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Seam is a book that narratively and structurally relies on distance: between two continents and cultures as well as between the year of Bangladesh's independence and its modern moment. "1971," for example, the first poem of the book, imagines the Bangladeshi-American interviewer imagining her mother as a young girl watching her mother bathe in a pond during the war. When I returned from Bangladesh, I had a stack of six years' worth of poems. Only then was I able to begin the work of shaping Seam into a collection that tries to both enact and traverse that distance.
The author says about her time spent in Bangladesh:
One of the main reasons I applied for a Fulbright to Bangladesh was because I had started to worry about the ethical consequences of "Interview with a Birangona." So many of the women who were raped in 1971 are still alive in Bangladesh, and I began to question whether the project was appropriating the voices of the very women I was struggling to render and understand.
Seam could not have happened without my time in Bangladesh, where I spent a year researching the war and interviewing many birangona. My daily life also became part of the mosaic of my time in Bangladesh, and therefore part of Seam.
During this time, Faizullah translated Bangladeshi poetry–of the language, she says:
It wasn't until I began translating that I realized how much I took for granted how deeply metaphorical and musical Bengali is until I began translating. "Amar bukh fete jachche," for example, is a phrase that could loosely translate to "I'm sad," but literally means, "my chest is exploding." Translation has made me think about how poetry must do the dual work of being both specific and expansive.
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"However if there are enough of these kinds of requests, it may point to an oppostunity [sic] for the website to provide an API. This often ends up building an ecosystem of services and applications aroung the website which ends up benefitting everyone. On the flip side, I often wonder about the balance between making it easy for users to get their data and making it easy for competitors to poach our users."
Dead right on the ecosystem. Sending C&Ds is what you'd expect from old media like Newscorp, who own MySpaces - the walled garden thing is like Compuserve all over again. Amazon and Ebay seem to have the balance right, then again they have both sustainable business models based on transaction volumes, not solely based on stickiness.
I think ultimately if your data is valuable to you, and you are suspcious of web2.0 business models, you'll eventually run your own services, just the way many of us run our own weblogs, mailing lists, email accounts, sites, chat servers and source repositories. I'm surprised Goog/MSFT/YHOO don't just give away source code for these kinds of services to run on ISP hosts - they can index data from anywhere, especially if that code contains a plugin to upload indexes to search engines. Maybe you don't actually need to host the services to to cross sell to people.
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CIR has identified dozens of armed guards who previously had been fired from or left law enforcement after being accused of offenses such as civil rights violations, excessive force and corruption.
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The Richmond Housing Authority uses public money to buy stoves and refrigerators for hundreds of poor, elderly and disabled residents who desperately need them. More than a quarter of these new appliances have vanished in the last eight years.
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Nina Ricci Pre-Fall 2011
Ostensibly, Peter Copping's pre-fall collection is about one thing. "I love the idea of a summer dress under a winter coat," Copping said, as an ivory flared and tiered tweed coat over an off-white silk pleated, belted dress spun into view onto the seamless photo-shoot backdrop erected for the house's Milk Studios presentation Monday morning. "It's about bringing ease and comfort to clothes." Well, consider your pre-fall efforts a mission accomplished, Mr. Copping—and then some. Out of his basic premise—how can I make everything look good and effortless to wear?— came many, many wonderful things. Like a deep mulberry dot-print bias-cut evening dress worn with a skinny black sweater underneath, the same trick used to equally brilliant effect with a raspberry-silk jacquard cocktail dress with frayed edges, cut so it looked like a length of fabric had been swirled around the body, over a shrink-fit sweater in the same luscious shade. It's grunge gone so, so glam it flies right over Seattle. (We won't even go near that dreaded mash-up/car-crash term—glunge—when shabby layers started to sparkle a decade or so ago.)
While his initial seasons were all about tightly drawing the silhouette at Ricci—corseted restraint and pencil-skirted control—Copping is relaxing it into something softer and gentler—and is creating clothes that are all the more sensual and desirable because of it. Maybe it's because he himself is looking pretty relaxed and confident in his role at the house. Copping can take the chic of his roughly textured, yet still delicate, bouclé tweeds (consider the purple cardigan jacket over the ivory pencil skirt) or the delicious color mixes like a seafoam-green silk blouse over a cranberry knit skirt, and lionize the craft of French fashion (all that precise folding of fabric is being done by Parisian and Breton artisans who specialize in pleating)—and then playfully throw a soft, floppy, face-framing hat over the whole lot. That hat, incidentally, is turning up everywhere. "I am having Carly Simon flashbacks," one editor said, approvingly, as she walked out of Ricci.


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Put these tunes on shuffle. Bob Dylan's Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie, Patsy Cline's Turn the Cards Slowly and Robert Johnson's Little Queen of Spades are among 21 diverse songs dealt by writer, actor and poker master Ricky Jay on an upcoming CD/DVD/book set ($39.98). The renowned ace of cards picked blues, folk, country, rap, soul, calypso, disco and gospel favorites for Ricky Jay Plays Poker, due Nov. 7 on Octone/Legacy/RCA. He offers poker tips on the DVD. The author of Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck appeared in several David Mamet films and ran gaming tables at the saloon in the HBO series Deadwood.
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After the first two Rush Hour films took place on the lead characters' respective home turf, Rush Hour 3 naturally heads to ... Paris? The film again stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, who track a villain to the City of Light.
"In the first movie Jackie was a fish out of water (in L.A), then Chris was one in the second movie (in Hong Kong). Now they are both fish out of water," says director Brett Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand). Targeted for an August 2007 release, Rush Hour 3's villains include one played by Hiroyuki Sanada (The Last Samurai). "He's a brilliant actor with a martial arts background who has done some incredible films," Ratner says. Also in the cast: Max Von Sydow and Roman Polanski.
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Mr. T is here to help. In TV Land's I Pity the Fool (Oct. 11, 10 p.m. ET/PT), the tough guy of Rocky III and The A-Team becomes a motivator with boundless energy, aiding regular folk with problems ranging from procrastination to capitulation.
His goal is to entertain as well as assist. "I can help by getting a message across: 'Hey, don't sit around. Don't give up,' " he says. T, who has survived a bout with cancer, no longer wears his signature gold jewelry. He shed it after seeing the suffering of Hurricane Katrina. But he still has the Mohawk haircut and he won't take any "jibba jabba." At the start of the six-episode series, he immediately throttles viewers: "Hey, Fool. Sit up and pay attention. This ain't no time to nap. ... You know what I do to couch potatoes. I mash them up."
Despite his outward drill-sergeant demeanor, T says different approaches work with different people. He says his personality, as well as particular suggestions, also helps. "I'm just naturally happy," he says. "If I'm feeling good and excited, people around me (are) going to feel good and excited."
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Marie Nightingale sought out older Nova Scotians to learn their culinary tricks and scoured the faded pages of diaries and scrapbooks at local museums to find recipes for boiled beef tongue, salt cod and pork scraps, oat cakes and dandelion wine. In 1970, after four years of researching and writing, Ms. Nightingale published Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens, a collection of traditional recipes. Both a recipe book and a food history of Nova Scotia, the book went on to become the most popular cookbook ever produced in the province, selling more than 60,000 copies.
Along with the recipes in the cookbook, Ms. Nightingale told stories about the people who first settled Nova Scotia and how the mix of Mi'kmaq, French, English and Scottish, among others, helped to create a diverse cuisine. When the book appeared, one food writer wrote that before it, Canadian cuisine didn't exist east of Montreal. Ms. Nightingale died at age 85 on March 15 in her Halifax home. She had lung cancer.
"She was a national treasure," said chef Michael Smith, a PEI-based cookbook author and host of several TV shows on Food Network Canada. "Her book was a gold-standard reference for all chefs wanting to learn about Nova Scotia cuisine."
While the book reflects an early appreciation for now trendy nose-to-tail cuisine, some of its recipes, such as the one for headcheese, might offend those with delicate sensibilities: "Cut up the pig's head and remove all the undesirable parts. Soak in cold water for a couple of hours to draw out the blood."
And in the section on beverages, Ms. Nightingale included an old recipe for spruce beer: "Take 7 pounds of good spruce and boil it well till the bark peels off. Then take the spruce out and put in 3 gallons of molasses and boil the liquor again, scum it well as it boils, then take it out of the kettle and put into a cooler. …"
After the cookbook's publication, Ms. Nightingale became a newspaper and magazine food columnist and published several more cookbooks. Fond of experimenting with new foods and recipes, she also loved interviewing chefs, meeting local farmers and food producers, and advocating "buy local" long before the mantra became popular. "She was always open to new ideas and new expressions," Mr. Smith said. "She wasn't married to the past. She saw the past as an essential path to the future."
Born in Halifax in 1928, Ms. Nightingale was one of seven siblings. She started her radio career at CFAB-AM in Windsor, N.S., where she stayed for a year before moving to CJCH-FM in Halifax to become an on-air personality.
In 1951, she married Laurie Nightingale and before long motherhood called, so she left radio to raise her three sons. As a young wife and mother she set out to learn about cooking.
"Most of her cooking was self-taught, just like most things she did," her son Frank Nightingale said.
In the early 1980s, Ms. Nightingale wrote to Ken Foran, then managing editor of Nova Scotia's Chronicle Herald newspaper, with the idea of a food section.
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This project looks at skin as a layer between human inside and outside worlds but not only in physiological sense. Skin is often used as a canvas upon which we project some intimate stories, fantasies and fears using variety of means. This project explores these means.
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The Cat Empire (Two Shoes)
Had you asked me in the summer of 2007 to name my favorite band, I'd have hesitated maybe half a second before gushing all about Australian collective the Cat Empire. Its "Two Shoes" debut was flat-out perfect and a jaw-dropping live set at Mr. Smalls in Millvale that July showed it was far more than a product of the studio. The band's 2008 follow-up "So Many Nights" was almost as good, but the lads took a step back in 2010 with the good but not great "Cinema." By then I'd found some new favorites and feared the Empire was on the decline. For fourth effort "Steal the Light" it has gone back to basics, and while the 12-track slab doesn't pack the same wallop as "Two Shoes," this is a step in the right direction. "Brighter Than Gold," the title track, "Still Young" and "Go" are terrific and convince me the Cat Empire still has something to say.
'Confessions of a Songbird'
Kristin Errett (self-released)
The piano-fueled pop of singer/songwriter Kristin Errett is tailor made for adult contemporary radio and this talented newcomer makes quite a first impression on her "Confessions of a Songbird" debut. With a soulful voice that injects plenty of emotion into each song, Errett serves up a 10-track album that should appeal to the masses. Lead single "Don't Call Me Sweetheart" is a delight, and she also hits the right notes on keepers "Happily Never After," "Cross My Heart," "All I Want Is Everything" and "The Last Time You Said Hello." Good stuff.
'Drifters/Love Is the Devil'
Dirty Beaches (Zoo)
Please be patient when spinning the latest release from Alex Zhang Hungtai — aka Dirty Beaches. Double album "Drifters/Love Is the Devil" isn't an easy listen, but if you give it a chance, the lo-fi noise pop of Dirty Beaches just might grow on you. With 16 tracks clocking in at a combined 75 minutes, Hungtai should have broken these into two separate releases, but "I Dream in Neon," "Belgrade," the sprawling "Mirage Hall," "This Is Not My City," "Woman" and "Like the Ocean We Part" are quite compelling. Though not for everybody, Dirty Beaches merits some attention.
'Vs. Head Vs. Heart'
Emma Louise (Frenchkiss)
Australian songstress Emma Louise has everything it takes for pop stardom. She's got a legitimately strong voice — no Autotune here — and striking good looks and enough chutzpah to show off quite a bit of skin on the cover of her "Vs. Head Vs. Heart" full-length debut. What might hold her back from fame with the masses, ironically enough, is what makes her music so interesting. These 11 songs aren't shimmering radio-ready tunes. Instead, there's an ethereal quality to the music that sets it apart from the pop pack and Emma Louise maintains a level of intensity on songs like "Atlas Eyes," "Boy," "Mirrors," "Jungle" and "Cages" that compels you to pay attention. Can't wait to hear more.
Ten Kens (self-released)
On their third full-length album, Toronto art rock outfit Ten Kens explore their psychedelic side and take listeners on an often bizarre sonic journey. Initially a digital-only release, "Namesake" is now available on CD in a special edition that includes four previously unreleased tracks. That stretches the record out to 66 minutes — too long by about a third — but can't take away the effectiveness of tunes like "Bliss," "Fetal Misgivings," "The Calm of the Car" and the title track. I was less enthralled than some critics with seven-plus minute opener "Death in the Family," which never quite gets to the point, but the rest of the record, while overstuffed, makes for a spacey good time.
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Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes (Vanguard)
Nine-member collective Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes put the "soul" in retro soul on American debut "Baby Caught the Bus." This talented outfit from Down Under takes its lead from big-voiced frontwoman Browne, who sounds like a less-troubled Amy Winehouse on this 10-track gem. The opening salvo of "Love Letter" and "Vicious Circle" set the tone and Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes further score with the title track, "I'll Be Fine," "She Plays Up to You" and dynamite set closer "You Don't Owe Me Nothing." This one's highly recommended.
Linda Draper (self-released)
Though folk-leaning singer/songwriter Linda Draper isn't a household name, she's been making quality albums for more than a decade. Eighth release "Edgewise" certainly ranks among her better offerings. Whether gliding through stellar original compositions like "Glass Palace," "Right on Time," the title track, "Shadow of a Coal Mine" and "In Good Hands," or putting her own stamp on the Beatles classic "Blackbird," Draper is on top of her game here. Perhaps this is the record that will give her the exposure she so richly deserves.
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Club 8 (Labrador)
Swedish indie pop duo Club 8 had carved out a nice career for itself for more than a decade before taking things to the next level with 2010 masterpiece "The People's Record." That sublime platter raised its profile among American audiences and ramped up expectations for eighth full-length "Above the City." The new record is perfectly fine, Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergard are too talented to deliver a clunker, but it does pale in comparison to its predecessor. The 14-track release is highlighted by "Stop Taking My Time," "Run," "A Small Piece of Heaven," "Into Air" and "Straight as an Arrow" — I just wish there were more songs like them.
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound (Bloodshot)
Where their 2011 breakout release "Want More" was a barely contained ball of sonic soul energy, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound reels it in a bit on good but not great follow-up "Howl." There's more of a minimalist approach to these 11 songs, with the band adding more R&B, rock and pop to its soul stew. I found myself waiting for Brooks and his mates to erupt at some point, but it never came. Songs such as the title track, "Rouse Yourself," "Security," "Before You Die," "Not Alone" and "Control" merit multiple listens, but I'm hoping Brooks & the Uptown Sound returns to its old ways the next time out.
Cold Satellite (Signature Sound)
Americana troubadour Jeffrey Foucalt and acclaimed poet Lisa Olstein have an interesting working relationship. In 2010 Olstein gave Foucalt some poems and fragments of verse, which he crafted into a 12-song cycle called "Cold Satellite." They're back at it with "Cavalcade," this time under the Cold Satellite moniker, with another dozen tunes crafted around a series of Olstein poems. The results are even better, as Cold Satellite soars on "Elegy (In a Distant Room)," "Necessary Monsters," "Sleepers Wake," "Bomblet," "Elsewhere" and "Every Boy, Every Blood." Foucalt and Olstein make musical magic together and here's hoping there's another Cold Satellite record in their future.
'Jackleg Devotional to the Heart'
The Baptist Generals (Sub Pop)
A decade ago indie folk/rockers the Baptist Generals were riding high on the strength of sophomore album "No Silver/No Gold." They soon returned to the studio, but frontman Chris Flemmons ultimately scrapped what was to be the next record and we've heard nothing of the Generals since. "Jackleg Devotional to the Heart" has been massaged, tinkered with and fine-tuned over the years and is finally seeing the light of day. Flemmons said the 2005 version sounded too nondescript, which is why he ultimately decided to trash it. While you can question the process, you can't argue with the results. This 12-track release is terrific, with the Baptist Generals at long last delivering another winner. Keepers abound, including "Dog That Bit You," "Turnunders and Overpasses," "Broken Glass," personal favorite "Floating" and "Morning of My Life." Well worth the wait.
'Rapid Reality'
Radical Dads (Consequence of Sound)
A side project for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah drummer Robbie Guertin and pals Lindsay Baker and Chris Diken, the awesomely named Radical Dads made a strong debut in 2011 with "Mega Rama." They're back with more infectious indie rock on "Rapid Reality" and, if anything, seem even more comfortable playing together on album No. 2. The rawness and energy remains — which is good, because that's the Dads' biggest asset — and the nine-track slab is highlighted by "Mountain Town," "Pink Flag," the title track, "Dust USA," "Stampede" and "Go 45." Highly recommended.
Keith Top of the Pops (PopMatters)
I absolutely loved the R-rated debut album from Keith Top of the Pops, the brainchild of British singer/songwriter Keith Top. With his revolving Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band in tow, Keith Top of the Pops is back with the almost-as-good — and slightly less profane — followup. "TOTP 2" is as streamlined as its predecessor (10 songs whisking by in 26 minutes) and Keith Top of the Pops scores with "Morrissey Will Never Forgive Me," "Better Than Your Boyfriend," "Stupid Rules for Stupid People," "I'm Alone. You're Alone. Let's Be Alone Together," "Goodbye" and "You Wish You Were in My Band." This one's loads of fun.
'Defcon 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1'
Man or Astro-Man? (Communicating Vessels)
Man or Astro-Man? caught the surf-rock revival wave in the early 1990s and spent a decade churning out albums in rapid-fire succession. Its spacey approach to the genre — what would you expect from a band whose members go by names like Birdstuff, Coco and Star Crunch? — served it well but it fell out of orbit after 2001's "A Spectrum of Finite Scale." Well, it's back at it again and "Defcon ... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1" is a solid addition to the discography. Not one of the all-time classics, this 12-track release has some nice moments with "Antimatter Man," "All Systems Go," "Codebreaker Seventy Eight" and "Electric Arc." Welcome back, fellas.
'House of Cards'
Carey Appel (Heather Road)
Singer/songwriter Carey Appel lays her soul bare on first-rate sophomore platter "House of Cards," a confessional collection of 12 tunes that showcases her estimable writing skills. Appel's voice is good, but there's nothing distinctive enough about it to set her apart from the pack. For that, she'll need to rely on the songs she's penned, and Appel has done stellar work in that area on "Don't Get Used to It," the title track, "Trying to Please," "Sleeping Outside Your Door," "Words Don't Fit Here" and "When I See You Again." Keep an eye on this promising artist.
Hooded Fang (Full Time Hobby/Daps)
Seamlessly blending elements of 1960s pop with garage punk, Canadian four-piece Hooded Fang has cobbled together its most impressive record to date in "Gravez." Hooded Fang strikes with "Graves," "Ode to Subterrania," "Wasteland," "Thrasher" and "Genes." Frontman Dan Lee has a captivating voice and he gets additional help from bassist April Aliermo, drummer D. Alex Meeks and guitarist Lane Halley. It's time you got to know these musical neighbors from the north.
'Maimed for the Masses'
Night Birds (Fat Wreck Chords)
To tide folks over until their next full-length drops this summer, East Coast surf punks the Night Birds serve up high-octane EP "Maimed for the Masses." With four tunes clocking in at less than nine minutes, Night Birds expend no unnecessary energy on the title track, "Barred Out," "Last Gasp" and "Boat Trash." Speaking of the title track, pro wrestling fans should get a jolt out of a tune that's pretty much an ode to legendary grappler Mick Foley. Rock on.
Jeffrey Sisk is an editor for Trib Total Media. Reach him at 412-664-9161 ext. 1952, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Book Sale
Oct. 30, 4 to 8 p.m. Friend's Preview
Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., $5 bag sale all day
Baby play group
Fridays, Sept. 12, Oct. 17, Nov. 14 from noon to 1 p.m.
For babies up to 24 months and their caregiver. Join with other moms, dads, grandmas, and caregivers for baby's first group play experience.
Preschool special event
Sept. 18, for ages 2 through 3 at 10 a.m; ages 3 through 5 at 11:30 a.m.
Superhero Training Camp -- Self-directed discovery and sensory play stations will allow parents and children to develop super skills together. Children may wear a cape or costume if they wish. Register for one session only. Limit 20.
Toddler, preschool story times
Book Bugs Story Time -- Tuesdays, Oct. 14 through Dec. 9, 10:30 a.m. For children ages 3 through 6 with a caregiver. Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, a craft and time to play together. Wonderful Wiggle Worms Story Time -- Thursdays, Oct. 16 through Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m. For children ages 2 through 3 with a caregiver. Jump on over to a shorter story time for active little ones. Enjoy stories, songs, dancing and more. Story time is followed by a group playtime.
School age
For children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag -- Sept. 17, 4:30 p.m. Children can cool off with an ice cream treat they made themselves. Limit 20. Registration requested.
Edible Haunted Houses -- Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m. Children make a deliciously scary house to eat. Limit 20. Registration requested.
Stained Glass Window Art -- Nov. 19, 4:30 p.m. Help decorate the house for Thanksgiving with crepe paper window art.
Family programs
For all ages. Children younger than 5 should be accompanied by an adult.
Autumn Evening Story Walk -- Sept. 15, anytime between 4 and 7 p.m. Children may read a book together outside as they stroll in the evening air. This program will be cancelled in case of bad weather.
Paws for Reading -- Every first and third Saturday of the month, 1 to 2 p.m. Look for therapy dogs, Caesar or Sophie, in the Children's area. Children are invited to improve their reading skills by reading to a furry friend. Children may take along a book they are reading or choose one from the shelves.
Teen programs
Movie -- "The Fault is in Our Stars," Sept. 16, 5:30 p.m. 126 minutes, PG-13. For grades 6 through 12. Participants will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a DVD of the movie.
Teen Read Week Contest -- Oct. 12 through 18. Teens are invited to Turn Dreams into Reality @ Your Library. Teens are asked to turn in either a piece of writing or art that interprets what turning dreams into reality means to them for a chance to win a prize.
Design Your Own Sharpie Mug -- Nov. 12, 4 p.m. The library provides the materials and the teens provide the creativity for this fun and useful craft.
Adult programs
Local Author Talk -- Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m. Join Jeff Iula, the All-American Soap Box Derby general manager, as he talks about the history of the Derby and his book, "How I Saw It: My Photographic Memory of the Soapbox Derby."
Local Author Talk -- Sept. 15, 7 p.m. Meet local Tallmadge author Amanda Flower, as she talks about her newest book, "Murder, Simply Stitched."
Emily Dickinson: Her Life and Poetry -- Sept. 25, 2 p.m. Interested in learning more about Emily Dickinson? Her poetry? Meet with Diana Wayand, a Dickinson scholar, in a discussion about her life and her poetry. Attendees are encouraged to take a poem that interests them, if you like, or just their curiosity.
Mind, Body and Spirit Approaches to Better Health -- Those wondering how holistic approaches to health can improve self-healing and facilitate growth will want to attend this program. When the body is relaxed and in balance, it can cope with everyday stresses and strains much more effectively.These approaches may be used alongside conventional therapies for prevention and to achieve optimal states of well-being. Co-sponsored by Conversations & Co. Attend one or both sessions.
Sept. 23, 6 p.m. -- Sara Ruble Grief Therapy; Paul DiFranco, heart-centered hypnotherapy; yoga, mindfulness meditation; Cindy Emerick and Kelsey Husk, licensed massage therapy; and Mary Reisman, art therapy and instruction.
Sept. 25, 6 p.m. -- Kyra Pacer, reiki therapy; Candy Walti, color therapy; and Kelly Brown, hypnotherapy and guided meditation.
Using Ancestry in Your Genealogy Research -- Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m. With almost 9,000 databases and billions of images, Ancestry is the premier online genealogy resource, and it's available for free within any ASCPL location. The class will introduce participants to the many features of Ancestry Library Edition and show them how to do efficient and effective searches. Basic computer skills are recommended. Limit 15. Registration requested.
Author Talk -- Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m. "Well, I Guess I'm Not Jesus" is a memoir by Adam Helbling. Join him as he discusses his struggles with both bipolar disorder and spinal cord injury. It will encourage attendees to take a second look at their life and ask, "What exactly is my purpose on this earth?"
Veterans Recognition Ceremony -- Nov. 10, 2 p.m. Co-sponsored by Hospice of the Western Reserve. Join veterans, their families and friends, active military personnel and community and civic leaders as they gather and celebrate every veteran in attendance with a special pin in honor of their great sacrifices for this country.
Library History with Brian -- Nov. 15, 2 p.m. Join librarian Brian Salmon as he reviews the history of the Tallmadge Branch Library and the Akron-Summit County Public Library, celebrating 140 years of service. He will present behind-the-scenes information and photos of the original buildings and staff.
Knit & Crochet Club -- Thursdays, Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Nov. 6, 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Open to those who want to learn how to knit and crochet and those who would like to share techniques and acquire new ideas. All levels of expertise and all ages are welcome. Children younger than 12 should be accompanied by an adult helper.
Book discussions -- Mondays, 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 8 -- "At Home" by Bill Bryson
Oct. 13 -- "Penelope" by Rebecca Harrington
Nov. 10 -- "The Last Runaway" by Tracy Chevalier
Computer training -- Attendance will be based on a numbering system with 15 tickets being distributed outside the classroom 30 minutes prior to class start.
Nov. 24, 2 p.m.-- Windows 8
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Years After Evidence of Fracking Contamination, EPA to Supply Drinking Water to Homes in Pa. Town
The federal agency announced it would bring tanks of drinking water to four homes in Dimock, Pa.
First, the earth around the rural town of Dimock, Pa., was cracked open as gas drillers used fracking to tap the vast energy supplies of the Marcellus Shale.
Then, in April 2009, residents there lost their access to fresh drinking water. Wells turned fetid. Some blew up. Tap water caught fire.
Now, nearly three years later — and after a string of lawsuits and state investigations has ushered Dimock to the forefront of the environmental debate over drilling but failed to resolve the water problem — the Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in to supply drinking water itself.
On Friday, the agency announced it would bring tanks of drinking water to four homes, including that of Julie Sautner, whom ProPublica first interviewed about her water problems in 2009.
"Data reviewed by EPA indicates that residents' well water contains levels of contaminants that pose a health concern," the agency said in a statement. Tests showed dangerous levels of arsenic, a carcinogen, as well as glycols and barium in at least four wells, and the EPA is apparently concerned that the contamination may be more widespread.
According to the statement, the EPA plans to test the water supplies in 60 additional homes for hazardous substances.
In 2009, Pennsylvania officials charged Cabot Oil & Gas, the company that drilled the wells in Dimock, with several violations it said had contributed to methane gas leaking out of the gas wells and into drinking water. For a time, Cabot supplied drinking water to a number of homes in the area but then stopped.
The EPA has waded into the Dimock issues slowly over the past few months, provoking a defensive stance from the state's lead environmental regulator, who earlier this month called the EPA's understanding of the Dimock situation "rudimentary."
But the state has not undertaken the scope of water analysis the EPA now plans to do, and until the EPA stepped in Friday, Dimock residents had found little resolution.
Environmental groups are applauding the EPA's move. "This finding confirms what Dimock residents have said for months, that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection should have never allowed Cabot to end deliveries of clean water," said Environmental Working Group senior counsel Dusty Horwitt.
But they also say the time has come for the EPA to address water contamination concerns in other communities across the country where residents say drilling has harmed their water.
In December, the EPA concluded that fracking was likely to blame for a similar rash of groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyo. The agency is conducting a multiyear national study of fracking's effects on water supplies.
We have previously reported about water and drilling concerns in parts of western Wyoming, as well as central and southern Colorado, Texas, Ohio and elsewhere.
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This is only going to get worse and it seems that shuttling purified water all over the place is only a temporary solution, and a costly one at that. How can the government afford to ship water to people? This kind of solution sure can't go on forever. We have had problems with our water for years and used to buy bottled water from the grocery store. In desperation I finally did research and bought a Berkey water filter so I could be in control and know that my family is not drinking contaminated water. That is cheaper than paying more taxes so that the EPA can ship water to people. Do your own research and don't depend on the government to provide safe water. For those of you who are affected, my heart goes out to your. It is an injustice. I got my Berkey from these guys. BTW, my problem was from fertilizers, not fracking, but contaminated water is contaminated water!
There's going to be allot more of this comin and guess who's gonna foot the bill, as always, along with the rest of the damage done including that from possible earthquakes!!
I hope that the drillers are paying for the water, NOT the taxpayer.
So is Cabot off the hook for the expense of supplying water? Has the state won their case? What's going to happen to the homeowners? There is another, older way of accessing the gas. Fracking is just the latest and faster than the other. But the older way I understand is safer for the environment. What gives with that?
Clean water or profit, let me see…
So, the EPA is stepping up to the plate to put the taxpayers on the hook for the drinking water contaminated by Cabot Oil & Gas. Score another one for Bank of America, the largest stockholder of Cabot. Will we then be called upon to pay for the Love Canal of Pennsylvania, Dimock, when they can't sell their homes?
The taxpayers are paying for this, Mr. Reed. Perhaps that's why the EPA was so careful in making their decision. They have faced a lot of scrutiny over this, especially from the PA DEP. If people's lives weren't being destroyed, one might think it's almost funny how the DEP Sec. Krancer expects gas drillers to go "above and beyond" when it comes to safety, saying they should be self-policing with "peer pressure," but he doesn't require Cabot to go "above and beyond" when it comes to replacing the water they polluted.
It's like Bizarro World here in Pennsylvania. We desperately need the EPA! KeepTapWaterSafe.org
Gee, where are all the Pro Drillers?? Surely they must comment about this.
By the by, I saw and heard Ms. Deborah Rogers last eve talk about the phoney economics of this whole fracking-gas situation, and she gave the clearest economic evaluation of this scheme. There is good reason for the Majors to get into this business, finally, and she explains all that.
For the video of this amazing woman, Deborah Rogers, from the state of Texas, go to <shaleshockmedia.org> is a couple of days from this date of 21 January. You will be much enlightened. And by the way, she has recently met the other amazing long, tall Texan, Chip Northrup who explains the situation very well with regards to this nasty business of corporate gasholes.
This reminds me of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality declaring that rancher Louis Meeks had the most tested water in the state and there was nothing wrong with it.
Then the EPA tested it and called a public hearing to inform people who lived near Pavillion to stop drinking their well water immediately.
And so where are they drilling and fracking now? Did someone say upstate New York?
Why did the EPA step in to supply water for Dimock. Cabot was bringing in water until recently. Why can't the government make them continue to fix the problem they caused? I hope more on this is investigated and reported. The Tea Partyers, who love smaller government and "personal responsibility", should be at the forefront yelling at the top of their lungs to have the drillers pay for their carelessness.
I completely agree with all the comments made. Love the reference of David Kauber in refering to gas producing giants as"corporate gasholes".
We, in Appalachia, VA, are suffering the same problems most of the rest of the nation are suffering. We place at the door of gas corporations, human rights abuse, economic loss, financial devistation and more.
We must hold our legislators noses to the grindstone and insist they pass laws to protect us and not to enable further harm from greedy natural gas industry.
.....water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink…....
And yet, form this morning's headlines:
"Halliburton Profit Grows as U.S. Fracking Surges"
Go to Energy in Depth if you want the facts instead of this propaganda.
Anne, if you happen to know any veterans who have served in Iraq, ask them why one might not want a profiteering industrialist supplying drinking water.
I won't link, since that tends to trigger moderation, but you can find it pretty easily searching for Iraq tainted drinking water. This came from the Seattle Times, early 2008:
"A report obtained by The Associated Press said soldiers experienced skin abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, diarrhea and other illnesses after using discolored, smelly water for personal hygiene and laundry at five U.S. military sites in Iraq."
Now imagine that the same people delivering the water are the people who destroyed your supply in the first place and consider you an inconvenience…
And hey, look, there's even something of an overlap with EL Beck's article. I won't spoil the surprise, though…
Go to Energy in Depth if you want the facts instead of this propaganda
FACTS? EID is nothing more than a PR agency for the gas drillers! It is well documented that EID will use distortion and hyperbole to try and muddy the waters on any issue related to environmental contamination with regard to drilling!
EID's main purpose is to be an AstroTurf organization and a puppet for gas drillers
Besides the Pa DEP, are there any comments and positions by the Pa. Governor, Legislature, US Senators from Pa and US Representatives from PA?
I live in a small hamlet in Alberta. Our government is spending 2 billion dollars to pipe C02 emissions underground in our area. We had a new well drilled 5 years ago. Our water is not good and often has an odor with it that is probably related to the oil and gas industry, so we drink bottled water.
I fear problems with pressurized C02 piped in from Ft. McMurray, Swan Hills and Fort Saskatchewan emissions. With all the fracking already done on the old wells, no one can answer how government will monitor risks to groundwater and soil contamination from C02, or even if they have monitoring equipment.
No one has been around to collect water samples as ERCB has deemed health risks as unfounded.
Wish us luck.
Debbie Newbery
Box 38,
Tees, AB T4P 3T6
If you continue to vote Republican in the USA and Conservative in Canada…well guess what? Do you think they care about your health and safety?
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Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat
The promise of abundant natural gas is colliding with fears about water contamination.
The Story So Far
The country's push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed in on natural gas, but cases of water contamination have raised serious questions about the primary drilling method being used. Vast deposits of natural gas, large enough to supply the country for decades, have brought a drilling boom stretching across 31 states. The drilling technique being used, called hydraulic fracturing, shoots water, sand and toxic chemicals into the ground to break up rock and release the gas.


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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 03, 2014
A team of researchers at the University of Twente (Netherlands) and German University in Cairo (Egypt) has developed sp*rm-inspired microrobots, which can be controlled by oscillating weak magnetic fields.
Described in a cover article in the journal Applied Physics Letters, which is from AIP Publishing, the 322 micron-long robots consist solely of a head coated in a thick cobalt-nickel layer and an uncoated tail.
When the robot is subjected to an oscillating field of less than five millitesla - about the strength of a decorative refrigerator magnet - it experiences a magnetic torque on its head, which causes its flagellum to oscillate and propel it forward. The researchers are then able to steer the robot by directing the magnetic field lines towards a reference point.
Islam Khalil designed the MagnetoSperm microrobots along with Sarthak Misra and colleagues at MIRA-Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine at the University of Twente.
"Nature has designed efficient tools for locomotion at micro-scales. Our microrobots are either inspired from nature or directly use living micro-organisms such as magnetotactic bacteria and sperm cells for complex micro-manipulation and targeted therapy tasks," Dr. Sarthak Misra (principal investigator of this study, and an associate professor at the University of Twente) said.
"As technology progresses and many products get smaller, it becomes difficult to assemble objects on nano- and micro-scales," Dr. Islam Khalil, an assistant professor of the German University in Cairo, said. "MagnetoSperm can be used to manipulate and assemble objects at these scales using an external source of magnetic field to control its motion."
In addition to nano-assembly, the radical downsizing afforded by the offloading of power and navigation systems opens up a wide range of biomedical tasks that MagnetoSperm can perform, Khalil said. These include targeted drug delivery, in vitro fertilization, cell sorting and cleaning of clogged arteries, among others.
The microrobot was made by spin-coating onto a silicon support wafer a five-micron layer of SU-8, a polymer chosen for its ease of fabrication and mechanical stability. The cobalt-nickel layer was then added to the head by use of electron beam evaporation.
In the future, the researchers hope to further scale down the size of MagnetoSperm. The team is currently working on a method to generate a magnetic nanofiber that can be used as a flagellum.
The article, "MagnetoSperm: A Microrobot that Navigates using Weak Magnetic Fields" is authored by Islam S. M. Khalil, Herman C. Dijkslag, Leon Abelmann and Sarthak Misra. It will be published in the journal Applied Physics Letters on June 2, 2014 (DOI: 10.1063/1.4880035).
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There will be months yet of thrust and rhetorical parry over the minutiae of the
But the simple fact underlying the current and past performance of both is that there is an awful lot of shareholder capital, internal and external strategic thought and management anxiety being invested in effectively standing financially still.
On Thursday, Myer reported marginal sales growth, whether you receive it on a like-for-like basis or a grand total basis. Sales rose 0.3 per cent to $1.7 billion and, after adjusting for the fact that three of its best-performing stores endured refurbishment through the half, that represents a 1.2 per cent increase on a comparable stores basis.
Which is fine and quite comparable with the sort of momentum reported on Wednesday by fellow omni-channel convert David Jones.
Across other key lines, Myer seems to be having a tougher time than its high-end competitor and target.
Myer's costs rose by 2.1 per cent while David Jones's cost of doing business dropped by 30 basis points, reinforcing the credibility of promises by boss
Myer's profit numbers are not flattered, either, by comparison with DJs. With costs higher and revenues struggling to be steady, Myer's EBITDA slipped 7.1 per cent to $172 million and net profit came in 8.1 per cent lower at $81 million.
As a result, Myer's basic earnings per share drifted by 8.6 per cent to 13.8¢. Here Team Zahra might claim outperformance of its Melbourne-based middle-market peer because DJs' EPS fell by slightly less (5 per cent) to 13.1¢. But that leaves DJs' raw number shy of the Myer outcome. We could go on. And many will.
But at the end of the day, nothing is going to shift that EPS number as far or as rapidly as the $85 million of pre-tax synergies that Myer says can be extracted from a merger with DJs.
Zahra and his new chairman,
Zahra promised results from that process in "months, not years" and said the approach was now being taken very seriously.
Here is one way of looking at why DJs might have changed its tune. Let's assume $85 million is actually achievable and sustainable. After the tax man's take, there would be, say, $60 million gained. Based on the 50-50 deal proposed, that would add 5.1¢ to the Myer EPS and 5.5¢ to the DJs number.
Based on the 2015 consensus forecasts for both, that would represent something near a 24 per cent accretion for Myer and 29 per cent for DJs.
Zahra made it clear that DJs needed to assess how deliverable the Myer synergies might be and how they might be delivered.
He signalled there could be fewer physical stores should a merger happen, which might not be a bad thing. But it might be something that disturbs property owners and regulators alike.
Zahra made it subtly clear too that the nil premium proposition was not going to fly. So, as we have appreciated from the start, if Myer really wants this injection of growth, it is going to have to pay for it.
And to a fair degree, the results delivered by Myer's recently re-appointed CEO, Bernie Brookes, reinforce that basic point.
Global coal continues the defence of its legitimacy on Friday in a speech from the head of
"Knowing that coal is here to stay, it is fruitless to keep indulging in idealistic discussions about climate change,"
"Any solution to climate change must recognise the ongoing significant role of fossil fuels in the global energy mix. It would simply be impractical and unrealistic not to do so," he says.
Rio's operations leave it a target for the anti-coal lobby's mission to slow the industry's progress.
It has become de rigueur in the mining industry to recognise the reality of climate change and the contribution made to it by carbon fuels. But acknowledgement of basic realities cuts two ways.
Like BHP CEO
"We have an obligation to take real action on climate change," Kenyon-Slaney will say. "But we must, at the same time, also avoid turning the lights out on hundreds of millions of people in Asia; ignoring the 1.3 billion people in the world still living without power; and letting 4 million people die needlessly every year due to toxic methods of cooking."
Kenyon-Slaney admits to coal's fundamental dilemma. Coal is an essential ingredient of the present and future energy mix but, as the same time, we know that two-thirds of greenhouse emissions are produced by the energy sector.
"On the other hand, we know that, by fueling the rise of nations like India and China, the energy sector is helping to power the greatest single poverty-eradication program in the history of mankind."
As much as it might pain the anti-coal lobby, the only answer here lies in progress and the sensible investment of human and financial capital in the sciences of energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage.
For example, Kenyon-Slaney reckons that lifting the average efficiency of the world's coal-fired power plants from the low 30s to 42 per cent would deliver a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from coal generation.
And, if anything, he seems more bullish about the game-changing potential of rapidly maturing carbon capture and storage technologies. There are something like 12 CCS projects worldwide. Two of biggest and most ambitious are in the US and they are turned on later this year.
The Kenyon-Slaney proposition is that CCS technologies are coming of age and can make a similar contribution to controlling emissions as the renewable energy sector.
Finally, Rio's man will describe a coal industry facing the fight of its life. He arrived in Australia just over a year ago to run an energy business that was looking squarely down the financial barrel.
Over 12 months of diligence that included running a cost "war room" at Brisbane headquarters, Rio has stripped 25 per cent from coal's cost base while delivering 10 per cent more tonnes. But the net result was that underlying earnings dropped from $US309 million ($343 million) to a paltry $US33 million. Why? Because falling prices stripped $US556 million from earnings.
We don't know who is writing speeches for
Qube is a new and rising force on the land side of Australian ports and James earned his stripes running ports and more for Patrick Corporation.
On Thursday James urged a bit of carpe diem on the national logistics industry in the face of a rare alignment between industry and governments of all kinds and political persuasions. And, with that, he told business generally to recover control of their individual IR fates.
"Personally I am delighted to hear governments telling the private sector to take the lead in IR reform," James enthused. "The fact is the business community, in my view, has not done enough to enhance their own productivity by resisting excessive demands from activist unions.
"We have seen in manufacturing and the car industry clear examples where our costs structures, flexibility or lack of productivity makes us uncompetitive as a nation. We also see it in the offshore operations in the oil and gas sector.
"If we are going to capitalise on the next wave of growth, or as some call it the 'food bowl to Asia opportunities', we do need the infrastructure, but we as management also need to drive unit costs down through operational efficiencies and improved productivity."
Spot on.
The Australian Financial Review


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Jeff Turner wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 07:26:24PM +0200, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > ... >>I mean, why do we sometimes need to exclude validation? site.xml ... it >>should validate ok, as it has no DTD and so it should check that it's >>only well-formed... > > <xmlvalidate> asserts that files are *valid*. site.xml isn't, so it > fails. I read here: http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/xmlvalidate.html "This task checks xml files are valid (or only well formed)." So I guessed that adding lenient would make it work in this case. The problem is that the lenient attribute does not use simple well-formdness as a fallback in case of missing DTD but as a normal procedure. IMHO patching this task to make it check only if it's well formed if there is not DTD info would solve the problem. >>I'd really like to make this simpler... maybe checking for .valignore >>files as we have .cvsignore files? Maybe putting a meta tag or a comment >>tag in the xml pages to prevent validation on them? >> >>Till I don't see the need of these excludes I fail to decide on the >>solution... help! > > What's the problem? Almost all .xml files in content/xdocs ought to > validate, so having to exclude some files shouldn't be a major issue. IIUC you mean that changing from the current multi-line validation settings to a single exclude property should do it? I tend to agree, what got me thinking was the fact that there are so many in place now. I always use the one exclude line, but I'm just one user. > The real problem seems to be that Cocoon has bugger-all validation > capabilities. Validation would ideally be done in the pipeline, with a > <map:validate type="..."/> component. Not really... Cocoon traverses the site, but I want to validate all xml artifacts in a project and in Forrest that are not source files. Besides validation a sdone now is *much* faster than anything done by Cocoon. I'm just trying to do one step at a time and keep changes simple, so IMHO keeping external validation but with new include/exclude rules is what we need ATM. -- Nicola Ken Barozzi email@example.com - verba volant, scripta manent - (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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Getting the right Headers for receiving and sending e-mails
User Help for Mozilla Thunderbird
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I have a web site which allows guests to make on line bookings for our B&B. The booking system sends us (and the guest) a 'plain text' e-mail. This has worked well for several years. I did not specify a charset in the e-mail headers.
The UK pound sign '£' seemed to display without difficulty (at least in the copies I received).
Recently I've updated the site. It's coded in PHP I have read that one should specify a charset, to ensure characters are correctly displayed (particularly on machines using non-ASCII charsets). So for the headers for 'mail' I have:
$headers = "From: $sender" . "\r\n" . "Reply-to: $sender" . "\r\n" . "Content-Type: text/plain; charset='UTF-8'";
...and further down...
mail ($email, $subject, $message, $headers);
That works OK for the copies I receive from the web site when someone books. The '£' sign is correctly displayed.
At first I didn't have the single quotes around the charset itself, but I found that the '£' sign was either replaced by a black diamond with question mark inside (UTF-8) or preceded by an upper case 'A' with a small circle above it (ISO-8859-1). The single quotes took care of that and the e-mails rendered correctly when they arrived on my computer (using Thunderbird as my e-mail client).
Sorted, I thought, until I responded to a new booking (using 'Reply' in Thunderbird) and discovered that the e-mail that I was sending was blank. The culprit seems to be the single quotes. Thunderbird will send a message with "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" (no single quotes) as normal, but can't cope with "Content-Type: text/plain; charset='UTF-8'", and sends a blank message (although the subject line appears). Thunderbird seems to be using the charset of the incoming e-mail for the outgoing, rather than using a default. I don't know if it's possible to change that, I haven't yet found a way yet.
I've read a lot of stuff on the Internet, where I've found a fair bit of conflicting advice, but everyone seems to recommend specifying a charset.
Can anyone suggest a solution, please ?
Maolbhuidhe, Isle of Mull
New messages that contain Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 or Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" seem to work well on my copy of Thunderbird. I've never seen one with single quotes. I don't know if single quotes are legal or not in that header, though I have seen them in X- headers such as X-Spam-charsets: to='UTF-8', subject='UTF-8', plain='UTF-8'. I suggest you drop the single quotes in your PHP code.
Tools -> Options -> Display -> Formatting -> Advanced lets you specify the character encoding for both incoming and outgoing mail. Mine are both set to Western ISO-8859-15 (not ISO-8859-1 like yours). There is an adjacent checkbox for "when possible use the default character encoding in replies. I leave that unchecked. You might experiment with checking it.
ISO 8859-15 adds support for a few European characters such as the € and drops support for some characters such as ¼ that are rarely typed at the keyboard . Both -1 and -15 support the £ . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-15
Thank you, Tanstaafl.
I've now found the default character settings in TB, They were the same as yours (Western ISO-8859-1).
I'd didn't know whether single quotes are legal either, but they appeared to work when tried. After more tests and reading your message, I now think this was only because they were invalid and forced TB to use the default for reading. However, when it came to sending the invalid setting was used, resulting in blank e-mail.
When I set TB default charset to UTF-8, and omitted the settings in PHP I got the UTF-8 'unknown' (black diamond with white '?') on my message from the web site. But a direct message (TB to TB) to myself showed the '£' correctly.
Setting the TB defaults back to ISO-8859-1 rendered the £ correctly on the web site message (including ones received earlier, from which I deduce that the settings are applied at the time of reading, not arrival).
All very confusing for me, let alone someone else reading this.
I think my provisional conclusion at this point has to be that the problem lies in the PHP (or the mail server), not with TB. The best solution FOR ME appears to be NOT to specify the charset in the PHP, but to rely on TB's default ISO-8859-1 setting. However, that means I've no idea what is being seen by others, and is contrary to recommended practice.
Fortunately perhaps (in this context) most of our guests are from English speaking countries or Europe.
No wonder people fall back on using GBP.
Maolbhuidhe, Isle of Mull
Another possibility occurs to me: Is it possible Thunderbird doesn't display UTF-8 correctly ? (referring specifically to the '£' sign, which shows as 'unknown')
The e-mail sent from our web site (localhost, Apache on Win7) has the following in the message source :
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Reply-to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
I've not added any quotation marks of my own in the above, to avoid possible confusion. The charset coding looks correct to me (albeit with double quotes, as inserted by me in the PHP).
'From' seems to have been changed by gmail, but that shouldn't affect anything else.
TB default is Western ISO-8859-1, but 'View > Character Encoding' shows UTF-8, so it has been detected correctly.
We know TB displays the '£' correctly in ISO-8859-1, so I have now tried specifically setting that in the PHP.
First tests (localhost) look OK, so I'll now try it on the remote (public-facing) web site, and report back.
TB 'View > Character Encoding' shows Western ISO-8859-1, and the message source contains:
From: email@example.com
Reply-to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
I HAD tried it before, but probably with the single quotes, because it didn't seem to work then.
I'm hopeful my problem is resolved, but if so there's still the suggestion that TB isn't displaying the '£' sign in UTF-8 correctly.
Maolbhuidhe, Isle of Mull
No, I didn't work from the remote site. In the TB message source I get:
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Reply-to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Which is the same as before. And TB 'View > Character Encoding' shows Western ISO-8859-1.
But the '£' displays as '£' (that's A circumflex). (I'm sure it came as A with circle above in an earlier test, but not now).
It's really puzzling that the routing of the messages seems to make this difference. The localhost ones come off my computer, and I'm using gmail for my SMTP. The remote ones come off my remote host's server, and get forwarded via another ISP. On the face of it, that makes a complete nonsense of trying to set the Character Encoding at all.
I shall continue testing, but it more and more looks as if I'll be forced back on 'GBP', which is reliable.
Maolbhuidhe, Isle of Mull
Try copying the entire codepage layout section from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1 into a HTML message and see if that is displayed correctly in a new message. I have a message with that and Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit headers and it looks fine, when I do a side by side comparison with the original web page.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2477 ... ce-of-this talks about one scenario where †is displayed instead of ' due to the data actually being encoded using CP-1252 instead of UTF-8. Telling the client to display it using charset=UTF-8 won't fix that.
I suggest you save one of the messages that is displayed incorrectly to a file and then use a hex editor to look at the actual characters that were in the file.
Hello tanstaafl, Thank you for your reply and suggestions.
I'm only dealing with a plain text message, but I'll try to do as you suggest (maybe if I drop the table the test will be valid in plain text).
I tried the above (pasting in the data copied from the page, without the HTML table), but NONE of it came through. This may have something to do with the security measures on the textarea, which is designed to prevent code injection. I should explain that the on-line booking form has a textarea for guest comments, and that was where I tried pasting the code. I'll have to look for a cleaner solution.
The '£' signs aren't encoded (e.g. in a database), they are only in the PHP code constructing the e-mails. The PHP files are all UTF-8, as are the web pages. I'll re-read this article, but it's really about display on web pages.
The line (from the received e-mail) reads: "Deposit: £25.00 due on confirmation"
The relevant Hex chars are 00 C2 (for the A) and 00 A3 (for the £), which are (of course) correct for those symbols. In the text to the right of the hex block the 00 is rendered as '.' (full stop or period). I did try copying and pasting the entire hex code, but then I only got the text part when I pasted.
The PHP (curiously ?) shows '£' in text mode but in hex mode shows C2 A3 (and A£ in the text block (that's A circumflex)), but there are no '00' symbols. I wonder if it could be the text editor that's causing the problem ? I've never considered that before. I'm using UltraEdit (IDM Computer Solutions, Hamilton, OH). I'll have to ask them, but they don't work weekends, so it'll be Monday now before I get a response.
I have reverted to 'GBP' for the time being.
I'll have to build some on-line testing files, because I can't keep fiddling with my live code and it seems to work OK in the localhost version, as commented previously.
I'm going to work on the text editor possibility next, and will come back to the other stuff if that doesn't produce the answer. Who'd have thought that such an apparently trivial thing could produce so many words.
Maolbhuidhe, Isle of Mull
Thank you for your help with this problem.
I eventually traced it to an encoding problem with the uploaded PHP files. Although they appeared to be UTF-8 when viewed in my text editor, locally when uploaded they were either ASCII or ANSI Latin1. Hence the inconsistencies.
The clue was the difference in results between messages sent from this computer and those sent from the live web site.
Maolbhuidhe, Isle of Mull
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Chicken Bouillabaisse with Rouille
Jacques Pépin's chicken stew is fast and easy to assemble, and it cooks in about 30 minutes.
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- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 celery rib, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads
- 1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon herbes de Provence
- Salt
- Freshly ground pepper
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- One 14-ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 3 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 4 pieces each
- 1 kielbasa (about 10 ounces), cut into 1/3-inch-thick rounds
- 2 tablespoons chopped tarragon
- 2 large garlic cloves, smashed
- 1/4 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt
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make the bouillabaisse
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make the bouillabaisse
Add the tomatoes, wine, potatoes and 3/4 cup of water to the casserole. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover partially and simmer over low heat until the potatoes are half-cooked, 25 minutes. Add the kielbasa and simmer until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender, 10 minutes longer. Stir in the tarragon; keep warm.
make the rouille
Transfer 2 potato chunks to a food processor along with 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid from the stew. Add the garlic, paprika and cayenne and pulse to combine. Add the mayonnaise and puree. With the machine on, add the olive oil in a thin stream and process until smooth and creamy. Season the rouille with salt.
make the rouille
Serve the bouillabaisse in shallow bowls and spoon the rouille on top.
Make Ahead
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