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#protips: A quick tour of the Trilibis multi-device emulatorMay 28th, 2015 by Jason Saroyan
We're delighted to announce that an updated version of the Trilibis multi-device emulator is now available for developers at www.codewithsnow.com. It's a great way for any UX designer or website developer to ensure that the presentation and functionality of a new website is perfect for all today's modern desktop browsers, smartphones, and tablets.
Before we discuss what's cool and new in the emulator, let's review why there's need for it in the first place. As we noted earlier, on April 21 of this year, Google's "mobile-friendly" search ranking algorithm went into effect, accompanied by widespread consternation on the web. Perhaps predictably, #mobilegeddon, the term coined to describe the potential for websites to suffer a decrease in their organic search rank, ended up trending on Twitter. From what we observed, it seemed that mobilegeddon won out over mobilepocalypse, mopocalypse or mobocalypse.
No matter what the term, Google's decision to negatively score the relevance of a site that performs poorly on a mobile device reflects a trend that has been accelerating over the last two years. Today, many visitor site logs will reveal a significant proportion of visitors are accessing the site with a mobile device of some sort. For many websites, the majority of visitors are now mobile-based.
If they weren't keenly aware of it before, website owners and publishers worldwide must now assess their site's mobile friendliness. Google has thoughtfully provided the "Mobile-Friendly test tool", which analyzes a URL and reports if the page has a design that:
- Avoids software that is not common on mobile devices, such as Flash
- Uses text that is readable without zooming
- Sizes content to the screen so users don't have to scroll horizontally or zoom
- Places links far enough apart so that the correct one can be easily tapped
The Trilibis emulator lets you evaluate both the look and functionality of a site
What if you need to know exactly how a site looks on every popular model of phone, smartphone or tablet? As part of the development of SNOW (Software eNabling One Web), we were confronted with exactly that need. This led to the development of the SNOW multi-device emulator — a way to test the operation of a website on a wide range of devices.
What is it?
The SNOW multi-device emulator provides an easy way to test the behavior of a site on multiple devices. It can be accessed at http://codewithsnow.com/emulator. The emulator accurately renders any website on many devices used to access the web, including smartphones, tablets, phablets, desktop browsers, and even hybrid apps. It also offers pre-configured groups so you can simultaneously test your website on a selection of popular smartphones and tablets.
The emulator also offers much more than just a quick way of seeing how your site looks in every major device or browser; it lets you access every page of that website within any of the dozens of devices it includes, and even the execution of videos, animations and other rich-media assets. We invite you to check it out and let us know how it helps in your development process.
To get access to the emulator, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Google makes changes to its search algorithm. Is your site mobile-friendly?April 21st, 2015 by Ted Verani
There has been lots of news the last few days about Google making changes to its search algorithm and using mobile friendliness as a ranking signal. This is not new news, as Google announced this back in February, along with a guide for mobile-friendly sites and testing tools to give website developers time to make necessary changes to their websites.
So, it is a good day to ask yourself whether your site is mobile-friendly or not?
Today, with changes to its search algorithm, Google has unequivocally stated that mobile friendliness will directly impact a site's ranking in its search results, and thus how well your company is able to reach and engage with your customers. Google constantly tweaks its search algorithm, so just the mere fact that the company is announcing changes to its algorithm (and thus the amount of news coverage in both technology and mainstream publications), we can expect to see big fluctuations in search results and site traffic patterns.
Whether you are positively or negatively impacted is a function of whether or not your site renders well on mobile devices. In other words, if you have a responsive web site or dedicated mobile site, then you are OK, but if your users are going to a full website on their mobile device, and having to pinch and drag their way to read text and view content, then you are moving down the list and can expect to see lower traffic, lower conversions and lower revenue.
Here at Trilibis, we have long been champions for having a mobile-friendly site and see it as table stakes for an effective digital marketing strategy. Being mobile-friendly is more than just spacing between text and buttons, and fitting the screen width dimension. It is also about performance and site-load time, as well as controlling for device specific features and functions. That is why we created SNOW: to deliver the best possible user experience across all devices from a single codebase. By definition, a site using SNOW is mobile-friendly and optimized at the server for performance.
To learn more, check out our SNOW video or contact us for a free trial account.
SNOW IO brings image optimization to IBM WebSphere Commerce (Video)March 25th, 2015 by Ted Verani
As we reported last year, the Trilibis SNOW® Image Optimization solution (SNOW IO) has been validated for use with IBM® WebSphere® Commerce. Installed as a simple plug-in on any IBM WebSphere Commerce server, SNOW IO automatically identifies images used on every web page and optimizes them for thousands of devices. At runtime, SNOW IO works in conjunction with the web server to identify the type of device that is accessing the website, and to ensure it is served only images optimized for that specific device.
This brings instant performance improvements via dynamic image optimization to thousands of retail websites built using IBM's advanced ecommerce platform. As part of the process, Trilibis officially became an IBM Business Partner and joined IBM PartnerWorld as an Omni-Channel In-Store & Mobile solution to help IBM WebSphere Commerce users integrate SNOW IO with their websites.
You may have been wondering how this integration works and how to configure SNOW IO. In response, Bob Balfe, worldwide technical sales leader for IBM's Commerce program, has just published a helpful video to take you through the technical aspects of SNOW IO, how it's configured within WebSphere Commerce, and how it optimizes images that used in your IBM Aurora storefront. As you'll see, it's pretty simple.
The resulting performance increases can be dramatic. During tests that we conducted with IBM, SNOW IO reduced the image weight of IBM WebSphere Commerce pages by 23 to 61 percent. While a number of factors contribute to the overall weight of a web page, in a recent survey of top responsive websites, we found that the size of website images is a significant contributor to lengthy page-load times on mobile devices. SNOW IO can reduce page weight from megabytes to kilobytes, and shave valuable seconds off overall page-load times.
The combination of Trilibis SNOW IO and IBM WebSphere Commerce addresses a key objective for all online retailers: delivering the best possible customer experience across all devices.
SNOW IO for IBM WebSphere Commerce is available as a Validated Partner Solution through the IBM Ready for Smarter Commerce program.
Study Reveals Majority of Leading Business and Technology News Websites Using Responsive Design Perform Poorly on Mobile DevicesMarch 11th, 2015 by Trilibis Blogging Team
Study concludes that responsive design is not meeting a crucial design objective for these publishers, and highlights the need for image size optimization for mobile users.
SAN MATEO, Calif.-March 12, 2015: A survey published today by Trilibis found that the majority of top news websites performs poorly when viewed on a smartphone or tablet. In an analysis of 100 business, technology and entertainment news websites that employ responsive design, Trilibis found that only 26 percent load in less than four seconds on a mobile device, and 27 percent take more than 8 seconds to load. These tests were conducted on a 4G network and should be considered "best-case" scenarios.
"Page loading time is an important part of the user experience for every website – but especially for news sites and blogs," said Ted Verani, SVP of sales and marketing at Trilibis. "If a page loads slowly on mobile phones, visitors will go elsewhere for their news. Additionally, page-load time on mobile is now a key factor in determining search engine rankings, and also has bearing on the advertising value of a news blog or website."
Summary findings
1. The page weights of the responsive news media sites in the survey were predominantly high
- 58 percent served pages of which images constituted more than half of overall page weight; 5 percent of the sample served home pages with page weight consisting of more than 90 percent images
2. 74 percent performed badly on mobile phones:
- Only 26 percent provided acceptable page-load times
- 47 percent were bad (4 – 8 seconds to load)
- 27 percent were very slow (8 – 35 seconds to load)
3. Image optimization by device type can reduce image weight by 47–79 percent.
4. Server-side image optimization delivered compelling performance gains on mobile devices:
- Average image weight was reduced by 79 percent
- Page-load times were reduced by as much as 48 percent
Survey highlights the need for image size optimization for mobile users
Tests conducted by Trilibis determined that image size was the primary cause of the sluggish performance. By analyzing the page composition of each website, Trilibis determined that the mean home page weight of the sites in the sample was 2.4MB, with a median weight of 1.6MB. For desktop computers with high-bandwidth connections and abundant local resources (disk, RAM), page weight is not a major concern – but, for mobile devices, it certainly is.
While a number of factors can contribute to the overall weight of a web page, the size of images is typically one of the most important. This is particularly true for image-rich business and technology news websites. Trilibis examined the relationship between image weight and overall page weight of the 100 news websites in the sample, and found that images constituted more than 50 percent of overall page weight for 58 percent of the sample.
When it analyzed page-load times, Trilibis found this was acceptable (i.e. less than four seconds) for only 26 percent of the sites surveyed. Page-load times were between 4-8 seconds for 47 percent of the sample, and in excess of 8 seconds for 27 percent.
Device awareness + responsive design yields benefits
Trilibis also looked at whether image optimization could deliver a lower page weight without compromising user experience, and whether server-side processing could improve website performance on mobile devices. Before server-side optimization, the total image weight of all 64 responsive websites was 81MB. Trilibis' device detection and image optimization technology dramatically reduced the page weight for every class of device: down to 43MB for desktop browsers, 18MB for tablets, and 17MB for smartphones (a reduction in page weight of 47 percent, 78 percent and 79 percent, respectively).
Ted Verani of Trilibis noted that, for many of the news websites in the sample, the use of responsive design was not meeting a crucial design objective: delivering an excellent experience for mobile visitors. "The news blogs and websites in this survey are typically heavily trafficked, highly dynamic, and image-rich. In terms of revenue generation, publishers are principally concerned with page views and engagement — both of which can be negatively affected by longer page-load times. In addition, publishers aim to cultivate reader loyalty, which could also be negatively affected by a sub-par user experience," he said.
Recommendations for website designers
- Carefully managing image size is crucial to ensure responsive websites load quickly and deliver the best experience for mobile users.
- Delivering a truly exceptional user experience on the Web requires more than simply redefining layout and styling for the screen width of a particular device. A successful One Web strategy should optimize website assets for specific classes of mobile device.
- To optimize performance on mobile devices, consider the use of server-side technologies in conjunction with responsive design techniques. For this survey, Trilibis used SNOW IO (Software eNabling One Web), its server-side technology that adds automatic device detection and image optimization to responsive websites.
The survey is available for download at Trilibis.com. A Slideshare summary is also available.
About Trilibis
Trilibis® is an experienced player in the mobile and multi-device web development community. Our flexible technology solutions and software simplify multi-device web development for top consumer brands, such as Abbott, CNN, Fandango, Match.com and Univision, as well as enterprise software solutions like HP and IBM. SNOW®, the company's core product, is the first markup-based, server-side responsive design technology for a true "One Web" experience. SNOW enables developers to create device-optimized, high-performance websites that work perfectly on all PCs, tablets and smartphones. Trilibis is a private, venture-backed company located in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.trilibis.com or follow @trilibismobile
Copyright 2015 Trilibis Inc. All rights reserved. Trilibis and SNOW are trademarks of Trilibis Inc. Other trademarks are registered trademarks and the properties of their respective owners.
The survey is available for download at Trilibis.com. A Slideshare summary is also available.
Trilibis Brings Server-Based Mobile Device Optimization to High-Performance Node.js Websites #nodesummitFebruary 11th, 2015 by Trilibis Blogging Team
SNOW works server-side on node.js websites to take responsive design to an entirely new level of performance and presentation, minimizes network bandwidth, and accelerates page-load times..
SAN MATEO, Calif.— February 11, 2015: Trilibis, the company that makes websites device-aware, announced that its market-leading SNOW® (Software eNabling One Web) website optimization framework can now deliver server-side responsive web capabilities on Node.js enterprise websites. The combination of the asynchronous and highly scalable capabilities of Node.js and SNOW's instantaneous device detection ensures all website visitors are guaranteed an excellent experience and fast website load times across all devices, even at peak load conditions.
SNOW adds mobile device-specific optimization to responsive Node.js websites
Designing website for optimal performance and content presentation on mobile devices has become a high priority for every enterprise. Responsive design, a popular web design methodology, employs a client-side design methodology that only partially addresses the need to deliver an excellent experience for all devices. And, because responsive design relies on the browser to optimize a web page for the device, it frequently results in longer page-load times — a major concern for operators of websites with massive simultaneous transactions. The solution: Trilibis SNOW for Node.js, which optimizes web pages for every device and adds intelligent device classification that allows for segmentation by device type, screen resolution, browser, features, and more.
SNOW can reduce hosting bandwidth costs of Node.js web servers
With the addition of the SNOW device optimization plug-in, a Node.js web server can detect and profile each client device as it accesses the website, identify its type and features, then serve up only the HTML, CSS and images required by that particular device. This yields two key benefits:
- Significantly higher performance than that offered by classic responsive design techniques. SNOW reduces the payload served to mobile devices by a factor of four and reduces page-load time by as much as 25 percent.
- Web users, especially those with mobile devices, are assured a fast, device-optimized website experience.
"Enterprises that choose Node.js to power their web servers are aiming for the highest levels of performance, both server-side and client-side," said Meyyappan Alagappan, chief technology officer at Trilibis. "SNOW delivers performance gains on both sides of the equation, and offers the additional benefit of enabling UX developers to customize the presentation of content on any device."
To learn more about SNOW technology, visit the Trilibis website, watch the SNOW video and download the SNOW white paper.
About Trilibis
Trilibis develops SNOW®, a markup-based RESS website optimization solution that uses a single code base to make websites device-aware and deliver a true "One Web" experience. SNOW enables developers to design high-performance websites that work flawlessly on all desktop and mobile browsers, and to unlock device-specific features and functionality that make websites mobile-ready, delightful and profitable. Trilibis is a private, venture-backed company located in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.trilibis.com or follow @trilibismobile.
Copyright 2015 Trilibis Inc. All rights reserved. Trilibis and SNOW are trademarks of Trilibis Inc. Other trademarks are registered trademarks and the properties of their respective owners.
A bird's-eye view of NRF's 2015 Big ShowFebruary 2nd, 2015 by Jason Saroyan
This year's NRF "Big Show" was big indeed — larger than life, in fact (it filled up the Javits center quite nicely). A huge range of companies, ranging from ecommerce platforms, digital development, cloud marketing, and near-field communication services, to offerings from hardware vendors such as beacons, point-of-sale registers and receipt printer companies were represented… and that's just to name a few.
With so many companies in one place vying for the attention of the wandering 'golden' retailer with deep pockets and open purchase orders, it is no surprise that each vendor booth is trying to outdo the next to rise above the noise and get noticed. The result is a sensory assault of bright lights, big signs, gimmicks, giveaways and a general hustle to get yet-to-be-customers to bite. All which can be a little overwhelming at times.
At shows like this, it's very easy to get distracted and waste one's time. So it's important to go in with specific objectives in mind. Ours were to reinforce relationships with existing partners and to connect with potential partners. Often, these partner meetings held are on different floors with restricted access, or in private meeting rooms that overlook the conference floor. I would equate this to being on the floor of a casino, then moving to high-rollers area or table to do your business.
Our business conversations at the show were laser-focused on our ability to provide performance and bandwidth optimization for responsive web design — an approach to web design that is getting increasing attention from retailers. All of our meetings were planned well ahead with specific outcomes in mind. We learned that most, if not all, of our partners are being asked by their customers to implement responsive web design. Even though these partners are trying to educate their customers about the performance challenges inherent with this approach, their customers often still want to push ahead. Which is where Trilibis comes in: we can assist by providing a plug-in technology that automatically optimizes performance and bandwidth on responsive sites across all mobile devices.
One side effect of being so focused at a show like this is that the big trends, professionally marketed or generally inferred, are somehow subconsciously absorbed or read about later on the plane back home. To bastardize a John Lennon quote, NRF trends are what happen while you're making other meeting plans at the show. That said, as I look back, there were some pretty cool trends and announcements — here are a few worthy of note:
- IBM's Watson is now a Personal Shopper – IBM's omnipotent big data machine now helps personalize the shopping experience, reducing shopping cart abandonment.
- HP announced its ElitePad Mobile Retail Solution – a tablet solution to help streamline POS checkout. It plugs right in to HP Retail Expansion Dock and accepts third-party payment entry devices.
- Panasonic introduced the Powershelf – this is basically a smart retail shelf with the ability to auto-change shelf labels, indicate the shelf is low on product inventory, provide mobile advertising through embedded beacons, and more.
- Verifone and Samsung announced a global partnership – aimed at delivering advanced, Android-based mobile point of sale (mPOS) solutions to multi-lane and enterprise retailers.
- SAP SE announced plans to launch the SAP Assortment Planning for Retail application – this enables retailers to cluster stores based on attributes to help maximize profits.
- Tyco Retail Solutions and Creative systems are partnering to accelerate delivery of RFID-based inventory visibility applications for retailers globally.
- Beacons and NFC are the next phase in tying together brick-and-mortar stores with the digital shopper – this was probably the biggest trend and noise at the show.
- Consumers are mobile and social – this is so 2013!
- Loyalty programs work when executed correctly – and they also work when executed poorly.
- Beacons, beacons, and more beacons!
Sounds like a pretty cool show; I wish I had been there. Oh, wait a second…
CNN Ensures Feature Phones Are Not Left In the ColdDecember 16th, 2014 by Ted Verani
With the holiday season now in full swing, analyses of the role mobile plays in commerce are showing up in my mailbox every day. The mobile share of all e-tail transactions is now anywhere from 30% to more than 50%, depending on which report you read. And, predictably, much of the commentary focuses on the share of smartphones and tablets, because these are the preferred devices of the affluent mobile shopper. We certainly saw that shift coming and made the jump to OneWeb technologies so that our customers and partners could be on the forefront of multi-device web design.
However, it is interesting to note that there are millions of feature phones still in use. In fact, according to Gartner, it wasn't until 2013 that annual sales of smartphone users surpassed sales of feature phones. While there's been a definite market shift away from the 'm' domain that was the norm before the dawn of the smartphone and responsive design, the largest brands with millions of users still have sizable audiences using these devices. This poses a real problem for web development teams, many of which have been focused on smartphone- and tablet-centric web strategies such as responsive web design, mobile-first design and adaptive design.
A great example of a large media player that must look both forwards and backwards with its web strategy is CNN. Until recently, CNN had been managing two m-dot sites using a third-party proprietary platform that was scheduled to become obsolete. CNN still had a sizable audience that used older phones, and felt strongly that it wanted to serve its news to all devices — from the newest iPhone to the oldest Blackberry.
That being the case, the web group that oversees CNN.com and CNNMoney.com approached Trilibis to develop a long-term solution that would enable them to provide an optimized experience for the older mobile devices that are still in use. With our years of mobile expertise, mobile publishing technologies and a device database that includes thousands of mobile phones, we were able to offer an integrated solution that included both non-touch smartphones and feature phones. So, if you happen to be walking around with a feature phone, launch that WAP browser and go to m.cnn.com to see their new site.
While our focus is decidedly on the future and helping brands move to a One Web experience using SNOW, our server-side responsive design technology, it is kind of cool to be able to build a simpler site that will run on these older phones. I wonder if situations like this will become more commonplace in future as m-dot expertise and turnkey solutions become obsolete. If you still have a lot of users on feature phones or just think it is important for your brand to be represented on all platforms, let's talk. Please contact us here.
Adding Device Awareness to the Edge of the NetworkNovember 20th, 2014 by Ted Verani
As the balance of web traffic continues to shift toward mobile devices, operators of high-traffic websites are increasingly concerned about ensuring fast load times on these devices. Many of them are likely using content distribution networks (CDNs) to reduce latency and ensure quick- loading content. Many of these same web properties are looking at responsive design as a means to optimize content on the broadest array of devices, including mobile phones.
We've written before about how responsive sites tend toward excessively heavy page weights, resulting in page-load and performance issues. Our team recently investigated how we might accelerate page-load times at the edge of the network by sending device-optimized websites from a single code base.
Keep in mind that CDNs aim to push content that's in high demand to dedicated servers at the network's edge. Meanwhile, SNOW sits on the web server at origin to identify the client device and then intelligently serve the optimum set of images and other device-specific resources to that device. Could this be adapted for the CDN architecture, in which there are two servers involved: the origin server and the edge server?
The answer lies in special technology developed by the major CDN vendors: Edge-Side Includes (ESI). ESI is a simple markup language used to define Web page components for dynamic assembly and delivery of Web applications at the edges of the Internet. It provides a mechanism for managing content transparently across application server solutions, content management systems, and content delivery networks. The good news is that ESI is now compatible with SNOW, which means we can auto-generate ESI syntax for improved performance and device awareness for sites running on CDNs.
The new SNOW-ESI module is a great solution for device-optimized websites that leverage a CDN architecture. SNOW can be added as an optional plug-in on a desired web server, which provides direct communication with the edge server. This means we can implement all of the SNOW features at the edge of the network:
- Device-specific user experience (our taxonomy includes thousands of PCs, smartphones, tablets, phablets, smart TVs, etc.)
- Generation of HTML/CSS content that is optimized for the device.
- Context-based rendering (for example for broadband vs. 3G).
- Edge-level caching for the fastest possible performance.
SNOW-ESI offers many compelling benefits:
- The SNOW-ESI module delivers higher performance than that delivered by responsive techniques, improves the end-to-end performance for mobile devices by a factor of four, and reduces page-load time by as much as 25 percent.
- Web users, especially those with mobile devices, enjoy a fast, device-optimized website experience.
- For developers, there are productivity gains of 40 percent since ESI syntax is auto-generated.
We recently exhibited at the Akamai Edge conference in Miami to demonstrate SNOW-ESI to web professionals. Feedback was very positive: beyond the performance gains, attendees told us they like the easy set-up and deployment. We'll report back once we have some specific use-cases to highlight. In the meantime, if you'd like to implement SNOW-ESI on your web architecture, please contact our team here.
Trilibis Teams With IBM To Accelerate Responsive WebsitesOctober 20th, 2014 by Ted Verani
It should come as no surprise to anyone who tracks the retail industry that IBM®, a long-time leader of in-store retail technology, offers one of the most advanced ecommerce suites available. IBM WebSphere® Commerce is a comprehensive e-commerce platform that gives enterprise retailers the ability to offer their customers a rich shopping experience integrated across online, mobile and in-store touchpoints.
IBM WebSphere Commerce places particular emphasis on the mobile shopper. It offers a high level of customization for the mobile user, and recognizes that the presentation layer on smartphones and tablets must be differentiated and optimized. Ecommerce sites built using WebSphere Commerce can also be rendered using responsive design techniques. As experts in ensuring optimum presentation of high-performance ecommerce sites on mobile devices, we're very pleased to announce that Trilibis is teaming with IBM to accelerate the performance of responsive design websites across all device types — especially mobile devices.
We have successfully validated our SNOW® Image Optimization solution (SNOW IO) for use with IBM WebSphere Commerce, bringing instant performance improvements to thousands of retail websites built using this ecommerce platform. Trilibis is also now an IBM Business Partner and has joined IBM PartnerWorld as an Omni-Channel In-Store & Mobile solution to help IBM WebSphere Commerce users integrate SNOW IO with their websites.
What this means for IBM WebSphere Commerce users
The new technical integration gives IBM WebSphere Commerce retailers a simple and efficient way to ensure that their image-rich websites load fast across all smartphones and tablets. SNOW® IO is a lightweight image-optimization solution that automatically improves website performance and bandwidth utilization for responsive websites built with IBM's leading commerce solution.
The combination of Trilibis SNOW IO and IBM WebSphere addresses a key objective for all online retailers: delivering the best possible customer experience mobile devices. And because SNOW IO is continually updated, we can ensure future compatibility with new classes of devices such as wearable technology and large-format displays.
How it works
Installed as a simple plug-in on any IBM WebSphere Commerce server, SNOW IO automatically identifies images used on every web page and optimizes them for the thousands of devices tracked in our device library. At runtime, SNOW IO works in conjunction with the IBM WebSphere Commerce server to identify the type of device that is accessing the website, and to ensure it is served only images optimized for that specific device.
The resulting performance increases can be dramatic. During testing conducted with IBM, SNOW IO reduced the image weight of IBM WebSphere Commerce pages by 23 to 61 percent. While a number of factors contribute to the overall weight of a web page, in a recent survey of top responsive websites, we found that the size of website images is a significant contributor to lengthy page-load times on mobile devices. SNOW IO can reduce page weight from megabytes to kilobytes, and shave valuable seconds off overall page-load times.
SNOW IO for IBM WebSphere Commerce is available today as a Validated Partner Solution through the IBM Ready for Smarter Commerce program.
SNOW IO — Automatically Cures Image Bloat So Your Responsive Website Loads FasterOctober 7th, 2014 by Ted Verani
Designing for optimal presentation of content on mobile devices is keeping website developers very busy. If you're a publisher of dynamic news or manage a website on which people transact, ensuring it displays perfectly on every mobile device and all the major browsers (i.e. on tablets and mobile phones, as well as desktops) is essential. Responsive web design has emerged as a popular web design methodology to address this need.
But adopting responsive design is not without its challenges. For example, if you're moving from an older website architecture, you'll need to redesign the site from the ground up. Back in 2013, Forrester Research[i] reported that more than 40 percent of developers chose responsive design, or a variant of it, as part of their current web design approach. The same report also noted some degree of "hype and lack of understanding" associated with responsive design, especially with regard to best practices for its implementation. And, if best practices are not adopted, it's quite likely a responsive website will not perform well on mobile devices across cellular networks — essentially defeating the purpose of using responsive design.
Optimizing website performance on mobile devices is a core focus of our development team, so we've been following the progress of responsive design with interest. A few months ago, we analyzed the performance of some popular responsive sites on smartphones and tablets and noticed some surprisingly long load times. Closer investigation revealed that large images were often the cause. This is the sort of problem that can be easily fixed with lightweight, server-based technology that can detect what sort of device is accessing the website, and then optimize accordingly.
That's why we developed SNOW IO, which we just announced. SNOW IO is designed specifically for use with responsive websites, and can make a huge difference for your users if your site features a lot of images (think news blogs, ecommerce sites, etc.). When you add SNOW IO to your site, every image is automatically optimized for device, quality and speed. Then, when someone visits your site, device-specific, optimized images are served up for that visitor's specific device. As a result, load time can be at least twice as fast because less network bandwidth and device CPU time are needed.
SNOW IO works with any responsive website development framework and requires minimal changes to your coding — generally, just the addition of some special tags to trigger the device-detection logic. Adding it is very easy since SNOW IO is a web server plug-in that's compatible with Apache, Java and Microsoft servers. If you're running IBM WebSphere, SNOW IO can be installed as a simple add-on module to IBM WebSphere Commerce. Commercial and OEM licenses are available.
To find out more, contact us and we'll be happy to evaluate how SNOW IO can make a difference on your website.
[i] More Than Hype: Determining When To Use Responsive Web Design, Mark Grannan & Peter Sheldon, Forrester Research, November 2013


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I FORGOT TO POST THE LINK: Shirts come in men and women's, different colors and sizes. There is a jacket, too.
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Lmao at Vicky.
I've been seeing that a lot lately.
Great article and picture, yet no petition.
It's a comolicated process.
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That link was only to order the tee shirts, Tasunka. Sunday was the last day that $8.00 would be donated out of the sale to go to the BFC. I almost just went just donated a few dollars on the Buffalo Field Campaign site (without ordering a shirt) but I decided I'd actually like the shirt with the bison on it. So I'm waiting for it to arrive.


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BUCKNER — For five innings, Oldham County High School junior pitcher Jessica Leanhart cruised through the South Oldham High School softball team's lineup.
The Lady Dragons mustered a late run, but posed little threat in a 9-1 win for the Lady Colonels Thursday night.
Leanhart pitched five innings, striking out 10 and allowing just one hit.
Guys and gals, welcome to our 19th Grand Stamm — LIVE! chat, set for 12 p.m. Friday, April 20.
With baseball and softball getting underway all around the country, this week's chat fits right in.
We'll be having a roundtable discussion with members of the North Oldham Little League, coming off their World Series appearance and with the grand opening and parade at 8:45 a.m. I've invited president Brad Clifford and any board member or coach to chat with us, so feel free to ask any questions or post your thoughts!
It's been another busy week of sports in Oldham County as schools are back from spring break and the Kentucky Derby nears next month.
Catch another edition of this week's Sports Primer again in podcast format.
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Whitfield named all-state
South Oldham High School senior guard Jasmine Whitfield has been named first-team all-state selection by the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches.
Whitfield, who has signed a letter of intent to play at the University of Cincinnati, averaged 22.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.4 steals and 2.5 assists per game this season.
She set the school record for points in a season, with 720 and steals, with 173.
Basketball is more than just a game.
For each of the Oldham County High School basketball team's home games the past two seasons, one voice has helped energize those involved in the game and those watching it.
OCHS junior Tyler Anderson is the team's public address announcer, creator of highlight tapes and host of the school's student-produced television newscast.
An aspiring broadcaster, Anderson said he volunteered to take the public address duties as a way to stay connected to sports and gain experience in his career pursuit.
For the past 13 years, two La Grange women have walked the same route.
As long as they deem the weather to be favorable, no snow, rain or cold air, Kentrena Story and Vivian Jones-Wright, employees at the Oldham County Sheriff's Office make the same walk twice a day, five days a week from the office to La Grange Elementary School and back.
LEXINGTON — The focus all week leading up to the Toyota Bluegrass Stakes April 14 at Keeneland race course in Lexington had been on Hansen.
Though Hansen, an Oldham County bred horse, was the favorite, the focus was more on the white thoroughbred's owner than on the race itself because of the media attention Dr. Kendall Hansen drew. Hansen (the doctor) wanted to dye the horse's tail blue to match his silks.
Guys and gals, welcome to our 18th Grand Stamm — LIVE! chat, set for 6 p.m. Friday, April 13.
It's hard to follow up last week's chat, in which we talked with three time Olympic gold medalist track and field star Jackie Joyner-Kersee, but I've got a good guest again.
It's been another busy week of sports in Oldham County even though schools are out on spring break.
She sits down in the calm water, clutching a rope.
Suddenly, the boat takes off, lifting South Oldham High School senior Elizabeth Fowler out of the water on a slalom ski.
She curves around a series of buoys with ease and grace.
A competitive water skier, Fowler is one of the best in the country. She's also an instructor and this fall, she'll be swimming with elite skiers at the University of Alabama.
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SIOR/NAR Synergies—A Case Study in Brokering Space in NAR's Chicago Headquarters Building By Geoffrey M. Kasselman, SIOR The location was world-class— mezzanine served by internal on The Magnificent MileTM—just escalators and elevators, and north of the Wrigley Building, accentuated by a two-story across the street from the wrap-around window line. Tribune Tower. The available The resulting deal was space was exceptional—extensive notable—nearly 15,000 square street-level frontage, private feet of prime Michigan Avenue Geoffrey M. Kasselman, SIOR, is the entry, 50' high foyer connecting retail space leased for more than Past President of the Chicago to a dedicated, open-plan 11 years to Charles Schwab & Chapter and a former Speaker of Company, Inc. However, the real COPS. He has also served on the story is not about the location, SIOR Nominating Committee and the space, nor the deal. It's about currently serves on the Budget & the how the relationship between Finance Committee. Geoff founded the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF and runs Op2mize, LLC, a Chicago- REALTORS® (NAR) and SIOR has based real estate services firm based on "Sustainable IntelligenceTM." blossomed in recent times, lead- ing to such results and other mutual synergies as well. Selecting an SIOR When NAR set out to hire a commercial broker to exclusively market and lease the vacancies in their world headquarters building in Chicago, NAR's Real Property Operating Committee (RPOC)—a committee of REALTORS® charged professional report 4th Quarter 2008 with handling real estate projects on NAR's behalf, A. Dunham, CCIM, SIOR, The Dunham sent promotions to many local, regional, and Company, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and 2008 national commercial real estate practitioners. They RPOC Chair notes: "The competition for our busi- solicited Letters of Interest from qualified brokers, ness was intense. When we analyzed our choices, including those brokers within the NAR family. we realized our best bet was a fellow REALTOR® The RPOC, which includes several active SIOR who had aligned interests and had 'skin in the members, fielded dozens of initial Letters of Interest game.' The fact that our choice was an accom- including one from Op2mize. Among my firm's plished SIOR member made a difference to us." other qualifications, my status as an SIOR, a REALTOR®, and a member of NICAR® (a local over- Working Together lay board serving commercial brokers) were We put our marketing plan to work immediately clearly identified. We made the first cut, along and the plan netted us almost instant results in the with 12 other candidates, and soon received a form of a solid offer from one of America's oldest request from RPOC to submit a detailed RFP. and most recognized steak house operators. While negotiations ensued with the restaurant, other Creative Marketing qualified space users—including several other high- When completing the RFP, my firm stressed our end restaurants, fashion apparel and electronics professional qualifications and our marketing retailers, financial institutions, art galleries, con- approach which included high-end creativity, signifi- cept stores, private clubs, and a food court cant attention to detail, and repositioning the expressed an interest in the space. Each use group pro-perty to highlight nearby activity to the south had its pros and cons. includ-ing Millennium Park, the new Trump Tower Since this space is located at the street level of development, and extensive hotel and condo NAR's headquarters (known as "REALTOR® activity—making the NAR location the "The Center Building") and NAR occupies the vast majority of of it All." the property, the RPOC had concerns about exactly what type of user would settle into the Presentation is Key space, knowing that the public's first impressions To illustrate our approach, we hand-delivered our of NAR—rightfully or wrongfully—might be influ- RFP response along with a single shoe in a fancy enced by what they saw when they walked or designer box with note that read in part: "On drove by the building. Thus, the analysis of which behalf of the Op2mize team we are most pleased user under what set of terms and conditions had to to have our 'foot in the door' with regards to this be tempered against what NAR exciting project. More importantly, we are anxious considered to be the "window to to 'put our best foot forward' on December 11th their soul." Joseph Ditchman Jr., (at the in-person interview), and we look forward CRE, SIOR, Colliers Ostendorf to 'kicking off' a mutually successful relationship Morris, Cleveland, Ohio, another with NAR in the coming weeks." member of the RPOC, observed: Four firms were selected for interviews with "The perplexing question for NAR the full RPOC, and, having made the cut we was what type of user would be the most logical arrived at NAR headquarters with the other shoe user of the two floors facing Michigan Avenue. and our PowerPoint presentation. We closed by Restaurants, retailers, banks, and others were all reinforcing the implied 'insurance considered. Geoff's analysis of the user market per- policy' NAR would have by select- suaded the RPOC to select the financial market. ing an SIOR for this assignment— Geoff did a fantastic job of discerning the logical that in addition to the pre-qualified users. His focus evolved from maximizing revenue excellence, experience, and sophis- with creative deal structures, to the consideration tication of an SIOR Member, an of brand identity and longevity—especially in light SIOR could not afford to fail in of a declining economy." front of fellow REALTOR® and SIOR peers. James 4th Quarter 2008 professional report Charles Schwab and Company, Inc. (Schwab) tenant's creditworthiness and intended rent was contacted as the prospective 'best match,' and payments were analyzed relative to future NAR they quickly toured the space and presented a budgets. Jim noted: "As the Treasurer of NAR and Letter of Intent. The firm, founded in 1973, is a a fellow SIOR, I found working with another publicly-traded firm with annual net revenues SIOR such as Geoff to be a great experience. When exceeding $5 billion and a market cap of roughly NAR hired our representative we did so desiring $30 billion. Its total client assets exceed $1.4 trillion. an expert in office leasing and critical thinking. We One of three tenant finalists, Schwab indicated that definitely got what we needed, and the marketing they intended to make this location their "Chicago and reporting efforts were also top-notch. Working flagship," and agreed to NAR's Green Building within the family helped NAR exceed anticipated Guidelines (which mirrored Schwab's own sustain- results." ability initiative), catapulting them into first place. Based upon the rapport that has developed Based on our analyses, the RPOC, and ultimately with Jim Helsel, SIOR's Budget and Finance NAR, concluded that Schwab was indeed the right Committee has been able to tap Jim as a key tenant for NAR's national headquarters building. source of information as the committee works to A long-term lease through 2019 was finalized, establish a current, comprehensive Investment including above-market rents, escalations, and ten- Policy to guide the investment of SIOR's growing ant improvements, and at long last, NAR had endowment funds. Another leverage point in this found their soul mate! process has been seeking and receiving counsel Other SIOR's who were involved as RPOC from Jim in identifying qualified recipients of members included SIOR's RFP for third-party investment advisor Patricia A. Nooney, services based on NAR's recent experience. Jim CCIM, CPM, added: "We are thrilled that the relationship SIOR, CB Richard between NAR and SIOR has risen to the point Ellis, Las Vegas, where issues like this can be mutually discussed Nevada, and and considered. Why should members of the NAR Nestor R. family have to reinvent every wheel from scratch? Weigand, Jr. CCIM, CIPS, CRB, CRE, SIOR, J. P. Simply put, NAR is a massive database of experi- Weigand & Sons, Wichita, Kansas. Patricia was ence and resources—there is nothing more NAR instrumental in the selection process and negotiat- would like than to share these resources with its ing the terms of the Exclusive Listing Agreement. affiliates." In her experience "dealing with a fellow SIOR Yet another SIOR, David C. Lockwood III, made that process smooth and timely without pre- CCIM, SIOR, Colliers Keenan, tension or posturing." Nestor was often called Columbia, South Carolina, echoed upon as the tenured voice of reason during the the positive mutual sentiments that periodic meetings and tenant deliberations. He now exist between NAR and commented: "The multi-party collaboration SIOR: "SIOR's relationship with worked to perfection in this instance. It was great NAR has never been stronger than to see all those initials working together including it is at this time. With more than those from SIOR." 1.3 million REALTOR® members, SIOR benefits proportionately far more than the residential popu- Other Synergies lation in NAR. The open lines of communication James L. Helsel Jr., CCIM, CPM, with the leadership of NAR and SIOR have CRE, SIOR, RSR REALTORS, enabled SIOR's voice to be heard clearly on those Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is also matters that directly impact the SIOR member and an RPOC member, and is the their clients. SIOR is a highly-respected member of 2008-2009 NAR Treasurer. Jim the NAR family. The positive impact of the NAR became involved in the NAR and SIOR relationship should continue to expand Headquarters project when the in the years ahead as more SIOR's take a professional report 4th Quarter 2008 leadership role within NAR." David should Over a period of time and through countless know—he has been the SIOR representative to the meetings and conversations with various NAR NAR Executive Committee for the past few years, and SIOR leaders—elected volunteers as well as and for 2009 his role has been elevated to that of a executive staff members—Richard has helped to member of the NAR Leadership Team. In this pres- forge a foundation of cooperation and respect, tigious and significant role, David will serve as a support, and communication. liaison to all of the Commercial and Business Specialties groups in the NAR family. Essentially, Future Opportunities David will be the interface and key connection SIOR at large will continue to foster the highest point between the various commercial organiza- level of dialogue and cooperation with NAR in tions including SIOR. almost every conceivable way with the intent that It should be noted that much of this synergy more opportunities, such as those identified here, between SIOR and NAR was made accrue to SIOR members. As Jim Helsel concluded, possible in part by Richard "NAR is pleased that SIOR played a significant Hollander, SIOR's Executive Vice role in our leasing efforts and the use of a NAR President. Richard tackled many affiliate was the best choice we could have made." notable and pivotal issues when he took over as SIOR's top executive several years ago, but none may be as fortuitous as his proactive outreach to NAR. SIOR Is Looking for Leaders Throw your hat in the ring or suggest a potential candidate from your region or chapter for a leadership position. During the Spring World Conference in San Diego, California, the Nominating Committee will interview and recommend an SIOR Vice President, an SIOR Treasurer, a Membership Council Director and five new Regional Directors (see below). If you know of an SIOR who demonstrates commitment and leadership skills and has the interest, time, and ability to handle these important SIOR Leadership functions, please provide his or her name to Stan Mullin, CCIM, CRE, FRICS, SIOR, Chair (email@example.com) or Randall Walker, SIOR, Vice Chair (email@example.com) of the Nominating Committee. Directorships are available for the following SIOR Regions: • Canada Region – Central, Eastern, and Western Canadian Chapters • Great Lakes Region – Chicago, Indiana/Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin Chapters • Northeast Region – Connecticut, New England, New Jersey, New York City/Downstate New York and Upstate New York Chapters • South Region – Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama/Northwest Florida Chapters • West Region – Greater Los Angeles, Inland Empire/Orange County, Northern California, San Diego, Southern Nevada, and Southwest Chapters 4th Quarter 2008 professional report
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I think the communists (and now the Islamists too) knew our vulerabilities more than we did, and they had a comprehensive plan to destroy this nation's Judeo-Christian foundation. They did it by targeting the love of money/power - getting the filthy rich on-board to destroy those foundations, and through them controlling the media, academia, etc. Yuri Bezmenov talked about that. Concern over communism has been ridiculed, but that was all part of the plan as well - make fighting for our lives seem like a joke to most, and then the whole building will crumble, foundation first.
The WWII generation didn't see this coming. The "academic" attack led to the failure of many Christian denominations, which gave up on believing the Bible. That laid the groundwork for modernism, post-Christianity, and now post-modernism. It all followed naturally from the premise of man believing he is his own "god", and it has led us to an impossible situation where nobody is living in reality. Each person is allowed to create their own reality, and there is no such thing as truth. How the Father of Lies is laughing, now that all of the system's recognized existence in this nation has become one big lie. Five people in robes could never have taken over this country's whole political structure without the society as a whole scoffing the whole concept of truth.
The WWII generation had no idea that they were sending their children to college to be indoctrinated against the very freedoms they gave so much to protect. The enemy snuck in while we were beaten down from the physical battles, took advantage of the men being at war and played with the wives' new-found desire for autonomy and a career, and attacked families and faith - which were the core that held the nation together. It was a deliberate, comprehensive plan and when the society poo-poohed the danger they set us up for what we see now.


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text: Home Recipes Course Sandwiches Burger Recipes Share: Burger Recipes Try one of these tasty grilled and pan-fried burger recipes. Whether you have a hankering for hamburger, chicken, turkey or any other favorite sandwiches we've got you covered with these tried-and-true recipes. Recipe Spotlight Best Beefy Burgers with Roasted Onion & Peppercorn Mayo Remember those times when only a burger in all its smoky, juicy, jumbo-layered, lettuce pickle madness can hit the spot? Roasted red onions and mayo blended with crushed peppercorns make this the spot-on burger. —Melissa Jelinek, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin View Best Beefy Burgers with Roasted Onion & Peppercorn Mayo Recipe More Burger Recipes Sort: Highest Rated Alphabetical Contest Winning Newest < prev | ... | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ... | next > Turkey Bean Burgers Turkey Bean Burgers Packed with veggies, beans, turkey and loads of flavor, these moist burgers are anything but boring. What an easy meal for a busy weekday! Taste of Home Test Kitchen View Recipe Cola Burgers Cola Burgers A friend who's an excellent cook shared this hamburger recipe with me, and it has since become a family favorite. The unusual combination of cola and French salad dressing added to the ground beef gives it fabulous flavor. The mixture is also used as a basting sauce on the moist burgers. -Melva Baumer, Millmont, Pennsylvania View Recipe Tuna Burgers Tuna Burgers My family was hesitant to try these burgers when I first prepared them. They were so accustomed to the typical beef burger. But any skepticism they had disappeared after one bite.— View Recipe Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT Mushroom Burgers Mushroom Burgers Ready to turn over a new burger? I guarantee no one will be missing the beef after they've tasted these vegetarian burgers. They're moist, tender and full of flavor.—Denise Hollebeke, Penhold, Alberta View Recipe Taco Burgers Taco Burgers My family loves the taste of tacos, but I dislike the mess! So I developed these burgers as a tasty but "neat" alternative.—Linda Logan, Warren, Ohio View Recipe Grilled Black Bean and Pineapple Burgers Grilled Black Bean and Pineapple Burgers This delicious burger weighs in at a whopping 11 g of fiber and only a measly 5 g of fat per serving. The pineapple slices are a perfect topper for this tasty bean burger. Carole Resnick - Cleveland, Ohio View Recipe Cheese-Stuffed Burgers for Two Cheese-Stuffed Burgers for Two Here's a sandwich that does traditional burgers one better—with a surprise pocket of cheddar! Says Janet Wood of Windham, New Hampshire, "We really enjoy the melted cheese center." View Recipe Garden Turkey Burgers Garden Turkey Burgers These moist burgers get plenty of color and flavor from onion, zucchini and red pepper. I often make the mixture ahead of time and put it in the refrigerator. Later, after helping my husband with farm chores, I can put the burgers on the grill while whipping up a salad or side dish. —Sandy Kitzmiller, Unityville, Pennsylvania View Recipe Mexican-Inspired Turkey Burgers Mexican-Inspired Turkey Burgers We love burgers on the grill, but turkey burgers can be bland and beef burgers can be fatty. To create these burgers, I used a spice combination from a taco recipe and then tinkered with cheeses and different toppings. —Heather Byers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania View Recipe Bacon-Blue Cheese Stuffed Burgers Bacon-Blue Cheese Stuffed Burgers These loaded burgers are one hearty meal in a bun. They're sure to satisfy the biggest appetites. —Christine Keating, Norwalk, California View Recipe Scrum-Delicious Burgers Scrum-Delicious Burgers I'm not sure where this recipe originated, but it's one of my family's summertime favorites. I usually serve these juicy burgers when we have company. The guests rave about the flavorful cheesy topping. It's fun to serve a burger that's a little more special. —Wendy Sommers, West Chicago, Illinois View Recipe < prev | ... | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ... | next > Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT Advertise with us ADVERTISEMENT


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Manhasset, New York, United States
Stephen Gregory (born February 11, 1965) is an American actor who grew up in Manhasset, a Long Island suburb.
Gregory portrayed the character Chase Benson in the US soap opera, The Young and the Restless (Y&R), from 1988 to 1991, during which time he tried to seduce Nina Webster (played by Tricia Cast). He had a few other guest-starring roles on TV series, and also appeared as Dr. Beresford on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Bloody Maria - Spanish Bloody Mary
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Combine tequila, lime juice, tomato juice, hot sauce and some pepper, to taste, and olive juice in a cocktail shaker and shake to combine. Pour over ice and garnish with olives, beans and cucumbers.
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Damn good pitch. That would have frozen a lot of guys on a lot of teams.
Damn good pitch. That would have frozen a lot of guys on a lot of teams.
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This game has all the makings of me turning it off and cleaning the toilet or something more worthwhile...
so what are you guys doing for the 4th?
as bad as the dodgers offense is right now at least they can put runs on the board when men are on base. The Reds just are not capable of doing this well at all
Juan Uribe is singlehandedly trying to keep the Reds in this game. Let's not let his efforts go for naught.
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Biden: Avoid planes and subways, but not really
Poor Joe can't get a break. He passes along advice that's not entirely bad, and he ends up being corrected:
Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would not recommend taking any commercial flight or riding in a subway car "at this point" because swine flu virus can spread "in confined places."
"I would tell members of my family – and I have – I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now," Biden said on NBC's "Today" show.. "It's not that it's going to Mexico. It's [that] you're in a confined aircraft. When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. That's me. …
That contradicted more restrained advice from President Barack Obama and the federal government – and the last thing the White House wants to do right now is shut down the airline industry and big city subways out of mass panic.
"Swine flu"? Joe hasn't gotten the memo yet.
Biden's appearance prompted the White House to release a statement saying that Biden was only talking about planes going to and from Mexico, even though Biden made it clear that he wasn't only talking about Mexico:
The White House quickly arranged for Biden to make this statement through a spokesperson.
"On the Today Show this morning the Vice President was asked what he would tell a family member who was considering air travel to Mexico this week. The advice he is giving family members is the same advice the Administration is giving to all Americans: that they should avoid unnecessary air travel to and from Mexico. If they are sick, they should avoid airplanes and other confined public spaces, such as subways. This is the advice the Vice President has given family members who are traveling by commercial airline this week. As the President said just last night, every American should take the same steps you would take to prevent any other flu: keep your hands washed; cover your mouth when you cough; stay home from work if you're sick; and keep your children home from school if they're sick."
We can assume that Biden was also only referring to avoiding the subway system between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Chris Brown is accused of beating a man at a casino just days after performing in Las Vegas over the weekend.
Chris Brown has finally put his 2009 attack on Rihanna behind him, at least legally.
R&B singer Chris Brown says he's been barred from entering Canada. The "Forever" singer tweeted Tuesday that the "good people of the Canadian government" wouldn't let him into the country for shows in Montreal and Toronto.
A judge revoked Chris Brown's probation on Thursday but allowed him to remain free for now after the R&B singer travelled without approval for a concert and failed to complete community service on time.
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Football Profile
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Name: Marco Biagianti
Date of birth:19/04/1984
Place of birth: Italy
Height: 1.80m
Club: Livorno
Squad: 27
Position: Midfielder
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Global religious hot spots get their own U.S. envoy
WASHINGTON (RNS) Congress created a new job at the State Department to protect religious minorities across the Middle East. But is the position really open?
WASHINGTON (RNS) Congress created a new job at the State Department to protect religious minorities across the Middle East. But is the position really open?
LONDON (RNS) Britain's leading religious freedom advocate stepped down as Foreign Office minister Tuesday in protest over her government's "morally indefensible" policy on the Gaza crisis.
(RNS) The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom noted "disappointing omissions" in the State Department's new international religious freedom report, including the absence of Pakistan on its list of worst offenders.
(RNS) China's appalling religious freedom record underscores the obvious: Little has changed since Beijing shamed itself before the world 25 years ago, massacring its own people for the "crime" of demanding their rights.
(RNS) Millions of religious and non-religious people were displaced last year according to the State Department's latest religious freedom report, which for the first time cites Turkmenistan for escalating religious freedom violations.
WASHINGTON (RNS) A Reform rabbi and lawyer, Saperstein, 66, has led the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism for 40 years, and has spent his career in Washington, focusing on social justice and religious freedom issues.
(RNS) The result was a split-the-baby solution that largely pleased Obama's gay rights supporters while mollifying some religious critics and leaving enough ambiguity to blunt the opposition of more hard-line foes.
(RNS) God as a source of peace would not want to be associated with a name-sharing squabble. The Arabic term "Allah" predates Islam, and Muslims have no ownership over it.
WASHINGTON (RNS) Pakistan and Syria have earned their places on the list of the world's worst violators of religious freedom, says a leading religious liberty watchdog.
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Fire the Lazzzzor! Learn to rapid prototype using the 60 Watt Epilog Laser.
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Learn to use sensors to pick up vibrations, electromagnetism, and
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objects and the environment, or listen to musical instruments and
musical electronics in a new way. All materials are supplied;
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You'll learn to wire up piezo contact microphones and light-sensitive resistors, and to wind your own electromagnetic pickup coils. Light
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$50 + $10 materials
This class is taught by NYC Resistor member Ranjit Bhatnagar as part
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XML Data Management and XPath Evaluation in Wireless Sensor Networks
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XML is the defacto standard for data exchange applications like those in the WWW. However, due to the limited hardware resources, wireless sensor networks abstain from using verbose data formats like XML. Nevertheless, XML as a standardized data exchange format in wireless sensor networks is a means to support more complex data management and heterogeneous networks. Moreover, XML is a key feature towards service-oriented sensor networks that exchange structured information by using SOAP. Recent work has shown that XML can be compressed to meet the general hardware restrictions of sensor nodes while still supporting updates.


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Climate Change:
Information on Three Air Pollutants' Climate Effects and Emissions Trends
GAO-03-25: Published: Apr 28, 2003. Publicly Released: May 28, 2003.
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Solar radiation is absorbed by the earth and is subsequently reemitted. The buildup of carbon dioxide and certain other gases in the earth's atmosphere traps some of that radiation. This is known as the greenhouse effect and is believed to contribute to a warming of the earth's climate. Concerns are growing that, in addition to carbon dioxide and other conventional greenhouse gases, certain air pollutants may affect the climate. GAO was asked to examine (1) the extent of agreement among scientists regarding the effect on the climate of three air pollutants--black carbon (soot), ground-level ozone, and sulfate aerosols--and (2) seven countries' efforts to control these pollutants, trends in these substances in these countries over the past 2 decades, and estimates for the next decade. GAO was also asked to summarize the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution. The seven countries include four that are economically developed--Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States--and three that are developing--China, India, and Mexico. These countries were chosen because they have large economies with a high potential to emit these pollutants. The two federal agencies asked to comment generally agreed with the information presented in this report.
Scientists generally agree that sulfate aerosols have a cooling effect on climate, while ozone in the lower atmosphere has a warming effect. Black carbon tends to warm the atmosphere but cool the earth's surface. Sulfate aerosols also affect how much and where it rains. Considerable uncertainty remains about the size of these effects. All seven countries are taking steps to reduce the amounts of the three pollutants. The four economically developed countries have well-established efforts underway. In these countries, the amounts of the three substances generally declined over the last 2 decades and are expected to decline over the next decade. In contrast, the three developing countries' efforts are less well established. In these countries, the amounts of the three substances generally increased during the years for which information is available. GAO found few projections for these three countries. An extensive body of research has examined the possible connection between economic development and environmental pollution, but the results of this research are inconclusive. Researchers also caution that economic growth by itself may help support environmental improvements but is not, by itself, sufficient to ensure them.
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EPA's Science Advisory Board:Improved Procedures Needed to Process Congressional Requests for Scientific AdviceGAO-15-500: Published: Jun 4, 2015. Publicly Released: Jun 4, 2015.
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Forest Restoration:Adjusting Agencies' Information-Sharing Strategies Could Benefit Landscape-Scale ProjectsGAO-15-398: Published: Apr 9, 2015. Publicly Released: May 11, 2015.
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Hanford Waste Treatment:DOE Needs to Evaluate Alternatives to Recently Proposed Projects and Address Technical and Management ChallengesGAO-15-354: Published: May 7, 2015. Publicly Released: May 7, 2015.
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Oil and Gas Resources:Interior's Production Verification Efforts and Royalty Data Have Improved, but Further Actions NeededGAO-15-39: Published: Apr 7, 2015. Publicly Released: May 6, 2015.
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Bureau of Land Management:More Information Needed to Implement the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013GAO-15-394: Published: Apr 16, 2015. Publicly Released: Apr 16, 2015.
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Nuclear Waste:DOE Needs to Improve Cost Estimates for Transuranic Waste Projects at Los AlamosGAO-15-182: Published: Feb 18, 2015. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 2015.
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