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KDE 4.1 Beta 1 Released
The KDE Project is happy to set the first beta of KDE 4.1, codenamed Caramel, free today. KDE 4.1 is intended to meet the needs of a broad range of users and we therefore respectfully request you to get testing Beta 1. Beta 1 is not ready for production use but is in wide use by KDE developers and is suitable for testing by Linux enthusiasts and KDE fans.
Highlights of 4.1 are a much more mature Plasma desktop shell that returns much of the configurability that was missing in KDE 4.0, many more applets and look and feel improvements, the return of Kontact and the rest of the KDE PIM applications, and many improvements and newly ported applications. The feature set is now frozen, so the developers look forward to using June and July to metamorphosing your bug reports into rock solid code, completing documentation and translating everything into your language. A series of Bug Days where users can contribute quality assurance to the release will continue towards 4.1's final release on the 29th of July, so watch the Dot for details.
For more details, see the release announcement and info page or if you are at LinuxTag, see KDE 4.1 being presented in Berlin this Friday.
Re: C#
Why do we need a binding for that M$ language? What's wrong with C++?
By Kevin Kofler at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: C#
Are you claiming that C++ is as easy to write stuff in as C#?
Re: C#
i hate c++ and i'm pretty sure there's others like me. anyway just because c#
By Darwin Reynoso at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: C#
Um, read the reply Richard Dale already provided. The C# bindings help out the QtRuby bindings, so they are good in my book.
Also insert generic "people can spend their free time doing what they want, who the heck are you to say it's a waste of resources which aren't yours".
By Ian Monroe at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: C#
it's not just wasting personal resources, it's actively helping out a company that stands for everything we as a community are trying to avoid. in general I don't like people complaining about open source either, but in this case, they are actually standing up for it.
By mark dufour at Sun, 2008/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: C#
I'm sorry, I strongly disagree that I'm 'actively helping Microsoft'. And I couldn't care less about 'open source', as I write Free Software, which isn't the same thing.
What we're actually doing is allowing existing C# programmers to write code using the Qt and KDE apis. I would say that we are helping them to transition away from the Microsoft 'eco system' of IDEs and APIs such as Visual Studio and Win32, Winforms etc, and move to tools and frameworks based on Free Software.
It takes much more effort to learn a large framework such as Qt, than it does to switch to another language, such as going from C# to Java. Hence, once these former Microsoft C# programmers have learned how to write Qt/KDE code in C#, they can pick up C++, Python or whatever fairly easily if they want to.
By Richard Dale at Mon, 2008/06/02 - 5:00am
Re: C#
The Qt guys could give you a huge list, they made quite some effort to improve on it. For some reason Qt is not really C++ but requires the code to be pre-processed.
But come on, can't you think of anything? Type (un)safety? Really crappy polymorphism support? What other languages do you know?
By ad at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Konqueror and WebKit
In the announcement it says that "KHTML get a speed boost from anticipatory resource loading, while WebKit... is added to Plasma..."
So is Konqueror going to have WebKit or KHTML?
By Zubin Parihar at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror and WebKit
There is a webkitpart available which you can select at "File Associations" in systemsettings to be the default renderer for embedded HTML contents (such as the web pages in HTML).
Plasma makes use of Webkit to render Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets (as the quoted text states...). That has nothing to do with Konqueror.
By Stefan Majewsky at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Konqueror ---> khtml
Konqueror uses KHTML, Plasma uses WebKit.
(Ok, you can do bizarre things and use webkit under Konqueror, but you'll lose lots of speed optimizations and other stuff.)
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Come on guys, just choose one renderer and let it be webkit. I have a lot more compat issues with konqueror than with safari. Webdev's don't give a damn about khtml compatibility. They do about webkit. Qt choose webkit. It's only logical to follow. Performance? nice, but compatibility is more important!
Just my 2 ct.
By Fred at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"Come on guys, just choose one renderer"
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
> Webdev's don't give a damn about khtml compatibility. They do about webkit.
They don't. They care about Safari. Incidentally having the same engine does not solve the problem. If at all it makes it easier to "lie" about your real browser identity.
By Kevin Krammer at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"They don't. They care about Safari. Incidentally having the same engine does not solve the problem."
Continuing to use KHTML isn't going to get us any further forward on that front, and the past few years of Konqueror's limited usage as a web browser should have taught us all that.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
The problem is that you don't get bug for bug compatibility with Safari at all just by using WebKit. WebKit is just the rendering engine of Safari, everything else (e.g. client <-> server communication) can (and already does) behave differently between different browsers using WebKit.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"The problem is that you don't get bug for bug compatibility with Safari at all just by using WebKit."
The point is that you have a pretty good shot at it. The situation now is that an undermanned group of people (that are sometimes pretty unresponsive, it has to be said) are having to run around fixing bugs in a rendering engine that few people use, and corner cases are always......just around the corner. There can be no end game to KHTML in terms of it becoming a widely used engine where it will render the vast majority of web pages for people in a confident fashion and where you'll get a KDE web browser that, quite frankly, will be of any use to people.
"WebKit is just the rendering engine of Safari, everything else (e.g. client <-> server communication) can (and already does) behave differently"
I don't see that being a problem in all honesty. The corner cases are in the engine itself. You can work yourself to a set of known issues, and the advantage is that Trolltech are taking the workload on for this.
no magic pony
> The point is that you have a pretty good shot at it.
No you don't. You don't magically get a pony by using QtWebKit. It's a port. It is NOT bug-for-bug compatible with Safari Webkit or feature-for-feature compatible with Safari Webkit.
> The situation now is that an undermanned group of people
If that's going to be your excuse for being unhappy, switch back to MS Windows and just don't use KDE at all. I think only plasma and amorak (which isn't even part of kde proper!) don't fall into the "undermanned" category. Most of the big apps, and the core libs, not just khtml fall into the "need more developers" category. If you want tons of developers and professional marketing, don't use free software.
> "WebKit is just the rendering engine of Safari, everything else (e.g. client > <-> server communication) can (and already does) behave differently"
This person is trying to point out /why/ it isn't bug-for-bug compatible. And what all is going to be different from Safari Webkit. And that it is a problem. QtWebkit is a port of safari webkit, and would have to be ported to KDE. Doing so will generate all sorts of your "corner cases". And you already claim there aren't enough khtml developers to deal with what is out there.
So go back to Windows, and be sure to FUD khtml and plasma on your way out. As everyone else in these dot comments seems to be happy to do so. :P
By anony at Thu, 2008/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: no magic pony
"No you don't. You don't magically get a pony by using QtWebKit. It's a port."
*Yes you do*. Repeating the above is not going to magically make it all go away. Yes, it's a port (from the same codebase no less) and that's exactly the reason why you have a shot at it rather than in some totally different and rarely used 'fork' in KHTML that produces corner cases right, left and centre that aren't going to be solved and have no chance of being so.
"If that's going to be your excuse for being unhappy, switch back to MS Windows and just don't use KDE at all."
Boo, hoo, hoo. I don't have to. The fact is that you're never, never have and aren't, going to make KHTML a well supported rendering engine that will be of use to the vast majority of users and web developers out there. The engine that will be used most prevalently within KDE, and in any KDE browser, is the one that has the most support in terms of web pages that people can view well, and the past few years has taught us that that isn't be KHTML. Trying to attack QtWebKit won't change that problem for KDE's users, or KDE's developers trying to get a rendering engine that won't cause them problems for them and their users.
KHTML is a very small island, that hasn't changed and isn't going to.
"I think only plasma and amorak (which isn't even part of kde proper!)"
"QtWebkit is a port of safari webkit, and would have to be ported to KDE. Doing so will generate all sorts of your "corner cases"."
What are you talking about? QtWebKit exists now, will get developed much further at a pace that KHTML cannot match via upstream code from Trollech, and further upstream from WebKit, and will simply be reused as every other part of Qt is in KDE these days. You make it sound as if there is some insurmountable mountain to get over in terms of porting a Qt component to KDE, which is just plain daft.
"Doing so will generate all sorts of your "corner cases"."
No it won't, and any issues you might have will be far, far, far, far, far smaller than trying to jump on every mole hill in the field and investigate every bug report about a particular site that isn't rendering properly in KHTML. They are exceptionally difficult to debug. You're not going to get any help from any web developers or anyone else in the form of upstream code on that score.
"So go back to Windows, and be sure to FUD khtml and plasma on your way out."
Feel free to ignore the issues as KDE's users and developers leave KHTML behind in favour of something that works for users, and more importantly, has a far, far better chance of continuing to work in the future. The robust 'defence' of KHTML is just a case of 'our ego is bigger than yours' rather than having the best interests of KDE's users and wider developer community at heart.
Re: no magic pony
you know the problem is if QWebKit was one tenth as good as you sad trolls touted it for monthes, it would stand on its own, just like KHTML does without any of this silly propaganda.
You wouldn't need 30+ lines of strange and insane drivel that seem to obey to some kind of personal obsession (sorry).
The truth is current QWebKit suck. It's slow, buggy, and incomplete.
It's not like any Trolltech employee as a significant role on the WebKit project or any bearing on its future.
They are all just stub-fillers for features made by Apple employees.
Hardly exciting, and certainly not a guarantee of a perrenial and fully functional "product".
By D. at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: no magic pony
"you know the problem is if QWebKit was one tenth as good as you sad trolls touted it for monthes, it would stand on its own, just like KHTML does without any of this silly propaganda."
Very, very, very few people use KHTML at the moment, and it's fair to say that most of KDE's users use Firefox. That's for a reason. Additionally, KDE developers get something that works with QtGraphicsView.
Do the maths. You're right about one thing. KHTML does stand on its own. Very alone, and that's the problem.
"You wouldn't need 30+ lines of strange and insane drivel that seem to obey to some kind of personal obsession (sorry)."
*Shrugs shoulders*. If you're willing to debate it I'm all ears. I'll condense it into something that might make it through your head better - the market decides on the basis of what works best for them, and based on the evidence of the past few years they aren't going to pick KHTML.
"The truth is current QWebKit suck. It's slow, buggy, and incomplete."
If you have something to back that up, I'm all ears. There's a lot of upstream code going into it - most if it from the very people who started KHTML in the first place!!
"It's not like any Trolltech employee as a significant role on the WebKit project or any bearing on its future."
Pfffffffffff. Yer, you're right. Trolltech, Nokia, Apple and all these other people who contribute code to it are just wasting their time when you compare it to the powerhouse of development that is KHTML.
"They are all just stub-fillers for features made by Apple employees."
That's the usual sad line trotted out by Harri Porten and a few others, that WebKit is entirely dependant on the empty stubs that Apple have left for their own features which Steve Jobs has asked for by next week. Well, as I said the market decides and the proof will be in the eating. I don't see QtWebKit having any issues thus far.
Re: no magic pony
See, but virtually nobody uses QtWebKit. Plasma is about the only application based on it. You really don't seem to understand that a port is not an equivelency, and a library is not an application. "Using QtWebKit" is not going to suddenly have the contents of a Konqueror browser look the same as a Safari browser (which does *not* use QtWebKit... it uses WebKit)... it will never do so. Once again, it isn't a magic pony. It's a kit to build your own pony, and the results due to things like different font rendering, network interface and base widgets will mean the two will never look or act the same. Safari doesn't use KIO
QtWebKit is being worked on, and it may replace KHTML at some point, but don't ever think that it will make a bug for bug Safari clone (nor will Epiphany, Android, S60 or any other ported WebKit project). It is already different than WebKit, and attaching it to a different system with different IO system and rendering system will result in a different application no matter how close you want it to be.
Otherwise, if it were this lego like simplicity you seem to think it is... why would it take any effort and new code in the ongoing effort to port it?
By Evan "JabberWok... at Tue, 2008/06/10 - 5:00am
Re: no magic pony
Come on guys, why you all are fighthing each other? The fact is: QtWebKit is there, it is not (yet) as good as Safari with WebKit, it might be distributed as KPart for KDE 4.1, but seems the WebKit KPart will only be ready for daily usage for 4.2 onwards.
Meanwhile, KDE will still ship KHTML as the default for Konqueror, providing the best for the user. And even after 4.2, users will be given a choice between that two, I don't know which one will be the default. Those who still want the uber performance of KHTML or those who want compatibility with each website out there.
Just my personal opinion: QtWebKit still needs to mature first, for compatibility, I really should rely on Firefox/Gecko (I try QtWebKit from time to time)
By fred at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"The situation now is that an undermanned group of people (that are sometimes pretty unresponsive, it has to be said)"
I just hope that the KHTML devs can successfully sync directory structure of KHTML and WebKit (and also helped by a GSoC to port WebKit's SVG to KDE) so that both projects can synchronize each other easily (but I guess WebKit won't bother to sync with KHTML...). I guess it would be the best path for KHTML.
And also, having KHTML in our tree IMO won't hurt, WebKit is good, but KHTML is also progressing very nicely. I also hope with the availability of KHTML on Windows can significantly grow KHTML market share.
And also, don't underestimate a small team. I'm so grateful that even though WebKit is there, the KHTML devs still maintain and develop their own baby. As a comparison, just imagine if KOffice devs had dropped KOffice in favor of OOo long time ago, we would not have a hope that someday we can have a viable alternative to a slow and resource intensive office suite.
By fred at Thu, 2008/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"I just hope that the KHTML devs can successfully sync directory structure of KHTML and WebKit"
They can't. KHTML is now a fork of WebKit, and as Zack Rusin puts it, not a terribly good one at that.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Yish, people can actually buy THAT line?
By SadEagle at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"Yish, people can actually buy THAT line?"
Yes, because the proof as they say is in the eating. Take a look at the last few years. KHTML has just not emerged into an engine of sufficient reliability and quality for people, and developers, to use confidently enough, and there is no reason at all to believe that situation will change.
I'm not entirely sure how often that needs to be repeated.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Repeating it often doesn't make it any less of nonsense. It's completely and utterly absurd.
By SadEagle at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"Repeating it often doesn't make it any less of nonsense."
Uh huh. Repeating it isn't going to make it go away.
"It's completely and utterly absurd."
Why? I don't use KHTML because it has a lot of widely recorded issues with browsing a lot of web sites on a day-to-day basis, and KDE developers outside the world of KHTML are reluctant to use it because of that. There's no reason at all that you can point to as to why that situation is going to change.
That is *why* it's not absurd. Did that not become clear at any point?
By segedunum at Sat, 2008/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"They can't. KHTML is now a fork of WebKit, and as Zack Rusin puts it, not a terribly good one at that."
Nothing is impossible ;) Harri Porten is doing that job (you can see from KDE 4.1 Feature Plan in techbase), I don't know whether it will be ready for 4.1. Also we get one SoC project to port WebKit SVG to KDE/KHTML, seems that it will tremendously help ;).
By anon at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Don't forget that the status quo is the reason why we are able to choose between different browsers since else everybody would be on IE which is still the leading browser.
To if-elif-else Browsers at webpages is not the solution but the problem since that list will always exclude some users and may it only those that depend on the IBM blindreader or another kinder of useragent.
If you look a bit more close at things like ACID1+2+3+n, IE8 quirks vs standard and so on, you may also note, that the general goal is to be independend of browser-implementations and this is the only correct way to go in the long run to prevent incompatibility, to easier the job of webdesigners, to prevent to exclude smaller user-groups and to have real interoperability.
By other anon at Thu, 2008/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"Don't forget that the status quo is the reason why we are able to choose between different browsers since else everybody would be on IE which is still the leading browser."
There is a balance to be struck between having a choice of rendering engines that open up other platforms for people, and having something that, uhm, works. The status quo just doesn't work for KDE users currently.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
For compatibility, I'd rather go for Firefox/Gecko (or even IE, I bet 99% websites out there is compatible with IE :D). I still see some compatibility issues with Safari/WebKit. Also, there is a recent news that a guy from Mozilla is working for Qt/Gecko.
For performance, KHTML is still the winner (especially the latest KHTML from trunk). I still use Konqueror/KHTML as my main browser since it serves me well for my 99% browsing need. And I just fire Firefox when I encounter site which is not compatible with KHTML.
By Another fred at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Same for me. The only place where I need Firefox is the Wordpress post editor, but afaik KHTML now has WYSIWYG editor support, so this might be solved already.
By Stefan Majewsky at Thu, 2008/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
I'm also almost exclusively using Konqueror / KHTML to browse the web, it's simple the fastest I could find and has the nicest rendering in my eyes, leading the pack by a large margin.
Unfortunately ECMAScript / JavaScript support with KDE 3.5's KJS is a bit flaky, but as far as I understand that's not directly KHTML's fould.
I'm looking forward to KDE 4.1 and I'm curious to see how Konqueror has improved. :-)
In case of compatibility problems with web sites I resort to Firefox, but it's just too slow for daily work and many pages get rendered just plain ugly... Maybe Firefox 3 will improve something on that front, I've not tested its betas yet.
By Gunter Ohrner at Sun, 2008/06/01 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Last I heard, qt's webkit was using the same user agent that konqueror was.
Web developers seem to care very little about standards. And Firefox has written its own. Picking which rendering standard to implement is non-trivial. Deal with that for a while then come back and complain about compatibility.
p.s. qt's webkit != safari's webkit
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"Last I heard, qt's webkit was using the same user agent that konqueror was.
I'm afraid that this is the myth that lots of people want to perpetuate, but it simply isn't true I'm afraid. Using the same WebKit engine and code allows for bug-for-bug compatibility with Safari, and with greater market share that counts for a lot, and it's far easier to drive market share up together for the engine. That's why Nokia and lots of others are using it.
Peruse through KHTL's bug list and you'll see that the problems arise from differences and quirks between how KHTML handles certain elements and other engines. Very few, if any at all, of the real problems are down to user agent strings as some people want to pretend.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
"Using the same WebKit engine and code allows for bug-for-bug compatibility with Safari"
I'm pretty sure this isn't and will never be true. http://zecke.blogspot.com/2008/01/joys-of-debugging-webkit.html
By jason at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
HTML and JavaScript engines never are pretty. Debugging issues with any engine is damn hard, whether it be WebKit or KHTML. In the end' it's a question of what ends up being easiest to work with in the long run, and gives better results.
What happened there was they GIT merged a new branch into QtWebKit, got pointed to a known bug by the Apple people (which affected nightly builds of WebKit and Safari as well) and ended up being OK. In reality, they didn't need to resolve and patch this themselves although they did need to find out what was happening in their port. Try doing this with your own engine that no one else works on.
Re: Konqueror ---> webkit
Unfortunately, this doesn't prove your point at all.
I have been developing web browser components for 9 years. Yes, all the way back when HTML4 was brand new and AJAX wasn't even AJAX (it was all "DHTML" :)
Simply put, having Konqueror use WebKit means that Konqueror and other QtWebKit embedding applications will be running the same rendering engine. This means, if a site fails to load in one, it will fail in the other. The current state of affairs is that Konqueror renders it one way using KHTML (note, badly most of the time) and QtWebKit from a very recent WebKit build (~SquirrelFish checkin time) will render it very nicely. And 3x faster.
To say that it will be bug-for-bug compatibility, is wrong, that is for sure - the abstraction of QtWebKit is different to Safari, so you may see bugs in Qt classes, but then you will also see these in Konqueror, perhaps hidden behind different, confused codepaths. But, WebKit is maintained by Nokia (alone as well as through Trolltech for QtWebKit), Apple and a large team of developers, and the bugfixes and better abstractions will be committed in, and there will be more concerned developers working on WebKit than there are on KHTML.
In fact the blog URL you posted just goes to prove THAT :)
I think KDE developers should at least produce some affirmation of their stance on this, and correct the hundreds of not thousands of articles which proclaim that Konqueror is "based on WebKit", when in fact it is based on KHTML which is where WebKit came from. If there is no plan to support WebKit Actual as Konqueror's renderer, then say so. Tell us all, so we can start porting the surrounding Konqueror components into a WebKit-based browser :)
By Matt Sealey, Ge... at Fri, 2008/08/01 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror ---> khtml
Hmm is flash supported yet? Support for swfdec and/or gnash would be cool...could u puhleeeez cute em? :)
By hihi at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
flash is written to work on firefox
and not really anywhere else
complain to them
sorry folks, firefox is THE monopoly today
(but yes, it does work, depending on what version you use)
Re: flash is written to work on firefox
Read again. He was asking for Qt ports/adaptions of swfdec and gnash, which aren't the binary trash Adobe tosses out.
Re: Konqueror and WebKit
Konqueror can use both KHTML and WebKit, I believe, though WebKit plugin support is still experimental. The added support of WebKit for Plasma is probably for better compatibility with OS X Dashboard widgets.
By Michel S. at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Konqueror and WebKit
Konqueror has always been technically renderer agnostic. Which is good, since essentially the "free market" (in the form of distros and users) will decide what ends up being the primary renderer of Konqueror. It would've been ugly if what renderer Konqueror used had to be a top-down decision...
Judging from what I've seen blogged about WebKit in Qt 4.5, it sounds like WebKit won't really be ready until then (Qt 4.5 will be probably be late 2008).
By Ian Monroe at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Thanks KDE for all your hard work & perseverance!
That is all :)
By Martin Fitzpatrick at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks KDE for all your hard work & perseverance!
By Bram at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks KDE for all your hard work & perseverance!
(I learned)
By Riddle at Thu, 2008/05/29 - 5:00am
Missing Bits
First of all thank you all who are involved in this wonderful work and for another important beta release.
There are a few things that I am personally missing, they are not vital but nonetheless missing.
By Bobby at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
no proxy support :'(
Well... I still don't see any word on proxy support in the release notes. More is a pity, but I cannot even try KDE 4.x in a reasonable fashion (well, that is try KDE and KDE programs) without fixed proxy support. I could always use firefox, pidgin, liferea, thunderbird and other non-KDE programs to access the net, but in that case I don't see the point of using KDE. I hope they will fix this soon.
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Evolutionary biology and faith in God are not incompatible, two professors asserted at the international Rimini Meeting, an event that brings hundreds of thousands of people to Italy.
"A proper understanding of creation, especially an understanding set forth by a thinker such as Thomas Aquinas, helps us to see that there is no conflict between evolutionary biology or any of the natural sciences and a fundamental understanding that all that 'is', is caused by God," Professor William E. Carroll of Oxford University's theology faculty told CNA Aug. 22.
"Evolutionary biology is that area of science which helps us to understand better the origin and development of human beings, but whatever those arguments are in evolutionary biology they, in principle, do not conflict with the fundamental understanding that all that 'is' is created by God," Carroll said.
Professor Carroll was a keynote speaker at the Rimini Meeting, an international gathering organized by the Catholic lay movement Communion and Liberation. From August 19 to 25 the event in the Italian seaside town of Rimini is exploring a range of contemporary cultural issues, including the relationship between faith, reason and science.
"God causes the world to be the kind of world which it is and the natural sciences help to disclose what kind of a world we have," Carroll explained.
Sharing a platform with him was Professor Ian Tattersall of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Both men expressed a particular appreciation for Pope Benedict XVI's ongoing efforts to encourage greater dialogue between faith and science.
"There is a spectrum of intransigence in the religious community and in the scientific community," Tattersall remarked, explaining, "that is why the dialogue is useful because maybe it will broaden flexibility on both sides."
In January 2012, Pope Benedict established a new Science and Faith Foundation, which will be headquartered at the Vatican. He said that his aim in doing so is to build a "philosophical bridge" between science and theology.
"One of the great insights of the Pope, which he continually emphasizes, is an enlargement of reason, a recognition that rationality is not limited to what the natural sciences do but that there's a larger sense of rationality that includes both philosophy and theology," Carroll said.
He suggested that the recent debate has occasionally become confused by the interventions of high-profile scientists like Richard Dawkins or Lawrence Krauss.
Both, he claimed, "are really ignorant of philosophy and theology, and so they make all sorts of goofy philosophical and theological claims."
"Science is a different way of knowing than spiritual faith, both answer to a need that humans have 'to know,' but they are answering different parts of the question," added Tattersall.
In fact, Tattersall pointed out, "many scientists are believers, so there's certainly no incompatibility in principle between the two."


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A manufacturer of software that can help engineers determine a product's carbon footprint has agreed to donate funds from its sales to support Formula Hybrid, the annual international student competition based at Thayer. Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. will donate $1 for every download of its SolidWorks SustainabilityXpress software, up to $10,000, to Formula Hybrid, which encourages students to design high-performance fuel-electric hybrid vehicles. "SustainabilityXpress will aid in students' decision-making processes regarding sustainability and the life cycle of components or materials they use in building their plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles for the Formula Hybrid competition," says Formula Hybrid deputy director Wynne Washburn.
Scientific American recently featured Professor Victor Petrenko's technology for de-icing car windshields, power lines, airplane wings, and bridge cables. Petrenko's IceController delivers a swift jolt of high-power electricity that immediately melts ice where it meets surfaces, letting the ice slide away. "The objective is to heat an interface in between the ice and the surface from ambient temperature to ice['s] melting point quickly and with a lot of power," Petrenko told Scientific American. His company, Ice Engineering LLC, has installed the technology on the Uddevalla cable bridge in Sweden and a 107,639-square-foot glass dome in a mall in Moscow.
Scientists from around the world are joining forces to help resolve issues related to the sustainable production of energy from biomass. The Global Sustainable Bioenergy (GSB) project, led by Professor Lee Lynd, kicked off in November with a meeting in Malaysia. "A key focus of our project is to look at future scenarios that are not continuous with current trends," says Lynd. "By showing that bioenergy-intensive futures that honor other important priorities are physically possible on a global scale, it is my hope that the GSB project will motivate and inform action toward this end." Lynd, the Paul H. and Joan A. Queneau Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering Design, describes the project — and his longtime passion for biofuels — in a Jones Seminar that is available on YouTube.
The Eastern Snow Conference awarded Si Chen Th'10 the Wiesnet Medal for best student paper at its conference last June. Chen presented the paper "In-situ Observations of Snow Sublimation Using Scanning Electron Microscopy."
A $2-million award from the National Science Foundation will enable Professor Simon Shepherd to help expand the international Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, or SuperDARN, used to study the space plasma environment that surrounds the Earth. Shepherd is part of a collaborative project with colleagues from three other schools to construct an array of ground-based remote sensing instruments. "This data will help us better understand the near-Earth space environment and ultimately better predict geomagnetic storms and their effects on terrestrial and space systems," says Shepherd, who will oversee the construction and operation of at least one of four new radar sites. He will be joined in that effort by co-principal investigator Raymond Greenwald Adv'70.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Randy Cunneyworth will once again be grooming Buffalo Sabres prospects in a new role with the team's American Hockey League affiliate.
Cunneyworth was promoted to the newly created job of special assistant/player development coach of the Rochester Americans, the Sabres announced Wednesday. His responsibilities will include developing players and serving as a liaison with the Sabres.
Cunneyworth spent eight seasons coaching the Americans, from 2000-'08, before making the jump to the NHL. He spent two seasons as an assistant with the Atlanta Thrashers. Cunneyworth then left for Montreal, where he finished the 2011-12 season as the Canadiens interim head coach after Jacques Martin was fired.
The Sabres hired Cunneyworth as a scout in November.


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iPadOS 13 arrives on iPad in September. During the days that follow web analytics tools – like Google Analytics – will indicate single digital percentage changes in device splits with desktop increasing, and tablet decreasing.
The change is a consequence of Apple's drive for a supposed improved web browsing experience and tracking prevention.
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Friday 4th March 2016 saw 180 web professionals all with an interest in progressive enhancement assemble in London for a one day conference organised by Simon McManus.
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I continue to be amazed at how the humble User-Agent is misunderstood. My purpose in writing this blog post is to reset some myths passed down from web professional to web professional over the years concerning User-Agents. This was typified in the debate and conversation I witnessed at Enhance Conference.
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UK - Dale Farm eviction - Travellers and protesters final days on their site
Heavy machinery starts to remove the scaffolding gantry. Travellers at Dale Farm site prior to eviction. Riot police and bailiffs were present on 20th October 2011, as the site was cleared of the last protesters chained to barricades. Dale Farm is part of a Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller site in Crays Hill, Essex, UK
Dale Farm housed over 1,000 people, the largest Traveller concentration in the UK. The whole of the site is owned by residents and is located within the Green Belt. It is in two parts: in one, residents constructed buildings with planning permission to do so; in the other, residents were refused planning permission due to the green belt policy, and built on the site anyway.


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SALT LAKE CITY -- If nothing else, UCLA avoided rough weather.
An hour or so before Thursday night's kickoff, snow swirled over Rice-Eccles Stadium for five minutes before quickly giving way to sunshine. Almost immediately after the clock ran down on the Bruins' 34-27 win over Utah, the sky again turned white.
A bit of serendipity, perhaps.
There was much of that for the Bruins on the field, even in a messy effort that saw the loss of multiple starters. Before a sellout crowd of over 40,000 black shirts, they preserved a perfect record and a precious 1-0 start to Pac-12 play.
"We're gonna take that," head coach Jim Mora said.
After blowing out three teams by 104 combined points to start the season, UCLA's offense slowed. It had 404 yards of offense to Utah's 387, but wasn't nearly as efficient as it had been in prior weeks. Entering the game with a nation-leading 68.29 percent success rate on third downs, the Bruins (4-0) converted just 7 of 19 opportunities.
Kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn gave UCLA a 27-24 lead at 8:28 in the fourth quarter with a 47-yard field goal. His team would not lose it.
Defensive back Anthony Jefferson grabbed his second interception of the game with a little over four minutes left, bringing UCLA's total up to five. That set up the team's final scoring drive, capped by Brett Hundley's 36-yard run on a quarterback draw -- a play the quarterback called. He finished with 211 passing yards and a touchdown, adding a touchdown catch too.
Down 10 points, the Utes (3-2, 0-2) moved down the field enough for kicker Andy Phillips to knock one in off the uprights from 37 yards out, making it a one-score game with two minutes to go. They put in one last scare with a fumble recovery with 1:59 on the clock.
The Utes took over near midfield. Wilson took a sack to set up 4th-and-6, but he completed an 11-yard pass to Anthony Denham to keep his team's hopes alive.
A few plays later, linebacker Myles Jack jumped in for UCLA's sixth interception of the game.
"We had way too many mental errors, but ultimately they were my fault," said Wilson, who had only thrown three picks on the season before Thursday. "Some were deflected, some were off receiver's hands, but it happens so we just have to keep on playing."\
The Bruins had opened the game with a quick, 10-play touchdown drive, but was hampered by numerous errors all night long. Center Jake Brendel's snaps flew consistently low, skidding several yards back on one play.
Hundley lost much of his vision momentarily in the third quarter. When he returned a few plays later, he didn't look quite the same, eventually throwing an ugly pick in the fourth quarter that allowed the Utes to tie the game at 24 with 13 minutes to go.
He appeared fine afterward, but said he wasn't sure what caused him to start seeing double. The trouble began when he was knocked down and hit his head against the turf. His vision returned gradually, and he said he could see just fine when interviewed post-game.
The redshirt sophomore had started the game brilliantly, but needed a gritty, pock-marked effort against a fierce Utah blitz. He ran for 85 yards, scrambling out of tough situations as the clock wound down.
And he did so without the benefit of one of UCLA's surprise stars.
Junior tailback Jordon James -- who entered the game as the nation's fifth-leading rusher -- hobbled off the field late in the first half, injuring his ankle after notching 39 yards and a touchdown. The Bruins slid in backup Paul Perkins, a redshirt freshman who was Hundley's high school teammate.
He finished with 92 yards on 16 touches -- alleviating some concern for the team should James' injury prove to be significant. Mora said James had X-rays done, but was uncertain about the diagnosis.
More serious is the condition of left tackle Torian White, who is out indefinitely with a broken right ankle. Simon Goines shifted to the spot for the rest of the game. Offensive line coach Adrian Klemm said All-American Xavier Su'a-Filo could also slide there if necessary, but preferred that the junior stay at left guard.
An uneven but effective performance by the defense kept the game close. It sacked Wilson three times, and took advantage on a number of tipped balls. UCLA snatched three of its six interceptions in the third quarter.
Wilson, the Utes' most promising quarterback in years, had started the game 7 of 9 for a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter. By the end, the 6-foot-7 sophomore was just 22 of 44 with 288 yards. He did not find the end zone again.
Bruins safety Randall Goforth could have had one more pick, but allowed one to slip through his hands for one of those first-quarter scores. That strike from Wilson to receiver Sean Fitzgerald gave the Utes a 14-7 lead.
"That would've been a 101-yard touchdown," Goforth said. "For sure."
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Meodia writes, "So about a year ago when Project Natal was first starting off, many Xbox 360 and even other gamers were worried about the future of their console. A local shovelware dumping ground didn't sound quite appealing and Natal looked like it would serve extra servings of it. But Microsoft reassured us, holding our hands and telling us that everything would be alright. Since then, nothing has changed. After that "conference" at E3, we were shown nothing but how to please little girls."
It's funny because after the Microsoft conference, we actually saw some. In fact, I'm surprised that they showed off the shovelware they did, and then an hour later Sonic Freedom Riders and Child of Eden were shown off and completely destroyed what Microsoft displayed.
If core gamers are anything like me they could careless about them.
gotta agree, MS is exactly like nintendo 2 years ago. hey, what ever happened to that dumb ass vitality sensor.


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Following are excerpts from an address by Syrian Sunni cleric Karim Rajeh, which aired on Al-Hiwar TV on January 27, 2013.
Karim Rajeh: It has come to my attention that some of those who claim to manifest manhood and honor, upon learning that one of their daughters has been raped by criminals and shabiha during this revolution, permit the killing of that daughter. They consider such killings to be a matter of honor, and they believe that if they allow these daughters to remain alive, they themselves will be left without honor.
I hereby issue a religious ruling, and declare, loud and clear, that anybody who does such a thing is himself without honor. He lacks reason, and is a fool, who understands nothing, while the girl is one of the more noble people – if not the most noble of all. She heroically defended her honor and her dignity, but the rapists were stronger than her. Then she returned, broken-spirited and in pain.
Will you reward her, oh honorable one, by killing her? You are a murderer, to whom the following words of Allah apply: "If a man intentionally kills a believer, his recompense is eternal Hellfire. Allah's wrath and curse are upon him, and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him."
I urge young men to marry these girls, for they are honorable. There are no girls more honorable than them. These girls were unwillingly harmed. It was rape. The blame lies with those who gave the order and who carried it out. If they had even a shred of dignity, they would not have done such things.
Dear people, respect your daughters.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
- Tuesday, February 05, 2013
- Elder of Ziyon
- honor killing
What does it say that when an ounce of sanity comes to the Muslim world - it is newsworthy?


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benvolio brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 200 Designs von 53 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Camphin Developments, one of Sydney's leading boutique construction design, build and development firms needs a new identity for all facets of the business including business cards, letterheads website and on-site banners.
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One of the modern breed of construction design & development Camphin Developments offers the full range of boutique services with a personal touch. The name of the business is "Camphin Developments" and the tagline is "Design. Build. Project Management."
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- business2customer - e.g. customers with enough capital to gut their existing homes and pay for the refitThe identity needs to be striking, clean, modern and professional and drive home the feeling that this is a design firm. Some kind of icon that can be re-used independently of the text as a branding element is desirable but not necessary.
Other than this – the brief is completely open. We have no colour preferences (but the logo should work in black+white) or font preferences - although sans-serif is probably appropriate.
Feel free to email or PM me if you need any more information.
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A Tale of Three Continents
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Oh my, this is much too tempting. I am thinking of making it, just for me and a few others.
- August 26, 2010 at 10:04 AM
- Valerie Gamine said...
I love the way you begin your posts. :D
This fudge looks sinfull, I love it!
- August 26, 2010 at 2:29 PM
- Shandy said...
The recipe really has traveled. What a great way to share a treat! I love your photo and with a post like this, I am going to have to make a batch of my own this weekend =).
- August 26, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Carol Peterman/TableFare said...
Last winter I made a variety of styles of fudge trying to find a great one. Never was wowed by any of them. I look forward to giving this one a try. Happily I think I have everything on hand so I can get right to it!
- August 26, 2010 at 11:38 PM
- Amy of Sing For Your Supper said...
Oh boy, I love fudge SO much!!! This looks so silky and gorgeous!!!
- August 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Beth said...
Fudge is so decadent that I don't make it often, but it really is a sweet treat on occasion. I'm glad so many of you are tempted by it. Who knows, maybe it'll make it to a fourth continent!
- August 27, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Heather said...
What a lovely recipe! The fudge looks absolutely mouth-watering.
- August 27, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- Amanda said...
Oh I love fudge, my husband worships it! LOL Looks delicious!
- August 27, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Jaime said...
thank you for sharing. i can't wait to try this recipe. do you think i could use uncut mini marshmallows instead of cutting up big ones?
- September 3, 2010 at 10:38 PM
- Beth said...
Yes, you can definitely substitute minis for large marshmallows, Jaime. I've done that if I only have minis in the house. The only drawback is that I use the substitution 10 minis per one large marshmallow, so you have to count 250 of them! 2 cups might work, but I've never checked to see if they measure in the same way as the bigger ones.
- September 4, 2010 at 6:35 AM
- Jaime said...
hmmm maybe i will count and measure and see if it comes out the same. it is good to know the exact count required so i don't mess up the recipe, though. thanks beth!
- September 4, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- Tessa said...
This looks almost exactly like the fudge recipe that my dad always makes. I think the only difference is that his uses marshmallow creme. I can still remember having to stand on a stool so that I could help him make it for the holidays when I was a kid. Makes me want some now =)
- September 14, 2010 at 12:58 PM


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With the Holiday season in full swing, there are bound to be situations where it may be tougher than usual to get a safe meal. I have always been scared to eat at gatherings, especially where you have multiple people bringing food to share. I was always embarassed to ask how something was made or what exactly went into a dish, but I am learning to get past that. Just last night I went to an ornament exchange party. I made Buffalo Chicken Dip so that I would have something safe to eat. At the very least I knew I could eat that with some celery and tortilla chips and not be starving. I also brought along some Peanut Butter Fudge so I knew that I would have a safe "treat" as well. I was very pleased to find out that there were some cookies that I could eat (flourless PB cookies with Hershey's kisses in the middle). YAY!! Also, I don't know where my courage came from, but I was quizzing people as they placed their dishes down to see if the food was something I could have or not. Surprisingly, there were only a few things that I couldn't have! I was able to have the following:
Hashbrown potato casserole (made without cream of something soup….only had butter, sour cream and cheese in it) ~ amazing
Collard Greens with smoked turkey ~ OMG….this was out-of-this-world.
Salad with feta, raspberries, northern beans and a wishbone spray balsamic dressing
Sangria ~ wine, ginger ale and fruit
So, really, along with the chicken dip, celery & chips that I brought, I had a decent "meal" and left feeling very full and satisified. Everyone was very accommodating when it came to the ingredients and I didn't feel strange asking about the food. I knew that if I wanted to partake and have a nice time, it was what I had to do to be safe. I have found that being upfront and planning are the best ways to handle situations like this. You won't leave hungry if you make sure to snack upfront before going or bringing something along that is safe. I know for myself, hungry = cranky, very cranky, so I must make sure that I have food.
Enjoy your Holiday festivities!
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Budget seeks increases in funding for federal humanities grant programs
President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget request for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) seeks funding of $171.315 million, an increase of $16.315 million over the agency's FY 2009 appropriation. The request includes $10 million for the Endowment to administer the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program, which the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts currently operates. The 2010 request recommends enhanced support for many of the Endowment's grant programs in the humanities, including significant increases both for the agency's Federal/State Partnership and the 56 state humanities councils it supports, and for NEH programs that fund basic research and original scholarship in the humanities.
"The President's budget request demonstrates his strong commitment to the humanities and will allow the Endowment to do more of what it does best—support excellent projects in all areas of the humanities for scholars, curators, teachers, students, and the general public throughout the nation," said NEH Acting Chairman Carole M. Watson.
The FY 2010 budget request will enable the Endowment to provide support for projects to preserve significant cultural and intellectual resources and improve public and scholarly access to them. For example, NEH will establish a new grant program, "Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections," which will enable institutions to plan or implement preventative conservation measures that prolong the useful life of humanities collections. NEH also will reintroduce preservation research and development grants for projects that address major challenges in preserving and maintaining access to humanities collections and resources. Through its We the People program, NEH will continue to fund humanities projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of the nation's history and culture. The proposed budget also will enable the Endowment to support both projects that enrich humanities teaching and learning in our nation's schools and colleges, as well as those that provide opportunities for Americans to engage in lifelong learning in the humanities, such as projects for public audiences in anticipation of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, a national observance that will take place between 2011 and 2015.
The NEH cultivates the best in humanities scholarship and understanding by awarding grants to cultural institutions such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges and universities, public television and radio stations, as well as to individuals such as scholars and teachers. NEH grants support all types of humanities projects—from museum exhibitions, to documentary films, scholarly monographs, workshops for teachers, and preservation of archives and other cultural resources—to bring the wisdom of the humanities to all Americans. The NEH's work is complemented and enhanced by the outstanding local programming of the 56 state and territorial humanities councils.
The agency's FY 2010 budget request will support the following NEH strategic objectives:
- Improve the quality of humanities education offered to American schoolchildren and college students;
- Support and broaden the programs of the 56 state humanities councils;
- Preserve and democratize Americans' access to important cultural and intellectual resources in the humanities;
- Provide opportunities for citizens of all ages to engage in a lifetime of learning in the humanities;
- Enhance NEH's role as a leader in humanities research and scholarship and create new opportunities for scholars to advance our knowledge and understanding of the humanities;
- Encourage innovative uses of digital technology in humanities research, education, preservation and access, and public programming;
- Reinvigorate the study and understanding of the nation's history and culture and enhance the study and understanding of the history and culture of other nations; and
- Stimulate nonfederal support for the nation's cultural and educational institutions and for humanities projects and programs.
Additionally, the request includes new oversight responsibility for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program. With the program's transfer from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, NEH will manage a redesigned program of competitive grants to arts, historical, and cultural institutions in the District of Columbia.
Additional information is available in the summary and highlights (7-page PDF) or the detailed budget request (97-page PDF) of the Endowment's FY 2010 appropriation request. A table (1-page PDF) with the FY 2010 funding request figures, by division and office with FY 2008 and FY 2009 appropriation amounts, is available as well.


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jamesgray necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
BargainJack.com, a bargain shopping site for guys, is ready for a kick-ass makeover. We have a new logo and now need a new, clean look to update the site. We have wireframes for the layout of the home page and our individual product page template…both are changing from their existing layouts. We want masculine, fun, techie and 2.0. Looking for a home page and an individual product page.
I've run 6 contests and awarded over $2200 so far. 80% feedback. This contest is GUARANTEED.
I want to see really original designs. Thanks!
BargainJack.com is a shopping site catering to guys who likegadgets, power tools, sports, video games, and beer. The demographic of this siteis primarily male, ages 18 - 35. The site caters to this demographic with manlyhumor and a strong social community, with the host of the site, Jack,delivering deals on the various products that guys like. Jack is witty,informed, sarcastic, and funny. He's a man's man. The site should have a similar vibe.
Colors: colors need to include the logo color but we'd liketo see other complimentary colors so that it's not just monochromatic. Big deal to us: clickable links should alllook "clickable" …so please give them all a color that is never used fornon-clickable text.
Our new logo, created on 99designs by Mogeek, is here: http://99designs.com/contests/11766…ies/837353
Fonts used in the logo were collegia.ttf andmyriadPro-Regular.otf.
Here are links to the wireframes:
Everyday, "Jack" blogs about the top deal of the day on thehome page. As we showed in the wireframe,we think it would be cool if this blog entry appeared in a conversation ballooncoming from our "Jack" avatar. Go to http://www.bargainjack.com for a larger image ofJack. So, we're open to keeping thissame Jack illustration around, but want to downplay him more than on thecurrent site. His clothing and clothingcolors can change if you'd like. If youthink that he just doesn't fit with the new look and feel…we're open to that,too.
Once we like your overall design for the home page, we'llask you to create the product page. Andthen, we'll ask for pop-ups and hover states of buttons.
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For many golfers, screeching to a halt in the parking lot 45 seconds before tee time is the norm - however, they also seem to be the first ones to need to borrow something on the 2nd tee box - a glove, some tees, a towel....you know their ilk. For other golfers, being prepared on the first tee is super important to an enjoyable round - call them obsessed,anal retentive, whatever.... I call them "ready"...
The next time you head out to play, give this little list some thought - It may help you get into the right frame of mind. I like to think of it as a list of "Lucky 13" items for a more enjoyable round...
1. Clean Clubs: Clean clubs are a must. Not only do they look good, they perform better. A good mechanic always takes care of his tools, so why shouldn't you ? (Hint – A good wiping at the end of your round, making sure that the grooves are all clean and free of dirt , and you are ready to go the next time you play.)
2. Laser Range Finder: Mine is a Callaway, but there are a number of good brands. I've also got a Sky Caddie, but I find that I use the rangefinder more often. Knowing the distance to not only the pin, but also the front and rear of hazards, doglegs, etc is a real plus. I also think it helps speed play, because you aren't chasing down sprinkler heads. If you don't have one in the bag,give one a try...
3. Divot Tool and Ball Marker: I'm a Titleist guy in most things golf (Irons, Wedges, Putter, Bag, and sometimes Balls),and my Divot Tool is no exception - I use a Cameron divot tool. However, brand is unimportant – using one is. One of my first posts preaches the religion of "Fixing your Divots", so if you are not convinced that this is important, please read what I had to say. Ball markers are a matter of preference, but I go for a 5 pound coin I picked up in Scotland – it helps ensure I never confuse my mark with someone else's.
4. Properly Marked Balls: I am partial to a bright (read Lime) green Sharpie, and I mark mine with two dots below the label, and a line around the perimeter for use as an alignment aid. I highly recommend the "line", as well as using a distinctive color. I almost witnessed a fistfight in a tournament over a Pro V1 with a red dot - two guys swore the same ball was theirs.
5. Sunglasses - After trying a couple of brands (Maui Jim, Nike, Smith, etc), I like Oakley the best. They make a golf specific lens that is sort of "rose" colored (I know, rose colored glasses, huh ????), which are sweet. Even if you take them off to read putts or hit your shots, your eyes will thank you for wearing them the rest of the time.
6. Towels – I carry two towels, one that I keep damp to clean my clubs, and a synthetic, quick drying towel that I use to keep my face and hands dry.
7. 2 Water Bottles – I'm a cyclist when I am not playing golf, so I keep two bike water bottles with me – one filled with plain water, and one filled with Cytomax – a great sports recovery drink with a lot less sugar than Gatorade or Powerade. (Summertime tip – freeze the Cytomax overnight, and by the time you make the turn, it will be nice and slushy…mmmm)
8. Nature Valley Honey and Oat Granola Bars – Heaven in a green foil wrapper…you can eat these around the clock - tasty, nutritious, and available at every convenience store in America.
9. First Aid Kit – Advil, band-aids, athletic tape, chapstick,sunscreen, and some Amino-Vital (just in case I forget the Cytomax….).
10. Clean Golf Shoes – I'm a firm believer in looking my best on the golf course. Just like off the course, having clean, nice looking shoes is a big step toward looking right (just ask Golf Girl). (Hint – At the end of your round, wipe your shoes clean with a damp towel before putting them in your trunk – they are easier to clean before the dirt and grass dry on them – and next time you go out, they are already cleaned up !) P.S. - match the belt to the shoes – just like in the real world.
11. Ample Supply of (White) Tees – The Pro shop at the club where I play dispenses the little buggers like Budweiser at a NASCAR race (i.e. free of charge), and I make sure to grab a handful every time I play.
12. 30 Minutes to Warm Up – Trust me - if you take at least 30 minutes to warm up, you will enjoy your round more. Whether you hit balls, chip, putt, or only stretch out - your round will be more fun and you are less likely to injure yourself. Stretch it to 45 minutes, which lets you putt, chip, and hit 20-25 balls with a variety of clubs - and get mentally ready to play.
13. A Sense of Humor - After reading the list above, you may think that someone who prepares like this takes themselves a bit too seriously – and that's why the last item is a real must have. As much as you want to play well every time, always remember that we are amateurs who are supposed to be having fun...PLAYING. Being able to laugh at yourself when you flub a shot – priceless. Throwing a club or a bunch of F bombs – uh, maybe I'll find another group…
So what are your "must haves" before hitting the first shot of the day ?


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Scott Baker's month of June has started off well for the righty. In three starts, Baker is 2-0 with 23-to-1 strikeouts-to-walks in 22 innings of work. One of the biggest trend differences for the Twins number one starters between this month and last is that Baker's is getting more chases on pitches out-of-zone (35.1 percent in June versus 29.8 percent in May) plus fewer balls being put into play on those swings (53.9 percent in June versus 70.2 percent in May). In addition, Baker has seen his average fastball velocity increase from 90.6 to 91.7 in the two months, something that may stem from mechanical adjustments pitching coach Rick Anderson tried to implement.
Like everybody else, Patrick Reusse throws in his two cents regarding Delmon Young and how Young's prospect-hype-cum-professional-career-disappointment might mimic that of former Twins prospect David McCarty. While in theory, the comp is good - two highly touted prospects unable to adapt at the major league level - however, the two players had wildly different developmental paths to the bigs. As the collegiate-groom McCarty demonstrated progress in the discipline department prior to being advanced, high school draftee Young's plate approach dissipated at each subsequent level (K/BB ratio increased from 2.26 to 3.14 to 4.33 in consecutive years). The Rays never allowed Young to fully collect himself prior to pushing the next level (a team that has 100-losses doesn't have that luxury).
Minnesota Twins fans certainly traveled well to Chicago to be able to worship at the baseball cathedral that is Wrigley Field this past weekend, however, not all baseball insiders feel the same about the facility. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen told Joe Cowley at the Chicago Sun-Times that "I puke every time I go there. I'm just being honest. If the Cubs fans don't like the way I talk about Wrigley Field ... I don't say anything about their fans, but Wrigley Field? They have to respect my opinion because that's the way I feel. A lot of great people are working there, the clubhouse people working there - I wish they had a better clubhouse, but besides that, it's exciting when the game starts. Of course it's exciting because that's one of the best, it's always crowded. But besides that, it's terrible.''
Alexi Casilla, who was send down to Rochester prior to the weekend, missed Sunday's game due to back problems reports the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. This back issue may have to do with a cross-country drive that Casilla went on. Instead of rendezvousing with the team in Toledo, Casilla flew to the Twin Cities to drive his vehicle back to Rochester (a possible sign that he knew he was not returning to the Twins any time soon). USA Today's Bob Nightengale noted that these kinds of demotions for players like Casilla are often wake-up calls to players that once thought to have had concrete roles at the Major League level but have a few shortcomings that need additional attention.
Sid Hartman believes that right-handed relief pitcher Rob Delaney might get the next call to Minnesota in search of another bullpen arm. Since his promotion to Rochester, Delaney has struck out seven and walked just one in seven innings of work. His 5.14 ERA is the product of a four runs outing. Juan Morillo's has struck out 31 in 22.1 innings of work but has walked 15 in as many appearances.
Charley Walters would like the Twins to acquire another hometown hero, Robb Quinlan, from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The statement is base on nothing specific (besides that he is a local yokel) and would provide the Twins with little-to-no value as a back-up first baseman/third baseman right-handed bat that never really hit lefties all that well (.295/.336/.449 in 587 PAs). Wait. Maybe the Walters was suggesting Quinlan for the bullpen...hmmm.
Jon Paul Morosi at Fox Sports says that scouts are giving Houston's shortstop Miguel Tejada rave reviews for his work this season. Undoubtedly, Tejada will inevitably wind up being the hot trade topic this year because of his former MVP pedigree, it should be noted that his rebound power performance in 2009 is buttressed by a favorable home field condition. His six home runs have all come at Minute Maid (albeit not all in the short left field porch) but the circumstances should dictate that all buyers' beware when acquiring the 35-year-old.
Jeff Zerbiec of the Baltimore Sun says that the Twins, along with the Baltimore Orioles, are the top two teams interested in Dominican Republic shortstop Miguel Angel Sano. Sano is just 16-years-old but has already drawn comparisons to Florida's superstar shortstop Hanley Ramirez. Because of so many doctored birth certificates of prospects in the Dominican, one team actually ordered a bone graph which showed Sano is indeed between the ages of 16-and-17. While the Twins have not been known as aggressive pursuers when it comes to high-priced International prospects, pursuit of Sano makes sense for an organization that does not have a significant pipeline of shortstop prospects - it wasn't until the 8th round of the 2009 draft when the Twins selected their first shortstop, James Dozier, out of Southern Miss. The young shortstop is rumored to command at minimum a $3-million-dollar signing bonus (with 30 percent going to his handlers) but a large economic leap from his current tax bracket.
Joe Gaetti is having a tough go at it this season. After being traded by the Twins to the Rangers (where he played at Double-A Frisco), Gaetti stint in the Rangers organization lasted just nine games before being released. Two weeks ago the son of former Twins third baseman Gary, signed with the Tampa Bay Rays and was assigned to the Montgomery Biscuits.


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FAYETTEVILLE � Arkansas pitcher Randall Fant got off to a shaky start on Sunday, surrendering a first-inning home run to Texas A&M. Fant�s Razorback teammates struggled at the plate with runners on base.
Yet there was far more celebration than second-guessing for No. 12 Arkansas on Sunday as the team notched a 2-1 victory and series win against the Aggies. Coach Dave Van Horn noted a few areas the team could have performed better, but in the end didn�t want to lose sight of the final result. Arkansas won the series with consecutive victories after losing a heartbreaker in the opener.
�We won,� Van Horn said, after Arkansas notched its fourth victory in six Southeastern Conference series.
�It does a lot for their confidence,� Van Horn added. Yesterday�s game did a lot for their confidence after a tough loss on Friday.�
Pitching was once again a strong point for the Razorbacks as a crowd of 6,284 watched at Baum Stadium. Fant, outside of allowing that first inning home run, was solid in six innings of work. He struck out a career-high eight batters and allowed only two hits and one run as he improved to 3-1 for the season.
Fant shook off the early mistake on the Troy Stein home run and showed good command of his pitches the rest of the way. He effectively mixed in his changeup, a pitch that had been troubling him in previous outings, and kept A&M hitters guessing.
Arkansas (27-15, 11-7 SEC) took a 1-0 lead in the first and the Aggies tied it up on Stein�s solo shot to lead off the second inning. Fant then struck out the next two batters he faced.
�It�s part of the game,� said Fant, a senior left hander from Texarkana. �It�s going to happen. Hopefully not to often. You�ve just got to forget about it and regroup.�
Fant did just that. He struck out five in a row at one point over the second and third innings. Texas A&M�s only other hit against Fant came on Stein�s lead off single in the top of the seventh, just before Arkansas made a pitching change to bring in Landon Simpson.
�Randall Fant did a tremendous job,� Van Horn said. �It seemed like after he gave up the home run to Stein, he got settled in.�
Simpson, Trent Daniel and closer Colby Suggs also did their part to keep the Aggies from rallying. Simpson gave the Razorbacks 1 2/3 scoreless innings with just one hit allowed. Daniel was brought in to face one batter and got A&M second baseman Cole Lankford to fly out to left field. Suggs struck out two of the three batters he faced in picking up his fifth save of the season.
Arkansas was able to capitalize on the bullpen�s strong outing and close out the game, something the Razorbacks failed to do on Friday. They led 3-1 in the eighth inning and wound up losing 5-3 on a grand slam. It was a rare collapse by the bullpen, which has been the strength of the club this season.
Van Horn was proud of his team for shaking off the series opening loss to close out strong. Arkansas put up a season-high 15 hits in a 12-2 victory on Saturday.
While the Razorbacks had 11 hits against four Aggies� pitchers on Sunday, they weren�t able to convert those base runners into runs, leaving the game�s outcome somewhat in suspense until Suggs shut the door on Texas A&M (22-19, 7-11) for good in the ninth.
Aggies pitcher Rafael Pindea was the losing pitcher as he allowed two runs on eight hits in four innings. A pair of singles from Tyler Spoon and Brian Anderson got the Razorbacks on the board in the first inning.
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Vinson, McAfee and Serrano all finished with two hits. There were five Razorbacks with at least one hit, including a double down the right field line from Dominic Ficociello. Arkansas wasn�t able to build on that 2-1 lead, however.
Still, the team felt like it was in good position late, catcher Jacob Wise said. Watching them give up a lead on Friday was merely a �fluke,� he said.
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"The only moments I have when I play that are worth anything to me are when I can blissfully ignore the people I am supposed to be entertaining," wrote the American pianist William Kapell to a friend, the pianist Shirley Rhoads, from Australia, where he was unhappily on tour in 1953.
No me; no silly public to amuse; only the heart and the soul, the world, the birds, storms, dreams, sadness, heavenly serenity. Then I am an artist worthy of the name…. Until it happens, or if it doesn't happen, I am miserable….
More than half a century has passed since Kapell died in a plane crash returning from Sydney. He was thirty-one. Revered by pianists, he is no longer widely familiar to the public, having been largely ignored after his albums went out of print by the 1960s. A generation of American pianists who looked to him as an inspiration—Van Cliburn, Byron Janis, Eugene Istomin, Leon Fleischer, Gary Graffman—supplanted him; then younger players succeeded them.
Was there any greater American pianist born during the last century than Kapell? Perhaps not. Certainly he was the most famous American-born player until Van Cliburn. He was a jukebox star during the 1940s, thanks to his performance of Khachaturian's Piano Concerto, a noisy showpiece that Kapell came to resent, in the way that Rachmaninoff came to loathe his own Prelude in C-sharp Minor.
He was also a stereotype of a native New Yorker: bright, brash, tactless, competitive, funny, cocky, and thin-skinned. He could be exceptionally generous and also nasty. He was a nervous, obsessive person—and meticulous (he kept a diary to record, down to the minute, how long he practiced each piece, toting up the numbers month after month).
As the pianist Eugene Istomin once put it, Kapell was not an easy man, but he was a great one. At the keyboard he sat erect and was both intense and masterful, but his stage mannerisms could be curious and distracting; he waddled impatiently onto and off the platform, and occasionally made twitching movements during the orchestral parts of a concerto, occasionally even pulling a comb from his back pocket to scratch. There was a sense of edginess, a ferocity, about him and his musical sensibility.
"Anger hardly does it justice," Jerome Lowenthal, who was Kapell's student and a teacher at Juilliard, told me recently, recalling Kapell's periodic fits of displeasure during their lessons, which might go on for hours, and which Kapell provided free of charge. "He was poetic, charming, sweet, amusing, but he could also be a very scary person," Lowenthal said. On the only film of him, a segment of Omnibus, the early television program hosted by Alistair Cooke, who was a friend of Kapell's, Kapell looks as if he's ready to murder Cooke when he interrupts the pianist before the end of a piece.
In a postwar world still dominated by turn-of-the-century European pianists, audiences found in Kapell something new: the first modern American star, not intimidated…
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