Famous Horses from the Big Screen

There is a unique emotional bond between humans and horses ever since the first man tried to mount this wonderful animal. Horses seem to have the ability to sense a person's mood and react to it. It is no wonder then that so many people enjoy books and feature films with horses as the stars. Here are some of the best known horses-actors.

Black Beauty

The book "Black Beauty" was written in the 1870's by writer Anna Sewell. She worked most of her life with horses and wrote the book especially with the intent to report and correct abuse against these animals. People all over the world know the story of Black Beauty, even if they never read the book. Since the 1940's three movie films have been made about this animal, telling his story in his own voice. Even a TV show was made that run for several seasons.

My Friend Flicka

Flicka was the horse of a young rancher's son Ken McLaughlin in Wyoming. At least it was so in the children's novel written by Mary O'Hara that told of their incredible adventures together around the Goosebar Ranch. The first movie was made in the 1940's and a remake in 2006 stars Alison Lohman as young farm girl Katy ... A television series ran from 1955 - 1958.

Seabiscuit

The story of Seabiscuit is based on a true story. Seabiscuit was a racing horse during the Great Depression, but not a very good one at that. For some years he performed at the very lowest levels of horse racing. But then three man saw the talents that apparently were hidden. Author Laura Hillenbrandt made him into a legend by writing a bestseller about him. The consequent movie adaptation was inevitable.

Trigger

Another real and living horse was Trigger. His fame came from the actor Roy Rodgers, who always appeared in films as cowboy. He bought Trigger in the 1930's. Since then the two became virtually inseparable and Trigger was as popular if not more popular than Roy Rodgers himself. Trigger died at age 33 and when he died his hide was stretched over a plaster likeness. Even today you can see Trigger in the

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How to Screen For an Eating Disorder With 5 Simple Questions (The SCOFF Test)

How can you tell if you or a friend might have an eating disorder? British researchers have devised a simple five-question test, which indicates if you have a problem. Simply answer yes, or no to these questions:

1. Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?

2. Do you worry you have lost Control over how much you eat?

3. Have you recently lost Over fourteen pounds in a 3 month period?*

4. Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?

5. Would you say that Food dominates your life?

This simple five-question test is known as the SCOFF questionnaire. Each of these letter represents one of five key questions: Sick, Control, Over*, Fat, and Food. Note the original "O" represented the British weight measurement, one-stone, which is equivalent to 14 pounds. The original question was, "Have you recently lost more than One stone in a 3 month period?, which I translated to "Over 14 pounds."

The SCOFF screening tool was developed by researchers at St. George's Hospital Medical School in London and the link to the free full text of this study is below in the Links and Resources section (Morgan et al).

If you answered "yes" to any two or more of these questions indicates that you likely have an eating disorder. Eating disorders are complex and life-threatening. Early detection helps you get better, sooner, and with fewer complications.

Links and Resources

Academy for Eating Disorders (AED). AED is the international source for state-of-the-art information and whose members compromise multidisciplinary professionals from around the world.
Morgan JF, Reid F, and Lacey JH. The SCOFF questionnaire: assessment of a new screening tool for eating disorders. BMJ 1999;319:1467-1468
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). This organization supports individuals and families, and serves as a catalyst for prevention, cures and access to quality care

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Touch Screen Software on the iPad

While most commentators view the iPad as an oversized iPhone, it's really a question, whether people will accept it, as a suitable replacement for netbooks ("they're just cheap laptops", said Steve Jobs).

I think this is really a question of software. If you compare specifications of any iPod, with competitive mp3 players in the same price range, iPod loses in all respects. But once you hold the iPod in your hands and use it, you see why this is the best seller - it's simple and intuitive software wins the users. And without good touch screen software, iPhone and iPod Touch would never made it this far.

As Apple's CEO Steve Jobs stated, the iPad is intended as a device between the smartphone and the laptop. The iPad copies iPhone's basic user interface and physical design, but there are significant differences, beyond the 9.7? screen and a fast Apple-designed processor. Applications on iPad, look a lot more like computer software. It's photo application, for example, looks more like iPhoto on a Mac than the photo app on iPhone. Most of the core iPhone applications have been rewritten and it even runs all current 140,000 iPhone apps.

While we haven't seen the promised music and video streaming services, Jobs showed off their e-book reader app with a built-in online book store.

Visually, it looks much better than Amazon's Kindle, but still leaves plenty to desire for. New York Times representatives showed off their digital newspaper, that seemed a lot better than Kindle's version. And iPad's touch screen software, allows you to flip pages with a gesture.

Compared to Kindle it lacks in functionality and has much smaller catalog. In addition a back-lit LCD screen can be tiresome for the eyes, compared to Kindle's ilk. This shouldn't surprise us, since Jobs is quoted as saying "no one reads anymore". A reflection of Apple's concern for the readers?

On the positive side:

looks awesome
feels comfortable and solid to hold
has all that cool software built in
amazingly low-priced (for an Apple product)
10 hours of battery life
it will use iPhone OS

On the negative side:

no multitasking:

While we can expect some limitations here, it's really all about the software.

The fast processor combined with flash storage, launches and shuts down any application in a moment. This reduces the need to run applications in the background. It does bring up some concerns. For example: Will we be able to chat over Skype while browsing? And will we be able to receive Skype calls on the same device? The iPhone certainly handles

no web cam

iPad SDK 3.2 documentation mentions a camera and there are rumors about iPod Touch getting the camera in June. It would seem, Apple is planning to hold off some of the key features, forcing the buyers to reach into their pockets again later.

no Flash support

Flash is going to find itself competing heavily with HTML 5 in time. Google's TestTube and Chrome experiments are a proof of this. Anyone familiar with Flash, can tell you it's a dog that has not kept up with modern computers.

On the other hand, we are not there yet and Flash today is just too popular, to be ignored like that. This will heavily cripple the browsing experience, not to mention all the cool Flash games, we'll be missing.

no USB ports, no SD slot
the carrier for the iPad's 3G plan in the US is the heavily unpopular AT&T
it will use iPhone OS

The iPad is quite more than just a big iPod Touch or iPhone, even though it looks like one. But the question remains, will that be enough to get the buyers to embrace it and make it part of their daily lives?

This device will find some niche uses. If you are looking for productivity, you better stick with your touch screen laptop. But if you are a casual user, looking for active or passive entertainment on the go, the iPad might be just for you. Surfing the web on the couch, watching videos on public transport and viewing e-recipes in the kitchen, are some of the uses that come to mind.

Like with any other Apple's product, there will certainly be no shortage of people lining up to buy it.

While iPhone's brought us revolutionary touch screen software, this gadget still needs something cooler than a nice cover, to justify calling it "magical" or "revolutionary". But until I get our hands on one and see it in action, it's too early to judge.

However, one thing we can all be certain of:

This will be the most awesome toilet web browsing gadget. Ever.

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