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From the Hans Christian Andersen biography "The Life of Hans Christian Andersen. Day By Day", written by DPhil Johan de Mylius:
The Debt to The Collin FamilyUntil 14th January
In Bordeaux, where they are looked after by a resident Danish wine-merchant, N.J. Jurgensen. Hears Gounod's opera Faust twice while here, but prefers Goethe's drama. It was "the scent of the flower but not the flower itself", (the diary, 7th). All the same, he does hear the opera later on several occasions, also in Copenhagen.
14 January
Departure from Bordeaux. Via AngoulÍme, Poitiers, Tours, Blois and Orlèans to Paris.
21st January - 20th March
In Paris. Here, the Danish attachè Harald Moltke-Huitfeldt is able to organise a month of free entry to the opera for HCA (the French are a little surprised that he is more interested in the opera than the theatre).
Meets Marmier, but otherwise tries to avoid his company. Also meets P.L. Møller at Consul-General Albert Delongs'. Møller is surprised to see HCA looking so young and unchanged, whilst HCA himself feels very troubled by old age and illness.
Spends quite a bit of time with Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and reads his piece Sigurd Slembe. Also hears Bjørnson's plans for his next piece, Maria Stuart.
Meets the writer Henrik Scharling and reads his Nøddebo Præstegaard.(Nøddebo Vicarage)..
Pays a visit to La Morgue and sees corpses which have been pulled out of the river Seine.
Is given a free pass to Thèatre Francais and the Opèra comique. Runs into Kertbeny once again and overcomes his previous animosity towards him. Receives (6th March) a letter concerning the death of Major Serre.
Runs into Clara Schumann and her daughter. Argues with Clara Schumann about Gade and Hartmann (she refers to Gade as the master and Hartmann as a dilettante). Is invited by her to attend her concert. HCA also pays a visit to the publisher and book-seller E. Dentu and complains about the poor quality of the French translation of his fairy-tales.
9 February
Release of the first booklet of H.C. Andersens Eventyr og Historier. Med Illustrationer efter Originaltegninger af V.Pedersen. Andet Bind. Med 121 Illustrationer (Hans Christian Andersen's Tales and Stories. With Illustrations based on Original Drawings by V. Pedersen. Volume Two. Including 121 Illustrations). The two final booklets were released 10th and 30th March. This edition consisting of two volumes and the three called Nye Eventyr og Historier (New Tales and Stories) from 1870-1874 together form the complete edition of HCA's fairy-tales within his own life-time.
11 March
The Scandinavians host a party at the Palais Royal for HCA. Bjørnson makes a speech in his honour and praises his folk-based wit and satire. As a decoration to be hung at the far end of the ball-room, the Swedish painter J.A. Malmström produces a large water-colour depicting HCA surrounded by the figures from his fairy-tales (the sketch for the decoration is still intact).
1863: The Debt to The Collin Family
20 March
Departure from Paris. Via Aachen to Düsseldorf (here from 21st - 25th). On via Hannover, then Hamburg. After Hamburg, at Neumünster, HCA and Jonas Collin go their separate ways, as Jonas travels via Kiel directly to Copenhagen. HCA continues on through Flensburg, Haderslev, Assens to Odense.
In Odense, HCA goes to the theatre: "there I sat, a stranger amongst strangers in my childhood town", (the diary, 29th); leaves after the 3rd act and is told later that apparently the crowd had called out three cheers for him at the end of the play. On the next day, the 30th, he goes with Bishop Engelstoft to see his parents' house, then goes to see the grave of his father and looks in at the cathedral: "Nothing had changed since my childhood", (the diary, same day). On via Korsør to Copenhagen.
31 March
Arrives in Copenhagen. The journey with Jonas Collin jnr. (who was HCA's guest) may be estimated to have cost HCA approx. 2,774 rdl. (HCA himself calculates the total cost at 3,400 rdl., while Edvard Collin considers the amount to be 2,374 rdl. In 1993 terms, the 2,744 rdl. is at least the equivalent of 280,000 Dkr., of which close to half must have been spent on Jonas). In spite of the expenses, HCA's assets have increased by 1,269 rdl. during the trip.
As a result of the growing tension between the travelling companions, HCA comments in his diary (25th March), after arriving home, with regards to the money he has spent on Jonas:
"It is debt repaid, received in under oppressive circumstances, repaid to a presumptuous conceited cashier".
The very bitter, at times even hateful, feelings towards Jonas during the final part of the journey and after the arrival home are toned down by and by, but flare up again at a later point.


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Chapter 13
Abinadi is protected by divine power—He teaches the Ten Commandments—Salvation does not come by the law of Moses alone—God Himself will make an atonement and redeem His people. About 148 B.C.
1 And now when the king had heard these words, he said unto his priests: Away with this fellow, and slay him; for what have we to do with him, for he is amad.
2 And they stood forth and attempted to lay their hands on him; but he withstood them, and said unto them:
3 aTouch me not, for God shall smite you if ye lay your hands upon me, for I have not delivered the message which the Lord sent me to deliver; neither have I told you that which ye brequested that I should tell; therefore, God will not suffer that I shall be destroyed at this time.
4 But I must fulfil the commandments wherewith God has commanded me; and because I have told you the truth ye are angry with me. And again, because I have spoken the word of God ye have judged me that I am mad.
5 Now it came to pass after Abinadi had spoken these words that the people of king Noah durst not lay their hands on him, for the Spirit of the Lord was upon him; and his face ashone with exceeding luster, even as Moses' did while in the mount of Sinai, while speaking with the Lord.
6 And he spake with apower and authority from God; and he continued his words, saying:
7 Ye see that ye have not power to slay me, therefore I finish my amessage. Yea, and I perceive that it cuts you to your hearts because I tell you the truth concerning your iniquities.
8 Yea, and my words fill you with wonder and amazement, and with anger.
9 But I finish my message; and then it amatters not whither I go, if it so be that I am saved.
10 But this much I tell you, what you ado with me, after this, shall be as a btype and a shadow of things which are to come.
11 And now I read unto you the remainder of the acommandments of God, for I perceive that they are not written in your hearts; I perceive that ye have studied and taught biniquity the most part of your lives.
12 And now, ye remember that I asaid unto you: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of things which are in heaven above, or which are in the earth beneath, or which are in the water under the earth.
13 And again: Thou shalt not abow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generations of them that hate me;
14 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
15 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him aguiltless that taketh his name in vain.
16 Remember the asabbath day, to keep it holy.
17 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
18 But the seventh day, the sabbath of the Lord thy God, thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;
19 For in asix days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is; wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
20 aHonor thy bfather and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
21 Thou shalt not akill.
22 Thou shalt not commit aadultery. Thou shalt not bsteal.
23 Thou shalt not bear afalse witness against thy neighbor.
24 Thou shalt not acovet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.
25 And it came to pass that after Abinadi had made an end of these sayings that he said unto them: Have ye ataught this people that they should observe to do all these things for to keep these commandments?
26 I say unto you, Nay; for if ye had, the Lord would not have caused me to come forth and to prophesy evil concerning this people.
27 And now ye have said that salvation cometh by the law of Moses. I say unto you that it is expedient that ye should akeep the law of Moses as yet; but I say unto you, that the time shall come when it shall bno more be expedient to keep the law of Moses.
28 And moreover, I say unto you, that asalvation doth not come by the blaw alone; and were it not for the catonement, which God himself shall make for the sins and iniquities of his people, that they must unavoidably perish, notwithstanding the law of Moses.
29 And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very astrict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, bquick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God;
30 Therefore there was a alaw given them, yea, a law of performances and of bordinances, a law which they were to cobserve strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.
31 But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were atypes of things to come.
32 And now, did they aunderstand the law? I say unto you, Nay, they did not all understand the law; and this because of the hardness of their hearts; for they understood not that there could not any man be saved bexcept it were through the redemption of God.
33 For behold, did not Moses prophesy unto them concerning the coming of the Messiah, and that God should redeem his people? Yea, and even aall the prophets who have prophesied ever since the world began—have they not spoken more or less concerning these things?
34 Have they not said that aGod himself should come down among the children of men, and take upon him the form of man, and go forth in mighty power upon the face of the earth?
35 Yea, and have they not said also that he should bring to pass the aresurrection of the dead, and that he, himself, should be oppressed and afflicted?

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Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
Jimi Hendrix
Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
Staying in Hawaii, The Experience travel to Oahu where they perform in The Arena at the Honolulu International Center in Oahu, Hawaii.
Hawaii Live Oahu The Arena The Arena at the Honolulu International Center the experience
Hendrix and his touring entourage travel from London to the Isle of Wight where they check into the Seagrove Hotel. After checking they travel to the festival site where Steve Clackson (The Sunday Mirror) interviews Hendrix again for his upcoming September 20 feature. Prior to performing Jimi is interviewed, while walking to the stage by French television. On stage The Experience perform "The Queen," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Spanish Castle Magic," "All Along The Watchtower," "Machine Gun," "Lover Man," "Freedom," "Red House," "Dolly Dagger," "Midnight Lightning," "Foxey Lady," "Message To Love," "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)," "Ezy Rider," "Hey Joe," "Purple Haze," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," and "In From The Storm." Also performing on August 30th at the Isle Of Wight Festival Of Festival are Good News, Kris Kristofferson, Ralph McTell, Heaven, Free, Donovan, Pentangle, The Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, and Richie Havens.
Isle of Wight Live Seagrove Hotel Steve Clackson the experience
Hendrix and crew travel from the Isle of Wight to Stockholm, Sweden where Klas Burling of Swedish radio interviews him. Olle Jonsson of Aftonbladet also interviews Hendrix for a September 1 article. That night, The Experience perform at Stora Scenen in Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm. Their set includes "Lover Man," "Experiencing The Blues," "Midnight Lightning," "Ezy Rider," "Red House," "Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)," "Room Full Of Mirrors," "Hey Baby (New Rising Rising Sun)," "Message To Love," "Machine Gun," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)," "In From The Storm," "Purple Haze," and "Foxey Lady."
Experiencing The Blues Ezy Rider Live lover man Midnight Lightning Stockholm Stora Scenen Tivoli Gardens


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Hello, New People to the Treeleaf Sangha,
Please post a little introduction here. Welcome and make yourself at home!
Gassho, Jundo
Hello, New People to the Treeleaf Sangha,
Please post a little introduction here. Welcome and make yourself at home!
Gassho, Jundo
thank you Jundo for your e-mail and for setting up my registration
for the rest of the community, my name is melanie and i live in saskatoon
saskatchewan canada.i've been sitting-in every day since jan and doing
so has become very helpful and grounding for my practice.i've been practicing
mostly zen for about 2 years now and so wish i had found the dharma sooner ,
but then learning to be in the present and realising that now is all that really is
is the best :wink: don't know that i'll be online much but i'll be with you all
everyday and it's great knowing you're all out there practicing along side me
Howdy and welcome Melanie!
Gassho, Dirk
Hi, Melanie and welcome!
Many blessings,
Hello Melanie,
Welcome to Treeleaf...it is great to have you here.
Kelly Rok
Welcome Melanie!
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for letting me join your community. I've practised Soto Zen for about 10 years. i live in North East Lincolnshire in England and I'd like to strengthen my practice.
Bienvenido, Brian.
Welcome to Treeleaf Brian!
Welcome to Treeleaf Brian!
Welcome to Treeleaf Melanie and Brian!
Welcome Melanie & Brian!
Hope to see you post sometimes on the board.
who is trying to wake up......
Hello, I'm new. My name is Eileen.
I've been interested in Zen since 1975 or so and have been practicing seriously for just over a year.I sit every weekday morning with xxx. I participated my first 7-day sesshin in June.
That's it for now.
Hi Eileen,
Welcome to Treeleaf! I trust Genpo is well, (I met him at ZCLA about 30 years ago).
who hasn't made it to Big Mind, only Big Head :mrgreen:
Hello Everyone!
thanks for letting me join your Forum, I'm looking forward to learning more about Soto Zen,
best wishes,
Hello Eileen and Don, and Welcome.
Gassho, Dirk
Hello, everyone. This is Sunshine aka Lara. I live in Hobbs, New Mexico. I'm so glad I found you all, becuase I've been looking for an online community for quite some time. I have been doing buddhist meditation for over two years (vipassana), but have really taken an interest in Zen recently. :P
Looking forward to getting to know you all,
Hi & Welcome Lara!
/me breaks out in to ....
Gassho, Dirk
Hello all,
Welcome to Treeleaf Eileen, Don, and Sunshine (Lara)! It is great to have you all here.
Kelly Rok
Hi Melanie, Brian, Eileen,!! Don,and Lara welcome to Treeleaf ! Kent
Hello and Hey everyone. I am new to the community. My beloved bride Lara and I are excited to a part of you. I look forward to new learning.
Welcome Bill, Lara, Eileen, Don, Melanie, and Brian.
Glad you found the place,
I haven't welcomed anyone in a while:
Belated welcome to Treeleaf guys.
welcome, melanie, eileen, don, lara, and bill
lara and bill, we will soon be passing near your way, on our way to our winter home of why, az
gassho, bob
Hello, Everyone,
Welcome to Treeleaf.
Many blessings,
Yes, Welcome to Treeleaf
Hi Everyone,
I'm Zachariah. I live in Michigan in the USA. I'm 35, husband of one and father of two and striving Buddhist. It's taken me a long bit of time to take up a label, having been born, raised and soured in Catholicism. It's always tough to abandon a religion where loss of faith / doubts will earn you a trip to an eternal lake of fire, so I one upped into a world view of several levels of hell (but buddhas in each one LOL. I've really enjoyed moving from a sacred / philosophical perspective of guilt and stricture to one of query and conditioned reality. To me Treeleaf is like touching earth, laughing at a flower held up ...
I've been pretty interested in all the flavors of Shakyamuni's idea from the hinyana (too many precepts), to mahayana (too many beings to liberate), to vajrayana (too out there) [JUST KIDDING [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Hi all,
I've been practicing Soto Zen for 6 or 7 years now and I took Jukai just under a year and a half ago. I suppose at the moment I'm just looking for a nice place to hang out online and talk to others on the path.
Greetings all
Welcome to Treeleaf!
Hi All.
I`ve been hanging around in the background since July so I thought it was about time I came out of hiding and introduced myself ops: . I am 68 and moved from London to Cardiff 23 years ago. I have been married to my wife Barbarafor 46 years(last Monday), we have three surviving daughters (my eldest daughter died suddenly five years ago) and six grandchildren. I have been practicing Buddhist meditation for over 20 years. I briefly explored a couple of different traditions at first but soon came across Soto Zen. It was however about 3 years before I called myself a Buddhist. I took lay ordination with a master in the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives.
Nine years ago I was asked to join Angulimala the Buddhist prison chaplaincy organisation. I became the Buddhist Chaplain to three prisons but for the last two years I have only served in one. I am also Chairperson Elect of The Buddhist Council of Wales.
As most of you are from the US I just thought I would mention something. I have never been to the US myself (although I have relatives there), but my great grandfather came from SD. He was a Sioux who came to London with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. I think my grandmother was born there but not sure. Just thought I would mention it - I`ve been telling everyone I meet since I found out seven years ago!
I think Treeleaf is great. It is such a good place for those of us who can`t get to a group regularly. I look forward to training with you all.
Welcome to Treeleaf Brian!
My ancestors (at least the ones who provided my surname) came from just outside Cardiff, so it's nice to encounter someone from there even if it is a transplant.
Howdy ever'body!
Been swinging by the website every once in awhile, and I want to participate in a Zen sangha, so here I am!
I've been sitting off and on for over 5 years, and as far as 'sects' are concerned I've settled on Zen for quite some time. I'm looking forward to practicing/discussing the practice with everyone!
Gassho and whatnot,
Hi and welcome Brian and Matt!
Gassho, Dirk
Hello to all ...
...and welcome to Zachariah, Justin, Brian and Matt! Thank you for sharing your stories with us and I look forward to talking with you all here at Treeleaf .
Kelly Rok
Hi, my name is Jamie G., and I live in Oklahoma. I've been married to my high school sweetheart for six years. We have a wonderful baby girl is just over a year old. My wife is a teacher and I am a police detective for our small town of 20,000.
I've only recently began to study Buddhism in the past few months. Since I live in the Bible Belt, there aren't many opportunities to study with a Zen teacher locally. I have had to do most of my studies from the internet, so you can imagine the kinds of flakes, fruits, and nuts I have come across to find something authentic. By authentic I mean that I am not looking for something to blindly believe in. I came to Buddhism because two years ago I deconverted from Christianity because I got tired of having to sacrifice logic and reason to justify my faith. Christianity in any form doesn't seem to line up with reality very well. I have a passion for truth and to know the world as it truely is. I place a lot of stock in science and reason, and I love philosophy and physics. I went from abandoning Christianity to reading the latest books by New Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens. One website on philosophy and atheism brought up enlightenment and introduced me to several eastern philosophical concepts that I had never even considered. I began to research the words of the Buddha and came across the About Buddhism website and the Kalam Sutra. The four Noble Truths just make sense to me, and the eight-fold path as well. I also have no problem with Karma as cause and effect and the idea of Rebirth (I've heard our bodies atomic collection changes every eleven years in that I don't have the same atoms in me as I did then, and they will go on to be a part of other things in the universe). I also have to admit that, and maybe irrationally, I dream of the monastic life in a zen monastary in the hills of Japan. I appreciate the less dogmatic traditions of Theravada and Zen, and admit I could never be a Pure Land-er. Anyways, I am looking for a teacher and found this site through the Progressive Buddhism blog (I comment there as "cpd314").
Oh... and I currently sit zazen about three times a week for about 15 minutes. I haven't yet been able to adjust my schedule for daily sitting.
Bienvenido Jamie!
Hi Jamie,Originally Posted by jamieguinn
Welcome again.
Be at home and at peace with your life in Chikasha Oklahoma, married to your high school sweetheart and a police detective, and the monastery in the quiet hills is where you are ... all the monastery walls tumbling down.
Go to Japan and wish you were somewhere else, that life was something else, that the hot days were colder and the cold days hotter ... and the monastery walls are a prison.
So, please practice that way.
As to questions of being an atheist and such, I sometimes write the below. It is just my personal understanding, and you need to find your own.
Gassho, Jundo
I consider myself, personally, an "agnostic" on all such issues. That does mean I "don't believe" or that I "do believe". It simply means that my practice is free from the need. I am left in awe at the mystery which is life and this wondrous universe ... so I just get on with that life in this universe amid that feeling of awe and wonder (for that reason, I sometimes describe myself as an "agnosti-mystic"). As I often say ...
Is there a "Universal Consciousness/Divine Spirit/God/Jesus/Cosmic Buddha"? If so, live human life, fetch wood and carry water.
Is there not some "Universal Consciousness/God/Jesus/Cosmic Buddha"? If not, live human life, fetch wood and carry water.
I suppose that if the "creator" went to all the trouble of creating our lives we can honor Her in no better way ... than by just living life! If She had wanted to fill us in better on what is "going on", she would not keep it so hidden and open for debate.
Don't get me wrong, I have various "suspicions" about what makes the universe tick, but I am content to keep them as "suspicions" and to not have all the details ... I am even content to be wrong in my "suspicions". I think something wonderful is afoot, and I believe that we did not just happen to pop up alive in the middle of time and space by naked happenstance alone. I actually taste that what is "going on" is far far beyond any human words that we small creatures try to impose upon reality such as "Divine" "Spirit" "Eternal" "Finite" "God" "Devil" "Brahma" "Being" "Not Being" "Just" "Good" and all the other anthropomorphic descriptions our small human minds cook up. How dare we impose our ignorance! We may have as much chance of truly understanding the mechanism of these things as an ant to grasp the programming of a super-computer!
Thus, our Zen Practice advices us to drop all words like "Divine" "Mundane" "Eternal" "Finite" and all the rest ... and just TRUST, just "GO WITH THE FLOW", just "ALLOW", just "LIVE" ... I do not know if God is "JUST" (and I do not see a lot in this often tragic world that indicates "Justice" in human terms ... I was just reading about all the small children killed in the Spanish airliner today), but I can be in harmony with a reality that is JUST what it is, and a vision of reality beyond small human ideas of "life" and "death". That much I can do.
For all new Folks.. Welcome to Treeleaf....
Gassho, Shui di
Thanks Jundo! I looked everywhere to post my intro on this site and could not find it. When i stopped looking it appeared. Aaah! If i'm in the wrong place, i welcome correction. My name is socrates and live in eastern NC. As for the name i am not wise as the philosopher, i am Greek, having all my grandparents immigrating from Greece to the USA in the early 1900's. I read a book 10-15 years ago that introduced me to "living in the moment" which led me to investigating what eventually is the dharma. I practiced ( at least what i thought was practice ) for a couple years, learned there was wrong effort involved and stopped practicing, had a life changing experience, realized my mind controlled my life, returned 2 1/2 years ago and have practiced since. Have not had the opportunity to attend a zendo so have learned through extensive reading of numerous Buddhist, Zen Buddhist teachers. I am happy to have found this Zendo!
Welcome to Treeleaf from another Greek! This is a great community, jump right in - OPA!
Thanks for the welcome Alex. I look forward to learning. I'm very good at "I dont know mind" or beginner's mind. Really keeps life simple. Look forward to your posts and the entire communitys' posts. :wink:
Hi All!,
I originally joined this group last June, however, with the countless things that life brings to one's plate, I haven't logged on in quite a while. So I wanted to reintroduce myself to the Sangha.
I was first introduced to Zen through martial arts practice and since then I've studied many different forms of Buddhism. I've come back to Soto Zen because it feels a lot like home.
I sat briefly with a Soto group in Pittsburgh before moving to Northern VA. Now I sit on my own and I'm looking forward to recommitting to practice with all of you.
It's very inspiring to read the posts on this forum and get a sense of the energy here in this wonderful community.
A belated but still sincere welcome to the folks I missed in September, and all the new folks in October. Eric--I grew up in NoVA, and still commute in for work.
Hoping the autumn leaves bring color to all of your lives! Gassho, Ann
The leaves here are certainly beautiful right now. If I get the opportunity, I'm going to take the family up to Skyline Drive. You can certainly get a panoramic view of the turning foliage from up there!
May all be well,
Hello to everyone!
I came in here a couple of weeks ago, having a rough go of some things, complained a lot, and wanted advice :wink:
I skipped an introduction for introduction's sake then, but now I'd like to take the opportunity: My name is Owen, and I'm from St. Louis, Missouri. I've lived here most of my life, I'm fond of making music, fix computers for a living, 27 years old and married with no kids. I came to Buddhism approx. 7-ish years ago, after reading the Dalai Lama's "the Art of Happiness", and I'm forever grateful that through the book's non-religious approach, it drew me in on a very fundamental level, opened me up to some ideas that I think I might have once just dismissed as "more religious nonsense". From there I've read a number of books, listened to a lot of dharma talks, and had some sporadic involvement with some local sanghas, but my biggest challenge has been sitting... regularly. Once the teacher at a local zendo said to me (after I told him about all the books I'd read), something like "you keep studying baking recipes, but when will you actually bake the cake?"
So I finally after a lot more time had passed, I did it, started sitting every day, and did this for about six months, but for some reason, just quit last spring. Having a lot of access to computers everywhere I go and being inclined to use them, a place like this seemed natural as a means to get back into a more regular practice after sort of "letting go" of it earlier - and I think that's what I was trying to do to some extent, let go of it, I guess some quiet part of me though I had gone far enough and I was ready to just live in the world and be enlightened :lol: I'm happy to be here and I hope I haven't frightened, annoyed, or especially discouraged anyone with my earlier complaining, just know that's what I do sometimes and it's an irrational tendency I struggle with.
Best regards / gassho,
Hello all,
I love Treeleaf! I have been watching Jundos clips ever since I heard ran across a Buddhist Geeks episode, which Jundo was a guest. (This was about two weeks ago.)
No experience with Zazen...I have experimented with meditation on my own, but no formal instruction. To make a long story short I did join a Chinese martial arts school that offered meditation, but by the time I got around to taking the classes the instructor had changed and meditation was not offered. I also do a bit of Tai Chi, but have really wanted to do some form of meditation for many years.
I have found Treeleaf to be a wonderful resource and have been sitting daily ever since I found the site. I find the concept of 'Just Sitting' Shikantaza to be very pure and beautiful. I hope to make it an integral part of my life.
In terms of my avatar . We have a cottage on a small island in on a lake and it is my favorite place to be .even in the winter. The big stick in my hand is because I am walking on the lake when it is frozen and testing the ice so that I dont fall through! (Perhaps I will try and find a better image, but I am the one in the family who takes all the pictures and thus I am not in many.)
Hello Treeleaf Sangha,
It's a pleasure to join you all here. I only discovered the website relatively recently but I've been enjoying it very much and think that a community like this is a very positive thing indeed
About me: I'm 24 years old and I'm from Stafford in central England. I've been sitting for a little over a year now, mainly counting and following the breath, but I've recently been giving Shikantaza a go. A month ago I moved to Japan to work as an English teacher, deepen my Zazen practice, and 'see the world'. Work doesn't allow me as much time as I might like to meet Zen teachers and participate in Sesshins and the like, but I enjoy teaching and appreciate the opportunity to spend time with Japanese people of all ages.
Though words are limited, I'm looking forward to some fruitful discussions with you :wink:
David G.


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Monday, July 5, 2010
I've Done Things That Have Made Less Sense...
Like the time I drove my white Mustang downtown with my friend Heather. I was probably seventeen at the time. I couldn't parallel park, so I rolled down my window, asked a complete stranger to park for me, got out of the car, and trusted them to not drive off.
Or then there was the time I got a tattoo. Just because.
Oh and let's not forget about the time I said, "I do."
Most recently, I hid my chocolate that was a gift from Julia in Sweden so my kids wouldn't find it. I can't remember where I put it.
Or giving Clayton a pair of scissors.
Of course, there was the time I tried to get tan. Fast. I used a bottle of baby oil and stayed outside all. day. long.
Or the time I might have accidentally, a little bit, hit myself in the face while doing Tae Bo.
Or letting Clayton use the markers.
Dying my hair any number of times. Or getting that perm way back when. Or cutting my bangs every time they get in my face. Basically, any decision I've ever made concerning my hair.
And there was the time I drank way too much Sambuca on the fourth of July, about 20 years ago.
Letting Clayton see where I put the lighter away.
Not jumping up to investigate immediately when I heard the deafening silence from the family room. Neon red, white, and blue frosting comes out of fabric, right?
Taking my six kids grocery shopping.
Not hiding my car keys away from Clayton.
And finally, there was the time I agreed to have dinner with a man who has six kids and lives three states away.
Of course, I learned lessons from each of these things. I learned that licorice does NOT taste good the second time around. I learned that sautéing one's skin in oil is a great idea (you know, if you want skin cancer and pain!) I learned that Clayton can turn pretty much anything into a weapon of mass destruction. I learned that neon red, white, and blue frosting does not, in fact, come out of fabric, but if you smear it around, it turns a lovely shade of purple. I learned that chocolate should be eaten immediately and not hidden away, and that exercise is highly overrated (curse you, Billy Blanks!) And I learned that there's a reason why hair stylists go to school to learn how to do hair.
But the cool thing is that God can take even the dumbest things you do and turn them around and use them for good. He took the time I said, "I do" and gave me six awesome kids. I learned from my mistake and won't be making the same one again. Taking my kids to the grocery store resulted in a successful auction of Pokemon cards and a book deal for me. I know I'll do more stupid things. I'll make mistakes. I'll stay at my computer when I really should be running to see why the kids are dragging the sprinkler into their bedrooms. But it's okay. Things have a way of working out. Life's pretty "groovy" that way.
51 comments:
Dawn...You said "And finally, there was the time I agreed to have dinner with a man who has six kids and lives three states away"....I love it!!!
- July 6, 2010 at 1:19 AM
WAIT A MINUTE!!! You agreed to have dinner w/Spuds?? Details! You're readers want to know!!
- July 6, 2010 at 1:26 AM
- Unknown said...
Yeah! I want to know, too! What are the details???
Great post!!!! (Love the whirling fist of death in Tae Bo image!) - July 6, 2010 at 1:34 AM
You SO win the contest!! His title and yet he can't seem to write anything for it! BTW, when's the date? I'm betting that the family will need TWO Alices...what do you think? :o)Deelyn
- July 6, 2010 at 1:41 AM
I obviously wasn't the only one that read between the lines there..... I agree! Details?!
I tell ya, he's got more than a challenge on his hands after reading that.
Awesome job. Love it =) - July 6, 2010 at 2:16 AM
- Robin said...
Isn't it wonderful the way God uses our own stupidity to teach us, to help us grow? He's so smart.
It almost makes it worth it. Almost. - July 6, 2010 at 2:50 AM
- Lorelei said...
Oh no, no, no, you're not going to hide the GINORMOUS piece of information about your having dinner with Spuds in a blog post about past mistakes. Oh no. Details! We need details! When? Where? Candles?
- July 6, 2010 at 3:30 AM
Dinner with Spuds!!!!!
Thought this should be on the cards-how fantastic. - July 6, 2010 at 4:08 AM
c'mon, give more infor about the dinner date - we all need to know!
- July 6, 2010 at 4:24 AM
- Nadia said...
lol dont you hate it when you hide things in a 'safe' spot... and it is so safe that you now cant find it yourself!
- July 6, 2010 at 4:24 AM
Let's rewind a little and talk more about the date with the man with six kids. Is it wrong to be excited and see hearts and flowers and fairies sprinkling fairy dust? You have got to start looking for an Alice!
- July 6, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- WeaselMomma said...
"Serendipity" would have been a more appropriate title.
I never give a title until I'm finished writing either. - July 6, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- Julia in Sweden said...
Uh-oh. I'd better send some more then! ;-)
It's a lot easier to ship around than Vegemite! - July 6, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Christy said...
So Dawn, this begs for two questions.
1. With or without kids?
2. Your turf or his? - July 6, 2010 at 7:47 AM
- July 6, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh my gosh Dawn. I might have to send you an email on things I have done and title it:
'Things Not to Do' .....LOL
I loved your list and I have been reading the daily things from Spuds also...I think he should do a book too.
Have fun now on you date ! Hehehe
Donna, from N.E. Indiana - July 6, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Robin said...
Like all your other faithful followers I want more details about this agreement to have dinner with Spuds! So PLEASE share!!! What a hoot that dinner would be....I'd love to be a fly on the wall. :)
- July 6, 2010 at 9:22 AM
ok Dawn I already commented but then I went over to Spuds blog and do you know that that man loves to go camping and anything outdoorsy?!?
- July 6, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Don't even tease like that!! You can't give us a sentence of info and not some details. I respect your privacy and all but you do have supportive readers that you must not keep hanging. So what was he like? And I'm not even going to tease you about 12 kids in the house because that would be alot! Please, Dawn, you can't keep us in the dark forever!! =)
- July 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM
The dad of 6 kids lives in the southeastern part of the USA. You are thinking of moving to North Carolina? Coincidence? Maybe?!?!
- July 6, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Dawn and SPUDS sitting in a tree...K.I.S.S.I.N.G!!!!! Fist come 12 kids, then comes marriage, then comes ANOTHER (#13) baby in a baby carriage!!!
- July 6, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Quotes from the Sandbox said...
I'm banking on the last paragraph of this post. Thank you for saying it like it is. :) Have a nice dinner with Spuds. Always nice to have someone who may understand what you're going through. Hope you have a good day.
- July 6, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- Bree said...
Yes Dawn We need Details. Did he come to you or are you taking or took see we need details your family down to where he lives?
- July 6, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- rthling said...
Blah, blah, blah...
Blah, blah, blah...
And you knew we'd all jump on the date 411 wagon, didn't you?
Have a swell time. Stay alert and sober, cuz we are all going to need some pretty serious DETAILS! - July 6, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Juneau Poole Party said...
Such a mom you are - hide the juicy details to see if we are paying attention!!!!!
- July 6, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Luwanna said...
I believe you lived up to the Challenge. Your post and Spuds post were both great! Enjoy dinner :)
Hugs! - July 6, 2010 at 1:01 PM
I thought that was funny too how you slid it in. I don't care much for details (yet) I am just so excited for you to even take a step like this evvven if it is just a dinner! :)
- July 6, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Jen said...
HAHAHAHHAA! Best blog EVER! :D
- July 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Sunnyworld said...
Dawn, you have a wonderful view of life! Never give that up.
- July 6, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Vincent Navarino said...
Give someone a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach someone to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Find out the chocolate you hid was in the fish and you have a hysterical blog post after Dawn goes and cooks it...
- July 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Unknown said...
For some reason... And I can't put my finger on it right now... But I'm thinkin' Clayton is cool!
- July 6, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Jen said...
So, um, does bubble mint Toy Story toothpaste come out of fabric? My kiddo just HAD to have that one and then proceeded to spread it around the house because he can always use his sister's toothpaste for its intended purpose.
- July 6, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Now I feel like I have a crowd watching me as I try to be all suave. How is a guy supposed to properly woo a woman with a cast o' characters watching?
- July 6, 2010 at 8:14 PM
More details on dinner with Spuds!
- July 6, 2010 at 8:28 PM
- MPMommy said...
You're awesome. :)
- July 6, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- Unknown said...
@Spuds - I agree with you on that one. But, hey... when you put it out there for all to see...
- July 6, 2010 at 9:18 PM
- Julesagain said...
Dawn - Great job, especially sliding that little dinner date gem in there. For some reason, hilarious, highly fictitious, live blog updates seem likely from the two of you. Hope you guys have a great time. I tried the long distance dating thing (Georgia to Iowa ... speaking of Things I've Done That Have Not Made Sense) and it was great fun, we got together when we could, we wrote a book together, but ultimately the expense and the distance wore us down. But 3 states is a lot more doable than 7 - heck that's drive-able!
- July 6, 2010 at 9:25 PM
- Linda said...
Ahem, Dawn! We don't just skim your blog, sweetie. We actually read it. More details on the dinner, please. You can't just slip that one by us! ;)
- July 6, 2010 at 11:13 PM
Dawn, Dawn, Dawn... I knew something was missing in my over crazed world... and now I know ...your blog postings were going to my junk folder (gasp). I just diverted from working and caught up on the Meehan clan. Still fabulous as ever!! I think of you often and send you positive thoughts...keep on keepin' on girl!
Can't wait for your new book!
Ellen - July 7, 2010 at 12:53 AM
Dawn, I'm not sure about your date with Spuds...I mean...have you even looked at his profile? The very first interest he likes is CAMPING! Weren't you glad to be through with all of that?
Spuds profile looks quite fun. I am guessing he is military (or prior military)...our family is too. Any military man gets an A++ from me.
I still LOVE reading your blog. I don't comment much, but read every post you write...I have been reading you since Day 1. Keep it up Dawn, you make a lot of people smile. :)
Donna H. in NY - July 7, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Spuds -
For some of us, this is like a daily soap opera. We must keep up with the latest in Dawn's world! And if you are a part of it, well congrats but we must get to know you too. - July 7, 2010 at 8:50 AM
- Unknown said...
I think I'm going to give this virtual union power couple status. So affective immediately you guys are gonna have to choose a name like Spuds Pitt and Dawngelina Jolie. Or how about Dawni Moore and Ashton Spudcher? You guys can decide.
- July 7, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Unknown said...
Que- Now you're just being silly! I'm more of the Spuds Willis, after all.
- July 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- Unknown said...
No, no... I think I got it right the first time. The woman in the relationship has all of the talent.
- July 7, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Dawn said...
I like you, Que.
And people, people, people, it's dinner. He's a writer. I'm a writer. We both have a bunch of kids. We have stuff in common. We're talking about dinner, not picking out china patterns! - July 7, 2010 at 2:15 PM
- rthling said...
AH, but... dinner with someone who lives three states away isn't just dinner.
You can't fool us.
Let's all get on Que's bandwagon.
I say we call them SPAWN! LOLOLOL! - July 7, 2010 at 5:17 PM
- AndiWrite said...
I hate to call you out on this, Dawn, but you said "dinner with a man who has six kids" not "a fellow blogger who has six kids." ;) But seriously, I just hope you have a fun time.
- July 7, 2010 at 7:21 PM
I second "SPAWN"!!!
- July 7, 2010 at 9:06 PM
"SPAWN" FTW!!! And I second, third and fourth everybody else. We need details, Dawn, and lots of them!! Regardless of what does or does not come out of this, I think you will have a good, blog worthy time. YAY!
-Beth in MI - July 7, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- HRH Mommy said...
Dawn, this is awesome!! I recognize this so much. You know, as long as we can laugh about it afterwards (or somewhat at least), then it's all worth it.
I know this is not going to make a big difference in your life, but I just wanted to let you know that I would like to pass on a few blogger awards to you. As a sign of appreciation.
You rock!! You can find the awards on my blog at:
http://mformommy.blogspot.com/2010/07/award-overwhelm.html - July 7, 2010 at 11:43 PM
- janet in ft worth said...
What? You think of the post title after you've written the post? Holy cow! I haven't written a post on my blog since April...because I couldn't think of a title! Yeah, okay, that's not the only reason, but that's the excuse I'm sticking with!
- July 10, 2010 at 2:43 PM


text:
The KDE Release Team has decided to release KDE 4.0 this coming January. The release was originally planned for mid-December. The KDE developers want to solve a couple of essential issues before releasing. Having solved some of those issues, among which were glitches in the visual appearance, and in Konqueror, the KDE community hopes to have a KDE 4.0 that will live up to the high expectations for it. Read on for more details.
Meanwhile, the progress towards KDE 4.0 is astonishing. Most parts, such as the KDE Development Platform and a lot of applications are considered stable and well-usable.
Some parts of the desktop experience do not yet meet the KDE community's quality standards and expectations for a stable release. There are also some issues which need to be addressed upstream, for example a bug in certain codecs of xine that cut off audio fragments prematurely. The developers are confident to be able to release a more polished and better working KDE 4.0 desktop in January. The changed plans involve releasing on January 11th, 2008.
At the same time, the release team's call for participation is repeated. To make KDE 4.0 a success, your effort is needed. An overview of current showstoppers can be found on Techbase, KDE's knowledge platform.
This is also a call to the wider Free Software community, and also to companies working with KDE. If you have the resources to contribute, assistance in fixing the remaining bugs is most welcome.
>>Have you at least considered adding a couple of demons to shoot?
HA! I laughed out loud on that one. I made the very same "maze" point a while back. It seems, though, that this menu business has become a sensitive issue. Any time somebody complains about it, the defenders use one of the following two arguments:
1. But there was a usability study, so it must be better.
2. Why don't you just use Alt+F2 or Search to type the command, you barbarian?!
I'll let others argue about the questionable usability study. I want to point out that I really don't want to type commands to start programs. Sometime back in the 80's, I discovered this new technology called the "Graphical User Interface." It brought with it an amazing innovation called a "mouse." Shortly after that, I got lazy and no longer wanted to type commands to start programs like in the old TRS-80 and Commodore 64 days. Two decades of mousing have caused my typing skills to atrophy. I'll take my menu, thank you very much :-)
Since I love KDE so much, and look forward to KDE4, I've tried to hold my criticism in check until things solidify more. I'm patient enough to wait for an alternative menu. I do have some fear that Kickoff being the default will turn some people off, and that's based only on my totally-non-scientific personal experience.
I'm sure if anyone writes a normal, 90's KDE menu quickly, and it's stable, it will get included. But currently, nobody did anything except complain, so there simply IS NO KDE 3.x MENU IN A SHIPPABLE STATE. Again, if there was, it would be included. So we're not trying to force anything on anyone, we just don't have anything else.
Thanks for your comment Jos. It is actually quite a relief to hear that. I just wish this rationale was made clearer: 4.0 is using Kickoff not because it is deemed to be the best, but because it's what is ready right NOW. There is no shame in admitting that. I think Kickoff detractor's would be a lot less whining if this situation were explained properly, without any attempts to camouflage the real issue.
Jos, I know the whole story; I've been reading Planet and Dot for a long time now. I hate to even complain because I'm not gonna write a menu. However, the menu, for most people, is one of the most primary parts of the user interface. It's something that they use all the time. My worry is KDE 4.0 will be released with the current menu, and the reviews will start rolling out all over the web, and reviewers will be complaining about how difficult it is just to navigate to programs. I, myself, can deal with it, since I've been using KDE for a long time, and know what I'm doing. But first impressions matter, and since the menu is probably the first thing people will hit right after bootup, I wonder what kind of impression it will leave when people have to click in and out, up and down, to see what programs are there. It seems that the menu deserved more attention for that very reason. I hope the extra month gives somebody time to provide a menu that's easier to navigate / more discoverable. Thanks to all.
You know, about 30 seconds before I read your comment I was thinking the same thing. The unfortunate thing is that the focus is now on Windows users and trying to adapt to them. In my view, this is just so wrong. The focus should be on KDE users. Others should adapt to KDE not the other way round.
That's nonsense, KDE 3.x focussed on Windows users and that was the right thing.
KDE 4.x is currently an unusable joke.
take for example the start menu.
the 3.x menu wasn't nearly as comfortable as the XP one, but it was usable, the 4.x thing is poor.
Look at how XP or Vista provide a professionell start menu and try to imitate that.
That would be the right thing.
That means..
- easy configuration with drag 'n drop
- two mouse clicks to reach all relevant items (in the kde 4.x version... forget it)
This is basically the same menu that's in OpenSuse, right? Well, i can say after using it for awhile, it is addicting. I really like it. It's a huge improvement. Probably it would be nice to have an 'old-menu' option for people who can't get used to it. KDE is about choice, right?
Yes, one need some time in getting used to a new thing. I remember the XP menu initially gave me trouble and I always switched back to the classic menu. However, after a few tries, I started liking the XP style menu and now I am using it since last couple of years.
However, i tried the same thing with the Kickoff (in KDE 3.5.x even). However, I still do not feel comfortable. Too much of clicks and unexpected hover as I mentioned in another post.
I thought rc1 had been released in october... I don't think it's a good idea to base all your comments upon a deprecated release...
Personally, I didn't like the new menu. Too much of clicks (reminds me of Windows 3.x Program Manager) and unexpected hover effects (tabs getting activated upon hover). Also, the hovers does not work always. It may be a problem in my setup however as I do not see anybody having the same problem. Why stuff everything in a small scrollable window when there is enough desktop space? A click to get to a subcategory and another if u wanted to come back (a few pixel wide place with an arrow). A typical menu would have been better after 1st level. Also, five tabs to start with!!!
I'm using Dolphin3 and while there are some issues like when renaming a file (konqueror did not select the extension, only the part after the dot in the name) and some blinking when a change a directory I find it's nice.
So what can you tell us about Dolphin4 that is better than Dolphin3?
for me, there is only linux and kde. when i upgrade to kde4, i don't want to be disappointed at all. i definitly can wait a bit longer and get a strong and powerful kde4 :)
so wait for 4.2 ??
no, i believe and hope, that 4.0 will be finished and very useful in January. otherwise i stay with stable 3.5.8+
Sorry for posting this here but I thought I'd get a quicker response.
I'm trying to update my system with the built-in updater. Since the main site isn't working I tried switching mirrors like SSJ said to do in http://dot.kde.org/1195829316/1196069183/ with
export KDE4DAILY_SUBSTITUTE_MIRROR=http://home.kde.org/~kde4daily/
but as its going along I get the following error(PIC attached).
Hi Josh,
Please see the original thread in the KDE4Daily topic:
The mirror is only used for emergencies, and won't work at all other times. Please use the normal settings instead :)
Thanks, I switched back to the original URL and its working fine now.
I think it was wise to move the release to January to ensure the loose ends are tied up properly, even if it means no shiny finished 4.0 for Christmas.
How is Sonnet going since poor Jacob Rideout disappeared off the face of the KDE planet? Are others working on it so its original goals will be achieved by 4.0/4.1?
I think I can sum up every post in this thread with one word.
The current RCs are not Ready. We would rather have it late and right than on time and soil the good name of KDE.
I use KDE 3.5x daily, and have since 3.1. I like the direction we are going, but I urge the main developers to listen to the critics, harsh as some might be, they are KDE users, they are coming at it from a direction far more kind than a new user would. If they are this harsh, think how badly KDE will be blasted from non KDE users/Lovers.
I welcome the idea of developer releases, and I think this should be pointed out in BOLD 26Point Letters on the next few releases. Many are of the mistaken idea that they can get a usable productive KDE4 desktop from a Release Candidate, and are severely disappointed to find what they get.
Overall, Great progress, Keep polishing, and can we rethink the menu and clock please.
Why do people keep talking about RC's??? That was so last month. Maybe for 7 days after an RC is released, you are allowed to critic it. But KDE4 is moving at a lightning pace. Developers need us to weed out the *hidden* bugs...not the big glaring, in your face GUI issues from last month. The big glaring things are usually there because developers spend most of their time dealing with the thousands of behind-the-scenes stuff.
We should be more worried about hard-to-reproduce issues, security issues, translations and documentation...instead people only care that the system tray was floating about. Which of these items do you think takes the most work?
Everything is in the title...
Nice to hear we're giving more time for KDE contributors to finish implementations, polish and iron our problems. :D
I'm also very glad that the release is postponed. KDE is my favorite desktop for Linux (making it my favorite desktop for any computer system), and I don't want a new major version to be released with less functionality than the previous one. I really like the direction that 4 is headed, and I like the way that the new modules (Phonon, Solid, Plasma, etc) have been designed. However, the current state of the "RC" version feels more like an alpha. I know that it's a lot of work to reimplement all the functionality of kicker and the old desktop, and for that reason it should not be rushed. I wouldn't mind if the release were postponed even until the summer if all the features of KDE 3.5 were all implemented on top of the new framework. I know that everyone is looking at KDE 4.1 as being the release where all the cool new KDE 4 features are brought into the desktop, but I still think that a reliable, stable, and functional desktop is essential to the 4.0 release. In conclusion: Thanks for all your hard work, and great progress so far, but please please don't release until everything works like it should.
It's not going to be reliable and stable until lots of people are using it. And lots of people aren't going to use it until it is called 4.0. That doesn't mean that 100% of the people have to use it. If 15% of the people use it, that'll still be lots of people.
If it makes you feel better, when 4.0 comes out, pretend that it is a release candidate. When 4.1 comes out, tell yourself that it is 4.0. I say this because it seems what bothers people is the name, because the development pace will pretty continue at the same pace no matter what. If you want to use it in January or next summer...it doesn't really matter what it is called.
That is true, but with the current state of rc1 you don't need a lot of people testing to tell you it isn't ready. Give any user 5 minutes on RC1 and he will give you a list of reasons that it feels like a beta or even alpha release.
I understand 4.0 will not be bug free, how can it be without a larger testing base. But it certainly should not feel like beta software to a user. Think of it as Debian's unstable branch. Yes, I expect things to break every now and then but it is perfecly fine for daily use.
You only get one chance to make a first impression. Once 4.0 is released it will be reviewed by countless sites. It would be a shame if people feel that it was released prematurely.
The general concencus here seems to be ready rather than early. And I agree.
And thanks to all the KDE devs for their hard work.
I must aggree. The latest releases shouldn't be called a "release candidate", because a lot of people feels that this is still beta stage. So please, do not call it a rc. I think every KDE addict is keen on having a new version, but the current state is IMAO not ready to be used in a daily productive work envroiment. Lot's of feature does not exist or feels "strange". For example, it looks like last week the first context menu operations on the "kicker" pabel was applied. The first time, I was able to switch application to another pager screen. But we had a RC already! Still I am missing lot's of configuration option for the panel and ... yes, it is told that they will be added soon.
This does not mean that the developers had done a bad job. Many applications does already looking very promising and solid. The backend also got lot's of love. It is quite easy to write own plasma applets and KDE 4 will be a great thing. So please, don't silenece every voice telling that KDE 4.0 is not ready yet. This call is IMAO very good, because it allows to add missing features + adding some more days to polish. KDE people waited a very long time for 4.0 and most of us will be waiting even more... but please made the new release shiny and not looking like a step back (even, if it is promised that 4.1 will add missing stuff). The real weak point is plasma and oxygen and the last weeks plenty of work had been done to deal with this issues.
So no tears on the new schedule, don't take it personal, if people are not satiesfied with the current state. IMAO naming it RC1 and trying to implement some important features within the last days, made more troubles than are actually in the back end.
You think it's not RC just because Plasma some other parts of KDE aren't RC. 95% actually IS RC quallity, and in desperate need of feedback. As the feedback didn't come during the Alpha and Beta cycles, we decided to release an RC. It's not like the users/potential testers gave us much choice...
I really understand and agree with that, but that 95% is hard to get at if your desktop keeps on freezing after a minute or five of playing with it (latest Suse live CD). It may be a minor thing causing it, but the only way I found out was restarting X. That is simply not acceptable to a majority of users, and makes the whole of KDE 4 feel unfinished. Yes, that is an unfair assessment, I know, and I am confident KDE 4 will eventually rock, but it is not right now. It is also not like you can for now keep the oldfashioned, stable desktop and start playing with all those great, RC quality applications...
I do.
Developers: You're doing a great job indeed! Don't let some people get you down. If you follow the dot and planetkde, then you'll see that the people only complain about some GUI stuff and RC1, they don't even take the time to install a recent build where most of the problems are already fixed.
And a positive point to end my post with: The new menu is very good(favourites, search, history). Way more features than the old 90's menu. The critics of the new menu are actually arguing that they want LESS features. Who understands them?? :-p
my favorite menus are the GNOME menu and the Windows XP menu. I never really tried other menus except the Windows 98 style menus in Windows, GNOME and KDE.
I think menu preferences are probably a matter of habit. new users want their menus from the previous environment, and in KDE 4.0, everyone is basically a new user, except those who regularly used the development releases. I'm not saying that's everyone. many users welcome change and like new features, but many would rather stick with what is familiar, or works for them, or like new stuff but determined that this particular new stuff isn't for them.
I agree, it is a habit, but by trying out KDE4, you're trying something new, so I think you should be consistent and keep an open mind then on everything that is presented to you, including the menu.
If the argument is: I want to stick with what is familiar, then I wonder why they don't stick with KDE3 then. Apparently they don't really want to stay with what is familiar.
It's the same argument about the look of KDE4... I'm often wondering what it is that people don't understand when our developers say it is FULLY themable.
My post was just to let developers know that there are users who respect and understand that the foundation is layed now for the future.
And to end my post another time with a positive note: KWin is really better than compiz-fusion, the default configuration is just what you expect from it, it is usable, not just flashy!
Thanks for reading.
I'll say why I prefer the old menu: speed. Kickoff simple gets in the way. It requires one to repeatedly move the mouse from one side to another of a rather large menu. The use of mouse-over buttons results in accidental switching of menu mode. Most people put shortcuts to stuff like My Computer, /home, etc on the desktop, not in the menu. Assuming Plasma sticks with the usual desktop by default (it's already much more powerful), then having it in the menu is stupid and repetitive and a waste of space.
Let it be noted that this is a fairly minor problem (nowhere near any kind of showstopper) it is an annoyance that should be a configurable option (FYI, KDE4RC1 is already my day-to-day desktop).
personally, I see the desktop as the place for all the stuff I'm currently working on. the main menu is to me where I find places, applications, and system configuration. I really like my desktop to be completely clear of anything but the files I'm working on and files I can't place anywhere else.
that's just my personal way of working.
I guess you use the desktop for links to your most used apps and to some of your files, and directories you frequent. that's all dumped into the Kickoff menu, which really inconveniences you. after all, the desktop is meant for your favorite apps, not the menu, and they are more quickly accessed from the desktop. in fact, what advantages does the kickoff menu have?
the desktop is better for that.
you already have recent documents, and you can add recent applications to the kmenu.
Computer -> Programs:
covered by "System", "Settings", and "Utilities".
Computer -> System Folders -> home folder:
already on the desktop.
Computer -> System Folders -> document folder:
already on the desktop, or can easily added to it. besides, who needs it?
Computer -> System Folders -> remote folders:
already on the desktop, or can easily added to it (I think).
Computer -> Media:
it's already on the desktop as "Computer", right?
thats the main function of the kmenu!
covered by "Logout" and "Lock Screen".
the only thing thats added is search.
of course, to many people, perhaps me included (never tried kickoff), this menu might offer a better solution, but for others, this is an unnecessary and inconvenient restructure that only inconveniences and doesn't really improve anything. plus, it can clash with their philosophy about how desktops should be used. switching a menu might require changing the whole way you work and think and that's a huge change. I'm really glad that there is now a KMenu for Plasma, even though I don't expect to ever use it.
I dunno. I do it completely differently. I completely cleared out my desktop and disabled all icons. Furthermore, I hardly ever use the K menu; I launch everything with Katapult. I have never tried KDE 4, but if the new menu is set up to operate like an improved Katapult; I would celebrate it.
I was very worried about the quality of KDE 4.0. I think now KDE is on the right track. You should have gone for many betas. At least go for few RCs. Served it when cooked, not half cooked.
Nice to hear that the realease of KDE 4.0 was postponed, it's not yet stable as many (the majority?) users expect it, IMHO.
In my opinion kde developers must take more into account that when KDE 4.0 will be released it will be reviewed from many people that do it just for sport and not to contribute to it. What they will do is judge it, not contribute to it.
And if KDE4.0 will be released with some unfinished stuff they will say that it sucks.
So if you are planning to release it early just to get a wider user base to test it, think to it twice, the risk is that you get only unconstructive critics, i.e. what you don't like and doesn't deserve.
I agree.
The kde "users" community is much wider now than at the time of KDE2.0.
But there are many kind of users, the developers acting as users, the power users, the new users and the normal users.
I think that after KDE-4.0 "developers platform" we need a KDE-4.0 "Enthusiasts Edition" one that explicitly targets users willing and able to contribute to the KDE development with constructive feedback and that don't mind the fact that they can't remove yet their beloved kde-3.5.x.
Currently that is KDE4 Daily.
KDE 4.0 at it current state is a mess.
To avoid future disasters like this you might consider instead of trying to build a complete new version 3.X -> 4.0 instead going in small incremental steps.
To achive this: Become independent from Trolltech: Fork QT. Make QT a part of the KDE source tree and maintain it along side with KDE. Throw out all unnecessary stuff not related to KDE.
Try to remember some forgotten values like: simplicity, correctness and performance.
Fight your egos and listen to the flaming crowd.
This comment is a disaster!
KDE-4.0 is going in the right direction. Only requires more time to be finished and a strategy to be released to an incremental user base and not to the whole public.
The first step was the release targetted to the developers users.
Now it's time for power users, users interrested in the KDE advancement.
Then will come the others.
> This comment is a disaster!
No, it's preposterous - a troll's rotton breath.
Reading this comment, I'm reminded of Pauli's (in?)famous remark to a student: "This isn't right. It's not even wrong". I honestly don't know where to begin critiquing it, so I guess I'll just say that Qt currently has over 40 full-time very talented staff working on it, so "forking" Qt would be about the worst possible drain on manpower imaginable.
Not to mention that some highly valued KDE contributors are actually on Trolltech's payroll (cough! *aaron* Cough! *Thomas* cough!) and that agreements are in place to secure the availability of Qt for KDE in the future.
Well i installed it through kubuntu hardy... I use it now everyday but I am retired so I have time to play :)
As I couldn't get coming changes I compile svn and apart few things which aren't working I think kde4 should be quiete interesting in january :)
The problem is that 3.5.8 has so many enhancing that it will be hard to get them straight away on kde4 but they plasma on kde4 which will make the difference... Tanks all for your good job :)
Now I can even use kdevelop to develop my small examples :)
Sorry, I find your comment a little bit biased, your arguments are .... *well* .. nevermind.
On track, to bad the final 4.0 release of KDE is delayed. But it's better then have a rushed-out release. I'm using the kde4daily image and I see major changes after every svn update. And to be honoust I think the end result will be a close finish anyways.
Good luck to the KDE guys which are working their arses off to get a new exciting product released.
I wholeheartedly disagree. Small incremental changes are nice to maintain stuff, but for leaps forward you need a major code rehaul. There comes a point in any software projects life where it would be easier to do a complete rewrite rather than maintain it with small patches. The switch to KDE4 gives us this chance. We should give the devs the time they need to produce a proper KDE4.
Hey! We've got an expert here! I name you brand new "KDE Project Manager" from now on! All hail the new KPM!
Why do you think forking QT is 'the way'?
I will make it even more simple.
fork KDE! You will save the world from the blight that is KDE 4


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By assuming full ownership of NBC Universal — which includes NBC's famed "Peacock Network," NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, Universal Pictures, the Universal theme parks and resorts, and several popular cable channels, including Bravo — Comcast takes full control of a crown jewel of American news and entertainment, whose history mirrors the emergence of modern broadcast media in the 20th Century.
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"Our decision to acquire GE's ownership is driven by our sense of optimism for the future prospects of NBCUniversal and our desire to capture future value that we hope to create for our shareholders," Roberts said in a statement. Comcast shares jumped 3% Wednesday in response to the deal, touching a multi-year high; the company's stock price has increased 46% over the past year and 68% over the past two years.
For GE, divesting its remaining NBCUniversal stake is part of CEO Jeffrey Immelt's plan to focus on the company's industrial businesses. GE, whose roots date back to Thomas Edison, manufactures a wide array of products including lightbulbs, locomotives, and jet engines. Nevertheless, the sale must be bittersweet for GE, whose history with NBC goes back to 1926, when the company's RCA unit created the National Broadcasting Company, the first of its kind in the United States, ushering in the modern radio and television age. GE was forced to sell NBC in 1930 over federal antitrust concerns, but re-purchased the company in 1986.
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