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Michelle Driessen (University of Minnesota, USA)
Verification labs are popular in large general chemistry programs for many reasons including the fact that they are more predictable in terms of outcomes and supplies needed, and are easier to run using teaching assistants. While easier to manage, verification labs do not show students the process of doing science or allow them to learn important problem-solving skills. Until recently, the University of Minnesota general chemistry program utilized verification laboratories exclusively.
During AY 2011-2012, the University of Minnesota general chemistry labs were completely converted to problem-based laboratories. This talk will outline the transition, the challenges, areas of success, and items that need further improvement.


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WHEN IT WAS revealed that an intern was responsible for an American television station broadcasting fake racist names for the pilots of the crashed Asiana flight, the unnamed summer hire was fired, which raised the genuinely plausible question: Were they the worst intern ever?
Maybe they were, but there's some pretty stiff competition out there.
We've rounded up some of the best — or worst? — examples of bad interns.
The intern who fabricated sources for her articles.
Liane Membis had a lot of things going for her. A recent Yale grad who had scored an internship with The Wall Street Journal, she made headlines in the summer of 2012 for all the wrong reasons.
Membis was fired from her internship after her editors discovered she had been fabricating sources and quotes for her stories.
(Image Credit: ConnecticutStyle/YouTube)
The intern who allegedly wrote about startups in exchange for MacBooks.
A 17-year-old TechCrunch intern was fired from the website in 2010 after it was alleged that they had asked a startup for a MacBook Air in exchange for writing a post about the company.
The company later confirmed that they had also received at least one other computer from a company he wrote about.
The intern who pooped all over NBC.
To her credit, the intern apparently showed up the next day and continued her internship.
The intern who threw glitter at Mitt Romney.
University of Colorado Denver student Peter Smith was fired from his 2012 internship with Colorado Senate Democrats after he attempted to "glitter bomb" Mitt Romney by throwing glitter at the then-presidential hopeful.
Mitt Romney glitter-bombed by gay rights activists in a separate incident. (Image Credit: Gerald Herbert/Press Association Images)
The intern who tried to sell a meeting with a senator
Jeffrey Garofano, a Middlebury College senior working on the 2010 campaign of American Senator Michael Bennet, was fired from his internship after he offered a one-on-0ne meeting with the senator for a $2,400 donation.
$5,000 would buy you a better chance of the senator actually listening.
The intern who lost more than 800,000 social security numbers
Jared Ilovar, a computer intern working for the state of Ohio, was on the receiving end of some bad luck when a sensitive data tape was stolen from his car.
The tape contained the names and Social Security numbers of more than 800,000 Ohioans, leading to Ilovar being fired and later claiming he was a "scapegoat".
The intern who confirmed fake racist names to a TV station.
After the crash of Asiana Flight 214, an intern with the National Transportation Safety Board erroneously confirmed four fake racist names of the pilots to television station KTVU, which subsequently read them live on-air.
The NTSB intern was fired for his action
The intern who was the least of Anglo's worries.
In 2007, an intern at the now defunct Anglo Irish Bank told his boss that he had to miss work because he was going home for a family emergency.
When his boss saw Facebook photos of the intern at a costume party during the time he was supposed to be at home, he sent an email to his fairy-dressed intern saying "Cool wand!," Gawker reported.
But sure, there were some more worrying goings-on at the bank around that time.
The intern who made up a drunken MySpace rant from Roseanne Barr
Although some people write this off as a cover story, in 2007 Roseanne Barr fired the intern who ran her MySpace profile after a seemingly drunken ramble appeared on her page when the comedian was vacationing in Hawaii.
The intern who got Bill Clinton impeached
Maybe the most famous intern of all time, Monica Lewinsky was a recent Lewis & Clark College graduate in 1995 who had just started an internship at the White House. Three years later, Lewinsky's sexual relationship with her boss — then President Bill Clinton — became public knowledge, and led to his impeachment by Congress.
Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky displays a copy of her book (Image Credit: Nick Ut/Press Association Images)
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NEWSLETTER, September 2005
FROM THE JOURNAL Continued:
Thursday, August 18 went to see the Forseith/Melville c.1870 sawn frame banked basement barn, Cherry Hill (ny/uls/uls/005) 50' wide by 100' long, with two internal silos on Sawkill Road 3/4-miles from Washington Ave.
I had visited the barn last fall when it seemed it was doomed but, working alone for about 3-months full time, with a 50' bucket truck, wench and some owner assistance, Paul Terwilliger has got the back end supported and a metal roof in place. The barn has been saved.
This large barn, 50 by 100-feet was built about 1870 into the side of a hill behind a tall stone retaining wall. It is a landmark in the area and many of those who regularly pass it on the Sawkill road will be happy to see it saved. The timber frame represents the best timber frame carpentry of its time, utilizing long round-sawn, square dimensioned timbers of pine and hemlock.
The design of the 5-bay frame with internal columns supporting purlins is based on the traditional Dutch barn frame, enlarging it by elongating the columns and multiplying the tie beams, braces and struts of a traditional barn and giving it two side entrances. The interior is impressive, very open and the frame seems light for the space it encloses. The barn represents a large and early dairy operation, incorporating the recently introduced use of corn silage. The two large two-story internal silos add to the interest of the interior.
Despite the loss of the road-side wall, the barn preserves a relatively unaltered interior. This large 19 th century dairy operation was apparently planned with some education rather than an outgrowth of local farming tradition, but the barn's frame is based on local models and designed by an experienced carpenter using square-rule, a distinct method of timber framing developed in America in the early 19 th century.
Victor Melville has is looking for a use for the barn. It would make a good public site for the preservation and display of local historic farming equipment, wagons, etc., artifacts from the days of horse power.
Friday, August 19, Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar, Montgomery County Historian, invited me to a meeting in Fonda of town historians from the County, eight attended. I introduced The Survey and we set a tentative date for a Survey Workshop at Fort Klock on November 11.
Saturday, August 20, Marc B. Fried gave a talk at the Bevier House (Ulster County Historical Society) about his new book Shawangunk Place Names. Subtitled "Indian Dutch and English geographical names of the Shawangunk Mountain region: Their Origin, Interpretation and Historical Evolution," It is a fascinating and detailed scholarly study that has led to new insights both into local place-names and European settlement of the area. It helps correct a lot of earlier interpretations. The Indians did not have names for mountain ranges, and the name Shawangunk, for instance, first appears in connection with a 17 th century land deed for a parcel of river lowland; only later did the settlers bestow the name on the mountain ridge.
Gertrude's Nose, a promontory of Shawangunk quartz conglomerate, well known both to local residents and hikers, was named for Gertrude Bruyn, who was the first to settle along the Shawangunk Kill in the 1680's. In researching her scattered records, Marc has uncovered an intriguing picture of a pioneer woman who was born in 1650 into a somewhat dysfunctional family on a Manhattan pig farm. She outlived three husbands and managed to raise a family, becoming patentee of a 400-acre farm and matriarch of a family that rose to wealth and prominence.
This attractively illustrated, 200-page hard cover book is published by the author, and can be obtained at local book stores or (autographed) by writing to Marc B. Fried, 766 Sand Hill Road, Gardiner, NY 12525. The price is $18.95 plus $1.50 postage (NY residents must add applicable sales tax).
Friday, August 26 We met with Patsy Vogel to visit a site she had arranged to see for the Red Hook Survey. I went with Craig Vogel and Bob Hedges to document the Brittany Hollow Farm on Route 9 at the Red Hook, Rhinebeck town line. We registered it: _/Denniger/Mosher barn complex with 3-bay Dutch scribe-rule barn and frame house (ny/du/re/0022) Albany Post Road, Route 9, coordinates N 41'58.312, W073'53.080; elevation 227-feet
According to the owner of this farm, Darryl Mosher, the Bonesteel Inn, built in 1705, was located somewhere on this property but they have been unable to find its location or foundation.
In the 1880's (1891?) a carriage barn was built 3-feet to the side of the Dutch barn, it contains a sophisticated roof truss and rope operated lift but it was built with a parallel roof line. This was not a good idea as it has caused a lot of water damage. In the 20-years that Darryl has owned the farm it has cost him $60,000 for roofs, much of it correcting the barn's bad design, a great sacrifice for a small diversified working farm.
There is an unresolved question whether one of the buildings may have been moved. In the mid 19th century the Dutch barn was raised 6'6" and lengthened one bay to match the length of the carriage barn. 3-part wagon doors with strap hinges were added on the back end. There are now several additions and outbuildings on the farm. A low shed contains reused rafters that may contain parts of the original side-walls of the Dutch barn.
The barn was first visited and documented on a tour organized by Todd Scheff in 2001. This visit has added to a better understanding of its design and corrected some earlier errors.
The two-story frame house that faces the road today was built in 1865. The story-and-a-half extension on the back is earlier and from examining the cellar may contain parts of a small late 18 th century house with jambed fireplace. There is also an attached smokehouse/bake oven. The barns and house are set 25-feet apart. This closeness may be due to the lay of the land.
George M. Cowan Jr.
I have recently become acquainted with Ev Rau in Altamont, New York, through his son. His enthusiasm in preserving the Dutch barns sparked my interest as well. I design scenery for use in Microsoft's Flight Simulator and have been working with the Rau family to replicate his farm including all the old farm buildings. In order to understand the Dutch construction, I have been reading all of your newsletters posted on the Internet.
I would now like to expand my project to include many of the properties that you have visited in your newsletters. I use actual plans to duplicate the construction and GPS coordinates plus photographs where possible to texture the buildings making them as realistic as I can.
Flight simulator enthusiasts are quite numerous and, if my project is successful, those from around the world that use our scenery will become familiar with your preservation efforts as well.
Thank you for a great newsletter and efforts to preserve the rural vernacular architecture.
George Cowan
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Success at last!!!(Audio)
And the T2 as been announced. Running dual Sabre ES9028 Pro now. Looks very coolhttp://www.luminmusic.com/lumin-t2.html
Lumin T2 replaces the previous Lumin A1 and T1.The essence of T2 is: Dual ES9028PRO, DSD512, same processors and FPGA from X1, analog output stage and clocking system derived from X1. The chassis is shaped like the original A1 but is done in a way to fit the T2 pricing. MQA Roon Ready Qobuz Tidal Spotify Connect TuneIn features as before. An internal power supply is used.In addition to the balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA analog outputs, T2 inherits the X1 feature of being able to be used as a streamer to output to an external DAC via USB or BNC-SPDIF.
How? What was wrong before?
JRMC or Audirvana+?
Does that mean that T2 will be priced close or levelled to T1?I don't see how T2 replaces A1 because T2 in Lumin website is having a single board similar to T1 and A1 is having two boards - one each for analog & digital. That said, both T1 & A1 has their own LPS too.Being an ex-Lumin user, I welcome the new DAC chip which support DSD512 and even glad to see USB output brought out of it as additional feature opposed to the singly SPDIF in BNC for the longest time.To me, I felt T2 is more like a bigger child of D2 with similarities to T1 in a quality outer-shell.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Missing the Lundahl output transformers too, in addition to the LPS and dual board layout as Tiktokape pointed outThat's a quite a lot of features being dropped for a slight increase of price
The T2 is one of the best devices of this kind. It is resolving, delivers nice colors and beautiful space. Purity of the sound translates into a great sound stage and excellent band's extremes
Lumin X1 review by audiophile-magazine in French:http://www.audiophile-magazine.com/bancs-d-essais/lumin-x1/
To say I'm impressed by the LUMIN X1 is something of an understatement. I am blown away by its performance.It has a sense of absolute confidence in it's own performance that is typically the domain of the best in analogueIt puts it in direct competition with products that cost several times as much and take up a lot of shelf space in the process.


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Correlation, and regression analysis for curve fitting
The techniques described on this page are used to investigate relationships between two variables (x and y). Is a change in one of these variables associated with a change in the other? For example, if we increase the temperature do we increase the growth rate of a culture or the rate of a chemical reaction? Does an increase in DDT content of bird tissues correlate with thinning of the egg shell? Is an increase in slug density in a field plot associated with a decrease in seedling development?
We can use the technique of correlation to test the statistical significance of the association. In other cases we use regression analysis to describe the relationship precisely by means of an equation that has predictive value. We deal separately with these two types of analysis - correlation and regression - because they have different roles.
Suppose that we took 7 mice and measured their body weight and their length from nose to tail. We obtained the following results and want to know if there is any relationship between the measured variables. [To keep the calculations simple, we will use small numbers]
(1) Plot the results on graph paper. This is the essential first step, because only then can we see what the relationship might be - is it linear, logarithmic, sigmoid, etc?
(2) Set out a table as follows and calculate S x, S y, S x2, S y2, S xy, and (mean of y).
(3) Calculate = 55.429 in our case.
(4) Calculate = 317.429 in our case.
(5) Calculate (this can be positive or negative) = 119.571.
(6) Calculate r (correlation coefficient):
= 0.9014 in our case.
(7) Look up r in a table of correlation coefficients (ignoring + or - sign). The number of degrees of freedom is two less than the number of points on the graph (5 df in our example because we have 7 points). If our calculated r value exceeds the tabulated value at p = 0.05 then the correlation is significant. Our calculated value (0.9014) does exceed the tabulated value (0.754). It also exceeds the tabulated value for p = 0.01 but not for p = 0.001. If the null hypothesis were true (that there is no relationship between length and weight) we would have obtained a correlation coefficient as high as this in less than 1 in 100 times. So we can be confident that weight and length are positively correlated in our sample of mice.
Important notes:
1. If the calculated r value is positive (as in this case) then the slope will rise from left to right on the graph. As weight increases, so does the length. If the calculated value of r is negative the slope will fall from left to right. This would indicate that length decreases as weight increases.
2. The r value will always lie between -1 and +1. If you have an r value outside of this range you have made an error in the calculations.
3. Remember that a correlation does not necessarily demonstrate a causal relationship. A significant correlation only shows that two factors vary in a related way (positively or negatively). This is obvious in our example because there is no logical reason to think that weight influences the length of the animal (both factors are influenced by age or growth stage). But it can be easy to fall into the "causality trap" when looking at other types of correlation.
What does the correlation coefficient mean?
The part above the line in this equation is a measure of the degree to which x and y vary together (using the deviations d of each from the mean). The part below the line is a measure of the degree to which x and y vary separately.
Regression analysis: fitting a line to the data
It would be tempting to try to fit a line to the data we have just analysed - producing an equation that shows the relationship, so that we might predict the body weight of mice by measuring their length, or vice-versa. The method for this is called linear regression.
However, this is not strictly valid because linear regression is based on a number of assumptions. In particular, one of the variables must be "fixed" experimentally and/or precisely measureable. So, the simple linear regression methods can be used only when we define some experimental variable (temperature, pH, dosage, etc.) and test the response of another variable to it.
The variable that we fix (or choose deliberately) is termed the independent variable. It is always plotted on the X axis. The other variable is termed the dependent variable and is plotted on the Y axis.
Suppose that we had the following results from an experiment in which we measured the growth of a cell culture (as optical density) at different pH levels.
We plot these results (see below) and they suggest a straight-line relationship.
Using the same procedures as for correlation, set out a table as follows and calculate S x, S y, S x2, S y2, S xy, and (mean of y).
Now calculate = 17.22 in our case.
Calculate = 0.1614 in our case.
Calculate (this can be positive or negative) = +1.649
Now we want to use regression analysis to find the line of best fit to the data. We have done nearly all the work for this in the calculations above.
The regression equation for y on x is: y = bx + a where b is the slope and a is the intercept (the point where the line crosses the y axis)
We calculate b as:
= 1.649 x 17.22 = 0.0958 in our case
We calculate a as:
a = - b
From the known values of (0.3378), (5.444) and b (0.0958) we thus find a (-0.1837).
So the equation for the line of best fit is: y = 0.096x - 0.184 (to 3 decimal places).
To draw the line through the data points, we substitute in this equation. For example:
when x = 4, y = 0.384, so one point on the line has the x,y coordinates (4, 0.384);
when x = 7, y = 0.488, so another point on the line has the x,y coordinates (7, 0.488).
It is also true that the line of best fit always passes through the point with coordinates , so we actually need only one other calculated point in order to draw a straight line.
Regression analysis using Microsoft Excel
Below is a printout of the Regression analysis from Microsoft "Excel". It is obtained simply by entering two columns of data (x and y) then clicking "Tools - Data analysis - Regression". We see that it gives us the correlation coefficient r (as "Multiple R"), the intercept and the slope of the line (seen as the "coefficient for pH" on the last line of the table). It also shows us the result of an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to calculate the significance of the regression (4.36 X 10-7).
Presenting the results
The final graph should show:
(i) all measured data points;
(ii) the line of best fit;
(iii) the equation for the line;
(iv) the R2 and p values.
Further applications: logarithmic and sigmoid curves
When we plot our initial results on a graph it will usually be clear whether they best fit a linear relationship or a logarithmic relationship or something else, like a sigmoid curve. We can analyse all these relationships in exactly the same way as above if we transform the x and y values as appropriate so that the relationship between x and y becomes linear. BEWARE - you MUST look at a scatter plot on graph paper to see what type of relationship you have. If you simply instruct a computer programme such as "Excel" to run a regression on untransformed data it will do this by assuming that the relationship is linear!
(i) For plots of data that suggest exponential (logarithmic) growth, convert all y values to log of y (using either log10 or loge). Then go through the linear regression procedures above, using the log y data instead of y data.
(ii) For sigmoid curves (drug dose response curves and UV killing curves are often sigmoid), the y values (proportion of the population responding to the treatment) can be converted using a logistic or probit transformation. Sometimes it is useful to convert the x (dose) data to logarithms; this condenses the x values, removing the long tails of non-responding individuals at the lowest and highest dose levels. A plot of logistic or probit (y) against dose (x) or log of dose (x) should show a straight-line relationship.
Converting between percentage, arcsin, logistic and probits in Excel
The table below shows part of a page from an Excel worsksheet, produced as an exercise to show how transformations are performed. Columns in an Excel worksheet are headed A-F and rows are labelled 1-21, so each cell in the table can be identified (e.g. B2 or F11). Representative Proportions were inserted in cells A2-A21, and % values were inserted in cells B2-B21.
Then a formula was entered in cell C2 to convert Proportions to logistic values
The logistic transformation converts y to log(y/(1-y))
The formula (without spaces) entered into cell C2 was: =LOG(A2/(1-A2))
This formula is not seen in the cell, but as soon as we move out of cell C2 it automatically gives the logistic value (in C2) for the proportion in cell A2, seen in the printout below. Copying and then pasting this formula into every other cell of column C produces a corresponding logistic value (e.g. cell C3 contains the logistic value of the proportion in cell A3).
Similarly, a formula was entered in cell D2 to convert Percentage to Probit values.
The formula (without spaces) is: =NORMINV(B2/100,5,1) This was then pasted into all cells of column D
Next, a formula was entered in cell E2 to convert Probit to Percentage, and pasted into all cells of column E
The formula is: =NORMDIST(C2,5,1,TRUE)*100
The formula entered in cell F2 converts Percentage to Arcsine
The formula is: =ASIN(SQRT(A2/100))*180/PI()
The formula in cell G2 converts Arcsine to Percentage
The formula is: =SIN(E2/180*PI())^2*100
As an example of the use of transformations, the data from a fictitious dose-response curve (table below) are shown in two curves - first, without transformation and then after transforming the proportion responding to logistic values.
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It's relatively straightforward, I think, to measure monetary success when it comes to most careers: a university professor is granted tenure and will inch in on six figures before she retires; a fireman moves up the ladder, literally and financially speaking, from cadet to—if he's lucky and smart—captain; a massage therapist with a steady clientele should never worry about paying the bills. But what about us artsy types? Specifically, what about writers? How do we measure monetary success in a realistic way?
I'll tell you something I've never told anyone before, not even (until the writing of this article) my wife. I remember vividly the first time I thought of myself as monetarily successful. June of 2004. I'd just received the initial installment of the Canadian advance for my first novel, Three Day Road. As I removed my bank card from a downtown Toronto ATM, pocketing five crisp twenties and a statement that showed a balance bigger, by far, than I'd ever had, I thought to myself, 'Joseph, gone are the days when you have to worry if you can afford to do this.'
I'd suddenly, without consciously recognizing it, become part of that economic group who had a little disposable income. And, to me, a financially paranoid man—due to a widowed mother who constantly threatened my many siblings and me that we were on a fast march to the poorhouse—this feeling was magnificent.
But, like all good things, what I'd come to think of as my very own warm and fuzzy security blanket was stripped crudely away from me the following spring. In hindsight, I was by no means rich before the taxman banged upon my door. I was far from it. Ridiculously so. That taxman, though, he took his pound of flesh and then some from a young artist naïve of things like income brackets. The fading scar he left, to this day, is a constant reminder.
For years before my first novel hit the shelves, I toiled—no, I slaved—at a teaching job in New Orleans. The money for the work was simply awful. My wife and I once figured out that our hourly wage as university instructors came to something right around minimum wage, but I would never have traded it for a job at McDonald's or really, for anything else, other than the life of a writer. And then, when Three Day Road proved a hit in Canada and beyond, suddenly, the possibility presented itself. My wife (a novelist as well) and I crunched the numbers and realized that with our combined incomes we could actually do it. We could live the dream of every writer. We could, if we played it wisely, work only as authors.
There's great trepidation, I imagine, for any person who leaves the comfort of a salaried job for the uncharted waters of self-employment. And this certainly holds true for a writer. You might or might not be surprised to know that very few writers, percentage-wise, live through the money made by their writing. Suddenly, you can no longer wait for the muse to strike, and the romantic idea of writing great odes by candlelight in the attic morphs into a nine-to-five job pounding a keyboard at the kitchen table. Insecurities about whether or not what you're writing is good or crap are magnified with each month that the new bills arrive in the mailbox. I quickly learned that supplementing my royalties (an income that can vary widely each six months) with writing magazine articles offered a thin cushion. And certainly, I plan carefully now for that most depressing month when the taxman comes a-knocking. Basically, the life of the self-employed worker, writer or otherwise, means many early mornings of being woken by the niggling of self-doubt. But you push on. My wife and I, when we're struggling with deadlines or with self-imposed writer's block, only need remind the other that we're doing it. We're living our dream.
My wife recently had a health scare. Weeks went by when we suddenly saw the world through a different lens, and what had yesterday felt like givens were suddenly, we realized, blessings: health, each other, our future books. Thankfully, it turns out she was misdiagnosed, but I realized something I think is important. I'm not sure one needs to measure the average writer's success in monetary terms. There are the Stephenie Meyers and the Stephen Kings on one end of the spectrum, and the self-published authors who actually lose money to see their work in book form on the other. Maybe judging success is as simple as holding the first copy of your book in your hands, still warm from the press. Yes. I think that's it. The physical weight of your imagination held in your own two hands. Now that, I think, is success.


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Our latest 3D model is the Part Ninja electronic component testing tool. It identifies electronic components like transistors and FETs, determines the pinout, and measures basic specifications. Several SMD footprints are included so surface mount parts can be tested too.
Check out our tutorial on how to build 3D models from Cadsoft Eagle board files, as well as the tutorial on how to render life like images with Maxwell for Google SketchUp. Later this week we will feature a tutorial on how to use the open source Kerkythea to render your images.
We used open source Kerkythea rendering system to generate the rendered image above.
The models will be published in the Dangerous Prototypes 3D warehouse collection. They are also uploaded to our SVN. You can find them inside the "art" folders in the respective project folders. Check out the 3D view below. You can zoom and rotate the model. (3D Warehouse still hasn't rendered the 3D view, we'll update the post as soon as it does)


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The story was that her biological mother died in a mental hospital. Now I know that the story was true. Yesterday afternoon, I found her death certificate, she was only 40 years old and it says that there was some type of damage to the brain as well as a gastric ulcer. Who wouldn't have an ulcer living in a mental hospital, especially in those days? Her name was Katie.
Even worse, the certificate says that she was divorced. As I researched her husband, I found that he had been married prior to their marriage and there were a number of children. What happened to this family? He then married Katie and had 4 children with her. What I have always thought was that due to the time frame of my grandmother being adopted, her mother may have suffered from postpartum depression. It was common in those days for women who suffered from postpartum to be placed in a mental institution.
Her 2 sons ended up in an orphanage in Houston where they were labeled "inmates." Children who were only 9 and 12 years of age labeled "inmates." The youngest of the 2 died when he was only 12. What could have happened to him? Quite honestly, I don't want to know.
Katie died on November 10, 1928 and was buried on November 11th. Just thrown into a grave. Most likely, there was no one there to mourn her passing. Her husband married soon after their divorce and went on to have a number of children with his 3rd wife. He abandoned his family, and then just went on to have another.
What shocked me was to find out that Katie is buried in Houston in a cemetery that while living in Houston, I drove by each and everyday. It was just blocks away from where I lived.
Since this is still all so new to me, I am trying to process the information. When I was a child, my grandmother showed me a picture and told me that it was her biological mother. The woman in the picture was so pretty. Sadly, that image is most likely lost to time. But, Katie is now in my heart, no longer abandoned. On my next trip to Texas, I will visit her grave site, pay my respect and say thank you. She suffered greatly, but because of her, I am here and I have a lovely life that I share with a husband who would not abandon me if I lost my mind.
I now need something beautiful to think about :)
When I was doing the research for last Monday's Inspiration post, I saw the Carolina Herrera white shirt collection. The white shirt is her signature garment and she wears it so very well.
Carolina began doing a white shirt collection in 2013. I've attached the video below where she and her daughter talk about the collection. It's only a little over 3 minutes long, so not long and well worth the time spent.
Below I've posted shirts from that collection. Take note of how well they would fit into a wardrobe today as they did in 2013. Truly timeless.
Love the sleeve below!
This is by far my favorite. Love the asymmetrical front tied neckline and the sweet sleeve treatment.


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Check this out; seems to me Robert Reich's beloved Obama could do at least as good as Wright Patman:
This on-line book available for downloading for free may be of interest:
This is the hearing on the original Full Employment Act of 1945 which includes the actual act.
Wright Patman
John William Wright Patman was a U.S. Congressman from Texas in Texas's 1st congressional district and chair of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Born: August 6, 1893, Hughes Springs
Died: March 7, 1976, Bethesda
Party: Democratic Party
How come all you Obama supporters aren't pushing this legislation today?
"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" but what happened to the idea that the United States government is responsible for maintaining "full employment?"
This is from the Wall Street Journal:
Robert Reich is wrong; our goal must be to get the United States government to assume its responsibility to the American people for maintaining a "full employment economy" just like United States Congressman from Texas, Wright Patman proposed.
Why Jobs Must Be Our Goal Now
By Robert Reich
January 3, 2013
The news today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
is that the U.S. job market is treading water. The
number of new jobs created in December (155,000),
and percent unemployment (7.8), were the same as
the revised numbers for November.
Also, about the same number of people are looking
for work (12.2 million), with additional millions too
discouraged even to look.
Put simply, we're a very long way from the job
growth we need to get out of the gravitational pull of
the Great Recession. That would be at least 300,000
new jobs per month.
All of which means job growth and wage growth
should be the central focus of economic policy, not
deficit reduction.
Yet all we're hearing from Washington -- and all
we're likely to hear as Republicans and Democrats
negotiate over raising the debt ceiling -- is how to
cut the deficit.
The typical American worker's paycheck will drop
this week because his or her Social Security tax will
rise, from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent. That's
We need to put more money into the pockets of
average workers, not less. The first $25,000 of
income should be exempt from Social Security taxes
altogether, and we should make up the difference by
eliminating the ceiling on income subject to Social
Security taxes.
Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public
Policy at the University of California at Berkeley,
was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton


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For everyone that has ever cooked in a dominican kitchen.
Dont you wonder somethimes why the handels of the casseroles never have something non heat conducting over it, so you dont need to use a towel. Just only plain metal , the one everyone has and might have them too. I mean cmon everyone has used them if you ever rented a condo.
And tell me its the price ? I've seen them in la sirena the one everyone has arent that cheap compared to the ones you also find with the heat resistent handle. So whats the deal ? you burn enough towels to make up for that 25 peso difference.
I know very high class dominicans specialy in santiago and they most of the times also have the second world war casseroles. maybe cuz the maid cooks, and in the cases when people have the good ones the maid has to cook in the ugly ones and the good onces stay new. Wel You know,the averige show room kitchen and behind it the maids kitchen that realy is being used to cook.
This is in my head for a long time. I know dominicans in belgium and they have the same freaking casseroles in their house ! They are cheaper on IKEA.
Does the habichuela taste better ?
They like to dirty up towels and burn them on the gas stove from time to time?
Its the style ?
No explanation just dominican , just the way it is.
People will think we are rich ?
We just like it the old fashion way ?
Im rich i got towels and ovenmittens enough !
La verdadera cosina criolla
So whats the deal ????


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vim is often the default editor. It is surprisingly better than nano, although sometimes nano is the default (e.g. Ubuntu). One nice feature of vim is that it already contains several nice vimrc files for git (in addition to many, many code syntax files) e.g.: gitconfig.vimrc, gitcommit.vimrc, etc. But, vim's default syntax setting on mac is surprisingly off! So turn it on. But first start the mac terminal.
dude@mac ~$ echo syntax on >> ~/.vimrc
in case you already have a .vimrc file, use the double greater-than sign to append to it.
Ah, now isn't that a lot nicer?
P.S. If you dare to try nano, check out these nanorc on Github, since you won't find them on your mac. (ha!)


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JUST EARTH NEWS 24 May 2017 Print
It is not difficult for Sourav to leave a warm bed on a cold Bengaluru morning to seek out his addiction. He and his bunch of friends head straight to BTM forest every morning to satiate their daily dose of cravings. Sourav and his friends are not the only ones who have turned to running, an inexpensive sport and increasingly a new-age addiction.
"All you need to do is put on your running shoes and start running. Once you are convinced about the sport, it doesn't take you much time to get addicted to it,'' he says with conviction.
"It takes some time to get into the groove and then you do not need anyone. It soon becomes an addiction which is hard to get rid of," he adds.
An ace runner now, who has participated in some of the elite runs in the country -- Airtel Hyderabad Half-Marathon, Mumbai Marathon, TCS World 10K Bengaluru --, Sourav took to the sport in response to the health concerns that started plaguing him when he found it surprisingly difficult to run and catch a bus.
"By the time, I boarded the bus; I had to stop to catch a breath before I could ask for a ticket from the bus conducter. I realised that day, that something is horribly wrong with my fitness,'' says Sourav Samadder (29), a member of BTM Forest Busters, one of the many running clubs in Bengaluru.
It is the likes of Sourav who propel the growing popularity of Marathons across India.
To go back in time, it may be recalled that the first organized marathon was held in Athens at the 1896 Olympics, the start of the Games' modern era. Marathon was instituted in commemoration of the ancient time's fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens, who reported the victory.
The marathon technically is a long-distance running race with an official distance of 42.195 km, Every year more than 800 marathons are organized across the world and some of these belong to the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) which has grown since its foundation in 1982 to embrace over 300 member events in 83 countries and territories.
For a group like the BTM Forest Busters in Bengaluru however, the main motto is to loop in every individual who is interested to stay fit. Thus the group of young runners is growing every day, as more and more run enthusiasts join the group as a means to stay alive and kicking.
The group not only has an active gang of runners, they also offer free training programmes that would help to build the stamina of runners and enjoy a run without injuring oneself.
Siddharth Jena, one of the many members of BTM Forest Busters, took to running as it seemed to be one of the easiest things to do. "I wanted to get involved in some kind of physical activity. I cannot join a gym because the hours aren't that flexible. Running seemed the easiest thing to do as you are not bound by strict timings. You can run whenever you have time," Siddharth says.
"His first formal run was Wipro 10K way back in 2016 and is currently preparing for the tough 21K," he adds.
With the number of serious runners increasing by the day, training centres for those keen on the sport is also growing.
In keeping with the growing surge of runners in Bangalore, a number of training centres have proliferated, offering expert guidance and support. One such organisation is Pacemakers who train up novices in the sport.
Started by coach Pani, it is a running group of spirited long distance (from 10K to Marathon) runners of all abilities – ranging from novice to experienced. Coach Pani -as he is fondly called - took up serious running during his Indian Air Force days. While serving the country for 21 years, he also participated in various middle distance running competition and winning them. Today, he is also heads Bangalore Nike Running Club.
"A structured training plan is developed for each athlete, based on their current performance, fitness and individual aspirations,'' Pani says.
Over the years, the marathons have also emerged as a potent platform that helps non-profits raise funds for charity.
One such run is the TCS World 10K Bengaluru which is an annual 10 kilometres road running competition held in Bengaluru. The competition was first held in 2008 and usually takes place on the 3rd Sunday of May annually.
The race, which is AIMS-certified, begins and ends at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, after looping through the roads of Bengaluru. The different race categories at the event are – World 10K (participation restricted to International and National athletes), Open 10K (participation open to amateur runners), Majja Run (a 5.7 Km run meant for fun runners), Senior Citizens' Run (a 4.2 Km run for Senior Citizens, and the Champions with Disability event (a 4.2 Km event for persons with disability).
Sharing the details on this years' fundraising efforts, Murray Culshaw, Chairman India Cares Foundation, the Philanthropy Partner of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2017 says, "India Cares has been associated with the TCS World 10K Bengaluru since inception and we have seen a remarkable increase in the number of individuals who are using the platform to raise awareness and funds for various causes.
"This year, we also announced an initiative to 'give back' to the city, with the Cubbon Park Rejuvenation project, which we are confident that the citizens of Bengaluru will contribute back to. The need for a more caring society is growing and this is the perfect way to start than to support causes of choice and your city. We all get better together," he adds.
On the importance of marathons as a major fund-raiser for non-profits Rajan Narayanan, President, India Cares Foundation says, "Marathons have reached a crescendo in India with so many events happening across the country every week. Fitness is being given a lot more importance and marathons serve that purpose and also meet the social needs."
"There are some premium runs in the country like the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, the TCS World 10K, together these races get close to a 100000 people running but the interesting part is that these also serve as excellent platforms for raising funds by the civil society organisations. These races cited above have helped raised over Rs 200 Cr in the last 10 years and it is expected that they would have raised Rs 500 crore by 2021," he added.
Civil society organisations that reach out to the public and be accountable have been able to use these platforms to showcase their cause and also raise substantial funds (predominantly non-restricted). Several organisations have raised in excess of a crore at each of these events. There is more that will come in this space with smaller towns also now taking to sports and races, he informed.
Dr. Sangeetha Purushothaman, Executive Director of one of the participating civil society organisations Best Practices Foundation (BPF), says: "Through this platform, we want to able to raise funds for the cause of women's empowerment and also connect to like-minded individuals and organisations interested in this cause."
BPF is a Bengaluru-based NGO founded in 1999, to improve the quality of life for poor and marginalised communities through livelihood interventions. BPF's own livelihood model Market Oriented Value Enhancement (MOVE) was bestowed with a global award for its innovativeness in increasing opportunities and enhancing livelihoods for rural youth and women.
The TCS World 10K Bengaluru, which has raised over Rs 26.34 crore for civil society organisations across all causes since its inception in 2008, continues to be South India's largest single fundraising platform, with Rs 4 crore raised to date during the celebratory tenth edition of the run.
The funds of Rs 6.05 crores raised through the 2016 edition of the run, impacted over 80,000 individuals, directly and indirectly. Causes benefitted included providing mobility aids, education in balwadis to higher studies, vocational training for livelihood, healthcare from medical camps to specialised operations, tree plantation for farmers to sustain their livelihood and setting up of long-term building foundations and supporting budding athletes in Olympic and Para-Olympic sports.
The 2017 edition witnessed the participation of 30 companies with 43 teams, over 200 charity fundraisers, and more than 6000 donors.
Amongst the 6,000 donors running for a cause, the starting line-up included 17-year-old Ishana Sundar, a full-time high school student and a part-time astronomy enthusiast who strongly believes in empowering the young woman. Ishana will be running for Baale Mane in support of her feminist vision.
The Open 10K saw the participation of more than 13,700 registered runners, a steep increase of 12 percent. Approximately 24,000 runners took to the roads of Bengaluru this May and it has emerged as Asia's leading run over the last nine years.
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The WHO has just announced the appointment of the new WHO Regional Director for Europe. The appointment was made during the 126th session of the WHO Executive Board, which was held in Geneva on 19th January 2010. The newly appointed Director for Europe is Mrs Zsuzsanna Jakab, a Hungarian national, was previously Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and who took up her new role on 1st February for a five-year term. She succeeds Dr Marc Danzon who held the post for the last 10 years.
In her acceptance speech, Mrs Jakab said: Europe is a unique reservoir of many innovative health policy and health systems solutions that we need to share better with each other and the world. It is my vision to make the Regional office a strong, respected and evidence-based European Centre for Public health Excellence and Innovation, with leadership in health policy and public heath in Europe.
The WHO has also reappointed Dr Luis Gomes Sambo as the WHO Regional Director for Africa for a further five years.
Click here to read the WHO Note for the Press.


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28 September 2016
The Orange Tree Theatre announces fourteen new Ambassadors – leading figures in the Arts and beyond – who will champion the work of the Theatre. They are Michael Attenborough, Samantha Bond and Alex Hanson, Gyles and Michele Brandreth, Judith Coke, Peter Davison and Elizabeth Heery, Philip Glenister and Beth Goddard, Baroness Susan Kramer, Sally Phillips, Paulette Randall and Fionn Whitehead.
Director Michael Attenborough's parents, Lord and Lady Attenborough, were the Orange Tree's first Patrons and key to securing the funding for the Theatre building in Clarence Street, Richmond. As a result, there is a room dedicated to the Attenborough family in the Theatre's foyer space. Paul Miller, OT Artistic Director, commented "It means a great deal to all of us at the OT, and no doubt to our audiences, that Michael is continuing his parents' outstanding legacy as an Ambassador, helping to secure the Theatre's future for the next generation."
Actors Samantha Bond and Alex Hanson have a long history with the Orange Tree, particularly championing the Theatre's local fundraising: "The quality of work we have seen produced by the Orange Tree team under Paul and Sarah has been exceptional, especially considering the challenges they've faced off-stage. We are thrilled to lend our support to this very special theatre."
Gyles and Michele Brandreth are passionate about the Orange Tree's Shakespeare productions for young people, which have introduced his plays to over 5,000 children as young as 6 years old every year, for over 30 years. Gyles recently tweeted: "Exciting morning with the ace team @OrangeTreeThtr - they know what they're doing & they're doing it brilliantly."
Actor Judith Coke has been a regular performer at the National Theatre since the 1980s and is responsible for the Michael Bryant Award, with Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the National Theatre, in memory of her late husband. Judith has had a long association with the Orange Tree having previously served on its Board of Trustees.
Actors Peter Davison and Elizabeth Heery said that "Having personal experience through our children, we believe The Orange Tree Youth Theatre is paramount in nurturing talent and giving young people the opportunity to build their confidence, work collaboratively, and challenge themselves and their view of the world. The gold standard of the ground-breaking work in the theatre, naturally pays dividends in the youth theatre. With plays like Pomona and Jess and Joe Forever, and performances that are consistently of such high quality, youngsters cannot fail to aspire to give the very best of themselves, in whatever field that might be."
Philip Glenister and Beth Goddard, actors based in Barnes, Richmond, first became involved with the OT through its fundraising Gala, held on Richmond Green in 2015. They have both since become closely involved with the Theatre, and have a particular admiration for the actors and creative teams that have thrived in its uniquely demanding space – with audience seated on all four sides of the stage.
MP for Richmond Park from 2005-10, Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Susan Kramer has regularly attended performances at the Orange Tree for over a decade. Following the OT's change in leadership in 2014, Baroness Kramer has become an ardent supporter and advocate for its work.
Comedian, actor and writer Sally Phillips is a local champion of the OT and has recently performed work-in-progress Talking to Strangers there with fellow performer Lily Bevan, before taking the show to this summer's Edinburgh Fringe.
Paulette Randall MBE directed the first revival of Mustapha Mastura's Play Mas at the Orange Tree in 2015, which won the inaugural Alfred Fagon Audience Award. Paulette was Associate Director on the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and has been a champion of Black British Theatre.
Another Richmond local, Fionn Whitehead regularly attended the Theatre's Youth Theatre for five years and has since pursued a career in acting, most notably taking the lead roles in Christopher Nolan's soon-to-be-released Dunkirk and ITV drama Him (autumn release). Fionn has credited his success in part to his involvement with the OT, saying "I learnt so much and had such a good time at the Orange Tree through its Youth Theatre. There are so many new and exciting things going on there at the moment, it's the first place I go to see new theatre because they are constantly introducing original and challenging plays."Go back


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It's Randys Friday Floater Ride and this one's starting out of town for something a little different. It'll be around 40-50k, starting in Brighton so huge hills are not anticipated. This will be a Level 3 ride and start at the YMCA in Brighton.
Friday June 22
Ride Leader: Randy Albon
Start time: 10am
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You will love the three heroes in the game "Home Sheep Home". They are three sheep - Shirley, Shaune and Timmy. You have to pass 15 levels with them in a hard terrain, which is also dangerous. The sheep have unique abilities. Shaune jumps high, Shirley is very strong and Timmy limber. Watch out for the time limit, within which you have to get the sheep to the finish. Do not loose time by waiting.
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Connie's motivational quote of the day is by, ~ Steve Jobs
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
While we are living our life, middle age creeps up on us. No one is immune to the passing of time and no matter your age, one day you too will be at the mid point of you life. Yikes! How scary while at the same time, it is actually very exciting. This is the time of life when we have tremendous wisdom, confidence, and clarity about our strongest skills and those areas that have we yet to develop.
Yet, many folks hit middle age only to find that we are the key candidates getting downsized, or the jobs that are being eliminated seem to have our names on them. What are the choices that we have during the second leg of our productive working lives? Is there a plan of attack that we can follow to help us navigate these new and unsettled waters?
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A previous chorister in our ward used to sing, "Give", Said the little stream as a wiggle song so i thought i'd try it with senior primary. Every time you sing a word that starts with a "G", you stand up (then sit down quickly). Every time you sing a word that starts with a "S" you clap your hands. What a workout! It was lots of fun and a nice change to sing a different wiggle song that was a challenge for senior primary. (and for me! The ups and downs made me feel old!)
Try it in your primary and see if it wears them out! :)


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The Flying Dragons are native to the southwest tropical forests of Asia and India, including Borneo and the Philippine Islands. In the wild, the Flying Dragon will generally claim a territory. Usually, males will mark two or three trees as their own, and one to three female Flying Dragons will live in each tree. When the male Flying Dragon meets another animal, he may extend his dewlap partially or fully, extend his wings partially or fully, perform a combination of dewlap or wing extension, or bob his body up and down. If he meets a female, he may circle her. Extending the wings and dewlap makes the Flying Dragon appear larger, and he will usually exhibit such behavior if he feels threatened. Flying Dragons eat insects. They catch such prey by sitting under a tree until an insect passes by, and then they eat it. Flying Dragons are diurnal and hide in the late morning and early afternoon to avoid the most intense sunlight of the day.


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The New York Times carried a very important news story today as its front-page lead. It revealed in devastating detail how American workers have lost ground on wage incomes during this so-called economic recovery. Only it's not news really. You might say, it represents an elaborate "correction" on Page One. Long overdue, but welcomed and I think of great significance.
Until now, the Times, like most leading newspapers, has stuck with the orthodox economist's view of what has occurred during the lopsided recovery engineered by George W. Bush and Alan Greenspan at the Federal Reserve. Profits booming, productivity improving smartly, robust GDP growth. What's not to like?
Times editors did not seem to notice the dark side of this story--the negative impact on the wages of Americans in non-supervisory jobs (that's 82 percent of the workforce). Their wages stagnated and even declined in real terms, discounted for inflation. This helps explain why typical Americans did not join the cheering--they are losing ground and borrowing more to keep afloat. Last year for the first time since 1933, the family balance sheet went negative, that is, negative savings.
I congratulate the two skillful reporters who produced the article-- Steven Greenhouse, who covers labor, and David Leonhardt, who covers economics--and congratulate the Times for giving it the play these facts deserve.
But I am left with this question: Why now? These facts have been visible for at least three or four years. I have written variations on the same theme numerous times in The Nation [see for example "The One-Eyed King," on the actual impact of Greenspan's long reign at the Fed. The Economic Policy Institute, probably the most respected think tank with a liberal-labor perspective, has expertly described what going on again and again. So have other voices.
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The facts have been quite stark for years, but to recognize what was happening to wages would open a taboo subject--globalization's devastating impact on America's broad middle class. If elites acknowledged that connection, not to mention harsh disloyalties to workers practiced by the leading US corporations, the policy thinkers and politicians might have to address the larger political question: What, if anything, does the government intend to do to reverse this long-running trend of deterioration?
The mainstream press, as I have written more than once, mainly takes its cues from the top-approved authorities and orthodox experts. This season, reporters and editors could observe that several heavyweight influentials are beginning to acknowledge the wage reality, albeit in a cautious, euphemistic manner.
Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin of Citigroup, leading correct thinker for Democrats, launched the Hamilton Project to examine swelling inequality and related questions. Early this month, Bush's new Treasury secretary Henry Paulsen startled the press by also acknowledging the seriousness of the wage deterioration. Even the new Fed chairman Ben Bernanke took a swing at the problem last week.
In short, it's now okay to for the mainstream to talk about the subject. They won't be called heretics or protectionists or backward-thinking Luddites. This is genuine progress. We are not there yet, but the country is at least creeping slowly toward an honest debate about America's role in the global trading system.
If my analysis is correct, we may soon even see Times columnist Thomas Friedman write about the broad deterioration of US wages. He is the preeminent cheerleader for the global system that exists, but I have never seen him address the wage question frontally beyond telling workers they need to get better educated. I can't wait to hear what he has to say.


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|Above: The Galaxy Note Edge. The Edge Screen seems practical; I must have it!
Goodhour, Synapse Circuit Readers. How goes it? Did you see the Apple keynote? Do you find yourself giggling over Phil Schiller waxing lyrical about "landscape mode"? I was shopping for dinner earlier on today and I must have looked like a nutcase laughing to myself recalling that "landscape" moment. Something so simple has become a landmark for Apple and its much celebrated iPhone. Golly!
One thing is for sure during the keynote it became very, very clear - and quickly so - that Samsung's technological firepower proved to be too much for Apple to bear!
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Bewildering! If I had to think of a single word to describe Samsung's efforts this year that would be it: "bewildering". Other words would be: Ferocious and virulent! Top Gun! Despite the rapidly morphing Android market Samsung keeps coming on like the Terminator. Galaxy S5 disappointment, "I'll be back..." The emerging markets in Asia toppling Samsung from the top spot, "F*** you, a**hole..." And upon last night's Apple keynote, "I now know why humans cry..." Apple just buckled under the pressure. I don't have to tell you that the innards of the Galaxy Note 4 trump the iPhone 6 Plus at least four times over! The Galaxy Note 4 QHD 5.7" screen has burned the iPhone / iPad retina to a crisp! Earlier this year the Galaxy Tab S range of tablets just took apart the iPad. I think Google really needs to get the tablet app situation under control and support what Samsung (and other manufacturers) are coming up with. I can't deny that some of the Android apps for video editing and eBook creation are a little ropey. Some of these video editing apps are just adware! It's a pain in the ass!
To be honest with you, Apple just looked silly last night. What was Conan O'Brien's joke again? Ah, "iPhone 6; last year's Samsung's Galaxy..." Ba Boom! Tish! <Drum 'n' snare> However, the spec on the Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge is years ahead of the iPhone 6 Plus in sheer technological and design terminology! Futurama vs. The Flintstones! It's not worth me listing the spec of the iPhone 6 handsets as it makes no sense whatsoever!
In one of my Apple Talk articles I pointed out – mostly to iPhone nut-jobs = iDiots – that a mid-range handset like the Motorola Moto G 4G is near enough as good – if not better than the iPhone 5S and some of them simply could not believe or want to entertain it! They kept going on about this "premium" nonsense because of a bit of metal! Wow! And no doubt that the iPhone faithful will lap these new versions up! They're only too willing to pay over the odds for such inferior technology! Don't get me wrong, the iPhone is a good handset but it's cleverly overpriced by the Apple smoke 'n' mirrors hype machine.
Above: Techno Doomsday? iPhone fans wish they'd say even less and do a lot more!
That's how I would describe Apple with regards to its keynote last night. If Futurama ever comes back on the air (God, I hope it does) the Apple iPhone 6 keynote could be referenced as some kind of weird futuristic night of comedians. "Is... n't... ...it... fan... ...tas... ...tic?" <Tim Cook's head in a jar drawls> No it bloody well isn't!!! No matter how slowly Cook speaks in this deliberately hypnotic slow enunciation talk he cannot get away from the fact that what he headlined was a comedy of errors.
"Hey, now it's in landscape mode..." Ba Boom! Tish! <Applause> "Ladies 'n' gentlemen put your hands together for Phil Schiller! Was... ...n't... ...he... ...fan... ...tas... ...tic?" Er... NO!!!
And then came the biggest joke of the night, "Apple Watch". Not iWatch as in Edward Snowden's whistle blowing revelation that the National Security Agency and other Secret Service Agencies around the world had been spying on the digital output from the iPhone and other devices as much as the tech giants protested that they never consented. Yeah, right! When the security of the first world has your nuts in its hands you are going to cough! Anyhoo...
I had to laugh when I heard the AppleWatch dial was called the "Digital Crown". But you have to hand it to Apple in that they know what they are doing when it comes to promotion. They must have sat around for a year with this design brief in mind, "How can we give the lazy tech media something that translates into favourable headlines?" Yes, Digital Crown is already being used by these, er, uhm... "Tech media / journalists" (?) to state that the AppleWatch is the crowning glory of the smartwatches. What the...???? Anyone with a modicum of commonsense will tell you the following:-
1. There's a reason why the AppleWatch is called the "AppleWatch" and that's because you will need an iDevice to work with it i.e. an iPhone and presumably an iPad too! Everybody!!! Ditch your Android devices, get an iPhone 6 or 6L and get the AppleWatch! Yay! You're in business! Oh, but you have to wait until next year!
2. Android Wear based smartwatches should work within the Android ecosystem and they will not cost as much as the AppleWatch – at least to my knowledge thus so far!
3. The Samsung Gear S is a phenomenal looking smartwatch in my humble opinion and I want one! I own 3 Samsung handsets: Galaxy S2, S4 and Note 2. I am after the Galaxy Note Edge this year and I am totally happy that the Gear S will work, presumably, with just the Samsung handsets. It's logical.
4. I am spoiled for choice when it comes to Android based smartwatches and the Moto 360 and ASUS ZenWatch look like good alternatives.
But, hey: Anything for a cheap headline at the expense of some great technology coming from the competition, eh?
And, of course, for the iPhone faithful they get a free album from some other Digital Clowns calling themselves musicians. Wonderful!
Compared to the Apple keynote the Samsung reveal looks understated. No daft videos of a "designer" speaking as if from the Heavens about the painful ethos of the design process. Nobody standing in front of a still photograph said to be taken by the new device to show how great a picture can look because of the enhanced new camera features. What we got from Samsung was people actually taking live pictures using a few of the camera modes such as Wide Selfie!
The products, mostly, speak from themselves. I state "mostly" because Samsung, for reasons assumed by myself, do not extensively demonstrate its product functionality ever since the Galaxy S4 launch. We got glimpses via well thought out videos that show the multi-microphones for example. That's what I call FANTASTIC!!! I used to be the sort of journalist that interviewed people and I could have done with this facility on my handset!
We saw the newly enhanced S Pen and what it can do... And what did those other guys show? Land-freaking-scape mode. It's not funny anymore! Stop laughing! The AppleWatch didn't show why it was better above the competition... But wait! There is no competition because Apple only serves its own ecosystem whereas Samsung has to compete with other Android Wear manufacturers! Now if Samsung made a smartwatch aimed at the iOS ecosystem that would be a different proposition.
Now that's what I'm talking about! A real great looking smartwatch! None of this idiotic retro "Digital Crown" nonsense but a well thought out interface that includes a QWERTY keyboard! Some idiot tech personality (an irritating one at that) claimed that the Gear S interface is "crap" or something like that but I bet he hasn't used it extensively. I think it takes a while to get used to a new device. But as an iPhone owner he is going to get the AppleWatch even if he "probably won't use it". How's that for "cool" swagger? Why bother? It's stupid! Good luck to him!
I think the Gear S has got the right idea and it deserves to take off as I'm sure it will! The great advantage is that you do not need to link it to smartphone accept initially when you power it up! A UV monitor can be useful to help you avoid skin cancer!
Tizen deserves a shot – especially if it works with Android!
Above: The awesome Gear VR! Videodrome? You have to see that movie!
Now the Gear VR is a brilliant compliment to the Galaxy Note 4 handset unlike the AppleWatch is to the iPhone in terms of functionality and cost. I have understood that the Gear VR will cost a remarkable $199! Now compare that to the $349 AppleWatch; yes, I know they are two different products but don't the loyal iPhone folk deserve a break? Instead of a free U2 album it would have been useful if Apple gave its hardcore fans a decent price on its smartwatch. Never mind, if they want to pay that price then good luck to them. When Apple tells you to like U2 you had better comply! Ha ha!
The Gear VR makes me weigh up if I should go for the Galaxy Note Edge or Note 4 or both! But I have a bit of time to think about it! I may hold out to see what the Galaxy S6 will bring! Another curved screen design? Hmmmm... I am so curious about the GS6... Right now I am imagining watching my favourite movies on the Gear VR! I'm also imagining the educational potential – the closest thing I will get to that gizmo featured in the Matrix movie that implants knowledge into the brain... "Whoa... I know Kung Fu..."
That's essentially what Apple showed last night. Again, if you love the iPhone I am truly happy that you can now get to enjoy your own big screen without looking over my shoulder! Lol! But it shows that there is a potential flaw in iOS that it isn't able to adopt resolutions above 1080p! I asked, "Surely there must be more to the Apple event other than larger screens?" I really thought we'd be witnessing QHD retina or something like that and if not how about some new iPads to take the (Galaxy Note) edge off the lacklustre iPhone 6 models? Uh-uh! Instead we got to see a glimpse into 2015 with the AppleWatch and its Digital Clowning... Ooops! I meant Crowning glory! Sheesh!
You know what? Apple would have done well to utilize a hologram of the great ringmaster himself to introduce the products... Wait... There's more...
This is the "out there" products that require a "new definition"? NO!!! Now wouldn't it have been great if Apple produced a smartwatch that can be used by anyone that is not dependent upon the iPhone or any other phone? That's my definition of an Apple product requiring a new definition!
I am sure that Samsung / Android users could transfer files from the Galaxy Note 4, for example, to the Mac computer as I do with a PC.
One more time! I don't hate Apple. I would like to see them bring some actual innovation to the world of tech. What Apple has done is to take old concepts and made them mainstream. However, iOS is proving to be a little undercooked in that it has a resolution problem and can't currently match the Android QHD screens.
Take the iPad as a greater example of being not well thought out:-
1. The iPad is the reimagining of the Microsoft computer tablet that proved to be too expensive and troublesome to realize. The iPad is undoubtedly a great device but when there is an ultra-slim Macbook Air available you have to ask yourself, "Do I really need this extra expense?" And, "Am I not better off using proper programs as opposed to applications?"
2. There is no longevity in the iPad – not if you feel that you must get the next version a year later. In my opinion Android tablets have a longer shelf life – especially Samsung tablets! Also if you feel that you must get the latest best thing you haven't lost such a big investment as you would with an iPad.
3. The cost of a 4G enabled iPad is nuts compared to the cost of manufacture! Again, the latest trend in Android tablets is to bring in 3G / 4G connectivity either by default or at a better cost ratio to the consumer.
Is it any wonder that the iPad sales are in decline? Look at how potentially cumbersome it is to carry around; sure, it's not as cumbersome as carrying a laptop around all day but you'd still prefer a smaller large screen device. And this is probably why Apple was reticent to go larger with the iPhone. Samsung doesn't have a problem regarding cannibalization. Apple's cannibalization:-
iPhone 6 Plus cannibalizes the iPad mini and possibly iPad.
iPad mini cannibalizes the iPad.
iPad possibly cannibalizes the Macbook Air.
Tell a lie – inadvertently! Because the Galaxy Note has really come into its own (with version 3) I think that it is preferred over the Galaxy S range – for some people! I see the Galaxy S5 as an everyday busybody handset that is powerful but not as stacked in functionality as the Note 3 (and 4). It just goes to show that the Galaxy Note (3 & 4) places computing power in everybody's hand! The iPad comes across as a device for the unbearable snooty up-themselves-type and that's not what technology is about. Well, not in my books!
The wonderful ability that Samsung has is the suspense it creates regarding new products. Because the Galaxy S5 has taken a bit of a knock from notable (hee hee... no pun intended...) competitors Samsung has to come back with something stronger for the Galaxy S6! I look forward to the guessing frenzy, the "leaks" and finally learning about the actual device very soon!
The beauty of Samsung handsets is that the battery can be replaced! I don't understand why iPhone users don't understand this. The amount of times my iPhone friends say that they will call me back when they get home because the battery is dying and they have no other recourse than to plug it into the wall! If you are lucky you can charge your iPhone whilst at a cafe – if you can find an outlet!
All I have to do with my Galaxy handsets is just replace the battery! And not to mention the new power saving options on the newer models! I also have to say that I prefer a removable polycarbonate battery cover over non-removable metal that has the potential to scratch and dent!
Plus I have access to expand the storage via a microSD card up to 128GB on the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5.
That's what I call power!
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