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|John Dawlish
|Biographical information
|Blood status
Pure-blood or Half-blood (possibly)[2]
|Physical information
|Hair colour
|Skin colour
|Family information
|Family members
Helen Dawlish (possibly)
- "Don't be silly, Dawlish. I'm sure you are an excellent Auror — I seem to remember that you achieved 'Outstanding' in all your NEWTs — but if you attempt to — er — bring me in by force, I will have to hurt you."
- —Albus Dumbledore after Minister Cornelius Fudge ordered him to seize Dumbledore.[src]
John[3] Dawlish was a wizard who worked for the Auror Office in the 1990s. Highly regarded as an "excellent Auror", he was at one point the personal bodyguard to Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, having also worked under Ministers Rufus Scrimgeour and Pius Thicknesse. During the course of the Second Wizarding War, however, Dawlish's powers were diminished somewhat as he was incapacitated and attacked quite frequently.[3]
Early lifeEdit
- " […] I seem to remember that you achieved 'Outstanding' in all your NEWTs […]'"
- —Albus Dumbledore to Dawlish.[src]
John was born somewhere in the British Isles, into the wizarding Dawlish family. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he would finish his education earning at least five N.E.W.T.s,[4] all of them with 'Outstanding' marks.[5]
Sometime after his seventeenth birthday, Dawlish joined the Ministry of Magic, and completed a stringent series of character and aptitude tests in the three years that followed to join the Auror Office.[6]
Career as an AurorEdit
Under Minister Cornelius FudgeEdit
- "Enough of this rubbish! Dawlish! Shacklebolt! Take him!"
- —Cornelius Fudge orders Aurors Kingsley Shacklebolt and John Dawlish to seize Albus Dumbledore in 1996.[src]
On 20 April, 1996, after Marietta Edgecombe denounced the illegal Dumbledore's Army to Dolores Umbridge, Minister Cornelius Fudge travelled to Hogwarts Castle in an attempt to expel Harry Potter, who was leading the outlawed student group. Kingsley Shacklebolt and John Dawlish escorted the Minister there, and were positioned on either side of the door to the Headmaster's office.[5]
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore took the blame instead, with a false confession. After Fudge accused him of treason and sedition against himself and the Ministry of Magic, Fudge made a small choking noise, and then looked round at Kingsley and Dawlish. Dawlish nodded reassuringly and moved forwards, his hand drifting towards the wand in his pocket. Dumbledore said he had to hurt him if Dawlish attacked him, and the Auror blinked rather foolishly, without a clue as to what to do next. Fudge ordered the Aurors to seize Dumbledore, but the Headmaster easily defeated the Ministry officials, leaving Fudge, Umbridge, Kingsley and Dawlish unconscious on the floor as he escaped. Dawlish was the first to come to, stirring on the floor. When the wizards noted Dumbledore's absence, Dawlish fruitlessly tried to intercept him wrenching the door to the office open and disappearing down the stairs, followed closely by Kingsley and Umbridge.[5]
In the early minutes of 17 June, just after midnight, Dawlish was among the number of Ministry officials who, led by Umbridge, attacked Rubeus Hagrid in order to arrest him and sack him from his positions of Gamekeeper and Professor. While trying to Stun him, Dawlish pleaded Hagrid to "be reasonable". It is unclear whether Dawlish was one of the Aurors physically knocked-out by Hagrid, or the one who, like Umbridge, was left unharmed, but tripped over one of his unconscious colleagues and fell over.[7]
After the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Dawlish was one of the Aurors who arrived with Cornelius Fudge into the Ministry Atrium. Fudge sent Dawlish and Williamson down to the Department of Mysteries to see if there were, as Albus Dumbledore told him, escaped Death Eaters in the Death Chamber, bound by an Anti-Disapparation Jinx.[8]
Under Minister Rufus ScrimgeourEdit
- Harry Potter: "Scrimgeour wanted to know where you go when you're not at Hogwarts."
- Albus Dumbledore: "Yes, he is very nosy about that. He has even attempted to have me followed. Amusing, really. He set Dawlish to tail me. It wasn't kind. I have already been forced to jinx Dawlish once; I did it again with the greatest regret."
- — Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore in early 1997.[src]
When Rufus Scrimgeour succeeded Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic, due to his failure to announce the return of Lord Voldemort, a bunch of Aurors were stationed at Hogsmeade to provide Hogwarts Castle extra protection. Dawlish was among these Aurors, as were Nymphadora Tonks, Proudfoot and Savage.[9]
Intrigued by Albus Dumbledore's activities outside his school, Minister Scrimgeour assigned Dawlish to follow Dumbledore, but the Headmaster was forced to jinx him once more.[10]
In the summer of 1997, Dawlish was put into the Confundus Charm by someone in the Order of the Phoenix, in order to provide the Death Eaters with a false trail as to when Harry Potter would depart from 4 Privet Drive. Sure enough, Yaxley extracted information from him, and he told him that he would be moved on 30 July, escorted by an entire party of Aurors. Severus Snape, however, knew this was a false trail and told Voldemort the Order of the Phoenix would move Harry on 27 July.[11]
Under Minister Pius ThicknesseEdit
- Neville Longbottom: "But we were still fighting, doing underground stuff, right up until a couple of weeks ago. That's when they decided there was only one way to stop me, I suppose, and they went for Gran."
- Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger: "They what?"
- Neville Longbottom: "Yeah. Well, you can see their thinking. It had worked really well, kidnapping kids to force their relatives to behave. I s'pose it was only a matter of time before they did it the other way around. Thing was, they bit off a bit more than they could chew with Gran. Little old witch living alone, they probably thought hey didn't need to send anyone particularly powerful. Anyway, Dawlish is still in St. Mungo's and Gran's on the run."
- — Neville Longbottom to Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger on 1 May, 1998.[src]
On 1 August, 1997 the Ministry of Magic was taken over by Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters[12] as Minister Rufus Scrimgeour was killed and replaced by Pius Thicknesse, who was under the Imperius Curse.[13]
Dawlish continued to serve as Auror under the new regime, helping in the imprisonment of Muggle-borns and assisting the Death Eater-controlled Ministry. He was charged with transporting Muggle-born wizards tried by the Muggle-Born Registration Commission to Azkaban.[14]
Still under the effects of the Confundus Charm, Dawlish was Stunned by Dirk Cresswell halfway on their flight to Azkaban. Cresswell was not sure if he was left alright, but took Dawlish's broomstick and went on the run.[14]
When Neville Longbottom stepped over the line in rebelling against Alecto and Amycus Carrow at Hogwarts, Dawlish was sent to take Augusta Longbottom as a hostage to get Neville to cooperate with the new regime. However, the Ministry had heavily underestimated Augusta, and she caused him sufficient injury to merit admittance into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.[15]
Later lifeEdit
What happened to Dawlish after that is unknown; it is possible that Kingsley Shacklebolt, as the new Minister for Magic, had him arrested for complying with the Death Eaters' rule and for crimes against Muggle-borns, a crime that Umbridge was found guilty and was arrested for.
Physical apperanceEdit
Dawlish was described as looking very capable and self-assured, a "tough-looking wizard" with "very short, wiry" grey hair. Despite his somewhat formidable appearance, any appearance or mention of him usually involves him being hexed, usually due to a combination of far superior opponents and sheer bad luck.
Magical abilities and skillsEdit
- Duellist: Albus Dumbledore complimented Dawlish on his abilities as an Auror, saying that the man got "Outstanding" in all of his N.E.W.T exams, and so it was probable that Dawlish possessed skill when it came to duelling and spellwork. However, it was seen that he was able to be effortlessly defeated by wizards more powerful than himself, as demonstrated during the Ministry's attempt to arrest Dumbledore. Despite having Cornelius Fudge, Percy Weasley, Dolores Umbridge, and Kingsley Shacklebolt to back him up (though Shacklebolt was actually an ally of Dumbledore's and it is unknown if he would have been much help), Dawlish was still defeated by Dumbledore's magic. He was also (apparently) knocked out by Rubeus Hagrid and, later, Augusta Longbottom, which caused enough damage to have him sent to St. Mungo's Hospital. He was also defeated by Dirk Cresswell, who attributes his escape to another wizard or witch Confunding Dawlish beforehand.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Dawlish is portrayed in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by British actor Richard Leaf.
- Dawlish's frequent injuries and incapacitations are somewhat of a running joke in the last three instalments of the series. His role is largely ommited in the Harry Potter films, and his appearances are diminished to two background appearances with no lines in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and a brief mention in the first part of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- He was named after John Noe, co-host of PotterCast after a friend of John's asked J. K. Rowling what Dawlish's first name was, and displayed an obsession with the character throughout the podcast.[3]
- He was occasionally the subject of a joke saying that he would have some real significance in the last book. An example of this joke can be seen at the poll on The Leaky Cauldron.
The name "John" is the English form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Ιωαννης (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan) meaning "Yahweh is gracious".
Dawlish is the name of a seaside town in Devon. It's name comes from a nearby stream, once called "Deawlisc", meaning "devil water".
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Mentioned only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Albus Dumbledore says in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak) that he "[seemed] to remember that [Dawlish] achieved 'Outstanding' in all [his] NEWTs". This means that Dawlish sat his NEWTs no earlier than the 1981-1982 school year (as Dumbledore was born in the summer of 1981). Also, in April of 1996, Dawlish had to be 21 or up, as he was a fully fledged Auror [graduated from Hogwarts at age 17 and Auror training takes a further three years, as revealed in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)].
- ↑ As Dawlish wasn´t imprisoned in Azkaban by the Muggle-born registration commission in 1997, it is possible that he isn´t Muggle-born.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anelli, Melissa, John Noe and Sue Upton. "PotterCast Interviews J.K. Rowling, part one." PotterCast #130, 17 December 2007 on Accio Quote
- ↑ In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 29 (Careers Advice), Minerva McGonagall establishes that Aurors require a minimum of five N.E.W.T.s in order to be elegible for training to join the Auror Office.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 29 (Careers Advice)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 36 (The Only One He Ever Feared)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 8 (Snape Victorious)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Memory)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 1 (The Dark Lord Ascending)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 8 (The Wedding)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 11 (The Bribe)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 15 (The Goblin's Revenge)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 29 (The Lost Diadem)
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Valentine's Day Boycott? [VIDEO]
This guy can't be serious about this, can he? I think he must have gotten his heart broken by women a few too many times.
Marc Rudov, the self-proclaimed "No Nonsense Man" is causing controversy with his contention that real men should boycott Valentine's Day, which he calls "Nomance Day." He describes Valentine's Day as "phony, guilt-driven, over-priced" and "all about her."
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I am sitting in an airport watching the US Dream Team and in awe of just how great they look. However, as I enjoy and in fact love sports, I have to remember that our real Dream Team is Barack Obama and whomever he chooses as his running mate.
How many African Americans have dreamed but never thought they would ever see a Black Man as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party? How many of us have thought that Americans have come a long way but were afraid to tell anyone that we really do know un-prejudiced White folks.
Well, Barack Obama is the vision—his nomination is the dream. And therefore Barack and ? (I am trusting G.W. is not his running mate) is the Dream Team. African Americans are very sensitive about what we say and what we do for and about Barack. We believe we must do whatever it takes to preserve the dream.
So first off I am asking you all to VOTE! And then I am asking you to be responsible to make sure that one person you know votes, and who you may think is suspect (we all know one) also votes.
This is undeniable faith in America, in our people and even in why I believe a Trojan fan and a Bruin fan can coexist in the same house. Come on football season! Faith without works is nothing but if we all work and believe in the dream it will happen. This I truly believe.
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"Lou and I played music together, became best friends and then soul mates, traveled, listened to and criticized each other's work, studied things together (butterfly hunting, meditation, kayaking). We made up ridiculous jokes; stopped smoking 20 times; fought; learned to hold our breath underwater; went to Africa; sang opera in elevators; made friends with unlikely people; followed each other on tour when we could; got a sweet piano-playing dog; shared a house that was separate from our own places; protected and loved each other. We were always seeing a lot of art and music and plays and shows, and I watched as he loved and appreciated other artists and musicians. He was always so generous. He knew how hard it was to do. We loved our life in the West Village and our friends; and in all, we did the best we could do."
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By Billi London-Gray
Green Right Now
It's May, which means it's Bicycle Month. Cities and cycling clubs around the country are promoting bicycle riding by sponsoring group rides and bike commuter events , culminating around Bike to Work Day on May 21. But the presence on the American calendar of a designated month to encourage bicycle transportation underscores the fact that most people in this nation get around by driving cars, not by riding bikes.
Public transit and bicycle commuting are gaining ridership, but it is estimated that only 0.05 percent of Americans use a bike as their primary means of transportation — even though 40 percent of our daily trips and errands require less than 2 miles of travel, according to the National Household Transportation Survey.
What keeps people from hitting the streets with two wheels instead of four? According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics the main reasons people choose to travel by car and truck are "convenience" and "safety from accidents."
Only 23 percent of respondents felt "very satisfied" that their cities were designed for making bike riding safe, according to the same nationwide survey.
National statistics show that the danger doesn't quite match the fear: In recent years, bicyclists have accounted for about two percent of all traffic fatalities. In 2008, six times more pedestrians (4,378) than cyclists (716) were killed in traffic collisions, according the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The perception of bike riding is risky and inconvenient — as well as the reality that bikes and cars don't mingle well — are issues that cycling advocates, community planners and some city governments are trying to overcome.
Boulder, Davis and Portland make bikes a priority
Cities around the country are trying to make the streets safer for bicyclists, developing infrastructure and outreach programs to increase bicycle commuting and reduce collisions. Many have sought and received the "Bike Friendly Community" award from the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) , a national cycling advocacy group based in Washington, DC.
The Bike Friendly Community designation, awarded at four levels (platinum, gold, silver and bronze) is based on a thorough evaluation of a city's infrastructure and cycling programs.
Topping the list of Bike Friendly Communities at the platinum level are Boulder, Colo., Davis, Calif., and Portland, Ore. All three cities have put bicycle transportation on equal footing with motor vehicle transportation, devoting money to the constant improvement and promotion of bike travel within their communities.
Boulder, for example, contains 380 miles of bike routes throughout the city. Along those routes 76 underpasses allow cyclists to bypass busy intersections and roadways that would otherwise be considered barriers to bike travel. Snow plows hit the bike trails as soon as they hit the streets in Boulder's white winters. According to the Bike Friendly America Yearbook for 2010, Boulder's "bike use and other non-automotive modes of transportation have limited the growth in vehicular miles traveled in Boulder to approximately 1 percent annually since 1990."
Davis, like Boulder, has bike lanes along 95 percent of its arterial roads and has branded itself as a bike-centered community. An estimated 14 percent of city residents commute by bike, the highest rate in the country. Portland supports many programs to build interest and enthusiasm for bicycle commuting, such as providing commuter bikes to low-income adults and installing increasing numbers of bike parking corrals in commercial districts. The city reported that bicycles accounted for 13 percent of all vehicles traveling on bridges to and from the downtown area in 2009.
These top tier bike-friendly cities "have infrastructure, education programs, lots of encouragement activities, even enforcement, and they track it all with good evaluation and planning for the future," said Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists.
"Bottom line though is [they have] places to ride where normal people feel comfortable riding."
Creating these routes is key to increasing bike commuting, because the fear of being injured inhibits many would-be cyclists, said Clarke, an experienced cyclist who commutes daily from Fairfax County, Va., to his office in Washington, D.C..
"Along with every other person on a bike, I worry about cars," Clarke said. "In too many cities in this country you still have to be really committed to get out and ride every day everywhere."
Establishing routes where riders can feel comfortable is a big challenge for cities seeking to integrate bicycle commuting networks with existing roadways. Most American cities have been built with cars, not bikes, in mind. Planning and constructing bike routes to meld with existing infrastructure is a long process that requires years of evaluation and, in many cases, the wooing of public opinion by city planners.
"Complete Streets" make room for bikes
Stefanie Seskin, a policy advisor with the National Complete Streets Coalition helps cities design, adopt and implement "Complete Streets" policies to guide capital projects and make roads accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and disabled travelers alike. Boulder, Davis, Portland and most other Bike Friendly Communities have adopted these methods to streamline development of "multimodal roadways". Seskin points out that Complete Streets' policies won't get adopted without public support.
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Cities that have been successful enjoy widespread enthusiasm for transportation change among city planners and residents, she said.
"When the community is on board, it helps a lot," Seskin said. "You don't have to change anyone's mind."
Austin, Texas, a silver-level Bike Friendly Community, has faced a mixture of enthusiasm and opposition to the development of its bicycle infrastructure. Although thousands of residents commute by bike on a daily basis and the city government is actively pushing for bike network development, a recent proposal to turn one downtown street into a bicycle boulevard received strong opposition from businesses along the route. However, the city continues to work with local cycling advocates to address the main concerns faced by local riders: barriers, road conditions and traffic.
In consultation with local cyclists, the city developed and adopted a Bike Master Plan in 2009. The city also is recognized by the League of American Bicyclists as a Bike Friendly Business for encouraging and enabling its employees to commute by bike.
According to Nadia Barrera, Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator for the City of Austin, the city is installing showers in three of its buildings for bike commuters and over 2000 city employees have taken a bicycle safety course offered by the city. City planners worked with area cyclists to create a list of 25 barriers that affect bicycle commuter routes around the city. Barrera said that creating ways around these barriers is a priority for the city.


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Qube 5.0
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Web browser compatibilityYou can expect webpages published using Qube to display correctly in all modern, mainstream web browsers. These include popular desktop browsers like IE10, IE11, Edge, and newer versions of Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera. Compatibility is also offered with all recent versions of iOS and Android handheld devices too.
As always, the exact compatibility of completed webpages can be effected by other factors; like browser extensions an end user has installed, web server configurations and other code or addons that reside in the page.
Optimal settingsIn the RapidWeaver site setup, click the 'Advanced' button or tab. Make sure that CSS consolidation is enabled (checked). This is very important, because theme resources (like font icons and images) are pathed specifically to use consolidated files. Not enabling CSS consolidation would have the result of website assets missing and pages appearing broken. You will also find CSS consolidation improves website loading speed and web browser compatibility, when enabled. Always have CSS consolidation enabled.
If you intend to use theme features like breadcrumb trails, these can be enabled in the site settings too. We also recommend that cache-busting links, compression and tidied links are also enabled for optimal website performance. These features are exclusive to RapidWeaver 7 and above.
Theme style settingsseyDesign themes include numerous groups of style and color settings and Qube is no different. These let you change the basic appearance of a theme, without needing to edit any complicated code. Spend sometime to explore the choice of settings available. You might be surprised at how capable your theme is!
In the RapidWeaver sidebar, you can set a 'master style'. A master style is one set of chosen settings that can be applied to one or more pages. If at a later time you change the master style, then those changes will take effect on all website pages that are selected to use the master style. Master styles are a useful way to quickly apply the same style to multiple webpages in a project.
Sometimes you may need to break-away from using a master style. For example, you might have an individual page where you wish to remove or display a sidebar. In such instances, you'll need to open the RapidWeaver Page Inspector and click onto the Styles tab. Uncheck the 'uses master style' option. At this point, all the theme style and color settings will become unlocked for you to edit on that specific page.
If you've created one or more theme styles that you really like the appearance of (and want to quickly apply to other pages or projects), you can also save these as 'saved style sets'. To do so, click the cog button in the styles inspector. Follow the onscreen prompts for naming and saving the style set. It will be available for you to reuse from the styles pull-down menu.
ExtraContentYou may notice that all our themes contain 'ExtraContent Containers'. As the name implies, this is quite simply a method of getting content into other parts of the page that are not normally editable in RapidWeaver. Some themes have a 'Preview ExtraContent Containers' theme setting (this is normally the very-last theme style option) to highlight the name and location of ExtraContent containers in your chosen theme. From here, you can use the simple HTML code snippet to target ExtraContent containers with your content. Or choose to use any number of addon stacks that support ExtraContent.
Header imagesQube was formally designed and developed by Jonathan Head of Nimblehost, who used a selection of free stock photography images for the header images, sourced from http://www.sxc.hu. If you wish to continue using these images, please open the RapidWeaver themes drawer, right-click on the Qube preview icon and select View Contents from the menu. In the theme contents, you will find a credits.txt file that attributes the name of the photographer and provides the link / license information.
If you wish to replace any of the stock images with your own, repeat the above steps. But instead of opening the credits.txt file, open the images > editable_images folder in the theme contents. Within this directory, you can replace the sequently named / numbered images (e.g. header1.jpg or image1.jpg) with your own. Select the image for use in the theme style settings. We recommend you only make edits to a theme that has been duplicated and renamed, to prevent future updates undoing your changes.
If you're using RapidWeaver 6, you can use RWMultiTool to access and edit theme header images. Again we recommend you only make edits using RWMultiTool to a theme that has been duplicated and renamed, to prevent future updates undoing your changes.
The other option for customizing theme header images is through use of custom CSS code. Typically you can use some code similar to this, for setting a header image:
.header-image {
background: url(http://example.com/myimage.jpg);
http://example.com/myimage.jpg with the address to your image file or an image added as a resource. Custom CSS code can be entered into the Custom CSS box, within the Page Inspector.
FreeStyle bannersWe often get asked "how do I place my own image in the theme header or banner"? This process should be a whole lot easier now and no longer requires the purchase of additional theme editing software. If you're using RapidWeaver 7, simply open the Page Inspector and drag-and-drop a suitable image into Banner Image drop well. The dimensions shown are just for guidance in our themes, and in theory any shape or size of image can be used. In most instances, the banner will resize automatically to fit the image (or can be adjusted in the theme style settings).
Themes often come supplied with either ten or twenty example banner images that you are welcome to reuse in your personal or commercial projects (as part of the theme license). Similar to the ExtraContent code snippet, you can use the simple FreeStyle code snippet to embed one of these numbered images, complete with an SEO friendly alternative text (ALT) attribute:

This basic code snippet can be entered into your main content area or sidebar (where you would normally put your website content). Do not enter it in the custom header box, as this is for entirely different purposes. The SRC attribute can be edited to use your own images added as RapidWeaver resources or images that are stored on your web server already.
If you're seeking to get something a bit more sophisticated setup (like a video or slideshow) the Stacks plugin might be easier to use. Browse websites like seyDesign Stacks, RWExtras or Stacks4Stacks and search for any stack elements advertised as having support for FreeStyle. Some like the dedicated FreeStyle stack or seyDesign Super Simple Slider are perfect for the job and are free!
Font Awesome IconsWe've already included Font Awesome Icons in this theme design, so there is no further code or configuration you need to perform. The Font Awesome library is frequently updated every couple of months with new or revised icon designs. We make an effort to to try any keep seyDesign themes updated with to the latest major releases of Font Awesome. If theme updates are published for other reasons, we will try to include the latest build of Font Awesome in the update too.
To use Font Awesome icons in your projects, navigate onto the Font Awesome website and view the choice of icons available. Click an icon you want to use and copy the HTML markup. This HTML markup can then be pasted into your page. Inline or custom CSS code can be used if you want to change the appearance of the icon.
A clever trick you may see us do in some theme designs is to display a chevron or caret icon after some navigation links, to denote the presence of subpages. This is accomplishable by pasting Font Awesome Icon markup after the page name, in the RapidWeaver sidebar.

We also include the 'arrow' class name, so that these icons in the navigation structure are excluded from other parts of the page, like the mobile toggle navigation, footer navigation links and breadcrumb trails. Using single quotes instead of double quotes in the markup ensures links will still display correctly in the sitemap. To prevent icons markup showing in browser titles, simply ensure each page of your website has a unique and proper browser title set in the RapidWeaver page inspector.
Using the Nivo Lightbox effectThe Nivo Lightbox plugin is a modern, responsive lightbox effect; which can confidently handle many different content types. The normal Nivo Lightbox plugin is a paid addon for Wordpress; however the source code is opensource (MIT licensed) and can therefore be freely incorporated into non-Wordpress sites. We've included the source code for Nivo Lightbox into Qube, so everything is setup and ready for you to use.
Basic Usage
The most common use for Nivo Lightbox is to display images. Oftentimes you may want to create a link to a large image and don't want that image to be loaded on a separate page, but rather on top of the current page. Here's how you can do this with Nivo Lightbox in Qube:
- Add your image to RapidWeaver's Resources sidebar or upload an image to a directory on your web server.
- Highlight some text or an image and create a link that points to the image you want to lightbox.
- Before clicking Set Link, expand the Custom Attributes section.
- Click on the + button in the custom attributes section, and type in
classfor the Name column, and
lightboxfor the Value column.
- Now click on Set Link.
- Preview in RapidWeaver and see Nivo Lightbox in action!
The ThemeFlood knowledgebase has a more in-depth illustrated article about Nivo Lightbox, which covers some of the more advanced capabilities.
Theme modificationsAll of our RapidWeaver themes are opensource and contain code in both compressed and the original non-compressed, human-readable format. So it certainly is feasible to duplicate / rename a theme from within RapidWeaver and make any number of possible modifications to it. Most themes comprise of HTML, CSS, jQuery Javascript and graphics. In some instances, we've left the Espresso project files in the themes, to make file management and code editing even easier.
Unfortunately theme modifications, for as unique as each request can be, is a terribly time consuming task. Therefore it is not a service that we are able to offer you for free. If you require a theme modification, we can be hired to perform the consultation, coding and retesting required. A choice of fixed and hourly rates are available. Turnaround is normally quite quick. So please get in contact with us to chat about your requirements.
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Ron Sturgeon necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 115 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Blue Mound 287 Self Storage
we have a storage facility about 10 miles from downtown ft worth tx.
apartment tenants, homeoweners and renters that need to store virtually anything, commercial and insustrial tenants with equipment, trucks, trailers, etc, also boat and rv storage and those needing storage with access to electrical service
prints full color, with bleeds. I will upload text in a word document, use as you see fit, split it up, use on the panels as most appropriate. the list of reasons to rent are more or less ranked in order of importance. I will also upload soem jpg's, use as you see fit as many or as few as you want. No prefernce on colors, though our buuldings are general tan and orange, or tan and medium green, but we are not passionate about colors. we dotn currently have a logo for our business, feel free to incorporate one or not. We are a small locally owned friendly business, nothing fancy about us. Please let me know what other materials would help you. Its likely best to put our name, address and phone numbers on the front, along with the reasons to rent. the rest of the material is throughout the other panels. it is not a self mailer. A design component that prominently alerts the reader to ask about our current move in special could be helpful. We do want the map, and schedule of sizes with prices. Pictures of our facility are likely the lowest priority, most people know what these types of businesses look like. we will want raw art files, as well as art we can print on our in house duplex printers. After seeing the first few entries, I have uploaded a new content docuemnt with reduced text, and also beleive it may be better to make the pices 8.5 x 11 as a trifold, with 6 panels.


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Brand-new, with a website, too
We've eliminated the separation between online and offline: Starting in November, Lufthansa Magazin will sport a new look and boast a contemporary website. The paper edition will be printed on better paper and feature a modern layout with lots of space for the finest photography and reportage. The website will become a digital hub thanks to smart navigation, contemporary storytelling and responsive design. Have fun exploring!
The following video contains no captions. You will find a description on the website.


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The Russians led by 11 at one point in the third quarter, but they blew it. Enter Alexey Shved and Vitaliy Fridzon. Trailing 72-67 with 26 seconds to go, Shved scored five straight points to tie the game. But Brazil went back in front when Marcelinho Huertas scored on a layup with 6.1 seconds left. And then Shved found Fridzon in the corner off the inbound. Brazil's Leandro Barbosa appeared to slip—or deliberately wipe out—and take out Fridzon's legs as he shot. But Fridzon wasn't fazed. He buried the shot, and the Russians remained unbeaten in pool play.
For a handy master schedule of every Olympic event, click here.


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Meritor Remanufactured Brake Shoes Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Product Quality Leadership
TROY, MI--Jan. 22, 2013: Meritor's Aftermarket business has been awarded the prestigious 2012 North American Industry Product Quality Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan for the company's remanufactured brake shoes.
"We recognize that the production of high quality remanufactured brakes is a constant challenge for the heavy-duty trucking industry," said Janardan Damani, research analyst, Frost & Sullivan. "The North American remanufactured brakes aftermarket and its participants currently face several hurdles because brakes not only require immediate replacement but can also cause irreversible, extensive damage to trucks and increase the risk of accidents.
"A major concern for the participants of remanufactured brakes has been imports from low-cost countries. However, due to the high cost of testing and product development on the manufacturer side, low-cost countries typically feature compromises in design and product life. Second, price is the most important competitive factor in this market, and it complicates suppliers' efforts to improve their products and develop unique advantages."
The award was announced here at the industry's largest event, Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week in Las Vegas.
"We are extremely proud of this recognition for our breakthrough product, but more than that, we're so grateful that we could respond to our customers with a product that works and addresses a long-standing problem in brake shoes -- rustjacking," said Terry Livingston, general manager, Global Product Management and Shared Services, Aftermarket & Trailer, Meritor.
According to Frost & Sullivan, "Meritor stands out from the crowd for its leading position in providing innovative braking solutions for original equipment manufacturers of trucks. Leveraging its global production base and supply chain, Meritor has established itself as a leader in brake (shoe) (re)manufacturing."
More than 15 million Meritor remanufactured brake shoes have been sold to North American truck operators since it introduced them in the spring of 2009.
"This Product Quality Award represents the company's capability and excellence in the remanufactured brake segment," Damani said.
Meritor is a leading supplier of remanufactured components '€" including brake shoes, transmissions, steering gears, drivelines and axle differentials -- to North American and global truck and trailer manufacturers and truck operators.
Frost & Sullivan's Product Quality Leadership Award recognizes companies in a variety of markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance. The award is based on five criteria:
- Product performance -- Frost & Sullivan's independent analysis reveals that as a premier provider of remanufactured brakes for the heavy-duty market, Meritor has been especially successful due to its emphasis on continuously improving product quality. "For example, the PlatinumShieldTM technology in Meritor's brake products extends the brake shoe life by arresting rust-jacking."
- Product reliability -- The company has an extensive brake product line that meets customer durability expectations with proven reliability for trucks, coupled with its vast industry expertise, "thus giving the company a major competitive edge." The company also offers the same warranty it offers for new products, one year and unlimited miles, and for brake shoes specifically, the warranty against rustjacking is three years/300,000 miles.
- Product design -- Meritor has demonstrated its ability to understand its customers' requirements and offer the best solutions, "offering a product design that allows end users to ensure safety for their trucks. Meritor isÝdriven by safety."
- Product usability -- The key in the remanufacturing of brakes lies in effectively managing cores. "Meritor has successfully demonstrated that it has a quality core management practice, which helps it to procure and integrate cores in the remanufactured aftermarket brake systems." These remanufactured brakes are then rigorously evaluated using the same criteria as for new brakes, employing state-of-the-art testing equipment in its in-house laboratory.
- Perceived value --Meritor's products have a reputation for best-in-class reliability and performance. Frost & Sullivan research reveals this has further cemented customers' perceptions of the "true value the company places on product quality...Meritor's quality performance is achieved by enhancing the value proposition for its customers."
Meritor's global remanufacturing operations include eight sites in five countries producing a substantial portfolio of drivetrain and wheel-end components. More than 30,000 tons of metal are recycled annually in Meritor's remanufacturing operations worldwide, and the company recycles 90 percent of all waste from its operations. More than 40,000 tons of cores, or original components, are processed at Meritor remanufacturing facilities annually.
The Product Quality Leadership Award is a prestigious recognition of Meritor's accomplishments in the Remanufactured Brakes Aftermarket. An unbiased, third-party recognition provides a significant impact in enhancing the brand value and accelerating Meritor's growth. According to Frost & Sullivan, it desires to inspire, influence and impact three constituencies: investors, customers and employees.


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Australia Day is a major holiday in Australia – a special day to honor the country's rich cultural history and lush environment! You don't have to live down under to participate, though. In fact, you can be right here in Maryland!
Our annual Australia Day celebration at the National Aquarium is TOMORROW!
Can't wait until tomorrow? Here's a sneak peek at one of the fun activities we have planned for the event!
DIY Craft: Recycled Boomerang
- Cereal boxes/any rectangular pieces of cardboard
- Boomerang stencil
- Scissors
- Permanent markers
Instructions (makes four boomerangs):
- Print the boomerang stencil.
- Cut out the boomerang shape.
- Cut out the front and back sides of the cereal box and lay them down on a flat surface.
- Trace the boomerang shape twice onto each panel.
- Cut the boomerang shapes out and decorate them with permanent markers!
- To fly your boomerangs: grasp one of the blades between your thumb and index finger and use a sidearm motion. Applying more spin to the boomerang will cause it to fly longer and make a more complete arc when it returns.
Don't forget to join us tomorrow in Baltimore for Australia Day! Our celebration includes fun activities, animal encounters and much more!


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Competition: Design a New Logo for KDE.org
The KDE Web Team would like to announce a competition to design a new logo for the KDE.org website. The prize for the competition is the honour and satisfaction of having your work displayed on KDE.org and its subdomains, with full credit given for each use of the image. The competition will run over the course of a month and closes on April 30th, 2003. Artists are further encouraged to contribute other artwork they feel would improve the look of the website such as icons for the various sidebar sections (namely: Inform, Download, Communicate, Develop, Explore, Search, Hotspot and KDE Family). (Updated)
The requirements for the logo competition are as follows:
To enter the competition, simply email your image in PNG format (under 40kb please) to [email protected].
Once the competition has closed, the KDE Web Team will review all entries and make a shortlist of the best entries received. The authors of the chosen entries will then be asked to provide the source image file and fonts used for their design. A public poll consisting of the chosen entries will then be run over the course of 2 weeks and the winner will be announced here and notified by email!
If you have any further queries about the competition please email [email protected].
Update: 04/02 04:52 by N: The SVG, AI or PSD source for the sunshine and blue variants of the crystal KDE logos is available if required.
The Free Art License
Shouldn't the license be more permissive? Andreas Pour argued some time ago that KDE artwork should not be GPLed, since commercial products run on KDE. They may want to use the artwork. For that reason an art-equivalent of the LGPL should be used, for the artwork. Why then use a more strict license for the main image?
By Ante Wessels at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: The Free Art License
Is there any other license you would recommend then? The Free Art license sounds fairly permissive to me although I'm no licensing expert.
We tried to include all GPL related licenses to cover artwork but if there is a suitable one we are unaware of, we will of course consider permitting it. :)
By Jason Bainbridge at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: The Free Art License
The Free Art License seems to be the most suited for this king of artwork, since it's an adapted GPL for Arts : free and copyleft.
The problem with the use of the word "creator" in the license is due to a bad translation, it should be fixed soon.
By Nÿco at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: The Free Art License
As Andreas Pour pointed out, the GPL is not permissive enough. So, all the
There is a policy about the licenses that can be used.
*) LGPL as listed in kdelibs/COPYING.LIB
While images are no libs, they are in the same situation. So, only these three
*) GPL as listed in kdelibs/COPYING
These 7 are all the licenses that are possible to use in KDE. The other GPL
The svg icons use the LGPL with an add on to the license notice. See:
This copyright and license notice covers the images in this directory.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
KDE vector icons is a special kind of software library, it is an
By Ante Wessels at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: The Free Art License
Firstly remember we are talking about an images for the sole purposes of using as logos on kde.org and it's sub-domains, the only reason we put any mention of licenses there, was so the winner couldn't suddenly deny us to use the image at any stage. I'm also not going to get into a debate as to what licenses KDE libraries and what not should use as that is not my area of expertise.
Now I could with someone's assistance go through and create our own version of the LGPL like was done for the SVG icons, but is that even worthwhile for just a website logo? Do things have to be this political? I personally don't care what license the logo is under as long as it ensures we can use it and modify it.
After the new design went live one of the main complaints was about the logo that was used, so we in good spirit have organised a competition for the commnity to provide a new logo so I am hoping things like licensing isn't going to be a major barrier...
By Jason Bainbridge at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: The Free Art License
If you comply with the policy, the possibilities are most broad, with the least chance on problems. The most simple thing to do is comply with the policy. Allow LGPL, BSD and X11. Don't worry about an add-on.
By Ante Wessels at Wed, 2003/04/02 - 6:00am
Thanks Derek
Yes, great job Derek...
Ooooooops, wrong article, wrong time :-)
By Ricardo Galli at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: Thanks Derek
Great! :-)
By Fabi at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
does anyone care?
All you people who have been complaining about the KDE.org art and look, where are you? All you people posting mockups on kde-look.org where are you? It's your chance to help KDE look better...
Does anyone *intend* to participate in this contest? Can someone post a link to this contest on KDE-Look.org? I tried to register but it didn't work.
By Navindra Umanee at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: does anyone care?
By Jorge Adriano at Sun, 2003/03/30 - 6:00am
Re: does anyone care?
Put Konqi back on the page, thats all it needs.
By reihal at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: does anyone care?
Waiting for your submission... or submissions inspired from your post... :-)
By Navindra Umanee at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
No - please drop the gear motive!
My heart made a jump when I saw the call for a new logo. In my opinion KDE is held back by a set of developer centric preferences which goes straight against aestitic choices made from a pure design-craft perspective.
Two such elements are:
* the K-naming convention, which results in incredibly ugly and clumsy names. The convention is evidently purely made because of the need to signal group identity - an objective which in this case is in direct conflict with the objective of making elegant and attractive application names. If only KDE had been named ADE instead, the situation would have been som much better.
* The technological gear-based unified style. This style speaks well to developers, who are reminded of their central values and signals communality whith fellow engeneers. However, it is really badly suited as a style for non-techological end users (in other words: "users"). An important visual element like this speak to the values of the the users - it should give pleasant associations, transmit a feeling of "can-do" empowerment or instill a sense of security and familiarity. Use smiling faces, flower-motives or elegant cartoons or whatever - BUT NOT GEARS. It is cold, alienating and uninviting and associates with an industrial environment. You can almost smell the diesel when you open KDE.
This is important because such dominant form elements puts a severe limit to how good the default KDE-style can get.
The programmers of KDE can, I feel, respect the work and demands of a good craft. Design and user communication is a serious and important craft as well. Out of respect for this craft, can't you let go of the narrow developer aestetic antics and do the right thing?
So please, *please*, use this opportunity let go of the gear motive and replace it with something better.
By will at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
Wow! You've obviously thought about this quite a bit. I guess is boils down to the fact that managers don't tell developers how to write code, so developers shouldn't tell designers how to design visual elements.
By Anonymous at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
It's not that I don't like the gear as is the case for will, but I also think that it would be better not to require that the new logo is based on the gear. I understand the fear that a completely new logo with no aspects common to the old one might confuse people or generally just be a bad marketing move. Still I think that a less restrictive contest might yield more interesting results, from which KDE could possible benefit in the long run.
By Matthijs Sypken... at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
Sorry to ask, but would you suggest Gnome to drop the foot when in search for a new weblogo? FreeBSD to drop the deamon or Linux to drop the penguin? or debian to drop the spiral? ;)
The contest asks on _variations_ of the gear, not to use exactly _this_ gear.
All the contest asks, is
a) the known KDE "logo", is used in some variation (there are many gears out there ;).
When you come up with a logo without the gear wich is looking nice and still recognizable as KDE at the first glance I am sure it will not being turned down. ;)
People, the last logo lasted for _years_. When you want fame with your friends, an easy way to show your possible employer how good you design or simply what you have learned in all this arts lessons. Here is your chance.
I am looking forward to every entry.
By Rainer Endres at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
> Sorry to ask, but would you suggest Gnome to drop the foot when in search for a new weblogo?
> Linux to drop the penguin?
> debian to drop the spiral? ;)
> FreeBSD to drop the deamon
I totally agree with the other post, the K in the names end up being very weird... I don't imagine John User telling Veronica Newbie "Try k-organizer, it's a great application and if you have a palm pilot you can use k-pilot to syncronize it, it even syncronize to k-notes and k-alarm, something is on the radio..." radio: "last news, the world has be k-invaded". People doesn't even know sometimes, that they're running KDE.
By Pupeno at Thu, 2003/04/03 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
i know you put a ";)" for debian. debian changed its logo completely a couple years ago because they wanted to be inclusive of the hurd. the spiral simply won the vote. there wouldn't be anything wrong with kde doing the same thing. if the gear won, then we'd stay with the gear. a new logo might take some getting used-to but it shouldn't be a problem.
By PunkFag at Thu, 2003/04/03 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
You have some very strong points and you've thought about this quite a bit. How about channeling these ideas into a new logo without the gear. If it is good enough then perhaps you can convince others :-)
PS The K naming convention is likely here to stay unless a real alternative exists (I don't see one) and the benefit is larger than the cost of renaming and rebranding all of the official KDE apps ;)
By anon at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
Replace it with what?
Any suggestions? ;)
Smiling faces? Like the overstyled pictures on every company website out there?
I am not an artist or designer (yes I think there is a difference ;) not in persons but in the outcome (discussions about this only in private mail please ;)), so I do not have sufficient skills to come up with something myself in a decent timeframe. :(
Your input shows me, that the gears are an itch sufficient to spend time on. And from the fact I tend to agree with the gears being too technical to some extent, I invite you to enter your own suggestion in the contest.
Please bear in mind, the gear with the K is very recognizable on fairs and in print. It is there for quite some time now. I think we should not give it up too easily. People recognize our booth on fairs instantly because there is the gear somewhere (same as the Gnome foot, I can not make up my mind if it is friendly or tech though ;)
I think we are very open to suggestions, but the gear is something which is not going away easily IMHO. ;)
Thanks for your input
By Rainer Endres at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
Another point of course is that creating a completely new logo always implies the danger of creating something that is too similar to something that is already existant. Personally I'm glad that since 1998 (that's the year the current version of the KDE logo was used for the very first time) I haven't seen any logo which looked too similar.
Torsten Rahn
By Torsten Rahn at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
"the K-naming convention, which results in incredibly ugly and clumsy names"
As opposed to Gnome, GTK+, GNU, GCC, Grub, Galeon, GIMP, Gnumeric, etc. Or XFree86, XEmacs, xbiff, xscreensaver, xclock. xeyes, xnabm xmms, etc.
"If only KDE had been named ADE instead, the situation would have been som much better."
Oh yeah! Writeade, Conqade, Officeade, Lemonade, Gingerade, etc.
"Use smiling faces, flower-motives or elegant cartoons or whatever - BUT NOT GEARS."
Sounds like someone has issues they need to work through. But at least it's not a smelly foot with a toe missing!
By David Johnson at Mon, 2003/03/31 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
The gears symbolize stability, responsiveness, steadiness, reliability, evolution, modularity and precision - It's what good software and KDE is all about ("It just works")..
By anon at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
I'm partial to the colourful spinning beachball that Apple uses.
Reason being? Everytime I go to launch KDE on my iMac, under OS X.4, that's all I see for several minutes. :-)
(Ducking for cover)
By A.C. at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
How about a gear or gears with personalities.. A little softer with some kind of faces or maybe arms (like m&m's) working together to get things done..
I wish I could do something like that, but I have no artistic talent :(
By Anonymous at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
i find that flower idea quite interesting, cause a flower can quite look like a gear. think about it :)
By thomas at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
What about the dinosaur you can stil see in the logo of the german kde site? I really like him ;D
By Heinrich Wendel at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No - please drop the gear motive!
Konqi is a dragon, and he is cute indeed, just like Katie (http://women.kde.org).
Anyway, I really hope there will be submissions that include Konqi as well.
By Olaf Jan Schmidt at Wed, 2003/04/02 - 6:00am
How about..
How about a left footprint, four toes?
By IR at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
No please
What's wrong with the new KDE logo on kde.org site? You have small versions of default crystal icons. Use them.
The main problem with kde.org is that the site is boring. And it is boring because it is text based. And all text on the site has similar sizes.
When I open kde.org site I don't know what it is all about. You create software, don't you. Wright it with big letters: WE CREATE SOFTWARE. With nice antialiased fonts. And put a picture of your software or a big logo there. Add a section with small pictures which announces a new piece of software (and change these pictures every few days as the new applications arrive - it would give some life to the site - if you only change the text the site looks always the same).
One of the things totally wrong on kde.org site is KDE-forum logo. It is bigger than the kde.org logo (and visually suggests that kde-forum is more important than kde.org), it has the same main element in its logo as kde.org (wrong), and the fonts are different (wrong). The background picture of both logos should be the same (it would give consistency).
BTW, you have excellent gears on dot.kde.org.
By antialias at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
Re: No please
What's wrong with the new KDE logo on kde.org site?
The problem is that we do not have the source of the logo, so it's impossible to create other versions for all the kde.org subsites.
You have small versions of default crystal icons. Use them.
Good idea. Would you like to work it out and submit it?
One of the things totally wrong on kde.org site is KDE-forum logo. It is bigger
That's why we have a contest for a new logo. After we have chosen the new logo, KDE-forum can decide whether they would like to use similar fonts, but that's up to them.
By Olaf Jan Schmidt at Wed, 2003/04/02 - 6:00am
Let sunshine in
Has anybody ever seen that the KDE-Gear on KDE.org somehow looks like a sun ?
I not a designer , but I think its a good idea...
By Arven at Tue, 2003/04/01 - 6:00am
At designers: Please take a look at a real gear!!
The current KDE-logo must be the creation of people who never saw a gear in real live. The logo tries to appeal people with technicial interests. But it completely upsets people with mechanical knowledge. For them it looks like incompetent people are working here.
Please have a look at http://www.warpax.com/grinder/grinder.html to know what I mean.
Btw. I like the little green dragon. He gives KDE a more personal identification. I don't understand why kde.org changed the layout to such boring pagelayout. Looks so frosty and impersonal. brrrr. I hope kde.de give the dragon asyl forever.
By Peter Liscovius at Fri, 2003/04/04 - 6:00am
Re: At designers: Please take a look at a real gear!!
I do not quite comprehend this issue against the gear. I like it very, very much.
One thing I just like to add to your contest is that there are people in this world for every tastes. Every. Do not try to say your view (for the ones who are claiming against the gear or whatever) is the correct one. There is no such thing in this world as only one view of beauty.
According to the background of each individual, he will get a different response to what he sees.
Please, please remember that this logo will be seen by lots of people in the whole world.
BTW, I do not like logos to much childish (e.g. Konqui and others like it ). But this is just my taste. I do comprehend that there are people liking them.
Just to finish, I'm a mere translator, work on Linux and uses KDE. I've always like the gear. I do not program or develop anything. I just like it. It's different.
Thank you all for your work on KDE. :D
By Henrique Maia at Sat, 2003/04/05 - 6:00am
I think we have to work cause the officials logos are very good.
By Julien Chevalier at Fri, 2003/04/11 - 5:00am


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Super Robot Chogokin - Grendizer by Bandai. Due in June 2013 for 5,000 yen. UPDATED 2/28/2013 Added more photos.
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I REALLY hope this comes with the spazer. Maybe i can finally do Grendiezer Vs. Mazinkaiser SKL stop motion video to decide who's the strongest :D. Any suggestions folks on who should win?
(I would have preferred to use my Max Factory original design Mazinkaiser but alas, i don't have an SOC Grendiezer plus the articulation on the SRC's are far superior)
Pretty sure he's not coming with the Spazer. If we're lucky it might be a separate accessory pack or heaven forbid, a webshop limited. Magazine scans did show him with a Space Thunder effect part though.
I've been hoping to own an SOC Grendizer since I started collecting. Though it doesn't have a Spazer, this SRC version gives me the chance to make it happen. I do hope they make Daimos, Voltes, and Mekanda down the line...
I'm betting on the articulation on the neck (it really can bend back further then most robots, and there's even a indentation on the back of his helmet to really look up).
That there will be a Spazer. It's the only reason they would give so much articulation there. I don't have those Mazinger's but I doubt they could look up like Grendizer can.
=Spazers on the way. I mean did anyone really think they were gonna pass up an opportunity to sell you more things?
I suppose it's a safe bet to assume the hole in the center of his back is for a future spazer accessory since (to the best of my knowledge) Grendizer never attached any kind of weapon to his back.
The hole more or less confirms the Double Spazer. I'm still skeptical about getting the big saucer Spazer. The question now becomes whether the accessory pack will be sold normally or be web exclusive, and whether we'll get the Marine and Drill Spazers. The Double Spazer isn't substantial enough to be sold on it's own. Some kind of special stand maybe? They'll probably toss in the TFO to pad the accessory pack out.


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Japan needs stability and a new vision but are some things a mirage?
Lee Jay Walker
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The 1990s and continuing until today have not been kind to Japan in the economic arena and the political situation appears to be going from bad to worse. The Nikkei stock market continues to be in the doldrums and this applies to the last twenty years. At the same time, the national debt continues to spiral and the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis is adding to the woes of Japan.
Politicians in Japan are not helping because it is all about factionalism and petty infighting, therefore, the political merry-go-round continues. This applies to prime ministers resigning or being forced out of office and political shenanigans within each major party.
Even now, despite around 28,000 people dying because of the March 11 earthquake the political system remains "overtly childish" and based on "self-interests" to the extreme. The tsunami which was unleashed by the earthquake killed the vast majority of people and the nuclear crisis in Fukushima is ongoing.
Despite this, and with more than 10,000 bodies still not being recovered, you have no mutual political system whereby the politicians come together during a time of national crisis.
More alarming, Prime Minister Naoto Kan does not only face a political challenge from the opposition but even faces an internal power struggle based on the chaotic nature of Ichiro Ozawa. The internal factionalism is destroying the political system and all political parties appear to just want to mock the respective opposition and to force the prime minister to resign.
Therefore, you have a nation which is "leaderless" and while the bureaucracy remains intact and major companies keep Japan afloat. It is strange to have such a political system in a nation which is mainly based on consensus but the "political rat race" shows no sign of ending and the national debt continues to gather in pace.
Other major areas of concern applies to the strange economic system which allows virtual zero interest rates and seems to be happy about the yen being based on carry trade. Added to this, is the demographic time bomb and the huge costs which are needed in order to bring up a child in Japan.
In truth, you have so many areas and this applies to the pension system, stagnant wage structure, too much centralization, a collapsing health service and many other important areas.
Added to this are important social issues and this applies to the huge suicide problem, hikikomori, mental issues, lack of adequate care for an increasing elderly population and other important factors.
The nation of China is looming on the horizon and this applies to continuing economic growth and a strong sense of ambition. Yet for Japan, it often appears that the political system is based on being "a mere shadow of America."
This does not bode well because it is difficult to find what makes "Japan tick." After all, you have no major political ideology, religion is weak, the bullish nature of business in the 1980s appears to be a distant memory, the armed forces play second fiddle to America, and you have no clear sense of the future direction of this nation because of the ongoing political meltdown.
However, Japan is an enigma and some economists claim that nothing is what it seems. Therefore, a minority of economists and political scientists are claiming that Japan is undercutting its true economic power.
By doing this, Japan can play the exporters dream and maintain positive trade balances in this field with major economic partners. This in turn means that Japan's reserves continue to be vibrant and Japan clearly owns a huge amount of America' s debt and recently this also applies to European Union debt.
It must be remembered that the yen is very strong at the moment but how can the yen be gaining in strength against the dollar and other major currencies? After all, twenty years of small growth and times of economic stagnation should have meant that the opposite would happen.
Also, if you look at Japan's main exporting sectors then clearly high technology and state of the art products is evidence that Japan remains vibrant in many important fields. This applies to consumer electronics, optical fibers, optical media, semiconductors, automobiles, facsimile, copy machines, and other important areas.
Therefore, the dollar rate and the increasing nature of foreign nations owning America's debt may be telling a different story? After all, since President Obama came to office the national debt continues to mushroom and now the figure is $14 trillion dollars and growing.
I have resided in Japan for a long time but in Tokyo it is difficult to believe that you have had twenty years of economic misery. This applies to the employment rate being very low, low crime rate, feeling of vibrancy, continuing building projects, and an ever increasing population in and around Tokyo.
Also, you have major hubs of information technology in Kyoto and the Kansai region is still an economic powerhouse despite recent problems. More important, it does appear that local government leaders in Osaka are starting to think about the bigger picture and this applies to embarking on a greater metropolitan area, focusing on the international community and restructuring weaknesses within the system.
It is apparent that Japan faces many serious problems, however, not all is lost and many Japanese companies still play a powerful role in the global economy. More important, does anyone understand the enigma of Japan?
This applies to a huge national debt followed by major economic reserves; a powerful currency despite twenty years of little economic growth; and while Japan's internal debt grows the same nation continues to hold vast sums of America's debt and is now helping the European Union by buying Europe's debt.
Yes, Japan is a real enigma!
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Roger H. Stuewer has been chosen to receive the 2013 Pais Prize for the History of Physics in recognition of his intellectual contributions to the field, as well as for his untiring efforts in fostering its development. In its citation, the Pais Prize Selection Committee recognized him "for his pioneering historical studies of the photon concept and nuclear physics, and for his leadership in bringing physicists into writing the history of physics by helping to organize and develop supporting institutions and publications."
Stuewer's research on the history of the light quantum was published in the definitive scholarly volume, The Compton Effect: Turning Point in Physics (1975), as well as a series of widely read articles. This body of work explains why Einstein's 1905 proposal that light consists of individual quanta was rejected for almost two decades by virtually all physicists until it was confirmed by Arthur Compton's X-ray scattering experiments, published in 1923. Drawing upon Compton's research notebooks and many other archival resources, Stuewer's analysis was set in the context of attempts to understand the nature of X-rays and gamma rays.
During the 1980s, as one of the first historians to examine the discovery of the neutron and the rise of nuclear physics, Stuewer again combined his scientific knowledge with a deep understanding of the social, political, and institutional contexts of his subjects to write a series of pivotal articles. These influential publications include "The Nuclear Electron Hypothesis" (1983); "Rutherford's Satellite Model of the Nucleus" (1986); and "The Origin of the Liquid-Drop Model and the Interpretation of Nuclear Fission" (1994). His studies of early nuclear physics culminated in a brilliant demonstration of how the liquid-drop models as developed in Berlin and Copenhagen influenced the work of Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch and led to their famous formulation of the theory of uranium fission.
Stuewer's scholarship is only one of his important contributions to our discipline. Throughout his lengthy career, he has brought the history of physics to wider audiences and helped practicing physicists contribute to the history of physics in collaboration with historians. Stuewer edited several volumes in the history of science — for example, Nuclear Physics in Retrospect (1979), the proceedings of a historical symposium on nuclear physics in the 1930s, which he organized and sponsored at Minnesota in 1977. Among the participants and contributors were Hans Bethe, Otto Frisch, Maurice Goldhaber, Edwin McMillan, Rudolf Peierls, Emilio Segrè, John Wheeler and Eugene Wigner. His model for this gathering became the basis for subsequent symposia and scholarly volumes on the history of particle physics organized by Laurie Brown and others. In 1997 Stuewer and John Rigden founded and began serving as the co-editors of the journal Physics in Perspective. Among the most prestigious journals in the history of physics today, it publishes articles by a mixture of physicists, philosophers and historians.
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