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using base::ASCIIToUTF16;

namespace views {

class StyledLabelTest : public ViewsTestBase, public StyledLabelListener {
 public:
  StyledLabelTest() {}
  virtual ~StyledLabelTest() {}

  // StyledLabelListener implementation.
  virtual void StyledLabelLinkClicked(const gfx::Range& range,
                                      int event_flags) OVERRIDE {}

 protected:
  StyledLabel* styled() { return styled_.get(); }

  void InitStyledLabel(const std::string& ascii_text) {
    styled_.reset(new StyledLabel(ASCIIToUTF16(ascii_text), this));
    styled_->set_owned_by_client();
  }

  int StyledLabelContentHeightForWidth(int w) {
    return styled_->GetHeightForWidth(w) - styled_->GetInsets().height();
  }

 private:
  scoped_ptr<StyledLabel> styled_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(StyledLabelTest);
};

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, NoWrapping) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text");
  InitStyledLabel(text);
  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(text));
  const gfx::Size label_preferred_size = label.GetPreferredSize();
  EXPECT_EQ(label_preferred_size.height(),
            StyledLabelContentHeightForWidth(label_preferred_size.width() * 2));
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, TrailingWhitespaceiIgnored) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text   ");
  InitStyledLabel(text);

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, 1000, 1000);
  styled()->Layout();

  ASSERT_EQ(1, styled()->child_count());
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(0)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(ASCIIToUTF16("This is a test block of text"),
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(0))->text());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, RespectLeadingWhitespace) {
  const std::string text("   This is a test block of text");
  InitStyledLabel(text);

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, 1000, 1000);
  styled()->Layout();

  ASSERT_EQ(1, styled()->child_count());
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(0)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(ASCIIToUTF16("   This is a test block of text"),
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(0))->text());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, FirstLineNotEmptyWhenLeadingWhitespaceTooLong) {
  const std::string text("                                     a");
  InitStyledLabel(text);

  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(text));
  gfx::Size label_preferred_size = label.GetPreferredSize();

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, label_preferred_size.width() / 2, 1000);
  styled()->Layout();

  ASSERT_EQ(1, styled()->child_count());
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(0)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(ASCIIToUTF16("a"),
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(0))->text());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, BasicWrapping) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text");
  InitStyledLabel(text);
  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(text.substr(0, text.size() * 2 / 3)));
  gfx::Size label_preferred_size = label.GetPreferredSize();
  EXPECT_EQ(label_preferred_size.height() * 2,
            StyledLabelContentHeightForWidth(label_preferred_size.width()));

  // Also respect the border.
  styled()->SetBorder(Border::CreateEmptyBorder(3, 3, 3, 3));
  styled()->SetBounds(
      0,
      0,
      styled()->GetInsets().width() + label_preferred_size.width(),
      styled()->GetInsets().height() + 2 * label_preferred_size.height());
  styled()->Layout();
  ASSERT_EQ(2, styled()->child_count());
  EXPECT_EQ(3, styled()->child_at(0)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(3, styled()->child_at(0)->y());
  EXPECT_EQ(styled()->height() - 3, styled()->child_at(1)->bounds().bottom());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, CreateLinks) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text.");
  InitStyledLabel(text);

  // Without links, there should be no focus border.
  EXPECT_TRUE(styled()->GetInsets().empty());

  // Now let's add some links.
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(0, 1),
                          StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink());
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(1, 2),
                          StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink());
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(10, 11),
                          StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink());
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(12, 13),
                          StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink());

  // Now there should be a focus border because there are non-empty Links.
  EXPECT_FALSE(styled()->GetInsets().empty());

  // Verify layout creates the right number of children.
  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, 1000, 1000);
  styled()->Layout();
  EXPECT_EQ(7, styled()->child_count());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, DontBreakLinks) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text, ");
  const std::string link_text("and this should be a link");
  InitStyledLabel(text + link_text);
  styled()->AddStyleRange(
      gfx::Range(text.size(), text.size() + link_text.size()),
      StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink());

  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(text + link_text.substr(0, link_text.size() / 2)));
  gfx::Size label_preferred_size = label.GetPreferredSize();
  int pref_height = styled()->GetHeightForWidth(label_preferred_size.width());
  EXPECT_EQ(label_preferred_size.height() * 2,
            pref_height - styled()->GetInsets().height());

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, label_preferred_size.width(), pref_height);
  styled()->Layout();
  ASSERT_EQ(2, styled()->child_count());
  // The label has no focus border while the link (and thus overall styled
  // label) does, so the label should be inset by the width of the focus border.
  EXPECT_EQ(Label::kFocusBorderPadding, styled()->child_at(0)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_at(1)->x());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, StyledRangeWithDisabledLineWrapping) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text, ");
  const std::string unbreakable_text("and this should not be broken");
  InitStyledLabel(text + unbreakable_text);
  StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo style_info;
  style_info.disable_line_wrapping = true;
  styled()->AddStyleRange(
      gfx::Range(text.size(), text.size() + unbreakable_text.size()),
      style_info);

  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(
      text + unbreakable_text.substr(0, unbreakable_text.size() / 2)));
  gfx::Size label_preferred_size = label.GetPreferredSize();
  int pref_height = styled()->GetHeightForWidth(label_preferred_size.width());
  EXPECT_EQ(label_preferred_size.height() * 2,
            pref_height - styled()->GetInsets().height());

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, label_preferred_size.width(), pref_height);
  styled()->Layout();
  ASSERT_EQ(2, styled()->child_count());
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_at(0)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_at(1)->x());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, StyledRangeUnderlined) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text, ");
  const std::string underlined_text("and this should be undelined");
  InitStyledLabel(text + underlined_text);
  StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo style_info;
  style_info.font_style = gfx::Font::UNDERLINE;
  styled()->AddStyleRange(
      gfx::Range(text.size(), text.size() + underlined_text.size()),
      style_info);

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, 1000, 1000);
  styled()->Layout();

  ASSERT_EQ(2, styled()->child_count());
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(1)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(
      gfx::Font::UNDERLINE,
      static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(1))->font_list().GetFontStyle());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, StyledRangeBold) {
  const std::string bold_text(
      "This is a block of text whose style will be set to BOLD in the test");
  const std::string text(" normal text");
  InitStyledLabel(bold_text + text);

  StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo style_info;
  style_info.font_style = gfx::Font::BOLD;
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(0, bold_text.size()), style_info);

  // Calculate the bold text width if it were a pure label view, both with bold
  // and normal style.
  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(bold_text));
  const gfx::Size normal_label_size = label.GetPreferredSize();
  label.SetFontList(label.font_list().DeriveWithStyle(gfx::Font::BOLD));
  const gfx::Size bold_label_size = label.GetPreferredSize();

  ASSERT_GE(bold_label_size.width(), normal_label_size.width());

  // Set the width so |bold_text| doesn't fit on a single line with bold style,
  // but does with normal font style.
  int styled_width = (normal_label_size.width() + bold_label_size.width()) / 2;
  int pref_height = styled()->GetHeightForWidth(styled_width);

  // Sanity check that |bold_text| with normal font style would fit on a single
  // line in a styled label with width |styled_width|.
  StyledLabel unstyled(ASCIIToUTF16(bold_text), this);
  unstyled.SetBounds(0, 0, styled_width, pref_height);
  unstyled.Layout();
  EXPECT_EQ(1, unstyled.child_count());

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, styled_width, pref_height);
  styled()->Layout();

  ASSERT_EQ(3, styled()->child_count());

  // The bold text should be broken up into two parts.
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(0)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(
      gfx::Font::BOLD,
      static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(0))->font_list().GetFontStyle());
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(1)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(
      gfx::Font::BOLD,
      static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(1))->font_list().GetFontStyle());
  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(Label::kViewClassName),
            styled()->child_at(2)->GetClassName());
  EXPECT_EQ(
      gfx::Font::NORMAL,
      static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(2))->font_list().GetFontStyle());

  // The second bold part should start on a new line.
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_at(0)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_at(1)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(styled()->child_at(1)->bounds().right(),
            styled()->child_at(2)->x());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, Color) {
  const std::string text_red("RED");
  const std::string text_link("link");
  const std::string text("word");
  InitStyledLabel(text_red + text_link + text);

  StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo style_info_red;
  style_info_red.color = SK_ColorRED;
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(0, text_red.size()), style_info_red);

  StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo style_info_link =
      StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink();
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(text_red.size(),
                                    text_red.size() + text_link.size()),
                          style_info_link);

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, 1000, 1000);
  styled()->Layout();

  Widget* widget = new Widget();
  Widget::InitParams params = CreateParams(Widget::InitParams::TYPE_POPUP);
  widget->Init(params);
  View* container = new View();
  widget->SetContentsView(container);
  container->AddChildView(styled());

  // Obtain the default text color for a label.
  Label* label = new Label(ASCIIToUTF16(text));
  container->AddChildView(label);
  const SkColor kDefaultTextColor = label->enabled_color();

  // Obtain the default text color for a link;
  Link* link = new Link(ASCIIToUTF16(text_link));
  container->AddChildView(link);
  const SkColor kDefaultLinkColor = link->enabled_color();

  EXPECT_EQ(SK_ColorRED,
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(0))->enabled_color());
  EXPECT_EQ(kDefaultLinkColor,
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(1))->enabled_color());
  EXPECT_EQ(kDefaultTextColor,
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(2))->enabled_color());

  // Test adjusted color readability.
  styled()->SetDisplayedOnBackgroundColor(SK_ColorBLACK);
  styled()->Layout();
  label->SetBackgroundColor(SK_ColorBLACK);

  const SkColor kAdjustedTextColor = label->enabled_color();
  EXPECT_NE(kAdjustedTextColor, kDefaultTextColor);
  EXPECT_EQ(kAdjustedTextColor,
            static_cast<Label*>(styled()->child_at(2))->enabled_color());

  widget->CloseNow();
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, StyledRangeWithTooltip) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text, ");
  const std::string tooltip_text("this should have a tooltip,");
  const std::string normal_text(" this should not have a tooltip, ");
  const std::string link_text("and this should be a link");

  const size_t tooltip_start = text.size();
  const size_t link_start =
      text.size() + tooltip_text.size() + normal_text.size();

  InitStyledLabel(text + tooltip_text + normal_text + link_text);
  StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo tooltip_style;
  tooltip_style.tooltip = ASCIIToUTF16("tooltip");
  styled()->AddStyleRange(
      gfx::Range(tooltip_start, tooltip_start + tooltip_text.size()),
      tooltip_style);
  styled()->AddStyleRange(gfx::Range(link_start, link_start + link_text.size()),
                          StyledLabel::RangeStyleInfo::CreateForLink());

  // Break line inside the range with the tooltip.
  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(
       text + tooltip_text.substr(0, tooltip_text.size() - 3)));
  gfx::Size label_preferred_size = label.GetPreferredSize();
  int pref_height = styled()->GetHeightForWidth(label_preferred_size.width());
  EXPECT_EQ(label_preferred_size.height() * 3,
            pref_height - styled()->GetInsets().height());

  styled()->SetBounds(0, 0, label_preferred_size.width(), pref_height);
  styled()->Layout();

  EXPECT_EQ(label_preferred_size.width(), styled()->width());

  ASSERT_EQ(5, styled()->child_count());
  // The labels have no focus border while the link (and thus overall styled
  // label) does, so the labels should be inset by the width of the focus
  // border.
  EXPECT_EQ(Label::kFocusBorderPadding, styled()->child_at(0)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(styled()->child_at(0)->bounds().right(),
            styled()->child_at(1)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(Label::kFocusBorderPadding, styled()->child_at(2)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(styled()->child_at(2)->bounds().right(),
            styled()->child_at(3)->x());
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_at(4)->x());

  base::string16 tooltip;
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      styled()->child_at(1)->GetTooltipText(gfx::Point(1, 1), &tooltip));
  EXPECT_EQ(ASCIIToUTF16("tooltip"), tooltip);
  EXPECT_TRUE(
      styled()->child_at(2)->GetTooltipText(gfx::Point(1, 1), &tooltip));
  EXPECT_EQ(ASCIIToUTF16("tooltip"), tooltip);
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, SetBaseFontList) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text.");
  InitStyledLabel(text);
  std::string font_name("arial");
  gfx::Font font(font_name, 30);
  styled()->SetBaseFontList(gfx::FontList(font));
  Label label(ASCIIToUTF16(text), gfx::FontList(font));

  styled()->SetBounds(0,
                      0,
                      label.GetPreferredSize().width(),
                      label.GetPreferredSize().height());

  // Make sure we have the same sizing as a label.
  EXPECT_EQ(label.GetPreferredSize().height(), styled()->height());
  EXPECT_EQ(label.GetPreferredSize().width(), styled()->width());
}

TEST_F(StyledLabelTest, HandleEmptyLayout) {
  const std::string text("This is a test block of text.");
  InitStyledLabel(text);
  styled()->Layout();
  EXPECT_EQ(0, styled()->child_count());
}

}  // namespace views

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Will Wright, partner at KPMG and joint administrator, said: "We are pleased to confirm this sale which, after a complex process, secures the continued trading of the majority of the business".
However, 27 stores have not been acquired, and will be closed with immediate effect, resulting in 455 redundancies.
HMV had been linked to Newcastle United and Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley, but the mogul has been beaten to the bailout. A further 122 employees at warehouses will be retained to assist in winding-down operations.
Mr Putman had already bought HMV stores in Canada back in 2017. Poundworld, Toys'R'Us and Maplin went under previous year, and major retailers like Debenhams are closing stores.
"We know the physical media business is here to stay and we greatly appreciate all the support from the suppliers, landlords, employees and most importantly our customers", he said on Tuesday.


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Wugang takes over ThyssenKrupp's tailor welded blanks business
Central China's Wuhan Iron & Steel (Wugang) announced late on Wednesday July 31 that it has completed the takeover of ThyssenKrupp's tailor welded blanks business.
Published on August 01, 2013 08:40 AM
Della Fu
The German steelmaker's tailor welded blanks subsidiary was set up in 1985 and operates 16 plants in Germany, Sweden, Italy, Turkey, the USA, Mexico and China with 930 employees. It supplies about 40% of the global tailor welded blanks market, according to a Wugang announcement.
Wugang and ThyssenKrupp signed the takeover agreement in September 2012, following which the Chinese steelmaker set up an international tailor welded blanks company registered in Duisburg, Germany.
Wugang expects to enhance its competitiveness in the global auto steel market with advanced technology in tailor welded blanks through the takeover.
"China's auto industry is growing quickly and Wugang will focus on serving this sector in the future," Wugang spokesman Sun Jin told local media.
"In the past, it was just like we were producing cloth. Now we will be able to make a dress, which is a more value-added product."
Tailor welded blanks enable the production of lighter, which is a development trend in the auto industry. Automakers welcome the development of this highly specialised auto steel as it helps them save cost and improve production efficiency, a Shanghai-based auto analyst told Steel First.
Wugang, China's second-largest auto sheet producer, is a strategic supplier to several major automakers, including state-owned Dongfeng Motor Corp and Chongqing Chang'An Automobile Co. It boasts annual auto sheet production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes and almost produced to full capacity in 2012.
China produced a total of 19.3 million vehicles in 2012, up by over 4% compared with 2011.

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« 'We Read In The Papers . . .'
Saturday Single No. 399 »
Diverted By Peggy Lipton
Okay, right off the top, take a listen to Peggy Lipton:
I found that rather nice cover of Donovan's 1967 single "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" after I saw it listed in the Billboard Hot 100 from June 27, 1970, forty-four years ago today. It was bubbling under at No. 112 and would get as high as No. 108 before falling out of sight. (One of the things I particularly like about Lipton's record is producer Lou Adler quoting from Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" in the introduction.)
Lipton was better known in the late 1960s and early 1970s as one of three young stars (along with Michael Cole and Clarence Williams III) of the television series The Mod Squad, which centered around three young folks who agreed to work as undercover cops in order to stay out of jail. The series ran from September 1968 through August 1973 and was, says Wikipedia, "one of the earliest attempts to deal with the counterculture. Groundbreaking in the realm of socially relevant drama, it dealt with issues such as abortion, domestic violence, student protest, child neglect, illiteracy, slumlords, the anti-war movement, soldiers returning from Vietnam, racism, and the illegal drug trade."
(Was it that good? I never watched the show much back then, but I've taken in a few clips on YouTube in the past few days, and what I've seen seems slow and a little clunky. But that's a perspective from more than forty years on, so I dunno.)
Lipton might be better known these days as the mother of Rashida Jones, who plays Ann Perkins on NBC's Parks and Recreation, or for having played Norma Jennings in the 1990s television show Twin Peaks, or perhaps as the ex-wife of Quincy Jones, to whom Lipton was married from 1974 to 1990.
But it was as Julie Barnes in The Mod Squad that the utterly beautiful Lipton came to the public's attention. She sang at least once during the show's run. In a 1969 episode, she auditioned for a roadhouse singing job with a performance of Carole King's "Now That Everything's Been Said." (Sharp-eyed viewers will note the presence of a young Tyne Daly and, behind the drum kit, Hal Blaine.)
Her 1968 self-titled album included a cover of Laura Nyro's "Stoney End," which was released as a single; it bubbled under at No. 121. A single-only release, "Lu," bubbled under at No. 102 in early 1970, followed by "Wear Your Love Like Heaven," which was also a single-only release. Discogs.com lists one Canadian and one Japanese single; the B-side of the Japanese single was "Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Mornin')," originally released (as far as I can tell) by Dusty Springfield as the B-side to her 1968 hit "Son Of A Preacher Man."
Here's Lipton lip-synching "Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Mornin')" on The Hollywood Palace in 1969, followed by a bit of "Little Green Apples" with Sammy Davis, Jr., and a bit of show-business nonsense. (How about that? Two posts in a row with Sammy Davis, Jr.!)
After digging into Lipton's brief musical career, I was intrigued to learn that a CD entitled The Complete Ode Recordings will be released near the end of July. As I've dug into stuff the past couple of days, I've guessed that the various non-album singles were intended to be on a unreleased second album I've seen mentioned vaguely (most notably at All Music Guide) that I assume will be included on the CD. Given that I like what I've heard of Lipton's work – and adding in that Blaine and other members of the famed Wrecking Crew as well as reed man Jim Horn are listed in the credits for Lipton's album at AMG – I may have to invest in the CD when it comes out.
I admit to getting sidetracked into Ms. Lipton's career. Next week, we'll do what I originally planned: We'll take a listen to Donovan's original version of "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" and then dig into a few other covers. And now that I've been reminded of "Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Mornin')," we'll likely dig into covers of that one, too.
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Pitch Pilot gives you whammy bars for individual guitar strings
By Michael Astley-Brown (Total Guitar, Guitarist) 20 April 2018
B-Bender-inspired invention makes for new vibrato effects
Vibrato systems typically bend all guitar strings at once - with the notable exception of the rarely-seen-these-days B-Bender - but the newly launched Pitch Pilot provides control over individual strings.
Taking the B-Bender concept several steps further, Pitch Pilot is attached to the guitar by feeding any guitar string through it, and up to six can be fitted for vibrato control over every single string - notes can be bent up by seven semitones or down by three.
Guitarist Tim Clarke has spent six years honing the device, and although it's currently designed to be used with Les Pauls, he's aiming to raise money to launch Tele and Strat-compatible models in the future.
Head over to Kickstarter for more info, where you can back the project for CA $75 (approx $60/£40/€50) to secure a Pitch Pilot.
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Jbeily enjoys her evening as she discusses her journey from Syria to Jordan. Photo taken by the author.
Her face glistens in the sharp white light attached to the house's chipping white wall. The heat of early July makes the particles of sweat clearly distinguishable on her forehead. Despite a barrage of insects which painlessly both occupy and besiege her personal space, she seems relaxed, poised, but more than anything else, sure of herself. She's had five years to develop a resiliency toward occupation and besiegement, so insects don't affect her the way they used to.
Zein Jbeily is a Syrian refugee from Aleppo who fled her home country of Syria in 2012. For the last five years, Jbeily has been a citizen activist, choosing to fight for the rights of her people through nonviolent action and a commitment to the pen.
Jbeily has taken her passion for nonviolent action and has launched her own war, using writing and investigative reporting as opposed to missiles and bullets to improve the livelihoods of Syrians residing in Jordan.
However, Jbeily has not always been a writer. "In Syria, I did not work," she says as she talks about her life as a stay at home mother. During the revolution, however, her visceral disdain for the Assad regime—a disdain many Syrians in Jordan share—made journalism and documenting atrocities committed by regime forces an almost natural reaction.
"In Syria, I was filming demonstrations and sending them to television stations," Jbeily claims. Jbeily also adds that during the revolution she provided medicine to those in besieged parts of Aleppo.
She recalls her journey from Aleppo to Damascus and then eventually over Syria's southern border with Jordan, "There was a lot of stress when I arrived. I was in shock," she says. From 2012 to 2016, Jbeily bounced from job to job, each one involving writing about refugees or the Syrian revolution, which by this point, involved Russia, Iran, the United States, and several Gulf states.
In 2016, Jbeily found refuge at Amman's Radio al Balad (Radio of the Country), specifically in their flagship program Syrians Between Us. In 2012, the Amman based radio station, in partnership with the Public Affairs department of the US embassy in Jordan, launched Syrians Between Us, the first project of its kind, which trained Syrian refugees as citizen journalists who would focus on refugees in Jordan.
The best part, according to many in the program, was that for each story, they were paid approximately 100 dollars—a modest sum for many but a generous payment for those who found themselves both nationless and homeless in a span of months. Jbeily was not the first to participate, but she was one of the last. In 2016, the program lost its funding and was suspended indefinitely .
According to Etaf Roudan, a journalist at Community Media Network, Syrians Between Us had trained nearly 60 ordinary Syrians as citizen journalists in the time that the program was still active.
Since its inception, Syrians Between Us has shined a critical light on issues affecting refugees in Jordan: deep-rooted corruption in refugee camps, the lack of educational access that refugees endure, and the often systemic exploitation that Syrian families fall victim to.
"People are the experts on their own lives. We thought why not give a chance to Syrians to talk about their own," Daoud Kuttab, contributor at Al-Monitor and one of the founders of the program told Global Voices. "We noticed a sharp increase in hate speech against Syrian refugees, especially on some of the radio stations. For us, it was Syrians by Syrians about Syrians," he went on to say.
Ali smiles at the camera in Amman's Zaharan neighborhood. Photo taken by the author.
Sa'id al-Haj Ali has also worked with Syrians Between Us, but unlike his counterpart, he hailed from Syria's southernmost city of Daraa and began writing for Syrians Between Us in 2014.
Like many Syrians, Ali moved to Irbid—a small city approximately 90 miles north of Amman. According to UNHCR, nearly 150,000 registered Syrian refugees reside in Irbid city making it one of the largest host cities in Jordan.
Ali, however, was no journalist. A student of Arabic literature at Damascus University, the prospect of a successful revolution mobilized Ali's revolutionary side. "I used to photograph and publicize opposition [to Assad]," he said to Global Voices. Eventually, Ali found himself in and out of prison cells, and by extension, on the run.
Ali viewed his work for Syrians Between Us as an essential voice for those who no longer possessed one. "There was no media in Jordan to talk about the problems, issues, and stories of the Syrians—problems in their daily lives about food, aid, treatment, and education," he said.
Syrians Between Us is over for now, but the lives of approximately 60 Syrians as journalists are not. Today, both Ali and Jbeily work full time as journalists, and that does not seem to be changing anytime soon.
Certainly Ali and Jbeily dream of returning to Syria—Ali in fact wants to start a radio program in his country, but returning looks increasingly unlikely. In the last year, the Assad regime along with its Iranian and Russian allies have reasserted control over the vast majority of the country, leading many to believe that Assad is here to stay.
While today that may seem unachievable, both Ali and Jbeily will keep writing, but also dreaming—dreaming of a Syria that once was and that one day, in large part due to their work, can be.
This coverage has been made possible by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, for which Aman is a student fellow.


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Find us in front of the Welcome Center. As you drive in Audubon Park, the Welcome Center will be the first building you see on your left. The Welcome Center is what is shown as the event photograph.
We will meet at the Audubon State Park Welcome Center parking lot and start our hike at 5:15 PM.
Due to the large number of attendees, we'll hike as two smaller groups based on hiking pace instead of one large group. Dale will lead one group and Jess will lead the other one.
After the hike we'll tell some tales, grab a cold drink, and have dinner at Roca Bar located at 1618 S Kentucky Ave, Evansville, IN 47714.
Special Weather Note: The forecast between now and then looks like typical spring weather so be sure to check back here the morning of the hike if the weather looks sketchy.
Difficulty: The route has several tough climbs and some rolling hills. Be sure you are in decent shape before considering this hike.
Children: No children under 18.
Gear Suggestions: • Sturdy shoes/boots. • Water bottle/bladder. • Hiking pole(s) may help but not necessary.


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Themed dances are held one Friday per month from 7-9pm. Refreshments are provided.
The Pool Party is held at WESMONTE PARK, 624 Bills Lane, Altamonte Springs, Fl 32714. RAIN OR SHINE. Please bring a towel and swim suit if you plan on swimming.
2010 Showcase a HUGE success!
On Sunday, May 23, 2010, 17 dancers with special needs and their volunteer partners performed 6 beautiful routines during the 2010 Showcase. They were joined by many local professionals and an audience of over 150 people!
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Practice is held every Monday, excluding holidays, at the Altamonte AMF Lanes from 3-5pm. Cost will increase to $2 per game beginning on June 21, 2010.Scores are recorded throughout the year and trophies are awarded at the Banquet with participant's high score.
Monday, June 14, 2010 from 6-8pm at Eastmonte Park Civic Center. Cost: $5.00 per bowler & $5.00 per guest. This event will be catered. Each paid bowler will receive a trophy engraved with his or her high score! (Trophies are donated and may vary in size and style) Reservations can no longer be accepted.
Trips Resume in September 2010.
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Wilhelm Theodor Söderberg, född 6 oktober 1845 i Össeby-Garns socken i Uppland, död 1 november 1922, var en svensk tonsättare, kyrkomusiker och musiklärare.

Theodor Söderberg var son till organisten Wilhelm Oscar Söderberg och studerade vid Stockholms musikkonservatorium, där han avlade organistexamen 1867 och dirigentexamen 1870. Han var musiklärare i Stockholm 1871–1873 och därefter organist i Karlshamn från 1873.

Söderberg var med och grundade Karlshamns musiksällskap 1876 och var dess första dirigent 1876–1911. Han var pianolärare till Alice Tegnér.

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CAN FACEBOOK RECOVER ITS TARNISHED IMAGE, OR ARE ITS GOLDEN DAYS OVER?
(Apr. 11, 2018) — On Tuesday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified to a combination of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees about his company's privacy practices and will again answer questions on Wednesday to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
In yesterday's session, Democrats and Republicans asked the 33-year-old Zuckerberg both business-oriented and politically-loaded questions, many of which he did not answer directly.
When Texas Sen. Ted Cruz raised the issue of "conservatives" having reportedly been censored or experienced a significant drop in their Facebook page traffic over the last several months by a change in algorithm of the multi-billion-dollar, Silicon Valley-based company, Zuckerberg said that he is "actually very concerned" about that issue. He also acknowledged that Silicon Valley is one of the most "left-leaning" places in the United States.
Zuckerberg himself has called on Congress as a private individual to advocate for more "liberal" policies in regard to illegal aliens.
They believe they have been discriminated against because of their outspoken support for Trump.
On Monday evening, Facebook claimed that it had reviewed its original response to Diamond & Silk and found that it did not reflect the company's view of the sisters' Facebook presence. However, the two said that as of that time, they had not received any such amended notice from the company.
Also on Wednesday, commentator Tomi Lahren told Fox & Friends that while she came to prominence as a result of her Facebook page, she objects to any censorship of so-called "conservative" groups or individuals and urged Zuckerberg to lift any restrictions currently in place, whether officially or unofficially.
The Post & Email has a business Facebook page on which it posts most of the articles available on its website. Since late January, we, too, have noted an approximate 80% drop in our Facebook page engagements over December, when the numbers were steadily growing. We note that since the algorithm change, informational newsletters from content and trend analyst Newswhip and small-business marketer Manta appear to be saying less about how media outlets can build their presence on Facebook.
In a recent newsletter, Newswhip reported that large news corporations' Facebook engagements in March actually increased. However, in February, it reported that one small business had closed permanently as a result of the change initiated by Facebook, which focuses on engagements between friends and family rather than on business enterprises.
For at least the last year, censorship has been widely reported on Twitter, with a Catholic organization providing evidence of what appears to be religiously-motivated silencing of four accounts at a given time. Other prominent voices such as former Secret Service and NYPD officer Dan Bongino and citizen journalist Laura Loomer have reported warnings and/or suspension from the social-media platform for reasons that they believe are unjustified.
Author and Washington, DC Infowars Bureau Chief Dr. Jerome Corsi and author/commentator Dennis Prager have reported censorship on YouTube, which recently came under fire for allegedly collecting data on children who patronize their age-appropriate channels.
Corsi's YouTube account was reportedly restored the day after it was "permanently" shut down, while Prager has filed a lawsuit against the Google-owned broadcaster based in San Bruno, CA.
Please share your thoughts on what concerned citizens might do to combat political censorship in all modes of communication, both Internet-based and traditional outlets such as newspapers and magazines.
Do readers here use The Post & Email's Facebook page regularly, avoid it, or visit it occasionally?
Are you concerned about the reported collection of personal data by Facebook and other social-media outlets? If so, are there viable alternatives to sharing information?
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P.S. The cat is out of the bag for Face Book, it should implode.
Freedom of speech shouldn't be freedom to fabricate, lie, mislead, harm nor harass. Our forefathers and founders of our beloved country paid a high cost for this freedom that so many manhandle, manipulate and only give lip service.
it isn't "open season". Here the host rules.
Facebook is the poster boy for the entire spectrum of commercial and government entities that use consumers' data without consumers' permission and without regulation restrictions and sell that data to the highest capitalist bidders for their financial gain.
"The de facto bum in a cheap suit (president Obama) should be perp-walked to a plane to carry him to a cage down in Gitmo where he deserves to spend every minute of what's left of his worthless life.
Oh, what say we add 'My People' Eric Holder; AG Lynch; and Hillary?
Banning honest and polite commentary is a form of political censorship that no freedom-loving individual should tolerate.


I have a fussy, going-to-be-one-year old baby girl and I try hard to make her eat suji, paneer(Indian cheese), porridge etc but she is a stubborn child like her mom. Like an obedient child she always first takes the spoon filled with food in her mouth and a second later she spits it out. It's irritating and sometimes when I think of cooking for her, I feel like not cooking at all as she is not going to eat anyway.
Fundooz flavoured yogurt contains Vitamin A, Iron, Zinc, Iodine and milk in it and costs INR 10 each. If you buy a pack of four then it costs only INR 25. Now I carry this when ever I am travelling with a fruit. Just mash it up in the yogurt and baby likes it . It comes in four flavours, "vanilla and strawberry" is one of them . I am a vanilla fan so got baby Anvika the same. I would have given you more details but unfortunately my helper threw away the outer covering. I checked it online and its not available in major stores which is sad. It will be such a boon for working women who want things to be delivered right at their door.
Anyways, Fundooz flavoured yogurt is definitely a product which I will recommend to moms whose infants do not like any fruits .You can give grated apple, banana, Sapodilla(chikku) etc to your baby. My baby doesn't even like Litchi so I take out their seeds and cut into small pieces , mix it with the yogurt.
Nice! We get lot of varieties of flavored yogur here – so will keep this in mind. Btw, ANamika, when did you start giving your babe curd?
Oh I am soo happy that even Anvika loves fruit based yoghurt. My baby Anshika loves this , and I made sure that I gave it to her , during the peak summer period. She just loves it and keeps asking for more 🙂 , havent tried with cut fruits as she is fond of veggies and fruits , thank god ..but will definetely try ..
Anamika..what about preservatives in the product? Will they be safe for the baby?


Microsoft Edge is the default web browser app in Windows 10. It's a Universal (UWP) app which has extension support, a fast rendering engine and a simplified user interface. Finally, it got the ability to mute tabs that produce sounds.
Edge got a lot of changes with recent releases of Windows 10. The browser now has extension support, EPUB support, a built-in PDF reader, the ability to export passwords and favorites and a number of other useful functions like the ability to go Full screen with a single key stroke. In Windows 10 Creators Update, Edge got support for tab groups (Set Tabs Aside). In Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the browser has been updated with Fluent Design.
While Edge already displayed a speaker icon on the right side of any tab that played audio, you couldn't click on it to mute the tab until now. Thankfully, this situation has changed with Windows 10 Build 17035.
To mute a tab in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, do the following.
Find the Edge tab you want to mute. A speaker icon should be visible next to the tab's name.
Click on the speaker icon. This will mute the tab.
Alternatively, right-click the tab and select Mute tab in the context menu.
You are done. This is very easy.
Unfortunately, this useful feature hasn't landed in the stable branch yet. If you prefer stable builds of Windows 10, it is not yet available. However, there is a workaround! You can use the volume mixer to mute the desired tabs. Let's see how it can be done.
Now, right-click the speaker (volume) icon in the notification area (system tray).
The Volume Mixer app will open. Edge tabs which play audio will be visible under Applications. Find your tab there.
Click the speaker icon under the volume bar to mute the tab and you are done!
This entry was posted in Windows 10 and tagged Edge Mute Tabs, microsoft edge, Microsoft Edge Mute Tab on November 9, 2017 by Sergey Tkachenko.


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History Lesson: Billy Baldwin
Posted on October 3, 2019 by Ourso Designs in Uncategorized
Posthumously nicknamed the "dean of interior decorators," Billy Baldwin was a leading designer in post-World War II America. Known for his immaculate sense of order and arrangement, Baldwin's style was a unique blend of modernist and classicist.
Baldwin was born into an old Baltimore family in 1903, where he grew up in a home designed by a leader of the American Renaissance Movement. It was there in his childhood home that his passion for interior decorating started.
After leaving Princeton to travel and visit galleries and museums, he worked at his father's insurance company for a time. He continued to design on the side and eventually got a huge break in 1930, when Ruby Ross Wood, one of New York's grand dame decorators, came across his work.
She immediately wrote him explaining her love of his work and invited him to join her in New York to assist with her business. He began working for her in 1935, and when she passed in 1950, he took over her business for 2 years. He explained that those 17 years working for her was "the importance of the personal, of the comfortable, and of the new." After taking over Wood's business for 2 years he decided to create his own.
Baldwin's work was known to be neat, slick, and ordered. He liked a mixture of furniture that was both old and new and of different nationalities, but he insisted on some connection between the furniture. Unlike many other designers, he thought it was important to use some of the furniture that the client already had as he felt that the space would not be right without some personal history present.
He was known to be both a modernist and classicist, being the first man to break into the interior design world. Before WWII, interior design was ruled by a small circle of women, but Baldwin changed this forever.
He believed strongly in not following trends and instead told many of his clients to: "Be faithful your own style, because nothing that you really like is ever out of style."
Baldwin retired in 1973 and died of a heart ailment in 1983, but his studio continues to champion his designs, legacy, and style.
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History Lesson: I.M. Pei
Posted on June 7, 2019 June 10, 2019 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson
Ieoh Ming Pei, more commonly known as I.M. Pei, was a Chinese-American architect who moved to the United States in 1935 to study architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Once arriving Pei was so discouraged by the teaching style of his professors and intimidated by the skill levels of his peers that he decided to transfer to MIT and changed his major to engineering. However, not long after arriving, the dean of MIT's architecture school noticed his eye for design and encouraged Pei to switch back to architecture.
Pei was most inspired by Swiss architect, Le Corbusier and had the opportunity to meet him when he visited MIT. Pei referred to the time Corbusier visited MIT as "the most important day in my architectural education." Pei graduated from MIT with a bachelor's degree in architecture.
After graduating, he joined the Harvard Graduate School of Design and befriended architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. In 1948, Pei was recruited by William Zeckendorf and worked for seven years before establishing his own independent design firm, I. M. Pei & Associates, in 1955 which later became Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Pei retired from full-time practice in 1990.
Check out a few of his most popular works below:
Pei was the first foreigner to work on the Louvre. He proposal included a central entrance to link the three museum buildings. At the center of his design was a large pyramid made of glass and steel. At the time, there was large opposition from the Louvre director and even the majority of the citizens of Paris. As a response to his, Pei placed a full-size model of pyramid in the courtyard. Almost 60,000 people visited the Louvre to see it and Pei gained enough support to go ahead with his plans. The courtyard was opened to the public in 1988 and the pyramid entrance opened a few months later. The Louvre Pyramid is considered Pei's most famous structure.
One project Pei considered his "most important commission" was the John F. Kennedy Library. This library was built as a memorial after the President's assassination in 1963. Jackie Kennedy picked Pei to complete the project. Pei had to submit multiple designs and site locations before the project was moved to Columbia Point. The new design included a large glass-enclosed atrium and a circular walkway. The Library was dedicated in October 1979.
National Gallery East Building
In the 1960s, directors of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. offered Pei the commission on a new building.
Pei took to the project and his first obstacle was the unusual shape of the site. Inspiration struck Pei in 1968, when he scrawled a rough diagram of two triangles on a scrap of paper. The larger building would be the public gallery; the smaller would house offices and archives. This triangular shape became a singular vision for the architect.
Pei expected large crowds of people to visit the new building, so he planned accordingly. He designed a large lobby roofed with skylights. Individual galleries are located along the sides, which allowed visitors to return after viewing each exhibit to the main room.
The East Building was unveiled to the public in June 1978. Large crowds visited the new museum, and critics generally voiced their approval. Fellow architect Allan Greenberg called the building a "masterpiece."
Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair – 1928
Posted on March 30, 2015 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson
Did you know? "Marcel Breuer designed and built the chair Cesca Chair in 1928 working with the steel tubes with the intention of creating a session that would ensure both comfort and elegance. The use of tubular steel was quite widespread during those years and other designers such as Mart Stam and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, had made extensive use.
The chair was named "Cesca" as a tribute to his daughter named Francesca.
"Michael Thonet (for another history lesson on Thonet, click here) was the first to manufacture the chair in 1928, then known as model B32, for about $24. Thonet produced the chair until World War II. In the 50's Dino Gavina, a furniture manufacturer in Foligno, Italy, started making the chair with Breuer's permission, under the name Cesca. In 1968, Knoll Associates, now the Knoll Group, bought the Gavino factory, which conitnures to produce the chair today. About 250,000 Cesca chairs have been sold since 1968, said David Schutte, a product manager at Knoll."
"It's among the 10 most important chairs of the 20th century," Said Cara McCarty, associate curator, department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art. It's also among the 10 most common.
One of our designers, Logan Ramirez, says that she sees them all the time while thrift shopping. In fact check out this craigslist post!
If you find a chair that needs some repairing, don't feel intimidated, check out this video!
Here are some inspiring pictures if you're looking to
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History Lessson: 1188 Chair
Posted on March 3, 2015 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson
"The 1188 Chair (1968) was Milo Baughman's favorite chair and the one with which he chose to furnish the home of business partner and friend Thayer Coggin. Given that the Coggin family could have picked any dining chair in their company's inventory, the 1188 is something special indeed. Baughman and Coggin met in 1953 and formed a powerful partnership that lasted for five decades. Based in North Carolina, the Thayer Coggin company is still the exclusive manufacturer of Baughman furniture to this day. The designer's work was included in High Styles: Twentieth Century American Design at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1985. Baughman was inducted into the Furniture Design Hall of Fame in 1987. Made in U.S.A."
"Milo Ray Baughman, Jr., born in Goodland, Kansas on October 7, 1923, was a modern furniture designer. His American designs were forward-thinking and distinctive, yet unpretentious and affordable. Contemporary furniture designers and dealers continue to copy, reinvent, and revive his work in the new and secondary decorative arts markets.
Baughman designed for a number of furniture companies starting in the mid-1940s until his death, including Mode Furniture, Glenn of California, The Inco Company, Pacific Iron, Murray Furniture of Winchendon, Arch Gordon, Design Institute America, George Kovacs, Directional, Henredon and Drexel, among others. He is most famous, however, for his longtime association with Thayer Coggin Inc., of High Point, NC, which began in 1953 and lasted until his death in 2003.
He also lectured broadly on the state of modern design, extolling the positive benefits of good design on the lives of human beings, and helping to define and shape the discussion for years to come."
History Lesson: Serge Mouille Lamp
Posted on February 4, 2015 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson
Serge Mouille (1922 – 1988) was a French industrial designer and goldsmith. He is best known for his light fixture designs.
"Serge Mouille made each of his lamps by hand and never used machine technology to maximize production numbers."
"A Serge Mouille lamp is as much a work of art as it is a source of illumination."
"Serge Mouille designed his angular, insect-like lights as "a reaction to the Italian models that were beginning to invade the market in 1950," which he criticized for being "too complicated." His large-scale Three-Arm Floor Lamp (1952) has a kinetic, sculptural aesthetic that evokes a sense of movement in space. All of the arms can be rotated in various directions, allowing for ample, well-directed lighting for any task. Mouille designed the Three-Arm Lamp for a client whose instructions were simply, "I want a big light because I have clients in South America who have huge rooms." All of his lighting solutions feature Mouille's hallmark signatures as a designer: the way the arms are joined to the diffusers, the washer and six-sided screw hardware, the form of the reflectors, and the refined lines of the steel tubing. All of his products are made in France."
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The Philosophy of Serge Mouille
"Pragmatic art or the creation of an artistic representation that also has a necessary function is at the heart of what Serge Mouille and the company that carries his name have achieved over time with some of the most iconic lamps available today. Until you need to choose one for a particular space, a lamp is often an overlooked accessory in a room. However, walk into a room with a poorly chosen lamp and it is noticed immediately. Or, walk into a room with just the right lamp and it goes from an accessory to part of the furniture that creates the perfect ambiance and feeling in a space."
"The lamps from Serge Moulle are certainly a furnishing and not a mere accessory. Each lamp is simple at first glance, but as with most artistic renderings, a closer examination shows that there is a complexity that is easy to overlook. A Serge Moulle lamp has versatility and grace whether examining metal lighting fixtures, wall sconces, or another design. Some lamps can be adjusted to allow one part of even a small room to sit in the shadows, while that same lamp can be used, with a relatively minor and certainly simple adjustment can illuminate every nook and cranny.
It should not be the purpose of the lighting in a room to be the focal point of attention. A great lamp can be simplistic in design, yet that same design can have an artistic bent, and serve its own in different ways. It is not the fault of Serge Mouille or his company that his lamps and lights are dramatic in their usefulness while being so sleek in the design that they cannot escape your guests' attention."
"Serge Mouille offers modern design lighting, modern lighting, mid-century modern lamps, modern light fixtures and more. There is a wide selection of lighting, lighting fixtures, and sconce lamps that fit every décor, every style, and every space."
History Lesson: Eames Lounger & Ottoman
Posted on January 5, 2015 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in Eames Lounger, History Lesson
Eames Lounger & Ottoman from Design Within Reach
"Charles and Ray Eames made the lounge chair and ottoman as a gift for their friend Billy Wilder, the director of "Some Like It Hot" and "Sunset Blvd." When we began manufacturing the set in 1956, we maintained as much of the hand-craftsmanship as was possible with mass production. Throughout the Eames/Nelson era, we came closer than anyone else to incorporating craft ideals into the mass production of furniture."
Here is more information from the Herman Miller Company regarding production of the chair:
"But over the years, some efforts to improve the quality of the pieces came at the expense of craft. We chose a contract-grade leather that wore better and faded less than the original aniline leather, and in doing so we surrendered some of the soft hand of the original leather. We discontinued oiled wood finishes in the 1980s in favor of the more efficient and easily maintained lacquer.
Now we are restoring the balance—and letting you make the choice. The new MCL Leather provides much of the softness and "sink-into-it-iveness" of the original, along with durability and color-fastness. The oiled finishes, while requiring periodic maintenance, produce the rich, lustrous look of the original veneers.
These pieces have evolved over the years– from handmade for a friend, to made on a production line with handcrafting details, to alterations meant to ensure consistency and durability, to reviving some of the original craft qualities while maintaining durability."
More photos of the Eames Lounger:
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History Lesson: French Bergere Chairs
Posted on December 3, 2014 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson
"Other than baguettes, berets, and Brigitte Bardot, few things are more classically French than bergères. Popularized in Louis XV–era salons, these cushy armchairs survived the revolution, adapting easily to the changing fashions of the Directoire and Empire periods. Today they remain as in vogue as ever. And for good reason—with their plush upholstery and regal frames, bergères blend comfort and style seamlessly.
For laymen, what sets them apart from other stately seats are their characteristic closed arms, loose seat cushions, and exposed-wood frames. "They really are masterpieces," says Bruno de Caumont, an interior decorator and furniture designer. Having learned about bergères from the chief upholsterer at Versailles, Caumont is well versed in the different styles. A bergère en gondole has an arched back and sides upholstered as a single panel, while the bergère confessionale features a high back and low arms.
"Bergères were really designed for palaces," notes interior architect Beata Galdi. Still, she finds their elegant form fits into even the most contemporary rooms, whether grouped in a formal seating area or standing alone in a bedroom. "Excellent design is timeless," Galdi says.
History Lesson: Louis Ghost Chair
Posted on November 4, 2014 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson, Louis Ghost Chair
Louis Ghost Chair
"Who else but Philippe Starck would dare mess with a king? Reinventing the classic Louis XVI armchair for Kartell, the playful Louis Ghost Armchair (2002) is a postmodern triumph of technical innovation and historical style. Translating the varied lines and formal geometry of its predecessor into a single form of translucent injection-molded polycarbonate, the Louis Ghost is a robust chair with a medallion backrest for leisurely comfort. When interviewed about the collection by the Dallas Morning News, Starck commented that it "has a mix of materials and styles based on our shared memories. We all own this piece in a way. The chair is well balanced; I try to be balanced myself." Suitable for indoor and outdoor use in residential and commercial settings. Stacks six high. Made in Italy."
"The ghost chair brings subtle elegance to any space and is versatile enough for any room in a home or office. It is quickly becoming a popular chair offered by rental firms for large events such as weddings for its indoor/outdoor use, comfort, and durability."
Single piece injection-molded transparent polycarbonate.
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History Lesson: Wishbone Chair
Posted on September 29, 2014 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in History Lesson, Wishbone Chair
"The Wishbone Chair is perhaps Wegner's most celebrated work. A light, attractive and comfortable dining chair with the characteristic Y-shaped back. The chair is a triumph of craftsmanship with a simple design and clean lines. Despite the chair's straightforward appearance it takes more than 100 steps to make one. Amongst other things, the hand-woven seat consists of more than 120 meters of paper cord. Hans J. Wegner designed the Wishbone chair for Carl Hansen & Søn in 1949 and it has been in continuous production since 1950″
Watch the making of the wishbone chair:
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Here are a few pictures with the wishbone chair being utilized:
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History Lesson: Emeco Navy Chair
Posted on July 29, 2014 June 15, 2017 by Ourso Designs in chairs, History Lesson, history lesson: emeco navy chair, navy chair
Emeco Navy Chair
The Original 1006 Navy Chair
During World War 2, the U.S. government gave Wilton Carlyle Dinges, the founder of Emeco (the Electrical Machine and Equipment Company) a difficult task: make a chair that can withstand water, salt air, and sailors. The U.S. government wanted the chair to be light-weight and strong, and they wanted it to last a lifetime. Dinges threw the chair out of a sixth-floor window during a furniture show in Chicago, and other than a few scratches, the chair was fine.
The Emeco Navy 1006 ("ten oh six") Chair became popular among modernist designers and architects, and the design was copied world-wide.
Click here to view full history of the Emeco Navy Chair.
Emeco works with Coca-Cola: 111 Chair AKA "Coke Chair
Emeco still makes its classic chair, but now it uses recycled Coke bottles. Their mantra is to "make recycling obsolete" by making chairs that last for forever. If their Coke chairs are anything like their old chairs (which are made to last 150 years), they may just achieve their goal.
Learn how the 111 chair is made.
Designers love both the 111 chair and the 1006 chair, check out how designers have used the chairs in various spaces:
The Emeco chair combined with the use of the Eames® Molded Plastic Dowel-Leg Side Chair
A white Emeco Chair with the Tulip Table (a previous history lesson)
I love the rustic spin on these, the black matte finish really compliments the space.
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Leaving Los Angeles and its heavy rush hour traffic behind, Gunn floored the gas pedal. The Plymouth zipped along the open highway, the California winds whipping around the convertible sending Fred's hair flying around her shoulders. Listening to her conversation with Wesley as they sat in the back seat, Angel figured the issue of his invisibility was in good hands, but it was time to focus on more pressing matters.
"We need to call ahead to Sunnydale," Angel broke into their conversation.
Fred glanced toward the front passenger seat, staring at the spot where she knew Angel to be sitting. A little guilt crept into her expression having been caught talking about the scientific and mystic causes of Angel's condition. It was just that it was something she knew she could help with, and while the kidnapping was of great concern to them all, Fred figured Angel already had it covered.
"To that girl with the funny name?" Fred guessed wondering why she could never seem to recall it.
"Yes, that one," confirmed Angel, the hint of a smile on his face going unseen. "Buffy went to school with Cordelia. So it's my guess she knows the kidnappers. If they've been causing this kind of trouble in Sunnydale, chances are that she'll know how to find them."
Wes considered, "This is a kidnapping case, so perhaps we should notify the local authorities."
"Riiiight," Gunn's sarcasm came through as he flashed a look at Wes via the rearview mirror. "An invisible vampire goes into a police station to report the kidnapping of his son and his… his seer."
Cordelia. Her name and her face filled his thoughts as Angel noted the struggle Gunn made in finding the right descriptor. That was just one connection they shared. She was a friend, his best friend, and probably knew him better than any living soul. In many respects the things he felt for her were nameless, but those feelings ran deep.
Just the thought of her at the mercy of young men who might have reason to want the beautiful former Queen C under their power made him a little crazy.
"No police," Angel said firmly. If they dared to touch Cordelia, he'd take pleasure in ripping them apart limb by limb. "We'll handle this my way."
"Very well," agreed Wesley without any argument knowing the effort would be futile. Anyone with the temerity to kidnap Angel's son expecting to get away unscathed was either stupid or extremely desperate. He certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of the vampire's vengeance.
Having no idea exactly what kind of desperado villains they were dealing with, Wes added, "It's a good thing that Cordelia is with Connor. We've got someone on the inside looking out for him."
Angel's mouth curled up at one corner. "Cordelia faced down Angelus with nothing but an attitude and a container of spring water. He's is in good hands as long as she's with him."
"They'll be getting close to Sunnydale now," Gunn commented as he read the green and white mileage marker that showed another eighty miles to go. "Better make that call."
Pulling his cell phone out of his jacket pocket, Angel punched in a one and the area code for Sunnydale, but paused as he realized the enormity of the news he was about to spring on his former girlfriend. She deserved to hear it face to face, but considering the importance of catching up with the kidnappers before they had a chance to contact potential buyers, he simply couldn't afford to wait.
"Maybe I should contact Mister Giles first," suggested Wesley when he noticed the lack of phone conversation coming from the front seat.
"No, Wes," Angel silently added a thank you, understanding that his friend caught onto the reason for his hesitation, "this has to be done quickly. Buffy may know how to find to them before we even get to town."
He punched in the rest of the numbers and after several rings heard a familiar, "Hello?"
"Dawn, it's Angel," he told the teenager. "Is Buffy around?"
"Oh, it's you." Dawn never really liked Angel and didn't bother to hide that fact from him. It had nothing to do with him being a vampire. Lately, it had everything to do with not liking him showing up during times of crisis only to leave again. Buffy always pouted and moped for a few days afterward. "We're fine. Nothing here for you to bother with. No apocalypses this week."
"I need to talk to your sister," Angel tried to suppress the growl rolling into his voice, but heard the gasp catch in her throat as she responded to it.
Then came her mumbled, "Spike was right," just before she held the phone away from her mouth to holler at the top of her lungs, "BUFFY! Tall, dark and dudley is on the phone."
Snatching the phone from her sister, Buffy whispered furiously, "He heard you say that."
"So?" Dawn shrugged and automatically cradling her left arm defensively. She was still getting used to the cast having broken it during a recent car accident.
Buffy held the phone to her chest as she snapped back, "So you should just— aargh! Just go do your homework."
With a defiant smirk, Dawn turned on her heel and stalked into the kitchen instead of heading up to her bedroom. For a moment, Buffy watched her go, completely caught up again in the frustration that was parenting an unruly younger sister. Most days, Buffy felt she couldn't even parent herself, much less Dawn. With Giles in England and Willow teetering on the edge of control due to her addiction to magick, Buffy's usual support system was looking thin.
Glancing down at the phone in her hand, Buffy slowly pulled it up to her ear. Angel always had a knack for well-timed rescues, showing up when she needed him the most. She wanted to fall into his arms and never climb out again, but after all that had happened with Spike over the past few days, she wondered if she could even look him in the eye, or if anything would ever be the same again.
"Hi," her voice squeaked its tiny greeting. Quickly, she issued an apology for all that was rude and ungrateful in her world at the moment. "Sorry, Angel, you know Dawn. She's still…"
"A teenager?" For some reason, Angel's mind flashed to an image of Cordelia in her Sunnydale days, queen of all she surveyed, quite certain that the world revolved around her, and allergic to anything that remotely resembled tact.
Not that the scant number of years since then had done anything to curb the bite of that tactless tongue. Cordelia had grown into one amazing woman. Maybe the whole world didn't revolve around her, but his certainly did and that was something Angel was only now starting to realize.
"I was going to say she's a pain in the neck," Buffy sighed her confession.
The words snapped Angel out of his thoughts and back to the point of the phone call. "Buffy, I need your help."
Instantly alert, Buffy heard the strain in his voice. "What is it?"
"This is urgent," he stressed wishing again that this conversation wasn't happening in such an impersonal manner. This wasn't going to be easy in any form, but he'd have preferred to be there to help her through this shock. "First, I need you to sit down and listen closely."
Buffy's eyes widened at the tone. "Oh, this is sit-down kind of news." Bad, she knew and sank slowly onto the couch next to the living room phone. Her mind reeled with the possibilities as she waited the few seconds for Angel to reveal what he needed to say. The silence on the other end of the line prompted her to quip, "Sitting."
Feeling strangely nervous, Angel rubbed a hand along his tense neck muscles. Deciding to start with the easy part, he asked, "Do you remember anyone from Sunnydale High named Warren, Jonathan or Andrew?"
Surprised, Buffy had been braced for news of a personal nature, not a query on old high school classmates who were more troublesome annoyances than anything else. "Yes, unfortunately." She wasn't about to go into the details about her opinions on Warren or his ability to create lifelike robots.
"Do they have a base of operations somewhere in Sunnydale?" An immediate giggle sounded from Buffy's end of the line causing Angel to wonder what he'd asked that was so funny.
"What— like a super secret clubhouse or something?" Buffy questioned as she gave it some thought. The idea of those three teaming up nearly gave her hives. "Sorry, but I have no idea if they have a Fortress of Solitude. I could ask around if it's that important."
Angel replied instantly, "It is. A lot has happened in LA while you've… been gone." He had mourned her, but now that Buffy was again in the land of the living, Angel found it hard to think of the girl who'd given him his first experience with love as having been dead. "There's one thing I haven't gotten around to telling you. More than one, I suppose, but mainly because I've been getting used to the fact myself."
"Oh," Buffy's insides twisted into knots as the endless flow of her wild ideas suddenly narrowed into one distinct possibility. He'd found somebody else.
While her mind reeled in protest at the thought, one tiny voice reminded her she had made more than one attempt at finding a life and love of her own. Then again, Angel was supposed to pine for her forever if they couldn't be together. Except that she wanted him to be happy, too, sort of. Trying to sound supportive, she started off, "Well that is just—"
"I'm a father, Buffy," Angel blurted the news as he cut her off, unable to make it come out any softer or less shocking. "I have a son. His name is Connor."
Silence hung across the phone line as Buffy slowly digested the words. Not only had her suspicions been correct— he had found someone new— but they also had a child together. Angel had a family, one that didn't include her.
Gripping the phone a little too tightly, she heard the plastic casing start to crack and forced herself to loosen her hold. "I didn't know that was possible."
Wasn't that the whole gist of their breakup? That he was a vampire and she a Slayer. That he could never give her a normal life, presuming that someone like her even had real relationships or a family in their future.
"Neither did I," Angel confessed, also conscious of the eavesdroppers listening in and making no pretense of the fact that they were doing so. "Connor's birth was foretold by prophesy, though we figured that out afterward. There's a lot more to it, but I don't have time to go into details right now."
Buffy was too caught up in the idea that Angel was making love to someone despite the curse binding his soul; that despite being a vampire he had given her a child of his. Though her heart hurt at the thought and her body ached with jealousy over the idea of it, Buffy needed to know more. It didn't matter if Angel thought he had no time for the details; Buffy was making time.
Especially because in her mind's eye, Buffy realized that the image of Connor's mother wasn't as faceless as she should have been. The conclusion she'd suddenly come to caused her vision to blur with tears, but she had to say it. To find out if her suspicions were true after all, "Connor's mother is . . . She's Cordelia, right?"
"C-Cordy? NO," Angel's denial came out a little too swiftly. Maybe Cordelia had once had a crush on him back in her Sunnydale days, but they were friends, just friends, just best friends. Surely that's all she felt for him, anyway. What was it with this new phenomenon where everyone seemed to be linking them together as a couple?
With her ear ringing from the loud shout, Buffy muttered, "Guess not." Wrong thing to say, obviously. Wow! Defensive, much? Confused by the vehement denial, she confessed, "I just thought it made sense."
Coming from Buffy, that statement left Angel a little shaken. Part of him admitted that it made a hell of a lot of sense. But he didn't have time for 'What Ifs', so he told her without going into any details about Darla's resurrection or sacrifice, "Connor's mother is dead. Cordy's my anchor; she keeps me grounded."
Then Buffy was left to draw her own conclusions about Cordelia's place in his life as emotion welled up so that the words were choked off, "If anything happens…"
Even as her unshed tears burned in her eyes, Buffy realized she'd never heard Angel speak about anything with that sound in his voice. Not when he told her he loved her, or when he gave her the Claddagh ring or even when they put an end to their relationship. She didn't like hearing the hurt, the fear or the helplessness sounding along with feelings of love that were supposed to be reserved for her.
Angel loved his son and he obviously cared for Cordelia. Something had happened to prompt this phone call. It wasn't like Angel to call her out of the blue and he'd said that it was urgent. So Buffy wiped away the tears glistening in her eyes and asked, "What's the trouble?"
"There's a price on Connor's head," Angel explained. "Ever since his birth we've been fighting off one group or another bound to capture or kill him, humans and demons."
Shifting out of jealous ex-girlfriend mode, Buffy put her Slayer cap on. Nodding her understanding and concluding that something had happened to both Cordelia and Connor, she spoke into the phone, "Tell me how I can help."
Having expected fireworks, whining, or demands for more details than he wanted to get into over the telephone, Angel realized that Buffy had changed, too. Though he didn't have the time to consider the reasons; he was just grateful for it.
"Cordy and Connor have been kidnapped," Angel's tone hardened to the point of cold steel.
Thinking back to the question he'd first asked her, Buffy made the leap, "Are you saying that you think Warren, Andrew and Jonathan are responsible?"
"I know they are. They showed up, made their demands and shot me with some ray gun they invented," Angel revealed. "By now, they're back in Sunnydale."
Buffy admitted, "It doesn't sound like Jonathan to get involved with a kidnapping, but Warren is definitely into the Crazy Professor mode with the inventions. Alone, those three have been troublemakers, so who knows what else they'll get up to."
"Right now it involves selling my son to the highest bidder." Angel pointed out the reason he was contacting her in the first place, "So, I was hoping you'd get a head start on finding them."
"No problemo," Buffy promised to get right on it, jumping up off of the couch, her energy bounding at the thought of the action to come. "Willy usually has his ear to the ground. I can check him out first. When you get to town, head straight to my house. That's our…uh, base of operations these days."
Thanking her, Angel realized the whole telling Buffy thing had gone much easier than he'd imagined. "Oh," he remembered one other detail he needed to share, "just one other thing."
Listening attentively, Buffy sank back down onto the couch cushions. "You're WHAT?"
CHAPTER LINKS
Chapter 4 Wavelengths Home Chapter 6
W1: Unbidden it Stirs
W2: Now Trapped by Shadows
W3: It Burns Through the Cold
W4: Still Unrecognized
W6: Out of the Gloom of Despair
W7: Bounding to its Pinnacle
W8: A Heart Reaching Out
W9: Revelations Lost and Found
W10: Speaking from the Heart
K&C: Wavelengths
About Darkness and Daylight
Welcome to the home of Lysa Whitmore's Fan Fiction and Art. Everything here has a focus on the my favorite characters from BtVS/Ats. Cordelia Chase and Angel have a special place in my heart and I enjoy finding new ways of exploring their journey. Story ratings range from G/PG up to R/NC17, and may include other warnings. Adult content is intended for adults only.
Season of Solace: A Slayer's Plot and a Dark Prophecy Unite Cordelia & Angel (Fanfiction/Art by Lysa Whitmore)
Season of Solace (WiP)
The next apocalypse is on the horizon. Our heroes must unravel the mysteries of an ancient prophecy to stop a ritual that involves one of their own. Buffy Summers has her reasons to keep Angel at a distance, and teams him up with Cordelia Chase for their nightly prophesy related patrols. The formation of 'Team Chase' forges a bond of friendship between them that evolves in ways no one expects.