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KDE Tutorials For Windows Converts?
A nice Ask Slashdot article entitled Gnome/KDE Tutorials For Windows Users? was recently posted on Slashdot. The article raises the interesting question: "... where [can I] find a tutorial on Gnome, KDE, or Linux and X in general oriented towards people like myself, people with significant but not infinite computer DOS-based know-how?" In other words, tutorials for folks who, while not clueless, only have experience as Windows users and who have no interest in becoming *nix developers. The Slashdot editor notes that "If Unix (Linux/*BSD/etc) is ever to successfully woo users from Windows, something like this is a must." Are there any good resources for such a convert to switch to KDE?
Re: KDE Tutorials For Windows Converts?
I don't know of anything really helpful; and some of the things that make unix of any sort off-putting must be overcome by the distros. One obvious example is the hoops that a new installer must jump through to get TT fonts available in linux. You could, I suppose, write a KDE app to do this on a dual-booting machine: it need only find the C:/windows/fonts directory and symlink or copy it into the /usr/X/whatever tree before installing the right rendering engine and modifying the XF86Config file. But it should really happen in the install phase.
The real difference betweeen KDE and Windows, from a user's POV, is that the help key works properly in Windows. In KDE it normally brings up a file teling you how to get hold of an app you have already got hold of, how to compile it (that, for the Windows user, is what RPM is for) and nothing else. Detailed documentation for everything, aimed at your mother and not your freinds, explaining why she might want this app, how it does what she wants, and what to do when it doesn't work: that's what is needed. The only thing I know that reaches this standard is kppp.
The one thing that KDE should include for Windows users is a doc on "KDE as a moving target", explaining the process of upgrading, what a Beta version is, and the relationship between KDE and QT (QT is the lego out of which KDE is built. Some of the bigger pieces of KDE need new lego bricks to build, so you have to get a new box of lego to build them. This is called a new version of QT. You get it from ... like this ... You then do this to build the new bricks on your computer ... You do this to tell KDE where the new box of lego can be found ... If the new bits don't fit, here's how to get back to the old lego set ...)
By Andrew Brown at Fri, 2000/12/29 - 6:00am
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About the TT Font Thing : In Mandrake 7.2 (possibly 7.1, im not going to bother to check) there is a neat utility called FontDrake that does that automatically. Just a second ago, I imported Comic Sans MS with no difficulty whatsoever.
By Carbon at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
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take a look at:
It (seems to) make a good job in this font installing stuff.
By Thorsten Schnebeck at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
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I fully agree with you. Using KDE 1.x I lways wondered why the helpfile even bothered to tell me how to obtain the programm and how to compile it, since I already installed it before reaching to its helpfile
To go back to the topic, distro's like Mandrake and Corel offer tutorials on their site that are very GUI-minded and in the local bookstore I found a nice pocket about learning to use KDE 1.1.2. Very clear, very simple and also very complete for a end user.
By rinse at Fri, 2000/12/29 - 6:00am
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I lways wondered why the helpfile even bothered to tell me how to obtain the programm and how to compile it, since I already installed it before reaching to its helpfile
This is being changed, by the way -- the compilation section is being moved to the end. I agree that it doesn't make any sense. If you need to know how to ./configure and make, it's unlikely that you can run jade to generate the help file!
By Otter at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
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I fully agree with you. Using KDE 1.x I lways wondered why the helpfile even bothered to tell me how to obtain the programm and how to compile it, since I already installed it before reaching to its helpfile
To go back to the topic, distro's like Mandrake and Corel offer tutorials on their site that are very GUI-minded and in the local bookstore I found a nice pocket about learning to use KDE 1.1.2. Very clear, very simple and also very complete for a end user.
By rinse at Fri, 2000/12/29 - 6:00am
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By sdf at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
Good thing this is not Slashdot!
No trolls, no flamebaits, no links to goatse.cx...
By Anonymous at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
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I think that in addition to manuals for the individual apps, there should be some tutorial about Unix concepts. Things like mounting, symlinks, permissions, the various layers (kernel, X11, Qt and KDE). This is necessary to understand "Why doesn't the CD-ROM player's door open when I press eject?".
When I switched from Win95 to Linux, the hardest part was understanding the architecture. There are man pages, howtos etc that will help you solve a specific task. But before you can use those, you must know where to look.
By Maarten ter Huurne at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
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Please also have a look at the kde-edu mailinglist
Join via a mail with the subject "subscribe" to
By Daniel Molkentin at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
Mandrake has a few
There are a few good tutorials for KDE2 and assorted other things over that the Linux-Mandrake site. If there were ever to be a concerted effort to make some KDE-branded tutorials, these may probably be a good start.
Here they are: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/
By matt at Sat, 2000/12/30 - 6:00am
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Getting the help pages, which by the way is a wonderful system, into being a really useful resource is ( imho ) too big a task for people to do as a labour of love. What do people think of the idea that the authors be sponsored - i.e. that the authors be paid by corporate entities. In return the sponsor gets a line at the bottom of the page which states the corporate name and a link to their WWW page and the right to publish the info in paper book form. Is this a goer or a total horror?
By Christopher Sawtell at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
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I think sponsoring the help pages is a wonderful idea. If there were a fee of, say, £250 for every thousand words of help page which met some independent standards (perhaps we need an official KDE Mother to test them), you would see a real increase in the quality of documentation.
The difficulties would be
I think the second of these is going to be the real problem. It will be solved by energetic volunteers, if at all.
By Andrew Brown at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
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I think the approach should be the other way. If you promise to pay $250,00 for every 1000 words (which by the way is a lot of money, the GUI itself contains more than 100.000 words, wich in most cases is translated by 2-4 persons...) you will be overwelmed with docs written/translated by lot of moneyhunters who are delevering crap, which you have to read to find out is it is worth the price. You probably will spent more time reading lots of submitted docs written for 1 application than it would have taken if you had written it yourself. Also dealing with docwriters who didn't meet up to you expectations, and therefore not getting any money is not something I would want to do ;)
I think sponsoring is OK, but its better to sponsor a already dedicated docwriter who has proven his skills throug delivering high quality docs. He/she for example can use this money instead of having to look for a small job to support his/her study so he/she will have more time to write more docs...
By rinse at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
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This is a good question. A lot of the other comments half talked about the help included with KDE or other tutorials avaliable online, but I think this might be a good topic to be addressed in dead tree form (I'm partial to that medium.. :)). A book that covers using KDE and is written assuming familiarity with Windows might be very helpful. Maybe if it approached the subject by doing side by side comparisons of how to perform certains tasks in both Windows and KDE... just a thought.
By Iridium at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
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Those books already exist, Nice little pockets for newbe's and thick books for advanced users and programmers. De newbe's pockets are written in a similar way as pocket books for Windows newbe's are written. They explain in a very basic way every aspect of the desktop and its primary programms.
By rinse at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
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I can remember when I tried to learn to play flamenco guitar. Although I was very good classical guitarist I tried for years to understand how flamenco guitarist do some things with their right hand without luck. Until one day I
By Mudonja Tekara at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
Documentation and sponsoring
First of all once again very nice and mature discussion here at .KDE!
I am a windows convert my self, and although I have a university degree in telecommunications engineering, and previous experience using both unix and windows at school, I still found it a suprisingly difficult task to gain the required knowledge of linux for everyday use. It took me about 3 months and three hours a day to work out all the basic details of running a linux system including users, installing stuff, ssh, apache, sendmail, kde, gnome, system V, config files in /etc/ etc. And this is just basic stuff, nothing else.
Even though KDE team has by far the most serious attitute towards UI stuff and documentation, there is still a long way to go. But the thing is that most of the knowledge actually exists on the net and can be found, but it takes too much precious time to find it. There is lots of good documentation included with every distro, but it is scattered around on the man, info and /usr/share/doc. And on top of that Kde has its own help stuff.
Proposition: The scope of the Kde help system should be wider. It should include a general basic introducion to a linux system from a Kde desktop users point of view, with a special section for windows users.
All the man pages should be automatically converted to html and should be directly accessible from within the Kde help. An introductory section should be included where the commands would be divided to groups, for example network, programming, shell tools, etc. This should be finer and beter that the standard man division. Next to each command shoud be a short title indicating what the command does.
All the /usr/share/doc documentation should be converted to html as well and automatically linked to Kde help system. Some scripts could probably do the trick.
A system for contributed user documentation and most of all usage examples could be added. When viewing a html formatted man page for instance the corresponding user contributed comments and examples would be visibe at the end of the page.
How about a Kde knowledge base? Companies have figured out a long time a go that mailing lists and posts are not the most efficent way to organize small bits of information. The discussion could still go on on a mailing list but after the solution is found people should be encouraged to add it to the base.
The usability of the kde help system should be improved including the search page.
There could also be a additional links all over the kde documentation to relevant additional docs on the net. The links could be kept up to date by using a web site to hold them.
And how about co-operating with the Gnomes on this? Together you could easily create the authoritative documentation framework for linux.
Finally I would like to say that as it is proved that free software projects have a hard time generating UI:s and documentation, I fully support the idea of getting sponsoring to do these. Somebody should just dictate the rules and do the administrative work and distribute the money, how about Kde/Gnome foundations? I would certainly accept a selected banner at the end of an excelent document. What a fine way for a firm to gain positive publicity. Just imagine the price tag you could put to a small banner that is ditributed with the kde docs to millions of users! With that money you could easily write several free linux books! Or fund the developement of kde in general.
The banner contracts should be done for a limited period only, say a year for instance. In this way, the banners would only appear with newly sponsored documentation as appropriate, and would not plague the docs in the long run.
These are just my ideas! All in all linux is moving in a very good direction and by the way things are going in two-three years it is ready for my grand mothers desktop. The few things it still needs are a more commercial attitude, more overall coherence, more co-operation and more standards.
Keep up the excellent work and use all the commercial possibilites available! And I mean all of them.
By Tomas Martinsen at Sun, 2000/12/31 - 6:00am
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I think this is a great idea. I have seen ideas similar to this and I think that collapsing the documentation projects into a single entity would be great. Many things in the GNU/Linux system intertwine in various ways. Information about how to use the GNU tools should not be in KDE docs. And Apache should not document how to use the various frontends.
It would take a lot of reorganizing to get a unified free software documentation project underway, but the results would seem to be worth. It is easier considering that practically all of the documentation efforts have standardized on DocBook.
I beleive that a discussion similar to this on the gnome mailing lists had a scheme similar to:
But I wonder if this system would be confusing for users who don't already understand how things are structured. Such as why would you look under GNU to find information how to use Emacs or why isn't The Gimp under GNOME? Perhaps a flat namespace would be more appropriate?
By extrasolar at Mon, 2001/01/01 - 6:00am
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Wouldn't it be easier to just classify programs by what they do, rather than by their 'allegiances'?
For example (Off the top of my head):
Graphical Desktop
etc. etc. etc.
To speak plainly, most newbies probably wouldn't know what GNU is, let alone how the GNU tools, Gimp, Gnome etc. are related.
By matt at Mon, 2001/01/01 - 6:00am
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I wouldn't say that it is easier that way. Almost every sufficiently large free software project already has a documentation project. KDE, GNOME, LinuxDoc, etc., etc. I haven't done a thorough search but I am sure there are plenty. Does Apache and Mozilla have DP's? Gradually evolving from the existing structures might be easier than reshuffling everything as well as settling upon an organization scheme. Should X Windows Programs be considered differently than console apps or should they be put in based upon their purpose? There really is no clear-cut answer as to how free software should be organized. Perhaps better would be a flat namespace with metadata for each application. So that you can find the application by searching for it. Like if only are looking for KDE apps or IRC clients or those that meet both conditions.
So structuring things according to their DP might be easier. And searching should be more valuable because we are using DocBook.
By extrasolar at Tue, 2001/01/02 - 6:00am
Re: Documentation and sponsoring
Although the slashdot discussion was pointed out to me the other day, I'm addressing it here, because this is where the real suggestions are turning up.
As with any open source project, or splinter project, one of the hugest problems is finding people to do things. Writing a help file just plain isn't as cool as writing some cool desktop toy that everyone wants to have. Getting your name in the help files isn't as much fun as seeing it in that "About KDE" screen.
We have to compromise at times.. Ship all the apps with some documentation, which is complete and accurate but isn't quite as polished as we'd like, or ship the core apps with fabulous documentation and some small apps with docs that are 2 years old, and hardly apply anymore. Set a baseline to document and leave out newer features that are being added, in an effort to be comprehensive about the already present features, or do we try to hit the moving target the developers are giving us. Let 5 people work out how to share the writing of one doc on a "popular" application, or try to persuade some of them to write about a less interesting or more difficult one, which they might give up on. It's a world of compromises, but that's just how it is when you're trying to distribute limited resources.
There have been some fabulous ideas in this thread and they have been noted. When we have time and people to do something about them, they will become reality. The Docs team have some other ideas that haven't quite come to fruition yet, but we're working on them... things like task based troubleshooters for common problems, making the documentation more accessible and easily updated, and much more.
This thread brings up one of the true beauties of open source though. If you have an idea, then let us know - but expect to be asked if you can help bring it about! If you are a new user and have just discovered one of the fabulous features that are so obvious to the old hands, and so mystifying to the newbies, then write about it!
And take a look at http://i18n.kde.org/teams/en/ to find yourself a niche to help out. Just beware before you do that writing documentation is hard work, and not all that much fun - or everyone would be doing it and this thread would have no reason to exist.
By Lauri Watts at Wed, 2001/01/03 - 6:00am
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Certainly, I know I am rather optimistic about these sorts of things. I always am.
I am also certain that similar projects have been started before and then interest lost.
It is one of them topics that will be brought up again and again-until it is done.
By extrasolar at Fri, 2001/01/05 - 6:00am
Re: KDE Tutorials For Windows Converts?
As a rookie/newbie bootcamper I must say I refuse to quit! I've loaded RH about a dozen times, Storm 4 or 5x, Caldera at least twice, and Mandrake about 6. Finally I have 'drake 7.0 and act'ly can print and as you can see (I hope!) I am on-line. The continuing prob is: I still dont know what I did right this time to get all this stuff working. I still dont have a sound card.
As a Dos/W3.1 ammature, I dont think Windoze95 is any more user friendly than is L'x, and having paid my dues on hold for seeming hours at a time waiting for the duty techie-type to tell me to take two aspirin and try this or that and call back, I will take L'x anytime, even if the learning curve is rather steep for my 60 year old mentality.
My pet peeve is I've got about $120 worth of 3" thick L'x manuals and I had to go thru every page to find: "Netscape lockfile...Xterm/su> then:>rm -rf /root/.netscape/lock to remove". But it's still there ev'y time I go online. Too, I remove icons from my panel on the desk top, and ev'y time I reboot they're back in place. Must be a 'drakie thing, eh?
Still for me and my house it's L'x fer-sher! We've adopted three kids 3,6, and 7, and are homeschooling them for obv.s reasons. I want them to have a grasp of the field without gates before turning them loose on an unsuspecting world. The 3 year old boy has his own batch files on Dos/W3.1, and he holds his own in mousing around on Kde to games/asteroids, and so forth.
Keep at it all you script-kiddies...we're hanging on with eager anticipation! kenn [email protected]
By k franklin farl... at Mon, 2001/01/01 - 6:00am
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I admire your pertinacity ;-) But I would rather recommend newbies to buy a copy of Suse, RH, Mandrake or Caldera (or whatever user friendly distribution). It makes life much easier!
By Alexander Kuit at Tue, 2001/01/02 - 6:00am
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I don't wish to upset anyone, but I believe that you are all missing the central issue, and focussing instead on the "hows" rather than the "whats".
First, Windows is THE standard desktop/operating system/application platform. Microsoft's tactics in achieving this status are not an issue ... the fact that it is THE standard, is.
Secondly, apart from server/high techie implementations, the Windows desktop is used by the overwhelming majority of people in the world for their daily work. They don't care if the supporting infrastructure is written in X, Y or Z, nor if symbolic links are involved, etc.
They certainly don't want to issue "mount /mnt/cdrom" commands. They just want to click on a device, see it open, use the file, save it, etc., without understanding the hassle of the underlying infrastructure. That's why DOS is toast, and why users are at a higher plane.
So the central issue is how the "Linux desktop" can be made more friendly, *on a par with, or better than, MS Windows*. That's it, pure and simple. Pointing a user to 73 references on how to set up a Samba configuration and myriad attendant files, just to print to a remote Windows printer, is not going to cut it. The overwhelming majority of users just want to select the printer, and print. QED.
Yes, I know it's not quite that easy to set up a networked printer in Windows, but it is light-years ahead of what it takes under Linux ... any distribution.
So, if the Linux distributions wish to come out of the dark ages and progress beyond the niche/server market, they have to give a "windows experience" to desktop/ordinary users. It's moving that way, but there is much more to do.
And that is not MAN pages (written for the technically competent), gratuitous "Help" pages that accomplish nothing, and "lessons on how to use (AKA beome a Linux whiz) Linux/KDE/KWord, etc".
And, before I'm flamed, I should tell you that I have spent two weeks installing Caldera eDesktop 2.4, KDE 2.0 upgrade, getting Samba installed, getting access to the two Win machines in my little home LAN, and finally (today) getting access to the shared printer on one of the Win boxes ... albeit with only 4 PS fonts ... the journey continues. This would have taken 60 minutes in Windows, but what the heck ...
And I have programmed (in dark legacy days, kept current in technologies, build PCs as a hobby, etc.
Yes, you are all missing the point. Why re-arrange the deck chairs when the principal mission is to ...
Respectfully submitted.
By Erik Sorenson at Wed, 2001/01/03 - 6:00am
Re: KDE Tutorials For Windows Converts?
I agree - the simplicty of using apps under Windows means that I don't have to read *any* documentation. What bothered me about moving to Linux a few years ago was that I was overwhelmed by the shear amount of documentation. It seemed that there were at least book-volumes of documentation on every little command. I spent days on printing documentation and filing them, days on figuring out how Info works, days on getting the latest Howto's and Gazette articles. Windows was just *so* easy, in fact easy enough that I did not even bother reading documentation - actually deleted *.hlp to get some space.
By Barry Coetzee at Thu, 2001/01/04 - 6:00am
Re: KDE Tutorials For Windows Converts?
I do non-Windows for a living these days, and to be honest with you, when I first installed SuSE almost 2 years ago I approached Linux this way:
I was fairly competent in windows, having started off with dos/win3.1 2 years earlier. The SuSE install went pretty easy, and once I configged X I was happy. I poked around the menus for a week, I guess, then came to the realization that anyone could use a gui so I didn't need to spend a lot of time learning KDE --- everything pretty much worked when I clicked on it, etc..
I now spend my time doing brain-curdling tasks such as trying to figure out why all of a sudden I can't ssh into a box when the bloomin' thing worked just fine yesterday, etc. --- and it's taken me 2 years to get to the point where I was able to land a job as a sysadmin.
I am happy as a clam about KDE (and SuSE, mind you) and recommend the duo to all my Windows friends. I even have a site up on the net that sells PCs and gives the option to select SuSE or Red Hat instead of Windows as the installed OS (with stern warnings about a learning curve and a $50 fee plus shipping to reformat and install windows if they can't learn Linux enough to be productive in a reasonable lengh of time, etc.) --- I am that comfortable with the platform that I am willing to take the risk of having to support it.
By Joey Kelly at Thu, 2001/01/11 - 6:00am
Re: KDE Tutorials For Windows Converts?
You are sounds like super *NIX wizard. I have the similar expirience with You, but not in the *NIXes. Please answer just one small question:
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Gossip: City considering Bundesliga winger?
Oh how transfer rumours to-and-fro during the summer months.
Ousmane Dembele was the latest name added to the suggested City shopping list in Tuesday's Media Watch and the story has developed further this morning.
The Daily Star question yesterday's rumours, but believe the Blues are keeping a watchful eye on the Borussia Dortmund man.
Jeremy Cross writes: "Reports claiming the France ace had dinner with Guardiola and a tour of the Etihad complex are wide of the mark.
"But Guardiola has still been keeping close tabs on Dembele with a view to adding him to his squad this summer.
"Starsport understands that while Guardiola likes Dembele, he is not prepared to get involved in a Dutch auction with the likes of Barca and PSG."
It's a similar story at Goal, who've penned a special report on the Frenchman, which suggests the future of compatriot Kylian Mbappe would impact City's thoughts.
Sam Lee reports: "The 18-year-old [Mbappe] is weighing up a new contract at Monaco as well as a serious offer from Real Madrid, who are favourites to sign him despite interest from other big European clubs.
"City would retain their interest in Mbappe and could launch a fresh bid next summer if he were to stay in France for one more season, but Dembele has emerged as an alternative option for the upcoming campaign.
"Guardiola and key members of his technical staff are huge admirers of the wideman, who only joined Dortmund last May."
On the much talked about full-back front, Ryan Bertrand is the name which returns to the top of the rumoured pile, according to the Mirror.
"Pep Guardiola is making fresh moves for Southampton's England defender Ryan Bertrand," says Chief Football Writer, John Cross.
"Guardiola has made signing new full-backs his No1 priority, and has focused his attentions on the 27-year-old.
"Left-back Bertrand is ready to quit St Mary's this summer to further his career, and City are in pole position to sign him.
"The former Chelsea starlet believes a transfer to a club playing Champions League football next season can boost his chances in the fight for a starting spot at the 2018 World Cup."
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail claim City are near to completing the acquisition of a Spanish starlet.
Barcelona's Eric Garcia is the teenager in question and Simon Jones has the story.
"Sportsmail reported City's interest in the young defender earlier this month and terms are now close to being agreed.
"Garcia is a stylish centre back represented by Carles Puyol and Ivan de la Pena.
"It is understood the 16-year-old, who is regarded as one of the most promising talents at La Masia, will cost around £1.6million."

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Car Sales Flushed Down
What America needs are jobs and these jobs are in China. Perhaps we should require Chinese lessons in first grade-after all China has $1 trillion in American government debt.
[Genesis Of The Financial Meltdown]
Yesterday it was announced that domestic car sales crashed.
Ford car sales were down 40%; GM car sales were down 49%; and, Chrysler car sales down 55%.
This dramatic decrease in car sales was far worse than expected-but it proves that even the conversion of GMAC (General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)) to a bank with a $5 billion injection of money from the federal government cannot guarantee a profit. (Ford did not accept bailout money; and, Chrysler's finance figures are not available.)
GMAC lends to customers of General Motors. GMAC also funds mortgages. GMAC gained bank status in the fourth quarter of 2007.
GMAC had a profit of $7.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007-but this was entirely due to an $11.4 billion gain, the proceeds from a debt swap, which was necessary for GMAC to gain bank status and $5 billion in federal aid. In the third quarter of 2007 GMAC had a loss of $724 million.
But it is the financing of car sales that is most important. New vehicle financing originations tanked from $13.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007 to $2.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008. GMAC's auto finance division went from a profit of $137 million in the fourth quarter of 2007 to a loss of $1.31 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008.
This dramatic downturn in car sales is an excellent barometer of consumer sentiment to President Barack Obama's stimulus plan. Many Americans feel that President Barack Obama's stimulus plan serves the purpose of saving banks and Wall Street firms (which have now converted into commercial banks) and not saving the economy.
Yesterday, the Senate voted that consumers, who purchase a new car in 2009, can deduct their car loan interest payments and excise taxes (state taxes, such as sales taxes) from their federal taxes. This would save a consumer approximately $1,500 on a $25,000 car. Fiscal stimulus in the amount of $1,500 is a wasted effort. No rational consumer would purchase a car based on a 6% tax rebate.
Consumers won't even purchase new cars with $3,000 cash rebates, let alone the $1,500 discussed above-especially if they do not know if they shall have a job the next day.
Car purchases can be delayed. Old cars can be repaired. Used cars can be purchased. What America needs are jobs and these jobs are in China. Perhaps we should require Chinese lessons in first grade-after all China has $1 trillion in American government debt.
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"If the words Star Wars make you want to speak up, we want to hear from you! Did the new trilogy leave a sour taste in your mouth? What?s your stance on the Special Editions? Are you ready to stand up for George, or to stand up to him?
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Slated for release in 2009, The People vs. George Lucas is a new kind of Star Wars fan film, and we?d like to encourage you to participate in the making of this exciting new documentary. This film is about empowering the fans. It?s about telling George what we love and hate about Star Wars. It?s about expressing what this franchise means to us, what we wish had been handled differently, and what our hopes for the future are. Above all, it?s a celebration of what binds us, the fans, together.
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The claim that 3D printing is the next trillion dollar industry is backed up by the results of last month's Formula Student 2012, the annual event that challenges engineering students to build and race single-seat cars.
The Areion, entered by Belgian Group T, is not only the world's first car made almost entirely from 3D printed parts, it's really fast as well.
Weighing in at 617 lbs, according to Inhabitat, the Areion is heavier than most of the other cars competing on Germany's Hockenheim race circuit, but that did not stop it from accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in just four seconds and reaching a top speed of 88 mph.
3D printing is a remarkably flexible technology. It makes prototyping and manufacturing simpler and more accessible. It alleviates the need for economies of scale. The success of the Areion is compelling evidence 3D printing can be applied to the automotive industry.
Group T, from International University College Leuven near Brussels, used Mammoth stereolithography machines built by Materialise, to produce parts as large as the Areion's entire body. They added an electric drive train, and just three weeks after establishing an initial design, they had a car that was ready to race.
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Update 27 June 2019: List of Nurses selected for Nursing Schools (2018 List) has been published by Ministry of Health (read below):
If you have three A/L passes in Biological Science stream then you can apply for free Nursing training in Government Nursing schools managed by Ministry of Health. After training you can become a Nurse in Government hospital which is a pensionable government job. This post describes details on Government Nursing courses, but there are several private nursing colleges and University degrees in Nursing are also available in Sri Lanka.
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The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce will honor nine businesses and individuals at the annual Chamber Awards Gala on Friday, June 8, at the Niagara Falls Country Club in Lewiston. The annual awards gala begins at 6 p.m. and includes an evening of live music, a silent auction, table wines donated by local wineries and businesses, and hors d'oeuvres, followed by a sit-down dinner and awards program.
2012 Village of Youngstown Citizen of the Year
The Village of Youngstown has chosen to honor the late Mayor Neil C. Riordan as the Youngstown Citizen of the Year. His public service work throughout the years will not be forgotten, and many of the projects and initiatives that he started will have an impact on many generations to come.
For more than 30 years, public service was a big part of Riordan's life, serving as a Village of Youngstown trustee beginning in 1979, later as deputy mayor, and as mayor from 2001 until the time of his passing last fall. His service to the community was a full-time endeavor that helped contribute to a great quality of life for residents and business owners in the village. His "fingerprints" were on so many projects that benefited the village, from summer concerts and renovations of docks, to brochures to showcase events and businesses in Youngstown. Riordan sought out many grants and exhausted many financial avenues to make sure projects were funded and completed. Although many would think that the position of mayor was his full-time job, he held the position of vice president of sales and marketing for the Viatran Corporation where he worked full time.
Riordan's love for the village was clear to everyone. He fondly referred to the Village of Youngstown as "Mayberry," working non-stop to create a village that prospered. His attitude was that if he felt something needed to be done to better the village, he would find a way to make it happen, not focusing on the negative. He was a people person who connected with others on a level that made everyone feel comfortable. He liked to say that when he ran for mayor, he ran under the "Responsive" party line, meaning if you called him for something, he would respond. It was exactly that type of thinking that made Riordan a wonderful mayor who worked for the people.
This year will mark the 11th year of the summer concert series, which was a project that was initiated by Riordan. The concert series is a popular event held every Friday evening at Falkner Park. The 2012 concert series is made possible with the generous support of sponsors and those who contributed to his memorial fund.
There were many items on Riordan's wish list to be completed, some of which are now coming to fruition. The most recent that is near completion is the digital sign which will be placed outside of the Village Hall that will highlight village events and programs.
Neil was married to Dorothy (Dotty) for 45 years, with 32 of those years spent in public service. Working for the village became a family affair, and a big part of family life. Neil is also survived by his children and grandchildren: Christopher (Jodee) Riordan, Michael Riordan and Suzanne (Mark) Cammarata. His grandchildren include Sarah, Christopher, Nicholas and Michael.
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The emphasis here is that Rails allows instant turnaround, with no real deployment cycle, one of the hallmarks of most Java enterprise development. Many developers focus time and effort on minimizing the effect of the deployment cycle, and defectors from Java to PHP and Ruby (among others) focus on the lack of a deployment cycle as a major benefit of such transitions.
The deployment cycle affects almost all aspects of Java, from persistence and business components (under EJBs) to Web Services (with JAX-RPC having a compilation/deployment step) to web applications. While there are real benefits to the Java EE deployment cycle (i.e., late and passive binding for resources, among others), many programmers prefer injection (via Spring or other such containers) or more simple deployment models altogether (such as Ruby, et al.)
As Mr. Geary says,
Why is development with Rails so much faster than with JSF, Tapestry, Struts, or whatever? The single biggest reason is zero turnaround time. You make changes to your application, refresh the browser, and voila, instantaneous feedback. For some, this might not be as appealing as it is for me. Coming from a SmallTalk background, I like to make a tiny little changes quickly in succession. Some folks, like my friend Rob, who I worked with on my Cleveland job, like to write a ton of code before redeploying the app in the servlet container. In fact, I took quite a ribbing from Rob because I wasn't man enough to write large chunks of code at a time.The "zero turnaround time" lends itself well to rapid development, because of the benefit of instant feedback over whether your changes were correct or not. The competition between Ruby on Rails and Java frameworks (ignoring the Trails project) seems to be a reaction from both sides, with the Rails proponents saying "development shouldn't be hard" and the Java camp responding with "development should be correct" instead. Yet most people who try Ruby on Rails seriously end up seeming to be genuinely impressed with its capabilities.
With the statement that "JSF was created for tool vendors," Mr. Geary is expressing the sentiment that JSF was not geared for developers - which calls its entire reason for being into question, because end users don't often care what technology was used to create an application, but instead only care that the application works and was delivered in a timely fashion.
What do you think of the issue? Are tool vendors too dominant when it comes to designing APIs for Java, Enterprise Edition? Why are the two camps - Java and Rails - so opposed to each other? Is the deployment and development cycle's dependence on tools a problem across the entire standardized Java development platform - and should it be repaired? If so, how? Why is the typical Java Enterprise mindset so architecturally "heavy"?


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If you have yet to watch Tuesday's Glee season finale, hit the nearest exit. Everyone else, read on…
It's fitting that Glee's third-season finale ended with the bittersweet ritual of high-school graduation, and not just because half of the show's characters happened to be members of the William McKinley High senior class.
Indeed, with Glee's future in flux — early word is that the show will split focus between Lima, OH, and the adventures of a number of characters in NYC in Season 4 (read this week's Ask Ausiello for more details) — there's a cloud of uncertainty hanging over the Gleek Nation. Which of our favorites will remain front and center in our lives come fall? And which will begin to drift away, forgotten footnotes in the history books of of our weekly TV rituals?
If you were too busy trying to find a train line that could take you from Ohio directly to Grand Central Station in NYC, here's what you missed on Glee:
* We saw the McKinley seniors in their red caps and gowns walk the line and get their diplomas: In order: Mike Chang, Quinn, Mercedes, Puck, Santana, Kurt, Finn, and Rachel. Yep, Noah Puckerman got a C- on that final European Geography exam and earned his degree. Alas, Brittany and her 0.00 GPA did not. Also: How come I thought Sam was a Senior all year?
As for our characters' futures?
* Rachel, Finn, and Kurt decided to get together and open the acceptance/rejection letters from each of their first-and-only choice schools. Finn did not get accepted to "Inside the Actor's Studio." Kurt, similarly, got rejected by NYADA. Only Rachel got good news: Yep, Ms. Berry's outstanding showing at Nationals must've impressed the heck out of Carmen Tibideaux!
* Rachel decided to defer her admission for a year to help her fiancee and bestie achieve their dreams, but in a climactic scene that featued Corey Monteith's best work in three seasons, and Lea Michele's best work since Hector was a pup, Finn drove Rachel to the train station instead of heading to their wedding. "You're gonna get on that train and you're gonna go to New York and be a star," said Finn, who reckoned if they were meant to be together, they could wait. Oh, also, he's enlisting in the military as a way to honor his dad's memory! Talk about an ending I didn't see coming, but one that was — let's be honest — a lot more realistic for both characters. Now the question becomes: Do Ryan Murphy & Co. keep Rachel, Finn, and Kurt on these divergent paths in Season 4, or is there a convenient escape hatch waiting to be pulled to send them all to NYC for good times, good music, and dancey-dancey next fall?
* Santana decided to ditch her cheerleading scholarship and head to NYC, too, with her mom's blessing — and money! Good work by Gloria Estefan as a fine (if crazily lenient) example of Lima Heights motherhood.
* Mike Chang is Chicago-bound, thanks to a scholarship from the Joffrey Ballet School.
* Mercedes is bound for Los Angeles, where she's been signed as a backup singer for an indie label (thanks to the "Disco Inferno" YouTube performance Sam posted a few episodes back).
* Quinn is still headed for Yale, but not without one last smooch with Puck, and a Metro North pass for new pal Rachel. (Are they that close, really?) Also, Quinn got a really sweet farewell scene opposite Sue.
* Puck is…well, he graduated. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
And now, onto letter grades for the episode's musical numbers!
Mr. Schue, "Forever Young" I dunno, maybe I'm a dark-hearted beast, or maybe Mr. Schue's diminished role this year made his "emotional" sendoff for the kids a little less impactful? Grade: B
Burt, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" (lipsynched, of course) Another shining (albeit silly) moment for Glee's best parental unit. Grade: A-
Kurt, "I'll Remember" A sweet rendition of an underrated Madonna ballad, though I found it weird Kurt went out of his way to dedicate it to the New Directions guys, with whom he's never been as close as the ladies. (Side note: Remember when Kurt and Mercedes were inseparable? I do, too.) Grade: B+
New Directions seniors, "You Get What You Give" I've always had a soft spot for New Radicals' only hit, and this spirited rendition captured its jaunty essence. Grade: A
New Directions underclassmen, "In My Life" Not the most ringing endorsement for the National Champions' 2013 chances. Just being honest. Grade: C+
Puck, "Glory Days" Was it just me or was the Boss' ditty about middle-aged folks thinking back on their youthful good times a tone-deaf choice for modern teenagers on their big day? Grade: C+
Rachel, "Roots Before Branches" Didn't really know this song before Rachel closed the episode with it, but I'm glad I do now. A triumphant ending for a girl chasing her dreams, not her delusions, in the streets of New York City. Grade: A
Now it's your turn: Were you shocked by Kurt's rejection? Bummed that Mercedes didn't get more of a story arc? And how did you feel about that three-hankie scene between Finn and Rachel? Take our poll and vote for your favorite musical performance from "Goodbye," then hit the comments and share your thoughts on how the season finale played out!Follow @MichaelSlezakTV


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The Horizons Contemporary Table and Upholstered Chair Set with Bench and Herringbone Parquet Pattern by Liberty Furniture at Beyer's Furniture in the Lapeer, Flint, North Oakland, Port Huron, Tuscola, Michigan area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
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Academic services constitute an integral component of equalizing the post-secondary environment for students who experience disabilities. Disability Services (DS) is responsible for coordinating services for UAS students who experience disabilities. DS Also serves as a resource; providing information to the campus community. DS Staff can provide further information about the services available.
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About Henry Li
Henry Xiaohui Li(b. 1959), as known by his artist name Ji-yi-lou-zhu, is the owner of Blue Heron Arts Co. in Los Angeles, California.
Trained in a time-honored tradition of art, Henry Li began painting in 1974 under Zhang Zhengyin(1912?1995), a master in Henry's hometown, Nanjing. He majored in Archaeology when he got into Nanjing University in 1977, and became a fellow of the Center for Oriental Painting and Calligraphy Study in 1983. Henry came to the US in 1987 to study for his degree in ancient Chinese history at University of Washington. He taught traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy at UW's Experimental College from 1988 to 1995 while he was a graduate student there. After graduation, Henry taught culture and history classes of China, Japan and Korea at Western Washington University.Over the years, Henry continued to develop his amazing talents. He took a web design job in Colorado Springs and became a professional internet developer, and by 1997 he moved to Los Angeles and created several very popular online greeting card websites, one of which (card4you.com) went to public in 1998. Since then, he has been involved in a number of internet adventures and designed numerous e-commerce websites for various businesses. After ten years of pixel painting on the computer Henry returned to traditional ink and watercolor media. Since 2007 he started to show people how to do Chinese brush painting on the website. Henry works tirelessly to make his painting videos look effortless, spontaneous and joyful. Meanwhile, he has started to explore new materials and techniques that will give this centuries old art form a new life. Since 2010 Henry became a fulltime Chinese art teacher and supplier, with thousands of fans and students all over the world. His artistic family members includes his wife Victoria, who taught Chinese language at universities, now teaches Chinese calligraphy and plays Chinese music instruments; and daughter Amy who is a professional graphic designer graduated from the art department of Cal State Long Beach.
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These special picks were used during the 2015 New Zealand 40th Anniversary Tour.
Only a limited number of these tour picks were left from each show. Each pick is limited to a maximum of only 200 made. They will never be made again! The remaining picks that were not thrown out to the crowd by KISS or kept by the band members for their own collection are now available exclusively through KISSPickWorld.com. Here is your chance to own a piece of KISStory!
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Feeling brave? Feeling generous?
You can do a whole lot of good by raising money for Special Olympics Chicago, and all you have to do is jump into Lake Michigan.
In March.
Registration is now open for the 13th annual Chicago Polar Plunge. Plungers, as they're called, are asked to raise a minimum of $150 to support the programs enjoyed by nearly 5,000 Special Olympics athletes throughout the year.
The event takes place on Sunday, March 3 at what will likely be a very chilly North Avenue Beach. Everyone who takes the plunge will receive a souvenir T-shirt -- and a warm towel -- upon exiting the water.
Prizes will be awarded for the top overall fundraisers, for the largest team, for the team raising the most funds, for the best team costume, and for the best three individual costumes.
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Potholes are not only doing work on your car, they are also putting a hurting on the budget of one local state.
Delaware transportation officials say fixing the bumpy roads left behind after this particularly rough winter may be a budget buster.
The Department of Transportation budgeted nearly $6.3 million for road patching this fiscal year, but it only has about $2.2 million left. Officials expect the Pavement Management Section will have to make up the difference by shifting funds from scheduled spring paving work.
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Crews have already filled about 4,400 potholes between storms, including 3,100 in New Castle County. Officials say they expect to be filling potholes well into spring, but permanent fixes require warm weather.
Most potholes in Delaware are under DelDOT jurisdiction, except those in municipalities, neighborhoods or on private land. Officials say the state is responsible for 89 percent of the 13,731 lane miles of road in Delaware.


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A five-year-old civil fraud lawsuit lodged against former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio and four others appears headed for trial, as the Securities and Exchange Commission acknowledges in a court filing that a settlement with all of the defendants is unlikely.
Separately, Nacchio is seeking to have the case transferred from federal court in Denver to Kansas or another district, citing a study that shows 64 percent of potential jurors in Denver believe he is guilty.
The SEC discloses in a court filing that it held settlement talks with attorneys for former Qwest president Afshin Mohebbi in September and November. It states that "presently there is no possibility of settlement" with Mohebbi.
"It appears that there is little possibility of settlement with all parties, although there may be settlements between some parties," SEC attorneys wrote in the filing.
SEC cases are usually settled out of court.
Nacchio, Mohebbi, former Qwest chief financial officer Robert Woodruff and former Qwest accountants Frank Noyes and James Kozlowski are accused of engaging in an accounting fraud that inflated the Denver-based company's revenue by $3 billion from 1999 to 2002. Qwest later restated much of that revenue.
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You know the scene: a shabby stage crowded with eager high school musicians. A young director steps onto the podium, raises his baton, waves that first dramatic downbeat – and for the next couple of hours the audience of parents, reluctant siblings, and loyal friends endures "music" punctuated by tempos that drag, clarinets that squeak, and violin solos only a parent could love.
High school music is what it is – usually tolerable, now and then pretty good. Except in Seattle, and especially at James A. Garfield High, where it is exceptional, featuring arguably the best program in the nation among public high schools.
Ask people here why the school is so successful, and they'll give you two reasons: African-American drummer Clarence Acox, who leads the jazz ensembles, and Japanese-American bassist Marcus Tsutakawa, who conducts the orchestras.
"They set this expectation for excellence, and they know the kids can achieve it," says parent Laurie de Koch, whose son Willem plays trombone in both orchestra and jazz ensemble. "What if every educator had an expectation for the achievement of excellence in every student? It would change the world."
It certainly has changed things at Garfield. The jazz ensemble has won the prestigious Essentially Ellington competition sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center four times since 1999 and has toured Europe nine times.
The orchestra has been named Downbeat magazine's top high school orchestra of the year three times since 2001 and has toured Europe and Japan (four times). Last year it played at New York's famed Carnegie Hall.
The orchestra also produced a recording nominated for a Grammy.
The programs don't cater to just an elite few. "My mission is to teach all the kids about classical music – not just the kids who have had private lessons since age 5," says Mr. Tsutakawa, who this year, his 26th at Garfield, has about 200 students spread among three orchestras.
"Kids from disadvantaged homes, first-generation Asians – I'm really proud of the fact that these kids have this experience. If they didn't play in orchestra, they wouldn't be exposed to all of this great art."
Tsutakawa and Mr. Acox credit their support networks, including past and present principals, music-faculty colleagues, and especially the orchestra and jazz parent groups, which raise tens of thousands of dollars each year for the programs.
"I don't count on the school district for anything," Tsutakawa says softly. "Because of my parent group, I have the freedom to buy everything I want – music, instruments, travel. We bought a $3,000 string bass. I spent $700 or $800 on new music. We just got a $10,000 gift from the parent of a former student."
Adds Acox, in his patient New Orleans baritone, "I always say this: that administrators who only focus on math, reading, and science are not thinking big enough – because we need to be about the business of educating and developing the total student.
"I know for a fact that there are kids who would not be in school if there weren't music programs. Kids who are involved in the arts – there's a much better correlation of them succeeding."
Danielle Kuhlmann played French horn for both Tsutakawa and Acox, graduated in 2003, and lives today in New York playing classical gigs, Broadway shows, jazz, and rock. "They're both really humble, and I think that contributes to the program's success," she says of her two mentors. "Both of them are so positive. They care about all of their musicians."
Several of his students say choosing difficult music is part of Tsutakawa's success. "I played every major symphony before I got to college," Ms. Kuhlmann says. "That was amazing. We were always challenged to play difficult pieces."
Seattle has a storied jazz scene and is a robust market for classical music. Two middle schools, Washington and Eckstein, have developed stellar music programs of their own that feed Garfield, as well as Roosevelt High in the north end. Either Garfield or Roosevelt has won Essentially Ellington seven times in 11 years.
Ms. de Koch lists four qualities she sees Acox and Tsutakawa inspire: discipline, perseverance, accountability, and integrity.
"Most of these kids will not go on to be professional musicians," she says. "As a parent, I really value these other qualities they instill."
Acox, who joined the school in 1971, only expected to stay a couple of years.
"I have been very successful in creating an environment where the kids can expand," he says. "I expose them to the music of the masters, let them listen to it, and develop a concept of what swing music should sound and feel like. It far exceeded my wildest expectations."
Tsutakawa never lets his passion wane. "I hate missing a day of class with these kids," he says. "The day after a concert, if they don't bring their instruments, they hear from me – especially the freshmen: 'No, we can't take the day off.'
"But the thing that I work on the most is learning every kid's name," he adds. "I know it sounds really corny. I try to do it as fast as I can."
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Allow me to express my deepest and most sincere welcome to the International Meibu-Kan Gojyu-Ryu Karate-Do Association. Our door is "open to everybody", so that anyone who wants to learn our style, even a single person, can join our karate family. Allow me to also convey some thoughts about Okinawan Karate and Meibu-Kan Karate.
While many people think and believe that Karate is a "fighting art", Okinawan Karate has always been a "self defense art". While some teachers in some parts of the world teach "how to fight", we teach "how not to fight". In case one is faced with an unavoidable fight others teach "how to win", but we teach "how not to lose". If you take a close look at each of our kata, you will realize that there is no one kata which can be characterized as an "attacking technique". Each of the kata starts with a "blocking technique" first.
These facts speak about the karate heritage of Okinawa, from centuries ago to now. Let me share a wisdom imparted to us from GRAND MASTER MEITOKU YAGI when he said, "do not put your main purpose in mastering the Karate techniques themselves, you should instead study the way of life through Karate". Remember that this is the final goal that we should all strive to reach.
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Sacramento Museum Day: 10 highlights to see this weekend
This Saturday, 30 of the region's top museums and cultural destinations will open their doors for the 16th annual Sacramento Museum Day. Together between the hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the participating institutions expect to welcome tens of thousands of visitors with free admission and special programming and activities (two destinations, the Sacramento Zoo and Fairytale Town, offer half-price admission).
From NASA robots to towering tractors to scavenger hunts, here are 10 of this year's Museum Day highlights:
Aerospace Museum of California
Learn about the numerous military aircraft on display at the museum and check out an exhibit of equipment, uniforms and other artifacts honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American aviators in the US military. Also, the museum will host one of its rare "open-cockpit" days, offering visitors a first-hand look at the controls of many of its planes and other aircraft. 3200 Freedom Park Dr. McClellan. 643-3192. aerospaceca.org
California Automobile Museum
Take part in a scavenger hunt, which will guide visitors through the permanent and rotating exhibits inside the Automobile Museum. A variety of vehicles from other local groups like the Sacramento Valley Model T Club and Sacramento State's Formula SAE racing team will be on display for Museum Day. 2200 Front St. 442-6802. calautomuseum.org
The California Museum
"Women on the Brink," a brand-new exhibit debuting this Friday, features photographs that document the lives of American women and were taken by the likes of former White House photographer Barbara Kinney. The Mill, a pop-up café, will be offering Temple Coffee and Magpie Catering pastries in the museum courtyard beneath the six-story-tall Constitution Wall sculpture. 1020 O St. 653-7524. californiamuseum.org
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento's venerable arts landmark will provide free hourly tours of museum highlights, which include the new exhibition showcasing five decades of work from the celebrated abstract expressionist Sam Francis as well as classic works from the museum's collection. 216 O St. 808-7000. crockerartmuseum.org
The Discovery Museum Science & Space Center
The center's brand-new "Blast from the Past: Rockin' Rocks & Diggin' Dinos" exhibit offers interactive displays detailing the work of professional paleontologists, the history and habits of dinosaurs, and the makeup and properties of rocks, crystals and fossils. Wannabe astronomers and astronauts can also view a NASA-built twin robot to the Mars Rover Opportunity that's currently exploring and sending back information from the planet's surface. 3615 Auburn Blvd. 808-3942. thediscovery.org
Hedrick Ag History Center
In addition to this Woodland museum's collection of historic farm equipment, the site will also host a special outdoor display with two massive modern tractors. Visitors can hear live music from local folk outfit the Putah Creek Crawdads between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., as well as enjoy some Southern comfort from Papa Dale's Drivin' Diner, which will be serving up hearty Bayou-style fare from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1962 Hays Ln. Woodland. 530-666-9700. aghistory.org
Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum
On Saturday, the Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum will honor the 160th anniversary of the founding of Sacramento's first public school in 1854. There, visitors can learn about the history of the region's public schools and see costumed characters like Dr. Harvey Harkness, who was Leland Stanford's personal physician and served as Sacramento's first school superintendent. 1200 Front St. 483-8818. scoe.net/oldsacschoolhouse
Roseville Utility Exploration Center
Don't miss the Roseville Utility Exploration Center's new exhibit "Earth from Space"—which was organized by the Smithsonian Institution's Travelling Exhibition Service and the U.S. Geological Survey. The show will take visitors up, up and away with a number of satellite images capturing everything from a massive hurricane to the Great Pyramids to grid-like swaths of farmland. 1501 Pleasant Grove Blvd. Roseville. 746-1550. roseville.ca.us/explore
Sacramento Children's Museum
Little ones can check out the museum's recently debuted Lego-themed display, have their faces painted, visit a bubble-making station and take part in hands-on activities like painting and sculpting blocks of ice. A number of vendors and food trucks like Sun Pizza and Art of Popcorn will be fueling fun all day long. 2701 Prospect Park Dr. Rancho Cordova. 638-7225. sackids.org
Statewide Museum Collections Center
A first-time Museum Day participant, the Statewide Museum Collections Center will be conducting guided tours of its numerous vaults, archives and processing rooms (an orientation exhibit will be open for self-guided tours). The facility provides over 160,000 square feet of storage for over one million historic objects and artifacts belonging to the Department of Parks and Recreation. 4940 Lang Ave. McClellan. 263-0805. parks.ca.gov
For a full list of venues participating in Sacramento Museum Day, click on this handy guide at sacmuseums.org.Edit Module


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Every celebrity seems to do a fragrance and Heidi Klum is a celebrity who seems to do everything, so news that she'd jump on the celebrity scent bandwagon seems like a given. Indeed, Klum will launch her very own perfume, called "Shine," this September, according to WWD.
The German supermodel, mother of four, TV host, and businesswoman adds the scent to her growing repertoire, while Coty plans to capitalize on the megabrand she's created for herself. Reps for the company pointed to Klum as the whole package -- "she's an entrepreneur; she's a showgirl" -- as well as supermodel and down-to-earth wife and mother all in one.
She's even got experience in the beauty industry, sharing with WWD that for her mandatory internship in Germany (at the tender age of 13!), she worked for the cosmetics company 4711, where her father was the marketing director.
While there are no details yet on the various components of Klum's signature blend, we're betting on a sweet scent for the cheery model.


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Founded in 1971 the PF seeks to support all Pagans to ensure they have the same rights as the followers of other beliefs and religions. It aims to promote a positive profile for Pagans and Paganism and to provide information on Pagan beliefs to the media, official bodies and the greater community. The Pagan Federation regards membership of any organisations that refuse to support freedom of religion and equality of race, gender, and sexual orientation, as incompatible with our aims, objectives and values.
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By joining the PF you join a nationwide network of Pagans, so that you can make contact with other Pagans through your local officer, through attending conferences, moots and other events.
You will also receive the PF magazine, Pagan Dawn and the Members' News supplement, your District Newsletter, invitations to Members-only events, as well as discounts on PF products and conference tickets.
Most importantly, by paying your subscription you contribute to the work which the PF carries out, such as:
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OnSpa® featuring Web Connect
Web Connect is our most ambitious extension of the onSpa® system, allowing an EcoPack-equipped Arctic Spa® to establish a connection directly to the Internet. In doing so, the spa owner can log into the spa anywhere there is an Internet connection, and from the convenience of a smartphone, tablet or laptop can monitor and adjust all major functions of the spa. Web Connect allows the user to have choice within this functionality: connect via the Cloud, WiFi or via the MyArcticSpa.com website.
Once activated, onSpa® with WebConnect allows the user to:
- Turn pumps on or off
- View current status:
- – Heating cycle
- – Filtration cycle
- – Economy Mode
- View current, and adjust temperature
- Turn lighting systems on/off or cycle colour and patterns
Higher level functions such as:
- Adjust filtration cycle frequency and duration
- Adjust Peak Ozone system
- Adjust Onzen Salt Water system output
- Monitor & adjust water quality via Spa Boy® settings
- Complete control from anywhere in the world
Reference Functions, such as:
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Power Consumption Monitoring
As you well know, every spa salesman in the world is trying to sell the "most" energy efficient hot tub, and every manufacturer makes similar claims. No one ever backs up these statements with hard data; at best there are numbers derived from some pretty loose "testing protocols" which, in our opinion, do little to simulate the real conditions our spas face year-in year-out.
We have always worked towards engineering and constructing spas that are the most efficient on the planet, and the Power Consumption function is a great way to show the customer what all that hard work and creativity adds up to in dollars and cents. Arctic Spa is the only spa in the world that will simply report to the user how much energy the spa is using inthe past 24 hr, 7 days and last 30 days.
All the user has to do is input their power rate in the format ##CURRENCY_SYMBOL##/kWh, and the onboard power meter will calculate the power usage in dollars.
The Power Consumption interface provides a live power meter (dial) and more detailed visuals (graphs) which display the various energy-use cycles (heater, pump) that the spa is running.
An additional benefit is that this is a great troubleshooting tool – with access to the spa via onSpa, technicians can use power draw data to assess pump, heater or other malfunctions long before heading out into the field to evaluate or repair.


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But the lack of international interest may also be a sign that, at least subconsciously, more scientists are recognizing that the climate isn't changing as rapidly or dramatically as predicted.
Certainly the alarmists, both within the scientific community and among environmentalists — the Al Gores and David Suzukis — are as vocal as ever in their predictions of imminent doom. They still insist that every study that calls into doubt their "settled science" is a plot by Big Oil and climate "deniers" to ignore reality.
But take, for instance, what is sometimes called the "Arctic refreeze." It's true that this summer more northern sea ice melted that at any time since the record low of 2007. But less well-publicized is the fact that since Oct. 1 there has been a record return of ice in polar regions, or that Antarctic sea ice has been growing for 30 years.
The destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy has been used repeatedly in Doha as "proof" extreme weather is intensifying.
Yet as Chris Landsea of the U.S. National Hurricane Center pointed out this week, there has been no increase in the intensity of landfalling hurricanes since 1900. While 2004 and 2005 were the two most intense hurricane years in the last century, 2006 to 2011 were the five least intense.
Britain is this year predicting its coldest, snowiest winter in a century, following 2011-12 which was the coldest, snowiest in 70 or 80 years. Europe and Alaska are in the grips of early cold snaps and Moscow has had one of its snowiest Novembers on record.
Global temperatures have been flat for nearly 15 years and northern Hemisphere winter temperatures have fallen significantly in the past two years, despite predictions that global warming would be most felt in northern climates, in winter.
It's true that many alarmist scientists objected when the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper ran stories two months ago claiming global temperatures have flatlined since 1997. But the fact is, the Mail was only using temperature statistics provided by the U.K. Met Office, a very pro-warming government agency.
Even more convincing is a chart compiled by researcher Paul Vaughn for the blog Tallbloke's Talkshop (tallbloke.wordpress.com) that shows sea level and sea surface temperatures rise and fall with the activity of the sun — not emissions.