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"Nostalgic retro gaming at its finest!" – TechKnowledgeeWiz Today, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo re-released its "classic" console, but in a more compact form. The demand is VERY high for this product, and it is extremely hard to come by at the moment. Amazon ...Read More »
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Fairy greeting cards for believers (and non-believers) everywhere! Gothic fairies, Christmas fairies, fairies of all shapes, sizes, and species!
Did you know? Artists with work featured on Moondragon receive royalties when their cards and prints are sold. All our cards and prints are produced in the UK, and in some instances we're buying directly from the artist themselves. By buying from us, not only are you helping us put food on our table, but you're putting food on the table of our artists too!


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001. Incredibly tired today, Late night phone calls and not enough sleep from the night before has made me a grumpy girl! Of course did my usual Sunday shop with my mother but nothing caught my eye! River Island is probably the one store thats really catching my eye the most at the moment. I don't think the Telford branch (RIP Hereford River Island!) is that well stocked though so might make a online order! I adore this leather dress, this collared polka dot dress, and this lovely chelsea girl smock dress.
002. Next week I'm spending time with my family, Really looking forward to taking my sisters out for a girly day & I might take them to the zoo or a farm type thing as well. I'm probably more excited at the prospect of going to the zoo than them! I'm a sucker for animals!
003. Since becoming a recent heel convert I've been scouring the shops for suitable heeled shoes. Im a size 5 and a half so I have real trouble finding shoes that actually fit me. I've been telling myself I don't need more shoes, but this week's ebay post by Victoria has come up trumps with the Sam Endleman Zoe boots that everyone and their mum wanted a few years ago. Im so tempted to get them but they are hardly day wear! Oh well, inappropriate as always!
004. Just popped a 30% off code for my jewellery shop up. I have very very little stuff left at the moment and I'm not planning to get more in until I've moved. Then everything will be completely restocked as well as new stuff added. "BYEBYE" will give you 30% off until everything is gone! The five ring mixes are on pre-order but you can use the code on that too for now but I will take it off soon for that item. If you've already bought from me and want a five stone mix or a three stone mix write in the note to seller/email me the ones you have and I'll avoid putting those in.
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First off, welcome to the new Forum... I think we can have a lot of fun with this and still have it be quite informative... Now bow down before me.. you're great and powerful mod... err... wait... I'm still just me. Ok so I'm not that funny... but luckily I have no life so I should be able to keep a rather close eye on this forum.
My Vision for this is a repository of ongoing scams and phishing attempts so that non-AOers can benefit from our vast knowledge base. I've spoken to a few members who have some rather interesting threads that they plan on posting in the future, that will be informative and fun to read.
What to expect:
Information on current scams and phishing attempts.
Information on the basic ideas behind different types of scams and phishing attempts.
Methods of contacting the authorities/those who can help. (more to come in another thread)
Actions against scammers/phishers (is phishers proper??).
Anthing else we can fit into this category.
What not to expect:
Abuse... verbal or emotion.... although I can't protect you against physical abuse (unless you in nearby and want to pay for protection.)
Off-topic Discussions/posts... A little side banter doesn't hurt... but I'm telling you right now that if you post something that in no way contributes... I will delete it. (Hopefully I'll only delete the post and not the whole thread...which I've already been warned about).
Anything else that we collectively decide we don't want to see.. I'd personally like to see people typing in here replace explitives with special characters rather than typing the full word...Avoidance of those words is of course better, but if you can't refrain please mark it hidden or use the special characters... or better yet both.
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I love the flowers around the house. The previous owners planted all kinds of perennials.
I can't wait for all of the lilies and irises to open
I've never had a rose bush before...I sure hope I can figure out how to take care of it. Suggestions are welcome.
Ireland saw me with the camera and ran outside in her pajamas...silly girl
The rosemary keeps growing
I found this mushroom shaped bird house at an antique shop last week.
I guess I'm just more interested in spending time outside and enjoying spring:)
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NEWS- New NYC train: 'As soon as possible,' Amtrak seeks new service
Charlottesville's #1 passenger rail promoter was hoping that Amtrak would take the idea of a daily train to Washington and roll with it. But Amtrak went further than Meredith Richards was expecting. The quasi-public passenger rail company released a report (PDF-2.2MB) Tuesday, January 29, signaling its desire to add a new daily train that would roll not just to Washington but all the way to New York. And back.
"I'm just thrilled," says Richards, who heads the cvillerail.org advocacy group. "Amtrak said we're the easiest corridor to add service to and at the lowest cost and in the shortest time, and they said, 'Go for it.'"
The proposed train– whose southern terminus would be an hour south of Charlottesville in Lynchburg– would increase the number of passenger trains stopping in Charlottesville by about 70 percent. According to the suggested schedule, travelers could board in Charlottesville at 6:13am, arrive in Washington by 8:40am, and reach New York's Penn Station by 12:40pm. The southbound trip would leave New York at 12:05pm and pull into Charlottesville at 7:09pm. (It's an hour faster on Saturdays.)
All this convenience comes at a cost, however. Although widely touted as the greenest form of inter-city travel, rail doesn't offer a built-in subsidy (such as the fuel or gate taxes that cover the costs of highways and airports). And based on an initial ridership level of 33,100 passengers, Amtrak estimates the needed annual subsidy would be about $1.9 million. Where will that come from?
Richards isn't sure. On the day after the report was released, she found herself in Richmond lobbying to ease the rules for tapping into the state's new $23 million dedicated rail fund. Yet she thinks the bill she supports, S.B. 371, won't win the support of the current administration. She's cautiously holding out hope that the state's own rail plan, a consultant-written document due for release this summer, can somehow urge officials to open state coffers.
If she succeeds, Virginia would join 14 other states that have recently begun subsidizing Amtrak rail service based on the belief that trains cut emissions, reduce congestion, and even stimulate pedestrian-oriented development.
Subsidies, however, can create unhappiness, particularly when private enterprise has already leapt into the breach. Four years ago, a pair of Charlottesville businesspeople launched the Starlight Express, a Charlottesville-New York service that has grown from a lone weekly round-trip motorcoach to about 10 departures and arrivals each week.
"I'm not going to worry myself about it," says David New, co-founder of the Starlight Express. "Our whole country lacks adequate public transportation, so I kind of welcome it in the big scheme of things."
Wrinkles in the Amtrak plan remain. For starters, the report also names another "short-term action opportunity": a Washington-Newport News link that's estimated to carry more passengers and would compete for equipment and funding with the Piedmont corridor. However, only the route through Charlottesville won Amtrak's recommendation that the state start "as soon as possible."
In other words, says Richards, "Amtrak is ready when the state is ready to go." #
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Chelsea Handler starts the next phase of her career – a talk show debuting on Netflix Wednesday – amid more mystery than comedy.
Will the audience she built during the 2007-2014 run of "Chelsea Lately" on E! return after a nearly two-year hiatus? Will she attract new viewers amid a packed late night talk show landscape that's realigned since her departure (goodbye David Letterman and Jon Stewart, and hello Trevor Noah and Larry Wilmore, among others)?
Perhaps most importantly, is a late night TV comedy talk show really a late night TV comedy talk show when it starts streaming in some parts of the country at 3 a.m. (even in the online-DVR-in-demand TV age)?
But what threatens to get lost amid the questions is Chelsea Handler's prime opportunity: to reinvent the late night TV comedy talk show for any time of the day.
Handler arrives with some distinct advantages beyond her experience, smarts and talent. The show is set for three half-hour installments a week. While that presents challenges in balancing timely and evergreen humor, she gains from the opportunity to produce carefully constructed, concentrated doses of comedy.
John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" and Samantha Bee's "Full Frontal," two standouts of the latest late-night comedy wave, benefit from a weekly schedule that allow them to focus on filling their 30 minutes with strong segments. As Stephen Colbert likely can attest, going from two hours of TV comedy a week to five while replacing a legend like Letterman is no easy human trick, even for the brainiest of the species.
Perhaps the biggest burst of publicity for "Chelsea" came this past weekend when Handler slammed Colbert during an interview with The New York Times: "He didn't go in and make a different show. He's just following in the footsteps of someone else."
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It marked a typically blunt and acerbic observation by Handler, who shares, with Jimmy Kimmel, the title as the most Letterman-like comic of this generation of late night hosts. She's also taking pages from early chapters of the Letterman playbook with her new gig.
While it would by folly to underestimate the lure of Handler and the reach of Netflix, her new show offers her an opportunity to experiment somewhat below the radar – much like Letterman, when he turned NBC's "Late Night" into an after-hours comedy laboratory in the early 1980s.
Handler won't be subject to media stories about Nielsen ratings, and presumably will be given time to draw a crowd. She also enjoys a strong social media following, thanks in part to her fearless Instagramming – reflecting her bold approach to upending a male-dominated TV field and format.
As she told The Times: "There are 10 or 11 guys doing what used to be done by two guys. That's not interesting."
A promo video released Monday is dominated by clips from filmed segments – signaling that for Chelsea Handler, "interesting" means breaking free of the studio as much as possible. Check out the preview as Handler fights the tide by streaming.
Jere Hester is Director of News Products and Projects at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.


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Michael Phelps knows what's on his schedule this summer.
Just don't ask him to share it.
"Can I ask a question? Why is it such a big deal what I'm swimming?" Phelps said Sunday. "You guys ask me every time."
Yes, four years after winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps remains the indisputable star of the U.S. Olympic team. His lone availability at the USOC's media summit drew a full house, with reporters eager to know everything from what he plans on swimming at the London Olympics to whether he's climbed the famed "Incline," a training trail at the base of the mountains near Colorado Springs, Colo.
No wonder he and coach Bob Bowman are determined to keep a few things to themselves.
"If we say what he's going to swim and he changes it, then we have to have another one of these to explain why," Bowman said. "The other part of it is I don't know that we need to give the competition any more ammunition than they already have."
The Olympic trials are June 25 to July 2 in Omaha, Neb.
Phelps' appearance at the media summit came the day after he finished second in the 200-meter butterfly at the Charlotte Grand Prix. He also finished second in the 200 freestyle in Charlotte, and has raced the 100 free, 100 butterfly, 200 backstroke, 200 individual medley and 400 IM at previous Grand Prixs this year.
In Beijing, Phelps won gold medals in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free, 200 IM and 400 IM, as well as three relays.
"I have goals that I want to accomplish. I know it won't be eight (gold) medals again," he said. "If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm going out to accomplish the things I have in my mind and my heart."
While Phelps' pursuit of Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single games dominated the lead-up to Beijing, it's his rivalry with fellow American Ryan Lochte that's causing a buzz ahead of London. Lochte beat Phelps in both the 200 free and the 200 IM at last year's world championships, losses that Phelps admitted Sunday helped him find motivation in the pool again.
But the closer the Olympics get, the more Phelps turns his focus inward.
"Clearly, whenever you have two athletes of that caliber, it creates interest," Bowman said. "Honestly, I don't know the rivalry does anything for Michael because his main competition is himself. I think he's spurred on by having people to race, I think he likes that. But I think his primary measure of success is, did he hit the time he wanted to hit."
With 16 medals overall, Phelps is two shy of the Olympic record set by Soviet gymnast Larysa Latynina from 1956 to 1964. Phelps recently had the opportunity to meet Latynina, and the two spent a few hours together, talking and joking. Latynina also gave him a medal she'd won at a meet with the United States in the 1950s.
"Really cool," he said. "Probably one of the coolest things I've received thus far."
Phelps has said repeatedly — and did so again Sunday — that he is finished after London. He told Bowman long ago that he didn't want to be swimming past 30, and he would be 31 at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
But provided he stays healthy, Phelps is all but assured of breaking Latynina's medal record in London, etching his name even deeper in Olympic history.
"Records are always made to be broken," he said. "I think it's kind of cool there's a possibility to rewrite history or be up there with some of the greats in Olympic history."
Phelps the Main Attraction at USOC Media Summit
The Olympic trials are June 25 to July 2 in Omaha, Neb.
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|Military Medals belonging to my great uncle Major AlexanderWallace Johnston
The following paragraph is the introduction to a detailed exposition of Australian troop involvement in Japan from 1946, which can be found on the Australian War Memorial website.
On 13 February 1946, Australian troops, the vanguard of a 37,000-strong British
Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF), disembarked at the war-devastated Japanese port
city of Kure, almost four years to the day (15 February 1942) after Singapore, the bastion of
the British Empire in the Far East, surrendered to the Japanese Army. At its peak, there were
some 12,000 Australians serving in BCOF.
From 1946 to 1952 Australian forces were responsible for the military occupation of
Hiroshima Prefecture, site of the first atomic bomb attack in history. During this time the role
of the Australian forces changed from that of an "occupying power" to a new role of
"protective power"; in 1950 Australian forces in Japan were deployed, under UN command,
to operations in Korea.
I found a number of websites which offered excellent information about war medals as well as the significance of the ribbon and depictions on the faces of the medals. The Australian War Memorial website provides a search facility for researching Australian military persons, relevant service records and information about military medals for all wars involving Australian defense force - Army, Navy and Air Force. I also discovered some fascinating sources of information about military medals on the following websites:
The fighting began when United States and Australian forces landed on the south-west corner of Morotai, a small island in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI), which the Allies needed as a base to support the liberation of the Philippines later that year. The invading forces greatly outnumbered the island's Japanese defenders and secured their objectives in two weeks. Japanese reinforcements landed on the island between September and November, but lacked the supplies needed to effectively attack the Allied defensive perimeter. Intermittent fighting continued until the end of the war, with the Japanese troops suffering heavy loss of life from disease and starvation.
|Allied landing at Morotai - Wikipedia
This medal would have been awarded to my great uncle for his active role in the Korean War. ( June 1950 - July 1953) from the Australian War Memorial website I discovered that Alexander Johnston is likely to have been a part of one or more of the following Regiments in Korea.
- 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, September 1950 - November 1954
- 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, March 1952 - March 1953, April 1954 - March 1956
- 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, March 1953 - April 1954
War on land: the Australian Army in Korea
"The Korean War was overwhelmingly a land war, in terms of numbers of participants, casualties and material costs. It was fought across rugged terrain through which ran only rough, narrow roads and tracks. Operations were further complicated by extreme conditions of heat and cold, rain and snow for long periods."
Robert O'Neill, Official Historian of Australia in the Korean War
|Korean War Image -Wikipedia
The United Nations Service Medal (UNKM). The United nations established this medal in December 1951 as its first ever International award to honour those who served in the military forces of an Allied army in the defense of Korea between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954.
The General Service Medal (1918-1962)This silver medal was awarded for service in minor army and Air Force operations for which there was no existing award. The 1962 medal pictured above bears an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the front and the back of the medal features the winged figure of Victory wearing a Corinthian helmet and bearing a trident.
The Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. This commemorative silver medal, on the far right, was awarded to selected persons chosen by the heads of states and countries of the Commonwealth. Of the 138,214 medals produced, 11,561 were awarded to Australians.
|Major A W Johnston wearing his medals.
My great aunt's marriage to Alexander Johnston was her second marriage and a second marriage for him also. I am privileged to have possession of the gold wedding dress Dorothy May Cameron (nee Weston) wore when she married Major Johnston in the 1950's. As a child I listened to my great aunt reminisce about life in Malaya as the wife of an Australian Army Officer. I have a photo album of black and white photographs which follow their years in Singapore. I am now planning to research more about my great uncle's army career and will follow up this blog post with an update on the Singapore years.
|A photo from the Sydney Morning Herald showing Major and the new Mrs Johnston cutting their wedding cake.
|The Military Funeral in 1966 of Major A W Johnston


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I received this press release for a new website, called StopAfib.org. I follow atrial fibrillation therapies and developments pretty closely, I think, for obvious reason: it's what I do. So when I saw this site I decided to check it out.
The website is nicely executed. It seems to have been sponsored by a patient who experienced what sounds like a transient ischemic attack, or stroke, seven months after having emergency heart surgery. She was, the site says, "intrigued by the potential of pulmonary vein isolation to eliminate her atrial fibrillation, and especially fascinated that the removal of the left atrial appendage could eliminate her stroke risk." Really? Would Ms. Hill even know what a left atrial appendage is?
A closer inspection to the press release confirms that the site is being marketed by a website developer and marketer to the elective healthcare industry:
Founded in 2002, and based in San Luis Obispo, California, Etna Interactive provides Web marketing services to the elective healthcare industry (including medical device manufacturers, plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgeons, surgeons and medical day spas); to physicians and surgeons offering new or novel treatments; and to professional service providers including lawyers, architects and builders. Etna Interactive services clients from Hawaii to upstate New York.What is interesting is that this company recognized the need to skirt the provisions of Section 650 of the Medical Board of California Business and Professions Code that forbids "fees for referrals."
And yet, close inspection of the one and only advertiser on this website is Atricure, Inc., the company interested in marketing their equipment for open-chest pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation. Further more, look at Ms. Mellanie Hill's story carefully.
On September 13, 2005, Mellanie had Mini-Maze surgery with the AtriCure bipolar (RF) device and says, "Though it was surgery, with risks and anesthesia, and was in an area that is very delicate for women, I have no regrets." She had been grounded from flying for two years, and was now able to fly again and travel by herself. She says, "You can't put a price on getting your freedom back."Would a patient really know (or care) that her surgery was performed with the "Atricure bipolar (RF) device?" Does the patient know what "bipolar" means? Or what "(RF)" means?
It is clear this site has been developed by a marketing department of a medical device company. Like industry-paid ghost writers in medical journals, this new tactic is disturbing. Has Atricure has used a website developer and gullible patient to ghost write the marketing of their medical devices? Worse still, could this patient who has had a stroke (or transient ischemic attack) and might be at high risk of recurrent stroke, even after her ablation, be making potenially dangerous recommendations (that stopping warfarin is OK), all in the interest of marketing? And when does a patient testimonial platform that is funded by a company become a "fee for referral" for that company's devices?
While I have nothing against patients standing up for a cause they believe in, I just wish they'd do it themselves. If the StopAfib.org site wants to accomplish this goal:
We're not pushing products or services, or selling anything. We want this site to be as unbiased and informational as possible....then they'd better develop their site themselves.
15:15PM CST Addendum: I contacted Ms. Hill regarding this post and she was very nice to respond. She did confirm that Atricure contacted her first and had a particular interest in her skills as an "author, writer, and speaker," and they shared ideas and it was her idea to provide a forum for patients to explain options for atrial fibrillation therapies and ways to prevent strokes. Hence they provided a grant to her. She states Atricure was "very careful" to remain detached from the project. She also noted the "EP's had a vested interest" in performing catheter-based afib ablation procedures and often refused to refer patients for surgical procedures. She is continuing to seek other sponsors for her website.


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It is summer, and for centers with aquatics programs or those located in vacation destinations, that may mean business heats up. But for many centers, it means a slowdown in business as prospects and members opt to exercise outside.
However, that does not have to be the case. If your center provides services that keep people coming back and if your sales team has a full pipeline, your summer will sizzle with happy members. Here are five strategies that can help you improve your summer sales:
1. Give them a reason to join. Does your membership team jam in calls so that they all sound the same and have the same poor outcomes? Do they sound like this: "Hi, Bob. It's Bonnie from Club B. Just wanted to see if you're still interested in membership. No? OK, well I'll keep in touch in the future. Thanks anyway." Instead, encourage your membership team to tell prospects about special programs, such as better back classes, parenting programs or a boot camp, that prospects might need. By asking about the problems prospects have and finding programs that your club offers that could help them, your sales team can give prospects a reason to join and members a reason to come back.
2. Offer big special events monthly. Offering special events each month brings people together for social activities. Try offering a mega-master group exercise class. Bring in top instructors and advertise the classes to the public. Offer free child care during the classes. Have a few family picnics or outings for members and guests. Create clubs-within-a-club for the different types of members, i.e. golfers, yoga aficionados, endurance runners, masters level swimmers, etc., and have quarterly open houses for each group to which guests are invited. Have a (low-fat) ice cream/frozen yogurt social for members, guests and prospects – families one day, maybe just for seniors another day.
3. Create a pipeline of leads. Stay in touch with prospects that do not join. You can do so via newsletters, Facebook, email and phone once each month for years. Keep the relationship going, share educational health information that is important to them through a library of articles that your center should have in place. Send a birthday card with a special offer even if they have not yet joined.
4. Track every detail of a prospect. Keep track of contact information, interests and goals for each of your prospects. In addition, keep track of every contact you have with the person, paying careful attention to the last contact, and tasking yourself for the next contact. Sales managers should be looking at last/next actions to ensure their membership teams are unlike the 95 percent of sales people in fitness centers who follow up once or not at all with a prospect.
5. Listen, coach, review reports for success. Listen to recorded incoming telephone inquiries. See how a question is handled from reception and is handed off to membership. Then, listen to how your membership person responds. Your membership person should have a long list of potential questions at the ready to ask the prospect for more details about why he or she called. Review production reports daily. If there are few telephone inquiries, check referrals, outreach plans and your marketing strategy. In most centers, 50 percent of leads should come from external marketing; the remainder should come from outreach and referrals. If telephone inquiries are not translating into appointments, coach your membership person to create a sense of urgency to get people in. And if people are coming in but not joining, have someone come in to "mystery shop" your club and tell you how the membership person did. You could also videotape a presentation so you can see where the membership person needs to improve.
Chances are good that you already have some of these ideas in place, but if your club is sweating meeting its membership goals in the summer, strive to implement all of these recommendations. A well-managed and executed membership plan with these components will create more success for your sales this summer.
Bonnie Patrick Mattalian is president and owner of the Club and Spa Synergy Group, which is comprised of selected industry consultants. A recognized industry veteran with more than 20 years of start-up and operational experience in more than 100 clubs and spas across the United States and around the world, Mattalian is renowned for improving fitness center performance through innovative and customized operational, sales, Internet marketing and ancillary revenue generating strategies. She is a sought-after speaker with training techniques for increasing staff motivation and production. Contact her at [email protected].


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Pablo Saracho-Cwic Toy
At Design Interviews
Interview with Pablo Saracho : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Pablo Saracho : Deciduous trees show perfectly the cycle of life every year. We thought that it could be a good idea to design a tree in which you could change pieces of different colors that represent the foliage in every season. At the same time, you can explain to a kid the cycle of life. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Pablo Saracho : We wanted Cwic to be both beautiful, colorful and didactic. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Pablo Saracho : Keep working on the next wooden toy. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Pablo Saracho : Three months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Pablo Saracho : It was just inspiration, serendipity. Having a walk last fall in Segovia and seeing all the trees changing colors and getting ready for hibernation. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Pablo Saracho : We are producing the work ourselves. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Pablo Saracho : We think toys can be beautiful, inspirational, interactive and 100% natural. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Pablo Saracho : Not that I have in mind right now. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Pablo Saracho : Children from 3 to 103. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Pablo Saracho : We have never seen anything like it. It is more than just a puzzle. Besides, the design is different from most of the wooden toys you can find in the market. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Pablo Saracho : Cwic means life in anglo saxon. My wife is a philologist and so she looked for a name that could transmit the idea of being alive without being too evident. Besides it had to be short and easy to remember. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Pablo Saracho : The pencil and paper, a computer, the tools in my garage during the weekends and in the factory during the weeks, to get to a valid prototype. After that, a CNC machine. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Pablo Saracho : Simplicity, synthesis. Being able to tell a lot of things from a minimalistic design. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Pablo Saracho : All the people in the company. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Pablo Saracho : It is very important if you are to produce in market prices and for the wholw world. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Pablo Saracho : How to represent a tree and its foliage with different pieces. We had to build a trunk that could resist standing as we put the different circles that represent the foliage. The packaging was also a challenge. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Pablo Saracho : It is our best design this year. .
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Ana Schmitz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 38 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Center for REALTOR Technology's Appraisal Dashboard
The Center for REALTOR Technology (CRT) is a department within the largest US trade association serving REALTOR members, the National Association of REALTORS (NAR).
NAR currently has a membership of 1million+.
CRT's goal is to provide technology information & resources that empower each real estate professional with tools that are relevant to their business. http://www.realtors.org/crt
Our target audience with this project are the tech professionals who take care of the making sure that large databases of houses for sale are up and running.
This dashboard ensures that the data comes back in an easy to understand and friendly manner so that real estate professionals understand the information easily. The dashboard allows queries to match real estate professional criteria, displays maps and pictures, do comparison between houses for sale, etc.
Must haves for this logo, please:
- use PMS blue 293 somewhere in the logo, not necessarily the entire logo but used somewhere in the color scheme
- please use the name "Appraisal Dashboard" somewhere in the logo as well as "A resource of the National Association of REALTORS®" in much smaller font. Please use your judgement on font size so that the text does not overpower the logo.
- final files should be delivered in the following formats on white background where applicable: png non-transparent, png transparent, jpg, and eps.
-final sizes - the formats should be delivered in high and low resolutions that will print nicely and crisply on paper as well as display clearly on the web.
Now the Fun Part : )
-Feel free to use your imagination. If your concept is abstract, that's fine. It does not need to be.
- Eye catching and professional
- To give you an idea of what exactly the Appraisal Dashboard looks like, click here: http://demo.crt.realtors.org/apprai…/index.php
- just as an initial idea...not something you have to do...how would a screen with a map, one with a spreadsheet or chart, and one with home pictures work. Of course, these would be much smaller and graphics not pictures. See attached file to get a broad idea of how these images would be stacked.
Thank you for your time and interest!
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Thanks to Child Care Aware® of America, Sesame Workshop's Little Children, Big Challenges resources will reach more parents and educators than ever before, to help children develop the resilience they need to overcome everyday challenges. From saying goodbye to a parent in the morning, being patient, overcoming bedtime blues, sibling rivalry, and even relocating, the lovable and relatable Sesame Street Muppets™ can show them how. Many people think that resilience is an innate part of a child's personality, but by helping children cope with the challenges that come their way, children can actually learn the skills they need to build resilience, and in turn grow healthy and school ready.
To help parents and children make everyday challenges into learning moments, Sesame Workshop has created bilingual (English/Spanish) multimedia resources including Sesame Street videos, print resources, and a guide for educators to use in the classroom.
We want to do everything possible to make sure our resources are accessible to families when and where they need them. That's why a dedicated partner like Child Care Aware® of America is such an important relationship to the Workshop. With their established network through the Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&Rs) field, our multimedia materials about resilience will reach more than 860,000 families per year, and we can continue to develop and improve our resources using feedback from those families. This pilot program will allow CCR&Rs who are members of Child Care Aware® of America to submit requests for proposal to participate in the pilot, and distribute materials to children and families in their community. Updates around the rollout of materials and how to submit requests for proposal will be announced on this blog.
For more than four decades, the Workshop has been focused on helping children achieve their highest potential. Today we continue our efforts, with the help of partners like Child Care Aware® of America, by tackling essential skills that can help children learn and grow as they encounter new challenges every day; they also provide the adults in their lives with tools to help young children build these crucial skills in a fun and furry way that only Sesame Street can – with the help of Grover and the rest of the Sesame Street Muppets.
Sesame Workshop's Little Children, Big Challenges initiative seeks to help children ages 2-5 in military, veteran and general public families build important resilience and perseverance skills that allow them to overcome challenges large and small. One of the most important factors in building these skills is the presence of a caring, supportive adult. This is why this new initiative is providing tools for adults to empower the children in their lives to transform everyday challenges into opportunities for growth, development, and lifelong success.


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3
|Dev: Atlus
|Pub: Atlus
|Release: January 26, 2011
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol, Violence
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
Catherine is honestly a game unlike any other. While many people are calling this a puzzle game with a gripping story, I would disagree. This is a story game first, a brilliantly woven narrative that uses puzzles to express the main character's inner turmoil, and, you know, to chase him with giant robot death babies. Catherine is great because it uses all of its gameplay elements to make you feel what the main character is feeling. It's a game with a purpose, to tell a tale of a bizarre love triangle and one man's struggle to come to terms with what he really wants with his life. Simply put, Catherine is pure art in the form of a sexually demonic Q-bert. What part of that sentence didn't you like?
Vincent is a pretty average guy in his thirties who lives in a modest apartment and has a standard underpaying job just like every other working schlub out there. Vincent has a longtime girlfriend, Katherine, who is looking to tie the knot and start a family with Vincent. Vincent, on the other hand, is okay with how things are. Marriage and fatherhood are both things he'd like to keep out of his life, at least until he can get it on track.
Enter Catherine, a much younger girl who seems to take quite a liking to Vincent. Even though Vincent has been faithful to Katherine for all these years, it only takes a night of drinking and a fevered nightmare for Vincent to end up in bed with Catherine next to him. The rest of the game revolves around how Vincent deals with the fact that he seems to be accidentally cheating on his longtime girlfriend and the life choices Vincent makes as a result of these ordeals.
The main gameplay in Catherine is actually social. Vincent will spend his days at the local bar, talking with his friends and fellow bar patrons. Time constantly passes while you are in the bar, and many conversations can only take place during certain time periods. You get to control how Vincent responds during conversations, and what you choose will affect the lives of both Vincent and the characters he interacts with.
Vincent's other main distraction during the day is his cell phone. He will frequently receive text messages from both of the K/Catherines and many of his other friends. To answer these text messages, you press one button to type and another to delete, cycling through your possible responses as you do. This seems tedious, but it effectively mimics what it's like to have a real text message argument, constantly second guessing what you just typed. It provides an emotional impact you wouldn't get from simply choosing your response from a menu.
As you speak to people, answer text messages, and generally make important decisions, you'll notice Vincent's morality meter change, but unlike other games that measure a spectrum of good and evil, Catherine measures a spectrum of "Freedom" and "Order." Freedom is essentially Vincent's tendency to think of himself before others, and Order is basically his tendency to think of others before himself. Neither is good nor evil, and there are important events and multiple endings for each end of the morality spectrum. Of course, there are various shades of grey in between.
Then, after all the social drama, booze drinking, and poorly planned text messages, Vincent returns home to catch a good night's sleep, and a whole other side of the game comes out to play. Every night Vincent will have nightmares which take him to a strange hybrid of Silent Hill's nightmare world and Q-bert. Here, Vincent is stuck on a pile of blocks that is slowly crumbling from the bottom up. The only way to survive is to climb faster than the pile can fall into the black void below.


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The Archdiocese of Boston on Saturday announced that the Rev. Pedro Jose Damazio has been suspended after it received allegations of adult sexual misconduct, according to a news release. Damazio is a priest of the Diocese of Tubarão in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He has been serving as parochial vicar of St. Anthony of Padua in Cambridge and has also served the Brazilian community throughout the Archdiocese of Boston.
A Brazilian priest who was working at St. Anthony of Padua, a Catholic church on Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, was suspended by the Archdiocese Saturday after allegations of sexual misconduct.
Archdiocese spokeswoman Kelly Lynch said the allegations against the Rev. Pedro Jose Damazio were made by an adult. She would not say if the alleged victim was a parishioner at St. Anthony of Padua. Damazio is a priest in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The archdiocese has notified his home diocese of the allegations.
Damazio has served the Brazilian community at different parishes throughout Boston, Lynch said. He is also the acting coordinator of the Brazilian apostolate in Boston.
Under the suspension he is prohibited from performing any public ministry within the Archdiocese of Boston. The restrictions will remain in place pending the outcome of a police
investigation, Lynch said.
Lynch said the Diocese's Office of Pastoral Support and Outreach is assisting any individual affected by this news. They can be reached toll free at (866) 244-9603. Brazilian community members can reach a Portuguese-speaking counselor at extension 13.
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text: This species was first discovered by Steve Irwin, the late Crocodile Hunter, and his father, Bob Irwin, in the early 1990s. The first specimen was then collected and described by Australian herpetologist John Cann, who named it Elseya irwini, after its discoverers. There is still very little known about this species, and biologists today are working on both collecting more specimens and observing them in the wild to learn more about their behavior. Outside of Australia, the only place you can see this turtle is the National Aquarium, Baltimore. Did You Know? This turtle was discovered by the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. Diet These turtles eat snails and plant matter; females may be completely herbivorous. Size They can grow up to 11.8 inches, and males are about half the size of females. Range This species occurs in the upstream reaches of the Broken and Bowen Rivers, which are tributaries to the Burdekin River in southern Queensland, Australia. Population Status The population is estimated at 4,000–5,000 individuals. Predators Crocodiles eat these turtles, and feral pigs, lizards, and goannas eat the eggs. Back to the Top


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Tagged: Charles Nagy
6-9-11 PNC Park
Today was the final day that the Diamondbacks were in town, and I for one, am not sorry to see them leave. They just don't hit many balls into the stands, which makes for a boring batting practice.
To make matters worse, the Pirates did not hit today. They skipped batting practice, so at 5PM, when the gates opened, the Diamondbacks were already on the field hitting.
Upon running in, I was able to get Charles Nagy to toss me ball #1. Here he is talking to ex-Pirate Zach Duke.
My second ball was tossed to me by Esmerling Vasquez in left field:
And ball #3 was a ground rule double that I snagged in section 136. Nick Pelescak gets an assist as he slowed the ball down by deflecting it. Playing ground rule doubles can be a tricky thing.
and moments later I snagged another ground rule double for ball #4 in virtually the same spot.
My fifth ball was yet another ground rule double. It hung up in the air and I snagged it over the man in the light blue shirt.
My sixth and final ball of the day was via the glove trick by the foul pole in left field.
The Diamondbacks stopped hitting at 5:42 PM, I immediately left the park when they were done.
Today's baseballs:
Sweet spots:
Game: 6 balls (3 hit, 2 thrown, 1 device,)
Season: 192 balls (74 hit, 44 thrown, 49 device, 25 found)
Games: 32 games
Average: 6.00 balls per game
Career: 1,314 balls
Attendance: 12,468


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Matrix Service Company is an American company, headquartered in Tulsa, OK, that "provides engineering, fabrication, construction and maintenance services to Electrical Infrastructure, Oil Gas & Chemical, Storage Solutions and Industrial markets". Last Thursday, August 9, i launched a new corporate identity with a new brand structure.
"Matrix Service Company" will serve as the corporate name, while the three sudsidiaries have now include "Matrix" in their names. They all use a new M symbol, color-coded in green for the corporate level and blue, yellow and red for the subsidiaries.
|Previous logo.
No design credit given.
|New Matrix Service logo.
|Branding structure.
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Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that deed to secure debt dated March 2, 2006, from Donna Branch, Linda M. Cox and James W. Cox Jr. to Peoples State Bank & Trust, recorded in Deed Book 414, page 151, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, assigned to Stephen B. Smith by assignment dated June 29, 2012, the undersigned will sell at public outcry during the legal hours of sale before the front door of the Courthouse in Appling County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in August, 2012, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property owned by Donna Branch, located on 5056 Hatch Parkway North, Baxley, Appling County, Georgia 31513, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 5.326 acres, more or less, of Land Lot No. 437, and being more accurately described according to the courses, metes and bounds of that certain survey and plat thereof by Merlin J. Tomberlin, dated September 14, 1998, which plat is recorded in Plat Book 14, page 526 in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, which said plat is incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes. This being the same tract of land as conveyed from Jerry M. Tomberlin and Wade C. Moody by deed dated June14, 1999 and recorded in Deed Book 326, page 632 in the records of Appling County, Georgia.
The debt secured by said deed to secure debt is evidenced by a note in favor of Peoples State Bank & Trust (the Bank) dated July 23, 2007, being a renewal of a prior note, assigned to Stephen B. Smith by assignment dated June 29, 2012. The debt secured by said deed to secure debt and evidenced by said note has been declared due and payable because of the failure of the Donna Branch to comply with certain terms and conditions in said note and deed to secure debt. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying said indebtedness including all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and attorney fees and all expenses of said sale.
The property will be sold as the property of Donna Branch, who, to the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, is the party in possession of said property.
Notice has been and is hereby given of intention to enforce provisions for collection of attorney's fees and foreclosure in accordance with legal requirements and the terms of said note and deed to secure debt.
Said property will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes, assessments, general subdivision restrictions, if any, and other restrictions, easements and liens of record, if any.
The proceeds of the sale will be used as follows: (1) to pay the expenses of said sale; (2) to pay the sums secured by said deed; (3) the balance if any to Donna Branch.
Attorney in Fact for Donna Branch
132 West Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
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Cam'Ron In The Streets - He Retired Nas?
Chilling with CamRon aka Mr. Spacely!Cam Speaks To The People. Dude is a funny character. Off The Duke Da God DVD. Dipset Bitch. Claims He Retired Nas.
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Dear Myrtle announces NARA Six Million New Military Records Before 1946
NOTE from DearMYRTLE: The following was just released by the NARA Public Affairs office. Please address all inquiries to
October 22, 2007
National Personnel Records Center Opens more than Six Million New Military Personnel Files
St. Louis, MO
* The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) will open for the first time all of the individual Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Army, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard military personnel who served and were discharged, retired or died while in the service, prior to 1946.
Collectively, these files comprise more than six million records. This is the second step in the progressive opening ofthe entire paper and microfiche OMPF collection of over 57 million individual files. Additional military personnel records will be made available to the public each year through 2067 until the entire collection is opened.
These archived files are treasured by family members, historians, researchers, and genealogists. Contained in a typical OMPF are documents outlining all elements of military service, including assignments, evaluations, awards and decorations, education and training, demographic information, some medical information and documented disciplinary actions. Some records also contain photographs of the individual and official correspondence concerning military service.
To view an original record, individuals may visit the NPRC Archival Research Room in St. Louis, MO. Telephone is 314-801-0850. Research room hours are10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time Tuesday through Friday. Visitors are strongly encouraged to call ahead to make reservations.
* To obtain copies of records, customers may write to NPRC at 9700Page Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63132, fax a request to 314-801-9195, or submit a request through http://vetrecs.archives.gov <http://vetrecs.archives.gov/> or on a Standard Form 180.
Information about records available at NPRC is also posted on the National Personnel Records Center Homepage at http://www.archives.gov/st
Archived, public records are subject to the National Archives and Records Administration's published fee schedule. Copy fees for archived OMPFs are waived for veterans or primary next-of-kin (surviving spouse or children of the veteran) if the records are needed to validate a benefit or entitlement. The fee schedule for OMPFs is as follows:
1. OMPFs 5 pages or less: $15
2. OMPFs 6 pages or more: $50 (most OMPFs fall in this category)
3. OMPFs of Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP): $.75 per page
*(PEP records include the OMPFs of famous individuals such as former Presidents, famous military leaders, decorated military heroes, celebrities,entertainers, and professional athletes who left military service and havebeen deceased for at least 10 years).
Archived records are subject to a limited privacy exemption under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act. As such, all records are reviewed prior to release and social security numbers are redacted.
For more information, contact Bryan McGraw, Director of Archival Programs at NPRC, at 314-801-9132.
This and previous blog entries are fully searchable by going to: http://blog.DearMYRTLE.com. Myrt welcomes queries and research challenges, but regrets she is unable to answer each personally.
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Introducing K16 and the Future of KDE
Where will KDE be in five years? To answer this question, we plan to bring together visionaries, strategists, planners, out-of-the-box-thinkers, realists, dreamers, doers, creators, leaders, coders from the KDE community and everybody else who is interested in discussing the future of KDE and picturing what it will be.
As a first step, we plan to hold a meeting under the name 'K16' to gather a first round of community people to come up with an idea where KDE will be in five years, in 2016. The goal is to formulate a common direction for the community, creating a shared vision that will drive the long-term development of KDE software.
The meeting will take place in early 2011 over an extended weekend. We'll provide a creative and productive atmosphere by having a heterogenous group of participants, inviting external moderators, having computer-free time, applying brainstorming and other creative techniques, and a location without distractions.
Join us
If you want to attend the meeting or provide input, please submit a one-page pitch of your idea where KDE will be in five years. The format and content is up to your imagination, be it a strategic text, a picture of KDE's Wikipedia article in 2016, a comic strip, or something completely different. The only condition is that it can be printed on a sheet of paper and pinned to a whiteboard. Please submit your K16 pitches to [email protected] no later than 31 December 2010. Please also state whether you would like to attend the meeting and when you are able to do so.
The K16 organization team (consisting of Sebastian Kügler, Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen, Riccardo Iaconelli, Stefan Werden, Jos Poortvliet, Artur Souza and Frank Karlitschek) will select up to 15 participants for the meeting based on the pitches, and invite them to the meeting. KDE e.V. will support the meeting by covering costs for travel and accommodation.
All results of the meeting will be published, and follow-up actions will be planned with the community.
We are looking forward to all your ideas. Don't wait, send your one-page pitch now to [email protected]. Share your vision of where KDE will be in 2016.
EDIT: the K16 team would like to add the following elaboration to the request for K16 pitches:
We would like to explain that we have some requirements for a 'vision' to be actually called a vision.
First of all, just stating what extra work is needed, especially when it comes to polishing what is there (no matter how important that is) is not enough. Yes, we all have many pet peeves and there are many areas where improvements are needed. But we asked for a 5 year vision.
Second, you need ideas on how to accomplish the plans within a Free Software community like KDE - and this is important. We are mostly volunteers, working on what we like or consider important. Whatever vision you present, it has to show how to get there and how to get people involved with it.
So in short, a vision should be ambitious - yet have some realism. Our long-term goals - create something so compelling it can overtake windows - should be the focus, not incremental improvements because that won't be enough in 5 years.
I will suggest that you bring
I will suggest that you bring full multi monitering back to the kde 4. In used to work perfectly in kde 3.
By beer at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 5:00am
Do you really think the
Do you really think the chances that the bug gets fixed increases when you post a comment to each and every dot news? Honestly the opposite is true. I don't direct my development power towards those bugs which have the most vocal supporters but towards those bugs that affect most users.
Multi monitor (twinview, xinerama, xrandr) with KWin is working fine. The only thing missing is a legacy MultiHead support. It has been unmaintained for three years now and is not working with most drivers anyway. It's a bug that needs severe changes to the setup which makes working on it much more difficult. It needs investigation by those users who demand the feature, but that's all mentioned in the bug.
By Martin Gräßlin at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 6:57pm
As far as I know twinview,
As far as I know twinview, xinerama and xrandr does not work for me since I have 2 graphics card to power 3 screens so those "working" technology are not good enough (or maybe I am to stupid to use them).
By beer at Thu, 2010/12/23 - 7:46am
OpenSuse has a very nice feature for communicating on the future direction of their distribution: openFate
Could KDE borrow the idea ? That would help ignite new ideas that can then help K16 to build a vision (and roadmap)
By alvise at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 2:59pm
not as structured / comprehensive as openfate, but...
... we do have KDE Brainstorm over on forums.kde.org :)
By Aaron Seigo at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 6:54pm
I think Kde brainstorm is enough
There is already
By damian at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 6:56pm
I am a KDE4 fan. However, the state of kde4 since it's inception to now seems to be a jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none DE.
Vision for the future must include:
I have used kde4 since its inception on many different linux distros. The progress seems to be focused on including new features moreso than on stabilizing and completing funtionality.
Kmail, for example: Mail list headings ALWAYS default to order of Subject, sender, date, even though I constantly reset them to date, sender, subject. Tiff files cannot be opened without ALWAYS going to Open With dialogue and typing or choosing okular. Signature placement and cursor placement settings are limited. Inline photos don't get forwarded. Plus other frustrating issues that I can't remember yet.
Kword and the Koffice software suite seems to be suffering. Panel control is suffering badly now (although I understand will be improved in its next release).
Kopete has never worked for me for video/voice connection, no matter how hard I tried. (And don't be defensive and say that I am an idiot and can't use the software properly. I am a "power-user" who can generally learn how to use new software quickly and without many issues.)
The introduction of "Blur" as a default desktop effect at one point slowed down many many many machines (do a search of several linux distro forums to confirm).
New sys-tray monochrome icons to "blend in more" with the DE are ridiculous - EVERY other icon - kmail, opera, gwenview, digikam, dolphin, firefox, etc etc are in color. The new icons do NOT blend in better. And when I reset the icons manually to the older colored icons, these were deleted during my next kde4 version upgrade.
Kde4 version upgrades changed user settings including log-in screen and log-in sound (and the above resetting of sys-tray icons).
Also, where is my application data?? The best programs are ones that save my data in one location. I have tried to back up kmail data in the past, but it is spread out in different directories (with 5 or 6 or more mail accounts, the incoming/outgoing server info, the folder information, the address book, the email files - they are or were all scattered amongst different directories making backups painful at best and nearly impossible at worst).
The list could go on and on.
Again, the point is that KDE team must first define its reason for existence, then define its limits, and define its focus.
IF the project is to be an experimental cutting edge desktop environment AND semi-functional unfinished application software, then continuing on as-is should be A-ok.
But IF the project is intended to be a functional desktop environment with an ecosystem of functional and polished software applications, then focus MUST be shifted to creating a stable and functional user experience. Also, creative energies must in this case be LIMITED to areas of importance - ie: 1) in version releases new functions are less important than eradication of bugs; 2) the amount of software applications is less important than creating a smaller core of highly polished highly functional stable software that works.
I hope you all see my point.
By Dulwithe Darkingham at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 7:12pm
Oh, and I forgot. Something I have been thinking about for a LONG time now is this...
International language input method configuration should be included in the systemsettings module. Input method is an integral part of an operating system and should be part of the DE setup. Apple's iPhone is the best at this (although I do not myself like the iphone, I can admit that it's language display/input settings are superb!)
Why do I have to depend upon each distro's config tools (or lack of config tools) to try and set up language input?? If I could in kde4, similar to iPhone, click on languages and add checks to boxes to enable display and/or input of languages like japanese, chinese, korean, arabic... This would be superb.
By Dulwithe Darkingham at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 7:30pm
I see what you mean but...
You also have to count this is free software there are a lot of people that won't work if they feel limited, also you can't have the better desktop centring only on bugs, I think there should be a balance of people with the feet on the ground, and visionaries.
By damian at Thu, 2010/12/23 - 4:05am
Mega meta
In the future, we will have much better integration of metadata. There will be nepomuk-enabled file dialogs, and metadata will be used with activities to determine how we want to work with applications and data in a particular activity context. Meta-data and activties will be able to provide instant access to relevant actions, files, contacts etc. Configuration and metadata will be saved in the (own-)cloud, and will be available from any location and device. Location will work with metadata.
In 5 years I will have a KDE/plasma phone and tablet, with plasma based apps.
In 5 years, no KDE app will fail to provide a ui that works on small (netbook, tablet) screens.
In 5 years we have replaced menus with a smarter, faster command system (maybe something searchable?).
In 5 years we have found out how to avoid shortcut conflicts, and every KDE app is keyboard controllable.
In 5 years, noone will remember the bleak future where kmail struggled to use akonadi.
In 5 years, we will have automatic file version control as part of the KDE infrastructure.
I hope :) <3 KDE
By Anders Lund at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 8:02pm
About the Metadata
I've been using KDE since its inception around 1997 and since that time I'm experiencing more or less the same set of problems. If KDE didn't manage to create a decent mail client or file manager in _14_ years, do you really think this thing will ever work? To me it looks like a pipe-dream.
By trixl at Thu, 2010/12/23 - 9:35am
Dear all i'm following really close that post on dot.kde and in my humble opinion i would like to say something to whose users that made some irrational posts
@ users:i've read a lot of post that complains about various stuff,some recalling kde3 other just swearing against this or that kde app,i'm a happy kde4 user and i would like to remind that kde is free software,there are people that works for free on that,and nothing is perfect(neither softwares) so if you think about a windows user for example,they can't go to microsoft's blog and swear against SBallmer or whoever,they just take it as it comes even if they don't like advertisment in livemessenger or something else,so keeping in mind that and that kde is yet a great piece of software,stop complaining and be productive please;
after that,i would like to take the occasion to wish a nice meeting at K16 to everybody.
p.s i'm an italian computer science student and i really would like to give some help in kde development,my only problem is that i know only a lot of java by now and i'm beginning using c++,that means that will take more than a year to learn it in a proper way,i'm really looking forward to give some help and join kde development!
By andrea at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 9:42pm
A new list
Since I am not someone who is going to make "a pitch" to [email protected], I would like to make a few suggestions about negative and positive things. I know I will miss alot but feel free to criticize this post and add to it (I love to know what I don't know).
Negative (This always goes first :) )
I may add more later, but that is all I can think of now. Also count me in as a happy KDE 4 user.
By Stephen McIntosh at Wed, 2010/12/22 - 11:54pm
Don't let down love
We are talking about the hobbyist's software, but we forget that a hobbyist's intentions are of love. His provocative tendency of dreaming while there are present and unresolved problems, can easily corrupt the self control of a rational man.
My vision for 2016: Don't let down love
By nickkefi at Thu, 2010/12/23 - 12:43am
Here are my suggestions for the future of KDE:
1)Voice recognition.
Well, I educate myself so I can contribute to some of these.
By greg batmarx at Thu, 2010/12/23 - 4:16am
another thing
And one more thing I forgot:
By greg batmarx at Thu, 2010/12/23 - 4:48am
mail to [email protected] waits for moderator approval
Is this a problem?
By nickkefi at Fri, 2010/12/24 - 8:07pm
No someone will moderate it
No someone will moderate it soon :)
By Lydia Pintscher at Tue, 2010/12/28 - 12:42pm
I think KDE has a bright
I think KDE has a bright future, without any doubt. There will certainly be more quality apps for KDE since it will have an even bigger advantage on the ease of development front.
Anton @ Jogos
By Anton Dorfi at Sat, 2010/12/25 - 11:49pm
K16 suggestions
1) I'm a casual user and advocate of Linux who uses Mint KDE a simple plasmoid menu option to reset the desktop would be outstanding I can't count the number of times I've gone to an elderly persons home to re-add at a minimum the task manager... usually the whole bar.... because it was unlocked and they couldn't help themselves. Perhaps integrating alien into Kdebi would be an asset as well, it would add to the simplicity for the end-user as well as the ability to download dependencies automatically.
2) If you want to overtake windows, look at the idea that has been showing up in the add where the end-user is moving room to room switching from device to device and their content is migrating seamlessly. Perhaps a partnership with Maemo or Android, using wifi or bluetooth, to for example, start working on a document in Koffice then tap the mobile button to sync with your paired device, as you walk away your desktop goes to sleep. Approach your tablet and it awakens, tap the sync button pickup the tablet and continue working, phone goes back to sleep...
To make this or any desktop work it needs to be simple, look at the success of the horribly locked down iphones, disgusting limitations, but old folks are walking around with them and have been able to make it work. The pros, phone app goes to phone, music app goes to music... and its darn near instantaneously... Cons limited supported platforms, massive restrictions. Now present the community with an all in one package that can move from device to desktop with the power of opensource and the freedom to extend your desktop.
Just my two cents
By Jimboogly at Fri, 2010/12/31 - 3:58am
Workflows centered on what I want to do
What I think is coming due to mobile phones, skype, identi.ca, etc. is person/group centered communication.
If I want to contact someone, I currently need to start the program corresponding to the activity, for example to send an email to someone I open kmail, create a new mail, select the contact and then send it.
But what I actually want to do is either
* contact person X, or
So I'd like to have the addressbook more central in my workflow. A rich display like kopetes contact list, just not limited to chat. Maybe with different view, where I can decide to see recent communications from that person (like choqok).
I don't want to have to know beforehand if I have an email address of a certain person when I want to write a message to that person.
Group centered could mean: "I want to write a post to the KDE forums".
Going a step further: I also don't want to have to know where I store a text when I write and save it. But I want to decide where and in which format it is stored in the end. For example having a default storage where files with undecided names are stored could go a long way here.
Note: continue/change a text is different than creating a text. It needs a global view of the recent files, ideally without having to start all corresponding programs, first.
So, person/group centered communication, activity centered content creation, but data-centered content retrieval (nepomuk search).
And Akonadi with Nepomuk go a good deal into that direction.
But this is only for the desktop itself. The real question is how computing changes with smartphones and tablets, etc.
If everyone has a phone to write email, how does KDE fit into the workflow? The phone is always on and always available, so it's the better interface for any kind of quick and short communication.
I'd say KDE can fit in for longer works (writing on a desktop is more comfortable). Speech recognition might change even that, though.
Also it can fit in as store for the information (synchronization, backups and combining info from various sources). And it could provide gateway access. I want to send a mail to a group I only stored on my desktop? Why not send it to my home address with some metainformation which tells my desktop to forward it to a group of people?
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Thu, 2011/01/06 - 12:20pm
Content centric
Another option would be to make the whole desktop content centric. If you ever used emacs, you'll know that with emacs everything is a buffer and you can give it capabilities by activating modes.
Why not having everything a kpart and being able to migrate that between applications. But not by starting applications and copying the content, but by keeping the content and changing the application around it.
This text field I'm writing the text in could stay where it is, but when I want more editing capabilities, I could start the kate activity *on the text field* which would then make kate appear around the field. After editing I could go reactivate the suspended konqueror activity (where I was editing the text field for this post) and send the changed field.
By Arne Babenhauserheide at Sat, 2011/01/08 - 1:32pm


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Claims by students at an expensive Northern California basketball academy of mistreatment at the school is leading to a search for more possible victims, authorities said.
Four students of the CCSE Preparatory Academy told Roseville police that they've been mistreated by the president of the academy, 24-year-old Francis Ngissah, The Sacramento Bee reported ( https://bit.ly/11xW4ZQ ) Sunday.
In a complaint to police on Jan. 8, the four students told investigators that they had been forced to stand in a corner, restrained with zip ties, and sometimes had clothespins clamped on their nipples as punishment, the newspaper said.
The students - a 15-year-old from France, a 17-year from Brazil, and a 20-year-old from France - lived in a rented Roseville house that served as the academy. The fourth student is from the Sacramento area. His age was not known.
After the complaint to police, Ngissah was arrested the next day on suspicion of inflicting corporal punishment on the three teenagers and the one young adult. He was released on $100,000 bail.
Roseville police Sgt. Darin DeFreece told The Bee that authorities were expanding their investigation, including a search for more possible victims, and other issues.
"I don't know where the investigation is going to lead us," he said.
Attempts by The Associated Press to reach Ngissah for comment were unsuccessful, and an email request seeking comment from the academy was not returned.
It was not known if Ngissah had retained an attorney.
The academy - which opened in 2012 and charges $10,000 a year and another $5,000 for live-in students - now has no students, The Bee said.
Its website says the program the academy offers is designed to provide an "excellent academic education that prepares students for the finest colleges and universities, as well as globally competitive high level careers."
Information from: The Sacramento Bee, https://www.sacbee.com