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dagny 0.3.0
Rails-style Resource-Oriented Architecture for Django.
# Dagny Dagny is a [Django][] adaptation of [Ruby on Rails][]'s Resource-Oriented Architecture (a.k.a. 'RESTful Rails'). Dagny makes it *really easy* to build **resourceful** web applications. [django]: http://djangoproject.com/ [ruby on rails]: http://rubyonrails.org/ You can read the full documentation [here](http://zacharyvoase.github.com/dagny/). At present, this project is in an experimental phase, so APIs are very liable to change. **You have been warned.** P.S.: the name is [a reference][dagny taggart]. [dagny taggart]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_in_Atlas_Shrugged#Dagny_Taggart ## Motivation Rails makes building RESTful web applications incredibly easy, because resource-orientation is baked into the framework—it's actually harder to make your app *un*RESTful. I wanted to build a similar system for Django; one that made it incredibly simple to model my resources and serve them up with the minimum possible code. One of the most important requirements was powerful yet simple content negotiation: separating application logic from the rendering of responses makes writing an API an effortless task. Finally, as strong as Rails's inspiration was, it still needed to be consistent with the practices and idioms of the Django and Python ecosystems. Dagny doesn't use any metaclasses (yet), and the code is well-documented and readable by most Pythonista's standards. ## Appetizer Define a resource: from dagny import Resource, action from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect from polls import forms, models class Poll(Resource): @action def index(self): self.polls = models.Poll.objects.all() @action def new(self): self.form = forms.PollForm() @action def create(self): self.form = forms.PollForm(self.request.POST) if self.form.is_valid(): self.poll = self.form.save() return redirect("Poll#show", self.poll.id) return self.new.render() @action def edit(self, poll_id): self.poll = get_object_or_404(models.Poll, id=int(poll_id)) self.form = forms.PollForm(instance=self.poll) @action def update(self, poll_id): self.poll = get_object_or_404(models.Poll, id=int(poll_id)) self.form = forms.PollForm(self.request.POST, instance=self.poll) if self.form.is_valid(): self.form.save() return redirect("Poll#show", self.poll.id) return self.edit.render() @action def destroy(self, poll_id): self.poll = get_object_or_404(models.Poll, id=int(poll_id)) self.poll.delete() return redirect("Poll#index") Create the templates:
 {% for poll in self.polls %}
{{ poll.name }}
 {% endfor %}

Create a poll
  <form method="post" action="{% url Poll#create %}"> {% csrf_token %} {{ self.form.as_p }} <input type="submit" value="Create Poll" /> </form>
Name: {{ self.poll.name }}

Edit this poll
  <form method="post" action="{% url Poll#update self.poll.id %}"> {% csrf_token %} {{ self.form.as_p }} <input type="submit" value="Update poll" /> </form> Set up the URLs: from django.conf.urls.defaults import * from dagny.urls import resources urlpatterns = patterns('', (r'^polls/', resources('polls.resources.Poll', name='Poll')), ) Done. ## Example Project There's a more comprehensive [example project][] which showcases a user management app, built in very few lines of code on top of the standard `django.contrib.auth` app. [example project]: http://github.com/zacharyvoase/dagny/tree/master/example/ To get it running: git clone 'git://github.com/zacharyvoase/dagny.git' cd dagny/ pip install -r REQUIREMENTS # Installs runtime requirements pip install -r REQUIREMENTS.test # Installs testing requirements cd example/ ./manage.py syncdb # Creates db/development.sqlite3 ./manage.py test users # Runs all the tests ./manage.py runserver Then just visit <http://localhost:8000/users/> to see it in action! ## License This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means. In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>
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Open meeting laws are essential to the maintenance of a transparent government in which public business will be performed in an open and public manner. Citizens who are fully aware of and free to observe the performance of public officials and listen to the deliberations are in a much better position to ensure that their government is operating in an honest, cost effective and prudent manner.
Meetings are one of the few ways the public can engage in true dialogue with representatives. Given the reality of busy schedules, governments should offer an alternative to meeting attendance by posting meetings, agendas, locations and minutes on their website.
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Minutes of meetings should be recorded and posted online
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Two hundred thirty four entries into 23 major categories and 75 overall categories were judged over a three-day period at the Reno Homebrewers Association for the annual competition which allows any member of the American Homebrewers Association. Event organizer Kirk Howell this year's contest had unprecedented participation numbers which could prove vital in growing the event to a state-wide stage.
"This year we have double the amount of entries they have had on any other good year," Howell said prior to Friday's round of judging. "Homebrewing is growing fast and this has always been a very strong homebrewing area."
Howell said judging of the various beers, in categories ranging from American ales to wheat and rye ales to fruit beers and ciders, is much different than a "popularity contest" held at a restaurant where "everyone votes on the beer they like best." Only those verified by the Beer Judge Certification Program were able to sample and score the beers.
"I am really glad it is going so well," Howell said. "I was getting a little nervous early on and with this many entries we were stretched really really thin with judges. If I am asking a judge to judge more than nine or 10 beers that is too much. Their palettes are just going to be tired and it is a lot of writing for each one of them."
The first place winners of the 23 major categories all participated in a Best of Show competition in which judges answered the question "which is the best beer," and did not have score on anything but taste. Jason Hobbs, a member of the Washoe Zephyr Zymurgists of the greater Reno area, took first prize in the Best of Show with his Honey Chamomile Wheat beer.
Howell said Hobbs will have the opportunity to have his beer brewed and sold at Great Basin, crediting him with the honor, and will allow him to work with the brewing crew behind the scenes to produce the beer. Hobbs' beer also automatically gains entry in the American Homebrewers Association's national brewing competition held annually in Denver, Colo.
The future of the Great Basin Brew-Off looks bright, according to Hobbs, who said seeing such great participation for the event could possibly expand it to twice a year with a fall event, and with cooperation with the Las Vegas homebrewers club could turn into a Nevada state championship contest.


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'Twin House' in Oklahoma City: Where 3 Successive Families Had Babies in Pairs
Jan 28th 2013 1:53PM
We've written plenty about homes with histories (for better or worse), but the story behind this Oklahoma City house is like nothing we've ever heard before. The pretty white house might not look much different from any other on the block, but if you ask its previous tenants, it's got some tricks up its sleeve. The last... Continue Reading »


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Even after off-season knee surgery, Dwyane Wade didn't let doubts about how much productivity he had left bother him.
With LeBron James putting up historic numbers seemingly each month this season, Wade's ability to play better without the basketball has helped the Heat maintain itself far ahead of the rest of the field in the Eastern Conference and put together a franchise-record winning streak.
During the Heat's winning streak, Wade has scored 20 points or more in 14 of 16 wins entering Friday. He has scored 30 or more points five times.
"It's kind of simple: You either figure out or you don't," Wade said. "Once I realized that the ball was going to be out of my hands and I'd have it a lot less than I was used to, I had to find a way to be productive and effective the way that would be comfortable for me and better for the team."
Wade is having his most efficient shooting season of his career.
Wade entered Friday's game shooting a career-best 52.2 percent and averaging 21.7 points and 5.0 assists per game. He shot 61.9 percent over the Heat's seven previous games and has been especially clutch late in games, shooting 61 percent in the fourth quarter since the start of February.
Wade also extended his streak of games with at least one steal to 21 in a row on Friday.
"There are moments that you never want to be doubted," Wade said. "For the most part, I go through a point like that every year the past few years. I understand that for me when I'm healthy, there's not much you can say because I can affect games in many different ways.
"My role is just different now. I ask myself would I rather do great things on a bad team and average 27 points per game or average 22 and be on one of the best teams."
At 31, Wade has been able to evolve his game without sacrificing his aggressive style that made him one of the most explosive players in the league early in his career.
"What's best for the team is me and LeBron attacking," Wade said. "I had to figure out what was best. Playing in the 2008 Olympics prepared me to play off the ball better. I'm an attacker by nature, and I'm going to be until the day they say it's time for me to get out of here. One day I'll shoot more threes and become more that type of player, but it's not time for that yet."
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said the reason Wade left Wednesday's game briefly against the Magic was because "his toenail came off."
Wade was replaced in the lineup for four minutes by guard Mike Miller, who had not played since Feb. 8.
"LeBron was out and Dwyane had to go to the locker room, so I went with Mike because that group was more familiar playing together," Spoelstra said. "I didn't know how long [Wade] would be out at the time. It hasn't been easy for guys [like Miller not playing], but they've been extremely professional. Sometimes when you have so many veteran players, it has the potential to be a distraction. Our guys understand what we are playing for."
Being a Duke graduate, Shane Battier has been following the University of Miami men's basketball team's rise to national prominence this season.
Battier said he knew his alma mater would be ready to even the score as it did recently when Duke beat the Hurricanes in the two schools' second meeting of the season.
"I knew coach K [Mike Krzyzewski] would have those guys ready to play," Battier said. "A lot of people were confident in having a repeat of how Miami played the first game, but I knew it wouldn't happen.
Battier, however, praised the Canes and believes the teams are destined for a third showdown in the upcoming ACC tournament.
"The Canes are definitely good, there's no doubt and what they've done has been great for the city," Battier said. "They gave my guys a hard time in Coral Gables, but we got them back at Cameron. The Canes are definitely good and have a shot at the Final Four this season."


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What do you get when you cross an IBM DE, WebSphere Application Server, a Raspberry Pi and IBM's Simon Maple? A Raspberry Pi running a lightweight application server controlling a house, 80km away, on the Isle of Wight! Join this special live webcast to see a demo of how a Raspberry Pi, Eclipse Paho, and the OSGi based Liberty profile can be used together to switch the lights on and off on a house on another island. Simon will be talking about and using the lightweight Liberty Profile, MQTT, RSMB (Really Small Message Broker) and a Raspberry Pi, as well as showing how the Liberty Profile can even run on a mobile phone.
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Boys Basketball: Metea Valley crushes South Elgin
By Chris Pall For Sun-Times Media December 8, 2012 9:40PM
Updated: January 10, 2013 6:37AM
Metea Valley's defense was a wrecking ball at South Elgin Saturday night, and its offense was dynamite. Crumbling under the pressure, the overmatched Storm surrendered 32 turnovers and was demolished 78-33 in an Upstate Eight Valley contest.
Forcing eight South Elgin miscues in the first three minutes, the Mustangs (4-4, 3-1) raced to a 12-0 advantage. Metea Valley held a 16-0 margin before the Storm erased the goose egg with a bucket at the 2:32 mark.
Connecting on 18 of 32 attempts from the field, including 8 of 13 from behind the arc, the Mustangs forged a 47-17 lead at the intermission. Sean Davis deposited four buckets from the lane in the opening quarter while Vin Patel hit two triples and a pair of free throws. Patel added two more three-pointers in the second stanza and finished with a game-high 14 points.
"We emphasized all week to get quick starts on both groups, and I thought we achieved that," said Metea coach Bob Vozza. "We knew they had a tough matchup (Friday) night with Bartlett, and we wanted to get all over them with our defense.
"I'm really encouraged with how we're playing. We're getting out and getting some easy looks, and when they knock them down like they did tonight early it kind of opens things up and relaxes everyone."
Metea Valley's defensive traps were anything but relaxing — more like a whirlwind. Davis opened the scoring with a putback and Melvin Meeks followed with a triple from the corner. Patel added a long ball from the wing that prompted a Storm timeout at the 6:56 mark.
"We were ready to play," Patel said. "Our intensity was up and our defense was up. That got our transition game going, and our shots were going in."
Twelve different Mustangs inked the scoring column. Davis and Meeks each tallied 13 points. Starters Bryson Oliver and Trayvond Taylor were relentless on defense, collecting three steals each while dishing out assists.
Conner Archery chipped in nine points off the bench and Devin Flowers added eight, all of which he collected on a mini run to start the fourth quarter.
Flowers hit back-to-back layups before drilling a three-pointer and making a free throw that ballooned Meatea Valley's lead to 67-25. Derek Coleman picked up three steals and a basket while Shiv Desai added five points.
"It's encouraging to have that depth," said Vozza. "Devin just keeps getting better, Derek has done a good job and Conner has done a great job at the back-up point."
South Elgin (2-6, 0-3) was a miserable 11 of 39 from the field while losing its fifth in a row. Metea Valley connected on 30 of 59 shots.


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Communications and MarketingAnibal House2200 N. Squirrel RoadRochester, MI 48309-4401 (map)Fax: (248) 370-3182
By Sarah Blanchette, student communications assistant
Oakland University students studying at the School of Engineering and Computer Science will be introduced to a new face in the advising office.
Jason Pennington said he is dedicated to helping students succeed in both their college careers and their lives.
"I aim to be empathetic to students and their lives and what they go through. We have all been there. I am all about seeing students succeed," Pennington said. "It is very exciting to me."
Growing up in Flint, Mich., Pennington said he has always been passionate about higher education. His mother, who he calls the most influential person in his life, worked on college campuses throughout his childhood.
Pennington credits his mother's career, and his accessibility to college campuses, for the comfort that he feels when working with college students.
Pennington received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan-Flint, and a master's degree in communication, with an emphasis on media studies, from Wayne State University.
Before coming to OU, Pennington held positions advising students at multiple institutions, including Kettering University, for approximately seven years.
Pennington said he enjoys working with engineering students the most because of the way their minds work and how dedicated they are to their studies.
"I can appreciate people thinking in a completely different fashion. I respect that (engineers) design things that make life better for all of us," Pennington said.
Similar to Pennington, SECS adviser Carmen Etienne, who has been advising for 18 years, is also drawn toward the minds of the engineering students at OU.
"I love the way the students think. They get really excited about their internships and studies. It really motivates me," Etienne said.
Etienne said that most advisers' backgrounds consists of degrees in psychology, communications, higher education, or counseling.
When a new adviser begins working at SECS, they begin training by shadowing the other advisers in their student appointments. Once the department feels that they are ready, the new hire will then lead the appointment with another coworker nearby to correct any errors that they make. The new adviser will only begin leading appointments on a solo basis when they are completely comfortable.
Each adviser takes a different approach to their interactions with students. In the case of Pennington, he plans to use his sense of humor and his extensive background in higher education to best serve the SECS students.
SECS adviser Patrick Bennett said the most important qualities an adviser must have are consistency and flexibility when handling issues that may arise.
"Jason has a great resume and will be a perfect fit as an SECS Adviser," Bennett said.
In addition to his career as an adviser, Pennington has also taught classes on communication, journalism, and writing at institutions such as Wayne State and the University of New Hampshire. Having experience as a student and professor will also enable him to assist the students.
"I hope Jason will bring fresh ideas to SECS advising," Etienne said. "His knowledge of engineering students will be very helpful."
Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science Advising Office is located at 159 Dodge Hall of Engineering. Advising appointments are scheduled daily Monday thru Friday. Call (248) 370-2201 to schedule an appointment. Our fax is (248) 370-2084. Walk-in times are available during the peak registration times, call for hours. To learn more visit oakland.edu/SECS/Advising.
The School of Engineering and Computer Science's new adviser, Jason Pennington, stands at the site of the engineering center.


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Framed by the amber peaks of distant mountains, Wildhorse Golf Club's 18-hole course winds through rugged desert wilderness for 6,525 yards of challenging tee-to-green terrain. Eight ponds loom at the edges of seven holes, including the majestic ninth, where water hazards occupy both sides of the fairway as it draws nearer to the green, luring wayward approaches and contributing to the hole's rating as the course's most difficult. Sands, rocks, and tumbleweeds with dreams of becoming golf balls await misguided orbs in the unsown desert that flanks each pristine fairway, offsetting the course's lack of imposing tree lines.
Imbued with more history than Gene Sarazen's divot-tool time portal, the course counts Howard Hughes among its past owners and was once a regular stop on the PGA Tour, where players enjoyed its beautiful scenery and the compassionate waterfowl that helped earn the course honors as an Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.
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A lush oasis in the Mojave Desert, Black Mountain Golf & Country Club has challenged golfers for more than half a century. The 27-hole layout was built gradually over the course of 45 years, starting with the establishment of the original nine holes in 1957 and culminating in the second nine-hole addition in 2002. Today, players send balls hurtling against the backdrop of the Black Mountains, taking care to avoid hitting the water or slicing their ball into the Las Vegas strip 25 miles away. Since each course features its own unique style, players must adjust their games accordingly. Whereas the Horizon course tempts sharpshooters with several birdie opportunities, the Desert course—ironically—features the most water, requiring golfers to select their clubs carefully and shake off the mirages of caddies appearing as khaki-wearing cacti.
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In 1976, Joan Barnes—a California mom frustrated with the lack of spaces where she could take her kids for safe and age-appropriate play time—took matters into her own hands and founded Gymboree Play and Music. In the decades since Gymboree's founding, Joan's vision of a safe place where youngsters could build confidence and creativity has come to fruition and spread to 30 countries around the globe. Staffed by attentive and expertly trained instructors, each Gymboree outpost adheres to a curriculum of activities designed by experts to foster the development of children's cognitive, physical, and social skills through structured play and close readings of Goodnight Moon. The staffers also conduct entertaining classes for parents, newborns, and children under 1 year that cover subjects ranging from music to sports, imparting valuable lessons of imagination and physical activity to developing minds. To further set apart her business, Barnes employed nationally renowned playground designer Jay Beckwith to design the proprietary play equipment at her centers.
Astudia Dance World embraces all types of music—even kinds that haven't been written yet. Their Jam class trades order for on-the-spot creativity, encouraging students of any instrument to show up and practice the art of improvisation. It's a far cry from the more structured TRAC class (which stands for theory, reading, arranging, and composing), but both offerings celebrate creativity under the supervision of expert instructors.
Directed by Jane Maurer and William Blair, this team helps pupils of all ages explore the wide and varied world of music and dance. Their lessons cover classical styles such as jazz, tap, and ballet in addition to acrobatics, hip-hop, and musical theater, wherein every actor is required to carry a tuba. Meanwhile, instrument classes focus on the piano, guitar, or drums. All of these skills come together in recital performances, where parents can witness their children's progress and cheer them on.
The fitness instructors, personal trainers, and nutritionists at ClubSport wield the foundations of total-body wellness: detailed knowledge and cutting-edge equipment. Group classes such as cardio kickboxing, cycling, and circuit training showcase routines for all fitness levels, seven days a week. Personal-training sessions, meanwhile, bring help exercisers develop their own fitness plans and face down the imaginary knight that guards every piece of weight-training equipment.
ClubSport also transforms bodies outside the fitness studio and weight room. A self-described resort-style aquatic center features several lap and exercise pools where swimmers can fine-tune their breaststrokes and favorite shark calls. At an on-site spa, massage therapists ease muscle tension with modalities ranging from hot stone and prenatal to trigger point and reflexology.
Inspired by Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative, Lily Sirsy set out to do her part to fight childhood obesity and promote lifetimes of healthy habits. Her passion resulted in Jumpfit Kids, a safe, colorful space for Nevada families to play, exercise, and create. Amid the 3,000-square-foot play gym, tots can defy gravity in one of two indoor bounce houses, tell tall tales with puppet theater, or expand their palates and built-in water wings in a variety of art, cooking, and exercise classes. Junior-size cardio equipment in bright primary colors fills the kids' fitness center, encouraging whippersnappers to work up a sweat or produce enough electricity to power a gingerbread house.


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Jedi Time Tracker, an Open Source AIR Time Tracking App
Time for my biannual blog post! I actually have something worthy to discuss, so I figured I would share.
NorCalFlash has, for some time, been using Ray Camden's TimeTracker app to learn about cool stuff in the Flash Platform. So far, we've learned about skinning and Swiz, and some general refactoring and project structuring techniques. Ray kindly provided us the permission to fork his project for the learning experience. I've taken the time to implement all of these practices into the project, providing it with a completely new architecture, leveraging Presentation Model and Command patterns, as well as ORM via airORM. The result is a major change that will allow us to rapidly build in new features, adds enhanced skinning, and overall extensibility. Eventually, we will tackle mobile versions of the app as well!
The app is a small time tracking app that can be used by contractors, freelancers and small businesses for tracking time. Records are stored locally in the SQLite database, and currently there is no export mechanism.
Refactoring Ray's application gave me a great opportunity to really get a feeling for the command and presentation model design patterns. I recently started working with these in a much larger project, so it was nice to see how this sped up the development of the Jedi TimeTracker application, and see how much it really made a difference in the maintanability of my code. The biggest value I can currently see is how easy it is to swap out core logic without touching views, and without having to deal with large, messy controller files. Also, one could technically implement client/server storage with JTT very easily, by adding delegates for remote services instead of or in addition to the SQLite database.
I definitely encourage you to check out the code. If you're new to Swiz, command and presentation model patterns, SQLite in AIR or airORM, it's a neat little app to learn from.
The project details can be found at http://tjdownes.github.com/Jedi-TimeTracker/. The code is now in the repository, and an installer is available. You can contribute to the project by forking on GitHub and submitting pull requests! Anyone is welcome to contribute, as I initially started this project with the goal of helping people learn about Flex and AIR with an application that can be used in the real world. That being said, I'm also open to code reviews and critique!
Documentation is in the works, and members of the NorCalFlash User Group can expect more presentations using Jedi Time Tracker as the model.
Thanks again to Ray Camden for allowing us to fork his project. It's been a great learning experience!
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I purchased a CS5 upgrade in late November because I was afraid to wait any longer due to the fear caused by Adobe's announcement of the change in upgrade policies. Adobe caused me to be afraid to wait, and now, the ones that waited are being rewarded with a complimentary upgrade. The customer service chat person "Junaid" has told me that the contact information of the proper person for me to express my opinion to is not available. Adobe does not have email support. I must pay Adobe for the privilege of speaking with them on the telephone. I am very disappointed. I feel like I have been taken advantage of.
Thousands of other users agree with you, but in these user-to-user forums, what do you expect your fellow users to do about it? You're not addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe staff members do contribute as volunteers to the forums on their own time.
Countless other users are in the same situation you find yourself right now unfortunately.
I understand very clearly that these are user to user forums. You are correct that some Adobe staff members do contribute to this forum. Therefore, there is a chance that someone will read my opinion. This is the closest thing to being able to express my opinion to Adobe staff....without paying a fee for the priviledge of talking to them on the telephone. Here, I have a chance that someone will read it....and maybe enough people the same position as me will complain and maybe Adobe will listen. I do not expect my fellow users to do anything about it. I did not mention any expectation at all in my post. I was only expressing my opinion in a public forum of which I am a member.
There is also
Thanks! I will use this to express my opinion too. I visited a feedback page earlier today, but it looked different and seemed to me to be for reporting bugs with the software. But, then again, maybe I did not look at it carefully enough. So thanks for the link and assistance.
We can hope that Adobe has some Social Media listening system in place to capture the mood of their customers.
That social media listening system is simply paying attention to the press. Adobe's 1-version-back upgrade policy was covered heavily (and negatively) in the trade media. Adobe relies on that trade media to hype new features and sell new versions. That is the Achilles' heel. In addition to contacting Adobe directly, be sure to raise your voice on graphics trade web sites and whatever social media service that can offer large scale polling.
Most of Adobe's customers work in the sales/marketing/advertising market. We are the tastemakers. Surely we users should be able to market our concerns better than any other politcal action group.
I'm in the same boat. I purchased my copy of CS5 the last week in Dec. 2011. I waited hoping Adobe would change it's policy. It didn't, not until the deadline passed. I had been waiting for CS6. Now I'm stuck with buying two upgrades. And others who waited until after the deadline only have to buy one. Not Fair, I cry Foul!!
If Adobe was going to change the policy, do it before the deadline, or give a free upgrade to those who purchased just before you (Adobe) changed your policy, and came out with the next version.
The problem with contacting Adobe is that a customer can not place a phone call without paying for the priviledge! The person with Adobe Customer service chat told me that there is no way to email customer service. It is either the free chat, or pay to phone. I fully intend to raise my voice on as many photography forums as possible...including this one. If this current attitude towards customers remains, a bigger need for a competitor to photoshop will be created. The biggest disappointment to me is the fact that I have been a loyal customer. I started with Photoshop 5 that came with a scanner...or maybe it was an early digital scanner...it has been so long ago and I forget, but I purchased upgrades to Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, and CS5, I only did not upgrade to CS4!
You may have received bogus information (which is typical from a third party call center in a cheap country). The only reason why Adobe would charge for a call is to provide technical support. It does not sound like this is technical support. This is strictly a customer service/sales issue. There should be no charge to call.
See this discussion:
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Adobe has become monolithic and arrogant, their recent disastrous attempt at strong-arming everyone into upgrading to CS5/5.5 should make that clear.
I work in IT Sales and the feedback I hear regarding Adobe and how they deal with their user-base is overwhelmingly negative.
As a Photoshop CS5 user I'm not seeing anything in CS6 that is a must have for me on a day-to-day basis, YMMV; perhaps I'll wait for the CS6/7 Grace Period!
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Most of Adobe's customers work in the sales/marketing/advertising market. We are the tastemakers. Surely we users should be able to market our concerns better than any other politcal action group.
You'd think we'd have a head-start on this, wouldn't you? Unfortunately Adobe has spent the last 10yrs decimating the opposition so that we really only have one option left at the Professional, and even Prosumer, level. I mean, what else is out there as an alternative to full-on Photoshop... GIMP?
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...what else is out there as an alternative to full-on Photoshop...?
You've already mentioned it.
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...As a Photoshop CS5 user I'm not seeing anything in CS6 that is a must have...
The alternative is what we already have.
Adobe needs to be a stronger competitor to itself by offering more valuable features in new software... or it has to turn stagnant software from a product into a service.
GIMP could be a much stronger competitor if we donated money or time to its development. For working with only donations and grants, open source graphics developers have done quite well. Take a peek at Darktable, RawTherapee, GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, MyPaint, Synfig, and Phatch.
Having used CS6 exclussively for a month now, I'd miss ACR7, but other than that, I can't think of anything I can't do without. I feels kind of strange that the one version upgrade policy should come at the same time as a non-essential new version. CS6 is definitely not worth the NZ$750 it will cost me to upgrade, but I am trapped by the single version upgrade thing. If there were an alternative that came even close, I would DEFINITELY be switching to it.
Seems to me that this kind of end user conclusion for perpetual licenses has been inevitable since one-version-back was announced.
In effect, a sunset policy has been introduced for perpetual licenses.
There is no longer any incentive for any killer new features in any future upgrade. And the 14 product simultaneous upgrade cycle every 24 months is unsustainable and spikes Adobe's revenue in a drawn out, volatile way. 24 months is a long time between drinks.
The big new innovation in CS6 (for those who are tempted) is Creative Cloud and the promised drip-fed updates. Everything else is incremental.
The onus is now on perpetual license users to keep themselves eligible for upgrades (by upgrading) rather than Adobe to innovate. Perpetual licenses clearly don't interest Adobe any more. CS5's nascent experiment with subscriptions has evolved into a seemingly workable business model.
Subscribing to the Cloud (monthly or annually) may be the only remaining option when perpetual licenses are eventually discontinued.
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Subscribing to the Cloud (monthly or annually) may be the only remaining option when perpetual licenses are eventually discontinued.
Sigh. Your logic is sound. I don't look forward to the above. Monthly/subscription payments are bankrupting the world.
Surely, at this rate, there will come a time when no one bothers to update. We all managed fine with CS5.
Didin't we all manage fine before Facebook and Twitter and iPhones?
Somehow they're all essential now.
Maybe, when things become completely overcast, there will be no "Versions" anymore, just a continuously updated "Current" edition.
WHen you think of all the apps that allow free upgrades forever...
Topaz Adjust and the other Topaz plugins
Photomatix (which will always do better HDR than Photoshop)
iTunes (hey, you did say all gadgets that start with an 'I' are essential.
OziExplorer (once got me out of deep trouble in a whiteout on top of a Scotish mountain)
I don't look forward to the above.
I concur, but marketingwise the Cloud concept would be exactly what makes the whole upgrade and the grace period issues moot.
I guess »Adobe« just does not want to have customers who can refuse to pay them anything for years and years if they see no need to upgrade, but would prefer a continuing revenue stream.
Yes. I don't have any trouble seeing why they're doing it. I just hope they don't choose to go exclusively to the subscription model any time soon. Some of us still prefer to pay once, then not have to worry about it. If for no other reason, life is too complex already!
I did the same thing and updated from CS3 to CS5 in late November. I just got off the phone with Adobe customer service and the gave me a full refund for my CS5 purchase. I will now purchase CS6. The CS5 was purchased at a discount back in November so It will cost be an additional $45 for the upgrade. That's better then paying the full $199.
The customer service number is 800 833-6687,2,2,1
hope that helps....
Never recieved the promised refund. Talked to 4 different people at Adobe today. Was told they won't issue a refund. I'm mad.
Adobe sucks!
Adobe doesn't suck so much anymore.
Social Media did the trick.
I compained on Twitter and was promptly contacted by Adobe Customer Care (@Adobe_Care)
They sent me CS6 at no charge. You just have to be persistant I guess.


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Preserving Heritage, and the Fabric of Life, in Syria
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They can't resist bringing 9/11 into every single article
So ridiculous. But anyhow this is an interesting article about trying to preserve Aleppo. It is an amazing city with a very rich history. It would be a shame if they were not able to preserve it. I have a whole bunch of pictures of Aleppo somewhere on my blog.
Preserving Heritage, and the Fabric of Life, in Syria
ALEPPO, Syria — At first glance it seems an unremarkable scene: a quiet plaza shaded by date palms in the shadow of this city's immense medieval Citadel, newly restored to its looming power. Foreign tourists sit side by side with people whose families have lived here for generations; women, both veiled and unveiled, walk arm in arm past a laborer hauling tools into an old government building being converted into a hotel.
But this quiet plaza is the centerpiece of one of the most far-thinking preservation projects in the Middle East, one that places as much importance on people as it does on the buildings they live in. The project encompasses the rebuilding of crumbling streets and the upgrading of city services, the restoration of hundreds of houses in the historic Old City, plans for a 42-acre park in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods and the near-decade-long restoration of the Citadel itself, whose massive walls dominate the skyline of Aleppo, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and a gem of Islamic architecture.
The effort, led by a German nonprofit group and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture working with local government, is the culmination of a major philosophical shift among preservationists in the region. It seeks to reverse a 50-year history during which preservation, by myopically focusing on restoring major architectural artifacts, sometimes destroyed the communities around them. Other restoration efforts have also sparked gentrification, driving the poor from their homes and, at their worst, fostering rage that plays into the hands of militants.
By offering an array of financial and zoning incentives to homeowners and shopkeepers, this approach has already helped stabilize impoverished communities in a part of the world where the most effective social programs for the poor are often still run by extremist organizations like Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood.
"The project in Aleppo is quite an exceptional model," said Daniele Pini, a preservationist who has worked for Unesco, the United Nations cultural arm, throughout the region. In places like Cairo and Jordan, he said, those who would restore historic buildings and those who live in them are often at loggerheads. The Aleppo plan, he said, "allows people to adapt the old houses to the needs of modern life."
Correcting Past Blunders
The role of postwar urban planning in the rise of fundamentalism is well documented. In the 1950s and '60s nationalist governments in countries like Egypt, Syria and Iraq typically viewed the congested alleys and cramped interiors of historic centers not as exotic destinations for tourists but as evidence of a backward culture to be erased. Planners carved broad avenues through dense cities, much as Haussmann had before them in Paris. Families that had lived a compartmentalized existence — with men often segregated from women in two- or three-story courtyard houses — were forced into high-rises with little privacy, while the wealthy fled for villas in newly created suburbs.
But while preservationists may have scorned Modernist housing blocks, they were often just as insensitive to the plight of local residents who got in their way. Even as they worked to restore architectural monuments in the Muslim world, they could be disdainful of the dense urban fabric that surrounded these sites. Neighborhoods were sometimes bulldozed to clear space around landmarks so they would be more accessible to tourists.
Agencies like Unesco often steered governments toward a Western-style approach to preservation. Traditionally a family might have built onto a house to accommodate a newly married son, for instance, adding a floor or a shop out front. But those kinds of changes were often prohibited under preservation rules.
"The word 'athar' — 'antiquities' — became a horrible word because it meant preserving our houses but not our traditions," said Omar Hallaj, the chief executive of the Syria Trust for Development and a preservationist who has worked in Syria and Yemen.
These tensions grew with the boom in global tourism, as cities around the world sought to give travelers the "authentic" experience they craved, but in a safe, tidy and germ-free environment. The Old City of Damascus, for example, has in the last decade become a major draw both for the international tourist set and for Arabs who began traveling closer to home after Sept. 11. According to informed estimates, the number of foreign visitors to Syria has quadrupled over the last five years.
Even as the city government races to preserve its character, its courtyard houses are being converted into boutique hotels and fashionable restaurants. Many 20th-century structures — including impressive examples of early modern architecture from the time of the French mandate period — remain unprotected. The city has introduced incentives to keep some homeowners, but many preservationists think it's too late.
Militant Islamic hardliners, meanwhile, have had equal disdain for both the modernizers and for the preservationists, many of them Western, who followed them.
"I remember when we first moved into the city of Zabid in Yemen, the local imam started going to the mosque saying, 'The Germans are here to transform your towns into cabarets and brothels,' " Mr. Hallaj said.
What many militant extremists are fixated on is a utopia of the past: a vision of Islam in the era of the Prophet. Not only Western influence, but also three centuries of Ottoman rule — the period when the fabric of most Arab cities was created — is seen as a form of corruption.
"What is interesting about this whole argument between the modernizers on the one hand and fundamentalists on the other is that it all happens on the level of ideology," Malise Ruthven, a historian who has written books on Islamic fundamentalism, said in a recent interview. Mohamed Atta, one of the 9/11 hijackers, once wrote an urban planning thesis on the Old City of Aleppo in which he said he wanted to tear out centuries' worth of buildings, Mr. Ruthven said. He dreamed of "an Islamic city that was pure and unchanged — frozen in aspic."
Benefits for Residents
At first sight the plan for Aleppo's rehabilitation may not seem a radical departure from preservation as usual. Led by GTZ, a nonprofit organization owned by the German government, it began with a two-year analysis of the city's historic structures that included hundreds of interviews with residents.
With GTZ's guidance the government began laying more than 323 miles of sewage and water pipes, removing the webs of dilapidated electrical wiring that stretched across its alleyways and replacing missing cobblestones. To encourage building owners and their tenants to stay, the group set up a pilot program that offered interest-free construction loans. For those who accepted, it helped ensure that any renovations followed preservation guidelines.
"The rationale was that if the state is forcing preservation on people," Mr. Hallaj said, "then the state has a responsibility to pay for that burden. So if they want a historical hand-carved window instead of an aluminum one, the state pays the difference." Other incentives were put in place to encourage local businesses to stay — the kind of small neighborhood commercial establishments whose importance was championed by urban thinkers like Jane Jacobs.
What makes the project such an auspicious model for the region, though, is its clear grasp of how architecture can both shape and define relationships among social groups. Long before developers got an inkling of what was going on, GTZ and its government partners divided the Old City into zones, with new hotels and restaurants confined to two areas, one around the Citadel and the other in the Jdayde neighborhood. (GTZ describes Jdayde as an area of crooked streets and tiny shops with a large Christian population that would be more accepting of tourists than some of the more heavily Muslim areas.)
These zones, in turn, are being anchored by increasingly ambitious — and often architecturally magnificent — public spaces. The first, Al-Hatab Square in Jdayde, is a small patch of stone shaded by a few trees. Once partly built over with squalid sheds, the square has become a vibrant mix of Syrian families and foreign tourists, framed by old jewelry shops, fish markets and cafes.
It has been a decade since the Aga Khan Trust for Culture began its meticulous restoration of the Citadel. Its enormous moat was cleared of garbage and lined with low-growing plants. The ruins of houses and shops built by Ottoman soldiers stationed here in the 18th century, and destroyed in the 1828 earthquake were torn down. The mazelike interior walls — a monument to medieval paranoia designed to keep invaders from reaching the court's inner sanctum — were cleared of rubble.
Just as important is the social vision behind it. The road surrounding the Citadel, which choked it with cars and exhaust fumes, has been replaced by a pedestrian walkway bordered by the newly landscaped moat on one side and scattered historical buildings on the other. Many of these are being beautifully restored, including a palatial 1930 neo-Classical structure that is being transformed into a hotel by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development. But if some of them — former government ministries built during the early half of the 20th century — are being turned into luxurious hotels for the wealthy, it is the buildings, not the public, that seem to be confined behind iron gates.
What's particularly striking is the sense of shared ownership and belonging. The poor seem as comfortable strolling along the Citadel's paths as the rich, which is all the more striking given that Syria is controlled by the authoritarian government of Bashar al-Assad and the ruling Baath Party. It is a expression of how public space, when thoughtfully designed, can promote a more egalitarian vision of civic life.
This atmosphere filters into the surrounding streets. The cobblestones look freshly scrubbed; the heavy wood shutters that front the old shops have yet to acquire the patina of age. But the clash of historical styles and eras that shaped Aleppo — and that made it one of the world's great cosmopolitan centers — have not been smoothed over. And for the moment at least, you get the encouraging feeling that it is possible to push back at the forces of displacement. It's a city being adapted for human beings, not for some abstract vision of a global consumer.
There is more to come. A few months ago the Aga Khan Trust for Culture began building the foundations for the 42-acre park in an impoverished neighborhood just outside one of the gates of the Old City. This hilltop site is now strewn with garbage. A sprawling asphalt parking lot borders it on one side; crumbling modern apartment blocks — the kind that 9/11's mastermind envisioned demolishing — and decrepit 19th-century houses line the other.
The project, which is being modeled on an earlier one in Cairo, Al-Azhar Park, will feature rambling walkways and gardens with views over the Old City to the refurbished Citadel. The trust plans to train local people in traditional crafts like carpentry and stonecutting so they can take part in the park's construction.
In a speech he gave in Aleppo two months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Aga Khan described his mission as creating an intellectual garden "where there would be no possibility of suffocation from the dying weeds of dogma" and "beauty would be seen in the articulation of difference," a statement crystallizing what preservationists hope will happen now in Aleppo.
A Search for Continuity
The tricky question — and the one that may have the most longstanding impact for the Middle East — is whether Aleppo can carry its vision of social and historical continuity into the future. The government recently started an architectural competition for a new cultural complex that will include a 1,600-seat opera house, library and exhibition space in an area built during the French mandate.
And the city's mayor, Maan Chibli, said that he recently asked GTZ to help plan for the redevelopment of the informal ramshackle settlements that have sprouted on Aleppo's outskirts.
"These settlements date from the 1970s," Mr. Chibli said. "They are part of a social pattern that leads back to the old villages. Someone arrives, then his brother follows. So the idea, as before, is not to destroy these areas. It is to begin by providing them with infrastructure and services, then work programs."
But how to make the final link between historic preservation and the creation of a contemporary city remains blurry. Many preservationists working here, including some at GTZ, see the last 70 years as unworthy of their interest. And most contemporary architects, whose clients are almost uniformly drawn from the global elite, are out of touch with the complex political realities of the poor in the region.
These are not merely esoteric issues. They have to do with the real lessons that cities like Aleppo and Damascus can teach. Their power is not just the beauty of historical layers. It is that the coexistence of those layers, often piled one on top of the other, embodies a world in which every generation — including ours — has the right to a voice and individual creativity triumphs over ideological difference. It is the point at which tradition and modernity are no longer in violent conflict.
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Thank you for your company this evening. Stay with us for post-match reaction. I've been James Dall. Cheerio.
Manchester City lose for the first time in the Premier League this season. It is a huge result for Chelsea, and their manager Andre Villas-Boas. Balotelli had given City the lead in the second minute before Meireles levelled following fine work from Sturridge. Then Clichy received a second yellow in the second period to make it an uphill task for the visitors, and Chelsea duly struck, with Lampard coming off the bench to fire in a penalty.
FULL-TIME: Chelsea 2-1 Manchester City
Mario fouls, and that, as they say, should be that.
Mancini cutting a frustrated figure...
Chelsea keeping it nicely...
Drogba rolls two men with wonderful skill and then tries an audacious strike from miles out. Goal kick.
Yaya Toure commits a foul. Still no yellow for him, somehow.
Four minutes of added time to be played.
Chelsea win a corner, and then another. They are playing this well.
Chelsea holding the ball up well now. Winning free-kicks to ebb away the time.
Sturridge, the assister of the leveller, is replaced by Mikel.
Milner hangs over a free-kick but Balotelli can't get there, seemingly ducking. Goal kick.
Brilliant skill from Balotelli in the corner to win a free-kick. Half-chance here...
Dzeko is on for Lescott.
Need to see more of the 'handball'. Lescott's hand looked raised, but whether there was any intent is the subject of conjecture.
Mata is off for Malouda.
Lampard smashes it. Absolutely tonks it. Hart dove, but the ball was sent into the centre. Frank wheels away, jubilant. 2-1 to Chelsea against 10-man City. Is the unbeaten run over?
GOAL!!! Lampard scores for Chelsea!
Sturridge came inside on his left and banged one. Lescott had his hand raised and the ball struck it. Penalty.
A shot! But it is a tame one. Drogba plays it back to Ramires, who toes a shot goalwards. It is weak. Hart is there. Easy.
It's not the best in terms of quality out there. Many stoppages. 'Bitty' comes to mind.
Drogba booked. He went in rashly on this skiddy surface and was rightly carded.
AVB is urging for tempo. He knows this is there for the winning, but Chelsea have not created much of note in this half.
Villas-Boas is as animated as ever on the touchline, stretching those quads as he squats furiously.
De Jong is coming on, replacing Silva. That's City settling for a draw then.
Ramires is next to be booked after swinging through on Balotelli.
Ashley Cole has a chance to feed in a dangerous cross, but the execution is heavy and escapes his team-mates.
Commentator's curse: here comes Lampard. The midfielder comes on for Meireles.
Lampard and Torres undoubtedly itching to come on. No movement from AVB on that front yet.
Balotelli buys a free-kick to relieve some of the pressure mounting on City.
Some sustained possession for City almost sees them work an angle, but the ball is squeezed away. Chelsea look to counter but City are back swiftly.
Yaya Toure passes to Kolo Toure. You heard it here first.
City break clear for the first time in a while. Silva picks out Balotelli, who tries his luck from distance. It is rather tame and Cech is there to smother.
Wicked cross by Bosingwa from the right. But the delivery evades everyone.
Dreadful free-kick in by Mata sees a chance to test this new-look back four go to waste.
I was wrong. Zabaleta is left back, Kolo Toure right back.
Aguero is forced off following Clichy's red and Kolo Toure comes on. Presumably Lescott will go left back.
Romeu is in the book. He went in a little boldly on Balotelli.
Romeu is bullish. He wins the ball well and keeps it neat. Better than Mikel.
City still enjoying more of the ball, in spite of their numerical disadvantage. This is surely there for the winning now for Chelsea, which would be a huge fillip for AVB.
Clichy will miss the Arsenal game, then?
Ooof. Ramries bombs on, as he has done so well this match, and Clichy hangs out a leg. He fells the Brazilian and Clattenburg has no choice but to dish out the second yellow.
Clichy is off!
Still a long while to go, but a draw enough for Chelsea? Fine by City, you would think, but not enough for Chelsea considering their plight.
Think Ramires is winded. Should be all right in a moment.
Ramries is down in a heap. Meanwhile, Mata's influence is growing.
Drogba has a face like thunder. Not sure why. The weather, maybe?
Sumptuous skill from Mata gets the home fans on their feet, but Kompany brings the move to an end with a foul. Chelsea want a second yellow, but it doesn't come.
Worth noting, and it is a point that keeps being revisited, that Ivanovic made a last-gasp attempt to deny Balotelli for the opener. Had the Italian gone down, it surely would have been a red card.
Toure is being rather naughty in this game. Replays show he attempted to rake down the back of Ramires' calf. The ref didn't see it.
City are indeed struggling now Chelsea are dropping off more.
Sturridge is the man at the moment. With Clichy on a booking, expect plenty more direct running from the England international.
Ah! Horrific marking from City as a free-kick finds Sturridge free. He cracks one but the ball is always rising and flashes just over.
Clichy is booked for pulling back Sturridge, who demonstrated a fine burst, not for the first time in this game.
KICK-OFF: Chelsea get the second half started.
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Replays being shown of the Bosingwa challenge on Silva in the box. Looks a stick-on penalty having seen a new angle of it now. Chelsea got away with one there. Still waiting to see some more on the Toure hand flick at Mata. Looked a red card offence on first viewing.
An absorbing half played in testing conditions. Balotelli broke the deadlock after two minutes, as City tore Chelsea apart on numerous occasions. Chelsea rallied, though, and ex-City boy Sturridge's good work fed Meireles to restore parity. Since then, Chelsea have defended well and City's passing has been sloppy.
HALF-TIME: Chelsea 1-1 Manchester City
Balotelli teases in a cross, and Aguero gets a toe on the ball. Terry had flung himself at the effort and I think that did enough to put off the Argentine, as the shot was tepid.
Meireles goes in lazily on Toure. Needs to be careful.
Two minutes of added time will be played.
City's passing has gone to pot. Mancini will look forward to half-time.
Chelsea's shape has vastly improved. City have probed for space of the past ten minutes, but cannot find it. AVB will be a happier bunny.
Ramires gives Chelsea that Essien-esque surge, you know? His running with the ball can be very troublesome for the opposition.
Kompany is booked after a clumsy challenge on Drogba, which saw him wipe out the Ivorian as they clattered together.
Chelsea crowd are furious about something, think it was perhaps due to a Milner handball and then the midfielder kicking the ball away. No card for the England man.
They've played some really lovely stuff tonight, have City. The passing, at times, has been crisp and efficient. There are goals in this team, but they do concede.
Silva dinks in a high ball but Lescott is well marked and the pass drops out of play for a goal kick.
Chelsea now operating deeper and more compact, maybe how they should have been in the opening stages.
Meireles is the first into the referee's notebook after he raked his studs into the shin of Zabaleta.
Well played Sturridge. The forward beats Clichy with some fleeting footwork and then hammers in a cross. Meireles is there to meet it, thundering into the net from close range.
GOAL!!! Meireles scores for Chelsea!
Ramires shows off his pace and power with a surging run, but he can't complement the bombing on with a pass, as his ball to Drogba is a little loose.
Couple of wasteful long balls from City just now. Kompany the latest to hit one aimlessly.
Silva now receiving treatment after Meireles caught the Spaniard. Villas-Boas, looking wind-swept, is giving Mata some instructions.
Drogba is back on, but hobbling about. He should be ok, my intuition tells me.
Drogba appears to have twanged something when shooting just then. Torres, anyone?
Drogba is found following a cheeky backheel from Meireles, but the Ivorian opts to shoot from some distance and the effort bobbles out harmlessly.
Meireles searches out Sturridge, who looks to turn, but Clichy is swiftly in on him to tackle and dispossess.
The ball is swung in by Mata, but City are commanding and deal with the delivery.
Corner to Chelsea as Drogba's shot at the near post is parried away by Hart.
Still no replay of the Toure incident.
It's not quite as open as it was ten minutes ago. As I type, Milner breaks through but the angle does not favour him and he is forced to dig out a cross, which comes to nothing.
City now enjoying more of the ball, patient to wait for the chance to thread in a through ball.
I need to see a replay, but it seems Toure just flung a hand at Mata's face.
Clichy whips in a teasing cross and Balotelli looks to divert it home, but the Italian cannot quite get there as Cole does enough to shepherd the ball away.
Just on the Silva penalty claim; it was one of those where there appeared to be no contact, yet there would have been had Silva not hurdled the challenge from Bosingwa.
Chelsea have had 63% of the ball possession so far, but much of that has been between their back four.
Now it is Chelsea's turn to attack. This is rather breathless.
Mario Balotelli wants to take a free-kick. He is allowed to do so. It is about 35 yards out, but he shoots. It goes way over. Way, way over.
That was a golden chance for Silva, who should arguably have shot rather than dummied.
What a move. City are turning it on. The ball, after a succession of wonderful passes, is passed to Silva, who drops a shoulder. Bosingwa goes in clumsily and may have caught the Spaniard, who tumbles in the box. No penalty given.
City are pressing ever so well, working very hard indeed when not in possession.
Oooo. City almost go 2-0 up. Aguero latches onto some more sloppy play from Chelsea. He wriggles away from two challenges and then fires a low shot the wrong side of the near post.
Corner to Chelsea after Meireles' strike is deflected over. The corner is played short, then clipped in, but City defend well.
Mata has a chance to find a team-mate with a cross but his effort is nodded clear by Kompany.
Mata has a chance to curl a pass into Drogba, but he chooses the wrong option, instead hitting long to Ramires, who fouls.
Romeu is guilty of a very loose pass and City almost pounce, but Terry, who was suspect for the opening goal, shuts the door.
I've said it already, but I will say it again, the rain is hammering down. Greasy.
Home side looking to get a foothold on this game. City are hustling them well. Chelsea do appear to be playing that high line again, which is risky.
City work it well down the left flank, but Clichy is flagged for offside. The home fans are stunned.
Chelsea look to respond and Meireles leads the charge. He has Cole to his left but opts to shoot wildly, his pop flashing well wide.
He has taken that so well. Aguero spins his man in Chelsea's half and picks out a classy pass that slices open the home side's defence. Balotelli controls and rounds Cech, before tapping in very calmly indeed.
GOAL!!! Balotelli scores for City!
High foot from Silva sees an early free-kick awarded. Cole almost went over the halfway line then, our editor John Brewin points out which he hasn't done of late.
KICK-OFF: Manchester City get us started.
Teams are in the tunnel! Terry and Kompany the captains. Weather information: it is rotten. It's windy, blowing a a hooley in fact, while the rain is bucketing it down.
Big night for Romeu, one would think. The boy's shown quality, but against City's midfield, where Silva floats around like a very talented bee, the Spaniard needs to be disciplined.
David Luiz is suspended, which, if you ask me, is a crying shame. Balotelli does start though, so at least one 'character' is on display. Of course, there has been much licking of the lips over the prospect of Mata v Silva. Both are Spanish. Both are bloody good.
Team news is in, in fact I've already pasted in the starting XIs - see below. Torres and Lampard are on the bench, which is no longer a story, really, is it? City, meanwhile, go with the same side that gave United a rogering, sans Richards.
Manchester City starting XI: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott Clichy; Toure Yaya, Barry; Milner, Silva, Balotelli; Aguero.
Chelsea starting XI: Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Ramires, Romeu, Meireles; Sturridge, Drogba, Mata.
ESPNsoccernet's James Dall will bring you live minute-by-minute commentary of Chelsea's Premier League meeting with Manchester City, which kicks off at 20.00 GMT. Be there, or be square.


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Nearly half a century ago, a diverse group of characters began to capture children's hearts: Spider-Man, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and the X-Men. The epic Marvel Comics universe has been a massive force in pop culture; inspiring countless books, films and becoming a multi-billion dollar enterprise.
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Photographer Matika Wilbur is a member of the Tulalip Tribe raised on the Swinomish Reservation. Her work explores themes of Native American identity and cultural duality, and has appeared in the Royal British Columbia Museum of Fine Arts, The Nantes Museum of Fine Arts in France, the Seattle Art Museum and the Burke Museum. She joins us to talk about her new project to photograph Native Americans from all 562 tribes in the United States.
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