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Television has a long history of quirky, offbeat detectives.
Columbo. Nero Wolfe. Jim Rockford. Allison Dubois ("Medium"). Brenda Leigh Johnson ("The Closer"). Richard Castle and Monk.
But offbeat doesn't begin to describe TV's newest crime-solver — Dr. Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack, "Will & Grace"), who's at the center of "Perception" (Tuesday, 7 and 9 p.m., TNT).
Pierce is a brilliant neuroscience professor who's recruited by the FBI to help with tough cases. He's also a paranoid schizophrenic who sees patterns and clues others miss and people who aren't really there.
"Are you out of your mind?" he's asked in the premiere.
"Well, that's not the clinical description," Pierce replies, "but yes, actually."
The people he hallucinates help him solve crimes. And they add a second level of mystery for the viewers, because it isn't always clear if characters are real or figments of Pierce's imagination.
"Perception" crosses into some dangerous territory. Not because of the mysteries themselves — they're not remarkably different from standard TV fare — but because of the inclusion of a character who's not only schizophrenic, but off his meds.
"And that's a controversial thing for someone to do," McCormack acknowledged. "In his case, it's almost an intellectual hubris. He certainly wouldn't recommend that to anybody else suffering with a condition."
It just seems that way.
"He figures that with the meds he loses a chunk of who he is and the way his magnificent brain works, McCormack said. "He doesn't want to dull that, so he takes the risk."
Creator/executive producer Ken Biller acknowledged that "Perception's" primary goal is to entertain viewers.
"But we want to be responsible in the way we depict [schizophrenia]," he said. "It's a serious condition for a lot of people."
And he insisted "Perception" is "one of the first times that we're really showing a very positive depiction of a high-functioning person struggling with a serious mental disorder. It's not something that you've seen very often, so we're proud of that."
It sounds almost heroic, doesn't it?
The cast includes Rachael Leigh Cook as Pierce's former student/FBI agent, Arjay Smith as his teaching assistant, Kelly Rowan as Pierce's best friend, and LeVar Burton as his boss and friend.
The show is OK, but it's also sort of tough to watch. You want to like Pierce, but it's isn't easy. He can be funny and charming, but he's also frantic, manic and incredibly annoying.
An episode of "Perception" may leave you exhausted.
"The show is sponsored by Red Bull," McCormack joked.
Scott D. Pierce covers television for The Salt Lake Tribune. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com; follow him on Twitter @ScottDPierce.


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Just imagine for a moment that two white teenage boys had just killed a black 12 year old girl. What do you think the media reaction and interpretation of the horrific crime would be? Dare I say charges of racism would be flying about. But when a white 12 year old girl is killed by two black teenage brothers is there a difference? From FanDaily:
Autumn Pasquale was found inside a blue recycle bin at Clayton not far from her home, her white BMX was found inside a house owned by Anita Saunders next to the recycle bin, but it wasn't Mrs. Saunders the one responsible for Autumn's death but two of her teenage sons Dante and Justin Robinson.
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12-year-old Autumn Pasquale died by blunt force trauma and strangulation, her killers were two teenage boys who she knew even was friends with one of then on Facebook
According to police, 15-year-old Justin Robinson lured Autumn inside his home at 300 block of East Clayton Avenue with promises of giving her parts for her white Odyssey BMX bike which she adored and what Justin and her 17-year-old brother were into according to friends.
Once inside Justin strangled the girl and his brother helped him until there was no more life inside her, they them disposed her body in the blue recycle bin at the neighbors' house.
But it was Anita the boys' mother who noticed suspicious messages on Justin Facebook wall, it was her who forced them to turned themselves to police, both are been charges with first degree murder as juveniles and they are been held without bond at a juvenile prison.
The act is evil regardless of the race or gender of the victim and the criminals who did it. I applaud the mother for turning these boys in, that must have been a difficult decision. I wonder if an earlier intervention in these boys lives would have turned out differently and Autumn Pasquale would still be alive. And, yes, the world view that justifies abortion does play a part in this.


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day 1 of quitting smoking. I have to do it this time.
I hope this one lasts, I really, really like him ^__^
lasted 6 days, found out the truth about him…damn
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I know it's really stupid to always complain about your parents but when you have a pair like mine, you can't help but to. I'm extremely pissed off right now because my dad won't let me use his car because….get this. There's a photo contest, and I don't want to turn in a photo so now I'm going to get no where in life and have no future.
There's a vacation photo contest in the plain dealer that my dad told me about. I really do not care for contest like that because I think they are scams and it's not like I'd have a chance at winning anyways since I dont HAVE a vacation photo. He told me to just lie about it which I said no, I'm not going to fucking lie about a photo just to win something. I really don't fucking care. It's just a stupid contest. Since I've told him that I don't want to do it, he told me I have no future, I'm going to get no where with what I'm doing, blah blah blah. Now he won't let me use the car.
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Whether they're in the woods or on the podium, Hoyt's Pro Shooters represent Hoyt to the fullest. And Hoyt.com is the only place where you'll find behind-the-scenes info about their recent success stories, their travels, their favorite Hoyt bows and accessories, and other details that any true Hoyt fan needs to know.
Hoyt: How long have you been into archery and how did you get started?
Logan: I have been around archery for as long as I can remember. I have seen a picture of myself at the age of 5 shooting an old recurve that my dad found when he was younger. I started hunting at the age of 12 but didn't get involved in target archery until I turned 17.
Hoyt: What made you want to be a Professional Archer?
Logan: In 1995, both my dad and brother won Vegas in their respective divisions, and in 1997, my dad won the world indoor in Instanbul, Turkey. I thought that it was so cool and something I wanted to get involved in. And I had pretty good coaches to teach me.
Hoyt: What are the practice sessions like at the Wilde house? Between Dee, Reo and yourself?
Logan: Our practice sessions have always been something hard to explain unless you get to see them in person. Not many places in the world can you shoot a 300 with 28x's and come in third, or shoot a world record breaking score outdoor and still not be the high score. It helps drive you to become a better shooter.
Hoyt: What's a day at work like at Easton Archery?
Logan: Today? Actually fletching arrows. LOL! On a normal day, the first thing is to make sure all international staff shooter orders are processed so they will ship when ready. After that, I answer all the technical emails that come into Easton, handle any domestic Pro Staff orders that come in, and work with our QA department on warranty matters.
Hoyt: Being a top ranked archer, what are some upsides and downsides to working in the archery industry?
Logan: The biggest advantage is that you get to know a lot of great people in archery and your opinion carries a little bit of weight. The biggest downside is that you have to make sure to take breaks from shooting and practice when possible because you talk about archery every day and you can become burnt out before the end of the season.
Hoyt: What are your tournament plans for the 2011 season? Where have you been so far and what have you accomplished?
Logan: My plans are to attend a lot of domestic and a few international tournaments, and possibly the World Outdoor. So far this season I have been to Face2Face where I finished 8th, Utah Open finishing 1st, Iowa Pro Am finishing 12th, and Nimes, France finishing 3rd.
Hoyt: What bow are you shooting?
Logan: Currently, I'm shooting the Hoyt Vantage Elite Plus, 58 lbs with 21 lbs holding weight.
Hoyt: Besides archery, what else are you in to?
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The Energy Management Committee told selectment thi sweek that constructing a solar panel at the town's transfer station could not only save the town money, but also generate more than enough energy to power the Transfer Station and put power back on the grid.
"Hypothetically, the panel would house 538 kilowatts, which is more than enough to power the Transfer Station," Winchester Energy Conservation Coordinator Susan McPhee said. "The extra power would turn the meter backwards and the credit would be applied to the highest consumer of energy in town, which is Winchester High School."
McPhee said the estimated kilowatt-hours produced from the solar panel would equal about 645,000 kilowatt-hours. The used 700,000 kilowatt-hours last year. According to McPhee, the solar panel would be paid for through a Power Purchase Agreement and no taxpayer dollars would be spent on the construction.
"We are waiting for the town and the Trash Pickers to work together to figure out the recycling situation," McPhee said. "This is a series of dominoes, but if it does work out, it is a win-win situation for the town."


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E-commerce and the desire for a competitive advantage are destroying traditional ways of doing business in the transportation segment of today's supply chain management, and logistics is now emerging as an area that can deliver tremendous benefits.
Cutting-edge supply chain logistics management solutions, from a traditional return-on-investment (ROI) perspective, are vital to a successful business, but, more important, the return-on-value (ROV) from these solutions is the real criterion of significance. Rather than focusing purely on return as a function of cost, examining ROV and its effect on revenue, customer satisfaction and long-term competitive advantage is a new way of analyzing the true bottom line.
Re-Examining Traditional MeasuresEnterprises have traditionally evaluated the acquisition of business application software primarily as a function of return on investment. Certain assumptions were required for this model to provide a meaningful yardstick, and chief among those assumptions was the premise that the new system provided a more efficient means of addressing a current set of processes and activities. Moreover, and almost without exception, these replacement decisions focused exclusively on improving the efficiency of internal enterprise processes.
But the business world has changed, and along with it, so have the fundamental notions upon which enterprises base their marketplace advantage. Now new business models—courtesy of the e-commerce revolution—are displacing traditional methods of transacting business. As a result, strategies that base competitive advantage solely on current intra-enterprise process excellence are at the very least under threat, with a likely fate of being relegated to the proverbial woodshed. Looking beyond traditions, one sees the intriguing concept of transforming internal processes, functions, and cost centers into competitive weapons or even profit centers. As an enterprise looks outward into its value chain—defined as the trading partner ecosystem encompassing suppliers, partners, and customers—is there an opportunity to leverage internal excellence into inter-enterprise competitive advantage?
Transportation Logistics and TechnologyThe traditional model of transportation management is being transformed and redefined by innovative advances in supply chain logistics management. These technologies now encompass all material movements across the value chain from raw materials to finished goods. And now, thanks in large part to the advent of the internet as a flexible and robust medium of collaboration and process execution, supply chain logistics management strategies may be conceived and executed for immediate and sustainable competitive advantage.
The new complete supply chain logistics management footprint includes:
Enterprises using new supply chain logistics management methods have recognized that the traditional view of transportation management as a cost center is too limiting, and, in fact, places them in a disadvantageous position vis-à-vis the competition. Second, limiting their transportation strategy to domestic outbound (customer centric) finished goods movements is short sighted as well. The real value, and hence sustainable competitive advantage, will be found in attacking the entire value chain from supplier to customer holistically.
Current Issues in Global LogisticsThree major business forces driving the need to change the way logistics processes operate today include:
1. E-Commerce. E-commerce is a primary factor propelling the forces of increased globalization and increased customer expectations. The internet and related technologies are dramatically improving the ways in which companies transact all aspects of business with their suppliers and customers.
2. Globalization. Corporations continue to internationalize their production, supplier, and customer bases to exploit opportunities for revenue growth and cost reduction.
3. Customer expectations. The internet drives everyone's expectation of a satisfactory customer-service experience. Consumer and corporate buyers demand more choices, accurate and faster fulfillment, and greater value from reliable suppliers.
The RewardsThese market forces are placing new demands on a corporation's logistics capabilities, and those companies without the ability to adapt to this changing environment will be left behind. Corporations with lackluster and dated logistics processes will not be able to capitalize on the revenue and profit opportunities offered by e-commerce and globalization. Success requires new supply chain logistics management methods. The rewards generated from using such solutions are many:
1. Reduce costs. Logistics operations that are segmented—domestic vs. international, by mode of transportation, or by business division—should be combined into a cutting-edge supply chain logistics management platform whenever possible. A single platform eliminates redundant systems and procedures. This reduces transportation costs by pooling purchasing power, consolidating freight movements, selecting the right rate, mode, route and service provider, and by decreasing partner communication expenses. This type of process and technology change is obviously easier said than done. Success requires a phased implementation that delivers a consolidated, innovative transportation logistics management solution at a rate the organization can absorb.
2. Take control. Corporations can take control of logistics processes, even when they are managed by external service providers. The key to control and more effective decision-making is information visibility.
Information visibility stems from collaboration and streamlined communications with external logistics partners. Control translates into reduced variability and improved customer-service reliability. Studies show that the variability in transportation lead times in a supply chain have a tremendous effect on inventory pipeline and safety stock costs—even more so than variability in customer demand.
3. New business models. Logistics can be a "money maker." Effective logistics capabilities—people, systems, and procedures—are very valuable assets. An increasing number of corporations are transforming their logistics departments from cost centers to profit centers by selling their services to other companies. Another opportunity lies in e-commerce marketplaces. Dominant participants in specific industry supply chains are establishing private marketplaces to improve the operations of the entire supply chain.
These marketplaces can be stand-alone businesses that provide value-added services, such as logistics, to the marketplace participants.
4. Increase revenues and profits. E-commerce initiatives and globalization represent a vast opportunity for revenue growth though domestic and international expansion. Most corporations don't have the logistics processes in place to effectively and efficiently scale to meet this demand. Logistics is a key determinant of overall customer satisfaction and profitability growth because unsatisfactory fulfillment experiences provide motivation for customers to take their business—and your profits—elsewhere.
The time to act is now. Change will not come easy or overnight. As a result of the business forces of e-commerce, globalization, and customer expectations, logistics is being transformed from an activity with a purely cost-minimization focus to one where value maximization wins the day. To reflect the new ground rules, systems that are now evaluated with a ROV model that encompass revenue growth and customer satisfaction will displace the traditional approaches that focus only on short-term cost reductions.
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"Great way to announce your baby! Our friends and family loved the cards. Excellent quality. Great layout. It covers all the information you would want to include, and you don't have to figure out the layout yourself!! I loved the square card, and used the regular postage envelope option. Even the envelopes are great quality. Highly recommended!"
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Ok so I moved my blog over to tumblr because the other one was super lame and boring…I should've listened to a certain somebody (Amanda) from the beginning and gone with tumblr…my bad!
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Patients have a chance to interacting with their doctor's outside of the office, in a more comfortable setting.
The goal of Freeman Health System's"Walk With A Doc" event. The group gathered at the George Washington Carver Memorial for a one mile walk, where people could ask Freeman doctors questions about their health.
This was the first walk for the group. One doctor hopes this walk's turnout will bring more people out to the second.
"It's open up to anyone, of all ages and all fitness levels. The walk is at your own pace, so you can come and enjoy and go as slow as you want or as fast as you want" says Angela Langer
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Thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered, donated and worked to make this year's tournament a huge success. Can't wait to see you all next year! In the mean time, check us out in the Juneau Empire and on KTOO.com:
November 8-10, 2013 — 10th Annual Juneau Jamboree
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This is a round robin tournament for players of ALL abilities.
Everyone registers individually and teams are made of a mixture of skill levels.
Lots of great women's hockey! Games start at 5:15pm on Friday, November 8th, and are finished at 1pm on Sunday, November 10th.
Jamboree Banquet
The banquet will be on Saturday night at Rockwell (109 S. Franklin), doors open at 6:30pm, dinner will be served at 7:15pm.
As always, friends and family are welcome, but we ask non-players to pay $15 to cover the cost of food.
Don't forget to bring a door prize (unwrapped!) to contribute to the fun and mayhem.
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Beginning Tuesday, September 2, the Library will open Monday through Saturday at 10 a.m. On Saturdays, we will stay open until 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday closings will remain at 8 p.m., and Fridays at 5 p.m. We are glad that we will be able to be open at the same time each day!
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We take the safety and security of all of our Jammers very seriously. We are happy to let you know that we have highly trained moderators available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to monitor all activities in Jamaa. If we find any Jammers breaking the Animal Jam Rules, we will be take swift and appropriate action on their account.
But you can help too! When someone sends a Jam-A-Gram that breaks the Animal Jam Rules, please feel free to let us know by reporting them. Click the button that looks like a police badge on the right side of the Jam-A-Gram.
After that, just follow the instructions that pop up to submit the report. You can also find the report button by clicking on the sender's Player Card at the bottom of the Jam-A-Gram.
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Ghost Story
Submitted by Robin in PA on December 29, 2012 - 5:05pm.
Wizard Harry Dresden is dead. Now he is a ghost. Only by finding the person who murdered him can Harry save three of his friends and move on. One big problem is contacting his friends. They can't see him; they can't hear him. Since the defeat of the Red Court Vampires more creatures have come forward to take their place. Harry's magic is gone. He must now find a way to defeat the dark entity controlling the malevolent ghosts or turn into one of the lost souls.
This story is certainly different from the other entries in the series. Harry no longer has his wizard magic, so we don't get as many actions scenes in this book. There are also a couple scenes in the book where I can say I was kind of bored. But there is a lot of originality in this story, and a twist I certainly didn't see coming. Many past characters are back in the story. I loved seeing Murphy, Butters, Molly and Bob. When Harry's murderer was uncovered, all I can say is I was shocked. My rating: 4 Stars.


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Peoria, AZ (Sports Network) - Miguel Olivo clubbed a three-run homer and the Seattle Mariners posted a 6-4 win over the Texas Rangers in Cactus League play.
Jesus Montero hit a two-run double and Vinnie Catricala added a solo shot for the Mariners. Blake Beavan pitched five innings for Seattle and allowed two runs on three hits.
The Rangers got home runs from Nelson Cruz and David Murphy, while Matt Harrison gave up three hits, one of them being Catricala's blast, in his three-inning start.
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This statue of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium is located at Albertine square (Place de l'Albertine) at Kunstberg (Mont des Arts) in Brussels, Belgium.
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This equestrian statue of King Albert I of Beglium is located at Albertine square (Place de l'Albertine) at Kunstberg (Mont des Arts) in Brussels, Belgium.
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This statue of Gabrielle Petit is located at Place Saint-Jean in Brussels, Belgium.
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This statue of Augustin-Daniel Comte Belliard is located near Royal Park in Brussels, Belgium.
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This statue of Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, is located in the heart of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
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Original was installed in 1891, destroyed over and over, then new one placed in 2001
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A statue of Lucius Munatius Plancus, the presumable founder of the city, in the court of the town hall of Basel.
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At the 'Place Gutenberg' in Strasbourg, France, Alsace stands an ols statue of Johannes Gutenberg.
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Elvis Statue - Las Vegas, NV
This statue is at the front of the hotel near valet parking and taxi stands.
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location: Nevada
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Elias Lönnrot - Helsinki, Finland
This big bronze statue represents not only Elias Lönnrot but also his most well known work: Kalevala.
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location: Finland
date approved: 7/24/2014
last visited: 9/25/2014
Patrick Kavanagh - Lake Buena Vista, FL
A statue of a famous Irish poet sits in the Downtown Disney District.
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date approved: 7/23/2014
last visited: 8/7/2014
Grete Waitz - Lake Buena Vista, FL
A statue of an Norwegian Olympic silver medalist marathon runner at the 1984 Los Angeles Games at the Norway pavilion in Disney's Epcot.
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last visited: 8/20/2014
Habib Bourguiba - Paris, France
A bust of Habib Bourguiba, the first President of the Republic of Tunisia, is located in Paris, France.
location: Île-de-France, France
date approved: 7/20/2014
Jim Cronin - Monkey World, Longthorns, Wareham, Dorset, UK
Located near the chimpanzee enclosure is this statue of Jim Cronin, the founder of Monkey World, who is well known for his conservation and rehabilitation work in the world of primates.
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location: Southern England, United Kingdom
date approved: 7/19/2014
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This sculpture of Pablo Picasso by Francisco López Hernández is located at Plaza de la Merced in Málaga.
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location: Andalucía, Spain
date approved: 7/16/2014
last visited: 7/8/2009
Wo-Peen - Harvard, MA
The statue of Wo-Peen, born Louis Gonzales, is located on the grounds of the Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, MA.
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location: Massachusetts
date approved: 7/14/2014
Friedrich Halm - Vienna, Austria
This bust is located on the facade of Vienna's Burgtheater.
posted by: Metro2
location: Wien, Austria
date approved: 7/13/2014
last visited: 9/11/2013
Franz Grillparzer - Vienna, Austria
Christian Friedrich Hebbel - Vienna, Austria
Frère Marie Victorin - Montréal, Qc
Statue du fondateur du jardin botanique.
posted by: poildecarot
location: Quebec, Canada
date approved: 7/11/2014
last visited: 9/13/2014
Clifford W. Henderson - Palm Desert, CA
This bronze bust of the founder of the City of Palm Desert resides along El Paseo Drive in a very ritzy part of downtown Palm Desert.
posted by: thebeav69
location: California
Mother Teresa in Skopje, Macedonia
A monument of Mother Teresa next to ist memorial house in Skopje.
posted by: Arne1
location: Macedonia
Gustav Mahler - New York City, NY
This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
location: New York
date approved: 7/8/2014
last visited: 7/24/2013
Queen Marie-Amelie - New York City, NY
This bust is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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In the middle of a discussion about whether the number of Linux distributions was declining, I suddenly realized that I didn't need to rely on my own power of observations. For years, Distrowatch has been summarizing the characteristics of distros and making the results available in an easily searchable database. The point of the site is to help users choose a distribution, but the information works just as well as a description of the current state of distributions -- not just their actual numbers, but also such facts as their purposes, the desktops they include, and the distributions they are based on.
Of course, this information is only as good as the categories Distrowatch provides. In addition, although the page views is often taken as a sign of relative popularity, at best this statistic only indicates which distributions are interesting to users who are experienced enough to check Distrowatch. Which distros new users are being drawn to is entirely unrecorded.
Still, within these limitations, the results of Distrowatch searches are the closest we have to a snapshot of the current trends in distributions.
Looking at the numbers
First, to answer the question about the number of distributions: Distrowatch lists 301 active distributions. By contrast, I remember once in 2006 finding 386 active distributions -- a point I remember because I had to explain to my editor that I wasn't talking about distributions for the 386 chip. That would indicate an average loss of about twelve distros a year in the last seven years. However, don't take my word for it -- the fact that 52 distributions are listed as dormant and 401 as discontinued suggests that about 60% of all the distributions ever developed are now inactive. Overall, the number of distros actually is declining, although at a rate that still leaves plenty of choices for the foreseeable future.
Of the active distributions, 66 are developed in the United States -- a number that no other single country comes close to. However, Europe is also an active center for distribution-building, with 12 being developed in the United Kingdom, 5 in Ireland, 18 in Germany, and 21 in France. Somewhat surprisingly, Asia is much less active, with 9 being developed in Japan, 7 in China and 5 in India. For its population, South America is surprisingly active, with 4 Argentine distributions and 6 Brazilians ones, numbers that no doubt reflect the efforts to use free software to build infrastructure.
The audiences and purposes of active distros tends to be focused on a variety of technologies, with security listed as the purpose of 10, forensics of 8, and telephony of 8. 8 are listed as being based on source code rather than packages, and 6 as free software only. 10 are oriented towards multi-media. But the most common audience listed is beginners, who have 21 distributions devoted to them, and education, which has 18.
When I first started using free software in 1999, .rpm distributions predominated slightly, with .deb distributions slightly behind. However, today, the .deb distributions are overwhelmingly ahead. Specifically, 144 distributions are based on Debian and 78 on Ubuntu, a total that represents over 70% of active distros, compared to the 17% compiled by combining the 27 based on Fedora, the 13 on Red Hat, and the 7 on CentOS. Outriders include the 9 based on Gentoo and the 14 based on Slackware. In the niche markets, Puppy is the source of 6 other distributions.
A few active distributions still use window managers like IceWM or Openbox, but GNOME is the most widely used desktop environment, with KDE second at 97. Xfce and LXDE are surprisingly strong, with 71 and 59 respectively. Linux Mint's desktops, which are only eighteen months old, are just starting to be used elsewhere, Mate being used in 18 distributions, and Cinnamon in 9. With 11, Unity continues to be a primarily used in Ubuntu, being easily eclipsed by Enlightenment's tally of 16, despite Enlightenment's long gap between releases.
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Over the last decade, the top ten distributions have remained remarkably similar. Ubuntu appears at the top suddenly in 2005, and Linux Mint and PCLinuxOS in 2008, but otherwise the top ten has changed little. Debian and Fedora have done little except to ascend or descend a couple of positions, and, once you take into account the change of names, the same is true for Mandriva and Mageia and SuSE and openSUSE.
What has changed in the last decade is that Slackware, which ranked seventh in 2002 has slipped from the top ten entirely in 2013. Similarly, while the top ten usually includes a distribution with a small foot print, since 2008, that distribution has changed from Damn Small Linux to Puppy. In addition, since 2010, Arch has consistently ranked ninth or tenth.
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What strikes me most about these statistics is that, while the number of distributions remains in the hundreds, the appearance of choice is partly an illusion.
For one thing, the distributions that interest people the most has remained mostly unchanged in the last decade, apart from the tendency for more advanced distributions like Gentoo and Slackware to decline in popularity. Ubuntu had the financial backing to break in near the top of the page view list and stay there, but only Linux Mint and PCLinuxOS have managed to duplicate its success.
For another thing, distributions remain more common in industrialized than developing countries. The majority are .deb based, and, despite the choices for desktop environment that have emerged in the last few years, GNOME, KDE, and Xfce continue to be the most widely used. Among newcomers, LXDE has come anywhere close to rivaling the Big Three in availability.
All distributions do not have equal influence, so these numbers do not tell the whole story. Obviously, which desktops are carried by Fedora or Ubuntu is likely to have more affect than the choices made by a distribution developed by two or three people. But the choices made by distributions is an indicator of what experienced users are thinking -- and these choices do fall into regular patterns that are not always what subjective impressions would lead observers to expect.comments powered by Disqus
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A coworker years my junior asked me if I was going to dinner with him tonight. Not an hour later, a guy that used to sleep with one of my friends chatted me up about going out for drinks later. All of this the day the guy I'm seeing asks to come into work with me, and picks me up later in his friend's brand new Mercedes in the campus parking lot in front of some verrrrry jealous biddies.
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I am highly motivated by sex. Should this come as any surprise?
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When all I want to say is, "WOOF."
…And times like now are when I consider getting all mysterious and tri-lingual and shit and just leaving "Tu sei caldo come pane," and calling it a day to let people ponder.
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Nicole explains, "if you're getting a million dollars, I wanna see s**t I've never seen before."
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She doesn't have to do nasty because she IS nasty!
We've already seen s*** by Lindsay that we've never seen before. Decaying meth mouth teeth... pictures of her drunk and making out with her own MOTHER at a club a month or so ago. I doubt she could top that one unless she's going to blow her Dad in Playboy.. but I think she'd be doing that in Hustler.
Who in the hell wants to see her naked now anyway. This would have been great during her Mean Girls days but now she looks like a used up meth addicted hooker in her late 40's. No thanks.
LMAO...She mad, she drinking that Haterade. I bet all the playmates feel like this too. This chick probably had to sleep with Hef, run his bathwater, be in bed by 9pm, wake up at 6, and arrange his pills just to get a centerfold.
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P.S. Lindsay is a drug addict and is not to be celebrated in any way shape or form.
Lindsay's feelings are going to be hurt and want an apology.
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What is crazy is Lindsay and her "fans" will likely be more upset about this comment then by her upcoming court date.
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I guess she is wanting to be Kim K without having to get urinated on in the video. Too bad.
Lindsay is willing to take that golden shower now that her career fell down a hole when she dropped a crack rock and kept digging...
This Playboy thing marks the point where Lindsay becomes irrelevant. Jayde was irrelevant the moment she stopped sucking on Brody's limp noodle.
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So, this is another chick that does "tasteful" porn, huh?
BTW, what exactly is "tasteful" porn? I thought that was an oxymoron.
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Former Manchester West Principal Mary Ellen McGorry speaks during a special naturalization ceremony at the high school last May. (UNION LEADER FILE)
The district had paid $47,955 through October to an employment investigative firm, and it spent an additional $52,975 for services rendered through Dec. 23, when it finalized its report on McGorry.
The investigation by the Massachusetts-based Employment Practices Group has continued since then, apparently focusing on the secretary, Denise Michael.
These figures do not include the money spent by the district on its outside attorneys, James O'Shaughnessy and Dean Eggert. Those figures were unavailable on Thursday.
McGorry, who had been a popular principal at West, and Michael were suspended a few weeks into the school year for reasons district officials have not disclosed.
McGorry had been on paid leave until late last month, when the board accepted her resignation while agreeing to pay her through April and cover health benefits through June.
Michael remains on paid leave.
McGorry's salary was $103,700 a year, and Michael is paid $27.80 an hour.
Citing employee privacy laws, district officials have refused to reveal the findings of the investigation or the nature of the allegations against McGorry or Michael.
Employment Practices Group compiled a report on McGorry that is 167 pages long, with exhibits totaling 368 pages, according to documents released by the legal counsel. District officials have not released the report to the school board or the media.
The firm has been billing the district $250 an hour for its services.
The legal expenses come as the district faces a budget crunch halfway through the fiscal year. The district's professional and technical services budget has been overspent due to "the legal projection for year end being higher than budgeted," according to the district's business administrator January financial report.
As of Thursday, the district had not provided more detailed information about its spending on legal services.
The school board has also voted to allow the superintendent to move forward with the hiring of John Rist, the former Central High principal, as the interim chief at West, at an estimated rate of $90 an hour, a move that has been harshly criticized by a couple members of the board.
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He took the color of his vest
From rabbit's coat or grouse's breast;
For, as the wood-kinds lurk and hide,
So walks the woodman, unespied.
The gale that wrecked you on the sand,
It helped my rowers to row;
The storm is my best galley hand
And drives me where I go.
The sea is the road of the bold,
Frontier of the wheat-sown plains,
The pit wherein the streams are rolled
And fountain of the rains.
Over his head were the maple buds,
And over the tree was the moon,
And over the moon were the starry studs
That drop from the angels' shoon.
With beams December planets dart
His cold eye truth and conduct scanned,
July was in his sunny heart,
October in his liberal hand.
Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you endured
From evils which never arrived!
Boon Nature yields each day a brag which we now first
And trains us on to slight the new, as if it were the old:
But blest is he, who, playing deep, yet haply asks not why,
Too busied with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Her planted eye to-day controls,
Is in the morrow most at home,
And sternly calls to being souls
That curse her when they come.
Ere he was born, the stars of fate
Plotted to make him rich and great:
When from the womb the babe was loosed,
The gate of gifts behind him closed.
Cast the bantling on the rocks,
Suckle him with the she-wolf's teat,
Wintered with the hawk and fox,
Power and speed be hands and feet.
I am not wiser for my age,
Nor skilful by my grief;
Life loiters at the book's first page,—
Ah! could we turn the leaf.
Shines the last age, the next with hope is seen,
To-day slinks poorly off unmarked between:
Future or Past no richer secret folds,
O friendless Present! than thy bosom holds.
Night-dreams trace on Memory's wall
Shadows of the thoughts of day,
And thy fortunes, as they fall,
The bias of the will betray.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post1613067768296662491..comments2014-09-30T13:38:58.967-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: December 24, 1944Grumpy, M.D.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39597497885046553092012-01-18T18:10:07.382-05:002012-01-18T18:10:07.382-05:00With the recent catastrophe in Italy - the groundi...With the recent catastrophe in Italy - the grounding of the Costa Concordia with 11 dead and 21 missing - I keep thinking back to the Leopoldville. The alleged incompetence, negligence and indifference of the Italian captain is chillingly similar. The heroic efforts of the Italian coast guard are also paralleled in this story.

I understand the difference in scale of these two tragedies, but there are strong similarities.ronstewhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75981699834312050602011-12-28T01:53:54.882-05:002011-12-28T01:53:54.882-05:00Thanks for sharing.Thanks for sharing.Uncle Meowhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11675038881935083592011-12-26T21:49:17.017-05:002011-12-26T21:49:17.017-05:00Thank you for the pom Dr Staple. That was chillng,...Thank you for the pom Dr Staple. That was chillng, in a good way.

And thank you Dr G. for posting this. I consider myself a bit of a history buff, but even I'd never heard of this one.

I just finished "In the heart of the sea", about the Essex. I'd imagine you've read that one.M.Brayfieldhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-61810905109821174382011-12-26T04:00:06.501-05:002011-12-26T04:00:06.501-05:00Your asides remind me how we *won* the war, despit...Your asides remind me how we *won* the war, despite ourselves, while all the 'gentlemen' were on leave...email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-67515890250151780292011-12-25T18:11:12.513-05:002011-12-25T18:11:12.513-05:00Hey Dr. G! I am a long time reader of yours. I a...Hey Dr. G! I am a long time reader of yours. I am an ER doc currently in Afghanistan. I wanted to thank you for writing about the Leopoldville. My grandpa was on that ship and that night haunted him until the day he died. I wanted to share a poem with you that he wrote on Christmas Eve and read to the family a year or 2 before he passed.

Dedicated to Men of the 66th Infantry by Frank A. Sample

It was the night before Christmas in Nineteen and Fourty-Four

When twelve hundred soldiers or maybe more were loaded on a ship to go to the fore.

Most of the them 18 19 20 21 all of them their mother's loving sons

The Army had taught them to fight and carry a gun.

They were going to war to preserve our freedom………

Little they knew they had seen their last sun.

The soldiers were laughing and full of good cheer

For you see it was the holiday time of the year!

Some sang carols and some played games

There were so many I can't remember all of their names

The night was cold with many stars in the sky

Little did they know that soon they would die

Some were writing letters to their families at home

Telling them of their friends and that they were not alone

Some told their mothers that they were closer than brothers

Then out of the night, there came such a ROAR!

A German submarine had just made a score

One torpedo had found its mark, a gaping large hole in the ship could be seen in the dark

Our officers and "Non-coms" still held us in order

But the ship was sinking or right on the border

Then an order was given "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF"

It was sorta like book ends falling off of a shelf

All of our thoughts were of staying alive

So we rushed to the rail to try and survive

The water was full of soldiers, some yelling, some crying, and some praying

Some so delusional they didn't know what they were saying

I jumped from the ship and went deeper and deeper

I thought it was time to meet my keeper

Lungs bursting and exhausted, I said to myself, "Why not die?"

Then it came in a vision of light from the sky

A vision of my mother screaming when told of my death

This vision of my mother seemed to give me a breath

With this new breath if air I started to fight

And thrashed at the water with all of my might

I reached the top of the water and felt REBORN

But the soldiers were still screaming and full of forlorn

French tugs and boats of all kinds were all about

They were pulling us in and pumping us out

To end this true story is should be know

812 were lost 18, 19, 20, 21

None of which were to experience again family and home

EIGHT HUNDRED SOLDIERS or maybe more

All lost off the coast of a foreign shore

The year now is 1992 and I have three children and six grandchildren and a loving wife

That's why I say, Thank You God for giving me my second life

I'm filled with sadness at this time of year

And give thanks to my GOD for everyday I am still here.

FOR THOSE YOUNG MEN WHO WERE SHOWN NO GLORY

MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM AS I END THIS STORY

--
Stephen C. Sample MD, Major, USAF MC
Emergency Physician
RAF LakenheathSteve email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17091419820221124912011-12-25T11:30:01.201-05:002011-12-25T11:30:01.201-05:00I heard of this disaster but did not know about th...I heard of this disaster but did not know about the gross incompetence of so many involved.ERPhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65295722058499689062011-12-25T08:18:11.983-05:002011-12-25T08:18:11.983-05:00My grandpa was one of the survivors of the Leopold...My grandpa was one of the survivors of the Leopoldville(262D Infantry Regiment 66th Division). Thank you for keeping his memory firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-10136218068008586022011-12-24T22:53:41.998-05:002011-12-24T22:53:41.998-05:00I've missed these. It's good to see them b...I've missed these. It's good to see them back.Dafeenahhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39319750123177412972011-12-24T21:13:16.863-05:002011-12-24T21:13:16.863-05:00A fascinating history lesson, as usual.A fascinating history lesson, as usual.History Dochttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-62977938855586523792011-12-24T17:55:15.292-05:002011-12-24T17:55:15.292-05:00My Dad was in the Navy during that awful time and ...My Dad was in the Navy during that awful time and read extensively about the war throughout his life. The one opinion he voiced was that our services were often led by inept and selfish political appointees and that many lives were lost because of "bone headed" decisions. I'm going to check tomorrow to see if he had a book on this event. Thanks for the story.Tianccehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54438921756460979772011-12-24T17:48:33.393-05:002011-12-24T17:48:33.393-05:00I love your posts on military history!I love your posts on military firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87499342833111476332011-12-24T17:40:57.746-05:002011-12-24T17:40:57.746-05:00The Leopoldville and Indianapolis trade places, de...The Leopoldville and Indianapolis trade places, depending on the sources used.

Either way, both were preventable tragedies.

The Indianapolis disaster, however, is well-known and taught. I like writing about the ones that are often forgotten.Grumpy, M.D.http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-59627065634378599582011-12-24T17:36:29.271-05:002011-12-24T17:36:29.271-05:00Check the USS Indianapolis disaster - they had 1,1...Check the USS Indianapolis disaster - they had 1,196 on board, with only 316 surviving. Sadly, that's right up there with this one for number of soliders lost at approx. 880. They suffered from exposure, dehydration, and shark email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11557308204374697542011-12-24T17:33:39.239-05:002011-12-24T17:33:39.239-05:00Tracy- the Wikipedia entry on the Leopoldville has...Tracy- the Wikipedia entry on the Leopoldville has some good reference links at the bottom.

Also, in "The Sea Hunters", by Clive Cussler, there's an excellent section on the Leopoldville.Grumpy, M.D.http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-57805854460009900122011-12-24T17:26:13.507-05:002011-12-24T17:26:13.507-05:00I absolutely love, love, love your ship stories. I...I absolutely love, love, love your ship stories. I know you've mentioned the books that these stories are in, but I can't remember the names or authors=( would you mind sharing those names out again?Tracyhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-86966512641194905482011-12-24T16:10:13.606-05:002011-12-24T16:10:13.606-05:00Yesterday I ended up watching a documentary about ...Yesterday I ended up watching a documentary about the U boat war. I'm not usually a war/naval history buff, but it was fascinating. Did you know that by the end of WWII, the men in the U boats had a 75% casualty rate?Lianahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-24152658413937534052011-12-24T15:26:38.661-05:002011-12-24T15:26:38.661-05:00Thank you Dr G! Brilliant post like all your histo...Thank you Dr G! Brilliant post like all your historical ones. When you compare this with the Christmas "football peace" ...email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91257077825268293972011-12-24T13:32:21.771-05:002011-12-24T13:32:21.771-05:00The whole tragedy is just appalling! Really shows...The whole tragedy is just appalling!

Really shows the range of human decency; from enragingly evil to breathtakingly heroic.Perfusion Is firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18051805010353134722011-12-24T13:16:16.749-05:002011-12-24T13:16:16.749-05:00I had never heard this story. Thank you for telli...I had never heard this story. Thank you for telling it.Linda Myershttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-376608007575160292011-12-24T12:56:39.759-05:002011-12-24T12:56:39.759-05:00Thank you for sharing this piece of our history.Thank you for sharing this piece of our history.King J's Queenhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48839632901098215982011-12-24T12:36:59.222-05:002011-12-24T12:36:59.222-05:00:-( not cool...not cool........ ~Francine:-( not cool...not cool........

~firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56441122122721222002011-12-24T12:10:06.985-05:002011-12-24T12:10:06.985-05:00I tried to think of a comment that would convey my...I tried to think of a comment that would convey my feelings, but I just couldn't come up with one. Thank you, Dr. Grumpy, for bringing stories like this to us. I had no firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51128402209259533562011-12-24T11:51:45.665-05:002011-12-24T11:51:45.665-05:00I have, for a long time, been fascinated with peop...I have, for a long time, been fascinated with people's behavior during emergencies such as ship sinkings. The Titanic, the Andrea Doria, the Morrow Castle, the Achille Lauro etc. bring out the best and the worst of people.

The lack of communication, the bravery of some and the lack of in other raises many questions for me.

Thank you for telling us about this.Margarethttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22415781654526930772011-12-24T11:22:32.462-05:002011-12-24T11:22:32.462-05:00While it's years and years ago, there are fami...While it's years and years ago, there are families who still have missing places.

Thanks for the reminder.Ms. Donnahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54481325821005548252011-12-24T11:22:00.804-05:002011-12-24T11:22:00.804-05:00WOW. Just wow.WOW. Just wow.bobbiehttp://email@example.com


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Great recipe. The only change that I made was that I stirred in 2 tablespoons of heavy cream at the end--yum! I served with mozzarella pesto paninis. Did not make parmesan toasts.
Tomato Soup with Parmesan Toast
jrst312 Posted: 02/25/09
lknoll10 Posted: 03/11/09
This soup was easy enough to make, but it had way too much onions and garlic. My family and I didn't like the taste very much.
hyenth Posted: 09/18/09
I really liked this dish, even though I didn't have my immersion blender or a regular blender. I substituted shallots for the fennel because I didn't have any fennel and used dried thyme instead of fresh for the same reason. I will definitely make this again either the same way and just use my immersion blender or use fresh thyme and fennel. It's a simple delicious soup.
HannahSC Posted: 11/22/11
I also added a little cream (actually coconut milk) at the very end and I have to say, this is my favorite tomato soup recipe that I have had or made. It blows canned tomato soup out of the water. I served mine with muenster cheese toasts and it was a hit at my most recent dinner party.
kitchenrat Posted: 01/25/13
i added extra garlic..used just one fennel bulb..one one onion..two cans vegie broth and one can CRUSHED tomatoes...no salt and pepper..no thyme..it was very good. great for the vegan program that i am on right now.
ra2636 Posted: 02/11/13
Best homemade soup I have tasted in a long time. Made for a work function and co-workers were asking for the recipe. It tasted even better a week later after all of the flavours had a chance to expand more.


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