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Sesotho, the language of the Basotho, is the most dominant mother tongue among Free State people.
The Free State culture is a true melting pot of traditions. Free State people have descended directly from several traditional Southern African groups as well as a long line of Dutch forebears. This combination has evolved into the unique South African culture of the Free State today.
Arguably the first group to lay claim to this region were the San (Bushmen). Their ancient drawings speak of the animals that shared their lives on the Free State plains including, most interestingly, hippos.
There are dozens of examples of San rock art dotted around the province, rated as some of the country's most valued examples.
Further down the timeline, Free State culture is heavily influenced by the Basotho or South Sotho people who arrived here in the late 1700s. Despite many battles through the decades, including with and the European settlers, the Basotho survived and are the dominant Free State cultural group today.
You will see hundreds of colourful Basotho huts made of reeds, grass and mud around the province. For a more intimate experience, visit the Basotho Cultural Village at Qwaqwa and immerse yourself in Sotho traditions. Or visit the Catharina Brand Museum at Ladybrand and see the transition of this culture from past to present.
The arrival in the 1800s of the European settlers, mostly Dutch-speaking farmers from the Cape, and later the British, undeniably had the biggest impact on the region's culture. Various buildings bear testament to these influences, including beautiful sandstone Edwardian and Victorian mansions throughout the province.
The Boers, as the Afrikaans settlers became known, established themselves as a farming force in the area. With this came a rich legacy of traditions including the making of boerekos (farm-style food) and mampoer (a home-brewed alcoholic drink with a serious kick), and traditional folk dancing and music.
Visitors can today enjoy these traditions at towns across the province and partake in warm, farm-style hospitality through the province's choice of 'farmstay' experiences.
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Fly direct from any of South Africa's major cities to Bloemfontein Airport. If you're driving from Johannesburg and Cape Town take the N1 south and north respectively to Bloemfontein. From Durban, take the N3 out of KwaZulu Natal, and pick up the N5 at Harrismith to Bloemfontein.
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Spring to autumn (September to April). Summer days get very hot, while winter days are mild, with cold evenings. Snow regularly falls on the eastern highlands.
Tours to do
The self-drive tourism routes (Battlefields, Friendly N6, Diamond and Wine, BBT Heritage, Maloti and Goldfields); the National Museum in Bloemfontein; the Basotho Cultural Village; the Golden Gate Highlands National Park (with San art sites); the Catharina Brand Museum at Ladybrand.
What to eat
Traditional boerekos (farmers' food) and potjiekos (pot stew) in most towns and villages; authentic African cuisine at the many African cultural villages; the Free State's famed corn on the cob and juicy cherries.
What's happening
Philippolis Witblits Festival in June (a festival featuring traditional home-brewed alcoholic spirits); NAMPO Farm Show (agricultural show) at Bothaville in May; the Free State Food Fair and Macufe Mangaung African Cultural Festival at Bloemfontein in October.
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Yesterday, in one of the more oblique resignations I've ever seen, designer Ann Demeulemeester announced she was leaving the brand Ann Demeulemeester, which she founded in 1986. She left a handwritten note, structured kind of like a poem, which I'm going to reproduce in full because – well, because I've never seen anything like it. In both its form and the fact that no one saw this coming, it makes for a pretty stark contrast with the gossip-ridden whispers and conspiracy theories that have recently surrounded other changes of designer. Read more
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You have to log into your blogger account and go to your blog settings and then go to Publishing.
Select I have a domain and put the name of your domain there and click redirect.
Another way to redirect is to create and CNAME entry in your hosting account. You should look into Blogger's help. I would give you a link but it looks that I can't get blogger to show me entries in English as I live in Spain
To use a custom domain with Blogger:
You can then input the settings for your custom domain. If you have problems, try the Blogger Help. There is a lot of information documented to help you do most anything. Best of luck!
and then add your domain in box url domain, then check it redirect yourdomaindotcom to wwwdotyourdomaindotcom and then type capcha and submit.
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One thing that you should keep in mind that all your links will become dead once you started using custom domain. As far as the meta tag is concerned, it will redirect all the pages to your new homepage only.
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One of the secrets of lifting the giant weights, before modern Olympic bars with machine tool bearing systems, was to have a hollow bell loaded with shot. The trick was to turn the bar while the shot was mid air, inside the bell. The concept worked well for kettlebells, barbells, and dumbbells. Shot-loaded equipment has a feel like no other and can make you even stronger in certain movements than working with solid equipment.
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How Does Executive coaching Really Work?
As a business the goals of getting people to buy into your products and services is often down to not just people skills like relationships but much more around how someone manages themselves – their emotionality, calmness, assertivenss, empathy, their expressiveness, positivity etc. These are some of the essential emotional intelligence skills (or EQ). I see lots of businesses teeter on the edge of terrific success and mediocrity due to problems with management teams and and quite basic issues with developing relationships and communication skills. If you have ever seen an episode of Spike's Bar Rescue or Food Network's Restaurant Impossible, you may have seen a hidden style. It's that each of these TV programs has an emotional intelligence coach who is not afraid to tell people how it is and guide them – without the need to shout, howl, point fingers, or even throw things.
The Bar Rescue example is relatable to the task of an executive coach (minus the drama) and the emotional intelligence coaching they bring. It is what I have actually been doing for 24 years now. Executive coaches and are individuals who are exceptionally qualified in organizational habits and mental theories.
Whether you're interested in ending up being an executive coach or are thinking about hiring one for your company, here is the standard idea of how executive coaching works. Read more here to find out more about a typical EQ coaching process.
Coaching Commitments
A statement in the executive coaching handbook says, coaches have lots of dedications to the coach executive relationship. A good coach continues to be objective by equally seeing the point of views of the executive and the rest of the company. Understanding their viewpoint is the vital to development without it, advancement will slow down. The big differences come at the most senior levels – C-Suite execs. Yes CEO's, COO's and CFO's in particular often stuck in the world of money without appreciating the human component.
Knowing the various learning designs assists the coach use the right methods to assist the executive develop. Last, an excellent coach needs to assist in long-lasting advancement by developing a long-term behavioral strategy with the executive to follow after the coach leaves. While these are just a couple of the coach's commitments to the coach-executive relationship, they are very important to think about in the training process.
Techniques of Gathering Data
When this takes place, a coach can eventually provide 360-degree feedback where lots of employees offer the coach with feedback about the executive that can be relayed later on. Last, coaches will conduct a series of tests throughout this procedure in order to assess the coach's personality, leadership styles, mindsets, and values that will be a valuable asset to future coaching steps.
The Feedback Process: What to Remember/Consider
After all the information has been collected, it is time for the coach to analyze and explain all of the information to the coaches. Delivering this feedback should be performed in a sensitive method since many people have trouble learning more about where they might enhance. Focusing the feedback towards the executive's habits rather of towards the executive will help them absorb the feedback better. It is likewise important to keep hope alive in this action significance coaches must highlight that change is not just possible, but possible.
A coach needs to also focus on the executive s strengths in order to maintain the coach s self-confidence. After the coach delivers all of the feedback, the executive and the coach develop behavioral goals that the coach can assist the executive reach throughout the intervention stage noted next.
Throughout these interventions, coaches organize sessions where they can monitor an executive's progress. One example is a behavioral method where coaches note down the correct and incorrect habits the executive performs. Coaches will enhance the good habits by giving appreciation when an executive engages in appropriate habits.
Evaluate Progress
The evaluation process occurs after the coaching session when the executive has actually altered their behavior and beliefs often. In this stage, the executive coach examines how the progress during the coaching sessions went and how the coach has advanced since the sessions ended. The evaluative stage can take place immediately after the training sessions or later on down the road, but in any case, it is a good idea for the coach to follow up with the executive. In order to evaluate the information of the coaching session, the coach can gather information from the executive on their learning experiences and on how the sessions affected their leadership styles and overall effectiveness in the company.


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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Speaks to Students at American University Washington College of Law
Sonia Sotomayor, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke at American University Washington College of Law on Tuesday about her book, My Beloved World, and her experiences as a law student, lawyer, and justice of the high court.
Sotomayor was greeted by applause and a standing ovation from a room of more than 250 law students, faculty, and staff members.
"It is amazing, this law school," said Sotomayor. "Forty percent diversity is a statistic no one can rival—many places are trying, and many places say they're trying, but they're not. It is a real tribute to all of you that you're here, and building the futures you are."
Claudio Grossman, dean of the law school, provided opening remarks for the event; he spoke of the parallel between Justice Sotomayor's and the law school's founding mothers' commitment to diversity in the legal profession. The law school was founded by women in 1896 at a time when women were excluded from the legal profession. (Pictured Right: Justice Sotomayor with Dean Claudio Grossman)
"The story of your life resonates profoundly with the history of our community, the Washington College of Law, and how this community projects itself as a unique and powerful voice for strengthening human dignity through the rule of law," said Grossman.
Sotomayor weaved throughout the audience and spoke about the lessons in her book, explaining that her motivation for writing began after her overwhelming Supreme Court nomination experience. Read a full recap of the event on the Blog of Legal Times.
"It was important for me not to lose touch with who Sonia was – not Justice Sotomayor, but Sonia—and the book became a way of me reminding myself," she said.
Of all the messages in her book, Sotomayor said she hoped the students would understand how passionately she loves the law.
"I really think of the legal profession as the most noble of all professions, because what we do as lawyers—and if you're doing it right as lawyers—is service," said Sotomayor. "It doesn't mean you have to be only a public interest or a government lawyer. It means that you must practice your profession with integrity. Understanding that whether it is a private or public corporation, whether it's an individual with or without money, that your job as a lawyer is to help them in their relationships in society to be decent to one another, to be caring about one another, to do their work with a sense of decent purpose."
Law students Matthew Lopas, Katelin Morales, Juhi Tariq, Alexandra Arango, and Garge Sen had the opportunity to ask Sotomayor questions about diversity on the federal bench, reading Supreme Court decisions, what she does for fun, and whether there is a glass ceiling in the legal profession. (Pictured Left: Justice Sotomayor with student Juhi Tariq)
"With respect to the glass ceiling, the numbers are very telling," said Sotomayor. "Certainly there is [one]; we're improving and in lots of different areas. We have more women judges being appointed, but we're not 50 percent…. And if you're talking about minorities, in every field of law we are underrepresented. But most importantly, in the upper echelons. The number of minority partners is dismally small. The number of minority decision makers in government is disproportionate to their numbers in the general workforce. Sure there are glass ceilings, and we have to continue knocking down the doors and the barriers to ensure we're moving people forward."
Following her remarks, Sotomayor took photos with students and visited those attendees who were viewing the presentation via video feeds in alternate rooms due to the overwhelming attendance. She also attended a reception with student leaders, faculty, and administrators.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor attended Yale Law School and graduated in 1979. From 1979-84, she served as the Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. She then served as an associate and partner at Pavia & Harcourt where she litigated international commercial matters in New York City. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated her to serve on the U.S. District Court, and she served from 1992-98. She went on to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009. She assumed the role on Aug. 8, 2009.


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No "Missionary's Manual" for Sierra Leone: Fr. Themi Speaks at 1st Annual Missions Day
19 November 2011 • On-campus Lecture • By Deborah (Malacky) Belonick
There is no "Missionary's Manual' for Sierra Leone, a West African country of magnificent natural beauty deeply scarred by the meanest forms of human brutality during the civil wars that lasted from 1991 to 2004. The religious question in Sierra Leone is not so much the bourgeois "What Would Jesus Do?" as "Where Is Jesus at All?".
How does one bring the "Good News" to a little boy who was forced by rebels to shoot his own father with an AK47 while his little sister was required to "dance" during the bloodshed? How does one bring healing to young man who has had his hand (or arm) amputated as punishment for casting a vote in a local ballot box? How does one bring hope to families that live on less than $1 per day, or to women who must choose between "soap or bread" at the market, to care for their children? How does one bring clean water and sanitation to areas in which 20% of children under the age of 5 are dying of dysentery?
"Orthodox Christians are pioneering a new chapter in missionary work in such post-conflict, post-war zones," said Fr. Themi (a/k/a Themistocles Adamopoulo), guest speaker at our seminary's first annual "Missions Day," who has ministered in Sierra Leone since 2007, and before that, in Kenya.
"In the Holy Diocese of Sierra Leone, there are seven West African nations, and in all of them, we are dealing with post-conflict situations," he continued. "We are adapting our mission strategies in each contextual situation. We are encountering the crucified Christ—the Christ without legs or arms, the beggar, the hungry. We are spreading the message of Christ in verbal and practical forms. Jesus is powerful in all cultures; I tell them about Jesus and from there flow all other gifts."
Indeed, many "gifts" are evident in "Freetown," the mission post city developed by Fr. Themi in Sierra Leone: an elementary school, a cottage industry for former women inmates, a church with four native priests and a deacon, and a supply of wheelchairs and prosthetic arms and legs for amputees. Compared to the post-war wounds he witnesses however, these fruits of his labor seem "like a drop in the ocean." "But," assured Fr. Themi, "one drop is better than no drop."
The seven African nations currently open to Fr. Themi's work are Sierra Leone, Liberia, The Gambia, Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau, and he has developed a general plan to initiate a mission in each. "The first thing I do," he noted, "is to meet with the President of the nation and the embassy leaders. I say, 'I want to help your nation. I will give you schools, clinics, and care for you amputees. Now, what will you give me?' And, they usually respond with a deal for tax-free land and security to protect the mission compounds. I am in constant dialogue with the governments."
At the conclusion of his absorbing lecture—which was sponsored by the Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity, based at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts—Fr. Themi alluded to his personal spiritual journey: from atheist to seeker to believer in the Crucified and Risen Christ; from rock musician to academic to missionary. He also reminded his audience that he had taught a semester at St. Vladimir's Seminary, under the guidance of retired Professor Emeritus of New Testament, Dr. Veselin Kesich.
Lastly, Fr. Themi reminded his audience that all the mission fields now open to him require laborers. In response to his plea for support and future missionaries, two Trustees of the seminary, Tony Kasmer and Anne van den Berg, pledged the support of the Board of Trustees in sponsoring a seminarian from West Africa interested in a seminary education at St. Vladimir's.
Listen to Fr. Themi's lecture in the "Voices of St. Vladimir's" section of Ancient Faith Radio, here.
"Like" Fr. Themi's Facebook Page, and read his bio here.
Watch a goosebump producing video about Fr. Themi's work in Sierra Leone on his Website: "Paradise Kids 4 Africa," here.


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Installment 4 in an opinion series by Linda Bradshaw about blogging and SEO
For the purposes of this discussion, I am using the word "syntax" to represent proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure in the English language.
From my recent discussions with people in the networking groups that I go to, in association with the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Warrenton Chamber of Commerce I have come to understand that up until the Panda and the Penguin updates Google did not have algorithms in place to recognize syntax. "Relevant, or good syntax" basically means "does this sentence make sense?" Some advertising agencies were (and some still are) telling their clients that any and all links were good links and they were extremely happy to be able to take advantage of the willingness of desperately impoverished bloggers in underdeveloped countries to work for pennies in their desire to build back links to their web pages. At this point in time Google does not like those tactics, and as technology advances the programmers that work at Google have been able to modify their algorithm to recognize proper syntax and reward it, and recognize improper syntax and penalize it. I think that it is a pretty safe bet that will be used consistently in the future as part of their sweeping algorithm.


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Can you knock off eight miles on the track or an hour on the bike, but struggle through a few pull-ups? Despite your commitment to fitness, your workout is likely missing something. You know what I'm talking about. Runners and cyclists enjoy cardiovascular workouts so much that we tend to neglect an essential part of total fitness—strength training.
You need not spend hours in the gym getting pumped up to enjoy the benefits of weight training. You can make gains in strength, power, and fitness in as little as two sessions as week.
Regular weight training makes you stronger, and we're not just talking about bulging biceps. Weight training strengthens bones, ligaments, and tendons as well as muscles, all of which translate into improved balance, greater power, quicker recovery, and a reduced risk for injury.
In fact, performing only aerobic exercise, could result in an overuse injury. Running, for example, works your calves and hamstrings, but ignores the upper body. By strengthening all the major muscle groups, you can avoid an imbalance and reduce your risk for injury.
Developing a strong core is important. Your core strength comes from the muscles that stabilize the spine, pelvis, rib cage, and hips. Basic exercises, such as crunches, lunges, and squats, can help build your core.
Machines, dumbbells, balls? Which is right for you? All of it. Vary your workout to avoid boredom and maximize results.
Machines are a good way to begin.
The machine will guide your movement and reduce the chances of injury.
Beginners should start with light weight to avoid overworking the muscles and to develop a consistent routine. Lift one day per week for the first few weeks, and then add a second session. Start with one set of a weight you can lift for 8-10 repetitions and increase to 2-3 sets.
After you have established a regular routine, increase the weight by 5%-10% per week. Strive for a weight that you can lift 8-10 times for 2-3 sets. By the last repetition, you should be tired and unable to do another, yet still in good form. Do this by lifting and lowering slowly. Do not let gravity pull the weight down for you.
Free weights add a new dimension of difficulty. Now you have to perform the desired movement while keeping your whole body stabilized. The result is that more muscles are engaged and you get a more efficient workout. However, it's easier to cheat with free weights. You can push a weight too fast and use the momentum instead of your own power. To avoid cheating, form should be slow and controlled, not bouncy or jerky. Lift for 3-4 seconds, pause for 1 second, lower for 3-4 seconds.
Traditionally used only by physical therapists, these portable, multi-colored, oversized rubber bands are commonly found in gyms. They are best used to supplement training with weight machines or free weights. The exact resistance of the bands is difficult to determine, and they are limited by the maximum resistance they provide.
Medicine balls are available in a range of weights and can add a significant amount of resistance to your lifts. Check with a strength and conditioning specialist or a certified athletic trainer for the best way to use them. For instance, you can do sit-ups with your arms stretched straight above your head, holding a medicine ball.
Stability or balance balls are are meant to be sat on. For example, you can balance your behind and lower back on the ball with your feet planted on the floor. Then, you can do sit-ups or upper-body free weight exercises. Using the stability ball triggers your body to use more and different muscles than are normally engaged. And these are the core muscles—abdominals and lower back—that are key to overall strength and power.
What about when you are stranded on a desert island with no equipment? Well, there is one thing you can do: drop and give me 20! By using your own body weight as resistance, you can get a significant workout doing push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, lunges, squats, and triceps dips. Do jumping jacks before and between each exercise to keep your heart rate up.
The fitness industry is constantly developing new tools and techniques to help you change your routine. Keep an open mind about new activities and equipment, but also be cautious. Ask a trusted fitness professional for advice.
Although some muscle soreness is normal the day after lifting, weight lifting injuries are rare. However, if you experience any of the following, rest a few days and see your doctor if you do not feel better:
A balanced program includes cardio work, strength training, and flexibility exercises. It may sound difficult to fit each of these into your week, but a personal trainer can help design a weight training program to develop your core as well as your outer strength. Before you know it, you'll be jumping higher, running faster, pedaling harder, and looking and feeling stronger and more confident.
Try the following strength training circuit:
Here are the details of a strength circuit:
Holding dumbbells, stand on an 8 to 16-inch platform that is about the height of a park bench. Step down with the right foot, pause, and then step back up. Do 10 reps then switch legs.
With your hands wider than your shoulders on the bar, pull yourself up until your chin tops the bar.
With your hands shoulder-width apart, lower your chest, bending elbows to 90 degrees. Keep your body straight from shoulders to knees. Push back up.
You will need the hanging ab set-up at the gym for this one. Stabilize arms and lift knees toward chest. Or substitute a crunch: lie face up with knees bent, sit up to 45 degrees, and then lower.
Hold dumbbells just above shoulder level. Bend knees to 90 degrees. Push arms overhead as you stand up, then lower weights back to shoulder level.
Hold dumbbells down in front of you, palms facing out. Curl up till hands are near your shoulders, then lower.
Standing, hold a bar with your arms straight down in front of you, palms facing your thighs and hands six inches apart. Pull the bar to chin level, then lower.
Stand in front of a bench, reach back and grip the edge of the bench so that your forearms are facing away from you, keep your feet shoulder-width apart, firmly planted in front of you. Bend your knees and lower your butt until your upper arms are parallel to the floor, and then push up.
Lie on your side with your feet braced. Cross arms in front of chest and lift torso off the ground 20 degrees for 8-10 reps. Switch sides.
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4 full-body medicine ball exercises to boost your calorie burn. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy-living-article/60/3533/4-full-body-medicine-ball-exercises-to-boost/. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Circuit training basics. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy_living_fit_facts_content.aspx?itemid=3304&category=3. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Core workout. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/fitness_programs_core_workout.aspx?workoutid=5. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Free weights vs. strength-training equipment. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy_living_fit_facts_content.aspx?itemid=2655. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Resistance tubing workout. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy_living_fit_facts_content.aspx?itemid=237. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Preventing overuse injuries. Stop Sports Injuries website. Available at: http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/overuse-injury.aspx. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Rethinking core training. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/certifiednewsarticle/2229/rethinking-core-training/. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Stability ball workout. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/fitness_programs_core_workout.aspx?workoutid=6. Accessed November 13, 2013.
Strength training 101. The American Council on Exercise website. Available at: http://www.acefitness.org/acefit/healthy_living_fit_facts_content.aspx?itemid=2661. Accessed November 13, 2013.
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DETROIT - With Tasers now legal in Michigan, more people are considering carrying them for personal safety.
Mark Alexander, the owner of Urban Tactical Defense Center in Eastpointe said he is getting several inquiries about Tasers.
"I've been getting people from all walks of life, male, female, senior citizens," said Alexander. "We have security agencies now coming to us for training, but as far as the private citizen, it's been a wide variety."
The new law took effect in August, under it, anyone with a Michigan concealed pistol license can own a Taser. However, they must receive Taser training at the point of sale.
Melissa Mattox and her husband recently took the class to get their concealed pistol license.
"I am just more aware when I go out now I am looking around and just how I did stuff before I'm already changing how I do things," said Mattox.
Mattox, who lives in Madison Heights, has a daughter and likes the Taser as an option for personal protection and to protect her family.
Linda Stankiewicz of Sterling Heights owns two handguns and carries pepper spray. She too likes the option of a Taser.
"I carry it right in my purse," said Stankiewicz. "Being a single older woman, I go a lot of places alone and with crime going up because of the economic status, I was really afraid that I could be jumped in a parking lot going into a store."
The Michigan law states someone can use a Taser in situations that justify the use of physical force. But people cannot buy just any Taser or stun gun.
"The only type of Taser that is legal to carry in the state of Michigan is the ones that dispense what they call AFID's, ant-felon ID tags," said Alexander.
Those tags can be used to track the owner of a Taser if it's ever used in a crime. Alexander said stun guns without those tags are not legal to carry. He also said Taser International is the only company that sells Tasers that are legal in Michigan.
The Tasers are good to use within 15 feet and they cycle for 30 seconds.
Alexander also wants people to know that the only training that's required to own a Taser is that received at the point of sale.
"I have unfortunately had people come to me that have received so-called Taser training from other entities that have been charged a considerable amount of money," said Alexander. "They will come to me and show me their certificate and say 'Hey, I have a certificate of training, I want a Taser,' and unfortunately that certificate means nothing to me because the law requires that I give them the training."
Alexander recommends you check out a list of authorized instructors and certified training centers. Taser.com and Michigantaser.com both list authorized dealers and trainers.
While some are in favor of people using Tasers, Tom Berry, a retired investigator from the Detroit police department is not in favor of civilians carrying Tasers.
"Policemen can carry the Taser on one side and the gun on the other. They have the gun as a back up," said Berry.
Berry said if someone is going to carry, they should carry a firearm.
"You don't need to carry a Taser, that's my personal opinion. There's too many things that can go wrong. With a Taser, you get one shot. You better hit them with both because if you don't they're coming after you. Three, what if they're wearing real bulky clothing and those little barbs don't go all the way through the clothing and sometimes they don't. Sometimes they do, but sometimes they don't, then you know what, the Taser is really useless isn't it?" said Berry.
Alexander said there are risks associated with the Taser if it gets into the wrong hands, including children, and it could cause serious harm.
"It is a less lethal option. It is not a lethal device and it is not considered a firearm by the FBI, however it still can be dangerous if shot in the face, the eye, the throat, just like with anything, it could cause serious harm," said Alexander.
As for Mattox and Stankiewicz, they like having the Taser in their arsenal of personal protection.
"I just think that would be a great thing for especially moms. I think they would be more comfortable having something like that," said Mattox.
"It used to be that I wouldn't go anywhere without my grandson, so now I can go out at night and have the Taser there to protect me," said Stankiewicz.
Alexander said if you ever find yourself needing to use the Taser to protect yourself, don't ever worry about leaving the Taser behind.
He said the company will replace it.
Alexander, who is also a law enforcement instructor, said the civilian Tasers cost between $379 and $999 depending on the model you choose.
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There are many different races in Kerell, including the standard races: humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, etc.
Halfling populationEdit
The population of Halflings have fallen dramatically since the ruthless ruler Tasyn murdered five million Halflings under his rule by beheadding and hanging and burning. The Halflings mainly fled to Kandlazza now, which is why there is a huge population of about five hundred thousand Halflings in Kandlazza. The Halflings are now welcomed back on Isdantia, that being their home town. There stands a Halfling population of about one million Halflings in Kerell.
Orc populationEdit
Many orcs were genocided by the Emperor of Kandlazza about fifteen years ago. Emperor Hawkins was a ruthless emperor, unlike his son, who rules today. Hawkins ordered an army of ten-thousand mounted Imperial Cavalry to charge into the forests. Backed up by the human tribes (at war with the orc tribes) the orcs were soon wiped out. Only a few orc tribes escaped, and are still at war with the humans.
Also, orc blood has been made "impure" as many newer-generation orcs married the humans, after truces were signed in the last few months. The half-orc children are persecuted by both human and orc, and often escape to deeper in the forests, where their self-sufficient skills help them survive, hunting food and living with nature.


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The Basics
Electrical current in Martinique is 220 volts, 50Hz. European round pin attachment plugs are in use.
French is the official language of Martinique, but Antillean Creole (Creole Martiniquais) is mostly spoken among islanders. English is typically spoken only in the larger hotels and tourist areas.
Travel Health
Medical and health care facilities in Martinique are on a par with those of France and are considered to be some of the best in the French West Indies. Specialist treatment is also available. There are around 20 hospitals and clinics located on the island, including 24-hour emergency facilities. Travellers should be up to date on common vaccinations like hepatitis A and hepatitis B, tetanus, and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) boosters before travelling to Martinique, but no vaccinations are required by immigration officials. Medical insurance is advised.
As in France, tips are usually included in restaurant bills in Martinique and taxes and service charges are included in hotel rates.
Safety Information
There is very little crime in Martinique but visitors should take sensible precautions and avoid isolated areas, including beaches, after dark and not carry large amounts of cash or jewellery. Valuables and travel documents should, where possible, be left in safety deposit boxes and hotel safes.
Local Customs
Unlike many tropical islands, Martinique has a thriving economy and is not solely dependent on tourism. Relaxed, informal clothing is acceptable around town, but scanty beach wear is considered improper in urban areas. The only officially designated clothing-optional beaches in the French islands are in Guadeloupe and St. Martin, but at hotel pools and at private beaches near hotels in Martinique topless swimming and sunbathing is common.
The international dialling code for Martinique is +596. The outgoing code is 00 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 0044 for the United Kingdom). As there are no coin phones, a Télécarte (phone card) makes local and international calls easier and less expensive. They are sold at Post Offices and other outlets marked Télécarte en Vente Ici and are used in special booths marked Télécom found all over Martinique. Many phones now accept Visa, MasterCard or other credit cards for long distance calls. The island is covered by GSM networks, and a more limited 3G network.
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4 Easy Ways to Look Slimmer In Your Bikini
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You may think it's too late to feel better in your bikini by Memorial Day, but there are still little changes you can make to reduce bloat and begin shrinking your waistline.
Sarah Wally, registered dietician and nutrition expert, has offered up the following four quick and easy diet changes. Implement them today, and you will feel, and see, a difference by Monday!
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1. Substitute sugar with a healthier option
Sugar is not your friend — when you add it to your morning coffee or any baked goods, you're also adding mucho calories. To still satisfy your sweet tooth, try a sugar substitute. "Choose a natural, zero-calorie sweetener, such as Stevia In The Raw, and cut roughly 50 calories for every tablespoon of sugar replaced," says Wally. "Eliminating just 4 tablespoons of sugar a day can help you drop up to three pounds in two months!"
2. Shrink your portion size
You've probably heard this advice before, but it bears repeating. "Research shows that smaller portions actually appear larger and more satisfying when served on smaller plates," says Wally. "Eating your entree on a salad or dessert plate and drinking from tall, thin glasses as opposed to short, stout ones can help you reduce portion size and drop pounds without feeling deprived."
3. Display the good stuff
When you venture into the kitchen to get a snack, instead of having that box of cookies out on the counter staring you in the face, try an assortment of fruits instead. "You're more likely to snack on what you can see," admits Wally. "Keep more indulgent foods in cupboards and you'll be less likely to mindlessly munch on waistline busters."
4. Eat your breakfast
Don't make the common mistake of running out the door in the morning without eating — it will come back to haunt you. "Research shows that people who eat breakfast are more successful in maintaining weight loss over the long term," says Wally. "For a fast and filling breakfast, try oatmeal topped with chopped nuts. Save extra calories by choosing unsweetened oatmeal (flavored varieties can have more than 2 teaspoons of sugar per packet!) and sweeten to taste with a zero-calorie sweetener like Stevia."
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American University Washington College of Law will host both the North American and the Latin American Regional Rounds of the 2014 ELSA WTO Moot Court Competition. This is a simulated hearing of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system and is organized annually by ELSA (The European Law Students Association) with the cooperation of the WTO. The competition is open to teams from around the globe. The 12th edition of the competition will be finalized in May 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the third year that the law school has hosted the WTO Moot Court Competition.
As the Preliminary Round pleadings shall start early on the morning of Thursday March 6th , 2014, you should book your accommodation and check-in Wednesday March 5th , 2014 before 17:00 o'clock.
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Courtyard by Marriott Chevy Chase, 5520 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 for the nights of March 5, March 6, March 7 and March 8. This block will be held until 2/5/14. Further nights may be available upon request. If you would like to take advantage of the special rate of $179 plus taxes for March 5 and 6 and the low rate of $109 for March 6 and March 7, please call Marriott Reservations at 301 656-1500, x 7000 or 888 856-6992. Please say that you are with the AUWCL WTO Moot Court Competition group.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- What happened in small business this week? 1. Punky Brewster gets venture funds from Google. Soleil Moon Frye, best known for her role as the sprightly Punky Brewster back in the '80s, is starring in another role as co-founder and chief creative officer of Moonfrye , a social and do-it-yourself crafting startup geared to parents. Moonfrye (the venture) just got $2.5 million in funding led by GRP Partners with participation from Greycroft, Daher Capital and Google Ventures, according to TechCrunch. Moon Frye has spent the past few years building an "impressive" online and social community through the site. She also launched an eco-friendly baby store in Los Angeles, designed a product line for Target ( TGT) and wrote two parenting books, the article says. Moonfrye the venture was started with former IAC ( IACI) executive Kara Nortman. They plan to launch a mobile app "dedicated to inspiring creativity in families in a do-it-yourself experience," TechCrunch says.
2. eBay bats against online sales tax measures. eBay ( EBAY) weighed in over the debate over online sales tax collection this week. CEO John Donahoe began emailing users last Sunday telling them the Marketplace Fairness Act would burden small online merchants. The San Jose, Calif.-based online marketplace also took to Twitter to send its message out. One tweet said: one tweet saying: "Do you think #SmallBiz owners should be forced to act as tax collectors in all states? Neither do we." Another tweet said the online marketplace company believes businesses with fewer than 50 employees or less than $10 million in annual out-of-state sales should be exempt from the legislation, according to TheStreet.
The bill is supposed to level the playing field between online and bricks-and-mortar stores by requiring online retailers to collect sales tax (still small online retailers with less than $1 million in revenue would be exempt), but has been getting quite the pushback. The Senate was supposed to take up the bill for a vote this week, but so far it hasn't done so. PCWorld mentions that perhaps the vote will take place Friday or Saturday.


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Salem's Jenkins lives Fenway dream
Red Sox PA announcer, legally blind, has unique technique
By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com | August 3, 2012 7:07 AM ET
And why not? After all, Opening Day was right around the corner.
"I found the director of media [Dave Cawley] and shot him an email, asking 'Can I help?'" recalled Jenkins. "He wrote back and said that they were looking for a PA guy if I was interested. I came in, had a short interview and was hired on the spot. I thought he was crazy."
Jenkins laughs when he tells this story, but there was good reason to think that Cawley was crazy. Jenkins is legally blind -- not the kind of handicap that seems compatible with a job that requires close supervision of a professional sports event on a nightly basis. But Cawley was unfazed.
"His resume was really good and he interviewed really well, but to be completely honest, I didn't know that he was as quite as blind as he is," said Cawley, with a laugh. "But he showed up and, really, from Day One, went above and beyond what was expected."
Indeed, he has. In fact, when Cawley made that statement he was sitting next to Jenkins at Boston's Logan International Airport. The two co-workers (and now, friends) were preparing to fly back to Virginia after experiencing a most significant professional first: on Tuesday, Jenkins served as the public address announcer for that evening's contest between the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park.
Learning the ropes
Before he made it to Fenway, Jenkins had to prove that he could do his job within the Carolina League confines of Salem's LewisGale Field.
"I was so nervous that first game [in 2009]," Jenkins said. "I'd never done anything like that before, I was used to radio where you're in complete control of everything that's going on... It definitely took some getting used to, but within the first month, I was flying."
It is important to note that, though Jenkins is legally blind, he still retains some vision. Specifically, he suffers from Stargardt disease, which he describes as "a juvenile form of macular degeneration. Basically, I have 20/400 vision in both eyes. It's the worst vision you can have without being blind."
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The Week That Was
Blind Dye, not deaf
Derek Dye, a Daytona intern was ejected Wednesday for airing "Three Blind Mice" after a questionable call.
Sands slams, slams
Albuquerque's Jerry Sands became the fifth player in PCL history to hit two grand slams in one game Sunday.
Montero mows down 14
St. Lucie's Rafael Montero recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts Tuesday in a 3-2 win over Clearwater.
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Waiting for Wheeler
You can watch Zack Wheeler make his Triple-A debut Sunday when Buffalo welcomes Syracuse.
Stanton starts back
Through the weekend, Giancarlo Stanton will be rehabbing with Jupiter, where he began his 2009 season.
R-Phils' new battery
Tommy Joseph just played his first game for Reading; chances are he'll be catching Ethan Martin's debut Friday..
Therefore, Jenkins has created customizable lineup sheets in which each team's starting lineup takes up an entire side of the page. And, as is so often the case in life, he gets by with a little help from his friends. To Jenkins' left during each ballgame is the videoboard operator, and in the last two years this has been a good friend of his, John Addington.
"[Addington] scores the game for me, and after everything that happens, he tells me when to go [on the microphone]. We've worked out a cool system," said Jenkins. "I've definitely said the wrong batter at times, and there have been moments when I've started to say [the next batter] when they were not quite ready. But that happened a bit more in the first couple of years -- the last couple have been really comfortable."
Operating at the highest level
Though certainly not a secret, Jenkins' blindness was not something that anyone with the Salem Red Sox felt the need to make public. His voice is well known to Salem fans, but simply as just that -- a voice. This all changed in the past week, starting with the local media attention he received after it was announced that he would man the mic at Tuesday's game in Boston.
"I've been hearing a lot from people I hadn't seen in several years, and some of them came to the ballpark on Saturday night after they saw the news articles about me," said Jenkins. "The reaction has been great -- Salem's a small town, where everyone knows everyone, and it's really cool the attention this has gotten."
The Fenway invite came as part of a larger initiative that the Boston Red Sox have implemented this season. Following the sudden death of long-time PA announcer Carl Beane in May, the team decided to offer the job on an interim basis to announcers within its Minor League system (in fact, Salem play-by-play man Evan Lepler will get his own opportunity later this month). The Red Sox extended the invitation to Jenkins before knowing of his blindness, and once they found out about it, they asked if he would like to handle PA duties during a scheduled "Disability Awareness" promotion.
Jenkins was happy to oblige.
"I told them that I thought it would be great; if I can inspire one person, then it will have been worthwhile," he said. "The day I found out I'd be doing this, I couldn't think for the rest of the day. I was on cloud nine."
But, soon enough, the jitters kicked in. Working in Fenway would be a long way from the friendly confines of LewisGale, its intimate press box environs replaced by Fenway's control room in which nearly two dozen people work together to bring an intricately scripted evening of Major League game entertainment to life. Fortunately, Jenkins was able to pre-record some of his longer introductory bits, and the team sent him a script ahead of time so that he could memorize portions of it (while also changing its font to one large enough that he could see).
Jenkins says that some of the unfamiliar in-game reads were "nerve-wracking," but adds that "once I got through that, it was so much fun." All in all, it was a night to remember and one that would have seemed unfathomable just a few years ago.
"If you think you can't do something, that's not exactly true," said Jenkins. "You just have to figure out what abilities you do have, and use those to do what you want to do."
Benjamin Hill is a reporter for MLB.com and writes Ben's Biz Blog. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Common Ground is an organization of farm women who are sharing their personal stories and involvement in agriculture. These bright, energetic women are skilled in social media and how to talk with consumers. In a recent blog post on findourcommonground.com, the author described two scenarios and asked viewers to guess which one was a corporate farmer and which one was the family farmer. It might have seemed like an easy question. See what you think:
Farmer No. 1 works with her parents and siblings to care for the pigs on their farm. The family provides the animals with around-the-clock care.
Farmer No. 2 tends to her 650 sows in climate-controlled barns. Her farm continues to expand.
The author then asked, "Have you made your choice?"
The blog went on to explain, "The farmers described in the previous blog were not two separate farmers — they're the same person. The farmer illustrated in both profiles was Jennifer Debnam, CommonGround volunteer from Maryland. That's right, "they" are the same person.
"Along with her family in Kennedyville, Md., Jennifer raises 650 pigs from birth to adulthood annually. Each family member works hard to care for their animals all day, every day in order to make sure their pigs live in optimum conditions and remain in good health.
Jennifer Debnam's family-owned operation is one of many American farms that have expanded over the last 15 years. Advances in technology allow the Debnams and others to care for more animals in a more efficient way. Other examples that can be seen regularly at PorkNetwork.com are Erin Brenneman, who is part of a large family operation, and Katie Olthoff, who, with her husband, has a large turkey production business.
Because the Debnam's and others like them have formed a corporation, they are often referred to as "corporate" or "factory" farms, but they are corporations owned entirely by families in many cases. Jennifer, Erin and Katie take pride in owning family farms, first and foremost.
A family farm that transitions into a corporation can make people assume family farms are nearing extinction. That is not the case. In reality, a lot of the farms that add titles such as LLC to their names are still completely family-owned. Often the LLC or title is put in place by the family as a form of liability insurance. Without it, farms can be subject to double taxing, or leaving their personal assets (like their home or cars) at risk if the farm hits hard times.
Incorporating the farm is a way of ensuring financial security in case of a natural disaster, bad crop or other financial problems. In fact, 96 percent of all farms in the United States are actually family farms.
If you want to learn more about family and corporate farming, check out Common Ground's corporate farms food facts page. And the next time a consumer uses the term "corporate farm," take the time to remind them what that really means.


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Researchers at the University of Minnesota recently completed a study comparing the outcomes of feeding young calves milk replacer (both conventional and accelerated diets) four times a day versus two.
Dr. Noah Litherland, leader of the research team, said they hypothesized that feeding the same amount of milk replacer – but in smaller meals offered more frequently – would stimulate starter grain intake and improve efficiency of growth and actual growth compared to twice-a-day feeding.
The trial included 48 Holstein and Holstein-cross heifer and bull calves assigned to one of four treatment groups:
- Standard, 20:20 milk replacer fed 2X at 1.5 percent of bodyweight
- Standard, 20:20 milk replacer fed 4X at 1.5 percent of bodyweight
- Modified 26:18 milk replacer fed 2X at 2.0 percent of bodyweight
- Modified 26:18 milk replacer fed 2X at 4.0 percent of bodyweight
This schematic was followed from two to 42 days of life for all calves in the trial. Milk-replacer feeding rates were adjusted weekly to maintain 1.5 and 2.0 percent of bodyweight throughout the trial. All milk replacer was reconstituted to 15 percent solids. All animals were offered fresh water and an 18-percent crude protein starter free choice throughout the study period.
Calf body weight and body structure were measured weekly, and fecal scores and starter intake were measured daily. All calves were housed in individual hutches and bedded with straw.
The researchers found that increasing feeding frequency in the calves on the 20:20 milk replacer increased starter intake, but had no effect on starter intake for the calves fed an accelerated ration. However, because dry-matter intake via milk replacer solids was greater in the accelerated group, total DMI did not vary significantly between groups. Furthermore, they found that, ultimately, increasing feeding frequency did not affect the growth or gain:feed ratio between the groups of calves.
Read the abstract from the February 2013 Journal of Dairy Science.


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Have a large item to donate that won't fit in your car? Here are several options that will make it easier to drop-off your donations (click here).
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Diane Farris is a photographer working in Gainesville, Florida. Her work is in collections and museums such as the Center for Creative Photography, NOLA, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Princeton Museum, etc. and has done public commissions. She is currently working with images of the Florida prairie and its Sandhill Cranes,Italy, children and nature. She is interested in art and sustainability. Please visit her website at www.dianefarris.com
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Maybe I am trying to do something way out of the ordinary but, to me it seems like there should be some sort of solution.
How do I make this image work without making a new page reload per click of the menu?
Have the blue images be the rollover state and the current state?
Thank you for your help.
I, for one, am not really sure what you are asking here. What is happening at the moment? What code are you using for the menu? It's not really clear how this menu is meant to function.
Hello Ralph,
Sorry for not being to clear, I would like to make this menu with a css rollover effect, which I understand how to do, and have a state when clicked be a current state. Both the rollover and current states will be the Blue color.
The problem I am having is trying to figure out how to cut up the image or make this all work with the image I have now.
My question, in the simplest form, how would you code this menu to have a rollover and a current state being blue but, also leaving the others their "off" states? I run into issues with the ends of the arrows because of layering issues.
I would show you the code but, I was just about to move on with this idea and make a single page reload per item instead of it just controlling a javascript slider within the page and did not keep the code.
Let me know how to make this easier to understand, if it isn't.
Thank you for your quick response.
So you just want to know how to make the current button blue? If you want one big image like that, I would do 4 (or 5) rows, each with a different hover / current state. That's the easiest way.
So, if no button is active, you see the top (all gray) row. If the first button is current or hovered, pull the image up one row and show a row with the first item blue. Next row shows the second item blue... etc.
In case you are interested, here's a sexy tute on how to do it without images:http://css-tricks.com/triangle-breadcrumbs/
I think I had tried that idea before with the picture I attached but, I was having issues with the fact that when you rollover an image the left or right, depending on which is already a current blue state, would change to a gray just in the triangle part.
It is due to the fact that it is looking for a square image.
I will look at the website you have sent me and I should have see this in his stuff anyways, I look at his site all the time.
Thank you.
On CSS-Tricks, the end of the tutorial has this link:
For browsers that don't support :after/:before, use an image based system. This is my favorite image based breadcrumb tutorial.
I went there and it is a very simple design to use when I have more of a rollover change background situation. I will try it out with this but, I'm not sure it will work.
Yes, sorry, my solution was completely wrong. I see what you are saying. It's late here, so I'll stop babbling. Veerle should see you thought this, as it looks perfect for what you are doing.
Thank you Ralph,
However, the way they are doing it there is just having the arrow image on the right and the middle able to expand depending on the text that is going to be put in.
I need something different.
Here is a mock page of the code with the javascript and the image I am using.
If I were doing this, I would use the image you posted above with the 4 menu items and then move around the background position.
For an example, the first button would use the top 2 images, then the next button would use the 2nd image down as the regular state, then the 3rd image down for the hover. This way you have the gray side and blue in its correct state. does that make sense? lol.
Let me know if that doesnt make sense, I will try and do up an example really quickly if need be.
What menu issue?It seems to work fine.
One way you could improve it is to use overlapping png's so that the entire arrow lights up.
I think that is what my issue is, I cant seem to get the whole blue arrow to be the current state.
Thank you ghealy44,
However I have tried that and I am still not finding a good solution, if possible can you mock it up with what I have so I can see it working?
I also have tried to use this way:
But, could not figure it out that way either.
If you could help me with my code that would be great!
I will work something out tonight to show you.
basically create 1 image with all of you button states in it.
so create a menu with a standard, hover, active,etc for each menu item.
so, realistically you should have 1 image with like 12 menus on it. You have to take into account that when you hover over the capture button from the intro page, the intro button is blue, so you have to have a button showing that. Basically if you start out and think about it logically, it will work itself out.
Like I said, if you dont make any progress, when I get home this evening I will do a quick menu to show what I mean.
Hi,Those are tough to do when an arrow is thrown into the mix.
I remember doing something similar once before.http://www.css-lab.com/test/mossay/test-1.html
If you view the page source you will find the CSS as an internal stylesheet.
The trick was to increase the widths on hover to allow the arrow to show, at the same time I had to set a negative right margins so the other floats did not drop.
The width increase was the same as the length of the arrow, in that case it was 8px.
/* all the anchor widths change on hover */
#home a {width:102px;}
#news a {width:75px;}
#service a {width:114px;}
#store a {width:85px;}
#network a {width:106px;}
#about a {width:94px;}
/* increase widths by 8px on hover */
#home a:hover {width:110px; margin-right:-8px;}
#news a:hover {width:83px; margin-right:-8px;}
#service a:hover {width:122px; margin-right:-8px;}
#store a:hover {width:93px; margin-right:-8px;}
#network a:hover {width:114px; margin-right:-8px;}
Thank you Rayzur,
Very interesting. I will try that and report back. Thanks again.
Humm, maybe I am not understanding the process correctly so I'm going ask vs. spending a few more hours I dont have figuring it out.
I understand that you have the one image, sprite.png, and each time there is a :hover the image is moved left in -60px increments and up to it's corresponding hover state px amount.
I guess I get lost in my situation when you talk about resizing on :hover and negative right margin to move in the other menu items. I mean, I understand that process but, I don't understand why mine wont work like that, at least the ways that I have tried so far.
Could you possible pin point changes you would make in my code so I can see what I can do differently?
I don't understand why mine wont work like that, at least the ways that I have tried so far.Well it looks like yours would work without that since you are not trying to tuck the neighboring anchors underneath the arrows.
Your sprite image seems a little skewed though. It looks like it has a black border on the top of the "Intro" and "Manage" states. That's throwing your BG positions off
When I click on (1. Capture) there is not a black border at the top
Humm, I did not notice that before. That is an easy change of image and I really dont know what happened.
Thank you for catching that.
this might be a more efficient sprite strategy ;I roughed it up, so it may not be pixel perfect but it should show the concept.
also I noticed that you have anchor tags wrapped around P tags... which is not valid.


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