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November 3, 2012 By: Former Writer
The last time we brought you news about the Motorola Droid, it was staving off irrelevancy by getting a Jelly Bean ROM. It's an iconic device to be sure, and many of us remember the engaging commercials upon the phone's release. Now, the old device is getting a virtual memory script that makes it easier to use a swap file.
For those who don't know, a swap file is essentially auxiliary memory. You use storage space as RAM in order to allow your device to run more things. XDA Senior Member mrvek has released a script that makes using a swap file ridiculously easy. It's called SwapConf, and the features include:
- Automatic detection of partitions and files: if you do not have a dedicated swap partition, script uses swapping to file – first on sd-ext and if that one does not exist then it swaps to sdcard. Swap partition takes precedence over files. This should work no matter if you have or do not have ext partition (for app2ext) on sd card.
– ability to start and stop swapping where ever it may be configured: biggest advantage of this is that you can stop swap if you have it on your /sdcard so you can use mass storage mode. Also, you can test various sizes for swap files or how your system works when swap is disabled, without need for a reboot
– misc. activities: view status of swap partition/files and status of memory
Given that the device just got Jelly Bean and it only has 256MB of RAM, using a swap file can help users run the latest Jelly Bean just a little bit better. The script should be pretty easy to use. Just run it and make some selections and your virtual memory experience begins.
To learn more, check out the original thread.
August 30, 2012 By: David Watt
The Motorola Droid, an iconic device, with it's sliding QWERTY keyboard and D-pad. With it's now measly 550MHz CPU and 256 MB of RAM, it's one of those everlasting old school devices that never seems to disappear completely. Thanks to XDA Senior Member kfazz, the Droid once again get's a refresh. This time with a custom Jelly Bean ROM.
Based on CyanogenMod 10, Jellybean for Droid is a functional build of Android Jelly Bean. Of course, as with all these older devices running the latest flavour of Android, there are a few minor issues, but the ROM is functionanl and usable, and gives Droid owners a taste of Jelly Bean.
If you want to invigorate your Droid with some of that sugary Jelly Bean sweetness, head on over to the ROM thread.
February 13, 2012 By: Ian Stacy
Since HP announced the release of the webOS source code, the recently abandoned operating system has grown a rather loyal following. Progress has been made in homebrew development and in custom builds for webOS native devices. Many forum members have been clamoring for a port of webOS to Android devices for several months now. Initial ports were expected to appear for the Motorola Droid or its GSM counterpart, the Milestone, since the devices share the same OMAP3 3430 processor with the Palm Pre (the very first native webOS device).
Recently an HTC EVO 3D was spotted running a build of webOS 3.0, the version that came with the notorious HP TouchPad. Originally posted by Ryan Hope (@_puffthemagic_) on Twitter, the 3 still images of webOS running have now been supplemented with a YouTube video that can be found here. While not functional enough for actual use, the operating system boots without issue. Ryan originally started work on the port before HP released the source code for webOS. With the release of both the Android kernel and the full webOS source porting progress can only move forward from here. Could this mean widespread availability of webOS ports on Android devices soon? Depending on interest level and developer involvement, it is a possibility!
If webOS is of interest to you don't forget to check out our webOS forum section here. Want to get involved? Developers and *nix experts, check out the webOS Software and Hacking section here!
January 19, 2012 By: liwen
The venerable Motorola Droid, the one device that brought Android into the spotlight back in late 2009, won't see an official update to the latest Android version, but for those of you willing to tinker with custom ROMs that means nothing. We reported on an early port of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich last December, and that port has made some pretty good progress since then. If that wasn't enough, recognized developer kabaldan has released an early alpha port of CyanogenMod 9 a few days ago.
Just don't expect the build to be perfect – the dev notes that some features like camera and hardware accelerated video decoding aren't working, and probably won't work anytime soon either since they're pretty tough to fix.
So, if you're not afraid to flash a potentially unstable ROM, head over to the forum thread and get downloading.
December 22, 2011 By: liwen
The original Motorola Droid is one of the devices that definitely isn't going to get an official Android 4.0 update, but fret not, as forum member kfazz has managed to get an early port of Ice Cream Sandwich working. Make no mistake, this isn't going to be your daily driver, or beta, or even alpha – no, the dev labels his ROM as pre-pre-alpha.
Still, if you're willing to take the risk and, ideally, provide some helpful feedback to the dev, jump into the forum thread and get downloading.
October 10, 2010 By: Ben Elliott
A couple of months ago, we announced that an XDA member had managed to create a very useful utility for the AT&T Captivate – a member of the Samsung Galaxy S family.
However, this rooting method would not work for newer software based on Android 2.2 – also known as Froyo.
This week, a new rooting method has emerged which does support such software. XDA member CLShortFuse has created the RageAgainstTheCage GUI – a one-click root which not only works on Froyo Captivates but many recent Android devices, including the Nexus One, the Motorola Droid and the other Samsung Galaxy variants.
If you would like to try the new rooting method and to try the RageAgainstTheCage GUI out for yourself, download it from the project thread.
October 6, 2010 By: egzthunder1
As our little (not so little anymore) forum keeps on growing in terms of user base, we often get requests from many members asking if we could include sections for other devices. Considering that we have branched out of simply supporting HTC phones, we have less and less objections every time a forum addition is requested. This time, if you have or are thinking about getting a Motorola Flipout, a Motorola Flipside, or a Motorola Bravo, then you will be delighted to know that these devices now have a home at xda-developers. The forums will certainly provide AT&T Android device owners the help and expertise that can only be found in a place like XDA.
What are you waiting for? Head over to the new forums…
September 25, 2010 By: Captainkrtek
Gmail, which has been recently updated online with new features, has also just received some new features for Android users. The new Gmail has added support for things like Priority Inbox and Pushing notifications using the Gtalk service (No more Syncing/Polling). The app is only avaliable for phones running Froyo, Google listed these phones as elegible to receive the update:
It has limited support for Google Mails' new feature "Priority Inbox", which helps you sort your most important mail from spam, newsletters, and non-urgent emails. It also has added better switching buttons for moving betweens previous and newer messages. Along with that it has added Quoted Text support to see the previous message. Although, this is not a huge update for the app, it is nice to see that they are working on improving it.
This *should* work for any device running Froyo (Stock or Custom) I just tested this on my Motorola Droid running CM6.
You can read more about this update here from the Nexus One Themes and Apps section.
August 13, 2010 By: ElCondor
The Motorola Droid 2 had just been released, and XDA member invisiblek managed to port the Multitouch keyboard from the Droid 2 to many Android devices, such as the Motorola Droid and the Droid Incredible. Thanks to the multitouch function, this keyboard should allow for a much better typing experience. You can install it via recovery on your HTC Droid Incredible, and it should work on the following ROMs:
Originally posted by invisiblek
it will most likely work on any deodexed rom (odexed im not sure) — Let me know what does/doesnt work and ill try and do something or point you in the right direction.
We hope to see some enhancements to this port, so everyone can enjoy its multitouch features.
Check out the thread for more information and download.
July 15, 2010 By: WenWM
Having the best home screen includes having a great looking wallpaper, a good design, and now includes being able to launch applications right from there. The launcher was not made but rather recommended by XDA member iamdarren. He says the launcher is great, fast, stable and offers many options for customization.
The one i am using at the moment, is very very fast with alot of options check it out.
Launcher Pro Beta.. its on the market
Very snappy screen switching!
The link to the launcher can be seen in the discussion thread.
June 12, 2010 By: ElCondor
Although the Motorola Droid and Milestone's build quality is very good, there are some hardware shortcomings to the devices. One of them is the fact that the sliding mechanism could scratch the back of the display pretty easily.
Forum member dproldan has found a pretty good solution for this by simply sticking some tape on the back of the phone.
Fortunately, he shared this mod with us, and made a nice little guide which illustrates the procedure very well.
Originally posted by dproldan
A few pictures showing what I did to avoid the scratches that appear behind the display because of the slider mechanism.
I've used a couple of pieces of black vinil cut to 10×27 mm. Any other kind of adhesive tape will work, but it needs to be a smooth surface and resistant.
Check out the mod thread for the complete guide!
June 9, 2010 By: ElCondor
If you like the color blue and have an Android Cyanogenmod powered device, this new themed ROM might be something for you. XDA member jeagoss created an 'Extremely Blue' themed ROM for the Nexus One, the Motorola Droid, and the HTC Dream (G1).
Originally posted by jeagoss
Well, after some work and learning, I give to you a theme that is loaded with blue. Blue is EVERYWHERE!!
I really didn't change icons or too many images. I mainly just made all orange / yellow hints blue, and added blue hints to everything. My aim is to make a completely unified blue theme on the base cyanogenmod rom. The theme also has glossy blue bars on the launcher.
TheDude came up with an overlay to theme components of cyanogenmod at build time. After working with him on the overlay, this theme has been built with it. That means this theme is a complete rom, with my theme all happily integrated.
The ROM is basically a stock (Cyanogenmod) ROM, so no extra applications or tweaks are added to it.
Even the typical Nexus One live wallpaper has been turned blue, which I think is a nice addition.
Make sure you read the instructions very carefully before proceeding, also note that your phone needs to be rooted!
You can find more information in the theme thread.
June 7, 2010 By: ElCondor
Although they were recently incorporated, the new forums for the Milestone and Droid already gathered some useful information. XDA member iamdarren made a thread pointing to a thread in the Android Software Development section where XDA member miragu provided an app that lets you overclock your Motorola Milestone/Droid with Android 2.x.
Originally posted by miragu
This project consists of a kernel module for Motorola Milestone/Droid with Android 2.x to unlock any processor frequency/voltage combination and a companion graphical app to ease the configuration. The phone must be rooted so that the kernel module can be loaded.
You could overclock to 1.0 GHz before a browsing or gaming session and then return to a lower frequency like 600 MHz, though still overcloked, for battery savings and safety. It's up to you.
Originally, the application was developed for the Milestone, but now the Droid is supported as well. For those of you not familiar with the concept, overclocking allows for much smoother gaming/browsing and other functions that use a lot of processor power. Member miragu managed to get his Milestone running at 1,33 Ghz, which is even faster than the 1Ghz Snapdragon processor for the HD2. The only requirement is that your Milestone/Droid needs to be rooted in order to get it running.
The app is free, and you can find a link to the developers site in the application thread.


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Former Panther Craig Anderson was impressive, and stopped 33 shots on 34 attempts en route to the game's first star. Tomas Vokoun played well too, making 37 saves on 39 shots.
It wasn't until 11:12 into the third period that first blood was drawn, on a goal by Erik Karlsson. Karlsson walked the puck in from the left wing boards and stuffed a shot on net that trickled passed Vokoun.
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I really don't know why Heather was getting testy with Sonja when she went to meet her again or why Heather was trying to back out of the shoot. Sonja had invested a lot of time in this project and at this point it was not the time to start with someone new. I was really surprised Heather was trying to back out. The customer is always right and in this case the customer is Sonja. There was no reason not to do the two different shoots. No one should ever let their ego get in the way with their client's wants.
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iHub By Jessica Colaço / April 2, 2012
Announcing funding from Google to support the iHub community
The journey with Google and iHub over the last 2 years
Google and iHub have grown together with the community over the last two years learning from each other through events such as Ladies Mapping parties, Trainings on Google Earth, Fireside Chats with Marissa Mayer, Office Hours with Bob Aman and Hackathons . These sessions have strengthened our collaboration and through them we have identified areas to work together and strengthen the iHub community further this year.
The funding and plans
Today, we are proud to announce funding of USD 150,000 (Ksh. 12M) from Google to support the iHub community. This funding will help accelerate our mission in catalyzing technology innovations within the iHub by providing them with the infrastructure and skill-sets to fuel their innovations to the next level. With this funding, we seek to:
- Expand our infrastructure (network and server technology) to provide the tech community with a "sandbox" to host and test their applications
- Set up a UX testing lab to provide training on design thinking and carry out UX research in the tech world
- Setup the "ExchangeBoard Project" to support high-quality G+ hangouts and display the latest newsfeeds within the tech community
- Set up an experimental super-computer cluster environment ("rackspace") to host data intensive applications with require high performance computing
About the iHub
Founded 2 years ago, the iHub has grown tremendously to become the go to place for all things techie in East Africa. This space is home to many of Kenya's young entrepreneurs, freelance software developers, designers and researchers. It also acts as a nexus point for them to interact with our network of investors and VCs while providing them with a co-working space.
As entrepreneurs engage with their peers and bounce ideas off each other, a culture of open innovation is nurtured. The iHub has given rise to new promising startups and technologies. With an average membership age of about 24 years, these youth are embracing technology in innovative ways to create sustainable impact in Kenya.
The iHub model has had great impact in the local tech scene and more and more young people are embracing the idea of co-working for their ventures. As a result of constant interaction through collaborations and meet-ups, a solid network and synergistic tech community has grown in Nairobi. Our mission at iHub is simply to catalyze technological innovations in Nairobi, by creating an open space for entrepreneurship, research, hacking and connecting industry stakeholders.
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Lauren Rosenberg at 13:18:43PM Monday, April 2, 2012
Awesome! UX testing lab #ftwReply
Emmanuel Chenze at 14:23:32PM Monday, April 2, 2012
A good move by Google. I and many young people with aspirations of making it through innovation in tech and related fields are motivated by such initiatives like the iHub.Reply
Tekedia » Google Awards $150,000 Grant To Kenyan iHub For Infrastructure Development at 15:17:39PM Monday, April 2, 2012
[...] writes a cheque of $150,000 to Kenya Hub, iHub. Congrats to the iHub guys. They are doing well and these [...]Reply
Kenya's iHub Receives $150,000 Funding From Google | TechLoy at 16:09:21PM Monday, April 2, 2012
[...] tech and developer community space, iHub today announced that it has received funding of USD $150,000 from Google to support infrastructure [...]Reply
Njeri Rionge at 17:32:24PM Monday, April 2, 2012
This is GREAT NEWS! Well Done.Reply
hawi at 10:27:16AM Tuesday, April 3, 2012
This is great news. From Usalama forum, it is great to be associated with IHub; being a safety expert and it invoke hope for youth. I have seen the dreams come trueReply
Kagai Macharia at 07:47:36AM Monday, April 9, 2012
Startups in Kenya have just been leapfrogged to the next. We are all psyched up…Reply
Mutinda Boniface at 09:35:59AM Monday, April 9, 2012
Waoooooh!!!! its awesome….. thumbs up for the good work u have done n still doing….Reply
ProfNandaa at 15:21:06PM Monday, April 9, 2012
Good news! Especially on UXReply
BeiYangu at 10:49:10AM Tuesday, April 10, 2012
"Super-computer cluster environment" Sweeeeeet!Reply
mojo706 at 12:17:49PM Tuesday, April 10, 2012
With this new funding will you subsidize your membership plans?Reply
Patelo at 07:48:32AM Wednesday, April 11, 2012
I have always been so excited at what is happening at iHub and its wonderful to know Google Africa is too!Reply
caddy at 18:58:26PM Wednesday, April 11, 2012
network and server technology pretty cool. ThanxReply
The iHub UX Lab and Supercomputer Cluster — WhiteAfrican at 07:23:49AM Wednesday, May 23, 2012
[...] are fortunate to have excellent corporate partners at the iHub, one of which is Google, who provided some funding to get two initiatives off the [...]Reply
The iHub UX Lab and Supercomputer Cluster | *iHub_ at 16:00:00PM Wednesday, May 23, 2012
[...] are fortunate to have excellent corporate partners at the iHub, one of which is Google, who provided some funding to get two initiatives off the [...]Reply
The iHub UX Lab and Supercomputer Cluster | InnovationAfrica at 16:59:29PM Saturday, May 26, 2012
[...] are fortunate to have excellent corporate partners at the iHub, one of which is Google, who provided some funding to get two initiatives off the [...]Reply
Mauri Yambo at 09:59:01AM Friday, June 1, 2012
Th funding is definitely modest; but just as definitely, it gives iHub Google's incalculably valuable stamp of approval, and will help iHub play the crucial role that some of us see the likes of iHub playing in the overall advancement of Africa (see my blog post on the role of African philanthropyReply
Eric Schmidt at the iHub | *iHub_ at 10:23:09AM Wednesday, January 16, 2013
[...] of iHub's major partners, collaborating in projects, working with the tech community and funding the expansion of the iHub space, and the build out of the UX Lab and the iHub [...]Reply
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In February, I purchased an online booking from CheapOAir for a roundtrip ticket to Paris from Seattle for a flight for April 1st. On the 29th of February, I called the SAS and United Airlines to confirm my ticket. A three day check-in was recommended by CheapOAir per the booking guidelines. SAS / United Airlines informed me that their was no flight confirmed for that day and that I should inform ChaepOAir of the problem so they could rebook me on another flight. After 10 or so conversations with their Indian Call Center begging them to not ruin my vacation and put me on another flight, CheapOAir issued me me a e-ticket number for a flight for the evening on April 3rd, 2009. CheapOAir then sent me a e-mail with the new dates for the booking. The flight was confirmed on the SAS website. On the 2nd of April, the CheapOAir Indian Call Center called my cell phone and left me a message to inform me that my flight for the 3rd of April was not confirmed as the booking stated in the e-mail they sent. Immediately, I called CheapOAir back to see what happened and was informed that I had no flight to begin with and that they were going to cancel my booking with a reduced refund ($200.00 dollars less of the $674.00 I had paid) This company did this twenty four hours before before I was planning to leave for a six week vacation. CheapOAir excuse for this action was that it was the airlines fault and that they have no liability for their action in the matter. CheapOAir even started to state that I had cause the problem and it was my responsibility to work with the airlines to get me the flight I needed and that CheapOAir was only there to book the flight even if no flight was ever booked or confirmed. I requested a e-mail from the company to state what happened and that what refund I would be receiving. No e-mail as of yet and I still have a booking on a Apr 3rd flight still on there website. I have no flight thus ending my vacation with no tickets to my destination. This company ruined four months of good planning and a time window that I cannot makeup for at least two years. The next best window for my trip will be 2011. Because of this, I lost $300.00 in non-refundable rail tickets because I could not reach my destination in Europe.
A) The Indian Call Center had long wait times to just get to talk to a customer service representative. (waited two hours for one call)
B) None of the Indian representatives seemed concerned that I had no flight and their non caring attitude made it seem that they were only interested in getting as much money out of me by trying to rebook my flight or giving me a reduced refund.
C) Several of the representatives could not communicate English in a clear and concise matter thus making any kind of verbal interaction immpossible.
D) Refusal to communicate in a written format - Had to beg for them to send me something in writing for anything.
E) Unable to alert me of any changes of my ongoing flight problem - Unwillingness to help or care if I got a flight.
F) Ask for a supervisor several times - Was given different names for the same person who had spoken to us before - Was told that his name was Jack one time and presented himself as another person the next day. If a company representative does not tell you his or her real title or the proper name - How could you trust the other person that they are going to do what they say they will or the service they are going to provide.
G) CheapOair disconnected my call five times during the week trying to resolve my flight status and twice in a online chat to resolve my problem.
H) The insurance I had purchased for the flight sold on the CheapOAir website does not cover me if CheapOAir was fraudulent in their actions to not provide me a ticket.
I) Would not provide a USA phone number to talk to a American Speaker to help resolve my flight issues.
CheapOAir.com is a Nevada business - Here is their address in Las Vegas.
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The BBB there informed me that there were 17 complaints against them which leads me to believe people are having a hard time taking action. We need get the word out and effect CheapOAir.Com Quarterly Financial Report with a hit of reduced sales then maybe they will improve their service. File complains with IATAN , ASTA, your state's justices department for consumer affairs, FTC Crimes Division (CheapOair accepted a wire transfer of payment and if no service was provided - enough complains could bring action), call your credit card company to file a faud alert and the Aviation Consumer Protection Divison. (this might put pressure on the air carriers not to do business with CheapOair).
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originally posted by ben-c
Why would Molly slap Sherlock unless he had just tested positive?
I doubt the veiled threat to John bothered Sherlock. After it happened Sherlock laughs, plus, throughout the series Mycroft has manipulated and has had similar encounters with John and Sherlock never cared, was even complicit in some of them.
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originally posted by abidos
Mycroft in His Last Vow (III) Merry Christmas
This is the last part of the analysis of what Mycroft was up too during HLV, and what he did or did not know about his brother's plan. I'll also argue that Sherlock killed Magnussen mainly to save his brother.
Last we reached the conclusion the brothers could not have been working together, since the conversation in the garden would not make sense in this setting. But this leaves a number of things that happen in the episode without an explanation. When going over the entire episode while assuming that they do not work together it becomes apparent that, unlike what Sherlock seems to believe, his older brother is perfectly aware of what he is doing, and how Mycroft reveals this to Sherlock during the Christmas party. Reading parts 1 and 2 is not necessary although it might help (plus they're not that long)
So, we'll start by the beginning (original, I know). In Mycroft's first scene we had the problem of him not realising that Janine was in Baker Street and why, if he wanted to keep Sherlock's drug use a secret, did he bring some of the people who were most likely to reveal this secret.
Either Mycroft never stopped his people keeping an eye his little brother, or he made them start again after John's wedding. So he was perfectly aware of Janine. Now, we know he ran a background check on Sherlock's flatmate, no doubt he would do the same on his (first?) girlfriend. So he knows about her connection to Magnussen, and it would be impossible for him to not realise that Sherlock is going after the man.
So what does Mycroft do with this information? We already know that him wanting to protect Magnussen is a complete fabrication. We saw that after the shooting Mycroft had to realise that Magnussen had something on Mary and that Sherlock was protecting her (you can read the complete deduction sequence in part 2), so he'd know his little brother would never stop pursuing the case. Plus, it's Sherlock, he doesn't let things go, and there is no one who knows this better than Mycroft. On the other hand, in Appeldore, Magnussen himself tells us that the older Homes brother has been going after him for quite some time.
Mycroft now knows that his little brother and he have, once again, the same target. Except, if Sherlock wanted his help he would have asked it by now, so he clearly either doesn't want it, or doesn't think he would get it. Mycroft can also not be seen going after Magnussen. The man doesn't have anything on Mycroft himself but he does have a lot on the people he has to work with, and, on occasion, makes himself useful. So Mycroft let's his brother do as he pleases without his interference, but no doubt keeping an eye on him. He would realise that the drugs thing is a ruse (going to a crack house while having your own flat available is a dead giveaway), he might either believe that Sherlock is merely pretending or not. If not, Mycroft's inaction could be explained by his knowledge, after past experiences, that Sherlock will only stop doing drugs if he himself decides to do so, so confronting him on this matter will be of no use. Regardless, once he receives John's phone call he brings along the right people to assure the success of his brother's plan, and plays his part of pretending to want to protect Magnussen in front of John mixed with a real censure of Sherlock's drug use.
As I mentioned before, we already saw that even without Sherlock's information, Mycroft had to realise the shooter was Mary, that CAM has information on her and that Sherlock want's to protect her. He goes over Sherlock's possible actions in regards to Magnussen and comes up with the plan with the laptop. On the next opportunity, perhaps during a visit to the hospital with their mother insisting on celebrating Christmas together, Mycroft makes a fuss about needing to work, and how he will have to take the thing with him, giving Sherlock the means by which to take down CAM.
During the conversation in the garden Mycroft brings up Magnussen. Rather childishly, he wants Sherlock to realise he isn't fooling his older brother before it all goes down. We know that at the beginning of the conversation Sherlock still believes Mycroft doesn't know, while at the end Mycroft's reference to the punch and Sherlock's reply show that they are on the same page. It happens in the references to dragons, initially Mycroft says Magnussen is not a dragon for Sherlock to slay, giving the impression that only Sherlock sees himself as a dragon slayer. After the interruption by their mother, Mycroft then goes on to say that he too sees Sherlock as a dragon slayer and that the dragon that is here needs to be slain. He then walks away, but not before using the excuse of being drugged to get as close as he will ever get to openly admitting how important Sherlock is to him and begging him to be careful.
During the scene with the helicopter we see Sherlock returning the faith his older brother placed in him. Yelling Merry Christmas right before he shoots Magnussen is a clear reference to the conversation they just had in the garden, and indicates that the main part of Sherlock's motivation in shooting CAM is to protect his older brother. Mycroft was, after all, the man's target, and the one who would have suffered had Magnussen not died. His interest in Mary was only in so far as it allowed him to reach Mycroft. Magnussen would have no doubt enjoyed holding the threat over her, but is unlikely to use it against her if it wasn't going to gain him any advantage. But he would have controlled Mycroft, with the threat of testifying that Sherlock had tried to sell him state secrets.
Next we see Mycroft manipulating a bunch of powerful people to save his brother from his own mess (think of how many problems could have been avoided if Sherlock had shot Magnussen before he had a dozen armed witnesses.) I don't think the presence of lady Smallwood is a coincidence. Either Mycroft is subtlety letting her know that he is aware that all the trouble started because of her. Or it is a practical matter since she is more likely to give into his demands since she would feel partly responsible for Sherlock's situation.
Now, of course Mycroft had planned something to make sure Sherlock didn't die in Eastern Europe. We can even deduce that they planned on Sherlock returning to London in not that much time. When Sherlock asks Mycroft to talk with John, Mycroft looks startled. Now, if they knew that Sherlock would be away for a long time, or perhaps would never return, it would be perfectly normal for him to want to say goodbye to John.
About Moriarty's video, I don't think that that was Mycroft's doing. The video would have worked regardless of Sherlock being in jail or recruited for a foreign mission. In both cases the powers-that-be would have wanted him on the London streets investigating. So why would Mycroft have first used his power to change Sherlock's sentence?
I just realized the main reason Sherlock kills Magnussen is to save his brother.
For once, yelling Merry Christmas right before shooting him is a clear reference to the conversation both brothers had earlier in their parents garden.
On the other hand. Right now Magnussen is a huge threat to Mycroft but only a small one to Mary and John. Sure, he'd enjoy lording his power over them, but he has no use for them now that he has Mycroft. And he has Mycroft. All he has to do is threaten to testify that Sherlock was selling him state secrets and there is little Mycroft wouldn't do to stop that from happening.
Definitely an original Christmas present.
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originally posted by amypuddles
Mycroft in His Last Vow (II). We never do this.
Analysis of Mycroft's role in HLV. Mary Shooting Sherlock and the Christmas party.
Part 1 is here
Sherlock gets shot, almost dies and disappears from the hospital a few days later, when he is still far from being in a state to go anywhere. And we are supposed to believe that Mycroft doesn't care about this situation, beyond giving Lestrade the names of two places where he might be hiding. Well, the man is busy, and it's not as if he has access to the British Secret Service, or would use those resources for a personal matter such as kidnapping his little brother's flatmate… oh, wait.
So at this point we have two options. Either Mycroft doesn't know where Sherlock is and has his people looking for him, or he does know. Now we have to find a reason for him telling Lestrade about Kew Gardens and the Cemetery. If Mycroft doesn't know where his brother is, those places would have already been scouted by his men, so why waste Lestrade and everyone else's time with them? But if Mycroft already knows about Sherlock's plan, then having them run around in circles while Sherlock and John deal with Mary, would be very useful.
The first odd thing is the laptop that supposedly holds enough information to endanger the security of the UK. Computers are not often related with Mycroft. They are not prominently featured in his offices, and whenever he needs to hand someone information (such as in TGG or TEH) they are always paper files. We only see him using a computer twice, one in TEH, in a flashback of him and Sherlock working together, and during this episode, when he seems to be looking at some type of satellite feed. I think we can safely assume Mycroft uses computers as communication devices, not as information storage. This is not particularly surprising. In an interview Gatiss and Moffat were asked about how Mycroft's mind palace looked like, to which they replied he probably didn't need one (I'm sorry I've lost the link, if anyone has it on hand, please send it to me), he has, after all, a better memory than Sherlock. Besides, with a computer there is always the danger of being hacked. So for Mycroft they are both unnecessary and dangerous.
So, even if Mycroft planned on working during Christmas, he would only rarely need a computer for this. Besides, the idea of a work-aholic Mycroft is mostly fanmade. Doyle's Mycroft lack of energy is almost proverbial and in BBC Sherlock, when we see Mycroft, he is usually at the Diogenes or at his own home. So how did Sherlock know weeks, or perhaps even months in advance, that Mycroft would choose to bring it? He doesn't even have past experiences to go on, because, as Mycroft says, "we never do this."
Also, I find it hard to believe that Mycroft would leave such an important item just laying around. Mycroft doesn't strike me as the careless type of person.
The second thing is Billy Wiggins. Mycroft is sitting in the kitchen, in the same room where an ex(¿?)-junky is drugging the tea and the punch his parents and himself are taking and Mycroft is not supposed to notice. Even though his observation abilities exceed Sherlock's.
These two things seem to suggest that Mycroft is on on Sherlock's plan. But then comes the conversation in the garden. Although there are some lines that suggest that Mycroft knows what's happening, he also says that he believes that Sherlock has dropped the Magnussen case. And that just doesn't make sense if they have been working together. There is no one there who needs to be fooled, except, perhaps, the viewers. And Mycroft and Sherlock might be smart, I don't think this grants them the ability to break through the fourth wall. So we have to assume that our initial interpretation is mistaken. That the brothers are not, in fact, working together.
But what then? Does it even make sense for Mycroft to really believe that Sherlock has dropped the case? Sherlock might not have told him anything, but Mycroft knows his little brother was shot. If John can realise (after a week) that Sherlock must be protecting his shooter by not revealing their name, Mycroft must have taken less than a minute to think of this. He would also realise that the shooter being there the same night John and Sherlock are is no coincidence. Before that day, only Sherlock and his client knew about his plans for CAM. But that day John hears about it, and he sees Janine. Who would he have told about this?
If Mycroft doesn't follow this chain of reasoning to realise it was Mary, there is a second one. Because Sherlock only has a few people whom he'd be willing to trust this much. And Mycroft has investigated them all enough to realise none of them has the abilities or would be capable of breaking in to shoot Magnusse. Only Mary is relatively unknown to him.
So, he knows it was Mary, and, after an investigation, he knows a lot, if not all, of her background. He would also realise that Magnussen must be in possession of her secret, which is why she wanted to kill him. He'd also realise she could have killed Sherlock if she wanted to, and that Sherlock must have come to the same conclusion. So how could Mycroft believe, even for one second, that Sherlock would just drop the case?
The conclusion is then that Mycroft and Sherlock are not working together, but Mycroft definitely knows more than he lets on. How does this fit together? Does it even fit together? That will be the last part.
Mycroft in His Last Vow(part I). Of course I bloody called him
When we look at Mycroft's role during the last episode of series three we see a lot of strange things, in particularly, the question of how much he does or doesn't know about what his little brother is up to, or why he seems uninterested in Sherlock getting shot, stand out. I'll be going over them and we'll see if there is an explanation to be found.
There are a few things I find odd about this scene.
The first one is that Mycroft doesn't seem to realise Janine is the one in Sherlock's bedroom. It could be that whatever surveillance Mycroft had his brother under has been lifted, so he might not have known about her before getting there. But Janine has been a regular visitor to Baker Street and she has spent the night there. Are we to believe that she moved like a ghost through the house, leaving absolutely no trace, no used tea mug, no impression on the sofa, no coat, nothing that would have betrayed her presence to Mycroft's searching eyes? Remember that he is there supposedly to look for drugs, he would be even more observant than he is normally.
Next, why would Sherlock seemingly admit to using drugs to avoid Mycroft discovering her? This would only make sense if he were trying to hide his investigation of Magnussen from his older brother. But he tells him about it less than a minute later.
Third is the involvement of Sherlock's fans in the drug bust. Mycroft claims to use them in order to keep the secret, but we know this isn't true. "Fan sites, indispensable for gossip." Sherlock tells John in The Great Game. I expect that Mycroft, being intimately involved with the British Secret Service, would know who can and can't be trusted to keep a secret. If he really wanted to keep Sherlock's secret Mrs Hudson, Lestrade and Anderson on his own would have been the safe bet. Plus, since Mrs Hudson cleans the apartment, she would be very handy for going through it. But by bringing in two strangers, Sherlock's drug use is bound to get out.
And perhaps that is the explanation? Let's go back a bit. In the Doyle's story where Watson finds Holmes in an opium den ("The man whit the twisted lip" or something like that, the one where the husband is the beggar) Holmes is investigating the building. Here, however, Sherlock has no reason to be in this particular crack house, the same one John's neighbour happens to frequent, laying right next to him. Must be a very big coincidence. Plus, if he really was so intent in remaining undercover, why did he greet John? If Sherlock hadn't said anything John would probably not have noticed him.
We know Sherlock does it because he wants to create the illusion that he has a drug habit for Magnussen to exploit. The loud row he has with John seems to have worked, but how sure could he have been of that? Cocaine users are not known for their observational abilities. But if the plan was made between the two brothers, they would have expected John to call Mycroft, giving him an excuse to bring in witnesses who knew who Sherlock was and who were bound to blab about it on the internet. It also explains the charade of Mycroft thinking the drugs are in Sherlock's bedroom and Sherlock then "confessing" to having them.
But why then, do they keep the act going after the fans leave? I've seen people suggest it is because Mycroft wants plausible deniability for Sherlock going after Magnussen, so they want Janine to overhear it. But Mycroft talks very softly and the door is closed. Besides, Janine's relationship with her employer is not a happy one, I don't think she would share any such information with Magnussen. I think the reason is the same, but the object is John. John is the one who tells the world about Sherlock's cases, so he is the perfect witness. They could have told him the truth, but we have already seen that the Holmes brothers don't have much faith in his ability to deceive people.
The final matter would be when Sherlock assaults Mycroft and throws him out of the building. It could be part of the ruse but I'm disinclined to believe that. It doesn't really add anything, other than making Sherlock appear more unstable than he is. And they don't need that since John is expected to agree to accompany Sherlock to a burglary that night. I wrote a lengthier interpretation of the scene, supposing Sherlock and Mycroft are not into it together, and I think it still works, with some slight modifications.
Mycroft would never agree to a plan were Sherlock would need to do drugs. The initial idea would be for Sherlock to pretend to be high. They would have expected John to take him to visit Molly for a drugs test, but there are a number of different substances Sherlock could take to get fake positives. But Sherlock, being Sherlock, would have been convinced he could handle the real stuff, and during the conversation Mycroft realises what his brother did, and he lets Sherlock know, and this pisses Sherlock off, for all the reasons I already mentioned and makes him lash out.
The next part will be about Mary and Sherlock getting shot.
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originally posted by burnsherlockhasmoved
The explanation of what the mind palace is and how it works has always been the same. Wether we got to saw what happened inside his mind or not. And the question remains, why would they do something so novel and complicated and not bother pointing it out. It would have been so esy tho show that it was a fake Baker Street. Mrs Hudson could have walked in on real Sherlock and he could be alone. Easy. But they didn't.
Why would he change his clothes? Because he is wearing yesterday's clothes. After a night out I find nothing as pleasurable as taking a shower and changing my clothes. And of course John comes back. Sherlock probably gave him an estimate about how long it would take him to get anything interesting from the site, and John is still very interested in the case and in Sherlock's methods. he still blogs about them, he isn't going to leave the investigation half way through.
I really can't believe you think that inventing and entire new mechanism for the mind palace, having to find an explanation as to why the writers would first make this change and then not bother to point it out, or do anything with it, is simpler than "John went home for a shower when he had a couple of free hours on his hands".
Logic tells us several hours must have passed ( 50 cases to locate and identify, maybe even talk to some of the women. One of Sherlock's maxims is to never start to reason without having enough data, his investigations are always thorough. Then he has to contact al four women and arrange for them to chat with them. These are all busy ladies, they are not hanging around their computer all day)
The food, the laptops and John's clothes are all there to indicate the passage of time, just like how John's Christmas jumper, the decorations and Sherlock playing Christmas carols on the violin are there to indicate passage of time in ASiB.
As for the scenery changing, that looks awesome, like how the bed came up to Sherlock to indicate him passing out and being brought to Baker Street. Or how Sherlock and John's conversation seemed to complement each other in the TEH, or several other examples, because these type of stunts are characteristic for the series.
So on one side we have a simple explanation for John actions, logic, his clothes, the food and the laptops. On the other we have a complicated alteration to the mind palace , a number of questions like why did the writers not make it clear that this was happening, why did John abandon the investigation half way through, why would Sherlock imagine food in his mind palace, (considering his disinterest in it, and how well he guards what does and does not go into it). And non changing shadows, even though the type of lightning does change. And you think the second is the simplest one?
Also, you might want to consider, that had they changed the position of the lightning to a higher point as would have to happen is it was later that day, there would be very little light coming in through the windows, which would mean that several of the light sources would have to come from within baker street itself, which would look considerable less striking than it does now. It wouldn't be the first time they skimp a bit with rules about where light sources should be to get more impacting images.
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coloured studies
started painting scenes from movies
Lately I had a desire to start doing some landscape paintings, as I never did any I thought it would be smart to start doint some photo studies first- about ~ 20 min
Landscapes part ll
Landscapes part lll
Some portraits, more landscape studies and life drawing
Wow man,
These look amazing to a beginner like me! Great portraits, love your the color palette's.
Especially on the side-portrait of the guy with glasses, is that someone special? :p
Keep up the great work dude!
Thanks man,
jeah since i got the painter colour picker for photoshop I started mixing my own colours.
The only profile portrait is the one with no reference
some more landscape practices
some people practice
Great brushwork! And fantastically vivid colors for digital work. I'm always supremely humbled when I see someone chromatically skilled in Photoshop. My only comment is that a few of your portraits seem to lose some structure when the lightning is softer (like JD and the girl with the blue hair in post #2).
jeah I noticed myself I have trouble with soft/women bone structure, probably need to start painting naked women a bit more
caribbean flaire .. practice
some animal study before trying myself on some creature designs
You've got some good brush economy going on, nice enviro's too.
I'm interested to see how your going to apply above studies to creature design.
here are some more studies and an attempt on character design..
some more landscape and figure studies
some sketches I did today
just great stuff - very cool
thanks for uploading and keep pushing
Zauselbarts Sketchbook
Looking for a Mentor!
stop whining, start working
Yeah.. some more sketches.
some more attempts on painting landscapes without reference
nice stuff. dont stop posting. you'Re pretty good.
ca sketchbook
Hehe thanks,
Jeah I had not much time to do personal work because of some commissions and the 3D Animation Short I'm working on just killing my time. But anyhow here are some paintings I did that I am allowed to post and some preview Illustations for the movie.
I hope you like it
some more practice.
Animal study ; figure drawing ; quick concept sketches
some more photo ref studies and concept sketches
Wow you have some really awesome stuff in here,and your landscapes are just amazing!
long time no see.
Finaly got around to paint again. Here is another self portrait, some movie frame paintings and some anatomy studies.
I hope you like them
Whoa man Im really liking your progress. That self portrait is awesome you have nice understanding of soft and hard edges. I dont really have much to actually say besides that but I see you took a year off ca, made quite a bit of progress within that time though
Help me improve!
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Great work ! Nice grayscale and color studies. Your work shows great improvement btw your first and last post. keep it up.
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It has come to my attention that some of you are still holding a candle for the 2009 season. Some of you are still swillin' the Blue kool-aid, although the ice cubes melted long ago and it HAS to be all watery and diluted. Some of you are still wearing your rose-colored shades, even though they're all smudged and need to be wiped badly. Some of you are still sitting in your seats clapping your hands and stomping your feet and chanting "weeee want a hit" even though it's in the bottom of the ninth and we're down 10 runs.
If that is you, my friends, I weep for your naivete, but...
...if your name is Jim Hendry, this is inexcusable. We still have a chance? Says who? Says YOU? Then you, you're either a bad liar, or a dumbass!
Jim, you put every single man on your active roster not on the DL on waivers, and only 12 players were claimed? Twelve! Remember the article I wrote last week when I said there were only 15 guys that ought to be kept, and that includes the reprehensible Soriano and Zambrano contracts (they are no longer men or players, but contracts at this point)? So there were 13 guys worth claiming? Well, it appears even I was too ambitious, since I didn't include Harden or Heilman.
Jim, take the hint. Only 12 guys on your team are good enough for someone else to want, and one of THOSE is the arsonist wearing #47, Heilman? And YOU pulled them all back? Gatdammit, Jim, it's over! Done! There is no harm done for the basement dwellers in Bucktown and the housewives in Keokuk in sticking it out until the bitter end, but you, sir, are in charge of this competitive entity, and you are paid, handsomely, to evaluate talent and construct the most competitive ballclub for the NEXT SEASON IN WHICH YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN!!
And, Jim, that season is 2010. This team could have been better for 2010 if you would have taken the offers other teams were making you for our chaff. No, I don't expect you to let Soto and Ramirez and Lilly and Marmol go, unless of course someone was offering you increased value (which is doubtful, of course). But anyone outside of the "core" of this team, and certainly Heilman and Harden are not part of the "core", you gotta take that chance!
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I recently bought some dried lavender at the farmers market (for 67 cents), with no idea what I was going to do with it. Well, I found something! Lavender simple syrup! This was too easy, and so delicious I think it is what I am going to give everyone come Christmas. Shown above is a simple straining process using a coffee filter. I included the recipe and some ideas for lavender cocktails below. It's also fab in hot black tea, iced tea, or lemonade.*Tip: To help preserve the simple syrup, add a little bit of vodka to the finished product.
Recipe for lavender simple syrup (from Zoe Bakes):
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Ideas for use of lavender simple syrup:
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Reflecting On the Data Viz VI Conference
A little over a week ago, I was in Bremen for the Data Viz VI conference. Read that Data Viz 6 - not Data Viz V.I., as I thought through the first three days.
I asked, "Is this the first one of these?"
"What do you mean? This is the sixth one. That's why it's called Data Viz SIX."
"Ah, ok, I did not get that."
Anyways, Adalbert and company put together an excellent conference, and I'm glad I was lucky enough to attend. It was the absolute best statistical conference I've ever been to. That's saying a lot, because it's the only statistical conference I've ever been to. But seriously, it was a good conference.
Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Michael Friendly opened up with the almost obligatory talk on the history of statistical graphics and where the field is headed. Anyone who's opened up a Tufte book will have seen a lot of the examples he's used (e.g. Napoleon's march and John Snow's map), but the history behind some of the graphics was interesting. Sometimes statistical graphics tend to lose that back story and becomes all about the values, so it's always nice to hear the human part of datasets.
Visual Analytics Tools for Analysis of Movement Data
My ears perked up when I saw "analysis of movement of data" in Gennady Andrienko's talk. I work with a lot of GPS data. I was reminded of the many ways to split up spatio-temporal data - by geographic section, by chunks of time, etc. It's easy to get caught up in the literal GPS traces on the map, so the talk was a good reminder. I do, however, wish Andrienko used more dynamic examples and branched out from Google Maps as the primary mapping tool. This was probably because his work is more computation-heavy than focused on interaction. Because of that, I was left wanting more than I got.
GGobi for Exploratory Data Analysis
I had the chance to chat a bit with the group behind GGobi, an exploratory tool that lets you "tour" multidimensional data via different projections. (That is one nice group of people, let me tell you.) Off the top of my head, there were four separate talks from the group, showing the various applications GGobi can be applied to. It's kind of hard to explain in brief, so I'd encourage you to check out the free software from the GGobi site. If anything, it's fun to see your data move ala John Tukey.
Parallel Coordinates - Good or Bad?
Al Inselberg promoted parallel coordinate plots (PCP) as the ultimate of statistical graphics. I got the sense that not everyone feels the same way. I remember during my second quarter as a graduate student, I proposed PCPs for a project. I was quickly rebuffed with a no way, those are horrible, and I simply moved on. After getting a personal demo from Inselberg though, I might have to take another look. Although, PCPs are certainly no panacea.
Collaboration Wanted
Still, my main take away from Data Viz VI was the need for collaboration between design, computer science, and statistics. As we've seen on FlowingData, there's a lot of great visualization coming from all three camps, but I wish there were more collaboration between all. As Di pointed out, this can sometimes be difficult because statisticians need certain tools (i.e. R) to be tightly coupled with whatever visualization they're developing. But outside the pure analytical tool, I see a sweet spot at the epicenter of statistics, design, and computer science, which is certainly something to get excited about.
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Parallel coordinate plots may be tricky to set up and use, but they are a very useful way to display multiple variables on one chart. Careful selection of scaling and of order of coordinates makes a difference. You can even create these charts in Excel:
Since you mentioned GPS data as one of the focus of your work I wonder if you can suggest me a good package for geo-data. I have a dataset of time+lat/log elements concentrated in a 600Km x 200km area. As a first exploratory task I would like to simply plot these points in an animated graphic.
Any suggestion of a package to easily project these points in a 2D surface?
Sérgio – i'm not completely sure what you mean by animated graphic, but modest maps, implemented in actionscript, could be a good start.
Thanks, I've seen your post on that. I'm going to try modest maps.
My main concern is getting a very precise projection since the locations are very close to each other. I'll make some tests.


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I will certainly see what I can do?
I wouldn't know, I haven't seen Teen Wolf: Revelations.
I am not sure I'm understand the question….
I'm glad I could help, but honestly I don't deserve any credit cause I didn't make these gifs. This blog is little more than one giant gif hunt.
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Date of News Release: 11/23/10
(London, Ky.) -- On Tuesday November 23, 2010 at 3:40 AM the Kentucky State Police, Post 11, London received a request for an officer at the Baptist Regional Medical Center ER in Corbin, KY in reference to an Amber alert.
Hospital officials stated that a man and child were at the ER, but were acting suspicious, and a check of the Amber Alert Website indicated the child was the subject of an Amber Alert, issued at 6 PM on November 22, 2010, out of Pickens, South Carolina.
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Have you signed the Charter for Compassion, and if not, why not?
The Charter for Compassion was opened for people to affirm in November 2009.
I signed it last night, and was the 88390th person to do so. Tonight it is up to 88429.
Nearly 1/2 a million people have watched Karens' TED talk announcing the Charter.
So why haven't more people signed it?
Perhaps you didn't know about it? I've only just found it out of over a thousand TED talks. Perhaps you watched the talk, but were too busy to look at the charter website? Perhaps you took a dislike to Karen?
I hope there wasn't anyone who didn't sign because they are opposed to the idea of compassion!
Maybe you are a non-believer and thought it was only a religious thing. It's not.
Read it. It asks you affirm a principle which is at the heart of secular codes of morality as well as religious ones, a principle which may be hard wired into our brains.
So have you signed it? Have a look at the charter itself (ignore the talks, all the other stuff on the charter website) and if you can't sign, please tell me why. What would have to be different for you to accept it!
There are 1.2 million TED community members. Let's see if we can give the charter a boost and stand up and be counted in the process?
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Steve CJul 26 2012: Sorry Nigel.
The Charter's intro claims it to be above ideology, but it's filled with it.
Karen says[?], "...we should help make religion a force for harmony."
To me, "force-&-harmony" stink of a oxymoron.
Is this gonna end up being another Law (read: "battering-ram)?
I get the impression that it's saying, "Join our clique, have more power, be cool; because you [little-old 'you'] just aren't important-enough to help on your own."
I don't believe ANY religion has compassion at its center; I believe they all have a God at their center. This Charter would see those Gods displaced!
The emoticon on their web site: I believe that's a dark-magic sigil, (or closely-tied to one).
Karen says "Let's revive the Golden Rule." What is the Godlen Rule: "Do unto others as you'd have them do to you." It seems to be fairly/very close to perfect - (but not good enough). Even the Jewish Torah on One Foot: "That which is hateful to you, do not do..." ...well, seems antithetical to define good "in the negative."
Perhaps it's egotistical for me to search for something better than TGR, but I search.
I did try to look around the site at "acts" to do, but found it hard to find anything useful; may try again later.
The definition(s) of "charter" seem chock-full of legalistic spirit; hardly the stuff of "compassion."
All-in-all, it tastes too One-World-Governminty.
Perhaps I am merely reminded of the United Nations Something-Something on the Rights of Children; which I found to espouse "not enough rights."
I WILL (merely) continue seeking a better life for me & others, without the help of this Charter.
Edit: I just got to read the rest of the responses - {wow} lots of "No's". I feel bad for you now. Had I known before, I would've been so thorough.
But it's good to see that you're trying to put it to use out there, and didn't "just sign the Charter." Hope you help others.
Jul 26 2012: Hi Steve,
I'm sorry you don't feel able to sign. A lot of your objections seem to focus on the surroundng information on the charter site, rather than the charter itself. I do agree that the arguments in Karens' intros and talks have holes in them, but I felt that the charter itself offered a good tool for the religious and non-religious to find common ground. That's why I asked people to focus on the words of the charter and not the surrounding noise. I saw the logo as the mathematical symbol for infinity, but perhaps that's my scientific background showing through.
I don't think that God lies at the centre of all religions as there are several religions that don't have a deity :-)
I do see compassion as being a common thread that could give all people a starting point for peace.
I've just got my first signing from Lawren above, and this made me feel extremely positive. It's this mutual movement of optimism that I feel the charter could generate, instead of being a clique. A sense that instead of feeling "why bother when everyone else doesn't" people could feel "I'm not the only one that feels this way". Cliques are exclusive, whereas the Charter shouts out to people to be included.
We've all been stitched up in the past by the small print in legal documents so perhaps calling it a charter brings some of this baggage with it. Perhaps it should be called the Promise, and sealed with a virtual handshake or a kiss. Having to always look carefully at the small print has made us all cynical. Is it possible to look for the good in the charter words themselves, without worrying about being trapped?
There are a lot of NOs here, but at least no one has said that Compassion itself is a bad idea. :-)
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On September 20, 2010, more than 150 of the world's leading thinkers and doers came together in New York for TEDxChange. Convened by Melinda French Gates on the 10th anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals, this event explored what the future holds for health and development around the world. What changes have taken place in the last decade? And what more needs be done to ensure the health and well-being of future generations?
Hosted by TED curator Chris Anderson, a global audience participated on September 20 as TEDx communities around the world, including TEDxMIA, hosted events around the live webcast. To learn more, visit TEDxChange.org.
On 20th September at 11am the University of Miami school of International Media Studies hosted this event and joined the conversation on Millenium Development Goals. As the students from the Media Centre have been working on a project focussing on the MDGs, the event was of particular importance to them (see : mdg.glocalstories.org )
This was a community builder for our main event, TEDxMIA which is taking place on 4th November 2010 at the Wolfsonian FIU, South Beach, Miami. Caroline gave the UM students a taste of what TEDx is all about and encouraged them to take action too and help bring TEDx to Miami.
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