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This chocolate square combines the deliciousness of a rich and moist cakey base with the crunchiness of brightly coloured Smarties on top. Find more on Kidspot New Zealand's recipe finder
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- 125 g butter, melted
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 2 tbsp Baking Cocoa
- 3/4 cup self raising flour
- 1 cup Milk Choc Bits
- 100 g Smarties
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking paper.
Combine butter, sugar and egg. Stir in coconut, then sifted Baking Cocoa and flour.
Spoon into prepared tin and bake 15-17 minutes until just firm when touched.
Sprinkle Milk Choc Bits over the cake, then sprinkle over the Smarties. Press down lightly with the back of a wooden spoon.
Return to the oven for 5 minutes. Allow to cool in the pan then cut into squares to serve.
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I recently had my Tarmac driveway laid, how long should I wait before sealing?
We recommend waiting at least 6 months prior to sealing to allow the natural distillates to emit from the Tarmac. If your driveway beads up when water is sprayed on it ... your driveway is not ready yet. Applying sealer too soon can result in the sealer failing and not bonding properly.
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I have put the sealer down too thick and am getting 'mud cracks'.
Well, #1 we strongly recommend using the proper tool...our 50cm Seal Right Squeegee and bearing down on it while applying as you want to leave a thin coat. Not applying enough pressure (especially on rough pavement) or using the wrong tool can result in putting it down too thick which may result in tracking. What you can do is pour a little water onto the mud cracked area right away and with a push broom work out those thick areas.
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What temperature is best for sealing asphalt?
For the sealers to adhere, the asphalt temperature must be 10 degrees C and rising. Typically March through early October are prime sealing days. Though most of us wait until autumn to seal the driveway, you don't have to. Once the temperature starts to get chilly and dip below 10 degrees C at night for an extended period of time (i.e. all night) it is too late to seal, and the sealer will not adhere properly -- it may peel.
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How Long Should I Expect The Sealcoat To Last?
Latexite Sealcoats will dramatically improve the look of an existing driveway for many years. It is quite normal for the material to wear from the top of exposed stone aggregates as these small pieces are generally proud of the surface bitumen binder. They are dense and smooth making it impossible for a coating to form a good mechanical key or penetrate. (This is no different to the original bitumen binder wearing from the top of the aggregates on a brand new tarmac driveway. As the sealcoats are generally weaker than fresh bitumen, the wear will be substantially quicker). Wear from darker aggregates will be less apparent than similar wear from lighter colour aggregates. Generally the aggregates becoming noticeable is not a concern for homeowners as the tarmac area remains dramatically improved from the original and the bitumen binder between the aggregate is protected from further deteroration.
The degree of wear on the tops of the aggregate will be dependent on their size and how much the original bitumen binder has degraded. Greater degradation will increase stone exposure which in turn increases the wearing forces on the tops of the stones. All Tarmac Sealcoats perform best on tarmac which has a fairly smooth and closed surface, constructed from larger, flatter and darker aggregates however, regardless of the type of aggregate or the condition of the original tarmac, Latexite Sealcoats really do bring an area 'back to black', camouflage any unsightly stains or reinstatements and will massively transform the overall look and improve the 'kerb appeal' of the driveway and parking area of any home or commercial hardstanding.Back to Top
What problems is Trowel Patch used for?
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How do I remove grass from my driveway cracks?
Pull and/or scrape out the weeds with a screwdriver and clean crack with stiff brush. You may also purchase weed killer at your local garden center but you will have to wait for weeds to die. Another solution, believe it or not, is to put table salt in the cracks... within a couple of days the grass should be gone.Back to Top
Is there an easy way to mix the pails?
Flip over the pail at least 24 hours prior to using the product. (Carefully inspect the lid to insure it is secure before turning over).
"Batch" or "box" the pails by having an empty bucket there and mixing them all back and forth. This will ensure uniform consistency as sometimes you purchase a pail that may be older or from a different batch.
Latexite? now makes it easy for you to mix driveway sealer with it's NEW Driveway Sealer Mix KitTM! It's easy to use, will ensure a consistent batch and it's re-usable! It also works with paint, joint compounds, mortar mix ... you name it. Just wash it off and re-use. Oh, it comes with a patented anti-spill skirt so you stay clean.
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What tool do I use to seal my driveway?
The best applicator for a smooth, closed surface driveway is a squeegee. Driveway brushes and rollers are the best option for older, more worn and porous driveways. If there are large voids between the aggregate on your driveway, using a squeegee will fill in these voids, dramatically reducing coverage rates and may lead to the surface cracking, see mud cracks above.
APPLICATION TIP: Apply the sealer using a squeegee in a strip of about one metre wide, and then run over the area with a masonary roller to even out the sealer and prevent pooling in low or rough spots.
If you want to edge the driveway first, you may do so with a paint brush.Back to Top
How long should I wait before applying a second coat?
We recommend waiting until the first coat is fully dry / cured. It is best to give it 24 hours so that all areas, including the hairline cracks that get filled, are fully dry. If the driveway has been sealed early in the morning and the entire driveway is fully dry, you may put a second coat on later in the day.Back to Top
Why are two thin coats better than one thick coat?
Applying two coats of Latexite® will dry and cure much better than one thick coat. All Latexite®sealers are water based, which "cure" via evaporation. A thin coat will evaporate much faster than a thick coat will. If you apply one thick coat, you are "locking in" that initial coat and the sealer will hold water which causes tracking.Back to Top
I have spilled sealer on an area that I shouldn't have. What is the best way to clean it up?
All of our asphalt driveway sealers will wash off with soap and water when the sealer is still wet.Back to Top
My cat/dog has walked through a recently coated driveway... what should I do?
All Latexite products are non-hazardous. If the sealer is still wet, rinse your pet's paws off immediately using water. If the driveway sealer has dried on their paws it will not track, and it will eventually wear off.Back to Top
I just finished my first coat and now that it is dry, it is full of squeegee marks. I can tell each pass back and forth. The texture of each pass catches the light differently. Like vacuuming a carpet in different directions. Is there a technique issue? What can I do to change this?
Application marks are common on smooth driveways as the sealer has nothing to grab on to. Below please find a few hints to ensure your second coat comes out better:
I have just finished my driveway and there are two clearly different shades of black. What has happened / what can I do to fix this?
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Our iPad in Education course alumni share with us their favorite classroom iPad apps. Here are the most popular:
Animation Creator HD
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Evernote is a great productivity app for teachers. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders – and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at school, or on the go. Imagine a classroom lab experiment students can relive through pictures, voice and video notes.
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iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. Students can flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to their favorite passages. They can also experience gorgeous Multi-Touch textbooks designed for the iPad.
Notability provides the tools to capture handwritten ideas and information in the classroom or anywhere. The app enables easy sharing and collaboration between teachers, students, and classrooms.
Create an electronic storybook with your students. Now your students? stories, field trips, presentations, and projects can be shared in a personalized electronic book.
Tonalis is a new concept in music software. It performs four part harmonization. Enter in a melody and Tonalis will compute the bass-line, alto, and tenor parts automatically. Students can instantly produce original compositions in class.
Great for music educators, Tonara is the next generation sheet music application. It listens to you. As you play, it shows where you are on the score and automatically turns the pages.
You can create and share dynamic conversations around documents, snapshots, diagrams and videos. You can talk, type, and draw right on the screen. Display your iPad screen via a projector for a truly dynamic classroom experience.
Zite is a free personalized magazine for your iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter every time you use it. Zite delivers all the great news, articles, blogs, and videos you want ? and helps you, and your students, discover new stuff that you'll love.
iPad in Education is a three credit graduate level course from Wisconsin Lutheran College that provides educators with hands-on experience and real-world strategies. An iPad is included within the course. Credits from the?iPad in Education?course may be transferred into our?Master of Arts in Education?program.
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Umenyiora was honored for his seven sacks and six forced fumbles in October's four games. He also had 18 tackles.
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Also understand that it is a private course but have wondered if it is possible for a Duffer like me to play there or if not to be able to get on the grounds and walk the course...
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my husband is in the air force and would love nothing better than to play the members only augusta national courses how can i get him a day there? is it possible in any way. it is a big dream of his.
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[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu is in Switzerland for a tryout with Swiss club FC Sion following the latest setback in his
European career. The 21-year-old American no longer fits in the plans of Argentine coach Hector Cuper at Greek club Aris, his fourth club since moving to Europe
three years ago.
FC Sion Sportchef Fredy Chassot confirmed that Adu is in Switzerland.
Adu arrived at Aris in January on loan from Benfica after a loan spell at Belenenses last fall did not pan out. Cuper hoped Adu would be the answer on the left wing, but the American scored only one goal and played sparingly.
He wasn't included in Aris' squad for its preseason camp in Austria. Aris opens its season Thursday at Jagiellonia Białystok in the Europa League.
Benfica signed Adu from Real Salt Lake following the 2007 Under-20 World Cup. In his first season in Lisbon and second year on loan at French club Monaco, his playing time dwindled quickly.
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2005 D.C. United 25-4
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2008-09 Monaco 9-0
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Making for quite the appropriate finish to another well-run cinema showcase, "Black Swan" was the main attraction during the closing night gala during AFI FEST 2010 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California on Thursday (November 11).
As a global ambassador for Cointreau, Dita Von Teese posed for a promotional photo shoot for the triple sec liqueur company in London on Thursday (October 21).
The burlesque beauty is in the midst of launching the limited edition "My Private Cointreau Coffret" and will be making an appearance at Selfridges in London, England tomorrow, October 22.
Never one to miss out on the semi-annual fashion festivities in the City of Lights, Dita Von Teese was out for Paris Fashion Week at Halle Freyssinet in Paris, France on Friday (October 1).
The burlesque beauty was all dolled up as she grabbed a front row seat alongside Lenny Kravitz at the Lanvin Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2011 show.
Making for one of the more spectacular events of Paris Fashion Week S/S 2011, the hottest women in the world joined together at Hotel Pozzo di Borgo on Thursday night (September 30).
Taking care of her duties as the Cointreau Global Brand Ambassador, Dita Von Teese was spotted in Sydney, Australia today (September 16).
The burlesque babe was in the house at the Be Cointreauversial show where she posed for the paparazzi before heading inside to prepare for her performance.
Looking her usual elegant self, Dita Von Teese was spotted passing through LAX Airport in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday night (August 31).
Clad in a black and white rose print dress with shades and an oversized handbag, the burlesque beauty continued her hectic travels as she overwhelmingly tweeted, "Paris>Los Angeles>Sydney>New York>Paris. Let the whirlwind begin!!"
They're both big fans of swanky events, and last night (August 19) Dita Von Teese and Sofia Vergara were spotted at the Opening of Louis Vuitton Santa Monica.
The "Modern Family" actress looked absolutely fabulous as she arrived at the high-profile affair, sporting a simple-yet-sexy cleavage-baring black dress with black heels.
Stepping out for a swanky affair, Dita Von Teese was spotted at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana last night (July 20).
The burlesque babe was in the house for the Dita Von Teese Tales of the Cocktail party, and her sexy black frock had all the boys drooling.


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Did you wake up at 6 a.m. and read six full reviews of the Microsoft Surface RT tablet? Don't worry, I did that for you, and I have them all open in browser tabs. Here's what six web publications have to say about the Redmond firm's home-baked, $500-and-up portable kinda-computer-and-tablet-too Surface, due out Friday.
Those Surface-reviewing publications are:
- Wired, by reviewer Matt Honan
- Ars Technica, by Peter Bright
- PC World, by Jon Phillips
- Gizmodo, by Sam Biddle
- AnandTech, by Anand Lal Shimpi
- TechCrunch, by Matt Burns
The most important thing to note about these reviews are that they are for the Surface RT, which is running Windows RT, which is not exactly Windows 8, but kind of similar. Melanie Pinola is more concise in explaining the difference between RT and 8. The very short version: Windows RT is a productive tablet that runs only apps from the Windows Store, while a full-fledged Windows 8 tablet will run traditional Windows apps and Store apps, too.
Now let's hear it straight from the (edited, condensed, contextualize) horses' mouths: what's it like to use the Microsoft Surface RT tablet?
Look and feel of the Surface RT
Honan at Wired writes that the custom magnesium alloy ("VaporMg") body and its shaping are a homerun. "The build quality … (is) excellent." TechCrunch's Burns says "the Surface feels like it's from the future," and that "the iPad feels pedestrian compared to the Surface." Whew. Peter Bright at Ars Technica relates the Surface design to "the same kind of austere precision we find in German performance cars." Gizmodo's Biddle goes with a different (read: inscrutable) comparison: "It's a beautiful computer, in your hand or on a tabletop, its shifting angles clean and secure like a Danish prison."
AnandTech sums up what makes the Surface design different, along with just good:
Microsoft's perspective on tablets is a bit more utilitarian than Apple's and Surface's design reflects that reality. Where the iPad is curvy and without any I/O expansion, Surface is squared off with 22-degree beveled edges. The iPad features a light aluminum finish while Surface contrasts with its dark Magnesium surface. Not better or worse, just different.
Honan of Wired goes out of his way to complement the sturdy and unbreakable nature of the Surface's distinctive "kickstand":
The backside kickstand can serve as a metaphor for the entire device. Close it, and it sits flush with the back of the tablet. It's so tightly integrated, if you didn't know it was there, you'd think it was just a seam for the battery compartment. … We wanted to see how easy it was to break one. It's very possible, but you have to really try. We did manage to break off the kickstand by gradually leaning onto it, but I had to put nearly my full weight onto the tablet before the kickstand snapped off.
So everyone with a Surface and a review embargo agrees: the Surface looks and feels like nothing we've ever seen from Redmond, or from anybody, in a good way. Moving on to the other half of the semi-laptop Surface:
The cover-as-keyboard: Touch Cover ($120) and Type Cover ($130)
The reviewers' opinions on the feasibility of actually typing on the Touch Cover (3mm thick, with flat, pressure-sensitive keys) and the Type Cover (5.5mm thick, with actual "key travel") are as varied as they were consolidated on the design.
Wired is out on an enthusiastic ledge. The Touch Cover, Honan writes, is "actually quite fantastic," and the Type Cover "spectacular." Both have a notable caveat:
I struggled mightily with typos and finger placement for the first 24 hours. My left wrist hurt like hell. The pinkie and ring finger on my left hand were cramped. But by day three, my hands began to relax and I was typing quickly and, for the most part, accurately.
TechCrunch likes the keyboards too, but also prefers the Type Cover, and has reservations about how deep and wide the Surface is, compared to other portable keyboard setups.
To summarize the other reviews: the Type is better than the Touch, both have a learning curve of a few days, and the trackpad on both Touch and Type is nothing great, or even good.
The screen
Jon Phillips at PC World with a good summary:
I won't mince words: Surface RT's 10.6-inch, 1366-by-768-pixel display doesn't match the clarity and beauty of the iPad's so-called Retina display. Microsoft has provided excruciatingly detailed data that explains why a great tablet display doesn't need a resolution of 2048 by 1536, but my eyes don't lie.
Peter Bright at Ars, explaining exactly how the newer iPads win out:
There are certainly situations where Microsoft's screen looks better than Apple's—and these situations might even be commonplace if we were comparing laptops—as a tablet screen it would be better served with more resolution.
Wired ran a series of blind side-by-side screen tests with staffers, and found that videos were hard to tell apart, but showing a New York Times page, with different fonts and text weights, gave the clear advantage to the iPad.
The Surface doesn't look bad, per se, but it's not optimal for actual tablet use. Moving on.
The front and back cameras
They are, in every review, by all modern standards, pretty bad. Usable for video chats with low expectations, but otherwise nothing you'd use to record important things or moments.
Using Windows RT for work and fun
And here we have come to the heart of the matter. As noted earlier, Windows RT runs almost exclusively on apps from the Windows Store. Almost exclusively, that is, because there is a "Desktop" included in Windows RT that serves mostly to remind you that Windows RT can't actually run desktop Windows applications. Every reviewer I've read thinks the "Desktop" needs to die a quick death.
One consensus point is that Microsoft has done some rather remarkable work in creating a cohesive touch-based interface, when you're holding the Surface as a tablet and using your fingers. TechCrunch's Burns thinks Windows RT is a "smooth, versatile, and smart take on a mobile tablet OS," but seeing apps that launch in traditional Windows-style windows makes it seem as though Microsoft "didn't fully commit" to touch.
The other agreement is that the Surface tablet can feel a tad underpowered, or at least not as "smooth," but the custom tuning and requirement for all apps to work well with ARM and Nvidia chips means the battery life is very, very good.
As for productivity: Honan at Wired believes the Surface RT hits the mark Microsoft called out. You can use it as a "real PC," if you don't rely on Outlook too much, but do need Office apps:
Yes, you can use it as your only computer. I would never have made that claim about an iPad or Android tablet. But if you only need to live in Microsoft Office and the web and e-mail, and use your computer for media consumption, you'll do great with this. I used it as my primary computer for several days. There were applications I missed, and I would never want it to be my only computer (the keyboard and screen are just too small) but it worked. I was fine.
Biddle at Gizmodo has pretty much the opposite take:
There's no Twitter or Facebook app, and the most popular third-party client breaks often. The Kindle app is completely unusable. There's no image editing software. A People app is supposed to give you all the social media access you'd ever need, but It's impossible to write on someone's Facebook wall through the People app, Surface's social hub; the only workaround is to load Internet Explorer. Blech. Something as simple as loading a video requires a jumbled process of USB importing, dipping in and out of the stripped-down desktop mode, opening a Video app, importing, going back into the Video app, and then playing. What. … The app selection, overall, is worse than the already pathetic Windows Phone app fare, looking like the software equivalent to a barren Soviet grocery store.
Sam Biddle thinks about totalitarian institutions quite often, it seems, when regarding Microsoft products.
To sum it all up
Surface, as an entrant in the tablet market, is very strong. It's a well-made device, it has an interesting keyboard approach, and the touch interface is all kinds of inventive.
Surface, as a device you're buying right now for $500-ish dollars (assuming you won't go without one of the two keyboard covers, which are basically required) is a tough call. As a tablet alone, it's not beating the iPad at that price. As an "actual PC," it has its problems, and the big one is the Windows Store selection.
You would be better served waiting to see if the ecosystem matures a bit, or if the promised Surface running "Windows 8 Pro," with legacy Windows applications, garners more consistent praise. Of course, if very few buy a Surface early on, developers won't work very hard to get into the Window Store. And so the tablet wheel turns.


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Exclusive: £1bn profit but not enough staff to keep the lights on –
MPs to demand inquiry into business that funnelled £135m dividend to Hong Kong owner
MPs to demand inquiry into business that funnelled £135m dividend to Hong Kong owner
Energy boss tells MPs that avoidance is because of 'simple UK accounting rule'
Npower has been rated the worst power supplier in Britain for the second year in a row.
The first new site licence for a UK nuclear power station for 25 years has been granted for EDF's planned Hinkley Point plant.
Academics claim ministers are set to break promise not to write blank cheques in bid to reassure foreign investors
Job tsar's appointment raises fresh questions over David Cameron's choice of key advisers
Measure would allow greater flexibility over tax thresholds and steal Lib Dems' thunder
Gyms offering potentially unfair contracts which customers are unable to cancel are being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading.
Projections for 2012 suggest firms aim to hire management graduates, making such degrees more valuable than ever
The death of the founder of a unique shop in France marks the end of an era, say John Lichfield and Eleanor Stanford
Her best horse had been beaten again, and a wild, murky afternoon in the flatlands must have blended fairly seamlessly with her own emotional landscape. But Henrietta Knight did not have to seek far here yesterday to remember how it's an ill wind that blows no good. It was only five days previously, after all, that the horse who had just beaten Somersby dismayed his own connections with a fall at Sandown. Having duly avoided a hard race against Sizing Europe, Gauvain was able to rise from the canvas and win the Betfred Peterborough Chase – and, in the process, at least he confirmed Knight in her suspicion that Somersby nowadays requires a stiffer test of stamina.
As Tom Glocer steps down as CEO, Sean Farrell reads between the lines
The parent companies of American Airlines and its regional affiliate American Eagle are filing for bankruptcy protection.
Energy supplier Npower has been fined £2 million by regulator Ofgem for mishandling customer complaints.
The EcoManager is a wireless appliance controller exclusive to EDF Energy that indicates the cost of running connected appliances and also lets you turn them off from one location at the touch of a button, helping you to save money and carbon.
EDF Energy is supporting Team Green Britain Bike Week, encouraging more people to enjoy cycling more often
There are now over a million people who are part of EDF Energy's Team Green Britain


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Monday, August 1, 2011
5 ways to eat an avocado.
01. fresh grape tomatoes from my neighbor's garden, spooned avocado and shaved parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
02. egg and cottage cheese omelette with sliced avocado.
03. leftover quinoa, sun-dried tomatoes and cubed avocado.
04. kale greens [i love the crunch!], sliced avocado, shaved parmigiano-reggiano cheese, with a lemon-olive oil dressing.
05. mashed avocado and raw milk gruyere cheese on top of heirloom tomatoes.
*salt and pepper were added to all of these.
i love the simplicity of all of these meals, and if i had to choose which lunch was my favorite....it might have to be #03. sun-dried tomatoes get me every time. any other yummy ways to eat an avocado that i should know about?? :)
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...and all of them looks delicious!ReplyDelete
loveeeeee your blog!
YUM! I cannot wait to try these ideas!!!ReplyDelete
Ah, I love avocados, too--they make even simple things seem so fancy!ReplyDelete
i love them too.
it's only 10:30 here and now i'm starvin' marvin. thanks a lot. :)
I started eating avocados fairly recently too however we (also) moved to California about a month ago, and I've been eating them non-stop! They're so creamy and delicious, I'm definitely going to try some of your ideas!ReplyDelete
One of my favorite ways is almost half guacamole and half tartine. Mashed avocado with salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and a squeeze of lime, spread on crusty toast. So good!ReplyDelete
good thing i read this as i was wondering "what should i have for a snack today?"ReplyDelete
Yum! Wish I could reach through the screen and nibble on plate #5 :-)ReplyDelete
i love avocados too, but i totally have a curse. about 90% of the time i buy them something is seriously wrong and they have a bad taste... i finally realized that avocados from costco are somehow always good, consistently. what's up with that?ReplyDelete
love this documentation.
It's nice to know that someone else share's my love for avocados! Definitely going to have to try a few of those recipes this week. And at our house, we sometimes count 00 as a recipe as well. ;)ReplyDelete
oh oh oh my goodness.ReplyDelete
I just started to like avocados this year, and I love the freshness in these pictures.
so pretty and yummy.
I have a weird relationship with avocados, but I add them to things all the time (in tiny diced form to avoid the texture/get the healthy benefits). I recently made a salad with quinoa, mango, and red pepper and added avocados...it was insanely delicious.ReplyDelete
PS: Try slow-roasting the grape tomatoes in the oven with a drop of balsalmic (+ salt and pepper). It'll change your life.ReplyDelete
yum! I too love avocado!ReplyDelete
Sweet pictures. I love avocado as well, try it with grilled cheese! And to answer your comment, I love peter pan-collars. I'm addited to collars of any kind.ReplyDelete
This looks like it could be out of Real Simple Magazine. I love it! And I also love avocados! Yum!ReplyDelete
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Yummy, I love this! I loved avocados after I started eating sushi! And now I love guacamole! Maybe I'll have to try all these dishes!ReplyDelete
yum, yum, yum.ReplyDelete
you know what else?ReplyDelete
On grilled cheese!
OR! spread onto toast with some garlic, sea salt, cracked pepper and fresh parm. DELICIOUS
I'm hungry.
I'll have to try some of your suggestions!
yum! option #5 seems so good - but i would happily eat them all! i wish avocados were locally grown in gerogia too!ReplyDelete
I love the new blog layout!!! So pretty!!! And I LOVE avocados - thanks for sharing all these yummy meal ideas!ReplyDelete
one of my favorite foods in the whole world. number 5 looks delicious!ReplyDelete
love your blog, your grateful lists, your outfits, and your fabulous photos!ReplyDelete
and that chair you found in palm springs makes me want to head there right now and start thrifting.
This is so cool. Love avocados and your blog! What cute ideas.ReplyDelete
Avocadoes are definitely one of my favorite foods, and my mouth is now watering after reading this post! Yum! Is it lunchtime yet? :)ReplyDelete
LOVE Avocado! My husband used to own a pizza restaurant... one of the specialty pizzas was my absolute favorite! It had olive oil for sauce, mozzarella cheese, sliced tomato, garlic, chicken and then after you cook it, cold sliced avocado on top. So good!ReplyDelete
I love avocados, too! ♥ I usually eat them mashed, mixed with milk and some sugar! Yum!ReplyDelete
I adore avacadoes! I eat them with anything and everything.ReplyDelete
Your blog is super cute :)
Rosie xx
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avocados are my fav. here in ecuador they get GINORMOUSReplyDelete
love this, sweet blog :) I am new to it <3ReplyDelete
All great ideas! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
favorite food <3ReplyDelete
you need to try creamy avocado pasta. http://ohsheglows.com/2011/01/31/15-minute-creamy-avocado-pasta/ReplyDelete
seriously! it's delicious!
In Brazil avocados are sweet. They are used in desserts, ice creams and milkshakes (it's an acquired taste, I think, I'm used to eating it as a savory fruit myself).ReplyDelete


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The Indians activated catcher Lou Marson from disabled list and optioned catcher Yan Gomes to Triple-A Columbus.
Here is the team's release:
The Indians today activated CA LOU MARSON from the 15-day DL and optioned CA YAN GOMES to AAA Columbus.
Marson has been on the DL (first career stint) since April 9 stemming from a April 6 collision at home plate in St. Pete vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. He has appeared in 2 games so far this season (0-0, 2BB).
Gomes has hit .211 (4-19) with a triple, 2HR & 3RBI in 6 games.


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Hotel Alcadima Hotel
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- Free Internet Access
- Hair Dryers
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- Outdoor Swimming Pool
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Earliest check-in: 00:00
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How to find hotel Alcadima from the nearest airport (Granada): instructions to follow.
1. Take the A-92 (carriageway of Andalusia) in direction of Granada.
2. Turn off when you see the signpost for Santa-Fe/Granada and take the A-329.
3. Then take the E-902 or the A-44 (carriageway of Sierra Nevada) in direction of Motril.
4. Take the exit 164 on the A-44 in direction of Lanjarón-Alpujarra
* Granada airport is at 45-50 minutes away from the hotel.
How to find hotel Alcadima from the nearest railway station (Granada) by car: instructions to follow.
1. From Avenida de Andalucía where is the railway station, take the Avenida Constitución.
2. Then go down to Severo Ochoa Street and go straight ahead to Melchor Almagro Street until you reach the cloverleaf intersection of the A-44.
3. Follow in direction of Motril once you are on the A-44.
4. Take the exit 164 following direction Lanjarón-Alpujarra.
5. Once arrived in Lanjarón, you will find a first roundabout (if you turn right you take the direction of Órgiva). Go straight ahead to the urban center of Lanjarón entering the main street of the village and take the first street on your right. At the end of that street, in the left corner, you will find hotel Alcadima.
* The railway station is at 35-40 minutes away from the hotel (depending on the traffic in the center of Granada).


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Fireworks and pets don't mix (in case you didn't already know)
This time of the year sends shivers down canine spines. Not only do they have to suffer the wrath of Thor in the form of lightning bolts and booming thunder, they also have to endure the sometimes juvenile, dubiously patriotic displays of fireworks put on haphazardly by friends and neighbors.
Now, I'm not dissing the 4th or calling anyone names, but bottle rockets in the street are just not fun for me, personally. Not when my pets stare at me in anguish over overblown sounds that justifiably alarm them.
Community displays are another matter, I'll allow. But what if you live near them? What's a sound-phobic's owner to do?
Rest assured...there are some possibilities. Here's the list I offer my own clients:
- Consider taking a night trip in the car to a remote getaway. I live near the Everglades and, except for the mosquitoes this time of year, it's a gorgeous place to watch the stars. (Much more patrotic, I think, than all the booms, cracks and whistles.)
- Board your pets for the night in an out-of-the-way facility. Sure, it's not ideal...but it helps.
OK, so what if neither of these options work...especially considering the wicked neighborhood children who consider the 4th of July a week-long extravaganza of noise, fire and lights?
- Sound-proof and white-noise your house starting well in advance of the festivities. TV's, radios, heavy curtains, closed windows and lots of AC (if you can afford it) works wonders. Hanging out in the most cozy, shut-in room can handle the problem, too.
- Follow some of my tips for thunderstorm phobia. You can find them here. (These include information on sedatives.)
- Though I don't like to sedate, I find that some pets really do require it. Without sedation, some pets can seriously hurt themselves or others. They don't deserve to suffer.
Just as for thunderstorm phobia, recognize that stepping in early to calm your pets is the way to go. If every year brings an increasing level of anxiety, you've got to take steps to reduce exposure. If not, every year will bring out new heightened versions of the worst in your pets. Talk to your veterinarian if it's severe. If not for their comfort, then for your own sanity.
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Vincent Bray, 25, sits between his mother and sister on a light-colored sectional in a two-story house outside Lolo. Bray's two daughters—ages 4 and 2—tear through the living room every few minutes, ignoring the fact that it's almost bedtime.
Bray served nearly a year as an Apache helicopter mechanic at Balad Airbase in Iraq. He would have served his full tour, but says his then-wife—whom he'd been with since high school—began having problems caring for their children. Bray received a hardship discharge and returned home, only to face a difficult divorce and months of troubling custody disputes.
At first it looked like Bray might get full custody of his daughters, he says. But when a district court judge appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) to the case, Bray felt he'd left one war and entered another.
Bray contends the GAL assigned to his case ignored sentiments that he get full custody. Instead, joint custody—the state's preference in divorces—became the desired result.
"I can't say that it's just been hard for me," Bray says. "Since I came home from Iraq, I've lived here and everybody in this family in some way, shape or form has dealt with trying to do the amount of work it takes to get through this."
Bray now lives with his parents, splitting his time between a job at Sherwin Williams and helping his dad make woodworking tools in a shop across the driveway. He's taking 18 credits at the University of Montana, but legal fees over the last year and a half have exhausted the money he made in the armed services. He says his only solace comes from time with his daughters.
The court continues to haggle over Bray's case. He currently has full custody of the girls, but says it's taken a year to get there and he has no guarantee of how long the situation will last.
Many with similar tales of expensive and lengthy courtroom battles believe part of the problem lies in Montana's preference to award both parents equal custody. But it's the issue of GALs—not joint custody—that prompted local parents disillusioned by the system to step forward.
Late last year, several affected parents met at the Missoula Public Library to share their stories and offer support for one another. What began as a simple support group rapidly snowballed into a grassroots attempt at altering the rules—or complete lack thereof—pertaining to GALs in Montana. Montanans Supporting Guardian Guidelines (MSGG) has since reached out to psychologists, University of Montana faculty, local legislators and the governor's office for assistance in addressing the flaws in the system.
Few members were willing to share specific personal anecdotes, admittedly full of heated he-said, she-said fighting. All expressed fear of legal retaliation in ongoing court disputes if they went on the record. But those involved with MSGG unanimously agree about speaking out on one point: GALs in Montana are highly unregulated, and that needs to change.
Montana Code Annotated (MCA) outlines a GAL's role in the court system as an individual appointed to "represent the interests of a minor dependent child with respect to the child's support, parenting, and parental contact." The legal statute lists no required training, no standard for qualifications and no guidelines for how GALs should carry out their duties. A GAL "may be an attorney," MCA states, but the code offers no further direction for who should serve as a GAL.
Some training in court procedure and family issues is offered through Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs–county-based nonprofits funded largely through grants, county money and private donations–but these programs are strictly voluntary. GALs are free to work in private practice or on a volunteer basis under the limited description of the MCA. The district court in Missoula maintains its own list of 46 active GALs in the county, many of whom are also attorneys.
Despite the job description's vagaries, the code grants GALs access to a wealth of private information. They have nearly unlimited access to "court, medical, psychological, law enforcement, social services, and school records pertaining to the child and the child's siblings and parents or caretakers" in the course of their investigations. GALs then use information gained from interviews and documents to file recommendation reports "concerning the child's support, parenting, and parental contact."
Investigations can take weeks, even months, before the GAL files a report. Typical recommendations for parenting plans can range from suggested visitation schedules to mandated psychiatric evaluations of parents. GALs even have the authority to remove children from parents in emergency situations.
Parties wishing to file a grievance against a GAL carry the burden of proof that the GAL has failed to execute his or her duties. In the end, the GAL reports directly to a district judge. And therein lies the largest point of contention.
"I think everyone will tell you there are good guardians and there are bad guardians," says Simon Fickinger, an active GAL in Montana's Fourth Judicial District Court, which covers Missoula and Mineral counties. "But a bad guardian has a lot of power to get in there and really mess things up. It's a dangerous kind of thing...Anybody who has a judge's ear, so to speak, has a lot of power. And a guardian ad litem has exactly that."
Since becoming a GAL in 2003, Fickinger's handled between 75 and 100 cases, many pro bono. His work in the Fourth Judicial District Court drew so much attention that the 21st Judicial District Court—based in Hamilton—asked him to serve there as well. He accepted, and has served in Hamilton for several years. In Fickinger's experience, the GAL's role as protector is anything but light.
"Most parents are experts in their own kids because they live with them and have for a long time," Fickinger says. "Most of them aren't experts in child development—in things like attachment and things that are very important—and can very often without meaning to ask for things or try to do things with their child that could actually have a detrimental effect on the child and be dangerous for their emotional wellbeing...At core, that's the job of the guardian ad litem, to testify in court about the best interests of the child."
Attorneys and psychologists familiar with custody cases claim Montana has a predilection for awarding joint—or 50–50–custody unless outstanding circumstances dictate a more customized approach. A GAL typically enters a custody case when a judge determines an independent investigation is necessary to draft a parenting plan. They remain active with the case until dismissed by the judge. Cost of the GAL is split between the mother and father.
From 2003 to 2009, Montana's judicial system appropriated funding to cover GAL appointments for poor families. The Legislature voted to revoke the funding early this summer, and state coverage for GAL costs officially halted in July. Fickinger says GALs and families were given only a few weeks' notice about the change. The state then gave GALs two choices: continue pro bono work with poor families or drop the active cases. (Fickinger refused to drop a single case.)
Fickinger says he understands the sensitivity of custody battles; he has a teenage son and daughter. He received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Messiah College and his master's in clinical psychology from Millersville University, both in Pennsylvania. His continued work as a conflict mediator keeps him focused on issues of child and family psychology.
While Fickinger appears qualified for the position, William Stratford, a clinical psychologist in Missoula, contends Montana's GAL system is, overall, a "crap-shoot of quality." The process is lengthy and the added costs to families are often enormous. And if the state's legal conclusion is 50–50 custody from the outset, he points out, "Why should it take months and months and years to resolve these situations?" He agrees with the need to protect a child's best interests, but questions the state's current ability to do so.
"Conceptually, that's a huge point," Stratford says. "A guardian ad litem that stands back and represents the interests of the child is certainly important. Making sure the child is protected is how the system started. But I think that what got morphed was the level of involvement on the part of the guardian ad litem...They go out and do evaluations and file reports. That's the job of a professional. I think the role of protector has morphed into the role of evaluator."
Stratford, who has worked in the field of child and family psychology for 35 years, contributed to GAL investigations in regard to mental health information for 15 years. But a few years back, his frustrations with the unregulated nature of GALs came to a head. As a private psychologist, Stratford now refuses to work with any GAL, regardless of their individual reputation.
"People have tried to address the standardization question before, and what shocks me is that this has been allowed to go on so long," Stratford says. "It's such a glaring problem."


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iframe element
- Categories:
- Flow content.
- Phrasing content.
- Embedded content.
- Interactive content.
- Palpable content.
- Contexts in which this element can be used:
- Where embedded content is expected.
- Content model:
- Text that conforms to the requirements given in the prose.
- Tag omission in text/html:
- Neither tag is omissible.
- Content attributes:
- Global attributes
src— Address of the resource
srcdoc— A document to render in the
name— Name of nested browsing context
sandbox— Security rules for nested content
seamless— Whether to apply the document's styles to the nested content
allowfullscreen— Whether to allow the
iframe's contents to use
width— Horizontal dimension
height— Vertical dimension
- DOM interface:
interface HTMLIFrameElement : HTMLElement { attribute DOMString src; attribute DOMString srcdoc; attribute DOMString name; [PutForwards=value] readonly attribute DOMSettableTokenList sandbox; attribute boolean seamless; attribute boolean allowFullscreen; attribute DOMString width; attribute DOMString height; readonly attribute Document? contentDocument; readonly attribute WindowProxy? contentWindow; };
iframe element represents a nested browsing
src attribute gives the address of a page
that the nested browsing context is to contain. The attribute, if present, must be a
valid non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces. If the
itemprop is specified on an
iframe element, then the
src attribute must also be specified.
srcdoc attribute gives the content of
the page that the nested browsing context is to contain. The value of the attribute
is the source of an
iframe elements in HTML documents, the
srcdoc attribute, if present, must have a value using the
HTML syntax that consists of the following syntactic components, in the given order:
- Any number of comments and space characters.
- Optionally, a DOCTYPE.
- Any number of comments and space characters.
- The root element, in the form of an
- Any number of comments and space characters.
iframe elements in XML documents, the
srcdoc attribute, if present, must have a value that matches the
production labeled
document in the XML specification. [XML]
Here a blog uses the
srcdoc attribute in conjunction
with the
sandbox and
seamless attributes described below to provide users of user
agents that support this feature with an extra layer of protection from script injection in the
blog post comments:

I got my own magazine!

After much effort, I've finally found a publisher, and so now I have my own magazine! Isn't that awesome?! The first issue will come out in September, and we have articles about getting food, and about getting in boxes, it's going to be great!

Written by cap, 1 hour ago.
  Thirteen minutes ago, ch wrote:

  Nine minutes ago, cap wrote:  <iframe seamless sandbox srcdoc="
Yeah, you can see it in my gallery.">

  Five minutes ago, ch wrote:

Notice the way that quotes have to be escaped (otherwise the
srcdoc attribute would end prematurely), and the way raw
ampersands (e.g. in URLs or in prose) mentioned in the sandboxed content have to be
doubly escaped — once so that the ampersand is preserved when originally parsing
srcdoc attribute, and once more to prevent the
ampersand from being misinterpreted when parsing the sandboxed content.
Furthermore, notice that since the DOCTYPE is optional in
srcdoc documents, and the
head, and
body elements have optional
start and end tags, and the
title element is also optional in
documents, the markup in a
srcdoc attribute can be
relatively succint despite representing an entire document, since only the contents of the
body element need appear literally in the syntax. The other elements are still
present, but only by implication.
In the HTML syntax, authors need only remember to use U+0022
QUOTATION MARK characters (") to wrap the attribute contents and then to escape all U+0022
QUOTATION MARK (") and U+0026 AMPERSAND (&) characters, and to specify the
sandbox attribute, to ensure safe embedding of content.
Due to restrictions of the XHTML syntax, in XML the U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN character (<) needs to be escaped as well. In order to prevent attribute-value normalization, some of XML's whitespace characters — specifically U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION (tab), U+000A LINE FEED (LF), and U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN (CR) — also need to be escaped. [XML]
If the
src attribute and the
srcdoc attribute are both specified together, the
srcdoc attribute takes priority. This allows authors to provide
a fallback URL for legacy user agents that do not support the
srcdoc attribute.
If, when the element is created, the
srcdoc attribute is not set, and the
src attribute is either also not set or set but its value cannot be
resolved, the browsing context will remain at the initial
about:blank page.
If the user navigates away from this page, the
iframe's corresponding
WindowProxy object will proxy new
Window objects for new
Document objects, but the
src attribute will not change.
name attribute, if present, must be a
valid browsing context name. The given value is used to name the nested
browsing context.
sandbox attribute, when specified,
enables a set of extra restrictions on any content hosted by the
iframe. Its value
must be an unordered set of unique space-separated tokens that are ASCII
case-insensitive. The allowed values are
allow-scripts, and
When the attribute is set, the content is treated as being from a unique origin,
forms, scripts, and various potentially annoying APIs are disabled, links are prevented from
targeting other browsing contexts, and plugins are secured.
allow-same-origin keyword causes
the content to be treated as being from its real origin instead of forcing it into a unique
origin; the
keyword allows the content to navigate its top-level browsing context;
and the
allow-popups and
allow-scripts keywords re-enable forms, the
pointer lock API, popups, and scripts respectively. [POINTERLOCK]
Setting both the
allow-scripts and
allow-same-origin keywords together when the
embedded page has the same origin as the page containing the
allows the embedded page to simply remove the
attribute and then reload itself, effectively breaking out of the sandbox altogether.
These flags only take effect when the nested browsing context of
iframe is navigated. Removing them, or removing the
sandbox attribute, has no effect on an
already-loaded page.
Potentially hostile files should not be served from the same server as the file
containing the
iframe element. Sandboxing hostile content is of minimal help if an
attacker can convince the user to just visit the hostile content directly, rather than in the
iframe. To limit the damage that can be caused by hostile HTML content, it should be
served from a separate dedicated domain. Using a different domain ensures that scripts in the
files are unable to attack the site, even if the user is tricked into visiting those pages
directly, without the protection of the
In this example, some completely-unknown, potentially hostile, user-provided HTML content is embedded in a page. Because it is served from a separate domain, it is affected by all the normal cross-site restrictions. In addition, the embedded page has scripting disabled, plugins disabled, forms disabled, and it cannot navigate any frames or windows other than itself (or any frames or windows it itself embeds).

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It is important to use a separate domain so that if the attacker convinces the user to visit that page directly, the page doesn't run in the context of the site's origin, which would make the user vulnerable to any attack found in the page.
In this example, a gadget from another site is embedded. The gadget has scripting and forms enabled, and the origin sandbox restrictions are lifted, allowing the gadget to communicate with its originating server. The sandbox is still useful, however, as it disables plugins and popups, thus reducing the risk of the user being exposed to malware and other annoyances.

Suppose a file A contained the following fragment:

Suppose that file B contained an iframe also:

Further, suppose that file C contained a link:
Link
For this example, suppose all the files were served as
Page C in this scenario has all the sandboxing flags set. Scripts are disabled, because the
iframe in A has scripts disabled, and this overrides the
allow-scripts keyword set on the
iframe in B. Forms are also disabled, because the inner
iframe (in B)
does not have the
allow-forms keyword
Suppose now that a script in A removes all the
sandbox attributes in A and B.
This would change nothing immediately. If the user clicked the link in C, loading page D into the
iframe in B, page D would now act as if the
iframe in B had the
allow-same-origin and
allow-forms keywords set, because that was the
state of the nested browsing context in the
iframe in A when page B was
Generally speaking, dynamically removing or changing the
sandbox attribute is ill-advised, because it can make it quite
hard to reason about what will be allowed and what will not.
seamless attribute is a boolean
attribute. When specified, it indicates that the
iframe element's
browsing context is to be rendered in a manner that makes it appear to be part of the
containing document (seamlessly included in the parent document).
An HTML inclusion is effected using this attribute as in the following example.
In this case, the inclusion is of a site-wide navigation bar. Any links in the
iframe will, in new user agents, be automatically opened in the
iframe's parent browsing context; for legacy user agents, the site could also
include a
base element with a
attribute with the value
_parent. Similarly, in new user agents the styles
of the parent page will be automatically applied to the contents of the frame, but to support
legacy user agents authors might wish to include the styles explicitly.
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <title>Mirror Mirror — MovieInfo™</title>  <hgroup>
Mirror Mirror

Part of the MovieInfo™ Database
 </hgroup>     ...
The attribute can be set or removed dynamically, with the rendering updating in tandem.
contenteditable attribute does not
propagate into
allowfullscreen attribute is a
boolean attribute. When specified, it indicates that
Document objects in
iframe element's browsing context are to be allowed to use
requestFullscreen() (if it's not blocked for other
reasons, e.g. there is another ancestor
iframe without this attribute set).
Here, an
iframe is used to embed a player from a video site. The
allowfullscreen attribute is needed to enable the
player to show its video full-screen.

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iframe element supports dimension attributes for cases where the
embedded content has specific dimensions (e.g. ad units have well-defined dimensions).
iframe element never has fallback content, as it will always
create a nested browsing context, regardless of whether the specified initial
contents are successfully used.
Descendants of
iframe elements represent nothing. (In legacy user agents that do
not support
iframe elements, the contents would be parsed as markup that could act as
fallback content.)
When used in HTML documents, the allowed content model
iframe elements is text, except that invoking the HTML fragment parsing
algorithm with the
iframe element as the context element and the text contents as the input must result in a list of nodes that are all phrasing content,
with no parse errors having occurred, with no
elements being anywhere in the list or as descendants of elements in the list, and with all the
elements in the list (including their descendants) being themselves conforming.
iframe element must be empty in XML documents.
The HTML parser treats markup inside
iframe elements as
Here is an example of a page using an
iframe to include advertising from an
advertising broker:

embed element
- Categories:
- Flow content.
- Phrasing content.
- Embedded content.
- Interactive content.
- Palpable content.
- Contexts in which this element can be used:
- Where embedded content is expected.
- Content model:
- Empty.
- Tag omission in text/html:
- No end tag.
- Content attributes:
- Global attributes
src— Address of the resource
type— Type of embedded resource
width— Horizontal dimension
height— Vertical dimension
- Any other attribute that has no namespace (see prose).
- DOM interface:
interface HTMLEmbedElement : HTMLElement { attribute DOMString src; attribute DOMString type; attribute DOMString width; attribute DOMString height; legacycaller any (any... arguments); };
embed element provides an integration point for an external (typically
non-HTML) application or interactive content.
src attribute gives the address of the
resource being embedded. The attribute, if present, must contain a valid non-empty URL
potentially surrounded by spaces.
If the
itemprop attribute is specified on an
embed element, then the
src attribute must also
be specified.
type attribute, if present, gives the
MIME type by which the plugin to instantiate is selected. The value must be a
valid MIME type. If both the
type attribute and
src attribute are present, then the
type attribute must specify the same type as the explicit Content-Type metadata of the resource given by the
src attribute.
Any namespace-less attribute other than
hspace, and
vspace may be
specified on the
embed element, so long as its name is XML-compatible
and contains no uppercase ASCII letters. These attributes are then passed as
parameters to the plugin.
All attributes in HTML documents get lowercased automatically, so the restriction on uppercase letters doesn't affect such documents.
The four exceptions are to exclude legacy attributes that have side-effects beyond just sending parameters to the plugin.
embed element supports dimension attributes.
Here's a way to embed a resource that requires a proprietary plugin, like Flash:
<embed src="catgame.swf">
If the user does not have the plugin (for example if the plugin vendor doesn't support the user's platform), then the user will be unable to use the resource.
To pass the plugin a parameter "quality" with the value "high", an attribute can be specified:
<embed src="catgame.swf" quality="high">
This would be equivalent to the following, when using an
object element
<object data="catgame.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> </object>
object element
- Categories:
- Flow content.
- Phrasing content.
- Embedded content.
- If the element has a
usemapattribute: Interactive content.
- Listed, submittable, and reassociateable form-associated element.
- Palpable content.
- Contexts in which this element can be used:
- Where embedded content is expected.
- Content model:
- Zero or more
paramelements, then, transparent.
- Tag omission in text/html:
- Neither tag is omissible.
- Content attributes:
- Global attributes
data— Address of the resource
type— Type of embedded resource
typemustmatch— Whether the
typeattribute and the Content-Type value need to match for the resource to be used
name— Name of nested browsing context
usemap— Name of image map to use
form— Associates the control with a
width— Horizontal dimension
height— Vertical dimension
- DOM interface:
interface HTMLObjectElement : HTMLElement { attribute DOMString data; attribute DOMString type; attribute boolean typeMustMatch; attribute DOMString name; attribute DOMString useMap; readonly attribute HTMLFormElement? form; attribute DOMString width; attribute DOMString height; readonly attribute Document? contentDocument; readonly attribute WindowProxy? contentWindow; readonly attribute boolean willValidate; readonly attribute ValidityState validity; readonly attribute DOMString validationMessage; boolean checkValidity(); boolean reportValidity(); void setCustomValidity(DOMString error); legacycaller any (any... arguments); };
object element can represent an external resource, which, depending on the
type of the resource, will either be treated as an image, as a nested browsing
context, or as an external resource to be processed by a plugin.
data attribute, if present, specifies the
address of the resource. If present, the attribute must be a valid non-empty URL potentially
surrounded by spaces.
Authors who reference resources from other origins
that they do not trust are urged to use the
typemustmatch attribute defined below. Without that
attribute, it is possible in certain cases for an attacker on the remote host to use the plugin
mechanism to run arbitrary scripts, even if the author has used features such as the Flash
"allowScriptAccess" parameter.
type attribute, if present, specifies the
type of the resource. If present, the attribute must be a valid MIME type.
At least one of either the
data attribute or the
type attribute must be present.
If the
itemprop attribute is specified on an
element, then the
data attribute must also be specified.
typemustmatch attribute is a
boolean attribute whose presence indicates that the resource specified by the
data attribute is only to be used if the value of the
type attribute and the Content-Type of the
aforementioned resource match.
typemustmatch attribute must not be
specified unless both the
data attribute and the
type attribute are present.
name attribute, if present, must be a
valid browsing context name. The given value is used to name the nested
browsing context, if applicable.
usemap attribute, if present while the
object element represents an image, can indicate that the object has an associated
image map.
form attribute is used to explicitly associate the
object element with its form owner.
object element supports dimension attributes.
In the following example, a Java applet is embedded in a page using the
element. (Generally speaking, it is better to avoid using applets like these and instead use
native JavaScript and HTML to provide the functionality, since that way the application will work
on all Web browsers without requiring a third-party plugin. Many devices, especially embedded
devices, do not support third-party technologies like Java.)

 <object type="application/x-java-applet"> <param name="code" value="MyJavaClass">
You do not have Java available, or it is disabled.
 </object>
My Java Clock

In this example, an HTML page is embedded in another using the

 <object data="clock.html"></object>
My HTML Clock

The following example shows how a plugin can be used in HTML (in this case the Flash plugin,
to show a video file). Fallback is provided for users who do not have Flash enabled, in this case
using the
video element to show the video for those using user agents that support
video, and finally providing a link to the video for those who have neither Flash
nor a
video-capable browser.

Look at my video: <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name=movie value="http://video.example.com/library/watch.swf"> <param name=allowfullscreen value=true> <param name=flashvars value="http://video.example.com/vids/315981"> <video controls src="http://video.example.com/vids/315981"> View video. </video> </object>

param element
- Categories:
- None.
- Contexts in which this element can be used:
- As a child of an
objectelement, before any flow content.
- Content model:
- Empty.
- Tag omission in text/html:
- No end tag.
- Content attributes:
- Global attributes
name— Name of parameter
value— Value of parameter
- DOM interface:
interface HTMLParamElement : HTMLElement { attribute DOMString name; attribute DOMString value; };
param element defines parameters for plugins invoked by
elements. It does not represent anything on its own.
name attribute gives the name of the
value attribute gives the value of the
Both attributes must be present. They may have any value.
The following example shows how the
param element can be used to pass a parameter
to a plugin, in this case the O3D plugin.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>   <title>O3D Utah Teapot</title>
 <object type="application/vnd.o3d.auto"> <param name="o3d_features" value="FloatingPointTextures">
To see the teapot actually rendered by O3D on your computer, please download and install the O3D plugin.
 </object>


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Ex-WGN host Laski buys radio time on WCPT
Thu Apr 4 2013
Jim Laski, the former Chicago alderman and city clerk who served time in federal prison for taking bribes, is resuming his on-again, off-again career in radio. But unlike his ill-fated stint on WGN-AM (720) in 2010, this time he's paying to put his show on the air.
Starting April 27, he'll host The Laski Files from 4 to 6pm Saturdays on Newsweb Radio progressive talk WCPT-AM (820). It also will be simulcast on the company's three FM stations — WCPY-FM (92.5), WCPT-FM (92.7) and WCPQ-FM (99.9).
"I know he has a colorful background and am hoping it will make good radio," Charley Gross, president of Newsweb Radio, told me. "He has insights into city politics and prison life that are unique . . . I doubt you or many of our listeners will agree with Laski — or believe Laski — on all issues, but I do expect our listeners will find it entertaining."
Gross confirmed that Laski is buying the airtime from Newsweb, which is owned by Fred Eychaner, the Chicago media mogul and prominent contributor to Democratic political coffers and numerous liberal causes. Although Gross oversees broadcast operations, it's impossible to imagine that Eychaner didn't at least sign off on the Laski deal.
Laski's eight months as evening host at WGN marked the nadir of the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station under former program director Kevin Metheny. A radio novice, Laski not only demonstrated a lack of basic broadcasting skills, but he alienated listeners with his pugnacious, confrontational style on the air. Not surprisingly, he was the first to be fired in November 2010 after Metheny and his benefactor, Randy Michaels, were exiled from Tribune Co.
Trumpeting his radio return on his Facebook page — "I'm back!" — Laski said he was "looking for additional advertising sponsors to expand the show."
On WCPT's Saturday lineup, The Laski Files will follow Dick Kay's Back on the Beat, which airs from 1 to 4pm. To accommodate the addition, David Shuster's Take Action News will shift later to 6 to 9pm and The Costa Report will move to 9 to 10pm.


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Department of Education passes on funding White Center Promise
"Rest assured, this news does not sway us from our mission."
Those are the words of Promise Neighborhood Project Director Lauri Bohm after hearing the news that the U.S. Department of Education released their funding awards for Promise Neighborhood Grants in 2013, and after learning White Center did not make the list.
The Department of Education describes the Promise Neighborhoods program as "a bold new initiative to break the cycle of generational poverty by wrapping children in a pipeline of health, social, and educational supports from birth through college."
Bohm, who works for the White Center Community Development Association and Southwest Youth and Family Services, has been the point person in developing such a program for White Center, and applying for grants from the federal government to help implement it.
The White Center News/West Seattle Herald sat down with Bohm in August to talk about the Promise initiative, a five-year plan "from cradle to college and career" to help White Center children and their families find financial stability in their lives.
"The goal is to ensure that every student in White Center graduates from high school, goes on to get a post-secondary credential, and obtains a living wage job," Bohm explained, "and to support students and families in achieving that goal."
White Center had to wait until Dec. 21 to find out if their grant proposal was selected (they were hoping for $20 million over five years). While they did not make the funding list this year, Bohm said implementation continues on, although it may occur at a slower pace and she will have to look elsewhere for grant aid in the coming years.
"We are starting implementation in the early learning, out-of-school-time, and family navigators areas in late January, and we are in the process of building our database (keeping track of progress in White Center, and tapping into successful approaches with other Promise initiatives across the country)," Bohm said on Dec. 21.
"We will continue to work with our partners on programmatic and systemic coordination and innovation, and we will continue on with resource and fund development. We made a promise to White Center and we will keep going forward no matter what," she added.
Back in August, Bohm reflected on her hopes for White Center Promise and how it might change the culture in this unincorporated niche of King County.
"We really hope that the community has more opportunities, that the community has a pathway, that we create a culture of college-going here in White Center that is easy and accessible and it's just a given that everyone can and will go to college," she said at the time. "And, over time, that we see the families that are here now becoming more stable and that White Center truly becomes the vibrant, innovative place that it is, but even more so."
To read more on White Center Promise, please visit their webpage at www.whitecenterpromise.org/
We encourage our readers to comment. No registration is required. We ask that you keep your comments free of profanity and keep them civil. They are moderated and objectionable comments will be removed.


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Welcome to CIBER
Temple University's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) has been renewed for another funding cycle and is currently implementing more than 70 events to improve U.S. competitiveness in the world marketplace and to produce globally competent students, faculty and staff. This year marks the fourth time Temple CIBER at the Fox School has received a grant from the Department of Education since the center's inception in 2002 and is one of 17 such centers in the country.
The newly renewed proposal will help position U.S. interests to pivot to the growth markets of Asia, while remaining balanced in matured markets. In addition to enhancing programming in Japan and China, where Temple has a 30 year and nearly 20 year presence respectively, new programming will focus on emerging markets in Southeast Asia and India.
Through a series of programs such as conferences, seminars, and workshops, Temple CIBER has an important influence on the local K-12, academic and business communities.
"The renewal of this prestigious grant continues to affirm the Fox School's vital role in producing cutting-edge international business research, promoting international ideas within our community and fostering worldwide learning among our students and faculty," said Fox School Dean M. Moshe Porat. "Once again, the Fox School and Temple are being recognized as destinations for global engagement."
The Fox School is host of the only CIBER in the greater Philadelphia region and also the only such center in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. There are 3 CIBERs located in the northeastern United States.
Special Program Announcement
Mauritius: An African Island Hub of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
A program for faculty, business professionals, and entrepreneurs from the United States and Mauritius. January/February 2017
Download our flyer for more details. Final cost and registration information are coming soon!
The Fall 2016 Issue of Global Perspectives Has Been Released
Featured News
Tourism, business leaders visit Temple to discuss impact of World Meeting of Families
Roughly 800,000 people flooded Philadelphia in late September for a visit from Pope Francis and the World Meeting of Families, a global gathering of Catholics. So… now what? An event jointly sponsored by Temple University's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (STHM) and Temple's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) considered that very question. Gathering Philadelphia's leading minds in tourism, international business, and government at its event, titled, "The World Meeting of Families is Gone: Now What?", STHM and CIBER aimed to address how Philadelphia could leverage the international exposure and media focus it received from the World Meeting of Families in order to further its status as an elite host for future global events. "This was our finest hour and it can be again," said Pat Ciarrocchi, the event's keynote speaker and a longtime Philadelphia news anchor who covered the World Meeting of Families. "The World Meeting... Read more
Featured Video
Fox Design Challenge co-sponsored by CIBER
During the 2015 Fox DESIGNchallenge, Philadelphia students apply design thinking principles to address the question: How can we change our transit system and car culture to achieve the economic, social, and environmental dividends from a less auto-centric future?
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CIBER Research
Dr. Ram Mudambi
Innovative research on International Management is a key component of the CIBER program. Each year, the CIBER team awards grants to applicants who demonstrate the ability to impact U.S. competitiveness, in additional to supporting ongoing major projects, including Program Director Dr. Ram Mudambi's iBEGIN (iBEGIN, or International Business, Economic Geography and Innovation) project. Read more about IBEGIN.