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The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
A Novel
Stephen L. Carter
Alfred A. Knopf: 517 pp., $26.95
What if Abraham Lincoln had lived? What would have happened?
Stephen L. Carter's new novel suggests one answer.
"The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln" recasts tragedy as thriller with the living Lincoln on trial for his political life. A bestselling author ("The Emperor of Ocean Park," "Jericho's Fall"), Carter hews to the historical record more than the reader might expect. John Wilkes Booth's motives and actions and those of his conspirators remain the same. The surgical strike against the Union's top leadership is intended to serve the Confederate cause. Only the results are changed. Secretary of State William H. Seward is attacked but clings to life (true). Vice President Andrew Johnson is targeted (true) and murdered (not true). And Lincoln hangs on.
"He had been shot on Good Friday," Carter writes, accurately; "On Easter Sunday, he had risen," half-accurately.
In the end, surviving turns out to be less of a miracle than a bad career move. Radicals in Lincoln's own party, led by Thaddeus Stevens, see the president's failure to punish the South or protect its freed slaves as akin to treason.
"[They] never thought I was the man to fight the war, and now they do not think I am the man to make the peace," Carter's Lincoln laments.
Ex-Confederates and Democrats, embittered and spoiling for revenge, continue as they had before and during the Civil War to despise Lincoln as a tyrant, imposing his will in violation of the Constitution.
Together, this coalition of the disappointed and the defeated tries to overthrow the president, not through assassination but through the political process.
Far from lauding him as a conquering hero, they accuse the president of wartime crimes for suspending habeas corpus, taking millions from the Treasury without congressional approval, declaring martial law and conspiring to overthrow Congress itself. The House votes to impeach him.
This would seem like more than enough plot for one book.
But Carter chooses to spend much of the time with his fictional heroine, Abigail Canner, 21, an Oberlin-educated black woman and aspiring attorney.
Canner is hired to assist the team of lawyers defending Lincoln in his impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate. These include, among others, "Daniel Sickles, lawyer and rake, the most elegant scoundrel of the age," Lincoln's old colleague Joshua Speed and a number of others, both real and imagined.
When one of those lawyers is found stabbed to death, along with a woman of possibly questionable morals, "outside a colored brothel," Canner is drawn into the investigation.
Soon she finds herself untangling webs of complex conspiracies involving all manner of corruption, including racial strife, family secrets, bribery and political graft. Meanwhile, the process of impeachment grinds along with Canner sitting through enough strategy sessions, delays and floor debates to please the most devoted fans of parliamentary procedural.
Forensics aside, Carter's plot is not so far-fetched.
As every AP history student probably knows, Johnson was impeached in February 1868, the trial did take place in March, it was conducted before Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase and many of the personas in Carter's novel, and their motives, by and large, were the same.
That Carter handles the material deftly is to be expected. No one can deny the audacity of his intellectual scope. A Yale Law School professor, he has produced an impressive body of academic work and an impressive amount of fiction that prove his ability to construct a compelling story.
"The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln" shares many worthy attributes of his previous novels. Carter never writes down to his readers. This book presents the neglected Reconstruction era in all its moral ambiguity and disappointment, a useful reminder that the end of combat did not end the hostilities.
In Abigail Canner, a highly educated, successful member of the African American elite, the author once again features a protagonist often ignored in popular fiction.
But she is more of a type than a flesh-and-blood character. A romance between her and another legal assistant lacks credibility, not because of racial differences but because neither Abigail nor her potential mate ever achieves three dimensions. In fact, none of the characters do. Action and behavior are driven more by the needs of plot rather than by any recognizable human feeling. Even Lincoln is presented as nothing more than a collection of quirks and anecdotes, alive in these pages only because Carter keeps reminding us that he did not die.
The result feels a bit like the Civil War itself — a needlessly long, drawn-out affair. It moves from point to point with a geometric, legalistic logic. The reasoning is admirable, but the effect is numbing. An interesting premise is ground down through grim workmanship. Like required class reading, one endures rather than enjoys much of it.
Far from the first or worst effort to re-imagine Lincoln (vampire slayer, indeed), Carter is hardly original to suggest that Abraham Lincoln was worth more dead than alive.
Walt Whitman, as devout as any Lincoln worshiper, saw the "Chief Martyr's" murder as a "poetic, single, central, pictorial denouement." Reflecting on the 15th anniversary of the assassination, Whitman recognized that the murder had worked a political miracle, binding a nation ripped apart by war, providing a "cement to the whole people, subtler, more underlying, than any thing in written constitution, or courts, or armies … the cement of a death identified thoroughly with that people, and for its sake." Beyond the apotheosis of one extraordinary life, Lincoln's death — how and when it happened — proved the "sharp culmination [and] solution of so many bloody and angry problems."
In delaying such a denouement, Carter is not guilty of heresy but of a far more serious charge that can be leveled against a writer: He takes a great story and makes it boring.
For this there is no appeal.
Shapiro is a former federal prosecutor who writes and produces for television.


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Campus Tour: University of Missouri, Columbia
FSD heads to Columbia to check out a variety of retail concepts and a renovation.
A renovation and an addition to the campus' student center greatly increased the retail offerings at the location. For more on the retail at the student center, click here.

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Just wanted to get a place for us to share our handles and make friends.
What games do you play on Steam?
So post here and we can add you as our friend.
Here is a link to the group: I'm a member ...add me!
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I am mentalkitty789 on steam with the handle of Yokoshima.
I play all kinds of games on there, FPS, RPG, RTS, I'm not all that picky.
If you want to add me as a friend be my guest.
Hi Jake -- you are on my friend list! So glad to have you as my Steam friend.
Thank you kindly. You said this was for everyone and all that so I thought it a good idea to post my handle on here. ^^
I'm Jangle Leg on Steam. As far as multiplayers, I play GTA4 and Team Fortress 2.
I added you Jangle Leg
Any one else?
I'm just an FPS kinda' guy. I'm beerijuana, on Steam. I signed up late Dec. '11 and played a few rounds of "Left4Dead".
I quickly discovered OnLive soon after going on Steam and I haven't been back (I'm beerijuana on OnLive as well). I've become addicted to Borderlands G.O.T.Y. Sooo… if you're on OnLive and a resident of the planet Pandora, I have two characters leveled up to the high 20's.
If anybody likes to shoot zombies (Steam - "Left4Dead"), PM me here on AN.
I added you -- I also play Left 4 Dead!
Cool, …are you a night owl by chance?
Yes, I usually stay up late.
I haven't logged in there in a while, I have to check which operating system I'm using for it (L4D), …probably Windows 7. I've since picked up a Razor Nostomo speed pad and a Kensington Expert Mouse trackball that I'll have to map/program for Steam. Might take a day (or two) until I can get around to it...
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Pain and Suffering in Germany, or How Linux Lost to XP
Mar 3, 2011 5:00 AM PT
With all the world aflutter about the latest "i-thingie" to emerge from the Hallowed Halls of Cupertino, it's been a great week for catching up on Linux news from around the world.
Expecting the usual assortment of triumphant tales regarding our favorite operating system, however, Linux Girl's jaw fairly hit the floor when she came across something entirely different.
It's the sad, sad story of the German Foreign Office, to be specific, which recently chose to reverse a decade-old migration to Linux. Now, it's switching back to Windows instead.
"Although open source has demonstrated its worth, particularly on servers, the cost of adapting and extending it, for example in writing printer and scanner drivers, and of training, have proved greater than anticipated," explained The H, where the story was apparently first reported.
Claiming that user complaints have been a problem as well, the government has nevertheless declined to provide any specific figures.
'Efficiency Gains'?
The organization's PCs are now returning to Windows XP, Office 2010 and Outlook, and the government reportedly expects "efficiency gains" as a result. Open source software will continue to be used on servers, reports The H, which has since published a second feature as well looking at the story's background.
Now, sad as this story may be, the real tragedy is that it's not an entirely unfamiliar one, as regular readers may remember. It wasn't so very long ago that we heard something similar from Switzerland's canton of Solothurn, in fact.
Either way, tales like this can only make a person wonder -- what in the world is going on? Linux bloggers around the globe were apparently thinking much the same thing.
'Isn't That Their Choice?'
"This is sad news, whatever the reasons," wrote "Mostly a lurker" on Slashdot, for example, where more than 900 comments appeared in short order.
Alternatively: "Look, I understand the passion that people feel for Linux, FOSS, etc., but why is it sad news?" mused kiwimate. "It's supposed to be about choice. If someone chooses to use Windows/other Microsoft products/other closed source products, well then isn't that their choice?"
Then again: "'Choice' is not quite the end all," countered TaoPhoenix. "It's 'Sad' because Linux is clearly in the discussion with much to offer, and the German office tried it, but then went back to the company that caused 20 years of lock-in issues."
'Totally Unnecessary'
Down at the Linux blogosphere's Broken Windows Lounge, bloggers were just as forthcoming.
"Office politics in political office over MS-Office? I'm shocked!" quipped Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
"This looks like a top-down decision, the kind that gets made when one or more of M$'s salesmen visit the head-office," blogger Robert Pogson opined. "Previous studies showed the GNU/Linux desktops were economical and effective. Suddenly, with only hand-waving as evidence, a contrary conclusion results."
The decision to return to XP, meanwhile, "is totally unnecessary," Pogson added. "If they intend to go to '7,' why would they not do that immediately? Cost, perhaps? Then where are the savings they see?"
'What Happens When XP Is Buried?'
Indeed, "what happens in April of 2014 when XP is finally buried?" Hudson wondered. "It's not like scanner and printer manufacturers are going to release updated drivers for what will by then be really old printers and scanners."
Therein lies a problem for Microsoft, she suggested.
"When you have to replace both the peripherals and the OS simultaneously, you're no longer 'locked in' by either," she explained. "At the speed with which competitors to Windows are evolving, there's no guarantee that the next refresh will go with Microsoft."
About the only safe bet "is that the servers will still be running linux," Hudson concluded. "Even with office politics, there was never a question of 'upgrading' from linux, and I don't see that changing in three years."
'Designed to Be a Server OS'
For Slashdot blogger hairyfeet, the news came as no surprise.
"The Linux OS is designed to be a SERVER OS, with millions of dollars paid by large companies like HP and Red Hat to ensure it is great in that role, same as there are millions spent making sure Linux is a great embedded OS," hairyfeet explained.
To get Linux to be a great desktop OS, however, "will take many millions of dollars and several shifts of the 'Linux way' of doing things that I simply don't see happening," he added. "Desktop users don't care about source, they certainly aren't writing their own programs, and every minute they have to spend Googling or looking at man pages is money out of the pockets of the owners."
'They Rushed Into It'
Consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack saw it differently.
"I love Linux," Mack told Linux Girl. "My desktops and laptop run Linux, and the only Windows machine I have is for compatibility testing software against Windows."
Mack has "converted friends and co-workers to Linux," he added, "and I make my money running Linux on servers. So what I say is as a dedicated Linux professional: Do NOT rush into a conversion."
Converting too hastily "only causes pain and suffering, and makes Linux look bad," Mack explained. "There are systems I control that still run Windows because they require software that either isn't ready yet or doesn't exist in Linux."
So, the German Foreign Office's problem is fundamentally that "they rushed into it without a full plan in place," Mack asserted. "A much smarter move would have been to start by moving as many desktop apps over to FOSS as possible, and migrate to using only software that also works on Linux; only once that succeeds can they move their desktop over."


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By Kate Chopin
Copyrighted Material
OVERVIEW: A very young, inexperienced girl marries an older man, but finds married life disagreeable. Missing her own home, and especially her brother, she runs away to New Orleans. After discovering that she's pregnant, she re-evaluates her decision.
Athénaïse spent a day of supreme happiness and expectancy. The fair sight of the country unfolding itself before her was balm to her vision and to her soul. She was charmed with the rather unfamiliar, broad, clean sweep of the sugar plantations, with their monster sugar- houses, their rows of neat cabins like little villages of a single street, and their impressive homes standing apart amid clusters of trees. There were sudden glimpses of a bayou curling between sunny, grassy banks, or creeping sluggishly out from a tangled growth of wood, and brush, and fern, and poison-vines, and palmettos. And passing through the long stretches of monotonous woodlands, she would close her eyes and taste in anticipation the moment of her meeting with Cazeau. She could think of nothing but him.
It was night when she reached her station. There was Montéclin, as she had expected, waiting for her with a two-seated buggy, to which he had hitched his own swift-footed, spirited pony. It was good, he felt, to have her back on any terms; and he had no fault to find since she came of her own choice. He more than suspected the cause of her coming; her eyes and her voice and her foolish little manner went far in revealing the secret that was brimming over in her heart. But after he had deposited her at her own gate, and as he continued his way toward the rigolet, he could not help feeling that the affair had taken a very disappointing, an ordinary, a most commonplace turn, after all. He left her in Cazeau's keeping.
Her husband lifted her out of the buggy, and neither said a word until they stood together within the shelter of the gallery. Even then they did not speak at first. But Athénaïse turned to him with an appealing gesture. As he clasped her in his arms, he felt the yielding of her whole body against him. He felt her lips for the first time respond to the passion of his own.
The country night was dark and warm and still, save for the distant notes of an accordion which some one was playing in a cabin away off. A little negro baby was crying somewhere. As Athénaïse withdrew from her husband's embrace, the sound arrested her.
"Listen, Cazeau! How Juliette's baby is crying! Pauvre ti chou, I wonder w'at is the matter with it?"


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Iowa mother suspected of abusing infant twins
Iowa mother suspected of abusing infant twins
A Waterloo mother has been arrested on suspicion of abuse after doctors say they found her twin infant daughters with multiple injuries - including broken bones.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that police arrested 26-year-old Lucy Ann Schnieders on Thursday at her home on two counts of child endangerment causing serious injury and two counts of child endangerment causing bodily injury.
The charges stem from a September incident in which police were called to Allen Hospital. Doctors say X-rays of the 4-month-old babies showed they had suffered multiple broken bones and other injures.
Police say Schnieders has been released from jail. A phone number for Schnieders could not be found Saturday.


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MARTINSVILLE, Va. � Led by a pair of Shelby products, the Catawba Valley Community College women�s basketball team came up one win short of a Region X championship on Sunday.
Matrice Sweezy (18 points) and Anika Jones (12 points) paced the Lady Buccaneers in their 73-55 loss to Louisburg College (28-3) in the regional final at Patrick Henry Community College.
CVCC finished 30-1 after a 69-65 win against Guilford Technical Community College and a 54-51 victory against Brunswick Community College to reach the finals.
Jones finished as the Lady Bucs� leading scorer with 18.9 points per game while also pulling down five boards per contest, and Matrice Sweezy was fourth with an 11.1 scoring average.
College tennis
GWU bests Appalachian
BOILING SPRINGS � The Gardner-Webb women�s tennis team won five singles matches to earn a 5-2 victory against Appalachian State on Wednesday.
Erica White, Jenny Lunde, Yasmin Doost, Valeria Popko and Rokia Sacko prevailed for the Runnin� Bulldogs in singles, while the White-Lunde doubles pairing also scored a victory before the team lost the doubles point.
GWU (3-6) plays at Western Carolina at 2 p.m. today.


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However, I've never been able to properly explain why I like it so much. There's no single thing that I can point to and say, that's it. Especially early on, using Windows Phone 7 presented a number of difficulties for me, since I couldn't buy any applications (the application store wasn't accessible from The Netherlands), and features like Xbox integration were disabled as well due to my geographical location. Despite these limitations, I fell in love.
Since I believe in using as many different platforms as possible to broaden my perspective, when my contract ran out and I got to pick a new phone when extending it, I decided to go with Android. The Galaxy SII, running Gingerbread with TouchWiz, was a pretty good phone, but it didn't fit me as well as Windows Phone did - even though Android was infinitely more useful.
As such, the decision to jump onto the Windows Phone 8 train late last year wasn't a hard one to make. Even though my contract wouldn't run out for another year, the value proposition of Windows Phone 8 was too appealing to ignore (better and faster than WP7). I bought the HTC 8X off-contract, and it fulfilled all my expectations. Yes, as far as versatility and functionality goes, I'm taking a step back compared to my Galaxy SII running CyanogenMod 10.1, but the overall user experience Windows Phone 8 offers is simply a hell of a lot more polished, smooth, and attuned to what I personally like. I've still got my SII (and Nexus 7) to experiment and play around with Android - while my 8X is my preferred device for the core tasks a smartphone has to perform for me.
At the same time, I fully understand that Windows Phone is not for everyone. In fact, I'd argue that its visually unique interface is exactly what puts many consumers off. Despite grandiose claims to the contrary, both iOS and Android are still classic 'WIMP' interfaces 1 - something I've argued before - and while the same applies to Windows Phone's Metro interface, it does its very best to hide said fact from the user 2.
Simply put: even though iOS/Android and Windows Phone are functionally pretty much the same, the former two look like small desktops, while the latter looks like some futuristic interface that works entirely differently (even though it doesn't). Metro takes flat design to its visual very extremes, without actually altering the underlying WIMP concepts.
Before we continue, I think it's time to arrive at a better term for what is being referred to as flat design - mostly because flat design generally isn't flat at all. If you've ever used Windows Phone, you'll have noticed that many of its animations are decidedly three dimensional. Opening and closing applications, the most common animations you'll encounter, are three dimensional, as is the application switcher. Considering animations are a core aspect of the interface, "flat" is simply not a proper moniker, since it only refers to static GUI elements.
As such, I much prefer the term "digital". This is actually how Microsoft itself describes Metro - "authentically digital" - and it's a far better description of this design style than "flat". It also creates a nice continuum, from Apple's focus on skeuomorphism, through Android's more digital Holo, to the other extreme where Metro resides, as Andrew Kim neatly illustrates (taken from his impressive work redefining the Microsoft brand).
Similarly, for the sake of this article and consistency with the term "digital", I'm going to refer to the other end of the spectrum as "analog". These past few months, the term "skeuomorphic" has gotten a bit of a negative connotation for many, which I think is unfortunate. I personally dislike skeuomorphic design - but there's nothing inherently wrong with it. The term "analog", while a bit arbitrary, doesn't have those negative connotations.
There's another reason to go with Microsoft's own terminology. You may think the history of Metro starts with Windows Phone 7, but in fact, its lineage at Microsoft can be traced much further back. You can already see the first traces of Metro in Microsoft Encarta '95, MSN 2.0 from 1996 (look at those icons!), and later in Windows Media Center in Windows XP. Heck, even Windows Mobile back in 2003 had faint Metro-esque elements, with its straight lines and lack of any 3D effects for UI elements. This all culminated in the Zune HD.
Microsoft isn't the only major technology company opting for digital design. Google has shifted its design into a digital direction as well. Google's online services, like Gmail, have all shifted towards a more digital design, and Android hasn't been left behind. If you compare Gingerbread and earlier to Honeycomb/Ice Cream Sandwich and later, the differences are clear, and we see a move from analog to digital. Android's Holo theme, designed under guidance by Matias Duarte, is actually remarkably digital, and has, in my view, greatly improved the Android user experience (there are Holo elements in OSNews 5).
I'm not saying that either Microsoft or Google "invented" digital design - I'm only stating that they are two large companies at the very forefront of it. Due to their size and the influence they wield through their platforms third parties develop for, they are also influencing the design of applications.
Now, it's pretty clear we're seeing a rise in digital design, and this rise is the subject of a recent article by John Gruber. Gruber wonders why we're seeing this rise right now, and what the cause of it is. Sadly, while his article poses some interesting thoughts, it's also - pardon my Dutch - complete and utter nonsense. The core argument of his article is as follows.
The first part is, as I've already established, entirely and utterly nonsensical, bordering on the comical. Gruber is obviously an Apple-focussed writer, and there's nothing wrong with that. However, claiming that iOS applications are the "leading edge" of digital design just because a word game and a few others sport digital designs, while reducing Metro to a footnote, and not even having the stomach to mention Android's Holo, is simply revisionist history in the making.
Again - I'm not claiming either Microsoft or Google invented digital design, but they are two of the biggest proponents of said design. Reducing them to a footnote, or worse yet, not even mentioning them at all, in an article about the rise of digital design is simply intellectually dishonest. Even the biggest Apple fan has to admit that if there's a "leading edge" in digital design, it's Microsoft: Windows 8, Windows Phone 7/8, Xbox, and Microsoft's online properties all use it extensively.
The second part of his statement has little basis in reality either. His argument is that on smaller, lower resolution displays, you need analog design elements like shadows and depth to create beautiful interfaces. At higher resolutions, this is no longer needed, and as such, Gruber argues, retina displays are the cause of the trend towards digital design.
However, if you look at the history of graphical user interface design, Gruber's theory simply doesn't hold up. Early graphical user interfaces shunned analog design and skeuomorphic elements, and were, in fact, remarkably digital. Windows 2.0, Mac OS, AmigaOS 1.0 - they all look pretty digital and flat, don't they? You can take a step further back in time, and consider the Xerox Star. Notice something?
Now, let's make a jump forward in time. Windows 3.0, System 7, os/2 2.0. As you can see, we're starting to see some bevels, some crude shadowing - analog design elements. Let's jump forward again. Windows 95 and 98/ME/2000. Mac OS 9. BeOS 5.0. Even more analog effects. Final jump in time. Windows Vista. Mac OS X 10.5.
The trend is obvious: as we move forward in time, interfaces for desktop computers have become less digital, and more analog; we're seeing more and more 3D effects, shadows, transparency, gloss, gradients, and so on. The reason for this is is remarkably simple and straightforward: processing power - both generic and graphical - increased, and our display technology got more sophisticated, allowing for an increase in these effects. This is exactly the opposite of what Gruber claims.
The funny thing is - the same happened in mobile technology. As processing power and display technology increased, so did the amount and intensity of analog design elements. Compare Windows Mobile 2003 and PalmOS 5 to Windows Phone 6.5 (the last pre-Metro WP release) and iPhone OS 2.0. As you can see, mobile graphical user interfaces followed the same path as their desktop counterparts.
This actually makes sense from a design standpoint. For skeuomoorphic and analog design elements to properly work, they need to be as detailed as possible, and they tend to take up more space. On the kind of displays used by PalmOS 5 and Windows Mobile 2003, both space and pixels were scarce, and as such, you needed to minimise both the quantity and the size of on-screen user interface elements, while still making them tappable with the stylus. Shadows and bezels would only needlessly take up space, so they were omitted.
Detailed textures (like leather), gradients, rounded corners, transparency, shadows, gloss, and so on: the higher the resolution and pixel density, the better they look. More pixels require more processing power; lather, rinse, repeat. In other words, you would expect that larger displays, higher resolutions and pixel densities, and more processing power would lead to more analog design, not less, as Gruber claims.
And you know what? This is exactly what has been happening in iOS up until now. After the introduction of the retina display in the iPhone 4 in 2010, Apple has only upped its analog design, adding more of it, instead of reducing it - look at Passbook or Podcasts for examples. So far, Apple's increasing affinity with analog design shows no sign of stopping, although Ive's new function may lead to changes in Apple's GUI design.
The actual reason or cause behind the rising popularity of digital design? I honestly have no clue, and even though I don't think there really has to be a reason or cause in the first place, I do have a sneaking suspicion. Technology has reached a point where we can intricately create the most detailed analog design elements, and yet, both Microsoft and Google have decided to explore the other end of the spectrum. I think this is simply a case of these two companies wanting to differentiate themselves from Apple. Apple clearly has a love affair with analog design, so in order to differentiate their products, Microsoft and Google decided to go the other way.
But then again, who knows. Trends are cyclical in nature, and we may simply be seeing it swing back towards the early days of the GUI - wait 20 years, and it will start to swing towards analog design again.
All in all, it seems as if Gruber is expecting Apple to start moving away from analog design in the near future, and his article feels suspiciously like trying to retroactively come up with a reason as to why Apple would make this move, in such a way that he doesn't have to give any credit to where credit is actually due - Microsoft and Google.
And this is the meat of the matter. When it comes to graphical user interface design, Apple is no longer leading the pack. Apple is still doing a great job, but they're not pushing the envelope. Microsoft (and to a lesser extent, Google) has taken over the baton, reaping all the praise for its innovative and unique Metro interface - and there are people in this world who simply cannot accept the fact that the tables have turned.
One final note. It comes as no surprise to any of the regular OSNews readers that I am a huge fan of digital design. However, that doesn't mean I have an intrinsic hatred of analog design. I just think that the kind of analog design Apple employs is childish, condescending, outdated. Only recently I wrote about Skulpture, a theme with a decidedly analog design that looks fantastic (to me).
Analog design isn't bad - I just think Apple isn't doing a very good job of it.
1 Years of aggressive marketing and punditry have done a good job of convincing people that our current crop of smartphone interfaces aren't WIMP-interfaces. However, if you shove the marketing nonsense aside and take a look at the actual definition of WIMP and its constituent parts (window, icon, menu, pointer), reality comes rushing in. Only the 'pointer'-part is debatable - however, a touchscreen is still just as much an indirect input device (although far less so) as a mouse, even if the pointer is hidden.
2 On Twitter, Tess wondered if it is possible, according to the definitions cited, to create a non-WIMP interface at all. I honestly do not know, but then again, could (regular) people imagine the GUI and WIMP-interface in the pre-Xerox PARC era? What I'm saying is - just because we regular folk can't imagine a graphical user interface outside of the WIMP-paradigm doesn't mean it's impossible. It just means we aren't smart or visionary enough.


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I haven't had any problems. By the time my butt is in the seat, it's usually connected already and stays connected throughout the drive. It works fine for sending/receiving phone calls and steaming audio.
Same here. Seems to work fine.
@mcallaghan - This may be a dumb question, but you have paired your phone with the car - haven't you? I know that I've had that problem where I got so used to it "just working" that when I got my last new car I found myself wondering why it wasn't connecting... Doh! Or is pairing it where you're having trouble? Please list specific steps you're taking and exactly where it's failing.
No problems here - both my Samsung GS3 and my wife's Galaxy Nexus paired up no problem, and it automatically connects whenever I get into the car (I have to manually switch phones if my wife wants hers connected, like listening to an audiobook).
If you search the forum, there are several threads regarding bluetooth, pairing phones, clamshell phones. You may have to go back a few weeks. There are some detailed advise from people, including making sure your phone is in discover mode which I am sure it is.
According to the local service manager, bluetooth/phone pairing is the #1 problem he encounters.
I have both iPhone 5 and clamshell, and have had intermittent problem with iPhone (works 80% of time) and serious problem with clamshell (worked for the first time after 100 attempts). Keep pressing Tesla to help you. The service manager actually wonders if it is the car that has the problem, but we are still sorting through the problem.
I had no problem with my new iPhone, until I downloaded the newest iPhone update - then nothing. I depressed the two scrolling wheels on the steering wheel to reboot the screen. After that, all is well.
Good luck.
Received Model S in early December, great car. Phone continues to be my biggest problem. ATT iPhone 5 self connects 80% of the time but audio quality often scratchy but I just assumed it is ATT quality. Until the Tesla I never used my ATT iPhone for voice.
My Samsung clamshell Verizon would not connect even with help from numerous people including 2 visits to service center. I actually tried more than 100 times to pair the phone and it would not pair.
Last Saturday, the Samsung Verizon finally paired at the service center and no one understands why it failed the first 100 times. In the past week, the Samsung phone also only connects 80% of the time. Audio quality also often scratchy. Now this is a phone I've used for 3 years and have no audio or connection problems with 2 other cars.
Service center is appealing to Tesla Engineering to determine if anything is wrong with antenna or bluetooth.
I post this as I have seen many others on the forum complain about pairing and audio quality. Service manager again said phone/bluetooth is the #1 problem he sees.
I've had no problems with the pairing or sound quality of my AT&T iPhone 5 in the MS. However, when listening to music over Bluetooth, the music frequently stops playing requiring me to reselect the phone and press play in the music menu. Based on reading other threads, this seems to be a somewhat common problem which will presumably be fixed in a future software update.
I have an iPhone 5 with Verizon. I've had no problems pairing the phone and it connects every time I get into the car. The only bluetooth problem I've had is occasional bad audio quality when the phone is in my pocket. Placing it in the cubby under the screen resolves this issue.
Try rebooting. Push n Hold both steering wheel rollers.
Anyone know where the mike for the bluetooth is? I've had people say that sometimes it's hard to hear me and other times it's ok. I'd like to know which direction to point my mouth when talking.
@bbmertz, I seldom play music as I am usually on the phone. Reading what you wrote, I went to the car to play song from my iPhone 5 iTunes library. I was in the car for 7 min and the song skipped/puased twice for about one second each time, like the old time record player being bumped.
Bluetooth fixes, and Charge Times appear in 4.3 update coming in March. Hold tight. It just keeps keeps getting better.
I have an iphone 4S ATT, 6.1 OS. All is good with me. I use it for phone calls, and a lot for audio, with almost no issues. One day the car would only recognize the phone portion. When I tried to pull it up under Media, it would be listed, but when I tapped on it, it disappeared. The next day it worked fine, and has been ever since. Who knows.
My car paired flawlessly with iPhone 4S and worked great for two weeks. Then it didn't work at all. When I hit the B icon at the top bar, I get a screen that says "Initializing, please wait." No amount of waiting seems to help :)
Given how many people with identical phones have opposite experience, my guess is that there is an antenna problem on the cars that don't work well. Does anyone know where the bluetooth module is? Where the antenna connector to the board is? And where the antenna runs? It'd be nice to have someone verify on a "bad" car that those are all indeed well-connected and look intact.
Reboot Will Fix It (?)
Did you try touchscreen reboot?
I have attempted pairing my Samsung Clamshell more than 100 times. The car was rebooted at least 15 times over the past 1.5 months. The car was hard booted at the service center with some fuse unplugged. So the answer is no, reboot does not do much.
Will have more to report end of next week.
@Hills - older clamshell phones were notorius for not having good Bluetooth implementations. Of course, since the protocol left a lot of wiggle room and there wasn't any sort of validation suite that I know of, it isn't particularly surprising.
I no longer believe my clamshell is the problem.
(1), the Samsung Convoy connects to two other cars every time, and one of them is a 2012 Prius.
(2), It connected to two other Model S on attempt #1. While it connected to my own Model S on attempt 100 (roughly), but only for a few times. It then would not connect again until....
(3), Starting last Saturday, Samsung convoy connected to my own Model S, except only 80% of the time for the past 8 days.
(4), My Samsung Convey is Verizon, my iPhone 5 is ATT, they now both connects 80% of the time, not all the time.
(5), Both Samsung and iPhone 5 have audio quality issues 30-50% of the time. In the case of the Samsung, I had audio quality problems using Model S, disconnected from Model S and made the phone call w/o Model S at the same location, and the audio quality problem disappeared.
(6), this Samsung is almost 3 years old, not particularly old. Ohters on the forum have told me of much older Clamshells NOT having problems with the Model S.
I am experiencing the same issues. All 3 iPhones with the latest 6.1 software do not match with the 4.2 Tesla OS. I've reset and still can't get the pairing to work.
Update: My car came back from service center Yesterday afternoon. Tesla engineers spent time on the car and replaced the bluetooth antenna is what I am told.
So far, no problem pairing both clamshell and iPhone 5, and audio quality appears better.
I had no problems connecting Bluetooth on my iPhone 4, but it keeps on disconnecting during the call - it grabs it when i am walking up to the car, but once on a call it randomly disconnects... anyone having that problem?
@David Trushin
The microphone for voice commands, phone, Bluetooth, etc. is above the windshield in the center.
firstname.lastname@example.com - Had my Model S for about three weeks. first was a known issue with the software and the iPhone would not synch. They fixed the problem by the time I got home which was way cool. Did an update over the wire and took me from …36 release to …45. Problem I have now is intermittent dropping of Bluetooth and now the inability to reconnect unless I turn the car off and walk away. Very frustrating. I have a 70 mile commute (one way) and when it happens 10 minutes into an audio book via Audible…not good. I hope they have this updated soon or I will have them look at it next time I am at the service center.
NOTE: If you update your iPhone iOs, you will lose your pairing ability to your Tesla MS until you "reboot your computer". Hold down both scroll wheels on the steering wheel to reboot the main screen. Bluetooth should pair normally afterward.
I have a Samsung Note 2 and have not been able to get it connected such that I can "hear" through it. What I mean is that it "paired up" and I got the phone info on my screen, but when I get a call, all I hear through my car is static. I have to put my phone on "speaker" to hear through it and any communication through the car is not possible. My son tried his I Phone, and it worked immediately, so there is something in the Android system that is not compatible with the Tesla Bluetooth system.
Any ideas? I have erased and retried it a couple of times and that did not work, neither did a reboot
of the car.
I had issues trying to initially pair my iPhone with the car, and finally called Tesla while sitting in the car. We rebooted everything (including the phone) a couple of times to no avail. Then we simultaneously rebooted the car and phone and got them to work. I occasionally find that I don't have a connection when getting into the car and have found (through trial and error) that if I reboot my iPhone, it connects back up.
It took a few attempts to pair and once it did pair, it worked. However a month later it failed and would not pair again.
I know it is not iphone problem because
1. My iPhone 5 still pairs with any other Bluetooth devices
2. My iPhone sees Tesla but Tesla cannot see the phone during pairing attempts
3. Tesla cannot see any other iPhones That I tried to pair.
4. Rebooting the car does not help.
5. It seems like a Software glitch on the Tesla. When it searches for device, it searches on and on and on and does not stop or give error messages.
Did you initiate the sequence from the touchscreen or phone? Only the t-screen-first works, according to some.
I'm not a big fan of having Bluetooth be the only way to connect my iPhone to the Model S audio system. I like to listen to audiobooks while driving. Most days, for the first half mile or so of driving after leaving my house I have to put up with sputterring audio, stopping and starting and at least once I have had the audio skip to a totally different place in the book. I really wish they would implement the USB interface and get rid of all these hassles.
About once every week or two the Model S no longer sees the iPhone, so I have to go through pairing them again. Usually this works. Yesterday and today I could not get the iPhone and Model S to communicate and ended up having to listen to Radio via TuneIn. The odd thing was that the Model S recognised the iPhone as connected, but would only enable the phone functions. The media option was greyed out.
I tried rebooting the Model S console, and that didn't help. Eventually I rebooted my iPhone and that seemed to solve the problem.
So my suggestion is to first try rebooting the iPhone.
Another potential "fix" to try... Erase the connection in both the Tesla and iPhone then do the initial process from scratch, may help may not but worth a shot.
My iPhone 5 paired just fine, as did iPhones from my wife and kids. AT&T just updated the phone for new carrier signals/ codes, and now my iPhone won't connect through the car. I tried to delete the old pairing from the car, and that won't delete (spinning circle of death for over 10 minutes). No idea if the new carrier codes were cause and effect, or if we paired too many iPhones. Anyway to restart/ reboot this system? Any advice? Do I call Tesla and reboot the car and phone simultaneously, as did Keith72?
Solved my problem by calling Tesla. Turns out you can reboot the car by holding down both buttons on the steering wheel for five seconds. I don't remember seeing that in the owners manual! After the reboot, Bluetooth worked great. Sometimes I feel like I'm driving an iPad!
I found I had to turn off bluetooth on my iPhone every few days to get it to connect to both of my cars. Not a problem with other iPhones.
Reboot Will Fix It has been a standard remedy for a long time here. But new readers haven't heard of it, of course. You're right; there should be a blurb in the manual suggesting RWFI as the first remedy for just about everything!
When I got the car in May, my Droid paired immediately with the car and was fine until early June. Then stopped connecting, and it wouldn't pair. I tested the phone and it would pair with other bluetooth devices. I didn't know about the reboot option (hold both scroll buttons down) until I read about it in the forum and tried it. The reboot worked -- my phone is now paired. Not sure if this was due to a Tesla software download, but now that I know about the reboot option...
I just bought a model S and am having the same issue with my S4 Samsung....it had issues on pick up but we were able to get it paired now it is not working again? My bluetooth icon on the screen of the car pulses and when I touch it it opens and says initializing but never stops? any hints? Do i Reboot?
Yes, and initiate from the touchscreen side (let it find the phone).
I have done many of the things mentioned in this string - rebooting Tesla and the iPhone - and had no success. The phone still operates through the Tesla computer, speakers and microphone, but the media option is unavailable. Will there be an upgrade to the Tesla software, or is there an ongoing incompatibility with iPhone iOS?
@William21 | OCTOBER 28, 2013: The phone still operates through the Tesla computer, speakers and microphone, but the media option is unavailable. Will there be an upgrade to the Tesla software, or is there an ongoing incompatibility with iPhone iOS?
iPod functionality does not work on the iPhone with Tesla (audio through USB), but Bluetooth works just fine. If your phone functions work through bluetooth, then the audio music functions should work also. You can select the music source from the media menu - just select your iPhone. Then on your iPhone bring up the Music app and play something.
Was the phone paired from the touchscreen? (Not from the iPhone).
I am also having trouble with my bluetooth. It constantly drops my iPhone 5S connection. I have rebooted each device. I have unpaired and repaired. I now spend every drive messing with my bluetooth connection.
On my 2014 Model S, cannot connect Samsung SGH-A847 clamshell with Bluetooth. When I go to connect the phone, it connects and then immediately the phone shuts off, reboots, connects, shuts down, etc.
Phone has linked with my Lexus and Jeep with no issues. Contacted Tesla Help Desk and they are not sure if it's the phone or car. They suggest that Bluetooth version 3 or version 4 might be too new for my phone. Still trying to figure it out. Any thoughts appreciated.
Initiate from the touchscreen, not the phone?
This is by far the worst Bluetooth system ii ever had in the car going back to my original one for technical company to design something this terrible I don't understand it The voice recognition in the phone is great why they do the same in car
HI, I am anxiously awaiting my first Tesla due in September. I have a loaner Tesla from a friend who is out of town 6 weeks. Bluetooth quality sound is not good for people I'm talking to (my side is great). I took the car in last week as bluetooth completely broke. Tesla fixed it and changed microphone. Made my first call to a friend today and he asked "can u please avoid calling me from your Tesla". I drive a Dodge Truck and he Knew without me telling him, I was in the Tesla.
I have i5 and I see other owners having problems. Seems like this would b a priority to Tesla as this is really bad advertising for them. I have had several people ask me whats wrong with my phone. Have to wonder if they r thinking about the quality of the Tesla.
Im just keeping my fingers crossed they fixed the problem before my car arrives….
Both my wife's iPhone 6 will pair with MS, but the phone audio does not work. All other audio works fine, music, etc. I can't find any settings on my phone or the MS that seem responsive to this issue. The bluetooth worked perfectly in the past, but all of a sudden stopped allowing phone audio. I removed the Tesla from my phone and removed my phone from the car. I rebooted the car and paired my phone with the MS. Still no phone audio. Any advice?
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Figured I may as well post this here, considering he's a custom figure and all!
My character here is Hans Zarkan. A Lenfel Mercenary, Hans is a grizzled, bitter veteran of many years of violent battles, and has witnessed more than his fair share of bloodshed. Though never, properly trained, Hans has become a formidable warrior through years of fighting, and countless near-death experiences. He wields a massive blade the like of which would trouble three ordinary men to even lift, though he can swing it with one hand as effortlessly as a child would practice swordplay with a twig. A man of practicality, and with greater allegiance to coin than any pompous lord, or overly entitled noble, Hans is still fiercely loyal to the land of his birth, though he may not favor those who rule it. For Great Lenfald!
Made him a bit back, and was considering entering him into the CCC custom figure category, but decided not to use him for that. I always really liked how he turned out though, so ultimately, he inspired me to make the jump and join LCC.


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- Watson produces another great escape act to reach third round
- Djokovic easily overcomes Harrison in straight sets
- Ninth-seed Stosur crashes out at home tournament AGAIN
- Williams beats Cornet to set-up clash with Sharapova
- Sharapova notches up a second double-bagel win
11.33 Tipsarevic brings up a third match point with a sensational cross-court winner for advantage on Lacko's serve and he finally moves into the third round by passing his rival at the net. He pulls up his sleeve to show off one of his guns. And that timely concludes our coverage on day three. Join us tomorrow as Murray and Robson aim to join Watson in the third round with their respective contests against Sousa and Kvitova. Order of play for day four
11.29 In the five-set marathon on Court Two, Tipsarevic is struggling to close out the match against Lacko but is still leading 6-5 with the unseeded Slovakian serving to fight another day.
11.19 GAME, SET, MATCH DJOKOVIC: Defending champion wins second-round contest with forehand winner down the line on his second match point for 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 victory. The world No 1 only dropped eight points on his serve as he cruised to win in just over an hour and a half on court.
11.15 Commendable effort from Harrison as he hangs in to hold to close to 4-3 in the third after ten minutes of toing and froing and ample of deuces later. A fist-pump to the exuberant crowd and he's got a spring in his step. All he needs to do now is break Djokovic for the first time in match, win this set and win the next two to reach the third round. Slightly far fetched. Oh yes.
11.10 That little shake of the gluts and hammys seem to have done the trick for Tipsarevic as a break and a hold later sees him move to within one game of victory in the fifth.
11.04 Twenty two minutes down in the third set now with Djokovic 4-2 up. Harrison is trying to feed off the crowd's energy and give them a contest. Djokovic runs through a sereis of stretches on the baseline keeping himself loose. It's in contrast to action on Court Two as Tipsarevic takes a medical time-out for what looks to be severe cramp at 3-2 up in the fifth.
10.51 Harrison's momentum sees him hurdle the advertising hoarding behind the TV cameras. How he probably wishes he could stay there and avoid further embarrassment against Djokovic. After being broken in the opening service game in the third he holds to trail 3-1 but it's just a matter of how quickly Djokovic wraps this up. Over on Court Two and it remains on serve in fifth set between Tipsarevic and Lacko with Tipsy 2-1 up.
10.42 Djokovic clearly slacking, needed an extra 10 minutes to wrap up the second set than it took him to take the first (a mighty half-an-hour). And dropping two games too, shoddy. Over on Court Two and there's a real match going on as Tipsarevic has been taken to a fifth-set by Lacko.
10.34 It's a business-like performance from Djokovic so far as a double break in the second set moves him 5-1 up. Harrison hasn't been playing badly but is yet to have a look on Djokovic's serve and is being outmuscled by the Serb. Over on Margaret Court Arena and Verdasco, with full beard and tied-back long locks has beaten the original long-haired Malisse in straight sets.
10.13 Boom. Djokovic wins first set 6-1 in 20 minutes. Latest elsewhere: Verdasco is two sets to the good against Malisse and eighth-seed Janko Tipsarevic, who beat Lleyton Hewitt in round one, is into a fourth set against Lukas Lacko, leading two sets to one.
10.10 Harrison has plenty of support out there from the Aussies as he gets his name on the board, probably more in hope that the 20 year-old can run Djokovic close today. He's been working with Andy Roddick back home in Austin, Texas who has helped him with his "energy and emotional management" but he's already facing a battle in this first set as he trails 5-1 after Djokovic breaks for a second time. Djokovic 5-1 Harrison
10.00 A double fault hands Djokovic an early break for a 2-0 lead in the first and he rattles off the next to love to surge 3-0 up inside seven minutes.
09.53 Final match on Rod Laver now getting going as defending champion Djokovic takes on American Harrison. These two locked horns at the same stage at Wimbledon last year. That day Djokovic comfortably won 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in just under two hours.
09.45 Tomorrow's order of play sees Laura Robson thrown into the Aussie limelight for her contest against former Wimbledon champion and eighth-seed Petra Kvitova. The match will follow the conclusion of Roger Federer's evening tussle with Nikolay Davydenko on Rod Laver. Andy Murray's second-round meeting with Portugal's Joao Sousa is second on Hisense Arena so a 2am UK time start looks likely for the British No 1.
09.31 GAME, SET, MATCH WILLIAMS: Venus wraps up the match 6-3, 6-3 to set-up clash with Sharapova. She says of match-up with Russian: "I better bring my best game out there." As for growing old gracefully: "I've got a few wrinkles and I'm battling the bulge but I still manage to stay slim and trim. Thank you god." Go and have a plate of fries, you deserve it.
09.28 Another break for Williams for 5-3 and she's now serving for a place in the third round.
09.22 Venus Williams needed only an hour to beat Galina Voskoboeva for the loss of one game on Monday but she's being given a sterner workout today by Cornet. A good job seeing as 'her of the double-double bagel' Sharapova awaits her in the third round. Williams holds serve to edge 4-3 ahead in the second.
09.10 While Watson makes the headlines here for another gutsy performance, the only talking point Down Under is Stosur who even herself admits she's a 'choker' when it comes to playing in front of her home fans. Leading 5-2 in the third set, she lost the next five games to hand victory to Zheng.
The unenvied sporting label of being a choker will begin to haunt her since she held a double-break in the final set but could not capitalise.
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'Same old Sam: Stosur crashes out' is the Sydney Morning Herald's headline on their story which also runs a poll asking: What would your advice be for Stosur? One of the options being 'just give the Aussie Open a miss'.
Maybe she should, just look at one of her first serves during the opening set. It didn't even land inside the baseline.
08.55 Cornet double-faults to hand the first set to Venus Williams. Meanwhile, Fernando Verdasco is 4-1 up in the first set against Xavier Malisse.
08.40 The evening session on Rod Laver is under way and Venus Williams has taken three straight games to lead her second-round match with Alize Cornet 3-2. Novak Djokovic's clash with Ryan Harrison will follow. Could be the latest finish yet on one of the showcourts in Melbourne this week.
08.25 It's always great when a player has an on-court meltdown, even better when there's video to share so you can all enjoy the delights of Polish giant Jerzy Janowicz, in his own words, 'going nuts' when a line call didn't go his way during his five-set win over India's Somdev Devvarman. You can hear the 6ft 8ins player yelling: 'how many times' as he falls to his knees staring at the tramline which did him wrong. He could face sanctioning from the ITF for angrily hitting the umpire's chair with his racket at the end of the first set, although sadly there's no footage of that incident, shame. John McEnroe would be proud.
08.10 Rumours abound in Melbourne that Serena Williams is struggling with her ankle injury more than she is letting on. The American, who twisted her ankle during her own double-bagel win yesterday, has held a behind-closed-doors training session this morning. She did say that only a 'fatal' injury would prevent her contesting the second round against Spain's Garbine Muguruza on Thursday.
07.50 A real toughy for Watson in the next round awaits with fourth-seed Agnieszka Radwanska standing in her way of making it into a second week in Melbourne. But just an add on Sharapova's second successive double-bagel win today, the last player to pull off such a feat? Why it was Wendy Turnbull 28 years ago.
07.36 Watson* 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 Pervak
Watson affords herself a little fist pump as Pervak makes a couple of unforced errors for 30-0. Another strong serve and wayward return brings up three match points for Watson. She only needs one as Pervak can't make another return and the Brit looks to the skies. Another great escape act from the youngster and she goes over to throw her arms around the 'Barmy Army' on Court Eight.
07.32 Watson 4-6, 7-6, 5-2 Pervak*
Watson attempts to lob Pervak who has come to net but her timing is off and the ball goes long. Not too worry as she works her opponent off court to create space to fire a winner to bring her back at 30-all. She can't do anything about a cracking forehand winner on the charge from Pervak for game point and now it just leaves Watson to serve for the match.
07.29 Watson* 4-6, 7-6, 5-1 Pervak
Some nervy stuff from Watson but she's just hanging in against her opponent and a timely ace sees her now just one game away from a place in round three.
07.24 DOUBLE-BAGEL ALERT: Amazingly, Maria Sharapova is yet to drop a game in Melbourne, winning her second-round match 6-0, 6-0 against Japan's Misaki Doi.
07.23 Watson 4-6, 7-6, 4-1 Pervak*
No more cramp for Watson but three unforced errors from the Brit allow Pervak to get on the board this set. Can't see another twist in this match now, though.
07.21 Watson* 4-6, 7-6, 4-0 Pervak
Pervak's body language speaks volumes as she mutters something at the floor, crosses her arms as if she's about to call it quits and loses another straight game without taking a point off Watson.
07.18 Watson 4-6, 7-6, 3-0 Pervak*
Now Watson is cramping at the baseline but she has two break points here and she's not going to let the fact she can't move stop her. With Pervak in this form it doesn't mater what Watson does to be honest and when her rival nets a return, Watson hobbles to her chair.
07.13 Watson* 4-6, 7-6, 2-0 Pervak
A second game to love of the match for Watson gives her the perfect start to the third set as her opponent looks to be struggling to move around the baseline. Another killer blow here and the game could be up for the world 82.
07.11 Watson 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 Pervak*
The lengthy toilet break has helped Watson and she breaks straight away to 30. She looks to have found some energy from somewhere. Are we seeing another escape act from Heather after looking down and out in her first-round clash?
07.03 UPSET ALERT: While Pervak is taking a rest break at the end of the second set we can catch up on goings on around Melbourne Park and news is that local lass Samatha Stosur has crashed out in the second round. A big, big shock in terms of the fact she is the ninth seed but she seriously suffers the yips infront of her home crowd. She's only ever been beyond the first round once - that was today but has lost her second match to China's Jie Zheng 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.
06.55 Watson 4-6, 7-6 Pervak
A mini-break for Watson who goes 2-1 up with a cracking forehand winner and her fifth ace edges her back in front at 3-2. Two wayward backhands later and a poorly-executed volley at the net and she's now trailing 5-3. The next point is crucial, thankfully it's on her serve but isn't helped as her first serve goes long and she nets the return on her second serve to hand her rival three match points. Pervak blinks first to end a gruelling rally to let one match point slip by. Watson forces her to make one more shot in the next rally and she swings her forehand out wide and shockingly Pervak has made another unforced error to bring Watson back at 6-6, incredible. The British No 1 brings up a second set point as she dispatches a volley but she can't convert again. A line call goes the way of Watson for a third set point and a serve volley later and she has the set after 97 minutes of action.
06.40 Watson 4-6, 6-6 Pervak*
Watson's concentration is thrown off by a line call giving Pervak the early edge in the game and she's soon staring at three game points. The first one is averted but she can't get her next return back. Here comes the tie-break.
06.36 *Watson 4-6, 6-5 Pervak
Watson gets away with a poorly-timed drop shot but she pounces on the return to put away into an empty court for 30-15. Watson looks to be devoid of enery on Court Eight, soaked in sweat and struggling for movement. Thankfully she hangs in and forces Pervak to go long this time, making her rival serve to stay in the set again.
06.31 Watson 4-6, 5-5 Pervak*
Watson misses her first set point opening when a drop shot falls agonisingly wide and she's huffing and puffing on the baseline as she hits long a few points later to bring up game point again for her rival. Another looping forehand gives Pervak game.
06.15 Day three at Melbourne Park and the main headlines overnight are that fourth-seed David Ferrer and fifth-seed Tomas Berdych are safely through in the men's draw while there have been comfortable wins for fifth-seed Angelique Kerber and sixth-seed Li Na in the women's draw. The main casualty has been that of Dominika Cibulkova, the 15th seed, who suffered a straight sets defeat to Russian Valeria Savinykh.
I bring you bad news from the British camp where doubles pair Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray have exited at the first hurdle with a 7-5 7-5 defeat to German Michael Kohlmann and Finn Jarkko Nieminen. Jamie Murray is playing in the absence of Fleming's regular partner Ross Hutchins having been diagnosed with cancer.
Heather Watson's second-round clash with Ksenia Pervak, though, is currently in full swing. The British No 1 lost the first set 6-4 but the second set remains on serve at four-apiece so stick with us as we bring you the latest.


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If you were looking to add to your Tegra 3 game collection, NVIDIA and Phosphor Games have a new title for you to check out. Horn is a new game that will immerse you into a console-like world that allows for a healthy amount of exploration, and tells an interesting story along the way.
"Horn is a revolutionary third-person action adventure game where anyone can fully explore and enjoy a beautiful and engaging console-style world, all controllable by touch gestures. Inspired by the endearing character-based console games, Horn takes the richness of intricate worlds to explore, entertaining characters, thought-provoking puzzles, the excitement of combat, and memorable extraordinary situations – and makes them accessible for everyone to pick up and play.
Based loosely on the Old English tales of King Horn, you play as a young blacksmith's apprentice named Horn who wakes up to finds your village and lands over run by large fantastic, and sometimes humorous, monsters. It is revealed these creatures are actually the people and animals from your village transformed by a curse, and you alone have the power to free them. On your incredible adventure you carry the loud-mouthed head of one such fantastic creature with you – a somewhat uncooperative and ill-tempered but grudgingly helpful sidekick. Along with this new companion you must use your sword, crossbow, trusty musical horn, and wits to explore the lands, defeat the enemies, and solve puzzles in your quest to undo the curse that engulfs your homeland."
While Horn is available for iOS as well, the Tegra 3 optimized version brings a couple more visual effects to the table that users will enjoy. Textures are richer and more crisp, and you'll find more interesting effects that the iOS version lacks as you play the game. Either way, no matter what version you're playing, it's loads of fun. Some screenshots of the differences are below.
The world around you truly is something that you'd expect to see out of some console games today, and with that, comes a rather large app size. After the initial download, the game expands to almost 2GB to give you all of the realistic textures throughout the game, so I ended up having to uninstall a couple of applications on my 8GB Nexus 7. This should be a non-issue for those you rocking a device with a chunkier amount of internal storage.
Navigating through the game is rather simple: Swipe side to side to love left and right, and tap on the ground to make Horn walk. Walking can be a little bit of an issue at times, but it becomes more comfortable as time goes on.
If you're holding onto a Tegra 3 device, hit up the Play Store here to get Horn now!
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My Room: Ruby Mae
It's always a 'Lovely Day' in Ruby Mae's room. Her mom Jenn shares: When we found out we were having a girl, my mind immediately started thinking about her room! The room needed to feel peaceful and clean while sparking fun and imagination at the same time...a little girl's room that she would love to be in at each stage of her life.
We combined vintage pieces with family heirlooms and Ikea basics to build a room that the whole family loves to be in. Color was brought in through the accents....the rugs (2 Ikea rugs taped together), the knick knacks on her shelf, books and the animal busts (from The Cherry Box.......I LOVE these!!!). We were lucky to score a 1969 vintage Eames Lounge chair and the dresser/mirror to bring the decor of the house into Ruby Mae's room. Ikea provided the crib, rugs, lamps and hamper.
The rest of the room was either pieces from our own childhood (my baby blanket and lifelong friend Big Ted, a clown my Great Aunt had made 30 years ago, favorite books our parents had saved, etc...) or from our friends and travels (Feathers painting by Kirsten Blair, handmade onesie/tutu, souveniers...). And what little girl's room is complete without a Wonder Woman?!?! I really wanted to share our love of music and positivity with her, and felt that a painting of the lyrics to Lovely Day by Bill Withers was the perfect way to do that.
All in all we really love this room. Hope you enjoy it too!
Thanks Jenn! We do!


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Don't forget to add admission to the park into your tally. Currently $90.
Hense you can see how much of a pain in the ass buying Disney exclusives for everyone is.
There is a permanent fixture in the Tatooine Traders shop at the exit of Star Tours. You cant miss it as it faces the attraction exit. In keeping with the storyline of the shop, it is modeled after young Anakin Skywalkers workbench. I just returned from the opening this morning and it looks awesome!
Currently, we are only introducing the Droid Factory at Disneys Hollywood Studios. Provided its popular with guests, we may consider additional locations.
One of the original concepts was to model it after the create-your-own Mr. Potato Head from Once Upon a Toy. Yet, it was decided to build individual figures to add a more personal connection (you can create a unique figure that you can name).
We knew we could milk Star Wars fans of all their money by going this route.
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Here are their latest key trends for Spring/Summer 2014 for Denim and Fashion Dress.


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15 Essential Dips and Spreads for Summer Parties
In the summer we love snacking on homemade dips and spreads. In fact, they can be lunch. A bowl of guacamole, some whole grain crackers, and an apple — that's a perfect June lunch. Dips and spreads are also great party food; everyone should know how to whip up a few for summer parties. Here are 15 essential dips and spreads from our archives. From basic bean dips to smoky baba ghanoush, this list has something for everyone.
15 Essential Dips and Spreads
Easy Beans
• Fava Bean Dip with Roasted Garlic and Yogurt
• No-Guilt Bean Dip
• Mark Bittman's Rosemary-Lemon White Bean Dip
• Fresh Shell Bean and Sage Spread
The Basics
• Hummus
• Baba Ghanoush
• Guacamole
• Pimento Cheese
• Pink Pepper Goat Cheese Spread and Olives
• Quick Feta and Olive Spread
• Goat Cheese with Parsley and Lemon
Something Fresh
• Asparagus Spread and Prosciutto on Buttered Toast
• Muhammara
• Italian Sub Dip with Homemade Focaccia
• Zucchini, Mint and Yogurt Spread
Tips for Better Dips
• How Can I Make Better Fat-Free Yogurt Dips?
• Snack On The Go: Veggies Stored In Dip
• Tip: Turn Leftover Soup into a Dip
• Entertaining Tip: Easy Food Processor Dips
• Good Question: Building a Better Cheese Ball
What are your favorite (and essential!) dips and spreads for summer eating and entertaining?
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Regarding commentator Jules Witcover's column on President Barack Obama's leadership, Mr. Obama's competence is in politics and campaigning; he is not a leader, a manager or even an administrator ("His cool gone, Obama needs to show competence," Nov. 18).
He has proven this time and time again with the IRS scandal, Benghazi, Operation Fast and Furious, NSA spying, journalists being spied upon, etc., etc.
He has even made former Vice President Dick Cheney and his Halliburton connection look good. Halliburton was, and maybe still is, a great performing company. CGI, campaign donor and VIP friend of Michelle, is pathetic, as their prior record shows.
You would think the administration would have gone to IBM or another prominent IT integrator to do their legacy program. Crony capitalism almost never works.


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The 25-year-old joined the west London outfit as a teenager in 2006 for a fee of £16 million, with the club having to pay Manchester United £12m after they had an agreement to sign the midfielder first.
Since then, the Nigerian has gone on to make 261 appearances for the Blues, starting in 213, but has only netted twice.
|John Obi Mikel is 8/1 to score at anytime against Sunderland with William Hill
The defensive midfielder labelled Stamford Bridge as his "home", while insisting that he is just hitting his "peak" as he aims to secure more silverware with the club in the coming years.
"Chelsea seems like my home now because I have been here for over six years and I enjoy my time here," he told the club's official website.
"I come into the training ground every day to work and I value my time there. I am happy and want to keep going and win trophies for this club.
"I have basically won everything with Chelsea and those years have been really special for me, winning trophies with big names like Didier Drogba, John Terry and Frank Lampard who have had very long Chelsea careers.
"Last season to win the Champions League was even more special and I hope these next five years will bring even more success and I can win trophies with the new players we have here.
"Being 25 I think I am now hitting my peak but as a player you want to improve every day and there is still room for that. I want to learn from the players and the manager and I just want to keep going."