GRASS VALLEY, CA--(Marketwired - May 6, 2016) - Simlatus Corporation ( OTC PINK : SIML ) -- announces today that according to recent meetings with the research and development team, the company has identified the new product direction for 2017.
Gary B. Tilden, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Simlatus is focused on the development of software products for delivery in 2017. These products are targeted to enhance our major client portfolio, and enter a mass consumer market that is the driving force behind the upcoming virtual reality (V/R) and augmented reality (A/R) markets. As the months unfold, we will keep our public supporters and shareholders informed of the development in these new products. Simlatus is geographically a part of the digital media hub of the world, with relationships in Silicon Valley and several leading high tech companies that currently dominate the reality software and hardware markets."
Mr. Tilden further stated, "Specifically, our R&D team has identified that the two areas of new product support will include digital and cloud enhancements to our existing broadcast products, and entering the Ap-Purchasing product market with high-profile A/R and V/R products to support various hardware products such as the new Virtual Reality Glasses starting to flood the market."
The company has been in communication with Fiber Group, our distributor in North and South Carolina, regarding a purchase order for 40 broadcast units. Fiber Group received a pre-production deposit from its customer earlier this week, and has notified us that they will be forwarding the deposit and purchase order no later than Monday. The company will make an announcement once these items are received.
Mike Schatz, COO, stated, "We receive requests for quotes and purchase orders on a routine basis. The company does not intend to announce each and every transaction moving forward, but we did want to allow the public and our shareholders the experience of a transaction with our commercial based broadcast product market. The Fiber Group transaction is tied to an end-user contract that could lead to more business in the future."


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Band Aid 30 Song Is Cringeworthy Says Ebola Survivor Will Pooley
Ebola Survivor Will, who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone, has criticised the Band Aid 30 charity single released to raise money for the crisis.
The British aid worker told Radio Times that "It's Africa, not another planet…"Stuff about Do They Know It's Christmas? It's just like, actually people live normal lives here and do normal things. That sort of cultural ignorance is a bit cringeworthy. There's a lyric about 'death in every tear,' it's just a bit much."
Pooley is currently in Sierra Leone c helping Ebola victims also said… "I would say that it's a good idea to read as much as you can about what's going on in west Africa, and if you feel so inclined then donate some money to one of the charities, like King's, that are working out here, directly caring for Ebola patients."
Pooley's comment echoes the views of most Africans, Others have also labelled the single insensitive. Emeli Sande said that "a whole new song is required", while 'Azonto' artist Fuse ODG said he was "shocked and appalled" by the lyrics and pulled out of the recording as a result. "I, like many others, am sick of the whole concept of Africa..
This also confirms some points made in an article by Michael Mahadeo and Joe McKinney 'Media representations of Africa: Still the same old story…'There is a dominant stereotypes influencing our ideological perceptions of the 'Dark Continent, we see mainly images of the starving child, Aids and disease; no traders except poor ones eking out a living; little education; no police except as enforcers of harsh regimes and mostly Africans as having no agency'
More on Will Pooley here
It will be great if people read a lot about Africa and what's actually going on in Africa…
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Record of Conversation between M.S. Gorbachev and Prime Minister R. Gandhi
Gorbachev and Rajiv Gandhi meet to discuss various issues. Begin by noting the effect of Western radio propaganda within both India and Soviet Union. Gorbachev notes the "voices" of Western radio stations broadcasting in the Soviet Union, aiming to undermine perestroika. After touching on economic initiatives in India, Gandhi singles out, among problems in India, the "weakening of public morals." Blames this problem on the "onslaught of the Western--and first and foremost, American-- mass media." Both sides criticize militarism at base of US foreign policy, and US emphasis on rolling back communism. Conversation concludes with analysis of Afghanistan situation; Gorbachev explains measure USSR is taking to solidify Afghan government, and Gandhi recommends caution when dealing with tribal factor in Afghanistan. Both sides speak on Pakistan's reaction to situation.
Report, Embassy of Hungary in India to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
Report on India's response to the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by the United States and Soviet Union. India supportive of disarmament efforts, in part because of its concerns about China and Pakistan. Describes a speech made by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at the Six Nation Five Continent Peace Initiative summit in January at Stockholm.
Letter from Rajiv Gandhi to M. S. Gorbachev
Letter from Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev asking him to personally intervene on behalf of a project to create an atomic submarine in India.
Excerpts from the Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and Rajiv Gandhi
Gorbachev and Gandhi discuss the Tiananmen Square Incident in China and the ongoing turmoil within the Chinese Communist Party, including the fate of Zhao Ziyang.
Letter from Rajiv Gandhi to M. S. Gorbachev (Edited)


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Janez Krstnik Rode, slovenski rimskokatoliški duhovnik in teolog, * 20. junij 1742, Vrhnika, † 2. marec 1818, Ljubljana.

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Janez Krstnik Rode, jožefinsko usmerjen teolog,je teologija|bogoslovje  študiral v Ljubljani in na Dunaju, dobil pred subdiakonatom (1764) mizni naslov cesarice Marija Marije Terezije (1763) in bil 1765 posvečen v duhovnika. Postal je dvorni kaplan in ceremoniar pri škofu Herbersteinu »in mu kot konsistenčni svetnik (1770 do srede 1775) izkazoval v vseh važnih poslih in dvakrat pri napornih vizitacijah vse ljubljanske škofije bistvene usluge«. Leta 1773 je bil postavljen za (pod)ravnatelja ljubljanskega kolegija brez plače, 1775 je dobil župnijo Šmartin pri Kranju, bil tam župnik in dekan do 1801, ko je postal ljubljanski stolni kanonik. Smer svojega pastoralnega dela sam označuje kot »izvrševanje najvišjih postav, odpravo razvad in pospeševanje čistega bogoslužja«. Tudi nadškof M. Brigido ga je pritegnil k vizitaciji stolnice, ljubljanskih mestnih in predmestnih župnij ter težko dostopnih delov škofije. Rode je bil simpatizer preporodnih prizadevanj, naročnik Linhartove zgodovine, 1799 pa član komisije, ki je dala Japlju dovoljenje za natis knjig: Kraljev, Joba, Paralipomenov in Tobije.

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Gail said of this picture, "When that appeared I was in Mexico for a year doing photography with a free-lance writer. My mother in Huron got a letter from Uncle Dan Myers asking her to let me know, wherever I was, that he had seen the magazine.
"He had looked at the cover and said to himself, "That looks like brother Larry's double-barrel LeFevre twenty that kid's holding --" So he checked the cover credit and found out that gun really was Larry's LeFevre and wrote to "that kid's" mother to send a congratulatory letter. If anybody ever thought Dan was anything less than a sportsman of the first rank that story ought to place him among the sharpest eyes and alert wits in the whole outdoors."


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1914 Chicago Tribune
1935 Blind Beggar's News
1919 Palmolive Soap
1939 The Mid East
1919-03-18 Adventure
1943 War Advertisement
1931-07 Cosmopolitan
1933 L.A. Library Sketch
1933-09 Blue Book
1953-02 True Magazine
Charles Dean Cornwell was born March 5, 1892 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Charles Louis Cornwell, was born in 1854 in Salem, Ohio. His mother, Margaret "Maggie" Wickliffe Dean, was born in 1866 in the farm community of Glen Dean, KY, which is eighty miles southwest of Louisville. The Deans were the most prominent family of Glen Dean, KY.
The father was a civil engineer and expert draftsman. He was a specialist in the designing of pneumatic caissons. His professional career was most impressive. He first moved to Louisville in 1875 to work as an engineer on the important canal that allowed river traffic to bypass the Ohio River Falls between Louisville and Portland City, KY. He lived with his widowed mother, Sophia Wreisner Cornwell, who was a music teacher, born in 1816 in Württemburg, Germany. He next assisted in building the Henderson Railroad Line in Kentucky. After that he went out West to Texas and Oklahoma to construct railroad bridges over rivers and canyons for the Santa Fe Railroad. He next entered the service of the Government to construct locks on the Tennessee River in Alabama.
In 1889 he built the viaducts on Breckinridge Street and Kentucky Street for the Louisville & Nashville Rail Road. He was the engineer in charge of the construction of the Fordsville Branch of the Louisville, Henderson & St Louis Rail Road.
In 1890 Charles Louis Cornwell was assigned to build a railroad bridge in Glen Dean, KY, where he met his future wife. They married in Glen Dean on April 10, 1891. They had two children, Charles Dean Cornwell (b.1892) and Mary Randolph Cornwell (b.June 28, 1894). The Cornwell family moved in Louisville and lived with the paternal grandmother, Sophia Wreisner Cornwell, at 3516 High Avenue.
The father's business was suite #312 of the Columbia Building, on Fourth and Main Streets in downtown Louisville.
By 1900 the Cornwell family lived at 2410 Portland Avenue in Louisville.
Both of the Cornwell children had a natural talent for drawing. They both enjoyed a special children's section of the local newspaper, The Courier-Journal, which invited young readers to contribute poems, drawings, and puzzles for publication.
On April 17, 1904, The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported "Charles D. Cornwell Won Honorable Mention in the Best Painted Picture Contest." He and his sister continued to contribute drawings, paintings and puzzles to that section of the newspaper.
On January 15, 1905 The Courier-Journal published a new children's page heading "drawn and designed by Charles D. Cornwell." One week later his painting "The Snow Fort" was awarded First Prize. It was published along with a formal photograph of the young artist. He was also a talented musician, and played trumpet in the school band.
On February 8, 1905, only two weeks after this proud accomplishment, the same newspaper reported his father, age fifty, had been hit by a street car. He received serious injuries. His right ear was cut from the head. He remained unconscious for nearly half an hour. His ear was reattached by surgeons, and doctors expected him to recover.
Two months later, on April 16, 1905, a drawing of "Santa's Workshop by Charles Dean Cornwell" was published in The Courier-Journal. This was followed by a drawing of "The Chicken Thief by Charles D. Cornwell" featured on the children's page of May 14, 1905.
According the local newspaper, after the father's accident "he suffered from all kinds of hallucinations. It was the opinion of the family doctor that he had a softening of the brain. He remained in critical condition for several months. Before the accident he was a man of powerful physique. After his condition became such that he could get out upon the street, those who saw him marveled at the change, for he was almost a weakling."
On October 5, 1906 the father, Charles Louis Cornwell, was deemed insane as a result of head injuries from the street car accident. He was deprived of civil rights and committed to Central Insane Asylum at Lakeland, KY.
Seven months later, in May of 1907, he was declared cured and discharged from the asylum. His civil rights were restored by a jury in Judge Gordon's court on August 8, 1907. According to the local newspaper, "Little was known of his movements after his return to Louisville, because he did not go home to live with his wife and children, as he labored under some peculiar hallucination." The family did not hear from him for six months, until February 20, 1908, when The Courier-Journal reported "Charles L. Cornwell's Skull Crushed. Probably Dying At City Hospital. Found Bleeding On Street By Detective Denning. Former Civil Engineer Crazed By Injury To Head. Has Been Missing Months.- Considerable mystery surrounds the case of Charles L. Cornwell, a civil engineer, who is in a dangerous condition at the city hospital, suffering from an attack by an unknown assailant, who gave him several blows on the head and a wound over the left eye which caused a fracture of the skull. Erysipelas has developed and doctors hold out little hope of recovery."
Miraculously, the father did recover from this mysterious attack, but his dementia returned, and he was again committed to the Central Insane Asylum of Lakeland.
These tragic developments brought severe emotional and financial hardships to the Cornwell family.
In 1908, at the age of sixteen, Charles Dean Cornwell completed his sophomore year at DuPont Manual Training High School For Boys, located at the corner of Brook and Oak Streets in Louisville. He then quit school to enter the workforce. Although he continued to contribute drawings to local newspapers. He supported the family by working as a trumpet player and drummer in a jazz band on a riverboat on the Ohio River in Louisville.
Fontaine Fox (1884-1964) was the most important newspaper cartoonist at The Louisville Herald. He was born in Louisville, where he invented his famous "Toonerville Trolley," which was loosely based on the run down street cars of Louisville. He also drew a children's page for The Louisville Herald, which rivaled the children's page at The Courier-Journal. Fontaine Fox appreciated the talent of young Charles Dean Cornwell, and was aware of his tragic family struggles. In 1908 Fontaine Fox left Louisville and moved to Chicago to work as a syndicated cartoonist at The Chicago Evening Post. However, he was kind enough to remain in touch with his favorite young protege back home in Louisville.
On April 20, 1910 U.S.Census Records documented Charles Louis Cornwell as a patient at Central Insane Asylum of Lakeland, KY, while the mother and her two kids lived alone at 1500 First Street in Louisville. Their only income was earned by the eighteen-year-old musician, Charles Dean Cornwell. He played in the band at the local motion picture theater.
On May 19, 1911 The Courier-Journal reported an amateur theatrical performance at the Manual Boy's High School included, "C. Dean Cornwell will be second on the programme with a quick-cartooning stunt. Cornwell is a well-known local artist, having turned out some fine work for the Crimson, the school paper at Manual." The following day the newspaper reported, "Hit Is Made By Cartoonist - Charles Dean Cornwell proved to be the real hit of the performance with his funny cartoons and interesting line of conversation which he carried on with the audience as he drew his pictures. For the finale he sketched a pastel in colors upon a gray mat which was really a small work of art and done with no little deftness and certainly with a great deal of rapidity."
One month later, on June 20, 1911, his sister, Mary Randolph Cornwell, graduated from Louisville Girls High School. She was awarded a "$25 prize for the best work in drawing in the senior class."
In 1913 the father was again released from the Insane Asylum. He returned to Louisville and opened a civil engineering office at 302 South Sixth Street in Louisville. His wife and two children lived separately at 1500 South First Street.
In September of 1914 the mother and her two grown children left Louisville and moved to Chicago. Thanks to a recommendation from Fontaine Fox, Charles Dean Cornwell went to work on the art staff of The Chicago Tribune, for which he wrote and drew two comic strips, "Freddy Frappe" and "Stone Age Stuff." He also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, where another young art student, Henry C. Kiefer, became his friend.
On November 8, 1914 his paternal grandmother, Sophia Wreisner Cornwell died at the age of ninety-eight in a boarding house in Lousiville, KY.
In 1915 Charles Dean Cornwell illustrated stories for the pulp magazine The Green Book, which was published in Chicago by The Story Press Corporation. The same company also produced The Red Book and The Blue Book. All three periodicals were edited by Ray Long (1878-1935), who appreciated Cornwell's talent. He was soon a regular illustrator for The Green Book, The Red Book and The Blue Book.
In 1915 he moved to New York City to study advanced training with Harvey Dunn (1884-1952), and to seek his fortune in freelance magazine illustration. Harvey Dunn has just opened his art school in Leonia, New Jersey, so Charles Dean Cornwell, his mother and younger sister moved to Leonia, where they lived at 105 Leonia Avenue. His sister studied in NYC with Frank Alvah Parsons (1868-1930) at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts.
Cornwell later said,"I look back fondly on the days when I was privileged to sit at the feet of Harvey Dunn."
On November 29, 1916 Cornwell traveled to Cuba, Panama, and Costa Rica.
On June 15, 1917, during the Great War, Charles Dean Cornwell registered with his draft board. He was recorded at the time to be twenty-five, six-feet tall, slender, with brown eyes and brown hair. He listed his employment as "Illustrator" at the "Saturday Evening Post." He requested an exemption from military service on the grounds he was "Sole support of father. Father solely dependent. Mother and sister partially."
The November 1917 issue of The Art World Magazine listed Mary R. Cornwell of 105 Leonia Avenue in Leonia , NJ, as the winner of the $100 prize in a Poster Contest. Eight months later, on July 8, 1918, she won first prize in a nationwide car design contest for the Willys-Overland Car Company.
On September 4, 1918 Charles Dean Cornwell married Mildred Montrose Kirkham in Evanston, Illinois. She was born in 1894 in Illinois. She was also an artist and had studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. After the marriage, his mother and sister left his home in Leonia and moved to New York City, where they lived at 156 East 37th Street.
In 1919 Dean Cornwell painted the cover of the March 18th issue of the pulp magazine Adventure.
In May of 1920 he moved to the Hotel Majestic in NYC. On 67th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Other famous artists with studios in the same building included, James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960), Robert Ripley (1890-1949), Austin Briggs, Frank Godwin (1889-1959).
In 1920 his son, Kirkham Cornwell, was born. His first name was his mother's maiden name.
On December 9, 1920 The Courier-Journal of Louisville, KY, ran the headline story, "Engineer, Paper Picker, Is Killed. Ex-Bridge Designer, 65, Who Salvaged Scraps For Living, Hit By Street Car. - C. L. Cornwell, 65 years old, was once a civil engineer and a designer of bridges. But in recent years he had been a familiar figure on the street, picking up pieces of paper to sell for food and clothing. He was crossing Fourth Street, south of the Federal Building, at 9:15 o'clock last night, with a bundle of paper under his arm. He stepped from behind a parked automobile into the path of a street car. He died two and a half hours later at the City Hospital. He has no known relatives." This final point was revised the following day, December 10, 1920, with the headline in the same newspaper, "Wanderer's Body Is Claimed By Artist. Aphasia Victim, Killed By Street Car, Father of New York Illustrator, Dean Cornwell. - For more than a year C. L. Cornwell, 65 years old, occupied a room at Sixth and Jefferson Streets. Once he was a bridge builder and designer, but mental ailments incapacitated him for work."
Two weeks later, on December 23, 1920, The Courier-Journal reported a compromise settlement of $600 paid by the Louisville Railway Company to the family of Charles L. Cornwell.
In the 1920s he sold slick magazine illustrations to American Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Redbook, and The Saturday Evening Post. He was nicknamed,"The Dean of Illustrators." He dropped his first name "Charles" and signed his work with his middle name "Dean," which was his mother's maiden name. He taught commercial illustration to several future pulp artists at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, including H. Winfield Scott, Walter Baumhofer, and A. Leslie Ross.
During the 1920s his sister became a specialist in the rendering of furniture and interiors. She was a leader in the field and drew furniture for newspaper advertisements of several department stores. She also did furniture illustrations for advertising agencies which appeared in national magazines. She was hired to teach commercial art at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts.
In 1923 his daughter, Patricia Cornwell, was born, after which the family moved to Mamaroneck, NY.
On April 25, 1923 Mary R. Cornwell and her mother traveled to Europe on the Steam Ship Paris to visit art museums in France, England and Italy. The Mother and unmarried daughter enjoyed several vacation voyages to Europe, South America and Hawaii.
In 1924 Dean Cornwell was elected President of the Society of Illustrators in NY. He spoke at 4:35 on May 24th on WEAF club radio program, "The Mystery of Illustrating For Magazines." He was soon a frequent guest speaker on radio programs.
On April 28, 1926 The New York Times reported from London that the Royal Academy had accepted a watercolor by Dean Cornwell for inclusion in their annual exhibit. News of this unique honor was carried nationwide in most American newspapers.
In 1927 Dean Cornwell began a five-year mural project for the Los Angeles Public Library. He also painted murals for Rockefeller Center, the 1939 World's Fair in NYC, and he continued to accept mural commissions off and on for the rest of his life.
In 1928 he spent a year in England working on the murals for Los Angeles. He worked with the prominent artist, illustrator, designer, and muralist, Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956).
In 1932 he installed the finished murals in the Los Angeles Public Library.
In 1932 his mother and sister lived together in an apartment at 7 Park Avenue at 34th Street in NYC.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, he returned to illustrating the pulp magazine Blue Book.
In 1942 he painted murals for the lobby of the new Tennessee State Office Building in Nashville.
On April 27, 1942 he registered with the selective service. he was recorded at the time to be fifty, six-feet tall, 165 pounds, with brown eyes and blond hair. he lived at 222 Central Park South. He lived alone from his wife and two children. He named his nearest relative as his mother, Mrs. Margaret Dean Cornwell at 55 Park Avenues, NYC.
Although he was too old to serve in WWII, he created many patriotic posters and advertisements at the time.
On August 21, 1942 Dean Cornwell replaced the famous newspaper columnist, Walter Winchell, while on summer vacation.
After the war he painted advertisements for General Motors, Seagram's, Coca Cola, and Goodyear.
In 1946 he painted a mural for Rockefeller Center in NYC.
His daughter, Patricia Cornwell, became editor of the magazine Harper's Bazaar.
On July 22, 1948 his sister, Mary Randolph Cornwell, died of a heart attack at the age of fifty-four, while a guest at a vacation resort in Sun Valley, Idaho.
In 1955 he painted a monumental mural for the International Labor Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
According to James Montgomery Flagg, "Cornwell is the illustrator par excellence. His work is approached by few and over-topped by none. He is a born artist."
From 1954 onward, he lived in a studio apartment on West 67th Street, where he was cared for by his model, Bill Magner, who had posed for several pulp artists, most notably as both The Shadow and The Spider.
Dean Cornwell died of heart disease at age sixty-eight at Roosevelt Hospital in NYC on December 4, 1960.


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Chicago pharmacist busted selling stolen CDC vaccine cards online, faces up to 120 YEARS in prison – DOJ
Home News Chicago pharmacist busted selling stolen CDC vaccine cards online, faces up to 120 YEARS in prison – DOJ
August 18, 2021August 18, 2021By Survivalnomics
A Chicago-based pharmacist has been arrested after allegedly selling more than 100 official Covid vaccination cards on eBay after obtaining them from the CDC. He was slapped with 12 federal counts for theft of government property.
A man identified as Tangtang Zhao was arrested and charged for the vaccine card scheme on Tuesday, the Justice Department said, accusing the 34-year-old pharmacist of snatching official CDC documents from his place of work and hawking them off on the internet for around $10 each.
"Knowingly selling Covid vaccination cards to unvaccinated individuals puts millions of Americans at risk of serious injury or death," said special agent Emmerson Buie Jr. of the FBI's Chicago Field Office.
To put such a small price on the safety of our nation is not only an insult to those who are doing their part in the fight to stop Covid-19, but a federal crime with serious consequences.
Zhao allegedly made a little over $1,200 on the purloined vaccine cards, according to a criminal complaint against him. He was said to have worked for a "vaccine distributing entity" that administered jabs to the public, which are required by the CDC to hand out cards to recipients documenting their vaccination. Zhao is accused of stealing at least 125 blank cards and later selling them on eBay, apparently to allow buyers to present themselves as immunized.
Charged with 12 counts of theft of government property, a federal offense, Zhao faces up to 120 years behind bars if convicted, with each charge carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years. His first court hearing was held on Tuesday.
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The Chicago pharmacist is not the first to land in legal trouble over vaccine cards, with a doctor in California arrested last month for selling falsified vaccination documents, as well as "homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets" she claimed would provide protection against Covid-19. Last Sunday, meanwhile, two Hawaii men, a father and son, were booked after attempting to use phony vaccine cards to avoid the state's mandatory quarantine period.
The incidents come as New York City prepares to roll out one of the nation's first full-on vaccine passports, with other locales, such as Los Angeles, considering whether to follow suit. Much like similar schemes unveiled across Europe, NYC's pass system will require residents to prove they were vaccinated using a phone app before entering most indoor entertainment venues, as well as bars, restaurants and gyms. Those plans have proven controversial in the US and beyond, however, prompting a spate of major protests in recent weeks.
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Dr. Charles Epstein, of Tiburon, a pioneering geneticist who suffered serious injuries when he became a victim of a mail bomb attack by the notorious Unabomber 18 years ago, died Tuesday after a protracted struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 77.
Epstein conducted groundbreaking research on Down syndrome and was a widely respected scientist, but it was the vicious attack by Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, that elevated his national profile.
Joanna Epstein left the package, a padded envelope about the size of a videocassette tape, on the kitchen table. It exploded as her father attempted to open it. The force of the blast blew out the kitchen windows and ripped apart the table.
The explosion severed several of Epstein's fingers, caused abdominal injuries and resulted in a partial loss of his hearing.
Jonathan Epstein, one of Epstein's three sons, said it seemed odd that Kaczynski would target his father.
"My father's area of genetics is not a controversial area of genetics; it's not genetic engineering or anything like that," he said.
But his father, like David Gelernter, a prominent computer science professor at Yale University who was critically injured by a Kaczynski letter bomb three days later, recently had been featured in a New York Times article.
"It's believed Kaczynski had read that and for whatever reason picked him out," Jonathan Epstein said.
From 1978 to 1995, Kaczynski was responsible for 16 mail bombs that killed three and injured another 29.
It appeared that Epstein would be required to testify at Kaczysnki's trial until Kaczynski accepted a plea bargain that guaranteed he would not face the death penalty. In return for giving up a public trial, Kaczysnki accepted life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
Epstein was born Sept. 3, 1933, in Philadelphia, the son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
He moved his family to Marin County in 1967 when he joined the faculty of UC San Francisco as chairman of the medical genetics division in the pediatrics department. His wife also worked at UCSF as a professor of pediatrics and director of tumor immunology and the interferon laboratory.
The Epsteins made the mouse model available to researchers around the world, paving the way for advances in the understanding of Down syndrome and work toward treatments that followed.
The Epsteins met on a blind date when they were both freshmen in college. Epstein was in his first year at Harvard College, and Lois was a student at Radcliffe. He proposed three months later.
They waited to marry, however, until they had both entered Harvard Medical School in 1956. Epstein graduated first in his class in 1959 and then interned at Harvard's Peter Bent Brigham hospital.
Epstein began his work in medical genetics — the application of genetics research to human care — in a fellowship with Arno Motulsky, one of the founders of medical genetics, at his Seattle lab. In his time there, Epstein worked to understand the nature of Werner's syndrome, a genetic disease that causes premature aging, and this led him to his life's research toward understanding the biochemical basis behind the effects of chromosomal and genetic abnormalities.
"He made some key discoveries in Down syndrome research," said Brian Kennedy, chief executive of the Buck Institute for Age Research in Novato.
People with Down syndrome have a third copy of the 21st chromosome and generally have impaired development, more rapid aging and certain congenital heart defects. Epstein wanted to understand why the syndrome presented that way.
In the 1970s, Epstein formed a seminal hypothesis that posited that having an extra chromosome, and thus extra copies of genes, would result in the proliferation of certain proteins, which in turn would result in the manifestations of the syndrome.
During the last 10 years of his life, Epstein participated in the formation of the Buck Institute, serving as chairman of its scientific advisory board and board of trustees.
Epstein's son said his father was a quiet, modest man who eschewed the public eye, even after the mail bomb attack. To illustrate his father's approach to life's adversity, he recalled Epstein's reply when the parents of a Down syndrome child asked what they should do with their new baby.
In addition to his wife, Epstein is survived by sons David Epstein, of Ossining, N.Y., Jonathan Epstein, of San Francisco, and Paul Epstein, of Piedmont; daughter Joanna Epstein, of San Francisco; brothers Herbert Epstein of Watertown, Mass., and Edwin Epstein, of Berkeley; and six grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Drive, in Tiburon.


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WATCH: Canucks' Luke Schenn becomes first defenceman to record 3,000 career NHL hits
Photo credit: © Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
By David Quadrelli
He was already the all-time hits king.
That's a title Vancouver Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn earned at the beginning of December when he hit Arizona Coyotes defenceman Jakob Chychrun. The hit was the 2,947th hit of his 15-season NHL career, and made him the all-time leader in hits among defenceman since the league began tracking hits in 2007. He passed Brooks Orpik on that night, and has only increased his own record since, as any all-time great would.
And tonight in the Canucks' matchup on the road with the Winnipeg Jets, Schenn reached 3,000 hits. The hit came in the first period on Jets forward David Gustafsson:
HIT 3000 FOR SCHENNER 💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/HUHoNcZXSw
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 30, 2022
Luke Schenn lands his 3000th NHL hit! #Canucks pic.twitter.com/Q1UZf0OTLA
— Lachlan Irvine (@LachInTheCrease) December 30, 2022
He is Mr. 3000, and he stands alone.
HE'S DONE IT! GET THAT MAN HIS GOLD SHOULDER PADS ASAP!! 👑
Congrats to #Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn on reaching 3,000 hits! pic.twitter.com/XFEa8x6I42
— CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) December 30, 2022
Prior to setting the all-time record, Schenn shared that his Canucks teammates would rib him a little bit about having an "off night" when he would "only" record four or five hits — which is good enough for the Canucks' team lead on most nights.
The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Schenn in the first round (No. 5 overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft. He spent four seasons with the Maple Leafs before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for James van Riemsdyk in 2012. Since then, Schenn has played for the Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Canucks (twice).
Schenn is a pending unrestricted free agent, and the Canucks will have a decision to make on Schenn's future with the trade deadline approaching.
But before that, we think they need to get Schenn some gold shoulder pads.
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‹‹ As Turkey Invades Northeast Syria, Christians There Are on the Brink
What We Owe the Victims of ISIS ››
Geoffrey Clarfield
Arab migration shaped Palestinian society
The Ettinger Report:
Holy Land circa 1850
Mahmoud Abbas promotes an egregious historical fabrication, claiming that the Palestinians are descendants of the original Canaanite peoples.
Moreover, Mahmoud Abbas' school curriculum – which glorifies suicide bombers – reiterates this falsified history. It claims that the multitude of archeological findings of 3,000 year old Jewish roots in the Land of Israel "constitute an attempt to liquidate the Palestinian heritage…especially in Jerusalem… misrepresenting the city as a Zionist entity…." (6th grade Social Studies volume 1, page 24; 7th grade Social Studies volume 1, pages 61-62).
However, the name "Palestine" is not related to Arab/Muslim culture. It is a derivative of the Philistine people (Plishtim, Polshim – invaders – in Hebrew), who were expelled from the Greek Aegian Islands in 1300 BC and invaded the southern coast of Judea (Land of Israel) in 1200 BC. In 136 CE – upon crushing the Jewish Bar Kochba rebellion – the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed Judea, calling it Palestina (a derivative of the Philistines, who were an aggressive enemy of the Jewish people), aiming to erase the Jewish Homeland, Judaism and the Jewish people from human memory.
Contrary to Mahmoud Abbas' claim, most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine were migrant workers and descendants of the 1832-1947 wave of Arab/Muslim immigration from Egypt, the Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, North Africa, Bosnia, India, Afghanistan, etc. While the British Mandate encouraged Arab immigration, it blocked Jewish immigration.
The fact that most Palestinians are descendants of Arab migrants was exposed on March 23, 2012 by a former Hamas Minister of the Interior, Gaza-based Fathi Hammad, in an interview with Al Hekmat TV: "We all have Arab roots. Every Palestinian in Gaza and throughout Palestine can prove his Arab roots, whether from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, or anywhere….Half of my family is Egyptian…. More than 30 clans in the Gaza Strip are called Al-Masri ("the Egyptian"). Half of the Palestinians are Egyptians…."
Mark Twain described the state of the sparsely-inhabited Palestine in his 1869 Innocents Abroad: "The hills are barren…. It is a hopeless, dreary, heart-broken land…. Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes…. The hills are barren…. The valleys are unsightly deserts…. Palestine is desolate and unlovely."
Prof. Moshe Brawer of the Hebrew University, a leading global authority on Israel's geography, documented the impact of the 1920s and 1930s waves of Arab immigration on the exceptional expansion of Arab villages in the Land of Israel. This followed sustained Arab immigration during the years from 1832-1840 when the Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali Pasha conquered the area ("Immigration as a factor in the growth of the Arab village in the Land of Israel," Merhavim 2 periodical, 1975). Following WW1, waves of immigration were triggered by major British Mandate infrastructure construction projects, such as military bases, roads, railroad and warehouses, in addition to the expansion of Jewish commercial agriculture (especially citrus) and residential construction, which created growing demand for labor force.
According to Prof. Brawer, the Arab population growth rate – especially along the coastal plain, which attracted most of the immigrants – was dramatically higher than the natural growth rate (births minus deaths). His findings were consistent with those of the US Biblical geographer, Edward Robinson, the British Palestine Exploration Fund and official documents of the British Mandate.
Thus, between 1880 and 1919, Haifa's Arab population surged from 6,000 to 80,000, mostly due to migrant workers. The eruption of WW2 accelerated the demand for Arab manpower by the British Mandate's military and civilian authorities. Beginning in 1882, legal and illegal Arab migrants were, also, attracted by economic growth, generated by the Jewish community.
According to a 1937 report by the British Peel Commission (featured in Prof. Efraim Karsh's Palestine Betrayed), "during 1922 through 1931, the increase of Arab population in the mixed-towns (including many Arab immigrants) of Haifa, Jaffa and Jerusalem was 86%, 62% and 37% respectively, while in purely Arab towns (very few Arab migrants) such as Nablus and Hebron it was only 7% and a decrease of 2 percent in Gaza." The 1831-1947 wave of Arab immigration triggered dramatic growth of the Arab populations of Jaffa (17 times), Haifa (12 times) and Ramla (5 times).
In 1917, the Arabs of Jaffa represented at least 25 nationalities, mostly Egyptians, but also Syrians, Yemenites, Persians, Afghanis, Hindus and Baluchis. The British Palestine Exploration Fund documented a proliferation of Egyptian neighborhoods in the Jaffa area: Abu Kebir, Sumeil, Sheikh Munis, Salame', Fejja, etc. Hundreds of Egyptian families settled in the inland, in Ara' Arara', Kafer Qassem, Taiyiba and Qalansawa.
In 1865, the British traveler, H.B. Tristram, documented in The Land of Israel: a journal of travels in Palestine, Egyptian migrants in the Beit-Shean Valley, Acre, Hadera, Netanya and Jaffa.
Arieh Avneri, a ground-breaking historian of Arab and Jewish migration, documented 205,000 Moslems, Christian and Jews in 1554, 275,000 in 1800 and 532,000 in 1890, the result of accelerated Arab immigration (The Claim of Dispossession, 1980).
In conclusion, Arabs have not been in the Land of Israel (Palestine) from time immemorial; Palestine's strategic location has attracted waves of Arab immigration, but has no Arab roots; no Palestinian people was ever robbed of its land; there is no basis for an Arab "claim of return"; and the pursuit of peace must dwell on reality, while rejecting misrepresentations, falsifications, hate-education and wishful-thinking.
Posted on 09/03/2019 4:02 AM by Geoffrey Clarfield


I like variety in my creation. While I have a recognizable style I also like to challenge myself by trying new styles of art. I am not afraid to learn new things, and I am not afraid to ask questions if I don't know what I am doing. My strength lies in my ability to work alone or with others to create things that tell a story.
In the 12 years of experience I've had as a freelance artist/illustrator/designer I have taught myself to create across multiple mediums. I have designed fabric textiles for clients, created printed projects like invitations, photo announcements, flyers, and worked on digital graphics such as logos for businesses, schools, and dance studios. I also have the ability to work digitally, with pen and paper, marker, and some watercolor. I have worked on book illustrations, 1 panel comics, caricatures and more. I am excited to create and love to be inspired by the different projects I am presented with. Examples of some of my projects can be found on my portfolio page.
While I may not have the same educational background as other artists and illustrators, I have a clear artistic voice and come at things from a different perspective. I am determined, ready to learn, and enjoy trying new programs and creative styles. Whether working with physical or digital art I enjoy creating characters and designs that bring joy to others.
October 2017 Art Featured in credits of Bob Burgers Season 8 Episode 1 "Beefsquatch"


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Scottish Terrier Health
Heather and Mr. K love a good adventure. Just one of the many things I love about them. This weekend, we are on our way to Charlotte, North Carolina again. Next week, we will be marching in the Scottie rescue parade just north of Atlanta. Then, in May, we will likely visit Greenville, South Carolina for another Scottie parade before making a really long trek by Scottie mobile (aka the Scottie Mom car) to Washington, DC., where Heather, Mr. K and I will be attending the annual Blog Paws Conference and visiting Fala once more. After that, a full summer of currently unplanned adventures awaits.
Tonight, I am writing from the road (Scottie Dad is driving) and am reminded of the night I decided to become a Scottie Mom nearly three years ago. I remember looking at Mr. K and thinking how nice it would be to have a companion with me for my summer travels. Of course, I was supposed to be there to help a friend pick a furever friend that night but guess which one of us left with a pup walking by our side? You guessed it! From the moment he hopped in the Scottie mobile, Mr. K was a different dog - eager to see the world. He put his front paws on the steering wheel and looked over the dashboard before I even was able to get situated in the car myself. Both he and I knew we were embarking on the ride of our lives.
In closing, I invite any and all Scottie Moms and friends to share your spring and summer Scottie adventures with us by posting to our Facebook page. Also, be sure to send us a shout out if you notice we happen to be visiting an area near you. Email as at thescottiemom(at)gmail(dot)com and, whenever possible, we will arrange play dates and meetups.
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Labels: Scottie Mom, Travel
March of the (Evil) Penguin
[caption id="attachment_2300" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Dream a little dream...[/caption]
There is little in this world that Mr. K is afraid of. In fact, until recently, one could argue that there was nothing Mr. K feared. That all changed the night he overheard Scottie Dad talking about a mysterious creature called a penguin. This strange bird lives in Antarctica and somehow claimed Scottie Dad's heart from afar. In fact, Scottie Dad - or should we now say Penguin Dad - adopted this strange penguin and his whole family! He even dared to say penguins are his favorite. Wait, I'M supposed to be Scottie Dad's favorite, thought Mr. K. Who does this strange penguin think he is, stealing my Scottie Dad? That night Mr. K drifted off to sleep with a heavy heart.
[caption id="attachment_2301" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Oh no! The penguins are real!![/caption]
That's when the nightmare started. Out of nowhere, a penguin invaded Mr. K's dreams. The penguin jumped onto the very bed Mr. K was sleeping in and demanded Mr. K give up his favorite green toy...or else. Mr. K, having been startled awake, was shaken at first but quickly said no to the evil penguin and rested his head down on the pillow to get some sleep. The evil penguin had taken enough from him: first, his Scottie Dad's affection and now, his toy? No way.
[caption id="attachment_2302" align="aligncenter" width="500"] What does this penguin want from me now?[/caption]
The evil penguin wouldn't take no for an answer and marched up Mr. K's back to tell him just who was boss. Mr. K's eyes shot wide open at this invasion of personal space. The evil penguin told Mr. K that Scotties no longer ruled the roost in the Penguin Dad household and that his Scottie Mom would soon replace every photo of him and Heather with pictures of the newly adopted penguin family. Vacations and blog posts and treats...all things that used to be dedicated to the Scotties would now be dedicated to the penguins. And there was nothing, the evil penguin said as he marched away, that Mr. K could do about it.
[caption id="attachment_2303" align="aligncenter" width="500"] First, he takes my Scottie Dad. Now, my toy...[/caption]
As if that wasn't enough of a nightmare for Mr. K, the poor pup realized the evil penguin walked away with his favorite green toy after all. That's it, thought Mr. K, I will have no more of this nightmare. I will show that penguin what a Scottie is made of! And while no one can say for sure what happened to that evil penguin that haunted Mr. K so, the next morning, Scottie Mom and Dad woke to find Mr. K sporting a little extra...fluff...in his beard.
[caption id="attachment_2309" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Penguin? What stuffed penguin?[/caption]
Labels: Scottie Mom
Defeating the Mondays
Heather knows her Scottie Mom is NOT a fan of the Mondays. However, she refuses to let the weekly recurrence of the Mondays get to her Scottie Mom and came up with a list of tips for getting through the work week that will help all working Scottie Moms feel they are being reunited with their Scotties even sooner.
5. Frame us. Take individualized photos of us, choose the best ones and place them in matching frames. Make sure we're giving off our best Scottie smiles or, if you really think you'll need a good pick-me-up during the day, dress us in work attire like a tie or some nerdy glasses. Take those frames to work and place them on both sides of your computer. It'll be like you have your Scottie team rooting you on as you type, type, type. (Plus, I bet you'll sneak in a few smiles, too!)
4. Ask yourself: what would my Scottie do? If you find yourself in an unusually tough situation, think of us and how we determined, little Scotties would handle it. After all, we're troopers and know a thing or two about getting in, out and around certain scenarios ourselves! Think: raiding the trash and "disposing" of the evidence in our tummies. You may walk away with some sound advice or simply a wide smile and a new perspective on life, especially if your Scottie's answer is usually: "Pee on it and walk away" or even "Treat?"
3. Take a break. If you're fortunate enough to live close to home, use that time to come visit us and take us for an afternoon walkie. Even if the distance is a little much and you're having a really bad day, it might be worth the journey to see us get excited about our Scottie Mom being home unexpectedly. Don't worry, our greeting will still be just as enthuastic when you do it again a few hours later. The best part is: you get TWO happy Scottie greetings for the price of one!
2. Ring, ring. Answer the phone as if you knew it was us calling. On second thought, don't. You might freak out the caller and your colleagues if they hear that high-pitched, jibber jabber Scottie Moms are notorious for. Still, just thinking about doing that made you laugh, didn't it? There. We just made your day better already!
1. Take us with you (if you can). Ok, I know our super cute Scottie-ness can be distracting but you have to admit: having your Scottie in the office not only allows you to be guilt-free (we know you hate leaving us at home) but provides you comfort and companionship as well. Plus, studies show having cute pups like us in the office makes everyone more friendly anyway. What's to lose?
When jealousy strikes...
[caption id="attachment_2286" align="aligncenter" width="500"] I was here first...[/caption]
Adding another dog to the mix changes a Scottie. Just ask Mr. K. In the matter of one afternoon - the day we brought Heather home - he went from being the alpha dog, the king of the roost and the sole proprieter of Scottie Mom's love and affection to the master of bowing out of the way to make room for the queen bee so she can get the loving that she wants, even if it means letting her beat your face with her tail. The drastic change was astounding.
Mr. K only attempted to regain his alpha status twice - both times on the very day we brought Heather home. He was shut down by an intervening Scottie Mom and he soon learned there was enough love to go around for the two of them. With that, he adjusted to life as a little brother and said goodbye to life as an only child. Sometimes I wonder what's going on in that head of his and what exactly changed to make those ears go down and for him back away when Heather passes by. Scottie Dad, in his own way of showing concern for his little man, now hosts pep talks and "guy chats" when he comes home with Mr. K to boost his sense of self and to attempt balance between the masculine and the feminine reign. (Ironically, Heather leaves me the minute Scottie Dad starts talking and pushes Mr. K out of the way so she can have his attention instead.)
There are some days, however, we see glimpses of the "old Mr. K." Take last night for example: he was sitting at the foot of the couch and I was stretched out on the other end. Heather decided it was time to join and hopped up next to Mr. K. Half in a slumber, Mr. K let out a soft growl and Heather stood there looking at me and wagging her tail. I called her over and hushed Mr. K. For a brief moment, Heather climbed onto my lap (a rarity - my girl likes her space). When she turned around to make herself comfortable, there was Mr. K, now sitting up, looking concerned and watching Heather take his favorite spot in Scottie Mom's lap. This was obviously not okay with Mr. K but that's never stopped Heather before!
Alas, Heather didn't sit down and opted to go to her favorite spot at the foot of the couch instead. It was as if the two traded silent signals and agreed to switch places right away. You could almost see the relief in Mr. K's eyes that Scottie Mom's lap had not been defiled by another dog, even if that other dog was Heather. He marched over and nestled close. Within minutes, Mr. K was snoring and Heather was drifting off to sleep, too, but I had to laugh: what was that about? Did I just witness some super secret Scottie code? Did Heather just threaten Mr. K that she'd sit in my lap if he didn't leave her spot? Was Mr. K really that jealous of the thought of another dog sitting in Scottie Mom's lap? I suppose there are some thing about my Scotties I'll never know...
Labels: Scottie Mom, Scottie-tude
Heather wanted to get a closer look at the camera that always takes her picture to show the world. She hoped to get a glimpse of those watching her every move but found it was just another picture of her. Alas, she had to admit it was a cute shot and Heather broke out her best smile to show her approval. Happy Wordless Wednesday!
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Be Inspired by a Scottie
Every Scottie has a story, and Heather and Mr. K have decided it is time we open up the floor to other Scottie Moms eager to share their Scotties' inspirational tales. We've noticed a lot of our Scottie friends like Kyla, Fergus and Finlay have not been feeling well lately and we thought, what better way to cheer them up than by giving them a little Scotspiration!
Know of a Scottie who brightens the world one tail wag at a time? How about the hero Scottie who protects his hoomans from the likes of dust busters and vacuum cleaners? Did your Scottie defy the odds and defeat illness or fought a brave battle that taught you a valuable life lesson? We want to hear about these Scots! Send us an email to thescottiemom(at)gmail(dot)com and tell us about your inspirational Scottie(s). Be sure to include your Scottie's favorite picture as well. We'll be sure to post some Scotspiration at least once a week to keep you going and to raise those spirits up!
The Panty Snatcher
[caption id="attachment_2266" align="aligncenter" width="500"] How could a Scottie this cute commit such a crime?[/caption]
Laundry days for this Scottie Mom consist of about five or six piles of sorted clothes which one by one get their turn for a spin in the machine. About a quarter of what gets washed makes it to the dryer. The rest is hung around the apartment to dry (in an effort to be more "green"). When laundry days come around this Scottie Mom household, you may find two nosy little Scotties poking their heads around the corner to see what's happening and sometimes, you'll even see them climbing on top of the piles that haven't been washed yet to rest.
Of course, I know what you're thinking because it is probably exactly the same as what I think everytime I see it: awwww! However, as with any mischievous Scottie, there is always a catch. I knew something was up when I had to start washing certain personal items of clothing more often, as there simply didn't seem to be enough of them to get me through a week or so anymore - which, given my love for Victoria's Secret, seemed impossible. It wasn't until one of my favorite, new pairs went missing that I realized something really wasn't right. Surely, I would not have gotten rid of something I had just bought.
Then, it dawned on me: previously, when I had gone to shower and left the bathroom door open, I found the pajamas I had left on the floor moved around and scattered as far as down the hallway. Could this be the work of one of the Scotties? And if so, why this one article of clothing and not a tank top, a sweatshirt or even jeans? So, I began searching around the apartment for clues. I found a sock in under the couch but other than that, I did not find anything else. What did my Scotties do with all the panties?
Well, as it turned out, a few had been ripped to shreds, a few had teeth marks but had made it through the Scottie teeth test (thus far) and the rest were stashed in a pile under the hooman bed - this happened when Scottie Mom lived alone. It was as if this mysterious panty snatcher kept a reserve at his or her disposal in case the current ones were completely destroyed and therefore, suddenly useless to his or her entertainment. And how did I come to realize just who the panty snatcher was, you ask? It was another laundry day in the Scottie Mom household and I was sitting on top of the hooman bed reading a book when I heard a soft, "chomp, chomp, choming" coming from under the bed. I got up, lifted up the bed skirt and who did I see? Mr. K having a blast and, having been caught, gave me a look that said, "I swear - it wasn't me!"
Mr. K meets Vera Wang
[caption id="attachment_2258" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Play with me...or I'll eat your shoes![/caption]
Mr. K doesn't take "no" for an answer. When the boy wants to play, the boy has to play. It doesn't matter if Scottie Dad is busy or if Scottie Mom is too tired. Where there is a Scottie will to play, there is a way to make it happen. One afternoon, Mr. K made it clear that my half-attempts at playing tug and fetch weren't good enough for him. Yes, he loved chasing after the toy I kept throwing down the same hallway but I simply wasn't as energetic as Mr. K expected me to be.
So, he did what any Scottie boy would do: he figured out the best way to grab his mom's attention. When I threw his toy down the hall for him to chase, he charged after it like everything was normal. And within a few seconds, he came trotting down the hallway again, stopping just before where I was sitting on the couch. He sat his bottom on the floor and looked up at me with a grin. I glanced down and smiled back. When he realized he had my attention, he whipped his head from left to right over and over again. That's when it hit me: Mr. K hadn't fetched his toy, he had fetched a shoe!
As you may recall, Mr. K has only done this once before (that I know of). However, unlike last time, this particular shoe wasn't just any shoe...it was a relatively brand new Vera Wang flat! Watching the gold shoe flicker in the light as it was thrashed back and forth in Mr. K's grip sprung me into action. You could see the moment I was off the couch that Mr. K knew he had achieved his goal and I swear, he got this look in his eye that said, "Ahhhh-ha! Now, you want to get up!" And as quickly as he came, Mr. K took off in an attempt to hide my Vera Wang shoe from me.
Lucky for me, I caught up to him very quickly and retrieved the shoe before any real damage was done. And while I nearly had a heart attack upon the realization that Mr. K had upgraded his toys of destruction to designer labels, I really couldn't be upset with him - it was all in the name of fun and games and frankly, he was too cute to ignore! Not to mention: any man (Scottie or hooman) that puts in that kind of extra effort to earn your attention and affection is worth whatever harmless mischief you may come across, no?
A Scottie of Many Talents
There isn't much Mr. K won't do for a treat or a squeaky toy. Even so, I never expected to find him twirling round and round on his tippee toes like a ballerina in an effort to obtain his prize! I must say, however, the boy's got good form. You think he has what it takes to be the Danseur Nobel of the Scottish Terrier Ballet Company?
They see us rollin'...
[caption id="attachment_2210" align="aligncenter" width="500"] This land's not big enough for the two of us to roll around...[/caption]
...they laughin'. They be tryin' to catch us rollin' dirty! And when they were "caught" on camera, Mr. K reacted as if he wasn't sure what to think of the goings-on around him. Sometimes, there are just no words to describe pictures like these despite the laughs that come about as a result of them. What do you suppose Heather and Mr. K were thinking when this photo was taken? Happy Wordless Wednesday from two silly Scotties!
The Big Blue Blob
[caption id="attachment_2203" align="aligncenter" width="500"] It's coming for me...can't you see it?[/caption]
Mr. K is fearless. Ask any toy who has ripped it apart or the vacuum who has been chasing and barking at it and they'll tell you: the mischievous Mr. K. In his life, Mr. K's known to have taken on an air matress, unapproved house guests and any large dog who dares to belittle him. On his own terms, he takes down his opponents one by one. It apppears, however, that after all these years of claiming the undefeated title that Mr. K may have finally met his match: the big blue blob.
It lives in Heather and Mr. K's room at Scottie Grandmadre's house. Until recently, it stayed quietly in a corner and never bothered to introduce itself or attempt to play. Mr. K barely noted its existence as it wasn't much of a threat. During our last visit, however, the big blue blob emerged for the first time and Mr. K saw the immediate danger and set out to do something about it to protect his beloved Scottie Mom and family. First, a warning growl emerged. Then, a crisp Aaarf-Aaarf! Still, the big blue blob moved closer, seemingly unaffected by Mr. K's repeated warnings.
Finally, as the big blue blob arrived just inches from Mr. K, he decided he needed to do more. But what would he do? He had already done his best signature growl but to no avail. At the very last possible second, Mr. K decided for the first time in his life that this may not be a fight worth fighting as the big blue blob appeared to be more than five times his size. Instead of sinking his teeth into the rubbery exterior of the big blue blob, he opted to high-tail it out of there and seek refuge behind the couch, making this the first time he would opt for flight over fight.
From his refuge, Mr. K would keep an eye on the big blue blob that would finally leave the center of Heather and Mr. K's room and retreat back to its corner. Then, and only then, would Mr. K emerge and resume play time. If the big blue blob even showed a hint of being on the move again, he would quickly dodge out of the way, leaving every toy behind in pursuit of a safe place. Poor Mr. K. Is his quest for the undefeated title gone forever or is he strategizing on a bigger and better master plan to get to the heart of this very important matter: the big blue blob?
Scottie Duty
It's official: Miss Heather is now staple-free (again!). Let's hope she stays that way. Her eye is all better now, too, and her energy abounds. It is good to see her smile and cruise across the park with her head to the ground and her butt up in the air before flopping over and giving herself a good back-scratching courtesy of the green grass below. Yes, my little girl is happy -- and healthy -- again.
This weekend, she got to spend some quality time with Scottie Dad, who was on Scottie Duty this weekend while I was away. And as evidence in the recycle bin suggests, she and her brother got some treats Scottie Mom didn't approve or anticipate in the form of yummy Filet Mignon moist food. Looks like this little girl's got her daddy wrapped around her paw! Not only did he buy her dinner, he surprised her with a beautiful new, purple leash when tragedy struck and the double leash we bought last year went for its very last walk.
Heather Beather returned Scottie Dad's random acts of kindness by peeing on the couch during my absence twice and one additional time in the elevator, much to Scottie Dad's dismay. Alas, that did not stop him from trying his best to keep her safe and happy as I enjoyed some R&R in San Antonio, Texas. Needless to say, with health troubles seemingly behind us, perhaps it is time for us to again consider some sort of training with special Scottie Dad and daughter bonding time so we aren't mopping the floors everytime Heather sees her favorite man (besides Mr. K, that is).
And so, I open up the floor to you, fellow Scottie Moms and Dads. What are your suggestions to curb submissive urination? Can these accidents be avoided with time, patience and practice or does this Scottie Mom have to race Scottie Dad home every night to ensure we don't have any more accidents? And lastly, to sign up Scottie Dad and daughter for behavioral training, or no?
Labels: Scottie Mom, Scottie-tude, Scottish Terrier Health
Once. That's the number of times I've ever seen Heather play with a toy in the two years I've known her. It came as a surprise, really. We had had Heather for only a few months when it happened. Scottie Dad was playing tug with Mr. K and his Skinneez Beaver toy. Heather, always one to steal the show, came up to Scottie Dad to nuzzle his legs while the boys were playing. Scottie Dad looked down and said, "Do you want to play, too?"
He took the Skinneez Beaver away from Mr. K and held it in front of Heather. Much to our surprise, she grabbed hold of it and started playing tug (very lightly and ladylike, of course). She didn't thrash her head back and forth or scoot her bottom to the floor to anchor herself down like Mr. K does but she did offer a few good tugs and Scottie Dad and I applauded her the whole time. A few minutes later, play time was over and Heather took the Skinneez Beaver away happily. Of course, Mr. K followed and snatched it up as soon as it hit the floor.
It was such a happy few minutes and we really thought this was a sign she was becoming comfortable enough to play. Turns out, that would be the only time we would ever see her play with a toy. She's just not a fan of them. Perhaps she's too mature. Or maybe she just doesn't understand a toy's purpose since she spent a good while on the streets and frequented trash cans for fun (and food) instead. Either way, I always felt guilty going to the store and picking out toys for Mr. K and never getting something for Heather. Yes, there are always treats but I really try not to overdo those!
One day, I came across Nylabone and decided to give it a try. Mr. K had long given up on one I bought him years ago but who's to say Heather wouldn't like it? Sure enough, she grabbed the bone out of my hand and dragged it away, chewing it until she got bored and Mr. K would snatch it from her. (Because, as all Scottie Moms have witnessed, it is absolute torture for a Scottie to see something they ordinarily wouldn't have interest in in the paws of another dog!)
Still, Heather only goes to her bone when I pick it up and hand it to her. I think she thinks it is brand new when I do that. Her friends Syd and Oz's Scottie Mom gave her some sort of rawhide chew that she absolutely loves to chomp on. We keep it under the hooman bed and every morning she rediscovers it (once Scottie Dad has left, of course!) like a long lost treasure.
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Annie Adoption Movie Review
In perhaps the most anticipated and widely-promoted adoption-relevant movie of the year, Sony Pictures revisits the story of Annie. Played by Quvenzhané Wallis, who was so brilliant in the excellent film Beasts of the Southern Wild, Annie lives in New York City. She has been in foster care for almost her whole life; she was found, abandoned with a note, outside of a restaurant when she was only 4 years old. Currently, Annie lives with Miss Hannigan, a bitter, disillusioned former singer who now takes care of foster kids for income. Annie shares a room with three or four other girls, and Miss Hannigan requires them to do much of the upkeep of her home.
When the foster home is visited by a caseworker, Annie finds paperwork which provides her with some of her case history. She heads out to the hall of records with the hopes of finding out who and where her birthparents are. However, She's not able to find out very much.
On the way home, she is nearly hit by a car, but is saved by Mr. Stacks, a wealthy entrepreneur who is in the middle of a dismal campaign for mayor. Stacks' advisor suggests that it would be good for his publicity if he takes Annie in as a foster child, and so he does. He initially views her as a bother, but comes to care for her. However, one of his advisors believes that Annie has served her purpose by getting some good publicity for Stacks' campaign, and begins to plot for her to leave.
Without Stacks' knowledge, his advisor arranges for two people to present themselves, pretending to be Annie's parents. He has coached them so that their ruse will convince Stacks and Annie. The ploy is successful, and the imposter parents go away with Annie. She quickly learns that she has been misled, and feels heartbreakingly betrayed by Stacks, whom she had come to love. When Stacks learns about this foul play, he immediately pursues Annie's kidnappers, rescues her, and convinces her of his desire to commit to caring for her for a lifetime.
How Does This Connect to Adoption and Foster Care?
Annie is in foster care. Like many kids in care, she is resilient. She maintains her optimism and cheerfulness in spite of disappointments and unkindnesses that she experiences.
Annie misses and longs for her birthparents. She dreams about them, and joins the other girls in her bedroom in a song imagining what their birthparents are like. Annie holds out hope that she will find her birthparents again. Every Friday, she waits all night by the restaurant where she was abandoned, years ago. Annie is in foster care because she was abandoned, and has no idea who or where her parents are. Most of the foster kids that I've worked with do know who their parents are, and are often engaged in visits and services geared towards reunification; that's one disconnect between the movie and the real-life experiences of most kids in foster care.
All the kids in Annie's foster home hope to be adopted, but some are discouraged. One says, "I'm almost 13, and no one wants teens." Annie extends hope that she will be adopted, "You will. We all will."
It seems that Annie will ultimately be adopted by Stacks; after she is rescued from her imposter parents, she and Stacks sing about spending their lives together as a family. We never do get resolution about where Annie's actual birth parents are.
Annie is courageous, smart, hopeful and optimistic, like many kids in foster care.
Stacks often refers to Annie as an orphan. Annie corrects him, "I'm a foster kid, not an orphan. I have parents." This is a helpful distinction to make on such a large stage. Kids in foster care are aren't orphans, and the primary goal in foster care is almost always reunification. It's important for foster parents – and society! – to remember, embrace, and support that. Early in her time with Stacks, she is asked whether he will adopt her. She protests, "No, no, no! I have parents. This is just temporary!"
In one scene, Annie sees her reflection and her baby picture at the same time. I can imagine that being a powerful image for anyone, but especially for people who were raised without a full knowledge of their early history.
Annie doesn't know how to read; she explains that she has been able to hide this so far. In fact, her explanation is heartbreaking, "It's not like the whole world wants a foster kid to begin with, and plus it's embarrassing. I didn't want anyone to know." When Stacks learns this, he gets Annie a tutor; she responds very well, and quickly learns how to read. Many kids in foster care struggle academically, but so often the cause is a lack of time and opportunity to learn. Stacks asks how this can happen and someone responds that in the system, "people get lost." Foster kids are very often smart, and can thrive when given the opportunity to do so. Annie captures that.
Stacks does a good job of joining with Annie when she is ashamed of her inability to read. He tells her, "Everybody's got something they don't want anyone to know."
At one point, Annie is having a breakdown. Stacks tells her, "You've gotta tell me what's going on." Annie responds, "No I don't. You're not my dad." Stacks responds well, and softens his tone, "No, I'm not your dad. I know. But I'd like to know what's going on." This works, and Annie is able to confide in him. Stacks also insists that Annie won't need to leave, even when they're confronted with a problem. He says, "I don't care what happened. You stay here."
Stacks eventually puts his care for Annie in front of his ambitions of gain. He and Annie agree to tie a permanent knot, to make themselves a family.
Annie spends much of the film as a commodity, first for Miss Hannigan and then for Mr. Stacks.
Eventually, both adults realize and turn from their unhealthy attitudes towards Annie, and take a genuine interest in her.
It is very sad that Annie waits, several hours, every Friday, for several years, outside of the restaurant where she was abandoned, hoping that her parents would come back for her. It's perhaps even sadder that she is able to do this without her foster mother realizing. She has kept her parents' abandonment note, and reads it often, dreaming about them. When she sings about them, she imagines that they are young, smart, and good, and says that their only mistake "was giving up me." She pleads, "Won't you please come get your baby?" Kids in foster care do think about their parents, and when there is no accurate information, kids tend to dream up new information. Sometimes it's worse than realistic, sometimes it's better than realistic, but it's often unrealistic – and sometimes their imagined reality is hidden from those that are caring for them. This reminds me how important it is to provide kids with age-appropriate, but honest, information about their stories all along.
When Annie finds her foster care record, she exclaims, "Damn! I've been in a lot of homes." Sad, but true, for many kids in foster care. And it's easy for parents and professionals to see a case file with lots of homes and assume that the child is very challenging or has lots of problematic behaviors. I've worked with many kids who were moved, not because of their behaviors, but because of the foster parents' issues. It's almost never "just" the kid. At one point, Annie thinks that Stacks will have her leave. She packs her bags, and tells him "I've had a lot of practice getting kicked out of places." This could be a hard scene for kids, but it could also be helpful because, by this scene, Stacks has come to care about Annie and insists that she does not need to leave.
Stacks learns to love when Annie teaches him how. She shows him the value of letting people into his heart. He says, "Annie gave me what I didn't know I needed." It would be better, though, if Annie learned from, and could depend on, her caretaker for emotional support, rather than vice versa.
Annie's sensitivity and emotional maturity is certainly a virtue, but it's unfair to her to have to use it to help an adult – who is in charge of her care – to grow. Some kids in foster care have been expected previously to function in a parental role for their younger siblings – sometimes, this leads to what is sometimes called "parentified" behavior. For a while, Annie seems to be in a parental role (psychoeducationally, at least,) over Stacks. Kids watching this film should be reminded that really, it's never a kid's job to get a parent to be loving and kind. That's one thing that kids should be able to take for granted.
Annie keeps her desire for her birthparents secret from Stacks because she doesn't want to bother him. This is sometimes a dynamic in adoptive families – and probably in foster families – where adoptees and foster kids don't want to seem disloyal to their new family by revealing their retained loyalty for their first family.
After longing for her birthparents for the whole movie, Annie seems to forget them once Stacks demonstrates his intention to adopt her. While permanency can help a child move on with the life that they have, it is a bit disappointing that we never do learn about Annie's parents, and the only "parents" we find for her are kidnappers. Her imposter parents basically kidnap her. The fact that the reunion makes a mockery of Annie's dreams, and is covered and celebrated by the New York media, could be very troubling for young viewers in foster care or adoptive families.
Although she eventually becomes kinder, Miss Hannigan is generally a horrible foster mother, and she fits the unfortunate, untrue, but often-believed stereotypes of foster parents. She's in it only for the money. She calls Annie "you little rat." She belittles Annie, telling her that the world doesn't "need a smart-mouthed little rat," and saying that because the world doesn't need Annie, that's why Annie's in foster care. She also tells her, "You're only here because I get $157 a week from the state for you." She wakes the girls by spraying them with water, and withholds food until they complete their chores. She tells the children, "Clean like your life depends on it, because it does." Her cruelty has impacted the foster kids' view of the world. They sing, "Instead of kisses, we get kicked; no one cares for you a bit, when you're a foster kid." Miss Hannigan cruelly kicks Annie out of her home, telling her, "I told the inspector I don't want to foster you any more. As of next week, you're somebody else's problem… Not a who, a where. A group home. Maybe that'll teach you to open your mouth." This scene could be very hard, and possibly a trigger, for kids who have suffered from disrupted placements. Miss Hannigan also cooperates in having Annie abducted by imposter parents.
The two social workers in the movie aren't very good at their jobs. The home inspector who visits Miss Hannigan leaves confidential information laying on the floor, and doesn't seem to realize that Miss Hannigan is trying to seduce him. The administrator who serves Annie at the records office is disinterested, dismissive and rude. Some real-life social workers in the foster care system fit these stereotypes at times, but most of us actually still care deeply about the kids and families we serve, and really desire to do our work respectfully and competently. If Annie had been served by any of the workers I supervise, I think she would have had a better experience. Perhaps the most concerning thing, though, is the low level of supervision provided by the social workers. Miss Hannigan is a horrible foster mother. Mr. Stacks' motivations for fostering Annie were very poor, and his "home study" was only superficial. The social worker even obeyed when she was told she couldn't examine a particular room. Annie was turned over to imposter parents because the social services department didn't examine them thoroughly. These are troubling and unfortunate ideas for the general population to have about how foster care works, and they're (hopefully!) generally untrue.
Annie's positive attitude shines in the midst of unrealistically and unhelpfully negative stereotypes of incompetent social workers and greedy foster parents. The songs are upbeat and catchy, the film is happy, and many of the kids in the theater where I screened it seemed to enjoy it thoroughly. One girl danced throughout the credits. But I can also imagine the film being challenging for kids who have had a rough experience in foster care; it will be important for parents to tell them ahead of time that the film features a very bad foster parent who is not like most foster parents. Kids who have suffered from disrupted placements or who long to be adopted, or who long for absent birthparents might find this film very hard – for those kids, parents should probably screen it first before deciding whether to share it with their kids.
Outside of those concerns, the movie is generally family-friendly, and should be good for kids ages 8 and up. Annie does exemplify several strengths of foster kids – she is hopeful, brave, resourceful, and resilient.
Do you think Annie will still look for her birthparents now that Stacks is going to adopt her?
How did Annie stay so hopeful, even in hard times?
Is it possible to be loyal to more than one family at the same time?
What can you do to help foster kids (or a particular foster kid) thrive? Would you consider mentoring, or serving as a Big Brother, Big Sister, or CASA worker?
Activity idea: With your child, create an artistic combination of your child's current picture alongside one of the earliest pictures you have of her. What a great introduction to a conversation about "how much you've grown already!"
I've been looking forward to this movie for about one year now. We saw the preview when we saw "Frozen." In the original movie (not sure about the play) they do say that Annie's birth parents died in a fire. I wonder why they did away with that reference.
Frankly, I'm just happy that Annie isn't in an actual orphanage, and that they've at least tried to get some of foster care right. It would have been very easy for them to just change the time without changing the elements of the story.
Addison December 17, 2014 at 1:25 PM
Hi Robyn! I remember seeing the preview for Annie a long time ago, too. I'm not sure why, in this film, Annie's parents' absence isn't fully resolved. But, that is more common in my experience of foster care - most of the time, the kids' parents are alive, somewhere. And I value that this film makes the point that foster kids have parents, and aren't orphans. I think this is a good remake, while also noticing some things that might make it hard for some viewers.
goldfishlover December 8, 2015 at 11:21 AM
There was a book novel that gave more info on the movie, I remember reading it at Target when Annie came out, According to the novel They tried to find the parents but Annie's birth parents had already died years earlier from an illness, The dad left Annie wrapped in a blanket as an infant on Miss Hannigan's doorstep hoping he would return. I think his wife got the illness first and died and the father got sick and died a few days later. I forgot their names but it was very interesting reading about them since the movie never cleared up of what became of them.
And yes the 1982 film stated the parents were killed in a fire, I think the 1999 version of Annie said they passed away too
Addison December 12, 2015 at 11:18 AM
Thanks, Goldfishlover. I wasn't familiar with the story in the novel or in the earlier films - it's helpful to know what happened!
Mirah Riben December 19, 2014 at 11:06 AM
Thank you for relating the film to real life foster care and adoption with remarkable insight.
Thanks, Mirah!
What a great review! I live in Japan, therefore, unfortunately I will not be able to see this movie any time soon. I am an adoptee and I blog about adoptees/adoption. You have an awesome list of adoption related movies. I will be sharing this on my Facebook page: I Am Adopted
Please check out at www.thenotsosecretlifeofanadoptee.com
Addison December 21, 2014 at 8:27 AM
Hi Jessenia! Thanks for your kind words, and for sharing your site with me, and my site with your readers. I appreciate it a lot!
Didn't see the movie, but aren't foster parents supposed to show a regular source of income before they foster a child? There are foster parents who "slip through the cracks of the system", but a foster parent is supposed to demonstrate some kind of source of income, even if it is an SSI check, in New York City.
I was really bogthered by this portrayal of foster parents in this film.
I organize a monthly a monthly support group for foster parents in Lower Manhattan and have gotten to know many of the children whom they foster. If people knew the scrutiny that foster parents have to go through, as well as the biological parents of the children sometimes, they would realize how inaccurate the portrayal of foster care is in this film.
Hi Ichiou! Yes! Foster parents do need to show that they are self-supporting before they can become foster parents, at least in California. The support group you run sounds very valuable!
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Penelope Sanchez May 16, 2016 at 5:24 AM
This is my son's favorite movie. He loves watching it over and over. It comes with a digital copy, which is great because my son accidentally broke the disc taking it out of the case. Its a cute take on the classic Annie, with some modern twists. The music is catchy too.
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When some people set out to build a network-attached storage server (NAS), they feel that they need a "NAS operating system" to match.
Why does this happen? After all, a NAS is nothing more than a file server with a dedicated storage interface. Or, in other words, a file server with limited exposed functionality.
The main appeal of a NAS appliance is that they include an integrated support stream along with specialized functionality (NetApp's SMB/NFS integration and unique RAID and filesystem options come to mind).
Moving to a NAS to replace a traditional file server is mostly a recent phenomenon, and one that's often driven by misconceptions.
Somehow, people get the impression that managing a file server, one of the most basic IT workloads, is a unique or difficult application.
What they forget is that file servers are usually considered the most basic form of server, and traditionally what users mean when using the term. It remains the only form of server commonly integrated into desktops, and is supported by Mac, Windows and Linux.
There's nothing wrong with turning to a NAS instead of a traditional file server to meet your storage needs. Some modern NAS options, like Exablox, offer scale out and storage options that are not available in most operating systems along with perks like RAIN style protection.
But the trend to use a NAS instead of a file server has led to some odd behavior when IT professionals turn back to considering file servers again. There's a clear cascade effect at work, where the reasons for getting a NAS gradually turn into "I should have a NAS," whether or not it is actually necessary.
The general concept of a NAS is simple. Take a traditional file server, remove all the options, package it with all of the necessary hardware to make a simplified appliance, and include support for everything from the interface down to the spinning drives.
A NAS simplifies storage and hardware concerns by integrating them into the platform. This makes things easier for the end user but can add risk due to fewer support options and less flexibility for fixing or replacing hardware yourself.
A move from a file server to a NAS appliance is almost always related to support and a strong commitment to a single vendor. You usually choose the NAS approach because you want to rely on that vendor for everything.
When we move to a file server, we go in the opposite direction.
A file server is a traditional enterprise server like any other – you buy your server hardware from one vendor (HP, Dell, IBM, etc.) and your operating system from another (Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, etc.). You specify the parts and the configuration that you need and you have the most common computing model for all of IT.
With this model you generally are using standard, commodity parts, which allows you to easily migrate between hardware vendors and software vendors. You have "vendor redundancy" options and generally everything is done using open, standard protocols.
You get great flexibility and can manage and monitor your file server just like any other member of your server fleet, including keeping it completely virtualized. This approach sacrifices the vertical integration of the NAS in exchange for horizontal flexibility and standardization.
Some of the better known examples include NAS4Free, FreeNAS and OpenFiler, but they all follow a similar formula: take a standard operating system (often FreeBSD as it has ideal licensing, or Linux because it is well known), add a storage interface, and include some additional functionality that would not exist with the normal operating system.
In theory, these are "single function" operating systems that do only one thing. But this is not how they work in reality. They are general purpose operating systems with an extra GUI management layer added on top.
One could say the same thing about most physical NAS products as well, but they typically include custom engineering down to the storage level, special features and, most importantly, an integrated support stack and true isolation of the "generalness" of the underlying OS.
A NAS OS is not a simpler version of a general purpose OS. It is a more complex, yet less functional version of one.
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GUIs included with an operating system are often shunned by administrators as being too bloated or considered unnecessary for a simple file server. So it is even more unusual that adding a third party GUI, one that is not patched and tested by the OS team and not standardly known and supported, would be considered a viable alternative.
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As a result, these operating systems are wholly inferior to their pure counterparts. They do not make system management easier, nor do they fill a gap in the market's service offerings.
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