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There are a lot of options out there for using other-than-websafe fonts in your website designs. Dynamic text replacement methods or resorting to very long fontstacks (where most of your visitors won't see the font you wanted anyway) have long been the standard for using anything other than websafe fonts.
But the @font-face function changes all that. With most major, modern browsers now compatible with it, services are cropping up all over for providing the fonts you want to embed on your site without eating up your bandwidth and server space.
One of the biggest hurdles these services help to overcome is the licensing issues related to embedding certain fonts on your website. While many fonts (especially open source fonts) have licenses that allow for embedding, others strictly prohibit it. Webfont services work with the type foundries to provide fonts for embedding while also providing the security that foundries insist upon.
Currently, there are four such services available, though two (Typekit and Fontdeck) are still invite-only. Read on for more information about each.
1. Typekit
Typekit is invite-only at this point. You can sign up for updates on their website, and they'll announce when it's ready. But a lot of information is already available on their blog.
From the looks of it, Typekit will have three available subscription options. The Trial service offers a pretty decent sized collection of fonts from foundries including Bitstream (Vera Sans), Bigelow & Holmes (Luxi Sans, Luxi Serif), Fonthead (Good Dog, Corn Dog, and others), Jason Kottke (Silkscreen) and others. The Personal-level service offers all of the trial fonts, plus fonts from Barry Schwartz (BonvenoCF, Goudy Bookletter 1911), Cathy Davies (Chemist, Chemist Rough), FRiTZe (Vollkorn), and Typodermic (Cardigan, Soap, and others) among plenty of other foundries. The Full Library option has all the fonts from the personal and trial libraries plus fonts from Betatype (Apertura, Pill Gothic 300mg, and others), Insigne Design (Montag, Carta Marina, Deinstag), and Paragraph (Galette, Mentone), among others. Overall, there are hundreds of fonts available.
Typekit works with virtually every major browser, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. While pricing has not yet been released, the trial version will be free to use.
Typekit Resources
First Impressions of Typekit
This post gives a great, first-hand account of what it's like to use Typekit.
Examining Typekit
An excellent article that takes a look at the positives and negatives of using Typekit.
Getting Started with Typekit
An excellent introductory guide from Carsonified.
Type Sellers, Web Fonts, and Typekit
A great post from Nice Web Type that talks about @font-face in general and Typekit in particular.
Typekit Hopes to Become the YouTube of Fonts
An excellent article from Webmonkey about Typekit's potential.
Typekit: Banishing Blight from the Browser
A pretty comprehensive look at Typekit from Linux Magazine.
2. Typotheque Web Fonts
Typotheque is a font foundry providing their own solution to the @font-face dilemma. Their service claims to work on 95% of browsers, and supports multiple languages.
One of the big advantages to this foundry-based service is that you pay for a single license for both print and web usage, and the license fee is a one-time payment. You can use the fonts you purchase on an unlimited number of domains, too, making it a potentially very cost-effective solution.
Of course, the big drawback to this is that you can only use it with Typotheques fonts. While they have some very nice fonts available, it's a relatively small collection, with only eight distinct fonts (with multiple weights available for most of them). But, if their fonts fit your needs, then it's a great solution.
Typotheque Resources
Testing Typotheque @font-face Embedding
A very thorough look at Typotheque from For a Beautiful Web.
Typotheque's Web Fonts Rock, But Old Machines Can't Learn New Type Tricks
A more critical look at Typotheque from Webmonkey.
Typotheque Web Font Service Demo
A video demonstration of Typotheque on Vimeo.
3. Kernest
Kernest takes a slightly different approach to the webfont service model. Basically, they let type designers and foundries submit their fonts under a variety of licensing options, and set the price for using that particular font on a per-site-per-year basis. They have a few dozen fonts currently available, from a variety of foundries. The preview functionality on the site is also really helpful, letting you try out fonts with text you input.
Kernest works with all major web browsers, including Safari 3 and higher, Firefox 3.5 and up, Opera 10 and up, and Internet Explorer 4 and higher. It's a pretty impressive list.
Usage is easy, with web designers only needing to choose the fonts, upload Kernest's CSS Embed, update the site's CSS tags, and refresh.
Font pricing varies widely on the site, with a lot of fonts available for free and others running in the $10-$20/year range (though some are more expensive). Depending on which fonts you want to use, it can be a very economical option.
Sites Using Kernest
While the other sites don't yet have galleries of sites using their services, Kernest does. Below are a few sites taking advantage of their technology.
Kernest Resources
A Web Font Service For Real, a Sneak Peek at KernestA great look at how Kernest works, from Readable Web.
The Importance of Knowing Kernest: Pretty High. Your Move, Typekit.
A quick look at Kernest from someone who's used both it and Typekit.
An Interview with Kernest's Garrick Van Buren
An interview with the creator of Kernest.
Using New Fonts from Kernest on Blogger
A tutorial for using Kernest webfonts on Blogger blogs.
4. Fontdeck
Fontdeck is a webfont service developed by ClearLeft and OmniTI that's still in private beta. You can sign up for updates on their website. There's even less information available about Fontdeck than there is about Typekit.
Of course, the fact that OmniTI will be handling the security aspects of Fontdeck means it's more likely to get support from font foundries who may be wary or less-secure methods. Fontdeck will likely make guarantees as to the safety of the fonts it provides.
There's no pricing information available yet for Fontdeck, or even information on how their pricing might be structured.
You can get updates on Fontdeck developments through their Twitter feed.
Advantages of Webfont Services
There are a number of advantages to using webfont services over dynamic text replacement (DTR) or other methods. The first is that these services work well for replacing the font of all the text on a page, not just your headlines. Converting all the text on a page using DTR is impractical due to the conversion time required. Webfont services don't take any longer to load a page of text than they do to load a header.
Another huge advantage to using a webfont service is that it removes the sometimes-confusing and sticky legal issues involved with embedding fonts on the web. Many font foundries consider embedding fonts to be redistributing them, making it against their terms of service to use @font-face with their fonts. Considering how small most font foundries are (many are just one person), font piracy can be a huge burden for them. Most web services make security a top priority and do a lot to protect font foundries from having their fonts pirated.
The final big advantage to using a webfont service is that it saves your bandwidth. If you have a high traffic site, everyone downloading font files when your page loads can quickly use a lot of bandwidth. Font services host the fonts on their own servers, saving your bandwidth. Depending on your traffic figures and hosting plan, the money saved might even be enough to offset the cost of the service each year.
Further Resources
The Font-as-Service
A great post from i love typography comparing Typekit, Fontdeck and Typotheque.
The Direction Forward with Web Fonts
A post from Molecular Voices that covers a wide variety of web font options, including webfont services, standards, and proposals (like .webfont and ZOT).
Web Font Services Join Fray as .webfont Format Gains Support
A post from Ars Technica about webfont services and proposals.
The Future of Web Font Embedding
An older post from Clagnut on embedding webfonts.
Testing Web Fonts
An excellent post from movito about Typekit, Typotheque and WOFF.
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NATO Finds New Purpose as Old Foes Simply Fade Away
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NATO appears to be gaining a new lease on life as the United States reasserts its leadership and sets the Atlantic alliance on a new post-cold-war course.
After months of waffling, the alliance is suddenly making tough decisions, just like the old days.
If Clinton officials are correct, Sept. 20 is the day that best symbolizes NATO's newfound purpose.
To many Western officials and analysts, that day proved that NATO had put behind it months of internal disputes over dealing with Europe's worst crisis since World War II: the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But on a broader level, they say, it showed that the defense pact founded to contain Soviet aggression is beginning to adapt to new, post-cold-war challenges.
In 24 hours, the pact's 16 members achieved much: They approved guidelines for admitting former Communist bloc states; began planning an unprecedented peacekeeping operation in Bosnia; and agreed to accommodate a Russian demand for adjustments to the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.
The unusual cooperation was crowned at 10 p.m. by a final satisfaction: confirmation that the Bosnian Serbs had capitulated to NATO air attacks by completing a withdrawal of heavy artillery from around the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo.
"Sept. 20 might have been the most remarkable day in NATO's history," says a senior US official. It underscored that "we have a grip on security conflicts in the future."
Agrees Ed Kolodziej, a European security expert at the University of Illinois in Evanston: "NATO is going to be the organization of preference for security in Europe."
Experts attribute the "revitalizing" of NATO to the US decision to take control of Balkan peacemaking efforts. The previous US policy of watching UN and European Community failures not only brought humiliation to the Clinton administration, but fueled deep doubts about US leadership of NATO and its commitment to European security.
That NATO's new cohesion depends on US leadership constitutes the underpinning of President Clinton's insistence on US participation in a Bosnian peacekeeping force. …


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Ex-traders sentenced to prison
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Two former natural gas traders were sentenced to prison terms Thursday for reporting false trading data to industry publications in order to manipulate gas markets.
Michelle Valencia, a former Dynegy trader, faces a 57-month sentence on seven counts of wire fraud.
Greg Singleton, formerly with El Paso Corp., received a 28-month sentence on a single count.
Both defendants remain free while awaiting notice from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons on when and where to report to begin their sentences.
Chris Flood, Valencia's attorney, said he was disappointed with the sentence by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas and has filed notice of appeal.
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"I think it's another case of the subordinates going to jail while the supervisors get away," Flood said.
Paul Nugent, Singleton's attorney, said it was unfair for his client to have faced charges while supervisors who directed his activities were not.
"But we have no regrets. We fought the government and won nine out of the 10 charges in a fair trial," Nugent said.
He has not decided whether to appeal.
Valencia and Singleton were charged with violating the Commodity Exchange Act by trying to influence gas markets through false price reporting to a pair of industry publications, Platts' Inside FERC's Gas Market Report and Natural Gas Intelligence.
The publications use such data to create indexes that many companies use to calculate the value of other natural gas transactions.
In a trial that ended in August 2006, prosecutors alleged Valencia and Singleton reported the false data in order to move the indexes in ways that would benefit their employers.
The defense argued that the two were following the orders of supervisors, that they didn't know the false reporting was illegal and that it was a widespread practice in a seriously flawed system.
The jury acquitted the pair on conspiracy charges and some false reporting charges and were deadlocked on other false reporting charges, which Atlas dismissed.
The jurors found them guilty of sending false information through e-mails.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Lewis said the sentences were fair.
"I think it will send a signal to the marketplace that people should be listening to," Lewis said.


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Driven by grief to find a cure for cancer, Elizabeth DeMarco left Logan Spencer to accept a position on a research expedition to the Amazon rainforest. Kidnapped by guerrillas, she was saved by a secret all-female civilization, the last of the ancient Amazons. But Elizabeth discovers she's traded one form of captivity for another.
Logan never stopped searching for Elizabeth. While consulting in the remote Brazilian interior near where she was kidnapped, Logan suffers what should be a fatal fall. Near death, he's collected by the Amazons and magically healed. Elizabeth is the first person he sees as he wakes.
But there's no time for a joyful reunion. The Amazons' mystical medicine is rapidly changing Logan. They want his DNA and plan to take it—and then kill him. Logan and Elizabeth must escape before dawn or Logan—and their second chance at happiness—is doomed.
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Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, has introduced Assembly Bill 789, which would regulate certain practices used by the nuisance wildlife trapping industry in an effort to protect California wildlife from egregious cruelty.
In California, those employed as private nuisance wildlife control operators (NWCOs) provide trapping services to consumers for a fee under the auspices of damage control. Some practices employed by these trappers are particularly egregious and result in the needless suffering and death of thousands of animals each year.
The bill includes important provisions aimed at protecting domestic pets from being inadvertently killed in Conibear kill traps and outlaws the most heinous methods of animal killing, such as drowning, chest crushing, and injection with toxic chemicals such as nail polish remover.
Williams said these practices must stop.
"These defenseless animals cannot speak for themselves so it is incumbent upon us as compassionate people to speak for them," he said. "We must as a society take great care to protect our animals and avoid the cruel and inhumane killing of our wildlife."
The bill will also help protect individuals and families from enduring the emotional and financial strain of dealing with the loss or injury of their dog to the jaws of a kill-trap.
"Each year thousands of animals suffer and die needlessly at the hands of wildlife trappers," said Monica Engebretson, senior program associate for Born Free USA. "Our organization has worked for many years to address this issue, and we are grateful to Assemblyman Williams for introducing this bill."
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BATMAN fans were treated to an evening of Hollywood spectacle when The Dark Knight received a lavish and star-studded European premiere in London's Leicester Square on July 21, 2008.
On the same day as the sequel confirmed its record-breaking US success, the stars of the film along with its director, Christopher Nolan, attended the red carpet event, signing autographs and chatting to assembled reporters.
Huge flames also leapt into the air and a giant batmobile – weighing in at a mighty 2.5 tonnes – raced down the red carpet as fans cheered from behind barriers.
The film, which features the late Australian actor as The Joker, is already being hailed as a masterpiece by most critics, many of whom have tipped Ledger to land a posthumous Oscar next February.
His co-stars, including Christian Bale, Sir Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhart, have backed the campaign and each took it in turns to pay tribute to his memory and talent at various press conferences held earlier in the day.
The Dark Knight opens in UK cinemas on Thursday, July 24, and is widely expected to sell most cinemas out this weekend.
London's IMAX cinema – which also staged its own premiere on Monday – is already holding around the clock viewings, the majority of which are sold out well into its second week.
A spokesman for the IMAX was delighted to confirm that demand had far exceeded expectation but fans are determined to see the film in the biggest screen possible, particularly as Nolan has shot six sequences especially in IMAX format (the first time this has been done for a film). The scenes in question literally fill the IMAX screen and are jaw-dropping.
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Chris Brassell is responsible for driving national diversity and inclusion strategies and thought leadership and brand identity designed to support the attraction, development, retention, and advancement of the most talented individuals in the Firm. He is also a subject matter expert who leads efforts at PwC to engage and include white males in the diversity and inclusion discussion along with a new approach to support working dads in the Firm. Previously, Chris has held a number of HR leadership positions at PwC, including the U.S. Campus Sourcing Leader and US Experienced Recruiting Leader where he was responsible for driving firm wide strategic recruiting initiatives; efforts that were instrumental in achieving extensive external recognition for PwC as the top ranked firm for their recruitment activities and brand. Additional positions at PwC include Global Recruitment Systems Leader and U.S. Diversity Recruiting Manager. He attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Economics. He is also an active advisory board member of the Howard University Center for Accounting Education, and a member of Asia Society, the Society for Human Resource Management, the National Association of Black Accountants, Ascend, and the Association for Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.


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History of Ornamental Iron & Wrought Iron
Wrought iron is a very pure form of iron, with carbon content below 0.15% . Wrought Iron is tough, malleable, and ductile. The obsolete process of "bloomery" resulted in the name "wrought iron", as the iron was pounded and twisted during this manufacturing technique. Abraham Darby's blast furnace in 1709 got iron prices dropping rapidly with high production. However blast furnace pig iron is very brittle. To use it for ornamental iron and ironmongery, it has to be reduced with oxides developed to react with excess carbon which then bubbles out as carbon dioxide.
Wrought Iron products today are predominantly of mild steel (also described as ornamental iron work). Classic Wrought Iron has not been manufactured commercially for over 2 centuries except at a special foundry in North India near New Delhi which specialises in rust-proof ornamental iron work and restoration ornamental iron gates. .. MORE: ornamental wrought iron
Free Wrought Iron by the Container Offer
from Industrial News Features, 10,Jan 2007
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BISON EXPORTS of New Delhi, India has unveiled a compelling offer for Internation iron gate fabricators. The scheme enables small iron and steel fabricators to fill up a 20 foot container at BISON's warehouses with a mix of standard and pre-fabricated wrought iron components commonly used in the gate manufacturing process. BISON is offering to fill upto 15 tonnes of standard iron products into a standard 20 foot shipping container and will ship it FREE to ports in America, Europe, West Asia, Japan or Australia. Architects, Contractors, and Welders rely on BISON' high quality and low prices for wrought iron, ornamental iron & stainless steel products. BISON's products including scrolls, spindles, balusters, pickets, and posts are used in railings, gates, staircases, and various other wrought iron furniture pieces. BISON's reputation for quality service, integrity and performance in the wrought iron, ornamental iron & stainless steel industry is now legendary for over 20 years and BISON are member of the INDIA IRON Group as well as the founder member of Metal Workers & Blacksmiths Guild of India. Shown here is a 20 foot shipping container
The combination of products & components is chosen after complete interaction with customers for the best-selling & most profitable product-mix. Customers are sent digital photos of random samples for EACH product being shipped & a detailed manifest in advance of the shipment & PRIOR approval for every lot put in the container is taken from the customer. Every effort is made to give the customer maximum products of his choice subject to shipping dimensions. Shown here are examples of BISON's wide range of forged iron finials and spear tops.
The Introductory pricing for this offer starts from Euro € 20,000 per container which is about USD$25,000.. Stuffed products include balusters including popular international favourites. Twisted Rods & Baskets, Standard Cast & Forged Components, Iron Forged & cast Spears, Finials, Knuckles, Rings, Balls etc. assorted leaves etc., The ever popular scrolls... a minumum of 10,000 pcs & of course the famous BISON BASKETS about 10,000 assorted pcs..Shown here are examples of BISON's ornamental iron twisted stair rods and baskets.
The BISON Wrought Iron company is well known for their range of twisted rods and baskets which are used as stair rods and balusters. There are over 200 designs in the standard range which can be delivered in large quantities within a few days. These rods are available in a variety of finishes such as primer, hot dip galvanised, painted, powder coated, epoxy, electro-plated, nickel plated, stainless steel etc. These twisted rod and basket products prove to be useful for gate and grill fabricators and general purpose blacksmiths. Beautifully engineered, these designs enhance the value of any iron man's project.
Standard Stair Rods and Ornamental Iron Balustrades are extensively used by iron fabricators. In addition these balusters prove very useful as ornamental gate and iorn fencing products, especially for picket fences. Carpet or stair rods are offered in 4 distinctive decorator finishes. Sturdy black iron bannisters are attractive and have decorating appeal. Supplied well packed and protected for easy and safe handling.
Wrought Iron Baskets are essential components in the armory of every ornamental iron gate manufacturer. These decorative upset and twisted iron twirls (also known as onions or zwirbels from the German] are metal trimmings that enhance the beauty of every gate. Available in 4, 88 and 12 strand versions, these Ornamental Iron Baskets have proven to be vey popular export products for BISON who have a high production computerised manufacturing facility for these wrought iron cage basket. BISON is proud to claim that they are the cheapest and most efficient producers of Wrought Iron Baskets in the world and have an installed capacity to manufacture 30,000 high quality baskets per day.
Wrought Iron Scrolls. These C and S shaped scroll products are used by every iron workers supplying quality gates & railings, or having automated & fitting service. Scrolled Ironwork is popular for the home & garden, beds, tables, chairs, mirrors, fire furniture, curtain poles, pond covers, pet baskets, weathervanes & lighting. Wrought Iron Scrolls Designs are classic, medieval & gothic etc.
Wrought Iron Leaf and flower Stampings: are a BISON speciality. BISON doesn't care if Ornamental Iron-workers fill the entire 20 foot long container with these premium and expensive pressed decorative components. BISON's associates at INDIA IRON are the largest manufacturer of pressed Ornamental Iron decorative products in India and have over 300 modern hot forged stamping presses banging away 24x7. With over 300 popular leaf and flower designs in ready stock of these components, BISON just wants you to take these stuffed containers off their premises.
Jan 10, 2007=Free Wrought Iron by the Container Offer
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SMXIRON franchises gates operations
SMX.IRON appoints gate franchises in South India.
On 7 Jan 2007, SMXIRON Works appointed 2 new dealers for ornamental iron gates
in the cities of Nellore and Secunderabad in the Southern India state of Andhra Pradesh. Balaji Ornamentals (Nellore) and CRM Iron Traders (Secunderabad) will now exclusively distribute SMXIRON CKD custom iron gates and BISON brand gate components within the territory alloted to them within A.P. State.
Marketing Manager (South Zone) for SMXIRON Mr. C.S.Raju, says that although the
local wrought iron fabricators are supplying gates and iron railings at cheaper prices in Andhra Pradesh, the quality of these locally manufactured gates and railings is quite inferior to the mass produced gates to international standards and dimensions which SMXIRON Works is exporting to over 20 countries now. SMXIRON intends to initially focus on the large builders and institutional buyers in the State, and similar dealers are also being appointed in the neighbouring States of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
SMXIRON Works is located near New Delhi (North India), and the company claims
that appointing local dealers will benefit consumers by reducing the freight and transport costs through consolidation. With over 3,000 standard gate designs in their current manufacturing program, SMXIRON intends to be able to deliver and install International quality custom iron gates within 10
days of order placement, which is remarkable in a industry notorious for delays in the South of India.
Jan 07, 2007=SMXIRON wrought iron gates
Wrought Iron Machines
India Iron group offers new machines : INDIA IRON WEBSITE dated 1 Jan 2007
from Syndicated Wire Reports
(New Delhi)
The India Iron Group has announced the new export prices for their wrought iron machines with effect from 01,Jan 2007. The Group say that prices have been increased by about 12% from last year on account of the tremendous hike in iron and steel prices in India. However, prices of their popular PR-20 embossing unit have been somewhat reduced due to redesign of the machine to handle hollow tubes and pipes. The basic PR-20 is now offered for export at Euro € 13,200 ex-works compared to the earlier price of Euro € 14,700.
As a closeup view of the dies and toolings of the PR-20 iron embossing machine shows, the tooling technology is identical to that used by European manufacturers of similar machines as India's BISON company is an OEM supplier of CNC (computer manufactured) and hand crafted roller embossing dies to many German and Spanish machine manufacturers also. The best international tool steels are used to make these roller dies which are then tempered in computer controlled furnaces for long life.
Prices have been raised ,however, on the Group's BISON SBZ-3 stand alone iron scrolling machine. This computer controlled scroll forming machine is capable of producing upto 300 complex wrought iron scrolls per hour. Multi-segmented scrolling dies driven from a variable speed AC drive with encoder feedback and derivative spring back control results in accurate and consistent scrolls every time, as per the company sources. The SBZ-3 ornamental iron scroller and scroll bender is now priced at Euro € 9,600 ex-works.
The India Iron Group also has a dedicated facility for automated ornamental iron scroll production. This unit is presently exclusively catering to the Middle East and Gulf market. With the increase in capacity by introduction of 12 new computerised machines, 2 of them with robot loaders, the Indian Iron Group is aggresively targeting the European and North America markets which are highly price sensitive.
This is a view of manual production of end forged scrolls at the works of an India Iron Group facility. The ends of rods and flat sections are roll pressed into flat decorative sections for easy insert ion and gripping in the automatic scroll bending machines. End forging improves the look of the finished scroll say company sources.
To contact the India Iron Group for more details of these machines or their manufacturing facilities, please use the CONTACT box at the top of this page. The website is INDIA IRON WEBSITE
Jan 02, 2007=Wrought Iron Machines
Iron News from India:
India Iron products
At the India Iron group, members are craftsmen and mechanised manufacturer blacksmiths, exclusively doing traditional wrought iron fabrication and hot forged designs products in steel and formed sections for ornamental gates, balustrades, staircases, newels and posts, curtain rods and drapery, wrought iron furniture such as iron beds, iron tables, metal chairs, garden and patio furniture or wrought iron gazebos, designer metalware like candelabra / mirror frames, etc.
May 26, 2006=India Iron products
Indian Wrought Iron prices plunge
Steel mills in China, are deferring shipments of iron ore squeezed by overcapacity, Beijing's fresh measures to cool the economy and a global economic slowdown.
"Mittal Steel Co, the world biggest steel maker, said that consumption in the United States was suffering from an inventory overhang.
Spot Indian iron ore prices - which are seen as the barometer for China's steel sector - fell to below $US70 a tonne iron ore traders said.
Chinese prices for hot-rolled coil fell 1500 to 2000 yuan per tonne to below 4000 yuan per tonne, the Beijing trader added. The slowdown has pushed freight rates from Brazil to China down to $US20 a tonne, half the first quarter level, shipping officials said. Some of the world's top steel makers, including Arcelor and ThyssenKrupp, have already announced production cuts to counter a downward price trend."
Prices of finished wrought iron products from India were quite firm and hovered around US$3,000 (for LSB) to US$6,000 (top end) per tonne, with shipping costs to USA of around US$3,000 per 20 foot container.
Aug 20, 2006=India Wrought Iron prices plunge
Ornamental Iron News
This month's iron news
We are an association of 8 forge shops in India who are manufacturers of pre-made gates and wrought iron components for international export.
Our iron gate website publicizes the design and production capabilities of our members and producers of international quality wrought iron and ornamental metal gates for shipment to the USA, Europe and Middle East Markets.
India is a well located sourcing destination for ornamental iron products and fabricated gates. Our skilled work force is proficient in reproducing antique building products to international engineering standards and tolerances. Advanced processes such as hot forging, press automation, MIG welding, sand blasting, hot dip galvanizing, powder coating etc. are routinely applied to the iron gates we manufacture
FREE SERVICES: Our association assists you in every way to locate the best sources and prices from our membership for any kind of fabricated iron or steel products.
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Registration for Fall FYS takes place on campus during the New Student Orientation (NSO) summer sessions. Seats in the FYS are apportioned and released systematically throughout the summer so that each of the three registration sessions within each NSO session has approximately the same number of seats available for FYS. Online course listings will indicate that there are no seats available in FYS because the seats that are made available at each registration session open at the moment that the registration begins. Registering students who have FYS in their "shopping carts" are likely to see some FYS seats open and then close as they are scheduled by fellow students. Beginning in early August, first-year students can drop and add FYS from their schedule using the Connect Carolina online registration system.
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One Season down with the SA
Hey guys as the season comes to a close here in the NW I wanted to share my experience with my SA350 after a season with it . We put 65 hours on it dislocated one shoulder , slight tear to a knee and broke two boards ..... Wakeboard wake is really good or we are really bad..... I had a 2008 VTX Malibu before this boat and spent some time really looking around at other boats I spent time on the Tige RZ4 , MXZ , and had a 2011 LSV purchased before I spent time in the Supra . The ballast system is great I have the 900 standard and also the Flex Ballast and never had a need for more weight. The Vision touch dash is extremely easy to navigate and use never had a new driver struggle to find there way around it . This boat drives better than anything that I personally have ever drove with weight and while driving double up this boat is rock solid ! We use our boat for about 80% wakeboard and the rest surfing , surf wake stock was no sacked out LSV but found it to be just fine for a group of friends in the evening after a long day of riding. But with that said none of the pickle forks are real surf machines and this still performed great , could easily drop rope and get pretty deep behind the boat . The Zero Off speed control is great the finish overall finish is absolutely top notch and have yet to find anything about this boat that doesn't seem to be well thought out or of the highest quality. Honestly never thought I would leave the Malibu line have always loved them and still really enjoy my buddies Malibu's but Supra really did this one right and honestly have no complaints about this thing inside or out ! Greg at Active Water Sports did a great job going over this boat from a rider stand point and that was really a big selling point for me also. This is a extremely brief review and could go on and on about this boat but instead I'm going to try to soak up the last couple of riding in Portland with my broken boat crew.
Awesome!!! We need some pics of that beauty too
Real cool to hear a positive real owner review on a brand new rig. The SA series looks sharp and it's very cool to hear they perform and feel just as good as they look
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Nice looking ride. Greg is a great guy, only met him once, but felt really comfortable with him. I usually ride on the Columbia (over by Marine Drive and the 205 bridge, or over in the Hayden Island slough by the Port of Portland).
Always nice to see another Supra!
Storm Trooper SA! Sweeeeeeet
That boat is sweet. Glad you are digging it. Could have been mine, but you stole it from me!!!! JK
The SA and SC are both sweet. If I decide to buy a new boat next year they are going to be on the top of my short list...
Do you have any feedback or thoughts on 350 v 450 v 550?
I can tell you that I have driven the 450 totally loaded (well over stock) down and it had tons of power. I have driven the 350 not totally loaded (stock ballast and people basically) and it did just fine. I would suspect the 350 will be totally sufficient for 90% of consumers. Comparable to the 350 in any boat that is out now. If you really want to load it and be on plane real fast then the 450. If you want to be the badass on the lake then get the 550, but not sure why anyone would actually need it, but it is cool!
The 350 was a concern for me when doing my on the water and it had no problems getting on a plane loaded. I ran my 350 Labor Day with 8 buddies and a full tank of fuel and never had a problem and no one was in the bow. Would I love to have a 550 heck ya ! Did I ever feel a need for more power no boat did fine all season. I also think the boat planes out well due to the ballast distribution in the bow . I drive a X2 and my buddies VLX all season and they seem to struggle to plane out quickly . Last week we did run mine with full ballast and two 540 bags on the floor with 3 guys and again no problems.
Thanks guys. So, Diggs what size motor will you be getting?
Based on what Shane said and what I have heard from others, probably the 350. Would love the 450 though just so I could show off to Shane10p and one up him, so we will have to see. Just a big price jump....
What kind of weight do you normally run in your boats Diggs? Our 350 has stock pnp plus 750's in the rear and with about 5 people in the boat she struggles a bit. I like the wake a lot with that setup, but my buddy's 450 with 1100's in the back has a MACKIN wake and it'll pull that weight plus 10 people up no problem
Ttime - I don't have an SA so you would have to ask Shane and others. I have just been on an SA350 with stock ballast and then a SA450 with way more than stock.
I run my 350 with stock plus full plug and play and normally one 540 bag I always try to keep the fuel tank full . I really don't feel like it struggles but then again I have never been in a wakeboard boat with a LS3 , I do use the wake plate a lot to help it out . I'm sure the 450 and 550 are awesome but here in the NW there doesn't seem to be a ton of the big engine upgrades to my knowledge. And personally I don't see a ton of need for it .
I got the SA450 and it almost has too much power! The 350 would have been fine but got a great deal with the 450. Having had 3 Malibu's, tige, Sanger and MB I didn't think this boat would be superior. I love Malibu's but this Supra just seemed to superior to ME. I am surprised my self. No bashing but everything was so thought out, the quality awesome and the wake well let's just say is incredible for wakeboarding and a pretty good one for surfing. It drives like a Ferrari on the water. I loved all my boats but for now this is the one. All great boats though. No bashing from me.
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From initial conception to letting, highway design projects typically span several years. KYTC and the Kentucky Transportation Center have developed critical path method (CPM) schedules for KYTC Project Managers. Process flowcharts and Gantt chart templates are meant to assist pre-construction project managers with organizing, sequencing, and scheduling project development activities.
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High-tension cable median barrier (CMB) is a safety innovation in Kentucky, primarily used to prevent crossover crashes. In these crashes, a vehicle leaves the roadway on the left shoulder, crosses the median, and enters opposing lanes of traffic. Inconsistent performance in CMB after a single vehicle hit; specifically, loss of tension in the cables, has been noticed. Ideally, if a second vehicle struck the cable barrier in a different location from the first hit, cable tension would be sufficient to prevent the second vehicle from crossing the median and causing a head-on collision.
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A 15-year-old felon has been arrested in connection with the gang shooting that injured one teen at a Parkland McDonald's restaurant Monday afternoon.
Pierce County sheriff's detectives have also recovered a .22 caliber rifle believed to be used in the shooting. Spokesman Ed Troyer said the boy arrested has at least one prior conviction for weapons charges.
The incident happened about noon at the McDonald's in the 11000 block of Pacific Avenue. A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the hand.
Troyer said the shooting involved two groups of rival gang members between the ages of 13 and 16. Ten gang members are believed to be involved, along with three weapons that fired eight to ten rounds.
Although detectives detained some of the teens, Troyer said they are being uncooperative.
"We believe there were other shots fired and we're looking for other people," he said. "The investigation is continuing."