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SVG Please?May 08, 2007
I recently stumbled over a little piece of information that, while quite stale, still seems widely underreported in the places I hang out. Adobe announced some time last fall that its SVG Viewer is dead and gone as of January 1, 2008.
Is anyone really surprised? Given that SVG was Adobe's meagre foothold in the web-based vector market, easily dwarfed by Flash, and given that Adobe now owns Flash, continuing to produce a competitor seems a little self-defeating from a business perspective. It's been more or less inevitable since the completed merger that this day would come.
But it comes at an interesting time. Or, more like an inconvenient time. Recent versions of Firefox have natively supported SVG since version 1.5. Opera 8 added support as well. Safari nightly builds support it, though it hasn't yet filtered out to a major release. (This uptake of browsers supporting SVG natively is likely another reason/excuse why the business case wasn't there for Adobe's continued development.)
What about Internet Explorer though? If you guessed IE lacks any form of native SVG support, you win the bonus round. The only way to experience SVG within IE has always been via the Adobe plugin, and that house of cards just came crashing down.
But it seems like some alternatives are sprouting up. A bit of Googling produces some interesting results. If you remember Dean Edwards' IE7, a Javascript library that fixed many of IE6's CSS deficiencies, you've got the gist of this set of scripts by Mark Finkle that exploits VML. And the other day Sam Ruby posted a proof of concept that would allow Microsoft's new Silverlight engine to render SVG source.
As for official support within IE, so far we're still batting zero. Chris Wilson of the IE team popped into a comment thread last year to dispel the rumour that we can definitely expect official support in the next version of IE. (He did however state that as the SVG momentum is picking up elsewhere, he expects they'll add it at some point in the future. Nice, but nothing we can count on yet.)
Overall, it seems there's some decent momentum happening right now. I'm cautiously optimistic that some day in the next few years, we'll actually see a usable subset of SVG across the board. I just wonder what we'll use for authoring tools…
Have you looked at http://www.emiasys.net/ ?
Since every other major browser (Mozilla/Firefox, Opera and the forthcoming version of Safari) support SVG (both inline and included via the element), I've started to dabble in using SVG inline and allowing SVG in comments on my blog.
I don't support the whole SVG 1.1 spec. But, then, neither do any of the browser vendors.
"I just wonder what we'll use for authoring tools…"
I woulda thought you were an Adobe Illustrator user.
What a shame to hear of Adobe letting SVG slip like this. Isn't SVG the first sole ASCII-source graphics format? Surely that alone will win it momentum for the long-run?
Surely Adobe are missing a trick by stepping down as the de-facto plugin supplier? I'd guess that the adverting exposure alone that Adobe could glean from the plugin download page would pay for the SVG development.
@ Jacques: "I woulda thought you were an Adobe Illustrator user."
I may have been a little vague with that comment. Illustrator does support SVG, sure. And I can't see them dropping it any time soon either.
There are two questions nagging at me that caused me to say that: 1) will they continue actively developing SVG support in the future? 2) what about motion graphics? Illustrator doesn't do motion.
This is probably the wrong place to ask, but has anyone got a sentence or two that explains the point of SVG?
"1) will they continue actively developing SVG support in the future?"
Perhaps we won't see an SVG 1.2 implementation from them. But browsers are just creeping up on SVG 1.1 support. So I don't think you'll see SVG 1.2 support from them anytime soon, either (if ever).
"2) What about motion graphics? Illustrator doesn't do motion."
As far as I can tell, neither do Mozilla/Firefox or WebKit. Which kinda limits the appeal of animated SVG at the moment.
Perhaps by the time there's browser support for SVG animation, we'll see some corresponding authoring tools.
Maybe more important than animation is SVG DOM support. Which is where inline SVG is a big win.
Unfortunately, inline SVG is XHTML-only … with all that that implies.
Doesn't faze me, but that could be a big stumbling block for most Web designers.
"Isn't SVG the first sole ASCII-source graphics format?"
Mmm not really; it's the only vector format. For bitmap, we have pnm formats
@pauldwaite: "has anyone got a sentence or two that explains the point of SVG?"
Depends if you're looking for a comparison of vector vs. bitmapped graphics, or if you're looking for a justification of vector in the browser. How far down the spectrum is your starting point for this one?
@ Jacques: "But browsers are just creeping up on SVG 1.1 support."
Ah, fair enough.
"inline SVG is XHTML-only… with all that that implies […] that could be a big stumbling block for most Web designers."
Just when I thought it was safe to switch DOCTYPES.
It would be great if Adobe could somehow roll the SVG plugin right into flash, so that all IE users would get svg support the next time they update flash on their machine. Adobe could then build an SVG authoring tool to sell for too much money. Everyone wins. : )
Aha! Vector graphics. That'll be what the V stands for then…
Sorry, I only got to the SVG Wikipedia page after asking the question. Many thanks.
"Just when I thought it was safe to switch DOCTYPES."
It is worse than that. It is Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml only.
Unless you want to fixup the DOM after loading:
"It is worse than that. It is Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml only."
That's what I meant when I said "XHTML-only." Perhaps I should have been clearer. :-)
"Unless you want to fixup the DOM after loading"
Doesn't work in WebKit. (Gives the following Javascript Error:
Can't find variable: HTMLUnknownElement
) I haven't tried Opera.
More and more I have bad feeling that it is not Adobe bought Macromedia, but Macromedia bought Adobe. I am big fan of SVG and really was hoping that Adobe will inject it in Flash plug-in. Bastards. Why big companies so often make our life harder, not easier?
I never really saw a point of SVG, why learn an extra language to draw a line? It seemed kind of pointless to me from the beginning. But Flash will rule the web forever.
Maybe I'm naïve, but can't it simply be that Adobe sees no need to pump resources into an SVG viewer because SVG is now firmly established? Maybe they just don't see any profit in continuing to do Microsoft's job, as it were.
Anyway, there is apparently another[1] suitable viewer. I haven't tried it myself (I use Opera), but it's not like Adobe are the only ones who can provide a plug-in; it's not the end of the world. :)
As for suggestions of Flash gobbling up SVG now that they are both ostensibly under the control of the same entity, I would posit that the use cases of SVG and Flash are foundamentally different: Though Flash can be used for static vector graphics, its main use case is animation and video; conversely, though SVG has facilities for animation into which much effort has gone, its most compelling use case is for scallable, static graphics. Its initial adoption on mobile phones in the form of SVG Tiny is a strong indicator of this.
Doubtless Adobe sees the two technologies as things that can be both exploited side-by-side, and in different ways.
[1] mentioned by Jacques above
" I just wonder what we'll use for authoring tools… "
SVG has become the standard vectorial format in the open source world - so pretty much any open source vectorial application will let you load and save SVG.
Probably the best open source vectorial tool is inkscape
(http://www.inkscape.org/) which runs on Linux, Win32 and MacOSX
Here's an interesting possibility - use XULRunner as an ActiveX control in IE to render SVG, and get XUL as a bonus:
I haven't tried it yet though.
I second Anselm's recommendation of Inkscape for SVG authoring - it so happens that SVG is the app's default file format. Whilst I'm not a graphic designer, I use Inkscape in Linux (Ubuntu) for knocking together logos and diagrams which wouldn't be suitable for bitmap formats.
"Real" designers would probably find features missing that they're used to from Illustrator and its ilk, and I'm not sure how mature Inkscape is on Windows or Mac OS X, but I like it on Linux… and it has the advantage of being free :-)
SVGs would definitely be more widely used if not for convention and lack of support.
A vector format that can be displayed online and supports animation and scripting - all with (ideally) no special plugins? Count me in!
Some insider information, if you want it…Adobe stopped working on the SVG viewer long before they merged with Macromedia; a lot of people that were formerly with Adobe are now scattered in other places. Point being that ASVG was dead before Flash was part of Adobe.
Firefox, Opera 9+, and the latest Webkit nightlies all implement inline SVG (meaning it will be there with Safari 3).
If you are looking for a cross-browser solution that doesn't require a plug-in, you might want to take a look at dojo.gfx (part of the Dojo Toolkit, http://dojotoolkit.org), which implements an OpenGL-type syntax to render vector-graphics cross-browser (including IE). For another example in the same toolkit, you can take a look at the Dojo Charting engine.
The fact of the matter is that native browser vector graphics is picking up steam despite Microsoft's lack of participation.
SVG, from my mathematician/web&graphic designer point of view, is the most beautiful thing that has happened in the world of (yes, ALL) graphic formats. It is warmly embraced from OS community (Inkscape, GIMP, Blender etc.) which naturally extends to academia, developing nicely, and presents potential options for web interactivity previously unimagined (oh yeah, animated fractal vector website art on-the-fly!).
Why would Adobe cut the support for it (in a way) is, of course, the matter of their corporative agenda, and it eludes me. And it actually makes me happy they did so, because of the non-standard SVG definitions they would probably use.
SVG will continue to grow in support elsewhere, if not housed by Adobe, for one simple reason — it's great!
Tom, you said: "The fact of the matter is that native browser vector graphics is picking up steam despite Microsoft's lack of participation."
Microsoft is doing an impressive job with the Silverlight (formerly WPF/E - Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere).
Right now, there are plug-ins only for IE and FireFox, but soon there will be also for Opera.
Anyway, you should take a look. In my opinion, it will "blast" Flash in the near future. It's just XAML, yes, yet another XML :D
@Carl: "Microsoft is doing an impressive job with the Silverlight (formerly WPF/E - Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere).
Right now, there are plug-ins only for IE and FireFox, but soon there will be also for Opera."
Note that I said "native". I've been a developer of MS technologies for a long time, and like and appreciate what they are doing with WPF/E, but once again its a proprietary format–whereas every other browser is either implementing or implements SVG natively.
I "third" Anselm's and Tim Walker's recommendation of Inkscape as an SVG production tool.
Tim, Inkscape is in fact completely mature on Windows. I use it exclusively on that platform and it is currently my main and only vector graphics software. In fact I do consider myself a "Real" designer and find it to be perfectly suitable for my needs. I use it to create all my web layouts and even for my illustrations that need to go into print production.
You are absolutely right in saying that most "Real" designers would find it lacking, but I would attribute at least 70-80% of that opinion to "religious" differences. People are used to a certain way of doing things (in this case the Adobe way), and now feel entitled that every other piece of software in existence should cater to "the right way", which — face it — is nothing but a personal habit followed by thousands, at the end of the day. But that's a whole other issue.
It is true that Inkscape isn't into the realm of motion graphics yet, but since SVG is very much a growing phenomenon, I would think it is simply a matter of time. Thus far Inkscape development has been an extremely swift and focused process that has lead to some great features already. The last version laid the foundation for SVG filter effects with a gaussian blur effect implemented as a first example. Remember these are mathematical effects rather than permanently applied, so the opportunities are endless as more of these are implemented. Similarly animation is bound to eventually rear its head since it is part of the SVG specification.
In the meanwhile there are some candidates for vector motion graphic authoring tools which might easily be moved into the SVG realm considering they are open source. Two that I can think of are:
Synfig (http://www.synfig.com)
K-Toon (http://ktoon.toonka.com)
With projects like this which might eventually reach maturity with the right interest and support, the open source world will need a universal format for vector animation and at the moment SVG looks like the prime candidate. Once it has enough activity and user support behind it, I'm sure implementations in browsers and other commercial tools will follow by default.
I've been keeping an eye on svg for years, and I was under the impression that the whole xhtml1.1-MathML2.0-svg1.1 was still in the earlier phases of the w3's tendrils of bureaucracy (see http://www.w3.org/TR/XHTMLplusMathMLplusSVG/ and for that matter, who knows of a broswer with a proper xhtml modular implementation?).
Also, yes, Illustrator does export to svg and has since at least v.10 (although I'm not entirely clear on how to get it straight with layers).
I've been using Inkscape for a while now (on Windows and openSUSE), and it really is one of the stronger offerings of the open source world. That being said, I couldn't imagine being limited to only Inkscape - I'm far more comfortable in Illustrator. I gotta hand it to ya, after checking out your site, I can honestly say that I don't have the time, patience, or memory to pull that kind of thing off in Inkscape. Good show.
Thanks, glad you liked what you saw on my site. As far as Inkscape being the one true vector application, that is obviously not true, and that can never be true for any piece of software ever, no matter how mature it gets. This is why there are still people using versions of Freehand, or Corel Draw, or XaraX, or something more obscure like Canvas in their workflow. Different people are simply comfortable with different working methodologies which leaves the field open to a variety of implimentations of the same basic software concepts.
And that will continue in the future. But it just so happens that at this point of time Inkscape seems to be taking on the mantle of 'the' SVG application because they are one of the only ones pushing the envelope on the implementation of SVG specification in a stable end-user application.
Needless to say if and when SVG picks up enough steam to be considered a commercially viable selling point by the number crunchers at the big software companies, someone like Adobe will have enough resources to throw at the problem to get up to speed in a matter of months. So in the end everyone wins.
@ Deaf Musician: I never really saw a point of SVG, why learn an extra language to draw a line? It seemed kind of pointless to me from the beginning.
How about the practical implications of getting PHP (or another server-side script) to output simple XML which can then be directly interpreted as a graphic - e.g. a continually changing graph in a stats package?
Also there are bandwidth and re-use issues. Site logos and graphics that were generated as vectors, have to be encoded as raster images for use on the web (outside of all-Flash sites). This increases the files size, and limits them to one resolution/scale.
In theory, a site with all measurements based on ems, and containing wholly SVG graphics, would be entirely scaleable - and perfectly future-proofed against the ultra hi-res monitors that are on the way over the coming years.
SVG never really seemed to take off. I have not run across many sites that use it. Do you have any examples? I can see the benefit of a script based vector language. It make files sizes much smaller. Motion can be introduced. It is not dependent a proprietary technology (Flash). And it makes great graphs and charts for dashboards.
There is a lot of talk about this that and the other tool. All talk. Where is there a strong place to apply SVG?
"I have not run across many sites that use it."
I responded earlier to this but it was swallowed by the URL detection system in the comments.
- Google Maps uses SVG for driving directions
- MSN Live Maps uses SVG for driving directions
- Google Apps uses SVG in their Spreadsheets for graphing/plotting
Microsoft might say they will support it in the next version of IE, but I doubt IE8 will come out before their next OS. They only updated IE7 because Vista was coming out and maybe due to Firefox gaining some numbers. Opera and Safari support SVG also. It comes down to the fact Microsoft doesn't care about standards, to them Flash is good enough, they see no benefit in pushing it, they got other products and things that make them money or will make money, especially now that they have Silverlight.
I'd also like to know what happened to MNG? It was supposed to be like Animated GIFs but JPG quality for photos,transparency and alpha channels.
I'd be very suprised if we see an IE SVG viewer. They are all about XAML for this type of thing. Supporting a standard that has never really made it after all these years just won't happen any time soon.
"Isn't SVG the first sole ASCII-source graphics format?"
PostScript has been around for decades and is not only text-based, it's a full blown Forth-like programming language.
maybe it is worth to note, that Drupal, one of the leading open source CMS's has an SVG project going, funded by Google Summer of Code. As I see it support is one thing, but usage is lacking too.
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A major Dutch site using SVG is the Central Statistics Office (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS StatLine).
As for editors, there is one by Chris Peto –written in SVG :-)
Just a note on Illustrator's SVG support: it is there, of course, but it's not really usable for the Web quite yet. I was dabbling a few months ago with page layouts that specified everything — including image dimensions — in ems. I found that in order for an SVG image to display and scale properly in Gecko browsers and Safari Webkit, I had to mess around with the Illustrator SVG settings a lot, and afterwards, do some editing of the file in a text editor.
@Paul D.
I think that says more about the shortcomings of Illustrator's SVG exporter than about the format or browser support. FWIW I clean up SVG from Wikipedia by hand in a text editor and Illustrator-generated content is usually the worst. Inkscape is pretty bad at bloating files too.
Common problems include leaving inkscape: and sodipod: namespaced elements and empty RDF metadata tags in the final output (massive file bloat for simple images), ridiculous precision (e.g. "L 1.00000000 3.00000000" - more file bloat, worst on complex images) and gradients that are either unused or just reference other gradients, when a direct reference would be simpler (slower to render).
For my point of view. I'd really liked to see a standardized lightweight vector image into web browser without plugins. For lightweight-ness and accessibility sake!
When we build designs… pixelization can come to hassle in some details of our layout. PNG is fair awesome for design graphics (gif is dead, aint' it?)… So, Using flash into design is, to my point of view, an "accessibility"-failure.
Logically the web NEEDS vector graphics in a minimal way as we rely on JPG for photos or PNG for high-contrast pixel graphics or SWF for animations. Don't you think?
So, anyone had ever heard of a vector-graphic-web-possible format, except of flash :)?
Expect that eventually there will be some sort of merger between CSS and SVG. At least in terms of functionality.
I say eventually, because both standards are managed by slow organizations with no teeth, and implementation has largely been pushed by the Linux/OS/FS geeks.
John Joyce, you are incorrect in your assumption. CSS and SVG serve VERY different roles - there is no way they will ever "merge" as you put it.
CSS and SVG already "merged" in some way… Upcoming Opera 9.5 (Kestrel) will support SVG as background image, and Opera for Wii already supports it, I think.
I wouldn't worry too much about Adobe - their reasons for wanting to kill SVG are pretty obvious.
Having said that, their plugin is a good one, and installers will always be available in download archives. Besides, there are other plugins from Corel and other respected publishers.
But aside from all that, Firefox/Netscape/Seamonkey/Konq/Safari/Opera all have reasonable support (which is improving all the time), and this is one of the contributing factors for IE's market share plumetting on a daily basis. As more and more people adopt standards-based browsers, IE users will be come less of an issue. Not to mention that fact that the longer MS hold out from implementing new features, the more people will switch anyway.
My advice to fellow developers: if SVG is the best format for your work, go ahead and use it. I'm all for backwards compatibility, but we can't refuse to adopt excellent new technologies just because some people like software from 2001. Did anybody notice that Wikipedia have SVG as their recommended graphics format for new uploads? The momentum IS growing.
I hope that Adobe reconsiders its move to disband the format. I have noticed that the formats momentum has been growing over the past year quite quickly.
Why not just forget about IE(-native SVG)?
IE numbers are not great for the famous M$-strategy "embrace-extend-exterminate" or variations thereof, but i rather be even more certain.
There are plenty of tricks for gettings SVG in IE actually. openLaszlo, Renesis, MozInIE, etc.
Today, I check Adobe website. Adobe customer support for Adobe SVG Viewer will be discontinued on January 1, 2009.
I think they extend their support one year more. This is a good news. There is extra time to create another third party until Adobe not support their SVG viewer :-).
Just starting to use SVG as I finally think it's support is mature enough to create some dazzling websites, I'll say this about it.
In Europe at least, governmental orginasations have finally come to understand a need for using open standards for the content rather than the next good proprietary format that can be declared dead by it's owner any time. SVG is the only open vector format for web content.
Not only can you use SVG for content, one can design the entire webdesign in SVG nowadays, making development time a lot lower.
SVG will allow external linking to object libraries, something that Flash can't. This also goes for fonts and any content really. So this allows one to change site content very easily, by just updating an SVG file externally.
It can be used by search engines to obtain information.
For IE there will shortly be the Renesis SVG plugin, which shows great promise.
XAML is dead from the start as it's proprietary and thus will never be accepted as a standard by governments. They've finally become a bit sadder and wiser.
Mobile phones use SVG for it's scalability. And it allows one to design a website that's usable on both high res and low res platforms.
The only thing lacking now is a good editor for animated SVG. Jasc Webdraw has been bought by Corel whom have then taken it off the market. Probably this has to do still with MS 40 Mil$ investment into the company that also made it stop it's Linux development efforts. MS ethics aren't all that developed as was proven by the late OOXML bribe conest, so I wouldn't be surprised by that.
Flash in my opinion is a rather useless replacement of bitmaps. It's closed, a struggle to create anything intelligeble with and a hell to edit once created. Try correcting spelling mistakes or making something big with it and changing the content. It's make once content and never look back at it. It's a dinosaur.
XAML runs only on MS platforms. Only a moron keeps using that bloatware that efficively destroyed any performavnce improvement of machines over the past few decades. Only business men are still convinced of it's merits for creating such a load of crap to solve. It's unreliability has already made orginasations our-source their services.
Saas is a misconception going back to the mainframe. I foresee a great increase in mobile devices picking up where the PC was left on the desktop, as full fledged PC's raher than some dumb telephone and PIM. There's a great demand for good UMPC's, try get an OQO Q2 for instance. People want control over their data, especially their private data.
A diversity of screenformats will require a scalable solution for the content. SVG fits very well into that area. Many Chipmakers are creating hardware SVG support for mobile devices. AMD not being the only one.
Just as the screwdriver and crosshead screw are nowadays open formats, so will open formats come to dominate the maturing computer world. It takes some time, but at some point the price tag will dictate the standards, rather than the best technology. Especially when the best technology is the cheapest one there's little chance for closed formats to survive.


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I used to associate aperitifs like Campari and Lillet with summer parties, but lately I keep seeing delicious-looking recipes aimed at winter entertaining. I've never bought apertif glasses before, but using them year-round gives me extra incentive.
- 1960's striped glasses, $23 for the set on Ebay.
- Holmegaard Canada Drink Glass, $34 each at Heath Ceramics.
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Top-seeded Heat head to the Q to meet Cavs
The Miami Heat have been accustomed to double-digit wins this season, but all three meetings with the Cleveland Cavaliers have been by four points or less.
Miami shoots for another season sweep of the Cavaliers Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena and looks to make it easier on itself in hopes of extending the recent mastery in this series. The Heat won all three matchups in 2011-12.
The top-seeded Heat have won six straight and nine of the last 10 showdowns with the Cavs, who have lost by a total of nine points in the three games with Miami this season. Miami won the last meeting, 98-95, on March 20.
Former Cleveland hero LeBron James is averaging 27.7 points per game against the Cavs this season and 26.3 ppg in 10 career contests. James led the Heat with 24 points in Sunday's 105-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls and Dwyane Wade added 22 in the win, Miami's sixth in a row.
"We wanted to win this game; we always want to protect home court," said Heat center Chris Bosh, who posted 12 points and nine rebounds. "We didn't want to play any sloppy basketball and lose a bad game."
Miami exacted revenge on a Bulls squad that ended the Heat's 27-game winning streak last month at the United Center. Sunday's win over Chicago was the Heat's 39th by double digits, extending a franchise record. Twenty-three of those double-digit triumphs have come at home (16 on road).
The Heat, owners of a 28-12 road ledger, have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs and will face the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. Miami will wrap up the regular season Wednesday at home versus Orlando.
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Lady Gaga Rush Releases Second Single After "Applause" Flops
If you're in the mood for even more new music from Lady Gaga, your wish might be Universal Music Group's command.
Music websites are reporting that since "Applause" has apparently struggled to gain a standing O from fans on music charts around the world, Gaga's parent record label (UMG owns Interscope) is apparently ready to rush-release a second ARTPOP single ahead of schedule. The new song "Swine" will likely see the light of day in early September, according to reports.
In Australia, 'Applause' has already fallen out of the Top 10 of the iTunes chart to number 15 after just one week on sale. In the USA, 'Applause' is down to no. 7 and in the UK it has fallen to no. 10.
The lack of interest has become a major issue for Universal Music, Lady Gaga's record label. Universal will rush-release a second single 'Swine' within two weeks to hopefully reignite some interest in Gaga.
It gets worse. Lady Gaga's YouTube views for 'Applause' have been questioned after her fanbase was encouraged to hit refresh to inflate the figures. Incentives were also given to fans who were encouraged to buy multiple copies of the song to win a prize in an effort to upstage 'Roar', the new song by Katy Perry.
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You know it's trendy when people are dip-dyeing Easter eggs, but still: so pretty! Whether it's the handle of a wooden spoon dipped in the perfect coral or an ombre-style napkin, we love this halfway, handmade pop of color. Here are 10 ways to get it on your dinner table—seven you can easily DIY, three to buy from the pros.
• 1. Dipped Wooden Utensils, from House of Earnest.
• 2. Paint-Dipped Flower Jars, from Oh Happy Day.
• 3. Yellow Dip-Dyed Tablecloth, from House to Home.
• 4. Paint Dipped Chopsticks, from Poppytalk.
• 5. Dip-Dyed Place Cards, from Swoon.
• 6. Dip-Dyed Napkins, from Anna Lee Co.
• 7. Gold-Dipped Wine Glasses, from Say Yes to Hoboken.
• 8. Dip-Dyed Baguette Board, $128 from Terrain.
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A common plight of the "office athlete" — whose sport entails sitting for hours staring at a computer — is facial pain brought on by long bouts of reading, screen glare and teeth-grinding.
Left unchecked, facial pain can produce sinus and tension headaches, toothaches, blurred vision and the pressure-cooker feeling that your head might explode, said Cynthia Ribeiro, president-elect of the American Massage Therapy Association and an instructor at the National Holistic Institute, a massage school in California.
Happily, help is literally at your fingertips. At least once a week (ideally, once a day) give yourself a face massage to relieve the muscle tension, Ribeiro said. She shared some techniques for massaging key facial trigger points. Apply light to moderate pressure to avoid aggravating any issue. You should feel a "good" pain; if it hurts too much, back off.
For temporal headaches: Press four fingers against the temporal muscle and move them back and forth, up and down or in a circular motion.
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For stress and tension throughout the body (if you have time for only one exercise, this is the one to do): Using your three middle fingers arranged in a triangle, apply pressure just above the bridge of your nose, known as the "third eye."
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September Girls - Cursing the Sea
Warpaint - Warpaint
Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
Katy B - Little Red
Planningtorock - All Love's Legal
Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
St Vincent - St Vincent
MØ - No Mythologies To Follow
These are all confirmed releases are there any I've missed out that you think I ought to have included? (these are just my personal picks)
I will be doing one of these every two months so stay tuned!!
Mogwai and A Silver Mt Zion in January
Or whatever it is the latter are calling themselves these days
- bornin69 this'd this
Might check that one out as well...
- rich-t, Constantino_chr, and Stringly this'd this
The new Stephen Malkmus album
is out in early January.
Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun – Jan 21st
Thee Silver Mount Zion… Fuck off get free we pour light…Jan 21st Gem Club – In Roses – Jan 28th
+/- - Jumping the Tracks – Jan 29
Young Fathers – Dead – Feb 3rd
William Fitzsimmons – Lions – Feb 18th
The Notwist – Close to the Glass – Feb 25th
Black Vines – S/T – Feb
Yellow Ostrich – Cosmos - Feb
Temples - Sun Structures - 10th Feb
Thumpers - Galore - 11th Feb
I find them really dull and try-hard, plus they have awful hair.
Alcest - Shelter
out on Jan 21stmoff this'd this
Looking forward to this,
And the London gig. Really enjoyed them last time. Great band
Mogwai, Damien Jurado, Sleepy Sun, Marisa Nadler, Sun Kil Moon, Fanfarlo, Tinariwen, Beck, Elbow, Dean Wareham, Tycho, Jimi Goodwin, Pale Seas, Shilpa Ray, Lucinda Chua, This Is The Kit, and a tribute album to Mark Linkous. Hoping for new Future Islands and Radio Dept. as well.
Oh and...
Apparently KEEL HER's debut record is coming out in February but there hasn't been a confirmed date, track list or artwork so I didn't include it...
I forgot how epic this song is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLjS_H2apF4
Same goes for Brody Dalle's solo record which is supposed to come out in February but the details are also scarce.
Let's see, both are really exciting!
Guided By Voices - Motivational Jumpsuit
Been almost a year since the last one, quite a while by their standards. Not a big fan of the reunion material - out of the four, only Class Clown stands together as a good album. Still, as the old GBV argument always goes, you could make a killer compilation from the best cuts. Let's hope the hit ratio is a bit better this time round, the Pollard solo albums have been alright this year anyway.
September Girls have their debut album out today. They're
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The Internal Revenue Service, never a popular agency to begin with, has suffered irreparable reputational damage in recent months. As reports and testimony revealed agents improperly scrutinized conservative groups more harshly than others, millions of Americans demanded accountability.
Unfortunately, accepting responsibility is not something for which this administration has been known. Instead, the cronyism and corruption that has defined D.C. in recent years is further infiltrating the IRS through an ongoing internal investigation.
According to recent reports, the lawyer in charge of conducting that investigation has made several large donations to the Democrat National Committee and Barack Obama's presidential campaigns.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa described the situation as a "startling conflict of interest" and drafted a complaint he sent to Attorney General Eric Holder.
The attorney, Barbara Bosserman, works for the IRS as part of its Civil Rights Commission. Issa explained the fact she has personally donated thousands of dollars to Democrat causes should call into question her ability to serve as an impartial arbiter.
Tea Party groups were unfairly targeted by IRS agents who reportedly believed the White House approved of such bias. Now, it seems, someone with an obvious predilection to follow Obama's lead is in charge of bringing the scandal-plagued agency's behavior to light.
Issa – echoing the sentiment of countless other Americans – deems such a setup to be "highly inappropriate," calling Bossman's involvement in the investigation "unbelievable."
As White House sources and flacks in the media continue to contend this is a meritless scandal, more and more evidence surfaces to suggest that IRS improprieties extend deeper than critics originally thought.
Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney would have Americans believe it was just a coincidence that eight in 10 organizations targeted in one IRS investigation were either conservative in nature or expressed opposition to Obama. One might expect similar obfuscation if and when the White House addresses the appointment of Bosserman as lead investigator.
It is obvious Democrats do not want to find the truth as it relates to these outrageous partisan activities. The cover-up, as in previous presidential scandals, is now beginning to overshadow the original malfeasance.
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Does anyone have experience using HVAC-Calc version 3 ? ? From a trial copy I have, it looks like a fantastic program, but it might be nice to hear from someone already using it for residential.
Yes, I have used it and you are right, it IS fantastic! The only thing better is their HVAC-Calc Version 4.0! You can download a trial of it at http://www.hvaccomputer.com .
I also use their Commercial 4.0 program which is superb.
We also use HVAC calc here in Illinois and like it quite well.
Thanks for the vote of confidences, guys. My first use of the program was a 3000'ranch we were designing....10' ceilings,R-38, 2X6 walls, R-19, low-E windows, etc in a heavily wooded location, and it came up with something under 2 (two) tons ! Needless to say, I doubted the program 1st, but I guess it was the good design, huh ?
We use it to quote jobs to area contractors all the time it has sped up aour quote process alot. I recommend it to everyone I deal with.
I also use HVAC Calc 4.0 and would recommend it, have both programs and is user friendly.

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Yes, I have used it and you are right, it IS fantastic! The only thing better is their HVAC-Calc Version 4.0! You can download a trial of it at http://www.hvaccomputer.com .
I also use their Commercial 4.0 program which is superb.

I don't want to drive the responses for the program into the ground.... BUT ...HEY! I use it too....
I very cleverly I think incorporate the programs reports on our company letter head and try and inlcude a complete report in all my submitted proposals... I would say it is the difference that gets the job over the competition...
Guys we have to drive home our service and I use HVAC-Calc as a tool for this...
On a scale of 1- 10 I rate HVAC-Calc a 10+ ... I'm a firm believer in trying before you buy it guys... HVAC Computer has our vote!
Mel Damron, AllTemp Heating & Cooling http://www.alltemphvac.net
WOW and Double WOW for the HVAC 4.0.
Does anyone not love this program ? ?
I currently use the HVAC-Calc 4.0 in my classroom for a practical application of heat load calculations. It is the one program I have found that is: 1) extremely user friendly, 2) fast and accurate, and 3) the support staff, Don Sleeth is one of the most knowledgeable and efficient people in the field. I urge my students in the HVAC industry to use it as much as possible.
Dan Wahlman, Instructor
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration program
Bismarck State College
1200 College Drive
Bismarck, ND 58501
If you have any questions on the HVAC-Calc feel free to e-mail me at: firstname.lastname@example.com
One more happy customer here, both programs. Support on weekends- can't beat that!
Another happy customer here!!!
Specially when it comes to confront the State
inspectors that always try to see if you're up to date!!!!
My sales have gone up since I started using this program last summer. I use it on my notebook and my office and my home computer. I like the way the new version lets my copy jobs from one to the other
I invested in a inexpensive binding machine made by IBCO, I use to go to Kinkos and aget my proposal's done.... Now I do it myself for penny's...
I print a very nice and colorfull cover page and incorporte the load report for the customer with no strings attached... They get it no charge up front before they select me for thier contractor... I find this to be an invaluable tool in closing a sale when they are shopping for a contractor!!!!!
I would strongly recommend anyone even remotely thinking about purchasing a heat load program to download HVAC Computers demo take it for a test drive, print the reports and geta feel for it... Then test drive the other load programs and you decide!!!!
Boss this thread is goign to burn holes in your servers IP address :-)
Another tip for the serious contractor who performs these load calcs for their custumers.... Check your equipment specifications for the sensible rating during high ambeints and take this into consideration....
MDamron,AllTemp http://www.alltemphvac.net
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This area in the foothills is very popular for walking dogs, running, and mountain biking. The only developments are a water reservoir, a diversion channel, and power lines. This was taken as the sun was setting in February when there was still some lingering snow.
New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics at 45% (2008 estimate), being descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. It also has the third-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska and Oklahoma, and the fifth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Texas. The tribes represented in the state consist of mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. At a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth most sparsely inhabited U.S. state.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_mexico]


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As Jimmy Kimmel says in this video: Twitter connects celebrities with their fans… or people who aren't really fans. In other words, celebrities are probably reading those nasty messages you're sending them. And, hey, stars have feelings too, right? These reactions might not technically be real, but they're still super funny:
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MCC Palm Beach Gardens WAD with Mary Fisher Nets $7,400
Last Sunday, the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beach Gardens (MCCPB), the largest faith-based community in Palm Beach County dedicated to serving the local LGBT community and its family members and friends, observed World AIDS Day with special guest preacher Mary Fisher, a gifted artist, a relentless advocate for vulnerable women, and a mother whose AIDS and cancer have heightened her sense of joy and purpose.
"Mary is a brilliant, courageous and powerful voice for those living with HIV, and what she has to say is desperately needed in our world today," says Rev. Dr. Lea Brown, MCCPB's Senior Pastor. "We are so grateful to be partnering with her in our continued fight against this disease and the rampant stigma that still exists for people living with HIV."
At the start of the church service, which attracted 120 worshippers. Rev. Brown accepted a check for more than $7,400 from Marcie Gorman-Althof and Michael Lifshitz, the producing partners behind MNM Productions, one of South Florida's hottest, award-winning theatre companies. MCCPB received a portion of all the ticket sales to the preview performance of MNM's recent musical La Cage Aux Folles at the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse.
Also, after Rev. Brown announced that the church would donate half of all funds raised at the preview to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Metropolitan Community Churches to provide aid in disaster-stricken Puerto Rico and Mexico, the cast of "La Cage Aux Folles" volunteered to solicit additional donations from departing audience members after every performance.
"Using a show's preview performance to raise thousands of dollars for a valuable cause or organization is a tradition for MNM Productions," says co-producer Lifshitz. "So we were thrilled by MCCPB's generous decision to give half of the funds raised at the La Cage preview to help earthquake and hurricane survivors."
"Last Sunday was a phenomenal day at the Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches," reflects Rev. Brown. "The gift of over $7,400 from MNM Productions will make a huge difference for our church and for the people of Puerto Rico and Mexico who are still struggling to recover. And Mary Fisher's words and spirit will always remain in our hearts. Her courageous, prophetic voice was absolutely the one we all needed to hear in this perilous and despairing time in which we live. We cannot say thank you enough to Michael Lifshitz and Marcie Gorman-Althof of MNM Productions, and to Mary Fisher for their tremendous support of MCCPB."
Artist Mary Fisher is a recognized global leader in the arena of social change, using her art itself as well as writings, speeches, and strategic advocacy. Her early experience with communication in broadcast media, and with high-profile organizations -- she was the White House's first female "advance man" in the history of the American presidency -- brought knowledge she still uses to urge transformation in healthcare, to revise the perception and treatment of AIDS, to enable women's empowerment through right livelihood and to inspire individuals longing for meaningful, joyful lives.
A true renaissance woman, Fisher is still remembered for her stunning keynote address speaking truth to power at the 1992 Republican National Convention -- a speech since ranked in Oxford University Press as one of "The Best 100 American Speeches of the 20th Century." Diagnosed with HIV in 1991 and with breast cancer in 2012, she shares her experience, strength and hope with boundless energy.
As an artist famous for work in sculpture, handmade papers, jewelry and fiber arts, she has trained women worldwide to gain financial independence using her original techniques and materials. Major initiatives in the U.S., Africa and elsewhere have been built on her creative and organizational groundwork.
The recipient of five honorary doctorates and hundreds of tributes, Fisher is an outspoken advocate for vulnerable people around the world. She's addressed countless audiences across Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Africa and the U.S., authored six books including her current best-selling memoir, MESSENGER, and is currently partnered with Macy's for one notable expression of her art and philosophy, The 100 Good Deeds Bracelet.
For more information about the Metropolitan Community Church, located at 4857 Northlake Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens, call 561-775-5900 or visit www.mccpalmbeach.org.


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Curvature is an intuitive graphical user interface for OpenStack, designed to take advantage of the OpenStack Quantum SDN (Software Defined Networking) service to provide the user with a powerful visualisation tool for designing virtual application topologies. It is currently being developed at Cisco as a companion application for OpenStack to demonstrate what is made possible with OpenStack and Quantum.
Curvature is designed to be used as an alternative to the standard Horizon dashboard for a more network-centric approach to application design and management. The visual nature of the user interface encourages greater insight into the process of virtual network design.
You can find more information in the presentation given at the April 2013 OpenStack Developers Summit - video and slides located here.
Using the Curvature GUI
The first thing a user will see upon navigating their browser to Curvature is the login screen. Logins are handled via the OpenStack Keystone service, and support both administrators and normal users.
Upon successful login, the user will be presented with a graphical representation of their main project (a.k.a tenant). This graphical representation is built from data gathered from the OpenStack Nova and Quantum services, and is designed to communicate the logical network structure of the various Nova/Quantum components belonging to the project. The user is then able to create new Nova Servers, as well as Quantum Networks and Routers simply by dragging the desired nodes onto the graph. Components can then be networked together by drawing links between them using the link tool.
Curvature currently has support for most of the functions that are available in Horizon, and some that aren't (e.g. Quantum Routers). It has been designed primarily with end-users in mind, and so does not yet have support for some administrator-level functions.
Curvature has been designed with extensibility in mind, and as such is intended to be modified for use with other OpenStack (and non-OpenStack) services. It will be released with in-built support for the Donabe recursive-container service for OpenStack, and guidance on how support can be added for similar services, such as HEAT.
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Lippert's Level Up Offering a Wireless Remote
July 24, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Lippert's Level Up Offering a Wireless Remote
Goshen, Ind.-based Lippert Components Inc. (LCI) announced that its Level Up automatic RV leveling system is now offered with wireless remote control.
"Our wireless remote systems have been well received for several years," said LCI Vice President of Sales Andy Murray. "Our customers requested that we integrate this wireless technology into our leveling systems, and now several RV brands are using the product."
"Any RV OEM already using our wireless remote system, Linc, for their RVs can now connect it to work seamlessly with Level Up," continued Murray. "For those who don't have an existing wireless remote, and want to add one to their Level Up system only, we can provide that stand alone capability as well."
Level Up is a four-point or six-point automatic leveling system that comes as an option or standard on more than two dozen RV brands. The system levels an RV in less than a minute using a one-touch auto-leveling feature, and includes an auto rehitch memory function that remembers the exact height at which the RV was unhitched. Wireless capability allows users to walk around the unit while leveling and pause the leveling sequence if necessary.
"The industry is moving more towards automatic leveling for travel trailer and fifth-wheel RVs," said Jason Lippert, CEO of Drew Industries Inc., LCI's parent company. "We're finding that many OEMs are turning to LCI and Level Up as their choice to meet growing consumer demand. As an industry leader in leveling products, we will continue to innovate to ensure we are producing the best leveling systems."


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Japan's Yellow Magic Orchestra: A Major Influence On Music Around The World
Consisting of Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto Ryuuichi, born January 17, 1952), Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋 幸宏 Takahashi Yukihiro, born June 6, 1952) and Haruomi Hosono (細野 晴臣 Hosono Haruomi, born July 9, 1947), Japan's late 1970s band Yellow Magic Orchestra, also known simply as YMO, has exerted - and continues to exert - a profound influence on music in Japan and around the world, particularly in electronic music (techno, electro, house, trance, electronica, etc.) which dominates the international music scene today.
Googling "influence" with "Yellow Magic Orchestra" and "YMO" illustrates the tremendous impact this highly influential Japanese band has had on world music.
The Yellow Magic Orchestra Biography at Amazon.com states:
The trailblazing force behind the emergence of the Japanese techno-pop sound of the late '70s, Yellow Magic Orchestra remains a seminal influence on contemporary electronic music -- hugely popular both at home and abroad, their pioneering use of synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines places them second only to Kraftwerk as innovators of today's electronic culture. YMO was formed in Tokyo in 1978 by keyboardist Ryuichi Sakamoto, who at the time was working on his debut solo LP; among his collaborators was drummer Yukihiro Takahashi, himself also a solo performer as well as a member of the art rock group the Sadistic Mika Band. The third member, bassist Haruomi Hosono, boasted an even more impressive discography, including four solo records as well as a number of production credits. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Below is a work by Yellow Magic Orchestra from 30 years ago, the 1979 "Technopolis." They were far ahead of their time.
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Oxygen Regulator
The flowmeter with humidifier is used in reducing gas pressure and adjusting the gas volume, which rescue patient and treat as oxygen therapy by hospital.Also may make using of other gas reduced pressure and the control flow.
Product main feature:
The product has artistic outlook, and flow control comfortable and stable.
The reductor is adjustable;The structure is unique, and the performance is reliable.
The stainless steel floater and the orange substrate flowmeter have a especially visual effect;
The international standard connect way, is suitable for all kinds of gas bottle installation.
Range of application
Give oxygen for first-aid or oxygen uptake for the people who are lack of oxygen.
How to use
1.Open the valve of oxygen cylinder after connect the screw nut of air intake closely.
2.Connect the oxygen pipe to the oxygen outlet firmly.
3.Demount the humidifying cup(anti clock wise rotation),put some distilled water in (purified water or plain boiled water can also take place),the water quantity should be between the bottom and top tick mark,then tighten up the bottle cap to the humidifying cup(clockwise rotation).
4.Rotate the flow regulating valve to the rate you need (anti clockwise to up,clockwise to down,till to close),then put it to nose to use.
5.Close the valve of oxygen cylinder firstly while not using,then close the flow regulating valve until the pointer of oxygen manometer return to zero.
1.Make sure there is no ash on the connector and check the screw thread,then install the inhalator.
2.Make sure the flow meter is vertical to the floor and flow regulating valve is closed,then open the valve of oxygen cylinder slowly,regulate the flow after the high pressure gauge shows the pressure of the oxygen cylinder.
3.No drastic shock,far away with the corrosive substance,and no oil stain.
4.The set screw of the safety valve can't be rotated at random,non-professional people are forbidden to dismount.
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Should be kept in the environment whose humidity is less than 90%,no corrosive gas and drafty.
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Yuyao dengyue medical equipment Co.,Ltd is involved in the manufacturing of medical equipment since 1987. we are a local company with a team of knowledgeable people with expertise in the medical.the company specializes in the manufacturing of medical gas regulator,nebulizer,wall medical flow meter,gas outlet,cylinder valve and at the same time we carry stock medical gas cylinders with other related product.The company in 2012, had passed CE certification and ISO 13485 quality management system certification.We have exported our product to Philippines,Vietnam,Middle East,East and South Asia and so on.At the same time,we have received encouraging feedbacks from both international and domestic markets.


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As part of the Civil Society Network for Human Security, GPPAC, Human Security Collective and the Global Political Trends Centre (Turkey) organised a seminar in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 September and 1 October, titled "Human Security Perspectives on Developments in the Middle East". The seminar focused on human security issues as experienced in the Middle East region, and in particular the role of Turkey in addressing these challenges. There were several panels that discussed issues such as the Turkish Kurdish reconciliation process, domestic human security challenges, and regional revolutions and conflicts. The program can be found here. >>Read more
Youth as Leaders and Changemakers - by Gabriella Vogelaar, 22 March 2013. My second blog reflecting on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Youth consultation in Tunis, Tunisia, 13 – 15 March 2013. "Youth is often talked about as the troublemakers. The ones that are most likely to turn to violence to vent their frustrations. However, I think that youth should also be recognized for their role as leaders of positive social change, especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While at the Youth workshop in Tunisia last week, I was interested in hearing their stories... >>Read more
Study of the Impact of Donor Counter-Terrorism Measures on Principled Humanitarian Action
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The study seeks to examine the impact of donors' counter-terrorism measures on principled humanitarian action. It was commissioned by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's (IASC) Task Force on Humanitarian Space and Civil-Military Relations asked the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) as an independent comprehensive study... >>Read more
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While my graphic designer friends are quick to point out that I am the 'creator' of the shirt and not the 'designer' since I came up with the overall concept (works for me!), the message is still pretty sweet. I owe a gigantic debt of gratitude to Courtney Young for wearing the Endangered Libraries shirt when she introduced "A Special Afternoon with Neal Gaiman and Nancy Pearl" at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. She had told me that he liked it which is what started the very short exchange pictured above. It really made my day!
You can still get a shirt at the ALA store, either in person now in San Diego at the Midwinter Meeting or through the website.
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Pennsylvania trail season look back
Brian Foster
Many shovels were smacked, wheel barrows were filled, lips were watered, and tarps were pinned. New friends were made, and old friends were brought back together for one reason -- to ride and build at the trails. With generous donations from S&M Bikes, Empire BMX, Fit Bike Co. and dozens of other sponsors and supporters, another awesome trail season is about to begin in the woods of eastern Pennsylvania. In preparation for the upcoming season, XGames.com looks back at some highlights from the 2013 trail season. Here is Brian Foster doing what he is known for: 360 table on the last set of Middle at Posh.
Brian Foster
Throughout 2013, Brian Foster was filming with Stew Johnson for the upcoming Fit video, and he was busting out some rad moves like this superman on the Butcher jump at Posh.
The rider known simply as Foerske was visiting last summer from Belgium with two of his friends. They trained just about every lap they took. Here is a mid-train no-hander through Chillers at Posh.
Ekim King
Ekim King folds his turndowns almost as hard as he sings in his band Secret Cutter.
Sam Dorward
Sam Dorward might have more flow than any other local at Catty Woods: one-footed table.
Foerske with a huge 360 on the last set of Chicken at Catty Woods.
Tom Alper
Tom Alper inverting through West Side at Catty Woods late in the season.
Jack Dorward
Jack Dorward (Sam's 15-year-old brother) rides Catty like he has been doing it for years. One-footed table in Fonzy.
Cold lap
Ekim, Jack, and Matt Trievel of Axelrad Screen Printing having a laugh after a cold lap through the trails.
Dave King
Dirt Sculpt Dave King's toboggans are one of the things that influenced me to start riding way back in 1993. They still have me hooked.
Mike Gentilcore
Trail Riders of America founder Mike Gentilcore sporting his usual protection at Posh.
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Jay Bone Lonergran and Matt Stone locking up the tools after a day of winterizing the jumps at Posh. As soon as the freezing temperatures break, trail season will begin once again.
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The original sense of this computer term is a copy protection device that attaches to an I/O port of a computer. When a program is run, it checks for the presence of the dongle on the port. The software can be distributed freely, but people have to pay for the dongle to make it work. The concept, while clever, has largely been a market failure, although dongles have filled a small niche by enabling multiple, non-networked computers to share a single software license. The term dates to at least January 1982, when it appears in MicroComputer Printout:
The word "dongle" has been appearing in many articles with reference to security systems for computer software.
The word is most likely a blend of dong and dangle, as it can resemble a penis that hangs off a computer.
A company called Rainbow Technologies, which manufactured dongles, claimed that the term was named for its alleged inventor, a certain Don Gall. This is not true and no such person existed, at least as far as I can tell; the story was simply a fabrication of the marketing department.
A more general use of the term come to my attention a number of years ago in a conversation with my boss where she asked to borrow my dongle, meaning an interface cable for a notebook computer. From a 8 June 2006 alt.pets.rodents.rats Usenet post:
The 6230i supports Bluetooth [...] so a bluetooth-usb dongle for your PC would give your [sic] a wireless means to transfer data. That's probably the slowest option, but this might not matter for the odd photo or two.
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Christian Fuller reaches his Mammoth endgame
Christian Fuller has been in town for only a year.
Yet, he has made a lasting impression on many.
He's a runner. He has coached young runners and entered races.
He has also introduced chess to people who never had thought of the game before.
He enjoys talking about the similarities between chess and running, and how chess, because it teaches concentration, can improve running.
"It can also improve one's math understanding and performance, as well as reading," Fuller said.
And, it might be said to improve life skills.
On Tuesday, he taught a chess class at the Snowcreek Club. His eager students were a nine-year-old and two 11-year-olds.
It was his final chess class before he leaves Mammoth for other pastures in New York. There he will study physical therapy, continue running, and coach running.
"I'll continue what I'm doing – I love to help athletes – but with more tools in my toolkit," Fuller said.
He taught opening moves, tactics and strategies. He talked about the middle game and the endgame, about the short-term tactics and the strategies to reach the endgame, where only a few pieces remain on the board.
"Chess helps everyone. IQ doesn't matter. As long as you enjoy it, you're going to have benefits," he said.
Nine-year-old Owen Omandi started playing chess on his uncle's glass chess set when he was younger,
"But I was playing it wrong, so I decided to play it right," he said. He and his 11-year-old brother Sam have been playing with and learning from Fuller for about six months, along with their friend, 11-year-old Blaise Jones.
"My mom first got a little chess set for me from Booky Joint and we played a few times," Blaise said. "I thought it was really fun and when I was in third grade, I took an after-school chess class. I enjoy the strategic aspects."
Blaise's mother Cleland Hoff, known to be an action figure herself, is determined that chess club continue even after Fuller leaves.
She is looking for others to help propel the cause.
Interested people who can teach and play can reach Hoff at (760) 914-2000.


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Today, loved ones will head to restaurants or cook for that special someone a candlelight dinner or even purchase something for their sweetheart, as Valentine's Day will commence.
Today, loved ones will head to restaurants or cook for that special someone a candlelight dinner or even purchase something for their sweetheart, as Valentine's Day will commence.
Personally, for Tina and I, we will be heading to a favorite restaurant of ours to enjoy the night.
Prior to writing this column, Tina told me about how she observed the day when she was growing up. She noted that the students would make a Valentine's mailbox out of a shoebox, where the students would put their cards in. How ironic is that, for I did the same when I attended Triway Elementary School in Stella.
As my brother and me got ready for Valentine's Day at Triway, Mom would take us to the store and purchase those neat little Valentine's Day cards, candy for the teachers and candy for the day. We would then return home and address all of the cards to our fellow students.
I don't remember a lot about the boxes that I decorated, but rest assured, it had some kind of red hearts on it with a slot for the students to drop in their cards. One of my favorite types of candy was getting those little hearts with the sayings "Be Mine" or "You're Sweet." And yes, I loved the chocolate candy as well.
As children, we would also give our teachers some candy and a card. For the decorated shoeboxes, we would have contests on various categories such as the most decorated to the most original to the most colorful. Then when it came party time, mounds and mounds of candy, cookies, punch and other homemade treats would be lined up ready for the children to eat. Forming a line, we would then take our cards around to all of the decorated shoeboxes and put the cards in. Later, the students would have the chance to see who was their Valentine.
Once we got home, there were additional surprises. First, Mom and Dad had Valentine's Day cards waiting for us, with a special treat. Then Dad announced that he was taking us all out to eat.
I don't know if schools have Valentine's Day events like Tina and I did growing up, but for us, they were good memories.
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Australopyrum Velutinum
Plants perennial, cespitose. Culms 7-68 cm tall, erect, lowest internode 1-1.5 mm thick, striate, smooth, glabrous except hairy just below the inflorescence.
Leaves mostly basal; sheaths hairy on the lower portion, becoming glabrous and smooth distally; auricles 0.2-0.6 mm long; ligules 0.1-0.5 mm long, truncate to obtuse; blades 3.5-5.5(17.5) cm long and 1.7-4 mm wide, wt 7-16 veins, flat to loosely inrolled on drying, abaxial surface glabrous to densely hairy, upper surface sparsely to densely pilose, tips acute to acuminate.
Inflorescence spikelike, 1.5-6 long, with 4-10 spikelets; rachis surfaces pubescent to pilose, with retrorse hairs, prolonged beyond the base of the distal spikelet; middle internodes 2-3 mm long.
Spikelets 7-13 mm long, solitary, tangential to the rachis, appressed to ascending, not pedicellate, with 2-3 florets.
Glumes about equal, 4.5-7 mm long, 3-6(7)-veined at midlength, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, glabrous or almost so, sometimes awn-tipped, the awn to1.75 mm long. Lemmas 4.5-7 mm long, glabrous and usually mostly smooth, sometimes scabridulous, awn-tipped, the awn 1.5-2.5 mm long. Palea 5.4-6 mm long, the keels coarsely scabrous, their tips separated by 0.25-0.5 mm. Anthers 2.25-5 mm long.
In open forest and grassland, on heavy soils.
Australia: NSW (ST, CWS), Victoria.
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2n = 14
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Henwood, M.J. and C.M. Weiller. 2009. Australopyrum, Flora of Australia 44A: 107-110. ABRS/CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia.
Jacobs, S.W.L., R.D.B. Whalley, and D.J.B. Wheeler. 2009. Grasses of New South Wales, ed. 4. University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.


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Google's stock broke through the US$700 mark on Wednesday, after press reports that the search engine giant is in advanced talks with US wireless carriers over adoption of mobile phone software Google is reportedly developing.
On Tuesday evening, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that Google and Verizon Wireless are making progress in drafting a mobile partnership.
On Wednesday morning, the Journal expanded its story, reporting that Sprint Nextel is also at the negotiating table with Google.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Journal had reported that Google will soon announce details of its mobile phone platform, which, according to the paper's sources, Google will deliver in mid-2008 and which will allow outside developers to create mobile applications.
At issue is Google's need to make it easier to deliver online services like Web search through cell phones, and, consequently, extend its online ad reach to the mobile market. The market is tiny but is expected to grow quickly in coming years.
Google already provides services for mobile phones via different methods. For example, Google has created mobile versions of some of its Web sites, which can be accessed via mobile browsers. It also has some deals with carriers to integrate Google services into the menu of features these telecom companies offer to their mobile subscribers. Finally, Google has also developed mobile applications that people can manually download to their cell phones.
Rampant rumors and speculation about Google's mobile phone strategy have been around for the past six months or so, and at one point included reports that Google would go as far as make actual handsets, something that it apparently has no plans to do.
The Kelsey Group recently forecast that mobile search and display advertising in the U.S. will hit US$33.2 million this year and grow at a compound annual rate of 112 percent through 2012, when it will total US$1.4 billion.
Kelsey Group also expects the number of mobile Internet users to grow at a 20 percent compound annual clip in the U.S. through 2012, when there will be almost 92 million people going online via their cell phones.
Worldwide, mobile ad spending is expected to reach US$1.5 billion this year and grow to US$11.3 billion by 2011, according to market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media.
Other Internet companies like Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft are also busy retooling their online services and applications so that they can be used on cell phones.
However, these Internet companies are finding that delivering online services and applications via mobile phones isn't as straightforward as doing it via PCs.
In the mobile market, Google, Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft have to play nice with a variety of gatekeepers, like mobile carriers, handset makers, mobile software developers and, last but not least, government regulators like the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, which auctions off wireless spectrum and sets rules for its use.
In July, Google jumped headfirst into a regulatory melee in the U.S. when it very loudly urged the FCC to radically alter the rules of the game in the mobile market.
Google argued in favor of so-called open-access requirements for the winners in an upcoming auction of very valuable wireless spectrum, locking horns along the way with big wireless carriers like its now reported potential partner Verizon.