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I am hoping for some suggestions here regarding diagnosis & treatment. I am currently running 25 to 35 miles/week, have completed one 1/2 marathon event & have several more planned. My medium term goal is to complete a full marathon in 1 year (before i turn 50), however I am experiencing discomfort in my right leg behind the knee and slightly down the calf and up the back of the leg. It seems to be mainly between the two big tendons behind the knee. Currently Icing it & using tiger balm. Thanks!
Congrats on your half, but it begs the question: If a Marathon is your medium-term goal, what are you aiming for as a long-term goal? Your training for that time will no-doubt be very different than what you are doing to prepare for comparatively "short" 13-mile races. That's why it is important to fix things now, because whatever is breaking you down now, might throw a wrench into those long-term plans.
I'm going to guess that you've either done years of short stuff and are getting bored, or are relatively new to distance running, and want to hit certain milestones before slow death begins at 50 (lol). If it is the former, prepare to change the way you have been training soon. If it is the latter, there is no hurry. Breaking at this level is not something you want to drag with you into old age, or into the big leagues of long-distance running. You can perform well into your 50s and beyond.
An important question to ask here, is how much time did you allow yourself to ramp up to 35 miles per week? While I have marathoned on closer to 20 miles per week average, I'm guessing you plan to increase this number even more. Some runners do well with higher mileage training, while I prefer to stay on the side of lower wear and tear. To each his/her own. Quality miles trump quantity any day, in my opinion.
I'm going to take another guess (hope I'm wrong) that you might be stretching your calves with a straight-leg stretch, either leaning into a wall or railing, or using the dreaded rope/towel stretch on the ground. Techniques may differ, but a straight-leg stretch can damage the calf muscle Gastrocnemius, delivering the same assortment of pain symptoms you describe. This can also come from too much hill climbing, speed work, cross-training, or playing hoops (a distance runner uses the Gastroc muscle mainly to propel the heel upward at the end of a stride, which is not exactly the most efficient way to pile on the miles. Training does not need to focus here if distance is more important than raw speed).
(note the confusing pain pattern on the left of the diagram, which usually manifests in the arch of the foot, but also radiates into the rear thigh and calf from below the rear of the knee)
Don't get me wrong - a stretch can be a good thing, but is sooo easy to overdo it and make it a bad thing, that my general advice is to avoid stretching altogether, at least what we typically think of as stretching. Those who stretch usually do so to loosen up tight muscles. The muscles get tight from overwork, the "splinting" is defensive, the stretch is often against this tension, which can further traumatize the tissue that tightened to prevent lengthening.
If your muscles were merely compressed coil springs, it would make sense to try to return them to their normal length, but the physiology of a muscle stretch is far more complex than that. First of all there is no spring, but active contraction instead, of tissue that is already compromised. If it were dead, after rigor-mortis it would be quite relaxed and pliable, so the problem isn't mechanical length, it is active contraction, and needs to be relaxed when tight to improve function and circulation/healing. It's true that many athletes find a gentle, natural stretch to be quite relaxing, but it takes considerable perception and self-control to navigate the line between gentle/natural and injurious/counterproductive. If you are not stretching, this is why you made the safer choice. There are better ways to relax muscle without tearing it, but it takes more knowledge and practice.
The above diagram shows some portions of muscle to focus on, until the source of radiating pain is found. It may be more than that little area denoted as "TrP1," even may involve muscles in the back of the knee joint itself, or in the hamstrings. I would not cite the exclusion of arch pain, however, to rule this one out. It's worth a try. You may find considerable "knots" there, as some have, or tight fibers and heightened sensitivity, as is more often the case.
Regardless, the resulting stimulus of radiating pain is well documented, and should not be ignored. Ice helps some times, but often serves to tighten further, though numbing at first. There has been a counter-intuitive technique of stretching after ice to delay eccentric contraction during a therapeutic stretch, but this is carefully timed, and is best left to professionals. I'd lay off the ice for the above reasons, and because it is really meant to control swelling and overheating. The Tiger Balm and other local analgesics (or aromatics) can be of some benefit, while systemic pain meds like NSAIDs can hurt when used to address common muscle pains. Meanwhile, your best bet is to mine the area for tight nodes of tissue or "trigger points." When these are present, it is very hard to get the muscle(s) in the area to act properly.
So how do you relax tight muscles that may be radiating pain? I usually use my own fingers to press into tight spots as I find them, holding for a few seconds and releasing, repeating for a reasonable amount of time or until the tightness releases, whichever comes first. I do this in the shower with soap. There is no guarantee of a quick fix, but it is often that simple. It just takes practice, and a knowledge of your body's limitations, and how it will react.
Sometimes, a roller or tennis ball under the thigh can find a problem in the hamstrings. The most powerful one of these, Biceps Femoris, can develop tightness in the area where it crosses the femur bone. The effect can be pain radiating into the back of the knee and down to the calf. Here's how to locate:
Once you begin training for longer distances, and I hope you begin soon, you will appreciate the value of taking well-conditioned muscles and training them to endure. This means you get the strength and speed-building stuff out of the way first, which you may already have done by your symptoms, and concentrate on building a solid base of sustainable distance running, which is done at speeds well below your capacity. Yes, even world-champion Kenyans run 10-minute miles for distance training. With the bulk of your mileage at this easy level, it is easier to claim higher numbers without the wear and tear. Once again, the strength and speed work are your raw material, which you then slowly sculpt into distance legs with the easy stuff. Anyway, that's my method, and I'm sticking to it. Your results may vary, but I'll bet the pain syndromes will go away.
thanks for all the info. I know it is my own fault for training too hard, but I am just very enthusiastic these days because having successfully dealt with IT band issues that kept me from ever running more than 10miles.week I feel like I have been released from a cage! I also always want to see what I can do. On short runs of 4 to 6 miles I have been pacing around 8.5 and on longer runs it has been about 9.5, but on longer runs I have been varying the pace too and also running sideways and backwards a little to keep good balance and strong stabilizers. I think I can reduce the speed, but I am 6'3 so to keep my stride it may be challenging.
Yes, it seems you were pushing too hard. I think tempo runs are a good thing, but only in moderation. They are too much like races. I consider training to be a stimulus for growth and adaptation, while racing - or anything close to it - destroys what you have built. Make every run a race, and you'll eventually develop a list of injuries and chronic pain syndromes. In extreme cases, it damages heart muscle and predisposes you to heart disease. On the other hand, it is very easy to divide your training into sustainable, carefully targeted stimulus that does not strain every aspect of fitness at once.
Since this is a public forum, please bear with me while I review some important concepts for the benefit of anybody else reading this. I'm sure you are already familiar with a lot of it, but here goes:
A lot of comparisons are made between the human body and machinery. In most cases, the analogy is misleading, because machinery wears progressively with use, is not self-healing, and rarely adapts outside of it's original design. On the other hand, the body rebuilds, strengthens, and makes fundamental changes to its physiology based on the stresses placed on it. One area for which the man-machine metaphor is appropriate, is red-lining. Nobody expects a machine to last longer when run up to, or beyond, sustainable capacity every time. In this case, it's the same with the human body.
For the marathon, I start a training season with strength and speed-building sessions as I gradually increase mileage. An occasional race or tempo run is used only to measure progress. As the mileage begins to build to runs over 90 minutes or so, the speed/strength stuff gets left behind, like a booster rocket drops to earth after getting me where I am. This kind of training becomes a drag on the light-duty running that eventually becomes my high mileage runs. That liability and risk is exchanged for the safer, sustainable running that marathons are made of.
Take a look at professional marathoners, and you will find athletes capable of running near 4-minute miles. In a marathon, though, they are holding a conservative (for them) 4:40 to 5-minute pace. Seems impossible for most of us, yet this they can hold for 26.2 miles. If they trained at anything near that pace, however, they would break during the actual events they are training for. A wise athlete trains hard just frequently enough to provoke changes, and fills the gaps with recovery, trusting the body to rebuild. A lot of popular athletes can't bring home the bacon in important events because of over-training. It holds doubly true for mere mortals like ourselves, that you always want to have a race left in you, and not leave it out there on the training course.
That being said, any physiological improvements are going to be in response to a demand or stimulus of some kind. Your immune system performs the function of tearing down and rebuilding according to demand. When there is no demand, things get taken away. Astronauts can tell you that being weightless for extended periods of time leads to muscle atrophy, so too little stress leads to loss of fitness. A serious runner, for example, might lose some upper body mass in exchange for stronger legs. Resources are prioritized and redistributed.
I like to think of the body as a multi-tasking organism, capable of improving in many respects at the same time, but not at the maximum rate all at once. In this respect, the body again resembles a machine. There are logical limits to how much work the computer you are now using can do all at once, and there are physiological limits to how many aspects of your fitness you can expect to rebuild all at once. Every improvement takes energy, and your immune system can no more tear down and rebuild every part of you at once, than highway crews can rebuild all the highways at maximum speed at the same time. Nobody has a limitless immune system, or limitless resources.
So, I start with strength and speed when the fitness comes in handy, and mileage does not present a counteractive stimulus to shed weight. I then take fit, race-ready muscles and hone them down to essential fibers by piling on the miles in sessions of easy mini-marathons of increasing length, every 2-3 weeks or so, ending somewhere around 50k before I attempt a marathon. Lower mileage maintenance runs fill the gaps, with speed drills or tempo of decreasing frequency as the maximum mileage builds.
My total average mileage stays low by comparison with most programs I've seen. The time commitment and load on my physiology is correspondingly low. I improve what I want to improve, when I want to improve it, and don't spread my immune system too thin. When it comes time for an actual event, I've already done faster, I've already done farther, and I just put together a compromise I have only occasionally tested. I know it will work because I have over-prepared without over-training as a whole. That confidence is key, based on enough patience with the training to allow it to work. Since it takes weeks to meaningfully adapt to a training stimulus, we all look forward to the 2-3 weeks of taper at the end of our program, where we gently maintain fitness until the goods are delivered, right on schedule.
In your case, the hammies and calves are complaining that enough is enough, so you can coddle them while working on the smooth endurance stuff. Since you are giving yourself a year or so for that goal marathon, and it appears to be your first, you can't start preparing too early. I'd start now if I were you. You probably need to tweak a few things that might be picking on that one sore leg. It may be the left/right gradient of your course, running loops harder on the outside leg, an actual physical difference in bone length/structure between the right and left sides to account for, or other biomechanical issues (anteversion, excess pronation, etc.) that are unique to you. It can take months to correct these problems and see the results, so you want that to happen very early in your program, rather than later when the grinding mileage picks on every flaw.
When you have recovered fully, and the injury no longer dogs you, it's time to plan your long-term strategy. A lot of marathon-specific programs last 3-4 months, but I would double that time period for your first marathon. You need to spend more time getting comfortable with each aspect of the program, to give yourself time to work out the kinks, and to deal with stuff like the ITB you faced before. Your body beat that, but you couldn't have prepared for such an important race at the same time without lowering your expectations considerably. Build in the fudge-factor in advance. You're going to spend a lot of time running anyway.
I would not do too many Halves leading up to a Full. 5ks and 10ks are sufficient tests of your race-worthiness, and the recovery time is much shorter if anything goes wrong. Professional runners space out their contests, and do not pad their schedules with excessive pace-testing, because it all has to be paid for by recovery. How much is enough, and how much is too much? The answer is probably a lot less than you think. Your inspiration should be the pain of ITB, and how hard it is to back out of overtraining once you've gone there. Better too little than too much, so you are less likely to break at crunch time.
Wow, well said. I cannot tell you how many times I've tried to explain to a new(ish) runner why he or she should not to try and build Rome in a day; I'm thinking I'm going to be posting links to your post on a somewhat regular basis.
Once again, well said!
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Thanks.. and a good day to veterans of all stripes!
Yes thanks James. I do appreciate the thoughtful reply. I see what you are saying. I did go out today only for 2.8 miles trying to keep a 10+ pace. There was quite a stinging at last 1/2mile or so and I could tell there is inflammation hitting a nerve somewhere. I also have a half (Seattle) planned on 12-1 but it is only to finish at this point. The remainder of the winter is to just run to keep away SAD. I think I forgot the idea of keeping what I have gained until later although I know this from previous weight & MA training. I guess I was thinking it did not apply so much to the slow twitch, but perhaps it does. Oh well. Guess Ill mix it up with some swims & a lot of pushups.
(Apologies if you read early.. I had to rewrite portions, and add material to clarify the earlier posted version, after coffee lol)
Thanks for bringing up the "twitch" subject. I believe there is a considerable degree of inequality in how fast/slow twitch fibers are utilized among the population, and the prevalent view is that slow-twitch is king when it comes to marathoning. Nevertheless, I've read a counterintuitive (but convincing) argument that marathons are finished on fast-twitch fibers, because the slow-twitch have long since burned out toward the end of the race. I think this is one reason why some people hit the wall faster than others, and are perplexed as to why.
The reality is less simple than what I have described so far, depending on the speed at which a marathon is run. First of all, you probably can't run a sub-3:00 marathon on slow-twitch fibers without really long legs. It's nearly impossible, because the speed of slow-twitch contraction can only deliver an average top speed of 8.5mph, which is roughly a 7-minute mile. It would seem that this speed would not rely heavily on fast-twitch, which maxes out just below 26mph for a world-class sprinter, and nearly half that speed for a world-class marathoner... Or does it?
Exercise physiologists tell us that during a run, only a portion of the total fibers in our leg muscles are contracting at any given time. Further, these skeletal muscle fibers take turns alternating between contraction and rest to distribute the load. I would further posit that different fibers are contracting at different phases of the gait cycle, so there is room for both fast and slow-twitch fibers to be working on the same stride at a different portion of the gait cycle.
In my view, it is the timing and distribution of load between these fibers that makes the difference between just finishing, qualifying for Boston, and qualifying for the Olympics. While training makes a big difference when conditioning these fibers for maximum output, the ability of one's body to convert fuel to energy and eliminate or recycle waste product is even more important. This ability can be enhanced by training, but is probably more dependent on individual genetics. Explosive legs need an equally strong heart to supply fuel and move byproduct.
While the heart of a champion can to a certain extent be built by training (as well as harmed by it), it is absolutely required in order to develop the legs of a champion. Speed helps this by taking the heart to theoretical max in short, repeatable drills that are safer than sustained sub-max training. It does this by stimulating growth and adaptation without wearing down to maladaptation and potential failure the way excess racing does. I define racing as far less than maximum effort, which is only possible for a few hundred feet of sprinting, but as sustained effort at closer to (70-80% of) theoretical HR max.
With this in mind, barring any injuries, I never completely stop speed drills until taper, but de-emphasize them by taking it down to maintenance level. I am a believer in speed stimulus throughout training until it conflicts with high-mileage runs, or there is an injury (as in your case). Whichever way you go, I don't think there will be any mass conversion going on that you would need to worry about, so caution in times of injury has to take priority. As you pointed out, there are other ways to maintain cardio fitness.
It interests me that you describe your leg pain as the "burning" type, because inflammation is not the best explanation for the nerve compression you suspect. Swollen, or knotted, overworked muscles, through and between which nerves pass on their way to uninvolved areas, can easily pressure nerves into producing a variety of symptoms, from numbness to burning, which often increase during workouts, and sometimes fail to remit during rest.
In addition, the average lifestyle, spent largely in chairs, whether driving, eating, reading, etc., adds additional unrelenting pressure to sandwich those nerves between lumpy hyperactive muscles. Standing more during the day may be no treat, but not much of a trick either, to take the pressure off so things can heal better. Two things go against you when you sit: the pressure, and keeping the rear calf and hamstring muscles in a shortened, flexed position. In this case, being seated is not restful. Swimming is a good idea, and pushups are better than situps, which can tighten hip flexors to the point they may increase the work load on the hamstrings, which are hip extensors.
As with many subjects discussed in this forum, there is way more to know than can be exhaustively treated here. I do my best to faithfully recount and present what I know, but I can't make this stuff up. I only have time to collect and partially test the information. It's all out there for you to learn if you have the time. Just remember that for every problem you encounter, there is a perfectly acceptable and straightforward explanation that is absolutely wrong. It is an endless quest to know everything there is to know, because the knowledge base continues to change as well as expand, as each new wrinkle unfolds to reveal yet another piece of the puzzle.
One important revelation that seems to be emerging, is that when it comes to training, less is more. I like to frame what I learn within a historical perspective. My ancestors probably ran a lot of short sprints and took occasional long easy journeys. Racing was probably a special event, not frequently arduous, and just for fun. I recently met a runner friend of mine while out shopping. Some time ago, one of his coaches had him running 60-mile weeks. I once saw him complete a 65-mile run. Significantly older than myself, he could best me in a sprint, and I was in awe of his versatility. For years, he was a fixture at the annual Chicago Marathon, even finishing that awful year when the temp was high, the stops ran out of water, and runners were pulled off course to protect them. But this day, I reached down and shook his hand, thanking him for inspiring me, as he sat in his wheel chair barely able to speak. I believe he had the heart of a champion, but as Ryan Shay reminded us some years back, even a champion's heart can be pushed too far.
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Roger to play his third final this year
Roger defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-2 6-3 to reach the final of the Dubai Open. Roger will now either meet second-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal or unseeded German Rainer Schüttler in Saturday's final.
Although the score suggests it was a straightforward match for the Swiss top seed, a strangely inconsistent performance from Roger in the first set meant he fell behind in his first four service games. He had to fight off four break points in the opening game and although he broke to lead 2-0 when Youzhny netted a weak backhand, Roger faced another three break points in the next game. He also fell behind 0-30 in his remaining two service games of the set but often followed up by playing sublime tennis to pull himself out of trouble.
After holding off an eighth break point when leading 4-2, Roger broke again for the set when Youzhny made a forehand error. The second set was more comfortable for Roger as he raised his game and often ended rallies by changing the pace and forcing errors from his opponent. The outcome of the set still hinged on just one break of serve. That came in the seven-deuce second game after Youzhny failed to win any of five game points and then double-faulted on break point.
"Overall, I played well in the match," Roger commented. "I'm very happy, I just tried to win it."
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A Sharpsburg, Pa.-based mechanical services and HVAC company has spoken out about its connection to the November data breach that compromised millions of Target shoppers.
Fazio Mechanical Services has confirmed in an online statement that the company is involved in an ongoing federal investigation surrounding the breach. The company's connection to the breach was revealed when sources told Brian Krebs of technology security blog Krebson Security that hackers used network credentials stolen from Fazio to break into Target's network.
A Target spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
The statement by Fazio President and CEO Ross E. Fazio said the company's data connection was "exclusively for electronic billing, contract submission and project management" and it is not responsible for remote monitoring of cooling, heating or refrigeration for Target. It said the breach hasn't affected any of Fazio's other clients and that the company's IT and security measures are in line with industry best practices.
"Like Target, we are a victim of a sophisticated cyberattack operation. We are fully cooperating with the Secret Service and Target to identify the possible cause of the breach and to help create proactive initiatives that will further enhance the security of client/vendor connections making them less vulnerable to future breaches," reads the statement.


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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - Sierra College, Tahoe-Truckee offers a variety of health and fitness classes during the upcoming semester (Jan. 28 to May 25, 2013).
One of the most popular career and technical education offerings is EMT training taught by Victor Hernandez, who boasts an unheard of 96 percent pass rate on the state EMT certification exam. The six and a half unit EMT class covers the content and hand-on skills necessary to provide emergency care. Expect to learn about laws, scene safety, patient assessments, intervention, proper use of emergency medical equipment, information about pathogens and communicable diseases and recognizing signs and symptoms. Clinical experience includes an assigned field ride-along or clinical hospital observation. This course meets the EMT-1 curriculum requirements of the California Code of Regulations Title 22, the California EMS Authority and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.
There are prerequisites: Students must be 18 years old, a high school graduate, have CPR certification, provide proof a variety of immunizations and criminal background check. EMT I meets from 5:15 to 9:35 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The course is limited to 40 students.
Hernandez will also offer the EMT continuing education course the weekend of Feb. 22-24.
The Tahoe Truckee campus offers a one and half unit yoga class that will meet from 1 to 3:50 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday.
Jill Whisler will be teaching health education, a survey of major issues including emotional health, drug abuse, nutrition, personal fitness, family planning (courtship, marriage, fertility management), chronic and infectious diseases, overpopulation, and pollution. The class meets from 2:30 to 5:40 p.m. and is recognized by CSUs and UCs.
Barbara Robertson, a human development instructor, will teach Health, Safety, and Nutrition from 6:15 to 9:20 p.m. on Thursdays next semester. The class includes an introduction to laws and early childhood curriculum related to health, safety, and nutrition. The course is recognized by CSU.
The cost is $46 per unit and current TTUSD high school students can enroll in classes for $1 per unit. To register for spring classes, visit sierracollege.edu. For more information call 530-550-2225 or visit the Tahoe-Truckee campus located 11001 College Trail in Truckee.


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Three steps to make digital comics more successful! An introduction to digital! How many Villains Month issues did DC actually print? A century later, "Krazy Kat" is still radical! Plus more!
ComiXology passes 200 million-download milestone! Pantheon acquires rights to Michael Cho's first graphic novel! Interviews with Mark Waid, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Jamal Igle and more!
Speculation stirs that comiXology could go public! Alan Moore talks "Fashion Beast"! Interviews with Shannon O'Leary, Charles Brownstein and more! Algeria's homegrown manga! Plus more!
A group of college students get letters from their future selves - and the news isn't good - in the new digital comic "The Bunker" from Joshua Hale Fialkov and Joe Infurnari.
CBR News spoke with comiXology CEO David Steinberger at CCI 2013 to discuss recent developments with the digital platform and digital comics market - and why the company isn't jumping on the DRM-free bandwagon.
One retailer and four digital guys get down to brass tacks about what digital can do that print can't - and vice versa - coming to the conclusion that both formats should have no problem co-existing for years to come.
Comic-Con provides a snapshot of the digital-comics market! Singapore cartoonist charged with contempt! Interviews with Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Sinnott and Rutu Modan! Thoughts on the loss of "The Dandy"! Plus more!
CSBG's Sonia Harris explores how using the word "banned" to describe comic books unavailable on comiXology's iOS app is often so misleading, it's essentially a lie.
Marvel has released a preview of its first Infinite Comic "Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted." Co-written by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, the first installment of the weekly serial is available now through comiXology.
Regular delivery of regular series are now a reality on comiXology through its new subscriptions option. CEO David Steinberger explains the company's new features, declares "Hawkeye" its leading subscription and more.
In a move impacting the habits of digital comics consumers, DC Comics has shifted the window by which it reduces the price of new digital comics on ComiXology from four weeks to eight.
ComiXology has removed 56 titles from its iOS app this week, ranging from "Angry Youth Comix" to "Sex" to "The Boys: Herogasm," to adhere to Apple App Store policies. They're still available for purchase from comiXology.com.
Augie looks at the week in "Saga" news to see where the competition was, how digital comics work and who made sense of it all. And then, remember "Mayhem"? Or WizardWorld NJ?
Mark Waid discusses the upgrades readers have discovered with the release of Thrillbent 2.0, and how the site has begun to tackle the tough subjects of distribution, monetization and more.
Previously unavailable through comiXology on iOS, Image Comics' "Sex" #1, "Black Kiss II" and "XXXombies" are now all available through comiXology on iOS devices following the controversy surrounding "Saga" #12.
Chris Ware's "Building Stories" wins Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year! Mark Waid and CBLDF on "Saga" #12! WonderCon's "gay geek scene"! Interviews with Jim Rugg and Allen Bellman! Plus more!
Brett White tackles the latest in a long line of controversies, this time surrounding the furor over the the belief Apple rejected an issue of "Saga."
CEO David Steinberger has clarified that Apple did not reject "Saga" #12, stating that comiXology mistakenly believed the issue would not meet Apple's policies for acceptable content.
The WonderCon panel for Mark Waid's webcomics venture Thrillbent featured information on the website's upcoming redesign and a look at a number of new titles in development.
Brian Cronin dives into the legal details in the comiXology Submit program, examining the contract and offering advice on what comic creators should consider when signing up with the new service.
Writer Brett White addresses his comic book buying addiction and makes incredibly dated Nickelodeon references in this week's edition of IN YOUR FACE JAM.
Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso spends the week following up on his SXSW experience including an update on their free #1 promotion and talks about the struggles of classic creators to find work and more.
Dark Horse's Mike Richardson talks manga! Retailer points to comiXology server issues as one of the problems with digital content! Taking Marvel Unlimited for a spin! Plus much more!
Augie recaps the weekend's Marvel/ComiXology free comics meltdown with a trip down memory lane, catches up on James Stokoe's wonderful "Orc Stain" and takes a quick look at the week in comic news.
The outage of comiXology's servers due to a Marvel promotion offering 700 free digital comics has crippled access to the digital distributor's website and mobile apps. UPDATED with a statement from comiXology.
It seems "Sex" doesn't sell, at least through Apple. The new series by Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalski debuted Wednesday in print and digital, but not via any Apple iOS apps. ROBOT 6 has the full story.
"The Walking Dead" claims six spots in BookScan's Top 20 for January! Paul Pope talks "Battling Boy"! ComiXology and "Atomic Robo" team for Emerald City Comicon digital exclusive! Plus much more!
Neal Adams profiled! More on evidence that Fredric Wertham misrepresented facts in "Seduction of the Innocent"! How comiXology's Guided View made comics easier to read for on newcomer! Plus more!
ComiXology signs digital-distribution deal with French publisher Delcourt! A copy of "Detective Comics" #27 hits auction block! "The Oatmeal" creator Matthew Inman profiled! A look at Viz's new "Shonen Jump" online! More!
Jordie Bellaire protests convention that excludes colorists as guests! New study finds graphic-novel textbooks may be better than traditional prose! ComiXology cited as a company "to keep your eyes on"! Plus much more!
Cory Doctorow spoke with CBR TV about Boing Boing's increased focus on comics, his take on current digital comics publishers, the success he's found in DRM-free digital publishing, the future of print and much more.
Zuda Comics head and former comiXology Vice President and General Manager of Publisher and Creator Services Ron Perazza has joined Marvel Comics for an as-yet unknown position.
Eight months after launching his website Thrillbent, comics veteran Mark Waid talks with ROBOT 6 about what he's learned about the digital arena, money matters, bringing "Insufferable" to comiXology, and his plans for 2013.
Co-Publisher Dan DiDio confirms DC no longer has rights to The Spirit, Doc Savage and The Avenger! ComiXology serves more than 2 billion pages of comics in three years! Retailer Brian Hibbs on how he orders "Saga"!
Comics by comiXology moves from No. 11 to No. 3 on Apple's list! Rei Hiroe to resume "Black Lagoon"! More on Tezuka Productions' deal with Diamond! Mike Mignola talks Hellboy! Plus much more!
Digital editions of this week's DC Comics titles were available as early as last night on some platforms, hours before their traditional release - and before most brick-and-mortar stores open for New Comics Day. Developing...
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In the Fremont district, school trustees make tough decisions affecting everything from facilities to the number of teachers -- and even what they're teaching.
The six candidates running for three board seats could all serve ably, but they differ on ways to work with limited funding and have mixed understanding of the district's mounting debt for retiree health care. They also split on the board's decision to reject novelist Dorothy Allison's "Bastard Out of Carolina" for the AP English supplemental reading list.
One candidate stood out: Investment analyst Reshma Karipineni, who has an MBA from Stanford, understands the district's fiscal complexities and appreciates that trustees cannot expect voters to simultaneously approve more bond money for construction and more parcel taxes for operations. She also thoughtfully disagrees with the board's book decision.
We also back business owner Desrie Campbell, president of the Fremont Education Foundation, and Lily Mei, the only incumbent seeking re-election. However, we were disappointed that Mei offered no substantive argument for her vote to reject the book.


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Friday, October 04, 2013
A Tribute to Innocence
Posted by Shreve & Co. at 11:48:18 AM in IWC (29)
The Little Prince is a book that has always been someone's favorite, to say the least. Besides the action and characters that illustrate our society in a very attractive way, the usage of extended metaphors intrigues anyone who reads the Little Prince. And who can ever resist the refreshing innocence of the prince? Or the baobab trees, and even the mysterious rose? This profound tale about the little boy with the wheaten hair is one of the bestselling books in world literature and has been translated into more than 270 languages. For those who swear that the Little Prince will always be their first favorite book, Watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen offers you his two special editions devoted to the 70th anniversary of this classic of literary history: the Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Edition "Le Petit Prince" (Ref. IW502802) in red gold, limited to 270 watches, and the Pilot's Watch Mark XVII Edition "Le Petit Prince" (Ref. IW326506) in stainless steel, limited to 1,000 watches.
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The Fork Challenge: Slowing Down for a Healthy Body
by Kurt Johnsen
You've seen them. You may even be one of them — I know I have been. I'm talking about those folks hunkered over their food, shoveling it down as if someone were trying to take it away. Not only is it unsightly, it's also unhealthy.
Our digestive system starts in our mouths, not in our stomachs as you may think. Special enzymes in our mouths begin to break down our food and prepare it for digestion from the moment we take a bite. But often, in our fast-paced, fast-food world, many of us — including myself — wolf down our meals and snacks like a greedy seagull, cocking our heads back and gulping down whatever is in front of us. We barely take the time to chew — much less enjoy — our food.


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About the Book
In The Butterfly Sister by Amy Gail Hansen—a moving Gothic tale that intertwines mystery, madness, betrayal, love, and literature—a fragile young woman must silence the ghosts of her past.
Ten months after dropping out of all-girl Tarble College, Ruby Rousseau is still haunted by the memories of her senior year, a time marred by an affair with her English professor and a deep depression that caused her to question her sanity.
When a mysterious suitcase arrives bearing Ruby's name and address, she tries to return it to its rightful owner, Beth—a dorm-mate at Tarble—only to learn that Beth disappeared two days earlier.
With clues found in the luggage, including a tattered copy of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, which Ruby believes instigated her madness, she sets out to uncover the truth.
The past just arrived on Ruby's doorstep . . .
To uncover the truth about a friend's disappearance, a fragile young woman must silence the ghosts of her past in this moving debut tale that intertwines mystery, madness, betrayal, love, and literature.
"My past was never more than one thought, one breath, one heartbeat away. And then, on that particular October evening, it literally arrived at my doorstep."
Twenty-two-year-old Ruby Rousseau is haunted by memories of Tarble, the women's college she fled from ten months earlier, and the painful love affair that pushed her to the brink of tragedy.
When a suitcase belonging to a former classmate named Beth arrives on her doorstep, Ruby is plunged into a dark mystery. Beth has gone missing, and the suitcase is the only tangible evidence of her whereabouts.
Inside the bag, Ruby discovers a tattered copy of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, the book she believes was a harbinger of her madness. Is someone trying to send her a message—and what does it mean?
The search for answers leads to Tarble. As Ruby digs into Beth's past, she has no choice but to confront her own—an odyssey that will force her to reexamine her final days at school, including the married professor who broke her heart and the ghosts of illustrious writers, dead by their own hand, who beckoned her to join their tragic circle.
But will finding the truth finally set Ruby free . . . or send her over the edge of sanity?
Educator and Librarian Resources
Critical Praise
"Hansen's first novel is heartfelt, suspenseful and very, very satisfying!" — Nancy Woodruff, author of My Wife's Affair
"I LOVED IT. That book is the perfect beach read... girls who like dishy romantic thrillers are going to go nuts for it this summer. I myself couldn't put it down til I was done, like it was a big fat pina colada." — Meg Cabot, New York Times bestselling author
"That rare thing, a dark mystery that also works on your heart, 'The Butterfly Sister' is a beguiling, terrifying story and Amy Gail Hansen a true find." — Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean
"Hansen's debut cleverly entwines these literary ghosts into a suspenseful and swiftly paced light mystery." — Kirkus Reviews
"Rewarding reading." — Publishers Weekly
Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 08/06/2013
- Pages: 320
- List Price: 6.99 USD
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Land sales continue at a slow but steady pace with very expensive lots influencing the average price. August average prices were the highest so far this year, but September has levelled the average out somewhat, but still 17 percent higher than last year to date. About eight lots per month are selling, but there are 415 lots for sale this week. The total inventory is just 1,800 properties for sale, the lowest number in at least four years.
$653,500 ... average sale price for land in August
$363,800 ... average sale price for land so far in 2012
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Jacob E. Gersen
Jacob E. Gersen
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Professor Jacob E. Gersen is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, Affiliate Professor in the Department of Government, and the Founder and Director of the Food Law Lab at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. The Food Law Lab supports academic research on the legal treatment of food in society. He is also the co-editor of Food Law & Policy, a new casebook to be published by Wolters Kluwer. Professor Gersen is currently working on a book titled From Court To Table about the relationship between law and food. Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2011, he was Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and a J.D. from the University of Chicago, and an A.B. in Public Policy from Brown University. His main areas of research and teaching are food law, administrative law, environmental law, torts, and constitutional theory.
Areas of Interest
- Administrative Law
- Food and Drug Law
- Environmental Law and Policy
- Constitutional Law: Constitutional Theory
- Government Structure: Congress
- Legislation
- Financial Institutions


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Coach: No. 10 Notre Dame wants to use only 1 QB
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is counting on sophomore quarterback Everett Golson to lead the offense for the 10th-ranked Fighting Irish despite having to turn to last year's starter, Tommy Rees, twice this season to bail him out.


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Creole food was a type of cuisine originating on Earth in the state of Louisiana, specifically New Orleans. Creole food was known for being spicy. (DS9: "The Abandoned") Among the spices used in Creole food was cayenne. (DS9: "Accession")
Joseph Sisko, owner and operator of Sisko's Creole Kitchen, featured many Creole dishes.
Joseph's son, Benjamin, could do some amazing things with Creole food as well. In 2371, he prepared one of Joseph's recipes for Creole shrimp with Mandalay sauce for dinner one night for his son and his girlfriend Mardah. He noted that that particular dish "has a bite to it." (DS9: "The Abandoned")
Jambalaya is another type of Creole food. (DS9: "Favor the Bold")
Both Creole cuisine and Cajun cuisine originate from Louisiana, but there are significant differences between the two. The elder Sisko once derisively noted that his doctor couldn't tell the difference between Creole food and Cajun food despite having lived in New Orleans for twenty years. (DS9: "Homefront")


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West Alabama baseball team sweeps Christian Brothers
Published: Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 11:29 p.m.
LIVINGSTON | University of West Alabama senior third baseman Matthew Magee totaled six hits in the Tigers' baseball doubleheader sweep of Christian Brothers on Saturday at Tartt Field. The Tigers took game one 11-2 and game two 5-0.
"We played really good offensively today," said UWA head coach Gary Rundles, who picked up his 700th career victory in game one.
West Alabama snaps a three game losing skid to improve to 14-15 on the season, 8-3 in the Gulf South Conference. Christian Brothers now falls to a seven game losing streak and drop to 6-19 on the season, 0-10 in the Gulf South.
Taylor Bratton (4-1) recorded his season-high five strikeouts in the first six innings to pick up the win in game one.
Barry Meeks (2-2) gave up only one hit through the first six innings of game two to claim the win.
Magee finished 4-for-4 at the plate with two runs and five RBIs in game one and 2-for-4 with two runs in game two.
The series finale is at 1 p.m. today.
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MySQL Cluster 7.2 GA Released, Delivers 1 BILLION Queries per Minute
By Mat Keep on Feb 15, 2012
70x Higher JOIN Performance, NoSQL Key-Value API & Cross Data Center Sharding with Synchronous Replication
Oracle is delighted to announce the immediate availability of the production-ready, GA release of MySQL Cluster 7.2, available for download under the GPL, and as part of the commercial MySQL Cluster Carrier Grade Edition, including management tools, product certifications and 24x7 global support.
1 Billion Queries per Minute
MySQL Cluster delivered 1 billion queries per minute (17.6m million queries per second), scaled-out across 8x commodity Intel x86 server nodes, accessed by the NoSQL C++ NDB API.
It did this while maintaining 99.999% availability and complete data consistency across the cluster, demonstrating MySQL Cluster is a great choice for the most demanding web and telecoms services, whether deployed on-premise or in the cloud
New Feature Overview
The MySQL Cluster 7.2 GA release builds upon the Development Milestones published over the past 9 months, which provided the community with an opportunity to test and provide feedback on the latest features.
- Enabling next generation web services:
o 70x higher complex query performance
o Native Memcached API
o 4x higher data node scalability
o Integration with the latest MySQL 5.5 server
o Support for Virtual Machine (VM) environments
- Enhancing cross data scalability:
o New multi-site clustering with auto-sharding and synchronous replication between datacenters
o Improved active/active replication between data centers with eventual consistency
- Improved Ease-of-Use:
o Consolidated user privileges
Read the MySQL Cluster 7.2 Developer Zone article to get the detail on all of the new features.
You can download the MySQL Cluster 7.2 New Features whitepaper for implementation details and how to get started or join a forthcoming MySQL Cluster 7.2 webinar for your Time Zone to learn more:
MySQL Cluster 7.2 is the best release to date, enabling projects and applications to benefit from web-scalability with carrier-grade availability and developer agility.
You can review the MySQL Cluster 7.2 documentation, and also ask questions to the development team and community via our the MySQL Cluster forum
We look forward to helping you in your new projects, and working with you to continue evolving MySQL Cluster to serve an even broader set of requirements in the future.


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You can photoshop your face onto Ernie's cartoon body, but that won't make you a Keebler elf. ~ Mags
Next week's challenge is light wheat bread and I'm thrilled that we'll finally be using some whole grains!
She makes crackers...she is crackers - nothing fishy there. Ha. Personally, I think they look great - crisp & light. Yum. As for the little elf that made 'em, she's a cutie! I have a question though - how can you just have HALF a cracker? You might really be on to something.
June: Crackers and nuts, that's me! A half a cracker=one nasty bite.
Lacking in taste, huh? They sure do look pretty~ would they taste better if dipped in artichoke dip?
I'm not excited about this recipe either, and kudos to you for making it!
The elf gets a A for effort..remember your readers can't taste your wares (unless we try your receipe and actually go into the kitchen and heat up an oven)
Anon: Thanks for the A! That's some good advice and I realize that no one but me knows how the finished product tastes, but I'd hate to promote a recipe that I didn't like and then have someone make the recipe thinking that it was going to taste fantastic. Just keeping it real!
Frieda: You know what I think my problem was? I just expected it to be more like a cracker. And I think if you like toasted pita pieces, you'd love this dipped in hummus... or artichoke dip.
These look great! Also, you make a great elf!! :)
Lakegirl16: Thanks! (Now if I could only find elf shoes in a size nine)
you always liked to play dress up.. didn't you?
Dyan: Remember when I used to dress up like a dental hygienist?
Keebler Elf has nothing on you!! You are such a cutie! The crackers look very pretty. Too bad they were lacking in taste.
You "crack" me up.LOL.
Cindy: Thanks! I know, I wish they'd have tasted better too.
Oggi: LOL... thank you!
Too cute. Love the quotes...I havent got to the crackers yet but I am hoping for a break from this love affair with bread...I hope I dont like them too but ....we'll see....love the Elf look...Happy baking!


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Digestive Disorders Health Center
Esophageal Cancer
In this article
How Is Esophageal Cancer Treated?
As with many cancers, esophageal cancer treatment has a greater chance of success if the cancer is caught early. Unfortunately, by the time esophageal cancer is diagnosed for many people, it is often already in an advanced stage (has spread throughout the esophagus and beyond).
Treatment of esophageal cancer depends on many factors, including the stage of the cancer and the overall health of the patient.
- Surgery . Part or all of the esophagus may be removed.
- Radiation therapy. Kills cancer cells with radiation.
- Chemotherapy. Powerful drugs that target cancer cells throughout the body. Typically used in combination with radiation therapy and/or surgery.
- Photodynamic therapy. Targets early cancer cells with a special laser light.
- Electrocoagulation. Uses electric current to destroy early cancer cells.
Endoscopic mucosal resection may be done to treat precancers or very small early cancers by removing the inner lining of the esophagus. Radiofrequency ablation treatment using a device that targets cancer cells with radiofrequency energy is sometimes used for early cancers.
In addition, your doctor may recommend that you take part in a clinical trial, in which new drugs or treatments are tested in patients. The success of these tests helps determine if the drugs or treatments will be approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
How Are the Stages of Esophageal Cancer Treated?
Treatment options for esophageal cancer by stage may involve the following:
- Stage 0 . Usually surgery. Other options include photodynamic therapy, radiofrequency ablation, or endoscopic muscosal resection.
- Stage I, II, and III . Surgery, clinical trials of chemotherapy and radiation, or clinical trials of new therapies.
- Stage IV . Chemotherapy, radiation, laser therapy, electrocoagulation therapy, or clinical trials. Treatment for this stage focuses on "palliative" therapy. Palliative therapy is meant to relieve the pain and difficulty swallowing caused by cancer, and is often given to patients who are in an advanced stage of cancer, or who are near the end of their lives.
According to the American Cancer Society, the percentages of people who live for at least five years after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer (taking into account that some people with esophageal cancer will have other causes of death) is 40% for localized cancer to the esophagus, 21% for cancer that has spread regionally, and 4% with distant cancer spread.
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Genealogy is a burgeoning hobby and to help the home genealogist, a whole range of software is available. Much of it is commercial but here I'll look at one of the most popular free software options—GRAMPS. Charting your family history needn't mean compromising on licensing.
Finding your roots
Genealogy, the study of one's ancestry, is a growing industry. Fuelled by on-line resources like Ancestry.com [3] and television programs like the BBC's "Who do you think you are", thousands of people are to be found scouring web sites, visiting graveyards in remote locations and ordering obscure birth certificates all in the name of tracing their roots.
Genealogy is highly addictive...you can easily find yourself staring bleary-eyed at the computer at 3am
If you have ever considered tracing your ancestry, there are a few things to note: it takes time, it can create huge amounts of data and it's highly addictive. Once you start you can easily find yourself staring bleary-eyed at the computer at three in the morning trying to figure out if the person you've just found is the same one you are related to. I should also say that it can be highly rewarding—especially when you amaze your relatives with the details of their family history.
From data to trees
Managing all that information suggests a database and while it is possible to create your own, there exists an array of software which can ease the task of turning the data you have gathered into a family tree. Much of this is commercial although it is generally at a reasonable cost. Of course, for those who prefer their software to be free there are several applications available [4] and of these GRAMPS is arguably the most popular. GRAMPS stands for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. A name which makes me wonder if the acronym or the full name came first.
Before I plunge into the details of installing and using GRAMPS, take a look at some of the functionality that it provides, as available from the sidebar as shown in figure 1.
- People: The bedrock of all Genealogy software. In GRAMPS you can store people's names (birth, marriage and others), multiple addresses (with dates) and events (e.g. marriage, emigration).
- Families: People are automatically grouped by last name, you can also link them by relationship to each other. Thus allowing you to produce family tree style reports.
- Pedigrees: A visual, interactive layout of a family tree.
- Sources: During research the genealogist will gather information from many sources. GRAMPS allows you to record these sources so that you can find which have proved the most useful over time and waste less time by starting future searches there.
- Places: It's likely that you'll be entering similar locations several times within the database. GRAMPS allows these locations to be stored as records in their own right, allowing you to track popular areas.
- Media: You can store various typed of media file against records, including photographs, scans of documentation, videos, audio—pretty much any file.
- Reports: There's a plethora of report formats and styles available.
Taking your first steps
As with most free software, there are many ways to install GRAMPS ranging from roll-your-own (download and build from sources)—to the more sedate distribution specific packages. As far as I know packages exist for most of the major GNU/Linux distributions. GRAMPS is available for both GNU/Linux and FreeBSD but I'll review from the GNU/Linux perspective here and in particular Debian and Ubuntu. That's because—quite honestly—it's what I use myself. I also use KDE although this is of little importance here as GRAMPS uses both the GTK and GNOME libraries and presents a GNOME interface regardless of your desktop preference. For this reason if you use KDE you may need to install some GTK and GNOME library packages as well although any good package manager, such as Synaptic, will assist with these dependencies.
GRAMPS presents a GNOME interface regardless of your desktop preference
If you are a command-line person then
apt-get install gramps will do the trick. For the GUI people among us, I'll concentrate on Synaptic. Simply search for
gramps, mark it by checking the box beside it's name and click on Apply. See Marco Marongiu's piece on Synaptic in Issue 11 for more detailed information on using it. If you are using Ubuntu, ensure you have the "universe" repository included in Repositories (under the Settings menu). Don't forget to click Reload (or
apt-get update) before you search though. In both Debian and Ubuntu GRAMPS is in the GNOME section of packages.
If you are using Debian stable (at the time of writing this is 3.1r2/Sarge) then you will find your version of GRAMPS is 1.0.11-1. This article is referencing the more recent 2.0.11-1 found in the testing (Etch) and unstable (Sid) Debian distributions.
Finally, if you are stuck with a proprietary operating system but still want to try GRAMPS, then why not try the Linux Genealogy Desktop CD [2]. This is a live CD based on Ubuntu and will run without installing anything on your hard disk, although you can do so from the CD if you wish.
Using GRAMPS
When you first start GRAMPS you are greeted by a database dialog window where you can choose between opening a recent database, browsing for an existing one (which has dropped off the recent files list) or creating a new one. Once you open a database or create a new one, you are brought to the main GRAMPS interface with the ubiquitous "tip of the day" pop-up.
Across the top is the toolbar with some fairly obvious buttons and above that a menu bar. These perform operations pretty much as expected. For example, clicking the "Add" button when in the family or people screens will add a new person, displaying the person editing window as shown in figure 2.
It's about who you know
Let's look at adding people to a database using the person editing screen in figure 2. Under the "General" tab you are given places for given (fore) names, family (last) names, a family prefix which may be something like "de" or "van", a suffix, which could be something like "Jr." or "III", gender and dates and places of birth and death. Dates can be recorded in one of a number of formats but you are expected to be consistent and stick to the one you have set in the options dialog.
Often the name you have for a person may not be their birth name—this is especially the case with married women gathered from a census. In these cases you can indicate what type of name this is, e.g. married, birth or also know as. Names can also be recorded with greater detail including the source used to find them. This is useful when looking up census information as the same person can often be using different names or nicknames in consecutive censuses. You can also indicate whether the information is to be considered complete and/or held as private—which allows you later to exclude it from exports.
The other tabs are fairly self-explanatory and operate on similar lines to each other. You can record attributes like national origin, caste and such as well addresses and events, each of which includes references to its source. The gallery is a list of media associated with this person. In the case of figure 2 the photo of Einstein is linked against this person. When the gallery has content, GRAMPS will display the first item from it on the "General" tab. The order of the gallery can be simply changed by dragging and dropping and any media added here will be automatically logged in the main media section.
GRAMPS automatically groups people by family name, making them easier to find but, of course, not always accurate in terms of their relationship. A John Smith on your mother's side may not be related at all to a Mary Smith on your father's. The family editing window aids with linking people by more than name. Figure 3 shows a typical example of this and it's a simple job to link partners, children and parents for the current person. These related people can be selected from the database or added directly from this window. Adding a new partner to the current person will trigger a marriage event entry as well. In cases of multiple partners, selecting a partner will display only the children from that relationship, both of which are nice touches.
Using pedigrees
Of course at some point you will want to see, in a visual form, how all these people relate to each other. This is particularly the case when you find common family forenames in use across generations. For this purpose GRAMPS provides the pedigree view. A typical pedigree view is shown in figure 1.
A nice feature of GRAMPS is that double clicking an entry in one view will open an editing window related to that record
The pedigree is a horizontal family tree flowchart style layout. GRAMPS will display as many generations as it can fit on the screen—in my case this is five. If further generations are available at either end of the current view, a small button is displayed next to the relevant person. Clicking this will move the view in that direction. If there is more than one ancestor or descendant available, a list is provided from which you can select a person. Those which continue the tree—that is they have children or parents listed—are emboldened in the selection list. Thus if, in figure 1, Veronica Louise Smith has children, they would be listed when you click the dot to the left of her name. Any of those which themselves had children would be shown in bold. A nice feature of GRAMPS is that double clicking an entry in one view, say a person in a pedigree, will open an editing window related to that record. This enables you to move around without resorting to continuous back-tracking.
Getting information out of GRAMPS
There will be times when, during your research, you come across another genealogist who has gathered quite a bit of information which you would find useful. Alternatively, you may find you have information they want. Although it is wise to never blindly accept another genealogists data as completely accurate, GRAMPS provides import and export facilities for several genealogical data formats including the ubiquitous GEDCOM file. Import and export "wizards" are provided to guide you through the process and make it very simple to perform.
GRAMPS provides import and export facilities for several genealogical data formats
Any application with a database at its heart must have reporting features. GRAMPS includes a vast range of easy to use, pre-defined report types with significant customisation options. Reports can be produced on a single record in graphical and textual forms. The former being charts and graphs and the latter being textual information compiled from the database. For example a text ancestor report may contain this:
"John William Smith. John William was born on 24-05-1924. John William is the child of John Henry Smith and Jane Brown. He married Susan Jane Lewis on 15-07-1949"
Only the names and dates are entered by the user, the rest is composed by GRAMPS.
Some examples of the graphical reports available are shown in figure 4. Each of these was produced in seconds with a few clicks of the mouse. Those reports were created in Open Document Text (ODT) format but reports can be produced in a variety of document formats including Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and HTML.
GRAMPS includes a vast range of easy to use, pre-defined customisable reports
Database maintenance
As your data grows and changes the database can become a bit disjointed and reports can therefore appear to give inconsistent results. Fortunately GRAMPS has a number of database maintenance tools that assist in straightening this out. This means it's a simple job to check and repair the database, looking for things like children with a link to a parent record that no longer exists. You can also have GRAMPS verify the data itself, checking things like dates of birth and death for unrealistic lifespans. Of course, checking for duplicate people is also available. As said at the beginning of this article, genealogical research can result in a lot of data and these maintenance tools prove invaluable at highlighting parts which need your attention.
Often, when reviewing free software, the temptation is to compare the application with a commercial alternative. It's as if the free software application is valued by how well it could replace or replicate the commercial program. I'm going to resist that temptation here. GRAMPS is a good piece of software and deserves better than to be judged by some of its, in my opinion lesser, commercial rivals. The interface is clean, simple and easy to use and my only complaint, and I stress this is a personal preference, is that it forces me to use the GNOME interface which, at times, I find a little clumsy. The editing and reporting functions are excellent and it is very easy to quickly build up a good record of the research you have made without getting lost in a quagmire of names and dates. Clearly a lot of thought, time and effort has gone into GRAMPS and while genealogy is time consuming, addictive and data intensive, GRAMPS goes a long way toward smoothing the ride.
GRAMPS resources
[1] http://www.gramps-project.org—GRAMPS homepage.
[2] Linux Genealogy Desktop CD (from the GRAMPS website)—an Ubuntu based Live CD which has GRAMPS, GeneWeb and Lifelines installed. Allows user of a non-free operating system to run GRAMPS without installing.
[3] http://www.ancestry.com—a popular and well stocked genealogical website, includes searchable census and birth, death marriage records.
http://www.gro.gov.uk—General Register Office for UK Government. From here you can purchase copies of birth, death and marriage certificates on-line.
http://www.genesreunited.com—a genealogists networking site. Run by FriendsReunited and along similar lines.
[4] Other free software genealogy programs
GeneWeb—web based, available for a range of operating systems.
LifeLines—NCurses (console) based genealogical database.
install descriptions...
Why do I repeatedly have to read install instructions for a Linux distribution?
Somebody who installs packages should know how this works. This is a basic action for a handling a Linux. if he does not know yet, he should learn. There is no much sense to learn how to install ONE package. And OTOH - there are so many ways to install, so many distros and setups - sometimes the default way can be wrong. More concrete instruction should only be necessary for special setups or usages.
I would like to see that authors just tell to install. If absolutely necessary one can also give some hints for compiling. But that is more 'special'.
So generally - telling a Linux user to install a package with the name "gramps" should ring a bell. No need to elaborate.
Skip it. Why do people get so angry over minute details that they already know. If I read:
George H. W. Bush, the former President of the United States
I would not get angry because I already knew his position and title. But if I did not know, this is helpful information. I am recently come to GNU\Linux. When I first started two years ago, this information was of vital help and it still comes in handy if nothing else to copy and paste. Please do not be the arrogant person who does not consider that the author may have a broader audience in mind. If you want converts to the OS make it easy. Do not belittle people because they do not yet know which "fine" manual or how-to to read. It took some searching for me to find the right information, not because it was not there, but because I did not know where to look. A blurb or paragraph in the article is easily skipped if unimportant to you. But if it were not there, it would be hard to find if needed.
install descriptions can help
I take your point and generally agree. It becomes a pain to read detailed descriptions of how to install a package. But if you check the top of the article you will se it is rated as "Easy" - that is for those who may not be particularly experienced at installing anything other than the base install of their distro (if that). If these beginners are to learn how to install any package they sometimes need to overcome the (mistaken) idea that it is difficult. A brief installation description can often aid that and encourage people to "give it a go".
The installation description for this piece was an editorial request but one I agree with in this case for the reasons given above. You'll note I pointed beginners to the Synaptic article and gave only the briefest information so as not to bore more experienced readers. The key issue (for Ubuntu users) being to remember to include the universe repository. I didn't include other Distros because I have no experience of them and in the end I was more concerned with explaining what GRAMPS can do.
It's always going to be tricky because invariably you'll end up putting too much or too little for different parts of your readership. In the end - for a piece labelled "Easy" - you have to include enough info to give beginners a kick-start whilst not so much that experienced users get bored before you've started.
I hope that's what I did here. :o)
As a Linux user of about 2
As a Linux user of about 2 weeks (UBUNTU, then openSUSE10.2) instructions are essential.
Ubuntu was easy - apt-get and away it all went. But openSUSE has trashed my day, and still won't work.
What is worse - I find the "helpful" pages on the web are not so helpful. People write from a know-it-all frame of mind, and forget that many terms and ways of Linux working can be quite foreign, especially for us poor buggers who think Windowese.
So, please, skip read if the instructions are child's play to you. I welcome them as a way to learn...
Install Descriptions
Not sure what your complaint is. It depends on the Linux Distro used. I only had to open a terminal and type in Yum install gramps in Fedora 6. Not exactly difficult and easier that windows.
version 2.2.4 out
Nice review. Note that version 2.2.4 is out this week, which is a big step forward.
For those not liking Gnome, gtk-qt-engine makes GRAMPS look like a KDE application, just like the other GNOME apps you run in KDE. I find the interface ok to do genealogy including the many dialogs being used (you get used to it), only the GNOME file chooser is annoying, but you know that from firefox and openoffice....
version numbers + dialogs
The review was written in July so perhaps I should have said "at the time of writing..." - currently I am using 2.2.3-1 as available as the latest package in Debian (sid).
As for the GTK interface - the buttons are less of a concern for me as the dialogs (file open/save etc.) I use gtk-qt-engine but sadly it does not change these bits :o) As I said it really is horses for courses and I don't want to get into a GNOME/KDE flamewar but I find the GNOME dialogs a real pain.
Firefox 2.0 (well IceWeasel in Debian) has a new option in about:config which makes it use the KDE dialogs. Set ui.allow_platform_file_picker to false.
GRAMPS only for small databases
We have tried GRAMPS, but it is to slow for our use. (we have many thousands of records :). This is the ONLY thing that keeps my father from going totaly over to Linux :(
2.2.x version not slow?!?
The 2.2.x version should solve this, 2.0.x was slow on large databases, 2.2.x specifically was redesigned to be fast. Did you try it?
It is free and open source, the developers might have hints on how to make it fast for you, just contact them. I only have a thousand entries, so wouldn't know.
Version 2.2.6 enables working on databases with 100.000+ people without more than the to be expected small delay, following a specific user request on the user list.
See the wiki of GRAMPS for some performance figures.
Could not open your figures #1,2,etc. said it was not available. would love to see what your are talking about.
Identifying the exact nature of the problem...
Identifying the exact nature of the problem you are having is going to be difficult with so little information.
If you really want to see the images and can't, please send an email to helpdesk (AT) freesoftwaremagazine (DOT) com. That way we can find out why you can't see the images and we can correct the problem.
We would love to help you and anyone else who can't see the images. They are visible for us.


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- Apr 28:
- Donald Sterling's alleged remarks cause two corporations to pull sponsorship deals with Los Angeles Clippers
- Apr 27:
- Clippers players stage subtle protest amid Donald Sterling controversy
- Deadspin: Extended recording reportedly of Clippers owner Donald Sterling's racial comments released
- Kawakami: Warriors' Joe Lacob discusses Donald Sterling controversy
- Magic Johnson: Donald Sterling 'shouldn't own a team anymore'
- Michael Jordan 'completely disgusted' by alleged Donald Sterling comments
- NAACP response to alleged statements by Clippers owner Donald Sterling
- Obama: Reported comments by Clippers team owner 'racist'
- Doc Rivers, others react to racist comments allegedly made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling
- Clippers owner Donald Sterling has long attracted wealth, controversy
- Apr 26:
- Clippers decide against boycotting Game 4 against Warriors
- Kawakami: Warriors, Clippers come to grips with Sterling controversy
- Warriors, Clippers trying to focus on basketball
- Los Angeles Daily News commentary: Los Angeles Clippers can't play for owner Donald Sterling after racist, hate-filled remarks
- NBA probing alleged recording of Clippers owner making racist remarks
- TMZ: Clippers owner Donald Sterling scolds girlfriend for associating 'with black people'
SAN FRANCISCO -- With the retired jersey of legendary athlete-activist Bill Russell hanging in the background, Los Angeles Clippers players formed a united front in light of the racist comments allegedly made by their owner, Donald Sterling. In the same USF gym that pioneer K.C. Jones once roamed, Chris Paul served as the voice of the young men who agreed to work for such a guy.
"We're not going to talk about it," Paul said.
It would be nice to hear what they have to say, how it feels to take money from a guy who might view them as an "enemy." But it's not their fight. This one is on the other 29 members of the NBA Board of Governors.
Their lack of a stand is much more disappointing. Their lack of action to this point makes them accessories after the fact. If they don't do anything now, they graduate to co-conspirators.
Would the Clippers' boycotting Game 4 be a bold and radical message? Absolutely. But they would only be doing the work for Sterling's fellow owners. And the players' taking the hit in the name of sending a message still might not do the trick.
This challenge is on Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and their cohorts in the exclusive club of NBA franchise owners. They are the ones who should have to suffer for such associations, for tolerating such an element among their midst.
How revealing that the super image-conscious NBA owners have rubbed shoulders with Donald Sterling for years when the league has gone to great lengths to dissociate its image from the young black men who inhabit it.
It instituted a dress code to keep certain streetwear off its benches. It once airbrushed the tattoos off Allen Iverson for the cover of an NBA magazine. It has enforced an age limit to help ensure that players are mature when they come into the league, and it has drawn a hard line on fighting, or anything that could lead to a fight. It attempts to wipe the ghetto off the NBA logo.
Was this because at least one of the owners didn't want to promote the league's associations with blacks?
If only the owners club was as diligent about removing the negative element from its own ranks.
New commissioner Adam Silver already is campaigning hard to increase the age limit, even though the collective bargaining agreement is years away from expiring. Meanwhile, one of his 30 bosses is chiding his half-black girlfriend for bringing her kind to his games. Allegedly.
The embattled Clippers owner has come out and said the audio might not be him and doesn't reflect his views. But he has a track record. Multiple lawsuits speak to his character and views.
A few insiders say Sterling has long been a bad seed in their club. Several don't like him and want him out, even tried to force him to sell his team years ago. But he's armed with lawyers and ready for a fight, and the legal grounds to throw him out are thin.
Wait, so a room of billionaires can't muster the ingenuity to oust one owner from the ranks? These fellows got to where they are in life, and stay there, by making things happen. Perhaps they just haven't wanted him out badly enough. Perhaps there is a crew of old fogies like Sterling among them, who all get their beef from Cliven Bundy.
If they can't get him out legally, how about preventing him from being profitable?
Allowing the Clippers to acquire Chris Paul, after nixing a deal that would have sent him to the Lakers, and allowing them to hire championship coach Doc Rivers, isn't exactly a message you want Sterling out of your midst.
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Can I retire from the rest of the Grade campaign?
Can I retire from the rest of the Grade campaign?
Member of the AAAS
Member of CW Green | Stedingham Jets Grade Cricket Team | Northside Power
Manager of South Australia (WCC)
Winner of AFL Tipping 2006 | Winner of Wimbeldon Prediction 2006
3 overs for 41 - nice!
marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good!
Anyone want to join the Society?
Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.
Well Saturday wasn't dire....
Some runs finally but in a losing cause!!! Left stranded again!!
We miss you, Fardin. :(. RIP.
A cricket supporter forever
Member of CW Red and AAAS - Appreciating only the best.
Check out this awesome e-fed:
PWE Efed
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
Too many bones, not enough CASH!!
RIP Craig
Might have to start a 2nd Grade competition. Keep playing badly enough you'll find yourself on matting in pub cricket.
Tuesday's Grade Games
Last edited by Simon; 09-03-2010 at 06:28 PM.
Wednesday's Grade Games - Internationals and Green players (that played England) unavailable
Code:Table Played Wins Draws Lost Bat Pts Bowl Pts Points Titans 19 7 10 2 9 23 94 Foxes 19 7 5 7 9 29 90 Darters 19 5 13 1 19 8 83 Edfield 19 5 10 4 6 25 81 Camps 19 5 12 2 6 20 80 Panther 19 5 10 4 12 17 79 Gofftwn 19 4 7 8 10 19 67 Sharks 19 0 9 10 9 8 35
RE: Sunday. Good personal game, with my first 50 I believe, and a four wicket haul. Good to see the Titans returning to their natural spot, up top, where we've been in previous seasons. Was a pretty slow start to the year though!
And a ton on Tuesday! Unbelievable!
Last edited by vic_orthdox; 09-03-2010 at 08:53 PM.
Simon, if not too much of a Drama can i get moved up a spot or two in the batting for couple of games?
A bit devo with my latest Grade form.
Jesus brings life eternal
Damn... why is my batting form so dire when it is pretty much the only thing I do..
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UNION CITY -- Joshua Gonzalez-Perez lived for the outdoors, whether it was hiking, taking long bike rides on dirt trails or trying to catch a fish. On Saturday, he called his aunt to discuss a planned excursion and to arrange transportation home.
But Irma Jacques never received the call to come get her nephew. On Monday, she was in mourning after Gonzalez-Perez, 21, was found unconscious in a trash can outside a friend's Union City home. He later was pronounced dead.
"We just want to find out what happened," Jacques said of the chilling discovery Sunday in the 33900 block of 10th Street, on the southern edge of Union City's Decoto district. "He's a human being, and he didn't deserve to be stuffed in a garbage can. No human deserves to be treated that way."
A resident at the home, Andrea Hernandez, said her 66-year-old mother discovered Gonzalez-Perez in the can about 6:30 a.m. Sunday when she went outside to take out some trash. The man was feet first, as if he was crouching down in the large green can, she said. No blood or debris surrounded the city-issued bin.
"She was yelling and said, '(Andrea), Josh is in the trash can,'" Hernandez said. A younger male relative came outside and started shaking the can and yelling at Gonzalez-Perez to wake up. The family called 911 when they realized he was unconscious.
Rescuers took Gonzalez-Perez to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead from undisclosed injuries, police said.
"I'm still kind of shocked," Hernandez said. "We've known him and his family forever."
There were no obvious signs of trauma on the body or foul play, Cmdr. Ben Horner said. Gonzalez-Perez had alcohol in his system when he was discovered, according to media reports.
"There are a number of theories. He could have been placed in there by friends as a prank," Horner said. "And it was cold that night. The key piece of the puzzle will be the coroner's report."
The autopsy, which will likely be conducted Tuesday, may show whether exposure played a role in the man's death, Horner said. Temperatures Sunday morning hit a low of 39 degrees in the area, the National Weather Service said.
The trash bin holding Gonzalez-Perez did not belong to the home where he was found, Horner said, and was likely wheeled there from another residence. It is unclear if the trash can belonged to another nearby home.
The woman who discovered the body was one of many friends Gonzalez-Perez stayed with in the area, Horner said. Gonzalez-Perez was staying at another 10th Street home at the time his body was found and also has listed residences in Hayward.
Family and friends of Gonzalez-Perez, including the ones who were hosting him, are being cooperative with the investigation, Horner said.
Gonzalez-Perez recently graduated from Job Corps, where he received his certification in computer technology, Jacques said. He grew up near Lodi and battled a genetic medical condition that caused him to have bone pain for most of his life, Jacques said.
"He was just a happy person," Jacques said, fighting back tears. "He suffered and had a lot of pain, but he dealt with it. He never had any trouble with anyone."
Hernandez said she last saw her friend last week.
"He was just walking around with my nephews," she said. "Everything was fine."
Investigators are asking for the public's help in determining what happened. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Czar Valdehueza at 510-675-5354 or the Union City Tips Line at 510-675-5207.