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Nearly a century ago, poet Robert Frost wrote of the choice faced by countless adventurers in his epic "The Road Not Taken," concluding:
I shall be telling this with a sigh/Somewhere ages and ages hence:/Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –/I took the one less traveled by,/And that has made all the difference
Jockey Antonio Gallardo faced such a momentous decision about five years ago – whether to continue riding in his homeland of Spain, where he had begun to establish himself as a promising youngster, or embark on a grand journey by moving his tack to south Florida.
"I had told my friend Jennifer Bidgood, who trains about 30 horses in Spain, that I hated the cold weather in Madrid, and she kept asking me 'Why don't you go to the United States?' " recalls the 26-year-old Gallardo, who will be honored during Saturday's card as the Hilton Garden Inn Jockey of the Month. "But it's a nine-and-a-half hour flight and I didn't want to leave my family, so I told her 'No way.' "
One morning when Gallardo came by her barn, Bidgood handed him a present – an airplane ticket to Miami – and an assurance he would still have a job if things didn't work out. Meanwhile, a Spanish horse racing writer, Jorge Gomez, contacted a jockeys' agent at Calder who agreed to lend a helping hand upon Gallardo's arrival.
Gallardo still had to perform, and a nearly disastrous 7-for-176 start left him questioning whether he made the right decision. But by the end of 2009, he had fallen in love with everything American racing offers, so he put his nose to the grindstone and kept working.
Now, with a hugely successful 2013 under his belt – 101 victories, more than $2-million in earnings and a track-record four consecutive stakes victories on a single card at Calder Casino and Race Course last summer – recognition is coming at a faster rate than Gallardo could have imagined.
Through today's card, Gallardo is third in the jockey standings with 19 victories, behind only four-time leading rider Ronnie Allen, Jr., and injured Fernando De La Cruz. His decision has also been a success on a personal level: he and his wife, former jockey Polliana Oliveira – whom he met at Calder – are expecting their second child on Jan. 24.
"It was tough at first because nobody knew me, and not too many jockeys come from Spain," recalls Gallardo, who owns a house in nearby Palm Harbor, Fla. "When I asked for a chance and told trainers where I was from, they would look at me and say 'Do they even race horses in Spain?' La Zarzuela in Madrid, where I rode a lot, is a big track, so that was frustrating. But I worked hard every day and kept trying, and everybody saw I could ride good horses. When people started giving me a chance, I won some races and they were happy."
Gallardo finished eighth in the 2012-13 Tampa Bay Downs standings with 38 victories, including an upset triumph aboard 6-year-old Flatter This in the $60,000 Challenger Stakes on March 2 for owner Blackacre Farms, Inc., and trainer Kathleen O'Connell.
That victory, while rewarding, paled in comparison to the events of Aug. 24 at Calder during that track's Juvenile Showcase. After finishing out of the money on his first four mounts that day, Gallardo turned things around by rallying 2-year-old filly Flat Out Charming to a nose victory in the $75,000 Lindsay Frolic Stakes for trainer Rodolfo Garcia.
Next up was a wire-to-wire score on the turf in the $75,000 Catcharisingstar Stakes on filly Secret Kitten for O'Connell. Two stakes triumphs is a great day in any jockey's book, and Gallardo dressed quickly, preparing to join Polliana for the short drive to Gulfstream for a later riding assignment.
Not so fast. O'Connell's south Florida go-to rider, Eduardo Nunez, had been thrown by his mount in the Catcharisingstar and had to take the rest of the day off. Just like that, Gallardo inherited three more stakes mounts for O'Connell.
After telephoning his apologies to his Gulfstream connections, Gallardo won the $125,000 Susan's Girl Stakes on Scandalous Act and the $125,000 Affirmed Stakes on My Brown Eyed Guy. He might have made it five in a row, but his final mount, Union Cash, was scratched after flipping behind the gate.
"When I won that fourth stakes, it was the best day of my life," Gallardo said. "I still can't believe that. It seems like every year I do better and better, plus I get lucky. When things start going bad, I don't worry – I just keep trying, doing the best I can all the time."
Gallardo has ridden nine winners over the first three full Sundays of the 2013-14 meeting, including four on Dec. 22, when he swept the track's three turf races. But his success isn't limited to a single day of the week, or a particular surface.
"Antonio has always been a good jockey – he just needed a chance to ride good horses," said his agent, Mike Moran. "He has a good attitude with every horse he rides. He is so happy-go-lucky, he thinks he can win with everything."
Versatility is quickly becoming Gallardo's strong suit. "I like riding dirt and turf, being in front or coming from behind," he said. "Wherever the horse is comfortable, I'm comfortable too."
That has become abundantly clear, even for a young athlete more than 4,000 miles from home.
On today's card, 5-year-old gelding Nicklaus Way, the runner-up in the 2013 Challenger Stakes, rallied late to win the third race – a one-mile allowance/optional claiming event on the turf – by a neck from Super Chunky, who was disqualified for interference and placed fourth. Quincy Hamilton rode Nicklaus Way, who is owned by Lothenbach Stables, Inc., and trained by Ian Wilkes. A son of 2006 Sam F. Davis Stakes winner Bluegrass Cat, Nicklaus way is 5-for-20 lifetime.
In the fourth race, 4-year-old filly Concerted Effort became the first three-race winner at the meeting, drawing off to a seven-length victory from Evil Secret in the mile-and-40-yard claiming event. Marlon St. Julien rode Concerted Effort, who is owned by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds, Inc., Tom Fitzgerald and Geoff Roy and trained by Jason DaCosta.
Thoroughbred racing at Tampa Bay Downs resumes Friday with a nine-race card beginning at 12:25 p.m. Tampa Bay Downs is open every day for simulcast wagering, no-limits poker action in The Silks Poker Room and golf fun and instruction at The Downs Golf Practice Facility.
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Help for a newbie
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Written by jossiejojo
7 years ago
Category: Creating a connection
4 posts since Fri, 11 May 07
Could I have some really basic advice to help me get going with HeidiSQL.
I cant see a quickstart guide. Is there one?
What should I be putting in the boxes in the connection window? Are these ftp codes given me by my ISP or what?
Please can I have some guidance? I am completely new to SQLdatabase management. Thankyou very much :)
Written by ansgar
7 years ago
5051 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06
Hostname: likely the same as in your FTP-session
Port: most likely 3306 (default for MySQL)
User/Password: your personal credentials for mysql which were set by some database administrator. Don't mix that up with your FTP-, SSH- or whatever-account
Written by marionjoe
7 years ago
3 posts since Thu, 12 Jul 07
hi anse
do you mean that i first create a database using my sql?
Written by marionjoe
7 years ago
3 posts since Thu, 12 Jul 07
hi again.
i have created database, yet still there is not insturctions for how to use heidi. i do not know my host.
any assistance would be happily appreciated
Written by ansgar
7 years ago
5051 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06
marionjoe wrote: i do not know my host.
Neither I know it.
Written by eKatherine
7 years ago
1 posts since Wed, 05 Mar 08
|I'm trying to learn to use php and mysql on my home computer. I have xampp. How do I configure heidisql to use it with localhost? It's not finding mysql.
Written by ANRE
7 years ago
1 posts since Thu, 06 Mar 08
I cannot connect :?
I would like to show you what varients that i try.
hostname: sitename.com
user: cpanel user name
password: cpanel password
port: 3306
hostname: site ip
user: cpanel user name
password: cpanel password
port: 3306
hostname: sitename.com
user: mysql db username
password: db user password
port: 3306
hostname: site ip
user: mysql db username
password: db user password
port: 3306
It is always same, i have never connected..
Written by chefmarty125
6 years ago
3 posts since Wed, 16 Apr 08
|127.0.0.1 and the pass is ascent and the port is 3306 that is if your playing world of warcraft and setting up an account for it for a creating a private server.. you can try that one i said.. =D cause it worked for me...
Written by tosse
6 years ago
1 posts since Thu, 01 May 08
|How can i get a password? i have used password i have on site here and username nothing works! how to connect and ive tried ascent as password didnt work ither im going mad! please help.
Written by gushersboy
6 years ago
1 posts since Sun, 09 Nov 08
heres whats written
host: 127.0.0.1
port: 3306 Timeout: 30 secs
and when i press on connect theres an error message that appears saying: SQL Error : "Access denied for the user: 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)" can some1 help me plz so i can connect
Written by rosenfield
6 years ago
127 posts since Wed, 24 Jan 07
Nobody here knows what your password is.
You can start the server with "mysqld-nt.exe --skip-grant-tables" instead of "mysqld-nt.exe" and it will allow you to login using any login/password, or at least root/"".
Written by wyldemayne
6 years ago
1 posts since Sun, 01 Mar 09
OK I am a total newb to this stuff and I am trying trying to put a custom item on my wow server but i can't connect, I used my register user and pass but it doesnt work, i dont know what FTP is or any of that stuff can any please help?
pass? :cry:
Written by timedevour36
6 years ago
1 posts since Tue, 03 Mar 09
I was able to connect a long time ago but I cant remember how... Now whenever I try I either get:
SQL Error: Host 'LR1' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
Unknown Database: arcemu
Acess Denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
Same thing even when I type in the password.
Do I have to type in the database username and pw, or computer? or what...
... What is going on...
Written by ansgar
6 years ago
5051 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06
|Hell don't mix up just everything. What is the hostname you're trying to connect to?
Please login to leave a reply, or register at first.


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Dr Strangeglove has stolen Professor Wachmann's latest invention! Join the professor as he journeys up through Strangeglove's castle and confronts its devious defence contraptions, even having to fight his own creation in a blistering finale.
Rated 5 / 5 stars December 23, 2013
Great game! Perfect aesthetics, easy to use and dynamic gameplay, beautiful à la Danny Elfman music,
interesting and well designed levels, a great hero to control, etc. Full 5 stars!
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars June 11, 2013
The gameplay gets a bit "choppy" in a few places, but this was an all around good game. The bonus gear extras was pretty humorous, too.
I do think the end was on the lack-luster side of things.
Rated 0 / 5 stars August 15, 2012
Really bad lag with the movement, even put the details on low. Didn't even get past level 1 because it would not let me jump on the moving platform lol because of the lag.
Rated 2 / 5 stars May 7, 2012
Fun game, great idea but it really suffers from bugginess... A little debugging would do wonders.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars May 7, 2012
Good variation.
Fun graphic style.
Not to hard nor too easy.
Great Game!


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From The Ron Paul Political Report also known as the Ron Paul Survival Report. They are archived here, and I highly recommend you read them if you haven't. http://ronpaulnewsletters.blogspot.com/ In 1996, he defended the Newsletter stating that he opposes racism and that his written commentaries about blacks came in the context of "current events and statistical reports of the time." http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1996_1343749 Paul also stated that his words were taken out of context and that his opponent was "race baiting." Then Paul and his campaign defended and took full ownership of the comments: http://reason.com/blog/2008/01/11/old-news-rehashed-for-over-a-d People asked him to share the newsletters and he stated that he didn't want to "rehash old issues." In 2008, these comments resurfaced and The New Republic wrote an article about it.http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca Ron Paul responded, stating: "I don't even have copies of them, because it's ancient history." He also claimed that he had a ghostwriter and never wrote the hateful articles. http://reason.com/blog/2008/01/08/exclusive-ron-paul-responds-to
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Ron Paul made over 1 million dollars on these newsletters. He said that the editor of a newsletter is responsible for the daily events and publishing, and that he traveled a lot and was too busy, for over 20 years mind you, to monitor these things. Only problem is: He was listed as the editor of the newsletter and the publishing address was the same as his home address. I also have published hand written letters that Ron Paul wrote to his subscribers about the newsletters he wrote. Many people can't believe he would say the things he wrote, but if you pay attention to his views on civil rights, hate crimes and how he voted on many issues, it makes sense. Not to mention, he also has miles of support from racist hate groups, and leaders and has stated that he will not give back their campaign donations to him because he's using it for "freedom." …yeah. Another think that I find alarming is that both he and his son have worked with active KKK, NSM, and American Nazi Party members members, who only leave their positions once the media made light of their involvement. This information is also in my tumblr archives if you're interested. Personally, I find all of these things inexcusable and concerning.
And finally, this sums it up pretty well. VIDEO: http://youtu.be/BStxubabDhA
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Dream Big, Read!
Published on Friday, May 25, 2012 - 5:18pm
Calling all kids and parents!
Did you know that the District of Columbia's 2012 Summer Reading Program kicked off on May 14? If you haven't signed up yet, no worries! We want you to read all summer, so come on in any time between now and August 24 to pick up your booklet to log your reading goals.
If you complete the program, you'll be entered into a drawing for a chance to win some really cool prizes!
How It Works:
Your reading logbook has a page for every week of the program, which runs May 14 to Aug. 24.
- Record your reading in each page.
- Place a star in your logbook for every 15 minutes spent reading or attending a library program.
- Read at least 8 hours during the summer to complete the program.
- Bring your completed logbook to your neighborhood library to be eligible to win a prize.
Also, students who will be in fifth and sixth grades in the fall can enter an essay contest, "A Book that Shaped Me," for a chance to win even more prizes.
So come on in to the Mount Pleasant Library, and be sure not to miss out on any of our fun Summer Reading Programs!


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According to House Speaker John Boehner, everything is not rosy in Washington in spite of reports that Democrats and Republicans are working to close a deal.
Boehner signaled that the White House was not serious about making spending cuts or compromising with Republicans adding that he and Majority Leader Eric Cantor had a "frank and direct" meeting with Treasury Secretary Geithner.
"There's a real danger of going off the fiscal cliff," Boehner warned in a press conference this morning. "The White House has got to get serious."


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Skinny Minnie: A Four-Foot-Wide Home
It's a fact of city living that lots are small. Even if your apartment is big, your building is likely only a few feet from the buildings next door. Most of us just walk right on by these gaps without a thought — but not writer Etgar Keret. He noticed a four-foot-wide space in Warsaw, Poland and decided to build a home there.
The house, called Ermitaż, was designed as an art installation by architect Jakub Szczasny, and the project first announced during the 2009 Wola Art Festival. That said, Keret does plan to live there and according to design collective Centrala, it's also intended to be "a studio for invited guests – young creators and intellectualists from all over the world."
While I admire anyone who's willing to live in a smaller space, even the pictures of this are making me claustrophobic — not usually something that bothers me. Suzanne LaBarre, senior editor at Co.Design, noted that it looks like "a sensory depivation chamber." On the flip side, it does include some interesting small space ideas like off-grid plumbing developed from boating technology and stairs that fold into the building with the press of a button.
What do you think? Could you live in a 4-foot-wide home? Would you find it inspiring to stay in one?
Via: NPR.
For more information, see Centrala.
• A Peek Inside: 5 Super Narrow City Spaces
Image Credits: Jakub Szczasny /Centrala
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well thats just too much...talk about minimalist!
I think I would have a heart attach. I don't really do well in small spaces. Just looking at these pictures makes me tense up.
this is like the smart car of submarines.
I need SUNLIGHT! This thing looks like it has only one porthole...maybe.
i feel clinically depressed just looking at this. Will wait for the day's house tour.
Interesting as an art installation...but it doesn't seem very functional as a home, at least for me. I need more windows, and room for a couch, and while the retractable stairs are cool - they mean you can't put anything in that room (except for a lime green beanbag chair apparently).
Claustraphobia for sure!
It looks like the space was not utilized very well. And I'd also ad more skylight and windows.
Where is the kitchen? I would make the whole roof a sunlight...and then sell it as quick as I could, there's no way I would live in that!
Is city space in such a demand that we have to build above an alley? Anyone else concerned about the air quality? yuck!
I too would be concerned about ventillation/air quality and that entire roof should probably take advantage of natural light, but I'd love to try something like this out, so long as I had storage/workspace at an alternate location--and it were soundproof. No use living in a pod if it doesn't let you escape the world.
Who wants to come over to my house for a party?! ...No, you can't really talk to anyone except the person in front of you. ...No, you can't really turn around all that well. ...No, it didn't actually pass common fire codes. ...No, it isn't very comfortable. Okay, forget it, it was an awful idea.
That guy looks really lonely.
c'mon. it's a torture chamber. period.
He will not live in that. There are 3 tiny windows, Half the main floor is a stairway(ramp), and it is utterly depressing. This is only a concept. And the home isn't 4 feet wide, the lot is 4 feet wide so when it is built It'll be more like 3 feet wide. If he got away with and 18 inch desk he would barely be able to walk around it to get to the bed. If he had a two foot wide dining table it would be too tight to walk around that. Even in Poland this would not pass fire code.
All that surface area and one little window? I'd make the whole front glass with frosted glass in the bathroom. This triangle shape is ridiculous - horribly inefficient; "at the acute point of the living room you can crawl on your knees to a bean bag chair" - ha! The front fascia is design for design sake, not a problem solver one bit... Oh yeah, front door anyone? Welcome to hell.
Even if I won't live in there, there are people who can't afford living in a nice apartment. Never the less, taking advantage of unused space in this way is brilliant!! and designers can come up with this kind of ideas as a pro bono projects to improve the society standard of living and to eliminate wasted space.
Aside from what everyone else has already said...uhm...from the street, it looks like a tampon...could it please not be white?
Thank you Front PorchPirate for confirming I wasn't the only one!!! It would be easy to tell guests how to find it......just get off at that busstop and look for the o.b.
I would like to know how you get in/out of this thing.
I would totally live in that thing. The long hallway into my 400 sq ft studio is about 4 feet wide. My desk at work is a bit under 4', so in one dimension my cube is about 4'. It's roomy enough for a workstation with dual 24" monitors. I've had an apartment with a washroom that was as wide as a small shower.
As many have pointed out, more natural light. I'd want two sides of that triangle to be glass. I'd also want it to be a square instead of a triangle, and have 3 sides of it glass.
The retractable staircase is a neat idea too. It's cool uses of small spaces like this that have me looking for an even smaller studio for my next apartment. I've seen some here in Seattle that are < 200ft. That might be a fun challenge.
All I can think about it the poor people living to the right of the existing alley who at LEAST didn't have to share a wall on that side, and now this weird thing has been shoved in the tiny bit of space from others they had.
Concept sketch, I suspect. I've seen another view of this house that shows the two bubbles on the front are translucent and bring light in from the street side.
I think this would be fine for a week or two. I see it as equivalent to tent camping.
As a studio, sure. No distractions, and when a creator is in 'the zone' the size of the space reduces to the immediate task at hand, anyway.
I think it's great!
I also suspect that the odd shape is dictated by existing windows.
I like small spaces, but this is just depressing. It looks like a fancy jail cell.
Shower anyone? Dresser?
It's all fun and games until the dog gets swallowed up by the stairs. It looks interesting, but I can't imagine having guests over. Recall a time when having to push by someone in the kitchen or even public transportation has been, at best, mildly irritating, then multiply by a thousand.
Hm, that is the width of a small car, right? I think the concept is very interesting. Could add mirrors to make the space look bigger. And instead of closing off the street view, why not build the entire front as a window (with fancy shades, of course). And utilize the vertical space - maybe the bed and the tv is pulled down, etc. Fun idea.
I love small spaces and would probably do okay in that house for a short while, but it would bother me that I'd never be able to have people over, unless we wanted to stand and chat to each other in a single file line. I'm surprised there's so little window space though.
This makes me sad.
I need at least 8 feet of space for my long, super model legs. LOL.
Cool idea and I'd love to visit... but never live there.
That green bean bag chair looks so lonely.
It seems sort of mean to make people live in such confined spaces. The poor little fellow in the drawing seems so very sad.
Cool idea for an art gallery. Living in it would be torture! A bike lane is wider than this place!
Heebie jeebies.
I feel claustrophobic just looking at this. Get me out of here!
A clear winner for the small uncool contest.
I agree that it's a terrible use of the incredibly limited space. A triangle? What for? Talk about making a bad setup even worse...
I would live there. No, you probably wouldn't have a lot of guests, so if you like to host, it's not for you. In my bachelor days, this would have been awesome.
The only possible quibble for me is the question of fire safety - alternate escape routes? You'd need to get permission to attach a fire escape to one of the adjacent buildings.
on top of everything else, if the bathroom is really that open to the tiny kitchenette and that close I predict many solitary breakfasts in this man's future.
but, I will say that in many parts of europe entertaining is something done much more out of the house than in, so parties might not be a problem for him.
Oh my goodness! I'm in Warsaw right now, and it's only about a fifteen minute walk from where I'm staying - so checking it out in the morning!
FrontPorchPirate and NorNor almost made me pee my pants. In followup, (and to answer irritablevowel's question): maybe there's a pull string on the door?
My heart started to race looking at the pictures. I wanted to get out of there and I wasn't even in it! No thanks!
Looks like an ad for Tampax. I'm just sayin.
If it's cheap and in a great location, I'd totally do it, under one condition: I'd need some sort of outdoor space where I could lounge and relax for moments when I feel I need to breath.
Claustrophobia, here I come!
Ant farm.


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Ninth Judicial Circuit (Mercer County) Judge Omar Aboulhosn has been appointed chair of the Adjudicated Juvenile Rehabilitation Review Commission, replacing Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman.
Workman had established the commission, which this week changed its name to the Juvenile Justice Commission and expanded its mission to include all out-of-home placements for troubled juveniles, when she was chief justice in 2011.
In the past the commission had focused on juveniles in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Services. Its mission now will be to focus on systemic improvement in the West Virginia juvenile justice system.
Juvenile Justice Monitor Cindy Largent-Hill's title was changed to director of the Juvenile Justice Commission.
Workman said she was pleased the commission has accomplished so much. "Now that the commission has been appointed to monitor compliance under an agreed circuit court order (State ex rel. D.L. and K.P. v. Stephanie Bond, which involved juvenile facilities), this is the time for me to limit my involvement to a strictly administrative role," she said at the meeting.
"Justice Workman showed extraordinary sensitivity and foresight sculpted into beneficial public actions for the least-represented citizens of our state – juveniles in the adjudication process," said Supreme Court Administrative Director Steve Canterbury, who was responsible for construction of six of West Virginia's juvenile detention facilities when he was director of the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority. "Make no mistake, the establishment of the commission by Justice Workman is the fundamental reason the entire state is analyzing changing the way we handle juveniles in trouble in West Virginia."
Aboulhosn said he was looking forward to working on the commission again.
"Juvenile justice is an important topic, not just for the juveniles involved in the system, but also to everyone who works within the system," he said. "It is my hope and desire that through the commission's work, in collaboration with all three branches of government, we will be able to improve the lives of juveniles, correctional officers within the system, and the community as a whole."
In rejoining the commission, Aboulhosn said he will not preside if any further litigation ensues from the D.L. and K.P. v. Bond case. A final order was released in that case on January 21.


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Note: Originally posted August 2013. Last updated May 2014.
Reader comments
Best text editing apps for iPad
I'm still using Elements on iOS and BBEdit on OS X. Great combo if you use Dropbox.
So I've tried a few journal apps, but really just want one long one like I used to do with my double pw protected Word doc for years. Is this a good combo for keeping a journal I can store in Dropbox and edit from Mac and iOS?
nvNotes is worth a try as well. I use it with nvAlt on my Macs synced with Dropbox. Its only drawback is no native iPad support yet, otherwise it's very good.
i agree but holy crap!!! how long are we gonna have to wait?? i thought it was supposed to be out in 2012, now it's gonna be at least mid 2014!!
Me too. Its taking forever but Scrivener is the only way to go.
Unfortunately Apple has lobotomised the latest Pages 5, removing over 90 features and adding heaps of bugs.
EndNote support being one of the features screwed up.
I think Wisdom writer can be compared with above apps, also it was free for sometimes. It has all rich text formatting with table and picture tools.
I was using evernote earlier as I do not write that much on ipad. In-fact I use my iPad to store a lot's of files so i was in need of searching something that can brilliantly manage my ipad files, then I came across files-finder edition for ipad and I was pretty astonished when I used the app and I found it's interface pretty similar to finder of Mac. Now, I can edit my files, sync my files over cloud networks, edit them, sort them. Besides of I got features like in built browser with download manager and file previewer etc.
This post needs to be edited, as Write no longer supports it's remote keyboard feature anymore in iOS 7.
"Not only is an iPad much easier to carry around than a laptop, there are lots of apps specifically tailored for writers of all kinds."
Really? Can someone actually write on a tablet? I cannot see how an iPad could replace a laptop for someone who has to do real work. Maybe I am missing something here, but even typing a simple reply such as this is cumbersome on a touch screen. And since the iPad cannot truly multitask, for me, at least, fetching data and searching for information while creating content is very slow and difficult. But it could be just me.
Have you never heard of keyboard cases?
Staying with Byword for now, as it works on all devices. I would love to use Ulysses III on the Mac (it is the best Markdown editor for OS X by far), but the only mobile tool it works with is Daedalus Touch and, even if the article says otherwise, its Markdown support is abysmal (I do like the stacks concept, but that's about it).
Byword is my favorite. Simple, clean, gets the job done.
1Writer for me. Simple, beautiful and constantly improved by the developer. It's the most similar to Byword but I just prefer it's interface slightly. Also supports Dropbox and iCloud which is great.
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Byword stays on my iOS devices, BBEdit on my Macs. But I think I own most Markdown-supporting editors, rotating them out to keep up with their updates. Markdown shortcuts could be better in Byword and I have occasional, minor formatting issues with most of these editors, usually due to the different flavors of Markdown used, which I wish the app developers would list better in descriptions.
Happy for all the .md editor choices for Apple devices. Not much exists for Android in this area, and what does is no where close to the quality of any of the editors mentioned above.
I should have mentioned I use Marked 2 on my Macs. If you're really into Markdown, you already know about it and nvAlt from Brett Terpstra. Marked 2 is fantastic.
It amazes me that organizations like yours can so blatantly leave out one of the leading and most versitile iOS products out there!
Where is Drafts?! Drafts interfaces better than anything you reviewed and has complete URI support, has been around for a long time and has wonderful support!
I find articles like these are terribly bias and not useful in truly evaluating solutions for users, except for seeing what products advertise with iMore the most.


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The San Francisco Ballet's celebration of the U.S. premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella was a magical evening that included a Benefit Dinner, a spectacular full-length performance, and an after-party at the San Francisco Memorial Court.
Presented by America's oldest professional ballet company, the black-tie gala opened with guests being greeted by a 20-foot fog wall depicting a whimsical, growing tree in a fairytale courtyard under a specially tented pavilion. The night included dinner and cocktails in the lobby of the War Memorial Opera House, and led into a spectacular main area furnished with plush textiles and gold finishes—a sumptuous eventscape designed by Riccardo Benavides.
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Jurassic Park Redux: A Review of Terra Nova
- Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Fox's prehistoric epic, Terra Nova, lumbered onto the screen with the obligatory two-hour "event." The good news is the computer generated dinosaurs look real. The bad news is the human interaction seems a bit less than that.
The story opens in the smoky, congested Chicago of the year 2149. You can't see the sun. You can't breathe the air. You're forbidden by law to have more than two children. Guess which of these cages Jim Shannon and his wife Elisabeth have rattled.
The good news is scientists have discovered a "time fracture" which will allow select groups to travel 85 million years into the past, giving humanity a fresh start in a community called Terra Nova. The bad news is, though Elisabeth and two of the three children have been chosen to make the trip, Jim is stuck in prison for overdoing the daddy bit.
In the first breakneck half-hour of the pilot, the third child is discovered, Jim goes to jail for two years, breaks out of jail, breaks into another facility to steal his illicit daughter (hiding the five-year-old in a backpack), successfully falsifies a "pilgrimage" pass, joins his family at the point where time is fractured, busts through the cops, outruns them and time itself. Whew! Makes me tired just writing about it!
I found the world of the mid-twenty-second century more interesting than the Jurassic Park redux that claimed the balance of the pilot. At least, it left me with more questions: Why did the world go toxic? What sort of government is in power? What is the place of religion in 2149? How did time get "fractured" anyway?
And how did camping manufacturers make a backpack that would not only hold a five-year-old but look and carry like an ordinary backpack? My admiration for such invention knows no bounds!
Of course, noticing these improbabilities is like shooting fish in a barrel. Obviously, they were in a hurry to get to the Good Stuff. We'll get to the dinosaurs in a minute. First, let's look at the human beings in this thing.
The Shannons' two older kids, Josh and Maddy, are fairly typical of TV "family show" teens. The former is obstinate, the latter studious. Our backpack baby, Zoe, is the cute, innocent, threat-fodder she's required to be. Though Josh mourns the loss of the Girl He Left Behind, he quickly forms a relationship with an adventurous female named Skye.
Barking orders at all and sundry is the mysterious Commander Taylor. The first to make the jump across time, he leads this growing community of pilgrims. Opposing him is an equally mysterious woman named Mira, leader of the "Sixers" (referring to those who came on the Sixth Pilgrimage). There's an unexplained enmity between the two groups.
After establishing time, place, and major characters, the pilot gives us what we really want to see—the dinos. They do not disappoint. The first encounter between the Shannons and the ancient reptiles is charming. As little Zoe holds a branch aloft, a Brachiosaur leans over the tall pen to eat it, lifting the child off the ground. (Apparently these long-neckers have been domesticated, but to what purpose? You can't milk 'em. And riding them sure wouldn't be easy!)
The next encounter between man and monster is anything but sedate, a rock-em, sock-em chase between a "Carnotaur" and a human land rover--a good place for Commander Taylor to display his macho mojo. Flawlessly executed, the interaction between humans and dinosaurs is seamless in the pilot, interestingly titled "Genesis."
The same holds true in the second episode, "Instinct." This one centers on the threat of flying pterosaurs. The migratory creatures are upset because the founders of Terra Nova unwittingly destroyed their mating ground.
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BC student Anusia Hirsch has done something few other lawyers or students have dared to do--blog about her client experiences.
"BC LAB Blog," started by Hirsch during her summer position at the Law School's Legal Assistance Bureau in Waltham, chronicles her first exposure to the realities of becoming a working lawyer--a challenge, she says, that was well worth taking on.
"As I went through my first year," she says in her first video blog entry, "I was wishing that someone before me had kept a journal to document their experiences so that I knew what to expect...I really didn't know what was available in my career path."
Hirsch didn't get to it during her busy first year, but she decided to do something similar while working at BC LAB.
She wanted to make the blog as personal and real as possible, in order to help students coming after her understand what it was like at LAB. As she began blogging, she realized that the more important aspects of the job often had confidentiality issues wrapped around them, and it became difficult to chronicle her experiences without running into problems. She wanted to talk about her client interactions. After talking with the school and with her LAB faculty members, and doing a lot of research, she found that to the best of her knowledge, no other law school student in the country had done what she wanted to do.
"There were so many ethical considerations to go into the decision," Hirsch says. "First and foremost, client confidentiality...and also criticisms toward me for doing this. We're testing new waters, and that can be risky business. So we had extensive conversations about how to do this in accordance with ethical guidelines."
With the assistance of her teachers, Hirsch came up with detailed and stringent guidelines to follow. She received permission from a client to tell her story, with details changed, and with the understanding that LAB and Law School staff and the client would sign off on every entry before it was posted.
Then she began to tell "Sarah's" story. The result is an often touching, personal account of a young law student learning how to be a lawyer--interacting with sensitive client meetings, learning how to interview, how to be empathetic without letting the case overwhelm you, and how to argue effectively.
The blog was quickly picked up by BC Law alumnus Robert Ambrogi's Law Sites, and then by the ABA Journal. Eagleionline, the student blog for the law school, also picked it up. Hirsch's--and Sarah's--story received a lot of attention.
Hirsch finished blogging several weeks ago, as her summer position ended, but she's been energized by the experience, and is now considering ways to integrate her interest in social media with her legal career. "There are so many ways to tell stories," she says. "We need to do a better job showing new students what law school, and lawyering, is like. I hope to remain a part of that process."
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It's no secret that we have a real humdinger of a crush on the Gardener. We've touted their wares more than once and bragged about the fact that we stalk the store on a regular basis. We've even foisted a giveaway on our loyal readers in an attempt to spread our obsession.
The Gardener's newly launched webstore is mighty nifty and can easily set the heart atwitter, but the full-on butterfly rumblings don't set in until you've stepped into the actual store.
The Gardener pulls so much of what we love about California and lets it all play together with other cultures from around the world. Local artists and artisans are prominently featured alongside wares from faraway lands and special attention is paid to handmade objects.
And though our pocket books aren't always in the mood to oblige us, taking a stroll around the store can be equally inspiring. The Gardener is top-notch at creating settings and moods that send our minds reeling with possibilities. During the holiday season, unexpected displays of red and green cacti as centerpieces sent us running to our local nursery.
Stop in to pick up a handmade mug for yourself or grab a nice box of soaps or a cookbook for your sweetie. Believe us, anything from this store will be welcomed with open arms. There's even a lovely little children's selection for those pint-sized Valentines.
Don't forget about their other two locations at the San Francisco Ferry Building and in Healdsburg.
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I love The Gardener too, but I'm disappointed in how much they mark up some of their goods. I discovered this accidentally when I bought a stovetop grill called "El Asador" there for $75, as a gift. It didn't come with a box or any instructions, and I was hoping to include some pointers on how to use it. The metal rim was stamped with "Santa Fe School of Cooking," so I looked on their web site to see if they might have a description I could print to include with the gift. Imagine my surprise to see that they're charging $29.95 for the same item. Wow - even taking shipping into account, 250% is a lot of mark-up. When I returned the grill to The Gardener and asked if the price was a mistake, they said it wasn't, and the reason the cooking school could charge less is that it it's an online-only store. This would probably come as a surprise to the people who take cooking classes there :-).
Anyway, that got me paying attention, and I've noticed the same thing with other items at The Gardener. They have such a beautiful selection that I'd be fine with paying something extra because of their skill in bringing everything together. But not double or triple what other places charge.
vickio: I felt the same way about the mark-up. Their prices are too over-priced and I can think of spending my money for the garden area somewhere else. Same goes for Smith & Hawkin, of which I love...at least they have sales.


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