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TSA Claims Naked Scanners Are Safe, But Exaggerated How They Make Sure That's True
from the keeping-you-safe? deptI've said in the past that of all the complaints with the TSA's naked scanners, the one that initially concerned me the least was the "safety" claims about the x-rays used in the scanners. However, the more I hear, the more questionable it is to believe the TSA's claims that the machines are safe. As a bunch of you sent in over the past few weeks (but which I just had a chance to read through completely), the TSA is being exceptionally misleading when it claims that the machines are harmless, because it includes a little caveat that most people miss which potentially changes everything.
That is, it claims that the machines are perfectly safe "when they're working properly." But as AOL's senior public health reporter discovered, "the TSA offers no proof that anyone is checking to see if the machines are 'working properly.'" Well, it pretends to offer proof, in saying that a variety of groups, including the FDA, the US Army, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab and something called the Health Physics Society all work with the TSA to make sure the devices are safe. But, Schreiber contacted all the groups listed and found that it's not what you'd think. Those groups do not make sure that the machines are properly maintained and calibrated. Basically, it sounds like most of these groups tested or examined one or a small number of these machines -- often not the ones actually installed at the airport, to see if, conceptually, the machines are safe. But none of them have anything to do with making sure the machines are maintained and calibrated safely, such that passenger safety is not put at risk. In fact, one of the groups listed -- the Health Physics Society -- noted that the TSA actually refused to provide data that the TSA collects on radiation exposure from the scanners.
So despite the fact that scientists are quite concerned that ill-maintained scanners or mis-calibrated scanners can cause serious health problems for people, it does not appear that the TSA has any serious specific program to guard against this. So, the machines are safe, if they're working properly, but no one's making sure that they're really working properly -- other than the TSA, who doesn't give much details into what's actually being done to make sure that the machines are, in fact, calibrated and maintained properly.
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An order from a judge or jury to pay a certain amount of money. Judgments usually come after a lawsuit or a criminal conviction. For example, if a company is sued and found liable, it may receive a judgment for, say, $1 million, which it must pay to the plaintiff. Also, if one is convicted of theft, one may be ordered to repay what one has stolen. See also: Out-of-Court Settlement.
An order of a court.

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Suge Knight reported to court today (January 23) after a warrant was issued for his arrest earlier this week for failing to report to court, tmz.com reports.
The former owner of Death Row Records appeared to accept a plea bargain for driving with a suspended license. He received 24 months probation and was ordered to pay a fine.
On Tuesday (January 21), an arrest warrant was issued for Knight because he did not show up for court. Knight did not show up for court the last time he was due to appear, either, tmz.com says. The judge set his bail at $26,000.
In September, Knight was arrested when he was pulled over for driving without license plates and it was discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court regarding another case.


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Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden was created in the 1830s by Thomas Parr, a Warrington banker, as part of his estate.
It was opened to the public in 1998 and sells fruits and vegetables when in season.
Bob Jenkins has been a volunteer at the walled garden since 1992 and brings his grandchildren Amy, aged two, and Ben, aged five months, there.
He explains why the site is so special to him and talks about the new plans for the greenhouses.
Describe the garden
Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden is approximately four acres and it consists of a pleasure garden and a kitchen garden.
The kitchen garden would have supplied the fruit and vegetables for the Parr family.
What are your plans for the garden?
Now that we have had the greenhouses refurbished the idea is that we'll be able to have more exotic fruits and vegetables available to sell to the public.
There will be figs, peaches and nectarines which used to be grown in the greenhouses years ago when the Parrs were here.
We also hope to grow quite a few plants to sell on for funds to maintain the greenhouses and the garden itself.
We have had just over £1million for the project altogether from the Heritage Lottery Fund with a certain amount of match funding from Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council and a contribution from the Friends of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden.
We have a cafe that we're hoping to open in mid September. Initially we think it will be open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and if it all goes well probably Friday afternoons as well but it all depends on the response from the public.
How did you get into gardening?
I've lived in the area virtually all my life and I used to come here as a small child. I was fascinated with the secrets that were on the other side of the wall.
I moved away from Warrington for three and a half years to Wales and when I came back in 1992 I got involved with Warrington Organic Garden Society.
We were invited to use part of the kitchen garden for allotments so about half a dozen of us hacked our way through the 'jungle' and cleared spaces to grow our own fruit and vegetables.
Then we heard the site was going to be cleared for a new development. We thought that would be a tragedy so we got quite a number of parish councillors down here one night and set up the Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden Protection Society.
It was only really then that people from New Town House came down to see what was here.
They realised the potential of the place and re-established it more or less as it is now. Somewhere in the region of £500,000 was spent on it. It was then gifted to Grappenhall and Thelwall Parish Council.
What is your favourite feature and why?
You do get a lovely view across the ponds and at this time of the year you do get quite a lot of different dragonflies flying over the water.
We get herons and we do get a kingfisher on occasions that perches on the branches to get the smaller fish.
You also get the background and the different colours of the trees and in the autumn as the leaves start to change you get fantastic autumn colours.
The bench there is one of my favourite places to sit and enjoy the garden.
Why do you enjoy gardening?
I've always enjoyed gardening and growing things ever since being a small child. My father used to have an allotment during the war and it's just been one of my interests.
Have you suffered any garden catastrophes?
The only major one was when we had vandals and they completely wrecked the fruit cage we put up to protect the soft fruit. It was beyond repair and altogether the damage cost somewhere in the region of £1,000. It was very disheartening.
Other than that we haven't really had any catastrophes at all. We've been very lucky.
Any top tips for gardeners?
The best thing really is to make sure you feed the ground. If you look after the soil, the soil will then look after the plants so regular mulching with compost. We do a complete bed within the kitchen garden every year with about a four inch thick layer of compust and then we use organic fertiliser as well. If you feed the ground you'll get the results.


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Are phones and laptops contributing to low sperm counts?
Two Americans, including an MMA fighter, were shot and killed execution-style at the Tijuana border.
Obama calls upon U.N. and French forces to the Ivory Coast after former president Laurent Gbagbo refuses to leave.
Gamers are becoming physically ill after playing Nintendo's new 3DS console.
Japan's ocean radiation is 7.5 million times the legal limit.
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Open-door policy: High tech gizmo traps pup
Pity poor Lucy the beagle: Last June her owners– I mean, of course, her parents– spent $250 on an electric pet door, and things were looking great: All Lucy had to do was get near the door, and a signal would bounce from her new high-tech collar to make the door slide open.
But then her parents, Debra and Glenn Olsen of Jeffersonton, went on vacation, the door refused to open, and Lucy was locked in the laundry room. When a neighbor arrived to feed her several hours later, the Plexiglas panel that was supposed to slide up, as well as the adjacent woodwork, had been scratched where Lucy had tried to claw her way out.
The Olsens returned the door to High Tech Pet Products in Ventura, California, and the company returned it after repairing it. But Debra claims they hadn't: This time, she says, instead of refusing to open, the door began opening and closing for no reason– such as when Lucy was tucked up in bed. They lowered the sensitivity setting on Lucy's collar, but then she, "had to have her nose right up to the door in order for it to open."
When Debra called to complain, she claims she was told that "there had been many complaints" and that she should return the door. She would then be put on a list to get "a new, upgraded" door, which would take "about a month." Debra returned the door on September 28 and proceeded to wait.
She was still waiting when she emailed me on February 10. "I have reached the end of my resourcefulness," she wrote, "and need some help."
Since returning the door in late September, she claimed, "We have called, written emails, left voice messages to no avail. They always promise it will be mailed in a week. They say that [the doors] have been held in customs since December."
Meanwhile, she claimed, they had an 8x10" hole in the laundry room wall and had jury-rigged a flap with a cookie sheet, fabric, and towels. When they left the house, however, they had to prop it open so that Lucy could get in and out, which was not only inconvenient, but– with the onset of cold weather– hard on the heating bill.
Debra forwarded to me emails to and from the company, which included a November 17 message from president Nick Bonge.
"I apologize for the long wait for your Power Pet door replacement," Bonge began. "The new models are not in yet, and we expect it will be 2-3 more weeks before they arrive." Bonge claimed that he "absolutely" understood her frustration, but said there was "very little" he could do "until the new ones arrive."
He attached pictures and a description of the "new, greatly improved" model and said he was confident that when she received it, she would "agree it was worth the wait." The message ended on a high note: "As a token of our appreciation of your patience," Bonge wrote, "we will include a free gift with the shipment of your new unit." Alas, the free gift never came; neither did the greatly improved door.
Debra emailed Bonge on December 15. "I would like to know," she wrote, "without any smoke and mirrors, when exactly we will receive our dog door." If not until spring, she continued, she would prefer a refund so that she could get another door elsewhere. Debra claims Bonge never responded, and that a similar message to High Tech's returns department went unanswered as well.
I tried– hard– to talk to Bonge, but was finally told by a High Tech employee named Yvette that he had refused to speak to me. Yvette, however, had arranged for a new door to be sent overnight to the Olsens.
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"Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an "archive" is
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|Archive Behavior Research
|Ayatana Design
|File Roller
|One Hundred Papercuts
|file-roller (Ubuntu)
Bug Description
A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do it.
If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do not,
then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are all
meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained how, he
said "what's an archive?")
Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced with
better suggestions):
Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with
tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
Then won't you get questions like: "What's a compressed file"? Perhaps some other wording may help such as: "Create a safe copy of a file".
Proposed solution:
* In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress..."
* The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create compressed file"
* The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
* Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
More data and discussion can be found here:
* http://
* http://
|Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :
I've opened a bug upstream about this:
There has been LOTS of discussion about this on the GNOME bug page, and I can confirm that this is still a live issue on recent GNOME packages.
|Changed in file-roller:
|Unconfirmed → Confirmed
|Changed in file-roller:
|Confirmed → Triaged
|Steven McCoy (fnjordy) wrote :
Archive has been in the English language since at least 1603:
Zip isn't even in the dictionary as referring to a collection:
Zip is only knowledgeable to WinZip users of old. Noting that Windows XP built in support is labelled "Compressed (zipped) Folders". The litmus test should be whether a new computer user would understand the terminology "zip" or "archive", and quite clearly they will have no knowledge of the former and reasonable English education would be aware of the latter.
Transpose the title if you need further clarification: "ZIP Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what a "zip" is.
|Changed in file-roller:
|seb128 → desktop-bugs
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|Undecided → Low
|New → Confirmed
|Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :
Could the design team come with wording suggestion there?
IMO i thing that entire archive manager desktop file is anyway BS. Everybody compress/uncompress files by right clicking on 'Add to archive' or 'Extract files' command. Nobody needs any 'Archive manager'
@Laco: I disagree, I regularly have to check which files are in an archive without having to extract them, or add some files to an existing archive. Having an archive manager is great for this.
|Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) wrote : Re: [Bug 15495] Re: "Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an "archive" is
Yeah, I wonder where is he coming from. I for one create archives and mail
them out often, its part of my normal workflow with a computer.
|Scott Ritchie (scottritchie) wrote :
There is a general problem here that we insist on having "Open with foo" rather than actual application-defined verbs. The top four entries on the right click menu shouldn't be "Open with Archive Manager" but rather something like "Open archive"
|Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 15495] Re: "Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an "archive" is
Scott Ritchie wrote:
> There is a general problem here that we insist on having "Open with foo"
> rather than actual application-defined verbs. The top four entries on
> the right click menu shouldn't be "Open with Archive Manager" but rather
> something like "Open archive"
That's a *really* interesting idea.
|Takmadeus (takmadeus) wrote :
I agree with Mark, hope this gets retranslated ;)
Although this looks minimal, well, for a novice linux user this can be misleading (no way for them to guess what archive manager does), better to talk about compressed files, it is more understandable ;)
|Ivanka Majic (ivanka) wrote :
Getting some input here: http://
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|nobody → Ivanka Majic (ivanka)
|Confirmed → In Progress
DanielV@ OK, not problem.
But in that case, if you double-click on archive it will anyway open archive manager to view files, not directly extract them. And in this case there should be on windows decoration insted of 'Archive manager' banner written something generic like 'Content of "whatever" archive file' this sound good to me..
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|none → round-1
|Peter VandeHaar (pjvandehaar) wrote :
I think those users need to learn how to use a search engine or reference manual. Assuming that an archive is always for compressing a file, thought, "compressed file" could replace it.
|Ivanka Majic (ivanka) wrote :
Proposed solution:
* In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress..."
* The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create compressed file"
* The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
* Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
More data and discussion can be found here:
* http://
* http://
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|Ivanka Majic (ivanka) → nobody
|In Progress → Confirmed
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|Confirmed → Triaged
|Ryan Thompson (rct86) wrote :
On a related note, it might be prudent to add a "How do I open ...?" section to the help, which would list how to open common types of files and provide places to search for information on uncommon ones.
|Martin Owens (doctormo) wrote :
What I find interesting about this design bug is that the very concepts are clashing with the way it works. If you talk of compressed files then you could easily be talking about a directory of txt.gz files, which would technically each be compressed with gzip compression.
On the other hand the reason tar was separated from gzip and bz2 was because it performs a different function, it collects files together into a virtual folder that can also be compressed.
What would be nice (and kind of out of scope for this bug) would be to remove the file-roller and integrate into the OS the ability to treat a tar as a folder and treat compression as a file / folder access filter. I don't know if you'd just want to do it in nautilus or if you'd want to do it lower down the stack, but it'd certainly be much clearer if you 'Compressed a Folder' and you could still access the contents and such, selecting folders in file dialogs for attachments and uploads could be filtered to other way and converted to tars on the way out.
All things we could do to make the bug disappear and have the wording 'compressed file/folder' make sense.
|Franck (alci) wrote :
I quite desagree with compress... archives are not necessarly compressed, and compressed files are not necessarly included in an archive.
|Radoslav Georgiev (valsodarg) wrote :
I agree with Franck.
A tar file is an *archive* but its not a compress file. So by renaming all Create Archive (the fits all scenario) to compress files will cause confusion on how to create tar files. Perhaps a joined venture such as "Compress/Archive" will be much appropriate in the gnome menu.
Here is what I propose:
Proposed solution:
* In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress/Archive"
* The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create Compressed File/Archive"
* The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
* Change "Archive Manager" to "Archive Manager" on the Applications menu (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files/Archives")
I believe the name Archive Manager should remain, just like people are used to WinZip, WinRaR, 7-Zip. None of the commercial/popular windows software have "Compress" in their name and in fact they are even more confusing than Archive Manager
|Mat Tomaszewski (mat.t.) wrote :
Mac OS (tiger) uses "Create archive of [whatever was selected]". It is very difficult to understand for new users as well as for people coming from the Windows "Compressed (zipped) files" world. So the problem we're facing is that "Archive" is the only correct way of describing the general category of files that have been... archived :)
A common understanding is that archive = compressed zip file. That is not true. But on the other hand, there should be an easy and intuitive was of creating zip files, immediately discoverable. The question is, should we use a wrong name, just because that's what people have learned using Windows, or should we try and teach users correct name instead, showing that "Archive" simply means "a zip file or equivalent". The only issue is to make the initial connection between their mental model (I want a zip file) and the correct menu option (Create Archive).
Reassuming: "Compress..." does not sound optimal, because:
- it's not necessarily going to be compressed
and, more importantly:
- it may not be enough guidance for people trying to create ".zip" files.
The more I think about it, the more I can't see any easy solution. One way could be to have an additional menu option saying "Add to .zip file", that would simply create .zip archive without any prompts. And that's quite ugly. The other would be to somehow suggest that "Create Archive" has something to do with creating .zip files. This is also non-trivial - "Create Archive (.zip)" would be incorrect, since there are other options available and the default selection is tar.gz.
|Stuart Langridge (sil) wrote :
To reiterate the point I made (in the attached Gnome bug) when I filed this originally, a reasonable proportion of computer users do not recognise the word "archive" as referring to a file containing other files. I asked the original user who prompted me to file this bug, and I also surveyed around ten other people (members of my family, non-technical computer users in my office, and one guy at a bus stop), and every one of them (all native English speakers) thought that an "archive" was a big dusty room full of books and folders, like a library. None of them recognised the term "archive" as being anything to do with computer files, and after I explained the meaning to (most of) them, they said that it didn't really make sense as a word.
Whether "Archive Manager" is a technically "correct" term is rather beside the point, I feel; if users don't understand what the word means then it's not useful to them. My friend (who originally asked the question which caused me to file this bug) was looking for a way to create a Zip file; when I explained that "Archive Manager" was the way to do that, he said that he'd seen that in the menus but hadn't tried using it because he didn't want to manage an archive (because an archive is a big dusty room full of books).
|Mat Tomaszewski (mat.t.) wrote :
Stuart, great example. The issue is then - if "archive" is not a good name for "files that contain other files, but it can also be one file, just compressed to a smaller size", what name should we use?
|Stuart Langridge (sil) wrote :
Mat, that's why my original set of suggestions ("Create Compressed File" and so on) were to be taken with a large pinch of salt, because I couldn't think of anything better :)
However, there are, I think, three possible cases:
1. collecting many files together into one file and compressing that one file (zip, rar, tar.gz)
2. taking one file and compressing it (gz)
3. collecting many files together into one file and not compressing it (tar)
I don't have any user data on this (and some would be useful), but I suspect that case (1) is the most common, and case (2) trivially collapses into case 1 (since there's not much difference between a gzipped file and a zip file with one file in it, and I would imagine that anyone who understands the difference can handle the difference manually).
Hence "Create Compressed File": that caters for cases (1) and (2), and use-cases for case (3) are relatively uncommon (and I believe that people who need uncompressed tarballs know enough to know that file-roller will do it anyway, even though the name is a bit wrong).
|Lightbreeze (nedhoy-gmail) wrote : Re: [Bug 15495] Re: "Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an "archive" is
"Create Compressed File" isn't far different from "Compress...", although
'create' might make it clearer to the user that the file selected itself
won't be compressed.
We might use 'Compress (.zip)...' where .zip becomes whichever was the last
format used in the dialog. So it could read "Compress (.tar.gz)...".
Does it matter that 'compress' isn't entirely accurate, just because an
archive doesn't have to be compressed? As Stuart points out, #3 is the least
common need for an average user.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:39 AM, Mat Tomaszewski <
<email address hidden>> wrote:
> Stuart, great example. The issue is then - if "archive" is not a good
> name for "files that contain other files, but it can also be one file,
> just compressed to a smaller size", what name should we use?
> --
> "Archive Manager" doesn't mean anything if you don't know what an "archive"
> is
> https:/
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> Status in The FileRoller Archive Manager: New
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Triaged
> Status in "file-roller" package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Bug description:
> A new user thinks "I need to create a zip file", and doesn't know how to do
> it.
> If you don't know that a zip file is an "archive", which many new users do
> not,
> then it's very difficult to tell how to create one. "Create archive" on the
> Nautilus context menu, "Archive Manager" in the Applications menu, etc, are
> all
> meaningless. (This happened to me today when someone I know rang me for
> technical support to ask how to create a zip file, and when I explained
> how, he
> said "what's an archive?")
> Suggested fixes (to be taken with a very large pinch of salt and replaced
> with
> better suggestions):
> Change "Create archive" to "Create compressed file" on the context menu
> Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu
> (with
> tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
> http://
> http://
> Then won't you get questions like: "What's a compressed file"? Perhaps
> some other wording may help such as: "Create a safe copy of a file".
> Proposed solution:
> * In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress..."
> * The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create compressed
> file"
> * The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to
> 'Filename'
> * Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu
> (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files")
> More data and discussion can be found here:
> * http://
> * http://
|Radoslav Georgiev (valsodarg) wrote :
Changing the name of the application is pointless and rather silly. Most other archive managers have different names [WinZip, WinRaR, 7Zip].
Changing the menu entry to as I have proposed earlier might seem more appropriate (I don't think user will care the name of the application or that changing it will make it any better). And most users don't create empty archives, they right click the file and compress it - which eliminates the need to even know the name of the archiver. Think about it: when was the last time when you needed to create an empty archive by launching the application?
* In context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress/Archive"
* The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create Compressed File/Archive"
* The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
* Change "Archive Manager" to "Archive Manager" on the Applications menu (with tooltip "Create and edit compressed files/Archives")
|Mat Tomaszewski (mat.t.) wrote :
Lightbreeze – I think it's acceptable for "Compress..." to be not entirely accurate. I also agree that people who know what an Archive is should not be affected by it. Will they find it acceptable though? Are we not going to get flooded with "Compress... is incorrect" bugs? :)
Maybe there is a better solution, but if not, I think "Compress..." is indeed a lot better than "Create Archive" for most users.
|Martin Owens (doctormo) wrote :
After giving this some more thought, I think I'd like to see the existing wording kept as is. this is because we are trying to change the wording to better suite users who have had alternative education and not because the wording accurately describes or make the process immediately obvious. We are confusing usability with familiarity.
I'd also like to point out that most of the users I teach don't want to 'zip things up' because they need compression, but because they need to combine files together into a virtual folder. Calling it compress actually detracts from the thought pattern of what users want to do.
Useful Words: Pack, Package, Combine, Box, Cabinet, Store, Wrap, Collect, Basket, Archive...
|added: needs-design
|deanm (cubeist) wrote :
I think Marting Owens is absolutely correct. The current term "Archive" is the most descriptively prudent term that encompasses all the tasks the Archive Manager accomplishes.
The term zip, and its derivatives is not an accurate description of the underlying computer action...it is accurate when you are closing your jacket or pants.
My two cents, the term Archive is perfect, it should not be changed, other terms such as compress are ok, but not better, perhaps the final wording should be:
Manage Archives
or just plain Archive
|pt123 (pt123) wrote :
Archive is the correct term in English.
Next you will have to change "Search" to "Google" in the menus.
If there is a need to be more verbose it could be Archive (incl. Compress) , where "(incl. Compress)" can be in a less contrast text.
|Ivanka Majic (ivanka) wrote :
The aim of the paper cuts project is to improve the usability of the Ubuntu desktop. What this debate reflects is that there are many ways to solve this problem; what the design team aims to do is resolve these discussions by conducting research with a broader audience.
In order to use something a person does not need to have an accurate picture of how it works, they need to be able to predict the effect a particular action will have. Mental models don't need to be correct to be useful.
I recommend Compress because all the participants could predict what that might do and why they might use it and terms like Archive and Zip were less clear to people. To quote one participant: "I know what a zip is on my jacket?"
Based on research, the solution from the design team is:
* In the context menu rename "Create Archive" to "Compress..."
* The subsequent dialog box should be re-titled to read: "Create compressed file"
* The input box on the dialog box should be re-labelled from 'Archive' to 'Filename'
What I would really like to do is heal 100 paper cuts for Karmic - let's try this now and, if usability testing shows this is not the optimum solution we can improve it in Karmic +1.
|Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :
|Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :
I've added the suggested changes upstream with a comment and wait for them to reply now
|Jordan (jordanu) wrote :
> I recommend Compress because all the participants could predict what that might do and why they might use it.
Was one of the understood reasons why they might use it to group many files into one to send as an attachment, or to create a single file backup of a directory? That seems to be the primary use for archives, not to save space but to include many files in one. Also, in the future ( if / when btrfs is the default file system ) compression may be built into the file system so you could compress a file or directory without creating a separate file. What should a user look for to send multiple files in an attachment when "compressing" them doesn't make that any easier? I am not disagreeing with making the change for Karmic, just noting some possible issues / questions.
|Jeffrey Flaker (jflaker) wrote :
Terminology encyclopedia?
I scanned this threaded discussion and I was thinking....why not have a terminology encyclopedia?
I am not sure how it would be implemented, but possibly have a help context from the menu? When right clicking on things, in such the case of "create archive" have something right under that that says, "help, what's an archive" or a bubble showing the selected language's definition in the simplest terms possible.
just my $0.02.
Terminology is the novice killer and is why people think that Linux is a CLI environment
|appi2012 (appi2012) wrote :
The word "Package" or "Box" would accurately describe the purpose of Archives, to combine files and/or to compress them. It gives a more intuitive name, which a new user could understand.
|Radoslav Georgiev (valsodarg) wrote :
Box is a too generic word that means almost anything and new users might have trouble understanding the concept of "Box this items..." or "Box files and folders". Package is reserved for deb files (which are still archives). I wonder if users will be able to distinguish package and archives differently. For example: when you double click a package: an installer pops up, while when you double click and archive - the archive manager opens it to show its contents.
|Tom Wright (twright-tdw) wrote :
I think that moving away from the term archive is a great idea as whilst in the past people may have used archiving to store old files these days it is mainly used for email attachments and similar. I think that we should definetly include an imperitive verb such as create as it gives users a clear idea about what the menu item actually does (creates a file not changes the folder compression as the same menu icon would in XP). Create compressed file... is best as it gives users maximum knowledge about the action. We should also look at changing zip to the default archive format as people who care about compression enough to use tar.gz or tar.bz2 rather than simply wanting to email files to a friend with windows will know about it (I will submit a bug report depending on the responce from this).
|Toni Ruottu (toni-ruottu) wrote :
I think the problem with saying "compress" is that creating a tar archive is most typical use case and tar archives are not compressed.
|Toni Ruottu (toni-ruottu) wrote :
How about "enclose within a file"
|Loïc Martin (loic-martin3) wrote :
I've asked a few non-technical users (mostly Windows users), all were confused by the term "compress". They can grasp the "extract" idea, but unless you're technical or learned to used "zip" at a time were space was dear (floppies, small hard drives) you'll have no idea what compression can mean on a computer. People I asked had ideas of physically compressing stuff, like hydraulic presses and the stuff, and it never related to any "space-saving" idea, even less on anything that could make sense in a computer.
One also has to note that zip has long been supplanted by RAR on the Windows side (other OS users never really favored zip, which has bad compression ratio). RAR labels the files it produces as _archives_ , not any other term.
There's also self-extracting archives on the Windows side, they end by .exe and are called self-extracting _archives_
So my guess is we'd be shooting ourselves in the foot in order to appease a small fraction of our userbase. There might be a better word than archives, but up now that's the only descriptive name people are used to, including on Windows (discarding the ones that only know the files by their extensions in Windows, which we can't do much about, since zip isn't really used any more on the Internet, and RAR, like zip, doesn't mean much for people that don't know those extensions). As for "compress", it's far more confusing (you're focusing on the not-so-simple compression process, while for archives people can far more easily grasp the idea that some files are grouped inside a "wrapping"). Also, when people extract a file, they can clearly see the idea that some files are inside another one - have fun explaining the idea that the same files were also "compressed" ;)
|appi2012 (appi2012) wrote :
If the word Package is reserved for .debs, why don't we call an archive a "parcel" or something similar. Also, it would make more sense to call .debs "Applications," as that is more specific than packages, and call archives, which may or may not be applications "packages."
|Tom Wright (twright-tdw) wrote :
I agree, a package sounds much more like an "archive" than what is essential (from a new users perspective) an installer. On the other hand package is established with more knowlegable users as is (to a lesser extent) archive so unless we can think of a name which is actually unambiguously better wouldn't looking at the workflow for common uses of archives be better (e.g. offering to "combine" files on upload or similar).
This bug appears to be stuck. We have reports of user testing that produced data completely contradicting the design decision. Together, we have spent more than a day on this so I am marking incomplete and will look for a replacement paper cut.
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|Triaged → Incomplete
|Elonoir (hopkaboutertje) wrote :
Although I am a new user I wanted to add my thoughts to this bug. It might help to get this papercut completed.
To get back on to the subject; As Martin Owens said above, I think it is a good idea to look at how people use Archives. People, as I know, don't use archives to store something or to compress files together. The way those people use an archive is as an package, something they can send with their emails or upload to a webhost. If they use it as an package; Why shouldn't you just call it package?
What about the current ?
Call applications what they are, Applications. When I want an application I don't think of 'a wrapped or boxed object;'.
Alternate suggestions...?
I hope I don't repeat things to much, I just wanted to say what I think.
|Phylum (metus-m) wrote :
Yes. I agree. This could be very useful.
|Jess Miller (kaitwospirit) wrote :
Package makes sense conceptually but we're already using that, and it would only be more confusing to use that term for two completely different things.
"Envelope" makes sense, but doesn't make a good verb. You could also say you were creating a "packet" or maybe a "collection."
The concept behind the archive is really something that needs to be taught to be understood and there's no non-digital analogue that's a really close fit, in my opinion. Perhaps a discoverable method of explaining what things do would be better than changing the terminology to something that would not necessarily improve understanding.
If this is marked incomplete, and someone is looking for a replacement cut, shouldn't the milestone be moved back to a later date or removed?
|Vish (vish) wrote :
Just an FYI to all: The context[
|Vish (vish) wrote :
But the Subsequent dialogue, Is also "Compress" , that still needs to be changed.
So this bug has actually been partially fixed.
|Remco (remco47) wrote :
I have a few suggestions:
Pack into / as file...
Store in / as file...
Combine into / as file...
Create (zip) archive...
Pack for web or email...
|Vish (vish) wrote :
Proposed solution:
* Change "Archive Manager" to "Compressed Files" on the Applications menu
The proposed solution is not right. "Compressed Files" is not a app name, but rather end-result of the app.
/As an application menu/ , it is better as *File Compressor* , or something of the sort.
|Aaron Plattner (aplattner) wrote :
If we're looking for synonyms, how about "bundle"? From dict.org:
n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package},
2: a package of several things tied together for carrying or
storing [syn: {sheaf}]
v 1: make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions"
[syn: {bundle up}, {roll up}]
It has less of the "room full of dusty books" connotation than "archive".
|Tom Wright (twright-tdw) wrote :
I think that now it is time to stop looking at synonyms and accept that there is not always a perfect answer - the problem is that users are required to know what this technical term/operation is non-transparently during every day tasks, not what term is used.
|sub.mesa (sub-mesa) wrote :
I may have a different solution, that addresses the needs of most points addressed here.
In the Gnome menu, for example Applications > Accessories, each application should have both a title name and a description beneath it, preferably with a small font size and silver-grey coloured text.
For example, the "Terminal" option in the Accessories menu has the same problem as the Archive Manager; if people don't know what a terminal is they don't know what it does. With a small description beneath it saying "Opens a command prompt" would clarify the use of the application instantly to new users, and would make new users to ubuntu find equivalent applications quicker without having to choose a very generic name for each application.
Conveying this idea to the Archive Manager dilemma, i propose:
1. In the Applications menu the original "Archive Manager" title, with a description labeled "Let's you create and edit compressed files" would both be correct and still most users would recognise this as an equivalent to WinZIP/WinRAR.
2. In the file manager (nautilus), users should just be able to doubleclick archives as if they were folders, but they should be folders with a very specific colour to indicate these are compressed. While looking inside the archive, users should be able to copy/paste files in and out to edit the archive.
3. When right-clicking the archive, users should see:
- "Open zip archive" (if its a tar archive it should say tar archive)
- "Extract archive" (would "remove the colour" of the archive-folder, so basically it gets extracted to a folder of the same name and the archive file itself is removed afterwards)
- "Extract archive leaving a copy" (does the same bus leaves the archive intact, with a slightly different name i guess)
- "Extract to other location" (opens a dialog to select a folder to extract to)
This would attract both novice and advanced users who are very attached to apps like WinRAR and find Linux-alternatives not very appealing, although their motivations vary. Key here is they attract the user with something specific, such as the colours used in WinRAR archives, and the right click menu had these colours too. I think we shouldn't focus too much on the exact words, by using visual elements you can let users make the proper connection to their windows counterpart without having read a word.
I realise this may not be the ideal place to present this idea. As implementing it would changing both Nautilus and Gnome. Could anyone direct me to where i should file this? Still wanted to post it here, as i think it would solve alot of issues addressed here.
|Vish (vish) wrote :
removing milestone as per comment > https:/
And this is not incomplete [doesnt need more info from the bug reporter] , but rather a triaged bug.
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|Low → High
|round-1 → none
|Incomplete → Triaged
|Nils-Werner Claesson (nwclaesson) wrote :
This isn't even close to a paper cut. Archive Manager handles more than zipfiles. The overall name of these files are archives. What do you want to call it? "Zip-rar-
|Lunis Neko (lunis) wrote :
@Nils-Werner, This actually is a picture perfect paper cut. It's small, easy to fix, and actually is very confusing.
My opinion is this:
The technical side: These files are archives, whether or not they're compressed. I don't think that we should stop using the terminology of an Archive. To start using Compressed File, Compress..., etc would be counter-productive. While I believe that Nils-Werner's comment is way off base and quite immature, I do believe that no one wants to see Ubuntu over-simplified. The solution here is actually quite simple.
The bigger picture: The reason people use archives is for the sake of the Internet. Once upon a time archives were used to save space on floppies and zip disks, but those were far enough back that they can be put out of our minds. The current convention of an archive is that of the Internet. By that I mean that people needed a means of transferring sets of files over slow Internet. This was two problems in one: the archiving of many files (say for a Windows theme) and then sending that data compressed over a slow connection. We no longer need to compress (generally) to send a file, but we still need to archive. Seperating those two actions a bit, however, would most likely only cause more problems. I think it's obvious that the word `zip' and the word `extract' are the most commonly known ones for archiving and unarchiving (or compressing and uncompressing) files. WinZIP helped make this the case. Even now on a Windows computer zip is the most common archiving method. Now to say that this only applies in Windows is silly. When we want to compress in Linux we do what? gZIP. bZIP2. The zip convention is still around, but we don't want it to be. Archiving is the correct term, compression is just an option.
"Archive (zip) files..."
"Add to new archive (zip)..."
Also, the Macintosh method of "disk images" is clever. When you download an archive Gnome should (optionally) automatically open that file. The idea of treating an archive as a normal folder the way one would mount an iso to loop is genius, and treating archive compression the way Windows would treat compression on an NTFS filesystem (in short: transparently) is even better. However, I believe that is certainly beyond the scope of a paper cut. I only reiterate that idea because when it was first mentioned by Martin (#16 above) it didn't seem to get much love, and it deserves it.
|Alex Bruce (alexbruce7) wrote :
Interesting Paper Cut
I just thought I would add something in regards to the "windows" world that is mentioned throughout
I think its slightly incorrect to think of the "Send To --> Compressed (zipped) folder" dialog as universally used under windows. Ever since zip files were handled by XP released in 2002-2003, I still run across people who still think they need to install Winzip\Winrar or whatever app to create\open zip files.
It is not very well advertised in the OS and people are most still using windows as if its windows 98 and nothing has changed. eg still need Winzip (shareware woot!) installed.. still need Nero installed to create a simple data CD
So using this as the "standard" for how things should be implemented is not entirely correct. I do think the windows way is more seamless than a separate application though and ill usually just install 7zip on windows (for myself and other users) to handle other archive formats (and more advanced zip file creation) but leave windows as the associated app for zip and cab files.
Still how it is implemented at the moment in Ubuntu is great. I do think there should be less abstraction involved with dealing with archive files (eg make them look like a folder with all the same operations as mentioned above) BUT they still need to be recognized as files to the user and it needs to be obvious that they are archive files so the user can make decisions based on that
on the topic at hand.. I think "Compress file\s..." is only slightly better than "Create Archive". Most people would think that one "zip file" will be created when clicking this... I doubt a majority of people will think if they click this they will create many compressed files or something silly like that
|Alex Bruce (alexbruce7) wrote :
Another quick thought
are the words "zip" "zipped" "unzip" etc patented but Winzip in some way?
so to use these words as a generic term for all compression, as apposed to just referring to a zip file (compressed in zip format etc), may mean its possible for Ubuntu to be sued for patent\brand usage etc (I'm not a lawyer but yeah that bollocks stuff).
Windows has obviously paid out over these patent issues so can use "zipped" in there dialogs
|Damiön la Bagh (kat-amsterdam) wrote :
What I am missing in this whole discussion is the concept of "Education".
Ubuntu is a different operating system. It's okay for users to learn new ways of performing tasks they may or may not have performed in other operating systems. Using wording that is familiar or unfamiliar to them.
The bests comments have been so far the ones that educate the users as to what they are trying to do through tool tips or through use of active verbs.
Playing to peoples ignorance just leaves everyone dumb.
|Stephan Fabel (sfabel) wrote :
A compressed file archive isn't really an archive at all. I put things into an archive that I don't want to see on my desk anymore, but might need it again in the future. Really, when talking about an archive, you're talking about it because we used to only be using tar (T ape AR chive ).[*]
A zip file obviously doesn't work because we are creating a myriad of archives here, possibly tar.gz, tar.bz2, .rar, .7z, etc.
While having no clear answer, possible candidates that describe better what is happening here, could be:
- aggregate
- collect
- combine
when looking for terminology in terms of an "archive", how about:
instead of "add to..."
- "aggregate in file"
- "create collection"
- "combine to single compressed file"
=> popup "choose format" dropdown with zip, tar.gz, etc.
Just putting some thoughts out there from a pure English point of view.
|Beni Cherniavsky (cben) wrote :
+ Another word: "pack" seems to capture both meaning, while not exactly stepping on "package" reserved for .debs?
+ What about expanding the vague meaning of the operation by labeling the menu "Combine / Compress..."?
+ What about letting the option explain itself in a submenu? Something like:
- Create <file>.tar.bz2
- Create <file>.zip
- Other / help me choose...
- A submenu header is less threatening than a "Compress..." button,
so it helps dicovery.
- A submenu allows including the familiar "ZIP".
- A submenu allows fast access to common functionality. (Perhaps it
should grow to include formats you have used, a-la "Open With"?)
In any case, I think the real bug is that users don't understand these operations, and playing with the wording can only help users stumble upon the functionality. But will they successfully compelete their task? With , will they understand what it does and whether they want it? Will they choose the best format?
The current dialog looks like this:
<ICON> Filename: __<file>____ [ .tar.gz | ▽ ]
▷ Other Options
[Help] [Cancel] [Create]
(where Other Options expands to Password, Encrypt, Split - greyed out most of the time!)
The harder part of the fix is re-designing the dialog to be educational!
It's a hard task, and I don't have a polished proposal, only a starting-point suggestion:
Save result as: __<file>____ Format:
Location: [ <places> | ▽ ] ┌──────
[x] Combine many files into one. │ .tar.bz2 - compress well │
[x] Compress - create a smaller file(s). └──────
Without compression, Tar + BZip2 - very good
the files take <5.2 MB>. compression, somewhat slow,
▷ Other Options
[Help] [Cancel] [Create]
[x] Combine would be greyed out if only one file is seleted. (Or entirely omitted? I think educating users about the ability is important.)
When it's unselected, many files can be compressed individually (a message warning of that should appear below the checkbox).
The [x] Combine and [x] Compress boxes would grey out irrelevant lines in the formats list; clicking a line in the format list would assign [x] Combine and [x] Compress to the appropriate values; typing an extension in the filename output would also choose format and checkboxes.
Additionally, I'd argue that the [x] Compress section should also notify you when you have selected uncompressed images / audio / videos, and at least point you to the appropriate applications.
Ideally, it should allow you to directly:
- Compress losslessly to PNG and FLAC
- Compress lossly to JPG, Vorbis, Theora
- Reduce resulution / sampling rate
This is major new functionality, but it's very useful for sending/uploading files, and ...
|Beni Cherniavsky (cben) wrote :
Ahh, it botched my ascii art.
Attached above dialog proposal in .txt form (UTF-8).
|Elonoir (hopkaboutertje) wrote :
Pack & Bundle sound nice. I still prefer 'package' even if it's reserved for .deb packages, technically those are the same. But these alternatives sound nice too.
|smilingfrog (smilingfrog) wrote :
An interesting thing about this papercut is that it is primarily trying to help explain what the function of a right clicked menu item will be for a user who is not already familiar with it. What about adding a description that pops up on the menu when hovering over the selection, similar to the way a text box opens up when hovering over an HTML image described with a title tag?
An example of this would be as follows. Assuming you are reading this in Firefox, and assuming that you have the NoScript add-on installed (and that some scripts are forbidden), right click on this page and hover over the NoScript.
Similarily, as suggested by @sub.mesa above under Applications-
Would this papercut not become a great deal less troublesome if the Nautilus right click menus also could pop up a short description of the function?
|Krzysztof Kosinski (tweenk) wrote :
A lot of the discussion here is that some archives do not offer compression, and therefore they should not be renamed to compressed files. This is a completely irrelevant technicality. You are thinking in the UNIX way, not in the simple user way. The simple user doesn't recognize the difference between compression and archiving, because he has no use for archiving. Why would anyone want to clump files together if it offers no savings in disk space?
Also consider that power users know that to "compress" means to reduce the size of data, but for an unsophisticated user it might as well refer to "compressing" the number of files!
"Bundling", "packing" or "packaging" are wrong. Bundling refers to something you get as a gratis with e.g. a video card or a magazine. Packaging is when you "wrap" or put the files in something. Zipping is only recognizable to WinZip users and shouldn't be used.
Another point: it is clear that "Compress..." won't destroy anything, because it has an ellipsis. This means that the user will be offered further choices. Moreover it is a given that if anything is about to destroy user data, a warning is displayed, so considering the possibility that users might be afraid to click on this is a distraction.
The correct solution is "Compressed File Manager" or "Compressed File Browser" and "Compress..."
|Beni Cherniavsky (cben) wrote :
@Krzysztof Kosinski:
> The simple user doesn't recognize the difference between
> compression and archiving, because he has no use for
> archiving. Why would anyone want to clump files together
> if it offers no savings in disk space?
On the contrary, the simple user nowdays doesn't care about
file sizes and disk space, but does care about attaching a
dozen files to an email vs. attaching one archive.
(The ideal fix for that use case would be to support attaching
whole directories. They can be transparently converted to an
archive when you attach them and exploded to a directory
when you save an attachment. But this won't be ubuquitous
any time soon, so we still need an easy way to explicitly handle
Anyway, I agree with your analysis of "Compress..." being best.
|Oli Ptang (oli-ptang) wrote :
I do not think that we should simply use a particular term just because it is understood by users of a particular operating system: as has already been mentioned above, Windows and OSX use different terminologies anyway.
I prefer the idea of using our own expressive terminology, ideally something that a complete novice to computer systems in general might grasp intuitively. As such I would suggest using the terms "group" (or "bunch"?) and "compress" (or "squish"?) in a context-sensitive manner. For example, right clicking on a single file could offer the option to "Compress this file...", whilst right clicking on a selection of multiple files would offer something along the lines of "Group and/or compress these files..." (or "Bunch and squish these files..."?).
rather than doing anything drastic, how about just providing brief examples; something like "Create an archive (e.g. zip, tar.gz, etc)"
|yman (s-y-schwarz) wrote :
Name of app: File Compression.
|Michael Jonker (citizen-jonker) wrote :
I don't think the name is that important. The graphic could be clear enough to convey the concept to any user of any language if done cleverly.
|Changed in file-roller:
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|TenPlus1 (tenplus1) wrote :
I disagree, dumbing down menu's will only lead to new users NOT learning in the future... Why not have a screen during install that shows the Archive Manager and what it can do (mainly create ZIP files) and educate instead ?!?
Just a quick bump on this one as it's been hanging around for a while now. A number of suggestions have been made for using a more descriptive icon, which seems like a logical solution since the current one gives the impression the app is related to gardening work in some way.
I've added Ayatana Design to the projects list to see what they think of designing a new icon.
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|High → Wishlist
Just another bump on this. Is there anything happening with it?
Nick, this has been on the paper cuts backlog forever. The proposal is to rename and/or design a new icon. What does design think about this?
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|nobody → Nick Tait (jnick-tait)
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|none → raring-ee
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|app-descriptions → none
|Changed in hundredpapercuts:
|Nick Tait (jnick-tait) → Magdalena Mirowicz (magdalena-mirowicz)
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|Magdalena Mirowicz (magdalena-mirowicz) → nobody
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Friday, 23 December 2011
Winter skin comforts from Pai
Two products that I have found really helpful are the Pai Camellia & Rose gentle hydrating cleanser (£25) and Bergamot Orange Organic Lip Balm (£7).
I have mentioned both these before in 2009, so wanted to give them a re-mention as their packaging has since changed and the formulas feel different.
The cleanser sits in-between a cream and lotion consistency, though it does not feel cloying or heavy. It spreads nicely over the skin and leaves skin soft yet without a residue. Its extremely efficient at removing makeup (I get none left on a pad when I do a toner sweep) and I also find its really good at removing mascara (without stinging the eyes). It causes me no irritation/breakouts, this along with my Elemental Herbology are my favourite cleansers for these colder months, really soothing on parched and sore skin.
The lip balm comes in a screw top container and has a very pleasant citrus scent.
Initially hard, yet on application it seems to almost melt into the skin, it does have quite a bit of slip.
It elevates the dryness and makes the lips feel soft and comfortable. It also does not break me out around the lip line (which I am very prone to with lip balms). A handy little item to have in your handbag.
I bought these from paiskincare.com
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My skin really dislikes the winter too! These products sound lovely.ReplyDelete
My skin and winter, the worst combination... but I discover the best skin care ever ever ever. NUDE Serum + Advance Moisturiser. You can email the brand and ask for samples to try it. Believe me you will be impressed. oh!!! In worst days, very cold outside and torrid air cons inside i use the oil, but just during the day... my skin can not handle heavy moisturiser on night time. Other thing... they may sound expensive... but I bought my serum at the end of september, use morning and night most days, and still have some...ReplyDelete
Pai has become a staple for me and a skin saviour all year round, thanks to you and Grace from London Makeup Girl!ReplyDelete
Dearest Replica I wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas full of joy and love...hugs from Athens :))
Nina xxx
I've just started using the cleanser too, and I like it a lot. Very soothing, and smells lovely.ReplyDelete
Hi Vintage Makeup,ReplyDelete
It really is a lovely range, I seen to have amassed quite a collection :)
Hi Gabriela,
Thanks for the recs, I know there is a serum that everyone raves about from that brand so thats probably the same one, I'll be sure to check them out :)
Hi Nina,
I think I could switch over to Pai completely, I also like that its not too spendy ;)
I wish you and your family a great Christmas and lets hope you get lots of lovely makeup, take care, look forward to talking to you again soon xxx
Hello Grace,
Its definitely something I'll carry on re-buying. I also like that they have only one cleanser, its a very fuss free brand I think, which really suits me ;) x


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Haiti has been in the news because of the terrible earthquake that struck the country last Tuesday, January 12th. Even before the earthquake, most of the news we got from Haiti were negative, relating to the poverty, violence or other natural disasters.
But Haiti is also a culturally rich country and that should be in the news and celebrated too. I find it rich particularly in terms of music and dance, and also in terms of visual arts.
A few years ago I did a series of illustrations inspired by Haitian art. I did these illustrations for a class called Culture and Representation.
Disclaimer: people, particularly in America, are sensitive and sometimes offended when someone from another culture depicts a culture that is not their own. I did this in my illustrations, but I tried doing it with utmost respect and with the best of intentions. I do not seek to offend anybody.
For these illustrations I tried re-adapting a story of Legba to a contemporary NY context. There is a large Haitian diaspora in the city and that is where I was living and studying at the time.
Legba is a loa, a spirit from the Voodoo religion, which is depicted as an old man and found at the crossroads. He is the link between the human world and the divine world. He has similarities with the orisha Ellegua in Cuba and to Exu in Brazil.
In the story a man (in my story a teenager) friends the wandering Legba. They stay for the night at an abandoned house.
During the night the man wakes up and sees Legba lighting the house on fire. They run from the flames and barely escape. The man is awe struck and asks Legba what he did that for.
Legba tells him that under the house there is a great treasure buried, that tomorrow when the owner comes he'll be full of grief, but when he begins re-building his home he'll find the treasure. The story seems quite poignant now, after the tragedy.
I need to find the root source of the story. It might in fact be from West Africa, where Legba and Vodoo have their origin.
The symbol in the last illustration is a Veve, a symbol that is drawn to call upon a loa during a Voodoo ritual. Maya Daren captured some powerful footage of these rituals between 1947 and 1954. Here is a piece of her film: Divine Horsemen-The Living Gods of Haiti
Haiti along with other countries like Brazil and France has a rich tradition of naïf artists. That is, autodidactic artists that use bright colors and evocative, almost childlike, depictions that disregard the standards of traditional western art.
Here are some examples:
I tried capturing some of the spirit of that art in my project.
I first became curious of Haiti because of my friend Dj Sabine, check her myspace out: myspace.com/djsabine. She is Haitian-American Dj that mixes traditional Haitian music (and also other African, Caribbean and Latin rythms) with house.
To see some footage of the infamous white party in Brooklyn where she d-jays click here and here. I'm on the sidelines, working it out, in the second vid.
My idea with my project was to do something similar to what Sabine does, but visually. That is, remix traditional Haitian art, primarily naïf art, to a contemporary setting. In fact I use that method to do the artwork that I do now. I try to remix pre-Columbian Mexican art (and other Mexican popular arts) to contemporary beats.
I made the illos such that they connect to one another.
Don't forget to donate and to keep the help to Haiti flowing in the coming weeks and months! Click here for a directory of aid websites.


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