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Feb 28, 2011
Embroidered Felt Flower Bouquet
Layered ivory felt flowers with pale pink, white and Persian rose vintage inspired buttons - a bouquet that was dreamed and decorated up by one who really loves her craft. Delicate silver wires hold these twenty amazing hand-embroidered felt flower stems together. Also included with this lovely hand-tied bouquet of felt flowers is a matching pink and ivory boutonniere. Expect to pay $135 for this heirloom quality wedding set - also available in the colors of your choice.
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 3:51 PM
Feb 27, 2011
Organza Wedding Gowns by Lazaro
Exquisite organza wedding gowns by Lazaro. Just who is he? He's the master of sumptuous satin, silk organza and tulle. The prime minister of perfectly cut silhouettes. Vintage inspired beading, embroidered Chantilly lace and lovely tiered pleated tulle trains. All of the above is why Lazaro Perez, designer for JLM Couture is the king of custom made couture wedding gowns. Once again this year he tempts us with color in soft shades of sherbet, ivory, blush and antique white and turns his hand-embroidered organza wedding gowns into dramatic works of wearable art.
This romantic Lazaro wedding dress, available in pale ivory, has a flattering sweetheart neckline, jewel encrusted corset bodice and luxurious organza A-line skirt.
A elongated French lace bodice, asymmetrical organza skirt and silver bejeweled ribbon belt
make this Lazaro wedding gown for JLM Couture a well-loved classic.
My personal favorite - an ivory Art Deco inspired wedding dress with a strapless,
empire crystal encrusted bodice and multi tiered organza skirt.
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 10:03 AM
Labels: Art Deco inspired wedding dress, JLM Couture, Lazaro Perez, Lazaro wedding gowns, organza wedding dresses
Feb 26, 2011
Wedding Cakes You Can Make
For less than $20, top-tier cake expert Dede Wilson shares all the secrets of how to make a wedding cake - everything you need to know to be overjoyed instead of overwhelmed at measuring, baking, decorating and transporting a spectacular and delicious wedding cake. Some of her very useful wedding cake baking tips include:
Wedding Cakes You Can Make: Designing, Baking, and Decorating the Perfect Wedding Cake
- the amount of batter needed for different sized cake pans
- determining your favorite wedding cake flavor and what you will need (Vanilla Wedding Cake - Yellow Cake - Vanilla Bean Moistening Syrup - Vanilla Buttercream Filling - Vanilla Buttercream Icing)
- using cake flour in all your recipes because it produces a more tender crumb
- how to level your cake layers
- assembling a wedding cake with pillars
- delicious wedding cake recipes such as Italian Rum Cream and Fruit Cake
- transporting a wedding cake for best results
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 9:44 AM
Feb 22, 2011
Designer Gold Celtic Wedding Bands
Gold wedding bands - exquisitely made with seamless Irish Celtic knot designs, continuous around the entire band. Why are Celtic knots so important to the Irish? Some see these uninterrupted designs as a charm or token of good luck and love everlasting. In ancient times these mystic knots, found on jewelry and clothes, were given as gifts to insure a long and happy marriage. But if you're looking for well-made but low priced Celtic wedding bands, then these are not for you. These are heirloom quality rings to mark the most sacred commitment you'll ever make, and are well worth their weight in radiant rose and yellow gold.
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 4:26 PM
Feb 20, 2011
Victorian Lace Fingerless Gloves
Victorian lace fingerless gloves - lovingly and tenderly handmade from my very favorite Etsy shop, ZenandCoffee. I could spend all day gazing at her remarkable collection of stretchy and comfortable corset-style gloves (over 11,000 sold to date), laced with ivory satin ribbon and featured in Gothic Beauty Magazine. There's a color and style to fit almost everyone, but this pair is my dream come true - just below the elbow in length and made from stunning pale ivory Bamboo Cotton (also available in white) for the perfect fit!
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 1:21 PM
Feb 19, 2011
DIY Flower Feather Fascinators
You want a vintage inspired flower made out of delicate feathers to wear on your wedding day. But you're a practical romantic - you can't see paying thirty five dollars or more (plus shipping) on Etsy. Sure, you can look at the reviews and it's oh so easy to click a button and be done with it. But not until you see this great tutorial on how to make your own feather fascinator for next to nothing from Offbeat Bride. A bag of cheap feathers (about the same price as your morning coffee), trimmed and stripped to make the petals, are arranged to make the perfect sized flower. This little feather flower has a rhinestone button in the middle, but I would use a beautiful pearl or pearl/rhinestone brooch. A discreet alligator clip makes for easy comfort and positioning.
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 10:47 AM
Feb 18, 2011
Personalized Wedding Hershey's Kisses
Personalized Hershey's Kisses - a very affordable and fun favor especially with these DIY printable candy labels from Canada. You will receive two PDF files with your eight dollar purchase - one with an 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of 3/4 inch wedding sticker designs, and one with instructions for printing. No stickers will be sent, you'll need to print these up on blank paper and remove with a 3/4 inch round paper punch. You can print 100 or 1,000 of these lovely round labels with this precious little love poem:
A heart full of love,
A life full of Kisses...
Now (your name) & (his)
Are Mr. and Mrs.
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 11:12 AM
Labels: DIY candy labels, personalized Hershey's Kisses, printable Hershey Kiss labels, wedding sticker designs
Feb 5, 2011
Engraved Bridesmaid Picture Frames
Four of these engraved bridesmaid picture frames will make cherished keepsakes for just $70 plus $10.99 shipping. A sweet and stylish personalized wood picture frame that holds a 5" x 7" photo, custom engraved with your bridesmaid's name and wedding date. Keep or replace the quote shown, "You have stood by me through everything. Thank you for standing up for me again." with one that speaks to your own heart. Custom artwork can be done for a small additional fee. In addition to the frame as shown, the following are also available: Maid/Matron of Honor, Flower Girl, and Mother of the Bride and Groom.
Posted by Beautiful Bridal at 2:41 PM
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"Humping is unacceptable because…"
"I put the cat in my mouth because…"
I noticed a huge wet spot on the back of the cat's neck so i asked my son what happened.
He said, "I really want to be the cat's mommy so I tried to pick him up with my mouth. I didn't realize how much spit I had."
I said, "Well, were you successful? Why would you do that?"
He said, "I am trying to improve my immune system. I'm innoculating myself with cat germs in case I have to be one of them someday."
(Somebody help me understand boy-logic! And his career choice as cat mommy???!!!??)
Love means you can't smell stinky armpits
Michael: today at the gym, B_____ said she's been watching my videos on youtube. And she said I smell like vanilla.
—-(a few days later at the gym)—-
Michael: B_____, do you think i still smell like vanilla today?
B_____: (leans in to smell Michael) yes, you still smell like vanilla.
Michael: (turns to T_____) do you think I smell like vanilla?
T_____ scowls and leans back.
Michael: Mom, do we have something that smells like vanilla in the house?
Mom: no, why?
Michael: B_____ says i smell like vanilla.
Mom: i think that's just how a girl shows that she likes you.
Michael: REALLY? Oh, that's SO nice!
Mom: You don't smell good after working out. So she must really like you.
Michael: yeah, i guess you're right cuz i don't even think i smell good. Smell my armpit…it's really bad!


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Yoga Guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna who is an accused in a forgery case has been granted permission by the Uttarakhand High Court to visit Nepal for six days.
The Enforcement Directorate has closed a two-year-old money laundering case against yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna after finding no evidence against him relating to generation of alleged crime proceeds.
A special CBI court here has framed charges against yoga guru Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna for obtaining a passport on the basis of fake documents.
A special CBI court will on Tuesday frame charges against yoga guru Baba Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna in the fake passport case.
Uttarakhand government has issued a notication authorising CBI to take over the probe in the mysterious disappearance of Swami Shankar Dev, guru of yoga teacher Ramdev and his close aide Balkrishna.
Yoga Guru Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna on Tuesday appeared in a CBI court here in connection with a fake document case.
A special CBI court in Dehradun will on Monday hear the fake passport case involving yoga guru Baba Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna.
The Uttarakhand government recommended a CBI probe into the disappearance of Guru Shankar Dev Singh.
The ED has stepped up the heat on the trusts and business enterprises of Ramdev as it has now completed the investigations in a number of instances.
The Enforcement Directorate has slapped a show cause notice against a firm related to Yoga guru Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna for alleged violations of forex rules.
ED registered a money laundering case against his aide Balkrishna.
Yoga guru Ramdev`s aide Balkrishna was released from Suddhowala jail , a day after being granted bail by the High Court.
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to Baba Ramdev's key aide Acharya Balkrishna in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act.
While Yoga Guru Ramdev was leading an agitation in Delhi on black money issue, his close aide Balkrishna`s remand was today extended by a CBI court for another 14 days in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act.
RLD MP Jayant Chaudhary on Thursday said that such a depiction could raise questions as to what he had done to deserve such an honour.
Although Ramdev aide Balkrishna is in jail in Dehradun in connection with the passport forgery case, his supporters have ensured his presence at Ramlila Maidan.
A court here will take up for hearing a bail plea filed by Baba Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, under arrested in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport
A local court on Monday extended by 14 days the judicial remand of Balkrishna, a close aide of yoga guru Ramdev, in a case of forgery and violation of the Indian Passport Act.
Ramdev`s close aide Balkrishna, arrested for his alleged roles in case of forgery of Indian Passport Act, Thursday moved a local court for bail.
Balkrishna was yesterday arrested by the CBI after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by the court here in an alleged fake documents case.
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The deadline for bids for the Atlanta Hawks was Tuesday and several offers have been made. Top price: $800 million. Controlling owner Bruce Levenson announced in September he was putting the NBA team and the operating rights to Philips Arena up for sale in September. Although Bloomberg reported the offers were around $900 million, a source with knowledge of the bids said that is not accurate. The source, who traded candor for anonymity, said the $900 million figure includes $112 million of bonds remaining on the original $131 million used to finance the construction of the arena. Forbes.com
Hawks ratings on SportSouth have increased 100 percent year-to-date in Atlanta through 53 games, the network announced Thursday. The network has reported several record viewership games this season, including an all-time high, regular season or playoffs, for the game against the Warriors earlier this month. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tampa Bay Rays part-owner Randy Frankel and ComPsych Corp. founder Richard Chaifetz are among the bidders for the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Some of the bids were for about $900 million, the people said, declining to be specific. The people requested anonymity because the bidding isn't public. The team, which is on the market after lead owner Bruce Levenson disclosed a racially insensitive e-mail, retained Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Inner Circle Sports to run the sale. Bloomberg
Sefolosha's original diagnosis called for him to miss 6-8 weeks. That would put a target return date of mid-March, between the 13th and 27th of the month. Budenholzer said there have been no setbacks and Sefolosha remains on schedule. He has begun light court work and no longer walks with a pronounced limp. The guard/forward accompanied the team to Milwaukee this week. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Non-binding preliminary bids are due today as the next step in the sale of the Atlanta Hawks and Philips Arena, according to a person familiar with the process. Groups and individuals interested in the buying the Hawks and current ownership have signed non-disclosure agreements and cannot comment on the sale process. The bids will be used to determine what individuals or groups are interested in taking the next step of the ownership process. A financial book has been available to prospective buyers for several weeks but does not include detailed information. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The sales price for the Hawks and Philips Arena is expected to begin at $800 million and could exceed $1 billion. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The sales process was believed to take until April to complete. However, one person familiar with the situation indicated it could now take until May or June. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Antic is in the final year of the two-year contract he signed with the Hawks. He will be an unrestricted free agent following the season. The Hawks have indicated that they would like to re-sign Antic. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What's interesting is that while most teams experience lower efficiency rates with increased attempts, Atlanta has actually become a more efficient driving team this season — improving their 41.9 percent drive conversion rate (25th ranked in 2013–14) to a 46.1 percent clip (14th ranked in 2014–15). This can best be explained by Dennis Schroder's emergence as one of the league's most prolific drivers. Schroder is the only player in the league who plays less than 20 minutes per game yet still has attempted more than 350 drives for the season. He also converts his drives (48.8 percent) at a higher rate than All-Stars Kyrie Irving, Jeff Teague and Russell Westbrook. Medium
As you can see, the Hawks have cut back on their pull-up attempts, reapportioning nearly all of those possessions into six extra drive attempts per game. Again, these numbers may appear marginal, but they're actually drastic. Atlanta went from taking the fifth-most pull-ups in 2013–14 to tying for the least so far in 2014–15. No other team has come close to Atlanta's dropoff of 3.9 pull-up attempts per game from season-to-season: Medium
Make no mistake, leading the league in catch-and-shoots while attempting the league's fewest pull-ups does not happen coincidentally. It's a calculated decision to infuse the gameplan with higher efficiency shots. Head coach Mike Budenholzer probably recognizes this, but won't let on with the media: "I don't know if it's a strategy," said Budenholzer. "We want to attack the rim and score there first. We want to have spacing around our rim and paint attack. So it probably lends itself a bit to more points at the basket. And if it's taken away, we move the ball for catch-and-shoot opportunities. Our personnel is built that way, so I don't know if it's totally by design. I think a lot of things kind of just go that way." Medium
Millsap, who ranked in the top five in the NBA for offensive rebounding early in his career, has come around to see the personal benefits of ignoring the battle for offensive boards: "By getting back, you're actually helping yourself with wear-and-tear and conditioning-wise," said Millsap. "There are times when you want to get down there and get the extra possession. That's where I came from. That's who I was before." Medium
To put it simply, the Hawks largely ignore offensive rebounding opportunities. Atlanta ranks last in the NBA in both offensive rebounds (8.3 per game) and offensive rebounding rate (20.6 percent). (For reference, the Hawks are 21st in defensive rebounding percentage, per TeamRankings.com.) Ignoring offensive rebounds is a crucial element to Budenholzer's defensive strategy. Because the Hawks shoot the ball at such a high efficiency, they're willing to sacrifice potential extra possessions from offensive rebounds if it means they can limit easy scores in transition for opponents. After all, transition opportunities lead to some of the easiest points in the NBA: Medium
Memphis has expressed interest in the best free-agent shooter languishing on a couch and remains interested in veteran Ray Allen. The veteran sharpshooter is expected to make a decision soon about whether he'll return to the NBA this season. Allen has long spurned Memphis' overtures. He isn't short on options. Cleveland, the Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State, San Antonio, Chicago, Washington and Atlanta are among the contenders that have expressed interest in Allen. Memphis Commercial Appeal
Second-grader Jayden Spalsbury has Al Horford in his corner. The seven-year old can wear his new glasses knowing that an NBA player has his back. That should mean something to those who recently made fun of his Jayden's new look. Jayden and Horford have never met but both live in Grand Ledge, Michigan. Horford's younger siblings went to the same school, Delta Center Elementary, currently attended by Jayden. Jayden recently got new glasses and was excited to wear them to school as he marveled at how much clearer the world now looked. However, he was in a much different mood following the day after he was bullied. His mother started and wrote on a Facebook page, entitled New Spectacles for Jayden, about the incident. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chris Vivlamore: Asked Paul Millsap if Hawks need deadline move. His answer: '43-11.' #ATLHawks Twitter @CVivlamoreAJC
Adrian Wojnarowski: So far, these teams believe they have nothing going at deadline: Clippers, Raptors, Spurs, Hawks, Grizzlies. Can always change w/ one call. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
While arguably the most popular, Dominique Wilkins is not the best player in franchise history.
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Last update: Tuesday 3 September 2013 [8 news items]
Digitimes Research: Shift in handset and tablet panel strategy clear at Touch Taiwan
Sep 3, 15:08
The panel industry has shown a strong shift toward Full HD resolution for use in handsets as well as 2,560 by 1,600 resolution for use in high-end tablets, judging from products recently...
Digitimes Research: Panel makers focus on high-end and larger-size displays during Touch Taiwan 2013
Sep 2, 15:12
Trends in the panel industry show that panel makers are continuing to put their focus on high resolution panels, including Ultra HD and IGZO panels, as well as larger-size TFT LCD...
Corning highlights technical collaboration with AUO at Touch Taiwan 2013
Aug 29, 15:02
Corning has announced a technical collaboration through its High Performance Displays organization with AU Optronics. Corning is exhibiting AUO's 5-inch HD720 AMOLED panels that feature...
Corning to showcase latest innovations at Touch Taiwan
Aug 27, 14:48
Corning has announced it plans to highlight its newest advanced glass innovations at Touch Taiwan 2013, an industry tradeshow in Taipei that runs from August 28-30.
Major players in panel industry to attend Touch Taiwan
Aug 26, 21:26
The Touch Taiwan 2013 exhibition will feature major players in the industry, such as Sharp, Truly Optoelectronics, China Star Optoelectronics (CSOT), and AGC Display Glass.
AUO to showcase new technology at Touch Taiwan 2013
Aug 26, 16:10
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced its participation in Touch Taiwan 2013 (International Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition 2013) from August 28-30. With "Picture the Future...
Innolux to show new display technologies at 2013 Touch Taiwan
Aug 21, 18:30
Innolux has plans to exhibit glasses free 3D Ultra HD TV panels and new high-end panel technology for use in mobile devices at the 2013 Touch Taiwan, according to industry sources.
CSOT and Sharp to display new technology at Touch Taiwan 2013
Aug 8, 15:22
Panel makers from China and Japan such as China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) and Sharp plan to make appearances at the Touch Taiwan exhibition from August 28-30, 2013 where...
- Taiwan IC design houses gearing up to offer solutions for USB Type-C
- Prospects of IC backend service industry remain promising: Q&A with UTAC Holdings CEO William John Nelson
- Qualcomm, MediaTek shifting some 28nm chip orders away from TSMC
- Tablet vendors looking to tackle niche markets in 2015
- Getac chairman expects over 15% on-year growth in rugged PC shipments in 2015
- Global wind power installations increase 42% in 2014, says Navigant
- Sapphire makers seeing strong orders in March
- Genius Electronic Optical offers LED fishing lights
- Digitimes Research: Tianma expects new high-end display fabs to enter production in 2H15
- Digitimes Research: Microsoft to push 2 inexpensive notebooks in mid-2015 to counter Chromebook penetration
- Foxconn to cooperate with SK C&C to tap China IT service market
- Green Energy Technology to not deal out dividend for 2014
- Apple dictates the ranking of top 10 MEMS manufacturers in 2014, says IHS
- Senao Networks steps into industrial computing
- Commercial TV market in China expected to reach 3.35 million in 2015, says firm
- Inotera board approves NT$34.4 billion for transition to 20nm
- Nan Ya Photonics exhibits omni-directional LED light bulb
- Lenovo separates mobile business unit by brand
- LED light bulb prices to fall to US$5 in 2015, says Epistar chairman
- Digitimes Research: Holitech to become 2nd-largest touch panel maker in China after acquisitions
- Young Fast aims to reduce cash outflow and increase new solutions to improve performance in 2015
- Apple to release 3 iPhone models in 2H15
- Apple Watch yields have been low but are increasing, say touch panel makers
- Taiwan makers lower prices for PERC monocrystalline solar cells
- Taiwan International Lighting Show begins
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- Iceleads raises US$3.5M in Series-A funding for global expansion of its BuyNow solution
- Join ThroughTek's upcoming IoT/M2M webinar!
- KFA: Compact power entry module with filter now with ground line choke
- 2015 Taipei international cycle show: HOLUX exhibits wearable Heart-Rate Smartwatch WRL-8100
- Advantest wins new customer with installation of V93000 semiconductor test system at Shanghai Haier IC in China
- AccuTouch Five Wire Resistive Touchscreens
- Getting the Most Out Of Your Next Generation Digital Security Surveillance System
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
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- Lenovo realigns business following merger integration (Mar 19) - Company release
- China becomes the world's third largest arms exporter (Mar 16) - BBC News
- CoinTerra, yet another troubled Bitcoin miner startup, goes bust (Jan 29) - Ars Technica
- Swatch co-inventor: Apple will succeed and an ice age is coming for Swiss watches (Mar 10) - Bloomberg
- Judge says US$415 million settlement in Silicon Valley hiring case is 'substantial' (Mar 3) - PC World
- China 'drops US tech giants' from approved list (Feb 26) - BBC News
- Samsung Electronics, China trade deal give boost to South Korea's yuan hub ambitions (Feb 24) - Reuters
- Qualcomm to pay record $975m in China antitrust case (Feb 10) - BBC News
- Digitimes Research: Microsoft to push 2 inexpensive notebooks in mid-2015 to counter Chromebook penetration
- Digitimes Research: Holitech to become 2nd-largest touch panel maker in China after acquisitions
- Digitimes Research: White-box tablet players turn to Windows 2-in-1s using Intel Bay Trail in 2Q15
- Digitimes Research: Taiwan on-cell touch panel shipments to see strong growth, yet offer little profit
- Digitimes Research: Dual-OS tablets becoming popular in white-box market, but Google GMS remains an obstacle
Prospects of IC backend service industry remain promising: Q&A with UTAC Holdings CEO William John Nelson
The IC backend service industry was capped by a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) activities...
Consolidation needed to address oversupply in NOR flash industry: Q&A with Macronix chairman Miin Wu
Macronix International, which ranks as the world's second-largest NOR flash supplier with a 19% share...
Cloud applications to boost storage demand: Q&A with Seagate senior sales and marketing VP BS Teh
The applications, demand and service areas for the global storage device industry have seen profound...
Still aiming at growth in PC market: Q&A with Lenovo Taiwan president Justin Liang
Lenovo, which had the fourth-largest market share next to Asustek Computer, Acer and Apple in the Taiwan...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- 2015 global tablet demand forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report provides a 2015 forecast for the global tablet market and analyzes the strategies of key market players such as Google, Apple, Intel, and Microsoft.
- 2015 China smartphone panel trend forecast
This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.


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Manta Raya is a semi private 18-hole golf course located 15 minutes away in Costa Blanca Golf.
Vista Mar has a 72 par golf course designed by J. Michael Pellot, with its own Golf Academy and Pro Shop just 20 minutes away.
Just 3 minutes away from the hotel is a 9-hole putt course at Playa Blanca.


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I found it odd that a string method operation on a string object doesn't modify the string object. Why is it? I wasted quite a bit of time yesterday trying to understand why my code wasn't working when I finally discovered this.
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Strings are immutable types in python. Main advantages of being immutable would be:
Strings are immutable by design in Python. This is common to many other languages, too, so it's not a Python-specific thing. For the "Why?" please see these excellent answers here on SO, and also this great blog post by Eric Lippert.
That's why string operations always return a new string (which you then may re-assign to the same name as before like


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Members of a local committee and agency honored one of their own with a plaque after his recent retirement.
Herb Sudemann, who was a member of the Auglaize County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), recently retired and was presented with an award recognizing his years of service by LEPC Chair and Wapakoneta Fire Chief Kendall Krites.
ST. MARYS — Auglaize County Sheriff Al Solomon is looking for the public's help to put the rest an unsolved homicide that dates back almost four decades.
Wapakoneta City Schools and Waynesfield-Goshen Local Schools are delayed two hours due to fog.
UNIOPOLIS — If anything, Uniopolis residents showed they are in no hurry to find out their election results.
With seven provisional ballots left to be counted in 10 days, the vote to surrender corporate powers of the village tallied 55 for 56 against as unofficial numbers were released by the Auglaize County Elections Board Office.
Two ballot issues before Wapakoneta city residents failed to gain passage during Tuesday's general election, and the Wapakoneta City Council member who championed the efforts accepted the blame for their defeat at the polls.
Marjorie L. Burnfield, 89, of Wapakoneta, died 2:22 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, at the Wapakoneta Manor.
She was born Aug. 27, 1923, in Cleveland, Okla., the daughter of Cretora (Weaver) and Leo Earl Shields, who preceded her in death. On Dec. 28, 1947, she married Emerson E. Burnfield, and he died Dec. 17, 2006.
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Vote for not more than 1
Stewart Alexander (SOC). . . . . . 9 .04
Richard Duncan (NON). . . . . . . 65 .28
Virgil Goode (CON) . . . . . . . 36 .16
Gary Johnson (LIB) . . . . . . . 204 .89
Barack Obama (DEM) . . . . . . . 5,643 24.66
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Auglaize County Election Board officials are expecting to match the large turnout from 2008, but a large early voter turnout may soften the blow when it comes to being long lines at the polls the election today.
Auglaize County Elections Board Director Carolyn Campbell said as many as 6,000 absentee ballots have been filled out, which included 140 early voters on Sunday. On Monday, another 100 had went to the Elections Board Office to vote by noon. Early voting was open until 2 p.m. Monday.
Income tax revenue through the first 10 months is the most collected to this point in the past five years and should mean the city will eclipse the $2 million mark by the end of the year.
Mayor Rodney Metz, who released the city's income tax report including October revenue numbers during Monday's Wapakoneta City Council meeting, said he is refraining from voicing too much optimism until the final year-end numbers are compiled.


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SOUTH Korean budget carrier T'way Airlines will launch on October 14 its inaugural international service—once-daily Seoul-Bangkok flights—using an all-economy 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
According to T'way Airlines' Thailand GSA, Buynow, the carrier's first arrival flight is already fully booked, while the turnaround flight is 70-80 per cent occupied.
Originally established as Hansung Airlines in 2004, the carrier started domestic operations (Cheongju-Jeju) in August 2005, and subsequently creased operations in October 2008 due to budgetary constraints.
Hansung Airlines was re-launched as T'way Air in August last year, and launched domestic operations between Gimpo and Jeju a month later. It currently has a fleet of two B737-800 aircraft, and will be adding two more by year-end.
T'way Airlines will join a host of legacy and budget carriers operating between South Korea and Thailand, including Thai Airways International, Korean Air, Air Asiana, Jin Air, Jeju Air and Business Air.
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Westerville City Schools invites incoming sixth grade students and their parents to attend Moving Up Night, an evening of orientation focused on the transition from elementary to middle school.
Seven Westerville City Schools students are advancing to states in the Library of Congress' annual Letters about Literature contest. Out of the nearly 2,000 entries from across Ohio, 164 letters were chosen to move on to the next round of competition.
Westerville North High Schools' Team Darrow, which recently won the Ohio Mock Trial State Championship by defeating Ashland High School at the Ohio Statehouse, was recognized by the Westerville City Schools Board of Education at a meeting held Monday evening, March 23. Team advisor Zach Wilkerson, and colleagues Ken Donchatz, Scott Longo and Dr. Tom Peet, were commended for guiding the 10 students to victory. They will compete at the national level from May 14-16 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Applications for monetary grants from The Bette Marschall Education Fund of The Columbus Foundation are being accepted for worthy 2015-2016 school-year projects not otherwise supported within the school budget. The grants are available to teachers, students, administrators, and non-teaching staff within the Westerville City School District. The submission deadline is April 30, 2015.
At the Westerville City Schools Board of Education meeting on Monday, April 13, nine exemplary employees will receive A+ Awards.
On Sunday, April 12, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Westerville Partners for Education (WPE) will host the 3rd annual "Nationwide Children's Hospital Starry Night" family learning festival at Westerville North High School, 950 County Line Rd. The festival will offer dynamic learning experiences with experts from Columbus' premier educational and non-profit organizations. Geared toward students in preschool through 8th grade and their caregivers and families, the event highlights motion at all scales—from microscopic to cosmic—with the 2015 event theme, "Movement."
Now in its twelfth year, the GEM Awards program (Great Educator Mentor) recognizes those who consistently go above and beyond for students in Westerville schools.
Each building solicits nominations and a building committee comprised of staff and parents selects an honoree. In addition, a committee with district-wide representation selects one business/organization recipient as well as individuals for contributions that impact more than one building or the district as a whole.
The Rotary Club of Westerville, which sponsors a Student of the Month program, recognized recipients at a luncheon at Villa Milano held on Thursday, March 12. March students are: Seriah Wells, Westerville Central High School; Yussuf Bashir, Westerville North High School; Miranda Cottman, Westerville South High School; and Samantha Vincent, St. Francis DeSales High School.
To celebrate Read Across America, Wilder Elementary staff invited members of the Westerville community to come into the building and read to students on Friday morning, March 6. Each participant was encouraged to share their love of reading by bringing their favorite picture book.
Classes will not be held in the Westerville City School District from March 30 through April 3, 2015 – Spring Break. Classes will resume at normal starting times on Monday, April 6.


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Bronze weatherstripping on sash bottom?
Has anyone ever used bronze weatherstripping on the bottom of a lower sash? And if not that, what else can I use?
On the sill, yes, the sash itself, no.
You can use the interlocking kind, but the sash has to be grooved out, or the spring kind, faster to install but not as tight as the interlocking.
Here is a link that might be useful: Interlocking window weatherstripping
I nailed bronze weather stripping to the bottom of the lower sash rather than the sill. My sills have settled slightly & I was afraid nailing to the sill would trap water under the bronze & the nail holes would give an entry point for the moisture. It may be six of one & half dozen of another!
It definately cut down on the drafts although I'm sure it's not as good as the interlocking weatherstripping.


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Weaknesses: Outside of Lindholm, there are no forwards with top-six potential. In general, the system lacks overall depth at forward. The goaltending ranks are also thin, with no heir apparent for Cam Ward on the near horizon.
Top 5 prospects: 1. Elias Lindholm, C; 2. Ryan Murphy, D; 3. Victor Rask, C; 4. Phil Di Giuseppe, LW; 5. Brett Pesce, D.
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Imphal: A businessman abducted by militants has been rescued and one of the militants killed by police in Imphal West district, officials said on Wednesday.
Radhakrishna Kanti Wada (40), who runs a small plywood factory, was abducted at gun point by suspected militants of Kangleipak Communist Party Military Council (KCP-MC) from a place near his house at Kanglatongbi area in Senapati district yesterday, they said.
The police, who had launched a search operation for Wada at suspected places, including Chirang area, was fired upon by militants from a house in the area.
In the ensuing encounter an unidentified militant of KCP-MC was killed, they said, adding that one 9 mm pistol, one hand grenade and some documents were recovered from the ultra.
Wada, who was in a house at Haraothel Kuki village near Chirang area, was rescued last evening, they said, adding that the body of the slain militant has been sent to Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital for post mortem.
Family sources of Wada had said that a huge sum of money was demanded for the safe release of Wada earlier. Police said they are investigating into the incident.


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Candy Warpop is a nihilistic storm of art punk and dark psychedelia. Incubated under the debauched neon of Las Vegas, this audacious quartet is unrestrained by conventional musical standards. The raw flow of eccentric creation and kaleidoscopic illustration creates a sonic balancing act on the razor's edge between beauty and destruction, euphony and dissonance, love and chaos.


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Players competing in the 2015 Asian Cup arrive in Australia, ahead of the the competition's keenly-awaited kick off on January 9.
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A four-year-old girl drowns in a creek off a popular surf beach at Torquay, in Victoria's south-west, after venturing into the water alone.
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A Victorian council bans circuses with caged wild animals from performing on its land and abandons Christian prayers at its meetings.
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Two news schools to be built for growth area of Armstrong Creek, Victorian Government announces.
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This 'beautiful ratty old house' near Bells Beach was rented by Wittzig's surfer friends including Charlie Bartlett who was wrapped in the curtains he was sewing.
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Victoria's Department of Education is overhauling the way religion is taught in primary schools after a report found that volunteers from the state's key provider Access Ministries breached its guidelines.
A departmental investigation found that Access Ministries volunteers gave out between 16 and 18 copies of Refuel 2, a so-called "Biblezine", at a Christmas performance at Torquay College in December last year.
Access Ministries volunteers will only be allowed to attend SRI classes, not other school functions such as Christmas parties, as a result of an investigation.
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A soldier stands to attention during the Anzac Day dawn service at Torquay in Victoria.
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Up to 80,000 people braved cold temperatures to attend the dawn service at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance to pay tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those who have served Australia over the past 99 years.
The last post rang out across the shrine as dawn was breaking.
Lieutenant Neville Clark told the crowd they came not to glorify or celebrate but to commemorate and mourn.
"Australians and New Zealanders fought in war not to lose something: freedom."
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Mick Fanning of Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia (pictured) has won the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach for the third time in his career defeating Taj Burrow (AUS) in the final in Australia on Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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World champion Mick Fanning has won his third Bells Beach trophy with a tight final win over rival Taj Burrow.
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Mick Fanning of Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia (pictured) has won the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach for the third time in his career defeating Taj Burrow (AUS) in the final in Australia on Wednesday April 23, 2014.
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World surfing champion Carissa Moore has won her second successive Bells Beach title defeating Tyler Wright in the final.
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Three Australians are through to the semi-finals of the women's Bells Beach world championship surfing tour event in Victoria.
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Sally Fitzgibbons advances into the quarter-finals of the women's Ripcurl Pro Bells Beach, defeating Courtney Conlogue (USA) and Nikki van Dijk (AUS) in the third round.
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Sally Fitzgibbons produced the stand-out performance in the third round of the women's Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.
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The annual Easter Classic surfing competition at Bells Beach has begun in Torquay and the big swell forecast for the weekend is not the only change on the radar of the professional surfing world.
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Nikki Van Dijk of Australia (pictured), surfs during the first round of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach, defeating compatriot Tyler Wright and France's Pauline Ado.
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Tour rookies Dimity Stoyle and Nikki van Dijk both claimed big scalps on day one of the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach.
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There is a push for legislation to prevent tourism development at Bells Beach on the Great Ocean Road.
About 60 people were evacuated from a popular surf beach at Torquay this morning, after a shark sighting.
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Planning Minister Matthew Guy has approved a controversial housing development on the western boundary of Torquay.
The minister says his decision is final.
The mayor of the Surf Coast Shire says the it is disappointing and there is nothing council can do to appeal against the decision.
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Victoria's Education Department has launched an investigation into what it calls "inappropriate and offensive" religious material distributed at a primary school.
The ABC understands religious educators handed out material at Torquay College last year that instructed children to seek counselling if they had homosexual feelings.
The material also claims that girls who wear revealing clothes are inviting sexual assault and that masturbation and sex before marriage are sinful.
The so-called Biblezines were given as graduation gifts as part of a program run by the state's Christian education provider Access Ministries.
The department says it has launched an investigation into the materials and that they "have no place in our schools".
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There are concerns jobs in south-west Victoria may be lost if Alcoa is unable to sell its Anglesea power station.
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The Department of Health is investigating whether poor food handling caused a suspected salmonella outbreak at a popular cafe at Torquay, on the surf coast.
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TechnoServe Launches Program to Boost Development of Central American and African Businesses
August 24, 2012
Some 560 small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be able to develop their businesses through a new entrepreneurship development program, "Impulsa Tu Empresa (Boost Your Business), that TechnoServe plans to implement in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Burkina Faso in Africa.
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Some 560 small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be able to develop their businesses through a new entrepreneurship development program, Impulsa Tu Empresa (Boost Your Business), that TechnoServe plans to implement in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Burkina Faso in Africa.
The program, supported by the Argidius Foundation, is designed to give mentoring and business training for entrepreneurs. It will also include a business plan competition for new ideas and existing businesses. The program aims to assist businesses with annual sales between $500,000 and $2 million, particularly those that make products with added value as well as service businesses principally located in urban areas.
One of the objectives of the program is to support business ideas with high growth potential. The goal is to find businesses that can turn themselves into solid, stable, transparent, innovative enterprises capable of attracting investment for expansion.
Oscar Artiga, regional director for the program, said that the entrepreneurs selected to work with TechnoServe will receive direct advice from specialists who will support them in creating growth plans for their businesses. Other benefits of the program include helping the entrepreneurs find financing. Additionally, their performance will be monitored and business networks will be created with the assistance of the program. This will help these businesses improve their access to markets, broaden their sources of funding and develop marketing, accounting and cost strategies.
Artiga said the program is seeking corporate partners to support the growth of businesses with high potential.
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In two years, the TechnoServe program seeks to create some $13 million in sales among the assisted businesses and contribute to the creation of 700 new jobs.
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I saw this on the OK forum
Here is a link that might be useful: snake trap
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I have a minnow trap; I wonder how you get the snake out after you catch it. I currently have some snake eggs that I found in my mulch pile. I have been waiting forever for them to hatch. Venomous snakes have live babies so I know they are harmless snakes. I just filled up my stock tanks and already the frogs are laying more eggs in them.


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Why IE9 Will Not Support Codecs Other Than H.264 436
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Don't be surprised to see a spate of patent attacks on Ogg Theora... which we may or may not fund ourselves.
The last phrase quoted is likely the key one - Microsoft is very focused on providing as much DRM as possible, and if this codec has the most potential in that regard from their POV, thats likely why they are supporting it. I am sure the Entertainment industry has been talking to MS about this and urging them to keep pushing on DRM type solutions.
I wouldn't worry much. IE is becoming less and less relevant every day. For one it's loosing marketshare on the desktop, but also very importantly is the fact that mobile devices are quickly becoming the preferred medium that people use to interact with the web. I know lots of people who are doing their everyday tasks (check Facebook, email, bank balances, etc) on their phones and are barely touching their computers - if they even bother to have one. Microsoft (and with it, IE) has an absolutely dismal marketshare in that space, and they don't look to be improving.
IMHO, while IE still has a (slipping) majority, if we're talking about something that's going to be used for the next decade, I'd be FAR more concerned with what Safari, Chrome, and to a lesser extent, Firefox, plan to do than IE.
There are several reasons for this decision. H.264 support in Windows is already paid for (if I'm not mistaken $25 million bucks annually) and taking into account the current software patents laws in the US Microsoft doesn't want any more headache facing lawsuits having implemented support for other codecs [read Theora] which patents status isn't entirely clear and there are no powerful organizations which will protect Microsoft if some company [troll] discovers Theora is infringing their patent portfolio.
The last and probably the most important reason is that H.264 is already an unwritten standard on the Internet and this codec has an unparalleled quality and can be used for pretty much any situations (mind that *all* other existing current codecs are inferior).
MPEG-LA's patent portfolio is sufficiently mighty that a competing video codec would have to be designed from the ground up with the specific design goal of avoiding infringement in order to escape it's shadow. This has not been done with Theora or any other codec that I'm aware of.
Combine this with the fact that MPEG-LA's licensing terms have been sufficiently reasonable that you can get $100-300 gizmos with hardware decoders built in, there's little reason why for anyone to oppose it on practical rather than philosophical grounds.
We may find many reasons to "hate microsoft" but I seriously doubt Microsoft will actually assert charges of patent infringement against anyone... ever. Microsoft's involvement in the software patent arms race was quite reluctant and I suspect that is still the case. Microsoft was first bitten by the software patent trend by the people who held the patent on "double-space" back in the day. There were a lot of people who were quite tickled and delighted to see the giant attacked for this. I was among them. I wasn't then able to see down the road to the hell of software patents that we are seeing today. Had we, the IT community at large, sought to limit and even deny software patents from the beginning, we might have less trouble than we have today.
In any case, we might suspect Microsoft of funding attacks against open source technologies, I doubt Microsoft will ever directly assert software patents themselves.
In my mind, in fact, I see Microsoft joining in the fight against software patents. It is as big a pain in their ass as it is for many others... probably bigger because they have a rather big ass.
I just can't get interested in debating this stuff until Google open-sources VP8. Theora is a non-starter. It doesn't perform well and the marketplace already rejected it in enough places (i.e. virtually all portable devices) that it will never be a true competitor.
Once Google open-sources VP8 and makes it free (gratis and libre) then we'll have a real horse race. I'd love to see VP8 hardware support fast-tracked for all devices (mobile and otherwise) so we can have a competitive free solution for video.
Because Microsoft made a deal with MPEG-LA, that's why. MPEG-LA makes money off patent licensing.
And it's not just video codecs. Want to create an application that stores, processes, or transmits credit card data? You had better have about $50k in cash ready ready to pay for PA-DSS or PCI-DSS Level I certification. And that is the starting point. The documentation process pretty much means that Opensource, by its very nature, will never be PA-DSS certified. We're in the process of taking an opensource project we forked and getting it PA-DSS certified. Small development team of 4 people and it is a nightmare. While we ship the source code on every install CD the development process itself is pretty much restricted to a BSD-like invite only approach.
90% of PA-DSS is documentation. A lot of that documentation revolves around your development process including interviews with the developers to make sure that things like code reviews are indeed implemented and that requires at least 2 developers since the person who writes the code can't review the code, technical support cases are documented, if any cardholder data is used for troubleshooting, it is properly and securely deleted, etc..
And I see more of this coming down the line in the name of "data security". While it won't kill Opensource, it is going to make it pretty damn hard for a weekend hacker to create something.
Now don't get me wrong, after a year of dealing with PCI-DSS and six months of PA-DSS, I fully understand why their standards are the way they are and for the most part it's mostly a good thing. However the fact that it takes at least $10k (and as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars for PA-DSS) pretty much means that the project has to be maintained by a company that is making money off the product in some way.
BTW, the only Opensource project I know of that is PA-DSS certified is Magento. And ONLY the Enterprise edition ($8995). The Community Edition is NOT.
Alright, answer me two questions : HTML5 is really the flash killer, yes? Isn't an open replacement for Flash an improvement over flash? I'd assume that HTML5's openness will help avoid Flash's spammyness, right? In particular, all the pop-up ads that circumvent the "Block Pop-Ups" button are using Flash now, so they'll all go away right?
I'm not sure that HTML5 will beat the Flash plus FlashBlocker combo, but that's not realistic for most users, and variations on NoScript could accomplish the same ends.
Microsoft doesn't want any more headache facing lawsuits having implemented support for other codecs [read Theora] which patents status isn't entirely clear
Theora is patented by On2, a Google company. These patents are licensed permissively to the public.
and there are no powerful organizations which will protect Microsoft if some company [troll] discovers Theora is infringing their patent portfolio.
What organization will protect Microsoft, Apple, and other MPEG-LA members if some NPE not in MPEG-LA discovers that H.264 infringes?
h264 is heavily patent encumbered and *anyone* that uses it is subject to its licensing terms (which for consumers, includes NO commercial use, if you take a movie of aliens coming to earth with your h264 camera and it makes a billion dollars on youtube, they will come after you and take it all).
Theora is significantly better in that there are no patents that apply to it. Companies like Apple and Microsoft like to spread FUD about their being some theoretical patents that apply, but not a single one of them has EVER come up with even a single example, because they know those patents would be quickly dissected and invalidated if they did. Opposition to Theora is firmly entrenched in the realm of fear uncertainty and doubt.
Microsoft has an opportunity here to support a codec that free browsers-- such as Firefox-- may not be able to support, given the codec's licensing restriction.
If YouTube never works with free browsers, the proprietary browser makers all get a major boost.
Funny. Every time this debate comes up, I see this huge stream of either "but H.264 is oh-so-much-better than Theora" (which doesn't matter: HTML5 standard dictating Theora as baseline wouldn't force anyone in using it!) or "but MPEG-LA has patented everything-and-your-dog", which is most probably FUD.
I can't get rid of the impression that MPEG-LA (or some of its members) have hired a spin-clinic.
Professional web dev here. I first heard about HTML 5 a year or two ago, in the context of their adding a bunch of new elements (<nav>, <header>, <sidebar> and so forth) and removing all the presentation markup.
Overall, HTML 5 is great. There are a few things from XHTML 1.1 which aren't going to be present which would be nice, but I can't name them offhand. The <video> tag was, to me, just a nice convenience. The war that's erupted over this is, IMO, kind of ridiculous; everyone should obviously support both if they can and Theora if they can't, unless legal issues materialize. And I think that's 100% FUD; the Xiph guys are meticulous about legality since it is basically the reason they exist. If anyone litigates Xiph, Xiph will win.
More than that, the <canvas> tag is a big deal. I hope all of CSS 3 gets implemented too. Things are looking pretty good overall. I think this video hysteria will probably blow over, and Theora will be widely available, if not installed by default, available as a plugin.
The BBC were doing just fine, even with iPlayer - I was using XBMC to watch beautiful HD content until they switched on swf verification on their streams. If they disabled this, or just offered up h.264 without the flash wrapper I would be happy again.
You are right, but at the same time you are completely ignoring the elephant in the room. Microsoft is putting HTML5 and *only* h.264 into IE9. This means that as HTML5 gets rolled out, it *will*have*patent*problems* for anyone who wants to do 'Free' video and doesn't want to convince their users to download a different browser.
Meta-rants aside, do you see the problems coming down the road? This is the topic of the article, after all.
This is a very Apple-esque move on Microsoft's part.
Sure, it makes sense for them to favor h264 over anything else. There is really no good reason for them to pretend that other formats do not exist.
H*LL there could be legacy video files that people don't want to transcode. This isn't just about open systems zealots. Forcing one codec can be a nuissance in a number of ways.
Your external video player can scale videos anyway you want, or not at all. I'd also suggest that a one click "open with" dialog is a nicer interface than a web browser that starts a video as soon as you hit the page. Why is launching another app such a big deal?
An external video is still problematic, unless we can agree on a universal format that every external external player on every platform can handle.
There is one thing I'll say. It would be nice if there were a one click way to pass an URL to an external video player for streaming, instead of "open with" which downloads the file first and passes that file to the video player. This could easily be done with no changes to the protocol.
Yep, agree on this point.
Software should do one thing, and do it well.
It depends on how you defined "one thing". Wouldn't you define "displaying web-based content" as "one thing"? Shouldn't then, by your definition, everything be handled by the browswer? Why not launch images in a separate viewer? It completely depends on whether you interpret video as part of the web content, or something external and separate. Why the arbitrary distinction between still and moving images?
See Chris Dibona's explanation [whatwg.org].
The open source browsers will either have to get on board with h.264 or risk losing the majority of their users, and we'll see a return to the bad old days of IE dominating the web.
I think you missed my point. While I agree with your premise above I disagree with your conclusion. Yes the other browsers, including the open ones like Firefox and Chrome, will have to support h.264. But they'll also support the other free alternatives. New startups tend to operate on a shoe string budget until they get popular enough for funding. So they'll tend towards using free codecs. If one of these start to get popular even more people will be switching off IE. It's not like the bad old days where MS had the power to attempt to fragment the web into MS only or everyone else. MS doesn't control h.264 and can't keep it secret and change it at a whim so no one else can support it. That's what they attempted originally with IE. In this case any browser is free to implement the only standard MS is going to support but they can support other unencumbered standards that are much cheaper to use. It will just take one web site that uses ogg to get popular and IE's numbers start dropping faster. Once IE's numbers drop low enough Google can switch youtube to ogg and MS will have to adapt or die. Either way I only see this as a plus in that IE's numbers will drop.
Time to take stock. Go home with some office supplies.


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