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There is much debate as to whether Science and Religion are compatible and in particular can Evolution and the Biblical creation account co-exist as valid worldviews or does one negate the other. As far as I am concerned the debate is only a bone of contention for religionists. Science is the study of the natural world. It does not look for supernatural outcomes to its investigations. Religion has for the last 400 years has been continually discounted as a reliable tool to discover anything new. It's explanations of the working of the natural world are being proven incorrect and Science is filling the gaps it used to dwell in.
When I am referring to the Theory of Evolution I am talking about Modern Evolution Theory and not just "Darwinism". Creation as used will mean the Bible story and Creationism in general.
If I posted this 400 years ago it would read "The theory of Heliocentricity and the idea that the Earth is at the middle of our Universe – are they compatible?" The religious did their utmost to thwart the advancement of scientific discovery. They did not "believe" it was true that the sun was at the center. It was "only a theory" and the scientists behind it were deemed to be heretics. Only as people became educated did they understand it. Now this once special knowledge is deemed almost to be common sense. The churches now accept the Theory of Heliocentricity as being true. That is mighty of them but irrelevant to me because like the Theory of Evolution it was never a matter of faith. It is only a matter of education. Knowledge is power. They controlled the flow of it for too long in schools and even Universities. Information takes away more power from religion so it will do whatever it takes to keep as much of it as it can. So religions come up with alternative "theories" to counter the modern day heretics.
Even today I still get told by apologists that the Bible knew the world was round. Many have become "Hebrew scholars" and love informing me about the meaning of the word "chug" to insist Isaiah know the world was round. He did not. He "knew" it to be flat as did everyone else at that time.
The same people will then try to argue with me that Intelligent Design is a credible scientific alternative to the Theory of Evolution and should be taught in schools. They "don't believe in Evolution". So they read more biblical science and come up with the idea that their god created every animal including man in his present "form". I will not discuss I.D. any further but if anyone else thinks it a good idea and has any merit please fire ahead. Maybe the dinosaurs died because they fell over the edge of the planet. These theists are the same as they were 400 years ago. They still maintain their book is the one and only truth necessary and deny the validity of the Theory of Evolution just as they denied the fact the sun is at the center of the galaxy.
I am not a scientist and do not claim any academic qualifications in this area. Due to my lack of believe in any god or the veracity of written accounts I turned elsewhere for answers. I find that the Theory of Evolution is a fact because I understand it to be proven. It therefore reinforces my reasons for remaining an Atheist but in itself it did not make me an Atheist. I will reference my replies later to any questions I try to answer.
I consider it fair to say that most Theists deny the fact of Evolution because they do not know it. Those that think they do usually have only learnt it from the science section of the bible or from their local preacher. I have never met a Theist (I mean never) who could explain it to me correctly. I also consider it fair to claim that one does not need be an Atheist to see that the Theory of Evolution is a Fact.
The Theory of Evolution is the scientific study of how life of earth has evolved over time. To start with we need to get some concept of the time scale. It started about 3.5 billion years ago. You need to stop a minute and think about that. It is almost impossible to conceive of such a scale. Millions of species have lived and died out before man appeared a relatively short time ago. We are about as a modern species for the last 200,000 years. 40,000,000 years before us Mt. Everest rose up and yet 25,000,000 years before that the dinosaurs became extinct. A few billion years further back and our early ancestors were getting ready to crawl out of the sea. Sound as fantastic as other stories? Well yes but all of this can be and has been fully proven. When all the various fields of Science, geology, chemistry, anatomy, fossil studies and especially DNA are taken together we see that all life on Earth is connected. No matter what species we look at once we go back far enough we see a common ancestor is shared amongst us all.
I am not going to further explain the Theory here other than say that the word "Theory" in this case means a body of facts and not an hypothesis that is still in need of evidence to make it acceptable. It is because Evolution is a proven fact that it is deemed to be a Theory.
I fully acknowledge that the Theory of Evolution does not explain how life on Earth began but that is not what it is about. I also accept that the Theory of Evolution does not disprove the existence of any particular deity.
However if anyone accepts that the Theory of Evolution is a fact (which it is) then we humans are descended from other species and if we keep going back we are evolved from simple life forms that lived in the sea. Therefore we could not have been created in human form in one day. Therefore the Christian story of creation is not true. It is a myth like those of all other religions.
Feel free to tell me where you think I am wrong and show me how the bible is right or at least compatible with Evolution. We can discuss the Theory of Evolution in greater detail and clear up any misconceptions held about it if this discussion EVOLVES.
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Jessica, if I don't know where my car keys are, which is the more logical scenario - that god took them, or that the answer lies somewhere right here in my house, and in time, I will resolve the mystery, get in my car and leave?
So why do you wander around saying, "Oh god, I can't find my keys again"?
(actually, I like your analogy)
My expletive deals far more with an excretory function, than with a religious icon!
Occam's razor. There's no need to make up a god just to cover up the fact that we don't know.
Came out just fine, Arch.... once I wiped the coffee off my screen
Thanks Arch - I was wondering where that had gotten to. Jessica I agree the Big Bang and Infinite Regression is for another day.
You posted this, Jess, regarding the image above, and apparently changed your mind and deleted it, but I want a chance to respond to it, so here it is again:
"That's really cute Arch, It still doesn't answer the tough questions though :)"
Like I said, I had to reduce the size of the image from 750 pixels to 640, to get it all on, and that makes it a little hard to read. Yes, the object was to demonstrate how incremental changes can, over the long haul, make a significant difference, and one can't point to a particular point and say, "There's there's the exact point at which a human's ancestor stopped being what we might call an ape, and began being a Human.
But you posted a long treatise accepting the principles of micro-evolution, while rejecting those of macro-evolution, and again, sorry the text is so small, but if you'll try to read it, that's exactly what the transitioning text is also addressing, so read the words, they're not just intended for illustrative purposes, he could have accomplished that with a single, repeating letter.
The punctuated reality of the fossil record is best exemplified by the "Cambrian explosion." Virtually every animal phyla (including chordates and many phyla now extinct) appeared during the short geological moment called the Cambrian explosion (13). This period of time is now known to have covered a period of time of less than 10 million years (14, 15). The diversity of life and the variety of body designs has led Stephen Jay Gould to make the following statement:
"We have reason to think that all major anatomical designs may have made their appearance at that time."16
Dr. Stephen Jay Gould
This is another gross misuse of Stephen Jay Gould's work and once again his words are misquoted to suit the bad science of an apologist. Here is what he actually said:
STEPHEN J. GOULD, HARVARD, "The Cambrian Explosion occurred in a geological
moment, and we have reason to think that all major anatomical designs may
have made their evolutionary appearance at that time. ...not only the
phylum Chordata itself, but also all its major divisions, arose within the
Cambrian Explosion. So much for chordate uniqueness... Contrary to Darwin's
expectation that new data would reveal gradualistic continuity with slow
and steady expansion, all major discoveries of the past century have only
heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative
event..." Nature, Vol.377, 26 10/95, p.682
10 million years
Slowest.... explosion.... ever!
Why are we talking about it occurring in a geological "moment" when it is a biological event? 10 million years is a decent chunk of time when a generation is 2 or 3 years.
Ok I have just read this. It is excellent. This is how it's done. This is Science understood.
"and Homo neandertalensis has been proven to be too genetically different from us to have been our ancestor".
Where has it been suggested that this was the case? It is known that some non-African Humans have up to 4% similar DNA to Neanderthal man. It was thought that this was possibly due to interbreeding between the species. However it is probably more likely that both we and Neanderthals that this overlap is because we both inherited it form a common ancestor. This ancestor – Homo heidelbergensis existed about 500,000 years ago and it's evolution over the following 200,000 years could account for this crossover. Both theories are still open but Science will get there. However I do not think Sciecne ever suggested we descended from the Neaderthals. Sounds like more bad science I think. (Sorry no refenences by me but I am sure I can find them if the point is disputed.)


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Oracle's fiscal 4Q sales disappoint Wall St. again
Oracle is still having trouble closing enough business software deals to keep Wall Street happy. The quarterly results announced Thursday could escalate investors' fears about Oracle's ability to adapt to the changing demands of its customers. Businesses and government agencies are increasingly buying software through monthly or annual subscriptions that enable employees to access applications on any machine with an Internet connection. This "cloud computing" approach is a shift from Oracle's traditional approach of licensing software that is installed on individual computers kept on the premises of its customers.
Oracle has been rolling out more cloud computing options through acquisitions and in-house development, but its recent performance is raising questions about its ability to compete in this growing market. The cloud computing shift is being led by smaller companies that were set up to focus on leasing software over the Internet. This group includes Salesforce.com Inc., Workday Inc. and NetSuite Inc., a company backed by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
Like other software makers born decades ago, Oracle and longtime rival SAP are trying to mine new markets while still clinging to the old way of doing things because the familiar sales methods still bring in most of the company's revenue.
"It's a very difficult transition," Forrester Research analyst Andrew Bartels said. "It's something they are clearly nervous about."
Investors are jittery, too. Oracle's stock plunged $2.99, or 9 percent, to $30.22 after the numbers came out.
A similar sell-off occurred three months ago when Oracle's previous quarterly report proved to be a letdown.
The latest report covering Oracle's fiscal fourth quarter also contained troubling signs as several key gauges fell below the analyst projections that steer Wall Street's expectations.
Nonetheless, Oracle insists it remains healthy. It boasted that it added more than 500 cloud computing customers in the past quarter, putting the company on a pace to generate more than $1 billion annually in cloud computing.
Ellison, an executive known for brash statements, promised analysts during a Thursday conference call that Oracle is poised to unveil a series of "startling" partnerships with Salesforce, NetSuite and other cloud computing services that will rely on Oracle's latest database software. "These partnerships in the cloud I think will reshape the cloud and reshape the perception of Oracle technology in the cloud," Ellison said. He added that more details will be provided next week.
In an apparent attempt to win over skeptical investors, Oracle is doubling its quarterly dividend. A payment of 12 cents per share will be made on Aug. 2 to shareholders of record as of July 12. Oracle will also try to boost its stock by spending an additional $12 billion buying back its own shares. The stock will move from the Nasdaq exchange to the New York Stock Exchange next month if Oracle wins approval of an application announced Thursday.
The Redwood Shores, California, company earned $3.8 billion, or 80 cents per share, in the three months ending in May. That represents a 10 percent increase from income of $3.5 billion, or 69 cents per share, at the same time last year.
If not for certain expenses unrelated to its ongoing business, Oracle said it would have earned 87 cents per share. That matched the average estimate among analysts surveyed by FactSet.
But revenue remained unchanged at $10.9 billion—about $170 million below analyst forecasts.
In a particularly telling sign, Oracle's sales of new software licenses and cloud computing subscriptions increased just 1 percent from last year. If not for currency fluctuations that undercut Oracle, the company said the increase would have been 2 percent. A relatively strong U.S. dollar means sales made in other currencies get converted into fewer dollars.
The mid-range of an estimate provided by Oracle's management in March called for a 6 percent increase, excluding differences in currency rates. New software licenses and subscriptions are considered to be a key measure of a software maker's health because they set up a steady flow of future revenue.
Oracle Chief Financial Officer Safra Catz blamed weak markets in Australia, Asia and Brazil for dragging down sales in the past quarter.
In the current quarter ending in August, Oracle predicted new licenses and cloud computing subscriptions will rise by 1 percent to 9 percent from the same time last year.
Excluding certain expenses, Oracle anticipates its earnings will range from 56 cents to 59 cents per share in the current quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet had forecast earnings of 58 cents per share.
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Huawei Ascend Mate Pictures
The Huawei Ascend Mate: Another Phablet Enters the Ring
The Huawei Ascend Mate: Another Phablet Enters the Ring
Galaxy Note II, meet your match: Ascend Mate has the largest screen to ever grace a smartphone. Ascend Mate enters the phablet ring alongside Samsung's Galaxy Note II, which was released last Fall. The massive "handheld" device — touting a 6.1-inch 720p display, 8MP camera, 2GB RAM, and 1.5Ghz quad-core processor — was introduced today at CES by Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Ascend Mate runs Huawei's custom UI on top of Android Jelly Bean and boasts a power-saving battery that provides up to two days of usage on a single charge. The phone/tablet hybrid also features a highly sensitive screen technology called Magic Touch that allows the screen to recognize touch even when the user is wearing gloves. Interested parties in the US will have to wait a while before they can get their hands on the device; starting February 2013, Ascend Mate goes on sale in China only .
Get a first look at Huawei's colossal phablet, and let us know: does a 6.1-inch display cross the line?


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Bally Total Fitness has opened its 10th franchise in China through a joint venture with China Sports Industry. Located in Shijiazhuang city in Hebei province, the new 45,000-square-foot facility makes Bally the largest chain of fitness centers in China.
LA Fitness is opening a new club in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In the next six months, the company will open a 45,000-square-foot facility in a shopping center that is still under construction. The company plans to open another 10 to 12 locations over the next three years in the Dallas area.
Steiner Leisure announced that its Mandara Spa brand has signed an agreement with Oceania Cruises for a five-year term through August 2009. This new agreement provides for Mandara Spa to be the exclusive provider of unique spa and massage services, hair dressing, beauty treatments, and fitness programs aboard the luxury vessels Insignia and Regatta, as well as on all ships it introduces into service during the term of this agreement.
The University at Albany's Recreation and Convocation Center started a $1.5 million renovation project. The 11-year-old facility will have its playing surfaces and indoor track replaced along with an upgrade of its electrical and sound systems. Renovations are scheduled to be completed by the end of November.
Solinca, a health and fitness chain in Portugal, plans to open three to six new clubs in Portugal and Spain during the next year.
My Gym Children's Fitness Centers and Sandals Beaches Resorts are joining together to offer a seven day/six night family vacation for four to Beaches Resorts in Jamaica. The trip includes all meals, snacks, drinks, watersports, landsports, taxes, transfers and gratuities. Anyone can enter the sweepstakes, which runs from through December 15, 2004, by going to http://www.my-gym.com/beaches.asp.
Fitness First opened its new concept club, Fitness First Platinum, in Sydney, Australia. The club is in an exclusive shopping center in Sydney and offers views of the Harbor. This is the 400th Fitness First club in the world, and the company expects to attract 8,000 members to the facility.


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i meant, a lady.
so what am i talking about?
...no other than my not-so-lil-anymore sister. geesh, how time flies so fast, no? years ago, i used to put her on my chest and cuddle her. i can still remember feeding her and changing her clothes. and now, yaiks! she's even taller than me.
(wipes tears)
and now, look at her. she is now my "barbie doll" hehhee...i can now play real makeup on her and drag her to shoots. LOL
yep, she agreed to model for me. more pics to come!


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"Mr. Wythes books &c are packed up ..."
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Images from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Not to be reproduced without permission.
In a 22 July 1806 letter to his cousin Thomas Jefferson, George Jefferson reports that the books from George Wythe's library have been prepared for shipment from Richmond to Monticello.
A Friend's Bequest
George Wythe (1726-1806) was among the most prominent Virginia jurists, educators, and statesmen of the eighteenth century. A longtime friend and mentor to Thomas Jefferson, Wythe revised his will in January 1806 to bequeath his library to Jefferson: "I give my books and small philosophical apparatus to Thomas Jefferson, president of the united states of America; a legacie considered abstractlie perhaps not deserving a place in his musaeum, but, estimated by my good will to him, the most valuable to him of any thing which i have power to bestow."
Wythe died on the morning of 8 June 1806, after more than a week of agonizing pain brought on by a dose of yellow arsenic administered by a murderous grand-nephew. His estate executor, William DuVal, informed President Jefferson of his friend's death and requested that he appoint an agent to receive the materials left to Jefferson in Wythe's will.
"...very careful packing"
Jefferson turned to his cousin George, who frequently carried out business and other transactions in Richmond on the president's behalf. On 22 June, the president instructed his cousin: "Mr. DuVal the executor of my deceased friend mr Wythe, informs me that he bequeathed to me his books, philosophical instruments & some other articles, which he is anxious should be immediately delivered, as the house was to be rented in a few days. I have taken the liberty to inform him that you will receive those articles, & that you will be so good as to relieve him from all trouble & expense of packing etc by hiring some person on my account to do this. The packages are to be forwarded to Monticello by careful boatmen. The Philosophical articles will probably require very careful packing."
In this letter, sent a month later on 22 July, George informs the president that his instructions have been carried out: "Mr. Wythes books &c are packed up. I suppose however that I need not be in a hurry to forward them, & shall therefore wait for an order from Mr. H.-- and particularly as great care will be required in their removal. an inventory of them you will find inclosed."
By the time Jefferson returned to Monticello from Washington in September, the books had arrived safely, and during his time at home the president made a list of the collection (the inventory George enclosed with the boxes has not survived), separating out the books he wished to keep for his own library and those he would give to members of his family and other acquaintances. This list, recently identified among the papers in the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts at the MHS, has greatly enhanced our knowledge of Wythe's bequest to Jefferson and the ultimate disposition of the books included in that gift. [Please see the online presentation of the inventory of books received by Jefferson from Wythe's estate.]
For Further Reading
For more on the murder of George Wythe and the subsequent murder trial of George Wythe Sweeney, see:
Julian P. Boyd, "The Murder of George Wythe," William and Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., 12 (1955): 514-42.
Edwin W. Hemphill, "Examinations of George Wythe Swinney for Forgery and Murder: A Documentary Essay," William and Mary Quarterly, 3d ser., 12 (1955): 543-74.
A more recent, popular treatment can be found in:
Bruce Chadwick, I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.


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Cyberthreats No. 1 on US Threat Matrix
Mar 13, 2013 3:12 PM PT
A busy week on the U.S. cybersecurity front is pointing toward a renewed emphasis on the nation's digital defenses, a shift underscored by Tuesday's Senate testimony from a top security official that ranked hackers and cyberattacks as greater threats to the country than Al Qaeda and terrorism.
"Right now the U.S. simply doesn't have a mature capability to detect and respond to cyberattacks," Tim Erlin, director of IT security and risk strategy at security vendor nCircle, told TechNewsWorld. "Part of the severity measurement for a threat has to be the capability to detect and respond to that threat."
The Week in Cybersecurity
The chain of events from the week that may indicate a change in strategy:
- National Security Advisor Thomas Donilon, during a speech to the Asia Society, mentioned the possibility of retaliation to the unprecedented scale of cyberintrusions emanating from China.
- In addition to his comments on cyberthreats vs. Al Qaeda, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that Russia and China won't launch a devastating cyberattack against the U.S. outside of a military conflict that threatens their vital interests. Hackers or organized groups, however, could access some poorly protected American networks that control core functions such as power generation.
- Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and the Pentagon's new U.S. Cyber Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he's forming teams of programmers and computer experts who can carry out cyberattacks in retaliation for a major attack on U.S. networks.
- President Obama was scheduled to meet with CEOs at the White House Wednesday afternoon to discuss the latest digital threats. The President has repeatedly stated that the public and private sectors must work together to improve the nation's cybersecurity.
The Nature of the Cyberthreat
"The problem is not so much that cyberattacks are suddenly worse than they've been, but rather that cyber's relative standing as a threat continues to rise as Al Qaeda is further dismantled," Andrew Braunberg, a research director at information security research firm NSS Labs told TechNewsWorld.
The Obama administration has made cybersecurity a major focus and has launched several initiatives, including the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace and the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, both announced in 2011. The Department of Defense also came up with a strategy for operating in cyberspace that same year .
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is building a cyberwarfare proving ground, the National Cyber Range.
In February, President Obama issued an executive order to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity, triggering opposition from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which argued that instituting new regulation is unnecessary. The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and other organizations lobbied for Congress to pass a new cybersecurity law.
"Our take away from that executive action is that the agencies have their marching orders and by this time next year, we will have a much better understanding of the impact of these announcements," Braunberg said. He added that the Government Accounting Office has put out a report stating that "the existing system, even with this latest executive action, is disjointed and poorly coordinated."
The focus on cybersecurity is a ploy, suggests Andrew Storms, director of IT security operations at nCircle. "The continuous saber rattling and media attention around cybersecurity," Storms told TechNewsWorld, "is part of a propaganda campaign designed to get and protect budget dollars and bolster public support to expand the cybersecurity efforts the government has undoubtedly had underway for years."


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Donations: I put this first, because the absolute best gift you can give is to your community. Nonprofit organizations have been hit hard by the recession- many states have cut nonprofit services from their budgets and organizations are scrambling to make ends meet. Organizations have also seen their endowments suddenly shrink drastically, and large corporate donations dry up. Domestic Violence shelters are closing all over California and one local museum has recently shut its doors. Many small organizations are one payroll away from closing. We depend so much on these organizations; they are the backbone of American society and losing them is devastating.
What I love about giving donations as gifts, is that you can make it extremely personal to the recipient by donating to a cause which has touched their lives. From breast cancer, to domestic violence, to youth sports, to girl scouts, and so on. Does your recipient love animals? Give to a local shelter. Do they get angry about trash on the beach? Etc. This also goes both ways- find an organization you care about and ask that in lieu of gifts, you want donations. Send your holiday cards out early and specify, or send a mass email. You can avoid the unfortunate trinket and make a real difference. It is also a huge relief for people who might stress over finding the perfect gift, plus they can give one gift donation as a family gift* and feel good about themselves in the process.
Many charities will send out holiday cards announcing the gift to the recipient [less work for you!]- check the website or call for more information. A great place to source out different charities is on Guidestar. Though I would recommend going directly to the organization's website to donate. Also, most donations are 100% tax deductable for the purchaser.
Memberships*: Museums, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, public radio, etc. These are donations with benefits. Not only can you donate to the organization, but the recipient can benefit for the entire year. Many membership driven organizations have holiday specials with gift-boxes that come with the membership. Double check that the organization is a 501(c)(3) [licensed nonprofit through the federal government] to ensure that your member fees go back to the organization. You can do this through Guidestar or call directly and ask. Again, most memberships are 75-100% tax deductable.
I am extremely wary of any shopping sites that donate a percentage of your purchase to a cause of your choice, along with "Shop [insert colour here]" promotions since these often only donate a percentage of a penny on the dollar and have low to zero accountability. These tend to be marketing tools, rather that organizational support- see Think Before You Pink for more information on "pink-washing". You are better off making a direct donation.
Locally owned businesses**: Small businesses can do 50-75% of their sales during the 4th quarter. If they have slow sales during the holidays, it can be financially disastrous to someone who has dedicated themselves to their store. By shopping at local businesses, you not only support the store, but the community benefits. "For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community…in a national chain store, only $43 stays here" Visit 3/50 Project for more information on why you should support local businesses.
Gifts of service: Can you babysit? Can you make an amazing dinner? Carwash? Massage? Closet organization? Remodeling? House painting? Etc. Do you have time or a skill you can offer? For my baby shower, my best friend's mom, who is a lactation consultant, gave me a free session. It was something I didn't know I needed [it's just breastfeeding- how hard can it be? Yeah right.], and made such a huge difference when it came to nursing my child. My daughter & I got a perfect latch immediately, and she had regained her birth weight less than 5 days after birth. I contribute my ease in nursing almost completely to that consultation. Of any gift, that had the biggest impact.
Print up a coupon or certificate and you might change someone's life, or at least give them a much needed break.
Buying Handmade: Shop etsy. Or a favourite BigCartel shop. Or Supermarket. And in DaWanda in Europe. In November & early December there are usually a ton of craft shows & trunk shows. If you like a local artist, sign up for their mailing list to see any upcoming events. If you live near a Renegrade Craft Fair, go! And if you are in LA, shop at Unique LA. You directly support the artist who loves doing what they do and you show, with your dollars, how important art and crafts are to you.
DIY: Made with love by you. What can be better? With so much commercialization and cheap production, a hand knitted hat carries that much more meaning. Do what you know, or learn a new skill. Whipup.net has fantastic roundups of online tutorials. Work from your stash, or reuse materials to make your items as green as possible. If you plan to make your gifts, start now [2 months- remember!]. If you run out of steam, gift a card with a sample [piece of yarn, drawing of final project, etc.] and an IOU.
So this holiday season please gift with love and with responsibility to your community, the planet, and your wallet.
*These make great whole family gifts too. Read more ideas on family gifts over at Ohdeedoh.
**When buying from a locally owned or museum shop, you have the luxury of dealing with a knowledgeable sales staff [most likely the owner!] and are able to ask: Who made this item? Where was it made? How was it made? Who profits from the sale? Most sales staff are extremely proud of the items they sell and will gladly answer these questions- allowing you, the consumer, to make a socially conscious purchase. Also, do be afraid to ask for any sort of documentation on your purchase so you can pass that information on to the gift recipient!


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MURPHYS - Calaveras County residents responded with shock and grief Sunday as they learned that a Little League coach, author and former airline pilot had shot his two teenage children to death and then turned the gun on himself at their home in one of the region's most exclusive neighborhoods.
MURPHYS - Calaveras County residents responded with shock and grief Sunday as they learned that a Little League coach, author and former airline pilot had shot his two teenage children to death and then turned the gun on himself at their home in one of the region's most exclusive neighborhoods.
The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday that deputies who arrived at the home on Sandalwood Drive in the Forest Meadows neighborhood of Murphys found Phillip Marshall, 54, dead in a pool of blood inside the front door.
His children, Alex Marshall, 17, and Macaila Marshall, 14, were dead on a couch. All had been shot once in the head with a handgun.
The family dog, also shot to death, was found in a bedroom.
Both teens were students at Bret Harte Union High School in Angels Camp.
Merita Callaway, the Calaveras County supervisor who represents the Murphys area, lives five doors away from the Marshalls' home in the Forest Meadows subdivision. Callaway said she socialized often with Phillip Marshall.
"He would go for walks and he would stop by the house, and we would have coffee and jabber," Callaway said.
"He was over at my house on (Jan. 21). Then I saw him the 23rd at the clinic (in Arnold)."
Callaway said Marshall appeared to be a loving parent and had coached his son's Little League team. She said she was still in shock Sunday afternoon but had not yet been able to cry about the killings.
"I can't, because I don't understand it. My chest hurts. I have a headache," Callaway said.
Callaway said it was young friends of Alex and Macaila who became worried that they had not had a phone call or text message in several days who went to the Marshall home Saturday.
They were the ones who saw Phillip Marshall lying inside the front door and alerted the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office. Deputies arrived about 3:10 p.m. Saturday.
Sean Marshall, the estranged wife of Phillip Marshall and the mother of Alex and Macaila, was traveling in Turkey. The Sheriff's Office was able to notify her, and she was on her way back to California on Sunday, Callaway said.
The Sheriff's Office statement said investigators did not know the motive for the slayings.
Sunday evening, Bret Harte Union High School Principal Michael Chimente was at work with his counseling staff planning for today.
Chimente said staff would meet to discuss the plan first thing in the morning, and that the school's library would be closed for the week so it can serve as a place for staff, students and parents to grieve and meet with counselors.
Chimente said he knew Alex and Macaila but had never met Phillip Marshall.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family," Chimente said. "And now our immediate concerns are helping our students understand this tragedy that has occurred."
Alex Marshall's teammates on the Bret Harte football team gathered at coach Scott Edwards' home throughout the day Sunday, as they would during the season.
Edwards said the high school junior always had a smile on his face, even when he told his coach he needed to go to the doctor for what turned out to be a broken clavicle. He missed some games but he came back.
"He was just so outgoing and lighthearted and just fun to be around," Edwards said, adding that Alex was able to connect with many people and groups of people on the small campus.
"This is going to be hard on our community," he said.
On Sunday, posts such as "I miss you so much already" and "rest in peace" appeared in the comments sections of photos on what appeared to be Macaila Marshall's account on the Instagram photo-sharing website. It's a collection of mostly whimsical pictures, including one posted Jan. 28. Macaila snapped a photo in a mirror as her brother pointed a blow dryer at her while making a face.
She also posted about being injured in a recent golf-cart accident in a picture of a pair of scraped legs.
Callaway said she had been told by Phillip Marshall when they met Jan. 23 that he was taking Macaila to get treatment for an injured ankle.
On Twitter, Macaila posted Jan. 25: "Would it be wrong if I threw my cat with his claws retracted at my dads face right now?"
Forest Meadows is an upscale, gated golf course residential community that sits in heavy forests between Murphys and Arnold. Sunday afternoon, a guard at the front gate of Forest Meadows said he was turning away camera crews seeking to visit the Sandalwood Drive home.
In addition to Callaway, Forest Meadows is home to a former county administrative officer, a prominent developer and a number of doctors, attorneys and other professionals.
Marshall formerly was a pilot on some of the world's largest passenger planes, flying first for Eastern Airlines and later for United, according to information posted on Amazon.com in connection to several of his books.
Marshall's works include "Lakefront Airport," a novel published in 2003. The Amazon blurb for his book said it was based on his experience as a contract pilot during the Iran-Contra affair in the early 1980s.
His more recent title published in early February 2012, is "The Big Bamboozle: 9/11 and the War on Terror." That work details Marshall's theory that it was not al-Qaida but actually officials in the U.S. and Saudi Arabian governments that orchestrated the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Callaway said that she and many others stand ready to support Sean Marshall in any way they can.
"If you could, just put in how the community is also bearing some of the pain," Callaway said.
Chimente said efforts are under way to organize some kind of memorial service for Alex and Macaila, possibly as soon as Saturday.
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Fairmont State University's American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter continues its tradition of excellence and for the 11th consecutive year will represent the region at the National Concrete Canoe Competition.
FSU's ASCE Student Chapter won first place in the Concrete Canoe Competition over the weekend at the 2014 Virginias Conference, hosted by the University of Virginia. In addition, the FSU chapter was awarded the 2014 ASCE Distinguished Chapter Award for Region 4 by the ASCE Committee on Student Members, which is presented each year to the most outstanding student organization in the region. The FSU chapter also was a Robert Ridgway Award Finalist. This distinction was earned by only four of 304 ASCE Student Chapters.
Team members participating in the weekend competition were Lisa Allen of Hundred, Daniel Martinez of Bridgeport, Brandon Bartlett of Bridgeport, Ashley Marinaro of Clarksburg, Aaron Goldizen of Petersburg, Cameron Deem of Harrisville, Keith Axton of Clarksburg, Maxwell Sobus of Wilmington, Del., Anthony Urgo of Fairmont, Cameron Nuzum of Shinnston, Jonathan Decker of Fairmont, Michelle Brown of Duck, Joseph Lynch of White Sulphur Springs, Kalee Murphey of Fairmont, Courtney Ridenour of Elkview, Ashley Kiser of Clendenin, Rezin Spears of Blacksville, Dave Cox of Winchester, Mike Shultz of Lost Creek and Philipp Shull of Bridgeport. Tia Como, P.E., serves as ASCE faculty advisor.
"Fairmont State University is the only college or university in the state to qualify for the national competition," Como said. "Our students work extremely hard to create a concrete canoe of the proper consistency and dimensions to actually float and race on the water. I am so very proud of our chapter and students. Winning the 2014 ASCE Distinguished Chapter Award for our region and being named a Robert Ridgway Award Finalist are major honors."
The conference brings together 14 schools from West Virginia, Virginia and Washington, D.C., and provides students a chance to gain valuable hands-on experience by competing in many engineering-related competitions. The students must follow strict rules that dictate the contents of the concrete matrix in building the canoe and, of course, the vessel must float, to be eligible to compete in the races. Fairmont State won the first of its regional titles in 2004.
The 2014 FSU team named its concrete canoe the "Gray Ghost," after Confederate Army Cavalry Commander John S. Mosby. The Civil War soldier earned his nickname the "Gray Ghost" for his quick raids and ability to escape his Union pursuers. The "Gray Ghost" canoe is 19.5 feet long, with a width of 32 inches, depth of 14 inches and half an inch thickness. The unit weight of the concrete is 52.1 psf and the overall weight is 205 pounds.
The 27th Annual ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition will be June 19-21, 2014, at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in Johnstown, Pa. FSU remains the only university in the state to be invited to compete at the national level. For more information, visit http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/about/.
Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 137,500 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide, and is America's oldest national engineering society. ASCE's vision is to position engineers as global leaders building a better quality of life.
Watch this story by WDTV reporter Rachel McDevitt featuring interviews with team Captain Ashley Marinara, team member Lisa Allen and Advisor Tia Como: http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view§ion=5-News&item=FSU-Concrete-...
Benefit Dinner Planned for May 2
As part of the build up to the national competition the team will host a benefit dinner on Friday, May 2, at Westchester Village in Fairmont. The event will include a keynote address from Paul Mattox, P.E., Secretary of Transportation and Commissioner of Highways for the West Virginia Department of Transportation.
The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a meet and greet, including a cash bar. A dinner buffet will be served at 7 p.m. During that time, Mattox will deliver the keynote address and members of the 2014 Concrete Canoe Team will be introduced. Wyatt Turner, an acoustic country rock band, will provide entertainment beginning at 8 p.m.
Corporate sponsorships for the event are available. Platinum Sponsorships for $1,000 include 10 guest tickets and a reserved dinner table. Gold Sponsorships for $750 include eight guest tickets and a reserved dinner table. Silver Sponsorships for $500 include six guest tickets. Bronze Sponsorships for $250 include three guest tickets. Individual tickets also are available for $100 Platinum, $50 Regular and $25 for students. Children ages 5 and younger are admitted for free.
To purchase tickets or for more information about the dinner, contact Como at (304) 367-4629 or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com. Reservations should be made by April 29. Checks should be made payable to the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc. Checks can be mailed to FSU ASCE, Tia Como, P.E., Fairmont State University, 1201 Locust Ave., Fairmont, WV 26554.
Summer Technical Conference Set for June 5
In coordination with the West Virginia Division of Highways, FSU ASCE will host a Summer Technical Conference for professionals and technicians to earn seven professional development hours. The event with the theme "E3: Engineers Engage Everyone," will take place in Room 305 of the Engineering Technology Building on the main FSU campus on Thursday, June 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Those interested in attending should RSVP by Friday, May 30.
Conference fees are $200 for ASCE members, $250 for non-members, $25 for students and free to qualifying WVDOH employees. For more information or to RSVP, contact Tia Como at email@example.com.
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Pictured in the front row from left to right are Lisa Allen, Anthony Urgo, Ashley Kiser, Jonathan Decker and Kalee Murphey. In the back row from left to right are Courtney Ridenour, Rosetta Kolar, Rezin Spears, George Lynch, Aaron Goldizen, Ashley Marinaro, Tia Como, Philipp Shull, Daniel Martinez, Cameron Deem, Maxwell Sobus, Brandon Bartlett, Keith Axton and Cameron Nuzum.


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Tatum Gace is a woman with a gift to share with all who are willing to accept it. She is a psychic reader, spiritual healer and adviser and a clairvoyant who claims to be correct 99.9 percent of the time. She may use Egyptian or regular tarot cards or read palms "as a little bit of a map," but she mainly concentrates on the person across the table with her strong senses and intuition.
Tatum Gace is a woman with a gift to share with all who are willing to accept it. She is a psychic reader, spiritual healer and adviser and a clairvoyant who claims to be correct 99.9 percent of the time. She may use Egyptian or regular tarot cards or read palms "as a little bit of a map," but she mainly concentrates on the person across the table with her strong senses and intuition."I tell people what I see for them – truthfully, honestly. I help them to accept what comes their way," Gace said. "Some people are afraid of good news as well as bad news. In some ways they are the same; they can both be overwhelming. Some people receive good and bad news in the same way." Gace tells people bad news in a thoughtful way, if that's what she sees, whether or not her client want to hear it. She is a positive person and a positive reader, so even when she sees something negative in a reading, she can help her clients to see that it will not last forever and advise them on how to conquer adversity. "When it is good news, it may not last forever," she said, "but I tell them they should enjoy the moment and not worry about when it will end." "If you have faith, the clouds will separate and the sun will shine. We're all dealing with the same types of things in life. I encourage my clients not to dwell on the bad. We've all been hurt by others or been through hard times, and I help my clients to move on, and find their own path – what to let go of – and in which direction to go," Gace said. "You can turn negative into positive. There is often something better out there and I counsel clients and provide spiritual guidance to help them get there, or find out what it is they want." Gace claims one of the myths about psychic readers is that they are not spiritual people, but it is quite the contrary. She said most psychics are spiritual advisers who are very spiritual themselves. She helps people connect to their own spiritual paths, whatever religion they are, or whatever it is they believe. She just provides the guidance, the direction or the path to follow to clear up what is bothering them. She takes no credit for her readings, even when repeat clients tell her just how on-target she was with a reading. "I have them praise God or Jesus for their path, not me," she said. Gace related that clairvoyants cannot see things in their own lives. "We have our own emotions to deal with, so I see another psychic professional I trust," she said. And while a "veil" of healing and clairvoyant energy comes over her during a reading, it doesn't happen with everyone. On a few occasions where she could not feel a connection with someone, "I politely refer them to another spiritual adviser, and I don't charge them." She will not see a new client if they had a reading with another psychic in the past six months. Gace claims to have many happy, repeat clients and there is no standard frequency for readings. They come in when they feel the need or if something she said is on their minds. Unlike most readers, Gace does not have a standard length of time for a card reading, it is determined by what she sees and is very individualized for each client. "A reading is like a story, with a beginning, a middle and an ending, that I can sometimes tell in order," she said. "But I think through where is the best place to start and to present what they can expect." Her rates are reasonable with palm readings at $25 and tarot readings are generally $35 to 45, with more for the Egyptian tarot because it provides more in-depth information. Repeat sessions that involve counseling generally last for one hour. Clients may have a spouse or trusted friend behind the screen during a reading, but she generally prefers to have just one person in her studio at a time. The client or other person may take notes, but she does not permit recording devices. She also helps clients who feel a spirit in their lives (from someone who is deceased). "Spirits are as different as the people themselves," she said. "Some spirits accept their position – allowing you to live your life as you wish, while others are protective and hover over you. Those who were mean-spirited or controlling when they were alive, can still be controlling." In that case, her role is to help her client move beyond the hold the spirit has on them. She references clients who feel someone is "controlling them from the grave." Gace, a young, fashionable mother of three from Lynnfield, has been operating in Wakefield Center for the past four years and has built her clientele, mostly by word-of-mouth or from her storefront signage. She usually does five to 10 readings a week, by appointment, and assures total confidentiality for all clients. She is one of the few psychics that has registered her business with the town and is licensed yearly. "It was not easy to obtain a license here, but I chose Wakefield for a few reasons that were inviting – the people, the lake, and this is where I once lived," said Gace, who has been conducting readings informally since she was 11 or 12, when she first discovered her psychic abilities. "Everyone has some psychic ability," she said, "but women tend to have more psychic ability then men. Some never develop it, and some limit that ability to sensing things with their children." "My psychic abilities are unlimited. I have a strong sense that I've developed and I've studied," she said, referring to yoga and meditation, and learning control over her mind, body and soul. She is a Reiki master (a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing, administered through energy from "laying on hands") and all of these practices help with her psychic ability and being a spiritual healer. Gace sometimes helps creative clients who are "stuck, find their voice and get the creative juices flowing again." She enjoys helping her clients with personal relationships and career issues, or whatever issues they need to deal with. She said, "Many people share with me a troubled past and feel helpless. I can help them deal with their past, but I focus on the future. After all, we can have control over the future, but we cannot change the past." Gace's satisfaction comes from clients who come back and are not feeling helpless anymore. "When I help someone, or there has been positive change in their lives, it makes me feel at peace," she said. The only prediction Gace shared was about the troubling economy. "The economy affects everything in the world," she said. "I know it will get better a lot sooner than some people think, probably within one-and-a-half years." She believes "we will be more comfortable then and house values and jobs will rebound. I have faith during hard times – that we'll all get through it." If you'd like to contact Gace, call her at 781-258-2913. Her studio is at 642 Main St. in Wakefield.


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Paradiso is one of the most beautiful venues Glam Nation has graced so far, and I think it adds a sprinkling of magic to the proceedings. A converted church, coloured light glimmers in through the imposing gothic stained-glass windows behind the stage, illuminating the venue in a mysterious glow and bestowing a feeling of awesome gravitas.
The encore starts with Purple Haze and a kiss followed by some crotch grabbing. Sasha comes onto the stage handing Adam a spliff, 'Purple Haze, motherfuckers!', Taylor does the same for Tommy. After taking a few tokes, Adam continues to sing as clear and powerful as ever with soaring high notes. He has a bit more reefer as Monte lets rip for his solo, then blows smoke onto Monte's guitar and attempts a blowback.
It's to be a double encore and Adam requests that it has to be (in a low booming voice) 'Real sexy'. As the band prepares, he does an excellent job of simulating the opening guitar licks of Voodoo Child. Watch out for Tommy grabbing Adam's cheeks just after he changes guitar. It's a slow burner of a start, with sparse instrumentals, funk guitar and the ebb and flow of cymbals. The lag of the bass reminds me of Art 4 Life Crazy. It's quite hypnotic and could be the perfect trippy soundtrack to a den of debauchery. With Isaac breaking into a huge grin, there's some obscene mic action as Adam gives us a sneak peek of his fellatio technique. From the balcony where the glitter confetti fell during the band intros, Adam catches a feather boa. The pace gradually rises and falls in waves, the vibe slightly Eastern and recalling aspects of FS WLL. He ends up atop the steps, turning it into a primal mating call, creeping up to Tommy and giving him a slow, hot kiss. Tommy's bass playing freezes for a few moments as his hands go limp and Adam runs his hand up and down his fret board. The kiss gives an adrenaline shot to the performance and he throws himself with such vigour that he busts out of his waistcoat, buttons flying apart. A huge leap leaves Adam on his knees in backbend before he crawls and slides around the stage, feral but so natural. Tommy attempts to straddle him but it seems at that moment he is somewhere else. He comes to with a shrug of the shoulders and feigning of innocence. Spotting the minor wardrobe malfunction, he swiftly does the buttons back up. The last section is a mindblowingly climactic one, fierce, thrusty and orally fixated with staggering vocals. Sexy indeed. At the end, we can see him ease out of the performer persona to modestly thank the audience and bow.
Looking back to the earlier Glam Nation performances, we were going nuts over a bit of writhing on the stairs but we've come such a long way since then. The backdrop here lends extra power to performance and I wonder if it's the religious association that inspires Adam to want to push it that little bit further. The stairs are the altar upon which Adam sums up what he stands for - love and freedom of expression. For that, I'm a regular worshipper joining the congregation at the Temple of Glam.
Here's a little bonus for you. The acoustic EP cover was released just before this performance and this idea came to me instantly. The parody was begging to be done so I'm a little surprised that no one else beat me to it. If you obsessively watch the video, you might spot this image flashing subliminally within it for a split-second:
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CINCINNATI — Group exercise strength classes are among the most popular classes offered at Revolution Fitness in Cincinnati. The facility offers full memberships to the gym as well as single-class or multiple-class punch cards. Of the more than 50 classes offered, about half include some type of strength programming, giving members two to four strength classes to choose from each day. And the classes fill up fast.
"People love them," says Mary Beth Knight, president and owner of Revolution Fitness. "Strength training is becoming more popular thanks to the increased awareness of its effect on metabolism and connection to bone density."
The use of dumbbells and handweights is up more than 25 percent, according to 2009 research from the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA). Additionally, more than 40 percent of free weight users in SGMA's research were female, a change from the past when most users were male. Traditionally, most group exercise participants are female.
So, are weight machines and free weights becoming more popular because of group strength training classes? Or is the growing use of strength equipment boosting the popularity of these classes?
Mike May, director of communications for SGMA, says it's a bit of both.
"Yes, the growing use of strength equipment is increasing the popularity of group strength classes," May says. "The existence of group strength classes adds diversity and appeal to individual strength equipment workouts."
Jay Blahnik, IDEA Health & Fitness Association group exercise expert, says the answer may have more to do with personal preference than anything else.
"People that work out with weights in the weight room are more likely to find group strength classes less intimidating," Blahnik says. "And people who take group strength classes are likely to find the weight room less intimidating."
Some people prefer strength training by themselves or with a partner, Blahnik says. Other people are only motivated to do strength training in a group setting while some people cross over and do both, he adds.
"In the end, both ways of training for strength support and promote the other, but the end choice of who does what is more based upon how people like to train," Blahnik says.
Trademarked and pre-choreographed classes, such as strength-based BodyPump, also have played a role in increasing the popularity of strength training, says Les Mills International spokesperson Nikitin Sallee.
"Overall, group exercise is growing considerably faster than the use of free weights and machines, so it may well be that group exercise is taking the lead in driving people to strength training," he says.
HealthTrack Sports & Wellness in Glen Ellyn, IL, does not offer Les Mills classes, but 20 percent of the club's group exercise classes are strength classes. That hasn't always been the case, though, says Cheryl McDermott, group fitness director. When the club opened in 1997, cardio classes were popular, and she had a hard time convincing people that they needed to participate in strength classes, too. Now, strength classes are the second-most popular class next to group cycling.
Despite the gains in popularity, strength training is not nearly as hot as it should be, says Wayne Westcott, fitness research director at Quincy College in Quincy, MA.
At any given time, at least five times as many people are using cardio equipment in a club than are using strength equipment, he says. People know that cardio training can help reduce their fat, but most people are not aware of strength training's benefits. As we age, people lose muscle, which decreases their resting metabolic rate about 3 percent for every decade, Westcott says. People don't know they should be concerned about replacing that muscle.
One way to fix that is creating a hybrid fitness professional who is trained as both a group exercise instructor and a personal trainer, says Bob Esquerre, certified fitness professional and owner of Esquerre Fitness Group, Boca Raton, FL.
"Introducing members to the strength floor is the biggest obstacle for the health club industry," says Esquerre, who recently worked with TCA Holdings, Chicago, to add these hybrid professionals to its staff. "In a group, members feel more comfortable, but you need a way to make that transition and get them introduced to strength."
A hybrid professional can teach members in a group exercise setting, then get them acquainted with the weight room through a personal training one-on-one or a small group session, Esquerre says. This scenario ultimately helps increase personal training sales, group exercise participation and retention.
No matter how clubs do it, strength is an integral part of any club, and finding new ways to engage members is key. Knight frequently adds new types of strength classes to Revolution Fitness' schedule.
"Our members expect it," she says. "They like new classes and new ways to challenge themselves. They also like new equipment. Facilities need to have something new each year to keep their members engaged."


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There is an interesting reason why younger friends are good for our mental health. The Gerontological Society of America recently released a report from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research on the subject of empathy, the ability to understand, to be aware, sensitive and vicariously experience another's pain. It is important. Without it there would be less volunteering, fewer donations to charitable causes and fewer supportive friends.
The Michigan study states that "overall, late middle-aged adults were higher in both aspects of empathy that we measured." Those two aspects were the emotional response of an empathetic individual to another's pain or suffering plus a sincere attempt to understand "how things looked from the perspective of others."
Understanding empathy is necessary to us as we age. Many times we have discussed the importance of having younger friends. This is so not only because many of our peers have already died, but because younger people also provide more of a challenge for us. They are out in the community, working, interacting with a variety of folks. They bring stimulation of the world out there to an ordinary conversation. And now we learn they have empathy to spare.
With our own age group, we usually share health experiences and issues. Comparing notes and doctors' opinions are quite different from feeling another's pain and trying to understand it. For example, I find and witness younger friends jumping out of the car to be helpful, insisting on carrying my packages and volunteering to move a piece of furniture, climb a ladder or fix a light bulb.
I have a friend who lives in Encinitas. She is in her 60s and I have wondered at the extraordinary concern, planning and helpful acts she experiences and performs for friends who are seriously ill. I sense that their pain quickly becomes hers and she reacts accordingly. Their concerns take priority over all else. Other friends here in San Marcos spring to action the moment that one of us elders is ailing, suffers a problem or concern. Perhaps we who have reached the elderly generation are completely consumed by our own issues that springing to lend a hand is physically and psychologically impossible.
Empathy begins at a very early age. Lawrence Kutner, Ph.D., writes in the article "How Children Develop Empathy" that a 2-year-old child who sees his mother crying might offer her a toy, a cookie or something that made him feel better. Though the child does not understand the mother's pain or hurt, she is responding like the puppy that suddenly shares kisses with a weeping friend. I recall my own toddler, who would climb into my lap and pat my arm if I was not feeling well. Children react to what they see and feel even without understanding.
When parents and grandparents react supportively to a child who is cranky, ill or frightened, they are teaching empathy. Direct teaching occurs as the child reaches about the age of 5. Dr. Kutner writes, suggests we can provide hypothetical instances to teach our grandchildren, "How would your friend feel if some one took a toy from him?" That is easy for a child to understand. Empathy is a gift from our younger friends and family that keeps us going.


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The $66 million product liability suit against Cybex International was upheld last week, but the court reduced the award to about $44 million. Cybex, Medway, MA, says it will appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
In December 2010, a jury in the Barnhard v. Cybex International case found Cybex negligent in a case in which Natalie Barnhard was left a paraplegic after a piece of Cybex equipment that she was stretching on fell on top of her. The jury granted her $66 million, of which Cybex was deemed 75 percent liable. Cybex appealed the decision, which was heard by the Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Last week, that court upheld the original decision, but it did reduce the award amount by about $22 million.
The court panel reduced the award for past pain and suffering from $8 million to $3 million; future pain and suffering from $25 million to $9 million; and eliminated a $792,435 award for care of potential children. The award of $28.56 million for future medical expenses, $1.68 million for past medical expenses, $151,690 in past lost earnings and $1.79 million for future lost earnings were left intact.
"Cybex strongly believes that it was not at fault in the accident that is the basis of the plaintiff's claims and that this case was wrongly decided as to liability," John Aglialoro, chairman and CEO of Cybex, said in a statement. "In addition, while the company appreciates the decision of the court to reduce the judgment, we believe that the amount of damages represented by the reduced judgment continues to be overstated."
Under New York law, Cybex is responsible for payment of the judgment but will seek reimbursement from the co-defendant, Amherst Orthopedic Physical Therapy PC, Buffalo, NY, of approximately 21 percent. Barnhard was employed by Amherst, which is also where the accident occurred. With reimbursement from Amherst and after insurance (of which Cybex has $4 million in coverage), Cybex would have a net liability of about $33 million. Cybex also must pay interest at the annual rate of 9 percent, which accrues on the modified judgment from the judgment date, according to the company.
Within 60 days of filing the appeal, Cybex expects a decision by the Court of Appeals on whether it will consider the case. If accepted, Cybex anticipates a ruling in 2012.
"The company is also exploring both ways to protect itself in the event the Court of Appeals does not accept the appeal for consideration and available alternatives to fund an ultimate resolution of the matter," the company said in a statement released today.
Cybex is analyzing how the decision will affect the company's fourth quarter and full year results. It will hold a conference call tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. ET to provide a business update on the matter.
In a letter to shareholders and supporters, Cybex CEO John Aglialoro wrote: "I, along with the rest of Cybex management, am extremely disappointed with this decision, believing it is not supported by the facts or the law and that Cybex was not negligent and is in no way responsible for this accident. Regardless, to Ms. Barnhard, we express our greatest sympathy and admire her courage in dealing with the tragedy resulting from the accident."
Aglialoro continued by writing: "We cannot change the past, only what the future holds for Cybex. Once again, I want to emphasize to you, our shareholders and supporters, that Cybex is growing and flourishing and that our company is reputable and honest in its dealings and that our fitness products are the finest in the world—safe and effective. Our company's financial position apart from this matter is healthier than ever and will get through this legal injustice one way or another."
Cybex has had growth in its sales for the first three quarters of 2011. First quarter sales increased 19 percent to $31 million compared to first quarter 2010. The company also had a net profit in the first quarter of $0.4 million. Second quarter sales increased 18 percent to $32.6 million compared to second quarter 2010. However, the company reported a net loss of $0.6 million in second quarter 2011, mostly due to litigation charges in the Barnhard case. Net sales for third quarter 2011 were $33.5 million, an improvement from the $29.2 million in the same quarter the previous year. However, the company also had a net loss in third quarter 2011 of $0.3 million.
In addition, NASDAQ, which has threatened to delist Cybex from the stock exchange, granted Cybex extensions on deadlines to meet its requirements to continue to be listed. Cybex has until Jan. 2, 2012, to meet the requirement that its stockholder equity be a minimum of $10 million. The company has until March 12, 2012, to move its stock price above $1 and keep it there for a minimum of 10 consecutive trading days. Earlier in the month, Cybex presented a plan to NASDAQ on how it would meet these requirements. If it does not meet the requirements, it can be delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market.
Cybex's stock traded at under $1 per share for most of the year. After the ruling on the appeal Friday, the stock closed at 99 cents. Today, it opened at 54 cents.


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Use cases for timed tracks rendered over video by the UA
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Static Examples
These are categorised by what features they demonstrate that is most interesting.
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Multiple voices
Important line feeds
Plain text
Background emphasis
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Legal notices
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- minor control over position
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Dynamic Examples
Automatic text placement
This example shows how multiple segments with overlapping times should be automatically placed so as to not overlap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG9KluukpJI#t=2m40


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Generally whoever uses Linux, would know about the find command. Find the man page here.
There are also lots of blogs, tutorials and other articles on find command on the web, so why write another one. Because it\'s worth every word spent on it 🙂
find is a very powerful command, let\'s see how (options for find command from man page and usage):
–depth — Process each directory\'s contents before the directory itself.
–maxdepth — Descend at most levels (a non-negative integer) levels of directories below the command line arguments.
–xdev — Don\'t descend directories on other filesystems.
–executable — Matches files which are executable and directories which are searchable (in a file name resolution sense).
This takes into account access control lists and other permissions artefacts which the -perm test ignores.
–iname — Like -name, but the match is case insensitive.
–nogroup — No group corresponds to file\'s numeric group ID.
–nouser — No user corresponds to file\'s numeric user ID.
–fls file — True; like -ls but write to file like -fprint.
–ok command — Like -exec but ask the user first (on the standard input);
–print0 — True; print the full file name on the standard output, followed by a null character
(instead of the newline character that -print uses).
–printf format — True; print format on the standard output, interpreting \'\' escapes and \'%\' directives.
There are lot of other options but these are worth mention not used on regular basis. The printf option requires
special mention as the number of options that it supports is quite large and can reallyl help you in the formatting
the data that you get, as well as help you get the data that you want.
1) Get names of files bigger than 5M
find . +5M -printf \"Name : %20f Size : %s\\n\"
2) delete files (filenames contain spaces or quotes and so on)
find . -name \"name*\" -print0 |xargs -0 rm -f
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Pet Product News International (http://www.petproductnews.com), a monthly business-to-business publication covering the pet industry for 65 years, announced its 40 winning products and product lines for its 2011 Editors' Choice Awards in the November issue.
"We received a record number of outstanding products this year—more than 300—and we congratulate every manufacturer for a job well done," said Sherri L. Collins, editor of Pet Product News International (http://www.facebook.com/PetProductNews). "Our experienced editorial team was faced with the difficult task of deciding which products out of the amazing array were truly exceptional. Forty dedicated evaluators, along with their pets, put the products through rigorous testing prior to the final vote. Without our testers' input, the selection process would have been nearly insurmountable. Even with their expert analyses, choosing just 40 winners was a challenge."
Selection criteria included innovation, function or design, or a combination of all three.
The winners are:
· Alpha Dog and Cat Formulas by Natural Balance Pet Foods
· Aquastyle by Eheim GmbH
· Backseat Bridge by Kurgo
· Big Bone by P.L.A.Y. (Pet Lifestyle And You)
· Catnip Scented Crinkle and Toss Papers by Petstages
· Curvations Luxury Pet Carrier by Petmate
· Dog Bed Duvet and stuff Sack by Molly Mutt
· Dog.Codependent Line by Dog is Good
· Drinkwell Lotus Pet Fountain by Radio Systems Corp.
· Exo Terra Monsoon RS400 by Rolf C. Hagen (USA) Corp.
· Extreme! Natural Treats by F.M. Brown's Sons
· Fluval Flora by Rolf C. Hagen (USA) Corp.
· Freeze Dried Chicken Liver Plus and Freeze Dried Peanut Butter Plus treats by Pet 'n Shape
· Freezy Pups by Head of the Pack
· Fruitables Pumpkin SuperBlend Weight Loss Supplement and Fruitables Sweet Potato Digestive Supplement by Vetscience
· Gel Supplements: Joint & Hip Power, Omega Power and Relax & Calm by Tomlyn
· Greenbone Training Pads by Greenberry Eco Industries
· Hear Doggy! Plush Toys by Quaker Pet Group
· Hyacinth and Jute Cat Furniture by Ware Mfg.
· Instinct Limited Ingredient Diets by Nature's Variety
· Latch-Lock Metal Buckle Collar by Cycle Dog
· Lemon Zest, Teal Appeal, True Blue, Cinnamutt, Tuxedo and Steel Pupaya Pet Food Bowls by ModaPet
· Lemongrass Spearmint Skin Rescue Shampoo Bar by DERMagic Skin Care for Animals
· Mini Deep Dome Combo Lamp Fixture by Zoo Med Laboratories
· Organic SuperVeggie (OSV) Treats and Chews by Clear Conscience Pet
· Oster Outlaw Clipper by Oster Professional Products
· Oven Fresh Bites by Caitec Corp.
· Petite Cuisine Grilled Treats by PetPlay
· PetVille Palace by JW Pet Co.
· Paww Pick Pocket Leash by Pawgear
· Scentament Spa Collection by Best Shot Pet Products
· SkratchKabin by Brinsea Products
· Stewart Pro-Treat Plus by MiracleCorp Products
· Také Lifestyle Collection by Richell USA
· Tee Bone by Hugs Pet Products
· Timothy Complete Plus by Kaytee Products Inc.
· Treat Dispensing Pickle Pocket by Starmark Pet Products
· Unstuffed Plush Dog Toys by West Paw Design
· VorTech MP60wES by EcoTech Marine International
· Yummy Travel Bowls by Sleepypod
To view the winning products online, visit http://www.PetProductNews.com/EdsChoice2011.
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There are tons of articles on the internet that demonstrates how to call a web service from android code. I ll try to keep it simple so that my reader don't get confused as i was while reading others articles on the current topic. Object of this article is a simple application that takes text from an Android Activity, than calls a web service, pass the values to the web service, than the web service do what ever it likes to do with the received text and that's it. When we are done with this scenario than we will make this application more complicated by receiving something from a web service as a response and do something inside our application.
I ll assume that we have a web service developed and deployed for this purpose. For this tutorial we will use the web service that i have previously developed which receives two numbers and returns their sum. https://mirnauman.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/creating-a-simple-dot-net-web-service/
Start with a simple application. Than download the latest KSoap2 jar files from the following address.
or you can search the KSoap2 library and download it from any other location. The thing to remember is that what ever is downloaded it should be ksoap2-android-something and not just ksoap2-something. When the jar file is downloaded. Add the jar file to the existing project. Steps are given below.
- Right click the project and click Properties.
- From the opened dialog click on Java Build Path
- Open the Libraries Tab
- Click on the Add External JARs button to the right.
- Select the ksoap2-android-something.jar file from the HDD and click ok.
This will add the library to the current application. now coming to some coding thingi. Add the following in the import section
import org.ksoap2.SoapEnvelope; import org.ksoap2.serialization.PropertyInfo; import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapObject; import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapPrimitive; import org.ksoap2.serialization.SoapSerializationEnvelope; import org.ksoap2.transport.HttpTransportSE;
Add the following code to the start of our Main Activity code, outside the onCreate() method in the section where we define our global variables.
private final String SOAP_NAMESPACE = "http://tempuri.org/"; private final String SOAP_URL = "http://10.52.0.114:8082/Service1.asmx"; private final String SOAP_ACTION = "http://tempuri.org/add"; private final String SOAP_METHOD_NAME = "add"; private SoapObject request; private PropertyInfo pi1; private PropertyInfo pi2;
In the above section we have created variables with values providing the Namespace, the URL where our web service is hosted, the action consisting our WEB METHOD in our web service and the method name that will be called. Other than that we have created two objects of type SoapObject and PropertyInfo.
//webservice thingi start request = new SoapObject(SOAP_NAMESPACE, SOAP_METHOD_NAME); pi1 = new PropertyInfo(); pi1.setName("a"); pi1.setValue(etno1.getText().toString());//get the string that is to be sent to the web service pi1.setType(String.class); request.addProperty(pi1); pi2 = new PropertyInfo(); pi2.setName("b"); pi2.setValue(etno2.getText().toString());//get the string that is to be sent to the web service pi2.setType(String.class); request.addProperty(pi2); SoapSerializationEnvelope envp = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapEnvelope.VER11); envp.dotNet = true; envp.setOutputSoapObject(request); HttpTransportSE androidHttpTransport = new HttpTransportSE(SOAP_URL); try { androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION, envp); response = (SoapPrimitive)envp.getResponse(); } catch (Exception e) { Log.i("WS Error->",e.toString()); } //webservice thingi ends
In the above code we define a request object, than we define a Property Info object, set a name for it. Assign a value to it. Set its type and add that property to the already created request object. After that "androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION, envp);" this is the actual statement that actually calls the web service and passes the values to it. If everything is fine, the program will execute smoothly else the program will crash here.
Issues that am unable to solve so far.
There are a number of possibilities that can cause the application to crash at this point. "response = (SoapPrimitive)envp.getResponse();" this will get the response from the web service if the web service is actually returning some value. So far am trying to tune this part. As the response is not giving me the desired returned value. Either it returns a zero, if i switch between SoapPrimitive and SoapObject than either the program crashes or returns the value the i pass first to the web service.
Note:- KSOAP2 might not be a good option if this return value issue is not solved but if we are working with a web service that only receives a value from our Android application and do something of its own like saving the received string in the database on some server, than KSOAP2 can be used as explained in the above tutorial.
Related articles
- Creating a simple dot net web service. (mirnauman.wordpress.com)
- Publishing a Dot Net Web Service or Website. (mirnauman.wordpress.com)


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By Teachers, For Teachers
Based on a novel by Yann Martel, Life of Pi tells the story of a boy struggling to survive after being stranded in a shipwreck. Some of your students may have seen the film, while others may not have. Using the trailer, you can get your students to think and write about survival.
After watching the video below, your students can respond to one of the video writing prompt questions. Encourage them to imagine how they'd feel in a situation like the one faced by Pi in the trailer, and use those feelings to inform their writing.
Grades K-2: Scary animals
In the trailer, Pi is stuck on a boat with an angry tiger. Although he is frightened, he and the tiger are forced together because neither one has any other place to go.
What animal frightens you most? Why? Write or draw to tell how scary it is.
Grades 3-5: Supplies for survival
Pi and the tiger are left alone on the small boat after their ship is wrecked. If you were stranded on a lifeboat, what three things would you most want to have with you? Write to explain each of your choices.
Grades 6-8: Personal stories about teamwork
At first, Pi and the tiger fight with each other, neither one wanting to share the life boat with the other. However, they both need to stay on the boat to survive. The trailer shows them working together later on.
Have you ever had to work with someone you didn't like very much? Did you work together successfully? Tell how your relationship with the person changed, or didn't, as you were forced to spend time together.
Grades 9-12: Analyzing conflicts in fiction
As you know, an important part of most stories is a conflict. The conflict can be between two characters, a character and himself or herself, or even between a character and their environment. Based on the trailer, describe two conflicts that appear to be important to the plot of the film. Explain whether the conflicts are related, and whether you think one is more important than the other.


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January 26, 2016, marked the 131st anniversary of the fall of Khartoum, the Sudanese city that sits on the banks of the White and Blue Nile Rivers.
The siege and fall of Khartoum is one of the truly epic stories of military history.
From March 18, 1884, to January 26, 1885, the charisma and military genius of one man–British General Charles George Gordon–held at bay an army of thousands of fanatical Islamics intent on slaughtering everyone in the city.
Khartoum in the 1800s
At stake were the lives of Khartoum's 30,000 residents.
By comparison: The defenders of the Alamo–a far better-known battle, in 1836–numbered no more than 250. And the siege of the San Antonio mission lasted only 13 days against an army of about 2,000 Mexicans.
The Alamo
Gordon's story may seem antiquated. But it bears close inspection as Republicans press the Obama administration to commit ground forces to "freeing" Syria of its longtime dictator, "President" Bashir al-Assad.
The neocons of the George W. Bush Administration plunged the United States into an unprovoked war against Iraq in 2003. After Baghdad quickly fell, Americans cheered, thinking the war was over and the troops would soon return home.
Suddenly, American soldiers found themselves waging a two-front war in the same country: Fighting an Iraqi insurgency to throw them out, while trying to suppress growing sectarian warfare between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
And now, with Syria, Americans are being urged to plunge headfirst into a conflict they know nothing about–and in which they have absolutely no stake.
On one side is the Ba'ath regime of Bashir al-Assad, supported by Russia, Iran, Hizbollah and elements in the Iraqi government. Hizbollah is comprised of Chiite Muslims, who form a minority of Islamics.
A sworn enemy of Israel, it has kidnapped scores of Americans suicidal enough to visit Lebanon and truck-bombed the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983, killing 299 Americans.
Flag of Hizbollah
Al-Qaeda, on the other hand, is made up of Sunni Muslims, who form the majority of that religion.
It is intolerant of non-Sunni Muslims and has instigated violence against them. It denounces them as "takfirs"–heretics–and thus worthy of extermination.
Flag of Al-Qaeda
In short, it's a Muslim-vs.Muslim "holy war.
It's all very reminiscent of events in the 1966 epic film, Khartoum, starring Charlton Heston as British General Charles George Gordon.
Charlton Heston (left); Charles George Gordon (right)
In 1884, the British government sends Gordon, a real-life hero of the Victorian era, to evacuate the Sudanese city of Khartoum.
Mohammed Achmed, a previously anonymous Sudanese, has proclaimed himself "The Madhi" ("The Expected One") and raised the cry of jihad.
Laurence Oliver (left); Mohammed Achmed ("The Madhi")
The Madhi (played by Lawrence Olivier) intends to drive all foreigners (of which the English are the largest group) out of Sudan and exterminate all those Muslims who do not practice his "pure" version of Islam.
Movie poster for "Khartoum"
Gordon arrives in Khartoum to find he's not fighting a rag-tag army of peasants. Instead, the Madhi is a highly intelligent military strategist.
And Gordon, an evangelical Christian, also finds he has underestimated the Madhi's religious fanaticism: "I seem to have suffered from the delusion that I had a monopoly on God."
A surprised Gordon finds himself and 30,000 Sudanese trapped in Khartoum when the Madhi's forces suddenly appear. He sends off messengers and telegrams to the British Government, begging for a military relief force.
But the British Government wants nothing to do with the Sudan. it has sent Gordon there as a cop to British public opinion that "something" had to be done to quell the Madhist uprising.
The siege continues and tightens.
In Britain, the public hails Gordon as a Christian hero and demands that the Government send a relief expedition to save him.
Prime Minister Willilam Gladstone finally sends a token force–which arrives in Khartoum two days after the city has fallen to the Madhi's forces.
Gordon, standing at the top of a staircase and coolly facing down his dervish enemies, is speared to death.
George W. Joy's famous–and romanticized–painting of "The Death of Gordon"
(Actually, the best historical evidence indicates that Gordon fought to the last with pistol and sword before being overwhelmed by his dervish enemies.)
When the news reaches England, Britons mourn–and then demand vengeance for the death of their hero.
The Government, which had sought to wash its hands of the poor, military unimportant Sudan, suddenly has to send an army to avenge Gordon.
As the narrator of Khartoum intones at the close of the film: "For 15 years the British paid the price with shame and war."
There is a blunt lesson for Americans to learn from this episode–and from the 1966 movie Khartoum itself.
Americans have been fighting in the Middle East since 2001–first in Afghanistan to destroy Al-Qaeda, and then in Iraq, to pursue George W. Bush's vendetta against Saddam Hussein.
The United States faces a crumbling infastructure, record high unemployment and trillions of dollars in debt.
It's time for Americans to clean up their own house before worrying about the messes in other nations–especially those wholly alien to American values.


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KDE Chooses BitKeeper for Source Code Repository
Due to severe problems with the scheduled migration of KDE's massive source code repository from the CVS revision control system to Subversion, the KDE project has decided to opt for the BitKeeper source control system as the more pragmatic choice. The full press release follows; further details on what this will mean to KDE developers and contributors requiring repository access will be posted shortly to the KDE Wiki.
KDE Chooses BitKeeper for Source Code Repository
Yesterday, the KDE e.V. signed an agreement with BitMover, Inc. to allow all KDE developers to use the latest BitKeeper client tool at no charge. The arrangement comes in anticipation of KDE's full-scale adoption of the BitKeeper source control suite.
The KDE project had been using CVS for a number of years, but due to persistent and crippling limitations it was finally decided to convert the massive source repository to Subversion, a next-generation CVS clone with fewer limitations. Unfortunately, due to many unresolved issues and technical problems with Subversion, the move has proven impossible.
"A repository of KDE's size poses issues that the creators of Subversion would never have thought of," declared KDE release dude Stephan Coolio.
After an intense internal debate, it was finally decided that BitKeeper would be the most appropriate choice for a new revision control system, given its proven superiority and track record in the Open Source community. BitKeeper has enjoyed wide-spread success and praise as the official source code repository for the GNU/Linux kernel.
KDE's repository will now be hosted on the same server as the GNU kernel.
"We are glad to support KDE by helping it move to BitKeeper. The Linux kernel developers have proven the reliability of BitKeeper in distributed development and KDE will now be able to take full advantage of that," said BitKeeper author Larry McFly.
KDE e.V. board member Mirko Bohemian stated, "Following our licencing deal with BitMover, we expect our developers will be twice as productive, just as the GNU kernel developers are now." Linus Torvalds was not available for comment.
The only significant drawback of the deal is that KDE developers will not be
However, like the GNU/Linux kernel repository, KDE will be available through a
As a matter of pragmatism, the KDE project believes it is time to move forward and embrace next-generation software source control.
Kalle Chrysler Daimler, President of the KDE e.V. Board commented, "While
Re: Oh cool!
It's a joke, right? :/
Re: Oh cool!
Probably :)
By JC at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: Oh cool!
Pheeeeew ;)
That was a good one :)
Re: Oh cool!
This is cool. Whenever I start to write a letter I think "man, I wish a little animated character would inform me of what I'm doing." So far on the GNU kernel, this has been a pipe dream. Thanks KOffice!
By Ian Monroe at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Bitkeeper vs. SubVersion
I think that bitkeeper, since it isn't GPL, is way better than subversion. Good choice!
By mOrPhie at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: Bitkeeper vs. SubVersion
Subversion isn't GPL either. It's even more free than GPL. It uses an Apache/BSD style licence.
By Tim at Sat, 2005/04/02 - 6:00am
This is funny too...
Go to planetkde.org
And now go to planet.gnome.org.
Very funny guys!
By Alfons Hoogervorst at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: This is funny too...
Ha, ha. Nice one!
By David at Sat, 2005/04/02 - 6:00am
Kalle Chrysler Daimler
I thougth his real name Kalle Daimler Chrysler, isn't it?
By MNN at Fri, 2005/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: Kalle Chrysler Daimler
I think Chrysler is his maiden name, then he got married to Daimler.
Not a good idea. Have you tried GNU Arch?
I don't think that this change is good idea, we
If the free source management software tools are
KDE is one of the bigest open source projects,
There exists other alternatives, here there is an interesting
Have you made some tests with GNU Arch?
(I don't know how well-tested or scalable is it,
see also
some comment on it at http://www.xouvert.com/
"The clean design of arch makes it trivial for anyone who downloads our source code to create their own local "branch" for development, keep it under revision control, then have their modifications merged, with complete history, back upstream at some point in the future. This is next to impossible to do with CVS."
By Pablo De Nápoli at Sat, 2005/04/02 - 6:00am
Re: Not a good idea. Have you tried GNU Arch?
By cm at Sat, 2005/04/02 - 6:00am
Re: Not a good idea. Have you tried GNU Arch?
Oops, the comments with "April" in the title were about something else.
Still, don't worry, you've been preaching to the converted...
By cm at Sat, 2005/04/02 - 6:00am
What now?
By Shawn Gordon at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: What now?
Could it be that you're posting five days too late? :-)
By Anonymous at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: What now?
5 days late for what? Did you read the story? It's not a joke, Linus has weighed in at http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2005040602726OSKN
By Shawn Gordon at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Re: What now?
By Anonymous at Wed, 2005/04/06 - 5:00am
Good one
Great April 1st post, that had me fooled for a minute :)
By Micah at Thu, 2005/04/07 - 5:00am


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