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I did a yum update and discovered emacs was using the Baekmuk Gulim font. Code editing needs to be done in a fixed-width font! Baekmuk Gulim is not fixed-width. Directory listings look horrible because the fields are not aligned. I changed my emacs settings back and everything is fine for me now, but I bet a bunch of people will have no idea what font to change back to. I was only able to figure it out because I had an emacs running from before the yum update.
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Can you please attach the yum.log showing the transaction?
How about removing baekmuk*fonts?
What's the output of "fc-match -v monospace"?
And, what language?
Dec 10 15:27:07 Updated: fontconfig.x86_64 2.8.0-1.fc11
Dec 10 15:27:08 Updated: net-snmp-libs.x86_64 1:220.127.116.11-13.fc11
Dec 10 15:27:10 Updated: kernel-firmware.noarch 18.104.22.168-102.fc11
Dec 10 15:27:13 Updated: net-snmp.x86_64 1:188.8.131.52-13.fc11
Dec 10 15:27:14 Updated: ntfs-3g.x86_64 2:2009.11.14-2.fc11
Dec 10 15:27:15 Updated: rsync.x86_64 3.0.6-1.fc11
Dec 10 15:28:19 Installed: kernel-devel.x86_64 220.127.116.11-102.fc11
Dec 10 15:29:15 Updated: kernel-doc.noarch 184.108.40.206-102.fc11
Dec 10 15:29:16 Updated: flash-plugin.i386 10.0.42.34-release
Dec 10 15:29:21 Updated: kernel-headers.x86_64 188.8.131.52-102.fc11
Dec 10 15:29:21 Updated: mobile-broadband-provider-info.noarch 1.20090918-1.fc11
Dec 10 15:30:17 Installed: kernel.x86_64 22.214.171.124-102.fc11
Dec 10 15:30:21 Updated: fontconfig.i586 2.8.0-1.fc11
Dec 10 15:30:22 Installed: kmod-kqemu-220.127.116.11-102.fc11.x86_64.x86_64 1.4.0-0.2.pre1.fc11.23
Dec 10 15:30:23 Installed: kmod-nvidia-18.104.22.168-102.fc11.x86_64.x86_64 190.42-1.fc11.3
Dec 10 15:30:26 Updated: fontconfig-devel.x86_64 2.8.0-1.fc11
Dec 10 15:30:26 Updated: kmod-nvidia.x86_64 190.42-1.fc11.3
Dec 10 15:30:27 Updated: kmod-kqemu.x86_64 1.4.0-0.2.pre1.fc11.23
Dec 10 15:30:33 Erased: kmod-nvidia-18.104.22.168-90.fc11.x86_64
Dec 10 15:30:45 Erased: kmod-kqemu-188.8.131.52-90.fc11.x86_64
[jks@jks-desktop ~]{f11}$ fc-match -v monospace
Pattern has 33 elts (size 48)
family: "DejaVu Sans Mono"(s)
familylang: "en"(s)
style: "Book"(s)
stylelang: "en"(s)
fullname: "DejaVu Sans Mono"(s)
fullnamelang: "en"(s)
slant: 0(i)(s)
weight: 80(i)(s)
width: 100(i)(s)
size: 12(f)(s)
pixelsize: 12.5(f)(s)
spacing: 100(i)(s)
foundry: "unknown"(s)
antialias: FcTrue(w)
hintstyle: 2(i)(w)
hinting: FcTrue(w)
verticallayout: FcFalse(s)
autohint: FcFalse(s)
globaladvance: FcTrue(s)
file: "/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf"(s)
index: 0(i)(s)
outline: FcTrue(s)
scalable: FcTrue(s)
dpi: 75(f)(s)
rgba: 5(i)(w)
scale: 1(f)(s)
0000: 00000000 ffffffff ffffffff 7fffffff 00000000 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
0001: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffe00f f371ffcf
0002: ffffffff fffffff3 ffff3033 ffffffff ffffffff fbffffff 7fcf33c3 000843ff
0003: ffffffff ffffffff 01000008 44300002 ffffd7f0 fffffffb ffff7fff ffff0003
0004: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff 000c0000 0fff0000 0c0ffc0c ffff999f 03ffffff
0005: 3c030000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0006: 882016c0 07fffffe 043fffff ce103fff 010200d9 40008210 00001000 03ff0000
000e: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 fef02596 1bffecae 00003f00 00000000
0010: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ffff0000 1fffffff
001d: e0d00304 dfff7000 0fffffff 0980003c f8000020 feffffff 00000000 00000000
001e: ff0fffff ffff3fff fff00fff f0ffff0f 8bffffff 33c33003 3f003cc0 033fcf3f
001f: 3f3fffff ffffffff aaff3f3f 3fffffff ffffffff ffdfffff efcfffdf 7fdcffff
0020: ffbf07ff 76ff804f 800003e0 fff30000 001f7fff 003fffff 00000000 00000000
0021: 26e0e024 00004c54 fff80000 00000000 ffff0000 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
0022: ffaebfff 3f003f81 fffffffe ffffe3ff ffe78fff 00000003 fc002060 000083ff
0023: f33fff7f 7fa009e3 df9d3b9e 27f9fb39 f8200f0f 00007fff 0000c000 00000000
0024: 00000000 00000008 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0025: ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff
0026: ffffffff ff00ffff ffffffff ffffffff 1fff0fff 00030003 00000000 00000000
0027: fffff3de fffffeff 7f47afff 003ffffe ff100000 7ffeffff 00000060 00000301
0029: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0c000800
002a: 00000000 00008000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
002b: 07fc0000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
002c: 00000000 00000000 00000000 36e0c010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
002e: 01000000 0000403c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00a7: f87fff00 00000000 00000000 00000000 00001e00 00000000 00000000 00000000
00f6: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020 00000000
00fb: 00000006 00000000 fffc0000 ffffffff c03ffc03 00003c00 00000000 f0000300
00fe: 00000000 00000000 00000000 ffdf0000 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff 9fffffff
00ff: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 2e000000
01d6: 00000000 00000000 00000000 ffff0000 ffffffff 0000000f 00000000 00000000
01d7: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ffc00000
lang: aa|af|ar|ast|av|ay|az-az|az-ir|bm|be|bg|bi|bin|br|bs|bua|ca|ce|ch|co|cs|cv|cy|da|de|el|en|eo|es|et|eu|fa|fi|fj|fo|fr|ff|fur|fy|ga|gd|gl|gn|gv|ha|haw|ho|hr|hu|ia|ig|id|ie|ik|io|is|it|ka|kaa|ki|kk|kl|ku-am|kum|kv|kw|ky|la|lb|lez|ln|lt|lv|mg|mh|mi|mk|mo|mt|nb|nds|nl|nn|no|nr|nso|ny|oc|om|os|pl|pt|rm|ro|ru|sco|se|sel|shs|sk|sl|sm|sma|smj|smn|so|sq|sr|ss|st|sv|sw|tk|tl|tn|to|tr|ts|tt|tw|tyv|ug|uk|uz|ve|vo|vot|wa|wen|wo|xh|yap|yo|zu|ak|an|ber-dz|crh|csb|ee|fat|fil|hsb|ht|hz|jv|kab|kj|kr|ku-tr|kwm|lg|li|mn-mn|ms|na|ng|nv|pap-an|pap-aw|qu|rn|rw|sc|sg|sn|su|ty|za(s)
fontversion: 150077(i)(s)
capability: "otlayout:arab otlayout:cyrl otlayout:dflt otlayout:grek otlayout:lao otlayout:latn"(s)
fontformat: "TrueType"(s)
embeddedbitmap: FcTrue(s)
decorative: FcFalse(s)
(In reply to comment #2)
> How about removing baekmuk*fonts?
I'm not sure what you are asking me here.
(In reply to comment #5)
> > How about removing baekmuk*fonts?
> I'm not sure what you are asking me here.
Well I was mostly wondering why you have font installed.
Did you install Korean support?
I meant you could remove baekmuk-ttf-gulim-fonts as root
with "yum remove baekmuk-ttf-gulim-fonts" even all baekmuk*fonts.
(For Korean un-core actually provides better fonts.)
That doesn't solve any supposed problem of course
but might be a workaround at least.
I'm not sure why the fonts are installed. This computer has been upgraded from one Fedora version to another for a long time.
I just removed the fonts and remmed out the part of my .emacs that set the font and the problem went away. I then reinstalled them and the problem came back.
Yes I can reproduce also on F12, and reverting to
fontconfig-2.7.3 fixes the problem.
(For me baekmuk-ttf-gulim-fonts got pulled in
by the openoffice.org langpack for Korean FWIW.)
This issue is easily reproducible with fc-match "monospace:lang=en" though, there are two things introduced in 2.8.0:
1. the above command matches lang="ko" too
2. Baekmuk Gulim has been added to the pattern with the strong binding somehow. which has ever been added with the weak binding.
also let's remember that emacs only switched to the same font engine as everyone else recently
(In reply to comment #9)
> This issue is easily reproducible with fc-match "monospace:lang=en" though,
> there are two things introduced in 2.8.0:
Ah right you are.
I noticed that
'fc-match "monospace:lang=m"' => Lohit-Telugu.ttf
which seems a bit weird too.
I am not sure what the expected behaviour should be.
Does lang= assume/require a full lang-region?
fc-match "monospace:lang=ja" -> gulim
fc-match "monospace:lang=ja-" -> vlgothic
The /etc/fonts/conf.d/66-lohit-*.conf files are awfully broken. Instead of matching on target="pattern" they match on font patterns. Which means, they replace any font that supports any of those Indic languages.
Plus, they do prepend_first, which is fascistic.
Nicolas, you really should do an audit of those conf files.
Ok but what about Baekmuk Gulim?
(In reply to comment #13)
> The /etc/fonts/conf.d/66-lohit-*.conf files are awfully broken. Instead of
> matching on target="pattern" they match on font patterns. Which means, they
> replace any font that supports any of those Indic languages.
You are talking about different issue. this issue happens without lohit-*-fonts packages installed. That should be filed as separate bug.
Plus, in fact this is a kind of regression that not happening in 2.7.3, reassigning back to fontconfig again.
FWIW I'm planning to file a bug to the font packages for the audit of their fontconfig config files.
Humm. Seems like I'm wrong. Default match target is pattern, not font. Let me investigate this futher. prepend_first is still discouraged.
Without lohit config and with Baekmuk Gulim though, I get the expected result:
[root@behdad conf.d]# fc-match "monospace:lang=m"
DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"
[root@behdad conf.d]# rpm -q fontconfig
(In reply to comment #17)
> Without lohit config and with Baekmuk Gulim though, I get the expected result:
> [root@behdad conf.d]# fc-match "monospace:lang=m"
> DejaVuSansMono.ttf: "DejaVu Sans Mono" "Book"
> [root@behdad conf.d]# rpm -q fontconfig
> fontconfig-2.8.0-1.fc12.i686
wrong testcase. see Comment #9.
*** Bug 548390 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This might be the configuration file issue in 65-baekmuk-ttf-gulim.conf. as I pointed out current behaviour in the list [*1] and due to the issue we have in Bug#518161 too perhaps dunno, comparing the lang with 'ko' behaves wrongly in current implementation of fontconfig at least. modifying like the following works expectedly:
<test name="lang">
*1 - http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/2009-November/003275.html
Behdad said he would look into the lang= issues but
maybe we should reassign to baekmuk-ttf at least as
a workaround for f13?
maybe. we could clone this to keep both on track.
This should be fixed by baekmuk-ttf-fonts-2.2-25.fc13 and
the result no binding="same" changes proposed by Tagoh-san.
So this is probably a duplicate of bug 578015.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 578017 ***


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Leave Enough Room for the KidFriday, August 23rd, 2013
You think I'm going to talk about your offspring, right? Nope. The kid I want you to make room for is your own kid–the one you used to be before responsibility and adulthood and career and parenting and … made you lose track of him or her.
Once we are well enough off to give up work, we need to find that kid again. To start having regular play dates. To relearn how to have fun without worrying about all the adult things for a few hours. Being a kid again isn't just about not being responsible. Being a kid involves creativity, spontaneity, friendship, and yes a bit of mischief.
Go back to having uninhibited fun at least occasionally. Fun that you forgot you knew how to have. Sometimes that involves silliness. Sometimes it involves reconnecting with the people you used to do those kinds of things with. Sometimes it's just a matter of remembering that you loved doing it as you do it with your grandkids. Swinging on the swings at the playpark, dancing to music on the radio, stomping in puddles.
To have it happen, you need to leave room for it. Room in your schedule. Room in your physical dwelling. Room in your heart. Please leave room for your kid.
At the moment, I am shopping for my next house. Yes, it does need to be a house. I am a dirt person. My little kid needs a patch of ground where she can plant flowers and vegetables and see what grows this year and try all over again next year.
And it will be a little bit bigger than some might think I need at this stage of the game. Why? Because I also need a messy room. I need a place where I can start a creative project and leave the mess out so that I can work on it whenever I want without all the rigmarole of getting it all back out from where I stored it.
Many of us do not revel in messes as adults but kids have to have them. (We really need them, too, but we've been brainwashed.) This new house is going to be different. In the past, the important thing was to get wherever I lived to look like a home decorating magazine article. That's nice. When you use the things that mean something to you (and that have "stories"), that effort really is an essential part of feathering a nest. But it's not the whole story.
We also need blank spaces–fresh canvas for the things we have yet to create in our lives. The kid in us does not relax with a finely finished room. She needs a place to express herself. That requires empty spaces and blank pages in the calendar.
If you've been living in your space for a long time, this is still true. To make the needed space, do occasional purges (or "sort and pitches" as I call them). Is what's taking up your space useful? Is it beautiful? Joyful? If it's none of these things, maybe you need to let it go so you have room for the kid. So much of what we end up displaying is obsolete but still in place. Get rid of everything you don't really love, so there's room to grow.
Same deal with your calendar. Are you doing things that are fun? That you feel good about contributing your time to? If you stop doing things that no longer satisfy you, there's a lot more room to find new things to do. Things your kid will enjoy.
It's easy to get into serious volunteering when you retire. Watch out for that. The kid is a good giver and an enthusiastic helper, provided you are doing something that's really you. Adults can fake enthusiasm. Kids cannot.
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I got the message a lot of us recognize. Some of us have written it. Some of us have received it. The one that comes from the new supply, the new perfect love interest, the new angel waiting to save the day. The now desperate one looking for answers, looking to have their questions answered and concerns validated. The one that is no longer sure what to think of this wonderful person they have come to love and adore. The one that now questions how much of what they've been told is true.
Part of me thought "tread carefully", we all know getting sucked back in happens more than once and anyone that validated the initial concerns is subject to an onslaught of hell, so I really don't want to be that person. All over again. At the same time, shouldn't I say "run like hell! No, you're not crazy!" What is my moral obligation, my ethical obligation? I'm still clawing myself out of hell though, so I can't hold her hand.
She didn't marry him and doesn't have a child with him. It's easier. She got sick of his shit, kicked him out and now he has nothing. He sends me a text that said he won't have his phone for awhile (not that I asked) and "hope you girls are ok. With all my heart. Bye."
And here we go. I can feel the nurturing, sympathizing, caring wife creeping into the back of my soul. And I don't like it, not one damn bit!


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|Anti-Vaxxers Stand in Way of Pakistan's Final Fight Against Polio
|Written by Sabrina Toppa, Al Jazeera
|Tuesday, 14 May 2019 08:19
Excerpt: "The vaccine is refused because of misinformation and after fake vaccination campaign by CIA in 2011 to find Osama bin Laden."
Anti-Vaxxers Stand in Way of Pakistan's Final Fight Against Polio
14 May 19
t 11am on a Saturday, Tayyaba Gul and her team of polio campaign workers enter a school in Nowshera, a city in Pakistan's northwest.
A week earlier, agitated parents had instructed teachers to block vaccination teams from immunising their children against the polio virus, claiming the vaccine was harmful and capable of poisoning their children.
Gul, a polio eradication activist, was hopeful she could restore their trust.
Today, Pakistan is one of the last countries with the wild poliovirus, reporting at least 15 cases this year.
While the poliovirus has been eradicated around the globe, it remains endemic in Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it still cripples children every year.
In recent years, however, Pakistan has been able to celebrate a precipitous drop, after recording more than 300 cases in 2014. Much of this success has been driven by more than 250,000 polio workers who have ventured into remote and inaccessible patches of the country to administer vaccinations to children under the age of five.
However, recent eradication efforts have been stymied by suspicion from parents and the public at large that the vaccine is unsafe, driven by misinformation spread on social media.
In April, one female polio worker in Balochistan and two policemen escorting vaccinators in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were shot dead. In another incident, an impassioned mob set a health facility on fire in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar, claiming that scores of children were sickened by the vaccine.
As videos purporting to unmask the vaccine's dangers gained traction online, more people refused it and attacks on polio workers mounted, pushing the government to temporarily halt the polio campaign's activities.
There are public fears that the polio campaign might be a front for nefarious actors, a myth that has its roots in a fake vaccination campaign orchestrated by the CIA in 2011 to track down Osama bin Laden in the country.
The lingering mistrust has pushed health workers such as Gul to work overtime to bring accurate information to the public, organising awareness sessions in public schools and religious seminaries.
Gul's team is also engaging influential community members - imams, teachers, local politicians, and powerful landlords to spread the message that the vaccine is safe.
In Nowshera, approximately two hours from the capital Islamabad, refusals jumped to more than 88,000 cases in April, up from just 256 refusals in March, according to Waqar Ahmed Khan, district coordinator at the Youth Catalyst Pakistan (YCP).
Led by Gul, YCP runs a network of health centres in Pakistan focusing on fighting the polio virus.
Working in high-risk areas for polio transmission in Nowshera, Gul and her team at YCP, are careful to approach the vaccine as part of a broader health initiative.
"Some of the teachers were asking me, 'Why are you only focusing on polio?'," Gul told Al Jazeera. "'Why not other diseases? Why is this one more important?' They were saying, 'This vaccine is made by America, it's not locally made'."
Haseena Bibi, a 23-year-old working at YCP, says one way of fighting vaccine denial is to inform people that they can also find medicine for common ailments such as fever and the flu at the centre.
"Some have misconceptions that it causes infertility, others say they have other medical concerns that we are not addressing," said Nageena Arshad, one of the government's polio vaccinators in Nowshera.
Given entrenched poverty and substandard healthcare infrastructure, the community's initial faith in a vaccine is often low.
Many see the lack of public spending on basic health services as emblematic of wider neglect and are therefore suspicious of free vaccines.
In short, people are unsure why the government would intervene in one health emergency while ignoring several others.
Hansa Bibi, a 30-year-old mother-of-two in Nowshera refuses the vaccine for her children.
"America is our enemy, why are they giving us a free vaccine?" she told Al Jazeera.
"They put ingredients [forbidden in Islam] in the vaccine to sterilise the Muslim population. They put things in this that are making all the children vomit," Bibi said, adding that Nowshera's hospitals were recently swelling with sickened children. "My in-laws took the vaccine, but I will not give it to my children."
Bibi says most of her opinion is formed by Facebook posts and Urdu-language TV channels.
She is angry with the Pakistani government for promoting the vaccine, which she says causes impotence and may harm children.
"In the mosques, imams say that these vaccines are from a foreign laboratory ... We are poor, and people say 'take this free thing', but we are saying we don't want it.
"Why do Americans send vaccines instead of flour?"
"The government always sends a polio team to our house with oral drops, but we don't know why they are always coming so much."
Faisal Khan, a Nowshera district health spokesperson for CHIP Training and Consulting, says every refusal is analysed and discussions are held with families who cite multiple reasons for rejecting the vaccine, including the notion that it is is not permissible in Islam or effective, or that it may even sterilise the population.
The government should make receiving the vaccine mandatory, he suggests.
Earlier this year, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announced it would block the ID cards of parents that refuse the vaccine for their children.
To build trust, YCP also provides free medical services, such as antenatal and postnatal care for pregnant women and routine immunisations for women and their children.
During a recent polio campaign inside the Nowshera centre, Nihar Bibi, a health worker, was approached by two young visitors - aged eight and 10 - requesting medicine for a skin problem.
The area has no government hospitals, and the centre often functions as the neighbourhood's only health facility.
Most patients are not there with the polio vaccine in mind; they are concerned about pneumonia, a UTI, or a fever.
Naeem Ullah, who works on the immunisation programme and trains religious leaders, says that raising awareness of the vaccine's efficacy is paramount.
"When people know its benefit, only then can they give the benefit to their children."
Last week, a father of an unvaccinated child in Nowshera threatened to kick out Ullah when he knocked on their door. Claiming he needed food, not vaccines, the father expressed doubt about the vaccine's safety.
"I said to him, 'I will drink this right in front of you, and I will go with you to the mosque if you have any religious opposition to the vaccine'," said Ullah.
Later, the man accepted the oral drops for his child.
"This was a very tough polio campaign," says Zubair Shah, monitoring and evaluation officer at YCP.
Usually Shah spends the post-polio campaign period with vaccinators revisiting homes where parents denied access to children; however, the suspension of these follow-up visits has redirected YCP's efforts.
Now, the centre is trying to mobilise influential community leaders.
"It's not an easy situation," Gul says. "We did a lot of hard work on polio in the last seven to eight years in Nowshera. If we stop this programme, it means that we start from zero again."


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Cube Escape is a series of puzzle video games / graphic adventures developed by Rusty Lake. Born as free flash games to play with your PC, they have been a huge success so much to see the creation of versions for iOS and Android mobile devices.
Cube Escape Gameplay
The various episodes of Cube Escape are characterized by a surreal and bizarre atmosphere. Solving the enigmas proposed is not easy because often the logic is completely overturned.
First, click on the drawer to collect the pack of matches and a teaspoon inside the various drawers. Open the curtain and take a torn photo crop. Click on the switch on the left and interact with the chandelier at the top finding the second piece of the photo. Open the drawer under the sink and take the bird food, the pot and a piece of wood.
Light the candle above the fireplace and look at the post-it notes on the bulletin board. Put the wood in the fireplace and light the fire with matches. Now approach the radio and on its side you will find the third crop of the photo.
Give bird food to the little bird and then click on the bird to eat and then collect the egg. Put the pot in the kitchen sink and fill it with water. Put the pot on the stove and put the egg inside. Turn the second knob from the left and turn on the gas with matches. Take the egg with the spoon.
PC Requirements
CPU: Info.
CPU SPEED: 1.8 Ghz Processor.
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7,8, 10 or later.
VIDEO CARD: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card.
Cube Escape Full Version PC Game
How to Install?
- Click on "Download Game" button.
- Download "Cube Escape" Installer (Supports Resumable Downloads).
- Open the Installer, Click Next and choose the directory where to Install.
- Let it Download Full Version game in your specified directory.
- Open the Game and Enjoy Playing.
If you feel any problem in Running Cube Escape, then feel free to comment down below.


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Wasserman Schultz Presses Her Ammunition Control BillBY Herschel Smith
1 year ago
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives continues its push to pass their entire legislative agenda ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
It's fair to say that Democrats are trying to pass as much legislation they know congressional Republicans will vote against, and President Trump won't sign.
The political play is a safe bet considering that Democrats could very well lose their control of the House, and as Trump looks like he will win re-election.
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The "Jamie's Law," which calls for universal background check for individuals looking to purchase ammunition, was named in honor of Jamie Guttenberg who was on of 17 students and teachers killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.
First of all, I doubt the democrats will lose control of the House. Second, I'm not so sure of what a republican Senate will do, and third, I'm not so sure as the author about what Trump will do.
But one safe bet is that sooner or later the democrats will be back in control of the House and the White House, and at that point the dam will break and let loose a flood of gun control bills. Ammunition control will be among the larger set of gun control bills.
Because after all, a gun is no good without ammunition. The democrats have said they're going after ammunition, and we should all believe them. In this case they're actually not lying for a change.


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The Georgian Goju-ryu [the main traditional Okinawan style] karate and the basketball federations have gotten involved in a project of the Georgian Justice Ministry which aims to help juvenile convicts in three prisons of Georgia gain new skills.
Coaches from the federations will give lessons to the convicts at least once a week at the second prison in Kutaisi, in western Georgia, and at the 8th and 11th prisons in Tbilisi.
The federations will provide support free of charge," Georgian Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani stated.
Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani thanked the federations for their support. Photo: Justice Ministry press office.
The minister says that the project aims to contact juvenile convicts with the people, who may support them after leaving prisons.
The ministry believes that the project will help convicts find jobs after their release.
Not only federations or companies, but individuals are also able to get involved in the project and support the convicts study something new [languages, university entry exams, etc].
However, those who have such a wish, will have to meet criteria drafted by the ministry.
On 22 February the minister will present the 2019-2020 action plan and detailed information regarding the project will be provided," the ministry reports.
"The project aims to support convicts in re-integration and re-socialisation to the public," the ministry says.


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I was going through my desert photos folder (now well over 15gb) and thought I would post some examples of how the equipment I use has changed over time.
2006- My first trip. I didn't have a digital, just my Rebel SLR ( I continued to use this camera for nearly 10 years).
2013- I acquired a Lomo Fisheye Camera
2016- I had been lugging my SLR to the park for 10 years . The sentimental value was too high for me to continue risking it on long hikes etc. I finally got a DSLR. I may take my film SLR in October and only use it in places where I have a low likelihood of damaging it.The DSLR is a Sony A58.
I apologize for how huge these photos are!
Equipment Evolution 2006-2016
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text: Las Vegas Transportation Getting to and around the Las Vegas Strip Last update: July 2020 Getting from the airport to your hotel Uber / Lyft Uber & Lyft can't pick up right outside the terminal, at least they couldn't the last time I checked. You have to walk to a parking garage. Most hotels have staging areas for Uber/Lyft, but the city doesn't have as many staging areas for them as it does for traditional taxis. I boycott both because of Uber is an incredibly ethically-challenged company, and because in my hometown of Austin, Uber & Lyft refused to comply with local regulations, then paid for a "grassroots" election to try to override local laws, and when voters defeated their measure, the companies then lobbied the Texas state government to cancel Austin's law, which it did. None of us should want a world in which corporations bully and bribe the government in order to get favorable treatment. Taxis There's not flat-rate pricing from the airport to the Strip: $19 to the South Strip, $23 to the Mid Strip, and $27 to the North strip. There's no flat pricing to downtown but it'll cost around $32. The price is the same no matter how many people ride. I generally boycott the taxis because most drive so dangerously, threatening pedestrians and bicyclists, and because buses and shuttles work fine. Taxis also aren't as convenient as you might expect, because they can't and won't stop on the street; you have to wait in the line at the hotel, and sometimes those lines are long. Here's more on taxis in Vegas. City Bus Go to the spot right between the two baggage claim areas, and take the escalator down. Go outside, and the bus stop is the last stop on the right, right under the little canopy. (Last I checked, it was just beyond the last numbered slot, #23, where slot #24 would be if there were a #24.) You'll see airport employees waiting for it. It's usually best to pay $8 for the 24-hour pass when you board. The 24-hour pass works on every bus in the city. More on fares below. Here's which bus to take based on where you're going. (You can find your hotel on our map if you don't know where it is.) Downtown: Your best bet is the Westcliff Airport Express or the #108, both of which go straight to downtown. You could also take the #109 South/SSTT (not #109 North) from the airport and transfer to the SDX at the SSTT (South Strip Transfer Terminal). Stratosphere, Sahara/SLS, Hilton, or LV Convention Center: #108 takes you right there. Other North Strip, Mid-Strip: Take the #108 to the Stratosphere, then transfer to the the Deuce or the "Strip & Downtown Express" (SDX) bus, which run up and down the strip. (For Circus Circus, instead of transferring to the Deuce or SDX, you could get off at Rivieria Blvd. and walk 10 minutes west towards the strip if you wanted.) South Strip: The Westcliff Airport Express goes straight from the airport to the Tropicana / MGM / NY NY / Luxor area. Or you could take the #109 South/SSTT (not #109 North), get off at the SSTT, and transfer to the "Strip & Downtown Express" bus. The Westcliff Airport Express goes straight from the airport to the South Strip, then it takes the highway to go to downtown. But it runs only once an hour. By the way, it took the geniuses at the bus agency until 2010 to create a route that goes straight from the airport to the Strip. Go figure! The #108 normally runs every 20 minutes, except every 30 mins. between 11pm-1am, and then once an hour until 2:00am. The bus doesn't run between 2-4am, but then neither do the planes. The Deuce and the "Strip & Downtown Express" (SDX) buses run up and down the Strip, and also to Downtown. See below for info on these buses. A single ride from the airport is $2, but if you need to transfer you'll pay another $2 for the transfer. The better deal is just to pay $8 when you board for a 24-hour pass, which lets you ride any bus in the city at no extra cost, including the Deuce and the SDX. Kids 5 & under ride free, but 6 & over pay the adult fare. See more on LV buses at the bus system website. Airport Shuttles Shared shuttles will take you to Strip hotels for $8 per person, and downtown hotels for $9 per person. It's a great deal if you're traveling solo, but not so much otherwise, since taxis are the same cost for 1-4 people. It's also slow: you might wait up to 20 minutes for the shuttle to leave (even if the ticket seller says just 5-10 minutes), and since you share the ride with other passengers, if you're the last to be dropped off, the trip could take an extra 30 minutes over what it would in a taxi. To find the shuttles, go to the space between the two big baggage claim areas and face the direction of the escalators that are coming down from the second floor. Go past the escalators (i.e., don't ride them), walk out the door, and look left or right. Your hotel probably doesn't have a free shuttle. The only Strip & Downtown casinos that have them reserve them for the high rollers. Some off-strip casinos have free shuttles, like Palace Station, Red Rock, Rampart, and Suncoast. The pickup area for these is next to the bus stop described in the Bus section above. You don't need to rent a car If you're not venturing beyond the Strip and Downtown, you absolutely do not need a car. In fact, a car might just slow you down. Between gridlocked traffic and distant parking (you can't park directly on the strip—you have to go to a parking garage and then walk), taking the bus or just walking is often competitive on time, and a lot less stressful. Not to mention cheaper, even before we consider that free parking is becoming something of a dinosaur. Even if you're going to Hoover Dam, a tour bus is often a better option. It's cheaper, safer, less polluting, more relaxing (you can sleep on the bus), and your driver will point out interesting things about the places you pass, which you wouldn't know about if you were driving yourself. There are places along the strip and downtown that sell the cheap Hoover Dam bus tours. A friend and I took one of them and it was definitely more fun going with a group. Also, you can't even rent a car right at the airport any more. The car rental place is now three miles from McCarran. Getting around the Strip & Downtown Walking Walking the strip is a viable option. Cabs are expensive, and you often have to wait in a long line at the hotel to get one. (They can't and won't stop on the street.) The bus is cheaper but it's often not much faster than walking. Renting a car is often a big waste—traffic on the Strip is often gridlocked and you have to park so far away that you'll wind up walking anyway. Finally, you'll discover lots of interesting stuff when you walk that you'd miss in a taxi. Walking is my preferred way of getting around the strip. The whole thing is only four miles long and you could walk the entire strip in an hour and a half. But walking isn't a perfect option. First of all, the Aria/Cosmo/City Center monstrosity is absolutely hostile to pedestrians. In that area you can't cross at street level, and the detours to the walkways are lengthy and laborious. You could walk on the other side of the street, but that area of the south strip is packed with people so walking is slow-going. Another annoyance are the guys who constantly thrust ads in your face for call girls. Finally, walking is the summer often means braving 100°F+ heat. Still, I walk if I'm going only a mile or two. For longer distances, I take the bus. By the way, please wait for the green light when crossing! Tourists seem to have no regard for the traffic signals, and many of them pay the ultimate price for that lack of judgement. Vegas is twice as dangerous as the national average for pedestrians. It's the 6th-most dangerous city for walkers in the U.S. A ped gets killed here about every four days Pay attention and obey the signals! Buses: The Deuce and the Strip/Downtown Express (SDX) There are two buses that run up and down the Strip, and to downtown, The Deuce and the Strip/Downtown Express (SDX). Here are the differences: Deuce Strip & Downtown Express (SDX) Basic service Up & down the Strip, and Downtown Frequency 24/7, every ~12 minutes (except every 30 minutes between 2:00-5:30am) Cost $6 for two-hour pass • $8 for a 24-hour pass No, you can't buy a single trip for less. You can buy the $8 pass on the Deuce, or from a machine at an SDX stop, and the pass works on every bus in the city, and the 24 hours starts from the time you buy it. Where to get tickets On the bus or machine From machine at the bus stop (NOT on the bus) Strip Service 17 stops (i.e., every casino) 6 stops (i.e., express) Style Double-Decker Normal Goes to LV Premium Outlets no yes Goes to Convention Center no yes Goes to LV Outlet Center no yes Goes to the South Strip Transfer Terminal (SSTT) no yes The SDX is usually fast, but the Deuce can be pretty slow, and when the Strip is congested the Deuce isn't much faster than walking. Downtown to Mandalay Bay (5.7 miles) is as quick as 40 minutes, but once it took me 1:23 in traffic, and I could walk it in 1:44. (When I ran the Vegas Marathon, I did that route in 51 minutes—almost as fast as the fastest bus.) But even though the Deuce is often barely faster than walking, it does get you out of the heat, and is a relief when you're tired. Also, if you're able to snag the front two seats upstairs then you get a great, cheap tour of the Strip. And of course, the SDX is always faster than the Deuce. Note that if you have occasion to ride a numbered local bus (not the Deuce or SDX), you can buy your $8 day pass on any bus in the city, and that pass works on any bus in the city, including the Deuce and SDX. Some trivia: RTC is constantly renaming the Strip Express bus. It used to be the #302 route. Then it was the Ace. Then it was the Gold Line. Now it's the "Strip & Downtown Express" (SDX). Odds are they'll change it again before too long. Casino-operated trams Some casinos run their own private trams between their properties. These trams are fast, free, and run from 9:00am to 10:30pm, every 8 minutes. The only downside is they don't take you very far. Trams run between: Treasure Island < > Mirage Park MGM < > Aria < > Bellagio Mandalay Bay < > Luxor < > Excalibur Las Vegas Monorail The monorail is a joke, and fairly useless for traveling the Strip. It runs behind the strip hotels, and it's a fair hike to get to and from it. It's also too expensive, has too few stops, doesn't run late, and doesn't go the whole length of the strip. It's often much faster (and cheaper) to take the bus or walk. Now, if you're going to or from the Convention Center or Westgate it's great. Otherwise, you probably won't find it very convenient. Tickets are $5 for a one-way ride or $13 for a day pass (vs. $8 for a day pass on the bus). You can see the stops on my Strip map. Casino-to-Casino shuttles There are some hotel shuttles that go from casino to casino. The most popular is probably the one that goes between Bally's and Rio, which leaves Bally's every 30 minutes between 10am to 1am. The Trolley The trolley is a bus which looks like an old streetcar. It's only $2, but it's super, incredibly slow. That's because it stops at every casino on the Strip, and not on the street, either, but rather it pulls in to the casino's loading/unloading area. I took this thing once. Never again.


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If you're in need of a crown to cover a damaged tooth, you have a lot of options. But before you choose, you need to know what you want. Would you be happy with an affordable, well-fitting crown that holds up well and allows you to chew comfortably? Or are you interested in a more expensive one that also provides the most attractive result?
Crowns have been a mainstay in dentistry for generations. The first were made of metals like gold or silver — durable and effective but not very attractive.
In time, a ceramic material known as dental porcelain began to make its appearance in crowns. Dental porcelain could be fashioned to resemble the color and texture of natural teeth, but it had a significant drawback: it could be brittle and subject to shattering under chewing pressure.
This problem was somewhat addressed with the innovation of a crown with a metal substructure fused with an outer layer of porcelain. These porcelain-fused-to-metal (PFM) crowns combined the best advantages of both materials: strength and life-likeness. Up until around the mid-2000s, PFM made up over 80% of crowns.
But later porcelains continued to improve in strength, beginning in 1993 with the introduction of a Lucite-reinforced material. Newer formulations like lithium disilicate or zirconium oxide (now considered the strongest porcelain) have made all-porcelain crowns a viable option. Today, an estimated 60% of new crowns are all-porcelain.
From an appearance standpoint, all-porcelain crowns achieve the best results. The most realistic crown can be costly — not because of the material but the level of artistry required. A skilled dental technician will spend several hours, including brushing on as many as fifteen coats of liquid porcelain to the crown, to achieve the most life-like outcome. Your insurance plan, if you have one, will most likely not pay as high a percentage for that type of crown.
In the end, it's your decision as to what type of crown you wish to have. We'll help you weigh your options and decide what's best for you and your budget.
If you would like more information on crown options, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation.
Soon after the primary (baby) teeth begin to give way, the teeth a child will have the rest of their lives start erupting into the mouth. But while they're permanent, they're not as strong and developed as they will be in adulthood.
That's why we treat young permanent teeth differently from older adult teeth. For example, a decayed adult tooth may need a root canal treatment; but this standard treatment would often be the wrong choice for a child's tooth.
The reason why involves the pulp, the innermost layer of a tooth, which plays a critical role in early development. Young permanent teeth continue to grow in sync with the jaws and facial structure. Most of this growth is in the dentin, the layer between the enamel and pulp, which increases proportionally to the other layers as the tooth matures. The pulp generates this new dentin.
A root canal treatment completely removes the diseased tissue of the pulp. This isn't a major issue for a mature tooth because it no longer needs to generate more dentin. But it can have long-term consequences for an immature tooth whose growth may become stunted and the roots not fully formed. The tooth may thus become brittle and darkened, and might eventually require removal.
Because of these potential consequences, a root canal treatment is a last resort for a young permanent tooth. But there are modified alternatives, depending on the degree of pulp exposure or infection. For example, if the pulp is intact, we may be able to remove as much soft decayed dentin as we can, place an antibacterial agent and then fill the tooth to seal it without disturbing the pulp. If the pulp is partially affected, we can remove that part and place substances that encourage dentin growth and repair.
Our main goal is to treat a young tooth with as little contact with the pulp as possible, so as not to diminish its capacity to generate new dentin. Avoiding a full root canal treatment if at all possible by using these and other techniques will help ensure the tooth continues to develop to full maturity.
If you would like more information on dental care for children, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Saving New Permanent Teeth after Injury."
Children losing their primary ("baby") teeth is both natural and necessary. So, is it really that much of a concern if they lose one early?
The answer is yes — premature primary tooth loss could have long-term consequences for the permanent teeth as they develop within the jaw before eruption. Primary teeth play a crucial role in this development: as the permanent teeth form and grow the primary teeth serve as placeholders until they're ready to erupt. A natural process then takes place in which the primary tooth's roots dissolve (resorb) to allow them to fall out. Once they're out of the way, the permanent teeth can then erupt.
If, however, they're lost before the permanent teeth are ready, it leaves a space in the child's bite. The dynamic mechanism between teeth and the periodontal ligament causes adjacent teeth to move or "drift" into the space. This can crowd out the permanent tooth intended for the space, causing it to come in improperly forming a malocclusion (bad bite), or it may become impacted and remain partially or fully below the surface of the gums.
This poor dental development could lead to extensive orthodontic treatment later in life, which is why we seek to preserve even decayed primary teeth for their entire natural lifespan. If the tooth is lost, however, we need to take action to preserve the space for the permanent tooth and avoid costly treatment later.
This usually calls for a "space maintenance" appliance — a type of orthodontic "retainer" — worn by the child to prevent other teeth from drifting into the space. Designed by your orthodontist, the appliance can also perform a cosmetic and social function by causing the space to appear unnoticeable.
Maintaining that space requires monitoring — especially by an orthodontist — and continued dental hygiene and care both at home and at the dentist's office. The extra care preserving the space caused by premature tooth loss will help to ensure your child's dental structure develops properly and their future smile will be an attractive one.
If you would like more information on the care and treatment of primary teeth, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine articles "Early Loss of Baby Teeth" and "Losing a Baby Tooth."
When does dental care begin for a child? In the truest sense, before they're born. Although the first teeth won't erupt until months after birth, they're already forming in the baby's jaw while still in the womb.
During the prenatal period a baby's dental health depends on the mother's health and diet, especially consuming foods rich in calcium and other minerals and nutrients. Once the baby is born, the next dental milestone is the first appearance of primary teeth in the mouth. That's when you can begin brushing with just a smear of toothpaste on a toothbrush.
Perhaps, though, the most important step occurs around their first birthday. This is the recommended time for you to bring them to visit our office for the first time.
By then, many of their primary teeth have already come in. Even though they'll eventually lose these to make way for their permanent set, it's still important to take care of them. A primary tooth lost prematurely could cause the permanent tooth to come in improperly. Saving it by preventing and treating tooth decay with fluoride applications and sealants, fillings or even a modified root canal treatment could stop a bad bite and costly orthodontic treatment down the road.
Regular trips to the dentist benefit you as a caregiver as much as they do your child. We're your best source for information about dental health and development, including concerns like teething and thumb sucking. We'll also keep you informed on your child's growth process as their teeth, jaws and facial structure develop.
Beginning regular dental visits at age one will also help make your child comfortable with seeing the dentist, more readily than if you wait until they're older. It's an unfortunate fact that many people don't seek out the clinical dental care they need because of anxiety over visiting the dentist. Starting early, not only will your child be getting the best in dental care, they'll be developing a habit that can continue to benefit their oral health the rest of their lives.
If you would like more information on your child's dental care, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Age One Dental Visit."


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A terroir to be explored
Between the Atlantic Coast and the Lot Valley, the South West wine region is one of the most diverse areas of France and one whose isolation has helped to preserve its oenological riches intact. In order to penetrate its mysteries, it is necessary to venture into the wine estates and meet the winemakers, who will extol the virtues of Ondenc, Mauzac or Auxerrois.
It is this very diversity that gives rise to some soft and fruity wines, and others that are extremely rich and complex.


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Poor Jordan Parrish. Teen Wolf's Beacon Hills deputy was put through hell in Monday night's episode "Perishable" and now has more questions about the supernatural creatures that populate his town than ever before. We've raised questions about Parrish's supernatural identity on Teen Wolf in the past. Is Parrish a Phoenix? Is he another werewolf? (Nope.) But the answer is still a mystery and could remain one for a looooong time if we're supposed to believe creator Jeff Davis' words.
First a little backstory into Parrish's epic "Perishable" moments. The episode started with a bang, or more accurately, with a fireball, as Jordan woke up strapped to his police car as his fellow police buddy Deputy Haigh doused him and the car with gasoline. Haigh revealed that he knew Parrish was on the Benefactor's dead pool and wanted to get the $5 million from Parrish's death. Parrish begged for his life and asked Haigh how he could listen to his friend dying. Haigh responded by putting in headphones. Sorry Haigh, you could be listening to Metallica cover a song from Slipknot and it still wouldn't drown out the screams of your fellow Deputy dying. Jerk. But Haigh was out of luck when it came to getting paid as Parrish returned from the blaze covered in ash but otherwise unscathed and pummeled Haigh for his attempted murder.
When the team tried to pry into Parrish's supernatural identity, he revealed something that made me want to punch the Teen Wolf writers in the mouth: He had no idea what he was or what any of the other members of the Wolf Pack are either. In fact, when the team tried to explain to Parrish about the other mysteries of Beacon Hills, he was as confused as I am when someone tries to explain trigonometry to me.
Even after seeing Parrish rise from the ashes and beat down his attacker, we still don't have the answer to what Parrish is. And it looks like the mystery won't be solved yet as showrunner Jeff Davis revealed during Teen Wolf's after show Wolf Watch that even the actor who plays Parrish, Ryan Kelley, doesn't know what he is. He also said that we don't know if Parrish is only immune to fire or if he is also immune to other dangers. Does that mean Davis doesn't plan to reveal Parrish's identity this season? Does that mean we'll have to wait for several more months before we find out this information? I don't know about you guys, but I don't think I can hold out much longer.
During Wolf Watch, the show's DJ and resident Teen Wolf fanatic Cole Plante asked Davis the question we've been wondering about for quite a while: Is Parrish a phoenix? He explained his reasoning for thinking about this theory and then the camera panned to Davis, who looked pretty damn squeamish. Perhaps Parrish's identity is phoenix. If so, don't be mad at Cole Plante, Jeff Davis. The internet came up with the theory from the first time we all saw the midseason Teen Wolf trailer. So can we hurry up and get to the reveal already? I'm dying here.
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Rain is good, but here on the central coast it brings with it mud and muck at the barn. What are the best boots for mucking about at the barn when the rain comes?
Since we get all our rain for the year in a few months our need for muck boots is fairly seasonal. However, switching out your leather boots for rain boots to hose off or bathe your horse happens year-round.
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The Walking Dead fans will learn more about Lennie James' Morgan in Fear the Walking Dead.
In an interview with TV Insider, James discussed what Morgan's role will be in the The Walking Dead prequel series. Though James did not share any details about how the character will connect between the two shows, he did tease Fear will continue to tell Morgan's story of struggling to find inner peace.
"I can safely say that, in a weird way, it is both a continuation of that battle that Morgan's having with himself and with the people around him, and it is still part of his journey to finding some kind of inner peace—but it's not necessarily told in a straight line," James said.
James also hinted Fear will somehow expand Morgan's story while retaining much of what makes the character so fascinating in the first place.
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Fear the Walking Dead Season 4 premieres on April 15 on AMC. For more on the series, read why we believe Abraham would have made a better crossover character.
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As you probably know, PDF file format keeps the document layout and you cannot edit it as other file formats. PDF files are inevitable in the business world, especially when they need to be sent from one computer to another. When using PDF format, you do not need to worry about losing the document layout or some of its data. Not only can you preserve the content of your document, but you can also make your files secure and put certain permissions on it.
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The only disadvantage of PDF is that you cannot edit PDF files as easy as MS Office files. Not to mention how hard it can be to edit a scanned PDF. Unlike native PDF files, scanned files are the result of a scanned paper. For instance, you want to digitize a paper document, you scan it and move it to your computer. When you save such document in PDF, it becomes a scanned PDF.
Even though there are many PDF conversion programs that easily convert PDF files to various formats, scanned PDF files cannot be converted with every PDF converter. When you pick a PDF converter, make sure it has OCR technology implemented. Thanks to OCR technology, text can be easily extracted from PDF file and edited in almost any file application.
Most common issue when converting a scanned PDF
One of the most common problems that occur when you want to convert a scanned file is that the end result it totally black. If that happens with your file when you try to convert, it doesn't mean necessarily that the tool you are using is bad, but the original file.
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You will see, once you reprint a file and upload it, your conversion result will look like how you expected.
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Most blogs explain how to convert scanned PDF files to Word, because Microsoft Word is the most popular application and docx the most common file type. In addition to regular business documents, individuals also use presentations every time they want to pitch an idea at the meeting or to get a new client. Since presentations are edited best in PowerPoint, today we will show you how to convert scanned PDF slides and unlock your presentation.
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When you enter your email address and click the "Start" button, you will receive an email with the download link. Open that link and click on the "Download file"button. You will be able to choose the location where you want to save the converted file. It will be in .pptx format and ready for editing. You can also check the file name field and rename the file if necessary. The converted file will be saved on the same device, so if you use a mobile phone to edit a PDF presentation, the converted file will be automatically saved to your phone. So,if it matters to you where the document will be saved, make sure you use the tool on that very device. Or if that is not possible, you can email your converted file to any other device, or upload it to the cloud.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Greatest Cigar in the World?
So when Jim Harrison of Habana House here in Austin raved about the LFD Litto Gomez Small Batch you see above, I had to run down and treat myself to an exquisite Christmas smoke. Only a few thousand of these were made (200 boxes in all!), and I feel privileged to have given this cigar a try earlier today.
First of all, this cigar is beautiful to look at. You can't really tell from my crappy cell phone photo, but the wrapper is almost reddish with black accents. It's one of those dark, oily wrappers that exude quality and rarity. Once I lit it up, I was surprised at just how smooth and consistent the LG is. That smooth, rich characted stayed with the stick until the very end--and I smoked it down to the last inch or so.
Jim told me that the LG was such an expensive smoke that he couldn't really afford to corner a few for himself, but some of his best customers bought him a handful as Christmas presents. That's a loyal customer base, something that Habana House deserves. If you're in the Austin area, stop by Habana House in SoCo (South Congress) and give one a try. Treat yourself like I did...it's the holidays!
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