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Copyright 2002-2020 by various contributors; see AUTHORS.txt
June 14, 2002 - May 29, 2020
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What Is 'Tux Paint?'
Tux Paint is a free drawing program designed for young children (kids ages 3 and up). It has a simple, easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who helps guide children as they use the program. It provides a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help your child be creative.
Tux Paint is an Open Source project, Free Software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is free, and the 'source code' behind the program is available. (This allows others to add features, fix bugs, and use parts of the program in their own GPL'd software.)
See COPYING.txt for the full text of the GPL license.
- Easy and Fun
- Tux Paint is meant to be a simple drawing program for young children. It is not meant as a general-purpose drawing tool. It is meant to be fun and easy to use. Sound effects and a cartoon character help let the user know what's going on, and keeps them entertained. There are also extra-large cartoon-style mouse pointer shapes.
- Extensibility
- Tux Paint is extensible. Brushes and "rubber stamp" shapes can be dropped in and pulled out. For example, a teacher can drop in a collection of animal shapes and ask their students to draw an ecosystem. Each shape can have a sound which is played, and textual facts which are displayed, when the child selects the shape.
- Portability
- Tux Paint is portable among various computer platforms: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, etc. The interface looks the same among them all. Tux Paint runs suitably well on older systems (like a Pentium 133), and can be built to run better on slow systems.
- Simplicity
- There is no direct access to the computer's underlying intricacies. The current image is kept when the program quits, and reappears when it is restarted. Saving images requires no need to create filenames or use the keyboard. Opening an image is done by selecting it from a collection of thumbnails. Access to other files on the computer is restricted.
Loading Tux Paint
Linux/Unix Users
Tux Paint should have placed a laucher icon in your KDE and/or GNOME menus, under 'Graphics.'
Alternatively, you can run the following command at a shell prompt (e.g., "$"):
$ tuxpaint
If any errors occur, they will be displayed on the terminal (to "stderr").
Windows Users
Tux Paint
If you installed Tux Paint on your computer using the 'Tux Paint Installer,' it will have asked you whether you wanted a 'Start' menu short-cut, and/or a desktop shortcut. If you agreed, you can simply run Tux Paint from the 'Tux Paint' section of your 'Start' menu (e.g., under "All Programs" on Windows XP), or by double-clicking the "Tux Paint" icon on your desktop.
If you installed Tux Paint using the 'ZIP-file' download, or if you used the 'Tux Paint Installer,' but chose not to have shortcuts installed, you'll need to double-click the "
tuxpaint.exe" icon in the 'Tux Paint' folder on your computer.
By default, the 'Tux Paint Installer' will put Tux Paint's folder in "
C:\Program Files\", though you may have changed this when the installer ran.
If you used the 'ZIP-file' download, Tux Paint's folder will be wherever you put it when you unzipped the ZIP file.
Mac OS X UsersSimply double-click the "Tux Paint" icon.
Title Screen
When Tux Paint first loads, a title/credits screen will appear.
Once loading is complete, press a key or click on the mouse to continue. (Or, after about 30 seconds, the title screen will go away automatically.)
Main ScreenThe main screen is divided into the following sections:
- Left Side: Toolbar
The toolbar contains the drawing and editing controls.
- Middle: Drawing Canvas
The largest part of the screen, in the center, is the drawing canvas. This is, obviously, where you draw!
Note: The size of the drawing canvas depends on the size of Tux Paint. You can change the size of Tux Paint using the Tux Paint Config. configuration tool, or by other means. See the OPTIONS documentation for more details.
- Right Side: Selector
Depending on the current tool, the selector shows different things. e.g., when the Paint Brush tool is selected, it shows the various brushes available. When the Rubber Stamp tool is selected, it shows the different shapes you can use.
- Lower: Colors
A palette of available colors are shown near the bottom of the screen.
On the far right are two special color options, the "color picker", which has an outline of an eye-dropper, and allows you to pick a color found within your drawing, and the rainbow palette, which allows you to pick a color from within a box containing thousands of colors.
(NOTE: You can define your own colors for Tux Paint. See the "Options" documentation.)
- Bottom: Help Area
At the very bottom of the screen, Tux, the Linux Penguin, provides tips and other information while you draw.
Available Tools
Drawing Tools
- Paint (Brush)
The Paint Brush tool lets you draw freehand, using various brushes (chosen in the Selector on the right) and colors (chosen in the Color palette towards the bottom).
If you hold the mouse button down, and move the mouse, it will draw as you move.
As you draw, a sound is played. The bigger the brush, the lower the pitch.
- Stamp (Rubber Stamp)
The Stamp tool is like a set of rubber stamps or stickers. It lets you paste pre-drawn or photographic images (like a picture of a horse, or a tree, or the moon) in your picture.
As you move the mouse around the canvas, an outline follows the mouse, showing where the stamp will be placed, and how big it will be.
There can be numerous categories of stamps (e.g., animals, plants, outer space, vehicles, people, etc.). Use the Left and Right arrows to cycle through the collections.
Prior to 'stamping' an image onto your drawing, various effects can sometimes be applied (depending on the stamp):
- Some stamps can be colored or tinted. If the color palette below the canvas is activated, you can click the colors to change the tint or color of the stamp before placing it in the picture.
- Stamps can be shrunk and expanded, by clicking within the triangular-shaped series of bars at the bottom right; the larger the bar, the larger the stamp will appear in your picture.
- Many stamps may be flipped vertically, or displayed as a mirror-image, using the control buttons at the bottom right.
Different stamps can have different sound effects and/or descriptive (spoken) sounds. Buttons at the lower left (near Tux, the Linux penguin) allow you to re-play the sound effects and descriptive sounds for the currently-selected stamp.
(NOTE: If the "
nostampcontrols" option is set, Tux Paint won't display the Mirror, Flip, Shrink and Grow controls for stamps. See the "Options" documentation.)
- Lines
This tool lets you draw straight lines using the various brushes and colors you normally use with the Paint Brush.
Click the mouse and hold it to choose the starting point of the line. As you move the mouse around, a thin 'rubber-band' line will show where the line will be drawn.
Let go of the mouse to complete the line. A "sproing!" sound will play.
- Shapes
This tool lets you draw some simple filled, and un-filled shapes.
Select a shape from the selector on the right (circle, square, oval, etc.).
In the canvas, click the mouse and hold it to stretch the shape out from where you clicked. Some shapes can change proportion (e.g., rectangle and oval), others cannot (e.g., square and circle).
Let go of the mouse when you're done stretching.
- Normal Mode
Now you can move the mouse around the canvas to rotate the shape.
Click the mouse button again and the shape will be drawn in the current color.
- Simple Shapes Mode
- If simple shapes are enabled (e.g., with the "
--simpleshapes" option), the shape will be drawn on the canvas when you let go of the mouse button. (There's no rotation step.)
- Text and Label
Choose a font (from the 'Letters' available on the right) and a color (from the color palette near the bottom). Click on the screen and a cursor will appear. Type text and it will show up on the screen.
Press [Enter] or [Return] and the text will be drawn onto the picture and the cursor will move down one line.
Alternatively, press [Tab] and the text will be drawn onto the picture, but the cursor will move to the right of the text, rather than down a line, and to the left. (This can be useful to create a line of text with mixed colors, fonts, styles and sizes:
Clicking elsewhere in the picture while the text entry is still active causes the current line of text to move to that location (where you can continue editing it).
- Text versus Label
The Text tool is the original text-entry tool in Tux Paint. Text entered using this tool can't be modified or moved later, since it becomes part of the drawing. However, because the text becomes part of the picture, it can be drawn over or modified using Magic tool effects (e.g., smudged, tinted, embossed, etc.)
When using the Label tool (which was added to Tux Paint in version 0.9.22), the text 'floats' over the image, and the details of the label (the text, the position of the label, the font choice and the color) get stored separately. This allows the label to be repositioned or edited later.
The Label tool can be disabled (e.g., by selecting "Disable 'Label' Tool" in Tux Paint Config. or running Tux Paint with the "
--nolabel" command-line option).
- International Character Input
Tux Paint allows inputting characters in different languages. Most Latin characters (A-Z, ñ, è, etc.) can by entered directly. Some languages require that Tux Paint be switched into an alternate input mode before entering, and some characters must be composed using numerous keypresses.
When Tux Paint's locale is set to one of the languages that provide alternate input modes, a key is used to cycle through normal (Latin character) and locale-specific mode or modes.
Currently supported locales, the input methods available, and the key to toggle or cycle modes, are listed below. Note: Many fonts do not include all characters for all languages, so sometimes you'll need to change fonts to see the characters you're trying to type.
- Japanese — Romanized Hiragana and Romanized Katakana — right [Alt]
- Korean — Hangul 2-Bul — right [Alt] or left [Alt]
- Traditional Chinese — right [Alt] or left [Alt]
- Thai — right [Alt]
- Fill
The 'Fill' tool 'flood-fills' a contiguous area of your drawing with a solid color of your choice.
Note: Prior to Tux Paint 0.9.24, this was a "Magic" tool (see below).
- Magic (Special Effects)
The 'Magic' tool is actually a set of special tools. Select one of the "magic" effects from the selector on the right. Then, depending on the tool, you can either click and drag around the picture, and/or simply click the picture once, to apply the effect.
If the tool can be used by clicking and dragging, a 'painting' button will be available on the left, below the list of "magic" tools on the right side of the screen. If the tool can affect the entire picture at once, an 'entire picture' button will be available on the right.
See the instructions for each Magic tool (in the 'magic-docs' folder).
- Eraser
This tool is similar to the Paint Brush. Wherever you click (or click and drag), the picture will be erased. (This may be white, some other color, or to a background picture, depending on the picture.)
A number of eraser sizes are available, both round and square..
As you move the mouse around, a square outline follows the pointer, showing what part of the picture will be erased to white.
As you erase, a "squeaky clean" eraser/wiping sound is played.
Other Controls
- Undo
Clicking this tool will undo the last drawing action. You can even undo more than once!
Note: You can also press [Control]-[Z] on the keyboard to undo.
- Redo
Clicking this tool will redo the drawing action you just "undid" with the 'Undo' button.
As long as you don't draw again, you can redo as many times as you had "undone!"
Note: You can also press [Control]-[R] on the keyboard to redo.
- New
Clicking the "New" button will start a new drawing. A dialog will appear where you may choose to start a new picture using a solid background color, or using a 'Starter' image (see below). You will first be asked whether you really want to do this.
Note: You can also press [Control]-[N] on the keyboard to start a new drawing.'Starter' Images
'Starters' can be like a page from a coloring book (a black-and-white outline of a picture, which you can then color in), or like a 3D photograph, where you draw the bits in between.
When you load a 'Starter,' draw on it, and then click 'Save,' it creates a new picture file (it doesn't overwrite the original 'Starter,' so you can use it again later).
- Open
This shows you a list of all of the pictures you've saved. If there are more than can fit on the screen, use the "Up" and "Down" arrows at the top and bottom of the list to scroll through the list of pictures.
Click a picture to select it, then...
Click the green "Open" button at the lower left of the list to load the selected picture.
(Alternatively, you can double-click a picture's icon to load it.)
Click the brown "Erase" (trash can) button at the lower right of the list to erase the selected picture. (You will be asked to confirm.)
Note: As of version 0.9.22, the picture will be placed in your desktop's trash can, on Linux only.
Click the blue "Slides" (slide projector) button at the lower left to go to slideshow mode. See "Slides", below, for details.
Or click the red "Back" arrow button at the lower right of the list to cancel and return to the picture you were drawing.
If choose to open a picture, and your current drawing hasn't been saved, you will be prompted as to whether you want to save it or not. (See "Save," below.)
Note: You can also press [Control]-[O] on the keyboard to get the 'Open' dialog.
- Save
This saves your current picture.
If you haven't saved it before, it will create a new entry in the list of saved images. (i.e., it will create a new file)
Note: It won't ask you anything (e.g., for a filename). It will simply save the picture, and play a "camera shutter" sound effect.
If you HAVE saved the picture before, or this is a picture you just loaded using the "Open" command, you will first be asked whether you want to save over the old version, or create a new entry (a new file).
(NOTE: If either the "
saveover" or "
saveovernew" options are set, it won't ask before saving over. See the "Options" documentation.)
Note: You can also press [Control]-[S] on the keyboard to save.
Click this button and your picture will be printed!
On most platforms, you can also hold the [Alt] key (called [Option] on Macs) while clicking the 'Print' button to get a printer dialog. Note that this may not work if you're running Tux Paint in fullscreen mode. See below.
- Disabling Printing
If the "noprint" option was set (either with "
noprint=yes" in Tux Paint's configuration file, or using "
--noprint" on the command-line), the "Print" button will be disabled.
See the "Options" documentation.)
- Restricting Printing
If the "printdelay" option was used (either with "
printdelay=SECONDS" in the configuration file, or using "
--printdelay=SECONDS" on the command-line), you can only print once every SECONDS seconds.
For example, with "
printdelay=60", you can print only once a minute.
See the "Options" documentation.)
- Printing Commands
(Linux and Unix only)
Tux Paint prints by generating a PostScript representation of the drawing and sending it to an external program. By default, the program is:
This command can be changed by setting the "printcommand" value in Tux Paint's configuration file.
If the [Alt] key on the keyboard is being pushed while clicking the 'Print' button, as long as you're not in fullscreen mode, an alternative program is run. By default, the program is KDE's graphical print dialog:
This command can be changed by setting the "altprintcommand" value in Tux Paint's configuration file.
For information on how to change the printing commands, see the "Options" documentation.
- Printer Settings
(Windows and Mac OS X)
By default, Tux Paint simply prints to the default printer with default settings when the 'Print' button is pushed.
However, if you hold the [Alt] (or [Option]) key on the keyboard while pushing the button, as long as you're not in fullscreen mode, your operating system's printer dialog will appear, where you can change the settings.
You can have the printer configuration changes stored by using the "printcfg" option, either by using "
--printcfg" on the command-line, or "
printcfg=yes" in Tux Paint's own configuration file ("
If the "printcfg" option is used, printer settings will be loaded from the file "
print.cfg" in your personal folder (see below). Any changes will be saved there as well.
See the "Options" documentation.)
- Printer Dialog Options
By default, Tux Paint only shows the printer dialog (or, on Linux/Unix, runs the "altprintcommand", e.g., "kprinter" instead of "lpr") if the [Alt] (or [Option]) key is held while clicking the 'Print' button.
However, this behavior can be changed. You can have the printer dialog always appear by using "
--altprintalways" on the command-line, or "
altprint=always" in Tux Paint's configuration file. Or, you can prevent the [Alt]/[Option] key from having any effect by using "
--altprintnever", or "
See the "Options" documentation.)
- Slides (under "Open")
The "Slides" button is available in the "Open" dialog. It displays a list of your saved files, just like the "Open" dialog.
Click each of the images you wish to display in a slideshow-style presentation, one by one. A digit will appear over each image, letting you know in which order they will be displayed.
You can click a selected image to unselect it (take it out of your slideshow).
A sliding scale at the lower left of the screen (next to the "Play" button) can be used to adjust the speed of the slideshow, from slowest to fastest. Choose the leftmost setting to disable automatic advancement — you will need to press a key or click to go to the next slide (see below).
Note: The slowest setting does not automatically advance through the slides. Use it for when you want to step through them manually.
When you're ready, click the "Play" button to begin the slideshow. (Note: If you hadn't selected ANY images, then ALL images will be played in the slideshow.)
During the slideshow, press [Space], [Enter] or [Return] or the [Right Arrow], or click the "Next" button at the lower left, to manually advance to the next slide. Press [Left] to go back to the previous slide.
Press [Escape], or click the "Back" button at the lower right, to exit the slideshow and return to the slideshow image selection screen.
Click "Back" in the slideshow image selection screen to return to the "Open" dialog.
- Quit
Clicking the "Quit" button, closing the Tux Paint window, or pushing the [Escape] key will quit Tux Paint.
You will first be prompted as to whether you really want to quit.
If you choose to quit, and you haven't saved the current picture, you will first be asked if wish to save it. If it's not a new image, you will then be asked if you want to save over the old version, or create a new entry. (See "Save" above.)
NOTE: If the image is saved, it will be reloaded automatically the next time you run Tux Paint!
NOTE: The "Quit" button and [Escape] key can be disabled (e.g., by selecting "Disable 'Quit' Button" in Tux Paint Config. or running Tux Paint with the "
--noquit" command-line option).
In that case, the "window close" button on Tux Paint's title bar (if not in fullscreen mode) or the [Alt] + [F4] key sequence may be used to quit.
If neither of those are possible, the key sequence of [Shift] + [Control] + [Escape] may be used to quit. (See the "Options" documentation.)
- Sound Muting
There is no on-screen control button at this time, but by pressing [Alt] + [S], sound effects can be disabled and re-enabled (muted and unmuted) while the program is running.
Note that if sounds are completely disabled (e.g., by unselecting "Enable Sound Effects" in Tux Paint Config or running Tux Paint with the "
--nosound" command-line option), the [Alt] + [S] key sequence has no effect. (i.e., it cannot be used to turn on sounds when the parent/teacher wants them disabled.)
Since Tux Paint's 'Open' dialog only displays pictures you created with Tux Paint, what if you want to load some other picture or photograph into Tux Paint to edit?
To do so, you simply need to convert the picture into a PNG (Portable Network Graphic) image file, and place it in Tux Paint's "saved" directory:
- Windows Vista
- Inside the user's "
AppData" folder, e.g.:
"C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Roaming\TuxPaint\saved\"
- Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP
- Inside the user's "
Application Data" folder, e.g.:
"C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Application Data\TuxPaint\saved\"
- Mac OS X
- Inside the user's "
Library" folder:
"/Users/(user name)/Library/Application Support/Tux Paint/saved/"
- Linux/Unix
- Inside a hidden "
.tuxpaint" directory, in the user's home directory: "
Note: It is from this folder that you can copy or open pictures drawn in Tux Paint using other applications.
Using '
Linux and Unix users can use the "
tuxpaint-import" shell script which gets installed when you install Tux Paint. It uses some NetPBM tools to convert the image ("
anytopnm"), resize it so that it will fit in Tux Paint's canvas ("
pnmscale"), and convert it to a PNG ("
It also uses the "
date" command to get the current time and date, which is the file-naming convention Tux Paint uses for saved files. (Remember, you are never asked for a 'filename' when you go to Save or Open pictures!)
To use '
tuxpaint-import', simply run the command from a command-line prompt and provide it the name(s) of the file(s) you wish to convert.
They will be converted and placed in your Tux Paint 'saved' directory. (Note: If you're doing this for a different user - e.g., your child, you'll need to make sure to run the command under their account.)
$ tuxpaint-import grandma.jpg
grandma.jpg -> /home/username/.tuxpaint/saved/20020921123456.png
jpegtopnm: WRITING A PPM FILE
The first line ("
tuxpaint-import grandma.jpg") is the command to run. The following two lines are output from the program while it's working.
Now you can load Tux Paint, and a version of that original picture will be available under the 'Open' dialog. Just double-click its icon!
Doing it Manually
Windows, Mac OS X and BeOS users must currently do the conversion manually.
Load a graphics program that is capable of both loading your picture and saving a PNG format file. (See the documentation file "PNG.txt" for a list of suggested software, and other references.)
When Tux Paint loads an image that's not the same size as its drawing canvas, it scales (and sometimes smears the edges of) the image so that it fits within the canvas.
To avoid having the image stretched or smeared, you can resize it to Tux Paint's canvas size. This size depends on the size of the Tux Paint window, or resolution at which Tux Paint is run, if in fullscreen. (Note: The default resolution is 800x600.) See "Calculating Image Dimensions", below.
Save the picture in PNG format. It is highly recommended that you name the filename using the current date and time, since that's the convention Tux Paint uses:
- YYYY = Year
- MM = Month (01-12)
- DD = Day (01-31)
- HH = Hour, in 24-hour format (00-23)
- mm = Minute (00-59)
- ss = Second (00-59)
20020921130500- for September 21, 2002, 1:05:00pm
Place this PNG file in your Tux Paint '
saved' directory. (See above.)
Calculating Image Dimensions
The width of Tux Paint's canvas is simply the width of the window (e.g., 640, 800 or 1024 pixels), minus 192.
Calculating the height of Tux Paint's canvas requires multiple steps:
- Take the height of the window (e.g, 480, 600 or 768 pixels) and subtract 144
- Take the result of Step 1 and divide it by 48
- Take the result of Step 2 and round it down (e.g., 9.5 becomes simply 9)
- Take the result of Step 3 and multiply it by 48
- Finally, take the result of Step 4 and add 40
Example: Tux Paint running at fullscreen on a 1440x900 display.
So the canvas within a 1440x900 Tux Paint window is 1248x760.
- The canvas width is simply 1440 - 192, or 1248.
- The canvas height is calculated as:
- 900 - 144, or 756
- 756 / 48, or 15.75
- 15.75 rounded down, or 15
- 15 * 48, or 720
- 720 + 40, or 760
Other documentation included with Tux Paint (in the "
docs" folder/directory) include:
- "Magic" Tool Documentation ("magic-docs")
Documentation for each of the currently-installed "Magic" tools.
- AUTHORS.txt
List of authors and contributors.
- CHANGES.txt
Summary of changed between releases.
- COPYING.txt
Copying license (The GNU General Public License).
- INSTALL.txt
Instructions for compiling/installing, when applicable.
- EXTENDING.html
Detailed instructions on creating brushes, stamps and starters, and adding fonts, to extend Tux Paint.
- OPTIONS.html
Detailed instructions on command-line and configuration-file options, for those who don't want to use Tux Paint Config.
- PNG.txt
Notes on creating PNG format bitmapped images for use in Tux Paint.
- SVG.txt
Notes on creating SVG format vector images for use in Tux Paint.
- SIGNALS.txt
Information about POSIX signals Tux Paint responds to.
If you need help, feel free to contact New Breed Software:http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/
You may also wish to participate in the numerous Tux Paint mailing lists:http://www.tuxpaint.org/lists/


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NEW YORK - A Bosnian-born US citizen was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for his role in planning a suicide bomb attack on New York City subways in 2009 at the behest of senior al-Qaeda operatives.
Adis Medunjanin, 28, was convicted in May by a federal jury in Brooklyn on nine counts including conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit an act of terrorism and providing material support to al-Qaeda.
Prosecutors had urged US District Judge John Gleeson to give Medunjanin the maximum penalty of life in prison, saying in a pre-sentencing court filing that he 'committed a host of heinous crimes aimed at killing and maiming his fellow American citizens in order to alter and take revenge for American foreign policy."
Medunjanin's accused co-conspirator Najibullah Zazi was arrested in September 2009, just days before Medunjanin and a third member of the plot, Zarein Ahmedzay, planned to carry out what US Attorney General Eric Holder called "one of the most serious terrorist threats" to the US since the Sept 11 attacks.
Lawyer for Medunjanin Robert Gottlieb described him as a bright young man.
with a loving family who had fled to the US from Bosnia when he was a child. Members of his extended family sat quietly in the back of the courtroom, some of them wiping away tears.
When asked if he would like to make a statement, Medunjanin, recited several Quran verses in Arabic. He then delivered a speech about the plight of Muslims and the poor across the world, and denied having anything to do with the subway plot.
Gleeson said it was difficult to believe that three men who went to high school in Queens, New York, could become pawns in an al-Qaeda plot. "This was not a fringe character in our society," he said.
During Medunjanin's trial, prosecutors described how the three made a plan to travel overseas with the intent of joining up with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. They made it to Pakistan, where they were introduced to an al Qaeda facilitator. That facilitator took them to meet with senior al Qaeda operatives, who provided them with military training and persuaded them to return to the United States to carry out an attack in New York City.
After their return, the three met to discuss their plans for a suicide attack, and settled on a target: New York City subways. Zazi began to assemble explosive devices at his family's home in Colorado, and drove to New York City with the materials in September 2009, prosecutors said. The plan was aborted when Zazi and Ahmedzay became suspicious that they were being monitored.
After federal agents searched Medunjanin's home in January 2010, Medunjanin got into his car and sped erratically across the Whitestone Expressway in Queens, crashing his car into another vehicle in what prosecutors described as a last-ditch attempt to fulfill his suicide mission.

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Microsoft Convinces Yet Another Company to Cough Up 'Protection' Money
from the you-wouldn't-want-something-bad-to-happen,-would-you? deptNeppe alerts us to the news that Microsoft has claimed yet another victory in its war on the Linux Operating System. According to multiple reports, including Thinq_, the Register and others, Casio has coughed up an undisclosed amount of money to "license" the Linux operating system from Microsoft.
Microsoft has been claiming since 2007 that Linux infringes on 235 patents. If you go back to 2004, it was just 228. Despite the lack of any public list of these patents, Microsoft has been able to use them quite skillfully in convincing a number of software and hardware vendors to pay licensing fees. Microsoft claims that such licensing deals are for the benefit of the companies who pay up.
So just what are the benefits of paying Microsoft a licensing fee for free software, especially when said software was not developed by Microsoft? If these quiet settlements are any indication, the sole benefit would be to avoid being dragged through the courts by one of the largest software developers in the world. Seriously, what other benefit is there? Is there a collection of patent trolls jumping at the chance to sue companies using Linux that have yet to surface thanks to Microsoft's cradling licensing deals? Not that I have read about. The only patent holder jumping at the chance to sue over Linux is Microsoft itself.
What this really looks like to me is an old school protection racket in which the resident mob enters the new business or residence and demands protection money in order to protect said establishment from some malevolent threat.


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Turns out that Louisiana Tech has no formal regulations regarding student professor relationships. Good for Louisiana Tech. No institutionalized snoopers and no sexual policing by university administrators. But, of course,not everyone is happy with this laissez policy as indicated in this publication–
Student-professor relationships are notoriously messy affairs on college campuses, potentially compromising the classroom interactions between the professor and his students or leaving a professor vulnerable to sexual harassment charges. the lack of any written policy discouraging such actions has student opinion split.
Notoriously messy? Is such really the case? In my pedestrian life as a professor, I do not recollect ever having a notoriously messy relationship with a student. I can't even recall a highly messy relationship. I can't even recall any of my colleagues sexual relationships with students as being notoriously messy. At least in my case, maybe this messiness did not occur because the relationships occurred in the context of mutual love and respect.
But, of course, consenting adults have the right to engage in relationships, messy or not messy. Maybe a little messiness makes the relationship a bit more interesting. After all, if there was no initial messing around nothing would have gotten off the ground.
UNM student/professor couple murdered
The New Mexico Daily Lobo has reported that UNM English professor Hector Torres and his girlfriend Stephanie Gray, A UNM grad student in Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, were found dead Monday in his home near campus.
Ralph Montoya, the female victim's ex-boyfriend, is charged with two counts of murder. He is booked in Metropolitan Detention Court on a $250,000 cash-only bail.
According to the warrant issued by APD, Montoya walked into the downtown office of attorney Lauren Oliveros on Monday and confessed to killing two people on Sunday. He told Oliveros the two bodies could be found at the residence of the male victim.
When police arrived at the residence, at noon, they saw two bodies lying on the floor from the outside window. Upon entering, officers saw the male victim laying face down in a pool of blood with a gun aimed at his head.
According to the report, it appeared to the officers that the gun was placed there by another person to make it look like the victim committed suicide.
Officers reported that the female victim was found face up in a pool of blood, but no visible wounds were found on her body. The male victim is 54 years old, and his girlfriend is 43, according to the report.
In response to the murders, the UNM administeration issued the following statement-
"The UNM community has been diminished by the untimely deaths of two of our own. Professor Hector Torres will be remembered as a scholar of great passion, dedication and kindness. Graduate student Stefania Gray was a scholar of great promise. Both were wonderful individuals and we join their families and many friends in great sadness."
Professor Torres was on faculty in the UNM Department of English since 1986. He was born in Tijuana, Mexico, raised in El Paso, Texas and, with the benefit of the GI Bill, earned all his degrees, including a doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, he was teaching a course on Chicano Culture, a theory course and was directing an independent study.
He regularly teaches courses in literary and critical theory, postmodernism and contemporary Chicana and Chicano literary discourse and film, English syntax and discourse analysis, as well as courses on writing about film. His research and scholarship focused on contemporary, postmodern Chicana and Chicano literary discourse and film, literary and critical theory.
In a 2007 interview he said, "I think being a Spanish speaker who learned English in school drove my interest in linguistics, language and literature."
In 2007, with UNM Press he published, "Conversations with Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Writers." The impetus for the books was in his study of social linguistics – or the relationship between language and society. "The language of literature is language of reflection rather than language through interaction, but the social linguistic approach still interests me," he said in a 2007 interview.
Stefania Gray was a graduate student in comparative literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. She was working with Raji Vallury, assistant professor in French, on her thesis, "Dreams of Andalusia: Women, Gender, Memory and Nation." She was to defend the day after spring break.
Vallury remembers her as "vibrant, beautiful and strong." She was a heritage Spanish speaker who earned her undergraduate degree and then went out to the workforce where she was a flight attendant. She came back to school and was the first woman in her family to do post-graduate study. She was already planning to pursue a doctoral degree, Vallury said.
The dankprofessor must note that in the aforementioed statement the UNM administration does not mention that there was a relationship between the murdered student and murdered professor. Maybe such a mention would be out of order in this statement. But I do know this- that in universities throughout the United States, including UNM, student prof couples function in a hostile environment which has been created as a result of a persistent rhetoric which functions to dehumanize such couples. Universities have given a license to just about everyone to demean and degrade student professor couples. And therefore it is not a shocking statement that for the mentally distraught this cultural framework may function as a LICENSE TO KILL.
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June 27, 2013
By Shonassee Shaver
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MC Lyte is a hip-hop legend. Nicki Minaj, take note! Not only is MC Lyte a successful artist, rapper, and entrepreneur, but also she is also highly respected in the music game. From the golden age of hip-hop, she was the first solo female rapper to release a full album, Lyte as a Rock (1988). It is astonishing. Interestingly, MC Lyte does not see it that way. "There are so many that came before me. I came at a time where independent labels and major music labels were in transition. I came at the beginning when major record labels were making deals happen," said MC Lyte. Although MC Lyte does not classify herself as one of hip-hop's pioneer feminists, she certainly has met all the prerequisites for being one.
This fresh-to-death MC is back on the scene for the BET Experience Concert June 29th at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. She will be performing among the likes of fellow rapper Eve and hip hop/neo soul band the Roots. Sounds like a good time. "Absolutely, I love working with the Roots. I would travel back and forth with them over the years. I am excited for the Roots, to hear them play. It'll be a good time for good music."
Don't get it twisted! MC Lyte has her own agenda that is just not about the music. She is making her presence well known behind the music scene. The hip-hop legend has an entertainment management and production firm called Sunni Gyrl Global. "The SGG Company has many facets. I signed with BET's production company to establish the Hip Hop Sister Foundation. With this foundation, I am developing new artists and am able to support creative singers and artists. Continuing to do work for Hip Hop Sisters Foundation, "I have given out two $200,000 dollar scholarships sponsored by the Soul Train Awards. I want to be able to send a nice young person to school," said MC Lyte. The MC Lyte/UW-Madison $100,000 First Wave Scholarship helps children in the community to further their education. "I want to help kids advance their creative awareness. There are many students who want to do poetry, theatre and acting. Then there are the kids who want to do law and medicine," said MC Lyte.
MC Lyte believes that education is the key to succeeding. She helps young people to be creative and successful. From the beginning, this rap star has always been about the community. Her lyrics exemplify this and more.
"I started my foundations to understand and to give knowledge to the artistic side of the music industry. People can succeed on the industry side of hip hop, but not have the business aspect of it together," she said. MC Lyte is concerned with the 'whole artist.' "Having the knowledge of the business counterparts the talent. The business aspect needs to go together," said MC Lyte. She has lent her name to many foundations that have influenced her to establish her own organizations so that she can be creative and flourish with her own plans for the community.
MC Lyte is all about redefining sisterhood. "We need sisterhood. We need to consistently support one another. Our goals should become each others' goals," she said.
Being an advocate for sisterhood, it is no surprise to us. She was a part of Black Girls Rock, a non-profit youth empowerment and mentoring organization. She was presented in the iRock Testimony. MC Lyte exemplifies the reason that Black girls rock because she empowers black girls. "I was the first artist many years ago (2005) to be honored. It was in Brooklyn at the Dumbo Art Gallery in New York. I was happy for CEO of Black Girls Rock Beverly Bond to have started with a dream, vision and get hooked up with the right people," MC Lyte said.
MC Lyte is a close friend to rapper Lil'Mama. "I mentor many MCs' as well as Lil' Mama. I was told by a music executive that she had a mind like me. She is from Brooklyn, NY. She raps about drugs and gun violence. In my mind, I already knew who she was. The community needs to support Lil'Mama," said MC Lyte.
MC Lyte is also a humanitarian. She respects the capacity of giving back. "From the corporation to the community, I want to be used," she said on her stance of being a philanthropist.
The humble rapper continues to give back. She recently visited Johannesburg in South Africa to help launch iLEAD youth program. "Thurgood Marshall College Fund is an innovative creation in South Africa to uplift the youth. Young people from ages 18 to 20 have a devastating employment percentage. They need to be empowered. They need to know what it means to be successful," said MC Lyte. She enjoyed herself along with artists Kenny Lattimore and Lil'Mama.
Rapper MC Lyte wears many hats in the music industry. She is an emcee, a songwriter, a speaker, a narrator, a voice-over, a DJ, an actress and an entrepreneur. She has a diverse career where she can balance all of these gigs. "I am not afraid. I educate myself therefore I am able to get it done. I rest then pick up the next thing. This is who I am," she said.
Speaking of being a "jade of all trades," she is an author of the book, Unstoppable. It's about having courage and faith. Never giving up and achieving one's greatest potential. "I have longevity. It has allowed me to go outside of being a rapper. I believed it has helped me stay motivated and creative."
When asked about her opinion on rap music today she responded, "it lacks balance and means. The majority of it is promoted mainstream. Good hip hop with a positive perspective is not on top."
She did not deny that she loves house music. In South Africa, she listened to house music. "Beat House African music has evolved."
As a lyrist, she feels that rap lyrics about men and women are disheartening. "If we stop buying this kind of music, they'll stop producing. It is bullying on record. Women are being objectified."
As far as female rappers Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea, they fit into the scope of rap music today. "Visually and music wise, they fit in for what is called for, what is prevalent." Music artist resemble that hard edge lifestyle. Is it even the real thing? That gangster life is often fabricated. Many female rap artists see themselves as "Bad." "Rock stars have defined that hard life of drugs, sex and rock and roll. I followed that image. The lines of cocaine and not sleeping are a part of the music lifestyle. I don't consider this a hard life," she adds. "Being financially strapped, struggling to make it, is a hard life."
Don't count this MC out. With a career that has spanned 20 years; she stays current with the music industry and its style. "I'm a DJ. I'm constantly getting new music. I am able to understand hip-hop and how it affects the masses. I am able to keep up."
There is no doubt that MC Lyte can keep up with today's music and culture. "I'm not into high fashion. I don't enjoy being cold and I love layers. I need to be comfortable." Well this can explain why she remains a fresh-faced beauty to date.


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The "Hanyo-Denshi" IVD Collection submission (aka, PRI 167)
A little over one week ago, the Japan NB (National Body) submitted to The Unicode Consortium their first IVD Collection for registration, which is being referred to as PRI 167 (Public Review Issue #167), but its actual name is the "Hanyo-Denshi" (汎用電子) IVD Collection. I was very pleased to see this, because it represents the second such submission.
The first IVD Collection to be successfully registered, of course, was the "Adobe-Japan1" IVD Collection, which was declared final on December 14, 2007. We have thus far IVS-enabled fifty of our OpenType Japanese fonts based on these registered IVSes. Since then, the two major OSes, specifically Mac OS X (from Version 10.6) and Windows 7, have become IVS-enabled. Adobe Acrobat (from Version 9.0), Adobe Flash Player (from Version 10), and Adobe InDesign (from CS4) were the first products to become IVS-enabled.
My initial examination of PRI 167 found that there are 4,214 glyphs included, 1,924 of which represent standard or default forms. This meant 2,290 variant forms. Of these 2,290 variant forms, I found that 633 could map to Adobe-Japan1-6 CIDs, meaning to "Adobe-Japan1" IVSes, though 28 could be argued either way due to subtle glyph differences.
I submitted my first round of PRI 167 comments to the submitter on April 8, 2010, which included a mapping table for the 2,557 (1,924 + 633) glyphs that can map between the IVD Collections. I plan to finish a second round of comments by the end of this month.
Because IVD Collection submissions require a ninety-day public review, I encourage others who are qualified to review its contents to do so.


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Although this recipe definitely requires adult involvement, your kids will enjoy pressing their thumbs in the middle of the cookie to make the indentation (or using a spoon to accomplish the same result!) and then watching you fill the hole and seeing the exciting result.
½ cup margarine, room temperature
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons corn syrup
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup chopped pecans (if your kids have an aversion to nuts, you can leave these out!)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray. Cream together margarine and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs. On low speed, add flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and continue beating until fully combined. Roll dough into balls and roll in sugar. Flatten and press ¼-inch indentation into center of each cookie. Bake for 8 minutes. In the meantime, combine egg yolks, corn syrup, coconut and nuts, if suing. Place about a ½ teaspoonful into center of each cookie. Return to oven and bake an additional 4 to 5 minutes until set. Cook for 5 minutes before transferring to rack to finish cooling. Makes about 2 dozen.


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While wirehouse broker-dealers had about 43% of the asset-management market share or product distribution in 2010, this figure should drop to 35% by 2013—representing an 8% decline, according to a report released Friday by Cerulli Associates.
Meanwhile, tension between the wirehouses and the product manufacturers is increasing, said Cerulli Associate Director Scott Smith in an interview with AdvisorOne, as the wirehouses look to increase profits and the manufacturers seek to limit costs.
For the next few years, though, the wirehouse model should remain the dominant distribution channel, leaving the two partners in an interesting dance for dollars, Smith noted.
Fierce Competition
"Competition is intense for every dollar of the asset-management [business]," he said. "The wirehouses want to increase their margins from 10% to 20% overall, so they are chopping advisors off the bottom."
Plus, the analyst added, when advisors look at their product partners, they are seeing asset-management margins of 20% to 30%. "They want to know why they aren't getting these margins, too. After all, if you want to distribute through us, you need to make it worthwhile," Smith said.
For asset managers, though, this is leading to questions over what it could cost them to sell through the wirehouses. "And then they are asking, 'Does it cost me 98 cents to earn a dollar or $1.01?'" Smith said. "In other words, 'Would I get more revenue by working with another broker-dealer channel? Where is it more profitable for me to sell?' Sales may be less profitable through the wirehouses, but the volume keeps them interesting."
Wirehouse Woes
Wirehouse broker-dealers had 43% of industry assets under management (AUM) in 2010; they have an estimated 40% this year and are expected to have 35% by 2013, which suggests an 8% decline, according to Cerulli.
In contrast, reps with independent BDs and RIAs, combined had 28% last year and this year. That figure should jump to 32% in 2013, with independent broker-dealers (IBDs) accounting for 18% and registered investment advisors (RIAs) 14%. Duly registered advisors should maintain a constant 7% market share, Cerulli says.
"For asset managers, increased assets among fewer advisors allows for greater wholesaler focus on top producers," said Cerulli in its recent report. It also means lots of competition for the top advisors within the broker-dealer community.
"However, firms should expect increased competition among target producers, as competitors fight for distribution amid shrinking numbers of advisors and marketshare of assets," continues the report. "Asset managers struggling with placement on wirehouse product lists might reconsider whether the channel is the best recipient of their dollars and manpower."
While such consideration could prove worthwhile, Smith said, a total sea change within the asset-management industry is not expected.
"The [wirehouse] share has been sliding and should continue to do so, down to the mid-30s," Smith explained. "But that's still the biggest pile to address, certainly. It still has 50,000 advisors."
Plus, average assets per financial advisor are still greatest in the wirehouse channel at $94 million (in 2010) versus $64 million for dually registered reps, $63 million for RIAs and $18 million for IBD advisors. Average assets for the wirehouse reps rose more than 10% from 2009, when they were roughly $84 million, according to the research group.
The wirehouse channel has experienced "erosion, yes, but not a complete catastrophe," concluded the Cerulli analyst.
Regardless of the channel, the latest Cerulli figures show that the "consolidation of both numbers of advisors and assets among the top-25 BDs is increasing the bargaining power of these intermediaries over their distribution partners," according to the group's latest report. These leading BDs had about 61.5% of all advisors in 2004, but that number jumped to 66.4% in 2010.


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Clippers net Redick, Dudley in 3-team trade with Bucks, Suns
The remaking of the Los Angeles Clippers got under way in earnest Tuesday, the day after the team locked up point guard Chris Paul with a five-year contract at the maximum salary and a little more than a week since the team finally secured Doc Rivers as its coach.
Seeking to upgrade at both wing spots—where the bulk of the starts in 2012-13 went to Caron Butler at small forward and Willie Green at shooting guard—the Clippers pulled off a three-team trade that also involved the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns. LA will get free-agent shooting guard J.J. Redick and Suns small forward Jared Dudley, essentially filling both weak spots in the starting five with one transaction.
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The Clippers did have to give up prized young point guard Eric Bledsoe in the trade. Bledsoe will land in Phoenix, and there is some question as to whether the Suns will ultimately keep him or use him as a trading chip. The Suns signed point guard Goran Dragic to a four-year, $34 million deal last summer. Phoenix will also take on the remaining year and $8 million on Butler's contract.
The Bucks will come out with a trade exception and two second-round draft picks. Milwaukee gave up Redick, who had been acquired in February at the trading deadline in order to help with the team's playoff push. The Bucks made the playoffs but were swept by the Miami Heat, and Redick gave no indication of wanting to return to Milwaukee.
Yahoo! Sports first reported the trade. Sporting News confirmed it with two sources.
In Redick and Dudley, the Clippers get two players who are among the most consistent 3-point threats in the NBA, and who should be ideal complements to the pick-and-roll game of Paul and Blake Griffin. Redick is a career 39.0 percent 3-point shooter, and Dudley is at 40.5 percent for his career. The Clippers shot 35.8 percent from the 3-point line, which ranked 16th in the league, last season.


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Cortney was kind enough to open her house to visitors...all 8 of us. My parents invited Liberty, Brit, Cari, Emma, Max and myself to travel up to Grace,ID to visit Cortney and her family and to enjoy the Caribou County Fair. Cortney was such a gracious hostess...I don't know how I would do with 8 people (even family) coming into my home for 4 days. We all had a blast! The town is a very small one but no matter what we always have a great time everytime we visit. The Fair brought new adventures to Grace (at least for us)...children's parades, frightening carnival rides, cow herding competitions, the biggest otter pops my kids had ever seen (random I know), fun magician, and a not so "funny-guy", a "grand" parade with tons of candy, a great early morning concert and breakfast, to mention a few. But the thing I loved the most was the time spent together with the family. We all had a great time! I hope to go to the fair again!
Here is a photo diary of our 4 days in Grace!
Liberty got to be in the Children's Parade with her cousins. I love the look on Julia's face, while Adam in the trailer is loving every minute of it!
Some of the kids in the fresh fruits and veggies display.
Adam totally enjoying himself while watching cows and cowboys.
Adam totally enjoying himself while watching cows and cowboys.
Everyone in the rodeo arena...of course I didn't last long in here, the minute the cows came running towards the fence I had to take a walk...I just get too nervous. Come to find out while on my walk, just the night before a cowgirl chased a cow right into the metal fence and the cow dropped dead on the spot. I'm glad I didn't have to see that one!
Lib, Brit and I waiting for the Magician to start.
All the kids at the Fair Entrance.
I have always felt that carnival rides are unsafe, come on now, they drive into town on the back of a truck, set them up and I am supposed to trust them? Somehow Liberty talked me into going on this ride...honestly I think this is the first carnival ride I have ever been on. It was sort of like the teacups at Disneyland. It was fun other than while trying to get into the little heart seat I wacked my head so hard I had a headache the rest of the day! The things mothers will do for their children.
Liberty loved the huge slide...it was great cause she got 3 rides. I loved the expressions on her face.
Brit and I hanging out in Cort's back yard.
Liberty had a great time on the trampoline.
Waving to someone in hopes that they would throw candy.
The boys at the parade...
and the girls at the parade.
Dad and Brit at the Bar J Wranglers concert and breakfast...they were really good!


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The Dutch steel and metals sector has benefitted from a rebound in the building sector, but at the same time demand from the energy sector has decreased.
- The Dutch steel and metals sector consists mainly of steel traders and wholesalers, and is highly dependent on domestic economic development, especially construction sector performance. Therefore, the industry has benefitted from the recent rebound in the building sector. At the same time, demand from the oil and gas industry has decreased.
- Competition remains high in this industry, especially in the trade and wholesalers segment. Profit margins are generally low in the steel and metals industry, but are expected to remain stable in 2016, in line with the steel price development.
- Dutch steel traders and wholesalers are higly dependent on banks in order to finance their stocks. Banks have become more willing to lend than in previous years due to the economic rebound, however any major steel price decrease makes it harder to obtain additonal credit facilities.
- Payments in the Dutch steel and metals sector take 45 days on average. Payment behaviour is quite stable, and it is expected that non-payment notifications will not increase in the coming six months.
- Insolvencies have decreased in 2015 and are expected to level off in 2018. The insolvency level in this segment is quite low.
- Our underwriting stance will remain generally neutral for steel and metals traders who benefit from the construction rebound, and restrictive for steel and metals businesses that are negatively affected by lower orders from the oil and gas sector. Given the deterioration in this segment our general outlook for the industry remains "Poor" for the time being. Close monitoring of all steel and metals buyers is still necessary due to the very competitive business environment, which could lead to decreasing margins or even to the loss of contracts/orders for some steel/metals businesses.


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Weekend Herb Blogging #29 Recap (Flowers and Herbs Everywhere!)
New Jersey, U.S.A.
Again Ramya from Cooking Within My Grasp finds an unusual plant to feature, this time the snakegourd, a vegetable grown in India which resembles a green snake, and which has healing and curative properties. Ramya uses it to make Snakegourd Curry, which sounds unusual and delicious.
Silicon Valley, California, U.S.A.
A fabulous sounding recipe for Mirchi Paneer was the contribution this week from Spicehut of Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice. Spicehut combines paneer (Indian curd cheese) with green pepper, tomato, onion and spices, including freshly ground coriander seeds, to make this dish.
Kronshagen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Over at Kuchenlatein, Ulrike is growing chives, despite her complaints about the rocky soil where she lives. She enjoyed them sprinkled on freshly baked rolls with cream cheese.
Barcelona, Spain
Le Sarrasin or Buckwheat grains are being spotlighted this week by Kel, returning herb blogger from Green Olive Tree (who has a great new blog header, by the way). Kel explains how buckwheat is really a fruit, not a grain, gives examples of how it is used in different countries, and highlights the nutritional value of this versatile plant.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Another returning herb blogger is Squeezeweasel from Gastronomy Domine, who is using wild garlic leaves this week, a different plant than regular garlic and something that is good cooked or raw. SW created an amazing sounding dish of Chicken Wrapped in Wild Garlic Leaves and Pancetta, and you must see the photo!
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Collin and La at See, Sip, Hear, Taste are having fun growing some herbs in their garden. The basil is flourishing, but they are seeking tips for growing cilantro.
Farmgirl's Farm, Missouri, U.S.A.
On the farm, Susan has discovered the joys of green garlic, a culinary secret which she declares is a perfect example of seasonal eating. Green garlic is the green shoots of the garlic plant when a bulb hasn't yet formed. Susan uses her green garlic to make a delightful sounding Green Garlic Fettucine, and on her blog In My Kitchen Garden she explains how she's going to experiment with planting some more garlic cloves to increase the supply. (Susan, I discovered some in my garden among the weeds, so I'm going to try it.)
Toronto, Canada
Spring has finally arrived in Toronto, and at Once Upon a Feast Ruth is thinking about blossoms, flowers, and spring foods, especially lamb and asparagus. Ruth is still producing lots of great sounding South Beach Diet recipes for those who are interested, and later this week I'll be checking back for the recipe for the very delicious looking Cassata style cheesecake which is also featured in this post.
Milan, Italy
Piperita from The Kitchen Pantry tells us that it's fennel season in Italy, and fennel is the food she missed most when she lived briefly in England. Marinated Salmon with Fennel is the dish she spotlights this week, which sounds delicious and quite easy to prepare.
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Paz from the Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz, is also thinking about spring in New York City. This week she shows us some great photos of the wonderful daffodils she has seen around New York, with a reminder that daffodils are poisonous, something I hadn't heard before.
New Forest, England
Karin, The Intrepid Sentimentalist, is thinking about fresh dill, and I love how she comments that it adds a crunchy greenness to foods. Karin posts a yummy sounding recipe for Smoked Salmon, Avocado, and Dill Wraps, which sounds like it would be perfect for lunch.
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I think it should be obvious why she's the one I'm most grateful to this year. Simply put, it's because she's the one...
Throught The Fire
by Chaka Khan
I look in your eyes and I can see
We've loved so dangerously
You're not trusting your heart to anyone
You tell me you're gonna play it smart
We're through before we start
But I believe that we've only just begun
When it's this good, there's no saying no
I want you so, I'm ready to go
Through the fire
To the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you
I'd gladly risk it all
Through the fire
Through whatever, come what may
For a chance at loving you
I'd take it all the way
Right down to the wire
Even through the fire
I know you're afraid of what you feel
You still need time to heal
And I can help if you'll only let me try
You touch me and something in me knew
What I could have with you
Well I'm not ready to kiss that dream goodbye
When it's this sweet, there's no saying no
I need you so, I'm ready to go
Through the test of time
Through the fire, to the limit
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Through the fire, to the limit
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1. Gyn: I got to know Gyn through the Ph 104 class I was a teaching assistant for last schoolyear. This was sometime November last 2004. She seemed intelligent, pretty, and very nice. First impressions certainly turned out right.
As her T.A., we got along quite well, although we were never particularly close. I took a liking to her insofar as I found her very meek and mild-mannered, yet interesting. She had an aura around her that made her seem very likable, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a single person who disliked her. She was practically the angel of her batch, and everyone around her was practically watching over her.
Excluding her graduation day, I gave her roses on two other occasions, and she never knew it was me until it was almost time for their oral exams, when most of her blockmates found my weblog to look for answer guides that I wrote to help them out. I stupidly wrote there that I gave her flowers, and it ended up being the talk of the block... heh.
Regardless, I then invested a bit more time into getting to know her better. We established a fairly good relationship over SMS, as we liked to keep in touch over how the other was doing. There were some odd moments, though, where we admitted to each other that we missed one another. It wasn't something either of us took too seriously, although I certainly liked her a lot at this point already.
And then, things began to fall into place. I found out that she actually liked me, although the fact that she was pure Chinese kind of proved to be a hurdle. She didn't want to deal with that obstacle, but by May 5, about a little over a month since we admitted to each other that we liked each other, we became a couple. It was in Gateway Mall, and it was a tough shell to break through, but we did what we can to make the relationship work. So far, we've been doing a lot of things right.
It's not easy, and I never made the claim that it was. Gyn and I have so many things to learn as a couple, particularly since she's a very unique individual whom I can't read quite as well as I can most other people. Despite that, having Gyn in my life has made me immeasurably happy. I can't help but be grateful for her because she's made me feel so special in making me feel loved. That despite all my shortcomings and all my quirks, there's still something worth loving about me.
With each passing day, I learn to love Gyn more and more. With each passing day, I can't help but be grateful to her because she has been an inspiration to me, and ultimately, the person who gives me all the reasons to go on. For being all of that in my life, and even so much more, I thank her. And I love her. I love her with all my heart, and all my soul. I love her with no hesitation, with no reservations.
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In the meantime, have a great Thanksgiving.
Till then, Arriverdeci.
Awwwww Edith ! I'll definitely miss your post , woes :D and all if you'll stop blogging !ReplyDelete
Hi Edith, this is your blog, I guess whatever you want to pen down is up to you, be it just recipe or about parenting, dun let some unsensative ones affecting you.
I enjoy reading your post, I totally understand what you have been thru cos I am mother myself, me too have a not easy to handle child that giving me a lot of headaches. Go take a break and come back with fresh mind, do share with us whatever you want to pen down, we will always be here with you. Take care!
Hi Edith, it has being long years of 7 and indeed it's good to take a short break and be back with more cooking/baking ideas or etc. Hope you would enjoy your break, take some time off with your family, loved ones and friends. It's such a joy and experience learning to read on your posts.
Keep that passion up! Take care pal.
hi Edith, i hope i still can see Precious Moments's postings in the future - sharing about your yummy food, being a mum and parent, too
we parents learn each other by sharing, and yes, letting out frustration keeps our sanity :)
never mind those itchy mouth people out there, they're always around no matter what we do - perhaps that's how they show that they care LOL
happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your break :)
Hi Edith,
I visit your blog every now and then. I enjoy the food and recipes. But sometimes I wonder what would happen if your son reads what you have written about him. If you are willing to put your emotions for the public to read, you must be willing to accept whatever opinion they have, not necessary agreeing with what they write.
There are always people so much worse of than you. Everyone have their challenges.
Hi Edith.
,I visit your blog quite often. I enjoy reading about food and recipes. But I sometimes wonder what would happen if your son reads what you write about him. If you put your emotions for the public to read, you must be willing to accept they opinion. I don't mean agreeing with them but it is their opinion. If you are just looking for support then talk to a friend.
I do not know your full situation but there are always people worse of than you and better off. Quote from Wayne Dyer "When you start looking at situations differently, situations start to look different". Do not wait for something terrible to happen before you feel gratitude for what you have, health, wealth and happiness is your choice.
Hi Edith , sad to read this post of yours. I'll miss your sharing on the happiness and woes as a mother, as well as all the yummy recipes. Hope to see your next post, real soon.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to your coming back one month later! Happy Holiday!ReplyDelete
hi edith, i think probably you have been putting too much pressure on yourself. It's absolutely alright to write about your parenting issues as a way to let go..i hope we bloggers wont get much affected by whatever remarks made by readers ..infact i think no one can judge us. I know it's hard..but whatever your directions your blog is heading, just to let you know that you still got a friend here ..and i know there will be many many out there who will be supporting you as well.ReplyDelete
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hi edith, hope all is going well with you. Coming by to wish you Merry christmas and have a wonderful time with your family!ReplyDelete
Oh no, really? Gosh already missing you and your posts! Regardless, I'm sure it's really not an easy decision. Thanks to you and Precious Moments for being such an inspiration all these years! Yes, your blog was one of them that inspired me to start mine! Please keep us posted if you do start posting again! ;) Stay healthy and strong!ReplyDelete
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I've been reading a book called The Zen Way to the Martial Arts by Taisen Deshimaru, a zen master, for the third time in a row slowly picking my way through it and disecting it like my good old English professors taught me, and I've come across this concept that I wanted to share.
Yes you guessed it, it is the same as the title.
Mushotoku or as the author defines it without desire for gain or profit.
I just find this idea very motivating to me. I think I like it because to me it reminds me that there is no goal, or rather there is no end, there is just practice. If I have to fight and I win, I practice. If I fight and lose, I practice. If my form is perfect, I practice. If my form is terrible, I practice. If I feel good, I practice. If I feel bad, I practice.
I like this idea of practice as a constant, because I feel that the idea of a goal creates a treadmill, like Sisyphus in Hades rolling his boulder. I believe that if you embrace practice as being a constant that it's no longer a treadmill, but a pleasant journey admiring the scenery, the rolling hills, the vistas and cloud gazing. I think you get the picture.
Interestingly enough Taisen Deshimaru believed that you could only practice the Do through the martial arts if you thought of them as a matter of life and death and not as a sport or duel.
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Billboard announced Wednesday that the 44-year-old will host the awards show on May 19 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" cast member says in a statement that he's honored to host the show.
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Prince Albert of Monaco buys Philadelphia home of mom, Grace Kelly
The Philadelphia home where Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly grew up and accepted a marriage proposal from Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1955 is now in the hands of the royal family.
Her son, Prince Albert of Monaco, has confirmed to People Magazine that he was the recent purchaser of the six-bedroom, 2.5-story Colonial home in the city's East Falls section. He said the house is "very beautiful and very special to our family."
The prince said he plans to visit the city Tuesday as he considers plans for the home, which could include museum exhibit space and offices for the family foundation work.
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The Mac OS X 10.4.10 update was fairly significant because it was Apple's first .10 update, but it also included a few useful fixes. And as usual, people got to dissecting the update right away by looking through the list of installed files and finding changes related to the iPhone and the iMac. Well, maybe. While they have a pretty good accuracy record, update "hints" don't always translate to new or updated products. These two items in particular could be very plausible, however.
First up on the list is more about the iPhone. Since we've all been overdosing on iPhone news lately, this piece of news is mercifully brief. A new "YahooSync" framework was added in the 10.4.10 update, without being mentioned by Apple. Given that Yahoo is providing special "push" IMAP capabilities for email on the iPhone, it's quite likely this new framework has to do with this new service. The question is, why is it in OS X at all? The likely answer is that Mac users will be able to (or will need to) use their computer to sync their Yahoo address books with their iPhones, or read push e-mail from their iPhones on their Macs. Of course, the new framework could also be for some other task involving iPhones and computers talking to each other, so add that to the list of things that will be answered at launch.
Next up, new iMacs. The rumors regarding new iMacs have been getting increasingly more concrete, and it appears that the 10.4.10 update may have information about new iMac hardware. Several new display product IDs have appeared in 10.4.10 that weren't in 10.4.9, which suggests that the iMacs are getting new display panels. Granted, the existing iMacs could be getting panels from a new manufacturer, but given the repeated rumors of a late-summer update and the reported lower shipment volumes, it's far more likely that new iMacs are on the way. If you're waiting for a chinless iMac, keep an eye out for them starting in mid-July.
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NEW FAIRFIELD -- Concerned that a permanent disability might end your ability to contribute to your retirement account?
A locally based company is getting ready to launch an insurance product that will continue contributions into a defined-contribution retirement plan until an employee reaches 65, if an employee becomes disabled. The product is designed to be a low-cost option available to the group market that employers can offer their workers.
"When pensions were the norm, people didn't have to worry about their retirement if they became disabled," said Mark Davis, president of Corporate Compensation Plans. "But today, when disability insurance ends at 65, people look to their retirement accounts that haven't been funded for 20 years. We invented a way that those contributions can continue."
It was an idea, dubbed 401(K)Secure, that was created and patented more than a decade ago, but changes to IRS regulations prevented the launch of the product at the time. Recent changes that Davis and others have spent the last eight years lobbying for, however, have allowed the company to bring the product onto the market.
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Should a man who molested his 6-year-old stepdaughter also lose custody of his 2-year-old son? Not unless there's specific evidence that he's likely to molest the boy as well, says a state appeals court.
The issue has divided appellate courts in California and is now before the state Supreme Court in another case. In a 2-1 ruling Monday, the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles said the molesting of a daughter does not, by itself, create a "substantial risk" that the same parent will molest his son.
The court said there was evidence that the father, David R., had fondled his stepdaughter and forced her to masturbate him at an apartment he was painting. The court did not say when the incident happened or whether David R. was prosecuted.
The father did not challenge a court order removing his daughter from his custody but appealed a Los Angeles Superior Court judge's decision that also removed his 2-year-old son. The judge in that case said it was well established that "both sexes are at risk when this type of sexual abuse occurs." But the appeals court said studies don't support that conclusion.
For example, the court said, a study of 157 cases of family sexual abuse, published by the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse in 2009, found that 135 of the male perpetrators abused only girls, 13 abused only boys, and nine abused both boys and girls.
Los Angeles County officials in David R.'s case did not present any scientific authority or expert testimony "to support the conclusion that a person who sexually abuses a female child is likely to sexually abuse a male child," said Justice Frances Rothschild in the majority opinion. Although the father's actions were "abhorrent," she said, "the purpose of the dependency law is not to punish the parent but to further the best interest of the child."
In dissent, Presiding Justice Robert Mallano said state law presumes that a parent who molests one child poses a risk to other children in the same home. The father in this case "offered no evidence that he was not a risk to his son," Mallano said.
The ruling can be viewed here: www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B239629.PDF.