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Dimmable LED Replacement Light Bulb -12W
The Dimmable LED light bulb is a direct replacement for the traditional standard base incandescent light bulb. Also available in a non-dimmable version.
Our LED replacement light bulbs are the perfect solution to save on your energy bills and increase your light bulb longevity by replacing your existing halogen, incandescent and fluorescent bulbs with LED bulbs.
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|Dimmable LED Replacement Light Bulb - 12W
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|2.36" (60mm) Diameter
4.33" (110mm) Tall
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|Power Consumption
|12 Watts
|Direct Equivalency
|75 Watt Incandescent Lamp
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|E26 Medium Base
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|180 Degrees
|0.5 lbs
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|1 Year
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Trainer Art Sherman widened his smile and nodded at the question of the morning Sunday after California Chrome added Saturday's Preakness Stakes (G1) to his win in the Kentucky Derby : Have you been thinking about the Triple Crown?
"I sure have," Sherman said. "I'm thinking what the journey is, one more shot. I'm going to have a lot of fresh shooters waiting for me in New York. He's done everything we've asked of him. He really doesn't have a lot to prove. He's been a super horse for us. He's one of those horses that you're going to have to outrun to beat him. Maybe they won't be able to beat him. I'm looking forward to that race."
California Chrome will try to become the 12th Triple Crown winner – the first since Affirmed swept the series in 1978 – in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7. The colt will walk the shedrow Pimlico at 7 a.m. Monday and ship from the Preakness Stakes Barn at Pimlico to Belmont Park at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Sherman said he thinks his colt can complete the sweep in the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes, which has stopped 11 horses that won the Derby and Preakness since Affirmed. A 12th Derby-Preakness winner, I'll Have Another in 2012, was found to be injured the day before the Belmont Stakes and was scratched.
"I do," he said. "I have a good feeling about it. I'm really confident going into this race. After watching him run yesterday with two weeks (between races) and showing the courage that he had, they better have their running shoes on. I don't care how many fresh shooters they've got there; he's the real McCoy."
Sherman said California Chrome, a winner of six straight races, should be able to handle the Belmont distance.
"I really think a mile and a half is no problem at all for this horse," he said. "I know when I was at Los Alamitos he galloped two miles every day and the second time around there he was in another gear. He looked better to me the second time around than the first."
However, he said jockey Victor Espinoza will have to be careful in the Belmont.
"To last that long you're going to have to take a hold of your horse the first part of it," Sherman said. "He's an easy horse to rate. If you want him to go in :48, he goes in :48. If you want him to go in :46, he'll go in :46. I don't think he needs to carry his race with him. Whatever the pace is, perfect, he can ride him that way."
Much like he did after the Derby, Sherman, 77, said he will return to his California home Monday to tend to his stable based at Los Alamitos, while his son and assistant trainer, Alan, manages California Chrome for the next two weeks. Art Sherman said he expects to travel to New York about a week before the Belmont Stakes.
During a meeting with the media outside the stakes barn, Sherman said the horse came out of the race well, that he is in favor of lengthening the time between the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes from five to nine weeks, and that he expects the colt's owners, Steven Coburn and Perry Martin, to question New York's rule against the use of nasal strips used to improve breathing by opening the nasal passages.
Sherman was surprised to learn that New York State does not allow nasal strips and said it might present a problem.
"Now that's going to be interesting," Sherman said. "This guy, Perry Martin, he might not run if they say you can't run with a nasal strip. He's very funny about things like that. The horse has been on a six-race winning streak with nasal strips. I don't know why they would ban you from wearing one, but we'll have to cross that bridge when we get there, I guess."
By late morning, the New York State Gaming Commission issued a statement saying that it is up to the stewards to approve the use to nasal strips.
The statement from New York's racing regulators:
"Neither the New York State Gaming Commission nor the Stewards at the New York Racing Association have received a request to use nasal strips in the June 7 Belmont Stakes.
"If a request to use nasal strips is made, the decision on whether to permit them or not will be fully evaluated and determined by the Stewards.
"This is in accordance with the Commission's Thoroughbred Rule 4033.8, which states: "Only equipment specifically approved by the stewards shall be worn or carried by a jockey or a horse in a race."
California Chrome's chestnut coat shone in the morning sun a dozen or so hours after he posted a 1 1/2-length victory over Ride On Curlin in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. Sherman said the horse seemed fine and was pulling Alan as they walked the shedrow.
Under Espinoza, California Chrome stalked the pace for six furlongs, moved to the front in the second turn and scooted away from the others at the top of the stretch.
"They took pretty good shots at him and he was in a longer drive than I've ever seen him," Sherman said. "Victor said he had to ask him at the half-mile pole to stay in there when that horse (Social Inclusion) wheeled up alongside of him. He could see that he was trying to push him down there a little bit so he let him run a little earlier than he usually does. He kept up a half-mile run. Usually he just runs the last quarter of a mile. That impressed me a lot, coming back in two weeks. I said, 'Man, this horse has got to have a big heart. He really does."
The gap between the Preakness and the Belmont is three weeks and Sherman said it's time that the Triple Crown schedule is adjusted.
"I think they should change that rule and make it to where it's about a nine-week program," he said. "I think you'd have a lot more shooters in that race (the Preakness). You'd have a lot more Derby horses that would try it. Now you only get two or three Derby horses that go.
And Sherman said he is favor of prohibiting fresh horses from entering the series after the Derby. It's now quite common for horses that were beaten in the Derby to skip the Preakness and run in the Belmont.
"To me, if you're going to the Triple Crown, go for the Triple Crown. Don't pick your spots," he said. "Let everybody be in the same situation and do it. The Triple Crown is the Triple Crown. If you're good enough horse to do it, let's go. Make it fair where you don't have to pick and choose your spots. I think that shows what kind of horse you've got."
RIDE ON CURLIN – Daniel Dougherty's Ride On Curlin walked the shedrow for 40 minutes in the Preakness Stakes Barn with trainer Billy Gowan Sunday morning following his solid second-place performance behind California Chrome in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown.
"He came out of the race unbelievably good," said the 48-year-old Louisiana native, affectionately known as 'Bronco Billy.' "He ate everything in his feed tub; he's bouncing around here and his legs are ice-cold. I like getting a little frostbite on my hands when I feel them legs. I couldn't ask for it any better."
Gowan said he will continue his Triple Crown tour at Belmont Park to try Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome one more time in the Belmont Stakes. He will attempt to accomplish the same feat his dam's (Magical Ride) grandsire, Victory Gallop achieved in 1998 when he upset Real Quiet's Triple Crown bid.
The son of Curlin will remain at Pimlico until Tuesday, when he is scheduled to board a van bound for Belmont Park, along with the Derby and Preakness winner. Under new rider Joel Rosario, Ride On Curlin came from last out of the 10-post and passed the entire field except California Chrome. The losing margin was a diminishing 1 ½ lengths.
"I thought he ran huge," Gowan said. "He trained great all week and he ran just like I thought he would, if you want to know the truth. He gave him a great ride. At the eighth-pole I thought, heck, we might have a shot. But you have to give a lot of credit to (California Chrome). He doesn't ever quit. Ours didn't either; he just couldn't get to him."
The Preakness was the 11th career start for Ride On Curlin, a bargain basement buy at $25,000 for former Louisville furniture chain store dealer Daniel Dougherty. Still seeking his first stakes victory, Ride On Curlin is Dougherty's only horse in training and the star of Gowan's four-horse stable. Gowan picked out the colt in the 2012 Keeneland September Sale.
"I've been excited about that pedigree since the day I looked at the page myself," Gowan said. It's a lot of self satisfaction just knowing we could do this – just pick one out, train him, get him up here and make it all the way from the sale ring to here. It's very gratifying."
Gowan said it's been "great fun" being part of this entire Triple Crown scenario.
"Hey, I'm a racing fan, too," he said. "If I can't win the Belmont, I dang sure want to see a Triple Crown."
SOCIAL INCLUSION: Rontos Racing Stable Corp.'s Social Inclusion emerged from his third-place finish in Saturday's Preakness Stakes (G1) in good order.
"He ate everything and he's happy. He didn't show that he was tired at all," Rontos Racing's Ron Sanchez said Sunday morning.
Social Inclusion is scheduled to remain at Pimlico until Friday before shipping to Belmont Park for a probable start in the Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 7.
"The Belmont is in the picture, but we'll see what's good for the horse. We'll look at all the options we have," said Sanchez, who mentioned the Met Mile (G1) and the Woody Stephens (G2) on Belmont Stakes Day as options. "It's early, but we're going to New York, definitely."
The 3-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, who made only his fourth career start in the Preakness, was regarded as the likely pacesetter in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown. However, the Manny Azpurua-trained colt was forced to race off the pace after experiencing early trouble.
"We're very happy that he ran with his heart," Sanchez said. "He didn't really have a clean trip. He had a little trouble in the starting gate, in his stall, and after that he didn't break well. He bumped twice with California Chrome and on the first turn he got the worst of the bumping. The horse stalked the pace and made a good run, but California Chrome took off."
Wide on the backstretch, Social Inclusion pulled alongside California Chrome leaving the backstretch and the pair swept around tiring pacesetter Pablo Del Monte on the turn before entering the stretch, where California Chrome kicked away to victory. Social Inclusion tired but held on to third money.
"We'll try again. He's getting mature. We're very proud of him," said Sanchez, who is planning a mini-vacation in Ocean City, Md., where he lived during the '90s. "We'll see what happens in his next race. We'll work on the gate problems and see what options we have and go forward."
GENERAL A ROD: Trainer Mike Maker said that General A Rod came out of his fourth-place Preakness finish "in good shape" but couldn't make a definitive statement about the colt's chances of being only the third horse to run in all three Triple Crown events this year (California Chrome and Ride On Curlin are confirmed for the Belmont Stakes).
Jack Wolf, managing partner of Starlight Racing, said Sunday morning that his group will confer with representatives from co-owner Skychai Racing later this week and decide on the colt's future.
"I would like to run him in the Belmont," Wolf said. "I'm a racing fan first and an owner second, and I'd like to see a Triple Crown. I'd like to win the Belmont, too."
The son of Roman Ruler was only a head from finishing third in the Preakness behind show finisher Social Inclusion. The Gulfstream Park Derby winner finished eight lengths behind Preakness winner California Chrome.
RING WEEKEND: Trainer Graham Motion was "quite happy" with the way St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds' Ring Weekend came out of his troubled fifth-place finish in Saturday's Preakness.
The Tampa Bay Derby winner (G2) bumped with Bayern after the start and had to be steadied going into the first turn.
"I think, perhaps, with a cleaner trip he could have been on the board," said Motion, whose colt was vanned back to Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. Saturday evening. "I was very pleased with the way he ran, and I think he showed he belongs with those horses."
No decision has been made concerning Ring Weekend's next start.
"I haven't had a chance to talk to Terry (Finley, managing partner of West Point Thoroughbreds). There's always a possibility of doing the Belmont, but there are going to be a lot of options for him this summer that I think he'd be very competitive in," Motion said. "So, we'll have to get together and decide what makes the most sense."
Motion was impressed with California Chrome's performance.
"I think he handled everything so well. He's a real pro. He's a good enough horse that he doesn't get himself in trouble. Perhaps, that's the kind of horse we need to have a Triple Crown winner," Motion said.
PABLO DEL MONTE – Trainer Wesley Ward said his homebred colt Pablo Del Monte was headed home to Kentucky Sunday, where he will be freshened for a summer campaign.
Under jockey Jeffrey Sanchez, Pablo Del Monte led the field through six furlongs in 1:11.06, before being overtaken and finishing sixth.
"I was very happy with his effort and proud of him," Ward said. "I thought we would have run a little better, but he certainly wasn't going to beat the winner regardless. What a phenomenal horse. I'm so excited to be involved with a possible Triple Crown hopeful. It's a great story."
Ward said he and his co-owners, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, talked about aiming their colt to middle distance type races of seven furlongs and a mile. He said that after Pablo Del Monte returns from some time off, he will be prepared for the seven-furlong King's Bishop (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
DYNAMIC IMPACT – John Oxley's Dynamic Impact, who finished seventh in Saturday's Preakness, was boarded on a van bound for Baltimore-Washington International Airport for an early Sunday morning flight to Louisville, Ky.
KID CRUZ – Vina Del Mar Thoroughbreds and Black Swan Stable's Kid Cruz came out of his eighth-place Preakness finish in good shape and was boarded on a van headed home to Belmont Park shortly after 6 a.m. Sunday morning.
"He came out well and everything was good this morning," said trainer Linda Rice, who remained behind for the sales in Timonium this week. "We will fight again."
Whether that's against California Chrome in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks is still an uncertainty, Rice said.
"I'd say we're about 50-50 right now," said the first woman to ever win a Saratoga Race Course training title. No woman trainer has ever won a Triple Crown race.
Rice said she would meet with the colt's owners sometime soon and make a final determination.
Kid Cruz has had only six career starts, three of them victories, but Rice is confident that the son of 1999 Belmont Stakes winner Lemon Drop Kid has his best races in front of him.
"He's still catching up," she said. "He just had too much to do yesterday. We know he's got talent."
BAYERN – Kaleem Shah's Bayern, who finished ninth in Saturday's Preakness, boarded an early Sunday morning flight to Louisville, Ky.
RIA ANTONIA – Christopher Dunn and Loooch Racing Stable's Ria Antonia exited from her last-place finish in Saturday's Preakness in good health.
"She's in good shape," trainer Tom Amoss said. "We'll regroup and find another spot."
Ria Antonia, the only filly in the 10-horse field, was boarded on a Tex Sutton flight to Louisville, Ky. early Sunday morning.


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I Kissed a Movie Star…and I liked it! (Does that mean I've had my five minutes of fame?!) Never in a million years did I ever imagine that in the course of doing my job I would get to meet and kiss a movie star, but that is exactly what happened!
Recently, a few members of the SmartPak Merchandising Team had the pleasure of traveling to Washington to meet with our friends at Kerrits. Lucky for us, their "office" extended to Kreps Ranch, an amazing 40,000 acre working cattle ranch. With a backdrop of the most breathtakingly beautiful mountains I've ever seen, Kerri, owner of Kerrits, introduced us to some of the ranch horses and to one very familiar looking chestnut gelding named Big Red. Big Red was one of the three horses who played Secretariat in the movie, so it is no wonder that he looked familiar. Flip and Cowboy, the ranch horses, were wearing some very serious looking working ranch horse tack. I'm not going to lie, it was a little intimidating to this Hunter/Jumper girl. Nonetheless, we mounted up, adjusted stirrups and headed out across the road into the biggest field I've ever ridden in. I grew up in Virginia riding in a lot of open spaces, but this was really like nothing I've ever experienced. I started out on Cowboy, who I think could possibly be part buffalo – really – he's the widest horse I've ever sat on. After a few very fun minutes on Cowboy who showed some spunk by giving a little buck and fart when I asked him to canter (or is that "lope"?), I dismounted and handed him off to Renee for her turn with him so I could spend some quality time with Red.
Red is a 7-year-old thoroughbred who was "winterized" as Kerri described…with a full winter coat. Until that morning, he'd been enjoying some time off during the winter months. As I settled into the saddle, I imagined what it might have been like to walk down the red carpet. We can all dream right?! We walked, trotted (mostly) and cantered (some) in what I thought was a really big circle in this enormous field. Flip and Cowboy raced around us. I think Renee and Mary might have been having a ranch horse race, but I was so enamored with my movie star that I couldn't really be concerned with what they were doing. Red was a complete gentleman and seemed to especially enjoy posing for pictures, (typical movie star, huh?). Can't wait for our next visit to the ranch!
P.S. You'll notice that I am decked out in some pretty amazing looking Kerrits apparel. I am wearing some of my favorites from their Fall/Winter '12 collection. You'll see these pieces and more in our catalogs and on our website starting in September 2012.


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Stovepipe Wells Village, located approximately 24 miles northwest of Furnace Creek, is geared towards family travel where unique is the norm and the unexpected is expected. At Stovepipe Wells Village you can explore ancient rock formations, swim year round in a sparkling heated swimming pool, watch the sun set behind surrealistic sand dunes and lay your eyes on such unique animal life as squeaking lizards. And, you're just a short distance from the most photographed sand dunes in the world, making Stovepipe Wells Village the perfect place to headquarter your Death Valley adventures.
In addition to lodging and camping, Stovepipe Wells Village also includes a gas station, convenience store, the Toll Road Restaurant and Badwater Saloon.


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A French court has ordered a paternity test for a multimillionaire who former Justice Minister Rachida Dati claims fathered her 3-year-old daughter.
The birth of the child while Dati was in office from 2007 to 2009 made headlines and set off guessing games about the identity of the father.
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Paternity tests are voluntary in France, so Desseigne, the widowed owner of the famed Champs-Elysees establishment Fouquet's, has a choice whether to submit. He has been quoted in the past as saying he won't. But text messages, emails and photos can also be used to prove a relationship.
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Republicans are hoping to make major inroads in the midterm elections, and an obscure House race in upstate new York may offer an enlightening preview.
There's usually a greater focus on elections following a presidential contest, as the party out of power seeks to make them a referendum on the new man in the White House. Who can forget the elections that followed Bill Clinton's 1992 victory, when Republicans in quick succession won a late November '92 run-off in the Georgia Senate race, followed by gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and then swept the 1994 midterms with their "Contract with America" juggernaut.
This year, the same governorships are once again up for grabs, and there is a lone special election for New York's 23rd district seat, opened up when President Obama appointed Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) secretary of the Army. It's traditionally been a strongly Republican district, and the GOP considers it critical to holding serve. Yet, Obama carried the 23rd by 5 percentage points, and Republican infighting could hand the Democrats, and candidate Bill Owens, a gift.
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National Republicans organizations and most of the local establishment have rallied around the official nominee of the party, Assemblywoman Dierdre ("Dede") Scozzafava. But Scozzafava is too liberal for a core block of conservative voters, having broken with her party on such high-profile issues as same-sex marriage, greenhouse gas emissions and sex education. In the past she's won the backing of the Working Families Party, an offshoot of the controversial ACORN community organizing group.
Dissatisfaction with Scozzafava's conservative credentials has opened the door for businessman Doug Hoffman to run on the Conservative Party line, which is dividing Republican support to Owens' benefit:
Democrats see an opening in the traditionally Republican district because Scozzafava and Hoffman are splitting the conservative vote. An Oct. 15 survey by Siena College showed Owens with 33 percent, Scozzafava with 29 percent and Hoffman with 23 percent. The poll of 617 likely voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
Conservative groups such as The Club for Growth have endorsed Hoffman. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich endorsed Scozzafava last week, in a move apparently aimed as shoring up the Republican's support among conservatives.
Establishment Republicans maintain Scozzafava is more electable in a big blue state. Conservatives counter that Hoffman is the kind of true-believer the GOP should be recruiting as a candidate. Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin wrote a devastating takedown of Scozzafava that doubled as an attack on the establishment GOP.
If Owens wins, expect classic recriminations between the GOP and its right-wing core. The party leadership will declare the base immature and irresponsible. The base will call the party structure unprincipled and lacking integrity.
The Democrats will simply gloat that a long-standing GOP stronghold has now embraced Obama policies, and tout the special election as a harbinger of things to come in next year's midterm elections.
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text: SAN FRANCISCO -- On any given day, there will be at least a couple dogs, and sometimes a dozen or more, in the Wired office. This is a great perk for dog owners and dogophilic colleagues alike, for sure. But it turns out that allowing best friends to come to work also benefits our employers. Study after study has shown that pets can increase happiness, health, longevity and other good stuff, as well as decrease depression, loneliness and stress in our lives. And recent research has shown that these benefits follow Fido wherever he goes. Bringing dogs to the office can reduce employees' stress, increase morale and job satisfaction and even boost productivity. Take note bosses: Allowing dogs in the workplace may be the cheapest way to get more from your employees. Even dogless workers can benefit from the presence of a colleague's pooch in the office. And take it from the dogs, coming to work makes them happy too. To celebrate Take Your Dog to Work Day, here's a gallery of the canine assistants that visited the Wired offices this week. Above: Lola Age: 11 years Job: Assistant Managing Editor Breed: Wheaton Terrier Person: Jacob Young Favorite office activities: Investigating the smells in nearby South Park Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredFrancis Age: 4 years Job: Roving Assistant Supervisor Breed: Chihuahua / Terrier Mix + ? Person: Chris Becker Favorite office activities: Being held Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredLizbeth Age: 5 years Job: Assistant UX Director / Guide Dog for the Blind Drop-Out Breed: Labrador Retriever Person: Dennis Crothers Favorite office activities: Visits and affection from co-workers, prefers people over other dogs Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredOllie Age: 12 years Job: Assistant Systems Support Analyst Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier Person: Chris Becker Favorite office activities: Ruling over the green chair Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredDaphne Age: 8 years Job: Assistant Research Editor Breed: Labrador Retriever Person: Timothy Lesle Favorite office activities: Sleeping, eating, sleeping, getting treats from the security guards Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredLittle Dog Age: 11 years Job: Assistant Threat Level Editor Breed: Yorkshire Terrier Person: Ryan Singel Favorite office activities: Running the morning website editorial meeting, lunch Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredHogan Age: 10 months Job: Assistant Science Editor Breed: Rhodesian Ridgeback Persons: Betsy Mason and Bryan Gardiner Favorite office activities: Playing, sleeping, playing Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredTheo(bromine) Age: 4 years Job: Assistant Transportation Editor Breed: Labpointerpitdanespaniel Person: Damon Lavrinc Favorite office activities: Smells! Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredSasha Age: 5 years Job: Assistant Copy Chief Breed: Brown (shepherd mix) Person: Jennifer Prior Favorite office activities: Snarling at Francis Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredMia Age: 14 years Job: Assistant Senior Editor Breed: Whippet Person: Bill Wasik Favorite office activities: Getting petted, sitting on the couch Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredBarabbas Age: 3 years Job: Assistant Contributing Designer Breed: Formosan Mountain Dog Person: Victor Krummenacher Favorite office activities: Mooching, surfing trash cans, belly rubs Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredRiley Age: 2 years Job: Assistant Video Editor / Video Department Mascot Breed: Italian Greyhound / Dachshund Mix Person: Mike Ruocco Favorite office activities: Keep away, long naps, trips to the Wired kitchen, mid-day walks around the block Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredCody Age: 9 years Job: Assistant Photo Editor / Paper Shredder Breed: English Cocker Spaniel Person: Kristen Fortier Favorite office activities: Tail wagging in the photo department Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredZoey Age: 5 months Job: Assistant reddit General Counsel Breed: Goldendoodle Person: Rebecca Eisenberg Favorite office activities: Playing with Mog, peanut butter Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredWhiskey Age: ~2 years Job: Assistant Gadget Lab Editor Breed: Border Collie Mix Person: Jon Phillips Favorite office activities: Keeping vigilant watch over office activity, tracking sudden movements, "stranger danger" alerts Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredMoxie Age: 10 years Job: Assistant Story Editor Breed: Cattle Dog / Shepherd Mix (best guess) Person: Sarah Fallon Favorite office activities: Giving the evil eye to other dogs, getting pets from humans Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredLuciano Age: 9 years Job: Assistant Raw File Editor / Photo Desk Deputy Breed: Lhasa Apso Person: Keith Axline Favorite office activities: Looking sad (and adorable), wooing the ladies (canine and human alike) Photo: Peter McCollough/WiredMog Age: ~3 years Job: Assistant reddit General Manager / Terminator Prevention Breed: Brooklyn Mutt (greyhound + ?) Person: Erik Martin Favorite office activities: Belly pets, high-speed office chase Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired


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Branson said more than 7,000 people had registered their willingness to pay the $210,000 fare for the service, which promises to send passengers 69 miles (110 kilometers) above the Earth.
Branson told Britain's Press Association news agency there had been "tremendous take-up" of the idea since he announced it last month.
"We are extremely pleased because it just means in a sense that the gamble we took seems to have paid off," he said, speaking to the agency from California's Mojave Desert.
Branson, 54, said he had committed $110 million toward spaceships and ground infrastructure for the new service, Virgin Galactic. He also plans to spend up to $26 million to license the technology of SpaceShipOne, the rocket plane that made two successful suborbital space flights earlier this month to capture the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Virgin hoped to offer flights — lasting about 3½ hours, including six minutes of weightlessness — by 2008.
Branson said he would go on the first flight, along with family members including his father, now 86. "My dad has put his hand up and will be 90 at the time, my kids definitely want to come and if there is room for my mum she will come as well," Branson told PA.
But he said his wife Joan "will have her feet firmly on the ground, I suspect, trying to encourage the kids to stay on the ground."
SpaceShipOne designer Burt Rutan, who is beginning work on Virgin's space fleet, has promised to ride along with Branson on the first flight.
Branson is one of Britain's best-known and most colorful entrepreneurs. His Virgin Group began as a record label, and now sells everything from soft drinks to bridal gowns, and even runs a train service and mobile phone network.
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We are pleased to announce an update to the kite wave world championship and world ranking system, which results in combining PKRA and KSP into one united world ranking while maintaining the directive to determine the world champion from the best wave kiters in the worlds most desirable wave kite locations. This system has been agreed between IKA, PKRA and KSP after three months of negotiations and satisfies the needs of all parties.
The amended world championship system has two parts: part one is a combined point system in which points are awarded to each event depending on conditions, contest duration, judging and prize money, resulting in the KSP events having a higher number of points than the PKRA events, but keeping the point difference minimal to give PKRA riders the possibility to play a major role in the ongoing world ranking. The point system is available on the IKA website for review.
The second part of the system as agreed between PKRA and KSP is the implementation of a clause that ensures that the world championship title is given away in the events with the most desirable conditions; these events are held through the KSP tour. The clause reads as follows:
"The 2011 World Champion will be determined via the 3 events run by the KSP only. Should any of the KSP events fall under a Force Majeure, meaning any event or circumstance out of the association's control; such as natural catastrophe, war, strike, riot, crime, act of God or any other reason that prevents the KSP from holding an event, the highest ranked PKRA event(s) will be used to bring the number of events to three."
Having already completed their first two wave events in Morocco and Lanzarote this year, the PKRA has 3 more wave events on their schedule for this season: Tenerife, Australia and South Africa. All PKRA events are open for all riders to join and open up the possibility for talented riders to win points for the world ranking and qualify for the KSP events through good competition results.
Details on the wildcard application process can be found on the IKA website. Any interested rider is encouraged to make his application as soon as possible, but until June 1st latest; a jury will then decide on all applications and inform the affected riders.
There is a great chance that more than 6/3 wildcards will be available, as riders eligible already through the 2010 ranking and listed on the 2011 ranking are not counted twice, which allows for additional wildcards to be granted.
For more information on the IKA, the world ranking system and wildcard applications, please visit www.internationalkiteboarding.org
Additional information on both tours can be found at www.prokitetour.com and www.kspworldtour.com.
PKRA Wave Tour Event Dates
Stop 1: Dakhla – Mar. 29 to Apr. 2 – Factor 6.7
Stop 2: Lanzarote – Apr. 6 to Apr. 10 – Factor 6.3
Stop 3: Teneriffe – Aug. 8 to Aug. 13 (TBC) – Factor 6.3
Stop 4: Gold Coast – Dec. 5 to Dec. 11 – Factor 6.0
Stop 5: South Africa – Dec. 26 – Dec 31 (TBC) – Factor 6.7
KSP World Championship Tour Dates
Stop 1: Le Morne, Mauritius — Sept. 23 to Oct. 2 – Factor 9.0
Stop 2: Pacasmayo, Peru — Oct. 21 to 30 – Factor 9.0
Stop 3: Sal, Cabo Verde — Dec. 2 to 12 – Factor 9.0


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Getting Started
Deciding to build a family as a single woman or as a lesbian couple requires planning. Women who have not tried to conceive or who have not been exposed to sperm are not by definition infertile, unless there are other, medical obstacles to pregnancy, such as advanced maternal age or blocked tubes. For that reason, a basic fertility evaluation should be considered prior to trying to conceive in order to optimize pregnancy success when using donor sperm. This is a general overview of clinically relevant points when proceeding with an evaluation and treatment.
Natural pregnancy rates the first six months of trying to conceive are approximately 20% per month. This percentage decreases dramatically to less than 5% after 6 months. Pregnancy rates decrease with advancing maternal age for the following reasons. Unlike men who produce sperm throughout their life, women are born with a certain number of eggs. Every month, even though only one lead follicle develops and ovulates, hundreds of eggs are lost. Every woman is allotted a different number of eggs at birth and certain lifestyle factors such as smoking as well as medical or surgical issues can increase the attrition of their eggs. These factors ultimately impact ovarian reserve as well as fertility. Advancing maternal age is associated with increased chromosomally abnormal eggs and therefore subsequent lower pregnancy rates and increased miscarriage rates. It is important for couples to assess their ovarian reserve because it may change the order of whose eggs should be used first when both partners desire genetic offspring. Occasionally, the younger partner can be found to have a lower ovarian reserve and therefore should conceive sooner.
Women who have irregular menstrual cycles may not ovulate and should seek an assessment prior to attempting conception. I have worked with many women who have tried for months only to discover they were anovulatory and could not have conceived because they were not releasing any eggs. To avoid wasting time as well as money and other resources, undergoing a basic evaluation first is prudent especially, if there is any history of menstrual irregularities, family history of early menopause, history of sexually transmitted diseases or chronic medical conditions or history of pelvic surgery.
Fertility Evaluation
A basic female fertility evaluation includes ovarian reserve testing, evaluation of anatomy, and hormonal profile. Women with irregular menstrual cycles or medical conditions may require additional testing to determine both diagnostic and treatment algorithms.
Ovarian reserve is best assessed on the second or third day of the menstrual cycle with estradiol and follicle stimulating hormone, FSH, levels and a pelvic ultrasound measuring antral follicles. Estradiol and FSH levels fluctuate monthly and reflect the cohort of eggs for each month. Anti-Mullerian Hormone, AMH, levels can be drawn at anytime in the menstrual cycle unlike estradiol and FSH levels to assess ovarian reserve and is another test of ovarian reserve. Diminished ovarian reserve is associated with elevated FSH levels, lower AMH levels and lower number of antral follicles. Women with diminished ovarian reserve, regardless of age, should create a treatment plan with their reproductive endocrinologist when trying to conceive.
Hysterosalpingogram is a radiologic study where a catheter is placed into the uterine cavity and fluoroscopic dye is used to assess for possible anatomic causes for infertility. It specifically examines the uterine cavity for possible congenital anomalies, polyps, or fibroids, which could hinder implantation or negatively impact pregnancy and the fallopian tubes for possible obstruction or damage. Tubal disease prevents fertilization because sperm and eggs may not meet and increases the risk for ectopic pregnancies. Presence of significant hydrosalpinges (dilated fallopian tubes) which may be patent, are associated with a 50% lower pregnancy rate.
If tubal disease and/or other factors are uncovered in the evaluation, in vitro fertilization, IVF, should be considered to bypass the fallopian tubes and to increase fertilization. Sometimes intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, will be recommended. With ICSI, a selected spermatozoa is injected into the egg to insure fertilization.
Thyroid stimulating hormone, TSH, and prolactin levels should be assessed, especially in women who have menstrual irregularities. Thyroid profiles can change overtime. Hypothyroidism, where TSH levels are elevated, is associated with lower pregnancy rates and increased miscarriage rates. The medical endocrine society recommends that women who are trying to conceive or who are pregnant should maintain their TSH levels below 2.5 mIU/L. Normal TSH levels for women who are not trying to conceive are 4-5 mIU/L. Prolactin levels fluctuate throughout the day and are affected by many factors including eating and sexual activity. Therefore, if prolactin levels are elevated, a fasting morning prolactin level with no sexual activity the day before should be drawn to confirm a truly elevated prolactin level.
Finally, women who are trying to conceive should undergo a preconception panel that includes infectious disease screening, testing for immunity to chickenpox and rubella, and ethnicity based genetic screening. Women who are non-immune to rubella or chickenpox should undergo vaccinations prior to conceiving. Women who are found to be carriers of genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis should be evaluated by a genetic counselor to review their individual risks for having a child affected with cystic fibrosis. The sperm provider needs to be tested whenever a woman is discovered to carry a genetic disorder to minimize the risk of conceiving an affected offspring.
It is ideal to maintain a normal body mass index (BMI), to eat a well balanced diet, to sleep regularly and to exercise regularly. Weight fluctuations and irregular sleep patterns can cause ovulatory dysfunction in a natural cycle. This is evident during periods of stress, for example, when travelling across time zones or studying for exams. In a natural cycle, women can find that their menstrual cycles are delayed or unpredictable during those times.
Folic acid supplementation of a minimum of 400mcg should be taken daily prior to conception to reduce the risk of neural tube defects in the fetus. A multivitamin or a prenatal vitamin should also be taken when trying to conceive.
I advise my patients to minimize their intake of sugar, caffeine, and alcohol. If patients are working with an acupuncturist, I consult with the acupuncturist to ensure that they specialize in fertility and avoid certain points during the luteal phase. I have found by coordinating my treatment plans with acupuncturists directly, patients benefit from the team effort and experience less stress because they do not need to function as a messenger between their western and eastern doctors.
Choosing a Sperm Provider
One of the biggest decisions is choosing a known or an anonymous sperm provider. Every state has different laws and a reproductive attorney should be consulted when using a known donor to avoid any issues with custody or visitation in the future.
When using a known sperm provider, there are several medical and legal decisions to consider. Still the best first step is to have the sperm provider undergo a semen analysis. Healthy appearing men can be azospermic, have no sperm in their ejaculate, or can have severely compromised semen parameters. This first step saves time and resources.
Known donors can then undergo FDA infectious disease testing at the time they produce their specimen to be frozen and quarantined for use. Once their post-quarantine FDA infectious disease screening results are available, the frozen sperm are released for use with reproductive techniques such as intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF). The benefits of working with a fertility center when using is known sperm donor is to protect your legal rights as well as protect your health from potential infections.
When using an anonymous sperm donor from a sperm bank, it is important to consider the following questions:
- Is the donor retired or active. Active donors are more available for additional testing if you are a carrier of a genetic disorder.
- The number of children you desire should be taken into consideration especially when choosing a retired donor.
- How many potential offspring can be attributed to this donor throughout how many families.
- If you purchase an excess number of vials and store them at the sperm bank, some banks will buy them back when you are done building your family as long as the vials never left their facility.
- Another question to ask is whether the sperm donor allows contact in the future. Contact would most likely be through the sperm bank for reasons such as changes in their medical history and other helpful information for your child(ren).
Legal Contracts
Every state has different laws and a reproductive attorney should be consulted especially if you are unmarried or if you are using a known sperm provider. Without a contract in place, it can be difficult for women who are not the genetic parent to claim custody rights when relationships dissolve. Even when reciprocal IVF is used, where one partner is the egg provider and the other partner is the gestational carrier, the gestational carrier's custody rights may be difficult to support if they were designated gestational carriers and not partners on their IVF consent forms. Therefore, due to the subtle nuances and the state-to-state differences, it is prudent to work with a reproductive attorney.
Treatment options:
Natural Cycle/ IUI
Women who have regular menstrual cycles whose fertility evaluation is normal may start with natural IUI cycles. IUI's are performed the day following detection of ovulation using an over the counter ovulation predictor kit. The benefit of an IUI is that the washed sperm are placed directly in the uterine cavity. This bypasses sperm lost in the vaginal vault and the cervix. Estradiol and progesterone levels can be assessed several days following the first IUI to determine if hormonal supplementation is needed and to document ovulation. Urine pregnancy tests can detect a positive result fourteen days following the IUI.
Clomiphene Citrate/ IUI
Clomiphene citrate is an oral tablet that is usually prescribed in the early follicular phase for five days in dosages ranging from 50 mg to 200mg. Clomiphene citrate is an appropriate first choice in women who have a type of infertility called polycystic ovarian syndrome and who do not ovulate regularly. Clomiphene citrate works indirectly by preventing the hypothalamus from detecting the increased estrogen levels from the developing follicle. This results in an increase in the secretion of gonadotropin releasing hormone, GnRH, which stimulates the pituitary to secrete more follicle stimulating hormone, FSH, to stimulate the ovaries.
Clomiphene citrate should not be used in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea because this medication requires an intact hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. In a small percentage of women, visual disturbances or severe headaches can occur. In these instances, you should contact your physician and stop the medication. Finally, clomid can negatively impact upon your endometrial lining and cervical mucus, causing a thin lining that could hinder implantation and or thick cervical mucus that would require an intrauterine insemination to bypass the cervical factor. Therefore, clomid is prescribed oftentimes with estrogen supplementation.
Women may monitor for ovulation using an over the counter ovulation predictor kit to time the intrauterine insemination. Alternatively for women who have difficulty detecting a LH surge or who have ovulatory dysfunction such as polycystic ovarian syndrome, or who are at risk for high-order multiples or a complication from fertility medications known as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) may be monitored by their physician with ultrasounds. The ultrasound measurements of follicles 18-20mm would be used to time ovulation trigger with HCG injection or to cancel a cycle should too many follicles develop to avoid the risk of multiple gestations or OHSS. An intrauterine insemination is then performed 24-36 hours following HCG injection. If an ultrasound is performed at the time of the IUI, the decision can be made whether or not a second IUI would be helpful. If all the follicles have collapsed, a second IUI would not improve fertilization. In cases where some of the follicles remain, a second IUI is recommended because washed sperm survive for approximately 24 hours and may no longer be viable when the additional follicle(s) ovulate.
Injectable Gonadotropins/ IUI
Exogenous FSH hormones stimulate the ovaries directly thereby promoting the growth of multiple follicles. Unlike in IVF where the number of embryos can be limited, superovulation with injectable FSH needs to be monitored closely to minimize the risk of high-order multiple gestations such as triplets and the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome by suppressing the development of too many follicles. In cases where a high risk for OHSS or high-order multiples exist, the cycle can be cancelled and the IUI not performed. When follicles are 17-18 mm in size, ovulation is triggered with a HCG injection and the IUI scheduled.
In Vitro Fertilization
When tubal disease exists, IVF is the best option. At the beginning of every menstrual cycle, several antral follicles develop and from these, in a natural cycle, one follicle emerges as a dominant follicle and only one follicle ovulates. The remaining follicles regress. Therefore, many eggs are lost monthly even though only one egg ovulates.
In IVF, the goal of superovulation with gonadotropins is to stimulate the growth of the antral follicles in a synchronous manner so that they grow and mature together. In a natural cycle, the pituitary releases enough FSH to stimulate the growth of one follicle. In an IVF cycle, exogenous FSH and LH hormones are injected to promote the growth of multiple follicles. Women are monitored with blood work and ultrasounds to titrate their medication dosages and to determine when to trigger ovulation for the egg retrieval.
Women are given IV sedation by anesthesiologists and their follicular fluid is aspirated under ultrasound guidance. The fluid is examined by embryologists who identify the eggs in the follicular fluid. Following the aspiration, women start progesterone supplementation and oftentimes are given a course of antibiotics and or steroids. Progesterone supplementation continues until 7-9 weeks gestation.
The decision to use intracytoplasmic sperm injection, ICSI, where an individual selected sperm is injected into the egg to increase fertilization rates is based on a number of factors such as egg characteristics.
Normal fertilization is assessed on the morning following the egg retrieval and determined by the presence of two pronuclei; one nucleus from the egg and the other from the sperm. The embryos are cultured for three to five days before embryo(s) are transferred into the uterine cavity. Excess high quality day five embryos, blastocysts, can be frozen for future use.
Reciprocal In Vitro Fertilization
Reciprocal IVF is an opportunity for both partners to share in the experience. Partners' menstrual cycles are synchronized using birth control pills and/or lupron. The partner who will be carrying the pregnancy is known as the gestational carrier. The gestational carrier takes estrogen to build her endometrial lining. The partner who will provide the eggs is known as the egg donor. The egg donor undergoes the IVF process of superovulation of her eggs with injectable medications. When the egg donor's ovulation is triggered with either HCG or Lupron, progesterone supplementation is started for the gestational carrier. Progesterone convinces the body of the gestational carrier that she ovulated and her endometrial lining undergoes the necessary changes to prepare for implantation. Once the eggs are harvested, they are fertilized with donor sperm and transferred into the gestational carrier after three to five days. Excess high quality blastocysts can be cryopreserved for future use.
Donor Egg
Conceiving with eggs from an egg donor outside of the couple is associated with pregnancy rates of upwards of 65-70% because egg donors are young and have ovarian reserve tests that show a high number of antral follicles and age appropriate day 2 estradiol and FSH levels. Once egg donors demonstrate having a good ovarian reserve, they are screened by a psychologist and by a geneticist. Then, they have a consultation with a reproductive endocrinologist who takes a medical history and performs a physical exam. At that visit, they are screened for infectious diseases and genetic disorders. They also undergo urine drug screens.
Once legal contracts between the egg donor and the intended parents have been completed, the egg donor's menstrual cycle is synchronized with the recipient. This synchronization process is identical to the one described above in reciprocal IVF.
Egg Freezing
Pregnancy rates using frozen eggs depend upon the age of the woman when her eggs were retrieved. Eggs frozen at a younger age are associated with higher pregnancy rates. The salient points to consider when exploring egg freezing is to research the experience of not only the reproductive endocrinologist but also the scientist who will be freezing the eggs. Find out which method of freezing their center uses, either 1) slow or 2) vitrification. Most centers are now primarily vitrifying the eggs into a glass-like stage thereby avoiding ice crystals and risks of fracturing eggs which are challenges faced by the slow freeze method.
Building a family is an exciting endeavor. Working with a fellowship trained board certified reproductive endocrinologist at the beginning of the journey allows for careful evaluation prior to starting treatments and oftentimes expedites the time to success.
Kelly Baek, M.D. is a board certified physician in obstetrics and gynecology at California Fertility Partners


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Tethering your DSLR camera to a computer opens a whole new world of possibilities: you can instantly view your shots on a large screen, trigger your camera remotely, practice the art of time-lapse photography, and perform other clever tricks. While commercial tethering software for Windows and Mac OS X often costs serious money, you can enjoy all the advantages of tethered shooting on Linux free of charge courtesy of Entangle. This tethering software lets you control practically all camera settings, trigger the shutter from the computer, view a live preview of a scene, and automatically download captured images to the computer.
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SweetCoral81 wrote:Any healthy tips for getting a flea infestation under control? I already vacuum like crazy and all the pets are treated with Frontline or Advantage. I've tried washing in hot soapy water and drying blankets and stuff on high-heat. I'm at a loss and if I can't get them under control I'll have to bomb the house.
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Wednesday, 7 February 2007
While I have your attention
Awn and the desktop
I have been thinking about Awn for a very long time. Although it is young in terms of releases, its been rattling inside my head for ages, questions like What more can it do with task icons? How else can it fit into the desktop? What else does it need to complete the effect?
Now, below I have included some mock-ups of my ideas. You will notice a little search window in there, well that my friends, is the continuation of Awn, Affinity.
The best way to describe affinity is to say that it will be a front-end to all the information on your desktop, imagine it as 'Planet' to different feeds on your desktop, such as beagle/tracker, recent documents, bookmarks, tags, contacts, etc. It can be called from either a key-stroke or from the gnome-panel. Some features :
* It has search-as-you-type.
* Actions (like typing "www.google.com" will present you with an option to open it).
* Written in C, its extremely fast, even on a old system.
I haven't released any code yet, but expect some in the next few weeks, once I have cleaned it up. It, like Awn, is in early stages of development, and just like Awn, everyone's views count!
Speaking of Awn, you may have noticed the bar on those mock ups...looks familiar doesn't it? Those are the mock ups I used to make Awn. As you can see, the bar has a mock up for startup notification (the spinner), yes it looks a bit simple now...just wait till I'm done ;).
Below is also a mockup of whats coming in 0.3 for the 'I have a wide screen, cater for me!' guys!
As you can see from the previous mock ups, there are some funky themes in there! That leads me to my next point, which is this: I love having a composited desktop, Awn doing its thing, Beryl throwing windows all around the screen, cairo-clok ticking away, however, in my day-to-day tasks, I am left a bit disenchanted, therefore, as a side project for me to show my cairo/gtk prowess(:p), I am also going to start work on a gtk theme that takes advantage of the composited environment. Now, please bear in mind that a theme has to be used all around your desktop, and I am guessing that any theme that uses extensive cairo drawing + transparency is going to have an effect on your cpu, but I still think its worth it as a proof-of-concept.
Regarding the actual theme, I will have a separate post on that later, but until then, click here to see some of my mock ups (going from pretty standard to extreme). If anyone has ideas, please let me know in the usual ways.
That's enough for now! I have SO many other ideas for desktop linux its not even funny, but I will document them as/and when I have time to implement them. Some are desktop-orientated, but don't worry, most revolve around eye-candy like this:
Anyway, I better get back to Awn...still a lot of features/fixes to write ;).
56 comments:
I love you! :-)
your mockups looks great and i hope you will implement soon some of these ideas
- 7 February 2007 at 19:26
- pinmonkey said...
Very nice stuff, clean concise and functional.
Your my new eyecandy hero.
- 7 February 2007 at 19:44
Really nice!
- 7 February 2007 at 19:55
- a1ecks said...
wow... I can't wait!
- 7 February 2007 at 22:04
- Mike Jones said...
the first to screen shot looks amazing! So far I have been blown away by this project, Just works like no other dock I have ever used. Also I love how you keep the users updated allot on whats going on.
One suggestion though, can we use the wiki on your google code page?
- 7 February 2007 at 22:59
- Joel Calado said...
composite-aware gtk2 engine sounds GREAT :)
- 8 February 2007 at 02:30
- David Greenberg said...
I was wondering if there's any way I could submit a patch to AWN? I really wish that it could hide when my mouse isn't near it. I'm not a C or a gtk programmer, but I wrote some of the code that would enable the animated minimize, and I could email you the patch for it (and hopefully you know how to write the other bit of code). I think it's less than 20 lines, but for me, it would tremendously increase the usability. I've already replaced my taskbar with AWN, and this would make it even sexier. Great work!
- 8 February 2007 at 02:41
- Andres said...
omg, cant wait for awn 0.3
- 8 February 2007 at 04:00
Your work left me without words.... great ideas!! I'm a very happy user of avant! I hope your project will implement soon.
- 8 February 2007 at 08:12
- 8 February 2007 at 11:38
- The Doctor said...
looks like Vista and Mac OS X in oe .. but hey it looks great so why not. (in saying that i hated the fact that vista looked like OS X, but this is linux :) )
- 8 February 2007 at 14:40
- Neil J. Patel said...
Hi everyone,
Thanks for the compilements! I am working hard to make my programs as close to the mock-ups a possible!
I know you can see influences from Vista & Mac, but bear with me, you'll start seeing differences soon ;).
- 8 February 2007 at 14:52
"I know you can see influences from Vista & Mac, but bear with me, you'll start seeing differences soon ;)."
Not to knock it (it looks good), but it looks pretty close to a Mac OS X clone to me.
- 8 February 2007 at 15:08
- Neil J. Patel said...
@anon: Hi! I was talking about the themes, not Awn :). Awn is close to the Mac OSX dock, granted, but as I have said before, just wait and see what comes of it ;).
- 8 February 2007 at 15:25
- Unknown said...
Is the theme in your first screenshot (on this post) a custom theme or a downloadable one?
That pseudo-transparent gray theme looks mightily awesome!
- 8 February 2007 at 15:53
- CRySyS said...
Your work looks great! I can't wait to see where you go from here.
Are you contemplating integration of job management into the dock as well? I'm imagining something like the job management being implemented in KDE4 but applied to each of the launchers. You could add a bare progress bar under the text in your red screen shot with information in the pop-up mouse over.
Of course, that may not be feasible without major rewrites of the WM like KDE4 is doing. But it would be clean.
- 8 February 2007 at 16:37
- Unknown said...
It all looks very shiny and personally it's the direction I'd love to see Linux eye candy moving in, but i have a reservation about affinity. It seems similar to at least some of the functions of the "Computer" menu. I can see how it improves on that, but do users, especially new users coming perhaps from Windows or Mac OS, benefit from having two tools that seem to perform similar functions both available from within what, a a few hundred pixels of each other? Admittedly this is just my gut thought; I do however look forward to seeing how everything progresses. :)
- 8 February 2007 at 17:00
- Neil J. Patel said...
Hi all!
@jake: ATM Affinity is reading the values from Awns gconf settings. When I release avant-them-eengine, it should able to do these effects, or at least it will in the future.
@jason: That is what I mean about applications controlling their icons. So, for instance, while Epipphany is downloading files, it can update the progress on Awn. The icon will show the progress, as will the hovering text. I am working on it now, so hopefully i'll be blogging about it today/tomorrow. This API also means you can see the album art as the icon while your listening to music. Its a DBus interface so any applications should be able to connect to it. Let me know if you have any more ideas!
@Phill: I understand what you mean, thats why Affinty also serves as a drop-down menu on your panel, like SLAB. However, since my post, and after speaking to a few people, I am going to try and spend some time on a Tracker front end. Something which brings together the ideas of Affinity. I think/hope more people will benefit from that.
- 8 February 2007 at 17:12
First migrate to Xegl or another way of doing RGBA right before trying to mix XClient software with XComposite-based software like Xgl. To do this stuff the way it is supposed to be done, we need true RGBA on X-level and GTK-level, so that cairo doesn't need to invoke hardware itself anymore.
- 8 February 2007 at 17:14
- Neil J. Patel said...
@anon: You may be correct, but I am a firm believer of 'unless we try and push what we have to the limit, there will not any reason to move forward'. As I said in my post, a theme engine which uses cairo+RGBA extensively is not going to be the fastest theme engine, it may even be a pain to use day-to-day, but it will (hoepfully) serve as a demo of what can be done.
- 8 February 2007 at 17:18
- Unknown said...
I don't like the first two; too "vista like" for me. The others look good though.
- 8 February 2007 at 17:33
- Movi said...
Do as you say, and make the speed of cairo the cairo's team responsibility. Or start using glitz. One question though - are the Cinema media Player and the Piooneer app also mockups? cause they look MIGHTY sweet. As of now i only need a few basic things out of awn : autohide, and for it to be able to host notification icons : then i could do-away with the gnome bar completely :). And the gtk engine looks MIGHTY sweet, and it looks just right - don't change it!
- 8 February 2007 at 18:02
- Neil J. Patel said...
@Piotr: Thanks! Regarding Cinema/Pioneer, they were mostly a playgound for different ideas for normal applications. They are not real, but the design is out there for someone to turn it into reality. The same goes for any future mockup I upload! If you like it, and want to code it, go for it! I'll help you if you need to know how to do some of the more funky things with Gtk. Only thing is, just let me know that you have done it, so I can advertise it here ;).
- 8 February 2007 at 18:11
wow man! keep the good work! i want have a desktop like your mockups =)
- 8 February 2007 at 19:00
- Movi said...
mm, on another note, avn stopped working today. I keep getting these errors :(avant-window-navigator:6622): Wnck-CRITICAL **: wnck_application_get_pid: assertion `WNCK_IS_APPLICATION (app)' failed
This is on todays Feisty, and sadly fglrx/Xgl :( (this is not my machine, oh how i long for my nvidia...)
- 8 February 2007 at 19:10
- Neil J. Patel said...
@Piotr: Yeah, this has been fixed in svn now, I had some issues with new launcher to window matching code. Going to have to rethink it.
- 8 February 2007 at 20:13
- abhinay said...
hey, which font you are using, the font looks cool !
- 8 February 2007 at 20:26
- Unknown said...
Hello this looks really neat gonna try this stuff.
Ambuj varshney http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com
- 8 February 2007 at 20:42
- Movi said...
Last question : "Dude, where is my launcher code?" ;] No seriously, i saw your earlier post, that's why i got the newest svn, and even though the new features are nice, the one i was aking for most seems to be missing? Somethings not right... :/
- 8 February 2007 at 20:44
- Neil J. Patel said...
piotr: Which feature is missing? I had to change some stuuf, but nothing drastic, so let me know if somethings messed up.
- 8 February 2007 at 22:34
- Brennan said...
This looks great. I can't wait for this to come to light.
Also, I'd love to see some ideas for a new login. Preferably something that supports some kind of animated graphics api/widgets. Hell, even the ugly XP login has more effects than GDM.
- 8 February 2007 at 23:08
- Unknown said...
@jake: ATM Affinity is reading the values from Awns gconf settings. When I release avant-them-eengine, it should able to do these effects, or at least it will in the future.
Cool. Thanks! That looks amazing.
- 8 February 2007 at 23:16
- Unknown said...
I hate eyecandy, wobbly windows, flaming windows, videos on cubes and all manner of wasted cpu cycles.
Those desktop markups you have are absolutely amazing looking and will be on my desktop as soon as is possible. This is what I've always wanted from a composite desktop. You rock.
- 9 February 2007 at 03:00
Excellent work my man!
- 9 February 2007 at 07:31
- Movi said...
Ah yes, with revision 98 the launchers are back! Yay! Here's food for thought : If i want to create a launcher of an app im running, why not have a "keep in dock" option in the right-click menu? :) Also. rearranging the launchers by d&d would be mighty nice. At any rate this already does the minimum that i want, so yay! Youre my new personal hero, and have ascended in my eyes to the panteon of new-wave gtk-cairo-cool-apps-with-eyecandy coders like MacSlow :) I think im gonna make packages for feisty out of this now. Time to apply for a MOTU.
- 9 February 2007 at 07:31
It looks really great, but what's the deal with all the corners being squared-off or blocky? Fully anti-aliased rounded corners are a must.
- 9 February 2007 at 08:07
- Unknown said...
It's a figata, man!
- 9 February 2007 at 08:25
Ever since Clearlooks and Murrine (and to some extend the SuSE-mockups from earlier 2006) those presented mockups/ideas for gtk-theme-engines are by far the best I've seen! Thumb up! You'll get two thumbs up from me once you implemented them :) I bet people like Richard Stellingwerff, Daniel Borgmann and Cimitan Andrea would help you out putting those ideas into code. I can imagine this to be quite some work for one alone. Most if not all shown drawing-effects and styles should be doable right now with cairo. While UI-toolkit-level effects are still a drag to implement in current with current gtk all you stuff looks very possible to me.
- 9 February 2007 at 09:05
- Neil J. Patel said...
Thanks everyone for your comments!
@bryce leo: Lol, I'm glad you like them, although I can't guarentee they wont waste cpu cycles ;), g_timeout_add() is my favourite function!
@piotr: Thats not a bad idea, however it won't work for every app, as sometimes wnck reads the wrong info. Awn would have to make a .desktop file for it. I've added it to TODO, lets see what we can do.
@macslow : Wow! Thanks for the compliments! Its def. a group effort, as soon as I have time to rip open clearlooks, I'll create a project for it so everyone can contribute. I hope with the mockups out there for everyone to see, more people want to join in with the effort!
- 9 February 2007 at 09:31
- Movi said...
I found a bug either with the way awn draws itself or compiz. Have a look at the terminal icon http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zrzutekranueq8.png
- 9 February 2007 at 10:33
- Neil J. Patel said...
@Poitr: Hmm, thats weird. I know that with compiz, when you start up, the bar is behind the icons. But I am not sure why you are getting a white rectangle behind the terminal icon. Does this alway happen?
- 9 February 2007 at 10:56
- Movi said...
Not always, only when im in scale and don't select the window that is under an activated icon <- yes, the unactive icons don't produce this!
- 9 February 2007 at 13:50
Regarding the launcher, what gnome really needs is something ala Quicksilver. Deskbar is too slow to launch any given application quickly.
- 9 February 2007 at 15:29
- - JojoMan said...
drool... i want this now... incredible...
- 10 February 2007 at 05:44
- Unknown said...
Yep, the community (read me :)) needs a better version of deskbar!
what about it?
- 10 February 2007 at 09:28
Who cares if it resembles Vista or OSX... It looks great! I have never seen Linux look so good. I use Windows at work, OSX at my parents home, and Ubuntu (Beryl) at my home... Who cares if it somewhat resembles one or the other... Linux needs eye-candy. What do we have to loose? It looks fantastic. Keep up the great work! If it looks like a hybrid of the two widely used OSes, that is fine with me. It is still Linux. It will not take away from Linux. It is just another added benefit of using Linux, but with the power, security, and stability that Linux has to offer over the other OSes left intact! Is there any way to sign up on a mailing list to be notified when it's done or a alpha/beta becomes available?
Thank you,
- 11 February 2007 at 00:15
some great looking stuff there, look forward to trying it out :)
- 11 February 2007 at 15:13
Nice ideas mate!
Font name in affinity screenshots?^^
- 14 February 2007 at 22:31
The mockups look amazing, also the Affinity app sounds VERY cool and looks very promising.
- 16 February 2007 at 03:32
- Cimi said...
Hi I'm Andrea "Cimi" Cimitan, Murrine, clearlooks etc etc dev...
I've seen you're intentioned to fork murrine to use composited screen... but why don't implement directly in murrine/clearlooks?
I've talked a lot with other gnome devs and we are trying to stop forking clearlooks (same thing is reguarding murrine since won't never enter in gtk-engines due to his fork nature).
If you want to speak with me more about your ideas (i've tried few times to add those effects but i've experienced a lot of issues), you can contact me http://cimi.netsons.org
- 22 February 2007 at 18:25
I_LOVE_YOUR_SCREENSHOTS... please can you put it in the gnome mailing list for discussion?
- 25 February 2007 at 23:37
- Juan Pablo Firrincieli said...
check this out http://macslow.thepimp.net/?p=108
The compiz part, maybe this help to do the gtk-engine transparent or somtehing.
- 26 February 2007 at 20:19
- Florent Thiery said...
Hi man!
Glad to see great projects such as awm !
You know what? If you let affinity work with beryl alone, with awm we have a complete new system.
THere are tons of people ou there both happy and sad to use beryl: happy, because beryl rocks, and sad because they don't like gnome, kde & xfce.
We need something more similar to fluxbox, for beryl. Your apps look like they would be a great base for this full new desktop.
- 2 April 2007 at 01:40
Thanks for the nice post!
- 18 September 2007 at 13:35
- Unknown said...
Looks great!
I'd like you to achieve this interface design.
- 5 October 2007 at 23:44
Did you finish this?
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Our party was hosted at Monster Mini Golf in Danvers, MA in the party room. The room itself has a wonderful vibe with Gothic haunting decor. We brought decorations to supplement and celebrate the "wake" theme.
Upon entering the room, guests were greeted by a photo of the deceased and a full length black coffin which served as buffet for assorted appetizers.
Guests could read Dracula's obituary and view photos of his surviving relatives surrounded by candles and a ceremonial wreath. A bust of Dracula was prominently displayed. Women were presented with a corsage, men received boutonnieres and children had ribbons.
Creepy accessories for all guests which also served as favors.
The coffin served as a buffet for an assortment of appetizers from chicken "bat" wings, "moldy" cheese balls, beef "flesh" pops, fried "black eyed" peas and more.
One of my favorite party elements and a big hit with the younger (and young at heart) guests was the "blood bath" of tomato soup with "bone" grilled cheese sandwich dippers.
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U.S. President Barack Obama injured his lip while playing basketball on Thanksgiving with his personal aide Reggie Love and other members of his family.
Obama was struck by a player's elbow (for some reason it doesn't seem to be Love) to his lip (Thank God it wasn't somewhere else) and had to take 12 (yes, 12) stitches while given a local anaesthetic. Obama was seen holding an ice pack on his lip later on (poor thing).
Why did Obama receive 12 stitches?
"The medical unit that treated Obama used a smaller filament than typically used, which increases the number of stitches but makes a tighter stitch and results in a smaller scar," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
Nice way for the President to spend his Thanksgiving I guess.
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