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So I've written in the past about how nice WebP is. I'm currently working on a personal project that'll incorporate maybe ~260 full-screen retina images on the iPad - lots of pictures! I want them to be WebP to keep download sizes sensible. So i tried a cocoapod (iOS-WebP) that purported to decode WebP for me, but it didn't work. So here's my solution which is simpler, and works:
// UIImage+WebP.h
// Created by Chris Hulbert on 9/02/2014.
// Copyright (c) 2014 Chris Hulbert. All rights reserved.
// This gives you methods for sync and async webp image loading.
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
typedef void(^WebpImageCompletionBlock)(UIImage *image);
@interface UIImage (WebP)
/// Synchronously loads a webp image. This can be called from any thread.
+ (instancetype)webpImageNamed:(NSString *)name;
/// Async decoding of a webp image on a background thread. Callback is on main thread.
+ (void)webpDecodeImageNamed:(NSString *)name completion:(WebpImageCompletionBlock)completion;
// UIImage+WebP.m
// Created by Chris Hulbert on 9/02/2014.
// Copyright (c) 2014 Chris Hulbert. All rights reserved.
// This gives you methods for sync and async webp image loading.
#import "UIImage+WebP.h"
#import <WebP/decode.h>
@implementation UIImage (WebP)
+ (instancetype)webpImageNamed:(NSString *)name {
// Load the source data.
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:name ofType:@"webp"];
NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path];
// WebP-decode it.
int width=0, height=0;
void *webpDecoded = WebPDecodeARGB(data.bytes, data.length, &width, &height);
// Free the source data.
data = nil;
// Use the webpDecoded data to make a CG context.
CGColorSpaceRef space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(webpDecoded, width, height, 8, width*4, space, (CGBitmapInfo)kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipFirst);
// Convert it to a CGImage.
CGImageRef cgImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
// Free the CG context and decoded data.
// Convert the CGImage to a UIImage.
UIImage *uiImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgImage scale:2 orientation:UIImageOrientationUp];
return uiImage;
+ (void)webpDecodeImageNamed:(NSString *)name completion:(WebpImageCompletionBlock)completion {
// Make the queue.
static dispatch_queue_t queue;
static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
queue = dispatch_queue_create("com.splinter.webpdecoder", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
// Decode it in the background.
dispatch_async(queue, ^{
UIImage *image = [self webpImageNamed:name];
// Callback in the main thread.
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
You'll need to include Google's 'libwebp' cocoapod for this to work.
Hi everyone, Chris Hulbert here - the iOS guy who seems to always be blogging about my travails building a house, instead of, well, iOS.
So, what's new? My current contract is finishing in a week, and i'm currently looking for new work. If you know anyone in Sydney who needs a great app made, please get in touch.
How's the house? Well, we're still struggling to get it certified. The latest update is that we got three bushfire assessments made (as we back onto a bushy creek), 2 years ago. Two assessments said it's minimal danger. One assessment said it's maximum danger, strangely (this assessment later was retracted by the issuing company).
Well, guess what i discovered recently? The maximum danger assessment is the one that council and the certifier thinks is the official one, even though we've got an email trail proving that our original builder sent them the other (minimum-danger) assessment before they issued the DA. (A DA is an australian development approval. Redtape, basically.)
So, we now have to fight to get the correct bushfire assessment recognised. Priceless! We'll get there, eventually.
Anyway, i just bought a surfboard, which is great fun riding with my girls :)
Keep in touch, friends!
TL;DR: If you overcompress your images, you can get a typical 1.5M JPEG file down to 245kb using WebP and it'll look fine on retina, at 1/6th the size!
Retina laptops and iPads are common now, and we need to re-think our image compression - JPEG's at default quality (70) are massive overkill these days, and are slowing down our apps/websites. Screens are improving faster than our mobile internet infrastructure is, that's for sure!
So, I grabbed an image, sized it to a full-screen iPad retina images, and ran a bunch of tests, compressing and over-compressing the image on JPEG and WebP, to see what I could come up with as a reasonable tradeoff between file-size and quality. Here's the original image:
I used this image because it's a nice combo of smooth sky areas and detailed rocky areas, and the contrast of the detailed horns against the smooth grass.
It's worth noting there are a few other options too: Jpeg2000, JPEG XR, and HEVC-MSP. JPEG 2000 is great, but is really slow to decode so not really ideal for mobile (fine for desktop though). JPEG XR is good too, especially on the high-end of the quality scale. But we're interested in the low-end of the quality scale in this article, what with over-compressing our images for retina and all, so i'll leave it. And HEVC-MSP is great according to the Mozilla study linked later on, but it's not finished yet AFAIK so i'll revisit it when it's released and there's a good standard library for it.
So, my findings:
I'm using Acorn's JPEG functionality for these tests.
70 - This seems to be the typical JPEG quality setting. Looks great, but it's 1.5MB. You better hope your poor user isn't downloading this bad-boy over 3G while they're sweating it out on the train.
20 - goat horns look fine, sky starts looking noticeably not great. I think you could get away with this, in retina. 500kb.
15 - Even in retina, the sky looks bad. Still, horns and mountains look fine. Avoid, for images with smooth parts.
10 - Same as 15: Detailed areas - horns and mountains - look fine. 401k.
5 and 0 - Both fine in the detailed areas. File isn't much smaller anyway (356 vs 401k) so it's not worth it unless you're desperate.
So: My recommendation, for retina: You can generally get down to 20. Or 10 if you really don't care all that much, or if there are no 'smooth' areas (eg sky) in your photo.
I'm using the 'libwebp-0.3.1-mac-10.8' command line tools for these tests.
80 - This is the default setting. Looks great, and it's 916kb. So right off the bat, it's killing JPEG.
60,50,40,30 - All good. Getting down to 414kb.
20 - Starting to be noticeably dropping quality if you look close. I doubt you'd notice on retina unless you're an eagle-eye. 334KB.
15 - Same comments as 20. 301k
10 - This is as low as i'd go personally. Kindof the opposite of JPEG: smooth areas (sky) look great, detailed areas (mountain) not so great. Horns still look great though. 245kb.
5 - I'm on the fence about whether or not this is acceptable, to be honest. Wow the file size is temptingly small, though: 192kb.
0 - Yuck. Avoid. 87kb.
WebP has the big advantage that its artefacts are much nicer to the eye, even when they become visible. So I think you can push it further into 'visible artefacts' territory than you can with JPEG.
If i were you, i'd go with WebP at quality 10, at 245kb. Compared to the smallest nice-looking JPEG (Q20, 500kb) - it's half the size!
So, if you're anything like me, you're probably currently naively using quality 70 JPEG, which is 1.5MB for a typical full-screen iPad retina image.
With some over-compression that wouldn't really be noticeable on retina, you can get that down to 500k and stick with JPEG (certainly worth doing if this whole WebP thing is a bit too much effort for you). That's a third the size already!
And if you switch to WebP, you can arguably get that down to 245kb - that's 1/6th the original size! That's a massive performance win for anyone trying to download your assets over 3G.
Keep in mind that most people use apps on the train or bus, where the cell towers are being inundated by stacks of users. I'm sure they'd rather get a 'looks almost perfect' image in, say, 10 seconds; versus an image that looks a tiny bit better, but takes a minute to download.
Note: This is a very subjective article! Take it with a grain of salt. This is all my opinion, comparing what 'looks good' to my eyes. Oh, and i didn't include any screenshots, because you're probably reading this on a non-retina desktop screen like I am, so I don't think it worth the effort.
Worth a read if you're super keen. But I still think it's all subjective, you should play with quality settings and choose what you think looks best. Here you go:
Let's get the embarrassing thing out of the way first: I did an MBA. Well, half an MBA. But I was simply misguided at the time, so I'll let you in on a little secret:
Going into management isn't the only way to get ahead if you're a good developer.
Sounds obvious in hindsight, really. But, for the benefit of the guy on work experience at work (whom this post is dedicated to), and for anyone else in the early stages of their career, you can read on...
You'll find, as a developer, that you can change jobs a few times early on in your career, getting payrises each time until you hit a pay plateau. This is the point at which you're earning 'market rate'. If you live in sydney, like I do, you'll be scratching your head thinking 'this isn't enough pay to support a family - i need to do something'. At this stage you may think, as I did, that the next step is management.
But you may have looked around at management types, and thought they don't all look like they're enjoying it, shall we say? Running around from meeting to meeting, it doesn't really look like the dream most of us have for our futures.
Many writers will give you their opinion on the path you should take. But your path will likely look very different to mine. We're all unique after all. So, in that spirit, I'll do my best to simply give you a few different options you can consider:
Contracting through a recruiter is a very simple affair: It's basically having a series of 3 or 6 month jobs. You get paid a significant amount more (email me if you're interested in gory details!), but you don't get sick days, you're expected to be very talented, and there's obviously a bit of risk involved, with the possibility of idle time between contracts. Certainly worth looking into if you're talented, and don't have a wife or kids to support (or have some savings).
If you try this, I'll give you bonus points for keeping in touch with all the cool people you'll meet through your series of contracts. Contracting for a few years can do wonders for your network. Relationships matter for many more important reasons than your career, so make the time to catch up for lunch with ex-colleagues every now and again!
I've never done this, so won't pretend to have much advice on this. But, if you haven't got a wife/kids/mortgage you have to at least consider this. Even in Sydney there are lots of startup incubators around, such as pollenizer or startmate. Or simply self-fund / bootstrap and build a B2B SAAS app, Amy Hoy-style. I'm personally considering doing this when my current contract expires.
No, that's not a mis-spelling. This is where you take on the mindset of an entrepreneur, but apply it internally at a big corporate. This is by no means second rate to starting your own business! The world has plenty of big companies that are overrun by disinterested people, and they really need passionate 'intrapreneur' types to shake them up for the better.
You may have to work at a few different places before you find one where you can flourish as this kind of person. You'll be sticking your neck out - some places you might just get it chopped off. Stick your neck out anyway.
Here's a good tip: If your company has a person in the address book with the title 'innovation manager' - shout them lunch and tell them all your ideas that could improve the company. Or simply, as I do, email some suitably high-up manager your suggestions for ways they could better use you time.
This is my favoured path for the majority of people.
If you've got the time, you can take on freelance work in the evenings to supplement your income. We all know that living in Sydney costs a fortune, so this can really help. If you do this, be careful to start off with smaller achievable projects.
I've found the best way to find clients is through networking, friends, and having a good blog. You may even find work through a freelancer website. When doing freelance work, be sure to split your work up into small milestones (say $1-2000 each) so they don't run out on your bill, and be sure to send the client updates every few days on your progress.
If you've got kids/mortgage/whatever, and are chained with 'golden handcuffs' to a boring job that pays the bills - firstly, I feel for you, I totally understand. Your options are limited. But a really good option is to convince your boss to let you work 4 days a week - I've seen a few people do this. You could use the remaining day to work on a startup or side business, or on building a set of freelance clients that one day could support you full-time. For the sake of your sanity, try to get out of that rut.
Go to meetups! Find a couple that are related to your chosen language and go every time they're on and make some friends. For instance, in Sydney there is Cocoaheads, SydJS, RORO, and others.
Also, keep in touch with ex-colleagues. It's worth the effort to do lunch every now and again. Get out of your shell and be social!
If you're still deciding what language you want to specialise in, make sure you choose one that has a good local community. It just makes lots of things easier in the long term.
Most of your mentors will be people you never meet face to face. They'll be people like Seth Godin, Ramit Sethi, Patrick Mackenzie, Hugh MacLeod, Amy Hoy, and so on. Read their books, their blogs, their podcasts - soak it up. These guys (and gal) in particular are great. They'll change your mindset for the better.
All this is predicated on you being good at what you do, but if you truly love it, that won't be a problem, will it?
Go, choose your own adventure. Your career and workplace will mould your personality in ways you can only imagine. So don't go into management unless you really want to - there are plenty of alternatives to try. Best of luck, Matt!
Hi everyone! Firstly, in case you're wondering, you previously subscribed to by blog at splinter.com.au. I blog about iOS development and my roundabout journey on the way to entrepreneurship. I think a little brutal honesty in the form of my less-than-stellar story can help people feel like they're not the only one on the roundabout, hoping to get off it one day.
Well, what's new? My iOS apps are down to single-digits daily income. It's a pretty common story for indie developers, really. Not much to speak of there. Our house is almost finished being built, we're being held up by the government department for hooking up gas. Contracting at News Corp currently - the project finishes in 6 weeks but my contract finishes in a few months, which is interesting. I've started a mailing list for iOS devs in Sydney looking for work too - i get a lot of companies contact me directly through this blog when they're looking for people, so i figured why not make a mailing list for it: splinter.com.au/grapevine
As i've written about before, this year i've been trying a few different approaches to becoming a more positive guy. I hope someone out there finds this useful. I'm sure there are a lot of you out there battling the daily grind of starting a business on the side, and can do with a dose of positivity :)
I've been trying to brainwash myself. I bet that sounds terrible, so let me explain: Essentially the idea is to come up with some positive phrase and repeat it in your mind several times a day with an alarm on your phone, trying to get it 'stuck' in your mind. In my case, the phrase was something to the effect of 'I'm not a victim, our builder almost sent us broke, but it drove me to contracting and now we're doing OK.' This sentence might make more sense if you've been reading my blog a while and have followed the saga my family's been through building a house.
But what i've found is that no matter how many times i repeat this phrase in my conscious mind, i get more and more frustrated. You know what i'm pretty sure is happening? Deep down, i just can't accept this sentence - my unconscious mind knows it's a lie! The truth is, i was already a contractor before our builder went broke. If they hadn't gone broke, i would still be earning contractor rates, but wouldn't be paying off a monstrous debt. There could have been a nice new car or boat sitting in the driveway, or some money saved that i could have used to fund time off to attempt a startup. Instead, well, there's just an empty driveway. But at least we're solvent :)
So trying to brainwash yourself into positivity by simply repeating a positive phrase doesn't work in my experience, if you unconsciously reject the phrase.
Recently, I spent a couple of days at work chasing down a bug. In the end, i couldn't find it, and one of my colleagues found it in his spare time. Very embarrassing - although less so than Apple's iMessage woes in iOS7!
Anyway, got me thinking - we're not meant to operate in isolation. Working closely with encouraging friends will take you a lot further than you can get on your own. So that's going to be my next idea on the path to positivity - see if i can make some regular time with close friends to encourage each other. It'd be easier if so many of my mates hadn't left sydney due to the unaffordable housing market!
Keep in touch, everyone.
Have you ever chambered a round in a rifle? The best part is the satisfying 'shick-chunk' as you push the bolt forwards, then lock it down. Ok, maybe you haven't: but have you ever driven a car with a good, notchy manual gearbox? Or how about hitting a baseball? There's something very satisfying about these. That's what i'd like to talk about now.
What's so much fun about these actions? I think, in a nutshell, they're very tactile experiences. As you force the round into the chamber, you're in complete control of that bit of copper and lead. You feel the vibration in your hand as the firing pin clicks into position. You feel the resistance as you lock the bolt down. When changing gear in a nice car, you feel the friction point as the clutch travels, you feel the gearbox snick into gear through the gearknob, and you feel it in your butt as you plant the accelerator once it's in gear. Or when you swing for the ball, you feel it hit the sweet spot of the bat, you hear the satisfying crack, the almost-painful vibrations in the bat as the ball takes flight.
And on the other hand, if you're loading a rifle and the bullet jams, or it pings off into the grass as it somehow doesn't go in the barrel right, or if you miss a gear shift and crunch your gearbox, or if you swing for the ball but it just hits the edge of the bat - it's just so frustrating, isn't it? Even writing this paragraph is putting my teeth on edge.
Personally, I think it's all about control and feedback. You feel in control of the rifle, of your car, of that bat. You're getting feedback that says 'you got it right'. I think that's the essence of why activities like these are so good for stress relief: after a week feeling frustrated and powerless at work, you get to be in complete control of that gearbox. I really think that axis of powerlessness vs control is a powerful force when it comes to what makes us human, and tactile activities that make us feel in control are huge stress relievers, especially activites using our hands.
Which brings me to apps. How satisfying is it when there's a good-sized button in an iPhone app that you can easily touch, and you get instant feedback that you touched it by the button turning a darker colour (iOS7 notwithstanding)? Conversely, how frustrating is it when a button is too small, and it takes 3 tries to tap it successfully? And how frustrating are web apps, where (because it's all a scrollable area), button taps are delayed by half a second, so the button only goes dark grey sometime after you tap it? It just isn't a tactile experience, and to me it feels cheap and nasty.
Or the other day, when i saw a co-worker using Powerpoint on windows 8: it has the same swipe to change pages as you'd expect, but you get no feedback on your swipe until you lift your finger. They obviously thought it'd be easier to wait for the finger gesture to finish instead of showing the pages scrolling with your finger. And if you swipe left, it won't go back a page either. It's just not tactile, not satisfying to use, and really frustrating.
So, when you make your apps, please make them responsive, tactile, and make the user feel like they're in control. Don't put buttons in a UIScrollView if possible. If you can, set delaysContentTouches to NO for your UIScrollViews. Make tap areas at least 44pt. And if your designer has his heart set on a design with sub-44pt controls, see if you can make the tappable zone stretch beyond the actual visual size of thutton. Make sure your UIButton's highlighted state looks sufficiently different to the normal state (although with iOS7 coming, i'm not sure what that'll affect). In your UIGestureRecognizers, make sure you update the
UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged state and update the visuals to suit, not just waiting for the gesture completion. And so on and so forth… i hope you get the idea.
Thanks for reading :)
You can read more of my blog here in my blog archive.
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This is one dessert we always like to include at big family dinners. We don't even have to ask who will bring it. My daughter Twila is our pecan-pie maker.
As you probably know by now, I can never seem to leave well enough alone. Actually, nothing can really take the place of the much-loved traditional version, but over the years, I have made several variations.
The first change I made, years ago, was to substitute pineapple ice cream topping for the corn syrup called for in the recipe. Hawaiian Pecan Pie is definitely one of my favorites.
Anyone who has read my column over the past 27 years knows how much I like sweet potatoes. You guessed it. I added mashed sweet potatoes to my pecan-pie filling and named this specialty Sweet Potato Praline Pie.
Almost everyone knows how good a chocolate pecan pie is, although I must admit I can't remember ever making one. Perhaps adding a little coconut to the chocolate version would give me a German Chocolate Pecan Pie.
Believe it or not, I even make fried pecan pies and they are delicious — tastes just like the regular pie but with a crispy fried crust.
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup mashed, cooked sweet potatoes
¼ cup butter, softened at room temperature
½ cup sugar
\½ cup firmly-packed light brown sugar
½ cup dark corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (9-inch) unbaked deep-dish pie crust
Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine the eggs, sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, nutmeg and salt. Mix well. Stir in pecans. Pour into pie crust and bake for about 40 to 45 minutes or until set.
1 cup firmly-packed light brown sugar
1 tablespoon flour
3 lightly beaten eggs
1 cup light corn syrup
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped toasted pecans
2 cups self-rising flour
¼ cup oil
½ cup milk
Oil for frying
In a heavy saucepan, combine brown sugar and flour. Mix well. Add eggs, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and cook, stirring continuously, until mixture has thickened (about 6 to 8 minutes). Stir in toasted pecans. Refrigerate until cool. This can be made ahead and used as needed.
For the crust, combine self-rising flour, oil and milk in food processor. Process until mixture forms a ball. Turn out onto floured surface and knead until slightly firmer than biscuit dough. Divide into 6 portions. Roll each portion into a ball about 2 inches in diameter. Using a floured rolling pin, roll each ball to a circle about 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Dough should be thin. Place about ¼ cup of filling in center of each circle. Fold to form a half moon shape. Press edges with a fork to seal well. Gently push fork into top and bottom of each pie 3 or 4 times. This will prevent the crust from being doughy on the inside. Pour oil into electric skillet to a depth of about ¾ inch. Heat to 375 F. Place 2 or 3 pies at a time into hot oil and fry until golden brown, turning as needed. Drain well on paper towels. Allow to cool slightly before serving.
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I fell asleep a couple times earlier lol :/ but I want to thank Dhi for helping me with my last barn upgrade I would be still looking well into the next week if you had not helped me because I was really struggling finding stuff for that last one! Also thank you Nadia you got me to the final stretch with the last 10 bolts! Thanks
Also thank you richleyd, Joyc, Micky, please forgive me I know there are others who have helped with my recent boats but thank you to everyone that has been helping my boats!
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In my quest for new shoes, I ordered several different pairs- one of them was a pretty good deal on mavic huez shoes in white, size 8. Unfortunately, when they arrived, I opened the box to be blinded by a mavic yellow pair of shoes. I called the retailer who apologized, refunded my shipping and then found out they were out of them in white size 8. They offered me the yellow shoes at what amounted to half price, BUT, I CANNOT wear those freaking lemons, as cyclists we look stupid enough in the rest of the clothes, while it might help visibility, just, NO.
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Sat. April 9, 1898: Ther. warm Wea. clear We went to the Little Meadows again. Father & I dug ditch while Dan plowed in some more wheat. Uncle Criss got here with his family today Sunday 10: Ther. warm Wea. clouds east running several of the Carmel boys came up in search of Elick Thomas he shot and killed Frank Owens over on the North Fork last night I went up to Rob's with Uncle Criss after some hay.


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I have followed the Houston Astros for close to 50 years, so I know something about inept baseball management. But even the Astros couldn't have screwed up Wednesday's rain delay at Dehler Park as badly as the Mustangs did.
The delay came at the worst possible time: Tie score, top of the ninth, runners on second and third, one out. But I can't complain about that. It was starting to rain really hard, and there was danger that the game could end in some rain-induced sloppy fashion, or that somebody could get badly hurt.
It turned out to be a typical Montana rain: a few minutes of hard rain, then nothing. The field looked reasonably playable: home plate and the pitcher's mound were covered with a tarp during the worst of it, and there were just a couple of small puddles in the infield. No obvious slush or slick spots. And the new Dehler Park was supposed to have been designed to handle exactly this sort of quick shower.
So I waited it out. Up to a point, rain delays can be pleasant. It rains seldom enough in Eastern Montana that I usually sit on the front porch to watch it rain, so I figured I might as well watch it rain at the ballpark. And rain always seems to put baseball fans in a festive mood; there was literal dancing in the aisles, and girls with bare legs glistening from the raindrops running out from under cover for the sheer joy of getting wet.
But it went on and on. The groundskeepers would throw a couple of bags of dry dirt on a wet spot, then rake it around for a while, then go get some more. The umpires paced the field. The players danced to the music or told stories.
I understand why the Mustangs can't afford to keep a massive grounds crew on staff for the rare occasion when it rains, but it did strike me as odd to see three people out there working their butts off while several hundred stood around and watched idly. Heck, I thought, give me a rake; I wouldn't mind helping out.
At any rate, the field looked playable to me. But, of course, there was no way to tell for sure without going onto the field, and fans aren't allowed on the field. The people who were allowed on the field weren't saying anything.
Finally, after a delay of more than an hour, the public address announcer said the game would begin in about 30 minutes, at 11:15 p.m. What the hell, I thought, the evening's shot anyway. Might as well hang around.
Sure enough, around 11 p.m., players started doing stretching exercises, and the Mustangs' pitcher made a few warm-up throws. But by 11:10 p.m., it was obvious that the game wasn't going to start on time. And by 11:20 p.m., the players were packing up the bags of balls and bats and heading for the clubhouse. The umpires were right behind.
I asked a Mustangs official what was up, and he had no idea. He said there would be an announcement, but I wasn't willing to wait until the players, umpires and grounds keepers were all sound asleep to hear it. My guess is, the Mustangs never did announce that the game had been suspended.
1. Calling for a delay in a crucial ninth-inning situation: Unfortunate, but perfectly understandable.
2. Refusing to keep fans informed of progress toward beginning the game again: Not so understandable but unfortunately typical.
3. Inaccurately announcing the game would be resumed: Quite unfortunate, and not really understandable at all, without some explanation. But if I'm going to complain about Point 2, I guess I can't complain too much about Point 3.
4. Refusing to announce that the game would not be resumed: Not the least bit understandable and both unfortunate and inexcusable. People who are willing to wait through a rain delay for a couple of hours ought to get some appreciation. From the Mustangs they got nothing but contempt.


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Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says 'no way' Dirk Nowitzki is traded
By Ben Golliver
The 2012-13 season has been frustrating and disappointing for the Mavericks, but owner Mark Cuban says things aren't bad enough for a total demolition.
One week after Dirk Nowitzki aired some frustration with the Mavericks' outlook, the Associated Press reported that Cuban told his franchise forward, who is under contract through the 2013-14 season, that there isn't a scenario in which he will be traded.
"I told Dirk we're not going to trade him. He was happy. I think," Cuban said, laughing. "I wanted to make it clear to him. I said, `We're in this through thick and thin,' and so there's no way I would trade him no matter what."
"When Dirk has something on this mind, he's never shy," Cuban said. "If he's going to tell you what he said in the media, you don't think he's going to dump on me? I mean, I've got texts from every single year and emails from every single year. Dirk wants to get it out of his system and then at the end of the email or text it's like, `Don't you worry. I'm a warrior and I'm going to lead these guys and we're going to get it rolling."'
Nowitzki wondered aloud last week whether Dallas was positioned to land marquee free agents next summer.
"It's going to be tough now," Nowitzki said after the Mavs' home overtime loss to the Western Conference cellar-dwelling New Orleans Hornets. "I always liked to think you don't want to build your franchise on hope.
"We hoped for Deron [Williams] last year. We hoped for Dwight [Howard]. Why would he leave the Lakers? To me, it makes no sense. He's in a great situation. Why would [Chris Paul] leave? [The Clippers are] the best team in the league probably right now. They're probably the deepest team. So are you going to hope that we get something? Maybe Cuban has something up his sleeve. Maybe you have to take a chance on a bad contract to get him in here and make something happen. I mean, I don't know. That's something we'll have to see this summer."
The Mavericks, who played the first few months of the season without Nowitzki after he underwent knee surgery, are 15-23 and sitting in 12th place in the Western Conference. Basketball-Reference's playoff predictor gives them less than a one percent chance to make the playoffs, which would snap a 12-year streak of consecutive playoff appearances during the Nowitzki era.
After so many years of success, peaking with the 2011 title, it's almost impossible to imagine the Mavericks moving Nowitzki, who is averaging 13.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game this season, unless it came at his request. After so many years in Dallas and given his status as a franchise icon, it's equally difficult to imagine Nowitzki ever requesting a trade.
But the difficulty in moving Nowitzki doesn't begin and end with the history between player and team and the strong loyalty factor on both sides. Nowitzki, 34, is one of the highest-paid players in the NBA with a salary of $20.9 million this year and $22.7 million next year. While that salary figure isn't untradeable, particularly if he gets back to form down the stretch this season, it's unwieldy. Nowitzki is a player whose offensive game far exceeds his defensive game and, even given his age, he's far better used as the centerpiece of an attack rather than as a complementary player.
Moving Nowitzki in the short term carries many of the same complications as the Lakers' attempting to move Pau Gasol. Finding an ideal trade partner to receive him in trade would require a franchise with deep pockets, a tolerance for his injury risks, a roster that was both ready to win now and able to build its offense around him, and enough assets (expiring contracts and young talent or a legit star player) to make it worth the Mavericks' while. Perhaps such a suitor could be found next summer, with a full free agency period to reshape their roster around Nowitzki and more evidence that he was back to 100 percent, but finding a buyer that fits all the necessary criteria in advance of the trade deadline seems next to impossible.
When Cuban says Nowitzi isn't going to be traded, then, he's doing right by the star player. He's also simply being realistic about the current trade market conditions.


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Our brother, Ghenghis Khan, G.K. for short, comes from royal lineage. His grandfather was the one and only Paw Paw and his father is the great Maddox, currently the number one Chow Chow in the United States. Francesca and I have to admit that we are proud to share our home with a pooch of such stature. Of course, to keep him looking majestic, G.K. requires a lot of maintenance and that means, regular visits to Martha's laundry room where all the dog grooming takes place. Funny, though, unlike Franny and myself, G.K. doesn't seem to mind one bit.
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Hey Girls
Aren't you glad we don't have to go thru all that grooming every day? That looks like pure hell if you ask me. I actually feel sorry for G.K. that he has to get brushed like that every day to look good. That goodness we have natural beauty
Well Mother Nature did not hear me when I said turn off the snow. We have around 6 inches on the ground already this morning and blizzard conditions are in the forecast for the remainder of the day. Mom closed her business due to the snow so we'll be in the kichen all day baking something good. Oh and get this, my mom didn't shovel a path for me to go do my business yet. I had to climb thru that snow myself. I just followed the big guys paw marks so it wasn't too bad.
Sophie is still at the hospital but the Doctor told mom and dad she is doing well. She also had a lump on her leg that they removed and are waiting for the biopsy results. The knee surgery went very well they are just concerned about this lump. I think she is coming home tomorrrow. Dad went to the Pet Store and got her a new bed for her crate. I tried it out yesterday and it is really comfy.
Stay warm every one, I'm going to go nap by the fire.
Hello Ladies,
I am back in the land of the living. Did you miss me? Our computer had issues, so I couldn't blog. What a terrible 2 days. It was fun catching up on all the goings on however. I loved seeing you gals playing the piano. I didn't know Mama Martha had a piano even. I wish I could have heard you both playing. I bet it would have been angelic. And as for G.K. getting groomed, well, start it now, Tasha and I have a good thing going. Listen to this. When she gets brushed, I always hang around also and then I get a treat. Then when I get my ears cleaned and checked, she hangs around and gets a treat. We know how to work Mom. Maybe you gals could try that route with G.K. Start now, as good habits form young. Zoe, I am glad to hear that Sophie's surgery went well and will keep my paws crossed that the lump is nothing. Have fun baking today Zoe and everyone else keep warm. I wish we were getting a blizzard like back East. Have a great day.
Love & licks,
Royal treatment for a Royal pooch! oh I meant exceptional Chow puppy named G.K. looks like you like the treatment, good for you!
Hello ladies, Kirby here.
I would have thought that you two knew that Chow's liked to be brushed when Paw Paw was with you. I know that I really do like to be brushed and have all of that fine hair removed. If I try to remove it, I usually wind up digging a hole in myself and that's not a "good thing". All mommy or daddy has to do is pick up the brush or comb and I'm ready. Whenever the come across a spot which I have been already working on, I give myself away by pulling away. They then have to inspect it carefully and if the skin is broken; it's medicine time. I hate that smelly stuff. One of these days I will learn to just stand still and avoid the medicine.
Catch you later, Kirby.
Picture #4 is the funniest by far. Young Prince Ghenghis looks like he is loves being attended to by his court of handmaidens. He is just too cute for his own good.
Now F & S don't sell yourselves short. Both of you also come from noble, championship lineage as well. Both of your fathers are handsome Frenchies. Frannie your sister Athena won both Best Frenchie Puppy and Best Puppy in Match and Sharkey your dad GP won several Best in Show awards and was also the Number One French Bulldog for two years in a row!
Thinking good thoughts for Sophie's speedy recovery. Have a good day everyone!
HisFurrieFluffinessGK has been quite the little spotlight stealer, hasn't he, girls?! I played a little catch-up since the first of this month, and I have to say that little Ghengie is making himself right at home! Hmmm...let's see...he boistered right out the door and down to the donkey paddocks, he acquainted himself with mommieMartha's greenhouse and gardenerShaun, and (horror of horrors!) he helped himself to your own little coziewozie beds and favorite toys! Tsk tsk tsk! What a wonderful little handful he's turning out to be!
What was this that I read about you two playing mommieMartha's piano?!...you two WERE the perfect melodic pair - Ebony and Ivory! I'll bet uncleEliad helped you two pick out some of the pieces you played, piano-player that he himself is! I'm very familiar with Satie's 'Gymnopedie' - it's a favorite of my husband's! I have to give myself credit, as I too had Debussy in mind, and even Chopin. Did you two know that there's even a piano-playing kittiekittie?! She's very famous! Her name is Nora, and if I do say so myself, she plays 'one beautiful piano'! She's a pretty little thing, too!
Well, girls, you are just going to HAVE to get used to this little fluffietufts-of-a GK - that's all there is to it! He is here to stay! He is of the royal lineage of mommieMartha's beloved PawPaw. Now, don't get me wrong - that doesn't make her love you two any less - you'll just have to vie a little more for her attention, that's all.
You're proud to share your house with a pooch of such stature? What about you, F&S? Pianists and Internal Combustion Engine Specialists, not to mention Maintenance Experts...I think G.K. should be the proud one! Frenchies rule!
Hi Girl Friends, Your new little brother, GK, sure is a very special puppy and I am glad that you are beginning to realize how special he is. Each one of you is special in your own way and I love all three of you and would sure love to play with all of you sometime. I heard that you are getting a bunch of new snow. I hope that you stay warm and still have fun playing in the snow. Take care one and all. Love Dudley Do Right XOXOXO
Congratulations on your new brother! What a cute & furry little fellow....we got a new brother last year and he is a fun playmate but a little bossy. We are shelties and he is a terrier so we like to herd him around the house. What will you do with G.K. to have fun?
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Just wanted to wish you the best G.K. He is so beautiful! I know he will bring you as much happiness to you as my Lu-Dee does to me! Lu-dee is my Chi-Chin(Part Chihuahua and part Japanese Chin)I just adore her!!! Best always Martha. xoxoxo
hi there miss martha i just seen a couple of weeks ago your beatiful new baby GK i ran to the computer to see him again only to relize what has happebed i donot know how i missed the horrible event that happened oh boy all i can say im so sorry for ypu loss and everyones loss abd as i read until today i am very excited to see your posts today of his gtooming i too have beutiful chow chows and i juust lost my 15 and 3 month chow who was bebe and i had since 5 weeks ialso had 3yer chow when igot and shetoo lived till she was 15 and i now real brother sister Tahoe and Seirra who are still having a hard time without their big brother would love to talk to you sometime they would love to meet you all some time i send you pictures take all the strenth of love and happiness they five as i know you do they would never want us sad i truly love what you do and share your everlasting compasion and lobe of what you do im very sure that you will necer fotget the bond that you share with your paw paw julieanne fama cameron park ca please give hugs and kisses to all your babies we send them back to you!!!!!! amd thats with smile ill send pics im not sure it was sent
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I'm not a fan of the styling at all. Looks like an awkward people mover, not an attractive hatch.
Yes, this is the family car. The A-class (built on the same underpinnings) is the attractive hatch.
It's meant to be a people mover, not a hatch. You've got the A Class for that.
Just sold my C250 CDI couple after only 6 months – never again another MB!
For what reasons did you sell your C250 CDI so soon? The car must have a major defect?
Yes, I would like to know too.
Guest still did not reply! Maybe he never had a Mercedes or making up stories!?
yes tell me please, i am signing the paper for a c250 cdi tomorrow :S
I reckon that a full body kit (Front, Side and Rear Skirts) would improve it a little. But it's still not the best car too look at, I don't mind the interior though.
First real forey for MB in this segment. Pretty decent!
The red one looks hot! Very sporty.
Is this the sports pack?
No the red one has the night package, it looks good but does not work well. Its sort of the sport pack+, the sports pack has 17″ wheels the night 18″. Unfortunately the combination of the sports suspension and 18″ wrecks the ride. I test drove both, and the std b200 rode much better and still handled well.
this car will sell well. Merc diesels are great with good fuel economy. The old car was under-rated. It was really roomy and easy to drive.
Why is the rear wiper so tiny?
Looks like Merc has copied the old Suzuki Liana hatch.
Does it have rear air vents?
Yes, it has.
No rear air vent as standard, but should be available if you opt for the Exclusive package.
Couple of years ago we did an extended tour of Western Europe, some 6000 km. Hired B150 (petrol), 5 speed manual. I was underwhelmed at the beginning of the trip, but the damn thing grew on me. I used 98 octane fuel and that improved things quite a lot. A very underrated car. It went well, great tourer (given what it is) that run very well. My cars here at home are BMW 135 Sports and at that time we also had an A3 Sportsback, 2 litre turbo. It seems that the new B is great improvement and I think it will sell quite well.
Bah, it's expensive. For that amount of coin you can get more car. Mercedes = huge depreciation, expensive parts + service. 4 years later this car will be worth a quarter of the price max.
Think of depth of engineering and research that goes into these things. The Koreans are just not even on the landscape pal.
Also, I agree – buy cheap there is not much de
Recitation I. $$$$'s.
I know it has paddle shifters, but where is the primary gear selector.
By the way, whilst many are critical of the B class, after people drive in it the attraction of 5 people fitting in comfortably in a smallish footprint car that regularly – in diesel form of course – gets 5l/100km starts to make an impression. Two of our friends have followed us into a B class.
Gear selector is the lever on the RHS of the steering column. Flick upwards for reverse or down for drive. Park and neutral are obtained by pushing the chrome button on the end of the lever. Manual is engaged from the rocker switch on the centre panel with a three section wheel logo on the front; sport, manual and economy modes, and the gears are changed with the paddles.
Took a B250 CDI on a test drive today. On some roads around the city it was smoother and quieter than my Mk 6 Golf 2.0 TDI but the tyre noise from the run flat tyres was much louder at 100 kph than the Golf. Why MB has gone to run flats in this country beats me. I do several trips to Canberra a year from Adelaide and don't want to spent several night in the middle of the Hay Plain waiting for replacement tyres from Sydney.
That said the build quality is good and it has many good things going for it. Will most probably buy one.
honestly…this car is mainly for Asian market… u know what i mean.
Bot a 2006 B 200 turbo w CVT to replace wife's prev 99 A class. B is a vast improvement. Access, ride, driveability, acceleration, much quieter, and better finish details. Yes it's a mini people mover – without looking like a commercial van. Exel stereo. My only complaints are the electric steering is really numb, the electronic dash details are a pain, and the instruction book is over the top. I always buy used Mercs because some of them really have been driven by little old ladies and most owners have the dosh to maintain them to a high standard. ust be picky. One key to happy ownership is to have an excellent Merc specialist shop to keep them in top order without breaking the bank. I have an SEC 560 and a crotch rocket if I want excitement.
Same as my comment in a previous forum – probably a good idea to wait until the new Merc compact SUV is released


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Ribfest goers defying cold, windy weatherFargo, ND (WDAY TV) – Cold, rainy, windy: Perfect weather for the start of Ribfest today.
By: Becky Parker, WDAY
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) – Cold, rainy, windy: Perfect weather for the start of Ribfest today.
The good tasting festival and bad weather seem to go hand-in-hand.
It wasn't a packed parking lot at the opening day of Ribfest. Shorts and sandals were replaced with raincoats and umbrellas.
Donna Rice, Desperado's BBQ: "Look at these lines. We are doing good, honey."
But Donna Rice with Desperado's Barbecue out of Ohio says the cool weather didn't stop people from getting their hands on some prize-winning ribs.
Rice: "These folks are awesome up here. They have been waiting all year for these ribs and they don't mind a little bit of cold."
This isn't the first time event organizers have dealt with less-than-stellar weather. Last year was hot and sunny, but the beginning of June is typically a rainy season. In 2007, wind gusts near 40 miles an hour cancelled one night of Ribfest.
Fortunately, the rain and wind held off this time, giving rib-lovers a chance to enjoy their food.
John Pedersen, Fargo Resident: "I think that people around here are pretty hearty, so a little cold weather is not going to keep them away from barbecue."
Megan Leininger, Fargo Resident: "There were a ton more people here last year and I think that it's one of those things that only comes around once a year, so rain or shine people want to come and eat the food."
Ribfest continues tonight until 11 o'clock and opens again at 11 tomorrow morning.
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Seattle >Food & Dining > Machiavelli Ristorante
1215 Pine St, Seattle, WA | Directions 9810147.615035 -122.328077
Mon-Sat: 5pm-12pm
Neighborhoods: Broadway, Capitol Hill
This Italian joint has been a main stay on Capitol Hill for 25 years. Once you smell the garlic and taste the pasta - like the Linguini alle Vongole - you'll understand why.
Affordable Italian food (some plates under $10) offered in a bustling environment. Show up early or have a glass of wine while you wait as no reservations are accepted.
Best Food on Capital Hill – Every one was so great, from the person who greeted us at the door ,to the guy who brought the dessert, we were definitely taken care of. We asked our server to bring us two different dishes that were her favorite, oh my gosh! The ravioli was crazy good! We could have eaten it all night!
If You Enjoy Being Treated Like Dirt – You're treated as though you should be grateful they allowed you into their restaurant. If they get a triple-A rating, it's for: Arrogant, Argumentative, and Adolescent.
Delicious food, great service. – You can't come to Machiavelli and not expect a wait. I have been here multiple times, and the hostess is always very sweet, informing us when our table is close to being ready. Once seated, we are immediately served water and bread with that addicting dipping sauce. So delicious. The meals are reasonably priced,too. If you want big portions, go to Olive Garden. If you want big taste, come to Machiavelli.
Best small eatery ever – This restaurant is obviously not for people who demand FULL PLATES so big that they have to roll away from the table, as the Richard character seems to imply. I've eaten here many times, I'm a guy, I'm not on a diet, and the food is plentiful. Perhaps Richard needs to learn a little bit about what a serving of food really is. And that "guys who think like girls" is about as annoyingly bigoted a line as I've ever heard.
This restaurant is for people who understand the concept of small, authentic italian food. end of story. it is the best of its kind, almost anywhere I've ever eaten, and i travel a lot. It's not Claimijumpers however. Which is a good thing.
It is not fare, faire etc. – Small portions and if I hear the word quintensential again I am going to *&^$. What does it take to get a little more food on the plate. I will go again and order better. I live in the neighborhood and want this to be the place to be but I am slowly giving up. Sheeeeze.
I've only had awesome service here...not sure what these folks are talking about! – I'm so surprised to read the latest 2 'bad service' comments. We are in fact regulars who have had the pleasure of eating at Machiavelli's for years. Never once were we given special treatment and were allowed to be seated in advance of other customers. Either this was a once off situation or people had their name down but were waiting outside (as happens a lot in the summer). In regards to the customers who were asked to leave, I have to be honest - if you're sitting at a restaurant that has TEN tables, and you decide to gab for 20 minutes after paying, I don't see anything wrong with the hostess asking if you could move back to the bar. This place gets crazy busy and as I have experienced the long waits associated with a great restaurant, I appreciate the staff moving folks around to let the next hungry people in. I had one instance where the chicken in my dish tasted funny, not sure why, but no questions asked, they brought me a new dish of my choice and didn't charge me for either. That's a sign of a good wait staff!
The food is awesome and no where else in Seattle can you get a dinner of this quality for 2, including wine, for under $30. And you get a 5% discount if you pay in cash. Please don't let the previous nasty posts deter you from trying one of my husband and I's most favorite restaurants.
extremely rude service - not recommended – I had dinner here with a good friend and altough the food was tasty, I left with a very bad taste in my mouth. After we finished eating and paid our bill, we were chatting quietly at our table for a bit when a waitress came over and asked us to leave because other people were waiting for a table. I have never had wait staff ask me to leave a restaurant. I wish I could take back my tip. I will never return to Machiavelli's.
Hurtful Service...Machiavellian at best. – This restaurant was recommended to us by the front desk clerk at the Sherwood Hotel and Suites. When we arrived we were told we would have a 45 minute wait. No problem, the place must be worth it. We each ordered a glass of wine and asked if we could put the drinks on our bill. The bartender said they kept the bar and food accounts separate so we would need to pay for it now. Hmm...okay...this was different than what we were used to but okay. So it was a little disconcerting twenty minutes later to hear a customer say, "Put it on my tab." The bartender didn't hesitate--seemed happy to do so.
Now, it was close to an hour wait and still no sign of getting a table. This situation in itself was not a problem--afterall, it was a Friday night. (July 18) What troubled us was the apparent private club activity going on--the preferential treatment that lurked around us. Two tables were seated before us--people who had arrived later than we did, and then "ouch" another one.
What was the secret code to getting a table?
One of the customers who came in appeared to be a regular as he hugged and kissed the hostess and bartender. A couple of other people came in and were very animated with the staff as they hovered around the hostess and seating chart--pointing and chatting up the staff. They were all seated--ahead of us.
Maybe that was the code-- hugging, kissing and chatting up the staff. Helen decided to give it a try--not the hugging and kissing part--just the chatting. She smiled and asked where we were on the wait list. Chatting up the hostess didn't work for Helen. She was ripped into with "You've only been waiting 50 minutes!"
It was quite frankly...well...hurtful. What was wrong with us? We're not worthy, we're not worthy.
We took our hurt hungry selves around the corner and ate a wonderful place called Tangos--where the food was marvelous and the staff attentive and friendly.
Consistantly good! – Really good, really dependable, really consistent. I'd listen to them when they tell you that everything is good. Not a super large menu. Extremely reasonable in price. Try their antipasto - super good. And yes, you have to wait. You have to wait because it is good and the food and drinks are reasonable and so lots of people want to eat there. Just plan on having a very, very cozy cocktail in the bar first and you will have fun. And a note to others who watch their calorie intake at restaurants like I do - when I split the antipasto with one or two people and have their 1/2 roast chicken entree with a flavor to die for, my bathroom scale is still nice to me in the morning!
Very Good, Affordable, Italian In The City – On the corner of Melrose and Pine, there is a restaurant. As you approach the restaurant, you will see a full dining room and possibly a small crowd waiting to get in. There is also a small bar in which, if you score a seat, you should feel quite lucky.
It is small, painted in warm colors, romantic despite concrete floors. Candlelight flickers, tiny tables for two dominate the small dining room.
A plate of pasta will set you back $9.75 (I recommend the penne with red pepper pesto with walnuts). A special such as veal piccata, the most expensive dish, will be $14.95. A glass of red wine will be $5 and a soda will be $1.75. Combined, your dinner with your sweetie will be about $40, including tip.
Go early (before 6:30) or go late (after 9pm) to avoid a long wait. I recommend going late for the romance of it.
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