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Oliver Charles added a comment - 05/Dec/11 11:25 PM
Oliver Charles added a comment - 17/Feb/12 03:18 PM
As this ticket has open points, I'm moving this to decision required.
nikki added a comment - 06/Mar/12 02:30 AM
As per http://blog.musicbrainz.org/?p=1301 :
I'm not aware of any objections to being able to use ISO 639-3 codes. This ticket has a number of votes and there have been a number of requests in other places for languages only available in ISO 639-3.
My proposal is:
The list of languages we use should be based on ISO 639-3. This would affect release languages and, if implemented, work lyrics languages (see
Addressing point 1:
Addressing point 2:
Addressing point 3:
We should also make sure the releases on http://musicbrainz.org/search?query=lang%3A%28bih+him+afa+alg+apa+ath+aus+bad+bai+bat+ber+bnt+btk+cai+cau+cel+cmc+col+cpe+cpf+cpp+crp+cus+day+dra+fiu+gem+ijo+inc+ine+ira+iro+kar+khi+kro+map+mkh+mno+mun+myn+nah+nai+nic+nub+oto+paa+phi+pra+roa+sai+sal+sem+sgn+sio+sit+sla+smi+son+ssa+tai+tup+tut+wak+wen+ypk+znd%29&type=release&limit=25&advanced=1 have been changed, as those codes have no equivalent in ISO 639-3 (they represent groups of languages, so they correspond to multiple ISO 639-3 codes). As there are so few, this could easily be done by hand beforehand instead of needing a migration script.
Then we should set the frequency of those codes to 0 (although I think other than 'art', they are set to 0 already). I presume edits store old data and therefore we wouldn't want to remove those rows.
2. I assume we would implement this as a new column. The existing column names are confusing though, as they're based on the number of letters, not the ISO version, perhaps that's something we should fix if we're doing a schema change anyway.
Ian McEwen added a comment - 06/Mar/12 03:09 AM
I'm not sure it makes sense to keep the old ISO 639-2 columns if we're not using them anywhere; as far as I know we aren't using iso_code_2 or iso_code_3b now, only iso_code_3t. iso_code_2 we only have 186 of in the DB anyway (of 485 languages).
Pending your and developer approval, I'd say changing the language schema to (id serial primary key, iso_code char(3) not null, name varchar(100) not null, frequency int not null default 0) makes more sense. This also makes the language and script tables more alike (script has iso_number as well; not sure what that is/if it's used).
Ian McEwen added a comment - 06/Mar/12 03:11 AM
Pardon, looks like iso_code_3b is used by /ws/1 – so we need a plan there. How would /ws/2 deal with this change, also?
Ian McEwen added a comment - 06/Mar/12 06:13 AM
added schema change component
nikki added a comment - 06/Mar/12 03:11 PM
/ws/1 shouldn't even be using 2/B, I've entered
I don't think we can remove the 639-2/T codes. As I said: "I presume edits store old data and therefore we wouldn't want to remove those rows.". I had a look at http://musicbrainz.org/edit/8144388 on rika, and the edit data is
so the name in the edit is coming from id 91 in the language table. The edits don't use ISO codes though, so it shouldn't be a problem for displaying the name. We just need to make sure current data can be displayed properly when ISO codes are used, e.g. by the WS, etc.
My suggestion of implementing MBS-4342 so that Picard can use it to figure out which codes are valid would also rely on both 639-2 and 639-3 codes to be present and returned.
If we use the ISO versions for naming the columns, i.e. iso_code_1, iso_code_2t, iso_code_2b and iso_code_3, it would be clearer. I'm not sure about removing the iso_code_2 and iso_code_3b columns. I just have a feeling that we might find them useful later on when we do more work on i18n. It would be really annoying if we remove them only to realise a few months later that we need a mapping between 639-1 and 639-3.
Robert Kaye added a comment - 19/Mar/12 09:15 PM
This ticket is under consideration for the May 15h schema change release. However, it is under specified at this point in time. In order to keep this ticket in consideration for the release, please do the following:
nikki added a comment - 20/Mar/12 11:53 AM
User interface changes: No visible changes. Templates which display the language ISO code should be updated to use the value from the new column.
Database changes: Add one column, "iso_code_3", to the language table. Ideally we would also rename the existing columns because they're misleadingly named (see my previous comment), but it is not a requirement.
Paul Taylor added a comment - 20/Mar/12 04:57 PM
So ISO 629-3 is essentially a superset of ISO 629-2. Im not sure it is really an issue that TLAN specifically says ISO-639-2 because IS0-639-3 just didnt exist when the spec
The webservice (lookup and search) also need updating to read from the new column, unsure as to whether it should always return the IS0-639-3 instead of the ISO-639-2 value or both.
Philip Jägenstedt added a comment - 20/Mar/12 07:38 PM
Do I understand correctly that the suggestion is to have a single language concept that is used both for releases (written language of track list) and works (vocal language of lyrics)? It's a bit tricky to say that a track list is in a specific dialect, are we sure that all ISO 629-3 codes actually make sense when applied to text? In other words, should we have a separate set of languages to represent text and audio?
nikki added a comment - 20/Mar/12 09:47 PM
Yes, that's correct. I think the vast majority of ISO 639-3 codes would make sense for text at some point (I assume you're thinking of Chinese, in which case I would point out things like http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5214f8d2-138a-333f-b50f-814a61856934 ). Don't forget that we'll only be enabling codes on request as well, so the list we use won't be massively different from the existing one, it will just have a few more languages that didn't make it into ISO 639-2.
If we do end up wanting to completely prevent people from using some codes for some situations, I don't think it would make sense to use separate lists, since the majority of the list would be identical. Instead I would just adjust the (poorly named) "frequency" column we already use to determine when languages are shown.
Philip Jägenstedt added a comment - 21/Mar/12 02:51 PM
OK, I guess we can deal with the problem when it occurs, by blacklisting certain combinations, or something.
Oliver Charles added a comment - 27/Mar/12 01:41 PM - edited
So far, it seems the suggestion is:
ALTER TABLE language ADD COLUMN iso_code_3 CHAR(3) NOT NULL;
I'm in favour of renaming the other columns at the same time, could you please provide a mapping of old column name to new column name?
Robert Kaye added a comment - 02/Apr/12 06:58 PM
Does this ticket require any UI changes?
Nicolás Tamargo added a comment - 02/Apr/12 07:58 PM
Not that I can see - same list, more contents.
Oliver Charles added a comment - 03/Apr/12 11:20 AM
As mentioned in nikki's comment, I don't think there are any user interface changes. I think this ticket is in a good state for inclusion.
Oliver Charles added a comment - 03/Apr/12 11:30 AM
I think the changes to our web services need to be discussed, however. Are we adding a new element/attribute for this code, or replacing the current iso_code_3t (which is really 2t) value currently shown with iso 639-3?
Kuno Woudt added a comment - 10/Apr/12 06:19 PM
I discussed the question raised by ocharles in the previous comment with nikki and ianmcorvidae on irc.
We concluded that we should just use the code from the new iso_code_3 column in the existing <language> element of the xml. Only 67 Part 2/T codes have no equivalent value in Part 3. These languages will remain in the database with NULL in the iso_code_3 column.
As I implemented these changes the webservice will emit the Part 2/T code if the Part 3 code is NULL, to avoid crashing. After the affected releases have been migrated we may want to remove these codes from the table, so that the iso_code_3 column can get NOT NULL and UNIQUE constraints – after that change the fallback to Part 2/T can be removed from the webservice code.
Simon Reinhardt added a comment - 12/May/12 08:36 AM - edited
Can I request the ISO 639-3 code "ksh" to be activated for the schema change release?
It's the dialect from Cologne, Germany and there are lots of artists with releases in that dialect, e.g.:


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1.1. Scope—Policy regarding extramural grants and contracts
1.2. Replaces BSC Policy Number A.400; Supersedes BSC Policy number O.L. 202.11
1.3. Filing Date - February 16, 2012
1.4. Effective Date - April 19, 2012
2.1. Projects for research, training, and service undertaken by College employees through Bluefield State College, Bluefield State College Research and Development Corporation (BSC R&D) and Bluefield State College Foundation (the Foundation), using College resources and funded by external sources must be processed through and approved by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP). Faculty and staff are not authorized to commit the College through proposal submission or contract or grant acceptance.
3.1. RASP is charged with providing guidance and support to the College community in its research, training and service efforts by creating an administrative environment that ensures that the College's financial and contractual obligations are protected. The services provided by RASP include but are not limited to:
• Identification of funding sources and monitoring of funding announcements across federal, state and private sectors and the wholesale (web-based) and targeted distribution of this information to potential Project Initiators, including faculty, staff and administration.
• Assistance in the preparation of the proposal budget, the summary of current awards and pending proposals and other Institutional data; proofreading and editing of the final proposal; and timely submission of approved proposals.
• Post-award services related to project administration, compliance monitoring and the timely submission of progress reports.
3.2. It is the additional responsibility of RASP in providing these services to make documents available electronically through the internet as appropriate.
4.1. Notification of Intent: Any BSC employee planning to submit a proposal (Project Initiator) must complete a Notification of Intent to Solicit External Funds on Behalf of Bluefield State College, subsequently referred to as a Notification of Intent. The Notification of Intent form can be obtained online or from RASP and requires the Project Initiator to prepare a summary of the program announcement or request for proposal for which the application is being prepared, an evaluation of the College resources required to fulfill the terms of the award, and an assessment of the need to conduct project reviews with regard to the special issues in sponsored programs identified in Section 11 of this policy. Once the Notice of Intent is filed with RASP, RASP will open a Program Portfolio for the project.
4.2. Development of the Proposal: The Project Initiator is responsible for writing the proposal narrative and for assembly of the bibliography, relevant vitae, and appendix materials. The Project Initiator is also responsible for obtaining cost share commitment documentation and required sub-recipient proposal information.
4.3. Proposal Budget: The sponsored project budget should reflect a realistic estimate of the total cost of the project. All costs included in proposals to federal funding sources must be allowable and allocable as required by OMB Circular A-21.
4.3.1. Personnel: Whenever a sponsored program will require that BSC employees be released from a percentage of their salaried duties, (e.g. through course-release time), it is expected that the sponsored program buy the employees' time from the College. In accordance with OMB Circular A-21, salaries charged to federal grants cannot exceed 100% of a 12-month salary or 133% of a 9-month salary. Salaries are to be budgeted using actual salary rates with estimated increased increments for future years' funding. Budgeted salaries are estimates. Fringe benefit rates are to be determined by the VPFAA and will be available through RASP. This policy is not intended to prevent a faculty member or other BSC employee from receiving compensation greater than their annual base salary. Particularly, if the cost to the College in contracting and administering replacement services is substantially less than the cost of the buyout, employees may negotiate with the Provost and VPFAA to receive a percentage of the buyout. Buyout agreements must be documented prior to the submission of the grant proposal. Note: The hiring of all new employees for positions on sponsored projects is subject to the policies and procedures established by Bluefield State College Board of Governors' Policy Number 42 – Hiring Policy. Inclusion of the name of a person in a proposal budget or in a proposal narrative does not guarantee that the named individual will be hired.
4.3.2. Equipment: All proposed technology equipment purchases must be reviewed and approved as part of the budget preparation process.
4.3.3. Subcontracts: All cost proposals that include an anticipated award of a subcontract to another entity must include a proposal from the sub-recipient. Such a proposal will include a budget signed by the sub-recipient's authorized institutional official, a statement of work, and, if applicable, a written statement supporting any cost share commitments.
4.3.4. Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs: F&A Cost Rates are determined periodically from actual cost records through a detailed accounting procedure specified by federal cost principles. The rates are audited and approved by the federal government. Separate F&A cost rates are calculated for research, instruction and training and other, with on- and off-campus components for each. The "off-campus" rate is applicable only in those cases where greater than fifty percent of the effort on the project will be conducted off the campus of Bluefield State College. For the purposes of F&A costs, "on campus" is defined as any property owned or leased by BSC. If space is to be rented for the project, then the off-campus rate will be applied and rental costs will be budgeted as a direct cost.
Grants, contracts and other agreements that designate Bluefield State College, BSC R&D or the Foundation as the Grantee Institution/Contractor are expected to include full recovery of both direct and F&A costs. In the case that a funding opportunity specifically restricts F&A cost recovery, preliminary approval must be obtained through the Notification of Intent process.
4.3.5. Internal Distribution of F&A Cost Recovery: F&A costs recovered from sponsored projects are distributed as follows:
30% BSC General Fund
5% Matching Funds
15% Academic School/Non-Academic Department
20% Fiscal Agency
Any deviation from the normal split must be agreed upon in writing by the persons involved, faculty, department chairs, deans and directors through the Notification of Intent process.
Note: Projects in operation on the effective date of this policy are exempt from this distribution of F&A cost recovery funds until project termination or renewal.
4.3.6. F&A Cost Recovery Disbursement: F&A cost recovery allocations are distributed in accordance with procedures set by the VPFAA.
4.3.7. Cost Sharing: As a general rule, all project costs should be represented in the project budget. Such costs shall be identified and budgeted separately as cost sharing. Preliminary approval must be obtained through the Notification of Intent process.
4.4. Final Approval: The Project Initiator must submit the completed proposal with Proposal Summary Form to RASP a minimum of ten (10) business days before the application deadline for review. RASP will take no longer than five (5) business days to review the proposal and develop a Proposal Approval Routing Sheet identifying the individuals who must approve the proposal by signature. It is the responsibility of the Project Initiator to acquire the necessary signatures and submit them to RASP no fewer than three (3) business days before the submission deadline. Proposal submission is contingent upon the Project Initiator meeting these deadlines.
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5.3. Proposal Review: Prior to submission to the sponsor, all proposals must be reviewed by RASP to verify that the final proposal is in compliance with the terms of the Notification of Intent prior to submission to the sponsor.
5.4. Submission of the Proposal: All proposals submitted under the College name, BSC R&D and the Foundation must be formally submitted by RASP. This includes all proposal elements such as draft budgets, cost estimates, and preliminary proposals.
5.5. Withdrawal: The BSC administration reserves the right to withdraw the proposal at any time and/or reject any award made on the proposal if any issues of non-compliance or other adverse circumstances are discovered.
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6.2. Negotiation and Acceptance: Award agreements are negotiated by RASP and are accepted by the Director of RASP and the VPFAA for all projects. Both the Director of RASP and the VPFAA are delegated signature authority for externally sponsored projects. In the absence of the Director of RASP and the VPFAA, the President may delegate a senior administrator officer to have signature authority.
6.3. Notification of Project Initiator: Upon acceptance of an award, RASP will notify the Project Initiator of the award and coordinate with the accounting services of the fiscal agency to establish a sponsored project account (called a fund) for the project.
7.1. Pre-Award Costs: Some sponsors will allow the Institution to incur costs prior to the effective date of the award. In these cases, Principal Investigator/Project Director (PI/PD) is to receive written approval for pre-award expenditure from the VPFAA and submit it to the fiscal agency and RASP.
7.2. Fund Establishment: Coordinated through accounting services, RASP establishes sponsored project funds to be used for all project expenditures. Project Initiators are notified by RASP of the fund number and of other pertinent information necessary for the administration of the project.
8.1. Expenditures: All expenditures on federally sponsored projects are governed by the cost principles detailed in the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-21, "Cost Principles for Institutions of Higher Education." Costs must be allocable (incurred on behalf of the project), allowable (allowed by the terms of A-21), and reasonable. In addition, State and institutional policies governing cost must be consistently applied to all College funds - i.e., Education and General funds, auxiliary funds, all sponsored program funds, etc. PI/PD are responsible for monitoring the costs on their projects on a regular basis and are held responsible for remaining on budget and payment of cost overruns. All expenditures in excess of $2,000 that are to be charged against a grant/contract account must be approved for allowability, allocability, and consistency by RASP and the VPFAA. All mandated and voluntary committed cost shared expenditures must be identified by activity code and tracked in the College's financial management system.
8.2. Project Management: All federal grants shall be administered in compliance with OMB Circular A-110 and specific funding agency policies. Circular A-110 includes, but is not limited to, cost sharing or matching, program income, financial reporting and retention and access requirement for records. The College shall ensure that appropriate policies and procedures are in place to meet audit standards implemented under OMB Circular A-133.
8.3. Subcontracts: RASP will prepare and negotiate a subcontract with the sub-recipient organization(s) included in the original proposal. The project's PI/PD is responsible for monitoring the work of the subcontractor organizations. RASP will monitor the allocability of cost and ensure compliance with sub-recipient monitoring policies and procedures.
8.4. Cost Transfers: A cost transfer or expenditure adjustment is defined as any cost/expenditure transfer transaction. All requests for cost transfers must be in compliance with OMB Circular A-21 and approved by RASP in consultation with VPFAA to avoid cost disallowances.
8.5. Changes to the Project: While some changes may be made to a project without the approval of the sponsoring agency, many require approval. Whenever a change in time period, deliverable schedules, scope of work, budget or personnel is contemplated, RASP should be contacted to initiate formal communication with the sponsor and update the Project Portfolio.
9.1. Technical Reports: The PI/PD is responsible for submitting technical reports as specified within the grant, cooperative agreement or contract. When this requirement is not met, the sponsoring agency may take action against the PI/PD or the entire College by withholding further awards, payment of invoices, or take legal action.
9.2. Financial Reports: The PI/PD and fiscal agency will prepare financial reports. In collaboration with accounting offices, all financial reports to the sponsoring agency must be submitted via RASP.
9.3. Certification of Time (Effort Reporting): OMB Circular A-21, "Cost Principles for Educational Institutions" requires that faculty certify to the effort which they devote to sponsored projects. The BSC system to certify sponsored project effort uses a budgeted estimate of activities to make payroll charges and then documents, after the fact, the actual distribution of effort among activities among each sponsored agreement (plan confirmation). If there are changes from the earlier budgeted estimate, a labor distribution adjustment must be initiated by the PI/PD. The certification to effort by a faculty member is a legal certification and must in all cases be defensible on audit.
10.1. Beginning three months prior to the end of the sponsored agreement, RASP notifies the PI/PD regarding the financial status of the funds and requests prompt clearing of all obligations.
11.1. Human Subjects: All extramurally-funded research activities involving human subjects (as defined in 45 CFR 46) that are directed by a BSC faculty member, staff member, or student must be submitted to the College's Institutional Review Board (IRB) of record for review and approval. RASP will assist by coordinating this process.
11.2. Research with Animals: All research with animals at BSC must be carried out under the supervision of a BSC faculty member qualified and experienced in the type of work being conducted, who assumes responsibility for the legal and ethical conduct of the work. All research involving vertebrate animals must be must be submitted to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee for approval by completing the application form entitled "Application for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals at Bluefield State College," which is available as part of Bluefield State College Assurance A4521-01, Animal Welfare Assurance.
11.3. Laboratory Safety Compliance: All instructional and research projects involving laboratory hazards, including but not limited to hazardous materials, recombinant DNA, biologically-derived toxins sources of ionizing radiation and x-ray producing devices must comply with federal guidelines, as well as Bluefield State College Board of Governors' Policy Number 46 - Chemical Hygiene Policy and other applicable BSC policies and procedures.
11.4. Research & Scholarship Misconduct: Federal regulations stipulate that the College must comply with federal policy guiding misconduct. In its effort to prevent research fraud and ensure the proper conduct of research BSC has established the Policy on Misconduct in Research and Scholarship which details both the policy and procedures for dealing with an allegation of misconduct.
11.5. Conflict of Interest: BSC and its employees are bound by West Virginia Governmental Ethics Act (WV Code Chapter 6b).
11.6. Additionally, depending on the source of funding, federal conflict of interest rules and regulations may apply. Refer to sponsor award document for funding agency specific requirements.
11.7. Copyrights and Patents:
11.7.1. Inventions made in the course of sponsored agreements: An invention made by any person in the course of research at Bluefield State College sponsored by a Federal agency, industry, or any other entity is owned by the College, except when
188.8.131.52. The sponsorship agreement may provide otherwise; or
184.108.40.206. Copyrightable and patentable software are distributed under an open source license.
11.7.2. Other inventions: Ownership of an invention not made in the course of sponsored College research is determined as follows:
22.214.171.124. Inventions by College employees: An invention made by an employee of the College in the course of fulfilling his or her employment responsibilities or with substantial use of significant College resources is generally owned by the College.
184.108.40.206. Inventions by students who are not College employees: An invention made by a student who is not engaged in fulfilling his or her responsibilities as a College employee is owned by the student unless the invention if it is made with substantial use of significant College resources, in which case it is generally owned by the College.
220.127.116.11. Internships with outside employers. Ownership of inventions made by a student in the course of outside employment that is a part of his or her academic work may be specified in an agreement between the College and the employer.
18.104.22.168. Substantial use of significant College resources. The College owns the invention if it is made with substantial use of significant College resources and has considerable potential commercial value, except that the College makes no claim of ownership to an invention that is made pursuant to an agreement between the inventor and a third party for the making of the invention. Substantial use of significant College resources occurs when an invention is made with the substantial use of significant College equipment or facilities, the use of special financial assistance from the College, or the significant assistance of College employees. The use of a College computer or servers or of incidental supplies, or the occasional use of College administrative employees or shared facilities, would typically not be a basis for College ownership.
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I have a problem with transparent DIVs. In Dreamweaver CS6 Design view the background is displayed white. Therefore you can not see the background image of the body tag. If I view the page in a browser everything is displayed correctly. Is this a bug in CS6? When I open the same page with Dreamweaver CS5.5 eveything is viewed correctly, too!
Anyone an idea?
Someone else posted an issue about CS6 displaying backgrounds incorrectly, so it may be a bug. I've not seen a lot of posts relating to this issue and by now I would have expected to do so if the problem is wide spread.
I am wondering, if you can enable the view in the preferences. But after searching and testing I do think it is a bug. I was testing several Websites that have a background image in the "body" tag. As soon as there is a DIV with "no background" color the problem appears. Only in Dreamweaver CS6 design view the background is displayed whit instead of transparent. In the different broswers everything is viewed ok.
As a work around, try disabling CSS: View > Style Rendering > un-tick display styles.
Or use a Design-Time Style Sheet with background-colors applied to divisions.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WScbb6b82af5544594822 510a94ae8d65-7e17a.html
Nancy O.
Hey Nancy,
that doesn't work. But it's very funny. In the Design View in Dreamweaver CS6 the problem appears (transparent DIVs are shown white). But when I switch to Live View everything is viewed correctly. That is very annoying, because in Live View Modus you can not select the elements on the page and you don't have the guide lines around the elements . You have to switch between Live and Design Mode.
Does anybody know, if Adobe is working on a fix for that problem?
that doesn't work.
What doesn't work? Disabling CSS or using a Design-Time Style ?
Does anybody know, if Adobe is working on a fix for that problem?
Unknown. You're not the only person to mention this.
Be sure to file an official bug report with specifics so engineers can re-produce the problem.
Nancy O.
Ok, I've taken considerable personal time to document this bug. CS6 clearly introduced a background-related bug in its Design view that wasn't there in CS5. The bug is simple to reproduce and has wideranging implications. I'm trying to submit a bug report, but their form is so brain-dead that it's making it hard. I'm posting my bug report here, along with a link to the test file and then filing this thread in my report. I hope it works out and somebody at Adobe looks at it. (There's always hope.)
This is a perfectly reproducible bug in Design view. Paste the attached HTML into a file and load the file into Dreamweaver 12 (CS6). Compare the Design and Live views. Compare against the behavior in Dreamweaver 11 (CS5).
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>HTML5/CSS Dreamweaver CS6 Test Page</title>

DW CS6 Test

The background of this page is set to black and body color is set to #999.

This is a div with background set to transparent.
In DW CS6 Design view, this div incorrectly renders as solid white.
Expected behavior: div should have the black background of the body showing through.

This is a div with background-color set to transparent.
In DW CS6 Design view, this div incorrectly renders as solid white.
Expected behavior: div should have the black background of the body showing through.

This is a div with background set to "linear-gradient(left, rgba(205,235,142,1) 0%,rgba(165,201,86,1) 100%);".
In DW CS6 Design view, this div renders incorrectly as solid white.
Expected behavior: div should either have the correct gradient background as specified OR the black background of the body should show through.

This is a div with background set to "-webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(205,235,142,1) 0%,rgba(165,201,86,1) 100%);".
In DW CS6 Design view, this div renders incorrectly as solid white.
Expected behavior: the black background of body should show through (it would not be appropriate to emulate the vendor-specific CSS extension).

This is a div with background first set to "background: blue;" and then set a second time to "-moz-linear-gradient(top, #444 0%, #111 100%);".
In DW CS6 Design view, this div renders incorrectly as solid white.
Expected behavior: this div should have a blue background in design view, ignoring the second background declaration.

Here's the test file:
Remove the style="background: transparent;" as this is the default value for a background color.
The reason design view displays this as white is to indicate that a background color, gradient or whatever has been applied.
Hi PZ,
removing the style="background: transparent;" is not the solution, because the div with the blue background is also viewed as white background in Dreamweaver CS6.
Yes but you are somehow expecting a vendor specific background gradient to show in design view. This doesn't work in DW CS4, CS5.5 and I would imagine is unlikely to work in CS6. Live View might show the gradient though. Also, you have them the wrong way round. For your expected results the background-color:blue; needs to go AFTER the gradient background.
Remove the gradient and you will see the blue background. Also, I would also advise changing it to background-color:blue; as you only have one attribute.
Thank you but your advice is not particularly useful to me. Eliminating "background: transparent;" may work around the symptom for some users, but still leaves Design view utterly unusable whenever you happen to have a light-on-dark color scheme and employ perfectly legitimate CSS background effects. White text on a white background is unreadable. If you can't read it, you can't edit it.
Whether this behavior by Dreamweaver CS6 is a bug or a misguided feature, it has to get fixed or some of us cannot use the software.
(Design-time style sheets are not a solution either: in their current implementation, they lack sufficient configurability to for use across a complex project.)
I very specifically to NOT expect Design view to pay any attention whatsoever to vendor-specific background gradients (I state as much in the test file). Design view should ignore them, not paint the element white. In fact, I expect Design view to ignore anything and everything it doesn't understand, rather than make assumptions.
Your background stacking order advice raises lots of off-topic problems. You are correct that moving the "background-color: blue;" masks the bug, but that's hiding the problem, not fixing it.
Remove the style attribute from the body tag and use an external or embedded style sheet. In other words, change your opening body tag to:
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1. Version of java.
1a. By default windows 7 64 bit auto downloads java 32 bit. Why? Because browsers run in 32 bit and most java applications are web applications, thus the 32 bit default.
2a. To resolve this issue go to HERE and choose the 64 bit for your respective operating system. Install, rejoice, eat cake.
2. Now! For the easy stuff. Download the HD texture patcher that is linked in the first page of this thread.
2a. inside the HD Patcher go to the Options tab. Find the area under "General options" that says "Java Heap Size (MB)" Change this field from "1024" (What mine was defaulted to) To "2048" (exactly double) and patch your minecraft.
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iiiHuman, on 19 July 2011 - 12:27 AM, said:
You don't actually need to use the HD Patcher to get texture packs to work in the game.
Instead, you can use the "Optifog+Optimine Mod" (make sure it's the package that includes BOTH, not only the Optimine standalone) to allow HD textures and fonts to be used in Minecraft.
And, in addition to it allowing you to do the same thing as the HD Patcher, it actually also gives performance increases along with some additional tweak options (unlike the standard HD Patcher). In fact, they just came out with a new version of it too that also fixed the Better Grass option in it etc. Personally, I think it's a much better option that using the basic HD Patcher.
OptiFog + Optimine 1.7.3_HD_C
Also, if you're having that issue with white lines between blocks and you have already tried updating your video driver (especially if you are using an ATI card or onboard video), try this with the Mipmaps setting to zero.
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Downloads:--The first Adfly links allows me to get a little bit of money for your patience of 5 seconds. Again, all of this will go towards purchasing of new textures and the fund. ^^
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1. Click link.
2. Hit stop once adfly page loads, but before it switches over to fake adfly survey page.
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If it redirects you to a survey, do not bother fill it out. It's against the user agreement of Adfly and they are working on weeding them out. If you can't skip the ad (Top right corner) then also go back as it was against their user agreement.
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Linux New Media Launches Smart Developer
Lawrence, KS, USA: Linux New Media USA, LLC, announces the launch of Smart Developer , a new print publication for developers and decision makers in the mobile application development industry.
Smart Developer will be published quarterly and will cover development tools and coding techniques for all major smartphone platforms, including Apple iOS, Android, MeeGO, WebOS, and Blackberry. The magazine also includes phone and mobile app reviews, as well as feature stories on important developments in the mobile industry.
"The whole high-tech world is buzzing about the emergence of mobile app stores and the growing cottage industry of custom mobile development," says Smart Developer Editor in Chief Joe Casad, "Other periodical offerings were all targeted to end users, and mostly novice end users. We saw the need for a smart, technical magazine for the experts who are actually writing all these mobile apps, and for other programmers and industry professionals who are interested in joining or watching the app-development field. Smart Developer readers are mobile app programmers, power users, mobile sales and integration specialists, and managers who are looking for insights on bringing their products and services into the mobile arena."
Smart Developer provides a unique opportunity for vendors who build mobile platforms, hardware, and tools to reach a core audience of readers who deploy and use those tools in a real-world setting. According to Smart Developer Associate Publisher Rikki Kite, "This isn't just a niche market. Mobile development is a burgeoning industry that is just getting off the ground, and we're excited that Smart Developer will have a special role in telling the world about it."
In 2007, Linux New Media opened a North American office in Lawrence, Kansas. In addition to the new Smart Developer magazine, the company launched Admin: Network & Security magazine in 2010 and Ubuntu User magazine in 2009. Editors in the rapidly growing North American office also produce the monthly print magazines Linux Pro Magazine , Linux Magazine (international English edition), and special publications including Google Tools, Powerhouse Perl, and The Linux Shell Handbook.
For more information or to subscribe to Smart Developer magazine, visit: http://www.smart-developer.com
About Linux New Media
Linux New Media, headquartered in Munich, Germany, is the world's leading supplier of Linux content. Print publications include Linux Pro Magazine, Linux Magazine (outside of North America), Ubuntu User, Admin: Network & Security, LinuxUser, EasyLinux, and international editions of Linux Magazine produced in German, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish. Additionally, Linux New Media produces many Linux-oriented online products and organizes industry events, including the Open Source area of CeBIT, the largest computer and IT Expo in the world.
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Treatment of Recurrent, Refractory, or Progressive Childhood LCH
Recurrent Low-Risk Organ Involvement
Refractory High-Risk Organ Involvement
Recurrent Low-Risk Organ Involvement
The optimal therapy for patients with relapsed or recurrent Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) has not been determined. Several regimens exist. Patients with recurrent bone disease who reoccur months after stopping vinblastine and prednisone can benefit from treatment with a reinduction of vinblastine weekly and daily prednisone for 6 weeks. If there is no active disease or very little evidence of active disease, treatment can be changed to every 3 weeks with the addition of oral mercaptopurine nightly.[1] An alternative treatment regimen employs vincristine, prednisone, and cytosine arabinoside.[2] Cladribine (2-CdA) at 5 mg/m2/day for 5 days per course has also been shown to be effective therapy for recurrent low-risk LCH (multifocal bone and low-risk multisystem LCH) with very little toxicity as long as the therapy was limited to a maximum of six courses.[3]
A phase II trial of thalidomide for LCH patients (ten low-risk patients; six high-risk patients) who failed primary and at least one secondary regimen demonstrated complete (four out of ten) and partial (three out of ten) responses for the low-risk patients. Complete remission was defined as healing of bone lesions on plain radiographs (n = 3) or complete resolution of skin rash (n = 4, including 3 with bone lesions that had complete resolution). Partial response was defined as healing of bone lesion, but then worsening of a skin rash that was partially resolved. However, dose-limiting toxicities, such as neuropathy and neutropenia, may limit the overall usefulness of thalidomide.[4]
Indomethacin and bisphosphonates have also been used for recurrent LCH.[5-8]Refractory High-Risk Organ Involvement
A new treatment plan is indicated when a patient with multisystem involvement shows progressive disease after 6 weeks of standard treatment, or has not had a partial response by 12 weeks. Data from the German-Austrian-Dutch Group studies have shown that these children have only a 10% chance of surviving.[9] Results of the LCH-II trial revealed that patients treated with vinblastine/prednisone who did not respond well by 6 weeks had a 27% chance of survival.[10][Level of evidence: 1iiA] Those treated with vinblastine/prednisone/etoposide with a good response at 6 weeks had a 52% chance of survival. Reports about the use of 2-CdA and 2'-deoxycoformycin as salvage therapies for LCH have been published.[3,11]; [12][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiv] In this trial, these drugs were more often effective for patients with bone, skin, or lymph node involvement. Only one-third of patients with LCH of the liver, bone marrow, spleen, or lung responded.[11] Another study demonstrated that patients with multiple reactivations or high-risk disease could be effectively treated with continuous infusion 2-CdA for 3 days.[13] Seven of ten patients on this trial required no more therapy. A total of six patients with multiorgan LCH that was resistant to other agents, including 2-CdA, have been reported to respond to treatment with clofarabine.[14,15][Level of evidence: 3iiiDii]
Patients with refractory high-risk organ (liver, spleen, or bone marrow) involvement and resistant multisystem low-risk organ involvement have been treated with an intensive acute myeloid leukemia–like protocol. Prompt change of therapy to cladribine (2-CdA) and/or cytosine arabinoside may provide an improvement in overall survival (OS).[16]; [17][Level of evidence: 3iiiDii]; [18][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiv] This is a very intense regimen and requires that physicians are able to treat infectious and metabolic complications. Responses may be delayed.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been used in patients with multisystem high-risk organ involvement that is refractory to chemotherapy.[19-22] The use of reduced-intensity conditioning, especially for patients that have received intensive chemotherapy just prior to HSCT, may reduce toxic deaths and improve outcome.[23]References
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- Egeler RM, de Kraker J, Voûte PA: Cytosine-arabinoside, vincristine, and prednisolone in the treatment of children with disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis with organ dysfunction: experience at a single institution. Med Pediatr Oncol 21 (4): 265-70, 1993. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Weitzman S, Braier J, Donadieu J, et al.: 2'-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) as salvage therapy for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). results of the LCH-S-98 protocol of the Histiocyte Society. Pediatr Blood Cancer 53 (7): 1271-6, 2009. [PUBMED Abstract]
- McClain KL, Kozinetz CA: A phase II trial using thalidomide for Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Pediatr Blood Cancer 48 (1): 44-9, 2007. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Munn SE, Murray S, Chu AC: Adult langerhans cell histiocytosis: A review of 46 cases. [Abstract] Med Pediatr Oncol 38 (3): 222, 2001.
- Farran RP, Zaretski E, Egeler RM: Treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with pamidronate. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 23 (1): 54-6, 2001. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Morimoto A, Shioda Y, Imamura T, et al.: Nationwide survey of bisphosphonate therapy for children with reactivated Langerhans cell histiocytosis in Japan. Pediatr Blood Cancer 56 (1): 110-5, 2011. [PUBMED Abstract]
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- Akkari V, Donadieu J, Piguet C, et al.: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with severe Langerhans cell histiocytosis and hematological dysfunction: experience of the French Langerhans Cell Study Group. Bone Marrow Transplant 31 (12): 1097-103, 2003. [PUBMED Abstract]
- Nagarajan R, Neglia J, Ramsay N, et al.: Successful treatment of refractory Langerhans cell histiocytosis with unrelated cord blood transplantation. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 23 (9): 629-32, 2001. [PUBMED Abstract]
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