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So, Johnny Miller was back in the booth this week ruffling more feathers than the Maui trade wind.
If reports from various news outlets, including the Huffington Post, are accurate, Miller once again stirred the pot of controversy, this time ticking off the ever-excitable Ian Poulter.
During one of the many attempts to get the first round underway, Miller referred to Poulter as "dramatic" on a couple of occasions when Poulter backed off a putt and tried to hit a tee shot in hurricane-force winds.
Poulter took exception to the charge and called Miller out on Twitter. Then, rather sardonically, the Englishman tried to backpedal with a stream of "HAHAHAHA's" as if the whole thing were an uproarious misunderstanding, something straight out of "Blackadder."
Underpinning the spat, which wouldn't have been newsworthy at all were it not for the lack of golf played on Maui until Monday, is one of the oldest feuds in the professional game, a running battle between the men who play professional golf and the men who talk about it: or in this case, one talking head in particular.
Poulter wouldn't have been angry if Nick Faldo had teased him about being dramatic. This is, after all, a man who wears Union Jack pants and dyes his spiked hair blue. Drama is as much a part of his DNA as sinking 12-footers at the Ryder Cup.
What Poulter was reacting to was Johnny Miller, who has been tweaking players for so long that he no longer gets the benefit of the doubt.
He is the announcer the players love to hate. And in a game where memories last longer than most scoring records, even innocuous statements by Miller these days are greeted with a level of vitriol that often exceeds their stand-alone value.
He is no longer a "love him or hate him," broadcaster. Lines are clearly drawn: Fans love him, players hate him.
It has been going on since Johnny first sat behind a microphone, but the first public shots in the feud came in 1999 after his comments about Justin Leonard at the Ryder Cup. When Leonard struggled in his first couple of matches, Miller said he should have sat on the couch as the hotel and watched the matches on television.
At the time Jim Furyk said, "What he said about Justin was wrong. That kind of stuff upsets me. That's no room for that. The flip side is he's very popular with the viewers. People love hearing stuff like that, but people love going to NASCAR to watch wrecks, too. I don't know what that says about us."
Davis Love, who would catch a few zingers of his own from Miller when he captained a Ryder Cup 13 years later, said after the Leonard kerfuffle, "If he continues talking about us like that, I'm going to have to talk to Tommy Roy, his producer, and say 'Tom, I'm not talking to you guys anymore if you're going to treat us like that.'
"What really made me mad was that Johnny said, after all that, that he represents the game," Love continued. "Johnny Miller does not represent the game. I have not heard one person say anything but bad things about the way he does his job. The guys on tour don't like the way he does it. If he can say he doesn't like the way we play, we can say we don't like the way he analyzes."
Almost 14 years later, the acrimony continues.
Between that time and the present, Johnny made fun of Rocco Mediate's name, saying "Guys with the name of Rocco don't get the trophy, do they?" He was downright mean to Tim Clark as Clark was winning the Players Championship, saying things like "There's a reason Mr. Clark has finished second eight times," and calling it "unbelievable" when Clark found the final fairway with a driver. And he called Captain Tom Lehman's Ryder Cup team (prior to the Matches), "probably on paper the worst Ryder Cup team we've ever fielded."
Off camera he's not much gentler. Bring up any subject – fishing, cars, boats, skiing, or the migratory patterns of the Finnish Cormorant – and Johnny knows more than you. If you don't believe it, just ask him.
But the feud is fizzling, not because Johnny has softened his opinions, but because most players view him as a caricature. To the players, he is Ron Burgundy, so unaware of his own beclowning that his quips about one of them hitting "a really bad shot" or "not being very smart," have become more of a reflection of the analyst than the subject.
That is why Poulter was so quick to throw the "Ha Ha's" out after this latest dustup. He understands what most players have come to realize: Johnny is no longer worth the effort it takes to get upset at him. All you can do now is laugh.
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A reader sends along this photo of a prone Rangers fan, fittingly adorned in a Rick Nash jersey and camo Rangers hat, lying prone on the Q train at 2:00 a.m. last night. We are told that this guy "barely moved" for at least three stops, at which time our tipster had to get off the train.
I can't really figure out what the hell this guy is doing, because that sure doesn't look like a comfortable sleeping position. Maybe he's meditating? Praying? Dying, I suppose.


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Four people were hurt, including two court officers, in a brawl that erupted in a New York courthouse Friday between the family of a suspected gunman and relatives of the 17-year-old boy he is accused of gunning down.
Pedro Merchant, 20, had just been ordered held without bail at the courtroom in Hempstead when someone in the courtroom yelled out words of encouragement, something along the lines of "keep your head up," according to a witness and a court spokesman.
That apparently set off the family of the 17-year-old victim, Dante James Quinones-Wright, who was gunned down last week on a Long Island street.
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A physical fight erupted in the packed courtroom that quickly spread to the hallway, and eventually spilled into the parking lot.
"It was chaos," said witness Caprice Rines.
Michael Hart, who was also inside the courtroom, said he was "completely scared for my life."
"I've never, ever at one point felt total chaos completely surround me and not be able to control any little bit of it."
Six people were arrested and four were injured, court spokesman Dan Bagnuola said. None of the injuries were serious.
Members of Merchant's family blamed the victim's family for what happened, and proclaimed Merchant's innocence.
"I've got a good son, he would never do this," said Terry Merchant, the suspect's father.
But Quinones-Wright's cousins, who wanted to remain anonymous, insisted they did not instigate the fight and that Merchant's family had threatened them.
"They came in like, 'We're going to get you next,'" said one cousin.
"We were upset that our cousin was killed, but we didn't want a problem with them."
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A Dutch group promises a "media spectacle" like none the world has ever seen.
Mars One has been working in secret since January 2011 on a plan to create a permanent colony on Mars within 11 years, and fund the private operation with an interplanetary reality TV show.
The Dutch plan to set up habitats on the Red Planet starting in 2016 and land the first four volunteers in April 2023. More colonists will arrive every two years.
These "actors," though, are in for a lifetime commitment. None will ever return to Earth.
The Dutch have been making the rounds among private companies, including SpaceX, to secure letters of intent for future supplies.
"This project seems to be the only way to fulfill humanity's dream to explore outer space," theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft, an ambassador for Mars One, says in an introductory video posted on the company's website. "It is going to be an exciting experiment. Let's get started."
Company officials also hold out the possibility for a sequel or spinoff.
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Today a bunch of hot air balloons flew over our place! Like, close enough where the people in them were saying, not yelling, "Mornin'" and taking pictures of us while we took pictures back. Apparently in this area that's not a big deal, but it was by far the coolest thing that's ever happened to me.
Well, I decided right then and there that I would get totally into hot air balloons for at least the rest of the day. "How do you steer them?" I asked myself! "How do you pilot them?" I asked myself!! "WTF?!!" I asked myself! Then I stopped screwing around and reminded myself "Hey, there's probably a hot air balloon simulator somewhere."
There is! It's only 2D, but in terms of learning how balloons work and simulating control of one, this seems pretty spot on, as there are only two controls: make the air in the balloon hotter, make the air in the balloon not as hot.
Using those controls you are tasked with completing… a task (going somewhere, then turning around and landing where you started), and like all great human endeavors, it seems incredibly stupid and simplistic before you start, but then you realize it isn't.
So my COOL OF THE DAY is:
And the most frightening thing I learned today was the answer to my original question, "how do you steer them?" Which is, in a very literal sense: You don't.
The above link will give you due appreciation of that fact.
Here was the balloon that said "Mornin'", if you want to play along at home. They eventually landed in the backyard of the house about three down from ours.
I mean, imagine walking out of your house in the morning, looking up and seeing this. Wouldn't you be, like, "whoa"? We were like, "whoa".


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Ever since Thanksgiving weekend ended I've been watching holiday-themed rom coms on Lifetime and Hallmark. Right now I'm watching The Santa Clause on ABC Family, which is the first movie in a month long event called The 25 Days of Christmas. I just absolutely love Christmastime movies. It's all we could talk about at school today.
Another thing I love is Christmas songs. I listen to a Christmas music station on Pandora. The only thing I don't like is how every pop singer has to make their own Christmas album. I often skip past songs by Michael Buble and Mariah Carey because I like the classics, like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole.
My favorite Christmas tradition is going around to historical houses in our area with my mom. These places usually have a Christmas event, and I like seeing extravagant Christmas decorations hung up. We also go walking through our neighborhood so see the lights strung up on the houses, and maybe catch Santa Claus on his firetruck and get a candy cane from him.
I know I'm buying into the commercialism of Christmas, but I can't wait to buy Christmas presents for my friends and hang out on New Year's Eve drinking three bottles of sparkling cider between us.


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Garamendi, LaMalfa push bill for Sites Reservoir in Maxwell
MAXWELL >> Cattle graze in the quiet Antelope Valley just a few miles west of Maxwell, where Northern California water leaders would like to see a reservoir. The sound of chirping birds is muffled only occasionally by a truck carrying hay down the rural road.
Yet, if all goes according to plan, the valley will be flooded over the next decade and serve as the newest addition to the state's surface water storage system — Sites Reservoir.
Wednesday morning, congressmen John Garamendi, D-Fairfield, and Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, gathered at the edge of the Glenn-Colusa Canal to announce joint legislation to push the Sites Reservoir closer to becoming reality.
The bill calls for federal authorization of the project and a push to complete the feasibility study.
Already, the Sites Joint Powers Authority (www.sitesjpa.net) has been working to gauge interest in the project, including talks with potential investors. An environmental review is nearly complete.
At the press conference Wednesday, Representative LaMalfa said he was wearing his dirty cowboy hat because there is "a lot of work to be done."
The bill introduced by the two legislators would not help with funding.
Money would need to come from state, federal or private investors. If private, that would mean water users who would benefit from having water in storage.
In his remarks at the edge of the canal, Garamendi said its unclear how the cost-share would map out. Yet, current economic losses in California due to drought dwarf the cost of more storage.
"Normally we like to kick Southern California around, but there is a lesson that all of us should take from Southern California. Twenty five years ago they had 300,000 acre-feet of storage south of the Tehachapi Mountains. Today they have 3 million acre-feet of storage," and the reservoirs are full, Garamendi said.
While people within California argue the merits of a $50 billion-plus twin tunnels project around the delta, half that amount could build multiple storage projects, both surface and groundwater, Garamendi said.
The estimated cost of the Sites Reservoir is $2.5 billion.
LaMalfa agreed that now is the time to move forward for Sites, which could potentially store 1.9 million acre-feet of water, with an annual yield of 500,000 acre-feet.
The drought has emphasized the need for water storage, he said.
One acre-foot of water, 325,851 gallons, is enough to cover one acre of land at one foot deep, or provide the daily needs of a family of four for a year.
Lewis Bair, manager of Reclamation District 108, is a key player in the Sites JPA. At this point, the group is talking to potential investors to see what would work best as far as operation, and how the water could best be used.
It might be that water is needed at times of severe drought. Or, water districts might need a steady supply each year. Depending on who is interested in investing, and how the reservoir would be operated, details about financing could be ironed out, Bair explained.
For decades, state leaders have looked at the Sites location for a reservoir. Others options on the list include raising Shasta Dam, increasing the size of San Luis Reservoir and building storage at Temperance Flat.
Proponents of Sites see the mid-state location as ideal to provide better operation of Oroville and Shasta lakes. For example, during heavy rains, state and federal water operators need to release water from storage in case more heavy rain or snowmelt arrives. If Sites was online, water could be released up-river and stored, rather than flow to the ocean, explained Thad Bettner, manager of Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, and a member of the Sites JPA.
Also, when cold water is released from reservoirs for fish, that water could be stored near Maxwell, he said.
The water storage currently taking place for the community of Folsom could be helped by the existence of Sites, he continued.
Bair said the bill introduced by Garamendi and LaMalfa is an important step. If things go well, planning for Sites Reservoir could be done in two years, followed by five years of construction and two years for the water to fill the 14,000-acre footprint.
Water would come from the Sacramento River, as well as the Tehama Colusa and Glenn-Colusa canal systems.
During a tour of the valley, which is green from recent rains, Bettner said there are about 10 households, with land owned by about 80 families. Residents know the plans for the valley, Bettner said. While not everyone is thrilled with the reservoir that would dramatically change their lives, they want to know one way or another, and sooner rather than late, he said.
Contact reporter Heather Hacking at 896-7758.


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I love this idea that the West is so much tougher to play in. Yes, for some of the teams the travel is pretty rough, but really the teams aren't much tougher or bigger or meaner. Let's look back to the start of this millenium here......Zedlee wrote: Gomez...duh, no. He's a pip squeak who has spent his entire career in the East. He'd be eaten alive playing in the Western Conference.
2000-New Jersey (East): Outside of Stevens and maybe a couple others, this team wasn't really a bruising squad.
2001-Colorado (West): Blake and Foote, maybe Claude Lemieux, but nobody huge.....or was Chris Simon on that teams?
2002-Detroit (West): Definitely not a "big and tough" team that will beat you up and hurt you.
2003-New Jersey (East): See first entry.
2004-Tampa Bay (East): Some players that were willing to battle, but not a big strong and physical team.
2005-Bettman and Owners (East)
2006-Carolina (East): Same as Tampa, with a hotter goaltender.
2007-Anaheim (West): Arguably one of the dirtiest teams to ever win the Cup. This was a bruising bunch of guys.
2008-Detroit (West): See previous on Red Wings.....though think smaller.
2009-Pittsburgh (East): The Crosby and Malkin lead Pens? Yeah, tough guys.
2010-Chicago (West): Strong team, like to play hard, bought their Cup, have been mediocre since. Definitely a tough team.
2011-Boston (East): Meanest and dirtiest team I've watched in a while.....but the 2007 Ducks were close.
2012-Los Angeles (West): Tough team. No question.
Gomez has two of the 12 rings listed up there. He can hack it. He just got lazy and didn't put the effort in for the Habs. It's an even split for Cups between east and west since 2000. LA and Boston balance the scales on either coast for tough, physical play. There are a few teams in the West that are a bit bigger, but they often don't perform as well as they should. Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Dallas, Detroit, Colorado, Phoenix, Columbus, even Chicago now. Those are teams that aren't scaring anybody right now when it comes to being "big and tough". St. Louis, San Jose, Nashville, and Minnesota, are teams that can boast some size or some guys that like to hit. But I don't see them being any more physical than any NYR, Philly or Winnipeg. Anaheim ranks up there just behind LA and Boston. So what? Two teams in the West can say they are tougher than 14 of the teams in the East? Big deal. Few players are "too small" to play in the West. You are either too small for the NHL or you're not.


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Shannon LeBlanc of San Diego and Maggie Flynn of Las Vegas have never met. But thanks to a lost camera and some amateur detective work, LeBlanc gave Flynn a most precious gift: the last pictures of her father.
The mystery began when LeBlanc was returning to her office from lunch and noticed a homeless man snapping pictures on a new Samsung digital camera. The man told her he'd found the camera, so she bought it from him for $20, determined to find the original owner.
"It just really stinks to lose a camera and memories and pictures, so I just felt compelled to find the owner of that camera," she said.
LeBlanc looked for a name or address on the case. She contacted the Samsung with the serial number, hoping it was registered. She posted info on Craigslist's Lost and Found. Nothing worked.
So she turned to the pictures.
"It was the same girl in a lot of the pictures, so I knew it was her camera," LeBlanc said. "And I found the 'bingo!' which was a picture inscribed in the sand here in San Diego -- 'Maggie loves Louis' -- so I knew the couple's names.
"At one point in the middle of the week, I was like, 'This is a lot of energy I'm spending on this,' but I just felt I really wanted to find them."
Then LeBlanc found a picture at a local restaurant. She picked out the name of the restaurant, Greystone Steakhouse, from a menu in the picture, and had the date the photo was taken. She called the restaraunt and hit the jackpot. There was a reservation for a Maggie on that date, and the restaurant had her cell-phone number.
LeBlanc left a message and got a call back within minutes.
"She asked if she could get sappy with me for a second, and I said sure, and she said I'm out to dinner with my mom and some of my other family members, because tonight would've been my parents 27th wedding anniversary," LeBlanc said.
"Well, the thing about it is, my dad just died a little over a month ago, and my last pictures with him were on the camera," Flynn told LeBlanc.
Flynn still can't believe someone would take the time and effort to do such a thing.
"There's not many nice people out there who would go out of their way to do that," Flynn said. "They would just take the camera and forget about it, so I'm very grateful she did that for me."
"I had goosebumps" LeBlanc said. "God was involved. It was definitely meant to be that she got her camera back."
Flynn's explanation is slightly different: "It was my dad."


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Google's first-quarter profits topped estimates by hitting $11.58 a share, with its core business doing well and boosted by its search and video properties.
However, sales rose to $11 billion, but didn't meet the analysts' predicted $11.2 billion, Bloomberg reported. While that doesn't sound like much negative in a sea of positive, Bloomberg's headline "Google Sales Miss Estimates as Ad Fees Per Click Fall" seemed to take it in a much darker direction. The search titan's ad-clicks declined 4 percent after another 6 percent decline the quarter before. Part of the reason for Google's good earnings was based on a federal credit that reduced its tax rate to 8 percent versus 18 percent the year before.
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- Campbell's has produced limited-edition soup can labels honoring Andy Warhol
- Some of Warhol's famous quotes are printed on the soup cans, too
- Andy Warhol once famously stated that "Pop art is for everyone"
Iconic Pop artist Andy Warhol is often quoted for his statement, "In the future, everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Twenty-five years after his death, his influence on contemporary art has well surpassed the 15-minute mark.
Campbell Soup Company is the latest entity to honor his legacy.
This week, 1.2 million limited-edition cans of condensed tomato soup with labels inspired by his Pop art go on sale. The specially designed Campbell's soup cans pay tribute to his lively color palette, using orange, blue, pink and teal to spruce up the familiar design. The labels commemorate the 50th anniversary of Warhol's famed art piece "32 Campbell's Soup Cans."
Some of Warhol's famous quotes are printed on the Campbell's cans, too, including "Pop art is for everyone." This quote is significant as his wide-ranging body of work helped "blur the boundaries between high and low culture," said Michael Hermann, director of licensing at The Andy Warhol Foundation. Warhol appealed to a massive audience from all walks of life, he said.
Warhol's humble roots stem from a working-class neighborhood in Pittsburgh, where he was born in 1928. As an adult, he moved to New York City, where he set up a studio and built his fame and fortune. His enormous body of work included multiple mediums and featured subjects ranging from celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe to simple, everyday items such as a banana.
"I believe Warhol's popularity is certainly due in part to his uncanny ability to present the familiar from unexpected perspectives through visually and conceptually impactful works of art. However, it seems his influence today comes as much from his biography as someone who embodied the American dream and celebrated creativity and individuality," said Hermann.
When once asked why he painted the soup cans, Warhol noted, "I used to have the same (Campbell's soup) lunch every day for 20 years."
He was also known to say, "I was looking for something that was the essence of nothing, and that was it." His unique style of artistic expression and world view is credited for launching his career and the Pop art movement.
Art collectors have paid millions of dollars for some of Warhol's pieces, but shoppers at Target, where the limited-edition soup cans are on sale, will have to shell out only 75 cents for a 10.75-ounce can.
"What continues to amaze me is that 25 years after his death, Warhol continues to have a profound influence on our culture," said Hermann. "For me, this is a true testament to his genius, and I can only imagine that Andy would have loved shopping at Target for this soup."
Campbell Soup Company never commissioned Warhol to paint the original soup cans. Former president and CEO of the company, William Beverly Murphy, initially had reservations about Warhol's work 50 years ago, and Campbell took a "wait and see approach" before fully supporting him. Now, the company takes great pride in its association with the iconic artist.
"Thanks to Andy Warhol's inspired paintings, Campbell's soup will always be linked to the Pop art movement," Ed Carolan, vice president and general manager, of Campbell North America stated in a news release to CNN.
"It is only fitting that 50 years later, we celebrate the enduring legacy of these two American icons by coming full circle and bringing his art back to the Campbell's soup cans that provided him with inspiration," noted Hermann.
The Campbell's soup labels were produced under license from The Andy Warhol Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that promotes the visual arts. Some revenue generated from the project will fund the foundation's endowment, from which it distributes grants that support the "creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary visual art," according to Hermann.
In addition to the soup cans, Campbell has partnered with The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as a sponsor of the educational programs associated with an exhibit paying tribute to Warhol. The show, "Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years," opens September 18. Warhol's piece "Big Campbell's Soup Can, 19¢" is included in the exhibition, along with some of his other famous works.
What are your favorite Andy Warhol images? Share your opinions in the comments section below.


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In a globalized world, countries compete fiercely to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI flows jumped significantly in the last decade, reaching $1.5 trillion in 2013. Emerging markets are taking a rising share of these investments, reaching 50% of global FDI in 2013. They also represent a significant source of global FDI.
FDI contributes to a virtuous circle toward improving competitiveness. Directly and indirectly, it boosts economic activity through GDP, jobs, tax revenues, and export networks. It also has an overall positive impact on productivity. But a virtuous circle can also become a vicious one..
A nation's ability to attract, maintain, and accelerate FDI can have a profound impact on many aspects of the local economy. These include:
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In March, a five-year-old song for Civilization IV became the first original composition for a video game soundtrack to win a Grammy. While no award has been created specifically for video game scores - in fact, more than 30 categories have been eliminated for next year - a renaming of four categories means games will no longer be ghettoized into a single award under an "other visual media" class.
"Video Game Music" now will be included as a genre for consideration for four Grammys, along with Motion [pictures] Television or "Other Visual Media" in "Best Music for Visual Media," "Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media," "Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media," and "Best Song Written for Visual Media."
"I think this could be viewed as a first step in the direction of video games getting their own category," Bill Freimuth, the vice president for awards of The Recording Academy, told Industry Gamers. "Many people from the game community have been asking us to create a special category for games over the years, but the main reason we haven't is because we have received very few entries from game publishers."
The recategorization should change that, said Steve Schnur of Electronic Arts, which has agitated for a video games-specific award category. "I expect there to be a tidal wave of submissions from the game industry," Schnur said.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
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Mavericks hold off late Magic surge in 111-105 win
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(AP) -- Shawn Marion had 20 points, and O.J. Mayo and Vince Carter scored 15 apiece as the Dallas Mavericks fought off a late Orlando surge and beat the Magic 111-105 on Sunday night.
The Mavericks led by 13 in the fourth quarter, before the Magic pulled within a basket in the final minute.
Dallas earned its seventh straight road victory in its series against Orlando. The Mavericks now have five days off before hosting division-leader San Antonio on Friday.
Glen Davis led Orlando with 24 points, followed by Jameer Nelson with 20 and J. J. Redick's 18.
The Magic have lost three of their last four games and also fell for the seventh straight time to an opponent with a sub-.500 record.
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said Dirk Nowitzki, who played in his 15th game following offseason knee surgery, may need until February to get back to full strength.
The former MVP finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. He scored six points in the first half, but was active with some early assists as Dallas built a small cushion after digging out of an early hole.
Still at other times his offensive game showed continued signs of rust, as he misfired on a handful of his trademark step-back jumpers. He found his game in some crucial moments in the fourth quarter, though.
The Magic closed to 89-81 on a 3-pointer by Nelson. Nowitzki then hit on back-to-back jumpers and blocked a layup by J.J. Redick that led to a 3-pointer on the other end by Carter.
Orlando still was within striking distance with 2:31 left, though, after a pair of free throws by Arron Afflalo and a basket by Redick cut the Mavericks' lead to 104-100.
Nowitzki came up short on a jumper with just over a minute to play, giving the ball back to the Magic.
Davis then promptly found Nikola Vucevic coming out of a timeout for a 17-footer along the baseline that cut the deficit to just two.
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Dallas' Darren Collision hit a 3 on the ensuing trip that pushed the cushion back up to five, but Redick responded in kind on Orlando's next touch to trim it to 107-105 with 25.6 seconds remaining.
Nelson tied up Carter on an inbounds' play following a Dallas timeout, but the Mavericks retained possession after the jump ball.
Nowitzki was fouled and calmly maded two free throws to end the threat.
The Magic zoomed out to a 20-8 lead, prompting a Dallas timeout.
While the Mavericks gathered around Carlisle during the break, Nowitzki became briefly agitated. He left the huddle and walked off to the bench, where he remained for the rest of the first quarter.
Without him, the Mavericks went on a 15-0 spurt over the next three minutes to erase the Magic's fast start. Orlando turned it over three times during the run, leading to several easy transition baskets by Dallas.
When Nowitzki returned, the momentum continued as Dallas took a 57-48 advantage into halftime, closing the half making 22 of 32 shots.
NOTES: With Dallas' win, the road team has won each of the last nine meetings in this series. ... The Mavericks had a 48-40 edge on points in the paint. ... Davis was whistled for a technical foul with 9:31 left in the third quarter. ... Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said that hasn't had any conversations with his players about what moves, if any, the team could undergo before the trade deadline. "I haven't said one thing about the trade deadline or a trade or anything along those lines to any individual," he said. "Some players tell agents they don't want to hear anything. Other players can't live without the unknown. It's interesting times."
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Recently we talked about seizure disorders; as mentioned, one cause of seizures in dogs is liver disease. This is usually seen in young dogs with a congenital malformation of the blood vessels inthe liver (shunt), but it can also occur in adult dogs as a result of injury, infection, or toxic exposure.
The liver is the body's major organ of detoxification, and it works primarily on things we and our pets eat. All blood leaving the digestive tract passes through the liver before entering the main circulation. This unusual route allows the liver to filter, remove, and metabolize potentially toxic substances. Many pharmaceuticals take advantage of this by delivering drugs in a form that will survive the acidity of the stomach and be metabolized into an active form in the liver.
Many drugs, however, put a major burden on the liver, including prednisone and similar steroids, and–ironically–the primary drugs used to treat seizures.
The other unusual trait of the liver is its regenerative powers. For most organs and major body parts, once they're injured or removed, that's the end of the story. Healing–when even possible–consists mainly of scar tissue formation. However, the liver has an amazing ability to regenerate itself. In humans, even as little as 20% of the liver can be transplanted yet still provide the patient with normal liver function. That's why it pays such big dividends to keep the liver healthy! One way to do that is with the herb Milk Thistle.
What It Is
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a flowering plant in the Aster family. A native of Europe, it has been used since the time of the Roman empire as a liver tonic. It grows wild in many parts of the world, including the Pacific Northwest area of the U.S., where it is considered an invasive weed.
Milk thistle is one of very few herbs widely accepted by conventional science to have significant medicinal value. Today we know the active ingredient of milk thistle seed extract as a flavonoid compound called "silymarin." Silymarin, which is itself a combination of several other active compounds, has been extensively studied around the world, and has been shown to be safe and effective in treating a variety of liver diseases and other conditions. It specifically protects the liver against toxins (including some molds such as aflatoxin, drugs, and heavy metals), activates protein synthesis, and stimulates growth of new liver cells to replace those that are dead or damaged. Milk thistle also has strong antioxidant (destroys oxygen free radicals) and anti-inflammatory actions.
What It Does
Silymarin reaches high levels in the bile and liver (it also reaches significant levels in the lungs, pancreas, prostate, and skin). It can be used in the treatment of hepatic lipidosis (a common disease in cats), chronic hepatitis, cholangitis (inflammation of the bile ducts), and pericholangitis (inflammation of the tissue around the bile ducts). It may be useful in preventing or treating gallstones by thinning the bile. Many cats and dogs with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) also have inflammation of the liver, bile system, and/or pancreas, and would benefit from supplementation with milk thistle.
Milk thistle can be used as an aid to healing after drug therapy, vaccinations, and infections such as feline distemper or canine parvovirus, as well as a cancer. It may also help prevent diabetic neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes that causes degeneration of the nerves controlling the hind limbs.
Milk thistle also supports the immune system through its powerful antioxidant, free-radical scavenging action, its ability to preserve the supply of another important antioxidant, glutathione, as well as direct effects on immune cells. Glutathione, which is stored primarily in the liver, naturally declines over time, and depletion of this protein appears to accelerate the aging process.
While it's not exactly the fountain of youth, milk thistle clearly has wide-ranging positive effects throughout the body. However, before you add this potent herb to your pet's daily regimen "just in case" it might do some good, herbalists believe milk thistle is best reserved as a treatment for existing disease, rather than being used by itself in a healthy animal.
How to Use
The standard dosage of milk thistle extract is based on a silymarin content of around 80 percent; most supplements contain anywhere from 50-500 milligrams (175 mg is typical). As with many supplements, it's probably better to buy a milk thistle derivative rather than a silymarin-only or other fractional supplement, since there may be other compounds found in the whole herb that significantly enhance the effects of what science has decided is the main player.
Because of its excellent safety record and lack of adverse drug interactions, when treating a very sick animal with advanced liver disease, up to 200 mg per 10 pounds of body weight of milk thistle extract may be needed. For most purposes, however, one-third to one-half of that dose is more than adequate.
Animals with liver disease may not have much appetite, but it's easy to open up a capsule, mix the appropriate amount of powdered herb with a little blenderized food or baby food, and feed by syringe. Too high a dose can cause an upset tummy, gas, or mild diarrhea; just give less if this occurs.
Human research studies have shown that it is more effective to administer this herb in three or four small portions over the day than in one large daily dose. A simple dosing schedule of morning, after work, and bedtime works very well. We have several excellent milk thistle products available.


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Eco-friendly homes more expensive than promised
I think Al Gore must have been behind this eco-friendly housing subdivision, because it's making money for the rich and screwing every one else:
Residents promised cheaper bills to live in a multi-million pound eco-friendly 'homes of the future' complex say they will have to move out after being hit with sky-high electricity charges.
The Pavilion Gardens complex in West Bowling, Bradford, West Yorkshire, was heralded as being the most environmentally-friendly in the county when it was completed in July 2011 at a cost of £5.6million.
Residents were told their electricity bills would be £500 cheaper than average because the houses are super-insulated with biomass boilers for heating and solar panels for electricity.
But just 18 months after moving in, many residents say they have been hit with massive electrical bills almost double the annual average and they can't afford to live in the properties.
Read the rest here.
Green — it's the color of the wheelbarrows full of money the scammers are weeping over as they head to the bank.


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Is there a way to dissect any tetrahedron into a finite number of orthoschemes?
I know that for a tetrahedron which only has acute angles, one can take the center of the inscribed circle and project the center on all the faces and edges and connect it with the vertices to get the orthoschemes. This however does not work when the tetrahedron is allowed to have obtuse angles since the projection of the center of the inscribed circle on the plane containing a face for instance may fall outside of the tetrahedron.


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Books Every Product Designer Should Read
In our global information age, we are besieged with a host of new media: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, not to mention the ubiquitous e-mail. Books are thus, at least for me, very much an antidote. They are beautiful. They are sensuous. They are filled with new discoveries. Perhaps most important, they are a transcendental respite, wherein one may think new thoughts and quietly reflect on one's position in relation to the present as well as the past.
A thoughtful curator—and designer, for that matter—must intrinsically know the history of design: the artists, manufacturers, institutions, and museums that have created and shaped the field in which we work. Books are among the most important entrees into that larger world.
This book list is by no means meant as a comprehensive bibliography. Rather, it is a personal annotation that reflects my aesthetic viewpoint and development as a museum curator, one that has, quite naturally, something of an American perspective.
I have divided the works into the following groups:
Treatises—These publications presented a new intellectual perspective that dramatically changed the larger design field, for architects are often among the most important protagonists in advancing radical movements.
They include Le Corbusier's Towards a New Architecture; Robert Venturi's Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture; Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour's Learning from Las Vegas; and Barbara Radice's Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design.
Historical Books—These publications helped identify and define important periods and developments in the history of modern design, as I grew and evolved as a museum curator and design historian.
They include Nikolaus Pevsner's Pioneers of the Modern Movement (later republished as Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius); Erik Zahle's A Treasury of Scandinavian Design; Robert J. Clark's Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925–1950; and Kathryn Hiesinger's Design Since 1945.
I hope I may be forgiven for mentioning here two publications—USDesign, 1975–2000 and European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century—which could not have been completed without the collaboration of a group of distinguished colleagues. These two shows and catalogues were significant projects, for they were among the first attempts to assess the evolution of American and European design over a quarter century. In the process, the Denver Art Museum and the Indianapolis Museum of Art became important critical centers, as well as amassing extraordinary collections of contemporary American and European design, respectively.
Museum Books—These publications chronicle and exemplify the different conceptual approaches taken by important museums toward design, which can have a profound effect on the field. They also demonstrate how "the field of gravity" can shift with each generation of curators.
The books include Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson's The International Style; Edgar Kaufmann Jr.'s What Is Modern Design?; Emilio Ambasz's Italy: The New Domestic Landscape; Yvonne Brunhammer's Les Années "25"; Hans Wichmann's Industrial Design Unikate Serienerzeugnisse: Ein neuer Museumstyp des 20. Jahrhunderts; and Martin Eidelberg's Design 1935–1965: What Modern Was; as well as my own Modern Design in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1890–1990, which is, in some respects, a sequel to Kaufmann's seminal publication written almost a half century earlier, but one that sought to offer a more inclusive definition of what constituted modern design. This last-mentioned book also documented the Metropolitan's highly important—but largely forgotten—role in shaping modern design in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
Theoretical Books—There is no "one truth," and these publications offer new theoretical, social, or cultural perspectives for examining the design arts, expanding our intellectual framework for critical judgments.
They include Henry-Russell Hitchcock's Modern Architecture: Romanticism and Reintegration; Reyner Banham's Theory and Design in the First Machine Age; and Penny Sparke's An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century.
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Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design edited by Ian Lynam
Total Armageddon: A Slanted Reader on Design
Edited by Ian Lynam
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Published: March 2019
Total Armageddon is about design. And culture. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, PowerPoint, burkas, Big Tech, full-contact sports, and other thorny topics. The book celebrates 15 years of independent publishing and brings together a who's who of authors and essays from 32 issues of Slanted Magazine.
A Field Guide to Color by Lisa Solomon
A Field Guide to Color: A Watercolor Workbook
By Lisa Solomon
Publisher: Roost Books
Published: August 2019
In this creative workbook you'll discover fresh ways to connect with color in your art and life. Using watercolors, gouache, or any other water-based medium, explore color theory while playing with paint through a balanced blend of color experiments and loose color meditations. This inspiring workbook will change the way you relate to color
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
"From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor's tattooed arms where the numbers just don't add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry." — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America's first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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At 87. Commissioner Prague says you are never too old to work hard
I believe Edith Prague, the state's new 87-year-old commissioner on aging, when she says she will know when it's time to retire. And right now, that's not anytime soon.
I spent part of a day with Prague last week to see how one of eastern Connecticut's most prominent senators from the last two decades is making out in her new job as head of the state's new Department of Aging.
Before we parted company, I asked her about the grumblings I heard after Gov. Dannel Malloy nominated her for the job, complaints that she is too old.
Of course she had heard those complaints too, often from people who said the appointment was just a lucrative political payback.
"You are never too old as long as you are well and you are willing to work hard and you are committed," Prague, feisty as ever, told me, adding she will know best herself when she needs to leave.
"When I become aware that I can't do the job I will be the first to admit it," she said. "And you can make darned sure I will get someone to replace me who can do the job."
Indeed, Prague is especially well suited to head the new agency.
She was actually the commissioner on aging back in the day when Lowell Weicker, the Republican renegade, was governor. When Weicker made a move to combine the department with the Department of Social Services, Prague refused.
Weicker fired her. That was in 1992. Two years later, she ran for the Senate seat she kept for 18 years, earning a reputation as a stalwart liberal defender of unions, the needy and seniors.
Prague says she believes it was her efforts that led to success in having the Department of Aging reconstituted as a separate state agency.
When I asked about Malloy's invitation to nominate her as the new commissioner, she suggested that was her idea, too, "dropping a few hints around."
She now calls herself the "recycled" commissioner.
She will be an effective commissioner in part, she says, "because it takes a senior to know what a senior needs." Her long time in the legislature will serve her well, because she knows who to call to get things done.
The state needs a Department of Aging now, the commissioner says, because the state's elderly population, more than 600,000 strong, is the fastest growing group in the state.
"We are going to do great things," she said, putting at the top of her agenda transportation initiatives to help the elderly get around better in the many rural areas of the state.
Prague didn't run for reelection to her Senate seat after she suffered a mini stroke on Christmas Day 2011. She said her daughters and doctor persuaded her not to return to the rigors of campaigning, especially in a district that had been slightly reconfigured.
But she said she would run again now, if she were not commissioner.
She was originally scheduled to be sworn in Jan. 8, but on Jan. 4, while walking her dog, she was knocked down by a large boxer. She ended up with a broken pelvis, spending six weeks in a rehabilitation center.
She was eventually sworn in April 19.
"It was hard sitting at home," she said. "I can't do that."
Now she's back to work full time.
Part of the time I spent with Prague was during a visit she made to a health fair at a senior center in South Hartford. After losing track of her at one point I found her again in the middle of the room, pushing a senior in a wheelchair toward a nurse at a table.
Put that down as one of the primary jobs of the new commissioner on aging: inspiring the aged.
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So off and on this weekend, in between the sewing and seed starting and stuff, I found some time to update. It didn't help that the weather turned (AGAIN!) and so all my photos are weirdly lit, but perfect lighting or not, they're up, and that's better than perfect lighting.
The fun thing is that I managed to update with a lot of really different stuff, some of which I've been sitting on for too long due to just doing other stuff. So I've got some vintage crafting stuff, like this crazy-awesome lap loom, with all its parts AND an instruction book, that I happened upon fortuitously one day:
Matt made his first digital collage sheet for me, just a simple one-inch set of the international breastfeeding symbol images that we use to make pinbacks, so that other crafty people with button machines can make their own fundraisers for their own natural birthing advocacy organizations: I sold off all my other comic book pinbacks and doily pinbacks, so I FINALLY relisted a set of each: I have to make some more of the black doily pinbacks before I can relist those, but I'm still on this random rainbow kick, and so I'm also absurdly stoked by my rainbow doily pinbacks.
And finally, now that I've gotten my T-shirt smock pattern all worked out to my satisfaction I'm thinking of changing it into a T-shirt apron for my book proposal (more gender neutral, don't you think maybe?), which pattern I'd also need to work out (pushing the proposal mailing back just a few more days, squidge squidge), but anyway, now that it's all worked out and happy I can enjoy sewing up some crazy-awesome fangeek T-shirt dresses out of my crazy-awesome fangeek T-shirt stash:Captain America--such a nice guy. Too bad about Bucky.
P.S. Check out my expose on a big company that ripped off an indie crafter over at Crafting a Green World.


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The Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design program at Parsons, the first of its kind in the world, has trained leaders in this rapidly evolving field for more than 30 years. With a solid foundation in the intellectual, aesthetic, and technical dimensions
of light, Parsons' interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on human experience, sustainability, and the social impact of lighting design. Students explore the relationships between theory, technical application, energy conservation, and social and environmental
aspects of electric and natural light.
This program is STEM-designated. This means that after graduating, eligible F-1 international students in this program can apply for an additional
24 months of Optional Practical Training at the end of their Post-Completion OPT.
The two-year, full-time program is composed of 24 studio credits, 30 credits of seminars (on cultural, historical, and perceptual aspects of light), and 6 elective credits. The unique curriculum is anchored in an integrated studio experience in which
students interact with peers in architecture, interior design, and product design disciplines. Projects bring together research, conceptual design development, innovative representational techniques, technical analysis, and full-scale study to uncover
the experiential and social implications of illumination.
The birthplace of architectural lighting design, New York City offers students abundant opportunities for learning and career advancement. Students also benefit from access to important built projects, industry-related activities, trade shows, conferences,
and the university's network for professional internships and postgraduate placement.
Lighting design is relevant to zoning and building regulations, traffic and pedestrian safety, neighborhood integration, and numerous other matters affecting the city. The Lighting Design program is part of Parsons' School of Constructed Environments
(SCE), along with closely related programs in architecture, interior design, and product design. In the open environment of the SCE design studio, students work collaboratively on complex problems ranging from single interior environments to comprehensive
architectural volumes, outdoor public space, and urban planning.
The School of Constructed Environments also offers two interdisciplinary programs that enable students to develop an in-depth technical and aesthetic understanding of the relationship between light, architecture, and interior design. Those who wish to
pursue studies in lighting design and architecture can apply to the following hybrid degree programs:
Graduates are prepared for careers in architectural and interior lighting design, theatrical lighting, exhibition lighting, and equipment design and manufacturing.
Explore the MFA Lighting Design community to see what students, faculty, and alumni are doing in NYC and around the world at sce.parsons.edu. This program is part
of Parsons' School of Constructed Environments (SCE).
The Master of Fine Arts degree is awarded for completion of 60 credits. Transfer credits are not accepted. Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average and fulfill all requirements in a timely manner.
Since 2012, the School of Constructed Environments has offered an MFA double major combining the established Master of Fine Arts Interior Design and Master of Fine Arts Lighting Design programs. This unique curricular track allows students to investigate in depth the design of environments and human inhabitation with a focus on the relationship between light, materials, and interior volumetric space. The three-year MFA track will enable students to develop critical sustainable design thinking and technical skills associated with lighting design and interior design.
Students enrolled in this unique multi-disciplinary track expand their knowledge of light and space relationships through research and design investigations of material, form, and surface interactions with light. Human perception within the interior, and the corresponding psychological and physiological effects of design decisions, are basic to all investigations. Design as a social practice is a guiding philosophy.
The MFA double major offers an opportunity for critical and speculative evaluation of the interior condition; its studio-centered, research-oriented focus challenges students to analyze the relationship between human behavior, comfort, perception, and social exchange with attention to light and the built interior. Human health and sustainable strategies associated with materials, indoor air quality, and energy allow students to position aesthetic and intellectual interests against tangible realities confronted in practice.
Through project-based learning and a culminating thesis year, students pose questions and develop independent ideas, interests, and problem-solving skills. Seminars focusing on technologies, analysis, application techniques, biology, and design theory complement the studio coursework. As the birthplace of interior design education in the early 20th century and of lighting design education in the 1970s, Parsons invites re-examination and innovation of these related design disciplines through its MFA double major.
Assisted by Parsons' alliance with professional organizations and a distinguished faculty of prominent practitioners, theorists, historians, critics, and scientists drawn from New York City, students pursue professional internships and other partnerships during semester breaks and full-time positions subsequent to graduation with leading players on the global design and research stage.
Admission to the MFA Double Major requires acceptance into both the Interior Design and the Lighting Design programs.
To learn more about the double major's curriculum, see the Curriculum section.
Interested students should apply directly to the double major program; they will automatically be considered for admission to the individual MFA Interior Design and MFA Lighting Design programs as well.
The following is a list of some notable program alumni:
Mark Loeffler
Director of Lighting Design, Atelier Ten
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Paul Gregory
Founder and President, Focus Lighting
New York, New York, USA
Scott Hershman Executive Vice President of Design and Product Development, LF Illumination New York, New York, USA
Star Davis
Lighting and Daylighting Designer, Arup
New York, New York, USA
Gad Giladi
Owner, Principal Designer, Giladi Associates
Brussels, Belgium
Ta-Wei Lin Principal, CMA Lighting Design Taipei City, Taiwan
Nikki Escalona Principal Architect and Lighting Designer, WE DesignManila, Philippines
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The mythical beast known as the CSS Variable is about to be released into the wild.
The WebKit team, which builds the browsing engine that powers both the Safari and Chrome web browsers, recently landed preliminary support for CSS Variables, which means variables will likely turn up soon in Chrome/Chromium and Safari nightly builds.
Variables used to be one of the most requested features for CSS, particularly from programmers accustomed to languages with variables. But, between then and now, CSS preprocessors like SASS and LESS have largely filled the role by offering variables (and more). Still SASS and LESS are not CSS, and do require compiling, so there may still be a place for variables in CSS.
There's nowhere to actually test out CSS variables yet, but you can read up on the proposed variable syntax at the W3C. The spec is currently a working draft and may change considerably before it is finalized, but the proposed syntax looks like this:
:root { var-header-color: #06c; } h1 { background-color: var(header-color); }
The first rule is the new variable syntax and defines a property named "var-header-color" on the root element. Then you can use that variable throughout your stylesheets with the
var(header-color) syntax. Also note that you can use variables within variables like this:
:root { var-my-color: #06c; var-background: linear-gradient(left, var(my-color), white); }
There are some more examples of how to use variables on the W3C page, as well as in WebKit's test suite.
The bad news is that variables aren't backwards-compatible at all. Older browsers will simply ignore them (right now all browsers will ignore them) and if you're defining key elements like background colors with variables the results in older browsers won't be pretty. Eventually old browsers will fade away and CSS variables will probably become commonplace, but for the next few years at least we suggest looking to a preprocessor if you simply must have your variables.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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>Pain and acute loss of function impedes your ability to dive safely. Acute pain serves an important function since it limits the use of that limb to allow healing and prevent further injury. Thus, your should not dive with an acute fracture. Furthermore, swelling and changes in blood flow could impair the efficient release of nitrogen stored in the injured tissues, possibly increasing the risk of DCI.
>Symptoms caused by the injury, such as pain and numbness, burning, itching or tingling could add diagnostic confusion if DCI is being investigated. However, after satisfactorily healing and rehabilitation and approval by the orthopedic surgeon, you can resume diving. Once complete healing has occurred, there is little or no evidence to suggest a higher risk of DCI.
>If a diver experiences persistent pain, numbness or weakness, a dive physician should evaluate the diver's condition before any resumption of diving. If the diver returns to diving, the orthopedic surgeon must carefully document the diver's neurological, vascular and functional deficits. In many chronic pain states, no further injury occurs, and many studies report that, with increasing activity, subjects show improvement of overall function and a reduction in chronic pain.
>DAN referral physician James Chimiak, M.D. is Chief of Anesthesiology at the Naval Hospital in Camp Lejeune, N.C., a Navy Diving Medical Officer and a Hyperbaric Medicine Adviser.


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Woman's obituary includes a poem she wrote about addiction
The parents of a 23-year-old Pennsylvania woman who overdosed on heroin have included a poem about struggling with addiction in her obituary.
The obituary for Delaney Farrell was published in The (Sunbury) Daily Item. The Selinsgrove woman died last Saturday in the bathroom of a Williamsport hotel where she worked and was staying in as a halfway house.
Farrell's poem begins, "Funny, I don't remember no good dope days. I remember walking for miles in a dope fiend haze."
It ends: "I remember constantly obsessing over my next score but what I remember most is asking God to save me cuz I don't want to do this no more !!!"
Bridget Farrell says she included the poem because it showed what her daughter was going through.
"She knew what her monster was, she was battling it," Brian Farrell stated in a tribute video posted on Facebook by Michele Rimel, a family friend.


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Alter Bridge Begin Recording Fourth Album
It has been well over two years since Alter Bridge's last album 'ABIII.' But after a tweet last month from bassist Brian Marshall about writing new songs and news from guitarist Mark Tremonti that pre-production had begun, we're now getting confirmation that recording has started. The album is slated for release in September.
In a post on their official website, the band reveals the following: "We are pleased to announce that recording has begun on our 4th studio album. First up to record is Scott "Flip" Phillips on the drums. Stay tuned and we'll update you on the progress as time allows."
The members of Alter Bridge have a lot of other obligations, so clearing everybody's schedules must be challenging. Singer Myles Kennedy is the lead vocalist in Slash's band; Tremonti, Marshall and Phillips are in Creed; and Tremonti also fronts his own self-titled band.
As far as the musical direction of the new songs, Tremonti spoke about it in a recent interview. "All of them are kind of real high-energy, just real fun rock/metal. We want to not be predictable. We want to make it a little surprising and we're having fun with it."
Alter Bridge already have a fall tour lined up. They are set to embark on a headlining run in Europe at the end of October with Halestorm. Kennedy says, "Thrilled to be returning to Europe with Halestorm later this year! I'm looking forward to reconnecting with the part of the world that embraced Alter Bridge from the start."
As Alter Bridge fans look forward to new material, a box set is due to be released May 14. A website has been set up with some information about the release. Click below for more info:


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On March 19th my son, Gus Howard Hebert, was born. Thanks for all of your well-wishes and congratulations. (Above is a photo of the little booger.)
My wife, Natalie, and I have been adjusting to our new family life. For almost nine years we have lived happily married and on our own. A year ago we acquired our dog, Maeby, and now we have a full-fledged family with a brand new little baby. In the last year we've gone from freewheeling to responsibility-laden.


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During the last week of September, immediately following the opening of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, a series of seminars, workshops and interactive displays collectively coined "A Day in Riyadh" was showcased at the UN. This week-long "Riyadh Day" was sponsored by the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh (Riyadh), and particularly featured the ongoing work of the Arriyadh (Riyadh) Development Authority (ADA). As a Representative (Observer) for a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to the UN, and an attorney with an office in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Huf, Principal of JHI, was pleased and excited to attend.
Focused on the capital city of Saudi Arabia (KSA, or the Kingdom) and the governate (province) of Riyadh, the series of presentations covered subjects relevant to the economy, culture, commerce and development of the entire Kingdom, and the Arab and Islamic worlds more generally.
Of particular interest to those who follow this space will be the planned reformation of Riyadh's transportation system which, if fully executed, may be the single-largest public works project on earth during the period of construction. However, we will list all of the subjects covered by the panel presentations at the UN between September 27 - 30, to provide a broad look at the planned continued development of Riyadh (one of the chief purposes of the conference) which, in turn, may give us a better view of the Kingdom-wide social and economic reforms known as Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030".
9/27 "Riyadh: Planning for People" - the overall City Plan (by 2030) moving forward, including details on Riyadh's new "Smart City" initiative.
9/28 "Riyadh: A Sustainable & People-Friendly City" - details concerning the Sustainable Development of Riyadh.
9/29 "Riyadh: On the Move" - The King Abdulaziz Project for Riyadh Public Transport.
9/30 "Riyadh: Development of Civilization and Social Partnership" - Plans for the continued social, economic and intellectual development of the city's population in line with Islamic principles and the traditions of Arabia, particularly youth and especially young women, empowering them to take a more active role in the growth of the city and the future of the Kingdom as a whole.
(Jason Huf and Dr. Sana Alorf. Dr. Sana is extraordinary, but not unique. She is a medical doctor working in Riyadh who also participates in many charitable and civic endeavors. She volunteered, along with many other young Saudis, to travel to New York and talk about their culture, heritage and way of life in side bars at the exhibition. Many ladies are taking up professions [including and increasingly fields such as law, medicine and science], starting businesses and participating in life outside their homes in the Kingdom. Dr. Sana has a wealth of information that dispells many of the illusions concerning Saudi society and highlights the progress Saudi women have made - and continue to make.)
The public transortation project, scheduled for completion in 2018, is a massive affair that could revolutionize life in Riyadh. In addition to a new bus service, the project includes the construction of a commuter railway (Riyadh Metro) with six lines, dozens of stations, a main terminal for each line, and services areas at each stop, including large-scale shopping complexes at each of the main terminals. Anticipating use by roughly 3.6 million residents daily, over 3,000 transport stands will be constructed to accomodate waiting commuters.
With billions of Saudi Riyals being invested into the project, and given the rather brief time frame, this will generate a labor boom in the capital for qualified Saudis and expatriates. Mr. Huf asked Eng. Hassan Al Musa, Deputy Director of the Transport Planning Department of the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh, if resources had been allocated to process what should be a substantial spike in Visa applications. Potential contractors and subcontractors will be interested to know that the Deputy Director responded that his office is in touch with the Ministry of Labor on a regular basis as they set up for this contingency. So long as employers comply with their filing requirements, he said, there should be no delays in the project caused by a labor shortage brought about by paperwork backlogs.
(Eng. Hassan Al Musa and Jason Huf. Mr. Huf found him to be capable, earnest and modest. Although entrusted with day-to-day management of a massive public works project that progresses under a tight schedule, he always gives credit to others, refering to his "Army" of dedicated public servants. "That makes you a General", responded Mr. Huf, who later added, "Eng. Hassan is a nice guy".)
In addition to the lifestyle transformation and relief of traffic congestion that will take place once this project is complete, young Saudis who are lacking in resources such as cars of their own will be able to much more easily venture beyond the confines of their own neighborhoods to look for satisfying work and important educational opportunities. And, everyone who lives in Riyadh should enjoy the benefit of cleaner air arising from fewer cars on the highways.
The entire program provided a window through which one could sample Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, the rapid modernization and other wide-ranging reforms ordered by King Salman and spearheaded by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with the aim of guiding a modern but authentically Islamic Saudi Arabia that remains true to its people's history and traditions into a future "Post-Oil" economy.
These reforms include the KSA's Sustainable Development program, which closely follows the UN's Sustainable Development Goals while keeping in conformity with Kingdom's Islamic principles; increased opportunities for youth & women; and, Saudi Arabia's nuclear power program.
At JHI, we have offered our own modest suggestions for the shaping of such sweeping reforms, with an emphasis on attracting increased Foreign Direct Investment in the Saudi market.
With an incoming US Administration that seems keen on utilizing America's energy resources; and, (if feasible) working with Russia to defeat ISIS (which, in addition to commiting henious atrocities, has been fighting forces led directly or indirectly by the Iranians), some may see such investment from the West as slow in coming, and the KSA's reception of it to be less-than-enthusiastic.
Seen by some as signalling potential push-back against the further development of US energy resources and other recent or possible future policy changes, Prince Alaweed bin Talal of Kingdom Holding Company (Saudi Arabia's soverign investment apparatus) suggested selling holdings previously classified "not sellable" (such as shares in Citi Group and US Treasury bonds), which would be a divorce from Saudi Arabia's long-standing policy of having "buy-ins" in important American economic institutions and, thus, the American economy - effectively giving the US a stake in the KSA's existence and continued success.
Noises concerning such potential push-back seem unlikely to stem the increased exploitation of US energy resources (another dip in the price of oil, for example, would seem more likely to give pause to an increase in US production). And, the US-Saudi alliance of over seven decades, while fraying a bit over the last several years, should remain rather tightly tethered: after ISIS is destroyed, a check on Iranian ambition will have been eliminated, and the US and the KSA will more clearly and simply share strong interests in containing Iran and managing increasingly complicated relationships with Russia.
In fact, the strong relationships the KSA enjoys with the West, the interest Western countries have in seeing the continued modernization of Arab states, and Western companies' keen eye to continue - and, possibly increase - their investments in the Gulf region were reinforced recently by UK Prime Minister Theresa May in her mid-December visit to the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Bahrain.
Pending changes to the Kingdom's commercial and corporate laws, which continue to be rolled out, and given at least one or two geopolitical uncertainties, JHI presently and on the whole views it likely that the environment for Foreign Investors will become even more attractive as the Vision 2030 reforms are implemented in the KSA. As to the Great Social & Economic Reformation of the Kingdom known as "Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030", Mr. Huf doesn't think its on par with the Maji Restoration (the radical transformation experienced in Japan during the late 19th century), but he does see it as the most significant series of reforms in the history of the KSA since the reign of King Faisal (perhaps in the Kingdom's entire history - we'll see) and the most positive collection of developments to take place in the Arab world thus far in this new, turbulent 21st century - and, he certainly viewed the exhibition at the UN positively.
During the last week of September, immediately following the opening of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, a series of seminars, workshops and interactive displays collectively coined "A Day in Riyadh" was showcased at the UN. This week-long "Riyadh Day" was sponsored by the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh (Riyadh), and particularly featured the ongoing work of the Arriyadh (Riyadh) Development Authority (ADA). As a Representative (Observer) for a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to the UN, and an attorney with an office in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Huf, Principal of JHI, was pleased and excited to attend.
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I read somewhere that Moses Ts would lift any water ring off a piece of furniture. Here is my question, I have a small oak dresser that a was recently molded on the top (vaporizer). It has lost its sheen and now has little black mold spots. Do you have any suggestions on how I can fix it?
Comment by Juliana — November 13, 2011 @ 12:01 pm
Mr. Shepherd,
I recently purchased a copy of your book "Shellac, Linseed Oil, and Paint". It is by far the most informative and enjoyable book on finishing that I have read. I will be ordering the book on hide glue as soon as funds are available. I have worked in the painting and restoration business in Charleston, SC. for a number of years, but the past two years I have been redirecting the business to antique furniture restoration and finishing. I am trying to specialize in traditional hand applied finishes and wood turning. Your website has been extremely helpful and a source of inspiration. Are you currently selling powdered pigments? They are not listed under the Full Chisel Store, but I noticed them on the website's product line. If not, could you recommend a source. Any direction you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
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Goose Creek, SC.
Comment by Jason Rucker — May 30, 2012 @ 12:48 pm
Forgive my ignorance, but what does this product do? (The pistol grip handsaw tang). I can't figure it out for the life of me.
Also, I'm 48 and my eyes are becoming less efficient. But it also seems like your website's font is set so much smaller than most. I have a horrible time reading the descriptions of your tools. Any chance you could bump the size of the type up a little?
Briley Woodworks
Comment by Pete van der Lugt — October 12, 2012 @ 8:21 am
Yea Stephen! clock turns. Interesting thing about the bow lathe is that I understand a clock of clock and watchmakers used them well up into modern times because you can do surprisingly accurate work. I've recently been taken with this idea that we're all caught up in thinking that if we're going to do a little clockmaking, the first thing we do is go out and buy some expensive new lathe. What we really ought to do is take a step back and construct something from the past and get on down the road and make something. So, I guess I'm not so much interested in using tools of the past because they're authentic, I'm interested because they might make a whole lot of sense. Well, sorry to go on a bit here, but why not save a whole lot of money, learn a whole lot of skill, and hang out in the past a bit…
Comment by Charles Morrill — February 18, 2013 @ 7:08 pm
I'm an old F…, soon-to-be military retiree and most importantly, a restorer of old houses in the Pittsburgh area. I was thrilled to find your blog and hope your book on shellac and paints is what I've been looking for.
I've been making my own shellac finishes and use danish oil and linseed oils a lot in my work. However, I'm tired of paying upward of $200 for imported Swedish linseed paint for my wood siding restorations and hope to make my own soon.
Does you book cover making my own boiled linseed oil and linseed paint? I don't want to use chemically produced boiled linseed oil (so I can teach others how to make their own) and believe I've found most what I need off of artist's websites.
Thanks for your help. Hope your book is what I've been looking for
Dennis Lapic
Old Economy VIllage
Ambridge, PA
Comment by dennis lapic — September 3, 2013 @ 10:15 am
3 book package ordered 2nd October, delivered in the UK 10th October – I expect longer than that even from UK suppliers!
First scan through, books appear to be everything I had hoped, & a valuable addition to my (excessive, out of control, and growing)library.
Many Thanks.
Comment by Dave Preece — October 11, 2013 @ 8:06 am
Hi there,
I was wondering about the size of the 1805 lathe. I've got a small workspace and would
just like to know the length and width if I followed the plans.
Comment by Shane — November 21, 2013 @ 9:53 pm
Does your book on finishes go into japanning at all?
A related question: many japanning recipes call for rosin — would you know if the stuff you sell is of the appropriate type?
Comment by john sayles — February 28, 2014 @ 10:18 am
In the treadle lathe parts kit; the threaded headstock mandrel is 8 tpi but what diameter? 1″ or 1 1/8″ ? I'm wondering about what size drive spur would screw onto it.
Good sir,
I am finally about ready to build my treadle lathe and will want plans and hardware. My question it this. I do not think I need the "bench" aspect,and I will probably want to use 4 x 4 doug fir to build the thing. Should I be able to figure that out from your pland?
Comment by Ron Harper — April 21, 2014 @ 10:09 am
Also, looks like I will need some kind of drive center?
Comment by Ron Harper — April 21, 2014 @ 10:14 am
Hi Stephen,
I purchased your 1805 treadle lathe spindle 1″ 8tpi. I tried some 1″ 8tpi spindle adapters but they would not fit. If I have to tap a wooden adapter for a spur drive, what type of 1″8tpi threader would mate with the spindle threads you sent me.
Please Help,
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
Hi there,
Do you have a base price for a flyer rebuild, just reproducing the flyer arms? My bobbin and whorl are fine (a bit chipped but nothing terrible) and I do have the mandrel. Just need the flyer arms!
Comment by Hannah — July 2, 2014 @ 3:47 pm
Will there be another printing anytime soon of the hide glue book. Made the mistake and told a friend about this book a couple of months ago before I got a copy and now its gone. You're making fans of your work in St. Louis. Thanks Shaun
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i was given a flax spinning wheel as a gift, wonderful surprise but i can NOT find any markings so that i can find the correct whorl, bobbin etc or how to find a way to measure it so that i can but it from you ? thanks in advance for your consideration
Comment by diane haney — September 15, 2014 @ 3:34 pm
Dear Stephen,
Very interested in your Shellac, Linseed Oil, & Paint book and hoping it may be back in stock soon? I want to experiment for the finishes of my bows, and try some other options, and certainly, learn more about those options…
Comment by Maryellen Burdwood-Porter — November 8, 2014 @ 8:32 am
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