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Reminder: Backup Your Object Desktop Apps!
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancements that lets you change the look and functionality of Windows. Being an Object Desktop member gives a lot of great value with full access to many popular Stardock applications, betas, and any new or updated apps.
Check out some of the apps that are included with your Object Desktop membership:
- WindowBlinds
- DeskScapes
- Fences
- Start10
- Multiplicity
- IconPackager
- and more!
Learn more about Object Desktop here
As long as your membership is active, you will always get updates to the latest versions of everything within Object Desktop, as well as any new apps that are added during that time. When your membership expires, you will no longer have access to new updates, but you will still have access to the apps you had during your membership. Whether you plan to keep your membership active or not, it is still a good idea to keep backups of your apps, just so you have them in a pinch.
Here are two ways to get your apps backed up:
Download from your Stardock account
Every application you purchase, whether it's the Object Desktop membership or just a stand-alone app, is available in the 'my downloads' section of your Stardock account.
Access your Stardock account here: http://download.stardock.com
There, you will find all the links to the apps you have available. Simply download them and keep them for future use if needed.
Using Object Desktop Manager
If you download and install your apps using the Object Desktop Manager, then you should already have copies of all of your apps that have been installed.
The default location that they save to is: C:\Users\YourName\Downloads\Stardock
You can change where they are saved in the Object Desktop Manager preferences.
3 Tips for Using Stardock's Start10
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Ever since Windows 8 came out with the missing Start menu, Start8 has been a very popular Stardock app because it brought users back to Start menu they were familiar with. Even when the Start menu eventually returned, Start8 remained popular since it still offered Windows users a variety of options and customization.
Fast forward to today and now we have Windows 10 with its own take on the Windows Start menu. That's where Start10 comes in, and just like before, gives Windows users the features and customization options to make the Windows Start menu look and function like they want it to.
Below, check out a few tips to make your Start10 experience even better!
Start10 Integrates with Fences
Fences is another hugely popular Stardock app, so it makes perfect sense that some integration has been added. Fences lets you organize your desktop icons into grids called "fences", and now those fences are integrated right into the start menu with Start10. Any fence you have on your desktop will now also appear as entries in the Start menu.
Use a Custom Start Button
Start10 has several options for unique Start buttons that you can choose from included in the configuration screen. If you want to use a different image, there are hundreds available for download from WinCustomize.com that can be easily implemented. Pick the image you want to use, and that will be your new button on the Start menu.
Apply Textured Backgrounds to Start Menu and Taskbar
Start10 allows you to customize the Start menu and even the taskbar with the ability to apply textures. You can select from a variety of textures and can even adjust transparency, color, and other customizations to get your Start menu and taskbar looking exactly how you want it to.
Learn more about Start10 here.
Start10, DeskScapes, WindowFX, and ShadowFX updates released
Wednesday, April 13, 2016 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
We have released several software updates today to address some issues reported by our users. We always appreciate the community feedback!
The updates can be downloaded from your Stardock account here.
Start10 v1.10
- WindowBlinds10 compatibility tweaks.
- Fix for UI configuration when viewing on a high DPI monitor.
DeskScapes v8.51
- Fix for black screen after user locks computer, before restarting Windows after install.
Learn more about DeskScapes here.
WindowFX v6.02
- "Inactive Window" adjustments.
- Miscellaneous bug fixes.
ShadowFX v1.12 (beta)
- Fix for insider build breaking ShadowFX.
Learn more about ShadowFX here.
Free up storage space on PCs, shared-network and in the cloud with SpaceMonger
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Now available for purchase through Stardock!
SpaceMonger enables the fast discovery of files and folders taking up storage space on computers, shared network and personal cloud storage on Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive services.
Cloud storage may seem unlimited, but it is not free and does need to be managed. SpaceMonger is the first storage management tool supporting popular cloud storage services in addition to local PC, network and virtual storage. SpaceMonger even understands soft-links and mount points.
Learn more at the website.
Additional Key Features
Scan, map and manage PC, network and cloud storage
Copy, move and delete files to free up storage space
Locate large files and folders quickly with Treemap visuals
Find files by size, type and custom criteria with flexible search
Take clean-up actions on dynamically built file lists
Windows 10 tip of the day: Why does my battery drain while sleeping?
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 by Frogboy | Discussion: Personal Computing
Does your laptop or tablet run out of battery while it�s supposed to be asleep?
You can find out why thanks to a fairly obscure but relatively new feature in Windows.
Step 1: Open a command prompt in adminstrative mode
Step 2: Go to a temp directory (like cd\temp)
Step 3: Type powercfig /SleepStudy
This will create a file in the current directory. Open that file in your web browser and you will find out why.
Common causes:
- Notifications. Even while sleeping, the Windows notification system (WNS) does stuff. Turn off as many unnecessary notifications as possible.
- Your type cover can wake the machine inadvertently.
- Your network card. Make sure you have the latest firmware and network drivers.
Good luck!
Start8 and Fences: First Apps Installed on New PC
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
If you follow my posts you might have seen I planned and recently finished my new PC. Putting together a new PC is a bit of work, at least assembling all the parts together and making sure everything works. That's only one part of it though, as you also have to install Windows, install all your apps and games, and then get your data moved back.
My new PC doesn't have an optical drive, so I loaded up my Windows 8 ISO onto a USB drive and installed it. It didn't take long at all to install, and there was my new desktop. Once I got updates installed and all the necessary drivers installed it was now time to get all the software I needed installed.
Before I got too far into my new desktop, I found myself continually trying to open the start menu. After a few minutes of that, it was time to install Start8 and get my start menu back. I installed it and set it up to how I like it, which is to have the Windows keys on the keyboard open the Windows 8 Start screen, and the start button to open the start menu. Now it was much easier to navigate and quickly open places on my computer.
Next was to install Fences. I was downloading a bunch of apps to install and my desktop was quickly filling up with icons, so that is where Fences comes in. I created a folder portal with Fences to show my downloads folder, so everything I downloaded was placed there and was kept contained in that Fence. Instant order came to the desktop.
Once those were installed I started installing the most used and important apps. This is also a good time not to install everything you had before, and just focus on the software you really need and use. While I still have a few more things to install and get setup, these are my tops apps I got installed.
- Steam
- Office
- iTunes
- Chrome
- Firefox
- LastPass
- Dropbox
- Live Writer
- MetroTwit
- Snagit
Those are just a few of what I find most useful, but I still have several more to get installed. Here's my current desktop which I still need to do some more organizing with.
Get Start8: http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
Get Fences: http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/
The end of year musings: 2014 edition
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 by Frogboy | Discussion: Personal Computing
Naturally I�m waiting until the last day of the year to finally write this.
If you�re looking for a drab, properly edited, PR approved article, this is not that article. So hang on as we do a skim through of the hyperbole of awesomeness that�s been going on this year.
Let me get this part out of the way: If you�re a gaming journalist, we�re going to be at GDC with a suite. In that suite will be Soren Johnson (Civ IV), Bruce Shelley (Civ, Age of Empires), Dan Baker (co-author of the DirectX shader language, engine lead on countless games), Dave Pottinger (Age of Empire series), Dorian Newcomb (art director on countless games), Tim Kipp (system lead on countless games including Civ V and industry expert on touch UI integration). And we�re going to be showing a lot of never before seen things and reacting to some of the upcoming industry announcements that aren�t currently public. If you�re in the media and want to cover any of this, contact our PR manager, Stephanie Schopp (email@example.com).
Now, let�s talk about this past year:
Here�s a brief recap for those of you in the Stardock community:
The new game studios
Back in 2011 when Stardock sold Impulse to Gamestop we were asked what we were going to do with all that capital. At the time, I said we would set up an investment fund to help fund startups. 2014 was the year when we unveiled the first of these new companies. It�s been a real challenge keeping the things we�re working on under wraps.
Oxide Games
www.oxidegames.com was announced early this past year and unveiled a tech demo called Star Swarm. Someday we�d like to do a full on game of it but the purpose here was to show Mantle (and while we couldn�t say anything at the time, how a future DirectX 12) could dramatically change the way games are made. Right now, as we speak, any games you�re playing are communicating with the GPU via 1 core. You have 4 cores? 8 cores? That�s nice. They�re doing little for you in terms of improving your gaming experience. But Mantle and DirectX 12 will change that. This will be a very big deal in the coming years.
Oxide is making a new type of 3D engine that will take advantage of this which will allow us to make new types of strategy and role playing games into the future.
The Oxide team is led by what was essentially the Civilization V engineering leads which includes one of the developers of the DirectX shader language.
Mohawk Games
Meanwhile, acclaimed designer, Soren Johnson and I founded Mohawk Games together. Soren is best known as the lead designer of Civilization IV. He has assembled an amazing team from around the industry and they�re currently working on a game called Offworld Trading Company. And the good news is that this game is expected to go into Steam early access around this February.
OTC has been a mixed blessing. I kid you not that this game is banned from being played outside of lunch hours now. Even though it won�t ship until 2016, it�s been being played multiplayer for a long time. Don�t worry single player fans, Soren has you covered. Even now, it�s single player AI is remarkably good (did I mention it�s still a year away from release). Once released, its addictiveness will no doubt result in arrests and investigations. I�ll be in Belize by then.
Stardock: Towson
We also opened an office in Towson Maryland. We�ve been lucky enough to recruit some amazing talent including Civilization V art leads (terrain, models, etc.), sound and music leads and some Big Huge Games veterans. We are very fortunately to be located down the street from Firaxis, the world�s #1 strategy game studio (imo) and we share the building we�re in with Brian Reynold�s Big Huge Games (though they managed to get the lead graphics dev we wanted for Star Control! )
The studio out there is working on Star Control. Right now, it�s just the underlying game systems (which uses Oxide�s Nitrous engine). The main game is expected to begin development this year once we�ve recruited a lead designer for the game. Unfortunately, Paul Reiche, one of the best game designers in our industry�s history and the creator of Star Control 1/2, is pretty busy on Skylanders these days.
We�ll be talking a lot more about the new Star Control in 2016. Not too much will happen this year other than saying that while we will continue to support and promote the original Star Control classic series (www.starcontrol.com) the new one will be a reboot and have a different set of lore from the classic series.
Mothership Entertainment
Meanwhile, down in Texas, industry veteran Paul Tozour and us have founded Mothership Entertainment. They�re working on a game that we expect to announce this year but won�t be released until 2016. I can�t even hint at it right now.
Stardock: Austin
All the new games, including Galactic Civilizations III and Sorcerer King will be using a new meta game service we internally call Tachyon. The simplest way to describe it is that it�s Battle.net built on top of Steamworks. So in case there�s any question on this: As far as Stardock is concerned, Steam is the PC game platform and Steamworks is its API. I could write entire articles on how impressed we�ve been with Valve. They run Steam in a way that only a privately held company could run it. But I digress.
We want our new games to be able to have a meta experience like you see with Battle.net (which we love). Luckily, we were able to recruit one of the original Battle.net architects, Adrian Luff from Blizzard to run the new studio.
Other cool stuff coming up
Ensemble Studios created some of the best games of all time including Age of Empires and Age of Mythology. When Microsoft closed Ensemble, many of its key leads went on to form a new company called BonusXP.
In 2015, their first major PC game will be announced. The new game, whose developers include Dave Pottinger and Bruce Shelley is expected to be unveiled before GDC in 2015. One of the reasons we feel very certain this game will become very popular is that after playing it, its game mechanics seem so obvious in hindsight. In fact, I expect we�ll see a lot of games�borrow from it in the future. I�m a fan.
Windows 10
We have a lot of things coming up for our non-game software (Object Desktop). Still, if all goes well we will be in the position that in 2015, more than 50% of our revenue will come from games. Most of our customers know us from our non-games.
Unfortunately, since our programs tend to end up part of the OS, we tend to not talk about what we�re coming out with until the new version of Windows is far enough along that something won�t get integrated. Which isn�t to say we mind if Microsoft incorporates our OS ideas into Windows. Anything that makes Windows better is good for us all. But we have some new things in development that are so obvious that once you see them in action you�ll know they�ll be part of the OS at some point.
Galactic Civilizations III & Sorcerer King
I can�t forget GalCiv III. The beginning of 2015 will start out with us releasing the types of games we�ve been traditionally known for: 4X strategy games. Both of these games excite me for very different reasons.
GalCiv III is being built on a brand new, 64-bit platform. It�s a custom engine designed to be built on for the next decade. This matters because it will allow us to create, what we hope, is a true living breathing galaxy with amazing depth over time.
Sorcerer King, is exciting because the game lends itself to third-part modder expansions in a way nothing we�ve made before does. It was remarked by one of our modders that you could remake Baldur�s Gate with the Sorcerer King engine.
The people on the other end of your screen
I just wanted to end this with a mention of how much we appreciate you. There are very few independent tech companies from our generation left. And I can tell you, it�s a pleasure being able to talk to our customers and our friends in the media as openly and plainly as possible.
I believe this transparency has been crucial to our success over the years. We are techies. We make no bones about that. We love what we make and I say this without reservation, we love making this stuff for you.
Creating Shadows for ShadowFX
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
ShadowFX is the newest desktop customization app from Stardock that gives you the ability to add drop shadows to your windows in Windows 8. It's very easy to use, just select which shadow you want from the drop-down list, and you're good to go.
ShadowFX is also easy to customize, and making your own shadows is very simple. You can create your own shadows to use for yourself, and you can submit them and share with others on WinCustomize.com.
Learn more about ShadowFX | Get ShadowFX for just $4.99
There's only a few files needed to put your own shadow together. Most of them are the actual graphics files and one is the theme.sfx file. I recommend taking a look at the default skin directory and see the files that are included for yourself. The default directory should be here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\ShadowFX\skins\skins
The four graphic files needed are for the left, right, top, and bottom shadows. Each image you create should have an active/inactive state. The theme.sfx file (open with a text editor), lets you define the parameters of the shadow. Here you can define things like the shadow name, image names, and image offsets.
Once have everything together in a folder, you can make a .zip file from that and rename it as a .shadowfxtheme file so it will install to ShadowFX when double-clicked. That covers the basics of creating your very own shadows for ShadowFX, and be sure to share your shadows with others on WinCustomize.com.
Review: Snagit 12 Screen Capture Software
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
I've been talking about and recommending Snagit for many years here on WinCustomize. I started using it many versions ago as I needed a tool to capture screenshots with features that just couldn't be found in Windows or other similar apps. A few months ago TechSmith released Snagit 12 with several new features including a new user interface for the editor, an enhanced capturing experience, and more. For the last month or so I've been using the latest version and wanted to share my thoughts about it, and a big thanks to Betsy Weber from TechSmith!
Snagit is obviously well known for capturing screenshots, but you should also know that it also captures video as well. Their new enhanced capture now lets you select the area to be captured first, then you can select whether you want to snap a screenshot or record a video clip. Another useful feature to note is scrolling capture. Need to capture an entire webpage of content for example? This lets you do that quickly and easily. Profiles can also be used to streamline your capturing process. These customizable profiles let you configure a capture and choose how to take the image and what to do with it when taken. For instance, you can set it up to export to a specific location like Dropbox, or be inserted directly into an application like Word.
Once your image or video is captured it's opened in the newly designed editor. Here you have plenty of editing options for images, and for videos you can do basic editing. Taking a screenshot is one thing, but what you can easily do with it afterwards is key in many cases. When writing articles about the various Stardock applications we have, it's often useful to point out or emphasize specific parts of the UI to show users a feature or function. Snagit excels here because it has a variety of tools that are designed to accomplish this task. Whether it's a simple arrow, a speech bubble, or one of the many stamp graphics available, you can be sure you have the right tool to show and direct viewers to exactly what you want them to focus on in an image.
The editor is actually very useful for all types of image editing. It use it frequently just for basic editing like resizing and cropping even with images I didn't originally capture with Snagit. You can expand Snagit even more by downloading more stamps to use in your images, and there's a wide variety available for download.
The number of images you capture can quickly add up, but Snagit has an integrated library where you can find, sort, and view past captures. The Snagit library sorts captures by date or by the application they were captured from. This is especially useful for me because I can quickly find the images that were taken from a certain app such as WindowBlinds or ObjectDock. Images can also be tagged or assigned flags for even more organization.
Getting your image captured and edited is one thing, but doing something with that image is another. That's why sharing is a very big part of Snagit and they've continually updated this with more sharing options. Images can be saved in the familiar way of saving into a variety of supported image formats, or you can export images into various applications using the integrated output accessories. With just a click you can export right into Word, OneNote, Camtasia Studio and other supported applications. Snagit also lets you share to Facebook, YouTube (video captures), Dropbox, Google Drive and to Screencast.com. Other outputs for other services and apps can be downloaded to expand sharing even further.
There's still lots of features I wasn't able to cover, so be sure to visit the Snagit site to get an overview of everything that Snagit can do. It's one of my most used apps on both my Windows PC and Mac, and I highly recommend it.
They offer a free trial, and there's upgrade options also available for previous users.
Link: Snagit
Use Launch8 for a Quick Launch Dock to Windows 8 Start Screen
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Since the launch of Windows 8, Stardock has released several award winning apps, like Start8 and ModernMix to bring back lost functionality and add new features for users of Windows 8. Another Windows 8 app from Stardock is Launch8.
Launch8 adds the convenience of a quick access stationary dock on your Start screen. Drag and drop your favorite applications to your Launch8 dock and quickly launch them no matter where you have swiped to on your Start screen.
Learn more about Launch8 | Get Launch8 for just $4.99
Once Launch8 is installed you will have a dock on your Windows 8 Start screen. You can choose to place the dock at the top or bottom of the screen, and customize it to have a translucent background.
Apps are added by simply dragging and dropping them to the Launch8 dock. You can create shortcuts for Windows 8 Modern apps or regular desktop apps that you use everyday. Icons can be arranged by dragging them around, and the size can be controlled in the Launch8 configuration.
The Windows 8 Start screen can become quite large if you have a lot of apps displayed. The Start Screen scrolls from left to right to display all of your apps. Launch8 stays stationary so you will always have quick access to your shortcuts, regardless of where you have scrolled to on the Start screen.
Launch8 can also be enabled to show jumplists for apps that utilize them. In the screenshot above I am viewing the jumplist for Steam showing items like my recently launched games. This is especially handy with many apps, including Office where you can open recent documents right from your dock.
If you need a way to have quick access to frequently used applications on your Windows 8 Modern Start screen, Launch8 is the perfect solution.


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FINAL: Saint Leo 13, Warner 10 – (Lake Wales, Fla. –Royals Field)
SAINT LEO STARTERS: Gill (2B), Stancil (RF), Vitale (C), Moses (LF), Revell (1B), Newcomb (CF), Wan (3B), Turner (DH), Perez (SS), Neely (P)
WARNER STARTERS: Mejia (2B), Groubert (LF), Burgess (3B), Gross (RF), Kirby (CF), Langston (1B), Hunter (C), McClenithan (DH), Perez (SS), Hagy (P)
AT A GLANCE: Saint Leo (25-12) edged Warner University (18-29) in a sloppy game by a score of 13-10. In a back and forth game of runs and errors, Warner rallied for three runs in the ninth innings to force extra innings. In the top half of the 10th inning Dillon Vitale doubled down the right field line to give the Lions the lead, this time for good.
- Saint Leo scored in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead after Cole Stancil bunted for a hit and Vitale singled through to right field to set up a sacrifice fly from Taed Moses.
- In the bottom of the second with Saint Leo holding a 1-0 lead, the Royals put up a four-spot after the Lions committed three errors in the inning.
- The Lions' offense came right back though in the next half inning by putting three more runs on the board to tie the game at four runs apiece. Stancil and Vitale once again started the rally, this time with a walk and a base hit, and with men on first and third Moses doubled to right center, bringing home his second RBI of the game. Newcomb then brought home Vitale on an infield single, and the Lions' third run of the inning came when Moses crossed home on a single up the middle from Kory Wan.
- Heading into the bottom of the third in a 4-4 tie, Warner once again took the lead when a run came home on a wild pitch from Charles Neely.
- In the top half of the fourth inning Saint Leo regained the lead, 6-5, when a walk and a hit by pitch allowed Nick Gill and Stancil to reach base safely. After a failed pickoff attempt put both runners in scoring position, both runners came home on base hits from Vitale and Moses.
- Warner evened the game back up at in the bottom of the seventh when, with the Lions' infield in, a ground ball in the infield scored the Royal base runner from third on a close play at the plate.
- The Lions took control of the game in the top of the eighth inning when four runs were plated in the inning. Blake Turner smoked a double to right-center to get the rally started and scored on a base hit right back up the middle from Gill. Stancil would then hit a sacrifice fly just deep enough into centerfield to bring home Taylor Perez from third base. Then, with two outs and a man on base, Vitale unloaded on a fastball from Dakota Mitchell.
- After scoring a single run in the eighth, Warner rallied for three runs in the ninth to tie the game, 10-10.
- In extra innings, Vitale came through once again, collecting his fifth hit of the game on an two-RBI double down the right field line. Michael Revell then singled through the right side to extend the Lions' lead to three.
- Vitale led the way offensively, going 5-for-6 with 5 RBI and a homerun.
- Moses brought home 2 RBI while going 2-for-5 with a double at the plate.
- Stancil scored four runs in the ball game, after reaching base on three walks and another coming on a bunt single down the third base line.
- Gill went 2-for-4 with a walk, an RBI, two runs scores, and a stolen base.
- Chris Williams tossed 3.2 innings while allowing just one earned run during his work.
- Michael Dunnigan, who came on in relief in the bottom of the ninth, earned the win for the Lions on the mound.
Saint Leo gets back into conference play this weekend when they head to St. Petersburg for a three-game set with the Tritons of Eckerd College. First pitch for the series opener on Friday is set for 6:00 p.m. Saturday's games are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.

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Einstein School breathes a sigh of relief after FCAT change
Published: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 18, 2013 at 9:50 p.m.
A Gainesville charter school will not be graded on the A-to-F scale after receiving an alternative rating from the state.
The Einstein School serves only children with language-based learning disabilities in grades 2 through 8.
The school received a grade of F this year based on students' Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores and lost $60,000 in capital outlay money as a penalty.
But earlier this month, the Department of Education heard the pleas of Einstein School administrators and gave the school an alternative rating, which means the school's rating will be based solely on student progress and not the percentage of students who pass the FCAT.
Under the new system, students will still take the FCAT. Rather than receiving a grade, the Einstein School will be rated improving, maintaining or declining. The threat of closure, applied to a school that receives consecutive failing grades, disappears.
Einstein students might struggle with dyslexia, attention disorders and other learning-based disabilities, but they have normal IQs, so the school is not eligible for an alternate assessment, which would replace the FCAT.
Since students who come to the Einstein School are often several years behind grade level in reading, "they still make progress on the FCAT that's significant, it's just not high scores," Principal Christine Aurelio said.
For example, a student might come in with a low 1 on the FCAT, which is scored on a 1 to 5 scale, and end the year at a high level 2. That constitutes improvement, but 3 is the passing score.
When students start reading on grade level and passing the FCAT, Aurelio said, they're sent back to public school. "That's the whole point of the (Einstein) school."
Usually, Aurelio said, the alternative rating is reserved for schools serving at-risk youth or specializing in dropout prevention.
But students who struggle with basic literacy are at risk for failure later in life, she said, so the DOE expanded its definition and granted the rating.
Aurelio said the hard work on the part of teachers and students will remain, but removing the possibility of closing the school has lifted a burden on everyone at the Einstein School.
Getting that recognition from the DOE felt good, as well, she said.
"They recognize now what we're doing," she said. "They recognize the school grading system is unfair for us."
The school still is trying to find out if it can replace the $60,000 in capital outlay money that was cut as a result of the failing grade.
"That's a big uphill battle" because of the budget cycle, said Florida Rep. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville. "But we haven't given up on that."
Perry, who is on the state House of Representatives' education committee, said he has requested a list from his staff of other schools throughout the state that employ similar teaching methods to those at the Einstein School and could benefit from the alternative rating system.
"We believe there are other ones around the state that are being affected — we just don't know where they are," he said.
Perry said he hopes to discuss the status of those schools when the Legislature reconvenes in January.
He also said state officials should look into the Einstein School's teaching method, called neurodevelopment of words, and see if it can be implemented in other schools around Florida.
About 10 percent of the population is affected by dyslexia, according to the International Dyslexia Association.
However, Perry said, few Florida schools cater to students with dyslexia like the Einstein School does.
It's important for legislators to support those schools, he said.
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When L'Oréal said last week it would stop selling Garnier products in China, many outsiders assumed the French cosmetics group was joining a wholesale retreat by big western brands, led by Revlon of the US, which last month closed all its operations in mainland China, eliminating 1,100 jobs, including those of 940 beauty advisers. It all looked pretty ugly.
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Forums → Reference Desk → Khans Blood (reply • watch)
I finally watched Star Trek: Into Darkness and was just curious. Since Kirk technically died and was revived with Khans Blood doesn't that technically make him a "Augment" now?
-- Sootball (talk) 06:16, May 18, 2013 (UTC)
- You will engage in a losing battle trying to make sense of this movie. Just don't. I mean what about the fact that Khan Noonian Singh, a Sikh character, has been whitewashed and played by a Caucasian guy? They didn't even try. At least Roddenberry tried. Apparently the diverging timeline also made people of East Indian origin disappear too. Note the movie did not make any mention of the Eugenics wars or augments of any kind either. Not even a remote commentary. This movie was not about that. They just wanted this guy because he is baaaaaaahhhhd. Also note that Klingons did not really look like Klingons either (i think those were supposed to be Klingons). You get the picture. Distantlycharmed (talk) 20:39, June 3, 2013 (UTC)
- In "Star Trek After Darkness, Part 1", McCoy continues to express concern whether Khan's blood will have any psychological effects on Kirk. Whether or not Kirk receives any physical benefits from the transfusion are something to be followed on in Star Trek XIII, but there is no indication of superhuman strength and resilience other than being brought back from the dead. I doubt we'll categorize Kirk as an Augment. Apologies for such a late response. --Alientraveller (talk) 21:08, June 3, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah but that's not canon. Or did they say the comics are just the pre-scripts for the next productions to come? Distantlycharmed (talk) 00:03, June 4, 2013 (UTC)
- Technically, Kirk didn't die, his brain functions were still active. That's whay McCoy says when he realises he can use Khan's body to repair Kirk's body. --Ima Wiz Iway amway Imagineway Izardway. 19:18, June 28, 2013 (UTC)


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How can I change the sidemenu with a horizontal drop down menu in diasporamessenger.com
Hi,You will want to get rid of that table you are using for the menu altogether.
Just cut it out of the html like so - (snip is just to show you where to start and end)
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Then you will want to use an unordered list
 in place of the old table menu and locate it under the header more than likely.
To make the dropdown work you will want to use a Suckerfish Dropdown.
Something like this would get you started.
You will want to style it to suit your needs but you will need to get something started first and then post back if you run into any problems.
Thanks that helps alot.I'll let you know if I get stuck.
I tried installing this extended menu http://de.siteof.de/extended-menu.html but couldn't get it to work so used your drop down example http://www.css-lab.com/demos/navbar/sf-drpdwn.html by adding the css and js to index.php.
Here's my rough trial: http://ihost-websites.com/DM/
Question: How do I position my menu in the black background above it and remove the home link?
Thanks for your time and expertise.
Hi, not quite sure if I understand...you are asking how to postiion the menu? Aka change the place it shows? On "#menu li" you can set margins (or just on #menu to move the entire thing)
The home link can be removed by going in to the HTML and deleting it? :). I must be missing something lol
Thanks for checking...how do I remove the red line on the drop down?http://ihost-websites.com/DM/
Hi,You have some problems with your base.css
Ironically it has styles for #nav li in it also, they are conflicting with the #nav styles that my menu uses.
You need to get all these styles cleaned out of your base.css first and then we can tweak the menu to your liking.
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Then remove that div id #nav and ul from your html. It is located above the dropdown. (In red)
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Hi, I'm sorry there isn't a red line?
Hi v-2000,
I have corrected the problems I mentioned above as well as some I did not mention yet.
See if this is what you are wanting to do.http://www.css-lab.com/test/vision2000/index.html
I have nested the menu in the #pathleft div, which is the div with the rounded black BG image.
Rayzur...thanks very much for taking the time to correct my errors. It's looking good now.
Then only problem now is I'll have to create new links manually instead of Joomla creating them automatically when a new page is added.
Rayzur...how do I prevent the drop down from interfering with the banners on diasporamessenger.com/dev/ in Internet Explorer?
In FF the drop down appears over the banners in IE it's underneath.
Thank you
how do I prevent the drop down from interfering with the bannersHi,It is all explained in detail in this stickied thread & solution post.
force flash to play below dhtml menu?
[solution] Flash, Suckerfish, (d)html hidden, wmode opaque/transparent...
You may also find This Thread helpful for you to rethink your decision of designing that site with all animated gifs and marquess. I'm afraid that very few people are going to take your site seriously.
You need to refer back to post#7 also, you still have those leftover #nav li styles from your base.css conflicting with your new nav styles.
Thanks for your patienceWhen I removed the code from base.css the navigation got messed up.Did I code the html incorrectly?
Also I still don't understand what I need to add to the css for the drop down to show over the banners in IE.
I agree with you it's a really ugly, slow loading site however the person who owns it prefers it that way even though I tried to convince him otherwise.
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Forum:Let us settle an edit war before it starts
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Okay, I'm very pissed but I'll try to be fair. The following article was in VFD:
It had several revisions and was clearly vandalized. By the way, I didn't found any of these revisions worthy of being preserved and so voted for its deletion. Later on, I had an idea and rewritten the article with the aid of Braydie, as bellow:
Then the VFD votes turned counterways with people voting for preserving the above version. You may see it there:
Now a jealous author of one of the previous versions just reverted it as the first link I posted here. Now, my friends, I gently ask you all: what shall we do? -- herr doktor needsAscalpel [scream!] 23:26, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
- 1) RV the page, put (see talkpage) in edit comments
- 2) On the talkpage explain your logic (point out that the user that rv'd the page before hasn't touched the page in five months)
- 3) If they RV again, but don't pay you the respect to reply on the talkpage...take it to their talkpage
- 4) If they still ignore you, take it to an admin
- 5) If the admin is unable to find concensus, have the UN impose sanctions
- 6) When that fails, mobilize your military, put the economy on a war-based footing, invade and occupy the user and eat everything in his fridge.--Sir Modusoperandi Boinc! 02:03, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
I read both versions and I don't seem to understand why an edit war would start. The latter version ( the userpage one) I found far more funnier because it was closer to the truth. The one that is on the actual article I think belongs somewhere else, maybe a userpage. Although what MO said is the best possible action. --KWild 04:04, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
- As a bystander, I have a vague understanding that the author of the first, "unfunny" version got jealous and reverted. Like always, in this case there is no real reason for an edit war, but it is/would theoretically be Drama's fault. As a sidenote, I admire NeedABrain and Braydie for taking the time to rewrite a VFD article. -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 05:31, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
How about a disambiguation page? Pointing to Onomatopoeia (greek god) and Onomatopoeia (language) or whatever. • Spang • ☃ • talk • 05:39, 26 Dec 2006
- Actually it would be Onomatopoeia (nymph). Or we could get someone to post it on ED. Yes, that is right, I actually read the article. KWild 11:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
- Problem solved(?). I've created a page named Onomatopoeia (Mythology) and reverted the original Onomatopoeia to my rewrite. There's a disambig link in each page. I talked to the author, let's see if he is now satisfied. -- herr doktor needsAscalpel [scream!] 13:13, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Hearty greetings from the author of Onomatopoeia/Mythology. Those who are interested how it was with my jealousy can experience it through my eyes on my talkpage. In short, I took pity in an orphan page marked as crappy, started rewriting it, dragged my ass with it, got vandalized before I finished, then the vandalized version further evolved and finally ended up in VFD. My revert is my RUDE WARTHOG (TM) way of showing VFDoers that there was some well-intended version in the history. Apparently, I overappreciated my writing skills this time. I intended to have one less crappy page on Uncyc, not one more. From hereabove, I feel that the bolshinstvo of the people find my writing crappy. Well, I'm not that good in English and democracy is democracy. I guess I'm the right person to go and to put my newly created crappy orphan on VFD myself. Kokot.kokotisko 19:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


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MY BIO- One bright and sunny afternoon my mother took me by the hand to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts {where I would someday exhibit}, to see the placing of some new pieces that were being added to the Egyptian collection. Although my mother was a country girl {picked cotton}, she still had her eyes and her mind on her culture.
What I saw that day left an indelible mark upon my soul that would influence my whole life direction; the works of African and Egyptian masters. A flame was ignited inside of me that has never gone out. I told my mother then and there, that someday I would make something like that myself.
In my growing years my mother provided me with books so that I could lead my mind into my culture. I studied deeply and was in awe over some of the things I discovered in the African carvings. None of the tribes carved alike. None of the noses, eyes, lips or other parts were alike. How abstract, how moving, how fast! It is easy to see how Picasso and other European artists were so easily influenced, and had to borrow a little from our ancestors.
After a stint in the Air Force it was time for school, but after a brief time I could see that it was not taking me in the right direction, so I hit the streets.
Fortunately I settled in the lower east side of New York where I met two woodcarvers Anderson Pigott and Tonnie Jones; and what a time we had!
With wood that we picked up almost anywhere we would go to the park, sit in a circle, carve, learn and teach.
I opened a shop in the east village, and as a result the invasion of the hippies from California, in 1968 I became a silversmith, sandal maker, and a bag maker. They came through and shared a lot of knowledge with me. Their main crash site was in a park one block from my shop.
1970 took me back to Boston with some wood sculptures and a few paintings. In 1970 I displayed with artists from Boston and New York in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In 1970 I also did a show in Brandis University. Also in 1970 with 14 black artists I was in a show in the Studio Museum in Harlem New York.
1972 to Atlanta as a member Phoenix Art and Theater Company, a one man show. Various shows in Atlanta and also a show in Tuskegee. I did a lot of crafting in Atlanta and did shows all over the country. I really celebrated my Africanness, and was happy that everyone had suddenly discovered their blackness.
Left Atlanta in 1985 for New Orleans and opened a shop in the French Quarter. Did some art there and when time ran out I ran for Houston.
There in Houston in 1987 I had a one man show in Barnes Black men Gallery. In 1989 I had a show in Dallas. In ensuing years I showed in Corpus Christi, Texas City, and the University of Houston.
Back to Atlanta in 1995 I traveled mostly and concentrated on my jewelry. Then I joined African Americans for the Arts (AAFTA) doing various shows including the annual holidays aglow.
Well, I am having a most interesting life for which I thank my God for giving soo many talents. And I thank my mother for pointing me in the right directions.
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ALUN Rossiter has admitted tonight's clash with Poole is a vital one both on the track and for the club as a business.
When the fixtures were being put together over the winter the match was specifically scheduled for this evening in order to tap into the wave of supporters making a long weekend out of Saturday's British GP, travelling to Cardiff for a long weekend.
The plan was the same last season, only for the match to be rained off just half an hour before the scheduled start with queues forming in the car park, and Rossiter is hopeful of avoiding a repeat tonight.
"As a business it's vital for us because with a stop-start season we really do need the cash to inject into the club and big gates certainly do help," he said.
"Speedway is a tough business but big crowds and big nights can make things easier which is why we have put this on this day. Hopefully there will be a lot of fans making a long weekend out of the Grand Prix which would be a real boost to us.
"Last year we fell victim to the weather, which was really tough for us but hopefully we can avoid that this year and it can be a really big night for the club."
On the track Rossiter is expecting a thorough examination from the Elite League champions, with Vaclav Milik named as the dangerman.
"It's going to be tough because a lot of their riders go really well around our place," he said.
"Milik's improving all the time and I can really see him being a dangerman.
"He attacks the track really well and gets on with it, although people look a little bit scarey, but he's going to be a very good rider.
"On top of that you have riders like Janowksi, Pawlicki, Grazcjonek and Darcy who are all very good around the Abbey so it's going to be a tough one.
"They lost at Belle Vue on Monday but I'm sure they will feel a lot better about coming to us than they would at Belle Vue, so they'll have a lot of confidence."


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A rallying call has been issued to Ilkley manufacturing firms in the wake of a top-level report.
The CBI document reveals that UK manufacturers are feeling more optimistic about their business prospects now than at any time in the past four decades.
The report has been welcomed by Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins, who urges companies to utilise the positive position.
"I hope manufacturing firms, both locally and nationally, will – as the CBI survey suggests – continue to take advantage of the increasingly positive economic outlook by creating more jobs, taking on new apprentices and raising production levels where they can.
"A successful UK economy needs a strong manufacturing industry, with West Yorkshire leading the way."
Housing minister Mr Hopkins, who last Thursday chaired an event at 10 Downing Street for leading figures in the construction industry, paid tribute to Ilkley firms and said everything possible should be done to support them and others.
"The West Yorkshire economy has had a strong reliance on the service industry and professional services but it is by making things that sustainable economic growth can really be achieved," he added.
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East Lancashire has some fantastic schools, rated outstanding by Ofsted and producing excellent exam results year after year.
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Award sponsors are: the North Lancs Training Group, BAE Systems, Nelson and Colne College, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Accrington and Rossendale College, Blackburn College and Key Stage Teacher Supply.
Entries are invited from teachers, parents, governors, pupils and anyone with knowledge of a particular school and can be submitted on the entry form which can be downloaded at www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/education_zone/schools_awards.
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15 lb whole brisket, with moderate fat trimmed. Slathered with mustard & a heavy coat of BBQ rub .
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Temp ran from 275F - 300F, at six hours the meat temp was about 165F , then put in large foil pan & tightly covered. Put on gas grill upper rack @ 275 till temp was about 188F , the temperature probe went in like a knife through butter.
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Testimony at the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry can break the hardest heart. Samantha Kematch and Steve Sinclair, her parents, were hobbled -- financially, emotionally and psychologically -- and incapable of caring for her.
The sense of rising panic I felt for Phoenix, listening as the days of her short life were plotted out in sparse detail contained in child welfare files, was surpassed only by the dreaded realization that her home was considered low risk for much of the time it was in the hands of the system.
Other families were much worse off, the lives of other kids more precarious. Today, if we are to believe social workers, the job is harder because the factors feeding the calculus of "risk" -- addictions, poverty, violence, drugs, street gangs -- have amplified.
Repeat studies show kids are taken into care not because of physical or sexual abuse, but because of neglect, which results from poverty (lousy housing, lack of food) and addictions.
In Manitoba, "case plans" try to address the risks, but that means tapping a few, disconnected and overstressed community resources.
The effect is felt in the community and in the homes "at risk."
Lisa Spring is a parent mentor at the West Central Women's Resource Centre. Her program was set up two years ago specifically to help mothers and others -- aunties, grandmas -- who have had their kids taken by CFS. Parents are bewildered. Social workers speak "gibberish" parents can't understand. Visits with children taken into care are delayed because workers are too busy. Parents, in crisis, are told to change their friends, change where they are living, clean up. Do it fast.
In the centre's catchment "every single family is high risk, the way risk assessment goes," Spring says.
Spring notes there is a real incongruity in a system that tasks the same worker to do family support -- determine the parental problems that need addressing and then find community resources to help -- and protect children. Even if the worker has time for "support," their attention is always focused on protection. That engenders distrust, something social workers and supervisors at the inquiry have highlighted as a real barrier to helping families.
There must be a better way.
In Sweden, money is poured into supporting mothers and families to alleviate poverty. In Western Australia, supports are invested in struggling homes to prevent family breakdown. Both Sweden and Western Australia have dramatically lower rates of apprehension, compared to Manitoba.
In British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta, a system of "differential response," one track of workers hooking families up to community resources, another attending to high-risk cases and apprehensions. This recognizes neglect springs from deep-seated social issues that defeat even those parents with the best of intentions.
Closer to home, Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard sees answers from a model used by a northern First Nations community, which has bucked the trend and cut its apprehensions markedly.
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation's wellness centre integrates services, addressing physical and psychological health, and it brings child welfare into the fold of family health. Gerrard says if children are found at risk because, for example, parents are drinking, the parents are removed and a relative or friend goes into the home.
With all services working together, the community keeps its eyes on homes where children are at risk and responds in timely fashion.
Nisichawayasihk has also cut the number of babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome, he notes.
Saskatchewan in 2010 had an inquiry flowing from repeat deaths of children in care. The report that followed, which recommended a robust preventive family services response, could have been written in Manitoba: Rising numbers of caseloads, apprehensions, 80 per cent of children in the system were aboriginal.
In neither province, however, does the CFS Act recognize the critical role extended family plays with aboriginal kids, nor the tradition of custom adoption. This means many children are apprehended unnecessarily.
Manitoba's system to respond to kids, and families, in need is antiquated, and its rising rate of apprehensions condemns it. The Phoenix Sinclair commission surely will recommend it be overhauled to ensure money is spent to support families, not tear them apart.


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text: Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Real Money on Jan. 10. To see Jim Cramer's latest commentary as it's published, sign up for a free trial of Real Money.You aren't supposed to make this money buying low-dollar stocks. Yet, in the last year, you've made a killing if you did so. That's right, if you bought a series of highly visible below-$5 stocks, you made fortunes, and I regard the moves as verification of my theory that everyone should have a speculation in his or her portfolio, because it can keep you in the game by making the process intriguing, and also because you can make huge profits if the story pans out. Specifically, check out these gains. If you bought Sprint Nextel ( S) in May of last year at $2.30, you have now much more than doubled your money. If you had purchased Clearwire ( CLWR) at $0.91 as recently as July 26, 2012, you caught a triple after Sprint bid for the company. Those who had the guts to buy Supervalu ( SVU) -- I know I didn't -- at $1.80 back in October 2012 are verging on a double after the investment made by Cerberus that was announced this morning. And finally, if you had taken a chance with Nokia ( NOK) back in July at $1.69, you have more than doubled your capital after the company announced its sharply better-than-expected earnings today. Frankly, even I, a huge supporter of speculation, am astounded at these gains. Just astounded. How could you not be? In every case, these companies were thought to be on the ropes. Yet it turns out they all had more value than we realized, although the value was obscured, typically, by weak balance sheets. Sprint, Clearwire and Supervalu had been burdened with huge amounts of debt, so much that their solvency was in question when we hit those amazingly low prices. But Softbank took a look at Sprint after it had successfully re-energized its business under super CEO Dan Hesse and liked it enough to buy a huge amount of the company. Clearwire, as tattered as its balance sheet was, turned out to have extremely valuable spectrum, so valuable that even though Sprint decided to buy the rest of it with the money Softbank gave it, Charlie Ergen, a maverick businessman and chairman of Dish Network ( DISH), has been drawn into the bidding for the company, perhaps to get some of that spectrum that is in such short supply and is so needed for additional cell-phone service.


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Salt River Project (SRP) and the Conservation and Renewable Energy Collaboratory (CREC) at ASU's College of Technology and Innovation (CTI) have partnered for a second year to award a $170,000 grant to fund research initiatives in renewable energy and conservation.
This year the SRP-CREC research program selected four projects for funding. Projects include: reliability and performance testing of batteries in hot and dry climates; solar hot water system testing and evaluation; use of algae for bioremediation of water; and evaluation of solar photovoltaic (PV) performance and degradation.
"CTI faculty and students collaboratively work with our industry partners like SRP to define important, use-inspired research problems," said Mitzi Montoya, vice provost and dean of CTI. "Industry partners like SRP are the foundation of the college and provide an important component of our project-based learning and applied research model."
In addition to its sponsorship of the CREC research program, SRP has been a long-standing supporter and sponsor of the iProjects program at CTI. iProjects pair students with mentors and companies to find solutions to real world-challenges. This year, two student teams will work on projects that will benefit SRP and the electric utility industry. One team will develop an electrical model that will allow the utility industry to better plan for and forecast the impact of distributed generation and energy storage methods on high penetration utility systems. A second team will work to develop a portable battery impedance tester for battery technicians to monitor battery state of health on solar installations and substations.
"During our partnership with CTI, we have engaged in innovative research with talented faculty and students on important issues affecting SRP and our customers," said John Sullivan, SRP's associate general manager and chief resources executive. "We are pleased with the collaborative relationship that SRP is developing with CTI, and we look forward to continuing to develop this important partnership in the coming year."


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I was asked to build something similar to the app on these pages:
It lets the user upload a picture of themselves and then you can choose different eyeglass frames to see how they would look on you. I'm guessing the HTML5 canvas api would be a good place to start on this. The initial version of this doesn't have to be as intricate as this one. Maybe to start I could have the user upload a picture, then choose eyeglass frame which can be dragged and dropped onto the face. I've looked for some demos and tutorials but can't find anything similar. Any ideas on where to get started. Not sure what terms to even search for on this.
I realize this is pretty vague but I'm just looking to find a foothold on this project to get started.
Hi there,
I'm in a rush, but I just saw your question, so sorry for the short reply.As you say, you'll need to look into the canvas API.I helped someone in the JS forum construct something (vaguely) similar last year.If you look at my answer it might at least point you in the right direction.
Hope that helps a little.
Thanks Pullo. I tried to search through your javascript posts but could not find the one you were referring to. Then again you have been pretty active as it returned hundreds of threads. Can you post a url?
Thanks again
Aww dude, I forgot the URL.So sorry about that!http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?949354-Need-help-for-a-Photobooth
That's perfect. I didn't even think about the photobooth type apps as a starting point.
After just a few minutes I created a couple of versions with the mustache switched out for some glasses.
Here is a version with the beautiful bar refaelihttp://aaronhaas.com/eyewear/bar.html
and a version that uses the user's camera:http://aaronhaas.com/eyewear/index.html
both work fine in chrome but not firefox or safari. Neither the draggable aspect or the photo capture work. Is it just not supported in these browsers? How much work needs to be done to get them working in the current generation of browsers for firefox and safari.
Thanks again,-aaron
Hi Aaron,
The draggable aspect should work.It is implemented using jQuery UI draggable and that works in all major browsers.I just tried your first demo (with Bar Refaeli) and that worked just fine in FF 19.0.1
As for the webcam API, that is still quite experimental.Here's an overview of what's currently possible: http://caniuse.com/streamMaybe you also want to check out: http://www.iandevlin.com/blog/2012/06/html5/filtering-a-webcam-using-getusermedia-and-html5-canvasOr: http://wolframhempel.github.com/photobooth-js/
If I was you, I would allow users with browsers which support this feature to make us of it and have a photo upload as a fall back.
I'm afraid I won't be able to participate much more in this discussion, as I am off on vacation for two and a half weeks tomorrow morning.
I'll check out those resources. Thanks again and go enjoy your vaca


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On Sept. 5, the board of directors of Hemisphere GPS initiated a restructuring mandate with the directive to implement a new profit-focused corporate strategy under the leadership of incoming CEO Rick Heiniger, formerly vice chairman of the company and founder of the Outback Guidance precision agriculture business.
"The agricultural industry is entering a period of exceptional opportunity. We're in the early stages of transformational adoption of high definition production practices. We are a data driven society, and agriculture is no different. Agronomic specialized data-management and cloud information services, combined with a new generation of connected devices and machines, will not only enable emerging technologies, but will simplify existing workflows and deliver productivity gains for the industry," stated Hemisphere GPS' new CEO, Rick Heiniger. "We believe Hemisphere GPS is perfectly positioned. To that end we have launched a new corporate strategy building on our world-class positioning, guidance and steering solutions to provide seamless integration with cloud computing and information services. This integration will break the barriers which have long challenged the m ainstream adoption of precision agriculture. We will be wholly focused on the essential core technologies while at the same time assisting the industry in its adoption."
Under Heiniger's leadership, the company has implemented a new corporate strategy built on three core principles to achieve profitable growth and market leadership:
- Focus exclusively on the Agriculture business.
- Streamline and simplify operations.
- Implement market-driven innovation.
Focus on Precision Agriculture
For over a decade Hemisphere GPS has been a leading solutions provider to the precision agriculture market. In the first nine months of 2012, 81 percent of company revenue was derived from the agriculture business, most of which comes from the North American market. Past diversification into marine, construction and other industries increased costs, absorbed cash and distracted management focus from its core agriculture business. To focus exclusively on agriculture, the company will:
- Exit the non-agriculture-related business. An investment banking firm has been engaged to pursue strategic alternatives for the Precision Products business. Given the agricultural focus of the company, the Board believes that the Precision Products business can grow more quickly with another organization that is more strategically aligned.
- Relocate company headquarters to Hiawatha, Kan., where Hemisphere GPS's agricultural operations are already strategically located, in the heartland of the North American agricultural industry. An abundant supply of agriculture trained and passionate talent, along with the pro-business climate in the State of Kansas, are two key factors for the site selection.
Streamline and Simplify Operations
As part of the company's initiative to ensure profitable and sustainable growth:
- All production activities currently conducted in Calgary will be transitioned to Hemisphere GPS' primary outsourced manufacturing partner.
- The Calgary office, which currently supports manufacturing, the Precision Products business and the corporate administration functions, will be closed following the relocation of key functions to Kansas, thereby reducing overhead.
- The two-business-unit and supporting structure will be reduced to a single business, thereby eliminating redundancies, reducing costs and achieving operating efficiencies.
- The company will rationalize products, engineering projects and geographic markets.
These initiatives will simplify the overall business and are expected to reduce manufacturing costs, improve gross margins and reduce operating overhead.
Market-driven innovation
The company will adopt a market responsive product development focus with a customer-driven culture. As such:
- The marketing function will become a core competency of the company. A seasoned agriculture executive has already been hired to lead this initiative as vice president of marketing.
- Increased emphasis will be placed on focused market and customer research driving greater innovation in, and higher returns from, the product development process.
The restructuring will take place largely over the next 12 months, with the bulk of the costs being recorded in the fourth quarter of 2012. Total workforce, including employees and contractors, will be reduced from 273 to about 170. Of the reduction in workforce, approximately 40 employees are associated with Precision Products, and approximately 60 are associated with the outsourcing of manufacturing, closure of the Calgary office and streamlining of the organizational structure. The existing agricultural business will not be interrupted during this process.
Upon completion, the savings from the overall restructuring are estimated to be approximately $7 million per annum through reduced manufacturing costs, improved gross margins and reduced operating overhead.
The cash cost of the restructuring is estimated at $5.5 to $6.5 million. Non-cash costs of the restructuring are expected to be $4 to $5 million. The company believes it has sufficient capital to complete the restructuring without the need for additional capital.


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Every dad knows what it's like to have a conversation with their toddler. Imagine if you will, re-enacting that conversation with another adult man playing the part of your 2-year-old daughter for example. The conversation would be the same, but the dynamic is totally different. One YouTube user decided to do that very thing.


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My third dress from the book I am Cute Dresses by Sato Watanabe.
This dress was super easy to put together – essentially giant rectangles and 2 very long straight lines.
I added side seam pockets because I know myself too well: when deciding what to wear, I'll always gravitate toward something with pockets.
I chose this simple pattern because my fabric has a super busy print and I didn't want to do anything to make it even busier. This pattern was perfect as the middle sections are just giant rectangles so the pattern gets to shine on its own. To tone it down I used a plain maroon contrast for the sides.
I wrote more in my sewing journal here: http://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/2013/03/22/i-am-kimono-cut/
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