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#22 Jilian Partin
|Loveland, Ohio (Loveland HS)
2006-2007: Led team in rebounding seven times. ...Twice had season highs of 11 rebounds (Jan. 25 at Campbell and Feb. 1 against Kennesaw State). ...Led team in both points and rebounds three times with nine points and four rebounds at Vanderbilt (Dec. 20), 15 points and 11 rebounds at Campbell (Jan. 25) and 16 points and 11 rebounds against Kennesaw State. ...Led in scoring three times, tied for the lead once. ..Her 16 points at Campbell are her career high. ...Ranked 13th overall in the A-Sun in rebounding with 155, 5.3 rebounds per game. ...Finished 10th in rebounding in conference games only with 110, 6.1 per game. ...Played in all 29 games, started the last 19. ...Finished 10th overall in the conference in defensive rebounds with 109, 3.76 per game. ...Tied for seventh in defensive rebounds in conference games only with 79, 4.39 per game. ...Ranked 14th in the A-Sun in conference games only in free throw percentage hitting 41 of 61 for a 67.2 percentage. <...Member of Atlantiic Sun All-Academic Team.
2005-2006:Led team in scoring in her first collegiate game with eight points at Kent State (Nov. 18). Also led team in scoring with 10 points at ETSU (Dec. 3). ...Tied for scoring lead once with nine at North Florida (feb. 25). ...Twice tied for team lead in rebounding. ...Played in 21 games, starting three. ...Averaged 6.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. ...Scored in double figures three times with a season-high 14 vs. Memphis (Nov. 29), 12 at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 21) and 10 at ETSU (Dec. 3). ...Twice made five field goals in a game (at Florida Atlantic, Jan. 21; at ETSU, Dec. 3). ...Season-high 11 field goal attempts vs. Memphis (Nov. 29). ...Made five 3-point field goal attempts at Jacksonville (Feb. 23). ...Made six free throws on eight attempts, both season highs, at Belmont (Jan. 17). ...Season-high 83.3 free throw percentage (5-of-6) vs. ETSU (Feb. 16). ...Twice grabbed a season-high seven rebounds (vs. Florida Atlantic, March 2; at Kent State, Nov. 18). ...Season-high five assists vs. Florida Atlantic (March 2). ...Played season-high 30 minutes at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 21). ...Member of Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.
High School: Averaged 22.2 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per games as a senior. ...Played in 21 games. ...Scored a team-leading 467 points and grabbed a team-leading 216 rebounds. ...Hit 123-of-260 field goals and 116 of 173 free throws, all team highs. ...Made 35-of-76 three-point attempts, both team highs. ... FAVC Player of the Year as a senior . ...Also a member of the FAVC First Team, the District 16 First Team and the All-City First Team. ...Named to the All-State Academic Team. ...Played in the East-West All-Star Game and the Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Game. ...Named Team MVP. ...Set a number of school career records with most points scored (1,356), most two-point shots attempted (416) and made (865), best field goal percentage (48 percent), most three-point shots attempted (65) and made (176), most free throws attempted (329) and made (511) and most assists (230).


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LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the 52nd annual New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit (NCDEU) Conference in Arizona, Ian Cook, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Senior Medical Advisor to NeuroSigma, Inc., presented the results from the first 6-subject cohort of a 10-subject Phase I open-label clinical trial studying the effects of external trigeminal nerve stimulation (eTNS™) on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy. The trial is being conducted at UCLA and is funded by NeuroSigma. Mean decreases in PTSD measures of 36% and depression measures of over 50% were reported.
The study was conducted over an 8-week period and followed similarly designed eTNS trials conducted at UCLA, in which promising results were generated in treating both major depression and epilepsy. Subjects had a mean age of 54 with a median of 28 years since traumatic exposure and suffered from both PTSD and MDD. Current episodes were required to be of at least four months in duration, with non-response to at least one antidepressant. In this outpatient trial, subjects placed stimulating eTNS electrodes on their foreheads for approximately eight hours each night while asleep, and the severity of PTSD and depression symptoms was measured every two weeks using standard recognized rating scales.
"These findings are very encouraging," said Dr. Cook. "The combination of depression and an anxiety disorder, like PTSD, is usually difficult to treat effectively. The participants in the study told us that eTNS was easy to use at home and led, in some instances, to the best mental health they had experienced in years. We expect these results, along with results from the remaining subjects in this Phase I trial, to form the basis for an upcoming Phase II clinical trial that will examine efficacy, tolerability, and safety in a larger sample with a double-blind, controlled trial design."
Lodwrick Cook, Chairman of NeuroSigma, added, "PTSD is a serious global disorder drastically in need of promising new therapies. As Americans we have an obligation to do our utmost to help the thousands of fellow citizens who are stricken by PTSD as a result of both military and non-military related traumatic events. We are very pleased by the preliminary results and applaud the efforts of the clinical team at UCLA."
PTSD, commonly associated with the effects of warfare, arises after exposure to a traumatic event; such as train bombings and terrorist attacks as experienced on September 11th, or natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the massive Fukushima earthquake and tsunami in Japan, or personal tragedies affecting those involved in traffic accidents, domestic violence or sexual assault. It is marked by symptoms in three groups: those of re-experiencing (nightmares, flashbacks), those of avoidance and numbing (isolation from others, avoiding reminders), and increased arousal (being on edge, hyper-alert, subject to explosive responses when startled). PTSD is often accompanied by depression, and many of the medications used to treat PTSD were first developed as antidepressants. However, recent studies suggest that having an anxiety disorder, such as PTSD, significantly reduces the likelihood that antidepressants will work, making the treatment of PTSD very challenging. The August 2011 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that a widely prescribed antipsychotic medication may be no more effective than placebo in treating PTSD.
NeuroSigma, Inc., a Los Angeles-based medical technology company established to in-license and develop early stage technologies with the potential to transform medical practice, is the exclusive worldwide licensee of UCLA's TNS intellectual property, including eTNS for PTSD and depression. Dr. Ian Cook added, "I'm confident that the transfer of the technology from academia to the next phase of trials will go smoothly and that, with replication, this treatment has the opportunity to be made available to help many of those who suffer with PTSD and major depression. Given the external, non-invasive nature of this therapy, it might be useful in the battlefield or in an emergency room immediately after a traumatic event, with the theoretical potential to impact the development of full-blown PTSD."
Background - TNS
NeuroSigma is commercializing two embodiments of trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS): eTNS™ (external electrodes and an external pulse generator) and sTNS™ (subcutaneous electrodes and implantable pulse generator). The eTNS system utilizes a self-adhesive conductive pad applied to the forehead to stimulate branches of the trigeminal nerve, which are located very close to the surface of the skin in the forehead. The trigeminal nerve is the largest cranial nerve, offering a high-bandwidth pathway for signals to enter the brain. In clinical studies, eTNS is well tolerated and the low-energy stimulus is confined to the soft tissues of the face without direct penetration into the brain – hence the term "USB Port to the Brain™."
The trigeminal nerve projects to specific areas of the brain, such as the locus coeruleus, nucleus tractus solitarius, thalamus and the cerebral cortex, which are involved in epilepsy, depression, PTSD and other disorders. PET imaging studies in humans confirms that eTNS activates or inhibits key regions implicated in these disorders and the changes were observed within minutes of therapy. Once approved by regulatory agencies, patients who respond well to eTNS can opt to switch to the implantable sTNS system. NeuroSigma has completed development of its eTNS system and is seeking CE Mark approval in Europe for the treatment of epilepsy and depression. NeuroSigma is concurrently developing its implantable sTNS system.
CAUTION: Both eTNS™ and sTNS™ systems are investigational devices and at this time are limited by Federal (United States) law to investigational use.
About NeuroSigma, Inc.
NeuroSigma is a Los Angeles-based medical technology company established to develop early stage technologies with the potential to transform medical practice. Currently, NeuroSigma is focused on a number of neuromodulation therapies and through its majority-owned subsidiary, NSVascular, Inc., on Thin-Film Nitinol covered stents for endovascular applications. NeuroSigma employs two neuromodulation therapy platforms: Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) and Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). NeuroSigma has amassed significant intellectual property licensed on an exclusive basis from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), including potential therapies for epilepsy, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) via TNS, and for PTSD and obesity via DBS. For more information about NeuroSigma, please visit http://www.neurosigma.com.
Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement:
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, research and development outcomes, efficacy, adverse reactions, market and product potential, product availability and other statements regarding our eTNS™ and sTNS™ systems. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the Company's expectations and projections. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, general industry and medical device market conditions; technological advances and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in the research and development and regulatory processes; challenges related to new product marketing, such as the unpredictability of market acceptance for new medical device products; inconsistency of treatment results among patients; potential difficulties in manufacturing a new product; general economic conditions; and governmental laws and regulations affecting domestic and foreign operations.
|SOURCE NeuroSigma
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Benga has announced his retirement from music.
The dubstep DJ/producer says he is quitting the music industry to start a family with his partner, Holly-Jae Treadgold, who he has recently got engaged to. Benga made the announcement on his official Facebook page today (February 2).
He wrote: "im engage (sic) to Holly-Jae Treadgold the love of my life, my djing career is finished i just wanna start a family. big up to all my real supporters its been a lovely time." At the same time, Benga also deleted his Twitter account.
Supporting his decision to quit, Skream, who together with Benga and Artwork formed dubstep supergroup Magnetic Man, tweeted:
Salute to my brother Benga…. It takes a lot to announce something like that. He's been nothing but pure inspiration to me over the years.
— Oliver Jones (@I_Skream) February 2, 2014
Benga released his first solo album, 'Newstep', in 2006 and followed it up with 'Diary Of An Afro Warrior' in 2008. His latest, and now final album, 'Chapter II', was released in May 2013. He also had great success with Magnetic Man, who released their self-titled Official Albums Chart Top 5 album in 2010.


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Curzon Memories is a smartphone app which provides a tour of the inside and outside of the Curzon Cinema, in Clevedon, on the west coast of England. The app emerges from the work of DCRC researcher Charlotte Crofts, and explores how pervasive media can enhance the cinema's new exhibition of the Curzon Collection and the cinema's history (which has been funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund).
Curzon Memories uses GPS location coordinates and QR code cues to trigger dramatisations and oral memories about the history of the building. The app has launched on the iTunes store for iPhone this week.
I've been involved in helping to document some of the project, and the video above is interviews and test footage I shot and edited earlier this year. There's also a short promotional video for the app on the way.


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Updated 2016
Although Niger's natural beauty and desert landscape make it a geographically appealing location, the violence and fighting that plague many regions of the country make it somewhat less appealing for the casual traveler looking for a safari. Traveling to Niger is not recommended, although it's not the most dangerous place in Africa and it's not like you need to be accompanied by UN troops or anything.
Start with Niger Travel Facts.
What to do
There is plenty to see, but the best way to have a vacation in Niger would be to spend your time offering relief and volunteering in areas that have been affected by drought. Not only will help some people, but you'll meet locals and interact in a way that is impossible as a traveler. And I'll bet the locals know the really beautiful sights and places to see.
Read: Village Life–Niger.
Getting there
There aren't many flights to Niger from around the world, but there are regional flights from other African countries and Casablanca serves as a hub for several African Airlines.
You can also drive from neighboring countries to the capital city Niamey, or cross the Sahara on foot to get into Niger, although only the reckless choose that route.
Where to stay
There are hotels in Niamey that can set you up in the highest luxury, although your view of the country may be heavily biased. For a more realistic experience, there are guesthouses and hostels for tourists, or, as mentioned above, try volunteering in an afflicted region.
There is more information about Niger on the message boards where you can ask questions and get personal responses from travelers that have been here. Also, read the wild and weird travel stories by folks who have been to Niger and came back (in one piece) with a story to tell.


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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
When Inspiration Strikes
The two ideas I had I worked into a series I am working on. In book two of my series there is a candy shop that the hero and heroine of the book frequent. They both have a sweet tooth. The candy shop owner will eventually have his own story and get to fulfill the idea spark I had from craving candy.
In the series I will use the fro idea for a supper club where the main characters go to. The owner of the super club will be getting her own book. I will be writing in a sixties theme night using my afro idea spark. :)
Inspirations for ideas are all around. Taking something that happens in the everyday life then using it create a concept is a fun thing to do. The unexpected can lead to so much more. Any little thing can give you an idea spark, which will be your concept for the next book.
Taige Crenshaw
…increasing the sizzle factor
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Wilde Rapture - When a woman ducks into an alcove at a wedding she meets the man who is intriguing and will tempt her.
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7 comments:
- Kayelle Allen said...
Taige, you inspired me - thanks for the cool reminder that ideas are all around us...
- January 31, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Avadonja said...
Totally true. Hope the candy doesn't get stuck in her afro. :) In your banner image, the woman looks blindfolded on first glance. Gave me some ideas for the scene I'm working on right now.
I had a dream the other night of a woman with Bo Derek braids with small silver bells at the ends, dancing around a fire. I stopped the project I wasn't feeling and started writing this new one. Almost finished with this first draft, and taking the break from the other project gave me time to mull that was necessary... now I'm ready to start the next one.
- January 31, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- William Kendall said...
As writers we have to be curious.
I remember seeing this fellow once who had tattoes on him, including over his face, spiky sort of markings. The first thing I thought of was that he'd have a hard time being taken seriously. The second was that would be ideal for the right sort of character. A few books down the line, I'll be putting in an enforcer, bigger and brawnier then this guy was, with the same kind of tattoo markings.
- February 5, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- Taige Crenshaw said...
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- February 8, 2012 at 9:41 AM
- Taige Crenshaw said...
Glad I could inspire you Kayelle.
- February 8, 2012 at 9:42 AM
- Taige Crenshaw said...
Yes it is Avadonja. Good luck with your book.
- February 8, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- Taige Crenshaw said...
Sounds like a good idea William. Good luck with the story.
- February 8, 2012 at 9:44 AM


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Rossiya via AFP - Getty Images
A combination of video grabs from footage broadcast by Russian state-run television in 2006 allegedly shows a man, said to be a British spy, in a park outside Moscow collecting a fake rock being used as a high-tech version of the spy's traditional letter-box or dead drop in which agents can anonymously deliver or retrieve information.
RTR via Reuters
Russian television said there was a transmitter inside the fake rock.
In an embarrassing episode for the British security services, Tony Blair's former chief of staff has admitted that the U.K. used a fake rock to spy on Russia. Reuters reports:
In a television program aired on Russian state television in 2006, Russia's FSB security service accused Britain of using the gadget for top secret communications in Moscow, but London did not admit to the charge at the time.
Now Jonathan Powell, who was chief of staff to then Prime Minister Tony Blair, has confirmed the Russians were correct.
"They had us bang to rights," Powell says in a BBC documentary to be aired on Thursday.
"There's not much you can say. You can't really call up and say 'terribly sorry about that and it won't happen again'," Powell says. Read the full story.
RTR via Reuters
Russian television showed an X-ray of what they said was a transmitter in the rock.
Tony Blair's former chief of staff admits in a BBC documentary that Britain used a rock with communications equipment inside to spy on Russia. Msnbc.com's Alex Witt reports.


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Newsletter Issue #691February 25th, 2013
Whether you're a Mac or a PC user, Apple's iTunes remains the most important media management app out there. And probably the most popular, since it's used with hundreds of millions of Apple mobile devices, such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Make that popular and bloated, since I suspect many of you no doubt felt that it had become weighted down with features without offering much improvement in the user interface, which largely dated back to the early 200s.
Version 11 offered a fairly extensive interface change, reminiscent of iOS, and not everyone felt the joy. I, for one, would probably go back to iTunes 10 if I didn't have to cover the new version as part of my work. The eye candy doesn't actually offer me a real advantage in managing my music, videos, books and podcasts.
And based on what tech commentator Kirk McElhearn, Macworld's "iTunes Guy," said on the The Tech Night Owl LIVE this week, I don't think he disagrees. In any case, Apple this week released an 11.0.2 update, which mostly contains bug fixes and the usual performance improvements. There is also a Composer view, which should appeal to classical music lovers, such as Kirk. During his visit on my show, Kirk also delivered his reaction to the rumors about a possible iWatch from Apple, and he didn't sound too enthusiastic about it.
Among the most popular segments on the show are those great top 10 lists from Avram Piltch, the Online Editorial Director of Laptop magazine. He discussed two this week. The first detailed the "Top 10 Tech Myths: True or False?," and the second covered the "10 Worst Tech Rip-Offs and How to Avoid them." You won't be surprised by some of the ones Avram and his staff have exposed. He also offered his initial comments about the new HTC One smartphone, the company's flagship handset, introduced this week at press events in New York and London.
On this week's episode of our other radio show, The Paracast: Gene and Chris present Ardy Sixkiller Clarke, author of "Encounters with Star People: Untold Stories of American Indians," who is "a noted American Indian researcher [who] offers up a collection of intimate narratives of encounters between contemporary American Indians and the Star People. The first-person accounts, described as conscious experiences and recalled without hypnosis, reveal a worldview that unquestionably accepts the reality of the Star People."
Coming March 3: Gene and Chris present TV producer John Greenewald, Jr., founder of The Black Vault, who has scanned hundreds of thousands of documents he retrieved via the Freedom of Information Act, which cover UFOs, the Kennedy assassination and a number of other controversies and conspiracies. He'll also answer questions from our listeners.
Now Shipping! The Official Paracast T-Shirt — Now with New Design! We're taking orders direct from our new Official Paracast Store, where you can place your order and pay with a major credit card or PayPal. The shirts come in white, 100% cotton, and feature The Paracast logo on the front. The rear emblem states: "Separating Signal From Noise." We've also added a huge selection of additional special custom-imprinted merchandise for fans of our show, along with a redesigned storefront.
This past weekend, we took a long drive from Arizona to Southern California, spending a large portion of the trip on Interstate 8, which skirts the border between the U.S. and Mexico. It had been a while since we decided to just use up an expensive tank of gas to see where it would take us, and this particular trip produced a very surprising, and frankly irritating, result.
During the course of the trip, I received a text message from AT&T leading off with the phrase, "Welcome abroad!" It went on to tell us the great rates we'd receiving for international roaming, such as 800MB of data for a "mere" $120. When I got home, I rang up AT&T to ask them to explain. After all, I hadn't gone beyond the borders of the U.S. in a number of years, and certainly not on this occasion.
AT&T's explanation, or excuse if you prefer, had it that, even though I never left the borders of the U.S., my wireless handset had apparently been in the range of a cell tower in Mexico. No, I didn't face any unexpected charges, since I had turned data roaming off. But at the same time, I can almost imagine how many customers of AT&T and its American competitors might find themselves stung with potentially exorbitant charges for which they are not responsible.
The simple solution would be, I suppose, more robust controls against accidental and costly roaming. Even without using data, what if I made a long phone call when I was in range of the foreign cell tower? Would I have to contest an erroneous charge on my bill, or would the system recognize the reality of the situation?
Happily, I didn't have to test the theory. But I did phone AT&T's international services department, and was offered the option of having roaming to towers in Canada and Mexico blocked. Knowing it would really have no impact on my ability to use the service, I also complained to the representative about AT&T's excessively high global rates. After giving the company mantra that I was entitled to my opinion, I actually got him to admit that, yes, if he traveled abroad, he'd rent a low-cost prepaid phone.
Well, at least he was being realistic about the situation. But it nevertheless presents a serious problem with wireless carriers. The decision to exhort high fees for services really costs them business and it also inconveniences customers are forced to look for clever or third-party solutions.
Sure, if you have money to burn, I suppose it doesn't matter. But consider that it is possible to escape those excessive fees with some judicious planning. Using Wi-Fi, and Skype, for example, though you're at a disadvantage if there's no Wi-Fi in range. That, by the way, is how my son, Grayson, who resides in Madrid, calls his parents on his iPhone 4s. As a resident of Spain, he does use a domestic carrier, but he subscribed to the cheapest package that was practical to his needs.
But carriers need to consider the larger picture, which is not extorting huge payments from customers who want — or need — to travel beyond the borders of their home country. There ought to be more sensible data sharing plans, since it doesn't cost a carrier any more to send a megabyte to a handset owned by someone from another country than it does to a local customer. Data is data, and this foolish distinction merely forces customers to take their business elsewhere. Or do without.
But extracting maximum dollars from customers is only one of the ways in which greedy wireless carriers inconvenience customers. At the same time, subscriber growth is getting more and more difficult, since the market is saturated. There are also more and more prepaid plans from smaller carriers for people who are willing to pay for an unlocked handset and shop around.
Take Walmart's Straight Talk service, offered by TracFone, one of the major prepaid carriers. For just $30 a month, you get 1,000 nationwide minutes, 1,000 nationwide text messages, although you're limited to 30MB of data. For $45, it's unlimited, including data. Tempting? Well, consider $60 for "Unlimited International," which sort of means what it says. Yes, you do get unlimited international calling, but texting is limited to the U.S.
To be fair, "Unlimited International" doesn't mean anywhere in the world. A few dozen major countries are represented, and only a handful include cellular support. So, for example, I'd have to subscribe to a separate and costlier plan to call my son's iPhone 4s.
Now I haven't considered the service as a serious alternative, although one of my colleagues says it works just fine for his modest needs. Straight Talk's wireless phone selection, for example, consists largely of older or entry-level handsets. The offerings are apparently based on your location, but in the Phoenix area, you can order a reconditioned Motorola W418G, free, or spend up to $249.99 for something a little more capable. That figure will get you the essentially entry-level LG Optimus Black. Introduced in 2011, this particular LG smartphone is saddled with low-end specs, including the aging Android 2.3 OS.
I suppose if you're not picky with the choice of handsets, or you have an iPhone that's unlocked, Straight Talk might be just the ticket. Not being saddled with horrendous rates if you're a frequent foreign traveler may be the most compelling feature. And, by the way, it appears that yet another package of services, with somewhat more extensive and somewhat more expensive pay-as-you-go plans, are offered under yet another TracFone moniker, Net10.
So the story appeared a few days ago claiming that the iPhone 5 is far more reliable than other smartphones. Since that's the meme in the Mac blogosphere, this story was seized upon and widely quoted. But without actually checking to see whether the survey was properly conducted, and forget about the results.
Now this report is based on some 772,558 reports via a community site known as FixYa (link not deserved), which is not actually a "mobile device repair company," which is what one Mac site claimed. According to the "About Us" page on the site, "FixYa is a community based trouble-shooting resource that provides consumer-generated, practical product tips to help consumers solve problems on 8 million products. FixYa is a place where individuals can share real world experiences and connect to provide each other practical advice."
In other words, FixYa isn't fixing anybody's gear. It's just collecting reports from people who list their own experiences with products, or seek troubleshooting advice. Understand that such discussion forums are most frequented by people who have problems. Those who simply use their gear in the normal course of their daily lives, and have few complaints, don't bother. So at the very least, such a survey is weighted towards troubleshooting requests and advice. The other factor is that it's not a scientific survey; it consists of data collected from visitors to the site, which may or may not represent the smartphone using population at large. More to the point, most people who use Apple gear will go to Apple, an Apple Store, or an authorized dealer for service. Unlike most smartphones, they aren't tied to an uncaring carrier or an uncaring handset maker for support, which is why such users might be inclined to go elsewhere to report problems.
So even though the results actually do favor Apple, the accuracy is most likely lacking. I would probably put somewhat more weight into the annual surveys from Consumer Reports magazine, where readers will report their experiences with different products, with a cautionary note. You see, CR's questions are so general that what you might consider a problem would be regarded by others as perfectly normal behavior.
On the other hand, if a product suffers from an outright failure of one sort or another, that's good to know. Unfortunately, CR didn't have any reliability ratings for smartphones (they call them "smart phones"), and I suppose the short useful lives might be one reason. Then again, CR imagines the battery life of the Samsung Galaxy S III to be better than an iPhone 5, when my experiences with several iPhones and the Samsung indicate the reverse under normal use. And that also appears to be the case with reviews I've read comparing the two. AT&T's specs of the GSM version of the S3 indicate similar talk times, but inferior standby times. So there you go.
In any case, accepting the accuracy of the FixYa survey without actually checking the methodology, or understanding the implications, is all too typical of the media, and not just the Apple-oriented media. Consider how Apple's stock price has suffered in recent weeks over apparently erroneous reports about fallen demand for the iPhone 5. That story served the needs of so-called journalists and industry analysts who clearly had an agenda to make Apple look bad. But accepting claims about iPhone reliability from a source with no proven track record of providing reliable surveys beyond a set of raw numbers, which may or may not paint an accurate picture, is no better.
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2005, dimensions variable, Installation (fibreglass wrapped with brocade,lamp)
Titarubi challenges prevalent stereotypes and cultural constructions about the role and place of women (and men). Nine male figures in fibreglass suspended in mid-air are wrapped with an elaborately patterned brocade associated with femininity.
Blurring boundaries between 'male' and 'female' characteristics, she challenges entrenched social norms on gender and clothing and questions what is deemed proper or morally acceptable in representations of the body.
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'Wow!' moments: Tips and tricks from local newlyweds
Travis Evans & Michelle Ricketts
October 24, 2009
Location: Skylight Farm (family home in Stanardsville), dinner at The Lafayette Inn
Guests: 16
Engagement Length: 1 year
How we met: I bought my first (and second and third) road bike from him.
Budget: Less than $10,000
DIY: I took on the role of "wedding planner," which meant that Travis and I were intimately involved in every step of the process.
Splurged on: Our photographer, who was worth every penny.
Scrimped on: We made several lower-cost decisions based on the size and style of our wedding.
Something new: I was so excited about marrying Travis that I was focused more on him and the ceremony than on traditions.
Music: My mom surprised us with a harpist, Virginia Schweninger, for the ceremony.
First dance song: Since our group was small, we decided to have a dinner reception without the dancing.
"Wow" moment: The ceremony itself– we had two amazing ministers, Reverends Elisheva and Wade Clegg, who prepared a beautiful and personal service that was extremely touching. Reverend Elisheva's ceremony message was kept as a surprise to us and was worth the wait.
"Bridezilla" moment: The wedding invitations arrived in the wrong color and virtually unreadable. I was out of town and under a deadline, which caused a complete over-reaction on my part. Luckily, Travis took care of everything and the correct invitations were delivered in time for mailing.
Unexpected: We experienced torrential downpours up until about two hours before the start of the service. Thankfully, the rain stopped, the clouds parted, and the sun came out for our ceremony.
Advice: Remember to keep everything in perspective and to not get caught up in the details– don't lose sight of the true meaning of your wedding. Days, weeks, and years down the road, it will not matter what the favors, place settings, or appetizers were.
Lauren Elizabeth Pool & Ryan Karl Grammer
May 30, 2009
Location: Christ Episcopal Church, reception at Powell Family Farm
Guests: 175
Engagement Length: 10 months
How we met: Ryan and I met on a blind date during our first year at UVA, became friends our second and third years, and become best friends our fourth year– six years of dating, engagement, and marriage followed!
Budget: $30,000-35,000
DIY: My mom and I planned the entire event; specifics included save-the-dates, welcome bags, menus, and programs– but the biggest thing we did ourselves was my wedding gown! My mom and I worked with a wedding gown designer, Charla Bjostad of Pleiades Bridal in Richmond, to redesign a Monique Lhuillier gown to be exactly what I imagined. My mom handmade the gorgeous flower on my hip.
Splurged on: Band and tent
Scrimped on: We did a lot of things ourselves and worked with alternate vendors. Our invitations were gorgeous, but we ordered them through the mail, and I wanted cupcakes instead of an elaborate cake.
Something blue: The monogram inside my dress.
Music: Coconut Groove Band from North Carolina– one of the favorite parts of our evening because it was something other than Motown; Shankar Srinvasan, an amazingly talented violinist and student at UVA for the cocktail hour; Paul Walker from Christ Episcopal during the ceremony.
First dance song: "I'm on Fire" by Bruce Springsteen
"Wow" moment: All of our guests moved from the cocktail hour on the porch around my uncle's house to the tent. My parents and Ryan and I held back a minute. My parents then walked down the path to the tent, and a couple of minutes later Ryan and I followed. We entered the tent and everyone was clapping and cheering, the band started our first dance right after we walked in, and we glided on to the black and white dance floor to do our first dance– it was one of my absolute favorite memories.
"Bridezilla" moment: Yes, there were a few– one was during one of my dress fittings three weeks prior to our wedding. Sometimes it is hard to step back and remember although your wedding is one of the most important days of your life, your guests are just there to have a good time.
Unexpected: How quickly the night went and how wonderful the memories have been after– there were times when I wasn't sure all the planning would be worth it, but without a doubt, it was.
Advice: Take risks to do something a little different and make the details sing with the love you feel for each other.
Leslie Morgan & Josh Lowry
November 21, 2009
Location: McGuffey Art Center
Guests: 95
Engagement Length: 14 months
How we met: We met watching WWE wrestling at a friend's house.
Budget: Under $11,000
DIY: The invitations, which I had printed at The Copy Shop on Elliewood Ave– we used color plates from an old book for the image on the front. I made necklaces for the bridesmaids, and my friend Kristen Bodensick made their earrings.
Splurged on: Flowers and cupcakes
Something borrowed: An old, blue handkerchief from my great-great aunt Jean.
Music: Friends played acoustic music for our processional and recessional. Our reception DJ was Steve Richmond.
First dance song: "True Love Ways" by Buddy Holly
"Wow" moment: A bagpiper escorted us from the photo session to the reception.
"Bridezilla" moment: I tried to avoid public bridezilla moments. Frustrations definitely mounted as the wedding drew closer, but Josh helped me remember to look at each obstacle separately and figure out what to do.
Unexpected: The bagpiper would also qualify as something unexpected.
Advice: Not to get overwhelmed, but take each thing as it comes. Also, if people offer to help, let them.
Ben Schnable & Vanessa Leech
April 25, 2009
Location: Farmington Country Club
Guests: 116
Engagement Length: 7 months
How we met: At a mutual friend's dinner party.
Budget: $40,000
DIY: Out-of-town guest bags, guest book
Splurged on: An outdoor cigar bar
Scrimped on: Favors
Something old: My earrings
First dance song: "Be Mine" by David Gray
"Wow" moment: The flowers were incredible– I don't know anything about flowers, so I left it all up to Randy and Joey of Floral Images Design Studio, and the centerpieces were amazing– not to mention our initials in rose petals!
"Bridezilla" moment: I'm pretty easy going, so I don't think I had one.
Unexpected: My veil kept flying into my face because of the wind, so after two minutes I yanked it off and threw it on the ground. That got a good chuckle from everyone– guess I wasn't meant to wear a veil!
Advice: Really cherish every moment of being a bride! This is the most memorable day of your life, but it flies by– it is worth all the hard work you put into it!
Jason Winall & Jessica White
September 18, 2009
Location: St. James Chapel at Michaux, reception at The Gazebo at Winall home (my father-in-law's house)
Guests: 100
Engagement Length: Almost 3 months
How we met: We met each other during a summer when I was home from college working as an intern at a local construction company in which he was one of their subcontractors– we started dating and have been together since.
Budget: We kept it around $10,000
DIY: We did almost everything we could ourselves– anything from planning, set-up, decorations, to serving and take-down. We even helped with some of the restoration work completed on the church in the months previous to the wedding.
Splurged on: Our photography was the single most expensive item, but it was definitely worth every penny.
Scrimped on: By not using a wedding planner, not having a full bar, buffet-style dinner in lieu of a sit-down meal, and by setting up and assembling a lot of the things ourselves we saved a lot of money in the long run.
Something blue: The sapphire stone I have in my wedding ring in lieu of a diamond.
Music: Typical wedding music but mostly country music was played– really whatever the DJ felt like playing.
First dance song: "Treat Her Right" by Sawyer Brown
"Wow" moment: For our guests, it was seeing us on the horse-drawn carriage that we used to go between places or the quaintness of the church in which we got married– it was built in 1882 and has a lot of history behind it involving the community in which my husband grew up in.
"Bridezilla" moment: None that I can think of– it was a short planning period, and I was the one with the vision of what it was going to be– but I am truly thankful to have such a great family and group of friends who helped me tremendously throughout the whole process.
Unexpected: How many little things are involved when planning your own wedding– especially when you are having the reception at a family place and are not using anybody else to be the one in charge of the coordination between the vendors.
Advice: Make sure that your day is a reflection of you and, if at all possible, keep things small and simple.
Brandy Stone & Owen Walker
October 16, 2009
Location: King Family Vineyards
Guests: 92
Engagement Length: 10 months
How we met: We met in Washington, D.C.
Budget: We set a budget of $30,000, however I was able to stay well under the budget mainly because we had under 100 people. Owen and I made a list of which components were most important to us and spent accordingly.
DIY: I became best friends with the staff at my local Paper Source store and created the save the dates, programs, seating cards, and table numbers. I also sewed travel shoe bags as part of the bridesmaids' gifts. My mom took amazing pictures of King Family Vineyard which we made into a photo guest book.
Splurged on: Venue. We planned a private wine tasting in the barrel room prior to the rehearsal. We also hired Melissa Burr of Jennifer Carroll Events as the day-of wedding coordinator. In my opinion, it was the best decision we made– she took everything off my hands.
Scrimped on: I fell in love with a Melissa Sweet wedding dress, but not the price tag. I was lucky enough to find a dress made by Paloma Blanca that was almost identical, but a fraction of the cost.
Something old: I wore an antique opal ring given to me by my grandmother, Virginia Stone. Sewn into my dress was an ivory lace applique from my mother's wedding dress.
Music: Montebello Quartet performed at our ceremony cocktail hour and Horizon played during our reception.
First Dance Song: "L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole
"Wow" moment: We decided to take our pictures prior to the ceremony in order to take full advantage of the cocktail hour. Our "wow" moment was a private meeting in the vineyards before taking pictures.
"Bridezilla" moment: The closest I had was during my last dress fitting, the week prior to the scheduled pick-up date. They made the mistake of taking an inch in along both sides of the dress instead of taking the dress up an inch at the hem. Needless to say, the dress wouldn't zip up. Their solution was for me to lose weight in one week in order to fix it– that was a completely unreasonable request, so for the next week I made sure that they accommodated my schedule so that the dress could be fixed.
Unexpected: We had hoped to have the ceremony outside with the mountains in the background– we didn't expect the weather to be 40 degrees and rainy the day of our wedding. While the rain had stopped prior to the ceremony, the temperature was still very cold. So while our hearts were set on having the ceremony outside, we loved the indoor option even more. The large lit fireplace was our backdrop– it was very intimate, romantic, and warm.
Advice: For the couple– stay together the entire night. It's so easy to be pulled in different directions especially while trying to talk to guests. The night is about the two of you so enjoy every last minute together.
Kate Lynn Schirmer & Adam Nemett
June 20, 2009
Location: Veritas Vineyard
Guests: 175
Engagement Length: 1.5 years
How we met: In a poetry workshop at Princeton University, where we both received our undergraduate degrees.
Budget: Less than $50,000
DIY: I made and printed the programs myself, in addition to crafting table signs/instructions for the speciality cocktails, Polaroid photo station, and candy bar. My husband designed the escort cards to look like old card catalog files– we're both writers and a literary theme pervaded our reception. I sourced a lot of materials from DIY-ers on Etsy.com.
Splurged on: The dress, a Melissa Sweet design; alcohol, including many different kinds of Veritas wines and port served throughout the night and a special champagne brought in by my father; providing every individual working behind the scenes the same meal as our guests.
Scrimped on: Not much! We used basic color laser printing for our invitations, but included some "wow" factor by adding a colored overlay of a watercolor painted by Adam's father of the ceremony site landscape.
Something old: A diamond necklace made out of one of my grandmother's earrings, which my sister Liza had made for me.
Music: The Adrian Duke Project, with a total of eight musicians including a horn section and an extra female vocalist.
First dance song: Two different versions of "Just Like Heaven:" an acoustic composition recorded by local singer/songwriter Helen Horal, which Adam had created for his proposal, that then segued into the original, fast-paced tune by The Cure.
"Wow" moment: The ceremony was spectacular all around: from the view of the Blue Ridge framing us to the family and friends participating as officiants and performers to the special rituals and text we created ourselves. We felt as though we were at the center of a beautiful, personal little world. Also, our first glance at the ballroom, which Shawn Cossette of Beehive Events arranged phenomenally, was pretty magical.
"Bridezilla" moment: From what everyone says, I was a fairly "zen" bride. However I did burst into tears when, after three unsuccessful days of dress shopping, a saleswoman at Macy's in New York forced me into this awful satin ballgown and called me a princess.
Unexpected: How much genuine fun it all was. And everyone tells you this, but it really does go by in a blur– you will be processing for weeks.
Advice: Dance! I was really pleased to look back on all the photos and see both of us rocking out on the dance floor. That's really who we are as a couple, so I'm glad we got to just be ourselves in that way, even if it meant not saying hello to every single guest. Also, eat everything! Why miss out?
Jennifer Schulz & David Goodman
May 23, 2009
Location: Bristow Manor Golf Club, Bristow, Virginia
Guests: 85
Engagement Length: 12 months
How we met: Even though we went to high school together, it wasn't until we ended up in the same dorm at JMU that we realized how much we clicked.
Budget: David's parents gave us our reception as our wedding gift. Our contribution to everything else was about $10,000, which covered music, photos, attire, decor, favors, flowers, etc.
DIY: I'm a graphic designer so I loved that Bristow basically let me do whatever I wanted. We made lace luminaria for the walkways, wine bottle table numbers, hand stitched our programs, die cut favor bags... everything really reflected our aesthetic, and in the end it was really worth the energy.
Splurged on: Photos and rings– they're the only things besides each other that you'll have after the big day.
Scrimped on: My dress– I found a gorgeous designer silk gown for under $150. It was an amazing find, and the only thing I didn't change my mind on throughout the entire planning process.
Something blue: I found a blue topaz cocktail ring as my something blue.
Music: We love the energy of a live band, so we asked the Josh Walker Trio to play our reception. We used an iPod packed with our favorite songs for the cocktail hour.
First dance song: "Heartbeats" by Jose Gonzales, but we also made sure we were on the dance floor for "Sweet Thing" by Van Morrison.
"Wow" moment: Seeing our photos was so exciting. We really put a lot of details into each aspect of our day, and the photographer really caught that.
"Bridezilla" moments: Probably the ugliest moment happened the day I ended up screaming at my Maid of Honor over the phone because she refused to buy her shoes.
Unexpected: I didn't know I'd have to speak Hebrew during our ceremony.
Advice: Enjoy being engaged! It's stressful, but you'll miss the bridal magazines and craft parties once it's all over.
Mary Stubblefield & Daniel Bracey
August 1, 2009
Location: Sweely Estate Winery
Guests: 160
Engagement Length: 8 months
How we met: We met through my friend from high school, who was Daniel's fraternity brother at UVA.
Budget: $20,000-25,000
DIY: I used my mom's button collection and placed one on each guest's place card. I covered clear glass candle votives with a white eyelet fabric. We named each guest's table after an important dog in our lives, and we printed the dogs' picture in black and white, framed them in cardstock, and placed them in a stand made from wine corks. We made two clothesline of 8X10 black and white baby pictures of ourselves and pictures of us as a couple, attaching the pictures with wooden clothespins. We also printed our own programs and placed them in glassine bags, and printed our own labels for water bottles with a logo of our names and wedding date.
Splurged on: Food, venue, the band, the fun stuff for our guests.
Scrimped on: For flowers, we used a lot of palms and greenery which saved money in the floral department. Also saved on invitations, save the dates, and programs.
Something new: My dress and birdcage veil
Music: Jimi Smooth and the Hit Time Band– these guys played at several date functions that Dan and I attended at the beginning of our relationship.
First dance song: "Stars Fell on Alabama," Jimmy Buffett
"Wow" moment: Lead singer from Parachute, Will Anderson, played the acoustic version of "She is Love" as my bridesmaids and I walked down the aisle– the moment was perfect! (My brother is the drummer in Parachute.)
"Bridezilla" moments: I don't think so, although other people may beg to differ. I really made a conscious effort not to freak out over things that didn't exactly work out the way I pictured them.
Unexpected: The weather was perfect for the ceremony, then there was a huge downpour during the reception (which involved some minor flooding, but was beautiful), then it cleared up for our sparkler send-off.
Advice: Savour every moment during the planning process so that you don't have any regrets. Don't take each detail too seriously; no one really cares if the plate they eat off of has a gold or silver rim. Your main goals should be to get married and make sure everyone who comes has a great time.
Eric Flow & Meghan Tellone
September 25, 2009
Location: Christ Episcopal Church, reception at King Family Vineyards
Guests: 250
Engagement Length: 10 months
How we met: While we were friends at UVA, we went on a ski trip to Telluride, CO during our second year, and the rest is history!
Budget: Approximately $50,000
DIY: The save-the-dates– designed them on Adobe Photoshop, put them together, turned out better than we could ever find in a book, online, etc. and so much cheaper!
Splurged on: The band (BS&M through Sam Hill) and the catering (20 South)– did an open bar, the whole nine yards– wanted people to have fun and be well fed!
Scrimped on: Not overdoing it with flowers, worked more with decor and lighting.
Something borrowed: Socks– too funny!– I forgot to pack them and I wore Cowboy boots under my dress (the best thing to dance in) and had to borrow a pair from my mom!
Music: BS&M– it was a hopping party... dance floor packed all night!
First dance song: Our wonderful band learned "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher
"Wow" moment: Our first dance blew everyone away. Everyone thought it was rehearsed and it wasn't at all! At the end, Eric dipped me and everyone could see my cowboy boots– everyone talked about them, even today. I only wore them because they are comfortable and I didn't feel like spending money on a pair of shoes I would never wear again!
"Bridezilla" moment: Nothing too outrageous; it rained the morning of my wedding day and everyone thought I'd flip out. I actually stayed extremely calm– I was just so happy for the special day and being surrounded by friends and family.
Unexpected: Just that the day/ceremony/reception were all better than I could have ever imagined!
Advice: Do not listen to anyone– don't follow silly traditions if you don't want to. It is your day, and it will turn out beautifully if you had anything to do with it!


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Telephone: 320-363-2193
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.csbsju.edu/sjustudentaccounts
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Report: KDE at Paris Solutions Linux 2004
Solutions Linux is the main Linux Trade Show in France. The French KDE team was there like the precedent year promoting our favorite desktop. Our booth located in the very lively Association's village was organised by the indefatigable Gérard Delafond and sported an impressive Xinerama screen-wall demonstrating the brand new KDE 3.2. This wall was sponsored by MandrakeSoft and Belinea.
We were even more ambitious in our cottage business of selling KDE branded goodies with a very popular KDE USB key and a less popular KDE ashtray. The show was also a perfect occasion for KDE fellows from all over France to get together for their KDinner and welcome a jet-lagged but still valiant George Staikos.
KDE and the French Market
Solutions Linux ran for three days and welcomed around 9600 visitors this year. After speaking with our (prospective) users, my impression is that there is no big migration plan to Linux on desktop happening now in France. The boldest move is being done by the Homeland Ministry (Ministère de l'intérieur) which is migrating to OpenOffice.org on Windows. The city of Paris have just ordered a study for the migration of its IT to Open Source. All in all, French administration is at least two years behind German administration.
No commercial booth was pushing a desktop solution, except Novell which sported a strange combination of Ximian computers at the centre of its big booth and SUSE-KDE at the periphery.
Going round the show and looking at other people's computers, my guess is that we have increased our market share in the French geek community at the expense of GNOME and Window Maker. Some geeks told me that they find that KDE is a different OSS project: serious, efficient, punctual and hard working. We have not forgotten our German roots.
Our big challenge is to market outside of our natural user base. One interesting trend is that several IT people working for industrial companies with strong R&D departments (like the defence industry) came to our booth. They plan to replace their mismatch of Unix workstations and Windows PCs to a unified affordable development and testing platform. I explained to them the way to go: KDE the developer platform. Another possible niche for KDE are vertical applications: using KDE and Qt as a base to create a richer integrated solution (hardware, software and service) for a specific trade. A KDE fellow is working in a company in such a project (still top-secret).
"9600 visitors this year"
---> so France is not intrested in Linux at all?
Paris is the capital of France and as France still is a centralistic state that means that the public almost took no notice of the event. In orther parts of Europe we get such a participation number in "unknown" cities.
The linux scene of France is very small and radical, IT policy oriented. Don't forget that the French always believed they had the leading science of "ordinateurs".
Usability of KDE still has to beimproved, there are too many options that distract you from work and no good theme manager.
Germany: I guess the difference is that in Germany you will find a strong network of KDE supporters and a lot of FLOSS conferences. This also drove the action in Munich, strong LUG and independent organisations. they are organisational freaks.
"No commercial booth was pushing a desktop solution, except Novell which sported a strange combination of Ximian computers at the centre of its big booth and SUSE-KDE at the periphery."
So who run the event? The french are infiltrated by FSF radicalism and FSF radicals were also in favour of gnome. I think what KDE has to show is more political committment to a free and open information society.
By Gerd at Sat, 2004/02/14 - 6:00am
Re: French
I was told that Solutions Linux is bigger than Linux Tag, so it is not so small.
Responding to your anti-French troll, the French Linux community is (as one could easily imagine) diverse with young, old, radicals, pragmatics, pro-Gnome, pro-KDE, etc... I guess not very different than the German one.
By Charles de Miramon at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: French
> I was told that Solutions Linux is bigger than Linux Tag, so it is not so small.
Solutions Linux 2004: 9600 visitors, 150 exhibitors, 22 lectures
LinuxTag 2003 grew by 43% visitors and 30% exhibitors compared to 2002 so expect 2004 to be even bigger!
By Anonymous at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: French
Solutions Linux 2004 was running from Monday to Thursday, and aimed toward professionals. Not everybody can leave his work or take hollydays to go to this meeting.
I wish I could go to this event (I'm at 40min driving), but I lacked time.
By Olivier LAHAYE at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: French
... from Tuesday to Thursday, even.
By David Faure at Mon, 2004/02/16 - 6:00am
Re: French
It was not intended as a troll posting. I just wondered why there is so little attention in France. I don't like the German LinuxTag event or the German style. I prefer the dutch scene.
By Gerd at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: French
Boooooomm !!!
I disagree with you. They are lots of linux users in France but they are not all really interested by this event. This event is becoming a "I am a big firm and I use Linux (or not)" with lot's of commercials and ties. There are associations but this events is not the best one to see linux associations.
Franck (French)
By Shift at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: French
Steady on! I'm certain that there are many Linux and KDE supporters in France, as can be seen from the success of this show.
France seems to be the same as everywhere else. There are no big migrations happening on the desktop until people can see something totally tangible, something worth throwing out their old kit for and an adequate migration path. Cost isn't quite enough unfortunately. This is going to be very hard I'm afraid, and the really big obstacle we must face. No one has tackled, or even thought about this yet.
"Usability of KDE still has to beimproved, there are too many options that distract you from work and no good theme manager."
Yes, usability is important but you cannot sell usability to organisations. I wouldn't exactly call Windows the most usable desktop ever, so there needs to be a bit of thought put in. The usability thing is mainly just FUD.
"So who run the event? The french are infiltrated by FSF radicalism and FSF radicals were also in favour of gnome. I think what KDE has to show is more political committment to a free and open information society."
Erm, yer. Right.
Lack of publicity
As a French Linux supporter, I can say there was strictly
As to centralistic state, I can say this is another problem.
Last, there is absolutely no move towards Linux here.
Linux will certainly take off here once everybody will have
By Christian at Sat, 2004/02/14 - 6:00am
Re: Lack of publicity
So what can be done to get more attention for the different event? Is there the possibility of a kind of web-based management system in order to get you informed about the various events in your region.
Plone is used by FFII for event management.
but it lacks groupware integration and is slow.
By Andre at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
[OT] Plone
Plone is the slowest and most braindead piece of crap ever to be written in python. Zope is quite good but has some abstract concepts you have to understand to work with it (acquisition etc.). Plone adds Layers upon Layers of Abstrations on top of Zope to make it "easier to use".
That means that it is slow as hell and only easy to use if you do *exactly* what it is meant for. As soon as you have a single custom requirement, all that ease of use breaks down and you have to sort out the above mentioned layers of abstraction. Oh, and the documentation is practically non-existent.
Plone is proof that even a beautiful language like python can be used to write totally unmaintainable, ugly CRAP.
By Androgynous Howard at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: [OT] Plone
Oh Jesus.
"Plone is the slowest and most braindead piece of crap ever to be written in python."
I won't answer that.
"Zope is quite good but has some abstract concepts you have to understand to work with it (acquisition etc.). Plone adds Layers upon Layers of Abstrations on top of Zope to make it "easier to use"
Zope is initially difficult to understand but it's concepts are very well grounded. It took me quite a while, but I would never move away from Zope to anything now. PHP, definitely not ASP, nothing. I'm not interested because I can now get things done quicker and better, and design a web system that fits in better with existing systems, analysis and design methodologies. I can actually design a web system now and have it fit in neatly with the technology. The object database design, and seperating out what you are doing into objects within the namespace is entirely logical, and you're glad you did it. If you don't understand these concepts that's your loss. Yes, Plone is another layer on this but it makes the CMF stuff so much easier. Do you want to start from scratch or do you want to do some complex CMF stuff, get it done quickly and accurately and get paid for it? I did.
"Plone is proof that even a beautiful language like python can be used to write totally unmaintainable, ugly CRAP."
Well, it is used underneath but Zope and Plone are different from Python itself. I suggest you go away and learn about Zope first.
Re: [OT] Plone
What alternatives do you suggest, that are not php?
By Andre at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: [OT] Plone
What's wrong with PHP? Yes I agree that Zope together with Plone can be slow, but Plone and Zope can get things done within a shorter timescale and be better organised. Apache/PHP is much better when performance is an issue. It is a trade-off. Nothing is perfect. I had to use PHP at the University Medical School because Zope just couldn't handle hundreds of students hitting the thing all at the same time and doing the same things. People hitting the server all at the same time is bad enough, but when they are using the same functions at the same time - boy! Things may be different now.
There is also the Java option. JSP or Tomcat seems to run very well, but I don't have any experience with it or know what additional add-on stuff like forums etc. you can do. Anyone have any idea?
It depends what you want, what powerful features you want fom this and whether the site will be under extreme load. Most of the time Zope should be fine.
Fancy using Mono and ASP.NET? Sorry, that was a joke.
As a final note you can serve static content like images from your Apache system with Zope. You don't have to use the object database if you are simply storing boring static stuff. I don't know if this was the problem with the site images, or whether they were just too large. The team photo was 300k but it shouldn't have been too bad on a DSL line. Zope tends not to be good at this sort of thing.
Re: [OT] Plone
I have nothing against zope. Zope is quite well designed, and the ZODB is definitely a better match for an OO language than SQL. But it is not exactly fast, and it is powerful enough to do quite a bit of stuff without putting more abstraction layers on top of it.
With plone on top of CMF on top of zope, you get a performance that is not even adequate for small non-profit sites. If you want decent performance the only way to do it is to put a huge squid cache in front of it.
The documentation of CMF and Plone is a huge mess, and the plone developers have an annoying tendency to give "cute" names to variables that say nothing about what they do. Why are the results from a catalog called "brains" and who the hell invents stupid names like "bobobase"?
By Androgynous Howard at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: [OT] Plone
"With plone on top of CMF on top of zope, you get a performance that is not even adequate for small non-profit sites."
Mmm, well I've never experienced too many problems, and that is with a fair few users using the site. With good setup, maintenance, and good server hardware (it doesn't have to be expensive) you should be able to serve a fair few Zope sites. However, mileage may vary. For systems where I know there will be hundreds of people hitting the server at the same time (and performing the same actions) we have simply used PHP where it is needed because Zope has not had the performance. This was a few years ago so I wouldn't know what the situation is now. However, our productivity has gone through the roof since using Zope.
"If you want decent performance the only way to do it is to put a huge squid cache in front of it."
That's one option I suppose, but with a constantly changing CMF-based system and when you are managing Zope etc. through management screens, caches are problematic. Another option is to simply use Apache to serve totally static content, like images (or general storage of files like PDFs), where you need to and I've found that this makes a big difference. You can do this with a Zope Product who's name escapes me. The ZODB is not a good option for stuff like this, and of course you won't need all the meta-data stuff unless necessary.
"The documentation of CMF and Plone is a huge mess, and the plone developers have an annoying tendency to give "cute" names to variables that say nothing about what they do. Why are the results from a catalog called "brains" and who the hell invents stupid names like "bobobase"?"
I wouldn't say the documentation is a huge mess at all (there's a good book and other sources of info), but it does take a while to wrap your head around it, and these names have nothing to do with Plone. Zope does tend to have its own terminology, like a lot of other software - think Microsoft. Pluggable 'brains' are rather cool (they don't have anything to do with the Plone developers though - don't blame them), and can be especially used for R2O mapping (relational to object). Think of it as a 'memory' of stored indexes to objects (mmm, hope I got that right). The name isn't all that stupid. It can do a lot more than that of course, but look at this page and search for brains as an example:
You shouldn't be exposed to Bobobase too much these days. Anyone have any idea if this is related to Bonobo in any way? That is a legacy from when Zope first started, and it turned into what we now know of as the ZODB. Zope used to be called Bobobase. Have a look here at where it came from:
Any bobobase names now are just a hangover, so you shouldn't see them too much, but they don't have anything to do with Plone. It isn't like web programming in ASP, PERL, PHP or vanilla Python. It is a base for creating full-featured and powerful applications. Unfortunately, Zope is very powerful and it takes time to learn but, it is worth it.
Zope is certainly no speed demon, but with adequate thought it is totally possible to get good development work done quickly and have pretty adequate performance at the same time.
KDE über alles?
please try not to put nationalisms into news. France is the origin of Mandrake, one of the better distributions and close to KDE.
I think it's clear that if 9000 people go to Paris and find time to look at Linux, it must be good. There is so much else to see.
One compliment to the French in compensation, from a German, your food is better, are very friendly and indeed have better soccer players. ;-)
Yours, Kay
By Debian User at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: KDE über alles?
Ok "are very friendly". Ok lets not get to cared away.
By anon at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: KDE über alles?
I don't think nationalism is of any importance in software development. I prefer French soccer and I would like to see more french films in order to improve my french but I don't understand the plot of these movies.
Unfortunately and that has to be discussed the French Linux scene is smaller than it could and should be. So what can be done to improve this? What can be learned from France and what from Italy ecc. The different European Linux scenes are often out of touch, separated by the language barrier and use english discussion fora as their common ground. To me the question is: What can be done to join forces.
How can we create common materials (Linux convincement papers, flyers), for instance a kind of "instant" tools for event organisation. How to reach new interest groups ecc. Exchange of contacts ecc.
What I saw in France was that the Linux scene was more hacker style, more political. I like this very much as there is a lack of this approach in other parts of Europe.
By Gerd at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Some more details
Yes, Solutions Linux is still a little exhibition.
KDE booth was managed by about 15 people, a mix of translators and of developers.
KDE is more and more accepted. All our visitors knew the product very well and say thy use it. And many people bought a "I love KDE" T-shirt.
I also made a talk about KDE on Linux-pratique magazine booth. About 40 people stayed 1 hour standing in front of the boot, listening to my explanations. I insisted on the fact that KDE is a system, not only applications. And I showed KDE apps were much faster than others, when launched under KDE.
I counted KDE and Gnome machines on the exhibition : KDE had nearly twice the number of Gnome desktops (All the Red Hat machines were counted as Gnome machine). Except KDE and Gnome, there is nearly nothing else, only on geeks computers.
Most of questions were about MSOffice compatibility and MSAccess replacement.
I had a very interesting contact with Merlin Gerin. They wrote a KDE app to support their power supply, and they would like it to be integrated in official KControl.
I think Linux expos (and Linux itself) will be mature when ordinary vendors (printers, scanners, etc.) will be here.
By Gerard Delafond at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
USB key
Hey... thats a nice USB key. Where can I get hold on one of those?
By Lars at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: USB key
Send a mail to Gérard Delafond ([email protected]). We have also Polartech sweaters with the KDE logo for people living in cold countries.
By Charles de Miramon at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: USB key
I have the last one.
By Gerard Delafond at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
On the server hosting the images...
What kind of crappy server is hosting those images? They take almost five minutes per image to download on my DSL line.
Otherwise, thanks to all of the KDE people for making it out here and promoting the awesome KDE.
By Just Passing By at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: On the server hosting the images...
KDE-France is hosted by Tuxfamily a community server that was compromised a week ago. The service is back but not on the same level than before. We are waiting to see how things evolve at Tuxfamily and maybe try to migrate if the situation stays bad.
There seems that a lot of negativity is floating around. Pre-Valentine Day syndrom, maybe ;-)
By Charles de Miramon at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Not only Novell
> No commercial booth was pushing a desktop solution, except Novell
Didn't really anyone notice that some french guys were advertising KDE workstations at AMD Booth ?
As for the 9600 visitors, it's not so bad for an event targeted mainly towards professionals (it was titled "open source & free software solutions for *business*").
By Cyril at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: Not only Novell
Oh, the KDE booth on the picture looks very bad. Why is there so much waste in your booth?
4 little small screens, you are so proud of them, so KDE france can't even afford a small projector to get a larger screen.
How do these guys look like? Is this a socialist summer camp or a technology exhibition? Usually the outer appearance and the consumer directed style of Linux exhibitors is awful. Autistism included.
By Holler at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: Not only Novell
>Why is there so much waste in your booth?
By Gerard Delafond at Sun, 2004/02/15 - 6:00am
Re: Not only Novell
I don't like the tone of your post.
How about joining next time and organising a booth instead of criticising. Task include: bringing a fridge, preparing the T-shirts with KDE logo, the sweaters with KDE logo, the beer holder/ash tray with KDE logo, the big posters on the wall, brining a huge case with a lock, getting fined because the park place close to the exhibition are reserved, contacting distributions to get computers and screens, installing the cluster of 4 screens with 4 video cards of 4 different brands (for me, it is a wonder that it worked), taking 3 days off just to manage the booth and paying for all of this on your own money. Kudos to Gerard Delafond who did all that.
> KDE france can't even afford a small projector to get a larger screen.
Indeed, no. How about a donation from your part, if you think this is worthwhile. But maybe socialists summer camps are not worth your money.
By Philippe Fremy at Mon, 2004/02/16 - 6:00am
Re: Not only Novell
It all looks very impressive.
By Anne-Marie Mahfouf at Mon, 2004/02/16 - 6:00am
Re: Not only Novell
Calm down. What do you do for KDE besides writing this kind lame and useless rants about what other people do for the community?
Congratulations to the french KDE team
By Sergio at Tue, 2004/02/17 - 6:00am
Nice booth!
I'd just like to tell you that I was very much impressed by the nice KDE booth (and KDE merchandising stuff - I'd like to get a KDE USB stick as well ;) that can be seen on the photos. Great work!
.. shows all KDE related events that the kde-event team is aware of.
By Torsten Rahn at Mon, 2004/02/16 - 6:00am
Black KDE T-Shirt
hey,.... where can we get these t-shirt ?
they are really nice.
By somekool/Mathieu at Mon, 2004/02/16 - 6:00am
Re: Black KDE T-Shirt
Specially made for the expo. All sold after 2 days.
By Gérard at Tue, 2004/02/17 - 6:00am


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