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The eagerly awaited SilverStripe 3 has been available in a stable state for a while now, it's even had a minor release in the form or 3.0.1. But how does it shape up when compared to it's long established predecessor, SilverStripe 2?
Having now had time to really have a play with it and even do some project work with it there are 2 statements swirling around my head. 1: SilverStripe 3 is absolutely awesome and 2: We won't be using SilverStripe 3 for complex production sites just yet . Confused? Let me explain.
The CMS Interface
The most obvious change to SilverStripe is the User interface, and I am so glad (read relieved!) to say it is an absolute peach. Despite concerns about the demotion of the site tree leading to confusing workflows, the late changes ensured the tree is persistent and seamlessly transitions between full screen and page editing mode, allowing a more (believe it or not) fluid and focused work-flow than previously.
Another great introduction is full screen relation edit forms, no more popups in popups and confusing multi DOM editing. Now we can simply step through related objects editing as we go and using the breadcrumbs at the top of the CMS to navigate. As small a change as it seems, this is a game changer for us at Aab Web, really opening up the possibilities for both Model Admin and in-page Grid Fields to be used in ways that previously were messy and unintuitive.
The new Tab system is also great, far more intuitive with only 3 default tabs; Content, Settings and History (yes, History is now in a place you can actually explain over the phone!). Some may argue that there is now less space to create new Tabs, and that is true, but what they have done is encouraged you to be smarter with your form structure. A great example of this is the 'Metadata', which is now placed in an expanding ToggleCompositeField underneath the content editor. Using a combination of these expanding fields and a reduced number of top level tabs means you can still create just as many fields but in a way that will be easier to find and more intuitive to use for your clients.
Other bits worth a mention are improvements to the way URLSegments are now handled (no more alerts!!), the file upload fields with drag and drop uploading and in-page property editing which is super slick and very useful and of course the Grid Field which now makes Model Admin a far more accomplished interface.
I was surprised to find that when going back to 2.4, it felt like such a step back, the clunky interface is just so....dated. It was great in its day, but I am now really excited about the prospect of showing clients SS3, I can already hear the 'oooohs' and 'aahhhss' as they drop a file in or switch to and from preview mode.
The API
Once you look past the cosmetic changes to the CMS, there is actually a much more significant change to SilverStripe 3. It is now a full blown, standalone application framework. Although initially this may not prove terribly interesting to many SS developers, in time this could be the thing which truly sets it apart from much of the competition. Not only is the 'Framework' (formerly known as Sapphire) now stand alone, but it has had major improvements which should now enable truly scalable sites. 'Can you use it to build Twitter?'. Well, it's certainly much more feasible than it was with Sapphire 2.4 and that in itself is a very exciting prospect.
For those who don't intend to use the framework on its own there is still plenty to be pleased about. The new DataObject collection methods are intuitive and lazy loading means they are efficient, although they will mean much existing code will need to be reworked. The templating system has also been completely re-written and now behaves exactly as you would expect and adds a list of great new features which will allow far more dynamic templates as well as even more intuitive for front-end developers to get to grips with. For me, just being able to use 'not' in an <% if %> is improvement enough!
Another new feature worthy of mention is the yml config files. Although I am yet to try them for myself, I am assured they will provide far more flexibility and improve performance. If this is true then it all sounds good to me, even if I do need to learn a new way to write my config.
And.....the Party Stoppers?
So at this point you're probably thinking it all sounds so great, why not use it for all projects? I wish I could say it was ready for that, in so many ways it would make projects easier and more exciting. Unfortunately there are a few bits which although likely simple to fix, mean we just can't hand it over to clients yet.
Take for example the site tree. It looks great, and on first inspection it also works great. But try moving pages around, deleting them, un-publishing and publishing and you start to get strange things happening, like child pages not showing up, or parent pages unable to expand to show their child pages. To be fair I was unable to reproduce this today, so perhaps I just hit a strange edge case previously.
Then there is the preview mode, which also seems to work well, until you move to another page on the site and press 'edit' at which point you are returned to a blank page in the CMS, or worse press the 'Pages' link and the edit button disappears. A similar thing happens when reverting a page to the previous version under the history tab.
More minor annoyances include the fact that the (awesome) file field doesn't collapse properly sometimes when loading a page making it confusing for users, and the fact that you can't put image thumbnails into the gridfield summary. And remember, DataObjectManager is not (and never will be) SS3 compatible, so for now we don't have a nice way to have multiple file uploads automatically followed by edit forms for each, a great feature for a gallery or document store.
Another issue is drag-and-drop sorting of Data Objects. This was super simple to add using the DataObjectManager in 2.4, but as that module is not compatible with SS3 (and never will be) it was a big surprise to find that it wasn't offered by the new Grid Field. There is a 3rd party module available here which does a reasonable job (albeit a little more conveluted than DOM), but not having it in the core really feels like a glaring ommision.
Although all of the above are stopping us using SS3 for production, they are all relatively simple fixes when compared to the amount of great work that has already been put in, so I don't anticipate it to be too long before they are fixed (in fact 3.0.2, currently in RC1 already addresses some of them).
I don't think there is any doubt in my mind that SilverStripe has taken an enormous leap forward with SS3. Using it gives me a great feeling that I am in front of a state of the art piece of software and developing with it makes we wonder how I put up with 2.4s 'quirks' for so long. The only problem is, it still feels like it's in beta.
As soon as we get a truly stable version (I suspect that will be 3.1.0) there really will be very little reason to look elsewhere for almost any client project. SilverStripe will do it all, elegantly, efficiently and above all else with style. Eat your heart out Wordpress.
Simon Erkelens
10/09/2012 1:43pm (5 years ago)
A few of the issues you mention, are already fixed. They are, in my opinion minor.
I'm having more issues with the ModelAdmin. It's not always loading the edit/add field, but stays on the list. Which is far more confusing.
I somewhat agree. I've taken the step, I'm building a major project in SS3.
10/09/2012 3:56pm (5 years ago)
Hi Aram,
I am just switching to SS3 for small & easy projects and have encountered many of the issues you described above.
I have enhanced the GridField with 2 Modules: SortableGridField and GridFieldBulkEditingTools - still very buggy, but with those Components you get a smell of good old DataObjectManager.
I have Thumbnails in my GridFields, just like this:
static $summary_fields = array(
function getThumbnail (){
$image = $this->Image();
if ($image && $image->ID){
return $image->CMSThumbnail();
return " --- ";
Have a nice day,
10/09/2012 9:14pm (5 years ago)
Hi Aram,
Interesting article, and I too agree. SS3 is in overall still very beta.
We've managed to create a larger Learning Management System with SS3, but we did not use the CMS in this project at all. That simply didn't work.
However, the API has actually been working quite well (in our opinion) going all the way back to the first Alpha release. The API is though not as easy as the old one, but I guess we just have to get use to datalist and the new query language for that.
I've switched about 3 sites to SS3 for using the new CMS and our clients seems ok with the early issues, but even with the latest releases of the CMS and some of the modules, there are still many unsolved errors.
But I think everybody is working very hard on this project and it keeps getting better everyday... I kind of miss DOM, since GridField hasn't been that obvious to me, but I guess in time GridField will get better, at least I hope so...
iSense Daniel
11/09/2012 3:47am (5 years ago)
Thanks Aram, this is very much appreciated.
I've generally learned from books, it is what works for me and something I've struggled with in Silverstripe is the lack of books available. The irc is great but does anybody know of any books in the works now that Silverstripe 3.0 is out?
Nick Jacobs
11/09/2012 9:11am (5 years ago)
Nice review aram..it'd be great to see some basic tutorials on the framework/API popping up...look forward to reading them.
11/09/2012 10:10am (5 years ago)
Hi Aram!
Though I agree that some of the showstoppers you describe are annoying, I simply mention them to clients and promise they'll be fixed in upcomming releases. So far I haven't had anyone complain (5 sites/apps in SS3 so far, 2 of which major).
Indeed, we've also lost time debugging core issues/updating some modules, but I see that as an investment in our tools, and for us it's really a part of working with open source software. Overall I think the SS3 pros overway the cons by far. Not only for clients, but especially for developers (I find the api/framework a joy to work with).
By the way, another way to show thumbnails in the datagrid we use is by including this code in the summary:
public static $summary_fields = array(
'FeaturedImage.StripThumbnail' => '',
11/09/2012 10:20am (5 years ago)
@iSense This doesn't answer your question, but have you tried just using any of the 2.4 books? Both of them are pretty good, I guess the one by Ingo would be best for SS3, since that's most focussed on SS core code (the one by Philipp Krenn uses more modules like DOM, which are not SS3 compatible).
Generally, most code examples from Ingo's book should just work as long as you apply these 'updates' (under 'Upgrading'): http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/trunk/changelogs/3.0.0
What's nice about 3.0 is that a lot of classes contain code examples in their docblocks (if you use an editor like Netbeans, it will show the examples). Also the developer documentation has improved *a lot* compared to 2.4 to my opinion.
11/09/2012 12:43pm (5 years ago)
@Micschk I have been working through both books and have found it is still really relevant. The biggest hickups have been working with gridfield as apposed to the old way of doing it ...(ComplexTableField...i think), but u must say that i am loving GridField...it is the coolest things since sliced bread!
I know that it is still early days..but i find it frustrating that the silverstripe site does not have that many good examples of how to use the code for SS3. It took me some time to get what i needed for GridField as well as how to use PaginatedList.
One good thing is that sites like ssbits is arround to help the semi geeks find their way :-)
Adrian van Vliet
11/09/2012 2:08pm (5 years ago)
Thanks so much for this review, Aram. I've waited with getting into SS3, waiting for any word about it from you: a reliable word from an independent developer I know and trust.
15/09/2012 10:28am (5 years ago)
Hi Aram,
Looking forward for some great tutorials for SS3 from you.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
15/09/2012 11:59am (5 years ago)
Very useful review. Best regards Aram
21/09/2012 4:01am (5 years ago)
great review Aram - like Adrian, I've been holding off using SS3 until reputable developers such as yourself fully adopted it. I'm not ashamed to say I rely on your helpful tips on an almost weekly basis!
Looking forward to the future of SS3 and all the SS3 tutorials that will no doubt be featured on ssbits.
Aled Brown
02/10/2012 4:57pm (5 years ago)
Great review. I've done 2 sites in SS3. One really easy to get going. But the other had many modifications and I had to take my old library of 2.4 code and upgrade it or find a way to replicate behaviour in 3.0. Boy, it's great! I love SS3.
The problem with old 2.4 sites is that I used to do so much customisation using modules that you now just don't need installed. So there's a quite a lot of work to upgrade old sites for me.
Yes, old 2.4 books are fine with 3.0. Lots of things still work if you introduce them slowly into a blank project and upgrade them using the docs. I thought nothing would work but lots of stuff still does. Anything that had DOM switch it to GridField yourself. It's not too hard once you figure it out.
The future is bright for SS3. I just hope performance is better on larger sites.
The new form style system is amazingly handy when you need to make a form meld into a designers layout.
The CMS does have a few glitches but they will be sorted and lots of them have been fixed.
I wish I had time to contribute some tutorials on 3.0 to help others in the transition but I barely have time to breathe at the moment. :(
iSense Daniel
02/11/2012 12:32am (5 years ago)
@Aram, bit late on reply but thanks. I've been thinking in the absence of a book I'll be getting my hands on every ssbits tut I can to get up to speed. You have a real gift for educating in a simple and clear manner that gives me confidence. You should write a book ;)
@Micschk Very helpful. I have both books but am still relatively new to Silverstripe. I have used DOM quite a bit which may have held my prep for 3.0 back a bit. Sounds like Ingo's book and upgrading notes should help me get up to speed when I finally make the jump to 3.0
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Trying with beta 2.6 plugin Placeholder to update my plugin based on this one :
On IE 6.0, when you click on the yellow Number, you should get the same number in windows but here the custom number does not come back.
Think that the problem is here : fck_placeholder.html L 46
var eSelected = oEditor.FCKSelection.GetSelectedElement() ;
is something like not initialised because in th function (LoadSelected()) it goes straight to the end. (eSelected does not exist)
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It works well. It is not possible to change the placeholder value because of #1934 though.
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DuoTangle Well & Punzel
This is my freehand version of Well (check under the patterns tab for a step out).
My Punzel was pared back to Chainging to make the rose leaf (which I just realised! LOL).
School tomorrow, then a stack of gardening over the weekend.
Have a good one!
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Aaaww, this is just so beautifully done. You always manage to turn the challenges into something completely different. I really admire how you make things your own. and thank you very much for the freehand version of Well. It has given me hours of fun!ReplyDelete
Such an eloquent tangle!ReplyDelete
Always fantastic again, dear Helen.ReplyDelete
Have a nice day, * Manja *
Wow - the elegance and simplicity of this takes my breath away. Colours compliment each other so well too.ReplyDelete
So absolutely beautiful. Everything you do breaths and has lovely flow.ReplyDelete
Very creative and beautiful!!! Love it.ReplyDelete
I want this flower in my garden! :) Beautiful.ReplyDelete
Amazing one!ReplyDelete
wow, so simple but very elegant, i love itReplyDelete
You amaze me with the things that you come up with. I was not brave enough to try the free hand well, but did try the circle grid. Does not flow as well as yours and had to really concentrate to keep my place.ReplyDelete
WOW !ReplyDelete
This is so beautiful.
For me, you managed to capture the essence of the challenge, and the duo tangle.
I've run out of superlatives!ReplyDelete
Very elegant !ReplyDelete
I agree with all the above comments! Love it!ReplyDelete
I was I inspired by your freehand Well flowers for my piece. You do beautiful work!ReplyDelete
as usual i'm blown away with your creativity!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 16, 2014 at 10:27 AM
Lovely. It reminds me of the hops used in beer making.ReplyDelete
I'm at a loss for words. I think I've used up all the superlatives in previous posts. Your work is what I strive for. And this piece is no exception.ReplyDelete
Thanks, all!ReplyDelete
very pretty.ReplyDelete
Your artwork is fantastic.ReplyDelete
may be simple but beautiful as always Helen :)ReplyDelete


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You're already setting your VCR to record the premiere episode if you know what cosplay is. If you don't know what it is, you've probably never been to Comic-Con or a fantasy fan convention.
Cosplay is short for costume play and generally refers to the art of dressing up as characters from fantasy fiction, TV, film, comic books and video games. But there are cosplayers and there are cosplayers. Fan convention attendees may toss a colander on their heads and make R2D2 noises, but the serious cosplayers on "Heroes of Cosplay" spend hours and hours, and dollars and dollars, creating costumes and makeup to replicate fantasy characters in faithful detail.
The new Syfy show follows a few very dedicated, if not obsessed, cosplayers as they design and execute extraordinarily ornate costumes to compete for big prize money at the first-ever Wizard World convention in Portland, Ore.
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Hit movies are also fertile territory for cosplayers like Becky Young, who will remake herself as Merida from Pixar's "Brave." She's so obsessed with detail, she sharpens her archery skills to prepare for the role. In an effort to get exactly the right shade of orange for Merida's hair, Young spends hours and hours hand-coloring each strand of wig hair with Magic Marker. She's also concerned about her weight, which may be a little above what would be acceptable for the animated heroin. She hits the gym, but is still worried she'll get knocked down by the judges for being too heavy.
Jessica and Holly are so focused on details that they created a life mold of Jessica's head in order to attach ram's horns to her head. The mold works fine, but then they run out of time and have to resort to buying pre-made horns, knowing that using any store-bought features on a cosplay get-up is almost certain to cost them points.
As good as many of these cosplayers are, they all know they have miles to go before they reach the level of cosplay goddess Yaya Han, who no longer competes but is a much sought-after judge for cosplay contests and is also paid for personal appearances at fantasy events.
Yaya is the Simon Cowell of cosplay judging. You get one detail wrong and she'll come down on you like a ton of Tiefling horns. She's got one elaborate costume from a previous year just for her first appearance at Wizard World and a completely new outfit for her appearance as a judge. She stands at the top of a staircase in Portland as Wizard World fans stare open-mouthed, as if awaiting the Yaya version of the Sermon on the Mount.
You may think the whole idea of adults dressing up as fantasy characters is silly, but the dedication and craftsmanship of the cosplayers easily convinces you otherwise.
What's unclear is whether competitive cosplaying is too rarefied to sustain multiple episodes. But as a one-off, it's, well, fantastic enough.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Reading Great Words Of Outdoor Writers
There is a one-word statement that often is spoken following the mention of a famous but deceased outdoor writer's name. It is blunt, direct and simple: "Who?"
My outdoor education began when I was about 10 years old, and I began my personal subscriptions to Field & Stream, Outdoor Life and Sports Afield—the so-called "Big 3" in the outdoor magazine business.
I read each monthly magazine from cover to cover, and eagerly awaited the arrival of the next issue. Certain writers captured my fancy, forced me to probe my mind, and they made me want to learn more about fishing and hunting.
There were many of them through the mid-1950s and 1960s that helped me develop an awesome interest in outdoor writing. Some of those names have vanished with time as the author passed away, or in some cases, disappeared and was never seen again.
Many were people whose outdoor writings captivated my imagination, and made me dream of far-flung fishing or hunting adventures. My early favorites, should anyone care, were men of great stature in the outdoor writing field at the time.
Men such as: Charlie Askins, Erwin "Joe" Bauer, Havilah Babcock, Fred Bear, Craig Boddington, Nash Buckingham, John Cartier, Homer Circle, Eugene V. Connett III, Jim Corbett, Byron Dalrymple, Frank Dufresne, Ben East, Charlie Elliott, George Bird Evans, John Taintor Foote, Corey Ford, Arnold Gingrich, Roderick Haig-Brown, John Jobson, Bill Jordan, Elmer Keith, Tom Kelly, Dana Lamb, Arthur Macdougall, Gordon MacQuarrie, John Madson, Jack O'Connor, Robert Ruark, Archibald Rutledge, Jack Samson, Edmund Ware Smith, Ted Trueblood, Ray Voss and countless others helped, in many ways, to forge Dave Richey's writing future.
Many, in their later years, came to be personal friends. Some like Corey Ford and Robert Ruark passed away about the time that outdoor writing became an inspiration, but had yet to become an avocation or vocation.
I remember many discussions, in person and by mail, with Bauer, O'Connor and others. Some, like John Madson, were truly great writers, and I have dozens of handwritten and typed letters from Madson. His writing sparkled in a down-home manner.
The late Ben East of Holly, Michigan, was perhaps the finest copy editor I every worked with. Some of these men were more outdoorsman than writer, but the late John O. Cartier, was as good in the field as at his computer or with a red editing pencil.
Ruark, although we never met, touched me with his whimsical "The Old Man & The Boy" book (see my Scoops Books for a copy), which should be required reading for anyone with an interest in fishing and hunting. It is warm, wonderful, filled with homespun wisdom, and Ruark died much too young as the result of far too much strong drink and a defeated liver.
The late Joe Bauer began writing while a game warden in Ohio, and he became most known for his superb outdoor photographs, his many books and his constant parade of feature articles in The Big 3. He was quiet almost to the point of being shy, and was hired to teach writers for Outdoor Life how to shoot great photos. His humble "I don't know how I do it" was the truth, but after listening to him talk for two hours, me and many other people came away with greater knowledge of taking prize-winning photographs.
Most of the really good writers were reticent about discussing the fame and glory of their work. Others barked and bleated if things didn't go their way, and still, they did some things that others wanted to learn.
There are many tales of the late Elmer Keith. He was fairly small, wore a big cowboy hat, disliked Jack O'Connor intensely (the reverse was also true), but many are the tales of Keith's exploits. He somewhat reminded me of a little banty rooster, but if Keith said he could do something, whatever it was could be done.
These men were heroes of a sort to me, and meeting them (most of them), was a high point in my life. I also met Ted Williams, baseball's last .400 hitter years ago, and I showed no more hero worship for him than for the outdoor writers noted above. I simply admire their skills at their chosen jobs, and in truth, the angling or hunting writers were more real to me than someone like Williams played a childhood game for big bucks.
The point of this discourse is that reading today's outdoor writers offers a peek into their lives. You can learn from the true outdoor writer, one who spends time in the field, and learn very little from the indoor-outdoor writer, a person who writes about fishing and hunting but never does it.
Fishing and hunting, as we know it, will gradually lose some of its luster in the future and some of it can be seen now as newspapers cut back or eliminate their staff or freelance writers. It will never entirely die out, but people will become more diversified, and parcel ever smaller amounts of time to these pastimes. So, if you love fishing and hunting as I do, read as much about it as possible now.
And offer a word of occasional thanks to those who toil so you can better enjoy the outdoors. Many of my favorite writers are long gone, and one day, some of today's favorite writers will also be gone, this writer included.
Let these people know you appreciate their efforts. Doing so after they have passed on, as is true with some of those mentioned in tonight's blog, is a belated attempt to reverse an earlier error of omission. Those writers and photographers who have given so much of their lives to enlighten their readers deserve to be remember once they've fished around their last bend. Their likes will never be seen again.
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I've never known how to quite put into words my opinion on the reception (or lack-of) "custom" Mandalorians. Overall, the circle of those involved in the interpretation of the Mandalorian's is a positive one. For the most part, everyone is as helpful and loving of Stars Wars as those creating strictly canon costumes. However, I would also say that there is a large amount of resentment for the hacking and slashing of canon characters.
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I've always wanted to be a part of that Galaxy far far away. As much as I respect and admire the work of the Boba and Jango's here, I personally felt at the time that if I wanted to make a contribution, it should be as the character I would be in that Galaxy. I absolutely focused on the canon Star Wars universe as a guide to my own character, but also obviously took some liberty in design. Being generally new to costuming, I didn't completely understand the culture surrounding this hobby yet.
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Why am I posting this? Not really sure. But I think there are some issues that need to be resolved in the Dented Variants. There are some extremely patient and well executed works, and there are honestly some which seem to come together much too quickly and with much less attention to detail as our Boba and Jango brothers (no offense). I am not one in any place to tell anyone else how to create their own vision. However, I am trying to determine the areas that cause the most conflict. Most of the larger costuming groups no longer recognize Variants as acceptable. Personally, I understand this stance. That said, I am very proud of my own work and I know it brings joy to many people.
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Both incidents happened not far from each other in the north of Bolton, but police say the descriptions of the two men are different.
In the first incident, a 15-year-old girl was walking along Crompton Way near Lidl on Tuesday when a man in a dark saloon car pulled up alongside her at about 8.30am.
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U.S. Media and the Cartoons: Who Published? Who Didn't?
Posted on Feb 10, 2006
According to a Feb. 7 article by Peter Johnson in USA Today, the only major U.S. newspapers to have republished some of the controversial cartoons of Muhammad are:
Also, most major networks have shied away from broadcasting the images. Neither NBC, CBS nor CNN displayed the cartoons. Those that did include:
Truthdig published the cartoons in an Ear to the Ground item on Feb. 3.
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The Nation's Christian Parenti
"Look past the cartoons. The violence in Afghanistan stems from grievances over four years of occupation by US and NATO troops and ineffectual foreign aid schemes."
Sam Harris on the Reality of Islam
"Our press should report on the terrifying state of discourse in the Arab press, exposing the degree to which it is a tissue of lies, conspiracy theories and exhortations to recapture the glories of the seventh century."
Cartoon Protests Stoked by Dictators
Don't believe the hype about homespun religious anger: Middle Eastern leaders stoke religious riots because it makes their secular governments look tame in comparison.
"Something Rotten in the State of Denmark"
Andrew Sullivan on the Cartoons
"The point was that Islam has a blind spot when it comes to women's freedom. Crude but powerful: exactly what a political cartoon is supposed to be."
Official Iranian Paper to Run Holocaust Cartoons
The Tehran city council-owned newspaper says it is testing the West's arguments about freedom of expression.
N.Y. Press Kills Cartoons; Staff Walks Out
The editorial staff of the alternative weekly New York Press walked out today [Feb. 7], en masse, after the paper's publishers backed down from printing the Danish cartoons that have become the center of a global free-speech fight.
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I use to be moselem but not any more, you know why, becouse attacking non moselem and killing them every where, is been ordered by their prophet (Mohammed) clearly and many times, in their holy book (ghoraan).So, even if the truth is not sweet for them, I don't think they have right to contest. Finaly I think any media who blives in freedom of speech has obligation and must publish the cartoons.
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Egyptian Newspaper Published Danish Cartoons 5 months ago. No protest.
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Everyone wants to be an expert. Nothing wrong with that.
The problem is that many want to become an expert overnight!
Now that may be possible in very narrowly defined niches, but even there the desirability of such 'expertise' is in question. We all know and respect experts as having had long, immersive and intense knowledge and experience with a particular subject or skill. Indeed that's the reason we look up to them.
Lately I've been noticing a flurry to create the 'impression' of being an expert – by writing a book, by building a brand, by giving talks and presentations – which is hard to understand or explain.
True, the authority symbols of being a published author or keynote speaker or syndicated columnist are helpful in enhancing the expert status you attain – but on their own, these things don't make you an expert.
There's a lot going on behind the scenes before you can appear on your stage wearing 'expert status' as the crown on your head. Let's talk about it.
There are many good reasons why expert status is coveted. Here are some:
Expertise will always be desirable, and that's a good reason to want to become an expert. But before you embark on your quest, you must understand a few nuances about expertise itself.
You could have a year's experience at repairing roofs or painting buildings or growing roses. You would be considered an expert at a gathering of novice handymen or apprentice painters or amateur gardeners.
But with the exact same level of experience, if you walked into a national roofing convention, or attended an industrial meeting for painting contractors, or even a tea party with serious gardeners who have been at their hobby for decades, you would be looked upon as a 'newbie' or 'beginner'.
Expertise, at any level, is relative. You know more than some. And you know less than others.
The biggest myth of all is that expertise is reserved for a select few – and is unattainable for others. Not true. Everyone can be an expert. Yes, that includes you!
There are a few advantages that will carry you to expert status quicker or more easily. But there are hardly any obstacles that will completely prevent you from becoming an expert.
Before reading Adam J. Jackson's amazing book "The Flip Side", I used to think that there were certain physical, emotional and psychological factors that would keep one from achieving expertise in specific fields. But after hearing about the one-armed baseball pitcher for major leagues, and the blind man who mastered martial arts combat, I realize that every obstacle can be surmounted.
So realize that you can be an expert at anything you want – if you're willing to take the steps that are necessary. What are they? We'll talk about them next.
As I did some research for this article, I traced the source for a powerful concept back to Malcolm Gladwell's book, "Outliers". In it, Gladwell has stated (with a lot of evidence to support the argument) that it takes 10,000 hours of involvement and practice to become an expert at something.
This means that to become expert at cooking, you should spend 10,000 hours on it. Or to be a top class writer, you must practice for 10,000 hours. Ditto for being a good musician or sportsman or to master any other skill.
Roughly, this translates into a period of ten to twenty years of practice in order to rightfully claim the label of "expert". If you spend two hours a day, five days a week, then in a year you'll invest 500 hours into your field… which will get you to expert status in TWENTY YEARS!
Too long to wait? Well, it gets even more intriguing.
It isn't enough to simply "be involved" in something for 10,000 hours to be considered an expert. If that was the case, you'd be an expert at things just by passively being engaged in them for the required period of time.
To become an expert it requires one more essential. Intentional practice.
What's that?
Take golfing as an example. If you spent two hours daily hitting a golf ball on a course, you won't magically turn into a Tiger Woods after 5, 10 or even 20 years. That would take "intentional practice".
Intentional practice would mean…
Ask any sportsperson, like a basketball player, how many times they practice their shots or dunks or dribbles.
Ask any professional writer how many drafts they polish before the finished piece is ready.
Ask any medical doctor how many procedures they perform under supervision before being set free to treat patients on their own.
They all apply "intentional practice" for a sufficiently long period of time before attaining expert status. In contrast, those who mark time at a desk, waiting out their period until the system automatically promotes them to a higher post, continue to remain non-experts – regardless of the position they reach in an organization.
So will everyone take ten years to become an expert?
Of course not. That's where the magical wonder of individual competence, determination and passion come in. Tony Robbins, the famous motivational speaker, talks about how he took on three or four speaking engagements in a day… at a time where his contemporaries were doing no more than one every week.
He compressed his "10 year" learning experience into barely 12 months – and that put him on the fast track to becoming an expert.
After I completed my specialty training in cardiac surgery, I wanted to gain as much exposure to coronary bypass surgery as possible – and joined a busy hospital unit, participating in as many as four operations every day. In just three months, I could honestly put on my resume the fact that I had been involved in over 200 CABG operations.
How quickly you become an expert depends upon how hard you're willing to work at it, how able you are to acquire the knowledge and facility required, how determined you are to succeed… and how passionate you are about what you're learning.
If there's one thing clear about becoming an expert, it's this… Expertise takes time and effort to acquire.
"Instant expert" is a myth. Lasting, true and widely-acknowledged expertise comes only after long and intense learning, training and intentional practice. Wikipedia describes an expert as:
"… someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public in a specific well-distinguished domain. An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study."
So how does passion enter this picture?
It helps you stay the course. When you're passionate about something, you don't want to give up on it.
It helps you enjoy the process. When you're engaged in 'passion work', it feels like you're always having fun.
It speeds up the time needed to succeed. When you're learning stuff related to your passion, it happens faster and easier.
No, star athletes don't particularly enjoy the act of waking up early every morning and jogging through cold, wet streets to train, or giving up their social life to practice on the court, or stick to rigid schedules while training. But they do it because they are passionate about their sport.
No, trainee doctors don't relish the idea of spending their youth in stuffy hospital wards in close proximity to sickness and sometimes death. They do it because of their passion to heal and cure others.
No, amateur writers don't enjoy staring at a blank word-processor screen, or crumpling up sheets of paper, or agonizing for hours over that perfect turn of phrase or the ideal choice of word. They do it because of their passion for putting thoughts and dreams into words.
Passion fuels expertise, which in turn keeps passion burning.
So on your quest to become an expert, choose whatever you're passionate about and then put in the hard work that's a pre-requisite to becoming a real expert – and only after that, focus your attention on the adornments and tools that showcase that expertise to the world… your book and your blog, your branding and your presentations.
And to help you decide if you really do want to be an expert, I'll leave you with this joke:
"A specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less until he eventually knows everything about nothing!"
Dr. Mani
What a fantastic thought provoking article! Some great points about what makes an expert.
I sew, and even though I've been doing it for years – I am constantly learning new things, making mistakes, growing and developing my craft. It's only recently through sharing tutorials on my blog and the positive reactions I've had, that I realise how much I've progressed. I still don't think I'm anywhere near expert but do want to be.
You make a great point about developing your skill to a high level before promoting it. I was very unsure when I put out my first tutorial as to whether or not I was good enough to teach others. I had a fear that because I didn't know EVERYTHING about sewing, that maybe I couldn't teach ANYTHING.
I may not be an expert sewer in my own opinion, but I now feel that I am 'expert' enough at the basics to be able to teach those to beginners. As I learn and grow in my skill, so will the subject matter I teach and pass on to others.
Even if someone reaches what may be considered to be 'expert' level at something, I believe there will always be more to learn and room to grow.
Someone I used to work with when I was a teacher once said to me,
"The day you stop learning is the day you should stop teaching."
This has always stuck in my mind and I think it is very true!
Thanks for sharing another inspirational post Dr.Mani!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
I too have seen many people seeking to become an expert overnight. Patience is what we need for this.
Very well explained. Thanks Dr.Mani!
Exactly! This reminds me of a quote by Earl Nightingale:
"One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your field within three years. Within five years you'll be a national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the best people in the world at what you do."
I read books like a crazy person, and as much as I read, there is no way to become an expert in anything over night…especially considering that most people do not like to read. Hah
Great article here – I think the desire to become an expert and to differentiate has risen and risen over recent years – but what is an expert – is it someone who is just a few steps ahead or someone who is really so expert that their material is almost incomprehensible to the majority of us?
All the very best with your project!
Very well explained Dr. Mani! I too was seeking how to be an expert in my field, but still too far from reality. Thanks for this inspiring article!
Awesome Dr Mani, I have been a fan of several people online teaching how to become experts but you have laid it all out nicely for me to understand and implement. Thanks again!
By lots of practice in particular field make an expert. 🙂
I've been working in sports management for the last 13 years now, and your comparisons with athletes are very on point.
Tony Robbins talks about CANI : Constant And Never-ending Improvement….that's the way of becoming an expert.
Great article post by Dr Mani.He describe brilliantly here,how to be an expert.Really a educative and informative post, the post is good in all regards,I am glad to read this post I am also new here and i am still in the process of learning things in this site. Thanks for this.
Dr. Mani – I too believe that everyone can be an expert! It's just a matter of finding your expertise and honing in on that – not trying to be a "jack of all trades" type of persona who just tries to be good at everything and then in fact masters nothing – thanks for the article, these are some great tips.
No wonder you are an expert. 🙂 Thanks Dr. Mani!
Hi Dr. Mani,
I couldn't help nodding my head as I read through your article. That part about expert being relative definitely explains why there are so many "experts" online today!
But frankly, this is an article I will want to reference any day any time. As much as I cannot claim to be an expert right now but what I'm doing on my blog has been of great help to many that tagging myself an expert is something they will readily agree with.
10,000 hours before claiming the title of an expert? I think I'll agree with that also. I definitely must have done close to that! With over 7yrs online and with about 6 hrs daily there is much to offer.
Your article is a motivation to carry on and I thank you for it!
Hi Dr Mani,
I love this line …..
"put in the hard work that's a pre-requisite to becoming a real expert – and only after that, focus your attention on the adornments and tools that showcase that expertise to the world"
A reminder for many of us who want to be known as experts overnight. 🙂
Well I don't agree with the 10000 hours rule as there are many people who use the same technics on their field for 20+ years without evolving and think that they are experts just because they are doing the same thing for 20+ years and laugh to anyone who tries anything new
I would have to say that reading this article has made me believe you are an expert in what you preach. I happen to know many things, but I am not an expert in anything. I tend to tire of my interest well before I reach the 10,000 hour mark, which I suppose is a main reason I am not an expert.
Dr Mani,
This advice is spot on!
Finding your passion first is one of the steps to make – if you want become an expert on something.
Also, knowing theory is not enough – experimenting and teaching others is required to gain more expertise.
I like the part where you say expertise is a relative thing. I stumbled on it when I went to a local association meeting and say they had vendors who would present stuff, so I did that, they gave me 60 seconds. Amazing thing happened, at the end of my little sales pitch, people approached me and started asking questions and after a few meetings I was the local expert, not that I tried to be one, I just wanted to sell my product. Basically I'm not the expert to everyone just a few, that was the big discovery.
So I asked myself how can I do that online?
What I found to work pretty good is just make presentation and post it online. Few would see it, but for most who do, I'm the expert just like at the meeting. If you want to see an example check out: http://howtomakepresentations.com
Some action and bravado is needed to put yourself out there on the line and to criticism, but it's well worth it (I think). Good luck.


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Elizabeth Short was born in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Her father, Cleo, abandoned his large family in October 1930, feeling unable to support them after the 1929 stock market crash left him bankrupt. Short and her four sisters were raised in Medford, Massachusetts by their mother, Phoebe Mae. Suffering with asthma as a child meant that Short spent her summers in Massachusetts but went to family friends in Florida for the warmer winters.
At age 19, she moved from her hometown and went to live with her father in Vallejo, California, hoping to pursue her dream of being in the movies. In early 1943, they moved to Los Angeles and she managed to get work in the Camp Cooke Post Exchange (now Vandenberg Air Force Base), near Lompoc. Short didn't stay long and left after a fight with her father, moving to Santa Barbara. It was here that the Juvenile Authorities arrested her on 23 September 1943 for underage drinking and sent her back to Medford.
Over the next few years, she moved around Florida, occasionally going back to Massachusetts for visits. Short predominantly earned money by working as a waitress at various restaurants but was often short of money. Her glamorous image and good looks meant that she was never without doting admirers who would pay for her meals and buy her clothes and gifts. Short's exact movements during this time were later documented in the Los Angeles County district attorney's files. They contained a detailed account of her whereabouts – both living and working – from September 1943 to the early months of 1946, entitled 'Movements of Elizabeth Short Prior to 1 June 1946'.
People who knew her, described Short as courteous and soft-spoken, a woman who didn't smoke, drink or swear and who aspired to appear glamorous. Her lust for life meant she frequented nightclubs, loved the music and was always surrounded by men. During her time in Florida, she met Major Matthew M. Gordon Jr. on 31 December 1944 at a New Year's Eve party and they fell in love. He was part of the 2nd Air Commandos and involved in training for deployment in the China/Burma/India operations. Whilst in India, Gordon wrote to Short, proposing marriage. She eagerly accepted but he sadly died on 10 August 1945 in an airplane crash before he could return to America. It was later erroneously reported that the couple did in fact marry and had a child who died. Gordon's family denied any connection between him and Short, following her murder a few years later.
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