collected from 5:30 P.M. to well into the early morning hours.
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The political guns of August are already ablazin', as both House Democrats and Republicans have gone home to their districts armed by leaders with distinct messaging strategies.
Neither party regards the debt-ceiling resolution as a great deal. But it's a done deal. And from the early talking points, it's one that Republicans view as tilted more their way.
"It isn't what we'd written if conservatives ran Washington, but it's a step in the right direction," says Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a note to Republican supporters, a theme that rank-and-file members are expected to emulate.
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Not only was default averted, Boehner argues, but trillions of dollars in spending cuts, new spending caps, advancement of a balanced-budget amendment, and promises of no new tax hikes were also achieved.
However, a dispute has emerged between Boehner and a White House economic adviser over their differing interpretations on whether a bicameral, bipartisan committee created under the new law might not be precluded from imposing some new tax increases.
Democrats appear eager to change the subject from the debt talks, or at least to go back to two more-familiar topics–-job creation and GOP efforts to change Medicare.
(DOCUMENT: House Dems' Recess Talking Points)
According to their talking-point materials, they will assert that Democrats during the debt talks "kept our promise to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security beneficiaries." There is a scenario, though, where Medicare providers could fall in line for an automatic cut of up to their 2 percent of their funding.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday during a news conference that although Democrats were pressed, in her words, to swallow a "bitter pill" and "save the day" by helping to pass the legislation to avert default, she does not intend to keep talking about its details over the next weeks and month.
"Enough talk about debt," she said. Rather, Democrats are saying they're moving into "Accountability August."
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel, D-N.Y., envisions the weeks ahead as ones where Democrats will see to it that House Republicans are pressed "at town meetings and everywhere they go, from one end of their district to the other, why did you vote to end my Medicare, when you could have stood with me; why did you stand with the big oil companies … to protect corporate tax loopholes?"
A main theme of the Democratic talking points is a return to attacks on Republicans for the passage of Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget blueprint, described as tantamount to ending Medicare. Under the plan, government would no longer cover seniors' health care expenses in the same way, eventually converting Medicare to a voucher-style system.
Democrats want to hit Republicans on the continued high unemployment. Members are being told to underscore the party's own job-creating agenda, including their "Make It In America" effort, while trying to depict House Republicans as in charge for more than 200 days and doing little, if anything, to create jobs.
But Republicans aren't ready to take that hit--at least alone--suggesting in their material that members remind constituents that under President Obama, unemployment has been at or above 8 percent for 29 months --the level the White House said unemployment would never reach if the stimulus bill was passed. This is the worst unemployment stretch since the Great Depression, the talking points note.
It is from there that Republicans are advised to underscore the "solution for reviving our economy is straightforward: cut wasteful government spending and unnecessary regulations to help the economy grow and help businesses create jobs."


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"It's a great honour to have the armband," Gregory told the Hounslow Chronicle. "Neal (Ardley) has shown faith in me and I'd be delighted to lead the boys out on Sunday.
"We are more professional now than when we were non-league but the principles are the same. This club was built by the fans and everything is geared towards success through that.
"There is a new manager now and he's installed new tactics but most of the faces are the same. As a player it is just another game. You've got to try and approach the game professionally, block everything out on the outside, and do your job on the pitch.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government said Monday that it is selling its remaining shares of American International Group stock, moving to close the books on the government's biggest bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.
Treasury said it had begun a sale of 234.2 million shares of common stock in a public offering. The government's shares represent a 16-percent ownership stake in the insurance company.
Treasury has already recovered more on its AIG investment that the original $182.3 billion bailout. It was the largest government bailout package, including both loans and federal guarantees.
As of September, Treasury and the Federal Reserve had received $197.4 billion.
AIG, which is based in New York City, nearly collapsed at the height of the financial crisis. The company suffered massive losses from exotic financial instruments whose value was based on mortgage securities.
AIG became a symbol for excessive risk on Wall Street and a touchstone of public anger. It was criticized by some members of Congress for spending $440,000 on spa treatments for executives only days after it was bailed out.
AIG stock closed at $33.36 on Monday, down 77 cents from Friday's close. AIG stock has traded between a low of $22.19 and a high of $37.67 over the past 52 weeks.
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In AutoCAD 2011: Tips, Tricks, and Industry Secrets, Jeff Bartels shows AutoCAD users how to become more efficient power users, reducing the amount of time it takes to accomplish a task, increasing profit margins, and strengthening marketplace competitiveness. The course covers everything from shortcuts used in geometry creation, to program customization, to real world solutions to common problems. Interface customization, block and reference management skills, and express tool usage are also covered. Exercise files are included with the course.
One thing AutoCAD is known for is being a good communicator. For instance, if you keep an eye on your command line, AutoCAD will tell you exactly what it needs to complete every command. If you hover over anything with your cursor, AutoCAD will offer help in the form of a tooltip. AutoCAD will even keep you informed about the status of your plots, reference files, or layers in the form of notification bubbles. Now, the default settings assigned to notification bubbles can make them annoying, because they will remain on your screen until such time as you come down and click on them to turn them off.
In this lesson, we're going to learn how to make the notification feature a little more user-friendly. Let's start by taking a look at a notification bubble. We'll do that by plotting this drawing. I'll move up and launch Plots. As you can see, this drawing is going to plot to the DWF format. I'll click OK and I'm going to save this plot out here on my Desktop. As you can see, AutoCAD has pumped up this notification telling me my plot was successful. The problem is this message will stay on my screen until such time as I come down and click this X to close it.
Now, AutoCAD can display notifications for plotting, modified reference files, or unreconciled layers. So depending on the work you're doing, this corner of your screen can turn into a notification bubble waiting room. Fortunately, we can adjust the default settings of our notifications, such that these messages display and then close on their own. To do that I'm going to click the small arrow in the far lower right corner of the interface. I will then select Tray Settings from the menu and in the Tray Settings dialog box I'm going to select Display time.
I can now use this fly-out to determine how long I would like my notifications to display on my monitor. I'm going to select 5 Seconds and I'll click OK. All right, let's try the new settings. Once again I'll launch the Plot command, I'll click OK and then I'll click Save, and we'll overwrite the original plot file. And as you can see, the notification pops up just long enough to tell me everything is okay and then it closes on its own. Using the Display time feature we can make AutoCAD's great communication even better, by having notification bubbles close automatically.
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i'm p3ris and i'm new in this forum, i'm having a problem with my macbook.
i have about 500Mb free space in my laptop's hard disk, and when i use transmission and start downloading torrent files my diks's free space is getting smaller and smaller.
for example if i have 500Mb free space after 10 hours of using transmission then i have no free space at all, although i haven't save my files in my hard disk but i save them in an external hard dik.
does anyone has any ideas ???
You need a lot more than 500 mb of free space, the Macs swap files may grow depending on what you are doing. You should have at least 10-20% free space on your boot disk
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ok with this but i have one more question.
i have deleted many Gb from my macbook so i wouldn't have this problem.
more than 3 Gb have been deleted from my mackbook and when i used programms the same story started again and after few hours i had no more free space. so these 3 Gb that where free where are they now??
i want to say that this free space must have been captured...
or not?
You do really man 500MB free space?
Wonder the poor old thing even boots and it must be awfully slow. Pop in a larger HDD>
i didn't have 500Mb free space it was an example, but since i have this problem my free space is less than 500 Mb....
what's the HDD?
HDD is your Hard Drive. You said that you deleted 3GB of data but did you empty your trash can?
yes, i did...
If you only deleted 3 GB of space it's possible that you still don't have enough space. Even if the files you are downloading are stored on an external drive applications that are running usually store temporary files on your boot/startup drive.
The OS will also store temporary information there if it has not been used in a while especially if several apps are open at once. How many apps do you have open when this is happening? Also, how much memory (ram not hard drive space) does your Mac have?
this happens when i start my mac and use about 3-4 apps, i-tunes,transmission and safari (most of the times).
can u answer me please, which files are stored in this free space since i'm not creating new files, i save them in an external hard drive, and i boot safari from my external hard drive...?
I'm sure someone else can give a more thorough answer but these files are mainly "swap files". Let's use Safari as an example but the same is true for other programs. When a program is opened the data that it needs to operate is loaded into any free memory (ram) that's available. As other programs are opened, and load there data into ram, there is less free space. Since the OS needs some "free" (open) memory to operate well it writes data that has not been used recently to the hard drive. The data is still available for programs to use but it is on the hard drive until requested or the program in question, in this case Safari, is shut down.
These "swap files" are invisible to the user under most circumstances. They are generally stored on the "boot" drive and can vary considerably in size. The less memory (ram) you have the more likely it is that programs will need to write "swap files" to the hard drive. Four GB f ram is probably sufficient for most tasks though.
Here's a question though. When you first boot your Mac and the Finder and Dock are the only thing opens how much free space does the Finder say that your hard drive has? If you have recently deleted 3 GB of stuff and emptied the trash the number should be somewhere near 3 GB or more unless one of the programs is not cleaning up after itself well.
I doubt anyone here is expert enough to know what all files the system puts there, nor how to stop them all. Among other things it uses Virtual Memory (the swap files sly has mentioned) and will create a temp file for sleep mode.
Bottom line, you're not going to get a responsive system, nor one that is not running out of space without freeing up a minimum of 10-20% of the space on the drive. Even the few that don't espouse this particular amount of free space claim that OS X needs a minimum of 10-12GB free space to operate properly.
Over and above that, when you're down to a minimal amount of free space, it may not be only a matter of no free space, but also a matter of not enough free contiguous space on the drive for some write operations the OS may need to perform.
so the conclusion is to have about 12 Gb of free space in my mac...
thnk u all!!
I would be aiming for 25-40GB free space if you can.
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Yacon Syrup is a natural substance obtained from the root of potato plant. This natural substance had been in use by the natives of Peru as the food sweetener. Over the time, it became the widely used food and beverage sweetener all around the world. Later, the experts and scientists conducted the research and studies and revealed that this natural substance has ability to cure some digestive issues. The research is ongoing and by the time the research found many health benefits and weight loss abilities of this natural compound.
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However, during the study period, volunteers were asked to walk for 45 minutes twice a week and balance their calorie intake. After 4 months, the results were calculated.
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- The reduction of an average 4 inches in the waistlines was also observed
- Along with weight reduction, increased insulin levels and reduced LDL cholesterol levels were also noted
- On the basis of the results of clinical studies, experts concluded that the Yacon Syrup doesn't only aid the weight management but it also improves the overall health and promotes the healthy digestive system.
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Dr. Oz, on the basis of his research, approved this natural liquid as the Valuable weight loss compound.
He further approved that:
- Yacon Syrup is high in prebiotics, such as inulin and fructooligosaccharides (FOS).
- FOS resist breakdown by enzymes in the human digestive system and reach the colon without being digested, resulting in a low calorie count for yacon syrup.
- FOS also acts as a soluble fiber, which increases stool bulk to help prevent and control constipation.
"Based on what I have seen, it appears to be safe, it is widely available, and may help with weight loss as well as cholesterol control. It should be used in modest quantities, as high levels can cause diarrhea and cramping," says Dr. Neal Barnard
"A 2.9 pound and 1.9 inch waist reduction is exactly what one wants in a 3.5 week period. Pretty darn good!
Nothing works for everyone, but that this worked for two thirds is probably great," says Dr. Mike Roizen
How does it work?
The studies illustrate that the Yacon extracts contain a high amount of a substance Fructooligosaccharide that acts as a prebolic and increases the amount of "skinny bacteria" in the human body so that it helps to get thinner. However, the latest research has found that the Yacon Syrup can supercharge the metabolism, and suppress the appetite to help with the weight loss. It actually lowers the level of hunger hormone Ghrelin that helps to reduce the food cravings.
"This helps to feel full, but it also helps to control the insulin. This is an amazing discovery in light of the fact that we are noticing the debilitating effects of diabetes in so many of our citizens" says a health expert.
Is it safe to use?
The studies illustrate that the Yacon syrup actually strengthens the good bacteria and helps get rid of the bad bacteria. It is 100% natural and doesn't cause any side effects. Many people have used it and experienced the significant weight loss results with the overall improved health.
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Cuba had become an obsession in the five years Fabbri had been visiting the island nation. He became an expert in cigars, salsa and las muchachas, as well as in the nation's history. The place fascinated him, and he idealized it.
"There's something to be said for the fact that two kids on opposite sides of the country open the very same math book to the very same page every day," he marvels. "There's something to be said for communism and the equalizing effect it has on life, or the fact, for example, that there is no racial discrimination.
"It's '50s life," he goes on. "You come home at five, the children are there, the wife is there, you eat dinner together, you help the kids with homework, and there're no distractions: no TV, no video games. I saw a guy once walking down the street with his thirteen-year-old son, and he kissed the son on the lips. He did that because he loved his son. I was moved. If he'd done that here, people would say, 'That's sick.' It's hard to explain, but thinking about all of that was very intriguing to me."
Belkis, Fabbri's new Cuban bride, and her extended family were constantly in need of things, from medical care to a new telephone, and Fabbri relished the role of provider. After they married in September 2004, Belkis wanted to move to the U.S. Getting her a green card would be yet another expense.
On that November night, Fabbri took the two bags of money from the car trunk and drove away. Two days later, after waiting out a federal holiday, the attorney brought the bigger bag to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
"I honestly thought I was being a good soldier by bringing it in," he says today.
Upon being presented with the cash, a surprised federal prosecutor requested that an IRS agent, who happened to be working on the premises, join him to ask a few questions. Chief among them: How much money was in the sack, and where exactly had it come from?
Fabbri said he was not sure of the amount: $60,000 to $80,000, he estimated.
He then lied about how he'd come to possess the money. He told the federal officials that he'd gone to Trober's mother's house late at night, let himself in, gone to the basement and used a ladder to climb into the rafters, where, Edward Trober had told him, an ammunition box filled with cash was stowed. He said his client had supplied a map of the basement, showing where the money was hidden.
Later that day IRS agents called on Trober's mother, who told them that as far as she knew, no one had entered her house the previous two evenings. Prosecutors requested that Fabbri be removed from the Trober case. A judge granted their motion, and a federal investigation into Fabbri's activities was initiated.
IRS agents persuaded Trober, who was still awaiting sentencing, to wear a wire for a jailhouse conversation with Fabbri in January 2005. "Mr. Trober was in a position to help himself," says Kevin Stallard, who worked the case for the Illinois State Police.
During the conversation Fabbri referred to his $36,000 fee and urged Trober to stick with the ammunition-box story.
Fabbri: "Your family is important to you."
Trober: "Of course, they're important to me.'
"Well, OK."
"You want 'em? You want to give 'em up? Come on, Ed."
"...What I don't understand, what the fuck is the difference whether they brought it out or handed it to you, what the fuck's the difference? What I'm saying is the fucking story to begin with I told you is so lame."
In August 2005 Trober was sentenced to ten years in prison.
For two years, investigators probed into Fabbri's affairs. Fabbri & Zotos were asked to turn over the law firm's accounting ledgers, in which the fees Trober had paid had been entered.
The agents from the DEA and the IRS agents who investigated Trober and Fabbri declined to comment for this article, citing federal protocol. Illinois State Police investigator Kevin Stallard, who since has retired from the force, indicates that the probe was wide-reaching, but he won't comment beyond that. "I can't refer to [its nature] because there've been no charges filed," says Stallard.
In the end, the U.S. government charged Frank Fabbri with only one offense: Failure to file Form 8300.
"I almost feel like it was selective enforcement – that he pissed somebody off over there [in Illinois]," says Fabbri's ex-cop friend Dan Stewart. "Because, you know, Tony could piss off the pope."
"Judge, I never stole the money," Fabbri said at his sentencing, referring to his fee. "I received the money from his family. [Edward Trober] knew it. He knows it. I filed taxes on it. There was no deceit. Except me, when I said where I got it."
Why did the veteran attorney fail to jump through a bureaucratic hoop he knew was required by law? And why did he lie to investigators about how he acquired Trober's cash?
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Except when you talk to her, she doesn't look very mad.
Doesn't seem too mean, either.
But Madeline Crane, the 14-year old Legends car driver, is very serious about what she does on the race track.
And she's not just out there for fun, either.
"Eventually, I want to make it to NASCAR," Crane said. "But that's what everybody wants to do. There are so many drivers, and I know it's a long shot, but that's my goal."
But first things first. Crane said she wants to do something about besting her 2011 second-place overall finish in the Outlaws division of Atlanta Motor Speedway's Thursday Thunder racing series. Last year, Crane came up just short of Roswell racer Parker Barnes. This year, as Thursday Thunder returns for its 15th season starting on June 7, she feels like there's some unfinished business.
"I chased Parker all year last year," Crane said. "I don't think he's racing this year. But for me to get better it's all about drawing a good number, which you can't really control, but more than that just finishing really good and keeping your mind focused. If you do that, you can do as well as you want to with it."
Crane started racing at age 10. Her grandfather, Virgil Brown, said she would have begun earlier if not for her mother.
"I tried to start her racing Legends at age 8, but her mama wasn't having it," said the 68-year old Brown, who himself started racing in 1963 and worked on a pit crew at the 1964 Daytona 500. "She was concerned about the dangers of it. And racing is dangerous, but so is football, baseball and most any other sport. You've got to have some danger to live life like you want to."
Legend cars are typically built like miniature versions of American automobiles that were popular in the 1930s and 40s. At a recent press conference, Crane stood by a black car with green highlights and the number 78 — the same number Brown used to race with — on top as she talked about the similar speed dynamics of the Legend car.
"We usually race at about 90 mph," Crane said. "But these can go to about 110 mph or maybe even faster. I do understand why my mom would be worried."
Brown likes the fact, though, that the staff members who work with the racers make things as hazardless as possible.
"Whenever we can see a potential danger, we try to come together and come up with a solution," Brown said. "We want to make sure things are safe as can be."
What Crane wants more than anything is to be successful at what she loves to do. She also wouldn't mind seeing her grandfather back on the track again. However, Brown said he wasn't sure if that would happen — at least not while his granddaughter is being successful.
"I've still got a car," Brown said. "But I just like watching her race. Racing is for young folks."
Crane says her favorite racer is Dale Earnhardt, Jr. She said she's used to her family gathering around the television yelling for him.
But Brown says it's not a stretch to imagine those cheers being for Crane one day.
"She's suited for this," Brown said. "She loves it and I couldn't ask for more from her. I'm very satisfied at what she's accomplished and I hope she keeps doing it. This is our football."
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Chinese tech blog BoloPad has released photos that they claim are, "Exclusive: Apple's new iPad Mini real machine spy photos." If they are genuine, the photos show a device that is smaller but in many ways similar to the current 9.7″ iPad.
As best I can determine, the rumor was broken in the English-speaking press by AppleInsider this morning (5:29 a.m.!) AI treated the images skeptically, as more likely a prototype than the "working model"that later reports have claimed. The European rumors started a bit earlier in the day at NowhereElse.fr, that published many leaked iPhone 5 photos that turned out to be accurate to the actual product.
What we had with the iPhone 5, and now again with the iPad mini, is a situation where the products are being manufactured in China—along with accessories by third parties and perhaps even unauthorized clones. So there is both actual manufacturing going on as well as prototyping (based on rumors or actual templates) that supports the larger tech ecosystem that blooms around each of Apple's products.
So what we have here is not necessarily real, not necessarily the truth, but a stochastic process that moves closer and closer to the real, to the truth. The actors in this process are not all real—not all charged by Apple to make these things. But, like all of us bloggers, they are involved in the larger process that visualizes and materializes these products in parallel to their actual manufacture.
So, when we see the black bezel of a certain proportion, the rear-facing camera, the lightning connector and speakers on the bottom, it is fairly likely that they mirror features that will be part of the eventual device when it is released. The fact that these may be fake does not mean that they do not contain the truth.
Just as Apple collaborates on products with Foxconn (and Taiwanese assembler Pegatron on the iPad mini, if rumors are to be believed), bloggers here are collaborating with prototype makers and parts manufacturers in China to build the prediction of these same products.
I can't decide if the grooming, the pre-selling, helps us get used to the idea of these products—pre-sells them—or just ruins our surprise and makes us perpetually unsatisfied with Apple's splashy reveals. If this one goes the way the last one went, look for iPad minis very similar to what you see here to be unveiled in October. And, if you believe our Ewen Spence, the starting price will still be pricey at $299.
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - A pseudo-lesbian pop duo, a famed opera singer and a romp through Russian history await viewers as the Sochi Winter Olympics launch Friday with an opening ceremony meant to showcase to the world the ultimate achievement of Vladimir Putin's Russia.
In a provocative choice, Russian singers Tatu will perform before the 3,000 athletes march through a stadium on the shores of the Black Sea, one of the many newly built facilities in the most expensive Olympics in history.
The women in Tatu put on a lesbian act that is largely seen as an attention-getting gimmick. It contrasts with the very real anger over a Russian law banning gay "propaganda" aimed at minors that is being used to discriminate against gays. Some world leaders and activists have protested the law, and President Barack Obama is skipping the opening ceremony and sending a delegation that includes prominent gay athletes instead.
The opening ceremony is Russia's chance to show itself and its post-Soviet identity to the world. It is likely to lean on Putin's version: a country with a rich and complex history emerging confidently from a rocky two decades and now capable of putting on a major international sports event.
The ceremony will focus on Russia and Olympic ideals of sportsmanship and achievement - not on repression of dissent, fears of terrorism or international political tensions over neighboring Ukraine.
For people who don't know much about Russia, the ceremony's director, Konstantin Ernst, promised "relatively simple metaphors" - and no obscure references, like the nurses in the London Games' opening ceremony representing the National Health Service, which he called one of the most "incomprehensible" moments in Olympic history.
Ernst said Tatu's "Not Gonna Get Us" was chosen because it's one of the only Russian pop songs that international viewers might recognize.
Most of Friday's performance will instead lean on Russia's rich classical music traditions, with piano virtuoso Denis Matsuev performing and opera soprano Anna Netrebko singing the Olympic anthem.
Ernst also argued that the choice of Tatu's song was about motivating athletes with an upbeat dance song that challenges competitors by saying, "You're not going to get us."
Putin referred to none of that when speaking to IOC members and nearly 20 world leaders at a dinner late Thursday, instead stressing the importance of "mutual understanding, justice, pacifism."
"I'm feeling especially positive energy," he said. Despite hang-ups with some hotel rooms and last-minute construction problems, he said he hopes these games "allow people to appreciate our organizational capabilities and our traditional Russian hospitality."
Ernst said the opening and closing ceremonies will make reference to the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics, which some view as the first time the opening ceremony became such a big deal.
The show will be focused on TV audiences, with projections onto the stadium floor, so fans in the stands won't enjoy the full effect.
Asked whether Putin might arrive at the ceremony from the air, like stunt actors playing James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II did at in London, Ernst said, "it's hardly worth hoping for that."
The Winter Games ceremony is generally a more low-key event than the summer opener. Ernst said organizers tried to keep it from dragging out too long, since most viewers only care to watch their own team and its key rivals.
But who will carry the Olympic torch to light the cauldron for the games, after the flame's unprecedented journey to the North Pole, the cosmos, Europe's highest mountain peak and beyond?
"It's the biggest secret ever," Ernst said, with a smile.
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Emily Maynard's house just got a whole lot furrier!
The former Bachelorette surprised her daughter Ricki with a puppy for her 8th birthday.
"The newest addition to our zoo," reads the caption of an Instagram photo Maynard posted on Sunday showing Ricki greeting a pint-sized white pup adorned with balloons.
Ricki, joined by a party pal, looked elated, but there's no word yet on what her 27-year-old mom's cats, Holly and Safari, think of the new pet.
We're predicting catfights in the near future. Why? In April, Maynard shared a pic from a dog-sitting gig and wrote, "It's silly how much I love this dog. My cats are pissed."
Welcoming a pet is an amazing experience – and a big decision! Before bringing a pet into your home it's important to consider your family circumstances and do your research on breeds.
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Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has targeted World Cup surprise star Ron Vlaar as a replacement for Liverpool-bound Dejan Lovren.
Anfield chief Brendan Rodgers is finally poised to complete a £20million swoop for defender Lovren.
And new Saints boss Koeman is planning for life after Lovren by lining up Aston Villa defender Vlaar, who enjoyed an impressive World Cup campaign as Holland stormed to the semi-finals.
Confirming his interest in the big Dutchman, Koeman said: "Ron would definitely be an option. But I think he won't be cheap right now. Let's just wait and see."
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Far out in the cosmos
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On earth we watch its movements
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Have civilizations grown up there?
Have other voices lifted their voices in song?
Light - years separate us
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What can we know of them?
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His Eyes Fixed Straight Ahead, Tony Stewart Plans Resurgence After Two Trying Years
Those who know Stewart say he is getting back to his old, playful self after a struggle to recover from a broken leg and a crash in which he struck and killed a young driver at a dirt-track race.
February 15, 2015, Sunday
Nascar Fines Drivers Over Fracas in Charlotte
Nascar fined Brad Keselowski $50,000 and Tony Stewart $25,000 and placed both drivers on probation. Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin were not penalized for their roles.
October 15, 2014, Wednesday
Nascar Awaits the Return of Tony Stewart's Gruff and Invaluable Persona
If Stewart does not return to the blue-collar style fans have become accustomed to, there could be implications for Stewart-Haas Racing and Nascar.
October 5, 2014, Sunday
Tony Stewart Ponders a Death He Can't Forget
In his first news conference since his car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. in an Aug. 9 race, Stewart said he never considered quitting Nascar.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
Stewart Shuns Sprint Cars
Tony Stewart, whose car struck and killed a dirt-track driver last month, said he did not expect to return to such racing soon.
September 27, 2014, Saturday
Tony Stewart Will Not Be Charged in Death of Kevin Ward Jr.
A grand jury in Ontario County, N.Y., did not indict Stewart, a Nascar champion, in the racetrack death after hearing from more than two dozen witnesses.
September 25, 2014, Thursday
Tony Stewart Case to Go Before Grand Jury
A grand jury will determine if Stewart, a former Nascar champion, will be charged in the death of Kevin Ward Jr., who was killed when he was struck by Stewart's racecar in August.
September 17, 2014, Wednesday
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The investigation into the death of a driver struck by the Nascar driver Tony Stewart in a sprint car race last month is complete, the Ontario County, N.Y., sheriff's department said Thursday.
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Tony Stewart's Return to Sprint Cup Series Ends With Blowout
Stewart crashed into a barrier and blew a tire in his return to Nascar competition Sunday. He had taken a three-week hiatus from racing after his car fatally struck a fellow driver at a short-track event.
September 1, 2014, Monday
Tony Stewart Says Kevin Ward Jr.'s Death Will Affect Him Forever
After nearly three weeks without speaking publicly, Tony Stewart suggested returning to Nascar competition would best help him cope with the death of Kevin Ward Jr.
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