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Reports, live coverage, results, images, video and messages of support for all European and World Championships.
Previous Squad Event
54th EKF Senior Championships, Guadalajara, Spain, March 28-31 2019
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Reports, live coverage, results, images, video and messages of support for all European and World Championships.
Previous Squad Event
54th EKF Senior Championships, Guadalajara, Spain, March 28-31 2019
More information »
Sochi 2018
The below are reports and results posted from Sochi.
As well as this official EKF website you will also find information on the official EKF Facebook page - click here.
What a great start to 2018, outstanding performances from the young lions. The EKF is extremely proud of this young squad who have a bright future ahead of them. Thank you to all the staff that looked after the squad and to the coaches. Thank you to Blitz for the squads kit. Thank you to the parents and supporters that traveled to Sochi to support the Squad. Well done to the EKF referees who were taking exams and officiating at these Championships Dale Gamble, Nariman Jeddi, Matthew Soanes, Rob Lamb, Gary Hoyle and Carl Jorgeson. A report from Chief Referee Dale Gamble will be added soon.
Reports from Kata and Kumite Coaches
Male u21 kumite-67kg
Sam Day
First round Switzerland 2-1
Sam was quick to score the first point with a sharp Jodan punch gaining senshu. After a couple of exchanges Sam was now behind 2 – 1 but the Swiss athlete was now on his last cat 2 warning. Sam pressed the fight knowing he only needed to score or force a cat 2 warning. For 1 minute 30 seconds the Swiss athlete did a category 2 foul in the book to avoid Sams techniques but wasn't disqualified . Final score 2-1 Swiss Unlucky Sam.
Female u21 kumite -68kg
Alexandra Williams
First round Russia 3-0
Alexandra's debut for England was against home nation Russia so the pressure was on. Alex listened to her coach and stuck to her basics and was unlucky on the first 2 exchanges. Towards the end of the bout in frustration Alexandra ran in and was picked off by the Russian ending the bout 3-0. Russia went all the way to the semifinalsthen just losing out so no repechage this time.
Male u21 kumite + 84kg
Josh Gleadle
1st round France 6-0
Josh was game and showed he was going to give it his best shot on his debut for England and took it to the sharp French Athlete. Josh was only behind by a couple of points when he lost discipline and threw a wild kick which was countered with the French opponets own kick giving the win to France 6-0.
The French opponent advances to the final Josh is back in repechage.
1st round Azerbaijan repechage 5-2.
Josh is scored on twice before finding the target on the Azerbaijani and scores with a Jodan punch, Josh quickly scores again. Josh was still having to press because Azerbaijani has the senshu advantage. Unfortunately Josh gets picked off a few more times and loses 5-2 . Well done Josh lots learned at these championships .
Male U21 -75kg
Mitchell Thorpe
1st round 2-6 Israel
High hopes for our world silver medalist, unfortunately it wasn't Mitchell's day. The athlete from Israel was very awkward for Mitchell fighting till the end but, the referees didn't seem to favour Mitchell's techniques as a score . Mitchell is a great talent and will bounce back stronger !
Female U21 -50kg
Chloe Lydon
1st round 1-1 Netherlands
A positive performance from Chloe, unfortunately the senshu rule came in to play yet again with the Dutch girl taking the first point. Chloe pulled the point back but was unable to capitalise and take the lead .
Chloe has all the tools to complete at this level, it's fine margins between winning and losing and dreams are shattered in a heart beat!
Male Junior -68kg
Brandon Wilkins
1st round 1-3 Serbia
Brandon had his work cut out as he was up against the current European silver medalists in this category. Brandon put in a good performance but didn't quite match the Serbian losing 3-1. Brandon was close but needs more development at this level.
Female Junior-59kg
Charlotte Hope
1st round 8-0 Montenegro
Charlotte got off to a flying start smashing the girl from Montenegro winning 8-0 with 30 seconds left on the clock with 5 gyaks and a head kick what a great way to start.
2nd round 6-0 Estonia
Again a perfect performance from Charlotte taking out the Estonian 6-0 again, scoring a head kick and and 3 gyaks her timing and distance was awesome.
3rd round 7-0 Switzerland
Charlotte was on fire and again too much for the Swiss girl, on a roll now looking unstoppable! Everything she did worked and turned into a point. Not only was her attack's and reaction perfect but also her defence as nobody got close to scoring on her.
Semi final 5-0 Turkey
This is was for a place in a European final but didn't change anything in Charlotte's performance. Charlotte was as fantastic in this fight as she had been all day! Charlotte was far to good for her Turkish opponent to handle, scoring a head kick and 2 gyaks. The Turkish athlete was getting frustrated and finally got disqualified for contact warning !
Final 9-4 France
This turned out to be Charlotte's hardest fight with the France girl taking the first 2 points, but with yet another fantastic head kick Charlotte took the lead 3-2. The French athlete pulled a point back and was still leading with senshu. Charlotte with her great composure pulls out another head kick to take the lead the French athlete then nicks a point back.The atmosphere was intense. Charlotte scored yet another awesome head kick finishing the final winning 9-4 as European champion ! England's first junior European gold medalist for years . Outstanding!
Charlotte's performance throughout the day was brilliant showing she has everythin , what a star, after her world bronze in Tenerife she goes all the way this time taking the gold !
She has been the fighter of the tournament, Charlotte did her country proud!
Her scores say it all 35 points scored 4 points against !!
Charlotte was mentioned in the WKF write up of the day www.wkf.net
"The most outstanding demonstration of offensive Karate occurred in the final of Junior Female Kumite -59kg. France's Assia Oukhattou took a clear lead in the bout after connecting four yukos. However, her rival Charlotte Hope of England showed exceptional kicking skills. The English promising karateka made three consecutive ura-mawashi geri and achieved three impressive ippons that allowed the World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships bronze medallist to win the final and the continental title by 9-4".
Junior Male -55kg
Yasin Ahmad
1st round Armenia 1-1
Yasin scored first with a sharp Kazami and gaining senshu advantage, however, the Portuguese opponent was persistent and finally scored on Yasin holding to senshu up until the last 4 seconds. Yasin took a jogai and lost the senshu advantage with the clock running out Yasin lost on flags.
Junior Male – 61kg
Jed Thompson
1st round Italy 3-0
Jed came out onto the tatami confident and after getting his distance right after the first quarter of the figh,t Jed started to score with some sharp hand techniques easing him into the second round with a 3-0
2nd round Russia 3-1
Jed scored first and gained senshu advantage. Jed seemed to lose his concentration for two scores, a head punch and a body mawashi ending the bout with a 3-1 loss. Although Jed went out in the 2nd round he showed he's up there but needs to hold concentration during the fight.
Junior female +59kg
Lauren Salisbury
1st round Bulgaria 1-0
Lauren took some time to get going but managed to score a gayk in the ldying seconds to take the win over Bulgaria.
2nd round Germany
Lauren came out much faster this time, against the leggy German fighter with Lauren scoring first and gaining senshu. With only 2 seconds to go Lauren broke the line and Germany threw a mawashi geri which hit Lauren's arm but was called a score by the officials. This was upsetting for Lauren and she went out 3-1.
Junior Female kumite -53kg
Rachel Traverse
Germany 4-0
This was Rachel's second time on the England squad and she came out firing as usual but the German matched her and was just getting to the punch first. Rachel ended up on the end of a 4-0 loss with lots to be learned.
Junior male kumite +76kg
Brandon Carr
1st round Scotland 5-1
Brandon started off fast and scored first gaining the senshu advantage but then gets caught out with a gyak, Brandon quickly gets a point back then scores a body kick, Brandon was then on a roll n eased into the second round with a 5-1 win.
2nd round Belgium 4-4 decision on 3-2 flags
The Belgium came out with confidence and scored first but Brandon quickly pulled it back pressing all the time and forcing the fight. Brandon engaged and was on the end of some questionable decisions but, kept pressing the fight. In the last 13 seconds the Belgian was warned for evading the fight so was put on hansuku chui and lost his senshu. Brandon again pressed the fight and with 5 seconds left scored a Jodan kick. It went to the flags and Brandon lost 3 -2 . With the referee going in Brandon's favour solidified that he was on the end of one of the worst referees decisions of the tournament, chin up Brandon you'll get there
Male Cadet -57kg
Stephen Loyd
1st round GEO 6-2
Stephen came out looking sharp but lost the first 2 points. Stephen managed to get 1 point back but then the Georgian quickly scored again forcing Stephen to fight harder for another point but time was not on Stephens side losing 6-2. The Georgian lost to Slovenia so no repechage for Stephen
Female Cadet -47kg
Tayla O'Brien
1st round Andora 3-0
This was Taylas second time representing England having just competed at the Junior worlds in Tenerife. Tayla came out confident scoring quickly with 3 great body gyaks. Try as she might the Andorran fighter couldn't get the points back and Tayla went through to round 2.
2nd round Austria 3-0 loss
Tayla came onto the tatami at the same pace as before but, this time was picked off losing 3-0. Tayla went out in the second round but has shown great improvement from the worlds in Tenerife.
Male Cadet -63kg
Pajhan Jaffari
1st round 0-0 POL
Pajhan had Poland in his first round, in which both athletes failed to score a point within the 2 min. Pajhan really gave his all but his fitness left him losing on flags 0-5. There was no repechage for Pajhan as Poland did not progress.
Male Cadet +70kg
James Francis
1st round 1-1 CZE
This was James second time representing England at European level. A positive start from James scoring the first point and taking senshu, the Czech managed to get the point back but, James held on to take the win !
2nd round 0-2 ESP
James struggled to score a point and was just not clean enough with his technique, the Spanish fighter scored 2 single techniques to take the win. A good effort from James but needs to rise his level to compete on the European stage.
Female Cadet +54kg
Carys Jones
1st round 1-1 MNE
Unfortunately Carys lost the first point, which gave away senshu to the athlete from Montenegro. Carys worked hard to try and pull a point back but, yet again the senshu rule played a big part costing her the match! Carys struggled with her distance and her movement was too big and easy to read by the other Athlete.
Male Cadet -52kg
Ethan Day
1st round 2-0 ARM
A great start from Ethan with a solid performance scoring 2 single points to snatch the win from Armenia. Armenia came back in repechage to take the bronze medal!
2nd round 8-0 MNE
Another good performance with Ethan controlling the fight. Ethan was leading the match 1-0 when his opponent from Montenegro was disqualified for too many category 2 warnings this gave Ethan an early win.
3rd round 0-0 BUL (5-0 flags)
This was a much tighter fight with the Bulgarian, neither athletes able to score a point and break the deadlock. Ethan was the dominant fighter and took the win via the referees decision 5-0 on flags.
Semi finals 3-1 SRB
Again, another tight match with a strong Serbian fighter. For a moment a place in the final seemed to out of reach for Ethan as he was 0-1 down with only 8 seconds left but, with only 4 seconds remaining on the clock Ethan pulled out a fantastic head kick taking the victory and a place in a European final! Fantastic fight!
European Final 0-2RUS
Unfortunately the final didn't go to plan (The Russian had obviously not read the script!). With a home advantage, the Russian took the victory by scoring 2 points! However, an outstanding performance from Ethan showing he has what it takes to medal at the highest level! This was only the 2nd time Ethan had represented England and to win a silver medal at the European championships is a great achievement. Ethan can go home with his head held high and be proud of a fantastic result!!
Team Kata
The male team kata consisted of Daniel Eccles, James Raynor and Dylan Traves. In their opening round England faced Greece. England performed Goju Shisho Sho against Greece's Chatanyara Kushanku. The decision went to Greece 3-2 with England just missing out. Greece then faced Spain and lost so no repechage for England this time.
The female team kata consisted of Sadie Stoner, Lydia Bevan and Lauren Fretwell. England had Belarus first round (an old adversary in team kata for England) England chose Chatanyara against Belarus Nipaipo with Belarus taking a 5-0 win. Belarus lost the next round to France so England was unable to progress.
Individual Kata events
Out first kata athlete was Sadie Stoner in female cadets. This was Sadies 3rd outing in the cadet category having placed 5th twice before so a potential medal was hoped for. Sadie had a bye in the first round, and in the second round she faced Denmark. Sadie performed Pappuren against Denmarks Anan won 3-2. The third round Sadie performed Suparinpai against Portugal's Chatanyara Kushanku but lost out 5-0. Portugal lost the next round so no repechage for Sadie.
Newcomer to the squad was James Harrison at his first Junior Europeans. James faced Armenia in his first round and chose to perform Chatanyara Kushanku against Armenias Empi, a crisp performance by James gave him the win of 5-0 . In the second round James faced Ireland this time choosing to perform Annan dai, whilst Ireland performed Kanku sho, another win for James 3-2. In the third round James now faced Slovakia. Slovakia performed a a strong Anan dai awhilst James went for a high kata Suparinpei. James won the round 4-1 putting him through to the semi finals. In the semi final James now faced the world champion Enes Ozdemir from Turkey. James performed a strong Anan against Turkeys unsu but the win of 5-0 went Turkey's way. After a short wait, James came up against Portugal for the bronze medal. James performed a very strong pappuren against Portugals Annan, but missed out on the bronze medal and placed 5th. For James first European championships, this was a fantastic result and and a lot more is to come from this kata athlete.
Luke Easton was competing in the U21 category and came up against Croatia. Luke performed a strong kankusho whilst Croatia did Goju Shiho Sho but unfortunately lost 5-0. Croatia didn't progress so no repechage for Luke.
Holly Stoner was competing in the U21 female event and in the first round drew Austrias Kristin Weininger, who is a world bronze medalist. Holly performed a good chatsnyara Kushanku against Austrias Paiku but Holly unfortunately lost 5-0. There was no repechage for Holly as the Austrian lost in the 3rd round.
Adam Peters was in the junior male category and this was his first time at Europeans in the individual event. The first round Adam faced Bosnia. Adams Suparinpei proved to strong for Bosnias Goju Shiho Dai with Adam taking the win 5-0. The second round Adam came up against Croatia and took the win 3-2 with chatanyara Kushanku against Croatias Goju Shiho Dai. Now in to the quarter finals Adam had Austria. Adam was now on fire and won 5-0 with Anan dai against Austrias Annan. Now into the semi final and against a previous European finalist from Switzerland Adam performed Paiku against Suparinpei. Unfortuantely it was not to be, Adam lost by 1 flag with the score being 3-2 in favour of the Swiss, so close. Straight into the bronze medal match Adam now faced Russia who performed unsu. Adam chose kururunfa however the decision went 4-1 to Russia. A well earned 5th place in Europe for Adam.
Lauren Fretwell was again competing in the 16-17 event, having won a bronze medal in 2017 she'd already demonstrated her ability to compete with the best at this level. In Laurens first round Lauren faced Scotland. Lauren chose to perform Anan dai against Scotlands Goju Shiho Dai with Lauren winning 3-2. The next round she faced a strong opponent from Montenegro, Lauren performed chatanyara Kushanku against Kanku Sho with Lauren again taking the win but this time 4-1. The quarter finals Lauren performed suparinpei against Turkey's Pappuren but unfortunately lost to Turkey 5-0. After a short wait Turkey made the final meaning Lauren was back in repechage. After watching the competitors Lauren chose kosukun sho to perform against the Czech Republics Anan and won a clean 5-0 putting her into the bronze medal match! Lauren now faced the cadet world silver medalist from Austria. Lauren chose to perform pappuren whilst Austria performed Chatanyara Kushanku. Lauren took the match 5-0 winning bronze making her a European bronze medalist for the second year in a row. Well done Lauren.
National U21 Kata Coach Aimee Sell
1st February 2018
Registration was completed today by the Head Of Delegation Mike O'Brien and coach's attended the briefing. All training now complete, draws done and tomorrow 6am GMT the action begins with individual male and female cadet, junior & U21 Kata followed by all the individual cadet, junior, U21 male and female.kumite athletes. Remember Russia is 3 hours ahead!
The schedule and draws are available via Sport data. For instant updates there is a RSS feed https://live.sportdata.org:8443/wkf/sportdata_live_blog/index.php
Good luck to everyone bring home the medals!
29/30January 2018
After a very long flight from Heathrow with a stop over in Moscow, the squad arrived in Sochi in the early hours. The squad are staying in what was part of the Winter Olympic Village in Sochi. The referees from England are also staying here having arrived a day early so they can take their exams for their official European Qualification.
The Kata Squad did some light training today whilst the kumite had some time out.
Tomorrow the head of delegation Mike O'Brien registers the athletes and the squad will start to prepare themselves for the 3 days of competition.
There will be updates here, the EKF Facebook page and Twitter page. There will be an RSS feed via sport data for results. Don't forget that the squad are 3 hours ahead so updates should be available from around 6am.
Good luck everyone.
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What a wonderful surprise "Garden State" is, from an unexpected source: Zach Braff, star of the sitcom "Scrubs," who's the film's writer, director and star.
Who would have thought that Braff, best known as the bumbling Dr. J.D. Dorian on the NBC comedy, would produce a film of such warmth and wit, subtlety and sweetness. It's all the more remarkable when you consider that this is the first film he's made, and he's only 29 years old.
Braff plays Andrew Largeman, an almost-famous TV actor living in Los Angeles who returns home to New Jersey after nine years to bury his mother.
Behind the camera, he uses striking minimalism to introduce us to the character - and to his state of mind - with an overhead shot of him lying flat on his back in his sparse, all-white bedroom, listening to his father (Ian Holm) tell him matter-of-factly on his answering machine that his mother has drowned.
Once he returns to his suburban hometown, he runs into friends he hasn't seen in years, who boisterously greet him by his nickname, Large. One is a former stoner turned overzealous cop, who raves about the benefits of his job: "If I get shot, I'm like, rich."
Another, Mark (a convincingly sleazy Peter Sarsgaard), makes a living by digging (and robbing) graves at the same cemetery where Large's mother is being buried, and spends his free time doing bong hits. Mark drags Large to a bash at the home of another childhood friend, who invented silent Velcro and is now living large himself.
This is something Braff really nails - the sensation of returning home after being away for a while and awkwardly reuniting with the people who never left. He realizes sadly that he's at a point we all reach: when the place you grew up is no longer your home, just a place that looks familiar and holds some of your stuff.
This probably sounds a lot like "The Graduate," and it does bear some resemblance (though Braff isn't exactly Dustin Hoffman just yet, or Mike Nichols for that matter). Large, like Benjamin Braddock, is stoic and only slightly amused by the eccentrics buzzing around him, including his Aunt Sylvia, who makes him a button-down shirt in the same bold, leafy-green print that lines the walls in the renovated hall bathroom.
Braff reveals slowly why Large was in such a muted state, even before his mother died. His father, a psychiatrist, has kept him medicated for most of his life for reasons that become clear as the film progresses. Only when he comes back to New Jersey - and leaves his prescription drugs in Los Angeles - does he learn to connect with people again, or at least one person in particular.
Natalie Portman plays Sam, a perky, self-professed compulsive liar who meets Large in a doctor's office waiting room and becomes his impromptu sidekick over the few days he's in town. Even though they're completely different people, they hit it off instantly, and their banter is so quick and easy, you'd swear you're eavesdropping on two people falling in love.
Portman is effervescent in a way we haven't seen her in years, and it's a joy to watch her radiate the kind of energy and personality she could never show under the elaborate headgear and stilted writing she's endured as Senator Amidala in the "Star Wars" prequels.
It doesn't take long for Large and Sam to change each other's lives, which sounds like corny romantic comedy fodder. But Braff strikes just the right tone all the time, and takes the story in places that get unpredictably weird, but never unbelievably so. The result is charming and funny, and sometimes disarmingly poignant.
While Braff's first offering is slightly autobiographical - he's said that some events and pieces of dialogue came from his own life - it's hard not to walk out of "Garden State" and feel as if the seeds have been planted for an extraordinary career, both behind and in front of the camera.
"Garden State"
Rated R for language, drug use and a scene of sexuality
Starring:Zach Braff, Natalie Portman
Directed by: Zach Braff
Length: One hour 55 minutes
Short take: This ensemble dramatic film is the story of a young man who returns back home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
Rating: Four stars (out of four)
Movie trivia: What was the original title for "Garden State?"

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Add a Comment Checker!!!ReplyDelete
How will anyone know if there are any new comments without checking the video a million times?
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Why can't I see comments for my videos on the front page????ReplyDelete
Why CAN'T I switch back to the old homepage layout???!!!
Why must you keep meddling with the layout???!!!
Fix your bugs!!!
We definitely need our comments, private messages, friend requests, etc on this new page. Preferably near the top on the right column.ReplyDelete
Cue haters.ReplyDelete
At least the box with comments/messages are back, so now I don't have to click my username every time to view them.
Is there any way you can show the usernames of the owning video when the videos are placed horizontally? Much appreciated.ReplyDelete
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what just u did with the comments section youtube >:( please bring back the last one and add a replied comments section ..ReplyDelete
How do you remove people from the feed??????? This "shockofgod" person keeps showing up in the feed with a heap of crap videos. Well actually how are people even added to the feed? All these randoms with "uploaded by (name)" keeps showing up. I recognize none of these names. There is no "opt out" button.ReplyDelete
Atleast let us choose whether we want to see every video our friends like... I'd prefer to just see videos that they upload.ReplyDelete
I have no problem with this new update. People, you just need to learn how to use things and get used to it. I know everyone hates things, and likes things. The only suggestions I have is to bring back our channel stats like from 2008 and 2009, add the every inbox feature in the small rectangle box that is already provided. Another suggestion, please, Please, PLEASE make the comments able to thumbs down! I hate seeing ignorant haters being rated the same as every other comment, they need thumbs down! We haven't had thumbs down working since before the website revamp in April. Otherwise, it's just a pointless button.ReplyDelete
Great update though, but please, fix those things.
william "wcooper97" (:
In before massive rage-filled mob slams Youtube for changing something.ReplyDelete
If i like a video enough that i want to watch it again i'd add it to my favs, where is the need in it being greyed out?ReplyDelete
Recently activity is a mess, the whole friends system is flawed anyway and would be best removed, why do i care what 5k other people like?
I could deal with/get used to the homepage but the video comments page? wtf guys it was usable before now its just a jumbled mess
Stupid people. It will only show the link to the comments, if you had received comments. Just look at the image. ¬¬ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2010 at 5:52 PM
Watched videos aren't been removed from the homepage in the new redesign.ReplyDelete
And the new comments section is awful, really confusing. It was already confusing to begin with but it really takes the cake (and then some).
My username is being cut off by my photo.
Hate it! Hate it! Let me out! Can't find mail, cant't find Back to Classic Button and I hate it!ReplyDelete
Oh, *finally* I can follow my own uploads. Hooray!ReplyDelete
Seriously, though, it doesn't look that different from the "classic" (for classic < 3 months ago) homepage, although it is nice to be able to see more of my subscriptions.
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Just like the new channels and video page, another piece of crap that in the near future will be forced upon us. What happened to the organization of the old layout (subscriptions, friend activit...er...I mean recent activity, etc). Where's the inbox? Well where are the icons for each type of message for the inbox, grayscale for no new messages and red dot for new messages? Where's the color? There is too much gray and white!ReplyDelete
I don't like it. I honestly don't.ReplyDelete
Im sorry youtube but each and every design gets worse and worse :/ReplyDelete
It's not as easy to use as the original. I like it the way it is.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 15, 2010 at 8:17 PM
I'm really confused.ReplyDelete
Whenever there's an update, it seems like it's usually just to change things up for no apparent reason. For example, moving posters' names from next to their comments to below them as I guess happened today.
When's the last time there was a positive response to any update? Bigger/longer videos and HD was great because they added genuine features related to video-watching, but I'll never understand homepage and comment page redesigns that just kick the familiar users in the shins.
MAIN THING that need to be done is that you come up with some idea of notification when someone like our comment!!!ReplyDelete
EXEMPLE: "My comment" "Video that I commented" 46 LIKES (see people who liked your comment)
why does yt constantly try to change things? it it works, leave it alone. FIX ALL THE OTHER CRAP THAT DON'T WORK FIRST!ReplyDelete
I dont want to have to scroll all the way down the page to see some supscriptions >.< I want them to be at the top so it's EASIER - stop making things harder than they need to beReplyDelete
I like the new look & feel of youtube.ReplyDelete
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No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no! You have combined enough! It's actually a lot messier when you combine things! I want to see my videos separately from the Recent Activities. Actually, I honestly think that it would be much easier if you /un/combined the 'bullitens' from the Recent Activities (sort of like they used to be).
Trust me when I say that that would make it much nicer and much cleaner; people can /easily/ go back and look at the comments or videos that they want to see again.
Now, I see what you're doing; since Facebook and Twitter are getting so much attention, you're afraid that you're going to get drowned out, but looking like them will simply turn you into a clone. To compete with them, you don't need to look like them, you need to stand out and look like yourself; like a prom dress! You don't want the same dress as them, do you? If you do have the same thing, then what if someone else comes along and drowns all three of you out at once, then what? Are you going to go change and look like them? I mean, yes, change can be good, but becoming a clone is ridiculous!
The way you were, you were wonderful; everything had a place and was very user friendly. Now, I know that you can't go back to that, but can't you make something better than... /this/?
Well, you can either look at me as a hater or a concerned Youtuber; I would prefer to be seen as the last, as that is what I currently am.
Thank you for your time; I hope that this was useful.
I would like some new features in regards to comments. When you get a msg telling you that there is a new comment why can't I just click and it take me to that comment instead of all of them?ReplyDelete
Why are all websites going for the Facebook look?ReplyDelete
Maybe they'll listen to the people this time instead of just changing the layout all nilly willy like last time.
I do like the new layout, however I think that you should bring back that little section e.g. inbox, comments etc, otherwise it'll just be a pain for people having to click on their username and check from there. That's probably the only negative thing I can think about.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 9:48 AM
I checked out the new layout and didn't care for it too much and went back and clicked the "Back to classic homepage" button, which, ofcourse, took me to the old layout. But then I had to restart so I did. And now I'm stuck with the new layout and with no "Back to classic homepage" button to click. At all. Any help, please?ReplyDelete
Doesn't let me send the feedback so im posting it here :}ReplyDelete
What I hate:
Everything,all of the things you are trying to add are useless and inefficient.
Combined list-By putting everything together you don't really make it easy to scan,it was better before,categorized,that was way easier to ''scan''.
Don't miss a video-I doubt people miss videos because of that.
Delete anything-That's good,but didn't you already have it?
Or just grey it out-This just hurt,people don't come to the site with purpose to watch every video out there you know,they watch what they wanna watch,this is the most useless thing here,what more is that some people (like me) will end up getting to a state where pretty much everything is grey,and that's just ugly...
Help me re-find stuff I just watched-Help with finding videos you don't remember how to get to is probably the best thing you can work on,but this,what it shows,is in your Recent Activity in the account so what you are doing here is actually taking the videos from there to the homepage,and why can't we just go to our account and see our recent activity ourselves?
What more is that most of the times people search for videos which they did not Like or Favorite (wait a sec,why would we need help finding our own favorites?XD),and anyway,its part of the fun exploring youtube while trying to track down a video,you really get to some places :}
Easy inbox-Can't see how this is an EASY inbox,its just a link to your inbox...
It was better before,where you could see from the homepage if there is anything new.
Load much more-There is no such thing as older videos,can't really see what you did here exactly...
In conclusion,there is no need for change,especially if it's for the worse.
where do you get to the old page????ReplyDelete
The new design is soooo cluttered, are you sure you hired some proper web designers to make it?ReplyDelete
I think the feedback form is broken.ReplyDelete
Going to need to play with the new layout a bit more before judging it. Most of the work we do didn't involve the homepage at all, but perhaps with this new layout, that will change.ReplyDelete
the feedback seems to be brokenReplyDelete
Thanks for yet more pointless crap to add to YouTube. I'm content with the frontpage layout that we have already.ReplyDelete
why can't i change back to the old homepage??ReplyDelete
Where did the inbox go? I like being able to move parts around on the page. I can only see half of the new subscription box with my name in it.ReplyDelete
I hate this new homepage so much! Go back to the old homepage, it was wayy better.ReplyDelete
Not even the feedback form works! It always gives error after submitting the feedback. Way to go YouTube! Keep getting worse and less user friendly.ReplyDelete
So here's my feedback, since you guys offer a feedback form that doesn't work:
What I like:
The possibility of getting more from my contacts' activities.
What I dislike:
I preferred the Recommended for you option the way it is on the classic homepage, giving the user the choice of opening a full page of recommendations. I also like how in the classic homepage one gets an explanation of why the videos are being recommended.
I also think it's not clear what happens when you click on the x on the right hand of a user's news. Is one hiding this user's news for good or just for the moment?
On the other hand, the way it is presented, like a news feed, doesn't look really organized, it's not visually attractive, whilst on the classic homepage one gets modules by subscriptions, recommendations and friend's activities, which is cleaner.
it just doesn't feel right.ReplyDelete
Absolute cowards! Wouldn't print either version of my comment because you couldn't take the truth. There is simply no adjective to describe how awful a change this is. Instead of a clearly laid out, aesthetic, functional page, you've thrown up (in every sense of the phrase) an unattractive, impractical, unfinished, execrable, mishmash glob and called it a homepage. It is a failure worse than even the beta channel and should NEVER ever be implemented and NEVER forced on anyone who doesn't want it. Do you understand? That means giving your users choice. I know that goes against your principles of telling us what we like, but I beg you to not force this on me. The current homepage is imperfect, but it's superior in every way to your proposal. And no amount of reworking can save it. You say it's an experiment? Who created it, Dr. Frankenstein?ReplyDelete
Really don't like it !ReplyDelete
Fix your bugs before changing the design every 4 weeks!ReplyDelete
I am subscribed to a few channel 4 and channel 5 tv shows (such as the gadget show and peep show) however the new videos are never shown on the front page, only on the subscription page. Is there any way to make the new episodes show up on the home page?ReplyDelete
What is up with websites feeling the need to change their layouts and such every few months. or every month in youtube's cause. Personally, this new layout is horrible. the fact that i have to switch between uploads and recent activity makes no sense. i'm sure no one misses a video that often. only a few people actually upload daily. most people upload weekly, or monthly even. lastly, did anyone cry out for a new homepage layout? not the fat cats down at HQ, but the users. the people that actually make up the bulk (minus the partners). stop experimenting with these things and spend time on things like fixing your glitches and stopping hackers. don't fix something if it wasn't broken to begin with.ReplyDelete
People must be mentally ill if they cant find the "Back to Classic button". ITS RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE HOMEPAGEReplyDelete
Uhgg! It's not my cup of tea. I prefer the old one.ReplyDelete
Hate new layoutReplyDelete
I don't see the freakin "Back to classic homepage'' sign it's not there now i can't go back wtf i do delete my browser and reinstall it? fuck you youtube!ReplyDelete
I don't see the "Back to classic homepage" link either. It's not in the source either.ReplyDelete
"Back to classic homepage" must be browser-specific.It works in IE, but not FF.ReplyDelete
And still you insist on foisting this unwanted option on users every time they log in. How many times do we have to reject your downgraded homepage for you to give up? And you still have no clue whatsoever on what people want because you keeping changing things that worked just fine. Why on Earth you'd think that the link attached to channel names should go automatically to viewing history is beyond comprehension. Who cares! You were blasted for the initial change months ago, switched back and have now altered the system again! While it's not totally useless, it again shows that, like with the reworked homepage, you simply refuse to fix problems, opting to create more, instead. When will the subscriber order be fixed to once again reflect channel chronology? When will the load more button be removed, given that it is universally hated? And when will you abandon this rudimentary, despised, abomination of a homepage proposal? It fails in every way possible. Please remove it, please stop asking if I want to try it and please stop screwing You Tube up and leave us all alone.ReplyDelete
Too much scrolling.ReplyDelete
No recommendations anymore?
Videos I already watched keep coming up in my subs and forces me to scroll even more.
Please make it an option to switch back to the old homepageReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Combined list? How is that easier to use? If anything it's uncomfortable and annoying. Youtube, please stop trying to update something just for the sake of updating. Honestly, this main page layout is terrible.ReplyDelete
The new homepage sucks too much for words to describe. Bring the old one back!ReplyDelete
Wow. Only 62 likes.ReplyDelete
How can i know if someone commented on my videos? or sent me a friend invite, or any other notification?? damit this new layout sucks!!ReplyDelete
Please give us the old homepage back.ReplyDelete
i want my youtube back... pleaseReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011 at 3:22 AM
you asked us to change we said no and 2 days later you did it without asking us ... your work sucks more and more.. get that bugs fixed before you ad something new ...


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Thinking about a nose job? Chances are you're from the Northeast, according to new data released from RealSelf.com, a consumer review site for the cosmetic industry. Permanent makeup more your thing? Then you're probably from the Southwest.
"We looked at our logs — we're talking millions of searches — in order to map [regional] consumer interest," says Tom Seery, president and founder of RealSelf.com. "There were definitely some interesting findings."
For instance, the Web site's search data tracked 55 percent more searches for rhinoplasty by people in the Northeast than in other area of the country. And Southerners (people who live in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi and other nearby states) were 30 percent more likely to search for traditional facelifts and related procedures than in other areas.
Body slimming interest was higher in the South, as well, with 20 percent more searches for liposuction, tummy tucks and other fat-fighting procedures, whereas breast reduction surgery was tops in the Pacific Northwest — outpacing other regions by 67 percent.
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Of course, just because people are searching for information about a certain procedure doesn't mean they actually have it done, says Dr. Michael McGuire, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
But he admits regional cosmetic trends do seem to exist (the ASPS keeps track of procedures by region, as well).
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Cosmetic surgery across the nation"Some of its related to weather," says McGuire. "When you get into the south — California and Florida — you have a lot more outdoor activities and outdoor weather much more of the year. So body contouring is going to be more significant in those areas as compared to Minnesota or the Northeast, where people are covering up at least six months of the year."
Elizabeth Dashiell, a 37-year-old public relations person from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., says she's definitely seen people succumb to the allure of the "plastic fantastic" after moving to the Sunshine State.
"It's pretty insidious," she says. "You can literally see people — like friends of friends on Facebook. They'll come for a visit and they'll look a certain way and then after they move to Miami or Palm Beach, their appearance will start to change in their pictures. A lot of it you can attribute to the beautiful weather. You're on the beach a lot and you don't want to look nasty in your bathing suit."
Not everyone is looking to make their backside smaller, though. Buttock implants, according to regional data gathered by the ASPS, are more popular in the South Atlantic region than any other part of the country.
What's behind this trend?
"Buttock implants and butt lifts are very big in South America," says McGuire. "If I had to explain this difference, I'd say it has to do with the number of South Americans living in the Florida area or the number of South Americans going there to have it done."
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While the statistics from RealSelf.com and ASPS don't always see eye to eye (the regions are divvied a bit differently), they're definitely in alignment when it comes to rhinoplasty. Not only are nose jobs a big search item for the Northeast per RealSelf.com, the ASPS data shows 30 percent of all nose reshaping surgeries take place in New England and the Middle Atlantic region (with the Pacific and Mountain region running a close second).
Why are noses so big in the Northeast and the West? "Some of it is related to the society and to the culture," says McGuire, who has a private practice in the Los Angeles area.
"In certain areas, it's almost become a rite of passage to have your nose fixed and straightened when you're a teenager," he says. "It used to be teens would have their nose fixed during summer vacation or spring break, but now they want to go back to school with their splint on. It's a sign their parents are rich enough to get their nose done."
Slideshow: Fading stars or better than ever? How famous faces are aging Ethnicity is part of it, too, says Dr. Shervin Naderi, a rhinoplasty specialist with practices in both northern Virginia and Chevy Chase, Md.
"A large group of rhinoplasty patients are ethnic patients — Asian, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, African American — and the East Coast probably has more of a predominance of ethnic groups and minorities than you find in the central part of the country," he says. "Also, people will cross the country to have surgery. Twenty to 25 percent of my patients aren't from the east. There are just more rhinoplasty surgeons on the coasts."
Weather may even have an influence, says Susan Kula, a 60-year-old teaching assistant from Ithaca, N.Y.
"Around here, it's so cold that your face and your nose are the only things that show," she says. "I've even thought about a nose job, but I can't spend that kind of money."
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The temperature may certainly be the reason why people in the southwest are 2.5 times more likely to get permanent makeup procedures, such as tattooed eyebrows, lip liner and eye liner, than in other parts of the country.
"It's so hot down here that you sweat off all your makeup, plus everybody has pools," says Rylee Bledsoe, a 29-year-old cosmetic laser instructor from Scottsdale, Ariz. "People are vain; they don't ever want to be seen without their makeup."
There's such demand for the procedure, in fact, Bledsoe says her cosmetic school has started offering a permanent makeup application training course. And she, herself, has both taken the course and had permanent eyeliner put on (she's also had Botox, a top procedure for the region, according to the ASPS).
"I figured if I was going to do it on other people, I'd better have some done myself," she says. "But I also wear eyeliner every day and thought it would be easier to have one less piece of makeup to put on."
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Bledsoe also admits moving to Arizona has influenced her perceptions regarding cosmetic procedures.
"I think there's peer pressure," she says. "People make it seem like no big deal here and everybody does it. And if you're not doing it, you think, 'What's wrong with me?'
"I have a friend who's 25 and she was always against getting her boobs done. But a couple of months ago, she went and got them done. I guess being the only girl who didn't have big boobs at the pool was intimidating. Now I'm considering getting my boobs done, too."
Diane Mapes is a Seattle freelance writer and author of "How to Date in a Post-Dating World."
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This is an adjustable solid Sterling Silver Chain Bracelet which comes with a Silver Mini Open Circle charm. Known as Enso in Japanese the open circle is a symbol of Zen enlightenment, a moment when the mind is free to simply let the body/spirit create. It represents the infinite nature of energy, and the inclusive nature of the universe.
Charm: Mini Open Circle
Charm Size: 11mm x 11mm
Metal: 925 Solid Sterling Silver
Chain thickness: 2.2mm
Adjustable to: 6.5", 7" & 7.5"
UK delivery via DPD, *3 working days delivery does not apply to personalised items which have 1 week lead time. If collecting in store you will be notified by email when your order is ready for collection. We offer free luxury packaging with all our orders as well as the option to select eco packaging at the checkout.


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Now available for the Texans. Please put in order notes what Rifle it will be going on!
Still available on all models, from Talons to Texans.
Due to demand please contact us before placing your order on availability. This is a stock we have been working on for a long time and finally getting it into production.
We wanted to keep it light but strong as possible and after several prototypes this is the final out come, simple but
light and very strong for it's light weight. We stayed with a thicker forearm for the right off hand feel, a larger flute for a better finger and thumb grove.
We also wanted to keep the stock in Ambi. to keep it as thin as possible and a little shorter on the forearm end,
just short of the second barrel change out grub screw to leave more room for a small bi pod mount on Talon frames and makes a very light but strong,comfortable,ergonomic little carbine on the Talon frame but works great on the Talon P, on full size frames like the Talon- ss and Condor, Condor SS just as well.
This is a great allround stock for all standard set ups and we are very happy with how it tured out !
This stock is compatible with all Airforce rifles with new saftey.
Weight : 1lb-8oz
Total length : 26-1/4″


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Designer, Omer Arbel Combines Alchemy and Science To Produce Interdisciplinary Magic
From different perspectives, one sees amorphous cumulus clouds or a colony of opaque jellyfish, each alive with their own bright light. At night, they resemble benign icebergs – no fear of colliding – because they are trapped in fabric and suspended from the ceiling on braided coaxial cable.
This is Bocci's '73'. An innocuous name for designer, Omer Arbel's newest organic lighting collection, unveiled this year at Maison & Object Paris interior design show. Part science experiment part sculpture, Arbel invented the technique whereby glass is blown into a vessel of Kevlar fabric (used by NASA and in Formula 1 racing suits,) because it can withstand heat up to 1700 degrees Celsius. When it cools, forced air pressure allows the texture of the fabric to permanently mold into any abstract glass shape and no two are ever alike.
When the elevator opens into the 5th floor offices of the Bocci – owned building in mid-town Vancouver, Canada, one understands immediately that playful ingenuity is at work. A roofless interior courtyard with a green oasis is surrounded by wisteria on deliberate urban decay of peeling paint and cement. It's contrasted by modern wall – to – wall glass through which open – concept work stations and colourful glass globes, like giant gumballs, are visible. A separate glass-blowing studio behind the building will soon move to a much larger location.
"It's been a crazy, amazing year for me," admits Israeli-born Arbel 38, designer and Bocci's co-founder and creative director, who grew up in Jerusalem then moved to Vancouver with his parents at age 13. He was a competitive fencer and could easily have stayed in the sports arena but "I loved Lego and building models as a kid and knew even then that I wanted to be an architect," he says. After graduating from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture he established Omer Arbel Office (OAO) in 2005. Bocci (after the Italian game of strategy,) is his multidisciplinary arm specializing in industrial design, furniture, (the 2010 Olympic medals,) lighting and most recently, set design. But it's the synergy he derives from both disciplines working together that drives Arbel.
In February, Arbel and his team debuted an incredibly challenging permanent lighting installation "57" over the central staircase for the opening of the refurbished Canada House in London, England: three storeys of hundreds of tangled tentacles each attached to their own bubbled glass solar system. " That was probably the most complex piece I've ever designed", says Arbel. " I went through 50-60 different versions for their committee to approve, then 8 people on our team to make it. What really made it difficult was the bureaucratic red tape to hang it because it's a heritage building, so we weren't allowed to drill into anything. I had a crew of six on the scaffolding, with me directing below, over five days. Everything had to be perfect because HRH Queen Elizabeth walked under it. I rehearsed what I should say – you can't make conversation unless she addresses you first so I just said 'your Majesty' when she made eye contact and she nodded her head," smiles Arbel.
He received the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's (RAIC) Allied Arts Medal 2015 in March for his spectacular 2013 installation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, '28.280'. It filled and transformed a 30- meter vertical space in a cascade of 280 colourful hand-blown '28'-series pendants.
A little less daunting was Bocci's outdoor public art installation "16" in March, composed of steel trees illuminated inside with abstract buds or leaves in front of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, Vancouver.
Always challenging himself especially to interconnect with other disciplines, Arbel made his first foray into set design this month for Ballet B.C.'s World Premiere of RITE, an existential interpretation of the original 1913 production of The Rite of Spring with music composed by Igor Stravinsky. " This was a wonderful opportunity to create a reality that disappears after a while, like a dream," Arbel explains.
He took his inspiration from the original 1913 painting by set designer, Nicholas Roerich that featured a large central tree that Arbel refers to as "a ghost tree."
Like an alchemist experimenting in his laboratory, Arbel is a visionary who is as much obsessed with the process as much as the final outcome – perhaps the former even more so. "I crave the instances where there are no constraints – I believe the best ideas are sometimes arrived at that way – even accidentally," he confides. Arbel refers to the stark salt – crystal trees that he "grew" (he won't divulge the secret,) in a vat for a year to produce the crystalline, sparkly branches and leaves for RITE. "We originally experimented with ocean water but that didn't work out, he admits. The exploration process and collaboration was so fulfilling that Arbel hopes to create more for the stage in the future.
Exhibiting at international trade shows, launching Bocci's '73' in Miami, Arbel is also on the judging panel for L A M P's 2015 International Lighting Design Competition that takes place in Vancouver in November. (Coincidentally, their theme this year is Crystallize.) He is in the midst of renovating a 2,200-sq.ft space in Berlin, establishing Bocci's European headquarters. Formerly a courthouse, the six-storey historic building will house offices, showroom, exhibition space and glass-blowing facilities.
One wonders if the man ever sleeps – and what his dreams will inspire next.
Top Photo: Omer Arbel's newest organic lighting collection, '57' unveiled this year at Maison & Object Paris interior design show.
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Airlines pay a fee to fly over other countries. They're called overflight fees. Just as countries have rights to their land, they have rights to the air above them. Most countries "rent" that airspace to foreign airlines, allowing them to fly through it.
Some countries also provide air traffic control services. Part of the fee goes towards these services. There's no standard fee. Countries use different metrics to determine the cost. Canada's fee takes into account airplane weight and distance traveled. The United States' fee only considers the distance.
Airlines sometimes take longer flight paths to avoid high fees. But avoiding airspace is harder than it seems, because airspace can be larger than the country itself. U.S. airspace extends all the way to the Philippines. But flying over the ocean costs less than flying over land. Even though it costs less to fly over water, some airlines still have to pay the US— even if it's just going from Australia to Japan.--------------------------------------------------
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A TNS Obop poll gave Mr Tusk's centre-right Civic Platform party 39.6 per cent of the vote, 9 per cent more than its closest rival, the socially conservative Law and Justice. The small Polish People's Party, which trailed in fourth with 8.2 per cent in the poll, said that it was willing to continue a coalition government with Civic Platform.
If the results stand the government will secure a further four years in office: a feat that eluded all previous Polish government since Poland shed communism 22 years ago.
"I wanted to thank all of those who voted for us and those who didn't because we will be together bearing responsibility for Poland for four more years," said Mr Tusk in a brief speech to cheering party members.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Law and Justice leader, appeared to accept defeat by saying that most people "seem to think everything is fine in the country".
The surprise of the election appears to be the rise of a small anti-clerical party that has campaigned on promises to take an axe to the influence of the Catholic Church in Poland. The Janusz Palikot Movement, headed by flamboyant millionaire Janusz Palikot, looks likely to become Poland's third biggest party by gaining over 10 per cent of the vote.
Civic Platform had to fight off a concerted effort by Law and Justice, built on worries that the government was doing too little to bridge the widening gap between rich and poor in Poland.
But the government's reputation as a competent pair of hands, helping Poland to become the only EU country to avoid recession, appears to have steered it to victory. Unlike other Polish governments it has been able to profit from avoiding scandals and controversies, and keeping on good terms with its giant neighbours Germany and Russia.
Officials put turn-out at 47 per cent, about 6 per cent less than in the last vote in 2007.


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Dan Lyke writes:
As someone who has done a *lot* of threading stuff, albeit not in GUI type applications (a big XML based distributed database system), is there any reason you're averse to forking and using processes?
It turns out that I think I misunderstood what Jens was really looking for. If I'm understanding this right, Jens wants multiple independent windows running in the same program, and for that, rather than worrying about separate processes, he should just create new top level windows, keep track of them, and only call Gtk2->main_quit when the last one has been destroyed. However, I hadn't yet written the background processing portions of the app I'm playing with, and this seemed like a good time to do some example code. I have a bunch of processes that the user shouldn't wait for, like image rotation in a photo album, or uploading. So given that the best documentation seems to be list archives, here's a quick "how to fork a process that does stuff and deal with it in your main loop" example. This is exactly what Gtk2::Helper was created for, just spelled out rather pedantically. No guarantees of portability to Win32, I do that stuff for a living (struggled with stupid .NET revision incompatibilities for hours yesterday) and subject myself to it as little as possible in my off-hours. So: a little app that lets you start processes, each process sends messages back to the parent at 1 second intervals, the parent reads 'em and displays them in a label. Obviously you could also modify this to use IPC::Open3 to talk to STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR of any spawned program. Dan #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Socket; use Gtk2 -init; use Gtk2::Helper; use FileHandle; use POSIX; # How many lines we want to present in the label my $messagelines = 8; my (@messages,%helperTag); push @messages,'' foreach (1..$messagelines); # Create the windows my $window = Gtk2::Window->new('toplevel'); my $box = Gtk2::VBox->new; my $label = Gtk2::Label->new (join("\n", @messages)); my $buttonQuit = Gtk2::Button->new('Quit'); my $buttonStart = Gtk2::Button->new('Start'); $window->add ($box); $box->add ($label); $box->add($buttonQuit); $box->add($buttonStart); # Just pops the top line off the message queue and adds the arguments # to the last line. sub add_message_line { foreach (@_) { shift @messages; push @messages, $_; $label->set_text(join("\n", @messages)); } } # Process the exit of the child. If you were doing something useful, # you might keep things like information about what data needs # to be reloaded when a child process exits. sub sig_child { my $pid = wait; if ($pid >= 0) { Gtk2::Helper->remove_watch($helperTag{$pid}); delete $helperTag{$pid}; add_message_line("Finished $pid"); } } $SIG{CHLD} = \&sig_child; sub start_process { my $pid; my ($reader, $writer); $reader = FileHandle->new; $writer = FileHandle->new; socketpair($reader, $writer, AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, PF_UNSPEC); $pid = fork(); if ($pid) { # We're still in the parent, set up to watch the streams: shutdown($writer, 0); $helperTag{$pid} = Gtk2::Helper->add_watch($reader->fileno(), 'in', sub { my $line = <$reader>; chop $line; shift @messages; push @messages, $line; $label->set_text(join("\n", @messages)); return 1; }, 1); add_message_line("Started process $pid"); } else { # We're in the child. Do whatever processes we need to. We *must* # exit this process with POSIX::_exit(...), because exit() would # "clean up" open file handles, including our display connection, # and merely returning from this subroutine in a separate process # would *really* confuse things. shutdown($reader, 1); $pid = getpid(); my ($i); for ($i = 0; $i < $messagelines * 2; $i++) { sleep(1); $writer->write("$pid Line $i\n"); $writer->flush; } POSIX::_exit(0); } } # We should clean up after ourselves so that we don't # leave dead processes flying around. sub on_quit_clicked { # 15 = SIGTERM kill 15, $_ foreach (keys %helperTag); Gtk2->main_quit; } # We should also link this to the destroy message on the main window, # this is just quick and dirty $buttonQuit->signal_connect(clicked => \&on_quit_clicked); $buttonStart->signal_connect(clicked => \&start_process); $window->show_all; Gtk2->main;


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New Wrestling Chairman!
Jason Gabrielson Joins the Maryland District AAU!
We are pleased to welcome Chairman Jason Gabrielson, to the Maryland State Wrestling Association (MSWA) and our Maryland District AAU family!
The MSWA offers several different programs for both boys and girls throughout the state of Maryland and sponsors several clinics and highly competitive tournaments throughout the year. We are truly looking forward to working with Jason and sharing exciting MSWA news,results and event info here!
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City of Cleveland Hosts 10th Annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit September 20-21
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Focuses on Mayor Frank G. Jackson's vision to build economic, social and environmental well-being for all
CLEVELAND – More than 500 participants from around Northeast Ohio will gather at Cleveland Public Auditorium Sept. 20-21, 2018 to help create healthier, vital and more equitable neighborhoods in Cleveland. The 10th annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit is part of Sustainable Cleveland 2019, Mayor Frank G. Jackson's 10-year initiative to create a thriving "Green City on a Blue Lake." The initiative engages all Clevelanders to work together to develop a thriving and resilient city that leverages its assets to build economic, social and environmental well-being for all.
Tickets to Sustainable Cleveland 2018 are available here. Registration ends September 18th.
"We cannot become a great city without building a sustainable economy," said Mayor Jackson. "This Summit is critical to ensuring next year's successful culmination of Sustainable Cleveland 2019 and to help prepare for even greater progress in the future."
Summit participants will learn about new innovations, strengthen existing initiatives, and co-create Cleveland's sustainable future. Keynote speakers include:
- Radhika Fox, CEO of the US Water Alliance;
- Rue Mapp, Founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro; and
- Brigadier General Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret) and CEO of the American Security Project.
"Sustainable Cleveland 2019 is a platform to help people make smart, sustainable choices at home, at work and in the community," said Chief of Sustainability Matt Gray. "The goal of this Summit is to bring people together from all walks of life to celebrate our successes, finish strong in 2019 and help chart the path forward in creating a more sustainable city."
The 2018 Summit will build off the city's collective progress by focusing on:
- Neighborhood-level sustainability and equity;
- Implementing the updated Cleveland Climate Action Plan by advancing work on green business, sustainable transportation, clean energy, green space, and more; and
- Preparing for next year's culmination of Sustainable Cleveland 2019 and what comes next.
Sustainable Cleveland celebrates a different theme each year, with 2018 serving as the "Year of Vital Neighborhoods" in Cleveland. The 2018 Summit is also special because it is the last one before June 22, 2019 – the 50th anniversary of the infamous Cuyahoga River fire. Among other items, the City will announce plans on a community-wide effort to advance clean water issues locally and nationally in 2019. The city and region have a unique opportunity next year to help redefine Cleveland's narrative, share our ongoing sustainability progress and set the stage for future action.
For more updates on the 2018 Sustainable Cleveland Summit, the City of Cleveland's commitment to sustainability, or additional ways to create sustainable neighborhoods, visit Sustainable Cleveland at www.sustainablecleveland.org.
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A couple of months back I mentioned my trip from LA to SF to visit my sis using Megabus — you can find my full post on it here — and as I said at the time, while there were a couple of problems on the trip, overall my experience was positive and I was considering future trips up north when possible.
Alas, as this story from a little over a week back indicates, after another month's time that won't be possible:
Bargain bus service Megabus, which touted fares as low as $1, said Friday that it would pull out of Los Angeles because of low ridership.
The decision to shut down the hub, which was expected, came less than a year after Megabus began service from Los Angeles to cities including San Francisco and Las Vegas.
"Our approach has been to go into different markets and give it a shot and see how they'll develop," said Megabus President Dale Moser. "If they develop quickly, we'll certainly sustain it. But in this case, the ridership trends aren't growing enough."
Megabus, a subsidiary of Coach USA, will end its service from Los Angeles to San Francisco and Oakland after June 22, and from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, San Jose and Millbrae, Calif., a few weeks earlier, Moser said.
I'm actually almost tempted to make one more trip up and back but my schedule over the next few weeks is verging on the hyperpacked, building up to my Midwest/East Coast trip for the latter half of June, so that won't be possible.
In any event, it's a real pity the service didn't get further traction here — as the story indicates, it's taken off in the Midwest in particular, so it's not like there won't be a market in general, and personally I'd've thought in an era of ever-increasing gas prices that Megabus would be in a prime position. In fact, given everything from those increasing prices to the word about new fees and restrictions in plane service, arguably they could have been in total pole position for summer travel, especially between the Bay Area and SoCal, and the fact that the company isn't ruling out a future return is a good thing.
But it's true that the advertising they made didn't seem to be increasing recognition much — nearly everyone I talked to down here about it had never heard of it, for instance, and everyone was all deeply interested in it. Seemed like a classic word-of-mouth situation to build on, but maybe markets needed to be targeted more effectively — for instance, I would have done something over at UCI if I'd worked for them, noting how you could catch a Metrolink ride up to Union Station and then get the Megabus from there easily enough. College-age folks were clearly a primary market for this kind of thing, based on my ride up, but I don't remember seeing anything for the company around here over these past few months.
Anyway, what's done is done, and crossed fingers something happens along those lines in the near future for such service, or that they return and build up from the ground floor more effectively this time. Glad I had the opportunity to try it the once, at least!


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Some people have a problem with privacy but I am not one of them. It might be my shameless penchant for publicity but what it does mean is that I am fearless about trying new technologies that invade my personal space.
To put my anti-privacy fervor to the test, I decided to do something everyday humans are only starting to be able to do: track my personal mobility. With the help of Google Latitute on my Android device and a $60/month data plan from T-Mobile, I could track precisely where I went at all hours of the day provided there was access to a cell phone tower, GPS, or Wi-Fi signal. Out of a sample set of 400 data points in a two day period, only 5 were clearly false positives. Part of those errors in readings may be due to Google's use of triangulation of cell phone towers to pinpoint location in the absence of GPS, a technique that has been known to be less accurate. Google also incorporates Wi-Fi-based location technologies when available, a technique known to be more accurate than GPS but which is controversial because it requires an active database of available Wi-Fi signals, a requirement that landed Google in some controversy.
For the most part, I got a pretty accurate reading not only where I was at all hours of the day but Google also calculated my home and school location, the time I spent at each place and the distance I traveled during the week (52 miles in the 36 hour period above). For me, the data was enlightening despite my apparent knowledge of my own whereabouts.
Can I really run there?
In Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century, Bill Mitchell reveals that short city trips often take longer in an automobile than on foot. Yet many people still drive despite spending half of their gasoline on looking for parking. Transportation engineers will call it logic bubbles, or illogical bubbles, that people get caught in when making decisions that do not always seem rational from the outside.
Something else might be missing though. Aside from avid runners and cyclists, most of us don't know how much time and effort it takes to self-power our way to our ultimate destination. I knew I didn't — until I started tracking myself on some runs around the Charles River.
While I knew that it took on average 20 minutes to walk a mile and 10 minutes to run one, I wanted to know more. Could I run 5 miles without dying? How much would my pace decline with increasing mileage? Why did some runs feel awful and others feel great? How does my performance change in the winter chill or the summer heat?
This new information on my own horsepower inspired me first to fine tune my engine and second, expand my mental map of what I believed was accessible. Instead of looking for transit options when getting to a destination, I would first quickly assess if the destination was within my personal human-powered range and the time it would take me to get there.
Where have I conquered this week?
When I was a management consultant, one of the most powerful slides that we could present to a CEO was simply a map of his or her store locations. Even if that CEO knew the ins and outs of every one of his or her 500 locations, seeing it all laid out on a map touched something deep inside. Perhaps it's that unique desire to build an empire and conquer the world like Genghis Khan that reverberates with CEOs. Perhaps it's a more universal desire to measure our life by the places that we've been.
While I admittedly have spent a lot of time coloring my own map of places that I've been, the precision offered by personal mobility tracking present new opportunities that might change the way humans move. Unlike albatrosses, bumblebees, deer and monkeys who exhibit mobility patterns that follow a random walk, Gonzalez, Hidalgo, and Barabasi (2008) discovered that humans follow simple reproducible mobility patterns, returning frequently to a few locations such as home or work.
With my mobility maps, I could soon track not only the neighborhoods I had never visited but also the streets that I rarely used in my own neighborhood. Complemented by the power of online recommendation engines like Yelp to help me discover the best places for late-night pizza, I suddenly had a new mode of discovery: walking down streets that my location history showed I never traversed.
The more strange streets I traversed, the more I could color my map, leading to a strange sense of accomplishment, similar I bet to the one that some Americans get when they try to visit all 50 States. In our increasingly virtual existence of location-independent online social groups, mobility tracking helped inspire me to reconnect with the people and places physically around me.
Coordinating the actions of many
While I have greatly benefited from understanding my own mobility, some of the real potential in the data comes when it is shared with the world. Imagine if everyone (or at least a sufficient quorum) was willing to track themselves and share their locations even anonymously, what could happen?
For a start, transportation planners would be just as smart as mold. Instead of having a few individuals attempting to manage a million actors moving independently through a system, a million actors could move in a much more coordinated manner. Drivers could more quickly identify traffic jams on the roadways and take alternate routes to avoid them. Businesses could find logjams where people are sitting in their cars and target products to those areas. Taxis could more quickly find where people were heading and buses could more quickly be supplemented and subtracted as necessary. Families could see how many people were heading to a carnival or a sporting event and then decide whether or not to go.
As Eric Morris writes:
Organic development can complement the planning efforts of a central intelligence. Planners see the big picture, but may have limited information about the small details. Organic planning accumulates the collective wisdom of myriad individuals who each know only a very small part of the picture, but know their part very well.
How to get more people to buy in?
Despite the power of this data, with all the focus on user privacy these days, not everyone is going to be a fan of personal mobility tracking. Fears about companies owning information about you and the creepiness being tracked elicits is enough of an adoption barrier to most people right now. I do think these barriers can be overcome if the value of the data can be proven.
A few years ago when we were at the height of our boldness at Google, an engineer proposed that we give away mobile phones and service for free in exchange for your location information so that we could provide the best traffic information in the world on our maps. That's a pretty good deal I think — one that I think few people would turn down.


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UP3.1Climate change detection, assessment of trends, variability and extremes
|Convener: Albert M.G. Klein Tank | Co-Conveners: Monika Lakatos , Martine Rebetez
The aim of this session will be studies that bridge the spatial scales and reach the timescales of extreme events that impact all our lives. Papers are solicited on advancing the understanding of causes of observed changes in mean climate, in its variability and in the frequency and intensity of extreme events. In particular, papers are invited on trends in the regional climate of Europe, not just the mean, but variability and extremes, often for the latter measured through well-chosen indices.