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There was an opening reception before Tyondai Braxton's HIVE performance at the Guggenheim with access to the current exhibition Gutai: Splendid Playground. The first installation you come across are the sweeping plastic containers holding pockets of colored water, titled Work (Water) 1956.
My immediate impression was that the containers could burst open and hurl the water towards the ground at any moment, appearing as though over time the weight from the water stretched the plastic down inch-by-inch. I asked one of the guards if that was the case, but he said they've stayed the same since they were first installed. Looking at this picture now, after reading Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, it reminds of the strange physicality of plastic and its effect on our environment.
Plastic is known for its malleability, it can be stretched, wrapped, heated, and twisted. Where water can take the shape of its container, plastic can take the shape of its contents. As if through the alchemy involved in creating this new material we've inverted of one of water's characteristic properties. A convenient new property, which we've taken full advantage of.
Despite it's flexibility and myriad applications, plastic does a wonderful job of resisting decomposition long after it's been discarded. If you're curious to know how long, it seems there's no definitive answer. Mainly because there are many different types of plastic, each containing varying chemicals, some toxic, some not, with their own timeline towards decomposition. There are also varying definitions of decomposition.
If you go poking around you'll quickly find some claims of 10-12 years, some 450, some at least 1000 years and others saying never, "there is no real documented half-life, because there is no living organism that has evolved to where they could eat the elements that make up the plastic." Although the work of Paul Stamets shows that we can use fungi growth to breakdown oil forming thriving ecosystems at former spill sites. Since plastic is made from petroleum, it's probably only a matter of time until we develop fungal solutions used in breaking down our plastic waste.
Despite those uncertainties, the reality is we're occupying a time where oil reserves will be exhausted in less than 30 years, with no viable transition plan. Like this Gutai installation, we're in a state of flux although indefinitely still. Waiting for our governments, institutions, and employers to show us the way, but this awkward phase of waiting for the end; the end of nonrenewable energy, the end of unconscionable convenience, the end of destroying the environment to make way for our existence can all be seeded through individual action. A slight, continual change of behavior simply because we choose to care.
around this time last month i went to see tyondai braxton's band / architectural installation, hive, perform at the guggenheim. the performance was setup in the rotunda where you were allowed to roam freely among the tiers of twisting floors and choose your vantage point for the show. we chose a spot where you rarely get to see musicians play, behind from above.
in this short clip of the frenetic drum ensemble, you'll notice the strange pod that each of the performers were sitting on, lights peering through and bouncing off the perforated platforms.
i remember really enjoying the beginning of the performance. the drums were tightly syncopated with intermittent flourishes, which you'll hear in this clip, followed by thunderous buildups that reminded me of traditional japanese drum ensembles. somewhere in between the electronics seemed to take stage and the overall tone felt more stagnant and droning. maybe that was the intention, a conflict between the analog and the digital, each one not knowing how to resolve the other's presence.
i've never seen a performance like it before, which was the main reason for attending and i'm looking forward to future performances by braxton and whatever outfits he cooks up.
if you find yourself in the american museum of natural history's butterfly conservatory, look for the one with transparent wings. it's a superficial little bug that's just fishing for compliments, but if you feed it some sugar it'll refract light free of charge.
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These words are not my own, but I do wish they were. If you're thirsty for more, please visit their home, Secret School.
When I first moved to New York, there was not yet a Platform for Pedagogy or Nonsense List for fun events and lectures. However, there was a very nice university nearby that my husband attended. I found out that they had open wifi access throughout the campus, lectures that were free to the public, a library that was fairly cheap to access, and generally relaxed security. I started sitting in on large lecture hall classes that I found out about through their online registrar and even buying the books for the classes from their book store. In the end, I enrolled as a student there for a year, but this always struck me as an amazing way to have access to an ivy league education (for what that is worth to you) for little or nothing.
There were of course drawbacks to this system:
If you want to try this strategy:
Do your research. Go to the school and scope out the security and the other students there. See if you can blend. See what you have legitimate access to (events, lectures, etc), and have a good reason to crash a course.
Don't be rude. Respect the teacher and students there. Don't be late and don't go to small classes where it will be obvious that you are just popping in.
We trust you, so please trust us. Trade School is a litigation free zone.
Just came across this footnote on Trade School's site. It's a powerful little statement that I've never seen before, but quite like.
Hey, let's act like responsible adults.
There will come a time when the proper education of children, by a glorified system of spontaneous education of choice, similar to the Montessori System, will be made possible. Children, as well as grown-ups, in their individual, glorified, drudgery-proof homes of Labrador, the tropics, the Orient, or where you will, to which they can pass with pleasure and expedition by means of ever-improving transportation, will be able to tune in their television and radio to the moving picture lecture of, let us say, President Lowell of Harvard; the professor of Mathematics of Oxford; of the doctor of Indian antiquities of Delhi, etc. Education by choice, with its marvelous motivating psychology of desire for truth, will make life ever cleaner and happier, more rhythmic and artistic.
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Every child has an enormous drive to demonstrate competence. If humans are not required to earn a living to be provided survival needs, many are going to want very much to be productive, but not at those tasks they did not choose to do but were forced to accept in order to earn money. Instead, humans will spontaneously take upon themselves those tasks that world society really needs to have done.
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This weekend, while out for a walk in Wyomissing, PA, I came across a pair of Irish Wolfhounds that stopped me dead in my tracks. The sheer size of these beasts was mesmerizing. They stood halfway up my torso at the shoulder and would've easily towered over me standing on their hind legs. Luckily they're completely docile and enjoy curious company, so I decided to stick around for a bit while their owner shared his experience raising them for the past 40 years.
Historians date the breed back to 273 BC, but speculate they existed much earlier (c. 7000 BC). They were bred as war dogs, leading soldiers into battle and knocking enemies off their horses, and even fought and died for public entertainment in Rome's Circus Maximus.
As the Celts moved on from mainland Europe to the British Isles they brought the wolfhounds with them to thin out the population of Irish wolves. It is believed that the last wolf in Ireland was killed by 1786.
I was imagining what they must look like running top speed, and managed to find a video of them coursing after a lure at what looks like ~40mph.
I started reading the book River of Shadows: Eadward Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca Solnit. It's part biography of Eadward Muybridge, part survey of the Californian frontier circa the mid-1800s, and part investigation on how new inventions at the time (the transcontinental railroad, the telegraph, and Muybridge's innovations in moving imagery), all lead to California's most influential contributions to contemporary society, Hollywood and Silicon Valley. I know, straight brill.
I just finished the second chapter and want to point out its theme, as it's coming up quite frequently in the field of design and architecture lately …
The West presented many opportunities to become what is commonly called a self-made man, a man of wealth, but it offered more profoundly an opportunity to make oneself up, as a fiction, a character, a hero, unburdened by the past. p.33
The West was to them an arena for self-invention, and truth was whatever the winner said it was. Joshua Norton, an English Jew who came to California via South Africa, initially made a fortune speculating in foodstuffs. In 1853, he tried to corner the rice market at twelve cents a pound, only to be ruined when Peruvian ships sailed in full of rice at three cents a pound. He apparently cracked under the strain of the crisis, then reemerged in 1859 with a proclamation he gave to the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin to publish, announcing he was emperor of the United States. Later he added "and Protector of Mexico" to his title. For the next twenty-one years he wandered the city, graciously receiving homage, chastising the disrespectful, and taking tribute in the form of free meals, free clothes, and small sums of money given for his irredeemable bonds, printed for free by local shops. His career as emperor was made by the collusion of the citizens of San Francisco and the newspapers that published his edicts, those old San Francisco newspapers that mixed together poetry and scandals and civic matters. p 35-36
So, the next time you find yourself exaggerating a story of something you experienced, think of Joshua Norton, the former self-proclaimed emperor of the United States of America, and try harder! Or better yet, ponder these words by Timothy "Speed" Levitch (from the documentary "The Cruise"):
"Your narcissism is…mediocre!"
At about the same time I started reading River of Shadows I went to see The Art of Scent 1889-2012 at the Museum of Arts and Design. I've never been to an exhibition like it before, obviously because scent was the main sense used in perceiving the work, but also because of the lack of imagery. In a bold move by exhibition curator Chandler Burr, he required all participating companies to renounce their fragrances of all branding, packaging, and marketing language. By stripping the fragrances of their persuasive pageantry each viewer is able to let their noses alone guide them. It made for a truly novel experience. What more can you ask for from an art exhibition, AMIRITE?
I didn't want the exhibit to end. Luckily, a week later MAD hosted a show-and-tell-style talk between curator Burr and the house perfumer for Rochas, Jean-Michel Duriez, so I was sure to snatch a ticket. The event was a wonderful survey of the process of making fine fragrances through breaking down their raw materials, both natural and synthetic, used in the modes leading to the final creation. Hearing Burr's opinionated, oft-flamboyant articulation of his interpretations of the fragrances and their constituent parts really made the night. The talk was recorded, so I was hoping to share, but it doesn't seem to be online yet. So I dug a bit further and found a TEDx Talk he gave in 2009, which seems to be the announcement of his establishing the Department of Olfactory Art at the Museum of Art and Design and the precursor to the Art of Scent exhibition.
The exhibition has certainly stayed with me. Since my initial visit I've been thinking about the olfactory arts in new ways. One of them being how much work and practice must go into training one's sense of smell in order to become a master perfumer. Knowing how much of an influence smell has over taste I've been wondering how someone with hyperosmia (an acute sense of smell) must experience eating. I picture these master perfumers having dinner parties where they're curating smells as appetizers as a way to heighten the taste of each course. It turns out, Chandler Burr does just that. He calls them Scent Dinners.
So the other thing I've been thinking about is how the olfactory arts are going to become the new playground for fine artists in the near future. I think Burr's championing of the olfactory arts as a practice deserving of the same reverence as the rest of the fine arts will usher in a whole new interpretation of scent-making and -perception.
One example recently popped up in a post by Fast Co. on the use of personal fragrances in branding. In the interview, ScentAir's Director of Fragrance Development, Mark Signorin, shares his experience creating such fragrances for a dinosaur ride in Orlando, and simulations for the US military and airline pilots.
There's a particular vocabulary to the world of scent. I've heard you use the words "billboard," "thematic," "ambient," and "branding" to describe different approaches. What do they mean?
"Billboard" means you put a fragrance into the air, and that's something they're specifically trying to sell. So a Ralph Lauren store sells a line of fragrances, and we might put that into the air. "Thematic" means, with a company like REI, for instance, they may have a mountainscape, and we'll put a woody type fragrance. Or they may have camping equipment, and we'll put a campfire smell. "Ambient" is when a business just wants their customers to come in and feel comfortable. Maybe they want to take away any musty odors in the store.
"Branding" is the most complex. If you think about JW Marriott, they have a very defined brand: luxury without pretense. They gave us a big brand book, and we had multiple meetings with them. I had to develop a scent that would work in their big, "great room" type lobbies that in some cases have restaurants. I had to develop something I thought was going to work, not clash, and hit home the brand message.
So now we're moving into an even more immersive experience with the brands of tomorrow, where they're truly an ecosystem of their own. It seems insidious to think that a potential customer could enter a store like REI and the thematic scent would bring them back to a specific experience they had while hiking the Appalachian Trail, which fires off some endorphins and that revisited excitement influences a purchase, but hey advertising has always been pushing those boundaries. Now those fabrications are becoming all the more tangible.
Since we digressed a bit on the new influence of scent-making in branding I want to get back to the allure of the frontier that Solnit discussed in River of Shadows. The West was a muse to those inviting risk in pursuit of fame and fortune. It was a tabula rasa begging to be imprinted upon by the lives, stories, and fictions of its new inhabitants. By all those creative souls that were daring enough to leave their past lives behind at the opportunity to invent new ones.
A lovely example of this popped up with Roman Mars' latest episode of 99% Invisible. The episode, titled The Zanzibar and Other Building Poems. Rodrigo Rojas, a Chilean poetry student, found a way to integrate his poetry with real estate development during Santiago's economic boom in the mid-1990s—by naming buildings.
It's another testament to the power of storytelling in shaping reality. Rojas was especially keen on tapping into the psyche of developers and potential residents by crafting names and stories that encapsulated a future they aspired to live in.
And that's the way it's always been, hasn't it? We conquer, we exile, we build new cities on top of old, we unseat monuments and erect new ones, we rewrite texts, and spread new gospels all in an effort to make one's singular realities universal.
50,000 years ago our ancestors reached Australia and by 15,000 BC Homo Sapiens crossed into present-day Alaska via what is now the Bering Strait when it was either dry land or frozen. Then, within a few thousand years, they reached the southernmost tip of South America and, with the exception of a few islands in the Pacific, most of the world was colonised by humans by this time.* Why did we spread out to the ends of the Earth? Perhaps the same reason Eadward Muybridge left England for San Francisco…
Photographers sometimes scraped their plates clean to start over, and many of the negatives of the Civil War were recycled into greenhouse plates without being scraped, their images of the harvest of death gradually fading away to let more and more light in on the orchids or cucumbers beneath. p. 36
*A Short History of the World by Christopher Lascelles
woot woot! I'm with you on focused consumption, sometimes just being aware is the trickiest part. Looking forward to all your projects! =)
Hey Bree! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I can certainly appreciate publishing things anonymously online. I think I always enjoyed the mystery of not knowing who's posting things I enjoy and having to actively piece together the puzzle along the way, but that's not why I started writing.
I realized that I consume way, way too much information, but when I'd like to recall certain things it's this vague mess of stuff. I forget the details, the source, how it relates, etc. The quality of the information is suspect as well. I'm mostly referring to time spent wading through social media feeds. It's a completely passive way of using the internet and I think it's become as mind-numbing as sitting in front of a TV all day. The other thing is that coming from a design background a lot of the information is imagery void of context. By reading more and writing about the things I get excited about I'm trying to create my own context, and balance things out by consuming less and contributing more.
The other part comes from missing the environment that school creates. The wild exchange of ideas and insights, the potential energy. The excitement is palpable and contagious, but that inevitably wanes after graduating. So writing is a way to get back into critical thinking, drawing connections between the ideas I'm coming across, and sharing them in the hopes of finding other curious people with similar interests.
I also started listening to podcasts like This American Life, Radiolab, and 99% Invisible, which have been a steady flow of incredibly insightful content. Over the past few months history and journalism have really kept my attention and practicing writing seems like a decent way to learn more about both.


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Presse Café have introduced two early bird offers for their customers who love the smell of coffee early in the morning. Early-morning visitors to the cafés at Stavrou, Ayios Antonios and the new outlet at the end of Ledra Street, will get a free muffin with their medium and large orders from 7am to 11am, while for any two coffee purchases any time of the day, the third coffee is free. Offers are valid only weekdays and until December 15.

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Youssef and Laila are two typical thirtysomething Cairenes, professional, single, emotionally guarded and faced with a world where traditional, secular and religious influences collide and crash repeatedly. Youssef is an anaesthesiologist who has taken to napping in his car, in order to grab some precious solitude. Laila is a disaffected radio talk show host. Together, the pair cautiously gravitate towards each other, yet remain isolated by their respective situations and circumstances. But there's much more to 'The Aquarium' than a hesitant romance - characters frequently move 'out' of the narrative to ponder Laila and Youssef's lives, adding a further dimension and chucklesome wit to this elegiac ode to the impenetrable mysteries of love.
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Cubs 40-Man Roster InfoOrganization Depth ChartMLB Rules Info
39 players on RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus three players on 60-DAY DL
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# bats both
Jake Arrieta
Dallas Beeler
* Felix Doubront
Kyuji Fujikawa
Justin Grimm
Kyle Hendricks
Edwin Jackson
* Eric Jokisch
Blake Parker
Neil Ramirez
Hector Rondon
* Zac Rosscup
Brian Schlitter
Dan Straily
Pedro Strop
Jacob Turner
Carlos Villanueva
Arodys Vizcaino
* Tsuyoshi Wada
* Travis Wood
* Wesley Wright
* John Baker
Welington Castillo
* Rafael Lopez
Javy Baez
Starlin Castro
Mike Olt
* Anthony Rizzo
Chris Valaika
* Luis Valbuena
Christian Villanueva
* Logan Watkins
# Arismendy Alcantara
* Chris Coghlan
* Ryan Kalish
Junior Lake
Jorge Soler
Matt Szczur
Josh Vitters
James McDonald, P
Justin Ruggiano, OF
* Ryan Sweeney, OF
For failing to sign top overall pick Brady Aiken, the Houston Astros will get the 2nd pick in 2015 draft as well their their regular pick. The teams with the 10 worst records (top 11 picks) have their first round pick protected if they signed a qualified free agent this offseason.
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Happy Groundhog day (again and again). From the heart of Snowmageddon this surgeon gets his first "Snow Day" since the big snow of 1967. So here comes an impromptu odds & ends post.
The first order of business is to remind those digging out from the Thunder-Blizzard (and to warm them up) that the CUBS PITCHERS and CATCHERS report to Mesa in 11 DAYS, officially on February 13th (per Carrie Muskat at mlb.com). Position Players report on Feb 18th and the FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME is in 25 DAYS as the Cubs play Oakland on Feb 27th at Mesa.
Snow Angels and more, after the jump...
Dodgers vs Os
"We're going to be very involved," Epstein said. "We will add talent from outside the organization. I hope we add impact talent, but it has to make sense. We can't completely sell out for 2015. It's starting to be the right time to add impact talent.
"We try to look at these things in stages. Between this offseason, next year's trade deadline and next offseason, we will add impact talent from outside the organization.
A's and Nats says I. Or at least that's the World Series I'd rather see. (The gambler in me is saying I shouldn't bet on a team that could be eliminated with a loss today, of course.)
CUBSTER: Billy McKinney has that sweet lefty swing you see every now & then. It can't be taught. He hit a HR over the RF fence in a sim game last week, and he shows that same power in BP, but he didn't show it in games at Daytona. He doesn't appear to have the arm to stay in RF and I doubt that he will have the range to play CF, either, but he's more than a 4th OF. He can flat-out hit.
Hold the Mayo...JM writes about CJ Edwards
Cubster predicts Cardinals vs A's (kiss of death prediction, of course and Adam Dunn as Series MVP)
AZ Phil: although Billy McKinney and Kyle Schwarber (Sac Fly is a good thing) didn't get hits, can you comment on what you see when watching them and maybe some updated projections on them. Also, would love to hear what you think of Chesny Young. Thanks.
Playoff predictions?
I'm going Tigers vs Dodgers and taking the Tigers.
I'm rooting for Angels of course, although A's winning it after that horrific second half would satisfy my inner contrarian. Otherwise Pirates or Royals would be fun to watch win.
"We're going to compete while developing young talent."
thank gawd...been waiting to hear this for years.
i'm not expecting $40m of free agents to flood in or anything like that, but some investment in talent that's expected to stick around past the trade deadline would be nice...something to help fans forget ejax anyway...
I wouldn't complain if he started in AAA, he was fucking awful at the plate.
How FA's decide where to go...
1. Money
2. Money
3. Money
5-10: Everything else
Players so rarely turn down money unless we're talking just a couple of million, or if they really hate a city or state (or their wives do).
guess this was obvious, but "Cubs project Javier Baez will be their Opening Day 2B in 2015."
from Patrick Mooney
all coaches coming back except assistant hitting coach Mike Brumley
One thing the Cubs have in their favor is Theo. I have a hunch his reputation is pretty good among players. I can't say I have evidence to back it up, it's just a gut feeling. Another thing going for them is who wouldn't want to be part of the team that beats the curse. Naturally, there are guys who barely know much about it, but overall I gotta think that's pretty powerful stuff. Last I saw Houston was number 1 in minor league rankings, so they're doing something right, too.
BP's Monday morning 10 pack, reviews ten prospects including Cubs...
Gleyber Torres, SS, Cubs (Short-season Boise)
In 2013 the Cubs were aggressive in the international free agent market as they completely blew out their pool money to acquire their targets. Torres and Eloy Jimenez were the two headliners from that class, with Torres commanding a $1.7 million bonus. He is a shortstop at present but, at 17, he's still a raw product at the position. I think he has the athleticism to remain there but he will need to take to further coaching and instruction to stick.
Shields v Lester is an awesome way to kick off the playoffs!
Everyone knows that tonight's game is for rights to advance to the ALDS, but also know that the losing starter is going to have to wait until Day 2 of the Cubs' 2015 season to pitch, giving Opening Day rights to tonight's winner.
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PUMA Time Summer Collection Road Show
Summer is coming! The Slide & Loop personify 'play time' with its fresh, colorful and functional sport watch. A hot item in the summer time!
There will be a prize game, model presentation of watches and discount offer on the day of the show. Come join our show and enter to win a free watch!
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The giver
Lois Lowry
Children's Fiction LOWRY
Lois Lowry
Children's Fiction LOWRY
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booklion246 said:
If you haven't read this book already, that's weird. Go pick it up 'cause you won't regret it!
posted Aug 26, 2013 at 3:03PM
Mary said:
This book was so amazing!! I loved it sssooo much I read it in three days! It was totally one of the best books I've ever read! Every moment was so perfectly paced and just drew you in! And Jonas was such a likeable character. I would DEFFINENTLY recommend this book!
posted Apr 23, 2013 at 5:29PM
Mary said:
This book was so amazing!! I loved it sssooo much I read it in three days! It was totally one of the best books I've ever read! Every moment was so perfectly paced and just drew you in! And Jonas was such a likeable character. I would DEFFINENTLY recommend this book!
posted Apr 23, 2013 at 5:29PM
WolfMoon said:
This one made me cry, though it took me forever to read it.
posted Nov 16, 2012 at 4:45PM
WolfMoon said:
Okay...really not one of my favorite books, but I guess you should read it. I read it, I cried, I ate some chocolate, I felt much better.
posted Sep 9, 2012 at 1:22PM
thebookworm said:
i LOVED this book i read it in the fifth grade as a class and i have reread it and can understand it so much better now this book was exquisitly written and if u loved the giver i highly reccomend the book MATCHED by ally condie it is super popular now too. I honestly cant believe how many people even adults havnt read this book. this is a defenet MUST READ book!!!!!!!!! but i gotta warn you it IS very deep. but even if this book does not seem to be "your kind of book" you should seriousley try it! i diddnt really think it was my kind if book at first either but this book was the one that got me started on aposapocoliptic settings in books! please at least try it! it was very good!!!!! =)
posted Jul 29, 2012 at 9:30PM
Roxkin Reader said:
I have read this book in school, it is A LOT different then the other books I read. I find it really sad that Jonas is going through all this. I find it to be a quick read but to the point.
posted Nov 26, 2011 at 9:30AM
johnrobs85 said:
this book has really a different concept that's why i like this book very much.
posted Oct 3, 2011 at 4:51AM
EasyOrange3 said:
This book is about a Dystopian society, and everything is perfect. But not for much longer...(Utopian and dystopian society.) Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memory, which means he'll get memories tranferred from the Giver to himself, and he will start to find out what colour is, what pain is, and what life should be like...
posted Oct 2, 2011 at 1:41PM
This book is really different. Its about a utopia world were everything is black and white. It is really interesting a very good read.
posted Jul 18, 2011 at 3:26PM
sal13 said:
older but still good
posted Jul 6, 2011 at 8:27PM
juliette said:
i like the book and imagine to be n a world that you make 3 erors and then you are elminated for ever that would be ba and not a utopian world
posted Oct 26, 2010 at 1:34PM
free2write said:
Enter into a perfect Utopian Society. Meet Jonas, who is suddenly chosen to be the next "giver" the one who holds who will be given all the memories of what used to be normal life. He will hold memories such as the feelings of climate change, color, ECT. But what happens when Jonas can't take it?
posted Apr 25, 2010 at 1:10AM
onerepublic4ever said:
I enjoyed this book also. all i would like to say and that i understand and i hope people will agree with me on is that the community of the Giver is simple, They don't have emotions and they shun the word love and you cant reallt make a facial expression for the word love. and therefore i come to the conclusion they only use emotion as words they can make facial expressions for. i mean look at it this way. Love can be a smile, or a frown or glance. happy is a smile or gesture. Sad is a frown. Mad can be an action glance or scowl. simple as that
posted Mar 23, 2010 at 9:32PM
AllieRose said:
You will never perceive our world the same again.
posted Jan 22, 2010 at 10:06PM
Meg said:
I really liked it. It would be a great read for anyone, of any age.
posted Feb 21, 2009 at 11:12AM
Meg said:
I really liked it. It would be a great read for anyone, of any age.
posted Feb 21, 2009 at 11:12AM
doglover101 said:
I really enjoyed this book. I thought i was a teeny bit sad at one part but otherwise great! I would recommend this book to anyone. :)
posted Feb 21, 2009 at 10:33AM
charms09200 said:
This book is so far out there that it grabs you and throws you into this world. It makes you think in a different way, absolutely wonderful. Gathering Blue and the Messenger are also wonderful
posted Nov 28, 2008 at 7:51PM
ariannalopez13 said:
really really good book
posted Oct 4, 2008 at 12:15PM
big hoopz 43 said:
This book was good. It was kind of sad the people couldn't really live there lives were controlled that was sad. but the point of the story was powerful and any person who is not sure whats there purpose on life should read this book ~ arianna~
posted Aug 11, 2008 at 6:06PM
Olivia Priedeman said:
I love how the world is ment to be perfect. The way the author had the people in the world not have color or anything as simple as snow. And how she described all the the memorys it really made me think about life and feelings.
posted Jul 6, 2008 at 9:19PM
Books You Have To Read said:
This is about a boy who lives in a community where everything is better and the same- and there are no history classes!
posted May 25, 2008 at 9:36AM
Books You Have To Read said:
This is a classic...for a good reason. Some people say he dies at the end but I think that's crazy.
posted May 23, 2008 at 4:46PM
bklover said:
This is one of the most interesting sci-fi books i have ever read, it makes you almost gratful for pain and suffering, i know that sounds like a horrible book to read but if you are up 2 it u should deffinently read it sometime
posted Apr 7, 2008 at 8:06PM
amy beth said:
This beautiful and poignant story reminds readers that the cold analysis of life, the scientific measurement and ordered march toward a controllable, greater good is a pursuit of life without meaning. Without accepting and celebrating the myriad of emotion -- love, anger, joy, pain, fear, belief, and without acknowledging the weight of the past and our connection to it, we are only animals; we deny the magic and power of our special, human creation.
posted Jan 18, 2008 at 4:51PM
Helen said:
The Giver is a sad but good book. It is based on a story about a boy named Jonas and his life in the community that he is living in. If you like a mix of sadness and adventure you should read The Giver
posted Jul 1, 2007 at 9:17AM
Helen said:
The Giver is a sad but good book. It is based on a story about a boy named Jonas and his life in the community that he is living in. If you like a mix of sadness and adventure you should read The Giver
posted Jul 1, 2007 at 9:17AM
graulak said:
The giver is about a community in the future where feelings are prohibited, there are no choices and a poisonous fluid is given to the elderly, and people and new children that are a risk to community, jonas the main character does not find this out until at his ceremony of twelve when he gets his assignment (job) the speaker skips him and then at the end announces jonas as the new giver. the giver is the holder of all memories both good and bad and is a very important person, but after one year of training jonas finds out about "release" a ritual in witch children that are to young or identical and the elderly along with the people that pose a threat to the community are given a life taken injection and killed when jonas finds out he and the giver make a plan one the might result in release for both him and the giver but jonas doesn't care he has found the true meaning of freedom and wants it more than anything, he has nothing to leave behind....except the giver whom jonas has grown to love but now must leave behind…..
posted Jun 5, 2006 at 8:37PM
Brooke said:
The Giver is a book about a boy, Jonas, who lives in a community free from pain, emotions, and normal life. Then he is chosen to be the next Receiver, the honored person chosen to receive all the memories. Underneath the Giver's training, Jonas learns many things that he has never heard of before, painful and happy. This book is very good, even though it was a bit strange at first! But I really enjoyed The Giver.
posted May 9, 2006 at 11:08AM
Molly said:
I really liked it. I think everyone should read it because it gives an idea of what the world might be like without war, color, music and lots of other things. [Newbery Medal Winner]
posted May 9, 2006 at 11:08AM
Morgan said:
it was awsome! i read it for a book report last year, and i read ahed of the class.i recomend this to everyone who likes fanicy,old fashond stuff, and books in generil. it is about a boy who was chosen to be a "Giver" he was to be given the job when the prevous Giver died. Five stars!
posted May 9, 2006 at 11:08AM
Heather said:
I thought this book was just extrodairny. It drew me into its fasacaniting plot about the future and I felt like I was in the book as a reciever with Jonas, the main character. I couldn't stop reading it, I was so sucked into it. [Newbery Medal Winner]
posted May 9, 2006 at 11:08AM
Jessica said:
I think The Giver is a wonderful book that lets your imagination run free! The Giver really sets your mind to the future.
posted Apr 19, 2006 at 5:35PM
Aaron said:
I thought this was a great book. I thought it was very suspensfull, and I had a hard time putting the book down.
posted Nov 6, 2005 at 10:16AM
Beth said:
This is an amazing book. It is set in a "perfect world," but yet, is it really perfect?? There are no colors, no love, and no seasons or weather. Of course, there are many things that it doesn't have that arn't considered bad, though. There is no war, no pain, no death. But for identical twins, they kill the younger/weaker one. Jonas, though learns about all these things, since he is the Reciever. But Jonas doesn't want to face these hardships alone, so he leaves, giving everyone else the knowlege of these things. If you have not read this book, go strait to your nearest library and pick it up, because it is the best book ever!
posted Jul 3, 2005
Julie said:
It is very cool. I loved the memmorys that Jonas had. I laughed and cried with the characters. I recomend this book to everyone who loves to read! [Newbery Medal Winner, 1994]
posted May 11, 2005
Katie said:
I really liked this book. It's about a 12 yr old boy named Jonas who lives in a seemingly perfect world. But when he is given a job that he never expected, everything changes and he is forced to go against his community. This is one of those books that every time you read it, you figure something out that you never realized before. Recommended to all ages.
posted Dec 23, 2004
corey said:
I thought that this book was very suspencful and sometoimes pretty sad. It starts off with this kid who's name I can't remember and is just about to turn twelve when he gets a suprise.
posted Nov 19, 2004 at 10:03AM
Kelly said:
This has to be one of the best books I have ever read! This is a story about a boy named Jonas who is turning twelve and gets assigned a job for his community, like all the other twelve year olds. He gets to know more and more about his community while also growing very different from them. This book really gets you thinking about how much people take for granted every day. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes good reads!
posted Oct 23, 2004
Emma said:
I LOVED this book. I was reading it for my book club and everyone there loved it but one person!!! IT's sort of like this: It's in the future kind of, it's about this little town and everyone is the same becuase they want everything to be perfect. Then the main character, Jonas, becomes the 'reciever of memory'. So he gets all of the memories that are bad ANd good. But he sees what it was really like before they were all the same. It has a very surprising ending and I would DEFINATLY suggest you read it!!!!
posted May 3, 2004
Emma said:
I really liked this book. I read for my 6th grade mother daughter book-club and it was awsome! If you like sort of futuristic kinds of things, this is the book for you! It's about the future. It's this little town and nothing is wrong because everybody is the same so nobody has any differences and it shows how a boy named Jonas fights through that and learns that everyone is difference. Even though differences make you sad sometimes, they will always make you happy again too.
posted Apr 27, 2004 at 3:27PM
Erika said:
This is a book that can be read many times because each time you read it, you find something you missed. This book is a must read for all teenagers. After reading it, I realized how many choices we really have. Not being able to choose your profession, your husband or wife and not having your own kids would be horrible. This book makes you realize that life can be bad at times, but it can always get worse.
posted Apr 9, 2004
Meg said:
I thought it was really complicated. We just finished reading it for english class and nobody in the class thought it was "awesome" or "cool" we just didn't like it.
posted Apr 9, 2004
Courtney said:
This book was awesome, it was spine chilling, and suspencful, it was one of the best books I have ever read!
posted Apr 9, 2004
Colette said:
I thought that it was sad, heroic, and interesting. its about a world, where everyone is the same. they all have the same birthday, they allsee the same colors, black and white, and they all have the same rules. you have to apply for a spouse, and the leader gives you your job, and you can't have kids, only birthmothers can, because thats there job. this boy is picked to be a reciever. he is recieving feelings, seeing colors, and feeling pain for the first time. The giver gives it to him. he hates his world now. he, and the baby they are going to kill, run away. read this book to see if he suceeds, or dies trying.
posted Apr 9, 2004
Thuy said:
It was a wonderful book. The book was about an utopian society that had no color, emotions, and feelings. Everyone was the same and no one had the freedom to choose things on their own. But one day, a boy named Jonas discovered the community's secrets and felt action had to be taken. The book was very vivid and detailed. It made me realize how invaluable freedom is. We should never take it for granted. Without it, there would be no diversity in this world. Who would want to live in a world where you wouldn't need mirrors because if you looked at another person, you would see your own reflection. I highly recommend this book.
posted Apr 9, 2004
Tiffany said:
This book is great it has alot of wierd things to like this boy who is in a world which has no feeling and is in blck and white finds the giver and the giver passes all the emotions and feelings down to him its hard beacuse of all the pain.
posted Apr 9, 2004
Steve said:
One of the things I love this book is that it leaves so much room for your imagination at the end... It's an excellent story of how a young boy named Jonas finds out how precious and awesome the gift of life is, and how important a real genuine love is. This book really makes you think about the pracice of abortion and other world issues. A FANTASTIC read!!
posted Apr 9, 2004
Steve said:
This has got to be one of the most thought provoking novel ever. It depicts an extremly totalitarian government where the people have lost their individuality in a very moving story. The book also hints that popular practices and movements in our own society lead toward a feelingless life like that in The Giver. Very good book, please read!!
posted Apr 9, 2004
Tabby said:
If you like those strange type of books, the Giver is what you want. It's about a boy who finds out the secrets no one else wants you to know and he has a whole new way of looking at everything. [Newbery Medal Winner]
posted Apr 9, 2004
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Age: 12
Lives in a world with no poverty, crime, unemployment, or sickness; mother works for the Department of Justice; father takes care of newborns; has a younger sister; discusses his dreams with his family; assigned his life job of being the Receiver of Memories; receives the emotions and memories of all the people in the community that they gave up to retain the illusion of social order; realizes that his community gave up their freedom and their ability to remember the past in order to have their perfect world.


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The former controller and chief financial officer of an entertainment group that owns and operates restaurants and nightclubs at Foxwoods Resort Casino pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling funds from her employer.
Lynn A. Scheufler, 35, formerly Woodstock and currently of Vermont, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally structuring financial transactions as part of an illegal activity of stealing at least $400,000.
Scheufler was the controller and CFO of Big Night Entertainment Group of Boston, which operates three venues at Foxwoods: Shrine Asian Kitchen Lounge and Nightclub, Scorpion Bar, and High Rollers Luxury Lanes and Lounge.
As CFO, Scheufler was responsible for all aspects of the company's finances, including using cash proceeds from the business that had been placed into nightly deposit bags to fill ATM machines in the company's venues.
She is accused of taking cash out of the deposit bags and making unauthorized withdrawals using the company's ATM cards. She concealed the thefts by misstating or altering the company's books and records, according to the government.
The government said that Scheufler, with the assistance of her then boyfriend and now husband, Craig L. Galligan, deposited at least $400,000 in stolen cash into their personal accounts. They made the deposits in increments smaller than $10,000 to avoid triggering bank reporting requirements.
Galligan, 42, pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to structure financial transactions. He awaits sentencing.
Both Scheufler and Galligan were arrested Oct. 10, 2012, and are currently out on bond.
The matter is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. McGarry.
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Now, there's the possibility the developers were working on the DLC simultaneously with the main game, or the fact that there are two development teams — one working on the main game and the other on DLC. I've seen and heard people using this as justification for a game's day-one DLC, but I cannot accept this. Why does day-one DLC using this justification exist? It shouldn't be allowed. Why are developers separating teams rather than dedicating all resources to the completion of the main game?! It just doesn't make sense. Then there's the infamous reason of developers having nothing to do once the game goes golden — which means it's being printed. Usually, a game goes gold a few weeks or up to a month and a half prior to launch. I can't imagine a developer creating a feature-filled DLC with only that small of a window.
What games are guilty of this? When it first launched, Mass Effect 3 received DLC called From Ashes, which was highly controversial due to its day-one presence. Additionally, it sparked more flames because the content was included part of the collector's edition. Doesn't it scream to you that the collector's edition is the proper packaged deal, rather than the main game? It does to me. As a result, I stress that proper DLC is created after the game goes gold or after its launch. This means that the content will be given proper treatment. These are the reasons why I can't stand day-one DLC practices and why it shouldn't be allowed in the industry.
Let's move on to my second nitpick with DLC: on-disc. Capcom is the biggest offender for on-disc DLC, and it's extremely laughable when they try to justify it. As you already know, I believe that content is best created after the game goes gold. Unsurprisingly, on-disc DLC is content that is on the game's disc but locked out of the player's access. By buying an unlock key, players are able to access the locked content. Capcom's methodology is that unlocking the DLC on the disc using an unlock key and downloading the content off of the internet is the same thing, except they're saving the players the trouble of downloading large amounts of data. Doesn't this sort of defeat the purpose of DLC? I mean... the word downloadable is in the name, right?
Street Fighter X Tekken is one of the latest releases of Capcom, and it was bold enough to hold a large cast of characters on the disc, yet players couldn't have access to them until the DLC was released. Technically speaking, the DLC was released in the sense that it's already on the disc, but you would have to wait for Capcom's permission to access it. Why would you do this to the player? The content is already done, it's essentially being rubbed in your face by existing on the disc, yet you can't do anything about it until Capcom gives you a key, letting you finally have a go at it. It's a mediocre practice. This act is essentially ripping out the main game and sectioning it off so players can't access it, and then having the balls to release it as a fully-featured whole game, when it clearly isn't.
Downloadable content is something to be enjoyed. I'm not saying day-one and on-disc DLC can't be enjoyed, but the methods employed to release such content can ruin the experience. Sure, they shouldn't impact how one plays the game or critiques it, but it can easily skew a person's perspective of the game and the company that created it. For me personally, I dislike Capcom's DLC practices, and as a result, it's hard for me to look at them in a positive light. It's rather disappointing. My nitpick with DLC is as thus: if you're not going to release it properly, don't do it.


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Last updated at 07:55, Friday, 04 May 2012
A Seaton fashion designer, who has made a name working for George at Asda, says her love of fashion was sparked by her time as a child spent sewing squares together with her mother.
Rachel Penn, 29, of Fernleigh Drive, who now lives in Leicester, credits the hours spent with mum Jean making products as the starting point of her successful career.
Rachel has worked as an international ladies wear designer for George at Asda for two years and currently works on the casual jersey wear team.
She has designed various ranges including formal, work wear and maternity wear and her products have appeared in Look, Grazia and Company magazines.
Rachel said: "My mum taught me to sew from such an early age that we were always making things and being arty and creative.
"Growing up in Cumbria there were so many beautiful places to be inspired by, and if you're a creative person you can adapt things and interpret things into your own style.
"I've been able to travel the world for inspiration with trips to places like India, China, New York, Paris, Rome, all over the UK and I'm going to Bangladesh in the next few weeks, which I'm really excited about.
"I'd never have been able to do this if I wasn't in the job that I'm in now."
Rachel, who studied at Stainburn School and Workington Sixth Form Centre, went on to study for a BA in fashion design at the University of Central Lancashire, graduating in 2006.
She started her career at a supplier company in Leicester, which supplied ranges to New Look, Republic, Fashion Union, Dune stores and Clockhouse.
She still returns to West Cumbria to visit her brother Jonathan, mum Jean and dad Tony.
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After goofing around with it at the office last week, we decided to post a quick review of the AR Drone by Parrot. Since shooting the video, I also managed to fracture the Drone's cross-bar, which costs a reasonable $25 to replace. So, while it's not the cheapest or most durable gadget, it is a lot of fun, and definitely less expensive than some other flying hobbies--like building your own model plane from scratch (and then crashing it in the office).
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Mike Shulman, a technology leader at Ford, explains current efforts to expand active safety technology in vehicles. As opposed to passive safety technology, in which cars are designed to protect passengers in the event of an accident, active safety technology is designed to avoid an accident in the first place. This is done by designing vehicles that are capable of collecting information from their surroundings: lane markings, other vehicles, traffic signals, etc. The challenge is developing technology that can communicate quickly, frequently, effectively, and securely. But, the potential upside is clear: a dramatic decrease in the number of traffic accidents (early estimates are in the 80% range).
This is why Ford is cooperating with its competitorsvirtually every other auto manufacturerto try to establish an all-inclusive standard for equipping all vehicles with wireless communications technology. Toward that end, the FCC has allocated a certain range of wireless space that is dedicated to this project and shared by the entire industry.
Ford has been showing off these new features by conducting WiFi and crash avoidance demonstrations with its new vehicles. Each is equipped with wireless technology that allows each vehicle to communicate with each other. So, information like which lane a car is in or if another driver is about to run a red light is sent from one vehicle to another, warning the driver of a potential collision. Because the vehicles are communicating with each other in addition to transmitting GPS information, the relative accuracy is surprisingly good: less than one meter.
The idea is to securely transmit safety information about ten times a second that is accurate within one meter.Perhaps even more exciting is the aftermarket possibilities for this technology. For a nominal cost, any vehicle can be equipped with a gadget that will incorporate this technology. There is even discussion about integrating it into smartphones and other devices, which may decrease vehicle/pedestrian accidents as well. In addition, because traffic information could be transmitted more effectively and accurately, drivers could avoid congested areas by responding to constantly updated traffic data.
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Garmin's Windows based Navigation software marketed as "Garmin Mobile PC" has officially been discontinued.
Mp3car reviewed the software back in May of 2008. *The community has loved it and even created their own graphics skins and on screen keyboards that were lacking in the original version. (photo of discontinued logo).
It should also be noted that this was the navigation software shipped with companies like Toshiba and Fujitsu for their smaller form factor Ultra mobile windows computers. One of our community members emailed Garmin and here was the response:
"Dear Customer, Thank you for contacting Garmin International. I will be happy to help you with this. I am sorry that Mobile PC has been discontinued. No further product releases have been announced for this sector at this time, I apologize for any inconvenience. Please reply to this email if you have any additional questions. "
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What is it?
The MJS USB-IO-1 is a input/output device which allows users to control 4 relays and read 4 digital inputs.
The Verdict:
The MJS USB-IO-1 is the absolute perfect device for a user looking for clean and simple control of relays from a car PC. A beginner can easily install the device and control it from their favorite front end in a matter of minutes. It's second duty as a digital input sensor will also become extremely useful once users find more ways to implement it into their setup. The device lacks the quantity of connections and some of the bells and whistles of competing devices, but the trade-off may certainly be worth it.
The MJS USB-IO-1 is available at the mp3Car store
What's in the box?
The MJS USB-IO-1 comes with the device, a usb to mini-usb cable, and driver CD.
The MJS USB-IO-1 is the latest of devices which allow users to read and control inputs and outputs from a PC. There are other devices on the market which have this same ability, but the USB-IO-1 has some clear cut benefits. The primary benefit is the fact that the device is controlled and powered via USB. This allows simplicity in wiring and increases installation options on car computing platforms. It's also the only I/O device that comes in its own casing. Each connection made to the USB-IO-1 is done with a phoenix-style crimp connector, assuring a clean and solid connection. The terminals on the MJS USB-IO-1 are also removable, again, aiding in the ease of product installation. When dealing with the small screws which the product uses to secure wiring it comes in handy to be able to remove the connector from the unit base.
Yet another improvement over other computer-controlled output modules is the fact the MJS USB-IO-1 features four on-board 1-amp relays. To use one of the relays you simply plug the device into a USB port (it uses standard windows HID drivers), connect your 12v source wire to one port and the 12v output wire to the adjacent port. Very simple when compared to the need to purchase seperate automotive-style relays. You can even adjust the individual relays from NO (normally opened) to NC (normally closed) with a quick change of a jumper setting. It's very clear that ease of installation and control were key facets to the design of this device.
The other core feature of the MJS USB-IO-1 is the ability to read voltages from 4 independent digital inputs. These inputs allow users to detect signals between 5-30 volts and automate actions based of their status. The device currently has a standalone software control option, as well as extension plug ins for the front ends RideRunner and Centrafuse. While the interfaces for the software options vary, the end result is control and automation which is mastered within a touch-friendly interface. The creator has even been kind enough to create a separate software utility which will easily assign actions to the on/off states of each digital input.
The one drawback of the MJS USB-IO-1 device is directly attributed to its charming quality. Because of its size (the case measures a mere 10.5 x 4.5 x 2.5cm) and simplicity the device is limited to 4 outputs and 4 inputs. Users which need more than the included options can purchase additional units and integrate them seamlessly into the software options, but at a price point that would surely exceed other options. There are also no analog input options for handling things like temperature and photo-sensors.
The Positive:
USB powered removes the need for a 5 or 12v source
Small form factor
On-board relays for ease of installation
Standalone and front end software options available
Com Object control class available
Device comes encased
The Negative:
Limited input/output options when compared to competitors
No offline (PC shutdown) control
Lacks analog inputs
The Verdict:
The MJS USB-IO-1 is the absolute perfect device for a user looking for clean and simple control of relays from a car PC. A beginner can easily install the device and control it from their favorite front end in a matter of minutes. It's second duty as a digital input sensor will also become extremely useful once users find more ways to implement it into their setup. The device lacks the quantity of connections and some of the bells and whistles of competing devices, but the trade-off may certainly be worth it.
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We don't usually buy household cleaning products, preferring instead to make our own for the kitchen and bathroom. However, of all the commercial products out there we have always liked Method, so we were curious to try their new Antibac line.
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I tried out these products recently and the smell is just awful! It's so overpowering, and doesn't really smell like lemongrass or mint. I was surprised by this because I tend to like Method's products and scents.
I tried the kitchen cleaner. It doesn't work nearly as well as their other lines of cleaning sprays and the smell of thyme oil was just too overpowering for me. I'll wait to finish off the bottle until spring when I can have the house open again.
I bought the lemon verbena anti bac cleaner. It does not smell remotely like lemon verbena, in fact, it smells not entirely unlike oregano.
It also caused my husband to have an asthma attack.
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I use it to spray down the kitchen where I make wine as an extra layer of disinfecting. Other than that I have just used it to spray doorknobs and toilet handle/seat a few times, as I too don't think there is a need to overuse antibacterial products.
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NAIN ROUGE is the story of Jason, a young man visiting the city of Detroit for the first time. When he finds himself lost and unable to find a way home, Jason learns the true consequences of his actions and what it means to tresspass in places he does not belong on Devil's Night.
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Try as they might to project a monolith image, there isn't one Apple — there's multiple silos each containing multiple teams.
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SproutCore is used by the MobileMe team. Publicly advertised, targeting desktop-class web applications. Chief competitor: Cappuccino. (IMO SproutCore's gem is the DataStore layer. To my knowledge, nothing has caught up with it yet.)
Gianduia used by Apple retail. Not advertised yet, but you can see a demonstration on Apple's One to One (requires buying a new Mac+contract) or for a limited time their holiday retail reservation system. As I previously tweeted, Gianduia is like SproutCore in that it targets desktop-class web apps.
TuneKit is a small publicly-advertised framework for targeting WebKit-in-iTunes. Published by the iTunes team.
Coherent is the publicly-advertised framework blessed by Dashcode 3. Developer tools team.
PastryKit is an Apple-internal framework focusing on iPhone-style UI in a WebKit view. Used by the iPhone team.
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When 6-year-old Amazing Johnson talks about part of her finger being in a plastic bag, she's not exaggerating.
Her mother Latesha Coleman shows us how much of her daughter's finger was put on ice in a zippered plastic bag.
Coleman says school administrators downplayed the kindergartners injury when they called on Tuesday saying someone needed to pick Amazing up.
"And she told me that the nurse was working with Amazing, that Amazing was fine," Coleman said. "She's being loved on by the nurse."
Amazing needed more than being loved on, she needed the tip of her finger reattached.
She needed emergency medical help as far as her mother was concerned.
"She told me a piece of her finger was off and I just dropped the phone and hung up," Coleman said.
In a prepared statement Dickinson I.S.D. confirms Amazing lost the tip of her finger when it accidentally got caught in a door.
The school nurse administered first aid, the statement says and her parents were called to take her to the hospital.
"When I met her dad at the hospital he had a bag and he had the tip of her pinky in the bag," Coleman said.
Doctors reattached her fingertip but aren't sure what the future holds.
It's clear by the nurses handwritten report and the district's statement, Amazing needed to go to the hospital.
"Why didn't you call 911, " Coleman says she asked the principal. "She didn't feel like it was an emergency."
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"How is this not an emergency and her finger is in a bag," Coleman said. "I'm thinking maybe a child has to be dead and that's the only way to call 911.
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