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# Signature Pad Documentation

**A jQuery plugin for assisting in the creation of an HTML5 canvas based signature pad. Records the drawn signature in JSON for later regeneration.**

---

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Demos](#demos)
	- [Demo of accepting a signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/accept-signature.html)
	- [Demo of requiring a drawn signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/require-drawn-signature.html)
	- [Demo of regenerating a signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/regenerate-signature.html)
- [Using the Plugin](#using-the-plugin)
	- [How to Use the Plugin](#how-to-use-the-plugin)
		- [Javascript](#javascript)
		- [HTML Template](#html-template)
			- [Further HTML Explanation](#further-html-explanation)
		- [Form Submission & Validation](#form-submission--validation)
	- [Require a Drawn Signature](#require-a-drawn-signature)
	- [Regenerating Signatures](#regenerating-signatures)
		- [Regenerating Javascript](#regenerating-javascript)
			- [Alternate Javascript](#alternate-javascript)
		- [Regenerating HTML Template](#regenerating-html-template)
	- [Resizing the Signature Pad](#resizing-the-signature-pad)
- [Converting to an Image](#converting-to-an-image)
	- [Client Side](#client-side)
	- [Server Side](#server-side)
- [Saving to a Database](#saving-to-a-database)
    - [PHP & MySQL Tutorial](#php--mysql-tutorial)
- [Options](#options)
	- [Changing Default Options](#changing-default-options)
	- [Options Reference](#options-reference)
- [API](#api)
	- [API Reference](#api-reference)
	- [API Limitations](#api-limitations)
- [Compressing the Output](#compressing-the-output)
- [Version History](#version-history)
- [License](#license)

---

## Introduction

The Signature Pad jQuery plugin will transform an HTML form into a signature pad. The Signature Pad has two modes: TypeIt and DrawIt. In TypeIt mode the user's signature is automatically generated as HTML text, styled with `@font-face`, from the input field where they type their name. In DrawIt mode the user is able to draw their signature on the canvas element.

The drawn signature is written out to a hidden input field as a JSON array using `JSON.stringify()`. Since the signature is saved as JSON it can be submitted as part of the form and kept on file. Using the JSON array, the signature can then be regenerated into the canvas element for display.

*Obviously, Signature Pad has a couple extra dependencies: [Douglas Crockford's json2.js](http://www.json.org/js.html) and [FlashCanvas 1.5](http://flashcanvas.net/). (Both scripts are included in the downloadable package.)*

Signature Pad tries to maintain a certain level of progressive enhancement, while still giving developers enough control. There is very little generated HTML. The HTML in the examples has some elements that should be hidden by default (including canvas). Signature Pad will trigger the display of certain items if the browser supports Javascript and canvas.

**Signature Pad works with both mouse and touch devices.**

Get the source code on GitHub: <https://github.com/thomasjbradley/signature-pad/>

---

## Demos

[Demo of accepting a signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/accept-signature.html)—this demo showcases an HTML form and the Signature Pad ready to accept a new signature.

[Demo of requiring a drawn signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/require-drawn-signature.html)—this demo showcases an HTML form where the user is required to draw their signature before submission.

[Demo of regenerating a signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/regenerate-signature.html)—this demo showcases regeneration of a signature from a stored JSON array.

---

## How to Use the Plugin

First, include all the required Javascript files: `jquery.js`, `jquery.signaturepad.js`, `flashcanvas.js` and `json2.js`.

```html
<!--[if lt IE 9]><script src="flashcanvas.js"></script><![endif]-->
<script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.signaturepad.min.js"></script>
<script src="json2.min.js"></script>
```

*Don't forget to include the flashcanvas.swf file.*

And the CSS file: `jquery.signaturepad.css`.

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="jquery.signaturepad.css">
```

The CSS file contains a generic display for the form and Signature Pad, which you are encouraged to change for your web site's theme.

After including all the external resources, simply call the jQuery plugin method on the HTML form element:

```js
$('.sigPad').signaturePad(options);
```

The method accepts an options object for the Signature Pad instance. [Signature Pad Options Reference](#options-ref)

Calling the `signaturePad()` method also returns an API for the Signature Pad instance. [Signature Pad API Reference](#api-reference)

### Accepting Signatures

**[Demo of accepting a signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/accept-signature.html)**

When accepting a signature, it is best to wrap the Signature Pad in a form so the signature can be submitted to the server for storage.

#### Javascript

```js
$(document).ready(function () {
  $('.sigPad').signaturePad();
});
```

That's really all there is to it! (`.sigPad` is the class for the form element itself.) Of course there is some corresponding HTML, have a look below for the template.

#### HTML Template

```html
<form method="post" action="" class="sigPad">
  <label for="name">Print your name</label>
  <input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="name">
  <p class="typeItDesc">Review your signature</p>
  <p class="drawItDesc">Draw your signature</p>
  <ul class="sigNav">
    <li class="typeIt"><a href="#type-it" class="current">Type It</a></li>
    <li class="drawIt"><a href="#draw-it">Draw It</a></li>
    <li class="clearButton"><a href="#clear">Clear</a></li>
  </ul>
  <div class="sig sigWrapper">
    <div class="typed"></div>
    <canvas class="pad" width="198" height="55"></canvas>
    <input type="hidden" name="output" class="output">
  </div>
  <button type="submit">I accept the terms of this agreement.</button>
</form>
```

This is the HTML used on the accept demo and contains all the bits that Signature Pad looks for. *Remember, all of the class names are configurable [options](#options).*

##### Further HTML Explanation

Let's go through it and explain in detail some of the important parts.

```html
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="name">
```

The value of the `.name` input element is used for creating the automatically generated signature.

```html
<p class="typeItDesc">Review your signature</p>
<p class="drawItDesc">Draw your signature</p>
```

These two paragraphs, `.typeItDesc` and `.drawItDesc` are used as descriptive labels for the canvas Signature Pad. They are hidden or shown depending on whether the user is drawing their signature or using the automatically generated one.

```html
<ul class="sigNav">
```

The `.sigNav` ul element is shown if the canvas can be drawn on (aka, `canvas.getContext()` is available). The list contains the links for switching modes.

```html
<li class="clearButton"><a href="#clear">Clear</a></li>
```

The `.clearButton` element is a button/link to allow the user to clear their signature if they mess it up. Displayed only when in DrawIt mode.

```html
<div class="sig sigWrapper">
```

The `.sig` and `.sigWrapper` div is hidden by default and wraps the canvas and generated signature together allowing overlapping positions.

```html
<div class="typed"></div>
```

The `.typed` div will have the value typed into the input field inserted into it. This is effectively the automatically generated signature. It can be styled in any fashion, but the samples use `@font-face` to make the text look semi-handwritten.

```html
<canvas class="pad" width="198" height="55"></canvas>
```

Obviously, the canvas element for allowing the user to draw their signature.

```html
<input type="hidden" name="output" class="output">
```

The `.output` hidden input field is where the JSON representation of the signature is stored for submission to a server.

#### Form Submission & Validation

Signature Pad automatically validates the name input field on form submission by checking to see if it is empty. If the field is empty the form isn't submitted and Signature Pad prepends an error message to the top of the form. Signature Pad assigns an error class to the input and the label and also sets the focus on the name field.

Both the error message and error class are [options](#options) that can be changed. *There are also options for changing the functionality of the validation.*

### Require a Drawn Signature

**[Demo of requiring a drawn signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/require-drawn-signature.html)**

The form can be set up to require the user to draw their signature as well as type their name into the field.

This example is almost identical to the above example, but since the user must draw their signature the HTML for typing their signature is not required. So **remove** the following two lines:

```html
<p class="typeItDesc">Review your signature</p>
```

and **delete**:

```html
<li class="typeIt"><a href="#type-it" class="current">Type It</a></li>
```

Then add the `drawOnly` option to the Javascript and set it to true. This option disables the typeIt actions and validates that the user has drawn their signature.

```js
$(document).ready(function () {
  $('.sigPad').signaturePad({drawOnly:true});
});
```

### Regenerating Signatures

**[Demo of regenerating a signature](https://thomasjbradley.github.io/signature-pad/examples/regenerate-signature.html)**

Regenerating signatures from a JSON representation is quite simple. Signature Pad accepts the JSON (string or native Javascript array) and simply redraws the signature onto the canvas element.

#### Javascript

```js
var sig = [{lx:20,ly:34,mx:20,my:34},{lx:21,ly:33,mx:20,my:34},…];

$(document).ready(function () {
  $('.sigPad').signaturePad({displayOnly:true}).regenerate(sig);
});
```

`sig` is a variable that contains the JSON representation of the signature. In the above example you can see what the JSON looks like—though it has been trimmed for brevity's sake.

Also notice that an options variable is passed into the `signaturePad()` method. The `displayOnly` property tells Signature Pad not to initialize any of the standard HTML elements, mouse events or click events. [Signature Pad Options Reference](#options-ref)

After initializing the canvas, call the `regnerate()` method and pass it our JSON signature. This method simply redraws the signature onto the canvas element.

##### Alternative Javascript

```js
var api = $('.sigPad').signaturePad({displayOnly:true});
api.regenerate(sig);
```

Both snippets do exactly the same thing. The only difference is that in this example the API is stored in a variable and referred to later on.

#### HTML Template

```html
<div class="sigPad signed">
  <div class="sigWrapper">
    <div class="typed">Sir John A. Macdonald</div>
    <canvas class="pad" width="200" height="55"></canvas>
  </div>
  <p>Sir John A. Macdonald<br>July 1, 1867</p>
</div>
```

The HTML for displaying a signature is much simpler. The primary component is, of course, the canvas element. The typed `<div>` is still there, for progressive enhancement, and will show the automatically generated signature using HTML and CSS if Javascript and canvas are not available.

### Resizing the Signature Pad

There are a couple different places you have to update to change the size: the HTML and the CSS.

Change the dimensions of the `<canvas>` tag in the HTML.

```html
<form method="post" action="" class="sigPad">
  ⋮
  <canvas class="pad" width="198" height="55"></canvas>
  ⋮
</form>
```

If you are using the sample CSS, there are a couple places to change widths and heights.

```css
.sigPad {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 200px; /* Change the width */
}

.sigWrapper {
  clear: both;
  height: 55px; /* Change the height */

  border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
```

---

## Converting to an Image

### Client Side

The API includes a method called `getSignatureImage()` which will return a Base64 encoded PNG to Javascript.

*Unfortunately, the function doesn't work in all browsers, only because the underlying `toDataURL()` method of `<canvas>` isn't implemented well. The primary culprit of poor implementation is Android OS < 3. The function does work in IE thanks to FlashCanvas.*

### Server Side

PHP to JPEG, PNG or GIF: [Signature to Image](https://github.com/thomasjbradley/signature-to-image/) is a simple PHP script that will take the JSON output and convert it to an image server-side. [Read more about Signature to Image](https://github.com/thomasjbradley/signature-to-image/).

PHP to SVG
: [sigToSvg](https://github.com/chaz-meister/sigToSvg/) by [Charles Gebhard](http://www.pointsystems.com/) is a script for converting the signature JSON to SVG using PHP. Check out the amazing [sigToSvg on GitHub](https://github.com/chaz-meister/sigToSvg/).

Python
: [python-signpad2image](https://github.com/videntity/python-signpad2image) by [Alan Viars](http://videntity.com) is a script for converting the signature JSON to PNG using Python. Check out the fantastico [python-signpad2image on GitHub](https://github.com/videntity/python-signpad2image).

Ruby on Rails
: [ruby-signaturepad-to-image.rb](https://gist.github.com/4258871) by [Phil Hofmann](https://github.com/branch14) is a chunk of code for converting signature JSON to PNG within a Ruby on Rails app. Check out the wam-bham [ruby-signaturepad-to-image.rb on Github](https://gist.github.com/4258871).

C#
: [SignatureToDotNet](https://github.com/parrots/SignatureToImageDotNet) by [Curtis Herbert](http://www.consumedbycode.com) is a script for converting the signature JSON to an image using C#. Check out the awesome [SignatureToDotNet project on GitHub](https://github.com/parrots/SignatureToImageDotNet).

Perl
: [signature-to-image.pl](http://search.cpan.org/~turnerjw/JSON-signature-to-image-1.0/signature-to-image.pl) by [Jim Turner](http://home.mesh.net/turnerjw/jim/) is a script for converting the signature JSON to a PNG using Perl. Check out the fabulous [signature-to-image.pl on CPAN](http://search.cpan.org/~turnerjw/JSON-signature-to-image-1.0/signature-to-image.pl).

ColdFusion
: [sigJsonToImage](http://www.cflib.org/udf/sigJsonToImage) by [James Moberg](http://www.ssmedia.com/) is a script for converting the signature JSON to an PNG using ColdFusion. Check out the super-duper [sigJsonToImage project on CFLib.org](http://www.cflib.org/udf/sigJsonToImage).

Java
: [SignatureToImageJava](https://github.com/vinodkiran/SignatureToImageJava) by [Vinod Kiran](https://github.com/vinodkiran) is a script for converting the signature JSON to an image using Java. Check out the rad [SignatureToImageJava project on GitHub](https://github.com/vinodkiran/SignatureToImageJava).

---

## Saving to a Database

Signature Pad outputs the signature to a hidden field named `output`, which can be captured like any other form post field.

```html
<input type="hidden" name="output" class="output">
```

In PHP, as an example, you can get the signature using:

```php
<?php
$sig = $_POST['output'];

// or the better way, using PHP filters
$sig = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'output', FILTER_UNSAFE_RAW);
```

### PHP & MySQL Tutorial

[Check out the sample app and tutorial on saving the signature in PHP and MySQL](/articles/saving-signatures-php-mysql/).

---

## Options

Options can be passed into the method when Signature Pad is instantiated. Only options that are different from the defaults need to be included in the options variable.

```js
var options = {
  bgColour : '#000'
  , drawOnly : true
};
$('.sigPad').signaturePad(options);
```

### Changing Default Options

The default options can be changed globally for all instances of Signature Pad on the page using the jQuery plugin construct:

```js
$.fn.signaturePad.bgColour = '#000';
```

Setting default options always follows this pattern:

```js
$.fn.signaturePad.OPTION = VALUE;
```

### Options Reference

  <col class="name">
  <col class="type">
  <col class="value">
  <col class="description">

      Name
      Type
      Default Value
      Description

      defaultAction
      string
typeIt or drawIt
      typeIt

Which action to be active on start-up. TypeIt will display the typed signature immediately; DrawIt will allow the user to draw immediately.

      displayOnly
      boolean
      false

Initialize the canvas for signature display only;
Ignore buttons and inputs;
Don't bind events

      drawOnly
      boolean
      false

Initialize the signature pad without the typeIt abilities; Require the user to draw a signature

      canvas
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      canvas

Selector for the canvas element from inside the form element

      sig
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .sig

Parts of the signature form that require Javascript (hidden by default)

      sigNav
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .sigNav

The TypeIt/DrawIt navigation (hidden by default)

      bgColour
      string
Representing a CSS colour

      #fff

The colour fill for the background of the canvas

Transparency:
{bgColour : 'transparent'}

      penColour
      string
Representing a CSS colour

      #145394

Colour of the drawing ink

      penWidth
      integer
      2

Thickness, in pixels, of the drawing pen

      penCap
      string
butt, round, square

      round

Determines how the end points of each line are drawn

      lineColour
      string
Representing a CSS colour

      #ccc

Colour of the signature line

      lineWidth
      integer
      2

Thickness, in pixels, of the signature line

      lineMargin
      integer
      2

The margin on the left and the right of signature line

      lineTop
      integer
      35

Distance to draw the signature line from the top of the canvas

      name
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .name

The input field for typing a name

      typed
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .typed

The HTML element to display the printed name

      clear
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .clearButton

The button/link for clearing the canvas

      typeIt
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .typeIt a

The button/tab to trigger the TypeIt state for automatic signature generation (default state)

      drawIt
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .drawIt a

The button/tab to trigger the DrawIt state for drawing a signature on the canvas

      typeItDesc
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .typeItDesc

The description for TypeIt state

      drawItDesc
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .drawItDesc

The description for DrawIt state (hidden by default)

      output
      string
Representing a jQuery selector

      .output

The hidden input field for remembering the signature's JSON array

      currentClass
      string
Representing a valid CSS class name

      current

The class used to mark items as being currently active. Used for the TypeIt/DrawIt tabs and the canvas wrapper element

      validateFields
      boolean
      true

Whether the name and signature pad fields should be validated for completeness

      errorClass
      string
Representing a valid CSS class name

      error

The class applied to the new error HTML element, name input field and name input label

      errorMessage
      string
      Please enter your name

The error message displayed on invalid submission

      errorMessageDraw
      string
      Please sign the document

The error message displayed when in drawOnly : true and no signature has been drawn

      onBeforeValidate
      function (<var>context</var>, <var>settings</var>)
      (built in)

Pass a function callback to be executed before the form is validated. Can be used to clear the old validation errors.

        Arguments

context—a jQuery object representing the selected element to initalize the signature pad

settings—the signature pad settings object

      onFormError
      function (<var>errors</var>, <var>context</var>, <var>settings</var>)
      (built in)

Pass a function callback to be executed when the form is invalid. Can be used to display error messages to the user.

        Arguments

            errors—an object containing the errors present:

{
  drawInvalid : true|false
  , nameInvalid : true|false
}

context—a jQuery object representing the selected element to initalize the signature pad

settings—the signature pad settings object

      onDraw
      function
      null

Pass a function callback to be executed every time the user draws a new segment in their signature.

      onDrawEnd
      function
      null

Pass a function callback to be executed whenever the user completes their drawing segment.

---

## API

The API is returned from the instantiation of the Signature Pad and can be stored in a variable or chained.

```js
$('.sigPad').signaturePad({displayOnly:true}).regenerate(sig);
```

*API chaining after instantiation.*

```js
var api = $('.sigPad').signaturePad({displayOnly:true});
api.regenerate(sig);
```

*Storage of the API in a variable.*

You can also get the API at a later time by recalling the `signaturePad()` method.
It's is less performant to do it this way, and much better to store the API in the initial call so you don't have to touch the DOM again.

```js
$('.sigPad').signaturePad({bgColour:'transparent'});
// More code or in another function
var api = $('.sigPad').signaturePad();
var sig = api.getSignature();
```

*Later retrieval of the Signature Pad API.*

### API Reference

  <col class="method">
  <col class="arguments">
  <col class="return">
  <col class="description">

      Method
      Arguments
      Return
      Description

      signaturePad()

      string

Retrieves the current version of Signature Pad programmatically.

      regenerate(<var>paths</var>)
      <var>paths</var>:array|string
An array of objects representing the movement and lines of the signature

      void

Redraws a signature on the canvas element using an array of objects representing the movement and lines of the signature

      clearCanvas()

      void

Clears all the drawn elements off the canvas and redraws the background colour and signature line

      getSignature()

      array
The signature as a native Javascript array

Returns the drawn signature as a native Javascript array

Each item in the array is an object following this format:

{lx : 20, ly : 34, mx : 20, my : 34}

lx

The lineTo() x coordinate

ly

The lineTo() y coordinate

mx

The moveTo() x coordinate

my

The moveTo() y coordinate

      getSignatureString()

      string
The signature as a JSON string; for saving

Returns the drawn signature as a Javascript string in the JSON format

The string follows this format:

[{"lx":20,"ly":34,"mx":20,"my":34},…]

      getSignatureImage()

      string
The Base64 encoded PNG of the signature

Returns a Base64 encoded PNG of the canvas

Check out Signature to Image for a server-side solution

      updateOptions(<var>options</var>)

<var>options</var>:object
An object representing the options to change

      void

Allows for some options to be updated later in code. Only need to pass the options that are different from initialization.

      validateForm()

      boolean
Whether the form is valid or not

Allows you to call the form validation function whenever it's best for you. As an example, in your own form validation code.

Probably best to use with the validate fields option set to false:
$('.sigPad').signaturePad({
  validateFields : false
});

### API Limitations

Signature Pad is able to create multiple instances on a single page by selecting multiple items with jQuery. The limitation lies in the API return; Signature Pad will only return the API for the last selected element.

For multiple instances it's best to initialize each individually and store the API in a variable. But you can get the API later by re-executing the `signaturePad()` method on the element.

---

## Compressing the Output

Sometimes the JSON string output gets very large. Thankfully Jake Moening wrote a fantastic compression algorithm.

Check out [Jake's output compression algorithm Gist](https://gist.github.com/2559996)

---

## Version History

Check out the [changelog on GitHub](https://github.com/thomasjbradley/signature-pad/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).

---

## License

Signature Pad is licensed under the New BSD license, which is included in the downloadable package.

All dependencies: [jQuery](http://jquery.com/), [json2.js](http://www.json.org/js.html), and [FlashCanvas](http://flashcanvas.net/) retain their own licenses.

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(1) Venue 8.5- We were lucky to have the whole Robatayaki area to ourselves cuz it feels like private dining and the chef was only serving us. Small room with great display of Japanese produce. Authentic! (2) Taste 8.0- Grilled food mostly can only taste that good, but we ordered the Chirashi which was splendid! Best in town! And the Pork Belly Bone-in was grilled to perfection. The rest of the grilled food was due to produce from Japan and that is always good! (3) Service 8.0- Service was good cause we had a good server to ourselves and she was concentrating mostly on us only. Great job! (4) Value 7.0- Price was indeed quite steep. At S$100 each,the price is still steep and at $200 can buy you many dinners. But the venue and service made the night and food memorable.
(1) Venue 8.0- In the heart of town. Private room and personal service were very authentic and prestigious. (2) Taste 6.5- Liked the Truffle Oil Kampachi & Chirashi rice. Fantastic pumpkin and aspragus. Loved the leatherjacket. Not a fan of the pork and scallops or lobster. The grilled fish was something I've never tried. Fruits surprisingly sour. (3) Service 7.6- Helpful in ordering. (4) Value 7- Guess if you don't drink and you have the Far Card, then the value is +++ !
Just-Eat-Lah says…(1) Venue 7.0- Particularly in the "private" room with chef Tommy Yeo.. o/w outside's abit too dark for my liking. (2) Taste 8.0- Stop me at the Chirashi bowl, ppl!!I say again!!! Perfect size, quality and service. (3) Service 7.5- Members of the group had to ask for soya sauce twice, o/w service was good cuz 2 servers on attendance. (4) Value 6.0- @ $150-$200/pax, the price correlates to the expectations of a Japanese restaurant plus @ a 5-star hotel. Sour plate (fruit) could've been better priced/ complimentary.
(1) Venue 8.5- Nice ambience for a Japanese place, nice private room. (2) Taste 7.5- Food was relatively good, luv the grilled fish and the use of sea salt for food. Sashimi with truffle sauce was good. (3) Service 7.5- Standard service expected @ this kind of restaurant but with initiative of letting us know how much to order. (4) Value 7.0- Thought the price was abit expensive, vegetables were expensive for that portion. Fruit platter should be complimentary.
Will-I-Ham says…(1) Venue 8.2- Feels like we were in Japan. Very authentic ambience. However, chef was not Japanese. (2) Taste 7.8- Everything was spot on, except for the fruit platter at the end which was rather dissapointing. (3) Service 8.0- Very attentive staff, always ready to serve. (4) Value 7.0- At $200 per head, I feel its still a little pricey for this quality of food.
G.licious says…(1) Venue 9- Wow! I love counter seats at Japanese restaurants (think Sushi bars, Teppanyaki counters, noodle making open kitchens)! And this one here is just beautiful! This Robatayaki room is small yet comfortable. With the array of seafood spread before us and the chef right there doing his thing! That's always a hit for me! The main hall? Hmm..I don't remember how that looked! (2) Taste 8.0- Most memorable for me were the Chirashi, simply because it was superbly fresh. It was naturally sweet, cut was thick and bite was good and firm. It didn't need further enhancement from soya sauce or wasabi. And my other favorite, the bone-in pork belly. It wasn't fat and oily like most belly meats. It was seasoned and grilled perfectly with the meat melting off the bone effortlessly. Tender with bite. Served with a sprinkle of seasoned sea salt. Yummy. The rest of the food were ok. The Kampachi is worth a mention too. The dessert platter at the end? Please take it away! *SMH (3) Service 7.0- Server was efficient. Chef was soft spoken and polite. No complaints. (4) Value 6.5- 200 a pop!? Woah! If Mikuni isn't known for its hefty pricing, I'd have scored it 5. I'd skip the lackluster items (asparagus, mushrooms, scallops, pumpkin), shoot the person who made the dessert platter, and maybe pay… $140?
7.5 over 10! That's a pretty sweet score albeit the steep bill!
In Japan, when you've been fed or treated to a meal, one says "ごちそうさま!Gochisousama deshita!" You know what? That should really happen anywhwere in the world! So, "thank you for the delicious meal!" And "Kanpai" to another successful SIX dinner.
Chef Tommy serves the grilled fish on a long wooden paddle.
Chef Tommy Yeo workin' it!
Look at that beauty! And the rice benath? Oh man! That was good rice!
The Englishmen say "For goodness sake!!" and shake theirs heads.. The Japanese say "For goodness, Sake!!" and raise their glass.
Next Delicious and healthy. Together at last!


Richly endowed by nature, the Garden Route abounds with unspoiled scenic attractions. A rugged coastline with towering cliffs, pristine beaches, magnificent indigenous forests, quiet lakes and an abundance of indigenous floral species with rare protected plants growing beside streams and waterfalls.
Depart from Cape Town and travel via the spectacular coastal route of False Bay to Hermanus.
Alternatively, depart Cape Town driving over Du Toit's Kloof Pass to the town of Robertson. Continue via Montagu, a quaint country village and enjoy a wine tasting en-route. This is followed by a traditional South African lunch (for own account) in Barrydale.
Continue via the historic town of Swellendam to Mossel Bay, which boasts South Africa's first Post Office, and was where the Portuguese Navigator Bartholomew Diaz first set foot on the Southern tip of South Africa. Take a short tour of the town, visiting the Post Office Tree and Museum Complex and see the life size replica of the caraval.
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Europe's Square rival iZettle to ship 3,000 card readers to UK testers, warms up for summer launch
iZettle is one of the European companies doing what Jack Dorsey's Square is doing in the United States: trying to convince small businesses and individuals to take card payments with its mobile applications and a custom-built reader.
So far, the mobile payments company only has operations in the Nordics (the company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden) but today it is announcing that it is taking the first steps to launch in one of the biggest markets in Europe.
More specifically and as widely anticipated, iZettle has started inviting SMBs and individuals in the United Kingdom to join the beta testing program.
The company will ship 3,000 free chip-card readers (which is an important distinction with Square, which offers a mag-stripe reader) to carefully selected people and businesses.
I spoke with iZettle CEO Jacob de Geer on the phone earlier this week, and he told me the company will likely switch to full throttle in the UK in about 3 months.
iZettle says it has garnered over 50,000 users to date, and the company further asserts that it increased the number of point of sale card-acceptance terminals in the Nordics by 10 percent since it began operation in Sweden last September.
Small businesses and individuals in the UK will be chosen based on type of customer, location within the country, size and other factors, all in an effort to send readers to as diversified a sample of potential clients as possible.
Much like Square, the reader, combined with a mobile app, turns an iPhone or iPad into a credit card terminal. In the UK, iZettle will support MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club cards but not Visa.
Earlier this month, iZettle made news when it dropped its fixed €0.15 transaction fee to (almost) match Square's pricing: users now pay only a 2.75% charge on sales for most major credit cards with the exception of American Express (2.95%).
There's also mPowa in the UK, by the way.
On that note: I asked de Geer how he felt about EvoPay, the Samwer brothers-backed Square copycat that will likely roll out across Europe this year as well. He said there was definitely room for more than one mobile payments company in Europe, but that Rocket Internet (the business incubator started by the Samwer brothers) better expect to enter a very tough and complicated market.
"It's a bit harder than cloning Amazon or Groupon", he quipped. Oh, snap.
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…. say what? This study, that I will get to eventually, gives me the opportunity to address an issue I have been wanting to get to for a while, so the appearance of the research was timely. The issues surrounding forefoot varus and forefoot supinatus, even just not only on the terminology, but the diagnosis and use of foot orthotics for them is extraordinarily confused leading to flawed and nonsensical conclusions from research. Apologies if this does bore some readers, but hopefully those that it is aimed at get it and understand it!
the later part of that definition (ie loading the lateral column) is often not done in research studies and by clinicians determining the forefoot to rearfoot relationship. This will lead to a very much higher prevalence of forefoot varus. For example, Garbalosa et al found a prevalence of over 80% when not loading the lateral forefoot (ie not using the textbook definition of what a forefoot varus was). In a study we did, we found the prevalence in the population we looked at that it was only 1.6% by loading the lateral column (ie applying the original textbook definition). I often roll my eye when I see the inclusion criteria for a study as being 'forefoot varus' and they manged to find, for eg, 30 people. I always wonder how they determined it was really a forefoot varus and how many 1000's of people that had to screen to find that 30!
the textbook definition of forefoot varus is that it is an osseous problem in the head and neck of the talus. However, there are studies by Lufler et al and McPoil et al who dissected cadavers to look at the forefoot to rearfoot relationship and concluded that 'forefoot varus' was not bony and was soft tissue. Unfortunately, they were probably looking at forefoot supinatus (see below) feet and not a true forefoot varus. They just called it a forefoot varus as the forefoot was inverted and they did not load the lateral column and they did not distinguish between the osseus inverted position (forefoot vaurus) or the soft tissue inverted position (forefoot supinatus).
a forefoot varus causes the foot to pronate excessively (ie 'overpronation') provided there is a range of motion at the subtalar joint to allow it to pronate. This is what the textbooks would call a compensated forefoot varus (some call this a 'flexible forefoot varus' – I wish they wouldn't). The reason that the foot 'overpronates' is that the medial column of the foot has to get down to the ground. We can't walk or run if it was up in the air!
there is only one way to stop the 'overpronation' from a true forefoot varus and that is with foot orthotics with the right design features – that is assuming that the forces associated with it are high enough to cause tissue damage and foot orthotics are indicated. There is no other way. No amount of barefoot running, gluteal contraction, muscle strengthening, firing of the intrinsic muscles or motion control features in running shoes are going to stop it. The problem is osseous or bony and that medial side of the forefoot has to get down to the ground.
in the Garbalosa et al, Lufler et al and McPoil et al studies linked above this is what they were looking at rather than a true forefoot varus (though Garbalosa et al did not even load the lateral column). These studies have been used to debunk the whole concept of forefoot varus, when they weren't really even looking at it.
a good way to distinguish between the two is have the person stand; place the subtalar joint in neutral and keep it there; and then push down on the medial forefoot. The supinatus is correctable and a varus won't be.
foot orthotics can help as long as they have the design features that are aimed at the cause of the rearfoot overpronation and facilitating the windlass mechanism AND allow the medial column of the forefoot to come down. A foot orthotic for forefoot supinatus that has forefoot varus design features (ie medial forefoot posting) is going to be an epic fail. Can you see why I roll my eyes when I read foot orthotic studies that recruited 30 people with "forefoot varus" and then used a medial forefoot posted orthotic? They all probably had a forefoot supinatus, making the conclusions from the research of not much use.
I previously discussed some of the pathomechanics of forefoot supintus being possibly the reason some barefoot/minimalist runners see an increase in arch height and others don't.
some people call a 'forefoot supinatus' a 'flexible forefoot varus'. I wish they wouldn't as others call a 'flexible forefoot varus' as a true forefoot varus with a flexible subtalar joint to allow the rearfoot to pronate to compensate for it.
Still with me? To further complicate all this, some lump both forefoot varus and supinatus under the term 'forefoot invertus', though that this mostly only in the UK and its fortunately not spreading anywhere else.
Regardless of if you want to disagree or agree with me on the terminology, these two pathomechanical entities exist and are two totally different beasts even if they look the same.
Foot misalignments, such as forefoot varus (FV), have been associated with musculoskeletal injuries in the proximal joints of the lower limb. Previous theories suggested that this association occurs because FV influences knee and hip kinematics during closed kinetic chain activities. However, research on the effects of FV in the kinematics of the lower limb is very scarce. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the knee and hip kinematics between subjects with and without FV during a functional weight-bearing activity. Forty-six healthy adolescents were divided into two groups: group of subjects with FV (VG, n = 23) and group of subjects with aligned forefoot (CG, n = 23). A kinematic evaluation was conducted while the subjects performed a single-leg squat task. The variables of interest were hip internal rotation and adduction and knee abduction excursions at 15°, 30°, 45° and 60° of knee flexion. Between-group comparisons were performed with multivariate analysis of variance. Results showed that the VG presented greater hip internal rotation when compared with the CG across all evaluated knee flexion angles (P = 0.02–0.0001). No differences between groups were observed in hip adduction or knee abduction (P > 0.05). These results indicate that FV influences the transverse plane hip movement patterns during a functional weight-bearing activity. Considering that excessive hip internal rotation has been associated with knee injuries, these findings might contribute for a better understanding of the link between FV and injuries of the proximal joints of the lower limb.
Hopefully, if you got what I said above, you will know exactly what I am going to say: that was probably NOT a study on forefoot varus and was mostly likely a study on forefoot supinatus. To make it worse, when you read their methods, it appears that they did not load the lateral column before they determined the forefoot to rearfoot relationship!
I have already written too much, so won't get into the methods and analysis except to say that they managed to conclude that a 'forefoot varus' effects knee and hip kinematics (and I agree a true forefoot varus probably does), but as this was probably a study on forefoot supinatus, how do we not know from this study that it was the differences that they found in the hip and knee kinematics that were causing the "overpronation" that resulted in the forefoot supinatus? or how do we know that what was causing the forefoot supinatus was not also what was affecting the knee and hip kinematics?
As always, I go where the evidence takes me until convinced otherwise …. and its time that we should be talking the same language and not mixing up the bony and soft tissue causes of an inverted forefoot.
I have had serious knee condition for 3 years. My physio has recently diagnosed me with a FV which you can clearly see in my forefoot at rest. this means that I have a very high arch and all of my weight when I walk goes through the outside of my foot, before eventually twisting onto the medial column. This then twists my knee on each step leading to serious patella tendon problems. This sounds to me exactly what you have described as being a varus, however I have had an xray of my foot to check for deformity of the cuboid bone but that has come back as 'satisfactory'?
I have been working with my physio and podiatrist and we have had very promising results by using orthotics with arch support, a 1st metatarsal-phalangeal cutout and a forefoot lateral wedge. This has really improved things however without a bone deformity on the xray your article seems to suggest that this may not be a varus and would be an 'epic fail'? Am I misunderstanding something?
"this means that I have a very high arch" –> you do not have a forefoot varus.
This is fascinating. Thank you so much Craig.
I'm an osteopath but struggling with my own left foot.
I have a supinated forefoot that only started causing me problems when I edged towards more barefoot-style shoes with less padding etc – in an attempt to increase foot mobility! Ironic as now my forefoot is stiff as a board.
But because I can pronate (with increased rotation at the hip) and can't fully dorsiflex, however much I stretch soleus, gastroc, hip flexors, I'm now wondering if this is bony.
I hope not as I've no desire to be in the minority here and perhaps I'm just more confused by reading into this than before. But It's affecting my whole LEX regardless of strengthening, stretching etc.
Just wonder if I can find an MSk podiatrist with skills anywhere near yours locally. I suspect not!
Hi, I am a 3rd year podiatry student in Aus, Do yourself a favour, find yourself a podiatrist to do a full biomechanics assessment, there so many other possibilities that will cause the same problem. also, if you go barefoot, you can elicit more symptoms if you have a uncompensated FF varus (bony contribution), might even do yourself a stress fracture.
I am an 19 year old girl and I have had problems with my feet since I was born but podiatrists had no clue what was wrong. I had been feeling a numbness in my feet along with a constant pain that would leave me in a great deal of pain, this was just thrown off as being down to bad circulation. I recently paid to go to a private podiatrist for a biomechanics assessment and was told that I have a bad FF varus that will need to be treated with specialised insoles for the rest of my life this meaning I cannot wear heals or any other shoes that i cannot wear my insoles. Im still having bad pains every night.
Is there anything I could do to stop this pain or at least make it bearable?


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Saturday, February 20. 2016
Saturday morning links
Showdown over iPhone reignites the debate around privacy
Many Americans feel helpless in the face of government invasions into private life, all in the name of safety. We have police video cameras at every intersection. Cops are using fake cell towers to listen in on calls. They want to eliminate cash so private transactions can't be private. The EPA wants to police your land use. Etc, etc. Government agencies are militarizing. Why is all of this happening now?
Why our minds can be led astray about the tastes of wines.
5 Ways To Build Pride When You've Lost Your Cashflow
Why Aren't We Discussing Fatherlessness?
Hearing the Lost Sounds of Antiquity
An Athenian for Our Time - Why we read Thucydides
Global Warming and the Irrelevance of Science
Congressman Warns Chinese Takeover Of Chicago Stock Exchange May Lead To Economic Warfare
FIRE'S 10 WORST UNIVERSITIES FOR FREE SPEECH
"Last night a disturbing racist post that was made to social media was brought to my attention."
Good grief. Those gals were getting a facial.
Some Thoughts On Justice Scalia
How Obama Denied Conservative Judges a Vote - Conservative nominees were blocked from 4 to 6 years
"The Unappeasable Left"
With the candidates flinging insults as Saturday's South Carolina primary approaches, can anybody hope to win?
At Least 1,730 Clinton Emails Contain Classified Material In Latest State Department Friday Evening Email Dump…
J. Last: Why I turned against Trumpism
Charles Koch: This is the one issue where Bernie Sanders is right
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Why is all of this happening now?
Because no one stops them.
#1 fjord on 2016-02-20 07:09 (Reply)
Fjord is right. Our country is undergoing a totalitarian coup by the ruling elite-military-industrial-government complex. No one is stopping it. I am not sure the people can.
#2 Kathy on 2016-02-20 07:16 (Reply)
I believe you are mistaken on who is running the coup. Go back to August of 2014 when the NJ cop was filmed saying that if Obama doesn't have to follow the Constitution, neither does he and remember the flap over it. As I've posited before, the executive branch agencies are just taking their cues from the boss and Congress isn't stopping them. If Congress can ignore the will of the people and the President can ignore Congress, why wouldn't the EPA or the FBI or the DoL or the FDA ignore the President? Bureaucracies have one misssion - to grow and to metastasize, and that's what we're seeing when there's no longer an immune system to fight them. May be time to start amputating some limbs to save the body.
#2.1 Jerryskids on 2016-02-20 07:29 (Reply)
Bureaucracy IS the fourth branch of govt. Unelected, unnaccountable and unmovable and completely unConstitutional.
Police for the most part, are the Praetorian guard. Revenue agents. Rare instances of sheriffs that stand up to statists for the people.
Interesting how the statists throw their Praetorian guard under the bus when it suits them (Beyonce super bowl debacle) in order to ignite the revolution they want.
Because revolutions install a dictator, not remove one. See Orwell.
#2.1.1 fjord on 2016-02-20 09:12 (Reply)
the constitutionality of administrative rule making and administrative agencies has been challenged many, many, many times. sometimes they're constitutional, sometimes they're not.
there's no point in wishful thinking.
#2.1.1.1 Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz on 2016-02-20 21:44 (Reply)
Re Apple vs. FBI:
Apple is in the wrong here. This is a criminal case with lots of murdered people, not a privacy issue. The Fourth Amendment ot the Constitution addresses the issue. The FBI has a valid court order, and Apple must comply. Paterico explains the legal situation:
http://patterico.com/2016/02/19/the-apple-iphone-and-the-san-bernardino-shooters-its-not-what-youve-been-told/
#3 bob sykes on 2016-02-20 08:36 (Reply)
FBI went to the wrong place to get a phone cracked. If they had tried Bulgaria, Russia, Romania etc. the phone would have been cracked by now, for a nominal price, no questions asked.
#3.1 BillH on 2016-02-20 09:33 (Reply)
Latest report, while a little foggy, seems to indicate that after the gov't took possession of the phone, someone changed the password which cut off access to all the prior data on it, or in the cloud, or wherever Apple has iphones store data. Makes no sense. If they changed the user name (account) that might hide the old data, but not just the password. Sounds like the gov't might have buggered it up and now wants Apple to bail them out.
#3.1.1 BillhH on 2016-02-20 17:02 (Reply)
From my understanding, the DOJ would be compelling a company to create software that doesn't exist to do what they want. Since when can the government force a company to create a software product through the courts?
This is just wrong.
#3.2 MissT on 2016-02-20 15:23 (Reply)
So a full throated debate about today's issues is now a disaster? Aside from the juvenile name calling (liar)there are still some pretty interesting subjects being discussed.
On the opposite side we have two senior citizens that appear to be at an auction throwing out the items and sums they are willing to bid in an attempt to sway your vote.
The republicans are alive and arguing, not a bad thing in today's world.
#4 Judith on 2016-02-20 10:31 (Reply)
We, our courts, lawmakers and special interests, created fatherlessness. Like so much of the law around gender equality and family issues the special interests have prevailed. If you are married and decide to divorce the odds are that the mother will get the children and the father will get the bills. If you are single and have children in common the state will actively become the plaintiff in a legal battle to extract money from the father. At this point some will say; why not, shouldn't the father pay for his children. Absolutely! I believe that both the father and the mother have an absolute equal responsibility to pay for the support of the child. But it is very rare where the mother is pursued in court for child support and rarer still that the state welfare agency takes the mother to court for support. All of the weight of the law leans heavily on the father and all of the flow of money goes to the mother. Justice is not blind and it has it's thumbs on the scales.
But even if you agree with what I have said you might still ask why isn't the father more active in the child's life. I will give you a real life example: My brother in law had two children by his first wife and after his divorce his ex spent all her effort to cause him trouble. She would deny him visitation out of spite and there were even cases where her live-in boyfriend attempted to beat him up when he went to pick up his two boys for his visitation with them. She filed charges against him which resulted in his spending a day or two in jail on a few occasions and did everything she could to make his life miserable. This type of thing is not uncommon in a failed relationship but it was surprising to me how easily she was able to use a biased legal system to do her bidding.
Make the legal system colorblind and gender blind. Reject the efforts of special interests to carve out special treatment. Make the system fair and just and maybe it will correct a large part of this problem.
#5 GoneWithTheWind on 2016-02-20 10:36 (Reply)
Objecting to specific nominations is not the same as the current situation wherein Republican leaders have indicated they won't consider any nomination whatsoever with regards to a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
#6 Zachriel on 2016-02-20 11:07 (Reply)
No where have I heard that they will not consider any nomination. If Obama was to nominate a conservative judge, a constitutionalist judge, I am sure that nomine would sail through. However, that is not what he wants. He wants an activist judge. One that will change the living constitution into what liberal statist want. I am completely dumb founded on why so many people in this country are hell bent on enslaving themselves.
#6.1 B Hammer on 2016-02-20 12:10 (Reply)
B Hammer: No where have I heard that they will not consider any nomination.
Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader: The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.
Many other prominent Republicans have taken the same tack.
B Hammer: If Obama was to nominate a conservative judge, a constitutionalist judge, I am sure that nomine would sail through. However, that is not what he wants. He wants an activist judge.
Which brings up the nature of compromise. The President will have to put forth a nominee that can get Senate support. However, it is the President who "shall nominate", so don't expect another Scalia.
#6.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-02-20 12:19 (Reply)
You have a point, Zach. The Republicans should do just what the Democrats did. Wait till Obummer nominates someone before delaying a vote for a year and then reject him.
#6.1.1.1 mudbug on 2016-02-20 12:38 (Reply)
... or, the Repulican Senators could spew lies about Obama's nominee like the Democrats did to Bork (where Ted Kennedy initiated the verb "to Bork" which means to destroy one's character while smiling) and then vote against him. There are so many ways this can be done!
#6.1.1.1.1 mudbug on 2016-02-20 20:36 (Reply)
mudbug: ... or, the Repulican Senators could spew lies about Obama's nominee like the Democrats did to Bork
Bork was given a hearing and a vote.
#6.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-02-21 09:07 (Reply)
Yes he was. I offer this as a time honored Democratic tactic for getting rid of SCOTUS nominees.
#6.1.1.1.1.1.1 mudbug on 2016-02-21 20:17 (Reply)
mudbug: or, the Repulican Senators could spew lies about Obama's nominee like the Democrats did to Bork
What lies were spewed about Bork?
#6.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-02-22 09:34 (Reply)
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, schoolchildren could not be taught about evolution, writers and artists could be censored at the whim of the Government, and the doors of the Federal courts would be shut on the fingers of millions of citizens."
You might fairly claim that these were not so much lies as silly hyperbole.
#6.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Texan99 on 2016-02-22 15:55 (Reply)
Bork thought the Civil Rights Acts were not only unconstitutional, but based on "a principle of unsurpassed ugliness"; the right to contraception, even for married couples, was "utterly specious"; and that there was no constitutional protection for non-political speech.
These are all valid issues of concern for someone nominated to the Supreme Court.
#6.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2016-02-22 17:44 (Reply)
And given the prior behavior of Democrats with Republican nominees, don't expect a confirmation hearing either. The Democrats invented this game, starting with Bork. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. It is unlikely that anyone nominated by Obama is going to possess core American values.
#6.1.1.2 Jim on 2016-02-20 23:16 (Reply)
Jim: And given the prior behavior of Democrats with Republican nominees, don't expect a confirmation hearing either. The Democrats invented this game, starting with Bork.
#6.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2016-02-21 09:09 (Reply)
No, you can make it look different and claim it's different and have plausible deniability, but in Obama's case, it's the same thing. There are people for whom it could be different. He isn't one of them. I'm not thinking of an elected Democrat who could give evidence of that level of even-handedness.
#6.2 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2016-02-20 19:38 (Reply)
Assistant Village Idiot: No, you can make it look different and claim it's different and have plausible deniability, but in Obama's case, it's the same thing.
This isn't clear. It's the Senate, not the President, that advises and consents. Nor is the Senate a monolith. Once a nomination is put forth, political currents will have a strong effect on the outcome, though deference to the President's choice is traditional.
Obama is swimming against the tide.
He is unlikely to select anyone so obviously qualified as to convince the requred number of Republicans (14) to force a vote. Even easily confirmed appellate judges face more scruitiny at the SC level. McConnell was just reelected and, really, will he be more hated by Democrats in six years if he stymies a vote? (while building some bridges back to the Trump/ Tea Party wing) There are only four GOP Senators from purple/blue states up for election. They could all go on record as supporting confirmation to McConnell's obstructionist routine with no effect on the outcome.
#6.2.1.1 Christopher B on 2016-02-21 13:07 (Reply)
Fatherlessness. This illustrates fatherlessness. Go to your local YMCA or community center or school and watch the elementary school kids playing baseball. The boys who have no father or male adult around do not know how to throw a ball--no one to teach them. If they are not there to teach them how to throw a ball they are not there for the other things either--a downhill slide. And Fathers, teach you daughters how to throw a ball...that's important too.
#7 rocdoctom on 2016-02-20 11:09 (Reply)
Thucydides doesn't cover the entire Peloponnesian War. Xenophone's Hellenica completes the history of the war, and its consequences.
??? Who says it does? The work is entitled (in translation, to be sure) "History of The Peloponnesian War", and the linked article uses the term "unfinished"...
#8.1 Jess1 on 2016-02-20 12:07 (Reply)
You seem upset. We were merely recommending a companion piece to go with Thucydides' account.
I had the same thought as Jane1, before seeing your name.
I guess it couldn't possibly be your tone-deafness.
#8.1.1.1 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2016-02-20 19:42 (Reply)
Xenophon's Hellenica
The Unappeasable Left: At some point the unappeasable left is going to find that when you refuse to negotiate and when you refuse to compromise, you will be subjected to the rule of force.
That's funny, coming as it does in the immediate aftermath of conservative Senate leaders saying they won't even consider a Supreme Court nomination from the President.
No fear Zach. My thinking is the Senate talk is just bluster. For the last several years they have talked tough but they have always collapsed like an umbrella in a hurricane and given 0bama everything he wanted.
Based on their past performance, they will ultimately approve whomever the 0 nominates, particularly if he nominates a black woman such as Lynch. Republicans pee their pants at the thought that the dems might brand them women hating, KKK card carrying, ginger lynching raaacists.
The GOP is the party of we caaaan't oppose 0bama. Conjure up an image of SNL's John Whiner and you will have them pegged exactly.
#9.1 feeblemind on 2016-02-20 13:07 (Reply)
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That headline is literally criminal. The Sun should be prosecuted under the Trades Descriptions Act, because it is not a newspaper, it is a propaganda sheet, as well as for libel against a particular group of people (Muslims, not Al Qaeda) and under laws against inciting racial and religious hatred. I'm not a lawyer, you know, so this is probably impossible, since the law generally protects the powerful and squashes the weak, but basically, anything that'll stick and bring the bastards down, crawling in the racist mud where they belong. I think the Murdochs and their Empire should be brought down now. James Murdoch allegedly may have lied before the limp Parliamentary Select Committee. My view is that they are likely to have lied systemically for many years about everything. Stick them in jail, sequester their assets. If they were a Trade Union, all of this would have been done years ago.
Who wrote this crap? I think everyone, en masse, should write to the (admittedly toothless) 'regulatory body' and to the Sun's editorial team to complain about the headline and the article. There needs to be a public investigation of this specific headline. Thousands of letters flooding in to both offices. Do it, now!
"I believe the Sun is the best paper on the planet. It is a privilege to take over as editor and I cannot wait to get started," Mohan said yesterday. !!!!!!!!!
A few more exclamation marks.
As you know, Craig, I posted that front page here last night around 2.30am on the 'Decades of Bailout' thread.
At that time, Twitter was already alive with news of the arrest of the blond Norwegian 32-year-old. Prior to that there was NO information as to who was responsible for the massacre. So the Sun's front page is pure invention.
Surely "Norway's Oklahoma" would be more accurate.
I didn't know, but that's what you get for off-thread posting!!!
The reports now coming in are really very affecting and it seems very likely that this event will have defining consequences for Norway and perhaps elsewhere, in the future.
I too saw all the early Al Quaeda reports and was slightly perplexed, simply because it was so early in the timeline.
Of course spurious 'explanations are not new nowadays. It now seems par for the course. Many recent events have been wildly misreported and it is difficult to define exact reasons. Is there some kind of hair trigger hysteria in news reporters who wish to amplify their role and therefore their reputation as a central player, and their personal reward?
In the one news event I was part of in my life, the mainstream journalists just seemed to make stuff up.( It was a non-political story so there was no political motive) . It was very surprising to me at the time but I realized eventually that a particular reporter was busily mining the story for every penny he could get, and could not care what rubbish he spouted, as long as he was getting attributions, and I presume, fees, for getting his reports into the main news services, which were then picked up by individual outlets. For him, It was like finding a one-armed bandit with a jackpot psychosis, and the reporter could not stop, equally manically, pulling the arm until the machine was completely emptied.
One of the surprising aspects of living abroad, is that the myth of the BBC very quickly unravels. Its influence and presence in the UK is quite overwhelming but it looks decidedly feeble from a distance and second rate, and the widespread acceptance of its authority that it enjoys in Britain looks likewise, rather feeble. While the demise of Murdoch may seem welcome. it is (or was) just one of the more extreme manifestations of what seems to be a very cohesive industry. One of the curiosities fog the Murdoch scandal has been the role of the Guardian. More and more its coverage looks less like a call for a radical re-assessment of the media but a commercial move, a radical re-assessment of its position, in the cosy relationship that exists between the news industry and politics.
In other words it is a 'circulation' /commercial battle in a technically unstable period. and Rusbridger just wants to be the new 'Broomks', who slips into the back door of Downing street, has slumber parties at Chequers, or who provides an endorsement for his 'insider' in government. Will Marina Hyde be punted for a role in the press team in Downing Street?
Curiously, Cameron has apparently offered every assistance in rooting out 'the evil' (of terrorism i assume). If so, he may have misread this moment, quite seriously. He might have offered the utmost sympathy safely enough, and any help the Norwegians might need, but rushing to define this hideous event in such a simplistic, dualistic way seems already mistaken.
Is he now going to unleash the power of the state on the "right wing/religious fundies? He will maybe not have far to look, a good deal less than he may find comfortable. I suspect there are some elements of the Tory party and even the government, which are not so far removed from the 'evil'.
The 'evil' he may yet discover, has links and connections to us all, in ways we (and certainly not Cameron) don't fully understand. As Craig reminds us in his post, the evil is 'within' in our rush to lash out stupidly before knowing anything.
Cameron, to me, at the moment, just looks like a creature looking in the water, at his reflection, and finding it not as beautiful as he believes it to be, and gets furiously angry. It is a perfect illustration of the underlying narcissism of our leaders and the current way we do the 'democracy' enterprise.
Is he now going to get even more intolerant in seeking tolerance and ever more authoritarian in imposing goodness?
I've complained to the independent Press Complaints Commission [email protected] regarding the Sun and asked for a front-page apology in the same-size font as their disgusting headline. Hope many others do too.
They haven`t forgiven or forgotten.
I agree that Rupert Murdoch isn't a fit person (although he's in good shape for an 80-year-old). I think his wife's quite fit, though!
I bet you say that about Sarah Palin too.
In what was being described as 'Norway's 9/11', more than 80 were feared dead yesterday in a co-ordinated double terror attack.
btw Mrs Louise Mensch was on Newsnight last night naming the Express and the Rothermere press for the same privacy invasion crimes as Murdoch. She is correct on this. What Price Privacy. 2003 Information Commissioner.
She wriggled out of answering questions about her spat with Piers Morgan (he has called her a liar) and preferred to shelter behind her parliamentary privilege.
Right, let's just say it how it is. 'Al Qaeda' is a C.I.A./Mossad inspired media fiction and DOES NOT EXIST. Anyone who thinks otherwise has floated down on the last drop of rain and needs their tinfoil hat confiscated from them. I don't know how many times I can keep spelling it out for media brainwshed people before giving up in frustration. All one needs is two brain cells to rub together to figure it out for themselves. I will try again for the unsure.
Firstly, isn't it incredibly odd that both the U.S. and U.K. each had one 'spectacular, coordinated attack' and nothing else since? Complete carnage and zilch follows other than messages from Bin Laden. Oh and many Hollywood style 'foiled plots' of course. And let's not forget the Patriot Act and RIPA that both followed in the wake of these 'events'.
Secondly, how many illegal immigrants get into the U.K. every single day of the year? Plenty as everyone knows. And yet this Spectre-esque 'Al Qaeda' never gets through our borders to hurt us? Just think of the carnage one suicide operative could create once he got into the country on his own with minimal imagination! There are thousands of things one could do.
'Al Qaeda' DOES NOT EXIST. Plain and simple.
If I recall, Mary, on Newsnight last night. Mensch, although sheltering behind parliamentary privilege, said that Piers Morgan used the present tense for the Mirror (that is the guidelines in force today) in accusing her of being a liar. Morgan was one of the better Fleet Street editors for me because he fervently and genuinely opposed Blair's War on Iraq. I thought Mensch did not come across as being very creditable when it was revealed she had recently been exposed in the Mail, and, whatever we may think of the Mail, it did stink of revenge.
Not only is the story a load of mis-informed crap, but the inclusion of the story alongside a cheap camping holiday offer is wholly inappropriate and pretty sick. Wish this paper would go the same way as the NOTW.
How about 'Norway's Dunblane', or 'Norway's Columbine', or 'Norway's Winnenden', or 'Norway's Alabama', or 'Norway's Cumbria', or 'Norway's Hungerford'…?
There are plenty of such examples, yet the first one the MSM went for en masse did not even include any of these. How shameful, yet how typical.
John Goss, good on you! Let the complaints flood in en masse.
'Deepgreen', thanks. David Cameron is a man seriously out of his depth.
As a point of clarification, may I just offer a quote on the Norwegian massacre that describes the suspect as being far-right.
John Goss I have written to the PCC asking them to take action against the editor Dominic Mohan and the proprietors News International.
Your recollection of Newsnight and the Mensch segment is probably more accurate. Here is the recording beginning at 14mins 15secs in. Only available for six more days.
A piccy of Wade/Brooks arriving with Mohan at a Freud party.
For her 'present tense' argument Mensch referred to a statement made to Newsnight by the current Mirror Group, but I doubt she's any concrete evidence of phone-hacking by Piers Morgan at the Mirror. In fact she's not very convincing at all, and did not perform well against a former hack, Wensley Clarkson, who quite fairly asked why she had such a gripe against Piers Morgan. So my recollection wasn't as good as it should have been.
I'm sure, as Dreoilin's link shows, phone-hacking went on under Piers Morgan, but he's not likely to put it in writing, or go on record in any other way.


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Antonio Rudiger reveals when he will take decision on Chelsea future despite Thomas Tuchel's comments
May 25th, 2021 by Olasunkanmi Ibikunle
Chelsea defence strongman Antonio Rudiger has revealed that he will take a decision on his Stamford Bridge future after this weekend's Champions League final.
Rudiger is about to enter the final year of his contract with the Blues and is yet to make a decision about whether to sign an extension.
The German defender was out of favour under Frank Lampard but has become one of Thomas Tuchel's most reliable players over the past few months.
Rudiger played just four times in the Premier League under Lampard this season and although he rejected suggestions of a difficult relationship with the former Chelsea midfielder, he has certainly enjoyed a more prominent role under his successor.
The 28-year-old has been a key component of a defence which has kept 18 clean sheets in the 29 matches under Tuchel, who has been very complimentary of him.
Tuchel was reportedly keen on signing his compatriot when in charge of Paris Saint-Germain and the Chelsea manager is now hoping Rudiger will sign a new deal at Stamford Bridge.
"Nothing is better than what he is doing for a new contract," Tuchel said earlier this month.
"If he wants to have a new contract he has our full support to stay at the club. He is speaking with his performances. He has been amazing since day one."
After securing a place in next season's Champions League by finishing fourth in the Premier League, Chelsea now play Manchester City in Saturday's Champions League final.
Ahead of the match, Rudiger was asked about Tuchel's comments and his future at the club.
"That's nice and I'm happy too," he told Kicker.
"You always make your decisions to some extent dependent on the coaching staff, but in the long term you can never rely on them anyway.
"After the European Championships, we can talk."
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Ramon said he was going to write a letter to Seymour.
Naoto hasn't seen Darci either.
Sanche and Vance have been dating for three months.
Rebecca can't forgive Daryl for behaving like that.
Honestly, Mariou, I can't remember. It was more than 10 years ago.
I'm sure I can persuade Roberto to donate some money.
I was at Lord's house. Where were you?
Vinod sorrowfully buried her son.
I thought Sandy did a nice job.
Jisheng isn't always busy in the morning.
It'll be hard to convince Skef to help us.
Is that what Herb thinks happened?
Helge has a strange way of talking.
Clara did a really good job.
Jerry's insurance company refused to pay because they determined he was injured by the heat of the fire, but not by the fire.
Dalton often forgets to use his turn signal.
What are Lorien's main achievements?
Rhonda met a pretty girl at the party.
You should ask Sean to do that for you.
Klaus and Dwight are on their way here now.
Starbuck didn't tell Nelken to do that.
Mahmoud came out of the closet at work.
Lynn rarely wears a tie.
Randall and Sally aren't at all compatible.


PEOPLE in New Mill got into the festive spirit at a Christmas bazaar.
Families flocked to the fun event, which was organised by Christ Church at New Mill Working Men' Club. There were a variety of stalls on offer to appeal to all tastes and help locals do their Christmas shopping early.
These included a Christmas pickles and preserves stall, books and cards stalls, gifts for the bathroom and kitchen and gold gifts.
There were also refreshments and a tombola on offer, as well as a popular Christmas cake raffle.


The San Ramon Art & Wind Festival, the BEST festival in the East Bay, is scheduled for Sunday and Monday May 24th & 25th in San Ramon's Central Park, 12501 Alcosta Blvd. from 10am to 5pm both days.
The festival will feature an early morning hot air balloon launch on Monday, May 25th at 6am. Bring the family for a spectacular close up view of 6 hot air balloons as they lift slowly into the sky.
Shop for handmade items at over 150 arts & crafts booths featuring a wide range of artwork including paintings, sculpture, woodwork, toys, hand painted clothing, stained glass, music, photography and more.
Kites are one of the main attractions of the event. There will be kite flying demonstrations by professionals from all over the country, free kite making workshops for youth, and lots of kites to buy. After purchasing or making your own kite, spend some time enjoying the beautiful San Ramon Central Park and perfect conditions to practice flying a kite.
There will be entertainment on three stages and an expanded interactive kid's activity area with Inflatable Bouncers and Slides, Rides for the little ones, Face Painting, Rock-Climbing Wall, a Train Ride and crafts for kids.
Take a break from all the fun and enjoy great food provided by area non-profit groups. This year we will have 23 food booths operated by local non-profits that raise much needed funds for their organizations. There will be gyros, peach cobbler, caesar salad, tri-tip sandwiches, sausage sandwiches, ice cream, sushi, hot dogs, hamburgers, cotton candy, nachos and more. Last year the non-profit groups who participated collectively earned over $70,000.
The Art & Wind Festival would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Special thanks to our presenting sponsor Chevron and our gold level sponsors Windemere and Comcast. Silver sponsors of this year's festival include the San Ramon Regional Medical Center, KKIQ, Contra Costa Times/San Ramon Valley Times, and the San Ramon Marriott Hotels.
More information on the various events and times can be found at the San Ramon website.
Very little actual art. Mostly mass produced crap. Go to any of the Art & Wine/Wind festivals in the area and you will see the same crap over and over again. What happened to actual art? Why not highlight some of the local artists in the area by contacting local art associations and providing them a free booth or aisle. I did notice the Bay Area Woodturners Association had a booth - way off to the side.


Tabitha was one of two daughters of James Clark and a mother of surname Meridith. The sister was Amelia.
James Clark was Ireland born, coming to America as a young man at an undiscovered date and established himself in Philadelphia. As a Private in the Pennsylvania Volunteers he served during the Revolutionary War. This information was found in the Pictorial Family Register by James Clarke Irvine – a notation made years later – prompted by recalling that as a mere toddler of 2-3 years he had seen his grand-father during a visit to Mt. Vernon, the old gentleman then being in his 90th year. The note says "I can see him now (in my eye Horatio) as a brisk merry short old man, fresh and well looking, over 90 years old." Died in his 103rd year "as told me by my Grandmother Tabitha Irvine".
The spelling of the name 'Clark' deserves comment. James Clark spelled it so, and his daughter Tabitha passes it on to her 3rd son and to his 2nd son. However we find that Tabitha's 2nd son, James Callender, gave his 1st son the 'Clarke' spelling – and this spelling has been carried on for 3 more generations. A scrap of erroneous family lore had it the name was associated with the Clark of the famous-in-history 'Lewis-Clark Expedition' through the northwestern country. No connections have been found.
Perhaps some comment should appear on the 1904 tale of Elizabeth (Thompson) Rowe that "Tabitha and Grandmother Thompson were quite intimate, being ladies in Ireland". The facts are that Tabitha Meridith Clark was born 1779 in Stone Valley, Huntington County, Penn. Her Irish father was known to have been established in Philadelphia. Why the transfer to a mid-State County is unknown but Tabitha chose this site for her marriage 21st April, 1798 to Thomas Irvine – also then a Philadelphian. Rev. Robt. Riddle officiating. In view of the facts that Tabitha's father had left Ireland – fought against the Irish-English, in truth was so doing at her birth – it seems extremely doubtful that he visited Ireland with his daughter. Another sure thing is that her Scotch – Irish husband, married in 1798, did not return to Ireland during the next 13 years of wandering through Pennsylvania collecting 4 children by the time of his arrival in Mt. Vernon in 1811, These circumstances would seem to preclude that Tabitha never saw Ireland – and did not meet Lizzie's Grandmother Elizabeth Thompson until after the 1831 arrival of the latter in Mt. Vernon. But one of the Devil's repayments to Grandmother Thompson's husband Irvine Thompson was the marriage of the 1st child Magdalena to Robert Irvine.
From Irvine T. Holloway came the information that Tabitha was possessed of a beautiful voice, and was as much admired for its quality as she was willing to respond to requests to sing. Visiting Carlisle as a girl her singing was credited with having diverted a band of predatory Indians.
Unearthed from two sources is that Tabitha held to a strong disinclination to household duties, and that her hands and feet were (a.) "very small" and (b.) "dainty", that much of her time was spent in voluminous reading. Reportedly she was well versed in ancient philosophy, astronomy, geography, history, and the political trends of the times. Such unrelated subjects as popular literature and chemistry absorbed a share of her time. In which case surely – if she was subjected regularly to "Old Tom's beatings" well might she ask of her mirror "Is this Tabitha Clark?"
A grand-son, 4th child's 1st born, is said to have inherited her musical talents.
Tabitha died 4th June, 1849 (so her name is not listed in the 1850 Knox Co. Census), and rests under the same marker with her husband in Mound View Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Jane, b. Huntington Co., Pa., 3/7/1799 Page 51.
Thomas W., New York, 2/3/1805. Page 53.
James Callender, b. Tomica, Pa., 7/12/1807. Page 53.
Clark, b. Trumbull Co., Ohio, 6/14/1809. Page 126.
Robert, b. Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 6/14/1812. Page 130.
Julia Ann, b. Mt. Vernon, 2/24/1814. Page 136.
Sarah Meridith, b. Mt. Vernon, 6/26/1816. Page 137.
Melcina, b. Mt. Vernon, 10/30/1818. Page 137.
Angelina, b. Mt. Vernon, 11/19/1820. Page 137.


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