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A DRUG addict died in her living room after taking a cocktail of legal and illegal substances, a court heard.
An inquest in Bolton was told how 37-year-old Zoe O'Hanlon funded her addiction through shoplifting and, shortly before she died on September 15 last year, complained to a friend that she had been punched in the mouth by police while being arrested.
Following the mum-of-two's death at her ground floor flat in Crescent Drive, Little Hulton, Greater Manchester Police's professional standards branch conducted an investigation and, together with evidence from a post mortem examination, it was concluded that no assault had taken place.
Coroner Jennifer Leeming was told how Ms O'Hanlon's neighbour, Diana Daniels, spotted her hanging out washing on the morning of September 14.
But when she did not take it back inside in the evening, Ms Daniels and her partner, Michael Pearson, went to her flat and found her face down in front of the fire on the living room floor.
She murmured when shaken and so the couple covered her with a duvet and left her.
The next morning they went back to the flat and found her dead.
The inquest heard that Ms O'Hanlon had been arrested twice on September 10 for shoplifting at the Ellesmere and Trafford Centres and in the evening had been taken to Salford Royal Infirmary complaining of chest pain, but no injury was found.
Pathologist, Dr Phillip Lumb, said he could find no evidence of any assault when carrying out the post mortem examination, but toxicology reports showed that she had heroin, methadone and a number of tranquillisers and anti-depressant drugs in her body which, when combined, were at fatal levels.
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O'Reilly Calls Another Accurate Statement About President Obama "Crazy"
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly argued against another accurate statement about President Obama, calling the claim that spending growth has decreased under Obama's administration "crazy."
After screaming "bullshit" at Fox News contributor Alan Colmes for accurately pointing out that Obama has proposed specific spending cuts, O'Reilly again dismissed Colmes when he pointed out that President Obama has slowed the growth of federal spending more than any president since Eisenhower. O'Reilly called Colmes' statement "crazy" and retorted that "President Obama is the biggest spending president" and has spent more all other presidents combined:
But Colmes is right -- under Obama's administration, federal spending has grown at the slowest rate since 1956. As Bloomberg pointed out:
Federal outlays over the past three years grew at their slowest pace since 1953-56, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Expenditures as a share of the economy sank last year to 22.8 percent, their lowest level since 2008, according to Congressional Budget Office data. That's down from 24.1 percent in 2011 and a 64-year high of 25.2 percent in 2009, when Obama pushed through an $831 billion stimulus package.
Spending grew just 0.6 percent from 2009 to 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from government reports.
O'Reilly's claim about Obama adding more debt than all other presidents combined is also false, as it only works by erasing the majority of the federal debt growth under President George W. Bush.

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Facebook contest for "Oh Chuck! I Blew My Cash" invites consumers to share their own stories for a chance to win $10,000 in a Schwab brokerage account
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles Schwab launched a new video series today that addresses a common situation many people have faced: impulse spending. The series, titled "Oh Chuck! I Blew My Cash," features Schwab Founder Chuck Schwab listening and offering advice to six people who made ill-advised but humorous spending decisions. The videos can be found on Schwab's Facebook page and on YouTube.
"We've all made impulse purchases, yet in the back of our minds we're aware of the important balance between spending and saving," said Laurine Garrity, Schwab's chief marketing officer. "Saving and investing are serious topics, but the seriousness can sometimes get in the way of addressing the issues, so we took a light-hearted approach to the topic while also trying to highlight some ways to get on the right financial track."
The Schwab Facebook page is also hosting a contest inviting the general public to submit their own true stories. Visitors to the page will be able to determine the finalists for the contest by voting on which stories they like the best, and Schwab will determine the ultimate winners. The grand prize will be $10,000 deposited in a Schwab brokerage account. The contest will run from May 29 to June 26, 2012. To enter, and for complete contest details and official rules, please visit www.facebook.com/charlesschwab.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 183 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small team of enthusiastic, driven entrepreneurs who are looking to build the next big thing in business collaboration and network traceability.
Our software solutions will serve businesses at all points in the global product supply chain. This includes companies who manufacture products, their suppliers, their distributors and those firms who ultimately sell their products.
Our solutions help this network of companies connect to each other more efficiently and collaborate more closely on supply, manufacturing and distribution processes. We help companies know where their products are, what state those products are in, and where in the business process we are right now. Companies gain this benefit by sharing product information, process/status information and electronic business documents with their trade and supply partners.
We basically provide a dashboard and control system will give the business leaders of these companies more visibility and traceability into their shared business operations and product movement, improving their efficiency while providing greater control over processes such as orders, shipments, etc.
The dominant element of our brand is Traceability. (i.e. knowing what is going on in your business and with your products)
Supporting elements of the brand are: Collaboration, Connection, Visibility, Control
Our software solutions will serve businesses at all points in the global product supply chain. This includes companies who manufacture products, their suppliers, their distributors and those firms who ultimately sell their products. These solutions are creating a new software market that tries to tackle old problems by leveraging new and emerging technologies.
Our solutions will serve multiple industries, from life sciences/pharmaceuticals to consumer products and aerospace. Most of our business will come from the United States but we do serve many global customers and multi-national corporations.
Our primary audiences are the manufacturing, trade and financial executives in these manufacturing, distribution and services companies. Additional audiences are the industry analysts, pundits and influencers who are looking for new ideas and analyzing the abilities of the companies who create these new ideas. These audiences may be skeptical at first of innovative ideas, looking for proof and reassurance. Yet, these audiences are also hopeful of finding an innovative spark that may drive their businesses to new success.
We are looking for a logo to represent our technology business - TraceLink.
Some design elements to consider:
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5. As far as images go...one thought is to consider a mesh of interconnected parts. Just like a spider web or atom has lots of interconnections. Our company provides visibility into the complex mesh of business relationships and processes a company has.
The logo will be used in a large variety of manners, from PowerPoint presentations and business cards to trade show signage and banners so scalability is important.
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Aus 70 Designs von 14 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Recipe Key is need of a layout and icon for its new mobile application (for the iPhone and iPod Touch). We would like to use our logo and would like to have a layout that looks similar to this page: http://www.recipekey.com/iphone/index_m.php
Currently, the Recipe Key website allows users to find the common linkbetween seemingly unrelated ingredients in a user's kitchen in order tocreate a delicious meal. Recipe Key gives users the ability to findrecipes based on ingredients in the user's virtual pantry. As Recipe Key moves into the mobile space, we're looking to develop an iPhone App so users can the Recipe Key features on the go. We're looking for a front page design for the iPhone application, an application icon, and 5 black and white navigation icons at the bottom of the layout. The 5 black and white icons should be: Search, Recipe Finder, Favorites, Grocery List, and My Account. We'd like the layout to look similar to this: http://www.recipekey.com/iphone/index_m.php Additionally, we'd like to use our logo somewhere in the layout and/or the icon. Here is the link to our logo: http://www.recipekey.com/images/rec…_large.jpg
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-We're targeting people who hit that 4PM scramble when trying to figureout what to make for dinner. Additionally, we want this tool to beuseful for people who stop by the grocery store on their way home fromwork in the evening to pick up a few ingredients needed to make ameal.
Please experiment with colors! Refer towww.recipekey.com for our general color scheme. On the site, we'veused a lot of bright colors but kept it simple at the same time. Forthe application, we'd like to stay somewhat consistent with thisstrategy.
- Our goal is simplicity. We do not want any complex layouts or crazy color schemes.


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Kaju-Apu Mennonite Mission (Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia)
Kaju-Apu was one of the three oldest stations of the former Dutch Mennonite mission in Java, Indonesia. It is located south of Mt. Muria, four miles from Kudus. Some Javanese Christians on an evangelizing tour found at Kaju-Apu some persons desirous of instruction. On 26 July 1853 four men were baptized by Hoezoo, a missionary working at Semarang under the Dutch (Reformed) mission board. By 1875 this beginning had increased to 92 members. After Hoezoo's death in 1896 the Dutch Mennonite Missionary Society took over the station on 1 July 1898. By that time there had been some loss of members to the Catholic Church and also by members moving away. The remaining 54 members were served alternately by Johann Hübert and Pieter Anton Jansz. In December 1901 Johann Fast took charge of the mission and built a residence, a school, and a dispensary in addition to the chapel which was built by Hoezoo. Outstations were built at Pati (15 miles away) and Taju (30 miles away). When Fast returned to Europe for his health in 1909, the stations were served by Johann Klaassen until he had to return to Europe for his health. J. Siemens was then in charge of the work. He also was compelled to return to Europe in 1914. Meanwhile the congregation had grown to 105 souls, with 55 baptized members. The mission school had three teachers and 100 pupils. The dispensary served 80-100 patients daily.
From 1904-1921 Kaju-Apu was unoccupied, the work being carried on by N. Thiessen from Margoredjo. This period was the time of the revival among the Chinese in Kudus. It was continued when Fast returned in 1921 and established a subsidiary station in Karangrava. In 1928, in his fortieth year of service, Fast was compelled to leave for a cooler climate.
In June 1929 Hermann Schmitt took over Kaju-Apu, living in Kudus, since there were greater opportunities for work there. Kaju-Apu became a subsidiary with extensive autonomy. Gersom, who had faithfully assisted in the work for more than 40 years, retired in 1932. Most of the members were poor farmers. Since the voluntary contributions of the members and the small income from the rice fields bought by the missionaries at a former time were insufficient to cover the essential expenses, the congregation received aid from the mission treasury.
In 1933 the Kaju-Apu congregation had a membership of 70 adults and 84 children. Sunday services were attended on an average by 66 adults and the Sunday school by 68 children, and the catechetical instruction by 34 young people. Shortly after 1930 this congregation became to some extent independent. Excellent native teachers and preachers, like Tirtoadi, Radija Nitiardjo (until 1936), Wigeno Mororedjo (since 1936), had charge of the congregation, which became completely independent on 24 November 1940. World War II, the Japanese invasion (1942), and the political alterations in Indonesia put the congregation to a severe test, but it stood the test. In 1949 the membership numbered 65 baptized members and 146 children. In 1955 these figures were 76 and 107. The preacher of the congregation since 1941 (and elder in 1955) was W. Mororedjo.
Reports of the Dutch Mennonite Mission Association.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 450 f.
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Schmidt, Hermann and Nanne van der Zijpp. "Kaju-Apu Mennonite Mission (Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 8 Apr 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kaju-Apu_Mennonite_Mission_(Kudus,_Central_Java,_Indonesia)&oldid=144204.
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Schmidt, Hermann and Nanne van der Zijpp. (1957). Kaju-Apu Mennonite Mission (Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 8 April 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Kaju-Apu_Mennonite_Mission_(Kudus,_Central_Java,_Indonesia)&oldid=144204.
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Important Bird Areas
Important Bird Areas (IBAs), are sites particularly important for bird conservation because they regularly hold significant population of one or more globally or regionally threatened, endemic or congregatory bird species or highly representative bird assemblages.
Important Bird Areas are more than a bunch of sites, they aim to form a network sites ensuring that migratory species find suitable breeding, stop-over and wintering places along their respective flyways.
Important Bird Areas were selected on the basis of internationally agreed standard criteria. In Greece there have been identified 196 IBAs. HOS is actively involved in the international programme of Birdlife International, which aims to identify, monitor and protect key sites for birds all over the continent through joint efforts of staff and volunteers at local, national and international level.
Click on a particular IBA on map or view the links below for a list of IBAs for a specific administrative region of Greece.
East Macedonia and Thrace | Central Macedonia | Western Macedonia | Agion Oros | Ipiros | Thessalia | Sterea Ellada | Attiki | Western Greece | Peloponnissos | North Aegean | South Aegean | Ionian Islands | Crete
List of the Important Bird Areas of Greece


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It must be tough to be Steve Farber, this week especially. As one of those responsible for bringing the Democratic National Convention to Denver, his schedule is daunting, to say the least.
Someone said he has almost 400 commitments during the convention's run, and he'll probably make all of them. But even this Energizer Bunny has his limits.
"I was so tired today that I passed out (for a nap) at 4 o'clock," he admitted as he and law partner Norm Brownstein prepared to welcome about 2,000 of their friends at a "welcome to the DNC" party held Sunday night at the Denver Art Museum.
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Crowded as Farber's itinerary is, it pales next to that of Gov. Bill Ritter, who also attended the DAM bash. Ritter could only stay for a minute because he was due at Red Rocks Amphitheater to introduce singer Sheryl Crow.
Academy Award winning actress Charlize Theron had RSVP'd with a "yes" to the Farber fete; whether she made it was still up in the air at press time. Those who were there: media mogul Ted Turner, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas; Kathleen Brown, sister of former California Gov. Jerry Brown; and such local luminaries as U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, former legislator Tim Wirth; Rosemary Rodriguez, Denver's former clerk and recorder who is now a member of the Election Assistance Commission; Stephanie Foote, president of the 2008 Roundtable Series; and John Morland, managing director/global communities for ProLogis.
DAM Director Lewis Sharp was there, too, as was former Gov. Bill Owens; Larry Mizel; Tom Strickland; Jeremy Kinney with wife Holly Arnold Kinney, owner of The Fort restaurant; Goldman Sachs vice chairman Bob Hormats; former Denver City Attorney Cole Finegan; Josh Hanfling; Blair and Kristin Richardson; Michael and Shereen Pollak, owners of Hyde Park Jewelers; attorneys David and Patty Powell; Walt and Georgia Imhoff; MDC President David Mandarich and wife, Bonnie; Linda and Dr. Richard Kelley; Barry Hitschfeld; Eula and Janet Adams; Paul Esserman; attorney Hubert Farbes; Dick and Marcia Robinson with daughter and son-in-law Ellen and Mark Schwartz; Rose Community Foundation President Sheila Bugdanowitz; Larry and Julie Gelfond; Susan Kirk; Michael James; Rollie Jordan and Dr. Bill Silvers; Rose Community Foundation's chief financial officer, Anne Garcia; and National Jewish Health President Michael Salem who, on Wednesday, is having a lunch at his home for U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye of Hawaii.
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I know this board hates W/L records...
But Max Scherzer is now 19-1 defeating Matt Harvey.
Brewers now with 1st and 2nd and nobody out.
Wow. Khris Davis is killing us. Double to the wall there, very nearly gets out again.
I'm not sure why teams don't go to the plate against Arroyo and just look for the 75 mph curve.
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Does Hanigan usually catch Arroyo?
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Some years ago our family got to sample an extended period without Mom's touch. Mom had a prolonged illness, and that left a lot of work not being done around the house. So, our three children and I divided up the chores, which is why not a lot of work was not done around the house. But somehow the kitchen sink always seemed to go unattended. Those dirty dishes took on a life of their own!
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King of grizzly bears 'terrorized' Colorado until 1904
Stockmen feared him.
Livestock fed him.
A massive grizzly bear roamed south-central Colorado in the closing days of the 19th century. He had a peculiar gait, sort of a moseying stride that gave him his nickname, Old Mose.
He was smarter than a fox, they said. Could tell if a man was armed with a rifle. Treated fence posts like match sticks and walked right through them, not around them. One cowboy reported he'd seen Old Mose pull down a running horse with one swipe of his paw, then kill it with a bite to the neck. Another report claimed he'd killed three bulls on one ranch alone.
Whatever the tales, this particular Ursus horribilis earned even more fame. An old timer in the area was quoted in newspaper accounts of the day: "There were two or three men that had gone to the hills to look for him. They never returned and their bodies were never recovered."
In 1904, a savvy professional hunter named James W. Anthony came to the area with his pack of dogs. He was persuaded to go after Old Mose. After a month of tracking and searching and getting lucky, hunter met his prey on Black Mountain. Anthony's description of the killing makes for sober reading. (Denver Post; May 15, 1904, p.3, features section) It is tempered a bit by the respectful tone used to describe the great bruin. It took four rifle shots hitting their mark to kill Colorado's king of grizzlies.
In Canon City, after dressing, Old Mose weighed about 900 lbs. He was killed just after his spring emergence, so might have weighed as much as 1,500 lbs. had he made it through the summer. His hide measured 10 ft., 4 inches long from nose to tail and was 9 ft., 6 inches wide. The Canon City Municipal Museum requested the hide, but the hunter took his prize with him back to California. He eventually gave it to the zoology department of the University of California, Berkeley. Presumably, it still sits in the vault there, where it has contributed to scientific research for 100 years.
More reading, "The Grizzly that Terrorized Colorado," Empire Magazine, The Denver Post, January 28, 1968, p.34. Available on microfilm at Denver Public Library.


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Responsive web design, originally defined by Ethan Marcotte in A List Apart, responds to the needs of the users and the devices they're using. The layout changes based on the size and capabilities of the device. For example, on a phone users would see content shown in a single column view; a tablet might show the same content in two columns.
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Set the viewport
Pages optimized for a variety of devices must include a meta viewport tag in the head of the document. A meta viewport tag gives the browser instructions on how to control the page's dimensions and scaling.
- Use the meta viewport tag to control the width and scaling of the browser's viewport.
- Include
width=device-widthto match the screen's width in device-independent pixels.
- Include
initial-scale=1to establish a 1:1 relationship between CSS pixels and device-independent pixels.
- Ensure your page is accessible by not disabling user scaling.
To attempt to provide the best experience, mobile browsers render the page at a desktop screen width (usually about 980px, though this varies across devices), and then try to make the content look better by increasing font sizes and scaling the content to fit the screen. This means that font sizes may appear inconsistent to users, who may have to double-tap or pinch-to-zoom in order to see and interact with the content.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
Using the meta viewport value
width=device-width instructs the page to match
the screen's width in device-independent pixels. This allows the page to reflow
content to match different screen sizes, whether rendered on a small mobile
phone or a large desktop monitor.
Some browsers keep the page's width constant when rotating to landscape
mode, and zoom rather than reflow to fill the screen. Adding the attribute
initial-scale=1 instructs browsers to establish a 1:1 relationship between CSS
pixels and device-independent pixels regardless of device orientation, and
allows the page to take advantage of the full landscape width.
Ensure an accessible viewport
In addition to setting an
initial-scale, you can also set the following attributes on the viewport:
When set, these can disable the user's ability to zoom the viewport, potentially causing accessibility issues.
Size content to the viewport
On both desktop and mobile devices, users are used to scrolling websites vertically but not horizontally; forcing the user to scroll horizontally or to zoom out in order to see the whole page results in a poor user experience.
- Do not use large fixed width elements.
- Content should not rely on a particular viewport width to render well.
- Use CSS media queries to apply different styling for small and large screens.
When developing a mobile site with a
meta viewport tag, it's easy to
accidentally create page content that doesn't quite fit within the specified
viewport. For example, an image that is displayed at a width wider than the
viewport can cause the viewport to scroll horizontally. You should adjust this
content to fit within the width of the viewport, so that the user does not need
to scroll horizontally.
Since screen dimensions and width in CSS pixels vary widely between devices (for example, between phones and tablets, and even between different phones), content should not rely on a particular viewport width to render well.
Setting large absolute CSS widths for page elements (such as the example below),
cause the
div to be too wide for the viewport on a narrower device (for example,
a device with a width of 320 CSS pixels, such as an iPhone). Instead, consider
using relative width values, such as
width: 100%. Similarly, beware of using
large absolute positioning values that may cause the element to fall outside the
viewport on small screens.
Use CSS media queries for responsiveness
Media queries are simple filters that can be applied to CSS styles. They make it easy to change styles based on the characteristics of the device rendering the content, including the display type, width, height, orientation, and even resolution.
- Use media queries to apply styles based on device characteristics.
- Use
min-device-widthto ensure the broadest experience.
- Use relative sizes for elements to avoid breaking layout.
For example, you could place all styles necessary for printing inside a print media query:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="print.css" media="print">
In addition to using the
media attribute in the style sheet link, there are two
other ways to apply media queries that can be embedded in a CSS file:
@import. For performance reasons, either of the first two methods are
recommended over the
@import syntax
(see Avoid CSS imports).
@media print {
/* print style sheets go here */
@import url(print.css) print;
The logic that applies to media queries is not mutually exclusive, and for any filter meeting that criteria the resulting CSS block is applied using the standard rules of precedence in CSS.
Apply media queries based on viewport size
Media queries enable us to create a responsive experience where specific styles are applied to small screens, large screens, and anywhere in between. The media query syntax allows for the creation of rules that can be applied depending on device characteristics.
@media (query) {
/* CSS Rules used when query matches */
While there are several different items we can query on, the ones used most
often for responsive web design are
min-height, and
|Rules applied for any browser width greater than the value defined in the query.
|Rules applied for any browser width less than the value defined in the query.
|Rules applied for any browser height greater than the value defined in the query.
|Rules applied for any browser height less than the value defined in the query.
|Rules applied for any browser where the height is greater than or equal to the width.
|Rules for any browser where the width is greater than the height.
Let's take a look at an example:
<link rel="stylesheet" media="(max-width: 640px)" href="max-640px.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="(min-width: 640px)" href="min-640px.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="(orientation: portrait)" href="portrait.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="(orientation: landscape)" href="landscape.css"> <style> @media (min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 600px) { h1 { color: fuchsia; } .desc:after { content:" In fact, it's between 500px and 600px wide."; } } </style>
- When the browser is between 0px and 640px wide,
max-640px.cssis applied.
- When the browser is between 500px and 600px wide, styles within the
@mediais applied.
- When the browser is 640px or wider,
min-640px.cssis applied.
- When the browser width is greater than the height,
landscape.cssis applied.
- When the browser height is greater than the width,
portrait.cssis applied.
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It is also possible to create queries based on
min-device-width, though this practice is strongly discouraged.
The difference is subtle but very important:
min-width is based on the
size of the browser window whereas
min-device-width is based on
the size of the screen. Unfortunately some browsers, including the legacy
Android browser, don't report the device width properly; they report the screen size in device pixels instead of the expected viewport width.
In addition, using
min-device-width can prevent content from adapting on
desktops or other devices that allow windows to be resized because the query
is based on the actual device size, not the size of the browser window.
any-pointer and
any-hover for flexible interactions
Starting with Chrome 39, your style sheets can write selectors that cover
multiple pointer types and hover behaviors. The
any-pointer and
media features are similar to
pointer and
hover in that they allow you to query the
capabilities of the user's pointer. However, unlike the latter,
any-pointer and
any-hover operate on the union of all pointer devices rather than just the
primary pointer device.
Use relative units
A key concept behind responsive design is fluidity and proportionality as opposed to fixed width layouts. Using relative units for measurements can help simplify layouts and prevent accidental creation of components that are too big for the viewport.
For example, setting width: 100% on a top level
div, ensures that it spans the
width of the viewport and is never too big or too small for the viewport. The
div fits, no matter if it's a 320px wide iPhone, 342px wide Blackberry Z10,
or a 360px wide Nexus 5.
In addition, using relative units allows browsers to render the content based on the user's zoom level without the need for adding horizontal scroll bars to the page.
Not recommended—fixed width
div.fullWidth {
width: 320px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
Recommended—responsive width
div.fullWidth {
width: 100%;
How to choose breakpoints
Don't define breakpoints based on device classes. Defining breakpoints based on specific devices, products, brand names, or operating systems that are in use today can result in a maintenance nightmare. Instead, the content itself should determine how the layout adjusts to its container.
- Create breakpoints based on content, never on specific devices, products, or brands.
- Design for the smallest mobile device first; then progressively enhance the experience as more screen real estate becomes available.
- Keep lines of text to a maximum of around 70 or 80 characters.
Pick major breakpoints by starting small, then working up
Design the content to fit on a small screen size first, then expand the screen until a breakpoint becomes necessary. This allows you to optimize breakpoints based on content and maintain the least number of breakpoints possible.
Let's work through the example we saw at the beginning: the weather forecast. The first step is to make the forecast look good on a small screen.
Next, resize the browser until there is too much white space between the elements, and the forecast simply doesn't look as good. The decision is somewhat subjective, but above 600px is certainly too wide.
To insert a breakpoint at 600px, create two new style sheets, one to use when the browser is 600px and below, and one for when it is wider than 600px.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="weather.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="(max-width:600px)" href="weather-2-small.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="(min-width:601px)" href="weather-2-large.css">
Finally, refactor the CSS. In this example, we've placed the common styles such
as fonts, icons, basic positioning, and colors in
weather.css. Specific layouts
for the small screen are then placed in
weather-small.css, and large screen
styles are placed in
Pick minor breakpoints when necessary
In addition to choosing major breakpoints when layout changes significantly, it is also helpful to adjust for minor changes. For example, between major breakpoints it may be helpful to adjust the margins or padding on an element, or increase the font size to make it feel more natural in the layout.
Let's start by optimizing the small screen layout. In this case, let's boost the font when the viewport width is greater than 360px. Second, when there is enough space, we can separate the high and low temperatures so that they're on the same line instead of on top of each other. And let's also make the weather icons a bit larger.
@media (min-width: 360px) { body { font-size: 1.0em; } } @media (min-width: 500px) { .seven-day-fc .temp-low, .seven-day-fc .temp-high { display: inline-block; width: 45%; } .seven-day-fc .seven-day-temp { margin-left: 5%; } .seven-day-fc .icon { width: 64px; height: 64px; } }
Similarly, for the large screens it's best to limit to maximum width of the forecast panel so it doesn't consume the whole screen width.
@media (min-width: 700px) { .weather-forecast { width: 700px; } }
Optimize text for reading
Classic readability theory suggests that an ideal column should contain 70 to 80 characters per line (about 8 to 10 words in English). Thus, each time the width of a text block grows past about 10 words, consider adding a breakpoint.
Let's take a deeper look at the above blog post example. On smaller screens, the Roboto font at 1em works perfectly giving 10 words per line, but larger screens require a breakpoint. In this case, if the browser width is greater than 575px, the ideal content width is 550px.
@media (min-width: 575px) { article { width: 550px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } }
Never completely hide content
Be careful when choosing what content to hide or show depending on screen size. Don't simply hide content just because you can't fit it on the screen. Screen size is not a definitive indication of what a user may want. For example, eliminating the pollen count from the weather forecast could be a serious issue for spring-time allergy sufferers who need the information to determine if they can go outside or not.
View media query breakpoints in Chrome DevTools
Once you've got your media query breakpoints set up, you'll want to see how your site looks with them. You could resize your browser window to trigger the breakpoints, but there's a better way: Chrome DevTools. The two screenshots below demonstrate using DevTools to view how a page looks under different breakpoints.
To view your page under different breakpoints:
Open DevTools and then turn on Device Mode.
Use the viewport controls to select Responsive, which puts DevTools into responsive mode.
Last, open the Device Mode menu and select Show media queries to display your breakpoints as colored bars above your page.
Click on one of the bars to view your page while that media query is active. Right-click on a bar to jump to the media query's definition. See Media queries for more help.


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Inventory of the Political pamphlets collection 6033
Subjects and Indexing Terms
"Address on the Disease of Communism" (Schwarz, Fred) 1959
"African Victory with British Forces" (British Information Services) undated
American Mercury 1953
"An Outline of the Manchurian Problem" (The National League of Japanese University Professors) 1932
"The Application of Sociological Theory to Social Action" (Empey, LaMar T.) 1964
"As Hitler Sowed..." (British Information Services) undated
"The Attack Against 'Dogamtists' and 'Sectarians'" undated
"The Battle of Supplies" 1942
"The Boy Who Survived Auschwitz" (Papanek, Ernst & Linn, Edward) 1964
"Britain against Germany: A Record in Pictures" (British Information Services) 1945
"Britain and the Common Pool" (British Information Services) undated
"Britain's Sea Power" (British Information Services) 1944
"Britain versus Japan" 1944
"The British Farmer at War" "The British Farmer's Battle - And Victory" 1941
"British Youth Answers the Call" (British Information Services) 1943
"California's Big Brown Book" (The American League Against War and Facism) 1934
"The California Quarterly: Salt of the Earth" 1953
"China Bulletin" 1936
"Colonialismo Sovietico" (Labor Research Institute) undated
"Communism in Decline: The Huk Campaign" (Rizal, Tarciano & Vargas, Jesus) undated
"Communism Menaces Freedom" (Willard Givens and Belmont Farley) 1962
"Communism on the March" (The Romanian-American National Committee for Democracy) 1947
"Communism: What is it, How it Operates, How to Stop it?" (John R. Lechner) 1947
"Communist Popular Fronts" (Institute of International Labor Research) undated
"Como Acaban los Comunistas?" (Padev, Michael) undated
"Concerning Refugee Settlement in the Dominican Republic" 1940
"The Condition of Labor" (Henry George) 1894
"Cry California" (The Journal of California Tommorrow) 1969
"Dedication of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars" (Ripley, Dillon S.) 1971
"Delinquent Acts as Perceived by Gang and Non-Gang Negro Adolescents" (Shimota, Helen E.) undated
"The Detached Worker: Uniformities and Variances in Work Style" (Snyder, Neal & Klein, Malcom M.) 1965
"Discurso Secreto de Nikita Kruschev" (Labor Research Institute) 1956
"El Caso de Chipre" 1956
"El Nuevo Amo: El Estado Comunista" (Labor Research Institute) undated
"The Enemy Within" (Quin, Mike) 1941
"Etudes sur la Tactique Communiste" 1950
"Europa Oriental Bajo El Control Policiaco" (Labor Research Institute) undated
"Explotacion del Trabajo Juvenil en la Europa Oriental Comunista" (Labor Research Institute) undated
"Facist Era Year XII" (The General Fascist Confederation of Italian Industries) undated
"First Blows: Britain's Fights Against Japan" (British Information Services) 1945
"The First Four Years" 1943
"Five Years of War" 1940
"Flying Bombs" 1944
"Germany Today" 1945
"Giovanni Giolitti" (Valera, Paolo) 1920
"Hidden Delinquency and Social Status" (LaMar T. Empey and Maynard L. Erickson) 1965-1966
"The High Crimes and Misdemeanors of Monopoly Capitalism" (Gus Hall) 1974
"Hollywood Quarterly" (University of California Press) 1951
"How to Beat the Communists" (Reuther, Walter P.) 1948
"The International Labor Organization (ILO)" undated
"It Can Happen Here, Anti-Semitism in Los Angeles" (McWilliams, Carey) 1935
"Italian Fascist Activities in the U.S." (Salvemin, Gaetano) "Why Tolerate Mussolini's Agents?" (Elliot, William) undated
"Italian Point of View as Set Forth" (Vare, Daniele H.E.) 1935
"The Italian Question" 1933
"John Britain" 1944
"Kruschev's Empire: One Billion Slaves" (Onaca, Emil)
"La Confederacion de Trabajadores de America Latina" (C.T.A.L.) 1961
"La Democracia En Funcion De Exito" (Lamarche, Carlos M.) 1951
"La Troisieme Internationale est l'heritiere de la Premiere" 1924
"Le Communisme Arrive Au Village Chinois" (Legrand, F.) 1947
"Let the People Vote on War!" (Burnham, James) 1939
[Letter Regarding the Problems of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Ability to Influence it] 1957
"Manchoukuo Revisited" (Lewisohn, William) 1935
"Manchuria Again" (Kawakami, K.) 1931
[Maps of Africa] undated
[Maps of San Bernadido, California] undated
"Mexico and California, Trade and Economic Development" (various speakers) 1966
"Nazism vs. Labor in Norway" (The Royal Norwegian Governments Press Representative) 1941
"The New Look in the Cold War" (Sarnoff, David) 1956
"On Contradiction" (Tse-TUng, Mao) 1953
"The Opera Nazionale Dopolavord" (National Leisure Hours Institution in Italy) undated
"Parachute Corps" (British Information Services) 1942
"The Party: On the Road to Renewal" 1990
"Peace Aims: British Official Statements" 1939-1941
"A people at war" (British Information Services) 1943
Pocket books (British Information Services) 1944
"Protect Bill of Rights to Keep America Out of War" (Browder, Earl) 1939
"Refugee in Britain" (British Information Services) 1949
"The Refugee Question in Bulgaria" (Stephan, Archbishop of Sofia) 1925
"Report of the Month: February 1962" 1962
"Report to the National Committee of the United States of America on International Intellectual Coorperation" (Ware, Edith E.) 1942
"Review Criteria and Procedures: Southern California Association of Governments" 1969
"The Rising Generations in the Thirteenth Year of the Fascist Revolution" undated
"Road to Ruin" (Lechner, John Robert) undated
"Russian Resistance to Soviet Rule" (Nevin, Michael) 1951
"Should Americans Back the Marshall Plan?" (Starobin, Joseph) 1948
"Signor Mussolini's Speech Upon the Constituion of Corporations" 1933
"Soy Sindicalista" (Tracey, Herbert) 1952
[Speech to the Chamber of Deputies by Mussolini] 1934
"The Spirit of the Soviet Union" (Alexander Kaun) 1941
[Statements on Foreign Affairs Involving Vietnam] 1979
"Statistics Relating to the War Effort of the United Kingdon" 1944
"Studio Walls Workshop" 1968
"A Summary of Disarmament Documents 1945 - 1962" (National Lawyers Guild) undated
"The Struggle for Manchuria" (Story, Russel M.) 1931
"Training, Practice, Research Bulletin on Group Counseling, Suerpvision and Psychotherapy" 1968
"Traveler's Map of France" (National Geographic) 1971
"Una Farsa Mas" (C.I.O.S.L.) undated
"The 'United Front' in Asian Communist Tactics" 1954
"Winston Churchill: Some Excerpts form Wartime Speeches" (British Information Services) 1943
"Workmen's Protective Legislation in Poland" (Stanczyk, Jan) 1941
"The Youth Movement in Italy" (Piccoli, D.S.) undated
"IV Congreso Internacional de Estudiantes" 1956


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FM-Dream necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 15 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
This dating site is dedicated to people who are tired of the dictatorship of beauty and fashion. Is the physical is really important? Is this a barrier to love? I think not!
This site is totally free and everyone is welcome.
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Website : http://www.mochattitude.com (literally "ugly attitude")
Slogan : Au delà de l'apparence (literally, "Beyond appearance")
Thanks for your work.
The visitors are young, 18-30 years, men and women.
Simply, look at the attachments and the site http://www.meetic.fr (. fr and not. com).
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Format : vector (logo), PSD (webdesign).
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1) Logo
A simple logo "web 2.0" (only vector format).
2) Webdesign
A) Profile
This page is a profile of a member.
See screenshot-profile-1.png and screenshot-profile-2.png.
All catogories, all topics are the same as on the screenshot.
B) A form
This page is a template for a form.
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C) A listing
This page is just a listing members.
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D) A landing page
This page is the homepage of the site when not connected to the site. It allows to register.
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If you have any question, please, tell me.
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- Find a Trail
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Find the top rated atv trails in Weehawken, whether you're looking for an easy short atv trail or a long atv trail, you'll find what you're looking for. Click on a atv trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
In very good shape compared to southern county trail. More hills than expected when cycling south from northern entrance. Scenic ride
Amazing trail. It's a great full one or two day trek. I did a 30 mile loop in just over 4 hours, which wasn't very pleasant to endure, but if you gave yourself ~6 hours you could ride the entire trail (just over 20 miles) in one day, assuming you didn't have to ride back.
Flat and straight. Nice quick workout. Swampy surroundings with tons of wildlife.
Took my kids for a nature walk "field trip" while remote learning due to Coronavirus. This trail did not disappoint! Tons of turtles on the logs and garter snakes in the leaves. My kids loved it. Nice and flat with benches for bird watching. Educational signs describing the wildlife.
I have ridden this in its entirety, usually starting from Midtown. I have taken it all the way north to Van Cordtland park. South of 125th can get quite congested, especially on nice days.
Short piece of trail, but descent views of the Hudson.
I went on this trail in May, and it was the perfect weather. Warm, sunny, and thoroughly enjoyable. Nestled in the city, it is the perfect balance of urban/industrial vibes.
Ridden this from Kensico Dam south. Great trail. Tight winds and turns, so some slow moving. Beautiful area. Not too congested.
I love this trail. Well maintained. Very scenic. While hilly, I would say that the hills are not a problem for someone who cycles on a regular basis.
This is my third time on the D&R. There are several loop trails that can be done by crossing from NJ to PA and back. This was my first time doing a loop. It was a 19-mile ride. We rode from Old Frenchtown Field in Frenchtown, NJ. There is a fairly large parking lot adjacent to the trail. We rode to Bull's Island and crossed the pedestrian bridge over to PA. The PA side is more scenic and is called the Delaware Canal State Park. There are a couple of locks right after you cross over. Both sides of the trail flank the Delaware River for most of the ride. At the covered bridge in Uhlerstown, PA, it's a short ride to the car bridge, which takes you back to Frenchtown. There are restaurants and stores easily accessible from the trail here. I recommend either a hybrid or mountain bike, as the surface is gravel (NJ side) and a mixture of dirt and gravel (PA side).
This trail is a continuation of the Old Erie Path. You can start riding in Tappan on the Joseph B. Clarke Trail, which then leads to the Old Erie Path. It starts at the Piermont train station building. It is very scenic as you rise above views of the Hudson River and Tappan Zee (Mario Cuomo) Bridge. The surface is crushed stone and dirt. A hybrid or mountain bike is recommended.
This trail is a continuation of the Joseph B. Clarke Trail. It is very scenic as you rise above views of the Hudson River and the picturesque architecture of Piermont. The surface is crushed stone and dirt. A hybrid or mountain bike are recommended. The trail ends at the Piermont train station building.
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Shirley Taylor brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 40 Designs von 11 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
I want a fabulous home page designing for a brand new series of books under the banner of my company ST Training Solutions. The series is called Success Skills. The first 2 books are just published by Marshall Cavendish.
See this link to first 2 book covers..... http://www.shirleytaylortraining.co…covers.zip
ST Training Solutions Success Skills
My company ST Training Solutions organises public workshops http://www.shirleytaylortraining.com. We offer a wide range of public programmes conducted by professional trainers. With the Success Skills series of books, the experience and expertise of our trainers can be enjoyed by many more people.
The series will consist of several short, practical books. They will be practical, easy-to-read, written in straight forward, simple language, packed with essential tools and strategies for success.
Right now the first 2 books have been published: 'E-mail Etiquette' and 'Present for Success'. 4 more will follow this year, and many more next year.
Main headings for the menu bar will be:
- About the Success Skills series
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- Our branding on the book is a four point gold star. It's essential that this is a key design feature on the home page and everywhere else.
- The books are plain white cover with gold and black letters. It would be good if the website reflects this.
- ST Training Solutions tag line is 'shaping the star in you'. I would like this reflected on the website too.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years after campaigning on a vow to "repeal and replace" the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), House Republicans have yet to advance an alternative for the system they have voted more than three dozen times to abolish in whole or in part.
Officially, the effort is "in progress" — and has been since Jan. 19, 2011, according to GOP.gov, a leadership-run website.
But internal divisions, disagreement about political tactics and Obama's 2012 re-election add up to uncertainty over whether Republicans will vote on a plan of their own before the 2014 elections, or if not by then, perhaps before the president leaves office, more than six years after the original promise.
Sixteen months before those elections, some Republicans cite no need to offer an alternative. "I don't think it's a matter of what we put on the floor right now," said Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon, who heads the party's campaign committee. He added that what is important is "trying to delay Obamacare."
Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, who leads a committee with jurisdiction over health care, said, "If we are successful in ultimately repealing this legislation, then yes, we will have a replacement bill ready to come back with."
Divisions were evident earlier this year, when legislation to make it easier for high-risk individuals to purchase coverage died without a vote. It was sidetracked after conservatives, many of them elected with tea party support, objected to any attempt to improve the current law rather than scuttle it.
With the rank and file growing more conservative, some Republicans acknowledge that without changes, they likely couldn't pass the alternative measure they backed when Democrats won approval for Obama's bill in 2010.
Among other provisions, it encouraged employers to sign up their workers for health insurance automatically, so that employees would have to "opt out" of coverage if they didn't want it, and provided federal money for state-run high-risk pools for individuals and for reinsurance in the small group market.
The current state of intentions contrasts sharply with the Pledge to America, the manifesto that Republicans campaigned on in 2010 when they took power away from the Democrats. That included a plan to "repeal and replace" what it termed a government takeover of health care.
It promised "common-sense solutions focused on lowering costs and protecting American jobs," including steps to overhaul medical malpractice laws and permit the sale of insurance across state lines. Republicans said they would "empower small businesses with greater purchasing power and create new incentives to save for future health care needs." They promised to "protect the doctor-patient relationship, and ensure that those with pre-existing conditions gain access to the coverage they need."
But Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., said, "We never did see a repeal and replace bill last time," referring to the 2011-2012 two-year term that followed the Republican landslide. "I hope we can this time, and I'll keep fighting for it."
Broun, running for the Senate from Georgia in 2014 as a conservatives' conservative, has drafted legislation of his own that relies on a series of tax breaks and regulatory changes such as permitting insurance companies to sell coverage across state lines to expand access to health care.
Other Republicans are at work on different bills, in the House Energy and Commerce Committee headed by Upton, and elsewhere.
Rep. Steven Scalise of Louisiana, who leads the conservative Republican Study Conference, said the organization is working on legislation to reduce health care costs "without the mandates and the taxes" in the current law.
Like others involved with the issue, he provided no timetable and few specifics.
At the same time, the other half of the 2010 pledge to "repeal and replace" is getting a workout.
The House voted last week to delay two requirements, the 38th and 39th time they have gone on record in favor of repealing, reducing or otherwise neutering the system that bears Obama's name.
In the case of one of the rules, a requirement for businesses to provide insurance to their workers, the administration announced a one-year delay earlier this month.
Democrats and even some Republicans say the intense focus on repealing the health law is wide of the mark.
"Every voter knows what Republicans are against. They don't know what they're for" on health care, said Rep. Steve Israel of New York, who heads House Democrats' campaign committee. He said the strategy would haunt Republicans next year among moderate and independent voters who want changes, not outright repeal.
The fate of legislation to put more funds into high-risk pools demonstrated a belief among some Republicans that they should advance alternatives. Polling presentations make the same point but are not uniformly persuasive among the rank and file, according to officials, and lawmakers' speeches sometimes make it sound as if the health law is disintegrating on its own.
Yet one prominent conservative, Ramesh Ponnuru, warned recently that it was a "perverse complacency" to do nothing while assuming the health law will implode.
"We can be sure that the Left would respond to any such collapse by making the case for a 'single payer' program in which the federal government directly provides everyone insurance," he wrote on May 30 in National Review Online.
Ponnuru added that in some Republican circles, "the idea that an alternative is necessary is seen as a mark of wimpiness, a weakness for big-government programs that are just slightly" weaker than what Democrats possess.
See also:
- Cable Network Seeks To Open Health Bill Proceedings
- Senate Health Reform Bill Survives McCain Motion
- Rules Panel Sends H.R. 3962 To Floor


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said GOP demands for information on defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel far exceed normal practice.
Ranking committee member Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and 25 other Republican senators wrote to Levin, D-Mich., Wednesday demanding that Hagel provide the committee with more financial disclosure information on speeches he has made since leaving the U.S. Senate in 2009.
"This letter appears to insist upon financial disclosure requirements that far exceed the standard practices of the Armed Services Committee and go far beyond the financial disclosure required of previous Secretaries of Defense," Levin told Inhofe in a letter Friday.
Levin said Hagel, R-Neb., has complied with the committee's "well-defined set of financial disclosure and ethics requirements which apply to all nominees for civilian positions in the Department of Defense."
The committee had been expected to vote Thursday on President Barack Obama's nomination of Hagel to succeed Leon Panetta as defense secretary. Action was put off after Republicans demanded more financial disclosure, with some members saying they have questions about paid speeches Hagel has made and demanding more financial documentation for organizations with which he is affiliated.
Levin intends to have a committee vote on the Hagel nomination as soon as possible, his office said in a posting on his website Friday.
Inhofe on Wednesday said, "I will do what I can to see that [Hagel's nomination] fails."


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The greatest ride you could hope for
Now for the ocean … and quick. San Pancho, our small heavenly time capsule, is waiting. After two years, we're back – and nothing has changed. The sun is burning down on us as ever, palm trees are dropping their coconuts and the people are happy. The first thing we do is obvious: meet up with the guys. There are hugs and high-fives all around, new tattoos are compared and events since our last visit discussed. It feels a bit like coming home.
To mark the occasion, our best friend Luigi locks up Santa Madre, his surfing shop, and goes surfing with us – a pretty obvious decision. We attach the boards to the roof of our rickety station wagon and off we go to Burros, our favorite surfing spot. The conditions are perfect: relaxed two-meter waves and no wind… While we wait for the next wave the odd turtle pokes its head through the surface of the crystal clear waters. Bulging eyes scrutinize us inquisitively. Luigi tells us he knows an even better spot. Leonardo DiCaprio's beach in that movie, he says, is nothing compared with the one he's talking about. Naturally, we have to go make sure he's not lying.
The next morning the alarm clock rings at 5. Outside, it is still pitch black. We struggle to free ourselves from the warm embrace of the bed sheets and pack our stuff in silence. Those who know us understand how we much we appreciate silence at this time of day. The boards are attached to the roof; the cameras are in the backpack, as are our sunblock, water and provisions. We wait for our Mexican surfing buddies at the gas station, the designated meeting point. The coffee from the cappuccino vending machine is vile. You might as well have dunked a piston into the plastic mug. Best to just down it in one. In the meantime, the others have arrived.
The road meanders through the dense rain forests of Nayarit state. Above the mountainous jungle, the first shades of color announce the imminent sunrise. Fog patches cling to the banana plantations. As yet, nothing is stirring in the villages along the road. When the first rays of light find their way across the mountain ridges and are refracted in the fog above the palm trees, even our early-morning grumpiness evaporates.
After a car ride of roughly an hour, we reach Chacala's small fishing pier, where a few old rust buckets are moored. The fishermen are still in the middle of their preparations. We get out of the car and stretch in the first warm rays of sunlight.
For five bucks a head, the local captains are prepared to take us in their tiny vessels to the small bay which our friends say is absolutely magical. For a further five bucks they promise to pick us up again the next morning. It doesn't seem like the worst of investments. We cast off and sail out of the foggy harbor.
After roughly half an hour's tranquil boat ride we sail around the final cliff and see what all the fuss was about: Straight ahead lies paradise. The waves break neatly at the tip of the headland and roll as steep walls of water in the direction of the beach. The wind drives spray over the crests of the waves, which produces a glistening rainbow.
Our fisherman navigates skillfully through the narrow channel of calm water between the rocks and the waves. We jump off the boat into the knee-high water and carry our surfboards and hammocks ashore. The rainforest stretches right down onto the beach. Ripe coconuts are scattered around in the sand beneath the palm trees waiting for us to gather them up. Other surfers have constructed a small sun shelter out of poles and palm fronds, where we hang our hammocks. We have finally arrived where we belong! Where else in the world would you have such a place all to yourself? But there will be plenty of time to relax later. First, we have to get into the emerald green line-up. We tie our leashes to our legs, wax our boards and put on white sunscreen war paint.. Then we paddle out.
The bay is a natural wave machine: One wave after another crashes onto the black rocks that have been ground into rounded shapes by the water. You have to be extremely careful. The walls of water approaching us this morning would make any mistake extremely unpleasant. After a period of caution, we understand the waves and start doing our thing. Each of us gets his fair share of surfing time. It's the greatest ride you could hope for. Hours later we lie exhausted and elated in our hammocks under the palm trees and sip coconut water. Leonardo who again?
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