Geometric Sans Serif (I hope)

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 20.59

http://typophile.com/node/59831

I was hoping to find out what the typeface (or the closet match) for the Quiet Riot on the Metal Health album cover.

Prince HTML to PDF converter now supports OpenType, Arabic and Indic shaping

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 20.41

http://typophile.com/node/59830

Hi everyone,

We have just released a beta version of Prince 7.0, our HTML/CSS to PDF converter, with lots of new features that I have been eager to share with the Typophile community. Some of the highlights include:

- Support for OpenType fonts with CFF/PostScript outlines.
- Kerning and ligatures using OpenType layout features (GSUB).
- Mark and cursive positioning using OpenType layout features (GPOS).
- Shaping for Arabic and most Indic scripts (Devanagari, Bengali, etc.)
- Experimental support for applying arbitrary OpenType features.
- Improved font support on MacOS X and Windows.

As you can see, we have really been focusing on fonts and i18n for this release, so I was wondering if any Typophile members might like to try it out with their favourite fonts and scripts. We would greatly appreciate any feedback on how we could make Prince even better!

Best regards,

Michael

A Community for German and Norwegian

Skribis rosa_wolken en one_language 10 julio 2009, 05.47

Hello,

if any of you speak German and want to learn or improve your Norwegian or if any of you speak Norwegian and want to learn or improve your German, then you should join this group.   In the community only German or Norwegian is spoken. There's many more possibilities in the community besides learning new vocabulary.  Come check the community out and see for yourselves.  : )  Here is the link. http://community.livejournal.com/tysk_norsk/

   I hope to see you there.  : )

IBS Pain/Consitation

Skribis _racket en chronic_health 9 julio 2009, 20.41

I was recently diagnosed with IBS. I have terrible stomach pain and constipation.
Does anyone have natural remedies for constipation? and instant relief from constipation?
(I have already tried prunes, prune juice, and drink at LEAST 8 glases of water.) I'm at a loss of what to do since I am new. It's getting to the point where it's bringing me down emotionally. I feel like I have tried everything and re-vamped my vegan diet pretty well, and nothin has changed. It's been a week and i've only went to the bathroom once.

Following In Mommy's Footsteps

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 22.42

http://airamerica.com/node/107826

During tonight's show Richard talks about the alleged youtube video that Hamas has been playing for years  teaching children to be suicide terrorists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8fbkOHMKU

Iran: Security Forces Attack Protesters With Tear Gas, Clubs, And Gunshots (VIDEOS)

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 17.07

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/iran-security-forces-attack-protesters-tear-gas-beatings-and-gunshots-videos

Thousands of Iranian protesters took to the streets shouting "death to dictator" in cities across Iran on Thursday, and security forces responded with tear gas, beatings, and more arrests. Lara Setrakian of ABC News reports via Twitter: "Witness says he saw 2 killed by gunfire. 'we were in the red zone and it was nothing less than war. pray for us.' "

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Fibro and the VA

Skribis amber_fe en fibromyalgia 9 julio 2009, 21.36

Does anyone have any insight into the VA and how they view Fibro? Odds are good that I will become an ARMY wife in the next few years and need to know any information anyone may have on their view of it. I was diagnosed by a private doctor in August of 2008 and am just starting to get a general level of control over it. Basically, I can usually sleep through the night (6 hours) and tolerate the pain enough to work. I just need to plan for the possibility of needing private insurance to keep being treated once I marry.

Any experiences with Fibro and the VA would be appreciated.

neniu titolo (untitled)

Skribis digby2 9 julio 2009, 19.36

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-pool-for-you-by-digby-i-assume-that.html

No Pool For You

by digby

I assume that most of you have heard by now about the bigots at the Philadelphia swim club who wouldn't allow the white kids to swim with the African American kids. It takes me back to my childhood wonder years in 1960s Mississippi. Good times.

Sixty-five campers, kindergartners through seventh graders who are African American and Hispanic, arrived at the private swim club around 3:30 p.m. on June 29. It was their first visit to the club, but the camp had made arrangements for weekly trips on Mondays through Aug. 10.

While the campers were swimming, Wright said, three of them came up to her and said they had heard club members asking what African Americans were doing at the club.

Although the children were upset, Wright said, they stayed at the pool for an hour more to complete their session. She said that she approached club president John Duesler while events unfolded that day and that he seemed apologetic.

On July 3, Wright said, the camp's $1,950 check in membership fees to the swim club was refunded, meaning the children no longer had access to the pool. She said Duesler gave no reason for the refund except that the membership no longer wanted the children at the pool.

Repeated attempts to reach Duesler, other club officers, and the club's management yesterday were unsuccessful. NBC10, which first reported the story, said yesterday that Duesler had given the station the following statement: "There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion . . . and the atmosphere of the club."

The club is not affiliated with the Huntington Valley Country Club, which today inadvertantly found itself a target of public rage.

"We've been getting a lot of nasty calls," country club receptionist Karen Ojeda said.

Wright said she heard no racially charged comments when the campers were at the club but did hear a club member express displeasure that the children were at the pool. She said many parents made their children leave the pool after the campers arrived.

But here's something that is rarely focused on in all the stories about the appalling behavior of these awful people:

The camp first contacted the club about membership after the New Frankford Community Y in the Frankford section of the city - where the children used to swim - closed last month because of lack of money. The club is about a 20-minute drive from the camp's location at Devereaux and Summerdale Avenues in Northeast Philadelphia.

Pools are closing all over the place for lack of funds. And if anyone's thinking help is on the way, think again:

Looking to strike fear and compliance in the hearts of local officials, Vice President Joe Biden warns that if they use money from the economic stimulus fund to build what he regards as the wrong kind of projects, “I’ll show up in your city and say this was a stupid idea.”

“No swimming pools!” he implored. “No tennis courts!” he begged. “No golf courses!” he pleaded. “No Frisbee parks!” he exhorted.

Little kids in urban centers being able to swim outdoors in pools close to their homes is a waste of taxpayers money you see.



h/t to rp

Palin Stupidity makes sense!

Skribis sam_seder_show 10 julio 2009, 01.41

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/5006

please enjoy:

https://twitter.com/FmrAlaskaGov

and

Talk About That Right Wing Hypocrisy...

Skribis radioornot 10 julio 2009, 01.55

http://radioornot.blogspot.com/2009/07/talk-about-that-right-wing-hypocrisy.html

Sing along, if you know the words! Chances are, you're thinking "I know those words...". Well, if you were an Air America listener from the start, you might remember the newest US Senator, Al Franken, used to host a show, and he'd sing theme songs for some of his regular guests.

The words in the headline were taken from his song for Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress. Well, Christy is still with the CAP, but in a slightly different role. She's now living in Alaska, and edits MicCheckRadio.org, a sort of cheat-sheet for people like me! She'll join me tonight on my show on Air America in the first hour (11pm ET/8pm PT) to talk about the news of the day. And no, I will not be singing. You can thank me later.

In the second hour tonight, I'll be joined by an old neighbor of mine from Los Angeles. When I met Janet Ritz, she was a singer/songwriter. I'm sure she still does that in her spare time, but her day job is Managing Editor of The Environmentalist, and Huffington Post Environmental Writer. You can probably guess what we'll be talking about!

Talk To Me: Talk About The Right Wing's Dishonesty

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 22.02

http://airamerica.com/nights/blog/2009/jul/09/talk-me-talk-about-right-wing-hypocrisy

Come on, sing along! Chances are, you're thinking "I know
those words...". Well, if you were an Air America listener from the
start, you might remember the newest US Senator, Al Franken, used to
host a show, and he'd sing theme songs for some of his regular guests.

The words in the headline were taken from his song for Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress. Well, Christy is still with the CAP, but in a slightly different role. She's now living in Alaska, and edits MicCheckRadio.org,
a sort of cheat-sheet for people like me! She'll join me tonight on my
show on Air America in the first hour (11pm ET/8pm PT) to talk about
the news of the day. And no, I will not be singing. You can thank me
later.

In the second hour tonight, I'll be joined by an old neighbor of mine from Los Angeles. When I met Janet Ritz, she was a singer/songwriter. I'm sure she still does that in her spare time, but her day job is Managing Editor of The Environmentalist, and Huffington Post Environmental Writer. You can probably guess what we'll be talking about!

Real Madrid new Soccer Jerseys Type face

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 17.59

http://typophile.com/node/59829

does anybody know whats the typeface used for the new uniforms?
Thanks in advance

neniu titolo (untitled)

Skribis digby2 9 julio 2009, 17.31

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/silbido-del-perro-by-digby-certain-kind.html

Silbido Del Perro

by digby

A certain kind of thinking knows no borders:

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued a press release to announce that she will be meeting with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency to talk about drug trafficking in Honduras.

“Obtaining an assessment from DEA about the situation on the ground is of increasing importance in light of recent developments in Honduras and reports of possible Zelaya drug ties.

“The drug network is like a spider web extending into arms trafficking and used to finance such extremist groups as the FARC. It undermines our regional security and stability. It is critical that we understand the full scope of the problem and the players involved in order to combat it effectively.” [Emphasis mine]

These "reports of possible Zelaya drug ties" have come from none other than the newly-minted Honduran "Foreign Minister" Enrique Ortez. He claimed in an interview that "Every night, three or four Venezuelan-registered planes land without the permission of appropriate authorities and bring thousands of pounds ... and packages of money that are the fruit of drug trafficking."

Ortez, as those who have been following this situation are well aware, was dressed down by the United States Ambassador to Honduras for frequently invoking the racially charged pejorative "negrito" to refer to President Obama. At one point, Ortez described the president of the United States as "this little black man (negrito) who has no idea where Tegucigalpa is."

But it gets worse:

A third quote by Ortez Colindres surfaced yesterday, made during an interview with a Honduran television station and cited in El Tiempo newspaper:

"He negociado con maricones, prostitutas, con ñángaras (izquierdistas), negros, blancos. Ese es mi trabajo, yo estudié eso. No tengo prejuicios raciales, me gusta el negrito del batey que está presidiendo los Estados Unidos."

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"I have negotiated with queers, prostitutes, leftists, blacks, whites. This is my job, I studied for it. I am not racially prejudiced. I like the little black sugar plantation worker who is president of the United States."

I think I finally understand why so many Republicans are backing the coup.


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Squeeze Fattens up the Typographica Header for Banner Day!

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 17.26

http://typophile.com/node/59828

Check out the Typographica site!

http://new.typographica.org/

Aparajita, a new Devanagari for Windows 7

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 17.10

http://typophile.com/node/59827

So I just saw this blog entry on the new fonts in Windows 7 http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/07/07/engineering-windows-7-for-a-global-market.aspx, and in it they have a new Devanagari family called ’Aparajita’. It looks like this:

When I saw this latinized (is it not?) design, this came to mind:

Gerry Leonidas holding Jan van Krimpen’s drawings from Romulus Greek at the library of the Museum Meermanno Westreenianum (Museum of the Book) in the Hague. (Photo courtesy of Dan Reynolds).

What do you think? Is Aparajita latinized, and if it is, does that matter?

MYTH: Only Republicans Favor Tax Cuts

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 20.15

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/myth-only-republicans-favor-tax-cuts

Fox News' Brit Hume claims tax cuts are solely a Republican idea, and Fox's Kilmeade opines on the mixing of species and ethnicity.

Media Matters Minute: Tax Cut Myth

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 20.15

http://airamerica.com/content/media-matters-minute-tax-cut-myth

Will The Next Economic Boom Be In 2015? (AUDIO)

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 19.34

http://airamerica.com/lionel/blog/2009/jul/09/will-next-economic-boom-be-2015-audio

Green technology, e-commerce, the end of the world? It's all right out there in the here-and-now of data flows, hovering like like some ur-Microsoft IPO, if only you know where to look, and forecaster Dr. William Halal is one of the guys who knows. He talked to Lionel about the next big thing(s).

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Right-Winger Lawton Smalls Calls Sarah Palin A Hero (VIDEO)

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 19.08

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/right-winger-lawton-smalls-calls-sarah-palin-hero-video

Break Room Live's resident wingnut Lawton Smalls gives Marc a call to tell him how thrilled he is that Sarah Palin has freed herself from the shackles of Alaska's governorship.

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Illinois Sen. Roland Burris Will Not Seek Re-Election

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 18.27

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/illinois-sen-roland-burris-will-not-seek-re-election

Illinois Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat when he was elected president, will not run for another term in 2010. Burris was seated about six months ago amid controversy about then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pay-to-play politics scheme.

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Skribis digby2 9 julio 2009, 15.30

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/cue-my-eyes-rolling-into-back-of-my.html

Cue My Eyes Rolling Into The Back Of My Head

by dday

The Republicans will trot out Frank Ricci, the firefighter from New Haven, to testify against Sonia Sotomayor at hearings next week. And then we'll all get to hear once again about the poor guy who studied hard - hard! - to pass that promotions test, and then the MAN, in this case represented by a Latina following the established laws on the books which the Supreme Court had to change, knocked him down and took everything he had. He needed that promotion, see, and he was the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority throw out the test because they could have been sued until the Supreme Court changed the law to essentially indemnify them.

The reality of the case doesn't matter, so this will just be a launching pad for a series of "white man's burden" colloquys among Villagers.

Man, the blowhards are going to make me sick next week. Pat Buchanan is probably testing out new slurs as we speak. "Does Sombrero Lady sound pejorative enough? How about Phi Beta Hubcappa?"


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Bob Reich on Green Shoots

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 22.24

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/s0pCqOUf_fs/bob_reich_on_green_shoots.php

Reich: When will the recovery begin? Never.

Rallies and Tear Gas in Tehran

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 22.13

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/Kh098m01S30/rallies_and_tear_gas_in_tehran.php

On the 10th anniversary of a student uprising, anti-government demonstrators took to the streets again in Tehran today where they were met by riot police. Pictures.

is there a such posibility?

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 15.02

http://typophile.com/node/59826

hello,

is there a posibility to make different glyphs for the same character in the same word if a character repeats? for example if there’s a word - Weezer. when first e comes, then second e goes from another glyph. how to make it? and if there’s a word WIDOW - how to make the second w in the word to be different?

Pomona (Working Title)

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 15.02

http://typophile.com/node/59825

Somehow I managed to delete the original post while trying to add another pdf, hee. Sorry, eeeek.

Here is the latest updates (pomonapdftwo.pdf). The drippy C and G is a little less drippy. I also expanded it, it felt a little too compressed while I was working with it. Thanks for the critiques and please keep them coming. : ) - Jess

The Deeper Questions

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 21.39

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/7Q8e2KIOosk/the_deeper_questions.php

There's a lot of salacious back and forth today about the Ensign scandal. But beneath the tabloid headlines there's a critical question that needs to be asked:

Which is more emasculating? Getting paid a hundred grand by the guy who screwed your wife? Or being a fifty-something United States senator and still needing mom and dad to cut the check to pay off your mistress and her husband?

Thoughts?

Presented By:

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 21.39

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/-n-2jDwX6Qw/click.phdo

http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1d6dd7ac64cca7357eda49fd73534609&p=4

Sacha Baron Cohen Interviews A Terrorist...As Bruno (VIDEO)

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 17.45

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/sacha-baron-cohen-interviews-terroristas-bruno-video

In one of his few media appearances as himself, Sacha Baron Cohen recounted to David Letterman how he tracked down and interviewed a known terrorist for his latest film, "Bruno".

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New Book Details Cruise And Beckham's Bromance

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 17.30

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/new-book-details-cruise-and-beckhams-bromance

If you didn't already know, Tom Cruise and David Beckham are regular BFFs. A new book--"The Beckham Experiment", by Sports Illustrated writer Grant Wahl--devotes an entire chapter to their Hollywood bromance. The two talk "most days of the week" and Beckham's third son Cruz is even named after the Mission Impossible actor.

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A–Z of typographers

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 14.50

http://typophile.com/node/59824

Pretty cool stuff.

Which Garamond?

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 14.26

http://typophile.com/node/59823

Which flavor of Garamond is this?

Coburn: Philandering Senators Don't Tear Families Apart--Media Do

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 21.20

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/eSCNO1XiDkY/coburn_media_tearing_families_apart.php

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) lashed out at reporters on Capitol Hill who were asking him questions about his role in the Ensign affair:

You've got two families that are back together and you guys are going to help tear them apart. What do you think their kids think about what you're writing right now? You're helping tear two families apart that are back together. You need to quit. It's all manipulation.

The Day in 100 Seconds: Viagra and Candy

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 21.10

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/m0uGfHYNsjc/the_day_in_100_seconds_viagra_and_candy.php

Full-size video at TPMtv.com.

Voter-Suppression Guru Back At It

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 20.55

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/hT81WA3tHQs/voter-suppression_guru_back_at_it.php

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is expected to name Republican voter-suppression guru Hans Von Spakovsky to the State Advisory Committee for Virginia, a volunteer board that advises the commission. Zack Roth reports.

Demolition Derby

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 20.32

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/rnmF446w8yI/demolition_derby.php

From TPM Reader TO ...

I had a quick thought about the new Ensign revelations that I found amusing.

So first there was John Ensign with his affair. Shortly thereafter, Mark Sanford steps up to take the spotlight with his affair (and did he ever take the spotlight, with comments about true love and tragic love stories) Now John Ensign counters with some extra added financial impropriety to spice up his indiscretion.

I can't wait to see what Sanford does next to one up Ensign.

slabed

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 13.38

http://typophile.com/node/59822

I like that slabed font but anyone know what it is ?
http://www.blinksale.com/images/hero_headline.png

As it’s transparency PNG you can enjoy (and identify) this font on background here :
http://www.blinksale.com/home

I really like that webdesigner work (Firewhell Design), especially his color palets for web, really fresh.

Thanks.

neniu titolo (untitled)

Skribis digby2 9 julio 2009, 14.06

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/bipartisan-curious-by-digby-its.html

Bipartisan-Curious

by digby

It's Groundhog Day:

One of the key Democratic senators whose vote remains up for grabs when it comes to health care reform urged his colleagues to continue to push for a bipartisan bill, even as party leadership said it was time to give up on recuriting GOP support. In an interview this week with the Huffington Post, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) maintained that there was still "great interest in the Finance Committee for a bipartisan bill on both sides of the aisle" and he urged lawmakers to continue to pursue a collaborative path.

He would not comment directly on news that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had urged the Committee's Chairman, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop efforts to attract Republican support. But he also didn't hide his own preferences. "I'm committed to the priority that the president laid out," said Wyden. "I think the president got it right. He said 'I want to get it done this year' and he also indicated that his first choice is to have a bipartisan bill because he recognizes that a bipartisan bill allows the country to come together."

The country is already together in a thoroughly bipartisan way on this issue. It's corporate whores in Washington who are at odds with the people.

And if anyone in their right mind actually believes that the Republican Party is going to have a "stake" in the success of health care reform because a couple of GOP stragglers are dragged across the line to vote for the Democratic plan, I've got some AIG CDOs to sell them. They will be trying to dismantle it for the next 60 years, just as they've spent the last 60 years trying to dismantle Social Security.

Wyden isn't talking to the people, he's talking to David Broder and the rest of the village punditocrisy and it's insulting to the intelligence of anyone who isn't one of them. It's enough to set your teeth on edge to hear this crap again.

Once more with feeling:

From The Agenda:

Gore asked, what did Boren want changed in the plan in order to secure his vote?

Like a little list? Boren asked.

Yeah, Gore said.

Boren said he didn't have little list. Raising the gas tax a nickel or cutting it a nickel or anything like that wouldn't do it, he said. He had given his list to Moynihan like everybody else in the Finance Committee. It was over and done with, and Boren likened himself to a free agent in baseball. "I have the luxury of standing back here and looking at this," Boren said. His test would be simple: Would it work? If not, it didn't serve the national interest.

Gore said he was optimistic for the first time.

Boren shot back. "There's nothing you can do for me or to me that will influence my decision on this matter." he added. "I'm going to make it on the basis of what I think is right or wrong."

Nobody responded for a moment. Clinton then stepped in. Why didn't Boren think it was in the national interest? he asked.

It wasn't bipartisan, Boren answered. To be successful in this country it had been demonstrated over and over, an effort had to be bipartisan, Clinton had even said so himself, Boren pointed out. Even most optimists, Boren said, thought they were still not even halfway there.

No Republican voted for the plan.

There you have it. That ridiculous Villager article of faith that says bipartisanship is not only important for its own sake, it's the only thing that's important.

Someday, in my dreams, Democrats will run as progressives in the same way that Republicans proudly ran as conservatives both when they were ascendant and holding the reins of power over the past 30 years. They won't apologize for their ideas or pretend that the most important thing in the word is for Republicans to approve of what they are doing. They will recognize that while compromise is a necessary element of politics, progress and systemic change requires a fight which usually results in the losing side being unhappy. That day is not here yet.


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Fewer Unemployment Requests Filed Than Expected

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 16.24

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/fewer-unemployment-requests-filed-expected

Last week saw the lowest number of unemployment claims filed since January, with the number falling by 52,000 from the previous week. While economists had estimated that 603,000 new unemployment claims would be filed last week, released data shows that only 565,000 were put through.

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Michael Moore Reveals Title Of New Movie

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 16.12

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/michael-moore-reveals-title-new-movie

It may not have a happy ending, but Michael Moore's latest film is, in fact, a love story. Or at least that's what it's called. "Capitalism: A Love Story" will take an in-depth look at the causes of the economic crisis.

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Wow, This May Rival Sanford

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 19.26

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/SruQ4j4M5Ow/wow_this_may_rival_sanford.php

We've known for a while that Sen. Ensign (R-NV) gave a 'severance' payment of at least $25,000 to his ex-mistress and her husband. Now it turns out it was $96,000. But it gets better. Ensign's lawyer is pointing out that he didn't pay any money -- his parents paid them off.

Giro d'Italia

Skribis talkngptsmemo 9 julio 2009, 19.25

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Talking-Points-Memo/~3/K5f3JrqsQLY/giro_ditalia.php

More pictures of the Obamas as they mix and mingle in Italy.

A (Very) Public Embarrassment to the Nation's Capital

Skribis hill_pundits 9 julio 2009, 20.16

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHillsPunditBlog/~3/tmB_SD_fjeE/

http://pundits.thehill.com/?p=6687

Marion Barry is on the front page of The Washington Post and other area pubs again today. And once again, the topic is the same — more scintillating scandal.
You want to know what’s wrong with the city of Washington? Just look at Marion Barry. I didn’t think it was possible for one human [...]

Ron Learns to Copy and Paste!

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 15.36

http://airamerica.com/ronreagan/blog/2009/jul/09/ron-learns-copy-and-paste

CIA Director Leon Panetta: We've Been Lying To Congress Since 2001

Skribis aar_latest 9 julio 2009, 11.56

http://airamerica.com/blog/2009/jul/09/cia-director-leon-panetta-weve-been-lying-congress-2001

Seven Democratic members of Congress sent CIA Director Leon Panetta a letter, released Wednesday, asking him to publicly correct a statement to match closed-door testimony he delivered June 26, when he said that the CIA had "concealed significant actions" from lawmakers from 2001 until about a month ago.

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Rustic ad fonts

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 12.31

http://typophile.com/node/59821

Can you help me identify these three fonts?

font from a shirt / hollister co

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 12.28

http://typophile.com/node/59820

hi there

this one here? “Pray for surf”...

any idea? thanks!

Caligriphic Script

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 12.14

http://typophile.com/node/59818

Card came from another printer. Unfortunately, they have incorporated the face into their logo. Can’t see it here in the circle...

Over-ride columns when flowing text in Indesign CS3

Skribis typophile_feed 9 julio 2009, 12.05

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When I place text in Indesign, it automatically flows into the columns created. How can I over-ride that and place text on the whole page, by simply clicking (the icon for place - apple D) and without having to create a text-frame within the page margins?

thanks in advance

Girish

A Day in the Cloud, new articles on scaling, and fresh open source projects for App Engine

Skribis googlecode_news 9 julio 2009, 11.28

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The latest release of Python SDK 1.2.3, which introduced the Task Queue API and integrated support for Django 1.0, may have received a lot of attention, but there have been a number of other notable launches and events since our last update. Several of these are summarized below.

A Day in the Cloud

On June 24th, Google Apps and Virgin America invited people from around the world to participate in a one-day online scavenger hunt called Day in the Cloud. Competitors were each given one hour to solve various puzzles and find answers to a host of trivia questions, and prizes were awarded to the top five scorers. The site was hosted on App Engine's scalable infrastructure. For more information on the challenge, including photos and videos of participants competing mid-flight, check out the official Day in the Cloud Lounge.

Scaling series

App Engine enables you to deploy and run your Python- and Java-based web applications on Google's highly scalable infrastructure. There are a number of ways to optimize the performance of an application running on App Engine, some obvious and others more subtle. With this in mind, we recently released a series of articles promoting tips and tricks that you can use to make best use of resources like memcache and prevent potential issues such as datastore contention.

We also updated the articles listing since we recognized that the growing number of articles added since April 2008 (over 35 by last count) made it difficult to find content on a specific topic. The new listing allows you to filter the list of articles based on a particular tag or label, so you can easily find all articles related to the datastore, for example.

As always, we are interested in your comments, thoughts and suggestions for new articles, so please feel free to share.

GeoModel and geomodel-demo open sourced

Google Earth API support engineer Roman Nurrik recently open sourced his GeoModel project. GeoModel uses geohash-like objects called 'geocells' to provide a generalized solution for indexing and querying geospatial data in App Engine. GeoModel is optimized for the basic real estate finder/store locator use case, but can be adapted for use with large datasets.

Using GeoModel, developers can instantly geo-contextualize datastore models by simply inherting from the GeoModel class. Currently, entities can be associated with a single geographic point and subsequently indexed and filtered by either conformance to a bounding box or by proximity (nearest-n) to a search center point.

Other open source developments

• GaeVFS: an Apache Commons VFS plugin which implements a virtual file system on top of the App Engine datastore, using the datastore and memcache APIs.
• GraniteDS 2.0, now with support for App Engine for Java: Granite DS is an open source alternative to Adobe Lifecycle Data Services for Java EE application servers, and supports both server push and the persistence mechanism on App Engine for Java. For more information about the project and a link to a sample implementation, see the announcement post.
• jiql: a JDBC-based wrapper of App Engine's low-level datastore API which provides distributed database access via an interface familiar to many developers.
• pQg: a proof-of-concept PHP-based SQL to JDO wrapper plus sample application.

Posted by Jason Cooper, App Engine Team

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My Location on Google Maps

Skribis googlecode_news 8 julio 2009, 18.49

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We've blogged before about how much we like location-based services and at Google we want all developers to be able to build these cool applications. That's why we're so excited about the W3C Geolocation API, a browser API that provides a really easy way for web applications to get the user's location.
By Steve Block, Software Engineer and Jonathan McPhie, Associate Product Manager