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Hiram Parks Bell: Lincoln and Davis
The following is Chapter 14 from Hiram Parks Bell's Men and Things, published 1907:
"No two men in the last half of the Nineteenth Century engaged a larger share of public attention than Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Future generations will be anxious to know their history, actions, and achievements, without the time and labor required to gain the knowledge by searching the numerous volumes in which it is to be found. They were both born in Kentucky, not far apart in distance, and near in time, Davis in 1808 and Lincoln in 1809. They were born under the same moral, social, and civil institutions, but under diverse conditions; Lincoln, in abject poverty, Davis in comparative affluence. Lincoln, without education in his boyhood, went to the wilderness of Illinois to earn his bread by the toil of his hands and the sweat of his brow. Davis went from Transylvania University to West Point for military training. After a few years they met in the Blackhawk War, Lincoln the awkward, untrained captain of a company of three-months raw militia; Davis, the scholarly, polished lieutenant of the regular army. Lincoln next appears, successfully practicing the profession of law in the county of Sangammon, Ill.; Davis, at the head of the 'Mississippi Rifles,' winning victory for his country at Buena Vista, in Mexico. Lincoln, a free-soil Whig, became a leading lawyer in the Northwest; Davis, a pro-slavery States Rights Democrat, became a planter in the Southwest. They were both intensely patriotic and ambitious. They had experienced alike the triumph of success and the chagrin of defeat. Trumbull and Douglas each had defeated Lincoln for the United States Senate; a Warren County Whig had defeated Davis for the Legislature, and Henry S. Foote had defeated him for Governor of Mississippi. Both had been Representatives in Congress. Lincoln was an ardent supporter of the father-in-law of Davis, General Taylor, for the Presidency. Davis supported Gen. Cass for that high office.
"The compromise measures of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Legislation of 1854 formed the volcano, whose eruption deluged the land in the burning lava of human passion which was soon to be crimsoned into seas of human blood.
"While Davis was quietly and ably administering the affairs of the War Department in Pierce's Cabinet, Lincoln was busily and earnestly engaged in organizing the anti-slavery elements of all parties into the Republican party. The condition of affairs in 'bleeding Kansas' supplied the means of success. The anti-slavery people met in a 'Freesoil' convention in Bloomington in 1856. To this convention Lincoln was chosen a delegate. It was to this convention he delivered his celebrated 'lost' speech. It was called his 'lost' speech because the reporters were so overwhelmed by its power and eloquence that they forgot to report it. Joseph Mendell commenced to report it for a Chicago paper, but after writing a few lines of introduction, he laid aside his pencil and thought no more of the report until the conclusion of the speech. It was preserved in this way. A young lawyer with whom Lincoln had thoroughly discussed the matter of the speech before its delivery took accurate and elaborate notes, by which he was afterwards able to reproduce it. I doubt whether any other speech, ever delivered on this continent, ever produced consequences so momentous. That speech formed and solidified the Republican party and made Lincoln its great leader. After the expiration of Davis' service in the cabinet, he was returned to the United States Senate, from Mississippi, and became, by common consent, leader of the pro-slavery States Rights sentiments of the South. Lincoln was elected President on an anti-slavery platform. Davis was the recognized champion of slavery and States Rights, as guaranteed by the Constitution.
"Lincoln and Davis were alike in some respects. They were each endowed with the highest order of mind. They were both thoroughly educated; Lincoln, self-educated by close, constant, laborious reading and patient and profound thought and extensive observation and experience. Davis' education, the best the foremost institutions of the country could give, was enlarged and perfected by reading, thinking, and official association with the first men of this and foreign lands, in the discharge of cabinet, senatorial, and military duties. They were both perfectly familiar with the political history of the country. They belonged to opposite schools of constitutional construction and civic policy. Lincoln was elected President of the United States of America. The Southern States seceded, formed a new government, which they named 'The Confederate States of America,' and unanimously elected Davis president. Thus, these two great men confronted each other. They stood like the disputing knights, looking upon opposite sides of the same shield. On Lincoln's side of the device 'Preservation of the Union;' on Davis' 'The Sovereignty of the States, and the right of Self-Government.' They were equally honest, conscientious, patriotic and determined, and compromise impossible, was inevitable, the fratricidal conflict came. No one knows and no one can tell the burden of the labor they endured, the torture of anxiety they suffered, and the anguish of grief they experienced, during the four years of slaughter and blood.
"Lincoln and Davis were unlike in their personnel. Lincoln was tall in stature, six feet and two inches, raw-boned, with hands and feet large, and limbs long, ungraceful in movement and attitude; indifferent to dress and almost ludicrously uncouth on horseback. The expression on his face was variable as the weather. In repose, it was indicative of profound thought. When telling an anecdote, in which he excelled, it kindled with the light of humor. At times, his face was shaded with the expression of mingled dignity and sorrow, with a 'faraway look' that told of some tender emotion that silently stirred the depths of his great heart. Davis was five feet, ten inches in height, compactly built, with rather small hands and feet; a finely rounded and well-formed head; plainly but neatly dressed; talked in a low, calm voice; with manners the perfection of grace and elegance. He sat his horse like a Knight of the Crusaders. His step, with a very slight limp from a wound in the foot at Buena Vista, was the elastic tread of the trained soldier. They differed widely in their style of composition and elocution.
"Lincoln expressed his thoughts mainly by the use of nouns, verbs, and participles, using short, simple, Saxon words, many of them one syllable, but well chosen, to express forcibly the idea. Like the miner, digging in the gravel for gold, he struggled by the shortest and simplest way to reach the nuggets of truth his honest heart sought to find. He was sparing in the use of adjectives and adverbs. His sentences were sometimes rugged and disjointed. They lacked smoothness and completeness in roundness and rhythm, but went without ceremony or surplusage straight to the center and presented his thought in unadorned purity. And yet occasionally, though rarely, he excelled all the great masters in the beauty, power, and pathos of his style, as exemplified in his Gettysburg speech, his letter of condolence of Mrs. Bixby, and the incomparable sentences with which he closes his first inaugural. He said, 'I am loathe to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched (as they surely will be), by the better angels of our nature.'
Davis' style, like his character, was chaste and clean, his words aptly chosen, and so arranged into sentences as to evoke the precise thought, with mathematical accuracy. It was smooth, easy, graceful, and clear as sunlight. It was cold, presented the thought intended without the slightest tint of coloring. Davis was precise but not pretentious. He seemed to be cold without being so. He believed in forms. It was constitutional with him. His training at West Point, his administration of the War Department, adding to his natural inclination in that direction, made him punctilious in the observance of forms. He was proud, but it was the soldiery pride of conscious honor and rectitude. He was brave; he never 'stooped to conquer.' He would have 'perished in flames at the stake sooner than bend the supple hinges of the knee, that thrift may follow fawning.'
"Davis closed his first inaugural in these eloquent words: 'It is joyous, in the midst of these perilous times, to look around upon a people united in heart, where one purpose of high resolve animates and accentuates the whole; where sacrifices to be made are not weighed in the balance against honor and right, and liberty and equality. Obstacles may retard, but they cannot prevent the progress of a movement, sanctified by its justice and sustained by a virtuous people. Reverently let us invoke the God of our fathers to guide and protect us in our efforts to perpetuate the principles which, by His blessing, they are able to vindicate and transmit to their posterity. With the continuance of His favor, ever gratefully acknowledged, we may hopefully look forward to success, to peace, and to prosperity.'
"The attitude of these two great men may be summarized thus: Lincoln would destroy the 'Constitution to serve the Union.' Davis would dissolve the Union to serve the Constitution. During these stormy times, they had a similar personal and family bereavement; they each had a favorite boy. Tad Lincoln died in the White House at Washington; Joe Davis was killed by a fall from the verandah of the Executive Mansion at Richmond. The heart of Lincoln had lavished all its wealth of affection on Tad. It was wrung with anguish at his death. I witnessed grief personified, in Davis, at the funeral of Joe. A feeling of deep sadness stealthily steals over one, as he reflects upon the end of these two great men. Lincoln was the head of a government de jure; Davis, of a government de facto. They were, respectively, the commanders-in-chief of the armies and navies of their governments in which three and a half million men were engaged---on land and sea---in a death grapple for national existence, and these were brothers of the same blood, identified in history, hopes, and destiny. In the hour of exultant victory, Lincoln was basely assassinated by a citizen brought back into the Union he died and suffered so much to restore. Davis, in the mortification of defeat, was cruelly imprisoned and disfranchised by a government, to the service of which he had given his best thought and blood, and died without a country.
"It will be the wonder of those who come after us that a people with a history so glorious, resources so immense, progress so rapid, and a prosperity so universal, would rudely risk or wreck it all in a sectional Civil War. The reason they did is simple and obvious. It was because passion, avarice, and ambition usurped the throne of reason, justice, and patriotism."


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Health care website is operating smoother
WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration's weekend deadline for a smoothly functioning online marketplace for health insurance arrives, more than a month of frantic repair work is paying off with fewer crashes and error messages and speedier loading of pages, according to government officials, groups that help people enroll and experts involved in the project.
But specialists said weeks of work lie ahead if the $630 million site, Healthcare.gov, is to accommodate the expected flood of people seeking to buy health insurance, including a major reconfiguration of much of the computer hardware. Without the additional changes, experts predict, the website may continue to crash during periods of peak usage.
Beyond the prospect of potential delays for consumers, insurers warn that problems remain in the invisible "back end" that transmits enrollment information to them. That data has been plagued by inaccuracies, insurers say. Administration officials have been unwilling to disclose the error rate.
As late as Wednesday, the site still continued to slow down when 30,000 users tried to log on simultaneously, according to project specialists. A batch of hardware upgrades and software fixes scheduled for this weekend, administration officials say, will allow the site to handle 50,000 simultaneous users, as promised, by Dec. 1, which is Sunday.
The Health and Human Services Department announced that the site would be shut down for 11 hours Friday night in order to put those upgrades into place, on top of the usual four-hour timeout for maintenance Saturday night.
Although the administration has postponed a December marketing campaign, fearful that the site would collapse under a surge in traffic, five weeks of repair work have clearly made the exchange better. From last Sunday to Tuesday, nearly 20,000 users managed to enroll in insurance plans, the most for a three-day period, according to people familiar with the project. By comparison, fewer than 27,000 users picked an insurance plan on the federal site in the entire month of October.
And pages that once took an average of eight seconds to load now show up in a fraction of a second. The rate at which a user sees an error message has dropped from about 6 percent to 0.75 percent.
But the pace of enrollment must pick up drastically if the administration is to meet its target of signing up 7 million people by the end of March, the number that insurers say they need to spread risks and keep prices down. While some states that built their own sites are making better progress enrolling people, applicants in 36 states, with two-thirds of the nation's population, depend on the federal site. The problems with the federal website shouldn't affect New Yorkers who can enroll in plans using the much-better functioning state marketplace available at nystateofhealth.ny.gov.
At this week's rate of enrollment, those enrolled through the federal exchange would total fewer than 1.1 million by the March deadline. Few insurance executives expect alternative options for enrolling, including by phone, mail or in person at counseling centers, to make up that gap.
The Obama administration has already spent more than $9 million beefing up the federal website's computing power with additional servers and other hardware. The reconfiguration of the data center – the website's computer brain – is expected to cost millions more and require up to another month of work, specialists said.
Experts involved in the repair work say the overhaul is necessary because bursts of traffic beyond the designed capacity could bog down the site, forcing users into an electronic queue until emails notify them that they can return.
The only solution, several experts said, is to reconfigure many of the site's computer servers so that they are dedicated solely to HealthCare.gov's tasks.
Currently, most of the servers juggle demands from other clients as well.
One expert said the site needs to be able to handle 100,000 simultaneous users to provide a safe margin of error.
"Think of it as Version Two," he said.
Tests conducted this week for the New York Times by a California-based company that evaluates websites for major commercial clients found that the site remains too complicated for many users and is still prone to errors and delays.
"There are too many obstacles and unexpected hurdles people have to jump to sign up," said Jonathan Hicken, research director at User Testing, the Mountain View, Calif.-based company that conducted the tests.
Consumers interviewed by the New York Times this week reported varying degrees of success. Aimee Berner, 59, of Glenview, Ill., said she was still not able to finish the application that she began weeks ago. "At least for me, the glitches are still there."
But on Friday, Dan Wilson, 28, of Madison, Wis., said he had better luck.
"I needed to make a decision about whether I was going to keep my current plan or find a new one. I was successfully able to get through and get the information I needed," he said.
In early October, he said, he found the site "just useless."

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"Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965" Book Launch
"Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954-1965" Book Launch
by Dr. Pierre Asselin
Associate Professor of History
Hawaii Pacific University
Friday, October 25, 2013
Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319, UHM
Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War opens in 1954 with the signing of the Geneva accords that ended the eight-year-long Franco-Indochinese War and created two Vietnams. In agreeing to the accords, Ho Chi Minh and other leaders of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule; they never imagined that within a decade they would be engaged in an even bigger feud with the United States. Basing his work on new and largely inaccessible Vietnamese materials as well as French, British, Canadian, and American documents, Pierre Asselin explores the communist path to war. Specifically, he examines the internal debates and other elements that shaped Hanoi's revolutionary strategy in the decade preceding U.S. military intervention, and resulting domestic and foreign programs. Without exonerating Washington for its role in the advent of hostilities in 1965, Hanoi's Road to the Vietnam War demonstrates that those who directed the effort against the United States and its allies in Saigon were at least equally responsible for creating the circumstances that culminated in arguably the most tragic conflict of the Cold War era.


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Allan Evridge was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but his hometown is Papillion, Neb.
Having a father in the Air Force and growing up in the Cornhusker State, one can't help but figure "Yes, sir" would usually be the first words out of Evridge's mouth when answering a question.
The Kansas State quarterback is as polite and comes across as clean-cut as his football idol, Peyton Manning.
The Wildcats can only hope Evridge plays like his idol, too.
When KSU comes to Lubbock on Saturday to play Texas Tech, the redshirt freshman likely will be making the first start of his collegiate career.
During Monday's Big 12 coaches teleconference, KSU head coach Bill Snyder all but named Evridge as the team's starter.
"The position will continue to be competitive," said Snyder, who has Evridge as the No. 1 quarterback on the Wildcats' weekly depth chart. "Allen Webb did not perform as we had hoped that he would and yet he's capable. There's the possibility that we go in this weekend with Allan Evrdige as the starting quarterback."
When asked Tuesday if he'd start, Evridge said, "You're never 100 percent sure. You just go out and take as many reps as you can and however it ends up will be the coaches' decision."
Webb started KSU's first two games, victories against Florida International and Marshall. He's thrown a pair of touchdowns in each of the Wildcats' first four games, but he's also thrown an interception in each game.
Evridge has played in each of KSU's last three games, and he appears to be more accurate with his throwing, while Webb has been more adept at running the football.
In each of Evridge's first two games, he completed 50 percent of his passes. In last week's 12-3 victory over Kansas, Evridge threw only three passes, but his only completion was the Wildcats' lone touchdown of the game.
"Allan in the last two ball games has had the luxury of coming off the bench and has responded quite well in both occasions," Snyder said. "He's maintained a high degree of poise and has good command of the offense. He has a good understanding of what we're attempting to do. He has the mental fortitude to stay focused on what needs to be done and how to go about doing it."
Evridge sat out last year, and he said while it was tough to watch from the sidelines, the experience was invaluable in helping him learn the Wildcats' system.
With the Wildcats (4-1, 1-1) two victories away from becoming bowl eligible, and with a solid defense intact, Evridge might hold KSU's future in his left arm.
He said he's ready for the responsibility.
"I'm comfortable with the offense, though I'm not where I want to be," he said. "I can always improve. I mean, 10 years from now I'll still be trying to get better at something.
"The biggest thing is the mental approach. A fine line separates the good and great quarterbacks. If you look at Peyton Manning, he's got the physical attributes, but he's also very smart. You can never be too smart, and I just hope to transfer what I see on film to when we get onto the field."
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Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg have teamed up for a dynamic new series featuring an FBI agent who's on the hunt - and a master con artist who's enjoying the chase. The con is on in this audiobook short story that's a triumphant prequel to The Heist.
FBI special agent Kate O'Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist's 20th-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed "King of Hostile Takeovers" is getting married, Kate is 85 percent - okay maybe 92 percent - sure that she's finally going to bag Nick Fox.
Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year. And third, what's going to happen once O'Hare finally gets her hands on Fox? It's going take a pro to catch a con before the fireworks over Lake Michigan go off.
©2013 Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (P)2013 Random House Audio
"Good Read - But not as good as Janet's other books"
I love Scott Bricks voice. I go through all the samples just to hear him speak! lol Yes .. I am weird and a tad bit crazy - and these are the exact kind of books I like to read too! Pros and Cons - a Short Story was exactly that. A Short Story - so why all the sad faces and lesser than decent reviews kids? Anyway, this was a fun-ny story. Yes .. we all need to now go buy "The Heist'. But you can't blame anyone for smart marketing. Scott Brick made this listen all that much more awesome.
"Wonderful short story"
I love the Fox and O'Hare series! Having Scott Brick read the books is frosting on the cake. I hope I'm not giving away too much by writing that Nick Fox gets away from FBI agent Kate O'Hare again. The question is, how did he do it this time?
"I can't wait for the whole book!"
Great teaser! These characters have such great potential and I hope this turns into a series.
"A past con with Kate as agent on the hunt"
This short story one is good enough. It brings readers back to one of the cons referenced in the first book, to tell the full story. The long books are much better!
I am loving this new series. The problem is that now that I've had a taste, I'm concerned the authors can't write new books fast enough to satisfy my appetite. Chemistry, intelligence, and fun, I want more!
"mmmmm the voice of the narrator"
liked the story but i'm still not sure i like the narrator. he reminds me of the konrath books to much. but i loved the story and it's full of character building. so it's a keeper.
"Nice Teaser"
It's not the best but it's not the worst.
I hated him. He made the female character sound whiny and pathetic. His female voices are really lacking.
Obviously it was Nick. He was the most mysterious and most interesting.
"It has to be good."
It had to be good in order to keep my attention! I didn't want it to be over!
"fun prequel to the Fox & O'Hare series"
chemistry between the main characters begins early on...fun, playful while law abiding - who is chasing who?
"Funny and Fun"
this is a short story involving Kate and Nicholas before they began to "work" together. Kate thinks she is really going to catch him this time. The scene is a penthouse "over the top" wedding. There are valuable treasures at the penthouse and a large number of guests. Nicholas wants to pull off a big haul in this difficult setting.
The story is not essential to the Kate O'Hare and Nicholas Fox series and could serve as a stand alone. It is funny and intriguing. Also the narration is excellent.
"At first, when I checked this out from the library,"
I couldn't get into the series but now that I listened to this I'm hooked and can't wait to listen and/or read this series. Scott Brick is awesome!!!
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Need help knowing what to do
Hi- I've had uterine issues for 4 years now. From a thickened lining, with polyps and cysts, and having many biopsies and a D & C. Went on progesterone and it was making me feel crazy and out of control and I bled for 26 out of 30 days each month. I've been off of it for a year and just had another biopsy and sonogram and I have a polyp filling up my entire uterus. Needless to say, the Dr wants to do another D& C. She said normally she would suggest ablation as well, but my sister had uterine cancer at 46 and they said you don't get good biopsies after an ablation so that is not an option for me. I suggested they just take my uterus out since I am done with it anyways and then I don't have to go through biopsies, ultrasounds and bleeding issues every month ( biopsies and ultrasounds every 6 mths). She said she would do a da Vinci hysterectomy if I decided to go this route. Background on me; I am 47 have 4 kids and my mom didn't go through menopause until her late 50's so I could have another 10 years of this. Also- every single ultrasound I have ever had over the past 20 years, I have had a cyst on one or my other ovary. The Dr said she would remove one ovary as this reduces the risk of ovarian cancer by 50%. Please give me your thoughts on all of this! Is a partial hysterectomy too radical of a decision based on the info I have given you? Thanks in advance for your help!!
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Nope, I don't think it's too radical at all. I think you should pursue it. You'll be happy you did. I also had a hysterectomy (abdominal) and kept an ovary. I'm pleased I did that.
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I am kind of in the same boat as you. I have had issues for a long time and there is a history of Cancer in my family also. They are thinking of taking EVERYTHING from me due to complex endometrial hyperpalsia atypia. I am scared to death for them to take everything. I am 36 and do not want to go through menapause already. Everyone tells me that I will be a totally different person after the surgery and I will feel so much better. Ok thats all fine and good but I didnt realize I was that bad lol. I know its tough to go through this. Hopefully you have a good support system around you! Take Care and keep us updated please!
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Afghanistan's military history provides lessons for us today. The earliest written records inform us of fierce mountain tribes on the eastern edge of the cradle of civilization. Alexander the Great conquered Afghanistan on his way from Persia to India. Later, because of its strategic location (the Silk Road passed through its mountainous northern region) Afghanistan was invaded in succession by Arabs, Mongols, and Tartars. In the nineteenth century, Great Britain tried, and failed, to add Afghanistan to its Indian empire, while Russia tried to expand into the same embattled land. Afghanistan once again fought, and defeated, a secular government in the face of rising Islamic resistance.
America has faced a new enemy on this land, a land that for centuries has become a graveyard of empires past.
©2002 Stephen Tanner; (P)2000 Blackstone Audiobooks
"This is a noteworthy and valuable book: accessible, objective, informative, and informed." (Amazon.com)
"Afghanistan: A Military History"
I chose this book after listening to "The Kite Runners". While this audio book contained a great deal of information, and was generally well-written, I wished I had had access to a decent map of the region while listening. I also was annoyed by the narrator who mispronounced a number of words and foreign place names and has a tendency to use a fake foreign accent when quoting from some sources (e.g. Russian or British). Nonetheless, these are minor quibbles about the book itself, which focuses on the history of military invasions of Afghanistan and of the civil war during the last two decades of the 20th century. I can't help feeling that the lessons learned about fighting insurgents by the Soviet invaders from 1980 onward are today being re-learned by American soldiers in Iraq. Overall this was a decent book.
"A Great Overview"
I listened to this just before I deployed to Afghanistan and was amazed at just how much of what was in the book is still relevant today. A great piece to put the conflict and hopes of Afghanistan today into perspective of the regions long history.
"Staggering... Brilliant... Dry..."
A blow-by-blow accounting of the military history of Afghanistan, labeled 'The Graveyard of Empires' for a reason.
Tanner does more to illustrate the history of this region than any other work I've come upon. Cited references, thoroughly conducted research, and what appears to be years of difficult scavenging the world round for information. The information is presented clearly and without embellishment. Topping it all off, the author offers his personal suggestion of how the world should treat Afghanistan moving forward; note that this information finalizes circa 2002.
Overall, this is stellar, high-brow research with easily accessed information.
"Tough to Truly Follow Without Maps"
Yes, but not in an audiobook.
Worth listening to, but I would get more out it in a paper book because without maps it is sometimes hard to follow. It is a very well researched book and to someone interested in the total history of Afghanistan, this is a good start.
This is an area I have an interest in, I have spent some time there, so I could generally follow. However, without maps, especially during some of the ancient times, it can be hard to truly follow. Knowing locations of some ancient places when you are just listening can be tough to follow. I used the book as a refresher to brush up on some reading I had done years earlier and it succeeded. Nevertheless, Tanner does a good job of weaving personal touch stories into the works that keep it interesting. Todd does a good of narration. I did not encounter any problems with sound quality others had made.
"Compelling and informative"
As good local histories do, Afghanistan: A Military History places its subject into historical perspective and we get a glimpse of the Persian, Hellenistic, Mongol, Muslim, and British empires from the perspective of Afghanistan. The Twentieth Century history is just as compelling and provides a concise history of the Soviet war. The author has, of course, been overtaken by events in covering US involvement.
"Two issues..."
The book offered a compelling and engaging history of a nation so important to the world in the beginning of the new century.
However, Tanner completely botched the account of the Battle of Mogudishu in 1993 (he states that Pres. Bush called for the withdrawal when it was actually Clinton).
Also, I detected a bit of subtle anti-Israeli sentiment in the epilogue.
His fears of America as a robotic military superpower are slightly absurd. These two wars (Afghanistan and Iraq) have proven that boots on the ground will not be replaced by technology in our lifetimes. These so called "robots" are still heavily reliant on human guidance.
"Stop reading past 1990, it becomes an editorial not a history."
Good history book that turns into a slanted editorial take on the modern history. Many of his conclusions have been proven wrong
"lost in details"
In fact, I could not complete it. The depth of detail became boring to such an extent that I could not bring myself back to the book after awhile.
first and last
Unless you are a fan of military history in boring detail, leave this one alone
"The reason people don't like history"
This book is a compendium of a huge amount of information. I appreciate the work that went into such an endeavor, but for someone like me (not a historian), most of this book (as far as I've slogged through) is a list of names and places and a few highlights of battles. I'm finding nothing engaging in it at all.
The narrator does a good job speaking. But even he made a barely audible sigh before launching into another list of names and dates.
The recording quality is a little tinny.
If you want a list of facts (I've got this running in the background while I type and just heard that 25 Macedonians died in a particular battle), this is your book. If you are looking to find a compelling book to give context to our current situation, skip over this book!
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As part of the budget process that all cities go through on an annual or biannual basis, they also review and adopt a five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP). In Martinez, we have a two-year budget so we consider our CIP every two years.
The CIP and budget contains priorities, descriptions and funding plans for all projects that the city intends to construct within the next five years.
The Martinez City Council held a CIP workshop last week and the city staff presented the proposed plan. In preparing for the workshop, the staff performs quite a bit of legwork. First, they confer with the finance department to determine the fund balances available for capital projects. Next are a series of meetings with each department of the city for their input. Also considered are the goals that the City Council set during the recent council retreat.
After the workshop, the city staff will make adjustments from input from the council and the public and will present a final project list to the council for formal adoption. The CIP will then be sent the Planning Commission for review to make sure it is consistent with the city's general plan and then incorporated into the 2013-2015 biennial budget.
Over the last two years, Martinez has completed many capital improvements throughout the city. Rankin Park and Tavan Field have been completely rebuilt.
Major paving projects have been completed, including Main Street, Shell Avenue, Muir Road and Reliez Valley Road. One of the three major entrances into downtown Martinez — Marina Vista — was completely rebuilt with new sidewalks, paving, underground utilities, lighting and street furniture, including a historical entry sign.
At the city's water plant, the main raw water pipeline that carries water from the reservoir to the water plant was replaced, and at the marina, a maintenance dredge was completed.
There are several projects that are in various stages of development and completion. These include paving projects at Center Avenue and Morello Drive at Highway 4; and Arnold Drive. Upgrades are underway in Hidden Valley, Cappy Ricks, Nancy Boyd and Waterfront parks.
Transportation projects include Phase 3 of the Intermodal Train Station with a pedestrian overcrossing to the parking lot across the tracks, construction of the Bay Trail segment at Berrellesa Street, sidewalk extensions at Shell Avenue from Pine Street to Harbor View, and also Alhambra Valley Road.
Water system upgrades include annual water main replacements, a GIS system of all water pipelines, electrical upgrades at the water treatment plant and upgrades to the Harbor View reservoir.
Projects that have been recommended in the 2013-2015 CIP include continuing upgrades to parks, the water system; paving; sidewalk replacement; additional traffic signals at Alhambra Avenue at C Street, and Arnold Drive and Pacheco Boulevard; downtown parking meter upgrades, and improvements to our public buildings (City Hall, Amtrak Station, senior center and corporation yard).
The final draft of the CIP will be before the City Council for formal adoption June 19. We welcome input to the CIP up to and including that meeting.
If you have a capital improvement project that you would like to be considered, please email our city engineer Tim Tucker at email@example.com or any member of the City Council. You can find our emails on the city's website at www.cityofmartinez.org.
Rob Schroder is the mayor of Martinez. Email him at email@example.com.


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Amazing. The US House has dropped Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the budget bill. This is like watching a neck and neck superbowl in overtime. Nothing is quite set in stone yet, so I'll mention it one more time – watch the video "Drawing the Line" which makes an economic argument against opening the refuge and please pass it on to as many people as you can, especially your elected reps!
House Strikes ANWR Language from Budget Bill
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Let's not hold our breath until it comes out of committee.
We'd apparently save more oil by raising our fuel standards by a third of a mile per gallon than we'd ever get out of ANWR. It is ridiculous to hit this place up before exhausting other much more practical and positive options. There are few places on earth like ANWR left and still plenty of better ways to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
Remember–energy starts with every one of us. One purchase at a time. From flashlights (solar) to vehicles (biodiesel, natural gas, what have you) to powering your home (wind, solar…).
An energy independent America is a better America.
Screw Chicken Little. Turn the page to The Little Engine That Could!
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QR Code Press » Entries tagged with "mobile commerce companies"
Linking Mobile works to bring transactional QR codes into offline marketing techniques
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Linking Mobile has announced that it is creating an affiliate cost per acquisition (CPA) model that will sell ads based on the use of transactional QR codes through offline marketing channels. The strategy has already been implemented for the first time, in the form of the printing of the barcodes onto 100,000 leaflets that promote the Accident Advice Helpline (AAH), which Double Bubble has been distributing through advertising throughout London. Instead of paying … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes, United States
PayPal Here mobile payment system may be a boon for small businesses looking to connect with consumers interested in mobile commerce
NFC-powered mobile commerce is gaining momentum all over the world. Many telecommunications and financial organizations are working on developing mobile payment systems that utilize the technology. Some of these organizations have even partnered in order to ensure their share of the market is not taken over by an innovative and enterprising competitor. Acclaimed online payment manager PayPal had once planned to adopt NFC as for its version of a mobile wallet – an application for … Read entire article »
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Growing mobile online travel worldwide in 2012
yStats.com has released the latest edition of its "Global Online Travel Report 2012", which has provided an overall view with significant detail about the worldwide online travel marketplace, with the important inclusion of data regarding the use of mobile devices. The report examined the global market as a whole, as well as various individual regions, in addition to 37 countries in Europe, the Americas, the Middle-East, the Asia-Pacific region, and southern Africa. Furthermore, it provided the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, Travel, Trends
Pop-up QR code stores are appearing all over the world!
The Stockholm Central railway station is now the home of the first QR code pop-up store in Sweden, allowing that city to join the many others that are adding virtual stores to their own public locations. In the case of Stockholm, the mobile barcode pop-up store was created by the e-commerce system developer company, Jetshop, who are hoping that this will provide consumers in Sweden with an opportunity to experience how simple and secure mobile shopping … Read entire article »
Filed under: Entertainment Industry, Featured News, International, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes, United States
Orange QR unveils new tracking software for QR codes
Orange QR has announced the release of its new tracking software for QR codes, called the Code Tracking Generator, that allows mobile device users to better manage and track the barcodes that they have used. Orange QR is already known for providing access to its search feature for free, so that people can discover more about QR codes and their readers. This new tracking software addresses the fact that while the codes are simple to implement, scan, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes
Have QR codes reached their limits?
The world of mobile marketing and m-commerce are evolving very quickly, to the point that many are finding it difficult to keep up with their evaluations of different techniques and technologies, causing some to ask whether or not QR codes have reached the end of their usefulness. These barcodes have, after all, been around for a while, though it was not until quite recently that they moved from being used in vehicle manufacturing plants for tracking … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, QR Codes
Understanding mobile loyalty platforms that are non-transactional
A mobile non-transactional loyalty platform is the type that allows a smartphone customer to receive a reward for various types of behaviors such as mobile "check-ins", and they come with both benefits and drawbacks. The primary drawback to loyalty platforms that are non-transactional is that when a reward is offered to the consumer, and that reward has true cost and value, there is no way to track whether or not that consumer will go on to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes
VendScreen to unveil mobile payment technology for vending machines
VendScreen has announced that it will be beginning the initial release of its mobile payment technology at the upcoming NAMA One Show in Las Vegas next month. The concept behind the VendScreen device is that it can be installed into any existing vending machine in order to be able to receive payments for the products it contains through the use of a credit card, loyalty card, or online account and, potentially in the future, discount QR … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commercial, Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, QR Codes
PayPal to announce intention to launch competition for Square
On Thursday, PayPal will be announcing a small business solution that will include a dongle for mobile payments which will provide direct competition to Intuit (intu), Square, Verifone, and others. This PayPal dongle, which will be triangle-shaped, will make it possible for small business owners to be able to process the swipe of a credit card by using a smartphone, in a way that is comparable to PAYware by Verifone, Square, and GoPayment at Intuit. This effort … Read entire article »
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How to evaluate a mobile loyalty program
Mobile loyalty programs are becoming increasingly popular among smartphone users, and retailers, restaurant owners, and other merchants are starting to recognize the size of the potential that they hold. However, all loyalty programs are not created equal over the mobile channel, so it is important to know how to evaluate one for its efficacy. Use the following questions to help to decide whether or not a mobile loyalty program has the best chances of success: • Is … Read entire article »
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Thrive Live Presents
Paul Michell Runway Benefit Show
Erin Healy, Carla Jack Coultas, Jennifer Chabri
The Standard
200 Anastasia Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL, 32080
Doors 8:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM
This event is all ages
Paul Michell Runway Benefit Show
We are teaming up with 3 major designers to pull together to create a very special runway event for the the children's Miracle network.
All Cover goes 100% to this cause.
The Designers:
Erin Healy
Carla Jack Coultas: https://www.facebook.com/carlacoultas
Carla Violet Coultas is a Florida-based designer who specializes in high fashion, alternative and edgy design. Carla started designing clothing for herself and her sisters as a teen. In 2012 she began selling her line at a Gainesville boutique. Carla coordinated her first fashion show in January 2013. It included many ready to wear edgy looks. In April 2013 Carla headlined Gainesville Fashion Week. Carla sees designing as a way to meld fashions together, such as: Putting some men's elements with delicate feminine aspects, or adding harsh contrasts to otherwise fluid and simple pieces. She is currently designing a new line that will be available to the public in June 2013. You may purchase her line locally at Ingénue Avenue clothing boutique in downtown Gainesville FL. You may contact Carla at facebook.com/CarlaVioletCoultas or modelmayhem.com/cottonandsilk.
Jennifer Chabri: https://www.facebook.com/Chabri.fashion
Chabri is a fashion designer based in Jacksonville, FL. She creates the unique designs using the architecture of the body by draping and using the movement as vital elements in each piece. How they will look in action is a huge part of the process in creating the garments.
The vibe is simple chic but still eclectic, understated but still glamorous approach to fashion.
You may have seen her work in Jacksonville Fashion Week 2013 and 2011,First Coast Fashion Week 2012, local charitable events, Jacksonville Magazine, and other independent publishers, as well as the Red Carpet for the Gala Celebration for the Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia
All Chabri garments are Made in USA in Limited Edition
The cover for this Event is $10.00 18+
Here is what your cover will go too
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals:
create miracles by funding medical care, research, and education that saves and improves the lives of 17 million children each year.
Countless individuals, organizations, and media partners unite with the 170 Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to help sick and
injured kids in their local communities.
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Paul Mitchell the School Jacksonville
4624 Town Crossing Drive, Suite 155
Jacksonville, FL 32246
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Honest Tea (Glass)
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Nutritional Info
Serving size: 8fl oz;
calories 25;
total fat 0g;
sodium 5mg;
total carbs 7.5g;
sugars 7.5g;
protein 0g;
iron 0%
spring water, organic cane sugar, organic hibiscus, organic blackberry leaves, organic blueberries, organic raspberries and natural berry flavoring. Caffeine free. USDA Organic.
Review: Black Forest Berry (Tad Sweet)
Posted: Feb 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM (Last Updated: Dec 27, 2006 at 9:36 AM)Black Forest Berry has been reformulated so that it's USDA Organic and a "Tad Sweet". The result? A very impressive and extremely refreshing flavor. The brew of herbal tea has been infused with just the right amount of fruit flavor and a hint of sugar. Black Forest Berry now tastes like a much more refined and well balanced product. Overall, another fine product from Honest Tea which is best summed up in one word: perfect.


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Pharrell Officially Joins Team adidas
adidas must be very happy right now.
Recently, an adidas jacket has become as synonymous with Pharrell's look as his hat, the pair, like those "Broad City" gals, are seldom seen without each other. So it wasn't a huge surprise when adidas announced that Pharrell had joined the rolodex of celebrities who tout the brand in exchange for a few dolla bills. Not hating or anything, being a creative behemoth and master of the universe, adidas probably gave Pharrell license to do whatever his "Happy" heart desired. And we're pretty sure the resulting collab will be what we've come to expect from the musician turned global powerhouse: genius with mind blowing simplicity.
Unfortunately, we will have to wait a minute before skateboard P reveals the fruits of his labor – an apparel and sneaker line later this summer. In the meantime, our feet will have to make do with Raf or Yohji's rendition of the Stan Smith. Not that that's a bad thing.


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What Happened on April 26
Significant Events
- 1478 Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de'Medici & kill Giuliano de'Medici
- 1607 1st English colony in American lands at Cape Henry, Virginia
- 1920 Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold "great debate" on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
- 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
- 1956 First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
- 2005 Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.
Did You Know?
Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity - 1st time this defense used successfully in the US
On April 26, 1859
Famous Birthdays
- Marcus Aurelius
(121 - 180)
- David Hume
(1711 - 1776)
- John James Audubon
(1785 - 1851)
- Frederick Law Olmsted
(1822 - 1903)
- Rudolf Hess
(1894 - 1987)
- Jet Li
54 Years Old
Famous Weddings
- 1709 Frisian viceroy Johan Willem Friso marries countess Maria Louisa
- 1923 English prince Albert Duke of York (George VI) (27) marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (22) at Westminster Abbey
- 1946 Father Divine, controversial religious leader claimed to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement
- 1948 Actress Lana Turner marries 3rd husband Henry J. Topping, Jr
- 1986 Actor/body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger weds newscaster Maria Shriver
Famous Divorces
- 1994 Actor Patrick Dempsey (28) divorces manager Rocky Parker after nearly 7 years of marriage
- 2004 Model-actress Deborah Falconer (38) divorces actor Robert Downey Jr (39) due to irreconcilable differences after 12 years of marriage
April in History
World's First Motor RaceIt was hardly the stuff of today's adrenalin-pumping Formula 1 match ups, but on this day two men climbed aboard their machine for "the world's first motor race".
April 20, 1887
Oscar Wilde Presses Self-Destruct ButtonWhen Oscar Wilde sued the Marquess of Queensberry for libel over a sodomite slur, he opened the door to social and financial ruin that would lead to his death.
April 26, 1895
Great Sacrifice of a Plague-Ridden VillageWilliam Mompesson, a clergyman born on this day, created a legend when he persuaded the people in a plague-ridden village to sacrifice their lives to save others.
April 28, 1639
WR Hearst – The Master of Fake NewsNewspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst was a towering figure of his age. Immensely wealthy, he believed he had unlimited influence, even on matters of war.
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Review Of Cross-Browser Testing Tools
- By Cameron Chapman
- August 7th, 2011
- 117 Comments
At some point in the future, the way that all major browsers render Web code will likely be standardized, which will make testing across multiple browsers no longer necessary as long as the website is coded according to Web standards. But because that day is still a way off (if it will really come at all), testing your design the advanced browsers as well as legacy browsers is a necessary part of any project.
The old-school way to test code was to load your website on as many computers as you could find, using as many different combinations of browsers and operating systems as possible. That was fine if you had access to a bunch of different computers (and had some time to kill). But there are much more efficient ways to test across browsers, using either free or commercial Web services and software. In this article we review some of the most useful ones.
Further Reading on SmashingMag: Link
- High-Impact, Minimal-Effort Cross-Browser Testing1
- How To Create Your Own Front-End Website Testing Plan2
- Reliable Cross-Browser Testing, Part 1: Internet Explorer3
- Impressive Web Browser Alternatives4
Free Cross-Browser Testing Link
Good news: very powerful free testing tools are available for Web designers today. Some are more user-friendly than others, and some have significantly better user interfaces. Don't expect much (if any) support with these tools. But if you'd rather not spend extra money on testing, some great options are here as well.
Adobe BrowserLab Link
Adobe BrowserLab is a free cross-browser compatibility tool that lets you test a number of modern and legacy browsers, including various versions of Chrome, Safari, IE and Firefox. It gives you a number of ways to view pages, including a full-page view in a single browser, as well as side-by-side comparisons of browsers and an onion skin view. The service can access dynamic pages across the web, or viewed locally via Firebug or Adobe Dreamweaver CS5. The ability to create pre-defined browser sets is also useful, in case you don't need to test on older browsers.
Browsershots Link
Browsershots275 is probably the most comprehensive free testing tool available. It includes Linux, Windows and BSD browsers. It also includes a number of browsers you've probably never heard of (like Galeon, Iceape, Kazehakase and Epiphany). For the most part, Browsershots tests on the most recent version of each browser, as well as on legacy versions.
While Browsershots does support a huge variety of browsers, the more you test, the more slowly it prepares the results. So, you may want to stick to the major browsers.
SuperPreview (Free and Commercial) Link
SuperPreview287 is Microsoft's offering in this space (and it's compatible only with Windows). It lets you define your own "baseline" (or default) browser, and it works with any browser installed on your system (and comes with the IE6 rendering engine built in). The fact that it only works with your built-in browsers does make it faster (because you're not uploading anything or waiting for a remote server), but it also limits the number of browsers you can compare.
SuperPreview trial comes with 60 days of cloud services before you have to either buy it or go into reduced, (local browsers and IE 6-9 mode). In an online version, you have support for Chrome, Safari (Mac) 4+5, Firefox 3+4. You can also use an interactive mode to log into sites that require a login before displaying the page you want to test. There are also debugging tools for the DOM and onion skinning available in Adobe Browserlabs. Unfortunately, there is no support for Opera whether installed locally or in the cloud and you do have to have the version included with Expression Web to get the cloud services option but the base version with support for IE 6, IE 7, IE 8 (and IE 8 rendering as IE 7) are included with the free version as well as IE 9 if it is installed locally. (Thanks, Cheryl D Wise)
Lunascape 6 Link
Lunascape299 is a triple-engine browser for Windows. It runs Trident (IE), Gecko (Firefox) and Webkit (Chrome and Safari), so that you can see how your website looks in all three, side by side. While it's not a traditional browser compatibility tester, it is nonetheless a useful tool for designers and developers. One major benefit is that you get to view your website instantly in all three major rendering engines. There's also support for Firefox extensions and plug-ins, so you can use developer tools like Firebug to diagnose compatibility problems.
IETester Link
IE NetRenderer Link
IE NetRenderer3113 lets you check compatibility in Internet Explorer versions 5.5 through 9. You'll have to check each version individually, but the service is free.
Spoon Link
Spoon3215 is an application emulation service. It provides free versions of Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari for Windows users. A number of versions of each browser are included: Firefox 2–5, Chrome 4–8, Safari 3–5 and Opera 9–10. Bad news: Internet Explorer is supported by Spoon virtualization but is not available by request of Microsoft.
Sauce Labs (free and commercial) Link
Sauce Labs3317 provides a lot of browser and OS options and sets you up with a browser dedicated VM instance that you operate inside the browser of your choice. It also records a video of your entire testing session. The service offers 200 free minutes of testing per month and allows you to quickly build automated tests from your browser with Selenium.
Browsera (free and commercial) Link
The free plan includes a limited number of browsers and low-resolution screenshots. Premium plans start at $39 for a single project and $49 to $99 for monthly subscriptions, and they support more browsers, provide high-resolution screenshots and let you test private pages.
Browserling (free and commercial) Link
Browserling3521 is a relatively new cross-browser testing app. It supports a limited number of browsers (and not necessarily the newest versions), which makes it of limited use to some developers. It's still in beta, though, so hopefully more browsers will be supported in the near future.
The free version comes with a five-minute session limit, and the developer version is $20 per month with no time limit.
Commercial Cross-Browser Testing Link
Commercial tools often have features not found in the free ones, including live interactive browser virtualization and mobile device testing.
Mogotest Link
Mogotest does complete browser-compatibility testing, including for private pages. There's an API, so it can be integrated in your current tools and workflow. Mogotest also offers a website health report that tells you about broken links and pages, redirect loops and other issues common to new websites. The service also offer screenshot comparison tools for testing screenshots against each other as well as site-level testing including page consistency testing and individual page tests. HTTP basic and cookie-based login systems are supported as well.
There are two plans for individuals: a personal plan starting at $15 per month that lets you test up to 50 pages on three websites, and a freelancer plan for $45 per month that includes up to 10 websites and 350 pages. The team plans start at $125 per month and go up to $4499+ for unlimited access. The two highest-cost plans include custom reports.
Cloud Testing Link
Cloud Testing offers functional cross-browser testing. You record the user journey with your browser and Selenium IDE, upload it, and then Cloud Testing will run that script in multiple operating systems and browsers. It then provides screenshots and HTML and component diagnostics. No prices are listed on its website.
BrowserCam Link
BrowserCam includes testing tools for both desktop and mobile browser compatibility (the latter is still absent in many other tools). It also offers remote access for live testing on Windows, Linux and OS X configurations, and email capture for checking your HTML, RTF and TXT emails.
Pricing for BrowserCam starts at only $19.95 per day for a single service (and $24.95 for the browser, remote access and email capture package), up to an annual subscription price of $399.95 for a single service (and $499.95 for browser capture, remote access, email capture and multi-user access, or $999.95 for all of those features plus device capture).
Multi-Browser Viewer Link
Multi-Browser Viewer3623 covers both desktop and mobile browsers. It includes 26 virtualized Web browsers, 5 mobile browsers (including the iPhone and iPad) and 61 screenshot browsers (meaning you can see how the website renders but not interact with it). It's also available in five languages: English, Spanish, German, Russian and French.
Multi-Browser Viewer is $139.95 for a single-user license and includes a year of product usage and updates. Updates after the first year are currently $99.95. A free trial is available through the website.
CrossBrowserTesting Link
CrossBrowserTesting3725 provides live interactive browser testing with remote VNC sessions. It also generates automated screenshots across multiple browsers for more basic testing. There are more than 100 browser and operating system combinations, including many mobile platforms.
Monthly subscriptions range from $29.95 to $199.95, depending on the number of users and the minutes of testing (minutes can roll over to the next month, but they're not unlimited). A one-week free trial is available for all plans.
Testing Services Compared Link
The chart below shows the basic features offered by these cross-browser testing services and applications, making it quick and easy to compare.
|Number of browser versions supported
|Interactive testing?
|Side-by-side testing?
|Adobe BrowserLab
|6 versions of IE
|IE NetRenderer3113
|5 versions of IE
|no IE
|Sauce Labs3317
|Free — $499 per month
|Free – $99/month
|Free – $20/month
|$15 – $4,499/month
|Cloud Testing
|Not specified
|$19.95 – $89.95/month
|Multi-Browser Viewer3623
|For some browsers
|$29.95 – $199.95/month
Conclusion Link
Regardless of the tool you choose, testing early and often during the Web development process can save you from a lot of headaches later. Find a tool that fits your workflow (so that you'll actually want to use it and it won't be a hassle), and test whenever you make major changes to a design.
What tools do you use for cross-browser testing? Link
How has your experience been with cross-browser testing tools and services? Which ones do you use? How do you integrate cross-browser testing in your professional workflow? Let us know in the comments!
Related Posts Link
You might be interested in the following related articles:
- Review of Text Batch Processing Tools38
- Useful Resources, Tools and Services for Web Designers39
- Time-Saving and Educational Resources for Web Designers40
Footnotes Link
- 1 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/02/high-impact-minimal-effort-cross-browser-testing/
- 2 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/11/how-to-create-your-own-front-end-website-testing-plan/
- 3 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/reliable-cross-browser-testing-part-1-internet-explorer/
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Wintrich, the openly gay guy behind the controversial "Twinks4Trump" is on a mission to redefine conservatives.
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How Texas raised the entire island by as much as 17 feet after America's greatest natural disaster hit.
We need private space ventures now more than ever before.
But why would males risk involvement in a potentially high-stakes battle just for a bit of female attention? It's all about sex, the researchers believe.
The NHTSA is proposing a "driver mode" that would disable most of a mobile phone's functions while driving, with the exception of navigation and music apps.
12 police officers have been shot and killed over the past month, so where is the conservative outrage? Could it be because most of the killers were white men?
Next year, Wixson hopes to trade in the female uniform for the iconic Dress Blues worn by men -- the gender he identifies with even though it's not the one on his birth certificate.
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Is this a calculated article, written to get lazy guys to help around the house, or are these stats legit?
And this one is 10 times bigger than the Ashley Madison hack. Over 412 million accounts from porn sites and sex hookup services got leaked as Friend Finder Networks suffers second hack in just over a year.
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This is probably all for the better -- let's get this over with.
In what is undoubtedly the most bizarre Wikileaks revelation to date, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta was invited to a "spirit cooking dinner."
And there were photos! How many times have I told you guys -- your stupid phone cameras are going to bust you every time.
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School campuses are hosting training sessions to group meetings and lectures to effectively cleanse what many college leaders and scholars contend is an unhealthy masculinity in young bros today.
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Hot Sauce Committee Part Two by Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys have released a full album stream of their new LP, Hot Sauce Committe Pt. 2, via Soundcloud. Hits stores May 3rd… Make some noise if your with weeeeee……
i have been waitin for this
Don't see how anyone can say no to this deal.
Can't wait for the LP….in need of some new Beastie material…just in time for summer!
I listened to the entire album 3 times last night and all I have to say is WOW! Beasties are back and delivered a real gem with this one! If I had to have one negative thing to say it's I wish they didn't use their trademark distortion on the vocals on every track. It's cool it's their thing but they over used it this time around… But I am not complaining I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!
I'm definitely going to listen to this either tomorrow or friday… can't pass up on it
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About one-of-every-10 kindergarteners in Wisconsin are not ready for reading lessons in the classroom. That's according to the results of the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening test that was given for the first time last fall. The test is part of a series of education measures passed in the last session of the Legislature. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, 89-percent of kindergarteners met early literacy standards like recognizing letters and sounds. Another version of the test was being given this spring, Schools also had the option of giving mid-winter tests. The State Journal obtained general results. It said the Department of Public Instruction was not planning to publish the results because the test is meant to be a tool for classroom teaching - and it's not meant to provide a comparison of any kind. The D-P-I's Patrick Gasper said the main purpose of the test is to identify those who need help with literacy fundamentals. He says teachers can use the results to fine-tune their reading instruction. The proposed state budget includes money to give the test to four-year-old kindergarteners starting next year - as well as first-and-second graders.


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PrizeFighter - The Lightweights :Oct 6th
Liverpool Olympia, Saturday
Saturday sees the latest installment of Betfair's Prizefighter - The Lightweights, which features arguably the best line-up in the history of the event.
The eight-man contest has provided a launchpad for many boxers in the past and this week's event at Liverpool Olympia is likely to be no exception.
No fewer than three former British champions lace on the gloves as they look to get back into title contention and here we take a closer look at them and the other five contenders.
Anthony Crolla - Age 25 - Record 23-3
Likely to enter the tournament as one of the favourites despite coming into it having lost to both his main rivals. On an upward curve since losing to Gary Sykes in 2009, Crolla's reign as British champion was ended by Derry Mathews six months ago. That sixth round stoppage loss was a crushing blow for the Mancunian, although revenge and victory here will put him firmly back on the title path.
Skybet Odds : 11/4
Derry Mathews - Age 29 - 30-7-1
This is Mathews' second Prizefighter after he lost to Gary Buckland in the super-featherweights final two years ago. An up-and-down career that has seen him fight many of the best domestic fighters arguably peaked with victory over Crolla in April. However, he too comes into the event with a loss on his CV after his clash with European champion Gavin Rees ended in the ninth round.
Skybet odds : 9/4
Gary Sykes - Age 28 - 22-2
The Dewsbury man defeated Crolla on the way to becoming British super-featherweight champion but when he put his unbeaten record on the line in Prizefighter the plan backfired spectacularly. Sykes was dropped and stopped in his first round clash with Gary Buckland in 2010 and last September was unable to gain revenge over 12 rounds as Buckland snatched the British title away. Like his two rivals, Sykes has it to prove up a division
Skybet odds: 7/2
Terry Flannigan - Age 23 - 15-0
Flannigan is a southpaw from Mancester and undefeated with 15 straight wins under Steve Wood's guidance. He's already won and defended the English super-featherweight title - the defence, a 10 round decision over Troy James was only two weeks ago. Flannigan also boxed the full 10 rounds in May when he first won the title, so he'll have some adjusting to do to think about three rounds again. No weight issues, though, as he's coming up from the super-featherweight division.
Skybet odds: 7/1
Tommy Coyle - Age 23 - 13-0
Another unbeaten hopeful, Coyle is a product of the same amateur club - St Paul's - that produced the 2012 London Olympic gold medallist Luke Campbell. Once on Hull City FC's books, has won 13 in a row - and is the baby of this bunch having turned 23 on Tuesday. Coyle says his dream since he began boxing is to hear the words 'lightweight champion of the world' said right after his name. That's a long way off yet, but winning Prizefighter would put him further along the road
Skybet odds: 13/2
Liam Patrick Walsh - Age 30 - 10-1
Walsh is the old man of the group at 30, but he's brought excitement whenever he's appeared before his home town fans in Halifax. He's won 10 of 11 so far. His most recent victory was a points success over six rounds against William Warburton in June, getting straight back to winning ways after his only professional defeat to date when he was outpointed in an eight rounder by Stuart Green in April.
Skybet odds: 16/1
Stephen Jennings - Age 28 - 5-1-1
Jennings is the most inexperienced in the line-up having had only seven contests following a lengthy amateur career. Came from obscurity to fight Mathews for the British Masters title last year where he was stopped in the sixth round. He hasn't fought since. Prior to that defeat, he had put together a promising start to his professional career with a run of five wins and a draw, including technical knockouts of George Watson and Henry Janes.
Skybet odds: 12/1
Jamie Spence - Age 28 - 10-3
The line-up is completed by Jamie Spence, who calls himself Mr Excitement. Spence, from Northampton, has won 10 of 13 and was a national junior champion as an amateur.
Skybet odds: 33/1
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can't wait for this
Got my money on our kid Million $ Antony Crolla, plus I'll be coming over to Liverpool should be a cracking night of action whatever the outcome... persuading 3 former British champs in to the event is quite something
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Prizefighter - The Lightweights draw:
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I'm pumped, the last one I saw was pretty good (tor hamer won the HW one)
Who do you guys have winning each perspective fight?
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Gary Sykes was the guy that Broner was supposedly tabbing to fight before Escobedo
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A Prime Minister defending a government policy is usually quite unremarkable. But today David Cameron defended the Government's free school meals policy, and given the amount of vitriol this has attracted between the two Coalition parties in recent weeks, that really is remarkable. He told the World at One:
'I don't really accept it was made on the hoof because, as I say, it was trialled, a decent amount of time has been set aside for its introduction, £150m… Any change is always difficult and I think you should judge the change as it comes in.
'This Government has made a lot of difficult decisions, a lot of changes but so often what you see is an enormous fuss when they're announced and then actually after some time people can see well, actually, this policy is working, this is delivering.
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This is significant not just because Cameron is contradicting the briefings from former Conservative advisers such as Dominic Cummings about the policy being made on the hoof to please Nick Clegg but also because of what it says about the way the Coalition has worked on Education policy in particular. As Cummings told Coffee House recently, the only way the Tories in the Education department achieved as much as they did in terms of reform was because they ignored the influential Home Affairs Committee, chaired by Nick Clegg, 'against the wishes of Downing Street'. It wasn't just that DfE was in conflict with the Deputy Prime Minister, but that it was in conflict with Number 10, too, and it's quite clear that on the matter of free school meals, Number 10 rolled over for Clegg against the wishes of the Tories in DfE.
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