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Beamdog's Cameron Tofer has said the studio would love to see a resurgence in top-down, party-based, strategy-RPGs, and is not only interested in restoring the classics, but is interested in creating new RPGs as well.
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Two classic RPG bundles due November 15
Atari has announced two new PC collections of its Dungeons & Dragons-based back catalogue, including Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, and The Temple of Elemental Evil.
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GoG's put up Baldur's Gate II onto the service.

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Top ten Irish American football players of all time
NFL stars with Irish links
Published Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4:04 AM
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Liamkeyes | Nov 07, 2011, 02:02 PM EST
Tom. Brady is half Irish, his dad is 100%. Tom has said that his ancestors camr from Cork. This is always a misconception. His Father has said that the Brady's were from around Cavan. The reason that Cork comes into the picture is.A lot of People from various counties had to make their way down to Cobh(in Cork) to get a ship bound for the New World, some times they had to wait, a week or two or three for a Ship. In the meantime they had to book into a hotel, rooming house or other. Consequently, the last address that they had in Ireland was in Cork. Hence the mistake people make when searching for their ancestors come up with the mistaken notion that their people came from Cork. Mr. Brady(was aware of this) Another note of Interest, Mr. Brady a devout Catholic addrssing a Catholic Men's club in Boston a few years ago stated "Money does not fill the void in people's lives". in reponse to a questtion about Tom making all the big bucks. Mr Brady spent 6 years in a religious order but left before ordination.
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bradybradyisaid | Mar 26, 2011, 02:47 AM EDT
Jim Kelly! #1 All the Way
Brady; close 2nd
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seagreen | Feb 13, 2011, 11:35 PM EST
Another all time great football player of Irish heritage was Jerome "filthy" McNasty who was an offensive lineman (really offensive) for Harry Wismer's old New York Titans of the early AFL
Mcnasty received little notice while playing for New Bedford Voc. H.S,and little acclaim as a lineman for Faber College. McNasty was signed after an impressive tryout the Titans held at Randall Island Stadium in the East River. After two successful seasons he was released due to an incurable foot disease. He went on to have a successful career as a bus dispatcher in Baltimore
notice as a high school player for New Bedford Voke H.S. in the 50's and little acclaim as a line man
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davekemp | Feb 07, 2011, 08:12 PM EST
Both the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame site and the Football Hall of Fame site state that John McNally attended St. John's College. I believe the school has always been St. John's University.
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seagreen | Feb 07, 2011, 08:40 AM EST
Brady has been designated as one of the most hated players in the NFL on a bit on ESPN. He is referred to as "pretty boy" indifferent, aloof etc... Yes, Brady has not yet malformed his body,, does not look like he is going thru Marine boot camp. has other things to do rather than watch two pro football teams (when he is not playing) Just says basic things during interviews. That is a result of the "Joe Namath set up" when the producer, and Suzy Kolber interviewed him when he was drunk! The anger still lingers from that among a lot of players, the result is that there is just inane non responsive replys during these obligatory interviews. On player said. "there is not one thing good that can come from talking to these people"
As a result, the "we will work hard" "play as a team" comments will continue... Lets be real, if you look like Brady, Have a wife that is gorgeous, makes as much as he does, and do not look like a cro-magnon man, you would hate him too!
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davekemp | Feb 06, 2011, 08:38 PM EST
Johnny "Blood" McNally attended St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. St. John's U.(MN) is my alma mater. Also the alma mater of Senator Eugene McCarthy, noted Irish-American politician.
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slainte9 | Feb 06, 2011, 01:19 PM EST
Surprised to see that Rich Gannon ranks ahead of Peyton Manning, who according to previous Irish Central articles was married on St. Patrick's Day and calls plays in Gaelic.
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ciarrai | Feb 06, 2011, 12:39 PM EST
What about Ken O'Brien and Pat Ryan, QB's for the Jets back in the 80's?
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eddhiggins | Feb 06, 2011, 10:56 AM EST
What about Hugh McElhenny? Both college and pro Hall of Famer.
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PhlutiePhan | Feb 04, 2011, 12:36 PM EST
I have to do some research but I'll bet that Howie Long is Irish.
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Getting Started with Scripting
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A script is a program in a computer language that is executed within Filter Forge – more specifically, within Map Script and Curve Script components.
This article assumes that you are already familiar with the following:
- Basic concepts of programming such as control flow, conditional operators, loops, variables and values, function definitions, calls, arguments and return values etc.
- The Lua programming language, or at least with any programming language with roughly C-like syntax. Filter Forge help does not include information on the Lua language, so please refer to the Lua online manual at http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/
- Basics of filter creation in Filter Forge, such as the Filter Editor, types of components (specifically, Map Components and Curve Components), and types of inputs (Map Inputs, Curve Inputs and Control Inputs.)
Example #1: Running Your First Script
This section is a quick tutorial that demonstrates running a simple script. We wish we could use the industry-standard "Hello World" example, but Filter Forge doesn't have string output functions, so we'll demonstrate a simple radial gradient generator:
Here's the code in a text form so you can copy/paste it into a Map Script component:
function prepare() end; function get_sample(x, y) d = math.sqrt (x*x + y*y) return d, d, d, 1 end;
Follow these steps to run this code in Filter Forge:
- Open the Filter Editor.
- Create a Map Script component (located in the Scripting category on the Component Bar).
- Click the Script tab.
- Delete the default script template in the editing area and paste the above script there.
- Click the Apply Changes button to execute the script.
Let's take a closer look at the the example script.
As you may have guessed, the image generation happens within the get_sample() function, which accepts two coordinates x and y as arguments and returns the output color calculated based on these coordinates. The color is returned as a list of four numbers, which represent RGBA channels. There's another function, prepare(), which normally handles initialization and precalculation, but in this particular script it is left empty – it does nothing.
To generate the gradient, the script calculates the distance between the sample point (given by the two coordinates) and the point with coordinates of 0, 0 (the top-left corner of the image); and simply returns the distance as a color.
Note that the sample script has no loops over pixels or any other form of iteration – it just specifies the image function to be called by the Filter Forge renderer or components. Filter Forge components don't produce images by painting their pixels directly. Instead, Filter Forge 'asks' a component "what color your image has at coordinates x and y?", and the component 'answers' with four RGBA values. In other words, the resulting image is implicitly defined by the component, as opposed to being explicitly painted by it. For more information on Filter Forge's approach to image generation, see Filter Forge's Sample-Based Architecture.
Example #2: Adding Inputs to a Script
Like other Filter Forge components, script components can have map inputs, control inputs and curve inputs. Unlike the built-in components that have a hard-coded set of inputs, script components let you define custom inputs via the Input Editor dialog. In this example, we will run a simple script that queries the state of a single checkbox input named Tick:
Here's the script. Note that it has a line that refers to an input named 'Tick':
function prepare() chk = get_checkbox_input(TICK) end; function get_sample(x, y) if chk then return 1, 1, 1, 1 else return 0, 0, 0, 1 end; end;
Follow these steps to get this script to run:
- Open the Filter Editor.
- Create a Map Script component (located in the Scripting category on the Component Bar).
- Click the Script tab.
- Delete the default script template in the editing area and paste the above script there.
- Click the Apply Changes button to execute the script.
Now you should see an error message in the Message Log. The error is shown because the script refers to an input named TICK but can't find an input with a Script Identifier of TICK in the Input Editor. Let's open the Input Editor to create this input, and try to run the script again:
- Click the Inputs tab.
- Click the Input Editor… button.
- Click the New Input… button and create a Checkbox input named 'Tick':
- Important: Make sure the Script Identifier of the input is TICK, or the script won't run:
- Switch back to the Script tab and click Apply Changes – it works now!
Let's take a look at the script.
The prepare() function, which was empty in the first example, now includes a call to the get_checkbox_input() function and stores its returned value in a variable named chk. The only argument of the function is the Script Identifier of the checkbox input we want to query. This function call is the most important part of this example – it queries the checkbox input with the given Script Identifier, and returns its state as either true or false (in this case it means 'checked' or 'unchecked', respectively.)
In order to execute correctly, the Script Identifier passed to the function must match the Script Identifier specified for the input in the Input Editor. If there's no input in the Input Editor with such Script Identifier, or the input with the matching Script Identifier is not a checkbox input, the script will terminate with an error.
Different kinds of inputs are queried using different functions – checkboxes are accessed via get_checkbox_input(), sliders via get_slider_input() etc. For a full list of input types and their corresponding functions, see Referencing Inputs from Scripts.
Mappable inputs, such as Color Map Input, Grayscale Map Input and Curve Input, should be sampled by calling their corrresponding functions from within get_sample(), while control inputs, such as Checkbox Input or Slider Input, should be queried from prepare(), as shown in the example script above.
And lastly, the Input Editor displays code snippets showing you how to query or sample each type of input. These snippets will work when pasted into the script, so you don't have to remember the details or refer to this article every time you add an input. The default script template on the Script tab also includes snippets for every input you added before you first edited the script, but as soon as you edit the script for the first time, the template stops updating.
For detailed information, see Referencing Inputs from Scripts.
Example #3: Map Inputs and Sample Coordinates
This example is probably the most important – we'll be working with Map Inputs, which are the cornerstone of Filter Forge's power and flexibility. The script in this example implements a simple distortion component that has two map inputs – one for the source image, and another for the distortion map whose RGB channels will determine the direction and amount of distortion:
Here's the script. Note two calls to a get_sample_map() function:
function prepare() end; function get_sample(x, y) rd, gd, bd, ad = get_sample_map(x, y, DISTORTER) samplex = x + (rd + bd/2) * ad sampley = y + (gd + bd/2) * ad r, g, b, a = get_sample_map(samplex, sampley, SOURCE) return r, g, b, a end;
Follow these steps to run this script:
- Open the Filter Editor.
- Create a Map Script component (located in the Scripting category on the Component Bar).
- Click the Input Editor button and create two Color Map inputs named Source and Distorter.
- Important: Make sure the Script IDs of the inputs are SOURCE and DISTORTER, or the script won't work.
Now the two inputs you created should appear as connectable slots on the component body in the filter editing area. You can connect some components to these inputs to better see the result. For example, you may connect Bricks to 'Source' and Perlin Noise to 'Distorter', as shown in the example picture above.
- Click the Script tab.
- Delete the default script template in the editing area and paste the above script there.
- Click Apply Changes or press [WIN]Ctrl+Enter or [MAC]Cmd+Enter to execute the script.
Let's look at the script.
The whole idea of this example is to demonstrate how map components (including map scripts) do their work by calling get_sample() functions of components connected to their inputs during the execution of their own get_sample() function.
The example script above issues two get_sample() calls. The first call obtains the RGBA values of the distortion map at the original sample coordinates specified by the x and y arguments of script's own get_sample() function, and the second call obtains the RGBA values of the source map at distorted coordinates, which are calculated before the call and stored in samplex and sampley variables. The RGBA values obtained at the coordinates after distortion are returned as the final color.
Note that the second get_sample() call uses different sample coordinates than the original sample coordinates supplied to script's own get_sample() via its x and y arguments. Filter Forge components, including scripts, are free to call get_sample() of their map inputs any number of times at any sample coordinates, and they can use the RGBA values returned by these calls in any manner, including the calculation of sample coordinates for subsequent get_sample() calls, as in the example script above. For more information on sampling and Filter Forge's coordinate system, see Filter Forge's Sample-Based Architecture.
Only map inputs need to be queried by calling their get_sample() function. Non-mapped inputs such as Checkboxes or IntSliders can't be queried via get_sample() – it doesn't make sense because non-mapped inputs always have the same values for any sample coordinates. It is more efficient to query these inputs within script's prepare() function, as shown in the Example 2 above. For more information, see Referencing Inputs from Scripts.
Example #4: Randomness via Variation
Local Variation slider as a good practice. The VARIATION variable is always set to 1 for components without the perk.
Basic Scripting Tips
Debugging Scripts
Print function. Message Log. Options.
Coordinate System for Sampling
Zero is the top-left corner.
Implementing Anti-Aliasing in Scripts
Filter Forge components are able to provide information about their zones that need to be anti-aliased. Scripts can return these zones as well. For details, see Implementing Anti-Aliasing in Scripts.
Namespaces, or Can Script Components Communicate?
They can't – scripts for all script components are executed in separate execution environments, so effectively they have separate namespaces. This means that you can freely litter the global Lua namespace with global variables without worrying about possible conflicts with other components.
Infinite Loops and Auto-Termination
Boom, headshot.
Defining Your Own Functions within Scripts
Yes, you can. Just don't use reserved names like get_sample etc – see help articles for appropriate script component to see what names it reserves. Scope will be the script component you're defining it in.
Bitmap-Based Map Scripts
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Up till now the /questions page hasn't given the answers to the question, you'd have to get the question ID and then use that to get the answers to the question. This means the size of the JSON file has increased quite a lot. Also it does not follow the pattern of comments and bodies being false but answers being true??
I think the details of the answers should not be included in the questions page unless deliberately asked for by using a parameter like ....questions?answers=true
Also the help documentation is not helpful, in the returns section it looks nothing like what is actually returned, it looks more like JSON version of the help page.
Ultimately the answers need to be able to be turned off using parameters, even if it's opt out (though personally I think it should be option as you asked for the questions by going to the questions page not answers)


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The eye's lens is a transparent structure that focuses images on the light-sensitive retina. Cataracts are cloudy areas in the lens. They occur when certain proteins in the lens form abnormal clumps. These clumps gradually get larger and interfere with vision. They distort or block the passage of light through the lens. "Cataract" means "huge waterfall" or "enormous downpour," which is how some people describe their clouded sight, like trying to look through a waterfall.
In a healthy eye, the lens is transparent. |
In an eye with a cataract, the lens is clouded. |
A cataract clouds the lens of the eye, limiting or preventing the passage of light and interfering with vision. (Illustration created by InteliHealth designer Lynda Buchhalter.) |
In many cases, cataracts are age-related. They first appear in the 40s or 50s, but may not affect vision until after age 60. In other cases, cataracts may be caused by eye trauma, long-term diabetes, corticosteroid medications, or radiation treatments. In infants, cataracts can be present since birth (congenital) or can occur as a result of an infection that happened during pregnancy, especially toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, syphilis, rubella, or herpes simplex. In infants and young children, cataracts also can be one symptom of a disease that affects how the body processes carbohydrates, amino acids, calcium or copper.
Cataracts are the world's leading cause of blindness, accounting for about 42% of all cases of blindness. In the United States, most cataracts are age-related and affect more than half of all Americans older than 65 to some degree. Although the exact cause of age-related cataracts is unknown, some scientists suspect chemical changes affecting eye proteins called a-crystallins. Current research suggests that a-crystallins prevent the abnormal clumping of other types of proteins into cataracts. What causes cataracts is the subject of active research. Prolonged exposure to bright sunlight and smoking have been identified as factors.
Cataracts typically do not cause any symptoms until they have grown large enough to interfere significantly with vision. Once symptoms of cataracts develop, they can include:
Your doctor will suspect cataracts based on your age, medical history, and symptoms. Your doctor can diagnose cataracts by widening (dilating) your pupil with medication and examining your eye. You also will have a visual acuity test, which uses an eye chart to check the effect of the cataract on your vision.
Cataracts are long-term problems. In most patients, vision gets worse over time.
In general, there is no way to prevent age-related cataracts. However, people with diabetes may decrease their risk of developing cataracts by controlling their blood sugar. To help prevent infection-related cataracts in a fetus, women should check with their doctors about the need for rubella immunizations before becoming pregnant. Pregnant women should see a health care professional regularly for prenatal care.
Although some people with cataracts can improve their vision by using eyeglasses, magnifying lenses, or stronger lighting, the only way to cure cataracts is with surgery. When you consider whether to have surgery, you'll need to weigh how bad your vision is against the small risk of surgery.
Cataract surgery involves removing the clouded lens and then either replacing it with a plastic lens inserted in the eye during surgery or wearing a contact lens or special cataract glasses.
Current surgical options are:
After the lens is removed, it is replaced by one of three options:
Call your doctor whenever you have trouble seeing clearly. If you are older than 40, schedule an eye exam with your doctor every two years, even if you have not noticed any change in your vision.
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By Dale A. Rice
My wife and I lived and worked as missionaries in Beirut in 1982-83, shortly before political kidnappings came into vogue.
During our short tenure in Lebanon, we were befriended by another American missionary couple, the Rev. Benjamin Weir and his wife, Carol. They had spent more than 30 years in the region, committed to giving the message of peace and faith to the people of the Middle East. Then in 1984, Islamic jihadists abducted Ben off a street in Beirut and held him and several other hostages captive.
Rev. Weir was freed after 16 months of confinement, but not before enduring ill-treatment including physical abuse and periods of isolation.
Then in 2011, another American friend and colleague of mine was targeted and forcibly taken by al-Qaida from his home in Pakistan, where he had worked for several years on a development project. He is still in captivity (assuming he has not been murdered). I pray endurance for him; he is well past 60 and has a variety of medical problems.
I try to imagine what it would be like to be in his or Weir's shoes, fearfully pondering the assortment of evils to which my captors could subject me. As Americans, we cannot assume that treatment of our own political prisoners is completely devoid of what a majority of us would consider torture. I shudder at the possibility that my friends' torturers were simply mimicking the abuse they themselves received or heard their fellow comrades had received within the confines of a U.S. political prison or some clandestine inquisition outpost.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is likely to vote tomorrow on its three-year investigation into past interrogation practices by the CIA, including torture. The committee will recommend the degree to which declassified information from the investigation will be open to the public.
Up until now, we really don't haven't known the full story of what was done, when, and under what pretense. What a tragedy it would be should the results be restricted to government officials. The American public at large, who elected these officials, deserves access. Our government is, and must remain, accountable to the citizens it represents. Now more than ever, the public needs to understand the nature of U.S. torture, regardless of how sordid were its practices and who was responsible for allowing it to go on.
Despite how murky the past may be, we need to ensure that torture will no longer be a part of American policy. Torture is immoral, violating the dignity and sanctity of the individual. Stooping to torture reduces the American standard of decency to the level of our enemies. Accepting "eye for an eye" treatment as modus operandi in response to our enemies will only put us on the slippery slope of ever-continuing retributions.
As Americans, should we not want to rise up above the rest of the world in demonstrating superior virtues and integrity? Might we not win the respect of even our enemies when we practice what we would have them do to us? As a Christian, I believe in the overcoming power of love. Weir has stated that, despite the harrowing ordeal he suffered, he holds no resentment, anger or contempt for those who held him captive. He prays for them and wants only reconciliation from any conflict, never revenge or retaliation. I am sure even his captors recognized the difference in this kind, faithful man. In the long run, love and respect will prove to be a far better deterrent to those who oppose us than resorting to torture.
Besides: Torture has dubious value. Torture often results in false intelligence, as those subjected to such practices will say anything to end their misery. Evidence shows that torturing our captives also has the terrifying impact of increasing the likelihood that Americans in captivity will be treated as badly, or worse.
Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina sits on the Intelligence Committee. You can do your part to demand accountability by asking Sen. Burr to support the release of a declassified summary that reveals the facts. We need to know what happened and what we must do to avoid it going forward.
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Kinda new to MOBA's so wondering how armor reduction in two items work: Shieldbreaker and Harkon's Blade.
How exactly do these items work? Is it: (assuming the item is a lvl 3 Shieldbreaker)
- With each attack, 6 armor is removed from the armor?
- If so, after 2 attacks, is the target at 12 armor less than their total? (and so on with 3, etc)
- If the reduction stacks like this, when does the target's armor return back to original?
- The target loses 6 armor total, after 1 attack?
- When does the target's armor return back to the original?
Does it work like 1 or 2? Or am I off and it's not like either of them?
Also, can a target have negative armor? (A Pebbles getting hit with any level Shieldbreaker?)
If so, how does that work logically with damage applied?
Also, I'm assuming here that Harkon's Blade has the same effect as a Shieldbreaker. If I'm wrong in this assumption, feel free to correct me and explain what each one does.
One last thing (totally unrelated):
Do the passive bonus damage effects of Andromeda, Arachna and Moon Queen stack when they're on the same team?
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Shield breaker will only reduce armor once by the set value so Sb lvl 3 will reduce the unit you attack by 6 this debuff last for 5 seconds extra attack will only reset the timer back to 5 seconds.
Targets can have negative armor which will increase damage done to the target.
Harkon's does work the same kind of way but it reduces magic armor and makes you attacks do magic damage.
See the linked thread for Harkon's interaction with spell shards and magic armor mechanics in general
Also see linked thread for more information on armor in general.
and your last question all the aura bonuses do stack when on the same team.
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3:49 PM EST Thu. Nov. 01, 2012AT&T, seeking to compete with Google Drive, Amazon Glacier, Dropbox and other free, cloud-based storage offerings, on Thursday released Locker, a photo- and video-sharing service for AT&T customers that offers 5 GB of storage.
The service gives users the ability to upload and secure images and videos, and is intended for consumers to share on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or email. They can also store music and other files in AT&T Locker storage. The application is compatible with iPhone versions back to 3GS.
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Customers seeking additional storage can pay an extra $3.99 a month for 30 GBytes of storage or$9.99 a month for an additional 100 GBytes.
With the offering, AT&T is seeking to serve and widen the customer base that uses its home-based Internet products. "[AT&T] looks like it's aiming at individuals with what I call a personal cloud offering, saying, 'You already use us for services such as landline, wireless and TV, you should use us for this, too, for file syncing and sharing,'" said Frank Gillett, vice president and principal analyst with Forrester Research.
"This looks like a straight consumer play, like the way Dropbox started out, and eventually, perhaps they will do something more," he added.
The service offers a feature called Easy Upload, which enables automatic photo uploading on a user's device to the AT&T Cloud. AT&T plans to announce additional features in future versions of AT&T Locker.
"With Easy Upload, every photo and video is uploaded directly to AT&T's cloud, which can be accessed safely and securely anytime from a customer's smartphone or the Web," Mark Collins, senior vice president, Data and Voice Products, AT&T Mobility, said in a statement.


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Theme Customizer doesn't work in Opera
Reported by: | dd32 | Owned by: | koopersmith |
Priority: | normal | Milestone: | 3.4 |
Component: | Appearance | Version: | 3.4 |
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As reported in #19910 the theme customizer doesn't completely work in Opera correctly.
Upon entering the customizer if you click any links within the preview, it'll reload back to the Themes Admin with the customizer overlay still somewhat active.
Duplicated in the latest stable Opera on both Mac and Windows:
- Opera 11.62 (Opera/9.80 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.3; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.62 )
- Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.62
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comment:1 SergeyBiryukov — 20 months ago
Uploading of new header and background images doesn't work either.
comment:2 follow-up: ↓ 4 SergeyBiryukov — 20 months ago
As of [20517], links within the preview frame seem to work correctly in Opera 11.62.
Uploading still doesn't work though.
comment:4 in reply to: ↑ 2 koopersmith — 20 months ago
Replying to SergeyBiryukov:
Uploading still doesn't work though.
Can you provide JS errors and/or a screencast? I'll look into it as well.
comment:5 koopersmith — 20 months ago
- Keywords reporter-feedback added
comment:6 dd32 — 20 months ago
This screencast: http://cl.ly/3g1e3E383p0l0H2T4227 shows (with Opera/9.80 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7.3; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.62)
- The tabs work :)
- The layout breaks when the scrollbar appears
- That the "Drag Files here" functionality is visible (Opera doesn't support HTML5 drag and drop in this build)
- That clcking the "Select Files" results in nothing happening
- That if you collapse the frame, it can't be re-opened.
Unfortunately, I see no JS errors in the console.
comment:7 rosshanney — 20 months ago
Issues 2, 3 and 4 from dd32's list above also occur in Internet Explorer (8 and 9, on Windows 7).
Collapsing / re-opening the frame seems to work fine though.
There don't appear to be any JS errors in IE either.
comment:9 koopersmith — 19 months ago
In [20758]:
comment:23 koopersmith — 19 months ago
In [20761]:
comment:24 SergeyBiryukov — 19 months ago
Issues 3 and 4 from comment:6 are fixed, 2 and 5 remain.
rosshanney — 19 months ago
comment:25 rosshanney — 19 months ago
20452-issue-5.diff seems to address issue 5 from dd32's list (the inability to re-open the sidebar after collapsing it in Opera).
comment:26 koopersmith — 19 months ago
- Owner set to koopersmith
- Resolution set to fixed
- Status changed from new to closed
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Notes from the Midnight Driverby Jordan Sonnenblick Published 2006 by Scholastic PressHardcover, English. ISBN: 9780439757799
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Sonnenblick revisits several key themes from his debut novel,Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie , to even greater effect here. Narrator Alex Gregory starts off by describing his maiden drinking episode: getting drunk alone, hijacking his mother's car in order to drive to his father's house and give the man a piece of his mind (his parents are separated), and taking an unplanned detour into a neighbor's yard, destroying a lawn gnome. What begins as humor takes on darker implications as the book progresses. Not because Alex has a drinking problem (he never takes another sip in the course of the book), but because of a drunk driver's impact on Sol Lewis, the resident of a nursing home to whom Alex is assigned by Judge J. Trent as part of his community service for his crime. Like Steven's Annette inDrums , Alex's female best friend, Laurie, sticks by him throughout this challenging time. And Sol, who starts out crotchety, turns out to be much wiser below the surface, and far more complicated. He even suggests to Alex that there may be more to the teen's relationship with Laurie than friendship. The bond that guitar-playing forges between Alex and Sol serves not only to make them peers musically, but also personally, allowing Sol to reveal his own past. While readers may figure out the significance of Alex's judge to the broader story before the hero does, they will likely find the ending no less satisfying. Ages 12-up.(Oct.)
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Gr 8 Up -After drinking some vodka and taking his mom-s car for a spin to his father-s girlfriend-s house, who just happens to be his former third-grade teacher, 16-year-old Alex Gregory finds himself on his neighbors- lawn with police yelling at him and a broken gnome under his car. It is hard to believe that Alex would do anything like this; most of the time he hangs out with his friend Laurie, a sassy petite karate expert, and plays guitar in the school jazz band. He is also trying to get over his parents- recent split. For drinking and driving, Alex is sentenced to 100 hours of community service at a nursing home with Solomon Lewis. Sol is a difficult, crotchety, eccentric old man with emphysema who lashes out at Alex in strange Yiddish phrases. Soon Alex grows found of Sol, who teaches him something about the guitar, respecting the elderly, and taking responsibility for his actions. Alex-s voice is fresh and funny, but doesn-t downplay the serious situations. The other characters in the book are well defined and add interesting touches to the story. Fans of Sonnenblick-sDrums, Girls & Dangerous Pie (Turning Tide, 2004) will be pleased with this follow-up book in which Steven and Annette make a few brief appearances.-Shannon Seglin, Chantilly Regional Library, Fairfax County, VA
The Chocolate Warby Robert Cormier Published 1974 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersHardcover, English. ISBN: 9780394828053
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A True and Faithful Narrativeby Katherine Sturtevant Published 2006 by Farrar Straus GirouxHardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374378097
In Restoration London, 16-year-old Meg Moore spends long hours conversing with the famous authors and poets who visit her father's bookstore, and even writes her own stories. Without warning, however, Meg comes to learn exactly how powerful words can be.
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Gr 7 Up -It-s four years sinceAt the Sign of the Star (Farrar, 2000) ended, and Meg Moore, now 16, still loves bookselling, reading, and, most of all, penning her own stories. Although she no longer dreams about inheriting her father-s bookstore, due to his remarriage and the birth of his son, she still hopes to overcome 17th-century English society-s disapproval of writing as a pastime for respectable women and see her work in print. She thinks that marrying a bookseller may be her strongest hope for the unconventional future she desires. When her friend Anne-s brother announces his departure for Italy and hints about declaring his love, Meg pretends not to understand his intentions and jokes that perhaps he will be seized by pirates. She regrets these words when news comes that Edward-s homeward-bound ship has indeed been captured and that he has been sold into slavery in Algiers. Meg-s guilt inspires her to raise funds to pay his ransom, but it doesn-t stop her from privately writing a lurid account of the horrors she imagines he is suffering. A potential romance with her father-s apprentice, her worries over Anne-s unhappy marriage, and Meg-s reactions to a much-changed, returned Edward flesh out this intriguing, believable glimpse into Restoration London. Although Meg is frustrated by her society-s restrictions, Sturtevant does not attempt to solve her heroine-s problems by imposing 21st-century solutions-there is no doubt that the teen lives within the limitations of her own time. This solid work of historical fiction stands easily on its own.-Ginny Gustin, Sonoma County Library System, Santa Rosa, CA


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Aaron McKibbin's European Para Table Tennis Championships ended in disappointment despite a strong start.
The 21-year-old from Wandsworth won all three of his round-robin games to top his class 8 group but then found himself drawn against former world champion and London 2012 silver medallist Richard Csejtey in the last 16.
McKibbin, 13th in the world, put up a good fight but lost in three close sets, 11-8 13-11 13-11, with Csejtey going on to claim silver.
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After being met by your guide your tour will commence with a two and half hour Fabcabs of Liverpool taxi tour of Beatle wonderland. There will be over 20 stops for photo opportunities visiting Penny Lane, Strawberry Field, Beatles homes, schools and birthplaces along with Eleanor Rigbys gravestone. Next youll stop at The Hard Days Night Hotel for English Cream tea. You will then stop at the Hard Days Night Hotel Beatle Shop to select your official Beatles T-shirt (one per person at a value of £15 each). Then you will continue with a Beatle Village walking tour, visiting the famous Cavern Club and the area around Mathew Street for over 20 more photo opportunities in the footsteps of the Beatles.
Then you will board the Liverpool City Explorer open top bus for a city circular tour with commentary. Your final stop of the day will be the Beatles Story Museum at Albert Dock. The award-winning Beatles Story experience is an atmospheric journey into the life, times, culture and music of the Beatles. Join us on a magical mystery tour to see how four young lads from Liverpool were propelled to the dizzy heights of worldwide fame and fortune to become the greatest band of all time. The guide can advise you of additional things to do in your free time you might have left during your stay in port.
Activity Level:
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Hours: 6 |
Cost Per Person (Adult)
Tour Cost: $45.00
Tax/Other Fees: $24.00
Total Cost: $69.00
Remember to bring your camera.
The specific meeting location at the pier will be listed in your confirmation email and voucher for this shore excursion. See the 'Redemption and Voucher Details' section below.