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Hotspot #8: the project Étoilé
Item posted by Mathieu Roy <yeupou> on Mon Jan 16 15:53:36 2006.
On a regular basis, Gna! people pick and interview one project hosted here to highlight the software and personalities that drive Libre Software community.
This is the 8th hotspot, dedicated to the Étoilé project. Étoilé is a GNUstep
based user environnement.
Interview with David Chisnall, Jesse Ross, Nicolas Roard, Quentin Mathé, Yen-Ju Chen:
[ This interview is also available in HTML at http://download.gna.org/admin/hotspot/hotspot8.html ]
DC: David Chisnall
JR: Jesse Ross
NR: Nicolas Roard
QM: Quentin Mathé
YJC: Yen-Ju Chen
| Gna: Hello, Can you give a two line description of your project your grandma(s) could understand?
JR: Étoilé is a Desktop Environment that focuses on components, workflows, and collaboration. It's about simplifying, streamlining, and sharing.
DC: We are a group of people who have all come to the conclusion that modern computer systems are almost unusable - hacks piled on top of hacks to produce a design and an interface with very little thought for what a regular user wants to do. The purpose of Étoilé is to do something about this problem.
QM: I would just add that on mainstream computer systems we use everyday, there are usually several ways to do a single thing... yet they often don't deliver a truly identical result, or they deliver different results in a rather unpredictable way.
NR: We want a powerful, yet easy to use Desktop Environment, based on small, cooperating applications (or components). We want to focus on collaboration features, documents/projects management, and obviously take a great care of any usability issues.
| G: Who are you? How many developers contribute regularly? How is the project leaded? What is the profile of the main developers?
YJC: My real job is biomedical research. I work on LuceneKit (a search and index library) and related parts occasionally. It is an Objective-C port of the Java framework Lucene (Apache Foundation). The Étoilé project is lead by Quentin Mathé and Nicolas Roard. I simply focus on my part.
JR: My name is Jesse Ross, and I am the artistic lead on the project. I build mockups, icons, and themes, and do all the branding and identity work for the project. I got involved in the project after having developed some icons and a theme for GNUstep.
DC: I am a PhD student at Swansea.I was introduced to GNUstep by Nicolas after I started using Cocoa, and to Étoilé after I started becoming frustrated with the limitations of the OS X User Interface.
QM: I'm Quentin Mathé, student in Applied Mathematics, before turning back to Science studies recently I studied Multimedia during two years. I initiated Étoilé project and I'm currently leading it with Nicolas Roard. Being a Cocoa developer in the past, I started to contribute to GNUstep two years and half ago because I was getting more and more disappointed and frustrated by Mac OS X user experience: I was expecting way more improvements over Mac OS 9 and older versions, but they never came, we were just getting a new side step with each release. From an User Experience standpoint, various minor gripes were well addressed, but the most important flaws were totally ignored. It is a rather strange thing because Apple started to investigate them in 90' with various projects like Newton, OpenDoc or Copland.
When I discovered GNUstep, unlike GNOME/GTK, KDE/QT or whatever, it looked like an exciting possibility to build a new Desktop Environment I would like to use. I thought initially Backbone could be a such environment, Nicolas was involved in Backbone, which brought us to exchange our ideas on User Interface and Desktop Environment topic, but I wasn't interested by official Backbone vision which intends to recreate NeXTSTEP before starting to rethink it. In parallel I became more critical on Cocoa API, in a perspective taking in account both its historical design and how it was evolving right now. Finally GNUstep being still not really usable two years ago, I decided to contribute to GNUstep, moreover it was a good opportunity to have a better understanding of Cocoa/OpenStep API. Ultimately I thought it would open various possibilities to improve it.
NR: I'm a PhD student at the University of Wales, Swansea. I'm working on distributed visualisation systems, and use a bit of Objective-C/GNUstep/Cocoa here and there ^_^... I had always heard incredible praise about NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP (I think the first hints were some comments in STMag, and there was also the Phaleon Demo on Atari with a mock up NeXTSTEP workspace), so I was rather curious about the whole thing. GNUstep beeing an implementation of the OpenStep APIs thus looked like a very interesting project.
I actually remember looking into it a long time ago -- perhaps around 98 or 99 -- and at the time GNUstep was rather complex to install, and not really in a very usable state for end users or casual progammers, as it was based on the half-working Display PostScript implementation from Aladdin, etc. So I forgot a bit about it, and used C++ with QT, which is a very nice library. But then, something like 3 or 4 years ago I had another look into it, and this time actually installed it and started playing with it. I completely fell in love with Objective-C, which is a much more dynamic OOP language than C++, astonishingly simple and powerful (and I'm now completely on the side of dynamic languages and systems - Smalltalk, etc.). Aehm. Anyway, I wrote a couple of applications using GNUstep at that time, and was blown away by the incredibly well designed framework. I thus started beeing more involved with it, wrote a few articles about GNUstep with Fabien Vallon in Linux Mag France! , participated to the FOSDEM, etc.
At one point I started to think that having a GNUstep-based Desktop Environment would be something really nice, and contributed to the Backbone project. Alas, lack of contributions and too few persons involved lead to a stall. Around that period Quentin started to work on Étoilé, which was heading toward a different, more radical goal. I was interested by this idea, and became involved.
The main contributors to Étoilé for the moment are probably Quentin and Yen-Ju. We try to lead the project in a democratic way, using the wiki and the mailing lists. Overall, we have 3 or 4 regular committers.
G: When and why was the project started?
QM: The project was started in June 2004 but didn't really begin until December 2004 with Uli Kusterer participation to IconKit and February 2005 when Yen-Ju Chen joined us. During this month, we also decided to merge with Garma led by Banlu Kemiyatorn, Garma was a desktop environment project hosted on Gna! but focused on creative tools unlike Étoilé. Few months later Banlu Kemiyatorn retired for personal reasons, Garma development was interrupted, therefore our planned merge was delayed until we have time to handle it, but... Yes, it is still on our roadmap!
To talk about reasons to start the project, the first one would be that Apple needs a real competition on the User Experience front ;-)... Well, a bit at least... they are still setting the trends these days and often not perfectly in my opinion, even if Mac OS X is still way ahead of its competitors. When you look at Windows, GNOME or KDE, and even Mac OS X, they don't seem to really want to change the way computers may work, partially because of historical reasons and the need to support existing software, and probably also because the main model in the last fifteen year, for many people has been Windows, not even Mac OS, due to its market share. The end result is that very few try to innovate, and when there is innovation, it is usually baby steps. Notwithstanding they are interesting efforts like WinFS or CoreData+Spotlight. Even though it might seem a bit crazy, we would like to try a more radical departure.
The second one is GNUstep whose development is still slow specially on AppKit side, because it misses very active contributors and looks truly ugly to attract any new users or developers (although Camaelon answers most of these issues). I have contributed a bit to AppKit development previously but I decided it was more important to attract people by working on something like Étoilé. Ultimately that would lead me back to work on GNUstep for Étoilé needs.
The third reason lies in the fact that I have been studying graphic design few years ago and I was and I'm still really disappointed by software tools used everyday in this area. To take an example... Photoshop is powerful but unintuitive and not really flexible. I'm pretty sure there is room for many cool improvements with a component-based approach.
| G: Could you provide us with a short history of NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP and GNUstep?
QM: I'm sure Nicolas or someone else might do it, I mean better than I would... :-)
NR: OK... Not sure I can be brief ^_^
Well... to sum it up, it's all Steve Jobs' fault :-) After he left Apple in 1984, he started a couple of companies: Pixar and NeXT. Everybody knows Pixar, but NeXT was in fact its main focus for a long time. NeXT's goal was to produce the best workstation ever done. They more or less succeeded, with the famous NeXT Cube in 1988, and later the NeXT slabs (more infos in french on http://www.levenez.com/NeXTSTEP ). For a variety of reasons though, they completely failed commercially (selling pricey workstations to students is... well... not the best business plan apparently, even if the stations are nice ^_^).
But in fact, more than the hardware, and particularly looking from now, it was the software that was truly innovative and interesting. NeXTSTEP was based on Unix (a BSD subsystem on top of a Mach kernel), with an incredibly well designed UI (not everybody had the chance of having a Keith Ohlfs on board) that also completely hide the Unix layers. In addition, there was innovative UI features - vertical menus, tear-off submenus, the Dock, the use of a Display PostScript (everything on screen was actually Postcript, so it was great for WYSIWYG and for printing), an excellent pasteboard system coupled with a way of making apps collaborating by providing system-wide services. And that was for the UI alone.
The real power came from the use of Objective-C, an Object-Oriented language that actually manage to add OOP to the C ANSI with just a dozen of additional keywords and one syntactic change, and follows Smalltalk's philosophy (rather than Simula, like C++). NeXT was able to leverage Objective-C to provide a completely object-oriented user interface. One of the crown jewel of the development environment was InterfaceBuilder, a program to create user interfaces by simple drag and drop, written by Jean-Marie Hullot by simple drag and drop. At the time it was a revolution. In fact, InterfaceBuilder is still far ahead of any GUI Builder, because, more than beeing a simple UI Builder, it's really an Objects Connector application - you can manipulate any kind of objects, not just UI objects. The whole programming environment meant that you reused existing objects a lot, and thus, the typical programming time was severely reduced.
Alas, NeXT was in financial difficulty, and in 1993 it stopped producing hardware and started to focus on the software only. They wrote WebObjects, an outstanding Web Application toolkit, and again had a really...er... interesting way of selling it (licenses were in the hundred of thousands of dollars, afaik).
More interestingly for us, in september 1994 they published jointly with Sun an API specification inspired by the NeXTSTEP API, called OpenStep, and released an implementation of it called OPENSTEP, an operating system running on various architectures - 68k, hp stations, sun stations and x86.
A bit before, NeXT was forced to release its GCC modifications integrating Objective-C to the FSF, and some people started to write an implementation of the NeXTSTEP APIs. Then after the publication of the OpenStep specification, the focus changed to implement those specifications, and the GNUstep project was launched by the Free Software Foundation to provide a cross-platform OpenStep implementation - in theory it should have been the foundation of the FSF Operating System. For various reasons (lack of developers, lack of interest in the project, particularly if incomplete, relatively few people had contacts with a NeXT station, etc.) it progressed very slowly, although now it's quite usable.
In the meantime, Sun decided to drop OPENSTEP in favor of Java (which actually is quite inspired by Objective-C http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/seanl/stuff/java-objc.html ), a rather severe case of Not Invented Here syndrom. NeXT itself was basically focusing on WebObjects, and not much on OPENSTEP anymore. At this point things were looking a bit dull, until Apple, which was looking for a replacement OS for its aging Mac OS system, decided to buy NeXT in december 1996. Considering most of NeXT engineering heads (Tevanian, etc.) ended up in command at Apple and that Steve Jobs itself became CEO... you could very well argue that NeXT bought Apple and was even payed for it ;-)
OPENSTEP then had a facelift (Aqua), dropped Display PostScript for Quartz (a "Display PDF") and a compatibility layer at the API level for old Mac OS application was coded (Carbon) as well as an emulator to run Mac OS 'classic'. The strange result was named Mac OS X. It's very similar to OPENSTEP in a way, the Cocoa API is still an OpenStep implementation (all thoses classes names beginning by NS mean NeXT/Sun), and the general system architecture is roughly the same. But at the UI level, they needed to act mostly like the old Mac OS to not scare users, so instead of vertical menus, applications uses the top-horizontal one, etc. The sad thing with this is that it resulted in a not very good mixture, particularly the Finder, a mix between the OPENSTEP Workspace Manager and the old Mac OS Finder. Also, many other interesting aspects of OPENSTEP were left behind (the Services menu is not very accessible, remote display is not here, no system-wide filters, no possibility to lin! k live documents, no default dictionary service, etc). The general feeling is of a setback from the more advanced OPENSTEP, although it's arguable that Apple didn't have much choice if it wanted to keep its user base and its existing softwares (and even so the transition wasn't that easy).
Now, for GNUstep this turned out to be a pretty good thing, as all of a sudden a myriad of books, documentation about OpenStep (well Cocoa), Objective-C programmers and Objective-C programs started to appear, and a (small) fraction came to GNUstep. Perhaps partly because of that, and partly because GNUstep was starting to be usable as all the pieces started to be more or less here, more people are interested in GNUstep than ever. The recent 1.0 version of GORM, the GNUstep equivalent to InterfaceBuilder, is also a very good thing. In the near future GNUstep should be able to read directly IB files, and vice versa, and porting Mac OS X applications to GNUstep (and vice versa) should be even less work.
| G: And what audience are you targeting exactly? Geek, Grandma? Could you describe the profile of your community? Which users?
QM: In a wide sense, our target is every computer users. We intend to provide real simplicity, high scalability, but as David outlined I'm pretty sure in the short term Étoilé will interest developers and power users before grandma. Providing efficiency and flexibility initially is one thing but in an evident manner we will lack applications and a packaged solution (GNU/Linux-like distribution with Étoilé) that is probably crucial. We cannot avoid to be a bit rough on edges too. My secret hope or desire is to have a set of very high quality components for graphic design (page layout, image manipulation etc.), but right now we are really short on developers for such development.
JR: The audience of Étoilé are people with an interest in collaboration and organization - people much like ourselves. All the developers on this project are extremely interested in usability and in finding alternative ways of dealing with the mass of documents on our computers. Additionally, we all want to see certain technologies that are critical for global communication -- such as IM, VoIP, email, file-sharing, white-boarding -- integrated into the entire desktop experience.
DC: Most of us come from Mac or NeXT backgrounds. We are all, as far as I am aware, current users of one flavour of UNIX or another. Our target audience is anyone who uses a computer. Usability is a big focus for us -- I am a very lazy person, and so I believe that using a computer should require the absolute minimum of effort possible. If a task can be automated, it should be. Nothing should ever prompt me to confirm -- it should just go ahead and let me undo it if it turns out that wasn't what I meant to do.
OPENSTEP is well regarded as a development platform, and so Étoilé is very lucky to have GNUstep to build on. Our aim is to abandon some of the metaphors that are no longer relevant, and provide new ones for developers. My personal pet hate is the file. What is a file? What, in the real world, do I interact with that behaves like a file? From a developer's perspective, a file is an irritating abstraction - you have a collection of bytes, but you have no way of knowing how you are meant to interact with them. From a user's perspective, a file is a... thing. It doesn't map nicely to any concept the user is familiar with.
We replace the file with an object. Objects can be anything - images, text, video clips. Since we are using GNUstep and Objective-C, we get things like introspection for free. We can grab an object and say 'can you behave like a piece of text?' or 'I would like a PDF version of this, please.'
Having objects as first class citizens is only part of the puzzle. How do you arrange them? Our solution is to use projects. A project is something like a cross between a folder and a virtual desktop. Objects in a project can be arranged spatially and edited directly - you don't have an icon representing an object, you interact directly with a view of that object. Projects, like folders, can contain other projects.
The idea is to maintain the UNIX philosophy of 'a tool does one thing, and does it well.' Different components will be responsible for editing different types of object - you won't need to have a dozen text editors, or images editors, or drawing tools, for example.
We extend the clipboard to allow a link to another document. You might have one project containing your photo archive. If you want to create a newsletter, you would create a new project for it. To insert an image from your photo archive, you would select the image, copy it, go to the newsletter and say 'paste link.' It would then be easy to jump back to the original image, and any modifications you made to the original would be updated in the linked copy. At a fundamental level this is similar to the concept of a symbolic link, but exposed at a much more useful level to the user.
NR: As highlighted, our current "target" is indeed developers, because we don't have much "user" applications for the moment. We only provide programming tools and frameworks, plus a couple of applications or bundles like Camaelon. Also, we don't have any packages for the usual GNU/Linux distributions, only 'tgz' snapshots of the repository. In the short term, we'll probably stay that way. However, I expect normal users to be interested by Étoilé in the medium term (some before, like people wanting to use Camaelon), and our "final" goal is obviously to target your everyday user, by providing a complete environment.
| G:Which applications and environment (business, home, scientific, anyone) are you targeting ?
DC: I think the main targets are, as always in community-driven Free Software projects, the developers. For me, the main requirements are a good way of editing structured text, a decent development environment, and the standard set of Internet tools. For Jesse, I would imagine high quality image editing capabilities are high up the list.
QM: For the moment, business and scientific, no. But definitely yes for home, graphic design, photo, developer tools... By home I suppose: Mail, Web Browser, Text Editor, Minimal Page Layout and various Collection Management Tools (by collections I mean mails, music, photos, and other documents)
JR: For me, targeting creative applications and users is important: web developers, designers, photographers.
NR: Well, I'd guess general use. Also, as it is so easy to program a GNUstep (and by extension, Étoilé) application, I think it could be quite interesting from a scientific/research point of view. I know that I'm quite happy to develop very quickly applications on GNU/Linux with GNUstep, or on Mac OS X with Cocoa, and beeing able to easily port applications between the two.
G: Is your software already usable, in your opinion? What features are you missing/planning? Do you have a defined roadmap?
DC: Some parts are usable, but a lot is still in the planning stage. Quentin is probably in the best position to answer this one...
QM: At this date, Étoilé is not usable on user side because it is mostly made of frameworks except for few things like Camaelon (our GNUstep theme engine) or WildMenus. WildMenus allows to replace NeXT menu with a Mac-like top menu bar. If we focus on what might interest developers right now, we have some frameworks in a usable state and currently in testing phase:
- LuceneKit http://www.dromasoftware.com/etoile/mediawiki/index.php?title=LuceneKit
- OgreKit http://www.dromasoftware.com/etoile/mediawiki/index.php?title=OgreKit
- PreferencesKit http://www.dromasoftware.com/etoile/mediawiki/index.php?title=PreferencesKit
- UnitKit
YJC: Since my part is porting from other projects, I simply follow their progress. That is pretty much all I can afford right now. Both the Apache Lucene and OgreKit are quite usable and mature. Therefore, my work is to make the Objective-C ports work and bug-free.
NR: Some "end user" applications are also planned in the short term, in particular we would like to finish the file manager based on Uli Kusterer's code, a good tabbed shelf, integrate the desktop/sessions code, etc. The plan is to have something partially usable by the end of February, for the Fosdem even if only as an alpha release.
| G: Do you plan/wish native "*step" ports for famous cross-platform applications (Mozilla suite, OpenOffice.org, GIMP, etc.)? Does it make sense to you?
YJC: To me, it is not practical. In the near future, better communication among applications is an acceptable solution. In the long run, the separation of GUI and underlying libraries will make porting easier. For example, if GIMP can be separated into the GUI and image processing libraries, we can build a new one with GNUstep without reinventing the libraries. In this way, users can take the advantages of GNUstep and developers don't rewrite everything from scratch.
DC: Not really. The concept of an application doesn't fit very well with Étoilé in many cases. In a few, such as a preference panel, you will have an application, but in others the interface will appear to allow you to interact directly with your data, without an application getting in the way.
The recent release of GCC finally added support for Objective-C++ to the GNU runtime. This allows C++ and Objective-C to be mixed in the same source file. While in general this is not something you would want to do very often, it is important since it is used heavily by Apple's WebKit to interface with the C++ KHTML. Hopefully a GNUstep port of WebKit should appear soon, which would give Étoilé HTML rendering capabilities backed by a very good rendering engine.
OpenOffice.org is an interesting one. While a GNUstep port of OO.o wouldn't make much sense, the OASIS file formats used by OO.o 2.x are very much of interest to us - we intend to provide native support for them in Étoilé.
QM: At first glance, it wouldn't make sense to port such big monolithic applications because they have not been thought to match Étoilé philosophy.For Mozilla, we could talk about Camino, it wraps Mozilla core in a simple but elegant Web Browser built with Cocoa. It was created many years before Firefox to provide what Firefox has achieved only recently. It is 'just' a web browser without a bunch of features and with an important focus on usability. However porting Camino involves rewriting the drawing code done in Carbon. Furthermore Camino won't give us the excellent WebKit API, which is why we are probably going to (or somebody will) port WebKit to build a browser around it rather than porting Camino. It is worthy to mention that various excellent open source Cocoa applications like Adium would be interesting to port. Adium is an IM application built around gaim library.
| G: We see PDAs are targetted. Does Etoilé and GNUstep in general has some specially fitting features for PDAs? (http://www.dromasoftware.com/etoile/mediawiki/index.php?title=Image:Étoilé_pda_ui_01.png)
YJC: To me, it is just a concept. We are still too far away from that.
QM: I agree with Yen-Ju, but I will try to sketch an answer... For special features I would say no, but GNUstep gives us interesting possibilities; it is an extremly light environment when you compare it to GNOME or KDE. Objective-C is a very dynamic language, relatively close to NewtonScript which was one of the Newton secret weapon. Newton PDA are still unmatched today even when you take in account they have been discontinued more than five years ago. I like to say Newton is the best product Apple has ever built, even better than the first Mac or Mac OS X. Its user experience is very good, specially in term of consistency when you compare it to a Mac.
Finally an Objective-C runtime bridge exists for the Io language and is planned to be integrated to Étoilé. Io is one of the most impressive language I have ever used and it is in part inspired by NewtonScript.
DC: Two of us, myself and Nicolas, are on the Nokia 770 developer program. The 770 is a nice device for developers - it's Linux based and runs X11 making it very easy to port existing code to. The relatively small screen makes it an interesting challenge for UI design. I would like to see Étoilé scale from huge high definition displays right down to small form-factor devices. A user is not expected to learn a new UI when they move between a desktop and a laptop, and they shouldn't have to learn a completely new one when they move between desktop and PDA either.
NR: Well, of course for the moment it's a pure concept :-) I think it's worthwhile to keep that possibility somewhere in our mind.
I think that something using GNUstep/Étoilé would be a very interesting platform for a PDA, and I'm personally rather interested by that idea, as I think a good Desktop Environment should share many common traits with the Newton User Interface. GNUstep itself gives us with a nice foundation, and not relaying on right-click user interfaces, as well as existing hooks in the API for managing "virtual ink", should be good things. There is actually a fork of GNUstep that runs on the Zaurus, called mySTEP. Myself I'm more interested by something that would work on the Nokia 770, and a few persons in the GNUstep community got a Nokia 770, so... we'll see what happens !
| G: What is your relationship with MacOS X, which is supposed to be "next-based"?
YJC: Since Mac OS X supports Cocoa, which is mostly compatible with GNUstep, most programs are cross-platform.
QM: We are related to Mac OS X because we are using on GNUstep. More precisely our relationship is based on OpenStep, the shared ancestor of both Cocoa and GNUstep. In addition, GNUstep is trying to keep up with Cocoa evolution, which implies it is possible to port Cocoa application on GNUstep relatively easily.
However, Étoilé is a layer on top of GNUstep. In the next development phase, we will probably override and extend some parts of GNUstep when it is necessary to reach our aim. In spite of this fact, we plan to design and implement this layer as cleanly as possible, which means Cocoa/GNUstep applications would still work in a compatibility mode when they haven't been tuned for Étoilé.
DC: Mac OS X includes a number of development environments. Of the two main ones, Carbon is based on the old Mac OS 9 API ands Cocoa is based on the old NeXT APIs. GNUstep and Cocoa are now both super-sets of the NeXT Foundation and AppKit, making it relatively easy to port code between the two. The main benefit we get from this is that we can run parts of Étoilé on Mac OS X, allowing people to get a feel for our system without having to abandon their old platform. Once Étoilé is in a state where it does everything they need, then they can leave Mac OS X behind, and move to a platform that doesn't encourage vendor lock in.
| G: Which license did you choose and why?
QM: The GPL has gray areas when it's about collaborating programs or using them remotely. We think the LGPL or the BSD are much clearer and permissive on this point, and we tend to favor them as our architecture is based on components.
YJC: It depends on probjects and developers. I personally prefer BSD-like licence for more freedom. But since my work is porting, I have to adapt the licenses from the original works.
NR: We used LGPL and BSD licences, as our work is based on other work, and as for libraries LGPL is in our opinion a better choice than GPL.
DC: My contributions are 3-clause BSD licensed. I believe that Free Software is intrinsically more valuable than closed software, and doesn't need the protections of a viral license. I also share Theo De Raadt's aversion to any license that requires a lawyer to understand it - if the license isn't 100% clear, then it's aimed at lawyers, not developers.
| G: Do you have any industrial or institutional support? If any, how so?
QM: Nope.
YJC:As far as I know, there is no support from industry or institute. GNUstep hasn't draw enough attention yet.
DC: Two of us are research students at the University of Wales, Swansea. While this doesn't officially count as institutional support, it does give us access to some shiny toys to play with and a lot of bandwidth. We also received two heavily discounted Nokia 770 Internet Tablets from their open source developer program.
| G: Are you looking for contributions? If so, what kind of contributions could be of use to the project?
YJC: That's definitely true. More programmers are highly welcome. In order to have a good desktop environment, we need a good infrastructure. And I believe we are short of people on that.
QM: Yes. To be a bit more concrete than Yen-Ju, I can mention what kind of contributors we would really need now:
developers (writing frameworks like BookmarkKit, maintaining frameworks like IconKit or designing new frameworks or components)
web site mainteners (keeping the content and the layout up-to-date through the whole web site, keeping published documentation in sync with the repository)
packages mainteners (taking of care of packaging policy with GNUstep and keeping our whatever-system-packages up-to-date)
developers on GNUstep itself to work on AppKit development (that's very important too)
| G: What tools do you use when working on the project? Why?
DC: NeXT gave the world the first Rapid Application Development environment - the system that Visual Basic is a low budget, poor quality imitation of. GNUstep and Mac OS X provide similar tools to those found on the NeXT platform. For editing code, I use a mix of Vim and Apple's Xcode. For User Interface design there's Gorm, which recently hit version 1 on GNUstep and Interface Builder on Mac OS X. I have a PowerBook which is my main machine, and so I tend to work on Mac OS X, but I also have a ThinkPad running FreeBSD that is used as my testbed, and when my PowerBook is in for repair, which happens distressingly often.
JR: I use Photoshop, Flash and SubEthaEdit.
YJC: I still use vi most of the time. GNUstep provides an easy way for compilation.
QM: When it is possible I work on Mac OS X where I'm more productive, I use tools like Xcode, InterfaceBuilder, SubEthaEdit, Subversion, svnX. When I work on GNUstep specific development on other UNIX (under GNOME, KDE or WindowMaker) I use: Gorm, Kate, Make, GDB, Subversion. We are also using UnitKit ported from Cocoa for Unit Testing.
It is important to acknowlegde GNUstep is currently broken on Mac OS X 10.4, it wasn't the case with 10.3 where it was usable in Apple X11 environment.
I hope development tools state will continue to improve on GNUstep, Gorm 1.0 release is paving the way for such progresses, in turn making really possible to spend more time developing with GNUstep tools for GNUstep. There is an IDE for GNUstep called ProjectCenter but in my experience it doesn't give any interesting features over make, GDB and whatever-is-your-favorite-editor combo. Another one has recently emerged, it looks promising and is called ProjectManager http://pmanager.sourceforge.net/ . We will see what happens to both ProjectCenter and ProjectManager Because of this IDE issue, I tend to use Xcode when the project module is developed for both Cocoa and GNUstep/Étoilé. Xcode is quite decent and steadily improving but it is still missing refactoring support. In a better world, we would have an IDE on steroids similar to the one discussed on http://ide.roard.com
NR: I mostly use vim on GNU/linux - the GNUstep makefile system is awesome, writing a makefile is a piece of cake with it. I'm also using ProjectCenter sometimes, and on Mac OS X I use Xcode. Of course I use a lot Gorm - you can create your own palettes of objects, that you can drag and drop and instanciate as well as the "default objects". It can really simplify a lot the development of custom applications.
| G: Why did you choose Gna! as host? What Gna! tools do you use? Which features do you like most? Which features miss you most?
QM: It was easy to register and registration were getting handled quickly. Finally Gna! web tools interface look decently clear and user friendly compared to SourceForge to take an example.
YJC: I think the SVN is mainly the reason.
| G: What is the question we didn't asked you would like to answer? (and the answer is...)
JR: Q: Where can we learn more about how Étoilé will work?
JR: A: The Precognative FAQ http://dromasoftware.com/etoile/mediawiki/index.php?title=Precognitive_FAQ and Making Computers Suck Less http://www.xdev.org/etoile/
YJC: It is worthy to mention other attempts to have a GNUstep desktop environment like Backbone http://www.nongnu.org/backbone/ . To me, it is sad that many people want to have a GNUstep desktop environment but cannot work together because they have different visions. If we can put everything together just like GNOME years before, I believe we can draw more attention and people to work it.
QM: Q: Why did you choose Étoilé name because it sounds strangely French ?
QM: A: Yes, it is a French adjective that might be roughly translated to 'Full of stars'. It emphasizes various notions like connection, distribution, constellation that evocates how we envision Étoilé components model... However just six months ago, we discussed other name possibilities with easier pronunciation for English speakers, but we were unable to reach a solid agreement except for Étoilé itself (and actually the French speakers were not the one pushing for the status quo! ;-). That's why the name persists today.
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Masi Swap Meet October 6 2012
Well folks! It's time to start thinking about the October Swap Meet. Last year was great and I hope to make this one even better. You should start thinking ahead on getting your fish or fish stuff ready to sell. I have change a few things so make sure you look below. One of those big changes is that we moved this to a Saturday. I had a huge number of people telling me they would have made if it was on a Saturday. I think this is good for the out of town people. I know myself how it is to drive home on a Sunday to put away fish and get up early for work. It's not fun! However this is a trial run this year. Keeping checking the post, I'm working on getting donation for this and as I get them I will post them.
MASI Swap Meet
Gardenville Masonic Hall
8230 Gravois Road Affton, MO 63123
October 6, 2012
11am to 3:00 PM
Admission $2 per person, children under 10 free!
New this year:
New start time. 11am, Last year we had a dozen people wanting to come in at 11am.
$5 early bird gets you in one hour early before the doors open.
No half tables this year, I only had one last year so I think its safe to stay with full tables. Also had a few people
back out at the last second this time you will need to pay early. No refunds will be given back unless it is two weeks before the
date of the swap. This will give me time to fill your space.
Got extra fish? Too much Java Moss? Java Fern growing out of the tank? Sell em! Got an extra tank in the attic or basement? Sell it!
Clean out the extra stuff in your fishroom or closet!
You can sell anything fishy or hobby related!
Fish, plants, tanks, equipment, books, magazines, foods, decorations, collectibles and more!
Tables are just $20 each. Space is limited, so sign up early!
Well also gladly accept 100% donations to be sold at the MASI table.
For information and registration, contact Derek Walker at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at (636) 461-2312
MASI Swap Meet Rules
1) Admission $2 per person over age 10.
2) $5 EARLY Bird get you in at setup one hour before the opening of the door.
3) Payment for table(s) must be made BEFORE or ON September 20,2012. You can send a check that is made out to
Missouri Aquarium Society. to this Address 1668 Bayberry Ln, Barnhart,Mo 63012
Note check must clear before you will be put down for a table. So it is best just to pay with cash. You can pay at the meetings or auction.
4) Admission fee will be waived for sellers Limit 2 free admissions per table.
5) Sellers must wear nametags for the duration of the Swap Meet so they can be clearly identified.
6) No outside sales by non-registered sellers will be permitted.
7) Sellers must bring their own change, etc. Change will not be available from the MASI table.
8) Each seller may set their own policy as to whether or not they will accept checks, credit cards, etc.
9) No phone hookup for POS devices is available in sales room.
10) Electricity is available, but sellers must bring their own extension cords, multi-outlet strips, etc.
11) MASI ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY SALES - All transactions are strictly between the seller and the buyer. MASI is only providing table space and advertising.
12) MASI reserves the right to refuse table space to anyone.
13) In the case of limited availability, preference will be given to MASI members and MASI sponsors first.
14) Seller is responsible for collecting any sales tax that may be due.
15) ONLY aquarium and pond/water garden hobby related merchandise may be sold. Fish, inverts, aquatic plants, fish foods, aquarium or fish books and magazines, pond or aquarium equipment and related decorations and supplies may be sold.
All equipment must be in working order, or be sold clearly labeled as For Parts Only
16) NO cracked or dangerous tanks may be sold unless they are packaged in such a way as to render them safe for handling.
17) No deformed, sick or illegal fish or plants may be sold.
18) No Missouri or Illinois native fish or plants may be sold.
19) Fish must be humanely and properly packaged for sale.
20) These rules are not all-inclusive. The Swap Meet chair is the Final Authority.
Make sure you all mark this down, with having two convention in St.Louis this year we should see alot of stuff at this years swap meet. New fish and people cleaning out to make room for the fall AGA convention. Not to forget that the ACA is in INDY this so there will be alot of MASI folks heading out in july.
Swap is looking very good tables are going fast and we should have some great stock.
Can't wait.
Only a few weeks away and its looking very good, I will have some Buceplahandra there so keep and I out.
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Rooms in Center of Lisbon
Size15 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
Accommodation summary
We rent 3 beautifull rooms in a traditional Portuguese building, on the old heart of Lisbon.
We are near Bairro Alto (night life), Rossio, São Jorge Castle, Alfama (Fado houses and best views of Lisbon).
Next door, you have typical restaurants with Fado, where you can enjoy the best grilled fish. We cook special vegetarian meals too! Or, if you prefer, you can shop in the local groceries and cook a nice meal at home.
All around transports (metro, bus, train, boats, bikes and typical "Streetcar").
Located 10 minutes from the airport by taxi or 15 minutes by metro (Martim Moniz station)
Very Beautiful zone with a lot of life around, day and night! This is the best place to stay if you came in holiday!
The apartment has a complete kitchen with a closed balcony ( smoking lounge), a large living, 3 rooms (Nature room, Zen room and the lovely room Amália) and 2 full bathrooms. Full house with central heating.
Room Amália:
- 2 real beds, equal, that can be used together (large double bed) or separate; with linen included.
- Mirror
- A sunny window :)
Zen Room:
- 1 dobble bed (king size)
- A lot of space to keep your clothes
- 1 full size mirror
- A sunny window :)
Nature Room:
- 1 dobble bed (king size)
- A lot of space to keep your clothes
- 1 full size mirror
- A sunny window :)
2 Bathrooms
- Equipped
Living areas:
- Living Room (with sofa)
- Two bathrooms
- Big windows throughout the house
- Sunny closed balcony near the kitchen (Smoking Lounge)
Extra services:
- Personal turist guide
- Rent a bike
- Personal Fotographer
- Chinese Massage / Acupuncture / Holistic Massage
- Tours in Lisbon, Sintra, Fatima, Algarve Portugal and all treasures:)
House rulesWe have 3 rooms for rent. The price mencioned is for 1 room. Please check us for availability, because calendar just works for one room, so sometimes it shows it is unavailable and it is not ;)
Located 10 minutes from the airport by taxi or 15 minutes by metro (Martim Moniz station)
Smoking Lounge on the balcony!
There are no specific rules!
Live in our house as if it were your home!
Your home away from home :)
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 226
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 11 per guest/night extra
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Reviews for this host's other properties
This self-contained, small and cosy flat is in the ideal location and has everything a first-time visitor needs to explore Lisbon- especially the atmospheric Alfama and Baixo-Chiado districts. One of the hosts, Bernado, who met me was most helpful and very informative. I would not hesitate to recommend Claudia's flat for anyone who wishes to quickly access one of the most interesting Fado areas of the city.
The apartment is in the center but in a bad area and the room wasn't clean enough.
The location is perfect! The apartment was very small, but it was ok for the price. I never saw the host. It was agreed that I need to switch the apartment in the same house for the last night. But I didn't had the keys for the new one, wasn't able to call the host and wrote three messages but without an answer. So I spent a day of my holidays waiting in the apartment, till a cleaning lady showed up – a wasted day :(
Amazing hosts, lovely room, everything was clean, everything worked fine, very near to the center, I could go on like this...there was nothing negative! One of the best rooms/hosts I ever had.
All Ok a lot of Stairs but a nice Room !!!! Thank You
Nice apartment, centered, easy access to tourist sites: by walking, like Alfama; by tram, the 28 is nearby. The host is very welcoming and friendly. I would definitely come back! Thanks Carlos and Claudia! A very special Thanks for Carlos, who was very helpful in clearing up many doubts.And an extraordinary person as a human being. Loved to know you!
warm and welcoming reception, thanks a lot Carlos ! See you next time.
Best wishes,
Andreas and Nelly.
I stayed almost one week in this appartment and it was super!
The appartment itself are small but functional and really tidy. It is suitable for one or maybe two persons. It is situated in a very nice place of the town close to the city center but in a very quiet street without any trafic.
I can sincerely recommend this appartment.
Kind regards Lena
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Focus on Pine Island Ridge Natural AreaFind Swim Lessons – At Three Broward County Parks|May Is Air Quality Awareness MonthSaddle UpLegacyWalk – It's Good for YouKid StuffIncredible EdiblesMom's the WordThink GreeneryBYOK (Bring Your Own Kayak)Winged WondersAlohaFind Your GetawayQuote of the MonthSpecial AttractionsMission StatementYour Opinion Counts!SWIM CentralBroward County Board of County Commissioners
This 102.2-acre natural area, located in the Town of Davie, was formerly owned by the Belcher family and is now surrounded by the Forest Ridge residential community. The overall site, which opened to the public in February 1990, can be described as a sandy ridge rising above former Everglades flatlands. At its highest elevation, 29 feet above sea level, it is also the highest natural point in Broward County.
The gently undulating topography of the ridge serves as a reminder that, although the Atlantic Ocean is now roughly 10 miles away, it once deposited fine sands and created dunes here 100,000 years ago. Sea levels fluctuated greatly during the most recent ice age, approximately 20,000 years ago, but eventually the Florida peninsula emerged and the ancient barrier island that is now Pine Island Ridge became a sandy inland ridge. That ridge became an island once again approximately 5,000 years ago when the Everglades formed – not an island at the edge of the ocean, but an island surrounded by an inland freshwater river of sawgrass.
Archaeological surveys have confirmed sites within Pine Island Ridge as the locations of hunting camps of the ancient Tequesta Indians. More recently, in the 1800s, as the historian Patsy West has written, "The Pine Island complex was probably one of the first permanent habitation sites occupied by the Seminole in southeastern Florida."
West goes on: "During the Second Seminole War [1835-1842], Pine Island became known as the legendary refuge for the Seminole. The Island was in the uncharted Everglades where the military had never set foot, and appeared to be secure." As West points out, Sam Jones, the Miccosukee war chief also known as Abiaka, was closely linked to the series of islands that included Pine Island Ridge and nearby Long Key. One of his primary residences was on Long Key, and Pine Island Ridge is where he was repeatedly besieged by U.S. government forces that wanted to corner and capture him. (The warrior is commemorated with a statue in Tree Tops Park, adjacent to Pine Island Ridge.)
Today Pine Island Ridge is a high hammock forest dominated by live oaks and slash pines. Vegetation includes hackberry, red bay, marlberry, wild coffee, beautyberry, swamp fern, and giant sword fern. Wildlife includes gopher tortoises, great horned owls, migratory warblers, red-bellied and pileated woodpeckers, Cooper's hawks, and atala butterflies. The site is part of the Great Florida Birding Trail, a series of nearly 500 sites throughout the state selected for their excellent bird-watching and bird-education opportunities.
Site amenities include interpretive signage throughout; a paved trail originating in Tree Tops Park and branching out to an interpretive shelter and to the Forest Ridge residential community; and equestrian trails that connect Tree Tops with Westridge, a Town of Davie park.
For more information on Pine Island Ridge, call Tree Tops Park at 954-357-5130.
This year the Learn To Swim program returns to C.B. Smith, Central Broward Regional, and T.Y. parks, with the first of five sessions starting on June 11 and the final session ending on August 16. All classes will meet for a total of eight lessons, Mondays through Thursdays. The final session will be canceled if minimum enrollment is not met.
Classes are 30 minutes long. Rained-out classes will be made up on Fridays, and each two-week session is limited to two make-up lessons only. Six different courses are offered, designed for ages 2 and up, from preschool through age 10. Schedules and courses available will vary depending on the park. Preregistration is encouraged and begins on May 5. The fee is $50 per four-day session.
For additional information, call C.B. Smith at 954-357-5170, Central Broward Regional at 954-357-5400, or T.Y. at 954-357-8811. C.B. Smith is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #3, #5, #7, #23, and 95 Express; Central Broward Regional via Routes #18, #36, #40, and #81; and T.Y. via Routes #3, #12, and #17.
May is Air Quality Awareness Month, and the Broward County Air Quality Program would like to provide tips on things you can do to conserve energy, improve air quality and your health, and reduce your carbon footprint. Here are easy changes everyone can make to help:
· Give your car a break. Take Tri-Rail or the bus, walk, bike, and/or carpool.
· Unplug unused electronics. When electronics are not being used, unplug them from the outlet or keep them plugged into a power strip and switch it off.
· Adjust your thermostat up two degrees.
· Take shorter showers. Showers account for two-thirds of all water heating costs.
· Use reusable cloth shopping bags.
· Reuse a mug or water bottle.
· Wash clothes in cold water.
· Use recycled paper and print on both sides.
· Give your car a break. Take Tri-Rail or the bus, walk, bike, and/or carpool.
· Unplug unused electronics. When electronics are not being used, unplug them from the outlet or keep them plugged into a power strip and switch it off.
· Adjust your thermostat up two degrees.
· Take shorter showers. Showers account for two-thirds of all water heating costs.
· Use reusable cloth shopping bags.
· Reuse a mug or water bottle.
· Wash clothes in cold water.
· Use recycled paper and print on both sides.
If you take all of the above actions, you can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 2,500 pounds, which is equivalent to the emissions of 127 gallons of gasoline.
Also remember to check the Air Quality Index. This is especially important for children, the elderly, and those with respiratory ailments. Call 954-519-1280 for today's Air Quality Index.
You can also sign up for Enviroflash, which will immediately notify subscribers, via e-mail or pager, when the Air Quality Index falls out of the "good" category. The e-mail provides information on what precautions should be taken. Visit www.broward.org/pollutionprevention to sign up.
Finally, "like" us on Facebook at Broward Environment for environmental updates and events.
Put your horse sense to good use when Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek offers its popular annual Summer Equestrian Camp. The program, for ages 9 through 16, runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays starting on June 11 and ending on August 16. (There is no camp July 2-5.)
Each four-day session includes daily riding instruction, weather permitting. Instruction also includes: breeds and colors; anatomy of the horse; appropriate riding equipment, tack, and general care of the horse in the show ring and on the trails; nutrition and feeding; and routine, preventive, and therapeutic maintenance. Other activities include videos, indoor/outdoor games, and farm activities.
Class size is limited and early registration is recommended. Fees must be paid and a release and waiver of liability signed at registration. The fee is $300 per session. Children must provide their own lunches and refreshments. Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required. Participants should also bring a hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a towel.
For more information, call the stables at 954-357-8720. Tradewinds is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #34.
The name of the late environmentalist and County Commissioner Anne Kolb lives on not only in the county's largest nature center, in Hollywood, but also in the Anne Kolb Memorial Trail, which traverses re-created plant communities at Plantation Heritage Park such as high and low hammocks, pinelands, a coastal strand forest, and a basin, along with a newly planted meadow/prairie.
The trail will be the subject of a Restoration Project on Saturday, May 5, when volunteers will work from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to hand-remove unwanted vegetation from the trail and replace it with native species. Participants should bring a hat, gloves, sunscreen, insect repellent, and drinking water. No equipment will be provided, so volunteers are also encouraged to bring such items as shovels. Parking is provided in the field east of the park's main parking lot.
For more information, call the park at 954-357-5135. Plantation Heritage is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #30.
Charles Dickens was of the opinion that "If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish," while the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche declared, "All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking." President Harry S Truman's advice was to "Take a two-mile walk every morning before breakfast."
And what better place to walk – or hike or stroll – than a park? Here are some group opportunities this month:
· Along the Intracoastal Hike – Sat., May 5, 1-2 p.m., Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood – Explore the eastern edge of the park, where the mangroves meet the Intracoastal Waterway. $3/person. Call 954-357-5161 for more info.
· Walk for Lupus Now – Sat., May 19, 8 a.m., T.Y. Park in Hollywood – A fundraiser for the Lupus Foundation of America's Southeast Florida Chapter. Call the sponsor at 561-279-8606 for details.
· The Gopher Tortoise Landlords of Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub – Sat., May 19, 3-4 p.m. – A volunteer-led hike through this natural area in Pompano Beach. Free and for all ages. Call 954-357-8114 for reservations.
· Trail Stroll – Sun., May 20, 1-1:45 p.m., Anne Kolb Nature Center – Treat yourself to a free, guided introductory boardwalk stroll through the mangrove swamp. Call 954-357-5161 for further info.
· Slough Slog – Sun., May 27, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Secret Woods Nature Center in Dania Beach – Explore one of the county's last wild pond apple forests to look for rare wetland plants and animals. Closed-toe shoes, a walking stick, and drinking water are musts for this strenuous back-country tour. $6/person, for ages 9 and up. Call 954-357-8884 for additional information.
· Along the Intracoastal Hike – Sat., May 5, 1-2 p.m., Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood – Explore the eastern edge of the park, where the mangroves meet the Intracoastal Waterway. $3/person. Call 954-357-5161 for more info.
· Walk for Lupus Now – Sat., May 19, 8 a.m., T.Y. Park in Hollywood – A fundraiser for the Lupus Foundation of America's Southeast Florida Chapter. Call the sponsor at 561-279-8606 for details.
· The Gopher Tortoise Landlords of Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub – Sat., May 19, 3-4 p.m. – A volunteer-led hike through this natural area in Pompano Beach. Free and for all ages. Call 954-357-8114 for reservations.
· Trail Stroll – Sun., May 20, 1-1:45 p.m., Anne Kolb Nature Center – Treat yourself to a free, guided introductory boardwalk stroll through the mangrove swamp. Call 954-357-5161 for further info.
· Slough Slog – Sun., May 27, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Secret Woods Nature Center in Dania Beach – Explore one of the county's last wild pond apple forests to look for rare wetland plants and animals. Closed-toe shoes, a walking stick, and drinking water are musts for this strenuous back-country tour. $6/person, for ages 9 and up. Call 954-357-8884 for additional information.
Solo walking is also popular at most of our parks. Visit www.broward.org/parks for a complete list. Anne Kolb is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #12; T.Y. via Routes #3, #12, and #17; Crystal Lake via Route #20; and Secret Woods via Route #6.
For more than a dozen years 4KIDS of South Florida has been working toward its goal of providing a home for every child in crisis. The nonprofit organization depends on a partnership involving committed individuals, churches, corporations, and government agencies. One such effort is the 2012 Big Cardio Fitness & Fun Day, to be held on Saturday, May 5 at Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium in Lauderhill.
The event, now in its fifth year, gets under way with registration at 6 a.m., followed by a 5K run/walk at 7 a.m., fitness classes and tourneys at 8:30 a.m., and food, games, and other activities throughout the morning. For more information, call the sponsor at 954-979-7911, e-mail email@example.com, or visit www.4kidsofsfl.org. Central Broward Regional is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #18, #36, #40, and #81.
Introduce your family to the wonderful world of growing your own herbs when Secret Woods Nature Center in Dania Beach offers an Herbilicious Herb Class, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. Participants will learn about cultivating herbs and making tinctures, as well as other modern uses for herbs. They'll also leave with their own starter herb gardens.
Preregistration is required by calling the nature center at 954-357-8884, and a $20 donation to the Friends of Secret Woods volunteer group is requested. Secret Woods is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #6.
Three neighborhood parks in unincorporated Broward County pay tribute to mothers this month. Mother's Day Celebrations will be held on Friday, May 11, from 3 to 4 p.m. at Lafayette Hart Park and from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Boulevard Gardens Community Center, and then from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at Roosevelt Gardens Park. Activities will vary depending on the park but may include music, games, crafts, and refreshments. The Lafayette Hart and Boulevard Gardens events are for children who are already enrolled in the parks' After-School Program.
For more information, call the park of your choice: Lafayette Hart, accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #11 and #40, is at 954-791-1041; Boulevard Gardens, accessible via Routes #9, #22, #40, and #81, is at 954-625-2988; and Roosevelt Gardens, accessible via Routes #11, #36, and #40, is at 954-327-3888.
The same weekend, Butterfly World at Tradewinds Park South hosts Bring Mom to Butterfly World, with free admission for mothers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call Butterfly World at 954-977-4400. The regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will be in effect for Tradewinds, which is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #34.
Looking for some plants to spruce up your home landscape? Look no further than the Broward County Plant Affair. The popular annual event takes place the weekend of May 5 and 6 at Plantation Heritage Park in Plantation, where you'll find a plant show and sale with up to 30 vendors. Food and beverages will also be available for purchase. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. both days. For more information, call the park at 954-357-5135. Plantation Heritage is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #30.
Wanted: Kayakers to help clean up the shoreline of Deerfield Island Park in Deerfield Beach, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 12. To make things interesting, pretend you're on a Kayak Treasure Hunt, complete with "treasure-hunting supplies" you'll retrieve when you arrive at the park's marina. Prizes will be awarded for the most unusual finds. Treasure hunters ages 18 and up are encouraged to bring a hat, gloves, and plenty of drinking water. Preregistration is required by calling Quiet Waters Park at 954-357-5100. Deerfield Island is accessible via Broward County Transit Routes #48 and #50.
Learn how to identify and attract local butterflies to your own back yard when Butterfly World at Tradewinds Park South in Coconut Creek holds a Butterfly Gardening Workshop. The workshop, which is free with paid admission to the internationally famous attraction, starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, and no reservations are required. A free photo guide to butterflies is included, and butterfly-gardening plants will be available for purchase in the garden center. For more information, call Butterfly World at 954-977-4400, or visit www.butterflyworld.com. Tradewinds Park's regular weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $1.50/person (children 5 and under free) will be in effect. The park is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #34.
If you can't get enough of the colorful insects, head on over to Secret Woods Nature Center in Dania Beach the next day at noon, when the park hosts Delightful Flight. The half-hour program, which costs $1.50 per person, provides an up-close look at some of Florida's butterflies, as well as information on how to attract them to your garden. For more information, call the nature center at 954-357-8884. Secret Woods is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #6.
People ages 13 to 21 with developmental disabilities are invited to enjoy deejay music, dancing, socializing, and refreshments this month when the Anne Kolb Nature Center in Hollywood hosts a Hawaiian Luau Teen Social. Participants are encouraged to wear their favorite tropical-print shirt or even a grass skirt. The free event is from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, May 18, and preregistration is required by May 11. For more information or to register, call the Parks Special Populations Section at 954-357-8170 or e-mail email@example.com. Anne Kolb is accessible via Broward County Transit Route #12.
Looking to get away without going far away? For a fun, affordable getaway close to home, look no farther than Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach, where the campground offers 25 Rent-a-Tent sites and two tepee sites. All sites feature a canvas platform tent or tepee already set up for you – all you have to do is move in. Each site comes with water and electricity, as well as a grill, a picnic table, and a fire ring. Tepee sites are similarly equipped.
Two camping specials run from June 1 through September 30, 2012. The Family Fun Package offers a two-night stay (Fridays and Saturdays only) for four campers for just $55; two more campers can be added at only $3 each.
The Escape Special, which runs from Sundays through Thursdays, offers a one-night stay for four campers for only $20 per night per site; two additional campers can join you for just $3 each.
For more information, call Quiet Waters at 954-357-5100.
Events Calendar
"The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it." - English writer John Ruskin (1819-1900)
Batting Cages (AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park) – Butterfly World (Tradewinds Park) – Cable Water-Skiing (Ski Rixen USA at Quiet Waters Park) – Campgrounds (C.B. Smith Park, Easterlin Park, Markham Park, Quiet Waters Park, T.Y. Park) – Dog Park (Barkham at Markham Park) – Educational Farm (Tradewinds Park) – Exhibit Halls (Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park, Fern Forest Nature Center, Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center, Secret Woods Nature Center) – Golf Facilities (AllGolf at C.B. Smith Park) – Multipurpose Athletic Fields (Brian Piccolo Park, Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, Tradewinds Park) – Observatory (Markham Park) – Riding Stables (Tradewinds Park, Tree Tops Park) – Skate Park/Track (Brian Piccolo Park) – Target Range (Markham Park) – Tennis Centers (Brian Piccolo Park, C.B. Smith Park) – Velodrome (Brian Piccolo Park) – Water Playgrounds/ Waterslides/Swimming (C.B. Smith Park, Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium, Quiet Waters Park, T.Y. Park)
The Parks and Recreation Division is dedicated to providing a countywide park system with diverse facilities and recreation opportunities, along with natural area conservation and research-based educational outreach, to enhance the well-being of residents, businesses, and visitors.
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Broward County Commission's primary resource and referral service for available swim programs in cooperation with various cities and nonprofit organizations. Call 954-357-SWIM (7946).
Founded in February 1956 and accredited by the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies, Broward County Parks and Recreation manages nearly 6,500 acres, encompassing 18 regional parks and nature centers, six neighborhood parks, and 21 natural areas at various stages of development. Facilities include water parks, campgrounds, a target range, a stadium, a skate park, an observatory, mountain bike trails, an educational farm with stables, and a velodrome and other sports facilities. Hours and fees vary by location. For more information, visit www.broward.org/parks.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in county programs, services, and activities must contact the Special Populations Section at 954-357-8170 or TTY 954-537-2844 at least 10 business days prior to the scheduled meeting or event to request an accommodation.
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Thar She Blows!
Trip Start May 07, 2011
20Trip End Nov 09, 2011
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What I did
Monterey Bay Whale Watch 5 hour trip
Wet feet
Ate Italian seafood at Isabella's on Fisherman's Wharf
Drove south to the Big Sur
Drove as far as we could on California 1 until a road closure due to land slide
Camped in Los Padres National Forest
Alison lit her first campfire
Alison made the tent all nice
What did Matthew do???
Got very very cold
Saw humpback whales
Saw sea otters in the harbour
Saw northern fur seals
Saw california sea lions
Saw harbour seals
Saw lots of cormorants
Saw Risso dolphins
Saw pacific white sided dolphins
Saw albatrosses
Sat and watched the back country tv
As soon as we set off, we were saw hundreds of northern fur seals, California sea lions, harbour seals and cormorants. All the mammals were either sat on the sea break sunning themselves or floating in the water with their flippers held up to catch the sun. Many seals were sat on buoys or climbing onto boats!
Just a little way out of the harbour, the water was full of Risso dolphins. There must have been over a thousand in the bay. Further out we saw lots more dolphins and some pacific white sided dolphins which go really quickly. They like racing the boat and riding the bow waves and stern wash
We spent most of the trip stood at the stern on the portside. The occasional wave made it through some drainage holes and soaked our feet. Cold water. Neither of us had remembered to put our walking boots on so we had very wet feet.
It took a couple of hours to a couple of hours to find the whales but in the meantime we saw lots of dolphins and quite a few albatrosses. My new favourite sea bird. They seem to glide across the surface making sweeping turns. It looks like their wing tips touch the surface as they carve out turns.
Eventually, we came across two Humpback whales resting at the surface after or before a big dive. Since they were resting they did very little but we saw them spouting and taking shallow dives. Their tales rise out of the water each time they dive. We only saw part of them but they are huge. Adult humpbacks are always between 40 and 50 feet long and weigh around 36,000 kg which is around 450 men. These whales were probably Socorro humpbacks stopping by for a rest. This is a small group which winter off Mexico and summer in Alaska where they feed
They live from 45 to 100 years and have a complicated song which can last for up to 20 minutes without being repeated. There are now about 80,000 humpbacks around the world but this number was reduced to about 5000 by the 1960s before whaling was banned. There probably used to be around 200,000 to 250,000 worldwide.
Since we'd spent over 3 hours looking for the whales, we didn't spend more than 30 minutes watching them. Since they were just resting, we didn't get to see any breaching unfortunately but spouting and diving was still great to see.
After the whales, the boat turned round and sailed back to the harbour. The journey took about an hour and we used this time to warm up inside. We knew the trip today would be cold so we wore warm clothes. I had on a t-shirt, jumper, down vest, waterproof coat, warm water proof trousers. I brought my thermals with me just in case. Wish I'd put them on! It was freezing! We were easily the warmest and most suitably dressed but we were still very cold. We wouldn't have enjoyed the trip if we were any colder. One guy only had a long sleeve t-shirt and two t-shirts on top of that. He did not have a good time. He also spent some time at the back of the boat throwing up over the side while his wife mocked him "I don't need anti sea sick tablets
Once back on dry land, we ate dinner on the wharf in a warm restaurant called Isabella's. Tasty sea food. The floor spent the rest of the day moving.
Afterwards, we drove south on the Big Sur. This is more like it. This part of the coastal highway is beautiful and the road winds around the steep cliffs. This part is more like the coast line north of San Francisco. Unfortunately there had been a large land slide the previous month blocking the road for 400 feet. The detour around this is about 100 miles. We drove as far as we could up to the closed road. Here there is an expensive motel, gas station and nothing else. We needed some fuel and had to pay $5.69 per gallon. The average price in the USA is about $3.80 at the moment. The motel was offering discounted rooms at $150. Lucky we had our tent. We had passed a campground a few miles back so spent the night there for just $22. The tent has paid for itself.
The tent went up in less than 5 minutes this time. Getting better. While Matthew took photos and paid the ranger, Alison made the tent look cosy. Then while Matthew found kindling, Alison lit her first back country fire. We had a very pleasant evening eating crisps and keeping warm next to our backcountry tv.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
One day, you'll only be a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.
NEVER let a sewing machine know you are in a hurry.
good mothers let you lick the beaters - great mothers turn it off first
So all this talk about killing one's digits (fingers)with a needle, reminds me of the time I had to X-ray a man that had gotten a machine drill bit lodged into his hand.
A very very long time ago (life before CA and kids), I worked back east as an X-Ray technician in a very busy hospital that specialized in hand trauma. I worked in the emergency x-ray department. Well, one day, this guy who was totally wasted came in with this drill bit in his hand that was the size ~6 inches long and diameter ~1 inch. From what was told to doctor, the patient had been drinking on the job, set his hand down on the machine, and the drill bit went right through his metacarpals (you can google for where they are located in hand).
The x-rays showed no fractures. The doctors that removed the bit from the hand told me that there was no nerve damage. He was one lucky fool.
So, there could be a moral to this story...don't drink and sew!
Your machine is such a cutie. I have a black one, but am always looking out for a white one at a price I can afford. The serial number is under the edge of the machine, and you can go to http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...-database.html and find out exactly when your machine was made, and mark that page, so you can always refer back to it when you find other machines. I enjoy looking at them, and like learning. I mean, I could let you tell me your serial number and me tell you the info, but it will be more fun for you to find out for yourself. I try to always use the "teach a man to fish..." philosophy. I hope you post pictures of your retro sewing room when you get it done.


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Homeless advocates continue push for more options
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - People who want to see more options for Allentown's homeless are determined to find an answer and they hope local government can offer a solution.
Homeless advocates want to see the city offer options to people with no place to go in the cold, including opening up buildings like city hall to let people stay inside.
They're hoping their message comes across loud and clear, but there was some frustration at a subcommittee meeting Wednesday because the whole group wasn't there.
Representatives from the Salvation Army, the Allentown Rescue Mission, and the city representatives on the subcommittee were not able to be there.
The group is dedicated to helping Allentown's homeless.
"I don't know what we're going to have to do short of waiting for someone to die," said Diane Teti, one of the people at the meeting.
"People should not be sleeping on the street anytime of the year," said The Rev. Richard Baumann, with St. Paul's Lutheran Church, which opens its doors to give people a place to sleep.
The advocates said more options are needed when it comes to where Allentown's homeless can go when it's cold. They will also look ahead to plan for the hot weather in the summer and even next winter.
"Hopefully we can get to a point with this committee to say yes, what we recommend is to open up the lobby of city hall, the lobby of the county administration building or something so when it's really into this code blue condition, people can get in out of the cold," said Dale Smith, chairman of the subcommittee. "I think what it's going to take is education of the council members as to the situation, the numbers of people that are out in the cold and being able to say, 'Yes, we want to do something about this.'
"We could hire security guards," he said during the meeting, while talking about the option of opening city buildings.
Some advocates were planning to attend Wednesday's city council meeting to speak up about the issue.
City Councilwoman Jeanette Eichenwald has said she is open to the idea of offering the use of city buildings. She said she planned to address the issue at the council meeting.
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Schmidt 50th anniversary
Jack and Glenda Schmidt are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Jack and Glenda (Gravdahl) Schmidt were married Dec. 29, 1962, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes. They have six children: Lance, Shannon, Holly, Heather, China and Crystal; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. They opened Glenda's Beauty Salon and the Outdoorsman's Barber Shop in Pequot Lakes together on Sept. 1, 1971. After 41 years of business, they are still actively working and have no plans to retire any time soon. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary with their family.