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How Sherlock Holmes Can Help Bring You Success in Life and Work
Sherlock Holmes is the world's most famous detective. And while he may be fictional, in that fictional world of his he also happens to be the greatest: success follows upon success, the biggest scoundrels fall under his careful scrutiny, the world bends to his will. How easy it would be for the master sleuth to rest on his laurels—or at the least, to keep taking those cases that have a familiar air, that would be more likely than not to guarantee a quick, successful outcome. But he doesn't. In fact, he does the opposite.
Consider, for instance, "The Adventure of the Red Circle," when Holmes chooses to enmesh himself further in a case which he has ostensibly solved. "What have you got to gain from it?" Dr. Watson asks him, in apparent disbelief. "What, indeed?" responds Holmes. "Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons with the greatest for the last. This is an instructive case." And in that willingness—that drive, even—to keep going beyond the easy choice, to keep challenging himself to ever-greater heights, to pursue a case in which lies "neither money nor credit" lies both Holmes's secret and the thing that distinguishes him from many another one-time success story.
We are creatures of habits. When we flick on the hallway light as we walk past, even if the bulb has burned out and not been replaced, or open the door to the refrigerator just because we happen to be in the kitchen, or do whatever it is we do without even realizing we're doing it, we are letting habit kick in in place of deliberate action. The same thing is true of our thinking: we are creatures, too, of thought habits, patterns of thinking that are activated just as predictably as that instinct to pick up the remote just because we happen to walk into the living room, even if we had no prior intention to watch TV.
In a tendency known as the default effect, we like to choose the path of least resistance when we have the chance to do so. We don't contribute to our 401(K) unless that contribution is made by default. We don't make the effort to get potentially life-saving medical tests unless we are given those tests by default. We don't opt-in to organ donation programs at nearly as high a rate as we'd participate in were organ donation to be the default choice. And what is simpler than allowing those habits that have brought us success already take the reins? Why continue to work hard if we've worked hard as is?
That's the scary thing: the better we are at something, the more we've learned and the further we've risen, the greater is the urge to let our minds take a little break. To pat ourselves on the back for a job well done by cruising right along. We don't realize that in that choice, we are rendering ourselves a great disservice.
The pattern of exceptional innovation and success, followed by stagnation and laziness, is a common one. It reflects a basic trend in how our brain's reward system is set up—and its consequences are everywhere.
Think how often the older generation is accused of being too staid in its ways, too suspicious of advances, not open enough to change and to new ideas. In academia, how often do young, aspiring scholars feel beaten down by the theories of the tenured faculty? How many who had brilliant insights at the start of their careers then spend their days defending those insights instead of finding new ones—and in so doing, sometimes fail to see the wisdom of others who may question earlier work in light of new developments? In the military realm, how often are leaders and nations accused of fighting the last war instead of the current one, using the same tactics that worked in the past without realizing how different the world has become? In the business world, how many companies decide that their way is the right way after it has worked—and become blind to changes that make their way obsolete? (I'm thinking here of Kodak, who went from Polaroid glory to bankruptcy because of a failure to see that the digital revolution posed a direct challenge to the appeal of the Polaroid; of Atari, who went from gaming heyday to being sold for no cash for failing to anticipate the allure of PC-based games; of RIM, creator of the BlackBerry, who fell from market leader to bit player.)
Holmes doesn't have to keep learning. How easy it would be to have his reputation do all the heavy lifting and let the same old tricks of the trade continue to, well, do the trick. But he doesn't do that. Instead, he chooses to take those cases that keep challenging him, that allow him, in his words, to seek "knowledge at the old university" of life.
And in that continuous quest for self-correction, in his never-flagging intellectual curiosity, Sherlock Holmes is set apart from everyone who lets the lure of complacency reel them into successful indolence—an indolence that will soon translate into the atrophying of the very creativity and drive that got them there to begin with. And that's one lesson in Holmesian thought we would do well to remember, no matter how successful we ourselves might get.
Maria Konnikova is the author of "Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes." She writes the "Literally Psyched" blog for Scientific American and is a doctoral candidate in Psychology at Columbia University.


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Monday April 29, 2013
WHITAKER BANK BALLPARK, Lexington, Ky.) Matt Duffy's single drove in Jesus Galindo with the tie-breaking run in the top of the eighth inning, and the Augusta GreenJackets went on to a 4-2 win over the Lexington Legends in front of 7,054 fans on Education Day at Whitaker Bank Ballpark Monday.
The GreenJackets, who won three out of four games in the series, took the lead when they scored without a hit in the first inning. Galindo was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a ground out, to third on a wild pitch, and scored as Shayne Houck grounded out to shortstop.
Duffy's solo homer in the third made the score 2-0 Augusta.
The Legends tied it in the fifth on Bubba Starling's two-run homer, his fourth home run of the season.
The score remained 2-2 until the eighth. With one out, Galindo walked, stole second and came home on Duffy's single. Duffy scored on a single by Mitch Delfino, who drove in 11 runs in the four-game series.
Stephen Johnson (1-0), who entered the game in the sixth inning, picked up the win. Legends reliever Clayton Schulz (1-1) took the loss. He relieved starter Bryan Brickhouse at the start of the eighth inning. In seven innings of work, Brickhouse allowed two hits, two runs, struck out five batters and walked none.
The Legends will travel to Salisbury, Maryland to begin a three-game series against the Delmarva Shorebirds Wednesday night. Game time is 7:05 p.m.

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As Clemens Perk is located in a library, it responds well to offering "academic ethos" within its walls. Academic discussion among students, faculty, and staff is encouraged through Clemens Perk programming and events.
The purpose of Clemens Perk is to supply gourmet coffee and snacks to students and faculty. Coffee is a luxury item, but many people consider it a must-have during times of work and study.
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I'm not a big fan of nine-hole courses. They have their purpose, but I am seldom motivated to play the nine-hole courses that are located much closer to me (in Waukee, Adel, Perry & Dallas Center) than the 18-hole courses that require me to drive two-three times as far (Walnut, Big Creek, Ewing, etc.).
I wonder, though, if players like myself (who seldom play nine-hole courses) might be interested in playing in a tournament that used four different 9-hole courses? I know the rounds couldn't be rated & I suspect some alternate teepads might be needed. Maybe I just spent too much time in the car this afternoon, but I was intrigued by the possibilities. Any thoughts?


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On October 30, the Joes battle the Mad Monk's all-out assault on the Big Apple from the underground, brought to you by the team of Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth!
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Tim jumps back to 1935 and reflects on Alex Raymond, "Flash Gordon" and "Jungle Jim" and IDW's oversized collection of those classic comics.
Check out an exclusive preview of writer Michael Heimos and artist Nick Runge's "Fever Ridge: A Tale of MacArthur's Jungle War" #4, on sale 10/23.
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Mark Waid's fan-fave crossover continues in an exclusive preview of IDW's "The Rocketeer/The Spirit: Pulp Friction" #2.
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Darwyn Cooke and JIm Steranko joined editors Chris Ryall and Scott Dunbier for a freeform panel where they announced new Artist's Editions and other projects.
IDW Publishing merges its Hasbro licensed comics in 2014 in an ongoing "Transformers/G.I. Joe" series written and illustrated by Gødland" artist Tom Scioli.
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Officials said Randolph County schools will remain closed through the end of the week, but school facilities are being used to help residents suffering through the remnants of Superstorm Sandy.
"We have made an assessment of the Randolph County School buildings and road conditions," Phares said. "It is going to take us some time to get our buildings ready for reopening (for classes). They will need to be warm and safe for the children."
Phares said he has been working with the Randolph County Office of Emergency Management and helping deliver food to the emergency shelters being operated in the county.
"We are depleting our perishable foods, such as milk, bringing them to the shelters," Phares said. "We are unsure when deliveries will be made to facilitate our nutrition programs once the buildings are up to speed."
Phares said there are a variety of factors to take into consideration while working through this time of crisis. His priorities are to provide diesel gasoline to the Randolph County OEM vehicles as needed, and to provide two automatic school buses with snow chains to transport people as deemed necessary by the OEM.
"I have been actively involved in helping the Office of Emergency Management provide relief and have been delivering food to Harman and other local emergency shelters including Leading Creek, and shelters in southern Randolph County," Phares said. "I hope the citizens will realize the importance our community schools play."
"I also hope the citizens will get out and vote," Phares said. "Keeping these schools open is important and vital to the communities they are located in. The community schools play a vital part of their communities and every citizen located in those communities."
"When there was a need in July during the summer storm, and now, we provided as much help as we could," Phares said. "In my heart and mind, I know it's the right thing to do."


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OAKLAND -- A 14-year-old boy police accused of killing his sister and hiding from authorities for nearly a week was charged in juvenile court on Thursday, a day after his family stood with him as he surrendered to police.
Alameda County assistant district attorney Teresa Drenick, citing laws surrounding juvenile defendants, would not disclose what charges were filed against Mario Toliver Jr. but said he will appear before a juvenile judge on Monday.
Police said the teenager fatally shot his sister, 17-year-old Justice Toliver, on Jan. 23 in their fifth-floor apartment in the 800 block of Franklin Street. The sibling's grandmother and Justice Toliver's 2-year-old daughter were home at the time of the shooting. The gun used in the slaying has not been found, according to police.
After the shooting, the 14-year-old went into hiding, while the family and the boy's attorney, Adante Pointer, worked with police to try to arrange a peaceful surrender. Pointer told police the boy would turn himself in Friday, but he never materialized.
On Tuesday, Oakland police conducted a search of an apartment on Eighth Street in the Acorn housing complex in West Oakland, an area where Toliver has ties. The boy was not there, police said.
At about 1:25 p.m. Wednesday, Sgt. Mike Gantt said he received another call from Pointer, saying the teenager would be brought to police headquarters. One hour later, Gantt handcuffed the teenager as he tearfully said goodbye to several family members, including his father and grandmother.
Family members have not discussed the boy's whereabouts during his six days on the lam. In an interview Tuesday, the boy's father, Mario Toliver Sr., said the boy loved his sister.
"He's not armed and dangerous. He's a child," he said after the arrest. "They were putting things out there to try to hurt my baby. I just stopped crying from letting go of my son. I didn't want to let go, but I had to do what's best."
The teenager did not make any comments to investigators who questioned him on Wednesday evening, Pointer said.
"They are serious allegations," Pointer said. "This is a 14-year-old boy that we are talking about here.
"There'll be an opportunity to tell his side of the story and we look forward to that day. Right now it's more important to be focused from our perspective in making sure the integrity of the process is maintained."
Staff writer Malaika Fraley contributed to this report. Contact Harry Harris at firstname.lastname@example.com. Contact David DeBolt at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Nov 15:
- Caldecott Tunnel forth bore to ease traffic backups during reverse commute
- Nov 14:
- Caldecott Tunnel traffic to face delays this weekend before new bore opens
- Nov 12:
- Guest Commentary: Federal Glover: Fourth Caldecott tunnel set to open
- ViewPoints by Julie Pierce: Countdown to congestion relief with opening of tunnel's fourth bore
- Nov 11:
- Fire drills slow traffic in Caldecott Tunnel
- Before Caldecott opened, mysterious tunnel connected counties
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- Roadshow: Commuter pleads for carpool lane in Caldecott Tunnel
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- Caldecott Tunnel: Eight hospitalized after smoky car fire
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- Anatomy of a disaster: The 1982 Caldecott Tunnel fire that killed seven
- New Caldecott Tunnel bore has safety features inspired by deadly fire
ORINDA -- A peculiar Bay Area traffic ritual is about to end after a half-century run: the daily repositioning of the Caldecott Tunnel pop-up lane markers by the cone guys.
Twice a day, the cone crew boldly trucks into live freeway traffic to raise and lower plastic cones -- actually, they're shaped more like cylinders -- that reverse the traffic flow in the two-lane middle bore.
The 2-foot-high yellow plastic pop-ups have been used since 1964. And, for just as long, Highway 24 motorists have cursed or rejoiced at the sight of the cone crew. Drivers losing two lanes of tunnel in their direction are unhappy. The lucky motorists who gain use of the middle tunnel cheer.
But the cone age will end soon -- rendered as obsolete as the buggy whip.
When the $417 million Caldecott fourth bore opens the weekend of Nov. 16, the two-lane middle bore won't switch directions anymore. The tunnel will have two permanent two-lane bores in each direction.
Kiss the cones goodbye.
"There is a little nostalgia ending a job done the same way with the same equipment for nearly 50 years," said Tony Padilla, a Caltrans tunnel and bore supervisor at the Caldecott. "I'm not sad, though. This is a big improvement, making things easier for motorists."
A co-worker is blunter.
"I can't wait for the pop-ups to end," Ron Jakubs said. "I never really liked going out on a freeway with cars and trucks whizzing by you at 65 mph."
The use of pneumatically powered cones at the Caldecott to reverse directions between Orinda and Oakland is the only operation of its kind on a Bay Area freeway, Caltrans officials said.
Golden Gate Bridge workers switch the flow of some lanes, but they place traffic markers manually.
Installed along with the Caldecott's third bore in 1964, the plastic cones come in sets of about seven that are screwed into 12 different embedded metal rails that are raised or lowered one at a time.
Activating a series of cone lines to pop up or down switches the direction in the middle bore to go with the prevailing traffic flow -- westbound in the morning, eastbound in the afternoon. Crews also place or remove a motorized metal barrier to prevent motorists from driving the wrong way into a tunnel.
But popping up cones is not something done in the comfort of an office. A cone cowboy with a remote control must drive in the fast lane to get close enough to a series of freeway signal boxes to activate them. An escort truck follows with a flashing message sign.
"It can be dangerous," Padilla said, "so you have a sequence you follow. If the control box doesn't work, you use a key. If the key doesn't work, then someone in a truck must manually set out the cones."
Last week, Padilla and Jakubs teamed up for the cone switch just before noon to turn the middle bore flow east toward Orinda.
Driving the lead truck on westbound Highway 24, Padilla carefully steered his truck into the fast lane, slowed near a signal box, and pressed a remote control. The first seven cones popped up.
"The magic box works," Padilla said and smiled.
He repeated the process to pop up other cones. When one set failed to budge, Padilla left the truck and used a key to lift them.
Padilla appeared calm and confident despite the loud rush of vehicles, vibration and wind gusts.
After raising the cones, the two then did it in reverse, lowering cones on the other side of the tunnel.
When one cone failed to descend, Jakubs hopped out of his truck, unscrewed it and placed it where a subsequent crew would repair it.
Weekday lane changes are done twice a day -- from 11 a.m. to noon, and from 3 to 4 a.m. There are no weekend switches because traffic is too unpredictable.
Padilla said motorists are frustrated when they lose two lanes and have to weave through congestion.
"We can't please everyone," Padilla said. "We try to please the majority. That's why the lane change is done."
Caltrans says no tunnel workers will lose their jobs because there is plenty to do with the opening.
"We are losing the lane change," Padilla said, "but we're gaining a bore."
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267. Follow him at Twitter.com/deniscuff.


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It's all over the press, and a battle will soon be joined:
Desktops need 3D.
But what kind of 3D? The term is vague, would it be isometric 3D, Z-buffered vector 3D used to display 2D elements - as we can see in games -, or something hopefully more profound?
Now, frankly - it was time for a little innovation in the computer display area, and 3D may just be it. Starting with the Xerox Alto (and subsequent Apple Lisa) interface, computer users left the single-dimension of the command-line to attain 2D: mosaics, windows, icons, taskbars, and such interface pieces that we now take for granted. That was in 1973, and reached the public in 1983 (darn, Wikipedia can really make someone feel smart!).
To give a better idea of the lack of progress in this area, consider that the X window system (which just celebrated the first minor revision of its 7th major version) is now 22 years old. Of course, pseudo-3D has been creeping in for the past few years - stacked virtual desktops, 3D desktop switchers, motion capturing input devices...
Desktops themselves have seen little breakthroughs: the un-innovative Microsoft Windows 95 (and subsequent version) looked so much like 1986's GEM environment I wonder how they didn't get sued over it, Gnome is still mind-numbingly bare, KDE looks more like an overturned toolbox than a desktop, Enlightenment is getting less innovative (I preferred e16 to e17), and MacOS is a nice piece of wrapped candy. Yes, I tried to spare no one.
What do these interfaces have in common? I'll tell you what: you still need to open a terminal and a Command-Line Interface to run complex tasks efficiently in all these environments. You still only have a keyboard and a mouse to interface with your machine, and it is still using a matrix-based output.
On one side, we have Microsoft touting a brand-new OS with a 3D interface requiring state-of-the-art graphics capabilities to work transluscent window borders, stacked windows in the focus switcher, and transparent windows when you can figure out the keyboard shortcut. This is also what Windows users are supposed to be stuck with for the next five years at least, with no improvements to come - looks more like isometric 3D (it gives an idea of depth, but you can't make use of it).
On the other side, you have composite display managers: Xgl, Xegl, and all. It works more or less well depending on your hardware's driver capabilities, it blends more or less with existing desktop managers, adds this or that effect depending on whatever crazy idea crossed the mind of its developer and/or developer... That's better: the cube-shaped virtual desktop is really starting to look like 3D, mosaic effects give a live overlook on all your running applications while they run, and transparent windows add real depth to your desktop - this is like Z-buffered vector 3D (it allows some 3D use, provided you only have one finger).
Then comes the outsider:
For those of you to have seen the Movie "Minority Report", how many of you found him(or her)self drooling over Tom Cruise's workspace? You know, the thingy where you could grab windows, stack them, turn them with a wave of the hand, zoom on a video by pulling on it, put it to the side like swatting a fly, reach for a detail inside a picture, and all that, faster than a puppeteer on a caffeine high?
Now, maybe that's a bit much - we're no closer to manufacturing holographic screens than we are to mastering site to site teleports. Simple motion capture, though...
Why all this complete raving, you may ask? Just a looong introduction towards this little question:
If the keyboard was king of single-dimension interfaces, the mouse queen of 2D, why are we getting 3D without a tool suited for it?
The answer may very well be that until now, no one (maybe Nintendo did - the Wii looks like a step in that direction at least) has even considered to link new display methods with new input methods...
If the Battle for 3D is indeed on, free software may win it not by working better or providing more useful (or useless) effects, but it may be by offering the first large scale development of a complete 3D desktop solution: a 3D display, with 3D object, and a 3D-accessed interface...
Do we?
> Desktops need 3D.
Ok, I'll play devils advocate on that one... Do they really? From what I've seen, everyone would like things to run faster, but most users (excluding gamers) Don't need, or even want much more than 2D. One might point out that whatever wizardry you do, you are really dealing with a 2D screen surface, so you can only create the 'illusion' of 3D. When we get that true holographic environment, then you can talk about 3D. Until then, I'll take my 'overturned toolbox' as preferable to whatever else I've seen.
I do like your comment on interface devices. There are days when I think that Bell Labs stuck us with the absolute worst solution. That's certainly an area that could use a rethink, and any attempt at future 3D will require it.
It would seem to be Gamers that are driving this thing, and while it may be important to them, 3D emulation currently adds little to most tasks or apps on a computer. While I agree that Desktop design is pretty bad, I just don't see that 3D is the answer to that bad design.
simple tasks: 2D+touchscreen / complex tasks: 3D
You're absolutely right! Free Software could win battles over new technologies by simply being first.
As a matter of fact, I was lately thinking the same idea, just that I thought of innovative touchscreen-GUIs instead of 3D.
but it may be by offering the first large scale development of a complete 3D desktop solution: a 3D display, with 3D object, and a 3D-accessed interface...
Sounds great, but what is a 3D display if not a holographic screen about which you said that we're no closer to manufacturing holographic screens than we are to mastering site to site teleports. However, if we could provide a 3D input-device (as the Nintendo Wii's one) and a intuitive 3D-accessed interface in which you could navigate easily, this would be great. Somehow I've the feeling, that it makes only (or at least much more) sense to navigate with a 3D input-device in a 3D virtual world, not in a 2D virtual world. But the trouble with 3D objects (especially on 2D-screens) is always that the human eyes, seeing (nearly) only 2D, can't see the object from all sides at the same time. The switch from the command-line to the GUI made better use of the same 2D-screen and navigation got easier. But the switch from 2D to 3D could make things more difficult, considering that we're only seeing 2D. Therefore I think that a 3D interface for simple tasks is overkill.
Why a 3D environment on a 2D-screen if you just want to write a text, hear some music, or edit an image? I think for such things, touchscreens could improve the user experience in a much greater way. Pointing on an icon on the screen is much more intuitive than moving the mouse until the cursor is on the right position and than double-click with a mouse button. Maybe we have to wait until touchscreens that allow multiple touchs on the screen at the same time come to market. This video looks quite promising: Multi-Touch Interaction Research
But sooner or later there will come a good touchscreen GUI, not like current 'solutions' as the 'Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition' which are simply the old familiar mouse-GUI from the 1980s with tabs and windows, displayed on a touchscreen. I hope that this first innovative GUI will be Free Software and run (exclusively) on GNU/Linux.
However, I completely agree that there could be a battle over 3D. On more complex tasks as heavy multi-tasking, 3D-animation (Blender) and naturally games, a 3D input-device combined with a good GUI might work very well and could be a breakthrough for Free Software and especially GNU/Linux. But i think we would have to pay attention and spend some money for good advertising. I mean, Apple was also first with the GUI, but Microsoft simply copied it and combined with an evil business strategy began to dominate the PC-market. It would be a pity if the same thing happened to the 3D interface and GNU/Linux. Also considering Terry Hancock's blog post Is Microsoft bracketed by GNU/Linux?, an idea might be to run GNU/Linux with this (to be invented) 3D user-interface on the Nintendo Wii or the PS3, both featuring movement-sensitive controllers.
Let's see what the future brings us! :-) And let's hope for the best for Free Software.
We are waiting for a metaphor
The existing 2D "desktop" metaphor is not likey to be improved much by 3D -- certainly not 3D graphics alone.
But there is probably a more interesting metaphor to be had. That won't really happen without a lot of experimenation, and it'll probably be "gamers" who will have enough interest in the subject to do the experimentation.
Without major improvements in input devices, though, it's likely that it won't get too far. Nevertheless the mouse, for all its flaws, is cheap. In order to become a ubiquitous successful platform, a prospective 3D environment is going to need a better metaphor and a better interaction model, before it takes over. Graphics is not enough.
Please no
Please don't ruin current efforts to *NOT* convert the desktop metaphor to 3D.
Since a little more than 10 yrs ago people have been trying to "make it 3D" (by making your desktop a room... something like Quake, using badly implemented extensions to Win32's shells, X DEs, etc...). Perhaps the first ones were awfully implemented (in those years, there weren't any hw accel). Then, slowly, some people started thinking about using 3D video cards (which are much better accelerated than their 2D counterparts) to just give a touch to a 2D desktop (a long needed touch). Many projects were ruined when some other people read "desktop" and "3D" in the same phrase. So, the first one who got to deploy a 3D accelerated 2D desktop (alright, just composited, but still) without being disturbed by the "3D desktop" crowd was Apple, circa 1999 (I think). That's to their credit. Others followed, some understood (XGL, Vista sorta) some didn't (Project Looking Glass... oh god why on Earth would I want windows to rotate on a Z axis???).
I admit I liked the XGL rotating-cube desktop-switcher (though I really dislike the idea of multiple desktops from a usability standpoint). But that's as far as I can go. In summary: N O 3 D P L E A S E ! ! ! ! (or, please start your own 3D-desktop project without disturbing current efforts to not convert the desktop to 3D).
That's why free software is better for innovation
With free software projects, these things are done by people who are interested in them. So just because some of us want 'true 3D metaphors' doesn't mean the rest of us have to convert to that. Only if something really compelling comes along will that happen, and so there's no reason to oppose someone trying. It's not a like a company that provides only one interface, and you have to learn it.
There are actually dozens of desktop interfaces for GNU/Linux (KDE and Gnome are just the more conventional front-runners -- there are plenty of bare window manager environments, and some things like project looking-glass (which intrigues me enough that I'm going to have to try it out on a spare machine some time).
As for multiple desktops -- I have 20 right now, and I'm P.O.'d that KDE won't let me have more than that! Big, big, *big* timesaver for me. I use them to sort incoming information when doing web research, as well as to work on multiple projects simultaneously (which can save a lot of time when they involve long builds or downloads, for example).
So clearly, people's needs differ. That's why it's good that there doesn't have to be just one way to do it.
Possible solution to screen problem?
Displays that produce true 3d, although not exactly like the hologram you described, are not far away, and some already exist. But what about an even simpler (if maybe not cost effective) way. How about a bunch of Liquid Crystal Dispays that can turn each pixel transparent or opaque individually in a row, and then a projector projects color onto each one. Whats more, unlike the laptop mentioned in the popsci article, if you move, the the image changes as if it were real. Not that any of these, except the laptop (which I've heard is not the best thing ever, it can make your eyes hurt, and only works if your in exactly the right position) are even close to being available to the public at a reasonable price, but they are interesting ideas, and, while not holograms, except for one, they may be able to serve the purpose of one. I would like to see a 3d interface, but one that makes use of a computer faster and more efficient (for instance, the program tactile 3d, while a neat idea, doesnt nessicerely work any better that the standard 2d equivelant).
Now that are problem with screens is solved, its time to start working on teleporters, which unfortunately for us, because of the heisenberg uncertainty principle, may be impossible, or at least very difficult, to create.
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Problem is, over the years, many projects (Free and otherwise) tried to bring 3D to the desktop. But it wasn't until one company (developing a *proprietary* product, damn it!) stood firmly behind a "no 3D" sign that using 3D hw to render the desktop became a reality. And today, we are all going toward that direction (nobody knows what happened to 3ddesktop -- at least that's the deb package's name -- or so may others even I tried on Windows in the mid to late 90s). Don't get me started with Project Looking Glass (not even they know what it will be... 2D on 3D hardware or 3D desktop, if it ever gets released).
Of course there are many DEs out there, which got started just because people wanted to start them. But my point is: in the last 10 yrs every single 3D desktop project have failed (PLG seems to be the next one). A few (before Apple) had the idea of using 3D hardware for drawing plain-old, boring 2D. And this is where I take issue, they never got anywhere because of all the noise generated when people read "3D hardware" and immediately thought "3D desktop", not realising that that "2" in "2D desktop" wasn't a typo.
In the end, if you want to start a 3D desktop project, do it. If you want to fork XGL, AIGLX or whatever to create your 3D desktop project, by all means, do it. But don't derail those projects, please.
About virtual desktops, I didn't explain myself: I find them useful. I use it. Yet they are an awful hack, usability-wise. I gues the principle behind it is: hierarchy. A linux user has to deal with virtual terminals, each having virtual desktops, each having multiple windows, each having tabs (which, in the case of Eclipse, Azureus, and in general SWT apps it seems, contains more tabs inside -- with each level looking and behaving in slightly different ways). I can't imagine my grandma building a mental tree in her head!! We must flatten things for users who don't want to spend their time even knowing what a virtual desktop is. That's (one of the reasons) why tags are better than folders for organizing people's stuff. I remember someone complaining about tabs in Safari because they didn't appear in Exposé (the same could be said with Windows's taskbar).
We tend to think that people are ok with tree-like structuring of data (after all, that's really close to our mental model of many things). But people don't even realise that a text document should strictly follow a tree-like structure (they still use Microsoft Word, a fashionable typewriter... indeed OOo Writer is the same thing, and I don't really know of a word-proceesor-like app which just lets you type your content, and then think of style, without any "Bold" button around -- I tried things surrounding TeX, like LyX, LaTeX, but they are way too geeky).
Minority Report Cruises Desktop /4th Dimension/ To Get The 3rd.
To come across with the conception of how this works and or how it really works would be so helpful in the beginning stages of Invention. Some people could not even grasp the idea but if explanation of how it would work, what it would take, beginning with a hologram, say a large cube or sphere with drawers, spinning. The spinning cause by the ability to interact with the hologram by spinning the item with your fingers, slowing or stopping the item, object, starting or speeding up the object
understand a hyper sphere from the fourth dimension as a sequence of spheres, from this statement in understanding we may graduate to the third degree, so if you understand can you simply explain in lay mans terms so an inventor may begin one of the most loved discoveries of all times.
"Interactive Holographic Wedlock".
Quote from above on this page:-)(-:Then comes the outsider:
For those of you to have seen the Movie "Minority Report", how many of you found him(or her)self drooling over Tom Cruise's work space? You know, the thing where you could grab windows, stack them, turn them with a wave of the hand, zoom on a video by pulling on it, put it to the side like swatting a fly, reach for a detail inside a picture, and all that, faster than a puppeteer on a caffeine high?
Now, maybe that's a bit much - we're no closer to manufacturing holographic screens than we are to mastering site to site teleports. Simple motion capture, though...
Say some one begins with " simple motion capture' after the capture we set free the item or object and help it along to new found freedoms and the the adventure begins.
So does someone want to begin, simple explanation? by doing so, you may create a vaccumm of dreamers, inventors, explorers, freelancing their way, our way into discovery holographic style.
"the hologram with physical interaction and dialog or bust!"
seemed inefficient..
As I watched minority report, the coolness of the technology seemed more visually stunning than useful. Movnig windows and the sheer managability of such a workspace seems to mimic more the typical desktop analogus of the real world than be prone towards the real requirements of such a time. That system, as depicted in the film, seems rather obtuse and malformed. Unfortunately, we are far from such a system, let alone a system that could potentially be, useful, without relyin on real world "analogies".
Well, train people into
Well, train people into thinking deeper than 2D, wider than 3D, ascend them through 4D thinking... Then maybe you'll get interfaces more complex than real world analogies.
However, the human beast is still terribly set in the real world. Have a go at Ghost in the Shell-styled neural interfaces, maybe.
A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows.


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Sunday, January 8, 2012
A gift
49 comments:
- Bassetmomma said...
I'm so happy for you! It's so nice to see K full of sparkle and exploration! She really looks happy! Great pics!!
- January 8, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- browndogcbr said...
Hi Y'all,
What a wonderful day in K's world!
Y'all come back now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
- January 8, 2012 at 6:12 PM
- Val said...
I am once again in tears, this time HAPPY tears for you both. K looks stunning in these photos. Our dogs are soooo resilient. After my Gracie was attacked by 3 pit bulls a couple years ago I thought it would be weeks before she was up to a walk or ride in the car. To my complete amazement, it took only a couple days and she was back (not at full throttle) but she was back. I think it was part of her healing---get up and get going, and to be with her mum. You are the best medicine for K and she for you!! Blessings my friend, blessings. :)
- January 8, 2012 at 6:14 PM
- Dream Valley Ranch said...
A gift indeed!!! What a wonderful update-this made my heart smile! Monster hugs to all!
- January 8, 2012 at 6:16 PM
- ♥♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥♥ said...
Sounds like K knew you needed her to have a good day! We are so happy for you and for her.
And yes, it feels good to be able to say Thunder and Lightning together:)
- January 8, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- Angela J. said...
I'm so glad you were able to have a good day together today! The pictures of K in the snow are beautiful.
- January 8, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- Sam said...
Every day will get better! We think of you every morning!
- January 8, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- houndstooth said...
I'm so glad you had such a great beginning! K certainly does look radiant in her happiness. I'm grinning like mad reading your post today!
- January 8, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- sophie...^5 said...
SUPER...K is a fighter...for that matter dogs are fighters...they live for the moment and I'm so happy...over the top for you now!!
- January 8, 2012 at 6:44 PM
- Stella said...
I say yippeee! I love to see a dog digging in the snow, snooter down and getting all the scents they can find.
Cheers and hugs all around,
Jo, Stella and Zkhat
- January 8, 2012 at 6:46 PM
- Sammie and Avalon said...
She is one tough girl - wow! She looks gorgeous and also so happy - don't blame her at all! And of course, you sound so happy as well - so glad to read this post!
Sammie, Avalon and Miche
- January 8, 2012 at 6:58 PM
- Ruahines said...
Kia ora KB,
Wow! I have been away from the blogs for awhile and have just been spending some time catching up with your and K's recent journey. What an awesome community you have here to send thought and strength, and all I can add right now is please include mine as well. Kia kaha e hoa.
- January 8, 2012 at 7:02 PM
- Berts Blog said...
Oh such happiness in your words and such beauty and life in her eyes. Love the last picture. Action in action.
- January 8, 2012 at 7:24 PM
- Trailblazer said...
Great news, KB!
- January 8, 2012 at 7:28 PM
- Hiking Hounds said...
So wonderful! What a great feeling for you and her. :-)
- January 8, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Barb said...
A gift for me, too, to see the photos of her happy romping. Lovely that dog's don't worry, just allow their lives to unfold.
- January 8, 2012 at 7:49 PM
- Two French Bulldogs said...
what a happee day
Benny & Lily
- January 8, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- GOOSE said...
What a beautiful gift. I'm smilin' ear to ear (and I've got long ears.) :)
- January 8, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- The Life of Riley said...
Wishing you many more good days.
The fresh snow looked so nice. My two dogs only get to dig in sand and dirt!
- January 8, 2012 at 8:55 PM
- Shane Kent Louis said...
You really touch our hearts, and yes indeed that was gift that you will treasure in your entire life, and gift from God is really precious :)
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- January 8, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Raising Addie said...
BIG hugs and kisses
Addie, Lucie and Hailey
- January 8, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- BearPee said...
Go K Go!!! There is nothing like fresh snowfall to bring out the happy puppy in a dog! She looks great! So happy for you both.
- January 8, 2012 at 9:19 PM
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
K looks so happy! She looks beautiful with the snow on her nose! Its so good to see her enjoying her day! It makes us happy!
- January 8, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- jen said...
That is such wonderful news!
She looks beautiful!
- January 8, 2012 at 9:53 PM
- Siku Marie, White Dog said...
A joyous "Journey On" dear friends! We celebrate the blessing of today.
- January 8, 2012 at 10:35 PM
- Angus said...
Came to your post at the same moment as tyhe following CS Lewis line was being broadcast on BBC Radio 3 - "Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see ". Well done K.
- January 9, 2012 at 12:22 AM
- STELLA and RORY from Down Under said...
That's what we love to hear. So glad you had a wonderful day. No worries, and love, Stella and Rory
- January 9, 2012 at 1:13 AM
- The Thuglets said...
So pleased to read you both had a good day. What a wonderful sight to see K digging in the snow!
Gorgeous photos of her. K's eyes are so beautiful.
Sending pawsative thoughts
Big Nose Pokes
The Thugletsx
- January 9, 2012 at 1:46 AM
- Jed and Abby in MerryLand said...
We are so happy that K is rebounding. Hope her strength and energy will return more every day. Does she have more treatments to come? When? We're keeping our paws crossed for her. And we know she is treasuring every day, just as you are.
Jed & Abby
- January 9, 2012 at 1:53 AM
- Maggie and Mitch said...
We are so happy that the two of you had a great day!
Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch
- January 9, 2012 at 2:47 AM
- ~Kim at Golden Pines~ said...
This morning I'm raising my cup of juice to many more of these wonderful gifts!! ~Cheers!!~ :-))
- January 9, 2012 at 3:12 AM
- DianeTaylor said...
So glad K did some exploring today! Her eyes are georgous no matter what......and they always will be :):) Have a great day!
- January 9, 2012 at 5:26 AM
- Maggie Mae said...
YaY fur good days! K looks beOOtiful!
Woofs and Licks,
Maggie Mae and Max
- January 9, 2012 at 5:38 AM
- Maery Rose said...
And I bet that digging made you laugh, along with the vision of the snowy nose. Yes, a very good day. Enjoying it along with you.
- January 9, 2012 at 6:42 AM
- Sandra said...
my favorite is the snow on he nose sho. she is just so beautiful. glad she is feeling better
- January 9, 2012 at 7:16 AM
I'm so happy to hear that K is feeling much, much better. Great stuff.
- January 9, 2012 at 7:55 AM
- Samantha said...
Just caught up on all this with K...I'm so sorry you're going through this with her, but I'm so glad you have each other.
- January 9, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- David Haas said...
I have a question about your blog. Please email me!
- January 9, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- Wild Dingo said...
See? dog's are soooooo much wiser than humans. No time to waste on feelin' down. they really are zen. perfect in every way.
Now about that R... does this mean what I think it means? that you are entering the cracker category? OMD... I think he's VERY well qualified. just sayin....
- January 9, 2012 at 9:40 AM
- Sugar the Golden Retriever said...
Woof! Woof! Happy New Year! We are back from our longggg Holiday break.
Is sure is ... everyday, a new day is a gift. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
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In order to follow my blog, subscribe to my blog feed (details on my blog) and add my url to your blog reader. Lots of Golden Thanks
- January 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart said...
That bandana is great. What a nice thing for them to pass out to patients. I'm glad a good day of rest paid off in her energy level. I've been meaning to ask. Is that lump we see on her front leg the tumor, or is that just a hematoma from all the needle sticks?
- January 9, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Nubbin' Tails said...
So glad you had such a great day!
Hope you have more!
Mr. Nubbin'
- January 9, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Tom, Tama-Chan, Sei-Chan, Bibi-Chan, Gen-Chan, Vidock said...
She looks so beautiful! Enjoy every moment!
- January 9, 2012 at 11:47 AM
- Lindsjö taxar said...
Nice to see K so well. The pictures of her are very nice.
- January 9, 2012 at 2:01 PM
- kks said...
beautiful images, beautiful words.....so happy.
- January 9, 2012 at 5:46 PM
- Chester said...
WooofHOOOOOOOOOO! This makes me HAPPY! You go, K!!
Chester ;0=)
- January 9, 2012 at 6:48 PM
- NCmountainwoman said...
Here's hoping you will have many more good days in your journey.
- January 9, 2012 at 7:30 PM
- FiveSibesMom said...
Beautiful pics. It was a great day indeed and may there be many, many more on that beautiful horizon for all!
- January 10, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- Snowcatcher said...
Christmas comes late for you! Great way to spread the joy of the season out over the worst part of winter! This truly is a wonderful gift, for you and for us who enjoy your romping and rolling!
- January 11, 2012 at 1:06 PM


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I am using QCAD for quite a while now for engineering work. Only 2D stuff needed as we are working on building services. I use v 18.104.22.168 on a Linux as well as a WinXP box.
In terms of easy drawing, QCAD is great and it is one of those packages where one can just start drawing. This is the main reason why I use it. It draws very quick and in general, I have very few problems with QCAD.
I have a couple of suggestions.
1. Memory management could be improved a lot. I now work on projects with very large DXF files and above about 10 MB, QCAD fails to open the files. Sammler files does open, but it takes a lot of time.
2. The drawing area can be increased a lot by having the option to use the Layer and Block boxes as drop-down boxes in the top toolbar. This is a must on small screens like laptops - we do use them on site!
3. Are there perhaps a 64-bit version in the pipeline?
Some problems I have:
1. The PDF export does not work good when the drawing gets a little big. with drawings smaller than 2 MB I generally don't have problems.
Then some serious wishes.
1. Is there ANY chance that QCAD can be made to use ACAD DWG formats - 2000, 2004 and 2007 are more than good enough. I am willing to pay 10 times more for QCAD if this can be done! I absolutely HATE ACAD for the pathetically clumsy UI, but unfortunately it is one of the most used programs and a problem that we often have.
2. The new packages also use Sheets. Is this difficult to add?
3. Support fro true-type fonts? I often get text outputs that are a lot different on QCAD than on other packages. The fonts are often much wider and this is a problem in title blocks.
I bought a package called BricsCAD. It is a pretty close ACAD clone which means the UI is just as bad. It reads all ACAD formats until 2007. Bought it for about Euro 250. If QCAD can do just do the ACAD formats and sheets I won't even blink to pay the same.
QCAD really don't need much more drawing functions now. The tools that are there are good enough and draws very quickly. If there are no more improvements in QCAD on drawing functions, I would happily live with that, but DWG and sheet support would probably make it the best 2D CAD on the market.
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- Oct 9:
- Kawakami: Sonny Gray the bold, correct call for A's
- Jed Lowrie confident A's can put Game 4 loss behind them
- Coco Crisp can't wait to play in front of A's home crowd in Game 5 vs. Tigers
- Oct 8:
- Purdy: Oakland A's try not to dwell on lost opportunity
- Oakland A's Sonny Gray may start Game 5 against Detroit Tigers
- Oakland A's Josh Reddick on disputed home run: 'I had no doubt that I was gonna be able to catch the ball'
- Oakland A's fall 8-6 to Detroit Tigers in Game 4
- A's manager Bob Melvin concerned about Jarrod Parker
- ALDS: Sonny Gray as Game 5 starter?
- Swingin' A's winning despite strikeouts
DETROIT — Three games into the American League Division Series, there is one glaring hole near the top of the A's lineup.
Shortstop Jed Lowrie, who was one of the two most consistent hitters for Oakland in 2013, is still hitless. Lowrie, who is third in the batting order for Tuesday's Game 4 in Comerica Park is batting third after going 0-for-12 with a walk.
Neither Lowrie nor manager Bob Melvin is exhibiting any overreaching consternation out Lowrie's sudden skid.
``It's only three games,'' Lowrie said. ``It's not something that I'm concerned about. I feel OK at the plate, and that's what matters.''
For what it's worth, Lowrie went four games without a hit just once in a 2013 season in which he averaged .290 with good extra-base pop — 45 doubles, two triples and 15 homers while driving in 75 runs. That was back on May 4-7, and since then he's had four stretches of three games without getting a hit.
So rather than thinking he's in a slump, Lowrie said he believes he's does to get some hits. It's a belief shared by Melvin.
``He's probably struggling a little bit,'' Melvin said. ``It's not like he's lunging or missing pitches by a foot. He just hasn't squared anything up like we're used to seeing, but my feeling is he will.''


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FALL RIVER — Anita J. (Ouellette) Couture, 96, of Dartmouth formerly of Fall River, died Monday, January 14, 2013, at Sarah S. Brayton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center where the staff was very caring and dedicated to her needs and making her comfortable. She was the widow of Rene A. Couture.
She was born in Fall River, a daughter of the late Albert and Rose (Dube) Ouellette and had lived in Fall River most of her life. She was a communicant of the former Notre Dame Church, Fall River and attended St. Mary's Church, South Dartmouth.
Mrs. Couture enjoyed reading, watching TV, and was devoted to her religion. She also enjoyed playing bingo as she spent the last year and a half at Sarah S. Brayton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Survivors include a daughter, Annette Gamache and her husband, Jerome of Dartmouth; a sister, Jeannette Hague of Fall River; a sister-in-law, Rose Couture; a nephew, Bruce Hague as well as several other nieces and nephews; a cousin, Jeanette M. Souza of Brooklyn, NY; dear friends, John Costa, Jr., Chuck Gregory, Dora and Richard Botelho.
Annette would also like to thank many others that have been supportive and helpful.
Funeral to which relatives and friends are invited will be held Saturday at 8:00 A.M. at SOUTH COAST FUNERAL HOME 1555 Pleasant Street, Fall River, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM at St. Mary's Church, 783 Dartmouth Street, South Dartmouth. Interment will be in Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River. Calling hours will be Friday from 5 — 8 PM.
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Atop an old World War II machine gun nest overlooking the Irish Sea at Killough in County Down, local Irishman Chris Donnelly noticed a considerable number of chiselled and worn bricks where American soldiers had attempted to inscribe their names while stationed at the Northern Island location several decades ago.
Moving in to take a closer look at the stone faces revealed that harsh coastal weather conditions and seventy-some-odd years of time lapse had managed to render every single marked brick illegible, save one... that which reads:
"Don Frederickson, Granite Falls, Minnesota."
"It makes a guy wonder when he was scratching his name in the brick," said Legion Commander Dorian Gatchell. "...whether he was doing it a little deeper to ensure it would be there for posterity."
Whether for posterity or pastime, Frederickson's motivation did the trick––and finding the one lone inscription inspired Donnelly to take to the world wide web to see what he could find out about the mystery name.
It didn't take long for the Irishman to discover that Frederickson had passed nearly four decades ago, but that his wife, Carolyn, appeared alive and well. Reaching out to the Granite Falls American Legion Post #69 through its Facebook page, Donnelly connected with Gatchell, shared his story, and inquired as to whether the Legion Commander would be interested in getting Frederickson's wife a photo of the brick.
Gatchell enthusiastically took up the cause noting, "I just really thought it was neat that after 70 years the brick comes back home."
Over at Henry Hill, the framed the picture rests upon a counter top in Carolyn Frederickson's apartment where it is awaiting a mounting bracket and blank span of wall.
"It was a surprise," Carolyn said of the gesture. "I certainly appreciate them sending the picture."
Whether or not the picture jogged any memories, Carolyn was honest and stated: not really. She noted that the two were wed in 1952 and over the course their 26 years together the war was not often a topic of discussion.
"He never did talk about it much," she said. "But my memory now is so terrible."
How much longer the brick will withstand the test of time is anyone's guess, but even when it finally weathers away posterity's promise will remain engraved in stone––even if just on an 8x10 glossy photograph.
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Deep Silver bring Suda 51's Killer is Dead to PC May 9th
The cel-shaded antics of Killer is Dead will be on desktops in a few months as Deep Silver announce a May 9th release for PC. A new Nightmare Mode difficulty will be included, along with a Theater Mode.
Killer is Dead stars executioner Mondo Zappa, who wields a Japanese sword and interchangeable weapons in his artificial arm, and who's charged with the duty of taking out criminals.
Killer is Dead bonus items for US release revealed [UPDATE]
Distributor XSEED Games has announced that the US launch edition of Killer is Dead for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will come with several goodies.
Killer is Dead landing on the 30th August in Europe
Suda's upcoming cel-shaded action game, Killer is Dead, will be getting a 30th August release date in Europe for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Killer is Dead arriving in August in Europe
In the latest trailer for Killer Is Dead, Grasshopper's manic action title will be arriving this August in Europe for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Killer is Dead hitting North American markets this Summer
XSEED has announced in a press release this morning that Grasshopper's hyperkinetic action title, Killer is Dead, will be one of a group of games being released in North America this Summer for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.


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Instagram Pulls A Fast One On Plus-Size Girl's Photo
Teen Samm Newman's "body love" photo was deemed "inappropriate" by the photo service
Say what?
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Considering the numbers of barely clad girls and guys on the 'Gram, it seemed a rather glaring move on Instagram's part to ban Newman's photo. When Newman confronted them about their shady photo removal policy, the company acknowledged that they'd erroneously taken down her photo and reinstated her account.
"When our team processes reports from other members of the Instagram community, we occasionally make a mistake," wrote Instagram in an apology. "In this case, we wrongly removed content and worked to rectify the error as soon as we were notified. We apologize for any inconvenience." That doesn't necessarily solve the problem that women are being deemed "inappropriate" on Instagram because they're plus-size. [Refinery 29]
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Blue's Clues provides a theme for letting Mom know she's special.
Look for clues with Blue, weekdays on Nick Jr.
Cut the center out of a 6-inch paper plate. Tape a photograph (or drawing) to the back of the plate cut-out. Glue another 6-inch paper plate to the back of the first paper plate, with the picture in between.
Print and cut out the decorative borders and stickers. Glue the two pieces of the decorative border along the front rim of the paper plate. Glue the character stickers to the frame.
Punch a hole at the top of the finished frame. Cut a piece of ribbon for hanging the frame. Thread it through the hole, and knot the ends. Hang it up!
Your little one will be ready to go, after potty training play with Blue and Joe
Hot dog! It's Blue at the door for Halloween
Add a touch of Blue to your home decor
These are a few of MY favorite things!
Let the sun shine on Blue and you!
Pop up with sweet Mother's Day wishes from Blue and Joe!
Blue will be your child's constant companion all through the night
Learn to tell time with Tickety Tock
This sock was made for talkin'
Peek-a-Boo! It's Blue!
Paint your little pups Blue this Halloween
Save pennies (and that tissue box!) with Blue
Smiles from ear-to-ear
Show it off!
Start school with Blue!
Dress up as Magenta
The classic party game has a new, blue twist.
Explore a new way to snack with Dora!
Every explorer will love these festive cupcake decorations!
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Send guests home with favors that are sew silly!
Get the cupcakes in on the fun with these whimsical cupcake wrappers and toppers!
These goody bags are sew simple and sew sweet!
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Celebrate summertime by crafting this 3D door sign
Kids are going to have sew much fun embroidering eggs!
Add some Easter cheer to your home with these egg wreaths!
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Tick, tock, Dora and Boots are inside this clock!
Invite your child's favorite Nick Jr. friends to the kids table with this printable craft
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Kids will FALL in love with this seasonal decoration
Greet visitors with a colorful display featuring your child's Nick Jr. friends
Kids can help get ready for the feast by adding color to this printable centerpiece!
This birthday banner makes it simple to deck the walls with the PAW Patrol!
Print, fold, and fill with finger-licking treats!
Create personalized "doggy bags" for PAWesome party guests!
It's a party with your favorite pups!
Top off your PAW Patrol themed party with these print & cut decorations
This goody bag is dressed up for Dad's special day!
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Dress up cones with cute Nick Jr. characters!
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2030 Vision
Duke Energy is taking several measures to do our part in creating a sustainable energy future while working to reduce our carbon footprint. Efforts include our aspiration to cut our carbon emissions in half by 2030, building more efficient power plants, developing robust energy efficiency programs and supporting state and federal energy policies that encourage market-based controls of greenhouse gas emissions and the development of new, cleaner technologies. Together, these initiatives will allow Duke Energy to continue to meet our customers energy needs in an environmentally sound manner.
As a part of our effort to reduce emissions we are:
- Implementing efficient coal plant technologies at our Cliffside generation station.
- Retiring 1,000 megawatts of old, inefficient coal-fired generation in the Carolinas by 2018.
- Conducting a carbon sequestration study at the Edwardsport plant as a result of a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Introducing Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology at the Edwardsport facility to reduce emissions by up to 45 percent per megawatt hour.
- Expanding the roles of energy efficiency, renewables and natural gas in our supply portfolio.
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Starting this harvest I'm a starving startling artist/
Lyrical arsonist it's arduous spitting this smartest arsenic/
Everyone needs a Dave DVD. I still go back to it to pick up on stuff...
Living in Rural Iowa this disk set was my first real introduction to freehand knife sharpening. Without them I'd still be on an Edge Pro (not that there's anything wrong with that)


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Sunday, August 16, 2009
The Gift Of Life
4 comments:
- June said...
Hope you had a great time at the reunion Mags & that today you have a chance to put your feet up and read a good book! Karen & Logan look fabulous. What an incredible gift.
- August 17, 2009 at 10:01 AM
- Mags said...
Thanks June. That's exactly what I did this afternoon. I finished my Koontz novel so now I can start reading Julie & Julia.
- August 17, 2009 at 2:40 PM
- Mill said...
WOW!! is all I can say! You are awsome Mags. I cried when I read your story from last June. So glad those days are over and much brighter days are ahead. I didnt even know you had this site then. I had a fantastic time this week-end with you guys. It was great:>
Love you all tons! Thanks a million for getting awareness out there! You ROCK!!!
Love ya Mags
- August 17, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Mags said...
Awww thanks Mill. We love you guys too and we're so happy to see Logan doing so well. What a wonderful family, eh?
- August 17, 2009 at 6:01 PM


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its a jungle over thurjohnemus wrote:LOST red teebird on hole 3. It's in the woods on the left. Will pay MONEY for its return, as it is an ace disc of mine. Name and number should be on the back.
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For the last three decades, JJ's Blues, an iconic San Jose dive bar, has illustrated heresy: You can create something important in Silicon Valley without making money.
Now it's about to change in a way that will keep the name -- and the storefront -- but offer a diminished portion of what made the place distinctive, the soulful rhythm of the blues.
After 10 years of running the long, narrow bar at 3439 Stevens Creek Boulevard, owners Johnnie and Gloria Perkins are selling to Latinights LLC, which is expected to offer a much bigger share of rock, reggae, Latino and DJ music.
"We've been at this for 10 years," a youthful Johnnie Perkins told me Friday. "We don't have time to manage everything on a day-to-day basis. I think it's better now to pass the baton on."
It is a celebrated baton. JJ's has reached its iconic status by nurturing the careers of blues artists such as Chris Cain, Lara Price, J.C. Smith and John Garcia. Maria Muldaur, known for her hit "Midnight at the Oasis" even sang at JJ's.
But changes are ahead: In the words of one my correspondents, it's a little like Henry's Hi-Life, the vintage steak restaurant in downtown San Jose, being sold and reopening as a pho noodle shop.
Sept. 1 changeover
A principal with Latinights, Gabriel A. Meza, told me that he was "ecstatic" when he heard that JJ's was for sale. The escrow on the deal is scheduled to close on Sept. 1.
"We'll continue with the blues but we're going to spread it around and give people different flavors," Meza said. "We'll do as many creative things as we can to bring people in."
Meza pointed to a model in Santa Cruz: Moe's Alley, which has a lineup over the next weeks of reggae, New Orleans funk, hip-hop and rock.
There will be one other difference, Perkins says: On slow Monday and Tuesday nights, when JJ's generally has jam sessions open to the audience, the new owners are expected to use DJ music.
All this is likely to make JJ's more profitable: Typically, blues bars do not make money on the music. Instead, they sell drinks or food. JJ's has only drinks. It has faced competition from the downtown-based Poor House Bistro, which sells food.
Nurturing talent
Founded in 1983 by June Stanley and her brother, Max, JJ's became a magnet for musicians and blues-lovers in the Bay Area.
The layout of the place engraved itself on blues fans -- a narrow 18-foot wide room that stretched far back from the street. A 12-by-12 stage at the front could seat a dozen musicians if they got along, maybe four if they didn't.
During the boom of the 1990s, JJ's also had locations in downtown San Jose and Mountain View. Cementing its place in the city's cultural landscape, the bar sponsored a downtown blues festival.
More importantly, it became a place where blues artists could develop their craft and put bands together: Lara Price, for instance, credited JJ's for a musical education.
Changing hands
Stanley sold the bar in 2004 to one of her customers, Perkins, who was then finishing up a master's degree and now has an engineering job in the solar industry.
A talented piano player, Perkins thought he'd hold onto JJ's for a few years -- he called it his "blues-collar" job -- and move on.
When the economic downturn hit, he was forced, in his words, "to eke it out." He says he never took a dime out of the place.
And yet he -- and anyone who went there -- took something bigger home, a memory of a place that nourished dreams. The photos of the artists on the walls underscore that.
The new JJ's might create its own memories. You can wish the new owners well. But it will be a more commercial place, less "high-touch," as Perkins put it. And that ought to cause a moment of the blues for all of us. "We're the last of the dinosaurs," Perkins told me.
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"It shocked me. I was surprised," said Binisa Mokhtar said while he prepared to drive away from the Islamic center. "All I can do now is pray for him."
Gojali prayed at Masjid al-Sabireen Cham American Muslim Community, a Garey Avenue Islamic center a couple blocks south from the Los Angeles Superior Court house in downtown Pomona. president Krya Jacques said Gojali prayed at the center for about 10 years, but Gojali did not outwardly show interest in violent jihad.
"I'm surprised. I hope it's not a set-up for him," Jacques said. "I want justice for him. I'm not his side. I'm not on anybody's side."
The FBI has arrested Gojali, 21, of Riverside, and three others on suspicion of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. The FBI has also accused Sohiel Omar Kabir, 34, an Afghanistan native and former resident of Pomona; Ralph Deleon, 23, of Ontario and a native of the Philippines and
Miguel Alejandro Santana Vidriales 21, of Upland of planning to attack American military personnel and bases overseas.
Gojali previously lived in a south Pomona neighborhood, but neighbors said he and his family left several months ago. Residents said Gojali and others in the home rarely interacted with his neighbors.
"I hardly saw them," Andrew Salazar, 19, said.
At Masjid al-Sabireen, Jacques' remarks seemed to indicate that he had few personal interactions with Gojali.
"People come to pray," Jacques said. "Other than that, if they come quietly, they go. That's it." Masjid al-Sabireen member Gamal Adia said the Pomona Islamic center often provides food and other assistance to area homeless without regard to religion. He also said hundreds of millions of the world's Muslims reject terrorism.
"It's not from our religion," Adia said.
Adia said Gojali presented himself as a helpful member of the Islamic center who was quick to offer favors to others.
Gojali was also a smoker who favored Marlboro cigarettes, said Adia who seemed puzzled by the other man's tobacco use.
Adia did not say whether he expects Gojali to be exonerated or proven guilty, but that anyone who is guilty of terrorism deserves to be punished.
"I respect the law," Adia said.


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Cheer on the 20-time Premier League champions!
A powerful forward able to break through defenses and find the back of the net, Wayne Rooney is one of the top players in the game. Rooney was already a rising star with Everton when he joined Manchester United at age 18 in 2004 and in the seasons since he has developed in a mature player able to change games with his skill.
Rooney's name and number is screened in gold across back to honor Manchester United's 20th Premier League championship.
Manchester United's new home jersey has a bold, unique sublimated check pattern that ensures the Manchester United greats and their fans will stand out both on the field and off. This pattern is inspired by the city of Manchester's industrious past and the jersey has "Forged in Industry, Striving for Glory" screened inside the collar. The gingham pattern (fancy way of saying checkered) honors the fabric produced by Manchester's historic cotton mills.
There is the Manchester United badge over the heart, Nike logo on the right chest, and a screened sponsor design on the front. There is a small Manchester United design screened on the back collar.
This official Dri-FIT jersey has the Manchester United team and Nike logo embroidered on the front along with a screened sponsor design.
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THIBODAUX, La. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team tripled its offensive output from the first two games of the Southland Conference series against Nicholls for a 6-1 win as Daniel Minor dominated the Colonel batters.
The win improves the Islanders record to 12-16 overall, and they are now 5-7 in league games. The Colonels move to 16-12 on the year, 6-6 in conference play. The win snapped a four-game losing streak.
Minor came up big again for the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi pitching staff, tossing a complete game while giving up just one run on three hits to improve his record to 5-1 on the year. In his second complete game of the year, Minor struck out 10 batters and walked none. It was his third game this season with 10-or-more strikeouts, getting a career-high 14 against UTSA, and also fanning 10 against Southeastern Louisiana two weeks ago.
Offensively, the Islanders responded with six in the game after plating just two in the previous two games combined. Jonathan Gonzales got things started with his fifth home run of the season, while Eric Weiss and Dan Sciantarelli also added RBI in the game.
After a scoreless game into the fourth, Gonzales took a 2-0 pitch over the left field fence for his fifth homer of the year and a 1-0 Islanders lead.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi added three more runs in the fifth on two hits and an error to make it a 4-0 game. Brad Porras walked to lead off the inning, while Stafford Brantley singled through the right side on a hit-and-run to put runners on first and third. Santiago Ruiz grounded out to third to move Brantley to second, but Porras had to stay on third with the play right next to him.
Sciantarelli drove in Porras with a sacrifice fly to score the first run of the inning, while Brantley advanced to third on the play. Drew Vest followed by reaching on an error that also scored Brantley to extend the inning. After Vest stole second base, Weiss singled through the left side to plate the runner for a 4-0 score.
Two more runs in the sixth would finish the scoring for the Islanders. Jeramie Marek led off with a single, and then came around to score when Jordan Lee singled to right field and advanced to second on an error by the right fielder. Porras followed with a single to move Lee to third.
After a pitching change by the Colonels, Brantley walked to load the bases. Santiago Ruiz hit into a double play, but Lee was able to score to make it a 6-0 game.
Nicholls scored a single run in the bottom of the sixth, but it was all they would get off of Minor as he got the final 10 batters in order, including four K's, to finish the game.
Next up for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will be a weekend series against the Texas State Bobcats. The two teams will play a 6 p.m. game on Thursday, 6 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday due to the Easter holiday.
For all the latest on Islanders Baseball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Baseball), follow them on Twitter (@CorpusBaseball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


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Three UWA Tigers headed to U.S. Open Cup
Published: Friday, April 12, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. | Three members of the University of West Alabama men's soccer team are headed for the most prestigious American soccer tournament, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, as members of the Chattanooga Football Club.
Thibault Charmey, Evan Beutler and Clay Green will play this summer with Chattanooga Football Club, a National Premier Soccer League team.
Chattanooga earned a spot in the Open Cup for a second time by securing the 2012 Southeast Championship and the 2012 NPSL finalist spot.
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The 280-pound black bear that captivated a nation with its tranquilized tumble off a tree near the CU Boulder dorms in Williams Village last week has sadly been recalled to Bear Heaven after being struck by two cars early yesterday morning.
Authorities identified the bear using a tag that was attached to its ear after the incident on April 26th. It had been relocated to an area of wilderness some 50 miles west of the city, but had wandered back to U.S. 36, where it was struck by two cars and perished.
"It's a bummer," Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Jennifer Churchill told the Boulder Daily Camera. "It's so hard to go through this and not be able to give these bears a good place to live."
One of the drivers involved in the accident sustained minor injuries; the second driver was not hurt, but his car was totaled.


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Sep 27, 2011
Over the next month, GoIslanders.com will introduce you to the newest members of the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball team. Today, meet freshman James King, who hails from Schertz, Texas.
King was one of the leaders on his Steele High School team, playing for three years for Brian Mitchell. The guard is also a standout off the court, as he is pursuing his degree in mechanical engineering.
Learn more about James, including how he got the nickname "layups," through his video interview below.