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* ''[http://www.w3.org/wiki/JTriples JTriples ]'' by Michael Hausenblas
* ''[http://www.w3.org/wiki/JTriples JTriples ]'' by Michael Hausenblas
==== Materials from RDF Next Step WorkShop ====
==== Materials from RDF Next Step WorkShop ====
Revision as of 14:39, 9 March 2011
- 1 JSON RDF Task Force
- 1.1 Inputs
- 1.2 Deliverables
- 1.3 Questions to Contemplate
- 1.4 RDF in JSON Use Cases
- 1.5 RDF in JSON Design Requirements
- 1.5.1 There should be two serialization formats
- 1.5.2 A primary goal SHOULD be to build a human-friendly version of the serialization for JSON developers
- 1.5.3 A primary goal SHOULD be to build a machine-optimized version of the serialization
- 1.5.4 The serialization SHOULD be able to transform most JSON in use today into RDF
- 1.5.5 Developers do not need to be familiar at all with RDF to start using the serialization
- 1.5.6 The serialization MAY include features not in RDF
- 1.5.7 The serialization MUST be 100% compatible with the JSON spec
- 1.5.8 It is a requirement that all RDF concepts MUST be expressible in the serialization
- 1.5.9 There should be a migration story for going from existing JSON in the wild to this new format
- 1.5.10 Memory usage and CPU usage while processing SHOULD be a primary consideration
- 1.5.11 The design target is small snippets of RDF Data
- 1.5.12 Design target: graphs or resources
- 1.5.13 The serialization MUST support disjoint/unconnected graphs
- 1.5.14 The serialization MUST provide a normalization algorithm
- 1.5.15 The serialization SHOULD enable digital signatures
- 1.5.16 The serialization SHOULD support advanced graph concepts
- 1.5.17 The serialization MUST support automatic typing
- 1.5.18 The serialization SHOULD support type coercion
- 1.5.19 The serialization SHOULD rely on microsyntaxes instead of nested structures
- 1.5.20 The serialization SHOULD provide an API
- 1.5.21 There SHOULD be one and only one way to serialize a given triple
- 1.6 Participants
JSON RDF Task Force
The JSON RDF Task Force is primarily responsible for creating a JSON serialization of RDF.
- RDF JSON, by Talis.
- JSON-LD, by Manu Sporny.
- JRON by Sandro Hawke.
- JSON serialization in the Linked Data API.
- SPARQL Query Results in JSON by DAWG.
- JSN3 by Nathan.
- Flat triples approach to RDF graphs in JSON by Dominik Tomaszuk
- Ideas and issues from the community from RDF Core Work Items build on RDF/NextStepWorkshop, are reproduced below.
- JTriples by Michael Hausenblas
- RDFj by Mark Birbeck probably.
Materials from RDF Next Step WorkShop
- Allows web authors (Javascript, HTML5, ... developers) more easily use rdf data with existing tools and techniques
- Multiple JSON formats and implementations (some interoperable) already exist showing interest in this work
- Current JSON formats are not aligned - differnent approaches - making it JSON-user friendly versus making it familiar to existing RDF users.
- Needs some R&D and alignment.
- Risk that the result would be some standard that would not be adopted if it was not 'web author' friendly.
- JSON Serialization of RDF
Questions to Contemplate
- What are the use cases for the JSON serialization?
- Are we to create a lightweight JSON based RDF interchange format optimized for machines and speed, or an easy to work with JSON view of RDF optimized for humans (developers)?
- Is it necessary for developers to know RDF in order to use the simplest form of the RDF-in-JSON serialization?
- Should we attempt to support more than just RDF? Key-value pairs as well? Literals as subjects?
- Must RDF in JSON be 100% compatible with the JSON spec? Or must it only be able to be read by a JavaScript library and thus be JSON-like-but-not-compatible (and can thus deviate from the standard JSON spec)?
- Must all major RDF concepts be expressible via the RDF in JSON syntax?
- Should we go more for human-readability, or terse/compact/machine-friendly formats? What is the correct balance?
- Should there be a migration story for the JSON that is already used heavily on the Web? For example, in REST-based services?
- Should processing be a single-pass or multi-pass process? Should we support SAX-like streaming?
- Should there be support for disjoint graphs?
- Should we consider how the structure may be digitally signed?
- How should normalization occur?
- Should graph literals be supported?
- Should named graphs be supported?
- Should automatic typing be supported?
- Should type coercion be supported?
- Should there be an API defined in order to easily map RDF-in-JSON to/from language-native formats?
RDF in JSON Use Cases
RDF REST Web Services
Frank wants to be able to easily post and get RDF data RESTfully via Web Services. He wants to make sure that the data that is exchanged looks very much like the JSON data that is passed to and from popular services like Twitter's API. He wants to utilize the current JSON-based tools and workflows that he uses for all of his other data on the Web, but add semantics to that data in a way that is easy to explain to his fellow developers.
Developing a Javascript application that interacts with a graph store
Herbert is developing a Javascript application that interacts with an RDF store. He wants to be able to easily PUT, POST and GET RDF data RESTfully using the SPARQL RDF Dataset HTTP Protocol. Since he is working in Javascript, he wants to be able to send data to a graph store using JSON to represent the RDF data.
Expose a service that internally uses RDF in a JSON-friendly way
Stacy operates several Web Services. She designed the data that is sent and received by her Web Services in a way that maps very easily to RDF. She wants to be able to take the data that she is already publishing and transform it into RDF for internal use. She wants to be able to do this without impacting the developers that are currently using her system.
She also wants to be able to give the developers that care about RDF a data model that maps to RDF well. She would like to support both regular JSON developers and semantic web JSON developers at the same time via her JSON-based Web Services API.
Digital Signatures on Graphs
Graeme would like to publish assets for sale on his website via a JSON-based Web Services API. He would like this data to be cached on third party sites without the pricing information being changed or forged. He accomplishes this by digitally signing the graph of information that he publishes such that search engines and other caching mechanisms can relay the information without needing to directly access his site. By cryptographically signing the graph, he is also ensuring that information about the asset, including pricing information, cannot be changed or forged to different values.
Universal Payment Standard for the Web
The PaySwarm Web platform is an open web standard that enables Web browsers and Web devices to perform Universal Web Payment. The nascent standard is using a form of RDF in JSON extensively in order to support distributed listing of assets, description of licenses and digital contracts, and digital signatures on graphs of RDF information. Information is published via HTML+RDFa and then used in JSON-form when transmitted to and from PaySwarm-aware Web Services.
RDF in JSON Design Requirements
There should be two serialization formats
There should be a machine-friendly serialization format and there should be a human-friendly serialization format.
- -1 Manu Sporny, given the limited time for this working group, I think we should focus on the human-friendly serialization format. RDF already has a number of machine-friendly serialization formats.
- +1 Andy. A simple "s", "p", "o" format is not the same amount of work as a human-friendly form. See SPARQL JSON result format
- 0 Lee. I'd worry about the WG's available time and resources.
- +1 Nathan if possible.
- -0 Matteo Brunati not enough time maybe
A primary goal SHOULD be to build a human-friendly version of the serialization for JSON developers
The serialization should be optimized for humans first, machines second. The ability for machines to quickly parse the file is secondary to the ability for developers to be able to use the serialization with JavaScript. A focus should be placed on making the serialization fit into JavaScript frameworks easily, even at the cost of JSON-LD processor implementation complexity.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- -1 Lee. Given the existing work in the RDFa group on an API, I'd rather see a simple, machine-friendly format that implementations can then make available via an API. I'm not convinced that a standard human-friendly JSON format is a big win.
- -0 Andy Different uses cases lead to different design tradeoffs. (e.g LDA is a tree; ideal for them, bad for different uses.)
- +1 Nathan but only if the product can be considered simple JSON objects (k/v objects with a subject set) and the caveat is recognized that by not requiring an RDF toolkit or understanding of properties, inference etc, the data isn't really RDF... it's RDF-able - else -1, waste of time.
- +1 Matteo Brunati +1 Nathan observations
A primary goal SHOULD be to build a machine-optimized version of the serialization
The serialization should be optimized for machines first, humans second. The ability to use the serialization in JavaScript is secondary to the ability for machines to quickly parse the file. A focus should be placed on making implementations very easy to write.
- -1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Lee
- +1 Nathan
- +1 Matteo Brunati
The serialization SHOULD be able to transform most JSON in use today into RDF
There should be a flexible mechanism, such as a "context", that is capable of mapping from JSON key-value pairs to RDF triples. This mechanism could be specified either in-band or out-of-band from the serialization. Having this feature could map much of the existing JSON in the wild into RDF.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- -1 Lee. Seems out-of-scope; do existing RDF-in-JSON solutions already have such mechanisms?
- -1 Andy The original data was not written to be used in this way.
- +1 Nathan Assuming we're still talking two serializations, then this would be very valuable, for twitter to be able to say here's our data, view it as simple objects or rdf graphs; although I'm unsure we can get there without a common vision across the water.
Developers do not need to be familiar at all with RDF to start using the serialization
Understanding the semantic web and the concepts of RDF (triples, graphs, etc.) should not be required in order to use the format. That means that the format may have a very simple, stripped down version for beginners and a more advanced set of features for semantic web enthusiasts.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Nathan only if two serializations, and as per previous comments.
- -1 Richard Cyganiak I think I disagree. If you don't want to expose developers to RDF at all, then why not just use vanilla JSON? Also I don't understand how the beginner/advanced thing should work. A server will have to generate the one or the other, so it's not like client-side developers get to choose which version they want to be exposed to.
- -1 Matteo Brunati I think a minimal semweb context is necessary: thinking on SIMILE Exhibit framework. It's not simple to use without a prior knowledge of the model.
The serialization MAY include features not in RDF
There are certain features, such as generic key-value pairs in JSON that do not map well to RDF. They would map well if RDF had a concept of plain literals in the subject or predicate position. The serialization could include these concepts but may specify that the values may not be serialized to all RDF serialization formats (such as RDF/XML, TURTLE or RDFa).
- +1 Manu Sporny
- -1 Andy creates an incompatible sub-community of applications.
- +1 Nathan useful for allowing "junk" data like debugging info and session tokens, again only if two serializations.
- -1 Richard Cyganiak as per Andy. Generic key-value pairs can be translated to <> <#key> "value" or somesuch.
- -1 Matteo Brunati as for Andy. making a default rule to the generic key-value stuff
The serialization MUST be 100% compatible with the JSON spec
Additional features such as comments or short-hand notation to support datatypes could be supported in the serialization if we extended the JSON format. This would mean that the serialization would be incompatible with vanilla JSON readers and writers. While this may make serialization nicer, we should not make any additions/modifications to the JSON format to ensure maximum compatibility with pre-existing processors.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Andy
- +1 Lee
- +1 Nathan else it's not JSON..
- +1 Matteo Brunati
It is a requirement that all RDF concepts MUST be expressible in the serialization
There are concepts like RDF datatypes and g-snaps/graph literals that could be omitted from the serialization in order to reduce learning and implementation complexity.
- -1 Manu Sporny, Good design is a balancing act - we should only include what will help the most number of people.
- +1 Lee. I'd hesitate to say "all", but in general, a JSON RDF serialization would not be useful to us unless it was as much a 1st-class serialization of the RDF model as turtle, RDF/XML, etc.
- +1 Andy for the machine-friendly form to work with non-JSON apps and systems.
- -1 Andy for the human-friendly form but the features dropped will vary from usage to usage.
- +1 Nathan for machine (rdf in json)
- -1 Nathan for human (rdf-able json objects)
There should be a migration story for going from existing JSON in the wild to this new format
The serialization task force should ensure that there is a subset of the serialization that is useful to beginners that use pure JSON, then show how developers could sprinkle in a little RDF into their JSON, then show how developers can fully migrate to the new serialization format. The transition to the serialization format will probably take multiple years The transition should be as smooth and organic as possible. We should also understand that many may not need to transition to RDF - JSON may work just fine for their application. We should not assume that people will go straight from regular JSON to the new serialization format.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Nathan for human rdf-able json object serialization, if we can get there.
Memory usage and CPU usage while processing SHOULD be a primary consideration
Memory and CPU usage for processing JSON is low. We should ensure that processing the serialization format is only slightly more complex than processing regular JSON.
- +0 Manu Sporny, we want to be cognizant of resource usage but I don't think this should be a primary driver for design decisions for the language.
- -1 Lee. Seems like an implementation detail to me.
- -1 Andy (NB: JSON structures are read entirely into memory before the application gets to see them.)
- +0.5 Nathan there is a balance between memory and processing to be struck, ntriples = more byte, turtle = more processing, same considerations for JSON.
The design target is small snippets of RDF Data
"small" might be less that 1 million triples, not 10.
- +1 Andy
- 0 Nathan two different considerations for machine or human, I'd say under 10k for human, over and beyond for machine
Design target: graphs or resources
A human friendly JSON format can be designed more towards graphs (multiple subjects) or more targeted on just describing one resource (subject). This is not to exclude one possibility over the other - this is to decide the focus.
- graphs Andy
- machine: graphs, human: resource Nathan
- graphs Manu Sporny, but I don't think we'll need to choose between the two if we're smart about it. For instance, JSON-LD allows expressing graphs just as easily as expressing resources.
The serialization MUST support disjoint/unconnected graphs
All current RDF serialization formats allow you to express two graphs that are not necessarily connected to one another. The new serialization format should allow the same mechanism. This is also important because normalization is difficult to achieve in a general way without also supporting disjoint graphs in the serialization. JSON-LD disjoint graphs example.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Andy One graph with two+ disjoint components per serialization
- +0 Andy Multiple graphs per serialziation. No more than follow work in other TFs.
- +1 Nathan as per andy's comments
The serialization MUST provide a normalization algorithm
Normalization, also known as canonicalization, is typically used when determining whether two sub-graphs that are expressed in different ways are identical. It is also very useful when hashing sub-graphs for checksumming or digital signature purposes. JSON-LD normalization example.
- +1 Manu Sporny, I think we need normalization because we need to have a good digital signatures story
- ? Andy. Unclear - are we signing the graph or the serialization? Is a Turtle-signed graph the same graph? Would it include IRI normalization?
- +0 Nathan
The serialization SHOULD enable digital signatures
Digital Signatures have a number of useful purposes. When combined with g-snaps/graph literals they provide a very easy way of establishing cryptographically verifiable provenance. These features are used heavily in electronic commerce. JSON-LD digital signature example.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +0 Nathan
- 0 Richard Cyganiak Nice to have but won't make or break the format.
- +0 Matteo Brunati
The serialization SHOULD support advanced graph concepts
The serialization format should support advanced graph concepts such as g-box, g-snap and g-text such that you can make statements about snapshots of graphs. Annotating graphs with metadata such as graph retrieval time, digital signatures on the contents of the graph, and other metadata associated with graphs are an important feature for higher-level concepts like provenance. Sandro's explanation of advanced graph concepts.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- -1 Richard Cyganiak Has security implications for RDF crawlers; requires larger API surface; SPARQL only returns single graphs anyways; use case is unclear
- -1 Andy Not unless the format is following standard work done in other TFs.
- +0.5 Nathan follow other TFs
- 0 Matteo Brunati too problematic probably, +1 Richard notes
The serialization MUST support automatic typing
Being able to transform a JSON document into a native object is one of the key benefits of using JSON over other serialization formats. Automatically typing of numbers and boolean values into language-native datatypes removes an extra step that developers must perform without this feature. For example, one could easily transform a serialized number that is an xsd:integer into a language-native integer. JSON-LD automatic typing example.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Nathan
- +1 Richard Cyganiak I'd say it's what users expect.
- +1 Matteo Brunati
The serialization SHOULD support type coercion
While not immediately obvious, type coercion allows one to map regular JSON into RDF in a way that may add datatype decorators to object literals. In other words, it provides for a way to get Typed Literals from regular JSON data. JSON-LD type coercion example.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- +1 Nathan for human one, -1 for machine one
The serialization SHOULD rely on microsyntaxes instead of nested structures
There are two common approaches to expressing RDF in JSON. One of them is to use nested structures to express language and type information for literals. The other approach is to use shallow structures with microsyntaxes mirroring TURTLE to express language and type information for literals.
- +1 Manu Sporny
- -1 Richard Cyganiak It's ugly as hell and makes the language unusable without an API
- -1 Nathan
- -1 Matteo Brunati
The serialization SHOULD provide an API
An API would allow developers to transform incoming documents into a format that is easier for them to work with. In other words, it would allow them to drop all type information if it wasn't useful to them, or remove any micro-syntaxes that would get in the way of basic usage of the data. Keep in mind that even JSON has an api: JSON.parse(). JSON-LD API example.
(?? Reword as: The serialization SHOULD assume working with a JavaScript RDF API (Andy))
- +1 Manu Sporny
- -1 Nathan the machine one will have the RDF API, the human one is pointless if it needs and API.
- +1 Matteo Brunati as Andy said, working with an API ( are there other WG are working on that or not? )
There SHOULD be one and only one way to serialize a given triple
The more different ways there are to express the same triple or graph, the harder it gets to use the host language's native toolbox (that is, pure JS expressions) to process data. At some point, using the host language becomes impossible without using a parser library layered on top of the host language, negating the benefit of basing the language on JSON in the first place. (Note, this is about using different JSON structures to express the same triple; not about different triples expressing the same statement in RDF Semantics, like "foo" vs "foo"^^xsd:string).
- +1 Richard Cyganiak This is the lesson to be learnt from RDF/XML.
- +0 Manu Sporny, while I agree in principle I don't know how we'd enforce this in practice - that is, what's the difference between "foo" and "foo"^^xsd:string in JSON? Would you serialize the plain literal "foo" and the Typed Literal "foo"^^xsd:string in the same way in JSON? If the answer is yes, isn't the translation lossy?
- This one is inherent to the way the RDF model is defined. There's nothing that can be done about it in the syntax. The concern here was about using different JSON structures to express the same triple. I clarified the description.
- +1 Matteo Brunati as for Richard, RDF/XML is the lesson


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1) what % of the job is $400 ?
2) how good is the warranty - against all types of failure, or what - cedar fences usually fail in one of two ways - tornado/hurricane/waves/flood/car collision takes them out, or the posts (if not treated timber) rot out. The fence itself will change color and get fuzzy as it weathers, but should last 15-20 years in most areas.
3) generally, a fence is not something you would pay for a warranty on - if properly put up and with concreted-in copper chromate or copper napthalate treated posts (the green preservative) should last a long time and not need warranty work basically till the fasteners fail or the fence slat boards split too badly.
4) if I was going to spend extra money on a wood fence, it would be for a good quality penetrating sealer, not steel posts.
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To optimise the transmission of sound under water, this diver's alarm watch has a patented triple back case. Made in 1714 copies, the Memovox Polaris was not only a milestone in the history of diving watches in the 1960s, but also in that of Jaeger-LeCoultre. Its imposing volume and uncompromising lines also inspired both the current Master Compressor and the AMVOX models. It was reproduced in 2008, named Memovox Tribute to Polaris.


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I really loved the style of the previous version(s), but I'm digging this one too.
This is a continuation of the old thread: http://www.cartographersguild.com/sh...lky-Way-Galaxy
The galaxy itself is based on: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image...-the-Milky-Way (NASA image)
I really loved the style of the previous version(s), but I'm digging this one too.
It's very nice.
Do you have a version zoomed in the Empire territory proper? (The circle that extends out to include the Hive, New Frontier, and Empty Quarter.) I'm having trouble reading the marked colonies.
Sure. Just remember, it's very unfinished.
The systems are from the previous version, the arrangement is different though. I'll probably spread more or less the same system names over a much larger territory.
The basic idea is that the Empire does claim the entire galax, even if it, at this stage, could never enforce it. All the (mostly) blue stuff is how the Empire splits up the Milky Way galaxy. There are a few human nations, which are to the Empire as Taiwan is to the PRC, these aren't in the map yet.
Consider this RAH quote:
"But does Man have any "right" to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition. Unless one accepts that, anything one says about morals, war, politics, you name it, is nonsense. Correct morals arise from knowing what man is, not what do-gooders and well-meaning old Aunt Nellies would like him to be. The Universe will let us know - later - whether or not Man has any "right" to expand through it."
The Empire's policy is one of Manifest Destiny.
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This looks very cool! I notice two "New California" systems on there. Was that intentional? I can certainly see how it might happen during an expansion push. Edit: if not intentional and you want them to be different you could make one "Nuevo California" and call it a day.
BTW, thanks for the link to the original map. I grabbed the images for my future projects folder.
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rdanhenry, I am afraid my graphics skills are not sufficient to draw nice spaceships.
Mearrin, good catch - that duplicate New California was not intentional although I am sure in a Galactic Empire such duplicates will occur. I have a list of, hm, about 350 colony names so I'll just pick something else, or maybe I'll name it "New Francisco" or something


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Passover is about the renewal of earth-life in the spring, as well as about renewing our freedom from oppressive top-down power. Both issues are raised by the danger of global climate crisis. This supplement follows the timing and pattern of Passover, from the search for leavening beforehand to the end of the week, in order to heighten our awareness and information about the global climate crisis and especially what we can do about it. We invite rabbis and eco-conscious committees and comunities to make copies and distribute it broadly, and use it in sermons, newsletters, articles, etc. Please drop us a line at email@example.com to let us know how you have used it.
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Before Passover begins, we traditionally rid our houses of "chametz" in any form. Chametz, literally, is anything made out of wheat, spelt, barley, rye and oats, that has been mixed with water and allowed to ferment for more than eighteen minutes. It is food that has swelled up. Chasidic teachers, though, saw chametz metaphorically, as the swelling up of excess in our own lives.
What is metaphorical chametz in our own day? What is the excess in our lives that we need to rid ourselves of, or that we can at least tone down, to keep it in proper proportion and perspective?
Chametz, first of all, can be carbon dioxide. It is the one single element most responsible for the global climate crisis. It is the element that we must immediately reduce our spewing of into the atmosphere.
Chametz can be seen as overconsumption. Is one lesson of Passover this year that we should simplify our lives?
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Jiri Tlusty scored the two goals in the third period and Cam Ward made 26 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey 4-2 on Tuesday night, snapping the Devils' five-game winning streak.
Jussi Jokinen and Patrick Dwyer also scored for Carolina, which went 4-1-1 to conclude a six-game road trip.
With Carolina on the power play, Tlusty flipped a shot toward the net that bounced off Devils defenseman Bryce Salvador and over goalie Martin Brodeur at 7:25. Eric Stall picked up an assist, extending his point-scoring streak to 10 games.
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It looks like a nice upgrade for the squeezebox
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Sonos had their local sales rep demoing them at my local Best Buy. Impressive!!
Being in a dorm room with hardly any space, this would be very nice!
I love music and am a geekhead!
A tubular great box that delivers sound seamlessly from my digital device. Music is the best!
Looks really nice, count me in.
It would be great having it here playing through my system.
Have been using Sonos since the system was first released... great stuf
I could use this Sonos in part to build her a system for Christmas. She is without music.
I would love to add Sonos to my system.
A sonos would be fantastic! I've wanted one for quite a while.
...with Logitech killing the "touch" this has to be the way to go....
I could definitely put this to good use!
This would be an awesome addition to my setup, count me in!
Sonos components are a a music lovers dream. Easy to setup and extremely flexible with varying services. I use mine with MOG, and my NAS based music server.
Would love to add another zone to the system.
Gorgeous-looking critters but I've never been convinced that wireless transmission audio quality can match wired....show me!
Well it would be nice to win, since I never win anything.. and I have been wanting some of the Sonos equipment but haven't been able to afford it. Would make a great Christmas present to myself!
What a great Christmas gift!
This is a perfect gift for friends trying to get more out of their music!
I also have a Touch nd it would be nice to have also a Sonos.
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I also have a Touch and it would be nice to have also a Sonos.
Happy Listening
Sonos would work well with my wifi system!
Looking forward to trying these out!
Winning this would be pretty sweet! Please let me win!
I would be the happiest big kid to ever win a Sonos!!
Like an amazing addition to my home.
Good ways to listen to music are always sweet!
This would be the perfect compliment to my existing network!
Do you think they'd mind if I paint it black?
I think these things a slick. I want one.
This looks it would be a nice addition to my music server. I hope I win.
Would love to hear how this sounds in the system, count me in!
Would be a terrific Christmas present for my dad!
Thanks. This would be great while creating masterpieces in the kitchen.
Thanks. This would be great while creating masterpieces in the kitchen.
I have a spot cleared for SONOS in my life...
would love to add this to my system
Amazing hardware.
I'm just switching from squeezebox, so this would be very nice.


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Flannery's Torkoal was the only one of Flannery's Pokemon that did not have a nickname. It was also her strongest fighter.
In Poetry Commotion, Team Rocket attempted to steal Torkoal but Flannery, Ash Ketchum, May, Max, Brock and Flannery's grandfather Mr. Moore managed to rescue it.
Torkoal was the last Pokemon Flannery's used in her battle with Ash. It easily defeated Pikachu and Treeko and put up a good fight against Corphish. Due to its Iron Defense, Torkoal took little damage, even from Corphish's super effective Crabhammer attack. Eventually however, Corphish struck Torkoal on its side with Crabhammer sending it spinning and forcing it upright. While Torkoal was dizzy from the attack, Corphish finished it with BubbleBeam.
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Looks nice - maybe think about adding some brown or grey to the mountains to make them look more like stone.
What program(s) did you use to create this?
Ok, this is my first real post here so excuse me if I get something wrong with attachments etc.
The following image is what I have achieved so far with a map of Southern Vaniya, a continent in a world I conceived many years ago and based in which I am trying to write a novel. I came to a stop with the story due to me not having enough information to visualise what I needed (I lost my original paper map some years ago and my half-remembered snatches are as much as a hindrance as a help). So I decided I needed a proper map where I can refer to distances and land marks and after some searching came here and a great help it's been.
I'll dig out the references to the tutorials I have used in a while and edit them in.
The current state of the map is still basically just a large test map. It has most of the coastal shape that I want but needs cleaning up in places, small lakes removing etc. I added a few rivers midway but they were for testing purposes - I found them to be laborious in the extreme and I'm not looking forward to adding a shedload more. And the mountains are a work in progress too, I've tried quite a few techniques so far to get a style I like and I actually think the one I have used on this image is the best for me (so far), but it needs practice.
Anyway, here's what I have so far. Comments and helpful criticism would be gratefully accepted.
Looks nice - maybe think about adding some brown or grey to the mountains to make them look more like stone.
What program(s) did you use to create this?
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I like the base continent. The mountains are a question mark at the time, interesting to see what you will do with them while you continue working on your project.
I actually bought CC3 the day before I came here (which is where I discovered the link to this website) simply because I wanted a quick and easy way of getting a map down so I could work out scale etc. for what I needed.
But I have to say that I'm not in love with its basic cartoony style though. Some of the maps created with the themes from the annuals they make look really good but at its most basic, the only thing I really like about it is the fractal coast generation. I think I would have still been fine with that had I not seen some of the maps on show here.
Photoshop, on the other hand, can make these amazing maps but I didn't really want to get involved at a pixel by pixel level. Some of the maps, whilst amazing to look at, seem just TOO detailed for what I want. I think I'd find having every crag and crevice highlighted on a map just a little too off-putting.
Anyway, I've tried various tutorials on here for PS and in Gimp, which I'd never even heard of before coming here. I found some of the tutorials too hands-off, too random for something where you have an idea of shape and layout.
Jezelf's tutorial is amazing though...
That tutorial needs bumping back up the lists for newcomers to see as it's fell down quite a few pages.
What I'm aiming at with the map is a relatively flat look such as I have with just a hint of terrain. As I say, I'm still experimenting with various mountain techniques and to be honest, I'm not really sure how to go with them. But it's still early days yet.
Hi Ramah, and welcome to the Guild. Rivers should be a snap if you're mapping in photoshop. I'm writing a tutorial about this but I've been too busy to finish it although it's nearly there.
Looks good to me so far. Everyone does their own thing for mountains...sort of like our signatures -- so whatever you come up with I'll be intrigued to see it.
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Lately my signature has involved many colorful metaphors, to paraphrase my main man.
This is pretty nice. I thought you were sketching something up in Wilbur which is kind of my weapon of choice at the moment.
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Ok, had a chance to work on it a little more. I'm not to fussed about the colours etc. in this new version, I think I'll lighten the look up somewhat, but I think I am gonna go with the mountains as I have them in it. I can raise them up a lot more if need be but I kind of like how they look more like an artistic impression of mountains, rather than actual "glossy-glowy" bevelled thingamajigs. And so I'll probably also lose the very slight land height map as I think it muddies the look up somewhat and maybe try putting a nice paper effect under it to go with the arty mountains.
Ok so the next major stumbling block I'd say is rivers. The ones I've put in so far aren't satisfactory and at the very least need toning right down so they don't stick out so much. I'd very much like to see that tutorial you are writing on creating rivers Ravells.


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6.5" ceramic cup with matte finish and the words " Ani l'dodi v'dodi li" I am my beloved and my beloved is mine, from Song of Songs.
The Vichinsky's handcrafted Judaic ceremonial objects feature an uncluttered design which reflects their concern for balancing form with function. Their work has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens, and in the permanent collection of the Wolfson Museum in Jerusalem.


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|This salad with cucumber, avocado, lime, mint, and Feta is a delicious combination!
(For Phase One Fridays I spotlight recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and this Cucumber and Avocado Salad with Lime, Mint, and Feta is something I could probably eat several times a week all summer long and never get tired of it!)
I'm slowly trying to take new photos for some of my earlier posts, and this was a recipe where I loved the combination of cucumber, avocado, mint, feta, and lime juice, but really hated the original photos. Recently I had guests for dinner, and I served this with Grilled Pork Kabobs with Spicy Peanut Butter, Sesame, and Soy Sauce Marinade, and managed to take new photos before the guests arrived. I also realized the salad would look a little better if you carefully mixed in the feta after you added all the other ingredients, so I'm updating the instructions a bit. One thing that hasn't changed though, is that once again there were no leftovers, so I still can't tell you how well the salad would keep overnight in the fridge.
Cut the cucumbers into pieces about 1/2 inch square.
While cucumber is draining, cut and peel the avocado and toss with 1-2 tsp. fresh lime juice.
Whisk together the lime juice and olive oil to make the dressing.
Then gently stir the crumbled feta into the other salad ingredients. Serve immediately.
Cucumber and Avocado Salad Recipe with Lime, Mint, and Feta
(Makes 2-4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
2 cups chopped cucumbers (3-4 medium cucumbers or 2 larger cucumbers)
salt, for drawing water out of cucumber
1-2 ripe avocados, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1-2 tsp. fresh lime juice (to toss with avocado)
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint (measure after chopping)
1/2 cup crumbled feta (more or less to taste)
Dressing Ingredients:
2 T extra-virgin olive oil
1 T fresh lime juice
South Beach Suggestions:
This would be a perfect side dish for any phase of the South Beach Diet. Avocados and olive oil would both be considered a "good fat" for South Beach, but avocado is a limited food, so use portion control if you're eating it for Phase One.
Nutritional Information? I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
More Delicious Salads with Avocado:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach diet friendly, check ingredients.)
Tuna Stuffed Avocado Salad with Tomatoes, Cilantro, and Lime from Kalyn's Kitchen
Shrimp and Avocado Salad from Simply Recipes
Avocado, Tomato, Edamame, and Red Onion Salad from Kalyn's KitchenSpinach Salad with Goat Cheese and Avocado from What's For Lunch Honey
Vegan Tomato Salad with Cucumber, Avocado, Cilantro, and Lime from Kalyn's Kitchen
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Official birth of the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand
Created in 1931 to coincide with the launch of the Reverso, the company Spécialités Horlogère was renamed S.A. des Produits Jaeger-LeCoultre six years later. From this day forward the Manufacture's watches would bare the signature Jaeger-LeCoultre, as opposed to being signed either LeCoultre, Jaeger, or sometimes not signed at all. However, creations reserved for North America continued to be signed LeCoultre until 1970.


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Shelfy has her thing
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She insists that her thing is not His thing. That it's her own thing. And yet, no one else knows what her thing is. Here's Jessica Biel covering the new issue of Glamour Magazine, perhaps her best photo shoot. The styling is great. She looks great. Asking her to BE great is a different story. Full Story
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Robert Higgs on Regime Uncertainty Past and Present
Recorded: Friday, February 21, 2014
Senior Fellow and author Robert Higgs speaks with Caleb Brown of the Cato Institute on the subject of Regime Uncertainty Past and Present.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Government Power, History (International), History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy
State, War and Economy
Recorded: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs, author of Delusions of Power, is interviewed on The Lew Rockwell Show, about the delusions of government power and U.S. interventionism.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Defense and Foreign Policy, Free Market Economics, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Robert Higgs Interviewed: The Expanding Pork for Military Pay and Towns
Recorded: Friday, August 27, 2010
Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs is interviewed by Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio on the widening gap between public and private sector pay, the increasing affluence of military towns compared with others, the disappearance of traditional checks on government power, and the predation and incremental ratchet effect of expanding governmental powers that increase temporarily during wartime but never really recede.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Economic History and Development (U.S.), Government Power, Labor and Employment, Terrorism and National Crises
Robert Higgs Interview on Growth of Big Brother
Recorded: Friday, July 9, 2010
Senior Fellow Robert Higgs talks about his book, Neither Liberty nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government, on The Holistic Survival Show with Jason Hartman. Higgs sheds light on the history of institutionalized violence implemented by a bloated federal state, caused by a misguided faith in larger government to ensure a freedom from fear. The Necessary and Proper Clause? People have been trying to loosen the bounds of the Constitution virtually from the time it was ratified to the present, Higgs cautions.
Experts: Robert HiggsType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Government Power, Terrorism and National Crises
Can the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Experts: Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Freedom, History (International), Politics, Terrorism and National Crises
The 2006 Thomas S. Szasz Awards and An Evening With Robert Higgs
Recorded: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
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The reception and presentation of the Thomas S. Szasz Awards for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties to Robert Higgs and Robert Spillane, followed by a special forum featuring Dr. Higgs on Liberty and Leviathan.
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CHDK scripting with Lua
Since ~2008, CHDK builds include Lua as a additional scripting language, this page is intended to give a overview of the syntax of Lua usage in CHDK scripts.
Lua Syntax short manual
Some Basics...
- Lua is a case-sensitive language
- Lua is dynamically typed, variables in Lua do not have types, there are no type definitions for variables in Lua.
and break do else elseif end false for function if in local nil not or repeat return then true until while
Special CHDK keywords:
click press release shoot sleep require
Comments starts with a double hyphen -- anywhere outside a string.
If the text immediately after -- is not a pair of opening square brackets ''' , the comment is a short comment, which runs until the end of the line. Otherwise, it is a long comment, which runs until the corresponding closing square brackets ''' . Long comments are frequently used to disable code temporarily.
print("Hello CHDK ! Variable n="..n) -- this is a line with a comment at the end
- Variables have to start with a character or an underscore
- Numeric Lua variables are 32 bit signed integer (-2147483648 to +2147483647)
- Variables used in the script header must be lower latin letters from a to z
- Before the first assignment to a variable, its value is nil.
There are three kinds of variables in Lua: global variables, local variables, and table fields.
- Any variable is assumed to be global unless explicitly declared as a local.
- Global variables are visible from any place
- Local variables are only visible from inside their scope: the scope of this variables begins at the first statement after their declaration and lasts until the end of the innermost block that includes the declaration. They can be declared anywhere inside a block and start with the initial assignment local
- Strings are delimited by single quotation marks ' ' , double quotation marks " " or square brackets [[ ]] . Only the bracket form may cover multiple lines.
- Strings can be concatenated by two dots ..
- They can contain most of the C-like escape sequences like '\f' (form feed), '\r' (carriage return) or '\t' (horizontal tab).
- Strings in Lua can contain any 8-bit value, including embedded zeros, which can be specified as '\0'
- tables are enclosed in curly brackets { }
- they can contain values of all types (except nil), also other tables
- To iterate over the elements contained in an array the operators ipairs() or pairs() can be used:
- ipairs() iterates only over the indices in a table (only outputs the numerically indexed content)
- pairs() iterates over the keys in a table
Tables as arrays:
- Tables can be used to hold arrays of information. Table constructors can contain a comma separated list of objects to create an array. The array elements can be accessed using square brackets, table[index].
t = { 1,1,2,3,5,8,13 } print( t[1] ) -- returns: 1 print( t[0] ) -- returns: nil print( t[4] ) -- returns: 3
- Notice that the indexing into the array starts at 1, not at zero. t[0] has the value nil, i.e. there is no element at position 0.
Tables as dictionaries
- Tables can also be used to store information which is not indexed numerically, or sequentially, as with arrays.
- In such a dictionary element pair has a key and a value, the key is used to set and retrieve a value associated with it.
- A key need not be a number, it can be a string or nearly any other Lua object (except for nil).
t = { apple="green", orange="orange", banana="yellow" } for k,v in pairs(t) do print(k,v) end
returns: apple green orange orange banana yellow
- Note that there's no guarantee as to the order in which keys will be stored in a table when using dictionaries so the order of retrieval of keys using pairs() is not guaranteed.
Both (tables as arrays and dictionaries) can be used together, you are not restricted to using table constructors as just sequentially indexed lists, or as dictionaries, you can mix the two together.
More informations and samples about tables can be found here: http://lua-users.org/wiki/TablesTutorial
Libraries are standard Lua scripts placed either in chdk\scripts or chdk\lualib , called within a script with
require "libname"
where libname is the filename of the library file without '.lua' suffix.
This means one can create a library of functions and recycle this lib in scripts with a call to require "libname".
Library files were first searched from chdk\scripts , and then if not found, from chdk\lualib ; if a file with the required name is available in both folders, the one from the first folder (chdk\scripts) is used.
There is also a special folder chdk\lualib\gen for generic Lua libraries, sometimes created during the build process and delivered with the CHDK 'complete' download packages.
The script header
The header of a Lua script is the same as on a uBASIC script, packed into a long comment - the script parser interpretes this the same way in Lua as in uBASIC.
A Sample Lua header:
rem 20080815 test script by xxx
@title test script
@param a Duration (min)/-1 disable
@default a -1
@param b Duration (sec)/n of seqs
@default b 5
@param h Endless?
@default h 0
Script Commands
All uBASIC script commands are also available in Lua, almost with the same syntax.
→ See the Scripting Cross Reference Page for the complete list of CHDK scripting commands for Lua and uBASIC.
See the Scripting Tutorial for a more complete explanation and for the usage of all commands.
If an execution/parse error occurs a message with a short explanation and the line number is shown in the mini console.
New and/or changed commands are listed in Lua Reference.


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama workers who butcher wild game say cold weather since Christmas has helped deer hunting get back on track in the state.
The Tuscaloosa News reports deer processors say their business was hurting as temperatures remained in the 70s earlier this month. But a more seasonal cold snap is sending more hunters to their doors.
William Bambarger of Wild Game Processing in Eutaw says he expects to surpass more than 1,000 deer this season, as he did last year.
Darrell Cook of Stump Hollow Deer Processing in Greensboro agrees. He says deer hunters are "bringing them in right and left" since the weather cooled.
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- "All you will ever need to know about what makes spells work."
- —Advert at Flourish and Blotts.[src]
Magical Theory is a book available at the Hogwarts Library. Flourish and Blotts bookstore has this book for sale. Hermione Granger owns this book and it is usually stored in her school trunk. It was written by Adalbert Waffling.
A copy of this book costs two Galleons at Flourish and Blotts.[2]
Magical Theory is required Hogwarts textbook for first year at Hogwarts.[1]
Behind the scenes
- In the first film, the book´s cover is red. In the video game, it is greenish yellow. In Pottermore, it is blueish-grey.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (PS 2 version)
- Pottermore
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
- ↑ Pottermore


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