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Guinea baboon
The Guinea baboon (Papio papio) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. Some (older) classifications list only two species in the genus Papio, this one and the hamadryas baboon. In those classifications, all other Papio species are considered subspecies of P. papio and the species is called the savanna baboon.
|Guinea baboon[1]
|Scientific classification
P. papio
|Binomial name
|Papio papio
(Desmarest, 1820)
|Guinea baboon range
The Guinea baboon inhabits a small area in western Africa. Its range includes Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali. Its habitat includes dry forests, gallery forests, and adjoining bush savannas or steppes. It has reddish-brown hair, a hairless, dark-violet or black face with the typical dog-like muzzle, which is surrounded by a small mane, and a tail carried in a round arc. It also has limb modifications that allow it to walk long distances on the ground. The Guinea baboon is the smallest baboon species, weighing between 13 and 26 kg (28.6–57 lbs). Their life spans are between 35 and 45 years.
It is a diurnal and terrestrial animal, but sleeps in trees at night. The number of suitable sleeping trees limits the group size and the range. It lives in troops of up to 200 individuals, each with a set place in a hierarchy. Group living provides protection from predators such as the lion and various hyena species. Like all baboons, it is omnivorous, eating fruits, buds, roots, grasses, greens, seeds, tubers, leaves, nuts, cereals, insects, and small mammals. Because it eats almost anything available, it is able to occupy areas with few resources or harsh conditions. Its presence may help improve habitats because it digs for water and spreads seeds in its waste, encouraging plant growth.
The Guinea baboon is a highly communicative animal. It communicates by using a variety of vocalizations and physical interactions. In addition to vocalizations to each other, this animal has vocal communications apparently intended to be received and interpreted by predators.
Due to its small range and the loss of its habitat, the Guinea baboon is classified as "near threatened" by the IUCN.
Physical descriptionEdit
Baboon refers to the large-bodied primates with marked sexual dimorphism and having females and young that are dependent on males for protection.[3] Guinean baboons have a red tone to their fur, and are sometimes referred to as the red baboon. They lack hair on their hindquarters, and their faces are black with yellow-brown sideburns. Females' rumps are pink in color and males have a mane of fur around their heads and shoulders. A characteristic feature of baboons is their long molars and broad incisors. The long canines are evidence of sexual dimorphism in baboon species. Their forelimbs and hindlimbs are nearly equal in length and their digits on their hands and feet are relatively short and stout, making it difficult for them to climb.[4]
Baboons are one of the largest groups of monkeys and are sexually dimorphic in body size (meaning the males and females have differing body sizes).[4] They can range in weight from 13 and 26 kg (28–57 lbs), making them the smallest of the baboon species.
Habitat and distributionEdit
Generally found in woodland savannas, they seasonally congregate near permanent water sources, breaking off in the wet season into smaller groups. Baboon species are all allopatric, but some of their ranges do overlap, and some interbreeding can occur.[4] These baboons are found in a wide range across Africa in savannah habitats. Its range includes Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, southern Mauritania and western Mali. Most typically they are in the forests and savannah of sub-Saharan Africa. They can also be found in grasslands, rain forests, and other open areas.[4]
They are diurnal, living on the ground instead of the trees, and typically sleep in trees at the terminal ends of branches.[5] Their group size is widely variable and ranges from 40 to 200. However, the most common troop size is 30–40 individuals. Often, a pronounced male hierarchy and fierce competition for females happens within the group. This competition leads to sexual dimorphism among the species.[4] When it comes to feeding, they are independent foragers, and females are always paired with males when foraging so they can be protected. Females may choose to follow the same males from year to year.[3]
Guinean baboons eat a variety of foods, but their main sources of nutrients are fruits, roots, and tubers, but also grass seeds and leaves. This type of feeding is referred to as opportunistic faunivores. They have also been known to eat small mammals and invertebrates.[4]
Socially, baboons live in harems, with one dominant male and one subordinate male with several females and juveniles. These groups are usually small, but join with larger groups to form a troop; these groups sleep or forage together. The Guinean troops are large multiple-male, multiple-female troops with 50–300 baboons. The harems consist of two to five females which mate with the dominant male.[6] Baboons are not very good climbers, so they spend the majority of their time foraging on the ground.[3] Guinean baboons forage along the ground during the day, but almost always climb trees or cliffs when sleeping. Guinea baboons run along the ground in a quadrupedal pattern.[4]
The Guinea baboons have a host of vocal, visual, and tactile communications. Their several vocal calls each convey different messages, and consist of predator warnings, signaling friendly intentions, submissive calls, and frustration vocalizations. Many of these calls can be used in combination with either each other or with some other form of visual or tactile communication. Visual communications serve many of the same purposes as the vocal calls, and are often accompanied by some sort of vocal call. Tactile communication is usually tied to visual communication and can range from mouth-to-mouth touching to biting or slapping.[7]
Guinea baboon females exhibit sexual swelling that begins about 10 to 12 days before it plateaus and remains consistent for about eight days. Females then participate in the social behavior of presenting, which is when she signals to the males in the group she is ready for copulation.[7]
The mean gestation period is about six months and nursing continues until about six to eight months.[7]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Oates, J. F.; Gippoliti, S. & Groves, C. P. (2008). "Papio papio". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16018A5354225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16018A5354225.en.
- ^ a b c Bramblett, C. (1994). Patterns of Primate Behavior. Waveland Press Inc. pp. 129–132.
- ^ a b c d e f g Fleagle, J. (1988). Primate Adaptation & Evolution. Academic Press Inc. pp. 169–171.
- ^ Anderson, J. (1998). "Sleep, Sleeping Sites, and Sleep-Related Activities: Awakening to Their Significance". American Journal of Primatology. 46 (1): 63–75. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:1<63::AID-AJP5>3.0.CO;2-T. PMID 9730213.
- ^ Maestripieri, D. (2005). "Female Copulation Cells in Guinea Baboons: Evidence for Postcopulatory Female Choice?". International Journal of Primatology. 26 (4): 737–758. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.512.25. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-5306-6.
- ^ a b c Dolhinow, P. (1972). Primate Patterns. Academic Press Inc. pp. 142–179.


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Milano - 800mm Modern Bath End Panel - White
Featuring an easy to clean white gloss finish, the Milano 800mm end panel will add the finishing touches to your new bath and hide unsightly pipework.
Suitable for use with our 800mm wide straight baths, the end panel has a hard-wearing acrylic construction that's highly durable and scratch resistant.
Bath End Panel Features:
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Award-winning sculpture
The newest exhibit on display at the Springfield Art Association features a look at the lifelong work of local sculptor Paul K. Riemer. The exhibit kicks of with an opening reception, Saturday, Aug. 11, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Gallery of Art. It is open to the public and includes light hors d'oeuvres and wine. Paul K. Riemer was an ironworker for more than 43 years, mainly repairing and rebuilding bridges on Illinois state highways before retiring in 1986. His award-winning sculpture work includes pieces around town – "True Love" at the Springfield Art Association, a huge sculptural logo at Town and Country Bank on MacArthur Blvd., a large cross in Zion Lutheran Church, Pleasant Plains, and a charming large giraffe at Frazee's Catering. Riemer's work is on display until Sept. 1.
Paul K. Riemer Retrospective
Saturday, Aug. 11-Saturday, Sept. 1
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Saturday, 10am-3pm
Springfield Art Association
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most pleasing[ plee-zing ]SEE DEFINITION OF most pleasing
Synonyms for most pleasing
- agreeable
- amiable
- amusing
- charming
- congenial
- delightful
- enchanting
- engaging
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- favorable
- good
- grateful
- gratifying
- likable
- luscious
- musical
- palatable
- pleasant
- polite
- satisfactory
- satisfying
- savory
- suitable
- sweet
- winning
Antonyms for most pleasing
early 14c., "to be agreeable," from Old French plaisir "to please, give pleasure to, satisfy" (11c., Modern French plaire, the form of which is perhaps due to analogy of faire), from Latin placere "to be acceptable, be liked, be approved," related to placare "to soothe, quiet" (source of Spanish placer, Italian piacere), possibly from PIE *plak-e- "to be calm," via notion of still water, etc., from root *plak- (1) "to be flat" (see placenta).
Meaning "to delight" in English is from late 14c. Inverted use for "to be pleased" is from c.1500, first in Scottish, and paralleling the evolution of synonymous like (v.). Intransitive sense (e.g. do as you please) first recorded c.1500; imperative use (e.g. please do this), first recorded 1620s, was probably a shortening of if it please (you) (late 14c.). Related: Pleased; pleasing; pleasingly.
Verbs for "please" supply the stereotype polite word (e.g. "Please come in," short for may it please you to ...) in many languages (French, Italian), "But more widespread is the use of the first singular of a verb for 'ask, request' " [Buck, who cites German bitte, Polish proszę, etc.]. Spanish favor is short for hace el favor "do the favor." Danish has in this sense vær saa god, literally "be so good."


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Garden Paving for your St Kilda Home: Why It Is Important?
To a lot of people, having a beautiful garden in their home, is not just a matter of pride, but a metaphor for themselves in which they subtly express their love towards Mother Nature and all things organic. That being said, what is a beautiful garden without a path upon which one can tranquility walk upon, observing the delight of nature that was so groomed with precision? This is where garden paving comes in.
What Is Garden Paving?
Garden paving is, exactly as the name suggests, paving customized and distinct pathways in your garden.
Depending upon the paving you decide to do (For example Block Paving or Brick paving is decorative) your budget and the overall "Style" or "look" that you are going to your garden, the methods that are implemented to pave them vary and will obviously affect the "Big Picture."
What Paving Should You Use?
When it comes to concrete, you have pretty much had a lot of choices as far as materials go: Bricks to York stone, Pantile to Asphalt, etc. But each of these materials can affect your garden in a special way. Here's why you should choose any of these:
Block Paving: Though it's a "Decorative" paving material, the benefit of using block paving or brick paving beside getting a stunning visage for your garden, is that the individual blocks can be replaced, and this allows for remedial work to be performed as per wish.
York stone: York stone is a type of sandstone, that is a Carboniferous sedimentary rock. It's a traditional paving stone used in London and would complement the (much more) sunny climate of St Kilda. These are eco-friendly and can be reused!
Edge Paving & Curved Paving Edging:
Your pathways often need an edging despite the direction and geometry they're built in making them visually aesthetic.
Choosing the right pavement edging (Whether it be straight or curved) is crucial.
But before you can think of a pathway let's take a look at the "Garden Bed." In every garden, there is always the need to trim the edge off grass as it bleeds out of its bed, sides and that's why let's think outside the box for a second, quite literally- Your garden bed needs a beautiful edging to compliment it.
So here are a few garden bed edging ideas and some garden bed edging stones that you can use to get a clean garden bed annihilating the need to trim your grass edges forever:
Sandstone Paving:
This kind of paving is made of smooth, natural sandstone and is truly one of the distinctive types, giving you a more concerned and contemporary look to your garden bed.
You would fit this vertically alongside garden paving stones thus completing your garden edging.
Weathered Limestone:
This paving edging strip is known as "Old Town Edging", and as the name suggests, it is made from weathered limestone. It's a period piece and would sink well with the colorful cultural history of St Kilda.
Sawtooth Edging:
Now this one's a classic; a did almost looks like bricks angled obtusely from each other. It's efficient and keeps the grass from growing into your pathway while also complimenting your garden bed with a vintage touch.
Paving Edging Restraints:
But before we move on, make sure you are aware of the paving edging restraints that your garden's pavement layout might bring forth.
There is a huge variety of different paving edging restraints that help set your payment edging straight or curved, but with precision!
Flexibility is key here and so make sure you do the right homework or ask the paving edging company you installed your edging from to recommend an edge restraint for you as it is these restrictions that give a definition to your garden paving. Sometimes these restraints can even act as channels for draining surface water to specific areas to be disposed of.
This eliminates the possibility of stagnating water which ruins the aesthetic and causes damages of the paving material itself if prolonged!
Edging Pavers With Concrete:
When ones need a rigid framework for their garden paving, then concrete seems to be the go to edging restraint for many.
By edging pavers with concrete, not only do you get a stronger framework for your pavement, but the best part about them is that they can be used for any type of paving and so they compliment various garden savings both chemically and aesthetically. A lot of garden edging in St Kilda is done using concrete paving edging.
Here Are Some Good Landscape Edging Ideas for your St Kilda Home:
So the next time you look into someone's garden and admire it, maybe it's more than just nature involved that is catching your eye, but the man made wonders in it as well!
- A Gabion Wall is like a net that stands vertical to your paving and can be creatively used by filling it in with stones or anything else your mind can think of, so your garden can be unique at best!
- If you actually want to be unique and stand out, then nothing eats good old human error. What I mean by this is that everyone has their style, and so something as simple as just cutting pieces of wood in different sizes, and placing them vertical to your bedding and edging would be the absolute "Cherry on the top" for your dream garden. Plus, it sets your garden apart from the rest, as only you can cut the wood that way as to give it the timber garden edging look.
- Use big stones-No joking, sometimes it's the most simple ideas that deliver breakthroughs. Placing large stones in random, around your garden paving looks amazing, and you know what the best part is? It's extremely cost efficient and gives your garden a genuine paved garden edging look and feel!
- Some other materials that can be used for your garden edging are Concrete, terracotta, woven wood from natural logs, steel (Curved Edging) and Palisade. Wood is mostly used as patio edging bricks and is the most common around the world.
- Raised Garden Beds can be edged and contained using stone, steel, and in some cases concrete as well, seeing as concrete gives you a cleaner and more appealing look to the human eye. Besides these materials are truing and will hold the weight of 4-foot deep soil inside you raised garden bed!
So the next time you look into someone's garden and admire it, maybe it's more than just nature involved that is catching your eye, but the man made wonders in it as well!


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Temporary Coffee is OpenApril 3, 2010
Temporary Coffee is open at 1028 SE Water Avenue. We are extremely stoked to have Tom Pikaart (www.pouredover.com) and Drew Woods (Vivace) on board serving killer espresso and coffees. We are rocking 8 and 12 oz drinks, no menu board, pour over and chemex only for drip, serving coffees from WAC and espresso from OLY. Our hours are 7:30-5ish Monday-Friday. The goal is to transition from the Temporary Coffee space into the Water Avenue Coffee Factory in a month or so, but in the meantime, provide our neighbors with excellent coffee.
We have a small selection of delicious pastries from Pearl Bakery, Pie from Pie Spot, teas from Steven Smith Tea Co. and a big bowl of oranges. Come late in the day and you may find a stray Tecate in fridge, and Matt, Brandon and Bruce on one of the leather sofas.


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On June 8, 2014, Nia Sanchez was named Miss USA and became the first titleholder representing Nevada to bring home the crown. This past January, Nia competed against 87 other women from across the globe during the 63rd Annual Miss Universe Pageant and placed first runner-up representing the USA.
Born in California and most recently residing just minutes away from the famous Las Vegas Strip, Nia loves the thrill of traveling and has lived all over the world. After capturing the Miss USA crown, Nia relocated to New York City for the first time in her life where she will live during her reign. Raised in the small town of Menifee, California, Nia proved that beauty queens break stereotypes – and boards – when the world discovered she holds a fourth degree black belt in Taekwondo.
Part Mexican, part German, and quite the avid traveler, Nia has already added both countries to the list of places she has worked, visited or lived. During high school, Nia traveled to Mexico three different times to carry out mission trips with her church and afterwards headed to Germany to work as a nanny. Not someone to stay in one place for too long, Nia jumped at the opportunity to experience Abu Dhabi during an extended stay with the family she was working with. Additionally, the beauty has even held a position with a well-known theme park which brought her to live in Hong Kong, a city which she fell in love with and now compares to NYC.
Nia's parents divorced when she was seven years old resulting in a financially vulnerable situation for her mother. The decision was made to bring Nia and her younger brother to live in a women's shelter for several months during the transition. Nia's mother was able to build her resume, confidence and the skills needed to return to the workforce and live comfortably on her own. Soon after, Nia went to live with her father where she was enrolled in a new grade school. This unfamiliar environment didn't help socially as she was quickly labeled as the shy student in class.
Determined to break his daughter out of her shell, Nia's father signed her up for Taekwondo classes – something that would change her life forever. After months of pleading during countless tantrums against attending class, Nia finally began to love the sport. "Taekwondo taught me a lot about myself; it gave me leadership skills and confidence, as well as a greater general awareness of everything around me," says Nia. "I went from never wanting to be in class to begging my dad to bring me six days a week which prompted him to buy a studio of his own," she adds. Nia would later go on to compete for national titles in the U.S. and eventually become a Taekwondo instructor herself. Her family's studio is still owned and operated by her father in Southern California.
Shortly after winning Miss Nevada USA, Nia began to volunteer at a women's shelter in Las Vegas. Although her own experience living in one was not due to domestic violence, many of the women there had gone through difficult situations of their own and Nia immediately felt a personal connection to them. With her background in martial arts, Nia began to realize how important it is for women to know self-defense and used her own knowledge to teach them what she is so passionate about. As Miss USA, Nia has spent her reign empowering women to learn self-defense in order to prevent and avoid harmful situations. Making regular school visits in the New York area, Nia teaches self-defense to students of all ages and encourages them to be self-confident in everything they do. Nia has shared escape techniques on national news programs including Live with Kelly and Michael and Fox and Friends, among others.
Aside from traveling, Nia likes being outdoors and taking part in any sporting activity that nature provides. She especially enjoys hiking – something she does often with her mother when she visits her in Washington State. Currently in search of the perfect book club, Nia loves to read and is never able to put a good book down once she starts. During her reign, Nia will be a spokesperson for breast and ovarian cancer education, prevention and awareness and works closely with organizations such as Gilda's Club, Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, Project Sunshine, and Best Buddies, among others.


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March 28, 2007
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The long ball was on display Wednesday at Dewitt Family Field. Yale and Fairfield combined to hit six home runs as the two teams split a non-league doubleheader. Kristie Trifiolis, Dani Griswold, Cagney Ringnalda and Kris D'Alessandro all went deep in the first game to lead Fairfield to an 8-5 victory. Aracelis Torres and Katie Edwards both hit two-run home runs as Yale rebounded to win the second game 5-2.
After dropping the opener, the Bulldogs wasted little time getting on the board in the nightcap. With one out in the bottom of the first, Christina Guerland was hit by a pitch. Torres followed with her team-leading third homer of the season. Megan Enyeart then walked and Edwards belted a long home run to left field to give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead.
"We were able to score some runs early and jump ahead," said Yale head coach Barbara Reinalda. "We've done a good job of that all season."
The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 24-10 in the first inning.
The four runs were more than enough for freshman pitcher Holly Gutterud, who earned her third victory of the season. She scattered six hits and struck out two. Gutterud allowed only two base runners through the first three innings before Fairfield struck for a run in the fourth on Breanne Morschauser's RBI double.
"Holly threw an excellent game," Reinalda said. "She kept the ball in the park."
Yale (13-3) added another run in the sixth. With one out, Meredith Parks walked. Two batters later, Lauren Huddleston singled, and Ashley Sloan followed with an RBI double to left-center.
Erin Frank doubled home Trifioles in the seventh to cap the scoring.
In the first game, Ringnalda hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Griswold belted a three-run blast in the second to give the Stags an early 6-0 lead.
The Bulldogs, though, fought back. Edwards scored on a wild pitch and Jessica Meyer drove home a run with a ground out in the second.
Yale then scored three times in the fifth to pull within 6-5. Parks reached on an error to start the rally. Courtney Blachford and Sloan both singled to load the bases. Guerland followed with a sacrifice fly to right field, and Torres and Kyli Hanson both added RBI singles.
The Stags (5-13), though, put the game away when D'Alessandro and Trifioles hit back-to-back homers in the sixth.
Rebecca Wojciak struck out five in 5.2 innings of relief for the Bulldogs. Ringnalda went the distance in the circle for Fairfield and allowed only one earned run.
The loss ended Yale's seven-game winning streak.
The Bulldogs open Ivy League play this weekend, hosting doubleheaders against Cornell on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Princeton on Sunday at noon.
Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity


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My strategy is to have a large network of websites, instead of hiding my pages within a few of them, or posting them on a blog.
If you do not see much content on any one website, it is because material intended for that site is on another one. See if any of the ones below look interesting.
All of these sites are related to the main Social Technology site and have been added to the network at various times over the years. As well adding new material, existing content is being slowly redistributed or copied. That will take a while. For more information see my personal home page and then the Social Technology History page.
Some of those websites have domain names associated with them:
- Two domain names, for my ultimate goal, point to a project and an organization for managing it
- The next domain assumes we know what we want, and asks how to get there from here
- The next domain names are for specific goals and method in different areas
- socialnetworkoptimization.org
— making our whole social network better
- maxbandwidth.org — increasing total global bandwidth
- socialenvironment.org — improving each person's social life
- socialsystems.ca — improving social environment in a community
- transitivieownership.org
- socialnetworkoptimization.org
- The next domains refer in a general way to technological development
- socialtechnology — includes both hardware and software
- socialtechsoftware.com
- socialtechnology.software
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- The next domains refer to an organization charged with applying these methods to the overall problem of making society work.
Other websites have no associated domain name, and can only be accessed via another site. Some of them are very important sites, but no obvious domain name which was unique and descriptive could be found.
- contentmanagement — how to create and maintain a WordPress website
- development — software and hardware for social technology
- engineeredsocialenvironments — schools, prisons and other institutions
- entrepreneurs — commercial applications of social technology
- justicesystem — reform of the justice system to reduce error covariance
- lawandgovernment — reform of law and government to reduce error covariance
- linearity — a linear model of the human brain
- relationships — finding good social relationships as part of improving your social environment
- socialtechdiscussions — paraphrases of conversations held outside of website comments
- socialtecholdsite — an older version of the main social technology website
- softwaredevelopment — software for social technology
- technologicalfantasies — ideas for new technology of all kinds
- websites — experiences with WordPress sites, and lists of them
- yourcause — social technology for your cause
In addition to these sites, there are a few relating to fiction written to explore and explain social technology. These are discussed on my Books website and there is a list of them on a page there.


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He began playing the horn at the age of ten, although he remembers tinkering with the piano at the much earlier age of four or five. He studied with James Brown OBE at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
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New technologies may push wind energy to new heights
New technologies may push wind energy to new heights
[Editor's note: Kiril Lozanov, CEO of Capital City Renewables, is the husband of author Sarah Lozanova. Capital City Renewables installed the aluminum lattice meteorological tower that is the subject of this article.]
In recent years, wind turbine technology has advanced considerably, with many onshore industrial-scale wind turbines in the U.S. now standing at 100 meters and capable of powering more than 1,000 households.
Although turbines have advanced greatly, the wind assessment technologies used to determine if a site has suitable wind resources and is economically viable have not kept pace. A recent development, however, is boosting wind data quality, while also reducing the environmental impact and cost of wind data collection.
Capital City Renewables recently installed a 100-meter aluminum lattice meteorological tower in Colorado, the second tower of its kind in North America. It is unique in that it is made of aluminum, instead of steel, and mounted on a steel plate, rather than a cement pad. It can also be climbed and easily moved by tilting it down. This tower lets wind developers assess wind resources at various heights, including at the hub and the turbine off the ground, not including the blades.
The tower was specifically designed to meet the needs of the wind energy industry, a relatively new industry that is struggling to assess wind resources at increasing heights. The majority of the hub-height towers currently in use by wind energy developers were designed for the communications industry. Although they are proven reliable, the needs of the two industries are different. This results in wasteful practices that are both expensive and resource intensive.
"Communication towers are designed to remain in a given location for decades and the weight of 100-meter steel lattice towers requires them to be mounted on cement," says Kiril Lozanov, CEO of CCR. "These towers are really cumbersome to install and wind developers usually scrap them after just one use, instead of moving them to a new project. This is a wasteful practice that doesn't allow developers to make good use of their assets. The wind energy industry generally uses meteorological towers for one to three years per project during the pre-construction phase, so our structures do not need to be permanent."
A 100-meter steel tower with equipment costs between $160,000 and $200,000 to install, maintain and remove, according to Lozanov. In contrast, an aluminum lattice tower costs between $120,000 and $130,000, and much of the tower can more easily be reused. He estimates it can be utilized and moved to a new location up to 10 times, although it hasn't been achieved yet because it is a new product.
It is also less complicated to install a tower on a steel plate than cement pad. "It's easier to approach a landowner to receive permission to mount a tower on a steel plate," says Lewis Gunn, director of operations for Baseline Renewables. "A lot of farmers don't want concrete going into their land and some of it usually gets left behind once the tower is removed. Typically the cement is removed only to the depth specified in the lease."
The other towers in widespread use by the wind industry are tubular towers mounted on steel plates. Designed specifically for the wind industry, these towers can reach heights of up to 80 meters but cannot be climbed and must be lowered to repair or replace equipment. A 60-meter tower costs between $30,000 and $35,000 to install, maintain and remove, according to Lozanov.
"Climbable lattice towers will likely become more common due to the simple fact that it requires fewer resources to service the towers and accompanying sensors," says Amy Sue Karshbaum, crew leader for CCR. "As a result, it will be less expensive to achieve a higher standard of data quality for the client."
Greater flexibility in wind assessment tools give developers more options, says Katy Briggs, senior engineer at DNV Kema. There are many factors at play which could jeopardize wind projects, including market changes or permitting. Mobile towers, however, can help developers recoup some of their investment because they can move the equipment to another site if a project falls through, Briggs says.
Remote sensing technology is another tool for wind energy assessment. LIDAR uses light waves while SODAR uses sound waves to assess wind speeds up to 200 meters. It is a less reliable technology that is not always well-received by banks when obtaining financing for wind farms. Remote sensing equipment is currently used in conjunction with meteorological towers.
"The value of remote sensing is that you can often get a measurement [of wind speeds] above hub height," Briggs says. "Knowing what is going on across the full turbine rotor helps you better estimate [energy] production. Sometimes the wind doesn't increase as much as you would think up the top of the rotor and you wouldn't know that if you didn't measure the wind across the top of the rotor. Remote sensing can provide that data."
As the wind energy industry continues to advance, accurately assessing hub-height wind speeds is a perennial challenge for developers. Lack of reliable hub-height wind data often results in lower financing levels for a given project, but developers are cautious about investing large amounts of money into a project that might not be built. The new hub-height aluminum lattice towers may help the wind energy industry reach new heights by lowering development costs, while boosting data quality.
"Certainly the trend is going upwards," says Gunn of Baseline Renewables. "Typically, the higher up you go, the stronger the wind."
Image of aluminum tower by Kiril Lozanov.


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Nov. 25, 1958 - Dec. 12, 2013
Dwayne was born in Enid, OK. He loved camping, fishing and watching the Oakland Raiders football game and a cold Budweiser. He was employed at Plug-it Products in Lodi.
He is preceded in death by his nephew Jason Scott Bell. Survived by his parents David and Sharon Ferguson of Yuma, AZ; mother Verna Pendergraft of Enid, OK; siblings Donna and Dennis Schwartz of Lodi, CA, David and Effie Ferguson of Enid, OK,
Darlene and Jim Hatley of Denver, CO, Janis Pendergraft of Enid, OK, and numerous nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. Dwayne will sorely be missed by all who knew and loved him. Casa Bonita Funeral Home in charge of cremation.


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A gang of masked protesters attacked the Greek riot police headquarters Tuesday amid reports that rioters are using lasers to combat police officers.
Authorities trying to contain the gangs of rioters were hit with blinding flashes of green light as the violence in Greece entered a second week, the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper reported.
The riot police headquarters in Athens was damaged, but no officers were injured.
From AP: Greek protesters pushed their way into television and radio studios Tuesday, forcing broadcasters to put out anti-government messages in a change of tactics after days of violent street protests.
A group of about 10 youths got into the studio of NET state television and turned off a broadcast of a speech by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, station officials said. The protesters forced studio cameras to instead show them holding up banners that read: "Stop watching, get out onto the streets," and "Free everyone who has been arrested." No one was hurt, and no arrests were reported.
NET chairman Christos Panagopoulos said the protesters appeared to know how to operate cameras and studio controls.
"This goes beyond any limit," he said.
In the northern city of Thessaloniki, protesters made their way into three local radio stations, agreeing to leave only when a protest message was read out on the air.
Violence also broke out again after a two-day lull as masked youths attacked riot police headquarters in Athens and protesters clashed with police in Thessaloniki.
Police said 30 youths threw petrol bombs and stones at the riot police building, damaging seven cars and a police bus parked outside.
In Thessaloniki, riot police fired tear gas to disperse 300 youths throwing fruit and stones outside the city's main court complex. The disturbance followed a court decision that found eight police officers guilty of abusing a student following riots two years ago.
Overnight, arsonists attacked three Athens banks with petrol bombs, causing extensive damage.
The fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos on Dec. 6 set off violence that led to more than 300 arrested and left hundreds of stores smashed and looted. Retailers say the damage will cost them euro1.5 billion ($2 billion) in lost income.
Protesters have called for riot officers to be pulled off the streets and for police to be disarmed. But the protests tapped into wider discontent with Karamanlis' conservative government and there have been widespread calls for the government to revise its economic, social and education policies.
Higher education in Greece has come to a standstill. Lessons have stopped at more than 100 secondary schools that are under occupation by students, according to the Education Ministry. Scores of university buildings across Greece are also occupied.
Greece's opposition Socialists, who are calling for early elections, accused Karamanlis of mishandling the crisis which they said had worsened the effects of the international economic downturn.
"Greeks are losing their patience. Their salary is running out before the end of the month as they endure a major economic crisis, and at the same time can see the state collapsing," Socialist spokesman Giorgos Papaconstantinou said.
"People want answers to their problems, not speeches."
Karamanlis insisted his government has acted "calmly and responsibly" in dealing with riots, avoiding the loss of life. But for the first time since the violence erupted, he acknowledged the public's sense of frustration.
"Of course there are broader issues," he said. "People experience a lack or merit, corruption in their daily lives, and a sense of social injustice."
In Athens main Syntagma Square, Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis relaunched holiday celebrations after the city's Christmas tree was torched by rioters last week.
A small group of protesters chanted slogans during tree-lighting ceremony, as hundreds of revelers looked on. The protesters, mostly students from various drama schools, handed out fliers that read: "Lavish storefront and Christmas Trees will not hide the reality."
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94F Special Electronic Devices Repairer
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- Nov 09, 2018
- Closes
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- Accountant, IT
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- Consulting, Technology and Software
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- Experienced (Non-Manager)
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94F Special Electronic Devices Repairer Job ID: 1017732 Job Views: 23 Location: ANACASTIA-BOLLING, District of Columbia, United States ZIP Code: 20373 Job Category: Mechanic and Maintenance Posted: 10.15.2018 Age Requirements: Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 Job DescriptionThe Army National Guard relies on electronic devices in areas ranging from weather forecasting to combat. As a Special Electronic Devices Repairer, you will ensure that night vision equipment; electronic distance and azimuth-orienting devices; battlefield illumination devices; nuclear, biological, and chemical warning and measuring devices, as well as other vital instruments and tools are meticulously maintained and operational. Specific duties of the Special Electronic Devices Repairer include testing instruments, navigational controls, and simulators; reading technical diagrams and manuals; replacing parts; ensuring quality control measures; and troubleshooting and inspecting equipment. Also, advanced level Special Electronic Devices Repairers are expected to supervise and train other Soldiers in the craft. Plus, this job track can help you achieve a rewarding civilian career. The skills you learn as a Special Electronic Devices Repairer will prepare you for positions with manufacturing companies, medical research facilities, satellite communications, or commercial airlines. Also, this could be a step toward a job with the federal government, as well as possible certification as an Associate Certified Electronics Technician. Earn while you learn Get paid to learn! As an Army National Guard Special Electronic Devices Repairer, you will learn valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance. Job training for a Special Electronic Devices Repairer requires 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you learn basic Soldiering skills. Advanced Individual Training consists of 23 weeks of training. Training is spent in a classroom, practicing on equipment, and in the field under simulated combat conditions. Requires military enlistment. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability. Benefits subject to change. Benefits/RequirementsBenefits * Paid training * A monthly paycheck * Montgomery GI Bill * Retirement benefits for part-time service * Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage) * 401(k)-type savings plan * Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans) * Healthcare Benefits Available Requirements * High School Diploma or GED * Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 * Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards * Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details) Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $196.26 and $254.91 per drill weekend. Programs and benefits are subject to change. This position may qualify for a bonus, ask your National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information.
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Here's a joke circulating on the Internet that prompts a laugh, rings true to some Americans, but is also disconcerting.
It goes like this:
"A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in Montana when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, 'If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?'


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Stephanie Tram-Anh Nguyen, M.A.S., M.D.
Pediatric Nephrology
Ticon II Building
2516 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Clinical Interests
My ultimate goal is to understand how and when hypertension should be treated to improve renal health of children at risk for significant renal and cardiovascular morbidity.
My current research is focused on the role of hypertension in the development and progression of kidney disease in children with diabetes mellitus. Since diabetes and hypertension are the most common causes of cardiovascular and kidney disease among adults, hypertensive children with diabetes mellitus represents a vulnerable population at risk to develop substantial morbidity and mortality.
I am currently building a study cohort evaluating how often hypertension is missed in children with diabetes, what the prevalence of white coat hypertension is in children with diabetes, and what the cardiovascular consequences are of missed hypertension in children with diabetes. By concentrating on high risk children, I hope to identify the optimal management strategy for hypertension in children.
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Nephrology
Center/Program Affiliation
M.D., Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999
M.A.S., UC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 2008
B.S., UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, 1994
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, 2003
UC San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 2007
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics, 2002
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Heart Association
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
Honors and Awards
National Institute of Health, Pediatric Loan Repayment Program, 2006
Pediatric Resident Teaching Award, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 2002
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Resident Research Grant, 2001
AAP Resident Travel Award, 2001
Loma Linda University Pediatric Research Grant, 2000
Provost Honors, University of California, San Diego, 1994
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Nguyen, S. Martz, K., Stablein, D., Neu, A. Waitlist status of Pediatric Dialysis Patients in North America. Pediatric Transplantation. 2011 Jun;154:376-83.
Nguyen, S., Choi, H.K., Lustig, R.H., and Hsu, C.Y.: Sugar Sweetened Beverages, Serum Uric Acid, and Blood Pressure in Adolescents. The Journal of Pediatrics. Jun 2009;154(6):807-813
Nguyen, S., McCulloch, C.E., Brakeman, P., Portale, A.A., and Hsu, C.Y.: Being Overweight Modifies the Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Microalbuminuria in Adolescents. Pediatrics. Jan 2008;121(1):37-45.
Nguyen, ST and Hsu, CY: Excess weight as a risk factor for kidney failure. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension. 2007 Mar; 162:71-6.
Kassavetis, GA; Nguyen, ST; Kobayashi, K; Kumar, A; Geiduschek, EP; Pisano, M: Cloning, expression, and function of TEC5, the gene encoding the B" component of Saccharomyces cerevisae RNA polymerase III transcription factor TFIIIB. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 1995; 92(21):9786-90


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Profile MadnessMay 19, 2009
I thought I had Adobe's colour profiles all worked out. I really did.
I'm sure they're great for photographers and print designers and so on. The problem is, on the web, we deal with browsers and image formats that don't support colour profiles. With a few exceptions, we can't use them even if we want to. That means an embedded profile is usually worse than a nuisance, it's actively harmful: when saving out JPGs and GIFs the colour often shifts from what's intended to something very different.
The answer seems to lie in turning off colour management for the RGB space, which helps when creating brand new source files. But what happens when an existing file has an embedded colour profile? How do you get that to render accurately when saved out to a web-friendly file format?
A couple of years ago I wrote up my best guess. Converting from whichever profile the source file uses to a generic monitor profile would get you closer to an accurate result when saved out as a GIF. If I have source imagery in sRGB, a quick convert to the generic "Color LCD" profile takes care of things.
And that's probably as far as most people will ever need to worry about. It's good enough for most web work. But I just stumbled across a problem that, while an edge case, has turned me around completely. I used to think colour profiles were a solved problem. Now I have to wonder whether I can ever rely on them.
Over the weekend I released a new, free mini-set of icons. This is the first time I've produced a Chalkwork set on a new computer; since I started working on the set a few years ago I had done everything on an iMac that I no longer own.
That's relevant because when I was originally struggling with this colour profile issue, my solution was to convert from sRGB to a profile called "Working RGB - iMac". I had embedded the results of that particular profile into an icon set with thousands of files, and going forward, I needed to continue using it to ensure any new sets would match my previous work. This is an icon family with a common palette; colour precision is pretty darn important.
I realized I needed to save out that profile somehow. There still doesn't seem to be a facility built in to save and load custom colour profiles as of CS4, but you are able to expose the numbers behind each profile by selecting it in the Convert To dialog, then immediately after selecting "Custom RGB". This pops up a new dialog with Gamma, colour temperature and so on. You can set these values manually using the same dialog, so I figured this was a roundabout way to save and load a profile.
Sometime last year I pulled out all these numbers and saved them on my hard drive as a text file that looks like so:
Name: Chalkwork Icons
Gamma: 1.80
White Point: Custom
x y
White: 0.2819 0.2942
Primaries: Custom
x y
Red: 0.6331 0.3404
Green: 0.2855 0.5943
Blue: 0.1273 0.0603
Armed with that file (which I don't understand in the slightest) and detailed instructions for myself about converting profiles and saving out the icons every time I produce an icon set, I figured I had my rear covered for the next time I wanted to do it. You can see where this is going: the profile above isn't even close on the new computer. I ended up spending an hour or so testing different profiles to find a new one that was closest to the original, and the one I had previously saved isn't it.
Below you'll see two icons saved to various profiles, the arrow is from an older set and the credit card is from the new set:
With the exception of the actual icon files on the far right, each is saved using my regular process: I took the raw, unprofiled pixels, converted to sRGB, then converted to the respective colour profile, then saved. (Though with the sRGB example I did convert back to a generic color LCD profile for the sake of rendering it accurately here.)
The differences seem a bit slight in some of them, so I've taken the blue outline colour and filled an entire block with it in this next image which more clearly shows the differences:
It took a lot of experimentation, but in the end it seems that Apple RGB is currently the closest match; even in the blue strips it's hard to see any difference, but there's a block above the word "Actual" which is slightly duller (#1C356C vs. #19366E) that shows the difference between the old icon save process and the new one. It's a slight difference, sure, but knowing that I can never match the older icon sets precisely is going to bug me.
So I'm really not sure what I've learned here. I think I fundamentally understand colour profiles at this point, but I don't seem to be able to duplicate past results using them. Is it a version difference between CS2 (what I used prior) and CS4 (what I'm using now)? Is it a hardware difference between two Macs? I thought the entire reason for profiles in the first place was to alleviate those issues. I need precision, but I don't seem to be able to achieve it.
My ideal of having a way of carrying a previous profile forward doesn't seem to exist, so I'm really not sure how to plan for future icon sets. My best guess is to hope that sRGB and Apple RGB stick around, and rely on them in the future; will my next Mac produce the same results that this one does? Who knows. I can't trust that what I just did this past weekend will work in the future. And that really bothers me.
Anyone from Adobe well-versed in colour profiles would be more than welcome to respond here.
I've found (from both illustration and web work) that using Working RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1 gives me the best results.
At one point I used to know why, but the explanation escapes me for the moment.
Good luck!
re: "Anyone from Adobe well-versed in colour profiles would be more than welcome to respond here."
Not sure if I know, or what to ask others… my best guess of the question may be "Can you tell me what's going on with this combination of color profiles?", but it might be "Where's all-inclusive info on color profiles and their implementations?" Or maybe it's "What are the best color-profile strategies for today?"
Can you help me zoom in on what you're trying to find?
Thanks John – while it's a bit lengthy, I'd imagine simply phrasing it as "how do I get a specific RGB value that I used to be able to get, while recognizing that I need to convert between profiles and ultimately save for the profile-agnostic web?" would have raised all the questions I've attempted to answer up front about why I'd need to do all this in the first place.
But that's probably the core of what I'm trying to figure out. Also, "can you tell my what's going on with this combination of colour profiles?" would be a nice-to-have.
I too get by (seemingly fine) with the Euro Web profile which defaults to sRGB IEC61966-2.1
I run all my PNGs through Pngcrush which zaps any colour correction data (also drops the file size a little bit too as a result). Colour sampling for CSS hasn't been an issue when I've used this method.
@Anton @Daniel - you normally work in SRGB IEC61966-2.1, don't bother converting, and experience no colour shift at all when saving as GIF/JPG? If that's exactly what you're doing, I'm pretty sure you're wrong, and your imagery actually does experience colour shifts.
Try this. Open a new document in sRGB IEC…etc. Add three large areas of colour: one #C5423B, one #B73BC5, and one #48C43A. Hit the File > Save for Web & Devices menu, save a GIF, then open it back up in Photoshop. alongside the original. The colours should be noticeably faded and dull.
Now here's a fun trick. Use the eyedropper and sample each of the colours, and notice the hex values. Same as the originals above. Why? Because sRGB is changing the colours for you while you're viewing in Photoshop; those you see in your sRGB document while working aren't the true colour values.
(PNG is a bit of a wild card since it can, sometimes, include a colour profile; whether you're viewing it with software that's capable of actually using that colour profile is another question entirely. That's why I'm using GIF/JPG as examples here, they're more absolute.)
This is an issue that's been bugging me for a long time and I certainly don't have an answer to. I've had to stop using iPhoto and Aperture because I can't figure out a way to go from them to Photoshop and then to the web with anything near the colors I want. (And I'd like to think I'm pretty good when it comes to this computers thing.)
I'm curious, what gamma do you have OS X set to? I've been setting my Macs to 2.2 (PC standard) just out of habit because everything feels washed out to me at 1.8. (Probably not a good reason.) The problem is it makes dealing with Photoshop even more confusing because it automatically compensates when I have files open but then doesn't in the Save for Web dialog. Or something.
I just tried the little experiment that you suggested, and I didn't get any noticable color variations (I took a screengrab if you'd like to see). I'm curious what your "Colour Settings > Colour Management Policies" are set to. I should also point out that I have my Apple monitor color settings matched to the sRGB setting and I have conversions turned off.
Dave, there always seems to be one major variable not talked about enough in these conversations about colour profiles … and that's the profile the user has set for their monitor.
It's all insane, but while setting my screen to some profiles in System Preferences, I will experience colour shift (or rather I should say I *notice* the colour shift), while with other profiles I wouldn't.
So far, the best I've been able to do is set my Photoshop working RGB space to the same exact profile as my Monitor. What's crazy about this, is that the option to convert images to the working profile on open gets disabled when using this option:
The thing is, the color profile that you saved form your old computer very well may be close to what it was on this new computer, but because of the different screen, it will look totally different. I leave my MacBook Air sitting next to my MacPro's Cinema Display all day and its *staggering* how crazy the color differences are, even with the exact same color profile selected in System Preferences. My wife also has a MacBook Pro that looks way different than those 2 as well. And I'm not talking about little changes, they are insanely noticeably different.
@Anton - aha! That's the difference. My monitor colour settings are left on the Apple defaults. If your screen is applying sRGB already, then you're working and viewing in the same colour space, so you won't experience a shift after all.
My own Colour Management Policies for RGB are:
Working Spaces: Monitor RGB - Color LCD
Color Management Policies - Off
Profile Mismatches: Ask When Opening
That gets me the untouched RGB values in my preview, and in my output.
I've followed that quick test and I'm not seeing a difference when I reopen the files :( Admittedly, using the colour picker on the JPG I got a little change on the 'red' with #C5413C (which is a 1 degree Hue diff.)
I figured using a PNG with all colour correction data stripped would be the better option over a GIF?
To check I'm not going crazy I've put together a quick page with the JPG, GIF and PNG laid on top of the three colour samples rendered using CSS values for comparison:
There's also a Zip with 18 screenshots using different browsers on different platforms. Two of which I can see a slight difference in the 'purple' of the JPG.
@Josh Bryant - thanks for the detail, between Anton's comment and yours I've made the connection between monitor profiles and Adobe app profiles, something I was missing before.
The upshot is, at this point, I don't think I'm going to be able to replicate the exact colour I was saving out in the past. And if I continue to use monitor-related profiles, every time I change computers I'll get different results. Really, really frustrating, but maybe the Apple RGB I'm now using will be fairly constant across systems. One can hope.
Using your test, I don't get any difference between the untagged exported GIF/JPG and the original file in Photoshop either. Think its pretty essential to calibrate your monitor, but anyway this is what I do:
1. Monitor is calibrated and a custom monitor profile created. Gamma is set to 2.2
2. All working artwork created in or converted to sRGB.
3. Save for Web without the ICC profile embedded.
This way, your original files are in a standard working space profile, and whenever you open them on another screen or computer, as long as its calibrated, in theory there shouldn't be a problem.
I did notice a slight difference in the image between Photoshop and the browser(s), but not much, and reckon its mostly due not using a proper hardware calibrator, just the calibrator tool in System Preferences to set the monitor profile.
Ah, here is a a better, more detailed explanation:
Hi Dave! Fof all, there is an AppleScript somewhere which will extract the profiles from images, the applescript api for colordync allows this. Secondly, when you open the images with the embedded profile you should not convert them into your working color space but leave the profile as is (this leaves the rgb values the same) or simply use "assign profile" to retag the file as being in another color space (preferably sRGB or Adobe RGB to stay pprtable between machines). Then here is what will happen: if your file is tagged as SRGB with SRGB also being your working space, Photoshop will not convert colors until you do "save for web". All the time while doing this, what you _see_ on the screen will be corrected with your monitor profile set in system prefs.
The problem is that disabling color management is more like sticking your head in the sand, and yoi have gotten to the point where it bites.
What you have in your case is the same file converting to sRGB differently on your new machine, but I think you can devise a workflow which will get you the same SRGB values even coming from another working space
Here's my color management mantra for CS4:
— Gamma value for Mac OS X is 2.2 instead of 1.8, like in Windows and (!) Mac OS 10.6 aka Snow Leopard, to avoid visual mismatches (too dark for Windows, too light for Mac)
— Working profile is sRGB (North America Web/Internet or Europe Web/Internet)
— All checkboxes like «Ask when opening» is on
— View > Proof Colors is on
— View > Proof Setup > Monitor RGB selected
— Save for Web dialog > Convert to sRBG checkbox is on
— In dialog Embedded Profile Mismatch > Convert document colors…
So if you using sRGB or converting to sRGB from another profile there's no color profiles in «Save for Web» images.
I don't know if it addresses the exact problem you're having, but I found this article really helpful:
You could always use Adobe Fireworks instead of Photoshop. Fireworks does not use a color profile. I've often times had the opposite reaction that you just had i.e. I have an image created in Photoshop, I import it into Fireworks, and the color is all messed up.
I didn't see if you had mentioned this anywhere else, but you do need to calibrate your monitor if you are working anything color-critical. That's how you know that what you are seeing on your monitor is reasonably close to what others will see.
Then, work in sRGB and use Photoshop's "Save For Web and Devices" output, which should produce standard results across most systems and browsers.
If you use a monitor profile or leave the file untagged, you are pretty much guaranteed to have problems with the Save for Web dialog, which seems to be what is happening here.
Winston has it pretty much correct above. Try following those tips and see how it goes.
Dave, based on the problems you describe, there are two things you need to understand.
First of all, when you "save for web" in Photoshop and save as a jpg, the color changes that you see with the eye dropper are due to the jpg compression, not any color correction from a profile. I believe, based on the few tests that I have done when running into this issue, that if you crank the the quality slider over to 100% and do the same test, the actual number values will be the same when you open it up again (as long as you don't convert to a profile when you open it).
Secondly, Photoshop does not do any profile color correction when you "save for web". Profiles are all about telling the color matching system what colors **look** like, not what they are. So if you have a red (#C5423B) in an rgb document open in Photoshop, the working profile (or the profile assigned to that image if you didn't convert it) tell the system what that red is supposed to look like. Because of all the different ways those numbers could be rendered on different devices, those numbers don't tell us anything about what they are supposed to look like unless we have a profile assigned to them (that is what the working profile is for).
Now, the thing that appears to have thrown you is the visual color shift that happens when you view that image in a browser. The colors are usually washed out compared to what you saw in Photoshop. When you view an image in Photoshop, it is actually adjusting the colors it renders on the screen to help you have a true view of what the color will look like. The good news is you can tell Photoshop to render it based on what you will see on **your** screen by selecting "Monitor RGB" in "Proof Setup" in the "View" menu. Make sure "Proof Colors" is turned on and Photoshop will essentially leave the colors alone when rendering on your screen. You can also switch to "Macintosh RGB" and "Windows RGB" to get a sense of what those numbers will generally look like on those systems.
By the way, that visual difference between the Mac RGB and the Windows RGB can't really be ignored because that is a good estimate of what that image will look when rendered in a browser on those different systems. The Mac is much lighter because it is based on a 1.8 gamma instead of the 2.2 of Windows. Changing your system's gamma to 2.2 will make the images you see look more like they do for Windows users, but then you will not know what the macs are seeing either.
Sorry this is so long!!
@Winston Grace (#13): I realize this isn't your fault, or problem for that matter, but the gballard.com "explanation" is the most confusing tutorial I've ever seen. Maybe somewhere in all of the links, red type and random font-sizes something is actually communicated. But damned if I can make sense of it.
If only Adobe or A List Apart for that matter could research the heck out of this and publish a definitive tutorial for web production that permanently put the demon to rest.
And by research, I don't mean some articulate web designers best guess after trial & error–we've had plenty of that over the years. I mean research as in sitting down with the software programmers that write the Adobe code and those that write the browser code and have them hash it out.
Hell, they might even collectively realize it has been overlooked all this time and make the effort to definitively fix it.
@Snowflake Seven
Ha, yeah your completely right of course, it is one hell of a mess, but it was the closest I could find to a detailed explanation.
It is surprising that there hasn't been a thoroughly thought out and articulate article on something like A List Apart.
@Mark Whitcher - The part about the JPG compression is a bit off. If you'll notice in Dave's post, he used both JPG and GIF as a test. And both do the colour shift. I've experienced this as well and it has nothing to do with the compression. Photoshop literally changes the colours on output. You can even visually see the different by toggling the "Convert to sRGB" checkbox in save for web at times. But again, you may not be experiencing this because it all depends on each individual's combination of 4 things:
1. Colour profile set for your Mac in System Preferences
2. Colour profile of the image opened in Photoshop
3. Proof colour profile on/off and setting in Photoshop
4. Convert to sRGB checkbox in Save for Web in Photoshop
It's a mess. And us web people really need a guided solution that allows us to:
1. Select any profile we want in System Preferences (including calibrating our monitor).
2. Open any file from any computer and see the colour hex values that they see.
3. Output any file with selected hex colour value and see those same colour values in browsers.
4. Move from one computer to the next and output the same image (even though it will look different on that screen of course since it's a different LCD).
@Dave Shea - re: your reply. Here's what I don't understand though and I've never been able to work out:
1. If you use a monitor profile you're guaranteed the colours in and output in your image are going to match what you see on the screen, so your can guarantee colour matching with CSS. But of course that colour profile is only based on *that* screen so the image will look completely different on any other screen. Same thing with CSS, we often choose HEX values based on what we see on our screen looks good, but knowing that other screens will see slightly different things (to our eyes, but same HEX in reality). The variable here is people's screens … and its exponentially more frustrating when we as the designer are working with 2 different ones ourselves.
2. If we choose instead to go a different route and choose to work and export in a generic colour profile, we can insure that the image will be the same values between working on different graphic files that need to look the same … but then we loose colour matching in CSS.
3. If we choose to set our display to a generic colour profile on every screen we use then we work with a monitor that looks terrible because that specific colour profile is not calibrated for that screen.
I'm still completely lost at what's the best/right solution. I'd like to:
1. Use a calibrated colour profile for my LCD.
2. Work with images and save our for web in photoshop while having those images look closest as possible to the same on other screens.
3. Open that image on another computer, edit it, save it and have it match others from the same set that were created on the other computer.
4. Open images from other people, edit them, save them and have them retain their settings.
5. Colour match with CSS and have that work cross-platform/machine/browser.
@Josh Bryant–You are, of course, right. I neglected Dave's mention of the gif format, and I have not done any testing with that format specifically. I would not be surprised to see that rgb values do get changed when generating a gif because with that format a color palette is generated for the document. There are different settings to control how that palette is generated (perceptual, selective, adaptive, etc.), but it still remains that a color palette is being generated. The point I was trying to make is that those color changes (where the actual rgb values change) occur because of the generation of those file formats, not color correction from a profile. If you save the same image as a png in "save for web" the rgb values will remain the same.
As I mainly slice PSDs and build pages with CSS, I've had to turn off all color matching and use monitor colors with sRGB off. With profiles embedded in images, you can't do gradients/shadows to solid css colors as some people's browsers respect the sRGB profile and some don't. Sure, transparent PNGs would work, but they are huge.
Most people's monitors are not calibrated as they browse the web, so colors may vary wildly depending on the computer.
It looks to me like you are mixing output device profiles (your monitor profile) and input color profiles (image profile).
You should not apply your monitor profile to the image. This profiles has information about your monitor, the way it displays color and it is used by your OS to "change" the data it is sending to your monitor so you can see the colors the way that they are meant to be seen. That is why it is important to have a calibrated monitor.
On the other hand, we have the image, that is saved using a specific color profile. Not all color profiles used for saving images display the all of the colors in the same way. In the ideal situation you could convert the image from one color profile to another without noticing any changes bat that is usually not the case.
My recommendation is to use sRGB from the start. That is your target color profile due to the fact that Safari is the only browser that knows how to apply color profiles to the images as you know.
Hope this helps in clearing up the confusion at least a little bit.
It looks to me like it's time to design some black and white icons.
I use Paint Shop Pro 6 and 8. I noticed, recently, that if I saved a PNG in PSP8 (which allows transparency), the colour would be off. I just open it in PSP6, which probably doesn't have colour profile support, and resave it. It doesn't touch the alpha layer, so the transparency is preserved, but the colours are the way they should be.
Colour spaces are funny things. What if you try a few different colour profiles, and then slap those onto a webpage of the same colour? Choose the profile that looks like the webpage, because that's what people are going to see. It's all about the relativity.
@pepelsbey — I think you've got it right. That's what I've been using.
— Make sure all your web work is in sRGB
But, the key thing to making it work is to turn on "Proof Colours", in the view menu. Then, set the proof setup to Monitor RGB
— View > Proof Colors is on
— View > Proof Setup > Monitor RGB selected
— Save for Web dialog > Convert to sRBG checkbox is on
— In dialog Embedded Profile Mismatch > Convert document colors…
First - a calibrated monitor and using proper profiles for your monitor (NOT sRGB or Adobe RGB) - a proper *monitor* profile is what you need for your monitor.
Profiles don't alter images unless the profile is applied by the application in question. Different applications apply profiles - some don't (Firefox 2.0 for example).
Depending on whether you applied your profile or just left the image tagged with your profile is the secret trick.
"Save for Web" will do whatever you ask it to. Working in sRGB and making sure the convert to sRGB checkbox is checked is the most painless and consistent way to get appropriate color on the web.
@Douglas Heriot got it spot on.
Not sure if this helps any, but some theory.
A RGB value describes a point in a 3D coordinate system. However, the position of the point tells you nothing, when you don't know what the scale is on the each of the axis. This is where the color profile comes in. It sets the coordinate system, so with it, the 3 coordinates give you an exact color.
Color profiles vary in size. On a mac, open ColorSync utility to compare them. Notice how ProPhoto RGB is huge compared to the sRGB. It includes colors that sRGB doesn't
Each color profile is made for a specific use. ProPhoto RGB was created so photographers could use it to print a great amount of colors. However, most of this colors can not be visible on an low-end computer display. That's why HP and Microsoft invented sRGB, which is supposed to only include colors, which every display can represent. Afterwards, W3C standardized sRGB and states that all browsers, when not otherwise instructed, should display colors as if in sRGB profile. In other words, take the RGB value, put it into sRGB coordinate system and display whichever color you get.
Now the problem - No browser actually uses the sRGB profile. They all display content (unprofiled images, as well as html elements) in the display profile of users display. Which means, every user sees a different color, as we don't use the same displays, nor the same display profiles. Basically, you're best off always saving to sRGB, including the profile and the colors will be as good as possible on most displays. And the browsers that do recognize profiles (Safari 3, Firefox 3), will show the correct colors. But only on a calibrated display, so it's useless for the average Joe anyway.
When saving the image for web, you will have to save it in a smaller color profile, preferably sRGB. This will mean you will lose some colors, those who fall outside of the sRGB color space. Even if you don't include the color profile, it's best to transform them into sRGB first. Hence, why Photoshop CS4 includes this option in save for web screen.
Using proper colors on the internet? Same color for all users? Forget it. First, we need browsers that support that. Even when that happens, it would mean all users would need to have their screen calibrated to see the colors properly.
To put all of this in practice, take an image, convert it into different color profiles, and save it, including the color profile. Opening the resulting files, they should all look the same. But you need to keep the "Proof colors" option off. As Proof colors only displays your original RGB values in a different color profile. The same thing browsers do, and what "Assign profile" in Photoshop would do, which is why we use "Convert to profile" instead. This one actually alters the RGB color values so the resulting color looks the same in the new profile as it did in the previous one.
I hope I made some sense here. As these whole color profiles business surely doesn't …
I'm glad Dave bought this up, because it's something i've been having problems with for the longest time.
"That is why it is important to have a calibrated monitor."
There's my problem, my Samsung display (not cheap) come with 2 programs to calibrate my monitor and set that all up, MagiTune Premium and another (name escapes me).
When my monitor is calibrated, it looks downright horrible which is confirmed by several people so it's not just me. So i de-calibrate it to look good, of course Photoshop complains the profile is wrong so i don't use that profile in PS.
Doing Dave's test, same thing as him slightly washed out although i've got it very close when saving for web and sRGB is checked.
I've spent hours trying to get it perfect, as they say close but no cigar.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard was announced today and among the interesting tidbits in Apple's list of refinements was the following nugget in the "System Wide" section under the heading "Gamma 2.2":
"The default gamma has been changed from 1.8 to 2.2 to better serve the color needs of digital content producers and consumers."
Sounds like this might help matters a little bit.
@Rian, where did you see this about Snow Leopard, I hope they do change the gamma from 1.8 to 2.2, it would help a lot! I have been struggling with colour profiles on my iMac, I will try out some of the suggestions in this article's comments.


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