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In ES2, Livecycle introduced support for arbitrary unicode characters in Zebra Labels. Prior to this only latin-I charset was supported. Though there was support for Asian encoding like GBK(Simplified Chinese), Shift-JIS (Japanese), BIG-5 (Traditional Chinese) and KSC-5601 (Korean) but generic unicode support was missing.
Another pain was LC didn't allow any font that is not present on the printer, to be specified in the label. This combined with above became a real problem with the middle east customers. The problem with Zebra is one cannot embed fonts inside the document like Postscript as downloading fonts on the printer is awfully slow. So the only option we left with is to rasterize the text and represent it as an image in the generated label. This way, the form author can get what he sees on the screen in pdf or in designer. Even with this approach, we felt that there is considerable file size bloating even after compressing the images of the document. Since XTG was rasterizing all the text present in the font other than the printer, which was not necessary sometime. For example, if the text is specified in english in Arial font, the end user might want to substitute it with the font present on the printer. In fact this is what we used to do before this change.
An option in XDC file is used to map to a font which is to be rasterized. The general font mapping sequence that is allowed in XTG needs both from and to font and along with it one can specify which unicodeRange to target. But here, the form author might not know before hand what data is going to be merged with the form. For example, there can be multiple textfields in the form with different fonts specified. The data to be merged in the form may contain non-english characters for some of the textfield. If the end user wants to map the form font into printer font, she has to specify that many mapping in the config file. So to ease the effort on the end user side, we exposed this option in xdc file where one needs to specify only to font and unicodeRange. This is a shortcut to the existing font mapping sequence.
<xdp> <xdc> <deviceInfo> <option> ... <!-- ========================================== --> <!-- Raster Substitution Font --> <!-- ========================================== --> <rasterSubstitutionFont typeface="CG Triumvirate_Normal_Normal" unicodeRange="U+20-U+FF"/> </option> </deviceInfo> </xdc> </xdp>
The above entry is shortcut to the following config option:
<fontInfo> <map from="FONT_TO_BE_RASTERED" to="CG Triumvirate_Normal_Normal" unicodeRange="U+20-U+FF"/> </fontInfo>
Here the printer driver for Zebra printer in XTG determines which font is going to be rasterized and based on that map that font to the specified rasterSubstitutionFont present in the xdc file.
There can be multiple rasterSubstitutionFont in the XDC file for different unicodeRange just like the font substitution entry.


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HOUSTON - As Tropical Storm Isaac makes its way into the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters are having a difficult time predicting where it will hit land.
Tropical Storm Isaac continues its west, northwest movement at 15 miles per hour as it hits the warmer water of the southeast Gulf of Mexico. Isaac stayed at tropical storm strength as it made its way just west of the Key West Florida, while dropping an average of about two inches of rain with winds gusting as high as 52 miles per hour in Miami.
Current maximum sustained wind is 65 miles per hour, but that is expected to strengthen as the storm continues its west, northwesterly trek for the next 24-48 hours. Current projection calls for a slight turn to the north by Monday afternoon as the storm is expected to reach hurricane strength.
Landfall is still a tricky forecast, but the current thinking by the National Hurricane Center is somewhere between Morgan City, Louisiana to the west and Destin, Florida to the east. A Hurricane warning is in effect for those areas, which means hurricane conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within the next 36-48 hours.
Areas to the west of the hurricane warning area, including all of southeast Texas, should still be on high alert as the forecast models continue to have a west leaning with subsequent computer runs on Sunday.
Our local weather calls for temps in the mid 90s with a 20 percent rain chance for Monday and Tuesday. Depending on what Isaac does, the forecast beyond Wednesday is problematic, but currently calls for dry and mid 90s until next weekend.
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A week ago I pulled the last roast out of the freezer and grilled it up for sandwiches and lunches. I was happy to see that it actually had some fat and wasn't trimmed to death and overly lean.
I gave it a good sprinkle of Weber's seasoned salt and put it in the fridge to rest, and it dawned on me that the Amana has a built-in spotlight. BTW, that Lowensenf Extra mustard is some good stuff...a little pricey at $4/jar but worth it IMO.
Last Sunday was a nice day and with the sun getting higher in the sky it's nice to be able to take some outdoor photos again. I might have to paint the top of the picnic table, though...my scanner doesn't like all that yellow!
I seared it on 1 side for about 5 minutes and it got a little dark so I kept it to 3-4 minutes for the other sides, and when they were done I moved it off the coals for an indirect finish.
Should've pulled it a few minutes earlier but I still got plenty of pink.
It wasn't a cheeseburger but medium-rare with Muenster was nice. Plus we had enough leftovers for 3 days of breakfasts and lunches, and that's a nice way to save a little money.


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County inks agreement with St. Albert
Memorandum of understanding outlines greater co-operation
Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014 06:00 am
County council signed off on a symbolic deal with St. Albert this week about how to manage its borderlands with the city � a deal that could eventually see those lands become part of St. Albert.
County council voted 5-0 in favour of its memorandum of understanding with St. Albert Tuesday. Couns. Patrick Tighe and Wayne Bokenfohr were absent.
In the works since December, the memo � which has yet to be approved by St. Albert � is a non-binding agreement meant to govern how the city and the county develop the lands immediately north and west of St. Albert.
Those lands are a part of Neighbourhood G under the county�s proposed municipal development plan (MDP), and have been designated as a priority growth area (PGA) by the Capital Region Board.
Sturgeon County and St. Albert haven�t always worked well together in this region, county Mayor Tom Flynn said in council.
�We are spending a lot more time trying to develop those relations.�
Rules of engagement
The agreement sets out 10 principles for how the city and the county are to manage their border regions.
Both governments are to work together in a manner that respects the rights of residents in this region, for example, and to commit to making it a vibrant sub-region based on the principles of the Capital Region Board�s growth plan.
The agreement commits the two governments to work together on planning this region through bylaws and the Intermunicipal Affairs Committee. They are to co-operate on joint studies about infrastructure and boundaries, seek joint grants, and pursue potential highway commercial and industrial initiatives.
Three principles directly address concerns raised by St. Albert about the county�s MDP, which (in earlier drafts) proposed considerable residential development in this zone.
�Sturgeon County is not interested in developing high density residential urban built form in the PGA,� the memo reads. The county �will not approve multi-lot residential developments within the PGA area without the support of the City of St. Albert,� and �St. Albert is in the best position to plan and service an urban built form as a natural extension of the City into the PGA.�
Flynn confirmed that this meant the county should eventually hand the lands in the PGA region over to St. Albert.
�At some point, I�m sure it�ll become part of the City of St. Albert, yes.�
The CRB has put the county in a funny position, Flynn said. This region has been zoned as a PGA, which calls for urban-type development, but the county doesn�t do that kind of development.
While county council has previously griped about St. Albert treating the county as a land bank for future expansion, the CRB has decided this region should become part of a city by zoning it as a PGA, Flynn said. That means the city and the county have to start working on that transition today.
�We have to sort out where does it get its servicing from, what�s the overall plan, how does it connect to roads,� Flynn said.
�If we work together, we can understand it better.�
St. Albert council was pleased that the county had moved the memo forward and would consider signing it this March, said city mayor Nolan Crouse.
�The key thing in the MOU is that they�re willing to discuss a boundary change,� Crouse said. This border region was meant to become more urban, so it made sense for St. Albert to be the one to develop it.
�It opens the door to that conversation.�
Flynn said this agreement should eventually become a binding, statutory deal to ensure future councils stick with it.
This could mean a return of the Intermunicipal Development Plan, which the county repealed in 2010), Flynn said. �I don�t know what tool we�ll use to do that (binding deal). It could be an IDP.�
The agreement now goes to St. Albert council for consideration. The text can be found in the minutes of the Feb. 10 county council meeting.


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Frequently Asked Questions?
Yes, we do offer quantity discounts however you must qualify to become a reseller of the Laser Peg brand and must adhere to our MAP pricing policy.
Yes, we do offer quantity discounts however you must qualify to become a reseller of the Laser Peg brand and must adhere to our MAP pricing policy.
Yes, however we strongly recommend you use our exclusive toy rep groups to purchase the Laser Pegs® wholesale. They know from reselling the brand continually what it takes to optimize the best sell through in your store!
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com and we will direct you with the right toy rep group within your territory. Our toy reps strive to help you obtain the fastest shelf velocity on the planet!
Laser Pegs® works with 13 of the top toy rep groups in the country. You can email email@example.com and we can direct which toy group in your area has exclusive rights to resell the line. If you are outside of the USA we are continually looking for the right partners to work with. Please email us and we will send you our requirement sheet to see if you qualify becoming an exclusive distributor in your country.
We offer an unprecedented 90-day guarantee on parts and power bases of the Laser Pegs®. We strive to learn and improve our manufacturing process. Just email us any issues you have and we will take care of them right away! Our number one goal is to make certain the end users have an unforgettable ultimate toy EXPERIENCE with the Laser Pegs® brand!
Laser Pegs® are ultrasonically welded together. They are not glued at all! When you Ultrasonically weld plastic the plastic needs to be perfectly aligned with the adjoining piece and if it is not perfect the ultrasonic weld could be faulty! Just email email@example.com and we may ask for pictures of the defective part however we will replace the part for free. We need your address and the stated shape that is defective and our job is to make you happy and get you back to building with the Laser Pegs®!
No. Contact us and we will solve any issues faster than a store would. If you seek a refund we just need a copy of your receipt and we will take care of the issues. If you have a defective part we will replace it for free! We offer a 90-day guarantee on all kits. Make sure you have a receipt!
No. If our certified resellers do not adhere to our MAP pricing policies we will either buy back the inventory they have in stock or ask them to remove the item from their website. If those resellers do not comply with we will not sell them with anymore of our product.
We strive to build a long-term brand and cannot allow discounters online with very low overhead to compete with our retailers with much higher overhead. Our goal is to continually make new exciting kits for kids and adults to build and learn. It is very hard to do without proper policies in place from our certified resellers!
Laser Pegs® can be sold on eBay, however our certified resellers have to adhere to MAP pricing. If they discount the items on eBay Laser Pegs® main office will contact the reseller and ask them to remove the items.
Alternatively if someone lists the items after they played with it consider bidding because the Laser Pegs® are a great toy that will last for many years!
Please email email@example.com or check to see if you are using case sensitive letters in the code.
If we run promotions we will email you the code through our advertisements. Please register for our newsletter and don not miss out on our special promotions and new Laser Pegs® kit releases!
Please visit our store locator on our website. We try to keep this database as current as possible however we do not update it everyday and we continually add new resellers everyday. Alternatively you can call or email us for a location near you.
Yes. You can call in your order at 941-371-0909, send an email to email@example.com or mail a cashiers check to our headquarters. We sell all over the world and maybe can put you in touch with our certified resellers in your area. Those distributors can be viewed on our Foreign distributors link on the website.
Yes. Please act as though you are processing an order online. Calculate the total order, including shipping, and mail a check to: Laser Pegs® Ventures LLC. 8304 Consumer Ct. Sarasota Fl. 34240. If you are unsure of the shipping cost involved, just give us a call and we can figure the total cost.
Laser Pegs Ventures LLC has distributors around the world and we are able to ship to most locations.
To place an order that will be shipping outside of the United States, please contact us by calling 1-866-432-3735 or emailing email@example.com. We will connect you with the distributor nearest to you or provide you with a quote for the shipping & handling costs for processing your order from our main distribution centers in the United States. We do accept major credit cards. There may be additional verification required upon processing your payment.
Typically, we can get your order out within 24-48 hours from receipt of that order.
Laser Pegs® kits do have small parts and are not suggested for children under the age of 3. However, Laser Pegs® are fun and safe for everyone ages 3 – 99!
Laser Pegs® regularly tests its products to maintain compliancy and ensure product safety for children.
Laser Pegs® draw very low current and do not output enough voltage to shock children or adults, whether you use batteries or our AC adaptor (recommended and sold separately).
Laser Peg pieces don't belong in a landfill – We want them back! All pieces of Laser Pegs® are 100% recyclable. We will gather them up and send them to our factory, to be dismantled and reused. Send your Laser Pegs® back to us and we will replace them, piece for piece.
Unusable pieces can be sent to 8304 Consumer Court, Sarasota FL 34240. Just be sure you include a return address and contact information to get your replacements.
Yes. Each Laser Peg is color coded on the circuit board inside each shape. There is NO LED in The 90-degree peg.
When only the reds and yellows illuminate that means the batteries are very weak and need to be changed. The red and yellow LED's are the easiest to illuminate that is why they are the only ones lit up when the batteries are almost completely out of energy. Laser Pegs® are best used with an AC Adapter 4.5 volt sold separately.
The Laser Pegs® will be brighter and last longer by using an AC Adapter.
The product will absolutely be more enjoyable to use and kids can build for hours on end not using batteries which are not good for the environment. Also Batteries are expensive! Buying an AC Adapter will save you money instantly and make the product much more fun all the time. You can use a 4.5-volt adapter or even a 5-volt adapter with the power base. You can use up to 80 pegs on our triangle power base and up to 200 pegs on our 3D Lite Board power base when using an AC Adapter.
Remember to remove the batteries from your power base before using the AC Adapter.
To put batteries in the 3D Lite Board, locate the battery chamber near the red power button. Remove screw. Place three AA batteries in the correct position as displayed inside the 3D Lite Board. Do not mix old and new batteries. Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries. Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged.
To put batteries in the Triangle Power Base locate the three screws on the back of the base and unscrew them. Place a AA battery in each of the three chambers in the correct position as displayed. Do not mix old and new batteries. Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc) or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries. Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged.
The 90-degree shape cannot fit an LED light inside therefore the 90-degree shapes do not light up, but are essential to constructing most models.
If you have other shapes that do not light up, it could be because the peg that it is plugged into has a fault inside, or that individual peg has shorted out. To determine which peg is not feeding the current, test each side of each peg individually. You can call or email us and we will replace defective pegs. Send in defective pieces to be recycled.
Instruction Manuals are available for download here. They are also available for download on our Instructions and Manuals Page, here, http://www.laserpegs.com/instructions-manuals/ on each individual product kit page within http://www.laserpegs.com/shop/
We apologize if your kit is missing pieces. Just contact us at email@example.com and we'll replace those missing pieces for you.
Laser Pegs® stands behind all of our products. If you have any product that is defective, we will replace it for free; we just ask that you send us in your defective part. Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with any issues.
Please be sure you have high quality, new batteries. Get a good look at the connections and be sure that all of the positive ends of the batteries are touching their respective positive receivers. If they are not, you can use a little piece of folded tin foil between the battery and positive receiver as a fix. You just have to make the connection happen. If this still does not work for you, let us know with a phone call or email and we can replace it for you. Send in the defective base to be recycled.
As the battery power weakens, the current will slowly fail and some Laser Pegs® will illuminate (typically reds and yellows) and some won't. When the Laser Pegs® dim they are likely not broken, they just need stronger batteries or an AC Adapter. Be sure to remove batteries before using the AC Adapter.
With electrical toys and the nature of all the parts inside of each peg, there can be errors in production or things come loose in shipping. Test the peg on all sides and if it does not stay lit, you may have a defective peg. Just contact email@example.com and we can send a replacement.
The Laser Pegs® draw very little current, however one peg draws a certain amount of energy and two pegs draw nearly double! It is important to note that the battery life is entirely dependent on how many Laser Pegs® you have connected to the power base at one time. We strongly suggest buying a Laser Pegs AC Adapter from our website laserpegs.com/shop/accessories/ac-power-adapter/. The AC Adapter allows for the Laser Pegs® to be very bright all the time managing the low voltage current perfectly! Batteries may give you undesired results depending on how many Laser Pegs® are connected to the power base. It is just the nature of the product – not a defect!
Each peg hole on the 3D Lite Board lid has a small metal pin inside. At no time should that metal pin touch the outer metal ring in the peg hole. If your lite board fails to light up, it could because one of those pins is bent and touching the side ring. Inspect your lid carefully. If you find the bent pin, simply push the pin back towards the center so it does not touch the outer ring, as this causes a short.
Also, the AC Adapter should be plugged into the hole on the side of the lite board lid near the red power button. If you accidentally plug this into one of the peg holes on top of the lid, you could short out your lid.


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The way you present yourself—how you dress, the way you speak—can help you land that postdoc or tenure-track post. But outward appearance is only one element to meeting your professional goals. The way you present yourself as someone worth paying attention to is also important; it can be the difference between getting your "foot in the door" and being on the outside looking in.
But how do graduate students capture the attention of fellow students, faculty members, and other academics? It almost goes without saying that there's a lot of research, writing, and presenting involved. But all this labor may be for naught if a graduate student doesn't strategically approach the development of his or her professional profile.
In this post, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences faculty members and alumni, and faculty from the School of Engineering help answer the question above, sharing strategies that every graduate student can follow to stand out in the world of academia.
Publish, Publish, Publish
It's never too early for students to start thinking about their academic trajectory—where they want to go and how they're going to get there. Therefore, the earlier graduate students publish their work the better.
"It's critically important to publish your research if you want to teach at a research university," said Lynne Pepall, dean of Tufts' GSAS and professor in the School of Arts and Sciences Department of Economics."Your future colleagues are interested in your scholarly impact, and a good publishing record as a graduate student is a strong indicator that you'll be productive as a tenure-track faculty member."
Adds Richard M. Lerner, the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science at Tufts,
"Prepare early for an academic career and work to keep your options open. I have produced more than thirty Ph.D. graduates and have trained them to be programmatic, productive, networked, and flexible. I advise them to get at least two entries on their vita for each year they are in graduate school (chapters, presentations/posters, and, of course, refereed articles) and to publish in their area of dissertation research as early as possible."
Elliott Sclar, who earned a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy, both in economics, from Tufts in 1966 and 1972, respectively, counsels students to really think about their dissertations.
"You need to be strategic about choosing your dissertation topic," said Sclar, a professor of urban planning at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. "Your dissertation will serve as the basis for your job talks. You want prospective colleagues you meet to see you as someone who's addressing important contemporary questions or controversies in your field. Although you may want to sink your teeth into some enduring, larger debate in the literature of your field, put that off until later. The place to start preparing your job talk for that sought after tenure-track position is in the choice of your dissertation topic. I give this advice to all of my doctoral students."
Get Out There
Not every academic can be a household name like Cornel West or Stephen Hawking, but it's possible to stand out in your field. How do you capture the attention of your target audience? Like with fishing, go where the fish (um, academics) are.
"It's important to position yourself in academic circles by attending conferences and following up with people who are in your field and who are interested in your work." said Dean Pepall. "The people you meet at conferences may be the same people who are reviewing the articles you hope to publish in peer-reviewed publications. It's important to develop these relationships."
"Bring business cards to conferences and meetings and, more importantly, send a follow-up email to every person you meet—no matter what their academic rank is—since you never know how your paths will cross in the years ahead," adds Richard Lerner. "Also, explore post-doc opportunities and/or community-based or industrial positions, but only if they afford opportunities for you to publish and to remain part of a network."
Presenting, of course, is just part of the conference experience. In order to get people talking (and to keep them talking) about your work you need to be able to "sell" it just about anywhere.
"Networking is important in graduate school and good advice can come from many places," said Benjamin Carp, associate professor in the School of Arts and Sciences Department of History and author of Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America, in response to a blog post titled "Beating the Odds: Graduate Alumni Share Advice for Landing a Tenure-Track Job." "Become accustomed to talking about your research and practice how to come across well. If you can convince a stranger at a conference that you and your research are interesting—from behind a podium, in an elevator, at an impromptu dinner gathering—you'll be more likely to pull off the same feat when it counts, at a job interview."
Show Them Who's In the Driver's Seat
By the time graduate school is nearing its end, a student will have developed into an independent researcher deeply engaged in his or her work—presenting at conferences, copublishing papers with an adviser, writing up a thesis or dissertation—and preparing to hit the job market. The world "independent" is key here since, as Dean Lynne Pepall shares, future employers and colleagues want to see that seasoned graduate students do, indeed, own the keys to the (research) car and know how to drive it.
"It's very important to present your work so that colleagues can see that you—and not your adviser—were the driving force behind the research; this will also be attractive to future employers who are looking to be convinced that you know what the next questions are and that your research can continue forward," said Dean Pepall.
Sergio Fantini, a professor in the School of Engineering's biomedical engineering department, concurs, adding that,
"It is critical to really own your project, know it well, be familiar with the scientific literature, understand the short-term and long-term objectives of the project, be able to articulate its true potential and intrinsic limitations, be familiar with all experimental, theoretical, and computational techniques associated with it," said Fantini, who is researching how optical mammography can be used in the treatment of breast cancer. "This is a necessary foundation on which to build on. Secondly, make every effort at learning how to write a solid scientific article, how to prepare a well-structured technical poster, how to give a good scientific talk, and even how to structure a good research proposal. Thirdly, work hard in the lab to generate data, and think critically to interpret the data and let them guide next directions. Finally, publish and present at conferences as much as possible. If the work is really solid and you know it well, it will show in your written and oral presentations, and this is the best way to build a reputation."
Also, remember that your audience has an agenda, too…but it's one that can be mutually beneficial.
"In academia, it's rarely about 'who you know.' It's about your scholarship and the impact it can have on society," said Dean Pepall. "Faculty will be interested in your work, in large part, because of the impact it can have on their work. If your colleagues see research they can learn from, they'll want to have a professional relationship with the researcher."
By Robert Bochnak, G07, senior writer/communications manager, Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
We want to hear from you! Do you have advice for building your professional profile? Are there any best practices that we missed? Join the conversation by leaving a comment below.
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The Stout Reference Library at the IMA has a large collection of materials printed by art museums in the United States and around the world. I've been sorting through them and simultaneously shifting the museum publications collection for several months now. The collection contains publications like exhibition catalogs, member magazines, annual reports and bulletins. While it's well organized, I'm removing materials that would better serve our patrons if they were added to the online catalog we share with the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library, making them searchable and accessible. While this collection encompasses items from nearly 400 museums outside of the United States, the total number of U.S. museums has not yet been determined. Below is a photograph showing the publications I've selected that are waiting to be catalogued.
I am currently in the "D's" for District of Columbia and I continually find little gems along the way. Some catalogs have the signature of past curators, directors of the IMA, or others who have donated materials over the years. Like this one from Wilbur Peat, found inside the exhibition catalogue American Processional held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and published in 1950. Peat served as Director of the IMA from 1929-1965, and set the foundation for documenting Indiana artists.
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Many people who use Acrobat have a lot of experience and expertise to share. If you are one of those people, you might be interested in creating a tutorial or tip using the new Adobe Community Publishing System. This new AIR application lets anyone with an Adobe ID publish content on Adobe products and technology directly to Adobe.com.
Community members can contribute tips, movies, code snippets, and more with easy-to-use templates. Contributions are moderated by community experts. Plus, everyone in the community can rate and comment on contributions.
Contributing is easy
1. Download the Community Publishing AIR application.
2. Author your content using a simple template.
3. Publish it to Adobe.com.
Content goes live within minutes and is automatically added to community help search. Exceptional contributions will be promoted in Help & Support pages, Developer Connection, Design Center, and considered for inclusion in Adobe partner publications.
You can see all of the submissions here: Community Publishing index page.
So give it a try. I'll link to especially good contributions in Acrobat Help.
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What is steam cleaning?
Steam cleaning is an easy, safe, and cost effective way to get a deep down clean without the use of chemicals or detergents. Steam leaves no toxic residues on surfaces and won't stain clothing. Oreck steam products create "dry" steam, a high-temperature, low-moisture steam vapor.
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Did you know?
The holy forest, Thathe Vondo is the home to Venda's ancestral spirits and is protected by Nathathe, a supernatural lion.
In Polokwane, history and culture offer insight into this modern city. Kick-start your cultural outing at Polokwane Art Museum in the Library Gardens Complex. The museum has an extensive indoor and outdoor collection, reflecting some of the country's best artists.
Nearby, the Hugh Exton Photographic Museum has some 20 000 black-and-white photographs from the 1890s showing life as it was back then – from bodices to ox wagons and acacia trees.
When it comes to history and culture in Polokwane, perhaps the most famous spot is The Irish House, a late-Victorian shop building that depicts the different cultures of the province.
To find out how the Voortrekkers lived, check out the Arend Dieperink Museum in Mokopane. The museum is housed in a historic building and is a fascinating insight into the past, from the time of ancient humans to recent times.
Discover the life of our hairier hominid forebears at Makapan's Valley on the outskirts of Mokopane. This archaeological site contains evidence of humans living here as far back as 3,5 million years ago.
Further north, along the banks of the Limpopo River, lies South Africa's very own lost city of gold: Mapungubwe World Heritage Site. A thousand years ago, Mapungubwe was the centre of the largest Iron Age kingdom in the subcontinent, where a highly sophisticated people traded gold and ivory with China, India and Egypt.
Today you can walk amongst the almost untouched remains of palace sites, as well as a settlement site and two earlier capital sites, each offering an extraordinary picture of social development over a 400-year timespan.
The area of Venda, north-east of Polokwane, is home to a number of artists and craftspeople. It offers fascinating mythology, ancient ruins and fulfilling places to stay.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Polokwane Visitor Information Centre
Cnr Thabo Mbeki & Church Sts
Tel: +27 (0)15 290 2010
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
There are regular flights to and from Polokwane Airport and road access via car or bus along the N1 and N11 highways.
Best time to visit
Winter is a good time to visit the city of Polokwane and its surrounding attractions, as days are generally quite temperate.
Around the area
There is lots to see in and around Polokwane, but do try and head out to the farther reaches and visit the attractions in Venda, Makapans Valley and Mapungubwe.
Get around
Having your own vehicle to explore the area is a good idea. There are numerous international car hire companies based in South Africa.
What will it cost
There is a R38 per adult per day conservation fee in the Mapungubwe National Park for South Africans, R152 for foreign visitors.
Length of stay
Spend a night or two in the city and spend your days exploring the historical sites, then head off to Venda or the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site.
What to pack
There are no restaurants or filling stations near Mapungubwe National Park, so pleasure ensure you take supplies with you.
Where to stay
Stay in a city hotel or guest house when in Polokwane. It's also a good idea to book into the accommodation available at the Mapungubwe National Park.
Best buys
Roadside arts and crafts.


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Hello all! I've been looking for quality HP information for some time on the web, and I must confess I haven't been satisfied with a site yet. The Lexicon is obviously a fantastic resource, but on their profile pages and such, they don't follow an established template like you do, and they are remarkably slow on updates (I doubt they will get new information from Pottermore in the database for some time now.)
This site probably comes the closest after that. However, several things need improvement. First off, the movies, games, etc., should not be considered canon. Though sanctioned by Rowling, they were not her brainchild, and in some cases, such as the contents of Quidditch Training Pitch (which directly contradicts the books, which place practices on the one - and only - true Quidditch pitch) or Secret room near the Training Grounds stretch the reality of the Harry Potter series, and I highly doubt Ms. Rowling - and many of her fans - would want Harry to go around finding Chocolate Frog cards in secret rooms. The Lexicon has a foot over you in this respect: it only allows for J.K. Rowling approved content to enter its pages. I know deleting this would mean a lot of work, but its necessary to create a less cluttered and more fully realized site.
This being said, I fully support images from the Harry Potter films used to illustrate the books - most readers think of the "look" and "feel" of the movies when they read the books, but very few consider the two to be in the same continuity. However, less pictures need to be used in articles. Using so many pictures of numerous different sizes in such a close proximity to each other creates a cluttered, aesthetically unpleasing look.
As far as the writing of your articles go, they are in-depth and top-notch save one respect. Unknown information and speculation need to be removed. Readers like myself wish to see all the information they can, not three paragraphs telling them that a character's relationship with another character or their future or house, whatever it may be, is not known. This, even if you can't help it, reveals your ignorance of said facts more to the reader than if you simply do not state anything about them.
Furthermore, saying "probably" is speculation. In Rolanda Hooch's article, for instance, it indicates that she said 'hello' to a student (in the film) and that "she probably had a personal acquaintance with [the] student named Amanda." We have no way of knowing this to be true, and additionally, it bogs down your articles. Readers of encyclopedias wish to read insightful articles that are detailed without straying from the big picture. I don't want to read a replication of the Harry Potter books - and definitely not the scripts, regardless of my high opinion of the adaptations of the books - I want to read summaries.
This site is great, but it could definitely use some work to become the premiere resource for Harry Potter. I am sorry if I offend anyone, these are merely suggestions, and I in no way attempt to undermine the incredible amount of work users on this site have contributed. I hope I can edit here for a long time regardless of if changes are made, but I hope they are to ensure a better future for this site. Ministry Notices 22:49, October 15, 2011 (UTC)
- According to our canon policy the movies and games are canon because J. K. Rowling was involved with the movies and because the games are part of the official Harry Potter universe. Book canon outweighs all other sources of canon, if there is a contradiction between something in the books and the movies/games the book is considered official. If something in the movies/games doesn't contradict the books then it is considered canon. -Shorty1982 22:17, October 15, 2011 (UTC)
- I realize that, but obviously there are contradictions on the site, and while she sanctioned and OK-ed devations from the plot, she wasn't on set making sure each shot was exactly like it was in the books. If J.K. Rowling would've wanted Flora and Hestia Carrow in the Harry Potter franchise, she would've written them into the books. The movies and the games serve to better interpret and add to the franchise's power, not its story. Besides, I believe this is the only Harry Potter encyclopedia out there that recognizes sources other than the books and J.K.R. interviews, websites, etc. as canonical. [[User:LuciusMalfoy777|Ministry Notices 22:49, October 15, 2011 (UTC)]]
- The canon policy will remain as it is. We've had this discussion before, and the overwhelming majority was to keep the canon policy as it is. Officially licensed material will still be considered canonical on this wiki. To your second point, I agree. Speculation is quite rife throughout the articles, although usually the edits are made in good faith. We try and keep on top of it, but it is a large job. Feel free to remove such speculative information in articles. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 23:29, October 15, 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you. I still think that J.K. Rowling would disagree, but I won't press the point any further - unless it happens to be on specific cases, such as the case of Quidditch Training Pitch, which I find especially ridiculous, as it contradicts the books. Yes, I'll definitely remove any speculation I come across. Thanks for listening and replying to my long (but hopefully helpful and polite) rant, Ministry Notifications 23:52, October 15, 2011 (UTC)
- The canon policy will remain as it is. We've had this discussion before, and the overwhelming majority was to keep the canon policy as it is. Officially licensed material will still be considered canonical on this wiki. To your second point, I agree. Speculation is quite rife throughout the articles, although usually the edits are made in good faith. We try and keep on top of it, but it is a large job. Feel free to remove such speculative information in articles. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 23:29, October 15, 2011 (UTC)


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thanks for the feedback. keep up the good work....
Good Day,
Just want to share with you a problem I experianced and I was able to solve by searching the solution.
I am sure there is another thread in the forum which is discussing the same issue but I want to share my own experiance to give back to the forum.
Laptop: Sony Viao E Series
OS: Dual boot: Backtrack4 + Windows 7
Problem: After re-installing Windows7.When the laptop was rebooted, Grub Error 17 Message appeared.
1. boot from BackTrack4 Live CD
2. Start BackTrack normal, then oben a shell.
3. type the following command:
4. sudo grub
5.;Code:find /boot/grub/stage1
based on the output you change the red higlighted below in step # 6 and step # 7
6.7.Code:root (hd0,0)8.Code:setup (hd0)reboot the laptop and boot normal, (do not foget to remove the Live CD of course )Code:exit
problem was solved.
I hope this help someone out there.
please change the XX to tt
thanks for the feedback. keep up the good work....
Fixes seems like a better place. Especially if others need this.
Thread moved.
OP thanks for sharing.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.


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Box Score (PDF)
PHILADELPHIA -The Penn women's soccer team suffered an unlucky turn of events on Sunday at Rhodes Field, dominating its non-conference opponent Boise State for much of the second half but ending up on the wrong end of a 1-0 result.
The Broncos (5-6-1) had just two shots in the second half, but made one of them count. Off a free kick from the left side in the 54th minute, the ball bounced around in the Penn box and eventually landed on the foot of Katy Oehring in front. She easily pushed it into the open goal, as Sarah Banks was hurt on the play and was attended to for several minutes following the goal. Katherine Myhre came on in her place.
Penn (4-4-0) pushed the play after that, eventually ending the stanza with 10 shots. The Quakers even looked like they had equalized with about 20 minutes remaining, when Erin Mikolai got behind the defense and finished a nice ball in from Brianna Rano. However, the offsides flag was up quickly and the goal was disallowed.
In the final 10 minutes, BSU goalkeeper Maddy McDevitt was equal to the two efforts that were on goal, the first from Elissa Berdini and the second from Claire Walker down the stretch. In each case, McDevitt dove to her right and was able to push the ball just past the post to earn her clean sheet.
Megan York provided an immediate spark off the bench 20 minutes in and had two nice chances on the same possession, both of which were denied by Maggy McDevitt. A few minutes after that, she was sprung by Kerry Scalora, but after beating a defender she put the shot wide. Later in the half, she was set up in front by Clara Midgley, but with a defender closing she hurried her 15-yard shot and put it over the bar.
Banks' only save in her 54 minutes was a beauty, as she took a 25-yard bullet that came her way and parried it over the crossbar. Myhre did not see any action during her 36-minute stint.
Ranonearly put Penn ahead mere minutes into the second half. Her ball from the right side might have been a cross, might have been a shot -- regardless, it went over McDevitt's head but hit the crossbar cleanly. The ball landed at Scalora's feet and she pushed the ball toward goal, but it was cleared off the line by a BSU defender.
Penn is back into Ivy League action next Friday, traveling to Cornell to face the winless Big Red at 7 p.m. The Quakers are home next Sunday, hosting NJIT at 1 p.m.
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Renovation of a Convent in India
Friday, December 20, 2013
Success Story
The Rosarian Sisters in the Convent of Saint Teresa in Koithoorkonam, in Kerala, southern India, are happy now. At last, thanks to the generosity of our benefactors, they can once again sleep in peace, for finally the rain no longer pours in through the many holes in the roof. Before that, the water had so badly damaged their dormitory that the walls were in danger of collapsing. The Sisters were afraid even to sleep there, but they had no other choice. Still worse, given the unsanitary and dangerous conditions in the convent, the congregation could not even accept new vocations, although many young women continued to knock at the door of Saint Teresa's convent, seeking admittance. There was also a lack of basic sanitary facilities and, on top of this, many of the Sisters are elderly and in some cases bedridden, since here in Saint Teresa's they care for the elderly and infirm religious from many other convents of the Rosarian Sisters in India.The Sisters appealed to ACN for help. They wrote: "For us, ACN is our sure hope. We have consecrated our lives to Christ and His Kingdom. Through our prayer and our life, we bring people close to His Kingdom. It is a service for which we receive no support. We do it for the glory of God and the salvation of mankind." "We work hard to support ourselves. The elderly and sick Sisters can no longer work hard, however. The best and the most important thing they can do is to offer their prayer and adoration before the Eucharistic Lord, day and night, as they do in strict rotation. I hope you will understand the situation in which we find ourselves. We entrust this project to you in confident hope and with aching hearts." How could these words not find a response in our own hearts? Thanks to the generosity of you, our benefactors, we were able to help with a contribution of $11,000 so that these Sisters could renovate their convent in India. We are sure they remember you in their grateful prayers. Code: 317-06-19


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Breakfast highlights economic growth
Event showcases major developments moving forward in St. Albert
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2014 06:00 am
St. Albert is bracing for major economic growth in the coming years.
Guy Boston, executive director of economic planning, shared news on major developments moving forward in 2014 with business owners and developers at the annual Economic Development Business Breakfast Tuesday morning.
�We are certainly on a lot of folks minds,� he said. �We�ve got a lot going on and a lot is going to happen.�
Developments across the city
St. Albert has a number of large developments in the works for 2014, some of them already moving out of the planning and into the construction phase, he said.
Moving ahead this year are developments in Campbell Business Park, most notably with a new office building in Campbell South by Hermanos Holdings.
In South Riel, Averton Homes is looking to build 700 units of housing, while Great West Life Realty Advisors will soon be bringing their plans for a mixed commercial and light industrial site before city council, he said.
The city is also looking forward to hearing about �ambitious plans� in the Elysian Fields, where Avenir wants to create a high-tech residential, commercial and industrial development, he said.
In the city�s north, Melcor Developments is moving forward on its Jensen Lakes development, he said. The site is located north and west of Walmart and will consist of both commercial and residential buildings.
�Melcor is getting ready to move on the Jensen Lakes and we are very pleased about that,� he said.
In Erin Ridge North, Landrex is now developing new residential buildings in the area, he said.
Projects now under construction in the city are Botanica, a housing development on the former Hole�s location at Boudreau Road, and the shopping complex at 525 St. Albert Trail.
East of the city, Genstar has also opened up the first show homes for Riverside, a housing development near the Sturgeon Valley Golf and Country Club.
In the downtown area, Amacon is anticipated to come forward with some new plans for the redevelopment of Grandin mall, he said. The site has previously been speculated to house a number of condominium towers one day.
�We are anticipating that there should be some action on the site this year,� he said.
The city is looking to free new development sites with the realignment of St. Anne Street as part of the downtown area redevelopment plan (DARP), he added. Other initiatives for bringing more shoppers to downtown businesses include testing out angular parking spaces by cutting four lanes down to two lanes in certain areas.
Population growth
Development throughout the city will not only create a market for new businesses but also expansion room for existing ones, said Boston. In return, business development will create greater employment opportunities, he said.
That may come just in time as the city�s population is now expected to grow faster, from 60,000 to 100,000 residents in the next 10 to 15 years. With only 25 per cent of residents working in St. Albert, the expected population growth highlights the need for housing, said Mayor Nolan Crouse.
Crouse said Alberta continues to experience a strong, upward trend for residential sales. The need for multi-family and apartment units has increased and thanks to low vacancy rates new developments are moving in across the city, he said.
�We are a mirror of what is happening in the capital region,� he said. �The vacancy rate is down therefore people are starting to build.�
Crouse further used the breakfast to highlight city council�s willingness to bring new developments to St. Albert by making red tape easier to navigate and reviewing applications in a timely manner. The city also wants to aid existing business owners by encouraging residents to shop local, he said.
He added that St. Albert city council will continue to work with other municipalities through initiatives such as the regional export alliance, the capital region board and Sturgeon County.
Smart city initiative
The city also hopes to use technology and new innovations to enhance operations throughout St. Albert and attract new businesses, said city manager Patrick Draper.
Draper said the city is now working on further implementing its smart city initiative. Work on the concept started early in 2013 and initiatives range from using sensors to monitor traffic, to real-time transit notifications and a city crime map.
Future opportunities could include an online tax calculator and a centralized response system, which would allow people to have all their questions directed to one place, he said.
The city is also contemplating expanding its broadband Internet service, which has been identified as lacking in local business parks, he said.
�The amount of (optical) fibre that is available for businesses is really not where it should be,� he said, adding that a faster Internet connection could one day provide local businesses with the opportunity to sell their product online and �take on Amazon.�
As part of the initiative, the city is also proposing to form a smart city alliance with educational leaders and technological institutions in the region, said Draper. Potential partners could include the University of Alberta, the Northern Alberta Business Incubator (NABI) and Cisco Canada.
�The alliance would be formed to help promote the concepts of what is a smart city, to help bring people together, to allow networking and the sharing of information,� he said.
A meeting between the potential partners is expected in early 2014 and council will review the concept shortly, he said.


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do those lovely CSS3 media queries detect BROWSER win dimensions or SCREEN dimensions? (which is a huge difference, of course...)
thank you..
It's kind of a hairier issue than that. I'm still not clear on it all, but each device has a set pixel width that you design for, even if that's not the actual pixel dimension of the screen. For example, the iPhone in portrait mode pretends that it is 320px wide, when in fact is has many more pixels than that (well, the latest ones do ... but to keep things consistent across all models, they all respond to the same media query of screen only and (max-width: 320px) ... which is kind of handy).
There is a somewhat confusing difference, though, between device viewport and the default layout viewport, which is much wider than the actual device viewport. So you need a meta tag to make the two equal:
<meta name="viewport" width="device-width">
... I keep thinking I understand the basics of all this, but each next time I deal with it I'm confused again, so let someone else explain it:
One thing I know absolutely for sure because of it's display in my Asus Nexus 7: this code ...
@media only screen and (max-width: 767px)
... will show single-column in my Zurb Foundation app when the device is vertical, and two columns when sideways, when leaving the media queries as-is. This means it will show two columns on an iPad mini and iPad because they are both more than 768px screen width.
hmmm... this is a bit confusing.. by "default layout viewport" you mean what, exactly? a browser?
I'm basically starting out with responsive design.. first, am mostly trying to find a good set of media queries...what about this one?
at home I can only test in my MacBook Pro and iPhone3... the media query from this set that the iPhone responds to is this one:
@media only screen
and (min-device-width : 320px)
and (max-device-width : 480px) {
I just realized this pg is kinda old... so would this media query work for that new Samsung phone? the screens on those are huge..
also, are there any reliable testers online? the few I have looked at don't work at all.. for example [this one and [URL="http://mattkersley.com/responsive/"]this one](http://www.responsivedesigntest.net/); mine, a very rudimentary layout for now since I'm just getting started, doesn't look at all like it looks in my iPhone in either one of these testers...(and since -- apart from my laptop -- I can only test in iPhone, have media query for smartphone only..)in iPhone it looks exactly how I want it to.. in both portrait and landscape..
thank you...
As I said, it's a tricky concept, which benefits from graphics to help explain, so read that link I posted, as it gooes into a lot of detail. (Maybe grab a cup of tea while you read through it. It's worth it.)
The problem with max-width 480px is that some devices are larger than that, so you need to account for some other situations. If you scale down your browser, for a while (before it hits 480px, the two sections site atop each other at width 50%. You need to deal with that situation too. Just use min-width/max-width, rather than min-device-width/max-device-width too, as recommended in the link I gave.
@media only screen
and (min-width : 320px)
and (max-width : 480px) {
Otherwise, what you've done is OK.
In terms of testing, there are various tools. For iPhone/iPad, apart from the device itself there is the emulators provided with Apple's free developer tools:
Short of that, there are tools like Sauce Labs: https://saucelabs.com/
And, of course, there's your local phone shop, where you can go and surreptitiously test devices.
thank you for your responses... still trying to figure out what the best media queries are.. obviously this varies from layout to layout...
this site is often touted as one of the best responsive design examples..
one of their media queries is

@media screen and (min-width: 620px) {
#contain {margin: 0 auto 10px; width: 93.75%; /* 960/1024 */
to set the width of their main wrapper container.....
that width (620px) does not appear here at all...so for what device is this the cut-off? (and what does /* 960/1024 */ refer to, if the media query is 620px??)
yes I read this page, I had seen it before...I'm afraid I still don't get what the "default layout viewport" is... I don't really understand the explanation on this page...
Now what is the layout viewport? It's the area (in CSS pixels) that the browser uses to calculate the dimensions of elements with percentual width, such as div.sidebar {width: 20%}. It's usually quite a bit larger than the device screen: 980px on the iPhone, 850px on Opera, 800 on Android, etc.
and they show a diagram of this "default layout viewport" that is much wider than the device.. I don't get this.. and is this something that applies at all to desktop and laptop machines? and if not, why is this an issue only on mobile devices?
here the explanation of the difference is:
Sometimes you'll see developers making calls to device-width or width. The difference between these two here is that device width is going by the set width of your device, with any zoom type changes being ignored.
yeah? and the "width" alone? he only explains what one of them is (the easiest one to understand) he doesn't explain what just "width" is for....;-)
so: i'm still confused about whether to use device-width or just 'width'..
one more thing: there's an very poignant comment here:
...I cannot help but observe that pages coded in HTML 1 or 2 without CSS exhibit all the attributes of RWD with no designer effort required. The browser will do a fine job on its own if not forced by an appearance-driven designer.
Once the designer attempts to impose his own preferences on the user, then unnatural acts like RWD are required to maintain usability. Simpler is faster and better.
(obviously wouldn't be the case if you have floats....;-) but is probably very true for simple layouts (although I can't help commenting that with tables you can do "floats" without css... (i.e., elems that are side-by-side, no need for css...;-) ironic to say the least... :~))
the iOS simulator is great!!!
has iPhone & iPad... and you can flip them... it's awesome...
thank you....
PS: so I added more media queries....
am I doing the right thing so far?
thank you.....
The trick with media rules is to forget about devices and focus on your design. There are far too many devices to cater for, but you can look at your own layout and work out where you need to set breakpoints. That is, at what width does it become impractical for two elements to sit side by side? The site above has obviously decided that at a width of 620px it's best to adjust the layout, so that's what they've done. It's different for each site.
Looking at your page right now, if you slowly reduce the width of the browser, you'll see the boxes suddenly sit on top of each other, which is fine, but at a smaller width the boxes suddenly fill only half the width of the screen. So you need to test this yourself and make sure you've accounted for the design at each width range.
As I said, forget about devices, and focus on what your design needs.
thank you so much, Ralph..
could you pls look again?
I just dragged bottom right corner of browser window (both FF & Chrome); I don't see what you see..
the boxes resize and get stacked as soon as it reaches the "threshold"....
From about 740px and down to around 470px this is the view (except that about half way the background goes white):
oh brother.. I cannot reproduce this at all... just tried again, on Chrome & FF...
just goes to show how tricky this is..
in mine, as soon as the header changes from min width:620px; to
min width:768px;min width:620px;
the boxes chg to width 100% and get stacked....
ok, thank you Ralph....
I wonder how you are testing this. In all my browsers, as you gradually narrow them down (by pulling the bottom left corner) you see the layout gradually change, including what I posted. It's a very handy way to test the page.
yes that's what I'm doing (only am on a mac, so can only resize browser window from lower right corner...;-) but that's the same thing I'm doing...
right now took out the "max" part of the media queries.. (since you mention at beginning of this thread that that could be a problem...) and oh brother.. now find have to specify everything in all media queries.... if something has to appear only under one media query hiding it on default is not enough.. I have to hide all the others (using their id's) under all other media queries...
(perfect example in my page is h1 & h2.... saying h1 {display:none} in default CSS is not enough; afterwards in all media queries I have to hide all the others, using their id's... (or am I missing something?)
orig is still [here; new one, where I took out "max" from media queries is [URL="http://mayacove.com/dev/rd/index2.html"]this one](http://mayacove.com/dev/rd/index1.html).....
I'm mobile atm, so can't check the new version. I don't like the idea of display none for elements, but anyhow, you would have to set something different in each query, yes.
A better approach to all this might be to go the 'mobile first' route, where your default styles stack the divs vertically, and then just float them on bigger screens.
thank you very much for your help, Ralph.. I appreciate it even more given you're now the temp admin for this forum...
I think I need to buy a book.. any of these jump out at you? I know there are a lot of good tutorials online for everything, but when I need to seriously learn something I like to get a book (as long as it's good.. I've bought bad books too...;-) it's how I learned ajax and jquery, just went thru the whole book (or almost the whole book...;-)
I will attempt to start over now, and do what you suggested (make the stuff for the smallest screens the default and go from there....)
thank you again...
oh -- and I have two more quick questions:
1) what exactly is this for?
[INDENT]
@media screen and (max-device-width: 810px) {
* { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
2) what is this tag for?
[INDENT]<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
I found both of these at bostonglobe.com, but I see them everywhere....
Probably any one of them would be fine, but the only one I've read is Marcotte's short book on the subject. In a way, it's not really a big subject, but just a small aspect of CSS, so Marcotte's short book may be all that's needed.
Devices like iPhone sometimes decide to resize parts of your text for 'optimal viewing' or something, but usually it just makes an annoying mess of your text and layout, so this rule stops it happening. Mind you, I prefer to write it as:
body { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
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I wouldn't bother with it, personally, but it's up to you. I'm sure its purpose must be explained somewhere, but I'm not that interested.
so how is this, Ralph? (main breaking point is from portrait to landscape on tablets... maybe not too good usability-wise, but I did it just as an exercise...)
I think I'm getting the knack of this.... I just have one question... is there a way, where the boxes are side-by-side and floated, to distribute them evenly across the width of their container?
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This article was published 27/10/2013 (1395 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
This past Saturday, Manitoba Liberals gathered in a Winnipeg hotel ballroom to accomplish two critically important goals.
First, the Liberals needed to choose a new leader. And second, they needed to produce a show of force sufficient to announce their return to competitive politics in this province.
Well, at least they have a new leader.
Winnipeg lawyer Rana Bokhari, a newcomer to politics at any level, won a first-ballot victory over challengers Dougald Lamont and Bob Axworthy. With 431 votes, Bokhari garnered just one vote more than any candidate needed to win on the first ballot.
Bokhari has composed an interesting narrative in her first attempt at electoral politics. She is young, a first-generation Canadian, a successful philanthropist and a woman of Indo-Canadian descent who happens to have no political resumé. Those are enough to generate some interest among voters.
Weighing down this story is a rather embarrassing turnout by the Grits this past weekend. Of the 2,146 Liberals eligible to vote, only 857 votes were cast, and the majority of those came in the form of advance ballots. Fewer than 300 were registered for the actual leadership convention.
One of the goals of any leadership process is to spark broader public interest in both the new leader and the party. With less than half of registered party members actually voting, and only about one-seventh showing up for the Saturday vote, the Liberals have failed miserably in their bid to show this province they are back in the game.
Manitoba would benefit greatly from having three competitive parties all vying to form the provincial government. That kind of competition keeps all of the parties and their leaders sharp. It puts more emphasis on policies and ideas and de-emphasizes shallow retail political skills.
More importantly, three viable political parties would be a sign interest in politics in general is on the rise. Perhaps it was too much to ask the Liberals, a perennial and distant third-place presence in most provincial elections, to single-handedly turn around the chronic apathy that afflicts voters. But they could have sent a shock wave through the province with a show of force.
If there is any hope to be taken out of the Liberal leadership result, it is that Bokhari sold 600 new memberships. That is, on its own, far less than you would expect a leadership candidate for a viable provincial party to sell, but it was certainly a strong showing when compared to her opponents. And perhaps it's a sign the new Grit leader can start turning around her party's fortunes slowly but surely as we get nearer to the next provincial election, expected sometime between the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015.
The here and now for Bokhari will be difficult. She does not have a seat in the Manitoba legislature and is not likely to have a chance to win one until the next general election.
Former leader Jon Gerrard is the Liberals' lone MLA. Although he has relinquished the leadership, Gerrard has said he intends to finish out his current term as MLA for River Heights. And he has strongly suggested he will be around to run for re-election next time around.
Bokhari stands a good chance of winning a byelection in River Heights should Gerrard change his mind and step down. Liberal support in Manitoba is concentrated in that riding, and it seems reasonable to conclude the Grits would respond to retain that seat.
However, to become a more viable player in provincial politics, the Liberals need to have more than one seat. In that context, it may make sense for Bokhari to pick another seat and spend time cultivating the support needed to win it outright.
Those next two years will certainly be sufficient to test Bokhari's mettle.
Even without a seat, she will have to be available on a daily basis to respond to events in the legislature. She will have to travel through all 57 ridings, rebuilding riding associations and cultivating new members and volunteers. She will have to make public appearances at community events of all kinds. And she will have to find a staff talented enough to change the party's fortunes.
The future is not necessarily bright for Bokhari's Liberals. But it could be with hard work and a little luck.
Liberals did not use the leadership vote to demonstrate they deserve to be treated seriously in provincial politics. Bokhari has two years to make Manitoba voters forget that underwhelming start.


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Intel Teases Baytrail Performance with Atom Z3770 Cinebench Scoreby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013 12:49 PM EST
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Lonyo - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkSo based on that, it's potentially 73% faster than the old Atom clock for clock, assuming perfect scaling.
.25 points per GHz per core compared to .1444 points per GHz for Saltwell. Reply
beginner99 - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkWhat I consider important is that this is a FP test and Silvermont improves more on integer side so it's safe to say it will beat the same A4 in integer loads (eg. the stuff that is actually relevant on tablets). Reply
karasaj - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkIsn't saltwell .26 per core? While Baytrail would be .375 per core? .52/2 (saltwell only has 2 cores) vs ~1.5 / 4 (baytrail has four)? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkKeep in mind that Clovertrail is 2 cores/4 threads, so per core utilization is higher than a standard 2 core/2 thread part. Reply
karasaj - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - link/oh i forgot about that. Somewhere in between then? Reply
Khato - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkQuick check for single threaded Cinebench 11.5 scores for the Z2760 yields 0.18. So normalizing for frequency (assuming that the Z3770 is actually running at 2.4 GHz) would have Baytrail roughly 53% faster. Reply
Gondalf - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkZ3770 is not running at 2.4Ghz four cores active here. Likely this 3W soc has only a very little factory fixed turbo with four cores up, so your calculation has not common sense. No, actually you can not calculate the single thread performance.
Moreover remember that A4-5000 is 15W TDP so is not competitive at all in tablets, the only feasible Amd soc is clocked at 1Ghz dual core only. This is the reason Kabini actually is very weak in mobile. Reply
silverblue - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkAgain, TDP rears its ugly head. The A4-5000 may be rated at 15W TDP but that doesn't mean it uses it, especially not in every day scenarios.
Consider the following link:
Assume that the A4-5000 idles at under 1W (I've heard it's actually 0.77W). This means that the chip uses 8W more in Prime95, for a total of 9W. An extra 6W is consumed if FurMark is thrown into the mix as that large GPU fires up. You would indeed get your 15W usage there... but certainly not when you're running a CineBench test?
Also, consider this:
Sure, Kabini will use more power, but not drastically so, and it always depends on the usage scenario anyway. Considering the large GPU, higher process node and lack of a dual channel memory controller, Kabini will do quite well in terms of power but is still leaving a little potential performance on the table. In any case, I imagine its GPU will run rings around Bay Trail's. Reply
Gondalf - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkSame is valid for Intel Soc, Baytrail T 3W TDP is with GPU on die up and running, so very likely under cpu stress the four cpus consume less than 2W at 1.47 Ghz. In my country 9W is MORE than FOUR times 2W.
It is a fact that this 3W soc can sport the same throughput of a 15W Kabini.
No, you can not try to defend Kabini, he is not born for mobile but for a console instead. Not a chance, in fact nobody use it waiting for Baytrail, this really counts.
We'll see next year with the Soc refresh, maybe will be better still i have some doubts because the process is the same and the arc too. Reply
mrdude - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkI'm pretty sure that beating an A4 in integer workloads isn't all that relevant on tablets... :P
The more pertinent questions here are what's the price, tdp, performance, and what are the design wins? It's safe to assume we'll see a variety of Win8 x86 devices, but, again, we're talking about what's relevant on tablets :D Reply
axien86 - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkIntel's mighty marketing honcho AKA Francois claimed Haswell would be ...hot as hell...and in the area of thermodynamics, he was accurate.
So, if he is involved in dispensing performance tweets you can assume that clock rate was 30-40% more than indicated and real power usage was at minimun 2-3 times Intel's marketing TDP. Reply
jljaynes - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - link* 'SDP' - who knows what the TDP is. Reply
Homeles - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkTry reading his comment again, bro. Reply
jljaynes - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkIntel uses SDP to market a lower number? I'm not disagreeing with what he said Reply
zlatan - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - link32 bit OS? :o
So the rumors are true, there won't be 64 bit support this year. It's shame Intel. :( Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkIs this Intel's fault for not having a 64bit driver, or MS's fault for not enabling the feature in their 64 bit builds? Reply
Wade_Jensen - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkForgive me, but isn't the comparison with a 2010 MBA Core 2 Duo based on the assumption that Baytrail will clock around 2GHz? Do we have anything concrete on clocks or is this an educated guess based on the power savings of FinFET 22nm process? Reply
DanNeely - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkPrevious reporting said Baytrail will be available in up to 2.4 ghz variants.
liliputing.com/2013/07/intel-atom-z3770-bay-trail-chip-specs-performance-leaked.html Reply
jljaynes - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkDan - based on everything I have seen, I believe 2.4 GHz is the turbo frequency, but the chip is actually a 1.46 GHz part. Reply
DanNeely - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkIn addition to tablets Intel's launching baytrail under the Celeron and Pentium names. I suspect the latter will be the only ones running at 2.4ghz. Reply
Wade_Jensen - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkSo performance will come down to the thermal limits of the device. I wonder whether a 2-2.4GHz could be sustained for very long in a passively cooled device. Or are the rumoured 2.4GHz clocks likely only for the Pentium/Celeron branded low end notebooks? I think Dan is on the money for this one. Reply
Krysto - Friday, September 06, 2013 - linkTurbo boost is such a SCAM, from everyone using it, including Nvidia for their GPU's (and I guess AMD, too).
Turbo-Boost frequency (more relevantly called "burst speed") is almost completely IRRELEVANT, because you'll not be able to use it for too long. The real speed is the base one, so 1.46 Ghz for Atom. Reply
kyuu - Sunday, September 08, 2013 - linkIn thermal- and power-constrained devices like tablets, you may have somewhat of a point. Anywhere else? You're very wrong. Turbo is utilized frequently and makes quite a bit of difference. Reply
tential - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkWhy mention Penryn then not include it in the benchmarks?
I have penryn and if this is really faster then well, it's time to upgrade I guess. I'm using penryn 2.2ghz with a 9800MGTS and it still is serving me well. Been waiting for baytrail to see if I can upgrade. Would be funny to get a tablet that performed better than my old laptop all around. I know it's probably not possible to get that type of GPU performance lol but man..... this is ridiculous how intel is moving. I'm loving the dedication to mobile now. Reply
purerice - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkSame here, I have a Conroe-based desktop and a Penryn laptop that get about 1.3 and 1.1 respectively on Cinebench 11.5. When you use a spreadsheet and presentation software for 90% of your non-web browsing time, there's little incentive to upgrade.
Both my processors have TDP of 35w and this bad boy is 4.5 or so. Pretty crazy to be 10% faster but use 1/8th the power.
If Bay Trail allows for more than 4gb ram and a good 1440p monitor, I'd jump. Reply
Boissez - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkFWIW I tested an old system I have with a Q9300 quad @2,5 Ghz with 32-bit XP. It yielded a score of 2.84 in CB11.5.
Or if one were to extrapolate the clocks Baytrail comes within 10% of Penryn in terms of IPC (or about the same as Kentsfield). Not too shabby. Reply
aousy - Wednesday, September 04, 2013 - linkThe question is how much will Intel sell it for. Sell it too cheap and it will cannibalize Celerons, sell it too high and nobody will buy it. Reply
Qwertilot - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkNever mind celerons, this stuff is (as you can see from above) logically positioned to take a huge swathe of the consumer market from the Core line. If not in this generation then certainly fairly soon. Much cheaper, passively cooled etc.
It might well considerably improve the quality at the budget end too. Or maybe they'll manage to control it somehow so it won't..... Reply
Roland00Address - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkit is ok for this chip to cannibalize Celerons because it die size is smaller than a Celeron it is a problem if this chip cannibalize the core series Reply
Novum - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkThe problem with Cinebench is, that it's compiled with the Intel compiler which means that all SIMD optimizations are disabled on non Intel CPUs, which skews the benchmark considerably. No wonder Intel was choosing this and only this as a showcase. Reply
raghu78 - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkThe information we need is at what actual clocks was the Baytrail chip running. We know very well that Intel's Turbo is very aggressive. Even when all 4 threads are running the CPU will use the full SOC TDP and because the GPU is not under heavy load all 4 cores could be boosting to 2 Ghz. But when you run a workload like 3DMark or a game the CPU cores and GPU cores will get fully utilized and so the max achievable CPU turbo could be much lower.
Anyway this Baytrail chip should be faster than A6-1450 for CPU performance. but the fact is the A6-1450 GPU should easily be faster. we also need to see the TDP and average power consumption of this Baytrail chip. AMD needs to come out with a slightly better binned SKU than A6-1450 with better turbo clocks. single core turbo can easily go upto 2 Ghz and quad core turbo should atleast hit 1.2 Ghz. Reply
jljaynes - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkRag - a6-1450 in Acer v5-122 uses about 4w in cinebench 11.5 and scores 1.02 - google notebookcheck a6-1450. Based on all the leaks I have seen, Bay Trail probably runs at 1.46 GHz with a turbo freq of 2.4 GHz. Look @ geekbench browser, this leak, or the antutu leaks from earlier - all are @ 1.46 GHz (except one of the earliest AnTuTu benchmarks @ 1.1 GHz) Reply
Valis - Sunday, September 08, 2013 - linkHere's a question, is the z3000-series because of their 2-4 GB RAM limit only x86, or are they x64/ia64 also? Reply


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This article was published 16/2/2013 (1646 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
On Monday, Feb. 20, 1967, family, friends and fans of Winnipeg's Guess Who assembled at Winnipeg International Airport to give the band a rousing send off. Various media were also present to document the moment our local heroes flew off to London, England, to become international stars. "There's a million in bread if we play the gig right," boasted Burton Cummings to a Winnipeg Tribune reporter. Expectations ran high that the quartet was about to hit the big time.
A few weeks earlier, the band's single, His Girl, licensed to King Records in the U.K., had made it to No. 45 on the coveted U.K. pop charts. Elated, manager Bob Burns wasted little time in capitalizing on a potential breakthrough there and entered into discussions with King Records executives to take the group overseas.
The band had good reason to be suspicious of King Records owner Rita King and her business partner, Philip Solomon. Solomon had been manager of Belfast band Them, whose lead singer and songwriter, Van Morrison, insists robbed the group of any money earned. It took Morrison years to extricate himself from Solomon's one-sided contracts. Nonetheless, the two executives painted a rosy picture for the Canadian group.
"We borrowed enough money for airfare, fancy new stage clothes from the Stag Shop, new equipment from Garnet, all totally financed," recalls Randy Bachman. "It cost a fortune to ship our gear over, but we figured we were about to hit the big time. We thought we were going to be the next Beatles."
Their excitement was quickly dashed on arrival in London. There were no screaming fans or media circus awaiting them at the airport as they had been led to believe. Furthermore, there was no tour set up. At Solomon's office, the band was presented with a take-it-or-leave-it contract.
"The proposal was for us to sign with his booking agency and record additional singles on the King label," Bachman explains. "What would we be getting out of this? 'You'll get your weekly salary,' we were told. Selling a million records and selling out concert halls? 'You'll get your weekly salary.' So we told him 'We'll leave it' and walked out."
It was a bold move that left the band stranded in London with no money and a $25,000 debt, but it was the right decision. Two years later, the group would be selling millions of records and topping the charts. Had they signed with Solomon, would that future have materialized?
Returning home two weeks later, tails between their legs, blame was laid at Burns's feet and he was fired as manager.
Recently, I was given access to Burns's file on the London debacle by his widow, Idola. Burns kept every correspondence, telegram and note related to the trip along with his own handwritten account of events. It's a fascinating read that casts new insight into that ill-fated trip.
Burns's management partner, Ray Levin, served as point man for the group in the U.K., and dealt directly with King and Solomon. His correspondences clearly indicate that all was on the up and up and confirmed a tour and further recording dates. For his part, Burns's responses reveal a careful and cautious approach to any U.K. deal. He insisted that the group undertake all costs related to its travel in order not to be beholden to King Records for anything. In a letter dated Jan. 26, Burns urges Levin to "walk with a cautious step. GET IT IN WRITING!!"
Meanwhile Levin's letter of Feb. 3 states that the band has been guaranteed an appearance on BBC TV's Top Of The Pops as well as Sunday Night At The Palladium. It also details U.K. tour plans, including Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. He writes that Rita King "will definitely make them big in England, Europe and she can also do nothing but good in the States." He even stated King has an "in to The Ed Sullivan Show." Of course, none of these promises was in writing. He also states that King Records had spent $9,000 promoting the single, including £100 a week to Radio Caroline (of which Solomon was an owner). As for the contract between King, Solomon and the band, Levin writes, "I think the contract is completely fair."
Through the band's lawyers, D'Arcy, Irving, Haig & Smethurst, Burns detailed to King the contractual obligations the group had with Quality Records Canada, for which King had little regard.
At their initial meeting with King and Solomon on Feb. 22, Burns and the group were appalled to discover they had been hoodwinked. It was all a sham to get the group to sign an exclusive deal giving up every revenue stream to King and Solomon. However, the group did not turn it down that day. Bob's U.K. notes reveal desperate attempts to make alternate arrangements with other management companies and record labels to salvage something from this disaster.
Time, however, was not on their side. By the end of the week, after a number of exasperating phone calls, Burns cut all ties with King Records. His Girl very quickly dropped from the U.K. charts.
In hindsight, it appears that Levin was duped by a series of false promises intended to snare the Guess Who by playing on their Beatle-like dreams. His naive enthusiasm greased the wheels that set in motion what became a bitter humiliation for the band, leaving them with a crippling debt and resulting in Bob Burns' dismissal.
That the Guess Who managed to rise from this adversity speaks to their determination and perseverance -- and to the valuable lessons they learned on this ill-fated trip.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- After the Giants' latest shortcoming, Madison Bumgarner was asked what's going on with his once-dominant team. His answer -- or, more accurately, lack thereof -- put into words what's been evident on the field.
"That's a good question," said Bumgarner after the Giants concluded a 10-game homestand a disappointing 2-8 after losing, 7-2, to the Cardinals on Thursday afternoon at AT&T Park. "I wish I had an answer.
"We'd like to see things turned around from the way they are. We've shown signs of it -- it just hasn't happened where we've been able to get back to playing the kind of baseball we played the first two months or whatever."
The Giants can't find an answer to their problem, and it's cost them their 108-win pace of June 8, when they sat atop the Major League standings and held a 9 1/2-game lead on the Dodgers in the National League West. Manager Bruce Bochy had "nothing to complain about" then. He hasn't had much to celebrate since. Fatalism isn't settling in, but frustration is mounting.
The Giants lost all three of the homestand's series, scored five or more runs just once, were outscored 42-19 and batted .140 (8-for-57) with runners in scoring position. Their lone wins came in Tim Lincecum's two starts, and both were shutouts.
"This is frustrating. We're too good to have a homestand like this and they're all frustrated," Bochy said. "The effort's there, but to come home and struggle the way we did, I don't think that's something anybody saw coming. We know it's not acceptable.
"Things aren't going our way at times, and at other times we're making too many mistakes. It's hard for everybody. I know we'll come out of it -- it's just taking a lot longer than we thought."
It didn't take long for the Giants to fall behind on Thursday, thanks to a Jhonny Peralta two-run home run in the first.
San Francisco entered the top of the fourth inning with a 2-1 deficit and appeared set to exit with the same score, but first baseman Adam Duvall threw a tailor-made, inning-ending double-play ball into left field. One batter later, Jon Jay pounced on the mistake, hitting an RBI double. With the infield in, pitcher Carlos Martinez drilled a grounder past shortstop Brandon Crawford in the ensuing at-bat to drive in a pair, besting his counterpart Bumgarner's RBI single in the third and extending the visitors' lead to 5-1.
The Cardinals tacked on another run in the sixth on a pinch-hit triple by Shane Robinson and another in the seventh, when Yusmeiro Petit tossed another would-be double play ball over second baseman Joe Panik and into the outfield.
The Giants' runs came via singles from Bumgarner (third inning) and Crawford (sixth inning). They had other threats, but as was commonplace throughout the homestand, they failed to capitalize. Buster Posey struck out on a curveball in the dirt with the bases loaded to end the fifth. They threatened for more damage in the sixth after Crawford's RBI single (runners on the corners and one out), but Gregor Blanco struck out and pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez grounded out.
In hopes of sparking his dormant offense, Bochy moved Hunter Pence from the two-hole to the leadoff spot, relegating Blanco to eighth in the order. Blanco finished the day 2-for-4, but he was the lone bright spot.
First baseman Brandon Belt will be activated from the disabled list before Friday's game, and the team remains hopeful catalyst Angel Pagan will return soon, but aside from those two, help isn't on the way.
"This is our group. They know that. We've told them that. This is a good group, a talented group," Bochy said. "Every day, we think we're going to come out of it, and that's why today was so disappointing for us."
Really, it was a fittingly unspectacular end to a tough slew of home games. The loss resulted in an 8-17 record for the Giants in a 20-out-of-25-games-at-home stretch.
"We know how critical these series are now, because we put ourselves in this situation we're in," Bochy said. "That margin of error's not there any more, so we've got to play good baseball.
"The only thing we can do is wash this off. At the same time, there's a time where we have to say, 'Enough is enough'. That's where we're at."
Ryan Hood is an associate reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @ryanhood19. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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