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Sunday, 8 November 2009
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
The future's rappin' at my door...
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Sunday, 21 June 2009
Mona Lisa Musta Had The Highway Blues
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Tuesday, 2 June 2009
The Division Bell
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. It's all I can hear. Over and over. And over. And over. Tick. Tock. The incessant ticking of that damn clock! It's like they're pumping it into the room just to send me loopy. I can't stand it.
I can't seem to wrap my head around it, this place. Even after all this time. These awful "nurses" -- they call themselves that, I hardly would! -- don't seem to get the bitter irony that I'm losing my marbles in this place. It drives a man out of his mind, truly!
I find myself locking away parts of my mind so they cannot get to them. They mustn't get to them. Though there is a downside. I am losing not only my mind, but my memories. My most precious are slipping away. What is a man without memories -- like the corners of my mind -- misty water coloured memories… Curse you Streisand! Your wretched lyrics afflict my soul!
I was told by a young male nurse -- whom I can only assume was on some form of illicit narcotic -- to "chillax" this morning. Seemingly some sort of portmanteau word melding "chill out" and "relax". The things the youth of today are doing with our language…
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider who sat down beside and frightened Miss Muffet away!
Why this Miss Muffet was frightened away by a creature presumably no bigger than her big toe I cannot fathom. Arachnophobia perplexes me so…
Though the little buggers are everywhere in this place!
I cannot help but feel sorry for the poor spider. One can only imagine that he simply wanted some company, or perhaps good conversation. Miss Muffet appears to be quite antisocial!
That story -- fictitious as it more than likely is -- reminds me much of this hell hole to which I am confined. Most of the inmates -- they call us "patients", but I have chosen to take a different stance! -- here do not enjoy you sitting besides them, much like Miss Muffet did not enjoy the spider's company.
I must confess, however, I can't say that I would much enjoy most of those people out there sitting besides me. Not through any sort of antisocial aspect of me, personally. They're just quite unwell, more so than -- they claim! -- I am.
There was quite a commotion today in the lunch room. A man made an awful scene over pudding. Apparently he demanded his pudding before his meal, something the staff had trouble comprehending. They refused, which just set him off!
"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?" they tried to explain, eventually shouting it at him from all angles. The question -- posed many years ago in my youth by a famous, and rather trippy, rock group in the seventies, ironically on an album about insanity and social isolation -- seems to be of the utmost importance to the people here. Why? I cannot quite understand.
But yet, they insist that pudding must come after meat. One really has to wonder: who on earth are they to decide such a thing? Though, I suppose it is not really them. This kind of control is rampant throughout our society, rules and codes of how things should be done that have apparently been in effect since the dawn of man.
I can't help but question them.
What is the advantage of having meat first? Biologically, there is no difference. It gets just as digested no matter the order in which it goes in. My mother used to say, "It will spoil your appetite!" I always thought that the meat would spoil my appetite for the pudding! Alas, I never expressed this opinion. As far as I can recall, my mother was too fierce a woman to cross with such brazen insolence.
We are an undoubtedly a controlled society. Rigid codes of conduct handed down through the generations that cannot be broken, lest you be looked on as some sort of animal!
They -- whoever "they" are, those in charge, I presume -- are intent on keeping us in line. Never has that been more easily identifiable than in here. The constant routine is mind numbing…
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall…
This nostalgic musical pondering has reminded me of my extensive record collection! Oh how I adore it. Can you imagine the pain of having such a collection of records and yet have no access to it? No means by which to listen to it? It truly does break ones heart.
I hypothesize that if those vile creatures were to allow records and record players, they would all be a might saner in this place! But they don't seem likely to listen to me, which is a shame…
It occurs to me that one usually has some sort of date heading on writings such as this. Though, this would prove problematic. This place tends to suck the life out of a person, and it has rendered my sense of time more or less shot to hell!
I cannot remember how long ago I wrote any of the previous entries in the makeshift diary of sorts. They could have been yesterday, last week, last year, they could very well have been this morning! It does not help with what they like to call my healing process. Not at all.
For all I know, I've been in here my entire life. I have only the briefest recollections of my life before my -- unfounded! -- incarceration. It's almost like it was a dream that someone else had and described to me. It's so far away, now.
There was a time when people from my life would visit me, but that, alas, has ceased. It became just Michelle, and now I am alone with myself. My constantly judgemental self. I miss her almost constantly -- even if I, in fact, never knew her! Michelle. Ma belle. Sont des mots qui vont trés bien ensemble, Trés bien ensemble.
I believe she has my record collection, actually. I do wish she would bring it by…
Every now and then, they bring in new patients to this place. It's rather disturbing, to be honest. They practically parade them through the halls. Keeping everyone back, which makes them incapable of not looking…
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round, all day long…
More like all night long!
That infernal song is as annoying as the clocks in this dreadful place! My neighbour in the cell -- despite what they say, that's what they are, cells -- next to mine sings this song every night. He claims he cannot get to sleep without singing it.
The so called nurses -- if they can so be called -- believe that it will help him in the long run. But what about the rest of us? What do they care about us? The songs will likely drive us all mad! Those of us who aren't already, that is…
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. All. Day. Long.
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see...
This morning I was sat down with a group of others and made to read nursery rhymes -- apparently it was a request by one of the loonier patrons, one which the nurses thought would suit me to be a part of. It didn't.
I did, however, gain a new insight into the ludicrous nature of nursery rhymes and fables from my childhood. Aren't they supposed to have some form of moral lesson from which children can learn in a way deemed by someone to be "fun"? Some have no such lesson. Jack and Jill is about an illicit love affair, for example. The only lesson I can see is be faithful or you will end up with a cracked skull!
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
I see no moral for this little tale. Nor do I see any mention of Humpty Dumpty being an egg! Nor can I see why the king would be so reckless in his use of ALL of his horses and ALL of his men.
Sounds to me like he should be one of my cell mates in here!
My brief re-acquaintance with nursery rhymes recently awaked certain memories of my childhood. Blurry, hazy memories, but memories nonetheless!
All I have managed to keep, however, if the vague recollection that they were happy memories. Happier times. Simpler times.
I didn't sleep a wink last night! It seems it is not only my neighbour who required the wheels on the bus to make their eternal circle in order to drift off to sleep.
The nurses -- I still cannot fathom how they have the nerve to call themselves medical professionals… blast, I fear I'm repeating myself -- took him away last night for "therapy". They blast him with electricity and say it makes him better -- all it does is render him incapable of just about anything, except perhaps slow roasting a beef joint…
I believe the very same technique has been employed to get information out of people by those less liberal than I. I cannot imagine Roger has much information that is useful to these people…
It makes me quite sick. How I wish I could get out of here…
I am growing more and more sick of this God forsaken place.
How these nurses were ever cleared to work with human beings is beyond me!
I had a run in with one today -- at least, I think it was today. Regardless when it was, it was infuriating! She has incredibly little people skills!
They were herding us into the onsite chapel, and I expressed my distaste for being made to do so. Being a free world, I assumed this would be acceptable, but apparently not! It seems we no longer live in a world of free speech!
She looked at me as if I had just vomited up a human head. She looked both confused and repulsed.
"Excuse me?" she said, as if she were personally offended.
"I refuse to be made to sit through this ritual when none of it has any relevance to me."
"You're disturbing the other patients" She said, and for a moment I almost believed that she cared about any of us.
"The other patients have no idea what's going on!" I told her, and quite rightly so! "Now, if you'll excuse me I'll go back to my room."
As I went to walk away, a number of orderlies got in my way, manhandling me! I was livid! Naturally, I pushed them off, and they had the cheek to drug me!
I'm told they dragged me back to my room in a drugged up daze. Animals…
Silence. For the first time in who knows how long, there is silence. I'm not at all used to it.
I came to an unusual realisation today. This place is named after Saint Claire, and I don't know why. Saint Claire, I think, is the patron saint of such things as clairvoyance, eye disease, goldsmiths, laundry, embrodiers, gilders, good weather, needleworkers, telephones, telegraphs, television… And I believe there are others.
Why on earth would someone name a mental institution after a saint with no apparent relevance to the mentally ill?
They are threatening to take away my typewriter! This is preposterous! They claim the clicking is disrupting other "patrons".
They do not understand the importance of this outlet. It is keeping me sane. How can they expect anyone to stay sane with the barbarous techniques they employ! They can't take away my typewriter! They will not!
My headstrong nature, however, does not extend much further than this page. I fear that if they come to take it, I will be rather useless to stop them…
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Friday, 1 May 2009
The Long And Winding Road...
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Yet Another Misguided Lawsuit Over Google's AdWords, This Time From Rosetta Stone
from the blame-the-real-party! deptIt's getting a bit tiresome to see these types of lawsuits, but Eric Goldman notes that this appears to be the ninth such lawsuit against Google, claiming trademark violations for allowing people to buy AdWords on trademarked terms (or suggesting them as keywords). This time the company suing is Rosetta Stone, but the complaint is basically the same. In fact, it uses the same lawyers and apparently the same boilerplate language as some previous lawsuits (wonder if they charge full price for reusing the same text?). The problem is the same, however. It's a general misunderstanding of the purpose of trademark law, which does not give the trademark holder full control over the trademark, but merely is designed as consumer protection to stop confusion among buyers or, possibly, dilution of the trademark. But that does not prevent the use in competitive advertisements. And, even if it did the liability would be on the advertising party, and not Google. But Google has the cash, so everyone sues Google.
Filed Under: adwords, trademarks
Companies: google, rosetta stone

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Think about all the people that are hurt. He doesn't ''HAVE'' to close it down. He just wants to because it's like an OCD thing. He just thinks that he's worth more, but the truth is he doesn't lose anything by keeping the forum up. Plus Sajn makes him all that money. Sajn should be rewarded.
If he wants to shut it down fine. But I don't like to hear nonsense. Said one day when we're all old and growing a beard, maybe I'll open this site up again. Oh please, if that were really possible you would just leave it up. Is that why he is doing this? Maybe just to get attention and feel proud?
This is not crystal meth baby, this is just operating a forum.
This site will not close by next week. Mark my word.


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|System: PS2, Wii
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Game Arts
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Ubisoft
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Sept. 21, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1-4
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Tony Capri
Whether youre a fan from way back or just casually aware of the craze, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a name to be reckoned with in the annals of geekdom. Ubisoft has been going all out this year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of these brawlers on the half shell, and now its time for Wii and PS2 to get in on the action. Does this Super Smash Bros.-inspired fighter have what it takes to impress Nintendos hardcore audience, or is this merely another re-shelling of the license?
Collaborating with key artists from the team that brought us Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Ubisoft has put together a solid fighting game with all the usual trimmings. Arcade is your typical story mode, mixing a handful of matches with a bit of presentation. Your sensei, Master Splinter, wants you to participate in a fighting tournament, but once the rounds are over, the real battle begins. Its a very generic tale, loosely strung together, but the artwork should prove entertaining for older fans who got their start with the franchise reading the TMNT comic books.
From the outset, the pickings are pretty slim, and players will have to make repeat trips through the Arcade mode in order to get at most of the unlockables in the game. Arcade mode is pretty short, however, and setting the difficulty to easy will make unlocking characters and other goodies less of a hassle. The A.I. is pretty impressive, though, even on the easiest setting, and there are five levels of difficulty to choose from. The first few battles are one on one against CPU characters, though youll later be pitted against multiple foes.
In addition to Arcade mode, there is Survival and Missions. Survival mode is pretty self-explanatory, tasking you with staying alive as long as possible against an endless string of combatants. Beating your best time is incentive to make repeat revisits, and its a worthwhile addition for folks only interested in a bit of single-player action.
Missions are comprised mostly of having you defeat enemies in a specific fashion: K.O. said opponent using a throw technique or K.O. your enemy with a strong attack, etc. The missions feel more like an obligatory bullet point on the games list of features, and most folks will likely find it a chore to complete them all.
The real meat and potatoes of Smash-up, however, lies in its multiplayer components, and the developers dont deviate at all from the Brawl formula. Both the local and online-multiplayer options allow for up to four players to get in on the action. Matches are almost every bit as fast-paced and chaotic as Smash Bros., and though there are some unique and very entertaining mechanics in Smash-up, the game almost feels like a Brawl expansion pack.
Theres a total of 16 different characters to choose from, three of them Rabbids from Ubisofts Raving Rabbids franchise. There are obvious choices, such as Shredder and Master Splinter, but the line-up includes a surprising amount of filler for such a limited roster of characters. Still, each brawler brings something unique to the fight, and the combat and controls are tight and satisfying.
Like Brawl, Smash-up keeps things simple. This isnt SoulCalibur or Street Fighter, where youve got a seemingly endless library of moves to choose from. The focus here is on party-oriented chaos, and to that end, its a game thats got some legs.


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Many of the recipes in this category include sugar or honey which contains sugar. In a healthy diet the amount of sugar eaten daily should be limited, see Sugar and health.
Recent research suggests one harmful effect of sugar has been overstated. Sugar in drinks make harder for the body to control blood sugar but many other foods including baked potatoes (normally considered healthy) have similar effect. [1] Boiled sweets are likely worse than sugary drinks. Potatoes of course have vitamins, fibre and other healthy ingredients while sugar is empty calories. Most of the desserts in this section also have healthy ingredients as well as sugar.
Would you otherwise be tempted by very self indulgent recipes on other websites or self indulgent desserts on sale at supermarkets and other places? If that is true you can benefit form switching to these recipes with lower sugar content. Is your partner used to eating desserts and/or tempted by very self indulgent desserts available elsewhere? Try making the dessert for yourself first, it should be really scrumptous and tasty for your partner so your partner will want to keep eating healthier desserts.
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Liverpool Beatles Walk, Cavern Club, Mersey ferry Cruise & Beatles Story combo
- Duration: 7 Hours (approx.)
- Location: Liverpool, Merseyside
- Product code: PXJWCV
Daily at 10.30am - Full day out in Liverpool with lots of time for shopping and souvenirs. Includes a visit to the Cavern Club.
This is the most fun "Do it all in a day" tour you can find in Liverpool!
Your local fun tour guide will meet you as you take selfies at the fabulous new Beatles statues on the waterfront and will use the Beatles themed route during an easy 90-minute walking tour to showcase the city centre and the World Heritage Site.
Your Tour Guide will bring the city to life and will answer any questions & everyone will receive a free map of the city centre.
You will see the Liver, Cunard and Port of Liverpool Buildings & visit the Museum of Liverpool & see an 8-minute panoramic Beatles film.
There are Hollywood film locations a World Heritage Site and you will see and touch the statues of Billy Fury, Eleanor Rigby, John Lennon, Cilla Black and the Beatles as you explore this vibrant city on route to Mathew Street & the Cavern Club.
After the Cavern there are lots of Cafes & souvenir shops and places to buy lunch.
Next you can use your pre-paid voucher to visit the award winning Beatles Story in the Albert Docks on an audio guided tour available in 11 languages. Here you will learn the story of John Lennon from his school band called the Quarrymen in 1957 to the colossal success in America after the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and "Beatlemania" was invented! You can also see the piano John Lennon played in "Imagine". There is also an extensive souvenir shop and cafe.
After the Beatles story its a short enjoyable walk through the covered Colonnades area of the historical Albert Docks, passing the Tate Gallery and the Museum of Liverpool to the Mersey Ferry Terminal.
You can use your voucher to take any River Cruise which sail on the hour and we suggest for example that you take the 15:00 or 16:00 River Cruise and then you can disembark at Woodside Ferry Terminal and your ticket allows you to visit the U-boat story museum. If you decide to stay on the Famous Mersey Ferry then the total River Cruise which sales south up the river towards Liverpool John Lennon Airport and then heads north towards the Port of Liverpool, takes 1-hour and if therefore you had taken the 16:00 River Cruise you would be back in Liverpool at the famous Beatles statues at 17:00.
This is also a perfect shore excursion from the Liverpool Cruise Terminal which is less than 5 minutes' walk to the starting point.
About the Beatles Story
From the historical warehouses at the Albert Dock you are transported on an incredible immersive journey as you are told the story of how four young lads from Liverpool were propelled to the dizzy heights of fame and fortune from their humble childhood beginnings.
Replicas of the Casbah, Mathew Street and The Cavern authentically capture the early 60s, allowing you to personally experience the very places that helped make The Beatles the greatest band in the world.
Hear the story unfold through our complimentary 'Living History' audio guides, which are available in eleven different languages. With special exhibitions, memorabilia and exclusive photographs, there's all this and much more at this award-winning attraction.
There will be enough time to visit the souvenir shop filled with the best of merchandise and there is a fabulous café & free Wifi.
- 10.30am - New Beatles Statues, Canada Boulevard, Liverpool Waterfront, L3 1DP
- 10.45am - 8 minute panoramic Beatles film
- 11.15am - Liverpool World Heritage Site & Town Hall.
- 11.30am - Mathew Street Walk, Eleanor Rigby & Cilla Black statue & White Star Pub.
- 12:00pm - Visit the Cavern Club.
- 12:30pm - Free time for lunch maybe in Liverpool One retail area or Albert Docks.
- 14:00pm -Visit the Beatles Story which includes an audio tour - available in 11 languages.
- 16:00pm - Mersey Ferry Cruise.
- 17:00pm - finish at the new Beatles Statues on the waterfront, L3 1DP
What's included?
- Easy fun guided 90-minute walking tour in Liverpool City Centre with a local tour guide
- Panoramic Beatles Film & visit to the Museum of Liverpool
- Entrance to the Beatles Story with an audio guide available in 11 languages
- River Cruise on famous "Ferry across the Mersey"
- Lunch & refreshments
Why not extend this tour with a Panoramic Tower tour 138m above the city! with breaking views across the River Mersey, across the Wirral & on a clear day you will see the mountains of North Wales. This visit could be added at around 12:30pm during the Free time for lunch.


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Learning to Weave
Interweave Press, 1995 - Crafts & Hobbies - 232 pages
Since its first printing a decade ago, this guide has become the standard text book for both teachers and self-taught weavers, teaching all they need to know about warping, reading and designing drafts, and the basics of weave structures.
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GDC: Infinity Blade post-mortem
ChAIR Entertainment co-founder Donald Mustard talked about how they built Infinity Blade, the first iPhone Unreal Engine game, in five months.
Epic's ChAIR Entertainment created Infinity Blade, the game that brought the Unreal Engine to iPhone and iPad, in five short months. That revelation came from studio co-founder Donald Mustard as part of his "Infinity Blade: How we made a hit, what we learned, and why you can do it to" post-mortem talk at GDC 2011
Infinity Blade, in fact, was not what they had been planning to work on next. After finishing Shadow Complex, the studio went into an intense brainstorming mode where over a two-week period each member of the team took one day and presented 30 game ideas. From that they narrowed down to a list of 20 for which they would do one-sheet design documents. Then Epic called.
Unbeknownst to anyone, a segment of the Unreal Engine team had been hard at work on mobile, and Epic wanted a game to showcase it. The call came in June; they wanted the game that fall. With a short development window, the team had tough choices to make. They decided that visuals would be the hook--the thing that would get someone to look at the game more than once. To make it look the way they wanted, though, that meant they had to limit what they put in the game.
It worked because they matched it with the unique catch of sword fighting. Mustard described the vision for the game as a combination of the fighting action of Jordan Mechner's Karateka with the dramatic impact of Shadow of the Colossus. They quickly got an animated prototype going and felt they had the core fun right of using your finger to swipe like a sword across the screen to meet an enemy's attack. Everything then worked to support that nuclues. For instance, the movement system wasn't limited by the system. The designers made a conscious decision to use touch movement because bringing up virtual sticks to control moving around would have introduced a whole new control scheme and disrupted the cinematic mood.
Attention also went into making the game play right for the mobile platform and keeping the player coming back. Mustard said that one of their "pocket pillars" was that the game must be playable in a meaningful way in two-minute bursts. This accommodates the "truth" he said we must accept that people play these games on the toilet. In fact, took into account how long one could sit there and play before their legs started to go numb.
Another of those pillars supported keeping players coming back to the game. They wanted the game to be truly skill-based, something players could get better at by playing more. And though the game hands out improved weapons, that system is more a mechanism to keep players encouraged as they learn to play better. By the time a player beats the game, it's more a result of their improved skill than any new items.
And if you mastered those skills, there's more challenges coming soon to Infinity Blade. Mustard shared that they have a major content patch mostly complete that should be out shortly.
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[http://i3wm.org/ i3] is a dynamic [[Wikipedia:Tiling window manager|tiling window manager]] inspired by [[wmii]] that is primarily targeted at developers and advanced users.
[http://i3wm.org/ i3] is a dynamic [[Wikipedia:Tiling window manager|tiling window manager]] inspired by [[wmii]] that is primarily targeted at developers and advanced users.
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i3 is a dynamic tiling window manager inspired by wmii that is primarily targeted at developers and advanced users.
Clients (windows) are organized in a tree data structure within containers. The tree branches via horizontal or vertical splits, and containers can also be set to tabbed or stacked layouts. Floating windows are available for corner cases that don't mix well with tiling, and remain on a separate layer above the tiled windows.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Configuration
- 2.1 Status bar
- 2.2 Quickly jumping to open window
- 2.3 i3status
- 2.4 Volume manager
- 2.5 Workspace names
- 2.6 Launching programs on specific workspaces
- 2.7 Tabbed or stacked web-browsing
- 2.8 Desktop wallpaper
- 2.9 Terminal emulator
- 2.10 Scratchpad
- 2.11 Shutdown, reboot, lock screen
- 2.12 Screensaver and power management
- 3 Usage
- 4 Troubleshooting
- 5 See also
Install the i3 package group from the official repositories, which includes: i3-wm, the window manager; i3status, a package to write a status line to i3bar through stdout; and i3lock, an improved screenlocker.
Additional packages are available in the Arch User Repository. Install i3-gitAUR for the development version.
Install i3-gnomeAUR to add GNOME and X-sessions with i3 running as the window manager. An Xsession starting just the window manager is included in i3.
Edit your
~/.xinitrc and add:
exec i3
If you want i3 to log its output (useful for debugging), add this line to
exec i3 -V >> ~/.i3/i3log 2>&1
If you use the Nvidia binary driver <302.17 you need to add the
--force-xinerama flag to
~/.xinitrc. A detailed explanation can be found at i3wm.org.
exec i3 --force-xinerama
If you have trouble with mapping keys (ie ; as semicolon), use xorg-xev or see Extra Keyboard Keys.
$ xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered '^KeyRelease' | sed -n '/keycode /s/^.*keycode \([0-9]*\).* (.*, \(.*\)).*$/\1 \2/p'
Status bar
The internal status bar, i3-wsbar, was deprecated and replaced by i3bar in i3 v4.0.
New method: i3bar
Unlike i3-wsbar, which requires dzen2, i3bar does not have any dependencies other than i3-wm. It can be used to view information generated by conky or i3status. For example (as of version 4.1):
bar { output LVDS1 status_command i3status position top mode hide workspace_buttons yes tray_output none font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 colors { background #000000 statusline #ffffff focused_workspace #ffffff #285577 active_workspace #ffffff #333333 inactive_workspace #888888 #222222 urgent_workspace #ffffff #900000 } }
For further information see the Configuring i3bar section of the official User Guide.
Alternatives to i3status
- i3blocks - Define the status line blocks with shell commands. It handles clicks, signals and different time intervals, in respect to the i3bar protocol. (AUR: i3blocksAUR)
- i3pystatus - extensible i3status replacement with many modules and very flexible configuration. Multi-threaded and lock-up free. (AUR: i3pystatus-gitAUR)
- i3situation – a pure python 3 replacement with features provided by multithreaded plugins.
- py3status – an extensible i3status wrapper written in python
- dzen – often used with conky to create completely custom status bars
- j4status - j4status provides a status line using several plugin to retrieve information from your computer. j4status is a part of the j4tools - tools set to use with i3.
- h2status - trivial bash wrapper to i3status that nevertheless allows to conveniently write custom json entries, handle click events and asynchronously update the status bar.
Panel alternatives to status bar
Some users may prefer panels such as those provided by conventional Desktop Environments. This can be achieved within i3 by launching the panel application of choice during startup.
For the XFCE panel, add the following line to
exec --no-startup-id xfce4-panel
Disabling i3bar is as simple as commenting out the
bar{ } section of
Iconic fonts in the status bar
There is a patch for i3bar to make it properly support icons, but here we'll see how to take advantage of a couple of very complete iconic font sets in order to get really nice looking monochromatic icons in your status bar. Some ttf iconic font sets that are currently available in the AUR are:
- ttf-font-awesomeAUR that has a cheatsheet showing the Unicode point for each glyph here [1].
- ttf-font-iconsAUR provides the Icons font set, a non-overlapping and consistently sized mix of Awesome and Ionicons. This not only avoids the overlapping between Awesome and Ionicons but also some minor overlapping between the usual DejaVu Sans and Awesome. All in all it provides a ready to use solution for your status bar including lots of icons. The cheatsheet is here [2].
Then you can combine these fonts by defining a font fallback sequence in your
bar { ... font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono, Icons 8 ... }
Notice that you have to first list the comma separated font families and then add only one size specification at the end of the string. Don't set a size for each family (even if it happens to be the same size for every family) and don't try to get the same result using multiple font directives, as the vertical alignments and heights of the different components of the i3bar will be wrong in unexpected ways. The correct pango descriptor syntax is as shown above.
Finally, you will have to enter the iconic glyphs into the format strings in
~/.i3status.conf. For this, use the unicode numbers given in the cheatsheets linked above. For example, if you're using vim you can type <C-v>uXXXX, where XXXX is the unicode hexadecimal number for the glyph.
Quickly jumping to open window
- quickswitch-for-i3 – A Python utility to quickly change to and locate windows in i3
- i3-wm-scripts – search for and jump to windows with particular names matching regexp
- winmenupy launches dmenu with a list of clients, sorted after workspaces. Selecting a client jumps to that window.
First we need to copy over the default configuration files that we will be working with to our home directory.
$ cp /etc/i3status.conf ~/.i3status.conf
eth0 and
wlan0 as interface names, see Network configuration#Device names if they do not match with your system.
Temperature status
If you would like to add your CPU temperature to the i3status bar simply add these lines to
order += "cpu_temperature 0" cpu_temperature 0 { format = "T: %degrees °C" max_threshold = 65 path = "/sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/temp1_input" }
If the temperature column complains that it cannot get the temperature value then change the path line to:
path = "/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp"
Volume manager
To enable easy management of your system volume, you can install a volume manager applet such as pa-applet-gitAUR from the AUR. This should also allow you to use your keyboards volume up, volume down, and mute keys as well as using the applet directly to manage your volume. Once it is installed add the following line to your
~/.i3/config to auto start the applet:
exec /usr/bin/pa-applet
or configure it manually adding these lines:
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec "pactl set-sink-mute SINK toggle" bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec "pactl set-sink-volume SINK +1%" bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec "pactl set-sink-volume SINK -- -1%"
SINK has to be the first or second column from
$ pactl list short sinks list for your desired device.
A trick to get the status bar to refresh immediately after changing the volume is to send it the USR1 signal (note the lines are using
amixer instead of
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec "amixer set Master toggle && killall -USR1 i3status" bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec "amixer set Master 5%+ && killall -USR1 i3status" bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec "amixer set Master 5%- && killall -USR1 i3status"
Workspace names
Although it is not required, many people prefer naming frequently used workspaces. First you need to determine which monitor you want the workspace to open to. Simply type
xrandr into a terminal and it will show you the available display ports. Some common ones are LVDS1 for laptops or VGA1, HDMI1, HDMI2, etc for external monitors. If you are using Xinerama instead use the outputs xinerama-0, xinerama-1, etc. Add your workspace names to
~/.i3/config You also need to modify the corresponding lines to switch to your workspaces as well as moving focused containers to those workspaces.
# Workspace names workspace "1:Web" output LVDS1 workspace "2:Mail" output LVDS1 workspace "3:Irc" output LVDS1 workspace "4:Shell" output LVDS1
# switch to workspace bindsym $mod+1 workspace 1:Web bindsym $mod+2 workspace 2:Mail bindsym $mod+3 workspace 3:Irc bindsym $mod+4 workspace 4:Shell
# move focused container to workspace bindsym $mod+Shift+1 move container to workspace 1:Web bindsym $mod+Shift+2 move container to workspace 2:Mail bindsym $mod+Shift+3 move container to workspace 3:Irc bindsym $mod+Shift+4 move container to workspace 4:Shell
Launching programs on specific workspaces
To maximize efficiency you can setup certain programs to automatically launch to a specific workspace. This can be accomplished one of two ways. You could use the
assign command so when you manually launch a program it is directed to a the workspace you assigned. An example would be:
# Assign URxvt terminals to workspace 2 assign [class="URxvt"] 2
Or if you have renamed the workspaces like the above examples then you must set the new workspace name instead of the number:
# Assign URxvt terminals to workspace 4:Shell assign [class="URxvt"] 4:Shell
xprop by installing the package xorg-xprop from the Extra repository.
Alternatively you can change to your target workspace with
i3-msg then have your frequently used programs start automatically with the
exec command:
exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 1:Web; exec /usr/bin/firefox' exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 2:Mail; exec urxvt -name Mail -e /usr/bin/mutt' exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 3:Irc; exec /usr/bin/urxvt -name irssi -e /usr/bin/irssi' exec --no-startup-id i3-msg 'workspace 4:Shell; exec /usr/bin/urxvt'
Tabbed or stacked web-browsing
Some web-browsers intentionally do not implement tabs, since managing tabs is considered to be the task of the window manager, not the task of the browser.
To let i3 manage your tab-less web-browser, in this example for uzbl, add the following line to your
for_window [class="Uzbl-core"] focus child, layout stacking, focus
This is for stacked web browsing, meaning that the windows will be shown vertically. The advantage over tabbed browsing is that the window-titles are fully visible, even if a lot of browser windows are open.
If you prefer tabbed browsing, with windows in horizontal direction ('tabs'), use
for_window [class="Uzbl-core"] focus child, layout tabbed, focus
Desktop wallpaper
To be able to manage the desktop wallpaper, you need a lightweight image viewer like Feh or Nitrogen. Install feh with the command
# pacman -S feh. Then you can set your wallpaper with the following command:
$ feh --bg-scale /path/to/image.file
To have feh set your image to the Desktop Wallpaper add the following line to your
exec --no-startup-id sh ~/.fehbg
Terminal emulator
By default when you press
$mod+Return it launches the
i3-sensible-terminal which is a script that invokes a terminal. It attempts to start one of these terminals in the following order:
- urxvt
- rxvt
- terminator
- Eterm
- aterm
- xterm
- gnome-terminal
- roxterm
- xfce4-terminal
You can force it to launch your terminal of choice by modifying this line
bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
Having a scratchpad to jot down or paste notes quickly is very handy! i3 has a feature that allows you to move a window to a scratchpad workspace. Basically it will be hidden from view until you recall it with the
scratchpad show command. To send a focused window to the scratchpad with
$mod+Shift+minus or to recall it with
$mod+minus enter these lines into your
# Make the currently focused window a scratchpad bindsym $mod+Shift+minus move scratchpad # Show the first scratchpad window bindsym $mod+minus scratchpad show
You can start your favorite editor (ie Gedit, vim, nano, etc) on startup and have it automatically moved to the scratchpad workspace to quickly recall it when needed. The following example when placed in
~/.i3/config shows how you can start the urxvt terminal, have it launch the nano editor, and then move it to the scratchpad:
# starting a specially named term automatically exec --no-startup-id urxvt -name scratchpad -e /usr/bin/nano # move this to scratchpad, if active for_window [class="URxvt" instance="scratchpad"] move scratchpad
Shutdown, reboot, lock screen
As there are no Shutdown, Reboot, or Lock Screen buttons, we can add some hotkey combinations to help us out. First we need to create this script and save it as
i3exit. Remember to make it executable with
chmod +x and to place it somewhere in your
#!/bin/sh lock() { i3lock } case "$1" in lock) lock ;; logout) i3-msg exit ;; suspend) lock && systemctl suspend ;; hibernate) lock && systemctl hibernate ;; reboot) systemctl reboot ;; shutdown) systemctl poweroff ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {lock|logout|suspend|hibernate|reboot|shutdown}" exit 2 esac exit 0
Now add the following lines to your
~/.i3/config Once completed you will be presented with a prompt whenever you press
set $mode_system System (l) lock, (e) logout, (s) suspend, (h) hibernate, (r) reboot, (Shift+s) shutdown mode "$mode_system" { bindsym l exec --no-startup-id i3exit lock, mode "default" bindsym e exec --no-startup-id i3exit logout, mode "default" bindsym s exec --no-startup-id i3exit suspend, mode "default" bindsym h exec --no-startup-id i3exit hibernate, mode "default" bindsym r exec --no-startup-id i3exit reboot, mode "default" bindsym Shift+s exec --no-startup-id i3exit shutdown, mode "default" # back to normal: Enter or Escape bindsym Return mode "default" bindsym Escape mode "default" } bindsym $mod+Pause mode "$mode_system"
Screensaver and power management
You can use DPMS to blank your screen or to suspend/poweroff your monitor. Adding the following line to your
~/.i3/config will suspend your monitor after 10 minutes.
exec --no-startup-id xset dpms 600
With xss-lockAUR you can register a screenlocker for your i3 session. xss-lock subscribes to the systemd-events
lock-session, and
unlock-session with appropriate actions (run locker and wait for user to unlock or kill locker). It also reacts to the X screensaver and runs or kills the locker in response to the x-server signals. Start xss-lock in your autostart like this:
xss-lock -- i3lock -i background_image &
See the official documentation on this subject for more information: i3 User's Guide
In i3, commands are invoked using a modifier key, which is referred to as
$mod. This is the Alt key (Mod1) by default, with the Windows key (Mod4) being a popular alternative.
Default keybindings
(Many thanks for Funtoo Linux team for the excellent wiki (http://www.funtoo.org/I3_Tiling_Window_Manager))
|$mod + Enter
|Open terminal
|$mod + A
|Focus Parent
|$mod + S
|Stacked Layout
|$mod + W
|Tabbed Layout
|$mod + E
|Default Layout
|$mod + SpaceBar
|Focus tiling/floating
|$mod + D
|$mod + H
|Split Horizontal
|$mod + V
|Split Vertically
|$mod + J
|$mod + K
|$mod + J
|$mod + ;
|$mod + Shift + Q
|Kill window
|$mod + Shift + E
|Exit i3
|$mod + Shift + C
|Reload i3config without restarting
|$mod + Shift + R
|Restart i3 (reloads i3config without exiting i3)
|$mod + Shift + J
|Move left
|$mod + Shift + K
|Move down
|$mod + Shift + L
|Move up
|$mod + Shift + :
|Move right
|$mod + Shift + SpaceBar
|Toggle tiling/floating
Application launcher
i3 currently uses dmenu as a application launcher, which is bound by default to
By default i3-dmenu-desktop is used as a wrapper for dmenu. i3-dmenu-desktop creates a list of all installed applications via their .desktop files. There is a rewrite of this perl script called j4-dmenu-desktop-gitAUR, which is a near-drop-in replacement for the script shipped with i3, but much faster.
Mouse cursor remains in waiting mode
When starting a shell script or an application which does not support startup notifications, mouse cursor will remain in busy/watch/clock mode for 60 seconds.
To fix this issue, add
--no-startup-id parameter to that particular
exec command, for example:
exec --no-startup-id ~/script bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id dmenu_run
See also
- i3 User Guide
- Comparison of Tiling Window Managers
- Official website
- Source code
- Collection of scripts and patches
Arch Linux Forums
- The i3 thread - A general discussion about i3
- i3 desktop screenshots and config sharing


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Cool Cat wrote:jimbo wrote:A good start for Muzza (Andy Murray for those that don't know his nickname ) on the grass at Queen's Club today!
He bit the dust today 7-6 6-2, to a guy outside the World top 50.
Yeah, strange, he was mostly excellent one day and then mostly rubbish the next. It doesn't matter too much as preparation for Wimbledon, but a few more matches on grass would have helped a bit.


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Texture and Form
Playing with knits and purls offers the ability to create the fabrics and shapes that you love. Mix in a few clever ideas—beads, lace, or I-cord—and you are on the road to creating stunning pieces. Simple stitches, cool ideas, and amazing yarns result in a bevy of projects worthy of your time.
Round and rounds
The I-cord designs from last issue inspired two great accessories that are both versatile and wardrobe-worthy. Take those moments one spends waiting for an appointment, on line, or riding to and fro and work up 1 long length of I-cord and 5 I-cord rings. Then assemble them into the Woven cowl, designed to be worn around your neck, but just as effective as an ear warmer.
Take advantage of a great I-cord yarn by sewing it into spiral rounds for a shaped tube. The Hourglass wrap can be worn as a draped cowl, an asymmetric shoulder wrap, a sleek 2- layer wrap, or a hood. It is perfectly reversible and ever so cozy.
Geometry lessons
A little intarsia play results in a 3-Diamond scarf—an argyle with plenty of attitude. Diamonds don't suit your style? Hexagons knit one at a time make up a Slice of orange. This modular cape is a fun and portable knit.
Betsy Hershberg knits with beads. Actually, she knits exquisite beaded jewelry sold at boutiques and galleries. In the Knitting Universe, she talks with Alexis Xenakis about her book Betsy Beads, creativity, and encouraging knitters to use their left brain. You can create her Ruffled ascot by stringing beads onto your yarn and knitting them into your work.
Another option is to add beads with a crochet hook as you knit. A grape-colored kerchief is luxurious with Heart in heart motifs in eyelets and beads. Or you may choose to forgo beads altogether. The Loops and eyes triangle begins short of the point and is elegantly appointed with mesh border, multi-stitch clusters, eyelets, and a playful openwork ruffle.
Wild & wooly
Channel your wild side—if you dare—and opt for a Biker jacket with asymmetrical closure, front pockets, welting, and a back panel ready for a simple embellishment or patch.
Lacy Afternoons
For the office you can go with lace stitches that are graphically pleasing. The Office grid with its mesh fabric and contrasting striped borders has clean lines. Amber waves perforates a twisted rib with zigzag lace. Acapulco and old lace is succulent in its soft coral color and all-over lace. These great jackets offer a classic look with the individuality that only hand knitting can provide.
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The fourth Vegas UNCORK'D continued with its tradition of unmatched events over four days of " Foodie" heaven in Las Vegas .
The Master Series dinners held all over the famed Las Vegas strip provided guests with some real "Star " quality.With a choice of Masters Series Dinners at Restaurant Guy Savoy , Bradley Ogden , Bobby Flay and RAOs there was no way anyone could go wrong.
With all of those choices we stopped in at RAOs in Caesars Palace and enjoyed a multi-course dinner featuring Chef Carla and her Southern Neapolitan dishes served family style. Bon Appetit Restaurant Editor Andrew Knowlton hosted this wonderful evening with two legendary families
The Pellegrino and Straci families need no introduction. Ron Straci, co-owner of Rao's, remembers serving as an informal waiter in 1947 at the age of twelve during the Feast Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. During the feast, Rao's closed its kitchen so as not to compete with the sidewalk stands set up during the holiday.
"I was allowed to don the famous white apron the uncles wore and help serve our customers."
"Having spent every Sunday dinner I could remember with "Mama Jake," as my grandmother Francesca was called by her children and grandchildren, Rao's Bar and Grill, next door to my grandmother's, seemed like such a wonderful haven of good friends, fast smiles, and wonderful smells. I can still remember the smell and taste of the sauce and meatballs that Mama Jake would make for our family. She would make enough to feed the family and the customers at the restaurant Uncle Lou reminded me of Clifton Webb; Uncle Vincent was casual, but polished. I remember the cars, usually convertibles and mostly black Cadillacs. I remember the dogs, usually large and black, always secondhand. Strays found a home at Rao's, always wondering in and out of the restaurant. Only the passage of time has made me an owner, but the fond memories of family, food and friends live through our line of food products."
When the family decided to expand the Rao's concept to Caesars Palace Las Vegas in 2006, Carla Pellegrino was the natural choice to head up the kitchen. With Frank Jr. managing the front of the house, Carla has created inimitable classic Rao's dishes, and some new favorites, as well.
Carla has made many guest appearances, including cooking on the "Today" show (NBC), the Food Network, and has been a favorite at the acclaimed DeGustibus Cooking School in New York City and various Williams-Sonoma stores. She is an author as well having contributed to six cookbooks, including Meat and Potatoes, The New York Restaurant Cookbook: Recipes from the Dining Capital of the World, and Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood.
Arriving at RAOs we were greeted by non-other than Frank Sr himself and were escorted to the RAOs patio over looking Caesars "Garden of the Gods " pool for some pre dinner cocktails. Shorty after our cocktails were winding down we joined the other guests in the main dining room and waited with great anticipation of what Chef Carla and her staff would come up with. Having eaten at RAOs many times in the past we knew were in for an incredible culinary journey though southern Italy.
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"We all have fire in us," Jessica Gilbert said. "Anytime you have an idea and other people join in it's beautiful."
Gilbert and her sister Pat Wick have been organizing Ramona's Fourth of July Celebration since 1998. Some years, Gilbert wishes she could just walk away and let someone else plan the event, starting in January.
Whenever the planning starts to feel mired and fruitless, one of the event's volunteers will embolden Gilbert to keep going.
Thursday, Gilbert got a call from Ramona's postmaster, Kathy Matkins. Matkins asked whether there was anything she could do to help, with no conditions attached. She already was being counted upon to provide an ice cream stand during the middle of the day.
Matkins is one of the key organizers for the event, along with Art Stroda and Byron and Julie Noeth.
"If somebody on our team walked away, we'd have a huge hole," Gilbert said.
The contributions are both big and small. For the event's first fireworks shoot in 1998, Connie Smith volunteered her field. This year, new resident James Miner is donating a field for parking.
For this year's Redneck in Ramona, six local businesses donated at least $300. The event usually generates $4,000 worth of donations to put toward events, Gilbert said.
Stroda and Brian Haden created one of the celebration's longest-running events, lawnmower obstacle course. Recently Mike's Mowers of Hope has been providing prizes for winners.
Lisa Hanschu started the James Weber Memorial Basketball tournament in 2010 after her son died in a car accident in 2009.
"It's a continuing reminder of a young person's life," Gilbert said.
Deines Farms started a kids' tractor pull. Junior Hanschu later chose to provide prizes, including free snow cones for all participants.
Julie Noeth started the Redneck Run in 2007, first with a two-mile race before adding a 10K competition. The first year of the run, about 30 competed. This year Noeth expects about 80, including some from Onaga. Eighty people is about half the population of Ramona. Although the U.S. census listed Ramona's population at 180, Gilbert said it's more like 140.
"If you count a few dogs and cats," she said.
The Redneck Run has provided the entire celebration's moniker. The name immediately elicited a chuckle from Gilbert inspiring the name Redneck in Ramona.
That, of course, led to creativity among residents. The Noeths had a redneck yoga float one year, featuring participants in all types of unfortunate prone positions after a few too many Bud Lights. Other floats include redneck GPS, redneck half Christmas, and a redneck yard with paper grass covering a docked automobile.
The parade has come a long way from the few simple floats from that first Fourth of July in 1998.
"You'd have to go around the block twice to get a 15-minute parade," Gilbert said.
Some residents have thought the redneck theme to be uncouth, unrepresentative of the town. Gilbert is determined to keep it going as long as people continue to have fun with the concept.
There has been a flurry of dissension about the celebration since its origins. This mirrors Gilbert and Wick's up-and-down relationship with the town itself.
The sisters moved to Ramona full-time in 2000 from Napa Valley in California. Gilbert said the small town provided a stark contrast to consulting work she performed in Sacramento.
"There you see people gripping the steering wheel in rush hour traffic. I wanted to get away from that," Gilbert said. "We find it very idyllic. I love the people and the place."
But there was a difference between visiting a place and living there. Gilbert compared it to the difference between dating and marriage.
When Gilbert visited town, she was like a new couple who could talk for hours, never running out of things to say.
"I had this vision," she said. "Like we'd all get together and sing 'Kumbaya.'
"There are a lot of individuals in this town. I'm an individual; I'm not really a joiner, but I started this and I think it's pretty cool."
Redneck in Ramona is Gilbert's romantic anniversary, the event that reinvigorates her relationship with the town.
It's the effort of those volunteers that provide the boost.
"It's like a recipe. Everybody puts in their own spice," Gilbert said. "There is a camaraderie that is euphoric."
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There's an interesting bet being played out across America right now, one that I'm really not sure how it will play out. It is that of continued consolidation and construction in the hospital industry.
Just at a time when the economy is in the doldrums, unemployment is at a steady nine percent or more, and people are paying more for their health care than ever before, we see large hospital systems growing and building at an unprecedented pace. Like squirrels hoarding their nuts for the winter in a panic before the icy winds of winter descend, big hospital systems are building, building, building.
Winter, of course, comes in 2014 for the hospital industry. That's when, according to our recently passed health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, kicks in with its employer mandate. As it stands now, in 2014 all large employers with over 50 employees will have to purchase health insurance for their employees, or pay a $2000-per-employee fine.
It doesn't take many Betz cells to know what will happen when employers who presently pay $8000-$9000 per employee for health care benefits suddenly get the opportunity to pay a $2000-per-employee "fine." Do the math: for an employer with 3000 employees, they pay about $65.5 million for the health care benefits they're currently providing compared to a $6 million dollar "fine." Seems like a nearly 10-fold savings to me! Now THAT, ladies in gentleman, is one heck of a beneficial fine!
But just before 1 January 2014, Americans would have had to pick their OWN untested insurance plan from one of those offered by an insurer or the US government. These plans will carry certain prerequisites for coverage mandated by someone really smart on such matters in Washington DC, so be sure to read the fine print. If history is any guide, the govenment will want to make sure people have some "skin in the game" with their health care costs, so a larger portion of people's personal income will go toward paying for that insurance, whether it's constitutional or not to do so. That, you see, is the Grand Plan.
But will people come at the same pace to our great health care empires of the future?
No one knows.
But there sure are lots of things being done to make sure they do. Like "free" preventative health care screenings or free "Welcome to Medicare" physicals touted by policy makers as the new way to save money in health care.
Seems logical to me. (Not really.)
What policy pundits in the health care space don't get is that people don't want to think about being sick. They don't think much about their health care needs at all. They prefer Nascar. This is just human nature. We pay plastic surgeons to stay young. We pay health food stores huge sums of money to eat healthy foods. We exercise until we're blue in the face to keep our weight off. And for goodness sakes, we wear lots of facial products. (For the record, it is good to exercise and eat correctly to improve longevity, but let's be real: this simply delays the inevitable). My point is that people, given their own druthers, would prefer to spend their money on just about anything else besides health care.
And there will sit our Great Empirical Palaces to health care taking care of those who really have no choice but to succumb to the forces of nature: the Expensive Ones. The hospital systems that are located in affluent areas will get cold hard cash above and beyond the mandated insurance coverages to do so and likely survive. Those that cater to the indigent and less fortunate will either have to fold, or become like Cook County hospital in Chicago: a bureaucratically run institution with two separate boards trying to out-manuever the other in a political cat-and-mouse game of who gets to tell the taxpayers of Illinois what they're on the hook for and a shining example of fiscally-strapped public health care if there ever was one.
Which, of course, is what our large non-profit hospital systems are banking on: when the rubber meets the road, you'll want your health care like you want your facial products: nothing but first class for you.
But will people be able to afford such care?
They might not have a choice since the alternative health care option to this conundrum, the independent physician, is rapidly shrinking away in favor of the Grand Plan.
But the big question behind it all, of course, is this:
In the end, when we have no choice, will we really be able to afford all this product?
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I love the article but could you give some more background on your math of 3000 employees x $9,000/employee = $60 + million.
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Regarding Health Care Reform...No matter what McKinsey says, it's not clear that companies (employers) will opt out. Employer sponsored health insurance in MA increased after they passed their healthcare reform. And there is the possibility that a company will need to offer health insurance in order to attract superior candidates.
And I don't think it is going to be so easy to "game" the system. No numbers yet. Talk to you in 2016 or so.
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I sat down with Houston head football coach Tony Levine on Tuesday to catch up on things now that we're more than a week removed from the conclusion of spring football.
The focus for Levine and the entire coaching staff right now is singular: recruiting, recruiting, recruiting. I wrote about some of Levine's philosophy and some of the efforts the staff is making in my latest UH notebook (see the link or Wednesday's Chronicle).
For those of you who were hoping to see a post-spring depth chart, Levine said Tuesday that they haven't quite finalized that and might not for a few weeks. All the assistants hit the road the Monday after the spring game and have been on the road since then visiting high schools and evaluating prospects since this is an evaluation period.
Aside from that, we talked a little bit about expectations and I also had Levine answer questions from some of my Twitter followers, which you'll see below. I may try to do that again in the future (solicit questions from the Twitterverse) so be sure to follow me on Twitter (@skhanjr) if you want to get in on the action, should I elect to do it again at a later date.
In the meantime, here are some takes from Levine on a few topics:
Q: It seems like a silly question but I'll ask it: What are your expectations for the season?
Tony Levine: I have high expectations and I've always had and will have high expectations. We will approach every game expecting to win. I think that's kind of become the culture here right now. If you replace "expectations" with "goals," our goal will continue to be to win the championship. Win our side of Conference USA and not only play in but win the Conference USA championship game. Those are our goals. Expectation-wise, the word expectation can kind of be interpreted as 'What do you think the outcome of the season is going to be?' That I don't know other than I do know that at each coin toss we'll expect to win that game.
Q: In 2008, UH had a new coaching staff, a sophomore quarterback who was the full-time starter for the first time (Case Keenum) and a lot of new pieces. Is there anything you can take from the '08 experience that will help you this season, which will include similar circumstances?
TL: I think so. If you look back at '08, and again we were a new staff — I'm not a new coach and nor are three of our defensive assistants, but overall it's a new staff — and I think overall it's a new team. In '08, we went through spring trying to decide who the quarterback would be and we had no idea who would be catching passes. We had a walk-on, redshirt freshman named Patrick Edwards, we had a redshirt freshman 150-pound receiver named Tyron Carrier, both of whom had never played a down of football in college and we had what we felt like was our best skill player was a 6-2, 230-pound tight end named Mark Hafner and we had a walk-on receiver that ran 4.7 (in the 40-yard dash) named Chaz Rodriguez. Somehow with a sophomore quarterback, and bunch of unproven receivers and a veteran tight end we were able to win eight games and a bowl game after starting off 1-3. I think there are some parallels when you say that our quarterback's going to have a little bit of experience coming into the season and a bunch of unknown receivers.
And now for the questions from some of my Twitter followers (and thank you folks for participating):
This question comes from BBD (@crazyfool999): How special does it feel to be coaching the final year of Robertson Stadium's existence?
TL: It is special. I think there's going to be a number of firsts that I'm going to encounter as the head coach here and in the next few years and there's going to be a number of lasts that I'm going to encounter as the head coach here in the next few years. I think both sides of it are special. There's been so much tradition at Robertson and so many great moments in the history of the stadium that to have a chance to lead the team out there in the final season is going to be special. It's going to be hard. You'll see not only young men in our program but former players that had a lot of great moments on that field celebrated and kind of take in their surroundings game-by-game over the course of the 2012 season and it'll be sad to see it go but in the same respect we're excited to see what's to come with the new stadium.
From Chris Coleman (@CSColeman25): Is there a reason we are offering scholarships to students out of state when you said recruiting would be focused in-state?
TL: Yes. Recruiting is focused in state. We have had a tremendous response from some of the top recruits nationally for a number of different reasons. In no particular order: Houston is a top 25 program, we played almost every week, it seemed like, on national TV. We were the most exciting team to watch, so the feedback that we're getting from recruits all the way out west and out east is that they're extremely familiar with our program, they're extremely excited about our style of football — on offense, defense and special teams — and they're also are a number of them that have connections to either the state of Texas or the city of Houston or the University of Houston. So while we are focusing our efforts on the state of Texas and Greater Houston in recruiting, because of our national recognition right now and ties to this area, you're seeing us pursue a limited number of high school recruits.
And finally, from a name you Cougars fans might recognize, Zeke Riser (@zeke_riser): Will Zeke Riser be used as a tight end, short-yardage back, or possibly a wildcat quarterback this upcoming season?
TL: Not at the University of Houston (laughs).
The Cougars softball team returned home on Tuesday night and picked up a 12-4 win over Texas Southern in five innings.
Senior outfielder Melissa Gregson went 2-for-3 with a homer and five RBIs while sophomore catcher Haley Outon went 2-for-2 with a homer, two RBIs and two runs scored. Freshman Summer Groholski (7-4) pitched all five innings in the win, striking out two.
The Cougars improved to 28-18 overall and host Houston Baptist at 6 p.m. tonight at Cougar Softball Stadium.
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UH women's hoops head coach Todd Buchanan announced the signing of junior college All-American Te'onna Campbell of New Mexico Junior College on Tuesday. Campbell, a 5-10 forward, averaged 12.7 points. 7.5 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game in two seasons at New Mexico JC. She's the second addition of the spring (Destini Texada, the transfer from HBU, is the other) and seventh member of the Cougars' signing class.
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A brief men's hoops update:
- Barring any unforeseen circumstances, don't expect to see the Cougars sign anyone else this spring, and that includes junior college post Calvin Godfrey, who visited UH more than a week ago (and visited Wichita State over the weekend). Since the Cougars are at the scholarship limit and expect everyone that's on the roster back in the fold next season and for their incoming class of recruits to qualify, they won't be "over-signing" if you will.
- Word is that Kirk Van Slyke, who was granted his release on April 7, took a visit to Arkansas State recently and plans to take a visit to Oakland. Notably, it was Arkansas State that another former UH player transferred to (Kendrick Washington, who left the program after the 2010-11 season). Also notably, Oakland is the team which Van Slyke posted a career-high 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds; undoubtedly his best game of the 2011-12 season for Houston.


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