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Because of the complex nature of the foot, it is subject to a wide variety of conditions.
is an injury to a tendon. A tendon connects muscle to bone and helps move joints. Tendinopathy includes:
Tendinopathy is generally the result of overuse or repetitive motion. The strain on the tendon causes tiny tears in the tissue that accumulate over time.
A sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament. Ligaments bind bones to one another. Sprains can be caused by overstretching a ligament during activity, or it can occur during a traumatic injury, such as a fall. They vary in severity, up to and including a complete tear.
are broken bones. They can occur during athletic activity, be the result of a fall, or a traumatic accident. Fractures also occur as a result of conditions that weaken bones, such as
. The severity of the fracture depends on the type and location of the break.
Infections that occur on the skin or in soft tissue can spread to the bones if left untreated. Infections that affect the foot can be bacterial, fungal, viral, or parasitic. Organisms can enter the body from a break in the skin as a result of a scratch, cut, or ulcer. People with
have to be especially careful of any wound or injury to their feet. Signs of infection include warmth, redness, drainage, and discomfort.
Foot pain may be a sign of a more serious health condition that is affecting the entire body. Some examples include:
Corns and calluses
are thickened layers of skin. They are caused by irritation. The corn is usually cone-shaped and has a knobby core that points in. This core can put pressure on the thin skin under it and cause sharp pain. Corns can develop on top of or between your toes. Soft corns develop between your toes. They are kept flexible by the moisture from sweat. Calluses develop on the bottom of your foot. Corns and calluses develop as a result of friction from the toes rubbing together or against the shoe. Calluses can also develop anywhere on the foot.
Corns are a result of:
Calluses are a result of:
If you have diabetes, having calluses is a strong sign of future ulceration, especially if you have a history of foot ulcers. Contact your doctor.
is an inflammation of the fluid-filled sacs that protect your toe joints, particularly the big toe. It often occurs as a result of irritation from rubbing.
Ingrown toenails can occur on any toe. They are most common on the big toe. They can develop due to tight-fitting or narrow shoes. These put too much pressure on the outside of your big toe. This forces the nail to grow into the flesh of your toe. Incorrect toenail trimming can also add to the risk of developing an ingrown toenail. Other conditions that can lead to ingrown toenails include:
is a painful swelling. It is the result of the movement of the base of the big toe away from the smaller toes. At the same time, the end of the big toe moves toward the smaller toes. This may cause the head of the metatarsal bone to stick out and rub against the side of your shoe. The tissue under it becomes inflamed. A painful swelling forms. Bone growth may occur at the site of irritation.
Bunions can be caused by a number of conditions:
is a permanent deformity of your toe joint. With hammertoe, your toe bends up slightly and then curls downward, resting on its tip. When forced into this position long enough, the tendons of your toe contract and it stiffens into a hammer, or claw-like, shape.
A hammertoe is most common in the second toe. However, it may develop in any or all of your 3 middle toes if they are pushed forward in a shoe and do not have enough room to lie flat.
Hammertoes are often caused by wearing shoes that are too short.
Neuromas occur when a nerve, or the tissue surrounding the nerve, becomes enlarged and inflamed. One symptom is a burning or tingling sensation. Another symptom is cramping in the front of your foot. This condition can be caused by:
Morton neuroma
is the most common neuroma of the foot. It develops when the metatarsal bones in the middle toes pinch the nerve that runs between them.
stress fracture
in your foot usually occurs in one of the five metatarsal bones. It is most common in the second or third. These fractures are caused by overuse during strenuous exercise, particularly running and other high-impact aerobic sports.
Sesamoiditis is a condition involving the sesamoid bones. These are small bones under the head of the first metatarsal bone (at the base of the big toe). The sesamoid bones carry a great amount of weight. The bones and tissues around them can become inflamed and irritated. Sesamoiditis injuries are common among people who do high-impact activities. These include ballet dancing, running, and aerobic exercise.
When a cause cannot be determined, any pain in the ball of the foot is generally referred to as
. It is most likely caused by poor footwear or by high-impact activities.
People with a high arched foot are more likely to develop metatarsalgia.
Tarsal tunnel syndrome results from compression of a nerve that runs through a narrow passage. It goes behind your inner anklebone down to your heel. It may be caused by injury to your ankle, such as a sprain or fracture. It may also be caused by a growth that presses against the nerve.
Pronation is the normal motion that allows your foot to adapt to uneven walking surfaces and to absorb shock. When you have too much pronation, the outside your foot turns upward. This flattens your arch. It also stretches and pulls the fascia. It can cause foot pain. It can also affect the way you walk. This can lead to problems in the hip, knee, and lower back.
The heel is the largest bone in the foot. Heel pain is the most common foot problem. It can occur in the front, back, or bottom of the heel.
Plantar fasciitis
occurs from small tears and inflammation in the plantar fascia. The plantar fascia is a ligament-like structure that stretches from the heel to the ball of your foot. It supports the arch of your foot and helps to serve as a shock absorber.
Plantar fasciitis is usually a result of overuse during high-impact exercise and sports, especially running. Because the condition often occurs in only one foot, factors other than overuse may be responsible in some cases. Other factors that may increase the risk of this injury include obesity, tight calf muscles, poorly fitting shoes, or an uneven stride.
Pain is often mainly around the undersurface of the heel. It often spreads to your arch. The condition can be temporary. It may become chronic if you ignore it. Resting usually provides relief. The pain may return.
Heel spurs are bony growths that stick out from the bottom of the heel bone. They are parallel to the ground. The spur occurs where the plantar fascia attaches. The pain in that area is due to irritation of the attachment. There is a nerve that runs close to this area and may contribute to the pain which occurs. There are many people with heel spurs who have no symptoms at all.
Haglund deformity is a bony growth on the back of the heel bone. It irritates the bursa and the skin behind the heel bone. It is commonly called a "pump bump." It develops when the back of your shoe repeatedly rubs against the back of the heel. This irritates the bursa and skin that is over the bone.
Achilles tendinopathy
is degeneration of the tendon that connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. There are two common types of tendinopathy: tendinosis and tendonitis. Tendonitis is an inflammation of the tendon. Although the term tendonitis is used more often, tendonopathies are more likely to be a tendinosis, with no inflammation. The tendon suffers excessive stress and internal injury. A small area undergoes degeneration. Small internal tears may develop. Achilles tendinosis occurs mostly in people who do high-impact exercise, particularly running, racquetball, and tennis.
People with calf muscle tightness are at more risk.
A stress fracture can occur in the heel. It is caused by overuse during strenuous exercise, particularly running and high-impact aerobics.
Stress fractures are common in military training.
Flat feet is a defect of your feet that eliminates the arch. The condition is most often inherited. However, arches can also "fall" in adulthood. This condition is sometimes referred to as posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD). This occurs most often in women over 50, but it can occur in anyone.
Overall, normally occurring flat feet in adults do not cause many functional problems.
overly high arch
can cause problems. This is also known as cavus foot. The cavus foot is much less common than the flat foot.
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Gout. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:
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Hallux valgus and bunion. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:
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Hammer toe. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:
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Joint pain in the foot. Foot Health Facts—American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons website. Available at: http://www.foothealthfacts.org/what-is/ns%5Fjoint-pain.htm?terms=foot%20pain. Accessed February 7, 2018.
Heel pain. Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/heel-pain/. Updated October 2017. Accessed February 7, 2018.
Pes planus.
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Stress fractures. Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/stress-fractures/. Updated October 2007. Accessed February 7, 2018.
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Jinel is terrified to fly.
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"I was terrified for my safety the whole time," Jinel said. She says the ride back to Los Angeles was nightmarish, as she described a scene where her driver was texting and talking repeatedly on his phone, all without a hands free device. "He's taking calls and making calls," says Jinel, all while swerving through traffic.
"I'm thinking I'm probably going to die."
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So she reached for her phone and began clicking off photographs. One appears to show the driver texting on his phone, with his speedometer pegged north of 80 mph. Another appears to show the driver looking at some paperwork. She says she was directly behind the driver and was shocked at what she was witnessing. " He's taking both hands off the wheel ..and he's looking at the paperwork while he's driving.
It was enough for her to send the pictures to the NBC4 I-Team. We began investigating. So did the California Highway Patrol, who inspects buses.
The CHP inspection of American Lion was obtained by the NBC4 I-Team. It shows three of the company's buses were taken off the road because of serious violations. One of the buses was cited for violations with its brakes, while all were cited for what the CHP calls an "exhaust condition. Shawn Ripley of the CHP says exhaust fumes were leaking into the passenger compartments of the buses.
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"We found some safety deficiencies," says Ripley. "We were concerned."
The CHP gave American Lion 120 days to fix the violations or face being shut down.
This all comes as the NBC4 I-team exposed a number of safety violations in a number of bus companies. From poor maintenance, to distracted driving, the violations have led both the CHP and the federal Department of Transportation to crack down on a number of companies found out of compliance with state and federal regulations.
American Lion manager Maria Carillo says her company had received other complaints about Jinel's driver, and that he has been fired. She also tells us her company has already addressed most of the problems pointed out in the CHP inspection.
Jinel says that's exactly what she wants. "I want them to either review their practices or be shut down before they get people killed.
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SACRAMENTO — I ASK Jerry if he's ready for Hillary.
Back in 1992, when he ran for president against Bill Clinton, Jerry Brown was remorseless in taking on "Slick Willie," as he called him, and his wife, pelting them with accusations of corruption and conflicts-of-interest in Arkansas. In one seething exchange on the debate stage, Clinton snapped: "You ought to be ashamed of yourself for jumping on my wife. You're not worth being on the same platform as my wife."
In the governor's office over coffee, I ask a more mellow Brown how he would feel about a Hillary coronation. "The polls say that she's in an extremely strong position," he says. "So prominent in her husband's administration, then a senator, then secretary of state. Those are powerful milestones. I don't see anyone challenging her at this point."
So how does he reconcile what he said in 1992 and now? Have the Clintons changed, or has Brown changed?
He crosses his arms and gives me a flinty look, finally observing: "In retrospect, after we see all the other presidents that came afterwards, certainly, Clinton handled his job with a level of skill that hasn't been met since."
Take that, President Obama.
And could he see his old nemesis Bill, who endorsed Gavin Newsom for governor instead of Brown in 2009, as First Lad? "Wherever he is, he will fill up the room, that's for sure," he replies. "He has a lot of political energy."
It's an astonishing thing, but the prickly Jerry Brown has, at long last, become something of a diplomat. He's 75, balding and gray. But he's still slender and fit, and remains an eclectic party of one.
Two weeks ago Brown ended up on the opposite side of two key planks in the California Democrats' platform — banning fracking and legalizing pot.
Like Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and California Senator Dianne Feinstein, Brown is wary about legalized pot and wants to chart the evolution of the revolution. As he said on "Meet the Press," "How many people can get stoned and still have a great state or a great nation?"
I ask the man formerly known as Governor Moonbeam if he ever smoked pot. "We're dealing with the seventh largest economy in the world and I'm not going to deal with these marginal issues," he said primly. Actually, it's the eighth, but maybe he is anticipating a move up.
His lieutenant, Gavin Newsom, told Ronan Farrow on MSNBC that Brown was wrong on the pot issue and should not use words like "potheads," "stoners" and "hippies." But Brown says that his remarks to David Gregory were "more of a wry comment" than "a policy pronouncement."
I asked the governor if he had read Linda Ronstadt's memoir, in which she praised her former beau as "smart and funny, not interested in drinking or drugs." She made note of his famous frugality, recalling that once, when they were going to dinner at Rosemary Clooney's, Jerry wanted to take a box of roses that had been sent to Ronstadt, remove the card and give it to Clooney.
At first Brown clams up, but then he relents. "I visit her at Christmastime" sometimes, he said. "She's thoughtful and has a lot to say."
As he raises a ton of money to run for an unprecedented fourth term, which he first announced in a casual tweet, the famous rebel seems strangely content.
He's never seen "Chinatown," but he's trying to deal with the drought by fixing the state's unsustainable water transport system, which his dad helped put in place and he himself tried to fix 30 years ago. And he's still fighting for his dream of a high-speed train from Sacramento to San Diego, a project bogged down in lawsuits. He takes a white model of the train from the window and lovingly places it in the middle of a big picnic table, noting that he has liked trains since he was a kid.
He said he wasn't upset when Newsom joined the opposition last month. "I don't think he has repeated the comment, do you?" he asked an aide.
His office is full of black-and-white pictures of his father, the former governor of California — two with a stunningly young-looking J.F.K. just before he became president. The onetime Jesuit seminarian is low-key about his role in bringing California back from $27 billion in the red three years ago to a budget surplus of several billion.
"I had a good hand," he murmurs, "and I played it reasonably well." He says he thinks his dad would have "enjoyed" seeing his son's success, achieved partly by belatedly adopting some of Pat Brown's more social ways with lawmakers.
I ask Brown what he thinks about the young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who have complained that the homeless are ruining the aesthetic of San Francisco.
"There's not a lot of people who like homeless on the street," he said. "I wouldn't tie that to Silicon Valley."
We're meeting the same day that Rand Paul is making a speech at Berkeley warning about the N.S.A.'s "assault" on privacy, and Brown says he also worries about that. "There's a tendency to totalism, total information, and once you have total information you're making it easier for total control," he said.
He also finds Tea Party obstructionism "extremely ominous and dangerous."
Asked what he has done for fun lately, the looser Governor Brown replies that he helped his wife and adviser, Anne Gust Brown, pick out some clothes, noting: "I like elegance, more classic, not too flamboyant with colors."


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I am so excited to share Miley and Bailey's Monkey party! I can't belive it's already been a year since they were born.
This will be post 1 of 2. I will post the pictures with the girls in 2. Here's the party details!!!
When planning their party it had to start with monkeys! Anybody that knows me and my family knows that we call the girls monkeys, instead of twins. I decided to use two shades of pink to represent the two girls..then came the yellow and polka dots
I started off by purchasing some monkey graphics from Maree TrueLove. Check her etsy shop out she's amazing. I then started making all the paper party elements; food lables, water bottle lables, banner, ect. I like to make everything I can, it's fun and way cheaper! I also had to keep in mind I was having the party 700 miles from home so I had to keep it simple but, I couldn't skip out on my baby girls first birthday! It was hard to plan knowing I couldn't transport too much and I wouldn't have time to assemble to much once there which created a problem with just about everything! Here we go...
Here's the invite I made...I wrapped it in pink tulle with a yellow polka dot ribbon and sent out in bright yellow envelopes :). Decorations: we set up everything on long tables in the front. I should add we had the party at a local church, which we have family whom attend. BIG THANKS! They were overly nice and so accomadating. When you in the military and far away from family it's awesome to have a place for all your family to gather and celebrate things like this :) Cake smash station. One of my FAV things..check out the balloon weights. Bananas were a great easy touch to the party, what better balloon weights. I covered two borrowed high chairs in a yard of fabric then wrapped tulle, then used the girls tutus from their pictures to spruce up their highchair. I love to re-use anything I can. How's that for partying on a budget! The hats (and clothes) were embroidered by the girls Grandma, then I assembled and added all the little frills. Here's the dessert table..I had lots of fun planning this out! The paper garland stung on top was made from scrap paper. I will soon share how I made it. Once again cute, and free! I placed the girls birthday pictures along the bar and made the banner that went in front. The kids table. The kids lunchboxes... I got this idea from another site..and I can't remember where?? The kids also has drinks, chex mix, a monkey plate to keep, and crayons to color on the place mat. Having a kids table set up makes things so easy for the parents..they can sit down and eat and be entertained while the grow ups can grab some goodies for themselves. Banana centerpieces..
I marked each side with pictures, to people could tell where to put gifts. This is something I will continue, everybody seemed to love it and it made gift opening easier. This table was packed byt the end, the girls were very spoiled!Party Favors!!!!
Each "baby" went home with a small stuffed monkey and a monkey snack contanier filled with banana cookies.I made homemade pink/yellow play dough and stuck it in monkey containers which I found 2 for $1.00 at the dollar store! Then I made little notebooks with scrap paper, and gave each kid a yellow pencil, banana eraser, and small barrel of monkeys.
Each family went home with a loaf of banana bread. To make these "cute" I wrapped them in pink tulle, added a banana runt, and finished with a tag I made.
Cakes!! Doing three cakes was a task..especially in a different location with a fraction of my tools and a house full of family! It wasn't what I had planned but in the end it came out pretty good. So glad I was able to make my baby girls their bday cake! I made each of the girls a small smash cake in light and bright pink. I am so mad I didn't get a picture of the inside! The top was banana, the middle strawberry, and the bottom chocolate! I love making the cake match the party perfect and tast just as good :)Food!! I tried not to go to complicated with the food since the party was 700 miles away from my kitchen :) The one thing I decided to order was the cookies. I was SO not dissapointed. Check out her store on etsy, The Cookie Jar. I sent her an image and she replicated it to the T. I was blown away by the detail!
These were so much fun to make! Chocolate covered oreos!
Banana pops, I only had one mold...so these were a little time consuming, but the kids loved them!


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So many great things to see and do in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia attractions celebrate the best of the Province, from sports heroes to legendary musicians, and reconstructed fortress towns to seaside vineyards. Here are just a few ideas:
- Fun family activities: zoos and wildlife, fun parks, or a science centre on a rainy day
- Take a trip through time at one of 27 provincial museums, a national historic site or visit the Bluenose II in Lunenburg, one of our UNESCO world heritage sites
- Enjoy some fresh air and outdoor adventure during a visit to one of our many lighthouses or beautiful parks
- Take in local theatre throughout the province
Outdoor Activities
There are a few activities that must be experienced in Nova Scotia! Tidal bore rafting (and mudsliding!) on the highest tides in the world, and great year-round surfing are just a few examples:
- Get wet! Being surrounded by water the adventures are endless: relax on the beach, go swimming, surfing or sportfishing
- Or choose your watercraft: kayaking, sailing, rafting, or whale watching
- Prefer to keep grounded? Nova Scotia offers great golfing, cycling, camping, walking and hiking adventures and more
Guided tours are a great way to experience Nova Scotia. Sit back in comfort or take the reins yourself— there is an excursion for every taste:
- Get active with a guided adventure tour: cycling, hiking, skiing, kayaking to name a few
- Get close to nature with a whale watching, birds and wildlife or walking tour
- Let someone else drive: enjoy sightseeing and day tours or a food and wine tour
Galleries, Shops & Artisans
Nova Scotia is a haven for artisans and craftspeople. You can find studio artists working in many different media: visual arts, sculpture, wood, glass, quilting and specialty foods. You're sure to find that one-of-a-kind keepsake of your Nova Scotia visit:
- Explore our urban shopping areas and go where the locals go
- Browse through large galleries or small artisan shops
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A Murder Is Announced, but No Corpse Can Be Found
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Well, it pains Linux Girl to have to write these words, but it looks like the "Death of Desktop Linux" story is back for another round.
Yes, after countless debates and discussions of the topic ad nauseum over the years -- the most recent being just a few short months ago, in fact -- it recently reared its ugly head again, like a zombie that just won't quit.
The culprit this time? None other than Miguel de Icaza, of GNOME and Mono fame.
The claim? Essentially, that Apple killed the Linux desktop.
Only problem is, FOSS fans can't seem to find any evidence that the crime ever happened.
'Then OS X Is on Life Support'
"Another one of these? Please," exclaimed Google+ blogger Linux Rants. "Now Apple killed the Linux desktop? No. I'm afraid not."
In fact, "the Mac OS in one form or another has been around since 1984, and in that time has managed to gain 6 to 7 percent market share," Linux Rants pointed out. "Linux has been around since 1991, and has managed to gain at least 1 to 2 percent market share. Probably more. Possibly much more, depending on who you ask.
"If desktop Linux is dead -- which I feel wholeheartedly that it is not -- then OSX is on Life Support and it's not looking good," he asserted.
The reality is that "this is a very exciting time for desktop Linux, with Windows 8 threatening to popularize it like we've never seen before, and gaming companies committing to supporting it unprecedented numbers," Linux Rants noted.
So "no, desktop Linux is not dead," he concluded. "It's had some difficulty gaining traction because it was a decade late to the Operating System market. Despite that, once it gets going it will be impossible to stop."
'It Seems to Be Working for Me'
Indeed, "if the Linux desktop is dead, why am I using it now?" asked Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien. "It seems to be working for me as well as anything."
The real question, O'Brien suggested, "is what you want to accomplish. If it is total domination, with Linux having 100 percent of the desktop market, not only will that not happen, I wouldn't want it to happen.
"Monoculture never works well," he added. "So, I think de Icaza identifies some problems with development in Linux, but there's problems in everything."
'Killed? No Way.'
Blogger Robert Pogson took a similar view.
"Apple killed nothing," Pogson told Linux Girl.
Rather, "Apple's fanbois just wish they had 1K+ retail stores pushing product in China and India like Canonical has Dell doing," he explained. "They wish they were shipping more than 20 million PCs -- GNU/Linux will ship on that many PCs with Ubuntu next year. That leaves hundreds of other distros being installed by individuals and organizations on a global scale.
"Walmart Brazil barely sells any Apple products," Pogson added. "GNU/Linux and that other OS top them in popularity."
In short, "killed? No way," he concluded.
'We Have an Opportunity'
"I don't think Apple killed anything," consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack agreed. "'Killed' implies a permanent state, and I don't think it's actually permanent -- I'm seeing more interest from my non-techie friends, and announcements such as the porting of Steam to Linux give me hope for the future."
De Icaza "is correct that the constant breakage caused by people completely rearranging interfaces and breaking apps on a constant basis set the Linux desktop back by years," Mack conceded. However, "he is completely out of line for blaming Linus for it."
Looking ahead, meanwhile, "the sad thing is that we have an opportunity to take market share, since Microsoft seems to be going out of their way to get rid of their entire userbase with Windows 8, but I don't think we will have a non Gnome 3/Unity distro ready in time to take advantage," he concluded.
'It's the Devs'
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet took an even stronger view.
"It's the devs," hairyfeet charged. "The devs can't stand bug fixing and instead would rather write something 'New!' even if it breaks compatibility, makes third party support impossible, and makes Linux drivers practically impossible to keep 100 percent functional past a single update."
Meanwhile, "you have Apple giving you 5 years of support, making sure their ABI doesn't break software so companies like AutoCAD and Photoshop can actually support them, in short they make it NICE for the user, what a concept!" he asserted. "And you still have the BSD underpinnings, so the old-school Unix heads can have their CLI and have a functional system too!"
'Dead on Arrival'
In fact, "the desktop distribution Linux community really has no concern as to whether it gets widespread adoption," opined Robin Lim, a lawyer and blogger on Mobile Raptor.
"In the past few months, maybe out of frustration, I have gone the same route," Lim explained. "I love my Linux distro, I use it, I benefit from it, but I do not bother to promote it with anyone anymore. This was some time after I got into a 'discussion' in a Linux forum about the issue of the need for change for widespread adoption -- the overwhelming response was, 'who cares?'"
So, "how can it win, when it is not even trying to fight?" Lim concluded. "Excellent article by Mr. Miguel de Icaza. But he is wrong about his conclusion: Mac OS did not kill Linux; Linux on the desktop was dead on arrival. His own article explains why."
'They Just Want Their Problems Solved'
Linux on the desktop has had "a number of important successes, but these are still very much niche cases," noted Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project.
Breaking into the mainstream, however, "has not happened and it isn't about to happen," Travers opined. "Linux makes a great desktop tailored at each and every user, but nobody has really figured out how to make users see why they should consider a switch."
De Icaza's article focuses primarily on technical problems with the attempts thus far to bring Linux to the desktop, but "in the end this doesn't matter if you can't convince users to switch, and you can't do this by merely building a great desktop environment," he said. "It doesn't matter how great your desktop is, you have to find some way to sell the move to users, because moving operating systems is always a certain amount of trouble.
"If you don't market it," in other words, "you won't sell it," he added.
"People don't care what is technically best," Travers concluded. "They just want their problems solved."


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The first year of the 1930s brought more of the same at Fenway Park; the Red Sox continued to lose and finished in last place in the American League for the seventh straight year, the annual war memorial was held at the park, amateur baseball was interspersed with the Red Sox season and football dominated the Fenway Park calendar in the fall.
Record: 52-102, 8th in American League
Manager: Charles H. (Heinie) Wagner
Attendance: 444,045
Heinie Wagner took over as Red Sox manager in 1930 but the team won six fewer games, losing 102 on their way to eighth place once again. Still, in the first year after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, home attendance actually jumped by more than 50,000.
Milt Gaston and Jack Russell each lost 20 games in 1930 but the biggest loss of the year occurred in early May, when the team traded Red Ruffing to the Yankees for Cedric Durst and $50,000. Though Ruffing had started the 1930 season 0-3 and had lost 47 games for the Red Sox during the previous two seasons, he found great success after leaving Boston and won 231 games for the Yankees during his Hall of Fame career.
Earl Webb, who had been acquired from the Cubs, led the team with a .323 batting average and rookie Tom Oliver finished second at .293. Oliver led the league in at-bats with 646 while striking out just 25 times, tying a league record for the fewest strikeouts by a rookie. From 1930 through 1933, Oliver compiled 1,931 at-bats without hitting a single home run, the longest stretch of at-bats without a home run since the start of the 20th century. Webb, on the other hand, hit 16 home runs in 1930, the most by a Red Sox player since Babe Ruth hit 29 in 1919.
The Gurnett & Company team from the Bankers & Brokers League played three games at Fenway Park in 1930, including the league's first-half title game. On August 8, the Boston Park Department and the Community Service of Boston held the Class C finals of their field day events, which included a circling the bases competition, a throwing for accuracy drill and a catcher's throw.
|1930 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|June 25
|1930 All-Interscholastic team 5, 1929 All-Interscholastic team 2
|July 23
|Gurnett & Co. 5, Stone & Webster & Blodget 2 (Bankers & Brokers League First-Half Championship)
|August 8
|Class C finals of the Baseball Field Day Events of the Boston Park Department and the Community Service of Boston
|August 26
|Gurnett & Co. 5, Atlantic National Bank 0
|September 4
|Agawam A. A. 5, Gurnett & Co. 1
As a new decade dawned and the Red Sox persisted in the doldrums of the Quinn ownership era, Fenway Park was again busy with non-baseball events in 1930. The annual war memorial mass was held in May and a pair of highly-anticipated boxing matches was interspersed between baseball games during the summer months. In mid-September, the Boston Fire Department's band and other groups rehearsed at Fenway Park in preparation for Boston's Tercentenary Parade. In the fall, Boston College's football team had an up-and-down season at the park that culminated with a 7-0 loss to Holy Cross on November 29. Adding insult to injury, following the defeat, a fuse blew in the BC dressing room and forced the players to change out of their uniforms in the dark.
|1930 Non-Baseball Events At Fenway Park
|May 18
|War Memorial Service*
|July 2
|Jim Braddock Beats Joe Monte (Boxing)
|September 2
|Babe Hunt vs. Ernie Schaaf Heavyweight Fight (Boxing)
|Sept. 11-12
|Rehearsal for Boston Fire Department 150-Man Band and Others
|September 27
|Boston College 54, Catholic University 7 (Football)
|October 4
|Boston College High 7, Boston English 0 (Football)
|October 6
|Boston College 13, U. S. Marines of Philadelphia 7 (Football)
|October 10
|Boston College High 7, Boston Latin 0 (Football)
|October 12
|Fordham and BC Football Teams Practice
|October 13
|Fordham 3, Boston College 0 (Football)
|October 25
|Boston College 15, Dayton College 6 (Football)
|November 1
|Marquette 6, Boston College 0 (Football)
|November 8
|Georgetown 20, Boston College 19 (Football)
|November 22
|Boston College 47, Boston University 7 (Football)
|November 29
|Holy Cross 7, Boston College 0 (Football)
*Started in the 1910s, a late May memorial service coinciding with the Memorial Day weekend was often held at Fenway Park through the mid-20th Century.


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by Gary Torres
I have a friend; we'll just call him Joseph. He isn't very old; but I am old and don't act like it, so who's to judge? Neither of us claim maturity or better than average driving skills.
Joseph has parents like most kids do. His dad isn't very handy; but is useful at times because he remembers everything; most of it isn't really helpful unless you are taking a test.
His mom makes cookies; not often enough, but I am patient.
So Joseph, well he is really only five so we can't hang out lots and he doesn't text either. I took Joseph and his dad golfing the other day and things were going smoothly until Joseph decided to try and drive the golf cart. Actually, I am not sure if he was trying to drive or if he was doing some landscaping and trying to take out the big cedar tree.
He doesn't look like he can drive, but neither does my mom. They both have a hard time seeing over the dashboard. The main difference between my mom and Joseph is that my mom looks forward to taking a nap, and Joseph has to be convinced it's in his best interest.
Fortunately, Joseph is doing fine, the tree looks like it will live, and Joseph's dad probably won't be asked to baby sit anymore.
Okay, the golf cart is going to need some major work, but nothing that a good mechanic can't take care of... with access to an adequate bank account.
Joseph is pretty smart for being only five. So I don't really get it when my too kind and loving wife tells me to quit acting like a five-year old.
The other day, Joseph wanted what all five-year olds want; his dad to come home from work and jump on the trampoline with him.
After a brutal and exhausting day, his dad came home and sat wedged in the couch recovering and begged-off jumping on the trampoline.
At the end of the day, when they were kneeling down to say prayers and his dad asked him what was the best part of his day, young Joseph said, "The best part of my day was when you almost jumped on the tramp with me."
OUCH! I bet dad doesn't do that again.
But back to my story. We were very fortunate, it could have been a real catastrophe. I mean the cart took quite a hit; young Joseph suffered a minor scratch and some bruised pride, a lesser tree would have been uprooted, and my Pepsi could have been spilled.
Whew! You can imagine my relief when I saw that the lid was still snug! I had just filled it up.
After a quick assessment of the scene, I told Joseph that everything was going to be just fine.
I explained that we could get another golf cart, we still had six holes to play, I had just shot a birdie, and most importantly my Pepsi was intact.
He seemed less than convinced as a crowd gathered to witness the ordeal.
But later, when his mother called and poor Joseph had to fess up that his dad was a terrible baby-sitter and that, although he was only five, he already had his first vehicle accident and would probably have to go to traffic school.
Kindergarten and driving school in the same year; wow, this growing up is tough.
But I heard him as he was trying to calm down his over-reactive, over-protective mother, who wisely had called to see how her young impressionable child was being raised by obviously irresponsible rogue golfers!
Joseph calmly reminded his mother, "I think it is going to be okay... we didn't spill CaveGuy's Pepsi and besides, I learned a new golf word. But I can't tell you what it is."
I know his mother was relieved to think her son was in such capable hands. I can't imagine why she thinks I am not a good influence on her children. Where else will they learn to handle adversity with such wisdom.
As for Joseph's father, I cannot vouch for him, after all, he should know better. Joseph and I have never made any claims to maturity or driving skills.


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Denise Levenick, aka The Family Curator - November 17, 2012
The speaker for the Ventura County Genealogical Society's (VCGS) monthly meeting to be held Saturday, November 17, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3501 Loma Vista Rd (at Mills Rd.) Ventura, California.
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July 25-28, 2013 the second annual McKee Sky Ranch vintage motorcycle event.
McKee's Sky Ranch hosts the second annual Vintage Motorcycle Show and races in Terra Alta, WV July 25- 28, 2013.
The first annual Vintage Motorcycle Show, Swap Meet, and Trials and Races were held at McKee Sky Ranch in Tera Alta, West Virginia July 26-29, 2012. The race course was laid out by Dack Mann and Bob Sholly.
Vintage motorcycles will be displayed and a swap meet held at McKee's Sky Ranch July 26 thru 19, 2012 in Terra Alta, West Virginia. This will include Vintage events of cross country, moto cross, Trials, Sport Ridae, and a Road Rally.
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Hello, first of all i have seen the answer about this before, but it is a little bit diffrent.
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You have 2 linked lists, l1 and l2, which merge into 1 list on a certain node, find that node.
but it must be with O(n+m), when n and m are the length of the 2 lists, Untill the shared node.
You may use additional O(1) extra memory.
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Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
Data Are The Averages Of Monthly High And Low Prices As Reported In The"Oil, Paint, And Drug Reporter". Weber And Alsberg Computations For All Years Except 1918-1925, For Which Data Are From "Statistics Of Fats, Oils, And Oleaginous Raw Materials", Usda Statistical Bulletin No. 24, September 1928, P. 62. Source: Food Research Institute, Stanford University, "Fats And Oils Studies" No. 5, June 1934:"The American Vegetable-Shortening Industry" By G.M. Weber And C.L. Alsberg, P. 347
This NBER data series m04122a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.
NBER Indicator: m04122a
National Bureau of Economic Research, Wholesale Price of Compounds for New York [M0422AUS000NYM267NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M0422AUS000NYM267NNBR, January 29, 2020.


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AYER — Eleven days after casting ballots in the presidential election, voters in Ayer and Shirley will have another big decision to make when they return to the polls Saturday.
Residents are being asked whether they will support a debt exclusion to fund a $56 million high-school renovation project.
The project is eligible to receive 70 percent reimbursement from the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which translates to about $36.8 million, with the remaining $19.8 million to be split by the towns based on enrollment numbers.
According to the MSBA, even though the district is footing about 30 percent of the bill, the ballot question must include the total price of the project.
In fiscal 2016, a debt payment of $218,775 will be spent for the initial project startup. That equates to a 2.4 percent increase for residents, or about a $100.18 increase for the average assessed home value of $261,235.
From fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2026, an amendment for debt sharing for the bonds on the current middle school will be paid off under a new agreement to the tune of $434,000.
Because a majority of students who will attend the middle school reside in Ayer, while the town of Shirley continues to make debt-service payments on the bonds that were issued for the school, Ayer will pay a larger assessment for the high-school renovation until the middle-school bonds are paid.
During those years, Shirley's tax bills will increase 4.9 percent, or about $198.74 for the average assessed home of $261,235.
Finally, from fiscal 2027 to fiscal 2036, the remaining payments on the high-school project will be paid off. Taxes in Shirley will be raised 6.7 percent, or about $272.46 for the average assessed home, during those years.
Throughout the process, the School Building Committee toyed with adding an additional $2.2 million to the project to include bleachers, lights, concessions and restrooms for patrons during athletic games. But because the MSBA would not pay for those, the district opted not to include them in the plan.
The project includes renovations to major building systems including electrical, plumbing and windows. In addition, it will feature a common area in front of the school for student meetings and social events, a new library and media center, increased outdoor access for emergency vehicles and a rotary in front of the building to allow for better traffic flow.
Many of the entrances to the school will be eliminated from the Washington Street side of the school, and two academic wings in the rear of the building will be replaced with one larger academic wing.
Carl Mock, superintendent of the Ayer-Shirley Regional School District, said a new school would have been ideal but would have cost nearly $75 million, a proposal that neither he nor the building committee believed would fly in both communities.
"A brand-new school would have been wonderful, but we concluded it was not necessary," Mock said. "I'm hoping one of the things we've tried to make clear is that this is a project that is based on need and does not have a lot of extras in it."
School Committee Vice Chairman Pat Kelly of Ayer said the deal the district got in the proposed scenario is much better than the one it would have gotten if it had pursued a new building.
"I think we get a better reimbursement rate than we would have with a brand-new school," said Kelly.
A new school would have cost about $72 million, but $3 million worth of upgrades would have needed to be done at the middle school to make it ready for elementary school students.
Mock acknowledged both elementary schools need to be looked at in the future, but said working on one project at a time is best.
He said one option in moving forward with the elementary schools would be to consider creating one regional school.
"I think it's too early to tell what we may do with the elementary schools in both communities. When the time comes, that's one option that people should be considering. That would be really taking advantage of the regional approach," Mock said recently, while noting that no decision has been made on the future of either school in the district.
Shirley's Bob Prescott, a former School Committee member who sits on the regionalization committee, said while the scope of the high-school project has changed over time, he believes this is the best project for the district as a whole.
"This plan is clean, it works and it solves the high-school project for the two towns," said Prescott.
The deal, as proposed, also works in Shirley's favor, he said, because the town of Ayer has agreed to pay a share of Shirley's debt that was incurred on the middle-school project, which was built before regionalization efforts but now houses students from both towns.
"It's a great deal for Shirley because Ayer will pitch in on the rest of the capital expenditure for the middle school. I just think it needs to happen," Prescott said.
Students will remain in the high school during the renovation project, but will be moved to various parts of the building as construction merits.
The project has also garnered support from the finance committees in Ayer and Shirley.
Shirley resident and Finance Committee member Bob Schuler was the only member opposing the project and voted against it, saying the project should have addressed all needs in the district, not just one.
"I think it's optimistic to think that school (Lura White) will last that long without any major renovations. I think it's overly optimistic to think teachers want to teach there," Schuler said at a recent meeting. "I think it's also overly optimistic to think administrators want to run that building."
He said a detailed study of the whole school should be done to adequately address its needs.
"I just feel like Lura White was left there hanging," he said.
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Older age often brings less than flattering descriptors that few baby boomers would like associated with them. Would you want to be called decrepit, feeble, unstable, grumpy, crotchety, absent minded, stuck in the past, or a burden on society? But that is how some people view the elderly, no matter how far from the truth it may be.
But those of us who are part of the aging population have an opportunity to change this misperception. Retirement provides an opportunity to become a source of inspiration to others, even as our hair grays and our memories weaken. When someone interacts with me at age 70, I don't want them to see just an old man. To enlighten others to see beyond my wrinkles, I plan to whenever possible do the following:
Stop complaining. No one wants to listen to someone complain or be known as a complainer. Therefore, I will not lead conversations with what ails me. I will endeavor to focus on positives rather than dwell on negatives.
Listen and hear. When I engage with others I will pay close attention to what they are saying and wait my turn to speak. What others have to say has as much value as anything I may wish to say. While listening I will try to pay attention to the content and feelings behind the words, rather than planning what I will say next. I may not have all the answers, but I can surely give someone my undivided attention and allow them to have their say, instead of automatically jumping in with advice. I will try to remember that just because I am older does not necessarily mean I am wiser.
Do not be judgmental. Yes, I have years of experience and have been through a lot, but that does not give me the right to judge others. I am not living in their shoes and can never know the real story of the life they are living. I will try to remain objective, see things as they really are, and not judge.
Smile. There are many things about getting older that I do not like, but I will not live my retirement life wearing a frown. All I need to do is pick up a newspaper to read about others who have it much worse than me. There is always something in my life that I can smile about, and I will do my best to smile about it.
Be charitable. Charity is not just about giving money but also sharing time and genuinely caring. I will do my best to try to be available to others in need, even if I can give no more than my time and attention.
Be realistic. I am no longer twenty and my behaving as if I were can be an embarrassment to me and those around me. I will try to accept my limitations, but not dwell on them. I may not be able to hit a home run, but I can still stand up at the plate and take my swings.
Live by example. I will try to practice what I preach when it comes to living a good life. Nothing rings more falsely than someone telling others how to live while doing the opposite. I will do my best to follow my own advice.
From my blog on US News & World. Dave Bernard is the author of Are You Just Existing and Calling it a Life?, which offers guidelines to discover your personal passion and live a life of purpose. Not yet retired, Dave has begun his due diligence to plan for a fulfilling retirement. With a focus on the non-financial aspects of retiring, he shares his discoveries and insights on his blog Retirement–Only the Beginning.


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Katis posted an NCAA 'B' standard in the 100 breast to help Harvard to a pair of victories (Gil Talbot).
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Harvard men's swimming and diving team opened the 2012-13 campaign with a pair of resounding wins, taking out Cornell, 207-93, and Dartmouth, 207-93, in Ithaca, N.Y.
Harvard (2-0, 2-0 Ivy League), which has now won five straight meets against Cornell (0-2, 0-2 Ivy League) and 41 straight against Dartmouth (1-1, 1-1 Ivy League), won 13 of 16 events on the day as its senior class improved to 21-2 against Ivy League foes. Eight different Crimson won individual events with Michael Gaudiani, Mike Mosca and Chris Satterthwaite each earning a pair of victories.
Satterthwaite, a returning All-American and last year's Ivy League Championships high-point scorer, cruised to the finish line in both the 100 and 200 free, winning the events by a combined 2.21 seconds. Satterthwaite's time of 1:41.46 in the 200 free put him more than 1.5 seconds ahead of Cornell's Harry Harpham (1:42.74) while his winning 100 free time of 46.05 was nearly 1 second better than teammate Danny Crigler who took second in 46.98.
Gaudiani was equally impressive in the distance events and won both the 500 (4:35.62) and 1,000 free (9:24.94). Each victory came at the expense of freshman Steven Kekacs, who finished as the runner-up to Gaudiani with a 500 free time of 4:37.04 and a 1,000 free time of 9:25.68.
Mosca picked up where he left off last year and swept the diving events by comfortable margins. The 2012 Ivy League champion on the one meter posted a score of 338.10 to top Dartmouth's Brett Gillis (293.50) in the event and registered a score of 338.30 on the three meter to best Cornell's Phillip Truong (311.55).
Christian Carbone (200 fly, 1:50.58), Chuck Katis (100 breast, 55.30), Jacob Luna (100 fly, 50.63), Jack Pretto (100 back, 51.12) and Christian Yeager (200 back, 1:52.37) each also earned a victory on the day. Katis' winning 100 breast time was the lone NCAA 'B' standard met on the day while Carbone, Luna and Yeager earned the first victories of their collegiate careers.
The Crimson was also dominate in the relay events with Pretto, Katis, Luna and Satterthwaite teaming to win the 200 medley in a time of 1:32.82 while Will Brophy, Crigler, Katis and Satterthwaite combined for a winning time of 3:05.96 in the 400 free relay.
Harvard is back in action next week as it hosts Columbia Friday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the team's home opener at Blodgett Pool.


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In an ambitious initiative aimed at empowering women, the government has proposed to set up an exclusive bank for women having branches across the country which may see merging of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank launched last year by the UPA government.
The initiative has been taken by Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare Maneka Gandhi primarily to fulfil the financial requirements of women and ensure their empowerment.
Asked to share details about the proposed bank, she said its broad contours will be deliberated upon in a meeting with representatives of top banks tomorrow.
Gandhi said Rashtriya Mahila Kosh, which was set up in 1993 to empower women, and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) may be merged into the new bank to have just one institution to fulfil the funding needs of women.
"We will call it women's bank. There is already a women's bank in the Finance Ministry which has not worked and we have Rashtriya Mahila Kosh which too has not worked," Gandhi told PTI in an interview.
The previous UPA government had set up the first all-woman bank in November last year as a step towards empowerment of women. The bank was launched with a corpus of Rs 1,000 crore and currently it has around 28 branches across the country.
The Rashtriya Mahila Kosh was set up in 1993 under the Women and Child Welfare Ministry to facilitate credit support to poor women.
Listing empowerment of women as a priority area, Gandhi said setting up of the state-owned bank exclusively for women will be one of the priority initiatives of her Ministry to improve the plight of women across the country.
"Banks should make it easy to lend to women, not just to self help groups," said Gandhi. Though the main objective of the RMK was to fulfil credit needs of poor women, Gandhi said her assessment was that it has not been able to deliver effectively.
Elaborating on her priorities, Gandhi said the Ministry was also mulling over a proposal to set up Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) exclusively for women to impart vocational training.
She said normal ITIs have very few courses for women and that is why her Ministry was moving a proposal to set up such institutes for women.
Gandhi said her Ministry was also planning to streamline the functioning of Anganwadis across the country which provide services like post natal care and supplementary nutrition to both children below the age of six as well as pregnant women under Integrated Child Development Services.
There are about 14 lakh Anganwadi centres across the country. "This is one system that really needs to be worked out. Because they could be the most powerful weapons that we have against malnutrition and for baby care.
"Over the years, nobody has ever paid any attention to them. Infact, in my own constituency, I have been there for 25 years and I didn't even know that Anaganwadis existed. It is that bad. Most Members of Parliament don't know about the Anganwadis," she said.
The Minister said there are cases of alleged irregularities such as fake tenders and substandard food being provided by Anganwadis and there was a need to put in place a mechanism to check such wrong-doings.
"Many of them are accused of selling the food that is given for distribution and that is because there is no checking system in place," she said. Gandhi said she has called a meeting of representatives from all the states on August 4 to discuss ways to carry out "reforms" in the existing system.
"If I can work that out, that will be a major, major achievement in eradicating malnutrition," she said.


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