text:
The King County Prosecutor's office confirmed via e-mail to Examiner that the teen accused of gunning down a North Seattle man for his cellphone last month is scheduled for arraignment Monday in a case that neither Washington CeaseFire – which is running a new anti-gun bus billboard campaign – or the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility (WAGR) has so far tried to exploit.
That may be in part because no strategy they have suggested nor are currently promoting would have prevented this or any other violent crime, and they know it. Criminals will get their hands on guns regardless what the law says.
WAGR will be busy Monday with its own enterprise, a "walk" from the Seattle Center House to the First United Methodist Church to stage a press event supported by Organizing for Action, the old Barack Obama support committee. According to an e-mail announcement, this event will end with a WAGR press conference, presumably to gin up support for Initiative 594, the 18-page gun control measure being touted as a so-called "universal background check" law to keep guns away from criminals.
An alternate measure, Initiative 591, sponsored by Protect Our Gun Rights, would require that background checks conducted in Washington comply with a uniform national standard. Not that it matters much, but I-591 garnered more signatures than I-594 when they were both submitted to the Secretary of State's office in December, and they did it with about half the money.
The I-594 fairy tale collides with the reality when it comes to the February slaying of David L. Peterson. He was shot at point blank range, allegedly by 17-year-old Byron Keith Alonzo White, a Ballard High School student. The 9mm handgun used in that crime has not yet been recovered, but it is a cinch that if White is the killer, he did not obtain that gun legally after passing a "universal background check," and he was not carrying it legally, either, as this column has discussed.
Peterson, who moved here from California about two years ago, was taking an evening walk when he was killed. Court papers allege that White tried to steal Peterson's cell phone, but the 53-year-old Greenwood-area man wrestled it away. When he called 911 to report the crime, White allegedly heard him, walked back to where he was standing and shot him once in the chest. Charging documents say the teen subsequently complained to two friends that the phone "was not as nice as he had hoped."
Examiner recently also looked at a couple of other fellows who would not have been affected by a new background check law, same as they weren't stopped by every other gun law.
Monday's arraignment is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. in the King County Courthouse. The WAGR event kicks off at 12:30, with a press event at the church, which is just a short distance from the Seattle Center, from 1-2:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, CeaseFire has reportedly spent $10,000 on its new bus billboard campaign. The "Just Ask" advertisement has been accepted by Metro in King County, while transit authorities in Pierce and Snohomish counties reportedly turned it down.
"Just Ask" runs counter to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," which dealt with another issue by sort of not dealing with it. While "DADT" was supposed to prevent discrimination, "Just Ask" seems designed to promote it, and in the process, teach children it is okay to stigmatize one another if their parents exercise a constitutionally-protected fundamental civil right.
What might happen if a certain gun rights organization approached Metro with a billboard advertisement that said: "Just Educate – One lesson can save your child's life" with a picture of the National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle, the gun safety mascot? Eddie Eagle, of course, is the educational effort that tells children that if they find a gun, "Stop! Don't touch! Leave the area! Tell an adult!"


text:
Caring for a family member who is ill or disabled is an overwhelming experience to say the least. There are a few things you can do to help you adjust to your new role and navigate all your new found responsibilities.
Educating yourself is one of the best ways to help you in your new role. Asking questions when your loved one visits their healthcare provider is a good place to start. Learning all you can about the disease/disorder can help you take better care of your loved by knowing what to expect and how to recognize signs of trouble.
The hospital or medical facility you use has a wealth of information, for example many hospitals offer support groups for families who care dealing with a life-changing diagnosis. Taking part in a support group is important for the family caregiver, because it is a way to help reduce stress and gives you a place to go for help and understanding from other who are coping with similar issues.
The next place to look for information is the internet. There are hundreds of sites dedicated to the caregiver and their unique issues. You may also wish to research sites that specifically deal with the condition your loved one may suffer from for example the American Cancer Society www.m.cancer.org or the National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov.
These types of websites offer listings of various resources from information on how the disease affects individuals to doctors who specialize in its treatment. If you need to get general information on how to prepare for your new role of caregiver visit www.caregivingcafe.com, here you can find information on almost anything related to caregiving from assistance programs to support groups.
You have taken on an important role as the primary a caregiver it is a lot to handle all at once to be sure, however there is help and support for you and your loved one.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Nov. 17, 2011
TUCSON, Ariz. -
The Arizona diving team will host 16 schools at the Wildcat Diving Invite beginning Friday, Nov. 18 and continuing through Sunday, Nov. 20 at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.
Competition will begin at noon on Friday and Saturday and at 11 a.m. on Sunday. On Friday, the women will compete on the 3m and the men on the 1m. On Saturday, they will switch with the women competing on the 1m and the men on the 3m and they will wrap up the invite with platform competition from both teams on Sunday.
The Wildcats will welcome Arizona State, Air Force, Northern Arizona, Buffalo, Stanford, UCLA, UCSD, California, Utah, BYU, Wyoming, New Mexico, Boise State, Nevada, UNLV and Tulane.
Arizona is led by seniors Ben Grado (Conifer, Colo.), Andres Guerra (Sugarland, Texas) and Ainsley Oliver (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan). So far this season, Grado has swept every competition he has participated in, finishing in first-place in every event. Guerra has added five top-five finishes and Oliver has posted three top finishes and added two runner-up scores.
In the sophomore class, Samantha Pickens (Murrysville, Pa.) has not finished out of the top three, Ashley Herrera (La Palma,Calif.) has posted seven top-five finishes and Sean Clark (Phoenix, Ariz.) has added six scores in the top 10.
Freshmen Josh Bidak (Phoenix, Ariz.), Carter Craft (Houston, Texas) and Izzy Diamond (Tucson, Ariz.) will also compete for the Wildcats this weekend. Bidak and Craft have not finished outside of the top-five this season and Diamond has added five top-five finishes so far this season.
The Wildcat Diving Invite is free to the public.
For complete results and continued coverage of Arizona Diving, visit ArizonaWildcats.com.


text:
Sign up to leave a comment
Please sign up to flag this comic.
18 comments
right , you can not speak
Dec 19th
Great job on the horses
May 25th
woah cool horse!!!
Sep 20th
Notice the branches were covering her eyes
July 25th
Making the horses are simple...
April 29th
April 23rd
ha ha right u can't speak ha ha ha
Jan 31st
how do u do horse
Nov 19th
LOL to the part when he talks to the horses!
Oct 21st
July 15th
Those "horses" are cool! I could barely tell they're people!
July 3rd
great job on the horses, it took me a minute to realize they're people!
March 22nd
LOL What do i do?! Oh that's right, you can't talk!
Feb 11th
Jan 24th
the horses look funny
Jan 23rd
hehe the horse looks very concerned. p.s how did you make them, they're amazing!!!
Dec 4th
Was She as fresh as a bagel!?!
Nov 19th
i love this series
Oct 22nd


text:
College Hockey:Bell, Big Red Complete North Country Sweep
Cornell Assumes ECAC Lead As Saints Lost 11th One-Goal Game
CANTON, N.Y. — Junior defenseman Travis Bell scored his first two career goals, including the game winner with 24.4 seconds to play, and freshman goaltender David LeNeveu made 18 saves in a battle of two of college hockey's outstanding young goaltenders to lift Cornell to a 2-1 victory over St. Lawrence Saturday night.
The teams played two scoreless periods as LeNeveu, the top-ranked North American goaltender eligible for the upcoming draft, according to the National Hockey League scouting rankings, dueled St. Lawrence freshman Mike McKenna, who is the second-ranked goaltender in the same listing.
Saint sophomore Rich Peverley finally broke the scoring ice when he went end to end and snapped a wrist shot into the upper corner just 17 seconds into the third period to give SLU, now 6-15-0 overall and 4-7-0 in the ECAC, a 1-0 lead.
Bell scored his first collegiate goal when he picked up the puck off a deflection in the short slot and snapped a shot into the upper corner at 7:45 to tie the game at 1-1. He then scored the game winner when his slapshot from the point at 19:36 hit the post and glanced off McKenna's pad and into the net.
Cornell improved to 13-5-1 overall and 9-2-1 in the ECAC, taking over the league lead. The Big Red swept their North Country series for the first time since the 1985-86 season, the senior year at Cornell for current Big Red coach Mike Schafer. Cornell shut out Clarkson 1-0 on Friday night.
The decision was the 11th one-goal loss for the Saints this season and the first win for a Big Red team in Appleton Arena since the 1993-94 season.
The following is a self-policing forum for discussing views on this story. Comments that are derogatory, make personal attacks, are abusive, or contain profanity or racism will be removed at our discretion. USCHO.com is not responsible for comments posted by users. Please report any inappropriate or offensive comments by clicking the "Flag" link next to that comment in order to alert the moderator.
Please also keep "woofing," taunting, and otherwise unsportsmanlike behavior to a minimum. Your posts will more than likely be deleted, and worse yet, you reflect badly on yourself, your favorite team and your conference.


text:
2012: Made travel squad as backup offensive tackle.
2011: Injured ... did not play.
2010: Joined the Vandals in January and redshirted during the fall.
High school: All-California Interscholastic Federation Mid-Valley Division first team … all-Inland Valley first team … all-Valley Vista League first team … Gabriel Valley Tribune all-area first team … blocked in an offense that averaged 341 rushing yards per game … 4.2 gradepoint average … said coach Bill Zernickow, "He's dominant."
Personal: Son of Leonard and Kris Salm ... born June 4, 1991.


text:
On March 26, 2014, Religious Right activist Frank Turek insisted in an interview on Washington Watch with the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins that Thomas Jefferson would lead a second American Revolution against the teaching of evolution.
If these bureaucrats are going to say that we can't mention Creation anywhere in school, I ask them this question: Are you telling me that the Declaration of Independence is unconstitutional? Because the Declaration of Independence talks about our Creator, it says we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, it says that we were created. Please don't tell me the Declaration of Independence is unconstitutional. I think I know what Thomas Jefferson would do, the man who said that taxation without representation is tyranny, if he were to come back to America today and find that his tax dollars were going to pay public school teachers to teach his school children that his Declaration of Independence was unconstitutional, I think he'd start the Second American Revolution.
Once again, the American Taliban's rhetoric depends on a deliberate detachment from reality.
First, and most obviously, the Declaration of Independence does not cover anything about what can or cannot be taught in schools, nor has there been any effort to completely bar creationism from school; only to prevent schools from trying to pass it off as science in place of evolution.
More critically, Jefferson was an avid scholar who, though ultimately having settled on law as his profession, studied mathematics, metaphysics, astronomy and philosophy, and was reported to have been very enthusiastic about the writings of John Locke, Francis Bacon, and Isaac Newton.
Since Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was published thirty-three years after Jefferson's death, we will never know for sure what Jefferson would have thought of the theory of evolution. But as an avid scholar who chose to associate with scientists like Ben Franklin and atheists like Thomas Paine and John Adams, it's a pretty safe bet that Jefferson would have hated Frank Turek's guts.


text:
How To Take Advantage of PLR
PLR or Private Label Rights is an amazing time saver. You can use it as content to be published, grow your traffic, build your list and increase your sales.
Too bad, most people don't know how to use PLR to their best advantage. Maybe there is PLR sitting in your harddisk right now… never been used and forgotten. If that is the case, you'll want to pay attention to what I'm going to introduce to you.
Alice Seba and Melody Spier's fully-packed PLR to Profits Course will take you step-by-step through what you need to do to make PLR work for your business.
This multi-media course is already packed with great stuff, but when you sign up by this Thursday, you'll also receive a special invitation to 2 live group training sessions…giving you an even more in-depth understanding of the course material and new strategies.
There's more after the live sessions are over… You still have the opportunity to ask Alice and Mel any questions you want. They never leave you hanging and want to ensure that you're fully prepared to make PLR work for you.
Not many people are willing to take you by the hand and guide you to success. Alice and Mel have that special quality that you won't find anywhere online.
Click here to check out the course details
- Those who can see the potential of PLR in growing their business
- Those who don't know how to fully utilize the PLR they've already bought
- Those who have questions about using PLR
- Those who are ready to move out of the slump and move their business forward
In a nutshell, you'll be receiving tons of video, audio and text resources to help you:
- Quickly publish your content…you even get the Speedy APLC Publisher plugin to make it super easy.
- Grow your traffic, build your list and increase your sales
- You'll also discover how to customize, brand and monetize specific types of content like articles, reports and slide shows
Special Deal: $10 off AND extra training sessions
Sign up by this Thursday, (28 March 2013) and use this special coupon code to save $10.
Coupon Code: bestresults
Discount: $10 off
Expiry: Thursday, March 28, 2013
You'll ALSO receive a special invitation to two additional live training sessions. You'll learn important points of the course material, new strategies and get all questions answered.
As long as they join by Thursday, March 28.
Click here and take action NOW! If not, you'll miss the deadline.
p.s. You'll find links to free plr here


text:
Blue Planet
Car Wash café
274 City Road
South Melbourne
Between Kings Way and Clarendon
Ph 9690 4488
Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat 8.00am-5.00pm
Sun 9.00am-4.00pm
Opened all year except for
X-mas day, boxing day,
Good Friday and
New Years Day.
Blue Planet Hand Car Wash and Detailing in South Melbourne
Built in 2003 it was the greenest and most environmentally friendly car wash in Australia.
Our Blue Planet Southbank hand car wash and detailing centre has an onsite café so you can enjoy a latte and muffin while we:-
Our detailing team can also deal with any nasti's on the body such as bird droppings, sap, cement or paint that is now an unwanted part of your car.
Similarly internal bad smells, stains, spills or any type of accident is a specialty of our detailing team.
Our extraordinary water consumption figures allow us to offer a great hand car wash whilst looking after the environment.
View water consumption comparison chart
Choosing the best service Click Here
Download Coupons Here
My car needs some extra love and care Coupon
"Australia's most water efficient car wash"
Here are the common terms that people use to find us:
Blue Planet Car Wash, BMW Car Wash, Car Polish, City Car Wash, Clean Car, Cleaning Cars, Commercial Car Wash, Docklands Car Wash, Fast Car Wash, Fleet Car Cleaning, Hand Car Wash, Prestige Car Wash, Melbourne Car Wash, South Melbourne Car Wash, Interior Clean, South Bank Car Wash, Hand Wash, Vehicle Wash, City Car Wash, Mercedes Car Wash, Car Leather Cleaning, Car Interior Clean, Melbourne city carwash, pickup and delivery, Cut and Polish, cleaning cars, Melbourne car wash, Car polish, car polish melbourne, car detailing melbourne, clean car, south melbourne carwash


text:
Is there a partition utility in Ubuntu from which I can break my existing 'ext4' partition into more partition w/o loosing this partition's data?
You can with gparted it is part of ubuntu. Be sure to resize that partition first (shrink it) and freespace that left will be turned in unallocated space. Make new partition from that unallocated space. You can shrink it with graphic slider.
you can use gparted which can be installed by typing into a terminal
"sudo apt-get install gparted" (without quotes)
and then by either pressing alt-f2 or in a terminal write "gksudo gparted" (without quotes)
gparted help is located here http://gparted.sourceforge.net/help.php
edit: read your modification to the question.
you have to unmount the partition to edit it. also you may use a live cd/usb to edit the partition, too. with same steps.


text:
We ask you, what is not to love about the global warming (we're so sorry, climate change) partisans and their most astute allies in the media? Nuclear winters, ozone depletion, and frets about, yes, global warming, simply zoom right onto the sweet spots of their bats. It's a hit every time!
Now those weather experts who swing at every pitch are saying - just sayin', ya know - that a recent lull in solar activity might mean we're heading into a Little Ice Age. Just ask the folks at Huffpost Science: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/24/solar-lull-little-ice-age-sun-s...
Perhaps that article ought to be filed under, if you'll pardon a somewhat obscure reference to comedian (and accordionist, which shows Weird Al isn't alone) Judy Tenuta, "Shut up! It could happen." Because this stuff happens all the time: both the media and the scare mongers of climate warming or global change or whomever latch onto a naturally occurring phenomenon in nature and run head on into full Chicken Little mode.
This and things similar are designed to grab headlines and get people to look. Yes, we fully realize this means that it made us look too. But if your definition of success is to attract those who'll ridicule you and your point, well, wow. You're not aiming very high.
What do the liberals say so much, when they're trying to get us to alter our conservative ways and attitudes? Oh yes; things change. Yet it seems that things change in science too. Then they change back, in a somewhat natural and predictable rhythm as well.
No wonder science confuses the left. They're busy marching forward so blindly and so certainly that they don't have the time to see the clarity of scientific truth. It's a wonder they see anything at all.


text:
100 Crossing Blvd
Framingham, MA, 01702 United States
(508) 270-1400
#18 in Forbes Largest Private Companies (October 2015)
Once a one-cow dairy, Cumberland Farms now operates more than 600 company-operated convenience stores and gas stations in about a dozen eastern seaboard states from Maine to Florida. The company operates its own grocery distribution and bakery operations to supply its stores, as well. Cumberland owns a two-thirds limited partnership in petroleum wholesaler


text:
CLEVELAND – Manny Acta is fond of telling people that baseball is the greatest game in the world because, according to the Indians manager, anything can happen on any given night.
Anything such as the offensively challenged Indians beating up on reigning American League Cy Young award winner Zack Greinke.
That was the surprising scenario that played out Saturday night at Progressive Field, with Cleveland throttling Greinke and the Royals 7-1 to pull a half-game in front of Kansas City and out of the Central Division cellar.
"We swung the bat well," Acta said of his club, which has ranked at the bottom of the league in the majority of offensive statistics for the bulk of the season. "We were able to get to their best guy, one of the best pitchers in the game. Just about everybody contributed offensively for us."
Greinke entered the night with a personal five-game winning streak against the Indians, winning two of his three starts this season, while allowing no more than three runs.
It appeared Cleveland was in for more of the same from KC's ace, who struck out four of the first seven batters he faced, but the Indians turned the tables after the second inning.
The Indians scored three times off Greinke in the third, then chased him from the game with four in the fourth. In all, the right-hander allowed seven runs on 11 hits over 32/3 innings.
"(Greinke) was throwing a lot of strikes early," said Indians center fielder Trevor Crowe, who had one of Cleveland's RBIs in the big fourth inning. "I think he just started to make a couple mistakes and we got on a roll."
"The guys didn't change their approach," Acta said. "They didn't try to do too much against him and it worked."
It was the most runs the Indians have ever scored off Greinke in his 27 career appearances (22 starts) against them. Of their six doubles on the night, five came off Greinke.
It was a virtual offensive explosion from the Indians, who got hits from everyone in the lineup except cleanup hitter Travis Hafner.
The Indians got multihit games from four players – Asdrubal Cabrera, Shin-Soo Choo, Jordan Brown and Luis Valbuena – Choo leading the way with a 4-for-5 performance that included a double and two RBIs.
Cleveland also pitched well, starter Jeanmar Gomez working a brief but effective outing, allowing just a run on six hits over five innings to snap a personal five-game losing skid and win for the first time since Aug. 1.
"He had to labor through five innings but he did a very good job of pitching around those jams he got himself into," Acta said.
"I tried to forget about (the losing streak)," Gomez said. "I've been working on my change-up and slider. Both of them were good."
It might have been Gomez's final appearance, with the right-hander nearing his innings limit at 1732/3 between Triple-A Columbus and Cleveland. He is 4-5 with a 4.68 ERA in 11 starts for the Indians.
Though he wouldn't confirm as much, Acta sounded as though Gomez would be shut down for the season. Gomez said he expected to pitch again, starting in the opener of a three-game season-ending series in Chicago on Friday.
With Gomez in the dugout, a foursome of relievers – Aaron Laffey, Joe Smith, Justin Masterson and Jensen Lewis – finished off the Royals in style.
Kansas City produced just one baserunner over the final four innings, Wilson Betemit, who was hit by a pitch from Masterson to lead off the eighth.
Contact Chris Assenheimer at 329-7136 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
• WHO: Cleveland vs. Kansas City
• TIME: 1:05 p.m.
• WHERE: Progressive Field
• PITCHERS: Carmona (12-14, 3.79 ERA) vs. Chen (11-7, 4.69)
• TV/RADIO: SportsTime Ohio; WEOL 930-AM, WTAM 1100-AM


text:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAS),
through its online journal Science, has a free digital
booklet available on science careers. The 2012 Career Directory spotlights several
of the largest employers of science graduates.
The good news presented in this booklet is that you don't need a
PhD to start a science career with a large corporation. According
to the booklet's article, "Wanted: BS and MS Scientists in Life
Sciences Industries":
"As corporations expand beyond their
basic research and development foundations, there is a greater need
for MS and BS level researchers who can plan experiments, conduct
investigations, and lead teams in crucial areas such as operations,
quality assurance, and engineering."
Pronouncing that today's BS and MS scientists are strategically
vital, the article states that:
"For many leaders in life sciences,
the role of BS and MS scientists cannot be overstated--they are
regarded as vital to the growth and advancement of companies and
whole sectors."
The article interviews both BS and MS graduates launching
successful new careers, as well as executives in charge of hiring
new employees to fill personnel needs at large science
One key to success mentioned in the article, is creating a
scientific specialty in your education, such as cell physiology.
That's one reason why National University's bachelor of biomedical
science degree program allows you to tailor your course selections
to create your own portfolio of scientific expertise. You can focus
in on anatomy, or biochemistry, nutrition, or any combination of
courses that fit your interests and goals.
It's great to know that the AAS agrees that the future for
science grads remains bright!
Receive blog updates by email.
Subscribe by Email
• Real Cadavers in Undergrad? You Bet!
• How NUHS Gives Students an Edge
• Online Resources for Science Careers
To read older blog posts, scroll to the bottom and click the "Older Posts" button.


text:
The Must-Have Online Commerce Features for 2011 – and Beyond
Not long ago, you could implement key technology upgrades to your e-commerce site a few months in advance of the crucial holiday shopping season, all in one go – then leave your site alone until next year. However, the accelerated pace of retail technology innovation, along with higher expectations from users, means that you need to constantly stay abreast of new features and trends and understand how to incorporate them into your online business whenever possible.
Web search engines like Google and social networking services like Facebook are heavily influencing the changing expectations of online shoppers. For instance, site visitors expect to access product opinions and ratings from other shoppers, so they can make informed buying decisions. And they expect to see search results that can be broken down into useful categories, like product descriptions, social media content or videos.
So, even though we've just wrapped up last year's holiday season, it's not too early to consider how to make your site search even better for the holidays in 2011 – and indeed, for the next 12 months. Here's what to consider adding to site search to meet the needs of your visitors.
Get social: add social media content to your site search. Since your shoppers are becoming avid consumers of social media content, it's important to bring this material into site search results. Make blog posts, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts, and any other social media content available for users of site search so that site visitors can tap into the wealth of information within this content about your products and services.
Separate search results by type or category. Thanks to web search engines, site visitors are becoming used to results that are divided into helpful categories. For instance, if they search for a product, they may see results for online shops offering the product, videos about the product, and images. Offer your site visitors options to view their search results in similar ways.
Bring ratings and reviews into search results. We've talked about this before in the SLI newsletter and on our blog – and if you still haven't added ratings and results into search, now's the time to do it. Ideally you'll allow site visitors to see reviews and ratings within results, and even refine results based on reviews (for instance, limiting results to products with a three-star or higher rating).
Adapt your site experience to mobile users. The mobile device market, which really took off last year, still has plenty of room for growth – and by this November, an even bigger percentage of your customers will be using these devices to search for holiday gifts. If you've already launched a mobile version of your website, monitor how your customers navigate the mobile site so you can quickly respond with improvements. (And if you haven't yet launched a mobile site, here's how to get started.)
Integrate the online and offline experience as much as possible. If you are a multi-channel retailer, visitors to your site may want to research products they plan to purchase in a physical store; and visitors to your store may also want access to information before they buy. Show "where to buy" options in search results so shoppers can find the nearest brick-and-mortar store, and include in-store kiosks where people can look up user reviews or conduct comparison shopping online before they make an in-store purchase. If you want some ideas on these topics, contact us – we'd be happy to help.
The companies that succeed in online commerce this year will be the ones that continually innovate, and find new ways to get the right offers in front of the right users at the right time. It's a challenge that may require you to team up with specialists who can help you keep up with the pace of change. Contact SLI if you want to know how we can help you get your site into shape for 2011 and beyond.


text:
Article ID: 639 - Last Modified: December 4, 2010
What is considered a good GlideScore?
For Glide SP or HTVS, scores of -10 or lower usually represent good binding. For some targets (e.g., with shallow active sites or predominantly hydrophobic interactions), scores of -8 or -9 might be very good. Metalloproteins and Glide XP both tend to produce lower GlideScores (-12 or below). The cutoff for a "good" score will vary a little from system to system, and changing the van der Waals radii scalings can change the scores significantly.
Keywords: Glide score, docking score, Glide SP, HTVS
Type the words or phrases on which you would like to search, or click here to view a list of all
Knowledge Base articles


text:
thats no moon
Joined on Oct 3, 2011
|Total: 1, showing: 1 – 1
On article Nikon addresses 1 V1 and 1 J1 flaws with firmware v1.2 (41 comments in total)
Bracketing, focus peaking and an MF assist for dumb adapters would have convinced me to rejoin the Nikon 1 owners club. Getting rid of that stupid mode dial in a new model would help too.
As it stands, I really enjoyed my time with the J1 but some baffling design decisions mean it is still a disappointing system.
|Total: 1, showing: 1 – 1


text:
Lorenzo Lamas new company, Lorenzo Cycles has finally taken off and has teamed up with custom bike builder Eddie Trotta, after replacing Ralph Randolph who produced only the first two bikes.
The Icon is the team's first production model and they'll produce only 13 of these unique limited edition motorcycles. Lorenzo Cycles besides offering bikes, also has an apparel, jewelery and accessories line.
After the jump more pics and The Icon's specs.
• Motor: S&S Anniversary Edition Shovelhead
• Displacement: 93"
• Exhaust: Lorenzo Cycles by Eddie Trotta
• Wheels: R/C by Eddie Trotta
• Floorboards: Thunder Cycle Mini Floorboards
• Grips: Lorenzo Cycles by Eddie Trotta
• Air Cleaner: Thunder Cycle Velocity Stack
• Transmission: Baker
• Primary: Evil Engineering
Price: $ 63,000
Source | lorenzocycles via cyrilhuzeblog


text: Half the DCU guest-stars! Green Lantern and Batman are horrified to discover the secret to the theft of the Book of Destiny, but before it can reach its rightful owner, the Book winds up in the hands of the only heroes in the DCU who aren't in its pages! How is that possible?


text:
The Girl Scout National Historic Preservation Center (NHPC) offers archival training via the History Conference to educate volunteers and council staff on archival best practices. The training includes models and tools to help councils maintain their historic collections. Further, the History Conference grants "history volunteers" nationwide the opportunity to exchange ideas and collaborate on projects.
We encourage Girl Scout volunteers and council staff and Girl Scouts in high school (by special permission) who are interested in preserving and promoting the Girl Scout legacy to attend the conference. Volunteers, historians and history enthusiasts, and Girl Scout executives and marketing and communications staff have attended past History Conferences. Participation is also appropriate for program and fund development staff, especially those who support Girl Scout history volunteers or use archival assets in their work.
Registration is handled through the GSUSA convention registration system.
Register for Girl Scout History Conference 2014 no later than September 15, 2014, midnight, EST.
©2014 Girl Scouts of the United States of America. All rights reserved.


text:
"Okay, then. Can you pour me one of those?" He asked pointing to the drink in my hand. "I'll be down in a little bit after I shower and change."
That was all that was said about the shrubbery that night. My husband has learned that when my stress and estrogen levels collide, it is best that he neither ask too many questions nor get too close to me and my friend, the electric hedge clippers.
Donna Cavanagh is the founder of HumorOutcasts.com. Her latest humor book is Reality: Fantasy's Evil Twin.
Don't miss out on MORE great articles like this one. Click here to sign up for our weekly newsletter!


text:
A traditional yet elegant bedding collection in white, khaki, and moss, and linen, the Peacock Alley Mandalay White bedding ensemble will transform your bedroom into a classic yet luxurious retreat. The bedskirt features a 22-inch drop in moss.
0 Customer Review:
Our mission is to provide an unparalleled online shopping experience for our customers, offering the widest selection of top-quality home products at affordable prices. Founded in 2000 in Franklin, CT. the Yankee Retail Company is an authorized retailer of many world-renowned brands; such as Croscill, Waterford Crystal, American Drew, Brownstone Furniture, Reed & Barton, Swarovski, Lenox, Laura Ashley, and Waverly.Check out our blog - Click Here.Need Help With Bedding Sizes - Click Here.


text:
New middletown
Village police are investigating two weekend burglaries in which suspects forced open doors to remove items.
At an apartment on Sycamore Drive, a door was forced open and a big-screen television was taken.
A resident of Ohlin Drive reported his front door forced open and an X-Box and video games taken.
Police are also investigating the theft of jewelry from a Main Street home. Anyone with information are asked to call police at (330) 542-2846 or CrimeStoppers at (330) 746-2583. Callers will remain anonymous and a reward is available for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.
Is Youngstown culture on the move ? . . ..
that and all the meth users from down the street are invaiding and how are the youngstowners getting through poland
The difference is that in New Middletown if the right people catch the dirtbags they will become fertilizer.


text:
Apple Dev Program takes stand on nature of consciousnessApril 8, 2010 on 8:49 pm | In Flex, Programming | 62 Comments
Yes, you read that correctly. Let me explain.
Today, Apple released a beta of their iPhone OS version 4.0; in order to access the release and start developing their applications for it, iPhone/iPad developers were required to accept the following restriction:
"3.3.1 … Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited)."
This is a fascinating and wacky position. Much of the outrage over the above statement is coming from developers who would like to use tools such as Adobe Flash CS5's iPhone packager, Unity and others to create applications — these tools produce intermediate translations from their own representation of an app into a form that is at some level compatible with Apple's own standards. With this restriction, Apple appears to be attempting to outlaw the use of such tools, presumably to monopolize not only the ends but also the means of iPhone development. One can only speculate on the possible reasons: an Apple/Adobe vendetta-in-the-Valley, a mistaken belief that consistent developer tooling means a consistent user experience, a desire to control every aspect of the value chain.
Personally, I think the outrage should be over the metaphysical angle here, not the business angle. Apple is implicitly taking a position that apps are not "originally written" in the minds of developers, in the form of cognitive representations of problems and their solutions. They are taking a position that the brain is not a translation tool for mapping from these representations into C, Objective-C, or what have you. They are subscribing to the theory of a "ghost in the machine", implying that at some point an app crosses some magical boundary from being an mental thing into a physical thing that is "written" in some definite programming language. They are maintaining this because, if they weren't, every single iPhone app would violate their licensing agreement by virtue of the developer's mind itself being a tool that produces Objective-C as an "intermediary result". Apple may thus be the first company to bet the farm on Cartesian dualism.
If this seems like a really nerdy joke (which it could be), try a few thought experiments. What if Ben writes a Flash app, shows it to Amy, who codes it up in Objective-C, compiles it and submits it to Apple? Should it be rejected since it was not "originally written" in Objective-C? If you think Apple's answer would be "no" — a good guess — then substitute Adobe's iPhone Packager for Amy. Now should it be rejected according to the rules? What, at the end of the day, makes Amy different from a machine translation tool? (Personally, I'd rather hang out with Amy than with iPhone Packager, but that's another story.)
You may be thinking that what makes Amy different is that she could at least in theory translate the idiom of the original application to the idiom of the iPhone, which would provide a better user experience. Maybe so — so let's look at another example. What if Ben's application is an adventure game, and he wishes to describe the behaviors of the game objects and rooms using a simple scripting language that is translated to C as part of the process of compiling his game. He's not using Flash or Unity or anything like that. Coding game-behavior scripts in C is a pain in the butt, and Ben's a better programmer than to waste his time on that. He'd rather create the ideal one-off translation tool for the job. Sorry, Ben — clause 3.3.1 says that your program must be "originally written" in C, not translated to it. Maybe you should hire Amy to translate your scripting language by hand, that might be acceptable (since Amy will be "writing").
Doesn't this start to seem like backward progress, rather than forward progress?
Programs aren't "originally written" in any definite language, or in any definite location. Programs are encoded information that is contiguous and continuous with the information in our heads, and in the world. Programs are often generated by other programs and tools, to which the same difficulties in definition apply. My programs are originally written in the shower — at least according to my definition. We could engage in a long argument about whether these shower-programs are really "code" or not, but my main point is this: it seems silly for a company like Apple to take a definite position on exactly what "originally written" and "intermediary translation" mean. (They declined to define these terms in the agreement, of course.)
I leave you with a final quote from the license agreement:
"10.4 Press Releases and Other Publicity. You may not issue any press releases or make any other public statements regarding this Agreement, its terms and conditions, or the relationship of the parties without Apple's express prior written approval, which may be withheld at Apple's discretion."
Oops, close call. Good thing I didn't click "Accept".
62 Comments »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
I've met the iPhone Packager, and it's quite a cutie, so Amy may have some competition there..
One thought occurred to me, what if you write the app in Objective-C, and then re-write it in Flash, would that be ok, given that it was originally written in Objective-C?
Comment by Colin Holgate — April 8, 2010 #
Whew. I'm glad you cleared that up. I realized that all I have to do is write some Objective-C, then rewrite it in whatever language I want, and compile to iPhone. I should be safe since I "originally" wrote it in Objective-C. Sweet!
Is the issue that an application must "start" as Objective-C or is it ok if it at some point just "passes through" an Objective-C state? What if I wrote an application that converted Flash/Actionscript to Objective-C and then compiled that to the iPhone app?
Now what if I write it as Objective-C and convert it to Flash and then use the Flash packager to compiler it. In this scenario, it "started" as Objective-C but "passed through" Flash. Is that ok?
Now what about applications that I have already purchased from the app store that were built with Flash? Is Apple going to somehow disable it? Are they going to prevent updates? If either is true then I want my money back.
Great post, Joe! Unbelievable to see how far this is going…
"Now what about applications that I have already purchased from the app store that were built with Flash?" Well, James Eberhardt just tweaked today that his latest iPhone app that was created with a beta of Flash CS5 was just approved and added to the iTunes store this afternoon. So they haven't taken a stance just yet. Also others have pointed out that this is the license agreement for the iPhone OS 4.0 and that no rules are being broken for any apps submitted right now under the iPhone OS 3.2 license agreement.
Comment by Matthew Fabb — April 9, 2010 #
Sorry, that should be James tweeted, not tweaked.
Comment by Matthew Fabb — April 9, 2010 #
haha, brilliant! If Apple actually enforces this I'm going to demand my $99 developer fee back. As should others, rightfully.
Comment by Paul — April 9, 2010 #
Nice thoughts on this.
Comment by Scott Janousek — April 9, 2010 #
Adobe should stop producing software for the Apple Mac. Considering it was Adobe that **made** Apple who they are today through their Suite of tools it's just plain evil of Apple to justify where they are going with this one.
(Personally, I'd rather hang out with Amy than with iPhone Packager, but that's another story.)
Why, thank you :).
MPO is that this is not aimed at Adobe or any tool-maker. Instead, Apple wants to have complete control of the output of developers' time if they are engaged in producing iPhone apps. The part that bothers them is that, if they decide not to put your app on the store or pull it, that you're not completely sunk. You can take that same code and compile it for PC, Android, or whatever.
I think anyone investing any time in making iPhone apps right now is nuts. They get to decide if your work is saleable at all, and can change that decision at any time.
Comment by Amy Blankenship — April 9, 2010 #
I think much of the confusion is over two possible readings of "originally". This particular sentence makes more sense if you don't interpret "originally" as "from or in the beginning", but rather as "in a novel and inventive way". In other words, Objective-C code must spring from the creative source of the idea, and not just an automated uncreative translation of that idea. Technically this doesn't prejudge that a piece of software could be a creative source of ideas, but clearly Adobe's translation framework is *not* an idea generator. If Amy were not working in a novel and inventive way, but instead just following a well-defined algorithm, then technically she would violate this license agreement as well.
Whether you like these terms or not, I find your implication that cross-platform translation layers provide "a consistent user experience" laughable. While such a system is theoretically possible, history so far has only supported the notion that "cross-platform UI" has meant second-rate, at best. I'd prefer that Apple left the market to work this out for itself, but this new clause in the agreement will probably increase the average quality of apps in the App Store (possibly just by banning a lot of the crap). Given the huge number of apps available and the difficulty navigating the selection, I'd call that result a net positive for users.
"My programs are originally written in the shower." – priceless! I totally agree with you, especially concerning the aspect of using computer programs to write other programs (Is using an editor to write code in Objective-C legal?). If Apple actually tries to prevent developers from raising the level of abstraction and using tools like code generators or cross compilers to make them more productive, the whole industry will laugh at Apple for trying to stop the idea of re-use. That's just ridiculous. If they want to have their private war with Adobe, they should just write "you're not allowed to have Flash on the iPhone."
Comment by Peter Friese — April 9, 2010 #
It's true that programming begins in the mind. But intangible things amount to almost nothing. The written code is what really matters. I think most of us are overreacting, and this is coming from me, with mostly a Flash development background. What's wrong with using only Xcode? Is it really that inadequate and I'm just imagining all these great apps created with it installed in my iPhone right now? Is using a free tool like Xcode trampling on my freedom as a developer?
Compare it with Nintendo's development authorization process: http://www.warioworld.com/apply/
At least with Xcode I can create programs in the comfort of my own home and be broke while doing it. I guess all this animosity only stems from an irrational and deep rooted hate of Apple as a brand and as a company and it's not really helping us advance.
Comment by Rico Zuñiga — April 9, 2010 #
iPhone OS 4 SDK Licence Agreement Clause 3.3.1…
For those of you living in a cave of some sort, the big tech news yesterday was the iPhone OS 4 announcement, and specifically a "small†change to the developer license agreement, in which Apple decided to say a big fu…
Trackback by codemonkey uk from Hulver's site — April 9, 2010 #
So, if I port my favourite scripting language (interpreter written in C) to iPhone, it is a C app, and then I can write my app logic in the scripting language, or at least prototype it rapidly, profile it, and decide what to bother optimising by writing in C/C++ and exposing as a scripting library. Sweet!
(Yeah, I know, they're alto trying to stop me binding their APIs into the scripting language and calling their APIs from the scripting language. Stupid. I could work around that, develop a Qt like model for interaction between app logic and UI, but I don't want to.)
Comment by john — April 9, 2010 #
Hey…. this is realy a good point…
But… is not more actual…
Now, in this april 8 Apple (also know as jobs… :p) show the new iPhone OS4…
In the midst of many innovations, he talked about the new Enterprise, which will share APPs via wireless, without being in the AppStore … this is undoubtedly a great opening.
I imagine, of course, it will have its limitations. But for what seemed like … Unity with APP produce CS5 or Flash and distribute them via wireless is possible.
Comment by Diney Bomfim — April 9, 2010 #
produces APPs with Flash CS5 or Unity and distribute them via wireless is possible.
Comment by Diney Bomfim — April 9, 2010 #
Rico, I think you're wrong, I never hated Apple before, but I do now.
Excellent post, btw.
I choose Amy too, as the iPhone packager in CS5 has all of that baggage that goes with the Flash IDE. There are generations of family problems buried in that thing – only an alcoholic would have created something called "tell Target". Shit, tell Target what? Liquor is cheaper in bulk at Costco anyway. Now, I may not know all of Amy's baggage, but since she can write games in Objective-C, we would get along very well.
Great post by the way.
It blows my mind that the inevitable reaction from the faithful to Apple's totally bizarre policies on app development and deployment is "oh this just ensures better quality apps."
If you think even 50% of the apps in the app store are "good quality apps," I've got a bridge to sell you. Hint: Sturgeon's Law applies everywhere, especially in software.
Comment by Brian — April 9, 2010 #
What a joke! Can they really do that?
Don't they run the risk of incurring the wrath (and the sarcasm) of the Developer community?
They last comment about the "no publicity" is the last straw…
Comment by Vasudev Bhandarkar — April 9, 2010 #
[…] over this little clause in the new iPhone developer SDK terms is erupting all over the internet: 3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed […]
Pingback by Tao Effect Blog » Blog Archive » Dear Apple: The iPhone deserves a better SDK — April 9, 2010 #
or what about game engines where a portion of the code is written in something like lua? And if that were acceptable, what makes that any different from a javascript/whatever runtime?
Comment by max justus — April 9, 2010 #
Apple's terms don't have significant metaphysical implications, because "writing" isn't a metaphysical event.
Writing is a physical act of inscribing: I do it with a pen or a keyboard, but not merely with my mind in the shower.
You could argue that your program was inscribed in a private language of thought, but that view is metaphysically questionable and, more to the point, no court or arbitrator would accept that view.
Comment by Dan Fabulich — April 9, 2010 #
I'm sorry to interrupt, but is there anything in the ToS that specifies what they call "C", "C++", and "Objective-C" ?
If I ask, it's because I just created in my garage a brand new language based on ActionScript, and I called it "C", because, you know, C is after A, and the single letter is pretty cool. I'm not sure if they refer to _MY_ C language or any other C language.
What also embarrasses me, is that I just had an idea for another great scripting language, and I'd like to call it "Objective-C", because it's far from being subjective, and it's also based on my own C language. Is there any legal contraint to that ?
Thanks guys for helping me understand all this legalese stuff!
Comment by anon — April 9, 2010 #
Rob: you are making the wrong assumption that programs written in some "other" language and then translated into iPhone object form (perhaps through an intermeduate machine-generated Objective-C form even) would also by necessity be using a cross-platform UI toolkit.
That is not the case at all. Consider for instance these two possibilities, which are very real currently:
1) One writes an app from scratch only for the iPhone. One writes it in C#, using MonoTouch, which provides bindings for the CocoaTouch API. Note that the CocoaTouch bindings are the only GUI API MonoTouch contains. No "emulation" of whatever other GUI toolkit is provided. The GUI is designed with Apple's Interface Builder, which *is* the normal and documented way to do it when using MonoTouch.
2) One writes the GUI parts of an app in Objective-C, and designs the GUI with Interface Builder. In addition, one uses a platform-independent library (containing no UI code at all) written in some other language (like, uh, Fortran) that can be compiled into iPhone object code. (OK, so maybe Fortran is a bit far-fetched, but you get the point.)
Comment by tml — April 9, 2010 #
Great post, Joe!
I can also add that I don't originally write any programs in an assembly language of a specific processor – my Java or ActionScript programs are converted into it automatically. There is always a middleman between myself and a processor.
I like the analogy someone posted, "We won't sell your MP3 song via iTunes Store cause it wasn't recorded in GarageBand".
Comment by Yakov Fain — April 9, 2010 #
I think that Gruber got it right…
Comment by Lemontree — April 9, 2010 #
Gruber didn't get it right, that is the weakest argument ever.
BTW, isn't apple marching towards its own demize the more it tries to integrate HTML5 into its devices since it could mean "Apps" anywhere on any device without istore?
Comment by byron miller — April 9, 2010 #
Why don't we all go ahead and code in 0's and 1's :). That would solve the problem.
Comment by helebek — April 9, 2010 #
As someone who has a side-interest in the metaphysics of computer programs, I have to disagree. Your point is that programs are originally written in the 'language of thought' before being translated into, say, Java or Objective C or whatever.
This doesn't fit with our use of the semantics of English. We say something like "I had an idea, then I wrote it down on paper". Better yet: "I had a dream last night but didn't write it down." Well, under your interpretation of that sentence, it would always be false because to think something, you would have already written – that is, instantiated one or more sentence tokens in Thought Language. So you would have to say something like "I had a dream last night but didn't translate it from my Thought Language into written English." That is a bit of a mouthful, so we generally use the predicate "to write". Whether you choose to think that "to write" is to translate from Thought Language into English or Python or whatever or not is your business. The fact is such a predicate can be used to describe what is going on.
Now, without getting into mental problems, there is a metaphysical problem with defining a programming language. I'm in the middle of writing about this. The problem is just this: take the sentence "I ate many piece of candy". It has a grammatical error. "I ate many pieces of candy" does not. This does not mean it is not in English, but just that it is an English sentence with a grammatical error.
Some philosophers have tried to define a program (or a 'program-script' to use the term used by some philosophers of computing) as a valid string in a Turing complete language. Quite what is a language though? Imagine a language called "Liar's C". Liar's C is just like C except that after some particular time T the compiler ignores all conditionals and just runs with the first available branch in if and switch statements. This is like the grue paradox: there is no way to know from the syntax whether or not the program is intended to be compiled with C or Liar's C until after a particular date. It seems – for reasons I have yet to spell out in detail – that languages like Liar's C may throw some hurdles up for attempts to define programs in terms of languages.
Comment by Tom Morris — April 9, 2010 #
Very interesting comment about "Liar's C". Apple should allow apps on the App Store written in that language, provided that they can prove that they actually are written in Liar's C :)
BTW, I'm not saying there is a mentalese "language of thought" that has internal tokens, etc. I'm aware of the many problems with that view. I'm just saying there is a mental state that contains in it the set of intentions and ideas that ultimately are expressed as the external tokens we call "code", and that a developer's arrival at this state is what many of us would consider the true "code writing" process, not the typing part.
I'm further saying that this process itself can be an intermediate stage in a larger set of steps that begins with code in language A and ends in language B, rendering Apple's proscription subject to all kinds of definitional craziness.
Comment by joe — April 9, 2010 #
I guess that means lex/bison are dead. So too are regular expression compilers (no ragel or re2c). Gambit scheme toast. Any library that was originally written in a non-C language and translated to C…no more. C macros should be outlawed too. They are not technically part of C, C++ or Objective-C. Antlr, is speared. Assembly is illegal too. Any interpretive code in your code is illegal.
Where does this madness end?
Comment by Objective Me — April 9, 2010 #
Accepting your interpretation, then it would seem that even a native Objective C app targeting the Cocoa Touch API would be in violation if it was a port from an another language (like Java) and platform (like Android).
Does this mean you can't use Uml during the development process? That could be an improvement ;)
Comment by Peter Mahlknecht — April 9, 2010 #
[…] is contiguous and continuous with the information in our heads, and in the world. " … Joe Berkovitz on Apple's restrictive development rules, making an Andy Clark-esque Extended Mi… (H/T […]
Pingback by hyper-textual ontology » The Extended Mind — April 9, 2010 #
"only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited)."
I'm confused, because C, C++, and Objective-C go through an intermediary translation to assembly and then object code before linking to the Documented APIs.
It sounds like effectively you cannot write any applications for the iphone at all with this license!
Comment by Noah — April 9, 2010 #
I'm surprised to find myself defending Apple's position. (At some level I know the defense is hogwash because all Apple really intends to do with these clauses is screw Adobe, but set that aside for the moment.)
Let's suppose you're an art dealer selling the paintings of a famous artist. One day you discover that the artist has subcontracted his work to a sweatshop in China (to pick a place at random) which otherwise does t-shirt art, Elvis on black velvet and dogs playing poker. What will be the damage to your reputation when customers discover the means of production? There is actually a precedent for this: Most of Andy Warhol's "art" was produced factory-style using a team of semi-skilled silk-screeners. In that case, prices held up. But suppose further that your customers discover that "factory seconds" signed by the famous artist are on sale at deep discounts in art fairs around the world. There must be a point at which you, the dealer, drop the artist like a hot potato.
All Apple is asking is that applications on its iPlatforms be original works of art hand-written by the artist and custom-designed for the platforms. It's a crude standard, in that hand-written, custom-designed apps can be awful, too, but it's a standard that goes directly to the heart of the artist-dealer relationship: Am I getting your best work? Am I getting your most original work? If I put your work in the spotlight, will you embarrass me by selling copies on Microsoft and Nokia phones?
The truth that every righteously incensed commenter is ignoring is that cross-platform apps are crap, and they are at their absolute crappiest on Apple platforms. Apple has a unique, constantly evolving vision of how an application should look and feel that no cross-platform code generator can duplicate. The least common denominator GUI just doesn't cut it. If you don't buy this, then by all means leap into the Mac OS application market by developing all your apps in Java using NetBeans.
Comment by Bob Foster — April 10, 2010 #
Once again, there's nothing to do with technicalities as there was nothing to do with performance or battery life Re the Flash blockade. No collab happened between Adobe and Apple to work out the issues. We can well see the result of the possible partnership in the form of Open Screen Project and its debuting Flash Player 10.1 which rocks fine on Android phones and is of course stable on desktops as well. Even in the RC status.
As the article well proves it, the above restriction is absurd tech-wise and is only there over Apple's corporate policies to ban any developments coming from 3rd parties, e.g. Adobe.
Comment by Ain Tohvri — April 10, 2010 #
If you use this line of reasoning, which I do think is valid, then it should be fine to use Flash CS5 for creating an iPhone app. I'm taking a bit of a different angle here, but we've reached the same conclusion. Think of it this way, CS5 itself is "originally written" in C. So maybe because that tool was written in one of Apple's specified languages they couldn't defend not using it to generate content for their devices. Where do you draw the line between "my program" and the tools I use for my program? So, you don't even have to get that metaphysical, and your reasoning still makes it so that Apple has no case to stop folks from using CS5 to create an iPhone app.
Comment by Chris Allen — April 10, 2010 #
@joa well written!
I love the ending too
Oops, close call. Good thing I didn't click "Accept".
This is also a good related post everyone should read:
"Apple makes its own compiler… illegal!"
Comment by Bruno Fonzi — April 10, 2010 #
[…] have long been verboten, it's a disturbing escalation.Although apps are often originally written under the shower, it's useful to consider how GPL defines source code: it's what you use to maintain your app. […]
Pingback by Apple to developers: get your meta programming tools off my lawn! | StoryComplete — April 10, 2010 #
Good for you, but maybe I don't want to buy or can't afford a decent development machine from Apple?
I don't really feel like tour argument holds up. Andy Warhol questioned the ideas of authorship, originality and authenticity. He essentially made the point that his works were just as original and authentic even though he re-appropriated imagery from pop culture and hired other people to execute his ideas. The demand for his art continued and people continued to buy it at whatever the price. Art created in this manner still served its purpose for the clients who bought it. So what else matters other than giving the client (user) what they want? Nothing, unless you're Steve Jobs. This is Apple's way of giving them an easier way of denying apps. Naturally, the more translation tools that become available the easier it will be to make apps and more apps will be submitted to the market. The more apps that get submitted, the more "crap" they will probably get. I can sympathize with this, but is that fair? Doesn't matter. Its their platform. They can do what they want until some argues its anti-competitive.
Additionally, does the language used to write the application dictate if the experience is good or not? Of course not! We all know good apps and good experiences are few and far between. But just because my app doesn't include iPhone OS user interface elements and/or controls doesn't mean its a "crap" application. However, Steve Jobs might think so because his brand message might be missing from my app. Thats his prerogative and sadly a platform I don't want to be involved with.
You and I are in agreement. The metaphysical arguments are a set of extreme cases that I am using to point out the silliness of the notion of "originally written language", and the indignity of being forced to be creative within a set of meaningless boundaries.
From a practical point of view the real outrage should be directed at Apple's apparent prohibition of an very broad set of what have now become traditional programming practices. Many world-class applications over the years have included intermediate translation as a vital aspect of their design. As a previous poster said, are we really going to not use lex, yacc, bison? How about the many special-purpose languages that are invented for expressing a unique concept, which then are translated to some other target language as part of an app's build process? Is Apple really going to stomp on decades of evolution in computer science, in the name of a petty corporate feud?
I don't know how to define what "code" really is, or what "originally written" is. Nor do I care — the questions are meaningless. What makes me mad is that a computer company would get into that game by attempting to legislate which programming practices I can use, when all I really want(ed) to do was to use their platform.
Comment by joe — April 10, 2010 #
@Matt W, CS5 at $699 is more expensive than the Mac Mini at $599.
Comment by Rico Zuñiga — April 11, 2010 #
I don't agree, and I think your analogy insults our intelligence. Programming is not about writing a program in your head and then translating it into code. Not any more than building a business is about thinking of every job function it could perform and hiring all the staff in one go. Programs, like businesses, are built by progressively interacting with the world, the compiler, and the customers.
Section 3.3.1 is about moving the development effort closer to the real platform, which is far more important on pocket-sized battery-powered devices than it is on a laptop. This is noting more than the realities of a constrained runtime environment forcing restrictions in the development process.
This is nothing new. These restrictions have existed on embedded systems all the way back to the first programmable calculators.
Comment by C. Lawrence Wenham — April 11, 2010 #
Bob Foster wrote:
"The truth that every righteously incensed commenter is ignoring is that cross-platform apps are crap, and they are at their absolute crappiest on Apple platforms."
Agreed. For example, look at apps such as iTunes and Safari; the Mac versions of these apps are absolutely horrible compared to the Windows versions. If the company that makes these apps would just follow Apple's advice and refrain from making cross-platform apps, the Mac platform would be better for it.
Comment by Doodpants — April 11, 2010 #
[…] joeberkovitz.com has an article on Apple's decision to limit development to Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript is quite interesting. […]
Pingback by Apple takes a stand on iPhone/iPod touch/iPad development » MyAppleAnd.Me — April 11, 2010 #
[…] Joe Berkovitz's impressions at a philisophical level ("When does programming really start?"): http://joeberkovitz.com/blog/2010/04/08/apple-takes-stance-on-consciousness/ […]
Pingback by Apple versus Cross-Compilation Terms of Service Links « Jufa — April 11, 2010 #
Rob (comment #3): while you can get a refund for App Store apps, the developer is charged the full cost while Apple keeps its 30 %. Wanting your money back when an app is removed/blocked through Apple's capriciousness is a reasonable response, but the practical effects are less reasonable.
Comment by Jens Ayton — April 11, 2010 #
@Joe Been giving this a ton of thought lately. While this decision by Apple obviously hurts Adobe, it goes way beyond that. The SDK legal language is very bad for 3D games on the iPhone platform too. Steve Jobs talks about apps as if games didn't exist (in his comments to TaoEffect: http://www.taoeffect.com/blog/2010/04/steve-jobs-response-on-section-3-3-1/), and they are pushing very hard to make their platform the best in gaming.
I can't think of one good 3D game out there that doesn't use an intermediary tool. Most 3D toolkits give their developers/designers a higher level language to work with too. EA uses Lua for their engine, Unity 3D uses C#, JavaScript and Boo based on Mono. I can't imagine that Apple is going to force EA to change their tools for creating great games for iPhone simply because of this legal nonsense. So, how can they put this on to folks like Adobe or Unity?
Comment by Chris Allen — April 11, 2010 #
Are we forgetting something here, for starters this is the mobile arena, not the desktop. One thing Apple appears bent on is to avoid introducing the same elements to their young (only 3yrs off the ground) mobile platform, that the desktop arena is facing. This means killing the fork in the road before it gets any wider and placing everyone down the same path. Are we running cross-compiled apps on our desktops, so why would we want them in mobile?
If I'm a C# developer that wants to develop on the Mac, it would be in my best interest to learn the coding ENV of a Mac and best practices. Wouldn't it be a little retarded to make the .NET CLR "MacOS aware" and tell everyone to just sit their windows applications in this harness and they'll just work on a Mac. Honestly, if Apple says cross-compiling is ok then what's stoping someone from building a layer to bind the .NET CLR to cocoa touch, and port on over windows applications. It's the same scenario, a runtime (exe) within a runtime (the CLR). Hell, let's make an eclipse plugin, 'JVM for iPhone' and then we can compile our Java+Swing Jars into our custom JVM runtime and compile it down to machine code for the iPhone. Sheer genius, no? No!
I have no sympathy for the heat and attention that Steve Jobs has placed on Adobe. Maybe i'm the only person that didn't wake up yesterday but mobile has been around for quite some time. Smart phones didn't arrive yesterday and before that were PDAs. This is not an Apple-only thing. Where was flash for WinMo, Blackberry and Treos? The cross compiler is lazy and even worse it makes the developer lazy for believing in it.
If you want to develop for the platform then do just that, develop for the platform. correct me if I'm wrong, but when I learned to write software I was told "one of the greatest caveats to being a developer is that you're constantly learning, and if you're not that type of person the development isn't for you." this certainly still applies
Comment by ImJusIncredible — April 11, 2010 #
Apple are in fact evil. They also happen to control access to the gushing torrents of money from their mindless thralls to your pockets.
What's stopping iPhone developers rebelling en masse against these ridiculous restrictions? I'd suggest it's the prospect of enough money that they'd eat a bug on video if the Apple agreement required them to. Android doesn't quite offer that yet. Munch munch munch.
Comment by David Gerard — April 11, 2010 #
@Lawrence I agree with your statement, Programs, like businesses, are built by progressively interacting with the world, the compiler, and the customers. But this statement applies just as much to code in C as it does to code in some declarative mini-language to be translated to C (now outlawed by 3.3.1), and as it does to the mental constructs that precede coding. Any representation of a program is incomplete and in a state of evolution. For me, programming is very much about putting together something in my head and then turning that into code. It is not a waterfall process, though: it is iterative.
But that's not the main point. Where we truly disagree is on your opinion (and Gruber's) that 3.3.1 helps Apple. Sure, I understand that cross-platform tools sometimes produce shabby results, and for all I know iPhone Packager could be one (I personally haven't tried it). But 3.3.1 throws every single baby out with the presumed bathwater. There are many ways to use translators that are incredibly practical and lightweight — see Chris Allen's insightful comment above on 3D games — and Steve Jobs is hurting his platform by using a shotgun approach to control this problem, not helping it.
Comment by joe — April 11, 2010 #
[…] joeberkovitz.com » Apple Dev Program takes stand on nature of consciousness – Is the iPhone SDK really just a turing test in disguise? You decide. […]
Pingback by crankycoder.com » Links for April 11th — April 11, 2010 #
Don't forget you need a display and to pay the SDK License fee ;)
Somewhat in response to this post, Howard Stearns has written a very language-geeky, philosophy-of-software article on Wetmachine that kinda-sorta comes down on Apple's side — but not really.
Comment by John Sundman — April 12, 2010 #
They accept C, but you can use tools like lex and yacc to generate C source code. Would this also invalidate the clause? If not, let's all use translators from our languages of choice to one of their approved ones. Or will they draw a distinction of degree between program generators and language translators?
This is one of those times I'm glad I never have anything to do with Apple's closed platforms. I'm happy to let them paint themselves into an expensive corner of irrelevancy.
Comment by Jason Catena — April 12, 2010 #
[…] with reactions from the profane to the pedantic to the metaphysical to the insightful to the whoa, […]
Pingback by The Great Section 3.3.1 Debate at Under The Bridge — April 14, 2010 #
Thanks for the clever writeup. The metaphysical aspect is part of the underlying argument that I make on my blog that the use of "original" in 3.3.1 does not have true legal meaning. If I decide to prototype my program with carrot sticks and olives on a yellow legal pad am I disqualified from the App Store? If I eat the evidence, who will know? ;-)
Combine your argument with the fact that Apple's agreement clearly states that your code is entirely your own property and you have Apple attempting to modify property law with ill-defined terms. I also agree that cross-platform and other transformation tools do not automatically equate to "bad" software and in certain situations, such as Chris Allen presents, it improves the end result.
But we can toss all these arguments aside as everyone who has signed on as an iPhone Developer accepted Apple as the final arbiter, for any reason or none at all, on whether an app gets into the store. People were hoping Apple would be gentle in this regard, but with this clause Apple is broadcasting the message that you can drop the adjective from benevolent dictator.
Comment by Ira Hochman — April 21, 2010 #
CORRECTION: In my argument above, I should have said that Apple's agreement clearly states that your code is your own & the relationship is one of independent contractor.
Comment by Ira Hochman — April 21, 2010 #
I'm a bit surprised, by reading the comments it seems there are not many programmers here. So every app that uses a cross-platform library is crap, huh? Every game made in Unity or that uses say Box2D or OpenGL is crap, cause they are cross-platform? Cause You don't even NEED to write a CP app to use CP libraries. As a programmer I learned early to not reinvent the wheel, and that code reuse is good. Apple is basically saying that if I wrote an awsome library originally in say Java, and I want to port it to C to use on my iPhone app I can't and that's a "GOOD THING"? How does that make any sense?
By the way, great article, even though you dont "write" in your mind, you could just write a mockup of your thoughts on paper in pseudo code, and that would be the "original" language you wrote your programm, so that clause doesn't hold up at all anyway.
Comment by David — April 22, 2010 #
Leave a comment
Entries and comments feeds.
Valid XHTML and CSS.
All content copyright (c) 2006-2007 Joseph Berkovitz. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Caleb had this to say;
I watched We Just Work Here over the weekend. Its like nothing you have ever seen. And if you wanna talk "soul" it makes the Collective look like a average MTB porn. Check you bike film preconceptions at the door.
Just a note: this film should interest everybody but if you own a Santa Cruz bike its a must have, seriously, you cant have one without the other.
Don't forget about the preview in Wellington and if you want to secure a copy, get it on-line off the Spoke website, pre-orders are being taken here
I can't wait!


text:
Soitec has been a publicly-traded company since 1999. With a distinctly international investor base, we have aligned our corporate governance systems with the most advanced recommendations available. The AFEP-MEDEF Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies serves as our main guide. (AFEP is an association of France's top listed companies; MEDEF is the country's leading federation of employers). For our internal control processes, we follow the recommendations of France's stock-market regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).
Our Board of Directors is made up of directors selected for their management expertise and proven track records in the global semiconductor industry. As required by the regulatory authorities, our Board of Directors also has a Strategy Committee, an Audit Committee, and a Compensation, Benefits, and Nominating Committee.
Our internal control system, known as the "Soitec System," is implemented by the Finance Division and overseen by the Office of the Chairman.


text:
> All Posts
Halloween is supposed to come with a little shock factor, right? That's my excuse for this next creepy cocktail: Pina Ghouladas served in "blood rimmed" glasses and garnished with "bleeding eyeballs". I promise they taste way better than they sound! =) The from-scratch drink recipe is below, or you can keep things easy and just […]
Halloween Cocktail: The Jack-o'-Lantern
Looking for a fun Halloween cocktail? Here's one we whipped up last night – the Jack-o'-Lantern! The cocktail recipe is below, but you can really achieve this look with any of your favorite orange-colored cocktails or drinks. This would even be cute with straight-up O.J. for a Halloween breakfast! It's really all about the "Pumpkin […]
8 Fashionably Creepy Halloween Treats
- posted in:
- Creative Food
- Halloween
Here are a few new-found favorites from Martha that I recently discovered in her "Creepy Treats" gallery… which honestly leans more towards "clever & stylish, with just a dash of creep." (Except for maybe the Ladies' Fingers cookies, which easily qualify as full-on creepy!) 1. Devil's Food Cake with Flame Tuiles –Is is just me, […]
As someone whose personal taste leans much more contemporary than country, finding great autumn/harvest-themed decorating ideas with a modern vibe can seem like a difficult task sometimes… which is why I'm feeling especially grateful for all these gorgeous ideas from BHG and Sunset. These looks are still warm & inviting, but they also have a […]
Spooky Spider Eggs + More Scary-Good Treats!
- posted in:
- Creative Food
- Halloween
Who knew that black olives could make for such a spooky topper to deviled eggs? These Spooky Spider Eggs are the perfect appetizer for Halloween parties! Just slice up some olives to use with your own favorite deviled egg recipe – or even store-bought apps if you're pressed for time! I'm loving the combination of […]
Martha Stewart Living: October Highlights
- posted in:
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
I'm absolutely in love with the October cover of Living this year… partially due to the fact that I'm in the midst of planning a Woodland Forest baby shower for a friend and loving all things toadstool right now, but this is also just such a clever idea – and something I personally haven't seen […]


text:
WASHINGTON Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday that officials are working "24/7" to improve the government's health insurance website after its clunky rollout.
Sebelius was in Phoenix amid calls for her resignation over the technical issues that have prevented people from signing up for coverage online.
"The majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don't work for and do not want this program to work in the first place," Sebelius said during a visit to the Wesley Health Center.
Sebelius toured a Health and Human Services call center and spoke with "navigators" who have been trained to educate people about enrolling for coverage. She said consumers can enroll in person, by filing paperwork or contacting a call center.
Sebelius said nobody has been fired over the technical glitches and a lot of the problems were caused by a surge in demand.
"It's certainly not perfect but getting better by the day," the former Kansas governor said. "We now have 700,000 applications that have been submitted for health insurance. We intend to make sure those folks get the coverage they need."
She also said an "anonymous shopper" option was up and running for people who want to look at different plans and prices. Much of the website's traffic spike was attributed to people having to register accounts before being able to shop around.
Sebelius also noted that the open-enrollment was only three weeks into its 26-week stretch.
"In football terms, it's early in the first quarter," she said.


text:
The Medina Kiwanis Breakfast Club recently elected the new officers for the coming year: Janette Forro, president; Tom Borror, vice president; Chet Simmons, treasurer; Cathy King, secretary; and board members Mark Miller, Bob Law, Paula Majoros, Steve Carlson, Clay Benjamin, Stu Root, Wally Schaedel.
Carlson Funeral Homes and Cremation Services Inc. of Brunswick renewed its membership in the International Order of the Golden Rule, a professional association of independently owned and operated funeral homes.
Cynthia Peeples of Brunswick will sing the national anthem at the Cavs vs. Knicks game on Nov. 2 at the Q Arena. Peeples was one of 30 performers chosen out of 130 auditioners.
Nancy Lynn Reeves of the Medina law firm of Walker & Jocke has been appointed as chair of the digital technology law committee for the Ohio State Bar Association.
Gary Sutherland of Wadsworth has been elected chairman of Akron SCORE Chapter 81 for the 2007-08 fiscal year, beginning Oct. 1.


text: As a long standing fan of Shreddie Mercury's amazing remixes, this one comes as no surprise when it hits your eardrums so nicely. This remix is one of Blondfire's songs, Walking With Giants. We've decided to keep the tracks uptempo today, lighthearted, fun. Blondfire has a funny little story about how their name originated: "We were driving around with friends and someone said 'I smell a bonfire,'" she recalls. "We thought they said 'Blondfire,' and at first we kind of jokingly said it should be our name – but it stuck. We liked the fact that it was masculine and feminine at the same time. It represented who we are in a cool way." Haha, how cool. Get a load of this Shreddie Mercury Remix of one of Blondfire's best. Oh, and check out the FREE DOWNLOAD! Get Your Ears Wet!


text:
KW Suspension Lexus Coilovers,KW Suspension Lexus Coilover Kits
Featured Coilovers Products
Coilovers, Coilover Kits
Featured Coilover Products
KW Suspension Lexus Coilovers are common components used in car KW Suspension Lexus automotive suspension systems. The term KW Suspension Lexus coilover is a moniker that stands for coil spring over strut, and has been popularized over the years as more and more people began experimenting in automobile upgrades. KW Suspension Lexus Coilovers are shocks absorbers surrounded by Lexus coil springs, and they are often included by the Lexus vehicle's manufacturers as a single item, installed, replaced, and repaired together.
The use of Lexus coilovers has made for better damping and better adjustment of Lexus vehicle height and rigidness. If you need to replace or upgrade a KW Suspension Lexus coilover kits in your KW Suspension Lexus vehicle, you can find a number of aftermarket KW Suspension Lexus coilovers to use in your Lexus truck, Lexus car, or Lexus SUV. Whether you need a full KW Suspension Lexus coilover or a slip on version, you should be able to find one that works directly in your Lexus vehicle's suspension system.


text:
| (01 Oct 2011)
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war. This comes amid SAF deployments of troops and heavy weaponry to Blue Nile and continued reports of aerial bombardments against civilians by the SAF. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. CrisisWatch identifies a conflict risk alert for Sudan for the coming month. Concerted international action is needed to stem the violence and prevent it from engulfing the entire country and region.
Insurgent attacks intensified in Afghanistan, stoking fears of further escalation in October ahead of international conferences in Istanbul and Bonn. On 20 September ex-President and chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated, leading President Hamid Karzai to declare his government would abandon talks with the Taliban. Insurgents conducted a 20-hour attack on the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul on 14 September, leaving 27 people dead. CrisisWatch identifies a conflict risk alert for Afghanistan for October.
Yemen is on the cusp of full-scale civil war between security forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and troops and militia loyal to his opponents. A brutal crackdown in Sanaa on 18 September, with regime forces killing at least 26 unarmed protesters, dimmed prospects for a peaceful compromise. The following day opposition forces loyal to defected General Ali Mohsen engaged in battles with pro-Saleh troops in the worst fighting the capital has seen since March, leaving scores of civilians dead and hundreds wounded. CrisisWatch also identifies a conflict risk alert for Yemen.
Violence broke out in the north of Kosovo as Kosovo Serbs resisted the Pristina government's attempts to take control of border points with Serbia. Mid-month Pristina deployed customs and border officers, supported by the EU rule of law mission and protected by KFOR forces, to two border gates. Serbs erected roadblocks at both gates and throughout the north in response; four KFOR soldiers and several Serb civilians were injured in clashes at one gate on 27 September.
With Kosovo-Serbia relations strained, Belgrade pulled out of a scheduled session of its ongoing dialogue with Pristina at the end of the month; it is unclear when the dialogue will resume.
In Guinea, increasing repression and lack of political dialogue mark the build up to December's legislative elections. Police violently dispersed an opposition demonstration in the capital Conakry on 27 September, leaving three people dead and around 40 injured.
Political violence escalated further in Burundi. At least 39 people were killed in an attack on a bar in Gatumba near the capital on 19 September. National Liberation Forces (FNL) leader Agathon Rwasa accused the government of "genocide" against the FNL, as government forces allegedly target members of the former rebel group.
In Central African Republic, over 49 people were killed in a series of clashes in the diamond-rich town of Bria and its surroundings between the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) and the Union of Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) rebel groups.
Tensions rose in Bolivia at the end of the month as police forcibly dispersed a group of indigenous marching on La Paz in protest against a planned highway through indigenous territory and a national park. The raid prompted widespread condemnation and nationwide anti-government protests and strikes. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights denounced the police's use of "excessive and indiscriminate force".
September 2011 TRENDS
Deteriorated Situations Burundi, Central African Republic, Sudan, Guinea, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bolivia, Yemen
Improved Situations -
Unchanged Situations Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia, Cameroon, Chad, China (internal), Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India (internal), Indonesia, Iran (p.), Iraq, Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Myanmar/Burma, Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), Nepal, Niger, North Caucasus (Russia), North Korea, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan Strait, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe
October 2011 OUTLOOK
Conflict Risk Alert
Sudan Afghanistan Yemen
Conflict Resolution Opportunity
*NOTE: CrisisWatch indicators - up and down arrows, conflict risk alerts, and conflict resolution opportunities - are intended to reflect changes within countries or situations from month to month, not comparisons between countries. For example, no "conflict risk alert" is given for a country where violence has been occurring and is expected to continue in the coming month: such an indicator is given only where new or significantly escalated violence is feared.
Search current and all past editions of CrisisWatch by using the CrisisWatch Database. To unsubscribe from CrisisWatch, click here.
Advanced search
International Crisis Group © 2016 |


text:
If you made it up, you're a songwriter and this is your group!
Members: 499
Latest Activity: Jun 17
Started by Walt Pilcher Jan 2.
Started by Tom Humphreys Sep 1, 2015.
Started by Paul J Openshaw. Last reply by paul stokes Feb 6, 2015.
I've put a few of my songs online at www.soundclick.com/daveevanssolo. I'm wondering if there is a better place to put them...
A song about traveling and surfing called Sail on
The rev. Rod.mpg Sorry the last link I used didn't seem to function properly.
Thanks Michael, I'm hoping to have newer version with the addition of bouzouki from my mate Gaz soon.
Lucky you Jud, because I live in Australia I didn't even get a copy of the magazine. There are 100s of not 1000s sitting around in just Nashville trying to write the next big county pop hit sending in lyrics to different contests etc...I'll try another route.
Thanks Marty.
Bob ... my feelings almost exactly ... just for the heck of it, I've now entered three times and so far I've "won" three copies of the latest edition of the magazine, LOL.
I'm honestly not jealous, but I do wonder (as you say) how they determine anything much about a "song" just from reading a set of lyrics. Obviously, that's not a song ...
Jud, I have entered a few songs in the American Songwriters Lyrics quarterly contests...have never won or even got a mention. Having reviewed the winners lists over time I determined that my song generally don't fit the mold of what tends to win so have not bothered. I am not really in to music as a competition sport but I did in fact submit a couple of songs. If you look through the winners they tended to be Christian, Country, Lullaby, Love Stories not much in the hard hitting in your face social conscience stuff that tends to come out of my head. I also find it a bit odd that as a "songwriting" competition they would judge solely on lyrics...as that is poetry...until it is put to music it is not really a song is it. Good luck to any one that does...I would be happy to have the Gibson that they give away quarterly though.
Question: anyone here ever won (or placed) in the quarterly lyrics contest held by American Songwriter Magazine ... or known someone who has ?? Just curious since there are some really good songwriters in this group.
Here's my reincarnation song video. Tune is from the PD opera area "I Dreamed I Dwelt in Marble Halls. Hope you enjoy.
© 2016 Created by Acoustic Guitar. Powered by


text:
Hardened pro-Russian insurgents are scraping the bottom of the tank for weapons to use against Ukraine. Insurgents turned up at a World War II museum in Donetsk Friday and literally scarfed up a World War II tank along with two howitzer cannons.
"They had written authorization to take them away," said a bewildered guard from his sentry post outside the immense World War II museum in the insurgent-held city.
In Donetsk, where anarchy often prevails these days, a handwritten note from a pro-Russian militant might serve as adequate authorization from insurgents who allegedly shot down a Malaysian airliner recently, killing 298 civilians.
"They loaded them into a big truck. They took the tank that was least damaged. I think they're going to use them to fight," said the guard who refused to give his name.
An AFP journalist at the museum Friday said there were still markings on the ground where the pro-Russian fighters had fired up the relic tank before loading it onto a flatbed truck with a crane.
Meanwhile, a father and son were reportedly the only visitors at the normally well-attended museum. According to the AFP reporter, the two were taken aback by the theft.
"Can you believe it? They're even stealing museum exhibits now," the father said, before taking a picture of his son swinging from the gun turret of one of the remaining tanks.
The so-called rebels were inspired after a video appeared on YouTube earlier this month showing two men firing up the engine of a World War II Stalin tank displayed on a memorial pedestal.
While some might say stealing tanks from museums is a sign of desperation for any fighting force, pro-Russian militants said to be supported by Kremlin operatives, or Russians, have shot down several Ukrainian aircraft in addition to the civilian airliner.
To boot,14 people in the Donetsk area and two around Lugansk were killed in the past 24 hours, local officials said Friday. In addition, Ukraine says 13 of its soldiers were shot dead during the same time frame.
Eastern Europe is on edge and Western European leaders seem helpless to intervene in any meaningful way other than to complain and issue statements condemning the bloodshed.
At the same time, U.S. Pres. Barack Obama has confined his actions to similar condemnations and Secretary of State John Kerry has made little headway in settling the Ukraine crisis.


text:
May 18, 2010 6:10 AM
The Eyelet Floral Dress ($14) is a great frock for the frugal fashionista! It's a fabulous find priced less than an entree at your favorite restaurant. Anyway, this dress has a floral background and is covered in delicate eyelet accents. Plus it's strapless, which is always super sweet for summer.
I just posted about this dress on my blog, oddly enough!
If you've got a product or service that you'd like to promote on Outblush, click here to find out about our advertising opportunities.
Outblush is a blog for girls who love to shop. Our staff digs up the best clothes, home stuff, beauty items, and more. New items are posted every day — bookmark us and check out:


text:
Glass Contraption aims to create
spirited, surprising and original works
of theater and media.
Drawing loosely from the traditions of clown,
bouffon, commedia and vaudeville, we seek
to access the performer's humor, openness
and imagination in the creation of poetic,
comical, bizarre and highly theatrical worlds.
Each collaborator is intimately involved
in this enterprise. We bring our strangeness,
our beauty, our ferocity, cruelty, curiosity
and stupidity to the stage. We investigate
that which most unsettles, confuses, excites
or repels us. We invite an intoxicating
interplay between performer and audience.
These elements compound with text, songs,
dances, stories, handcrafted contraptions
and bits of theater magic to create surprising
collisions between the comic and tragic
worlds. In this way, our shows and media projects explore
the great triumphs and disasters of human
experience, celebrating in both
artist and audience the need for a great
laugh, a good cry, a profound sigh or a
triumphant yawp.
The company is committed to training artists,
to creating new works and to developing
community-based arts collaborations both
locally and abroad.
| about | training | shows
| community | media
| contact
© The Glass Contraption | website design: Robert Z Designs LLC