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If there's a single city that deserves train travel, it's Cape Town. Not only are the trains safe and easily accessible, you have the time to sit back, relax and take in the spectacular views. The journey becomes as much of an adventure as what awaits you at your final destination.
The Metrorail, originally constructed as a commuter train system, has 688 trains operating on a 481 km rail track length, servicing 122 stations. But what makes Cape Town train rides unique are the picturesque suburbs and places of interest along any particular trip. The recently launched Bikes on Board initiative, a service available to cyclists during off-peak hours from 09:00 – 15:00 and then from 19:00 till the last train, means you can take your bike with you. This enables you to explore places of interest on the route leisurely by bike.
The popular Southern Line Tourist Route takes you from Cape Town Station all the way to Boulders Beach in Simon's Town. From the station you can stop and experience student culture through the pubs and restaurants in Observatory and Rondebosch. Wind through the leafy suburb of Newlands with its rugby fields and cricket grounds and catch a match on games days. Or, get off at the Claremont station for mall action at Cavendish Square. A lulling rumble of the tracks and clatter of couplings later and you curve into St James Beach just past Muizenberg.
The smell of the ocean, with the backdrop of the mountain and the iconic colourful beach huts lend an old-world charm to the landscape – something you might miss zipping along by car. In the right season, you might spot a whale migrating past the bay! The line ends in the historic suburb of Simon's Town, which has been a naval base for over two centuries – first for the Royal Navy and now the South African Navy. From the station you can either walk the 3 km to Boulders Beach or take a Riki's taxi. The beach itself forms part of a protected Penguin colony.
Take the northern line from the CBD and you could traverse inland discovering the Western Cape like never before. Malmesbury offers town gardens, a museum and the Malmesbury Historical Route – and what better way to start a journey steeped in history than travelling by train? Paarl (the third oldest town in South Africa), Stellenbosch (the heart of the Cape Winelands), and Worcester (the last large town of the Boland before entering the Karoo) need no introduction. These towns are stops on the northern line. Also on the same line are Somerset West and Strand. Somerset West is home to a wide variety of world-class wine estates while Strand offers 5km of pristine white sand beach and beachfront restaurants from which you can watch the sunset.
Pack a basket, getting there might take you longer than in a vehicle but you can literally pack more of a trip into a single train ride. Check the time schedule and for a minimal fare you could be exploring Cape Town in a not only convenient but also charming way.


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Law Abiding Citizen: Unrated (US - BD RA)
Gabe enjoys the simply pleasures of high definition, ultra-violent wish fulfillment...
One terrible night Clyde Shelton's (Gerard Butler) wife and daughter are brutally murdered while he's left for dead. The culprits are caught, but thanks to some legal foul-ups the prosecutor, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) decides not to take the case to court in order to maintain his 96% conviction rate. The more aggressive and guilty of the two killers turns witness against his accomplice, who is sentenced to death, and pleads guilty to the lesser charge of third degree murder. Devastated by the miscarriage of justice Shelton disappears from the public eye. Ten years later Shelton begins to reap his revenge, starting by tainting the lethal injection agents to cause the lesser criminal to suffer a most painful death. While Rice and the authorities are still reeling, Shelton kidnaps and expertly tortures the real murderer to death. Shelton is then taken to maximum security prison, where his vengeance somehow continues.
When I was first introduced Law Abiding Citizen via a series of exceedingly generic teasers and trailers, I assumed we were in for yet another Punisher movie, just not in name. Either I wasn't paying enough attention, or the ads failed to really instill the fact that the Punisher-like character was exacting just as much, if not more revenge on the justice system. While watching the film I continued to get a comic book vide, specifically one pertaining to Batman. Butler sort of resembles a Batman villain in vague ways, but my feeling was still to vague until I finally realized its source – an episode of Batman: The Animated Series entitled 'Lock-Up', where an ex-prison guard traps and imprisons members of Gotham's justice system, who he considers too soft on criminals, and thus the real problem. The episode and film are different enough in the end that I relaxed a bit after completing my realization, but the Batman parallels, along with elements obviously gathered from the Saw series (and past vigilante 'classics') kind of defined Law Abiding Citizen for me. For better or worse.
The production could've done a lot worse than hiring F. Gary Gray as the film's director. Like many directors that come from music videos Gray has been accused of working form way over content, but in the case of this script, and because he's got the right cast, he's the perfect guy for this script. Gray shoots the film like a Gothic horror film, and he squeezes exceedingly massive dollops of suspense and shock from what are otherwise reasonably predictable proceedings. For most of the film Gray and his cast, which includes Butler at possibly the best I've ever seen him, work above the shortcomings of the script, but when the final important plot point is revealed, the one that explains the seemingly impossible assassination, things kind of fall apart. I'm not sure any explanation could've come across as entirely satisfying, honestly. The whole narrative hinges on a single plot point, and whether or not the audience buys into it, which is a very dangerous way to craft a script. I don't think this ultimately crushes the whole affair, but it weakens the rest of the story, which actually ends on a relatively satisfying note otherwise. This is actually Kurt Wimmer's best screenplay since The Thomas Crown Affair, but not enough to forgive him for Ultraviolet just yet.
Much of the long term success of the film lies on the fact that it isn't really a morality play, or at least not a 'message movie'. I'm sure some folks will argue aspects of justice on the way home, but mostly Law Abiding Citizen takes the Death Wish route in just presenting its facts and scenes, allowing for plenty of super right wing wish fulfillment, without much concern for political correctness, besides the fact that Butler is clearly playing a villain. Perhaps even more important is the fact that everything is played dead straight. I assume that the filmmakers and cast had no interest in being ironic or tongue in cheek about anything, and this is the only way to make such films. Gray rarely even pays any kind of homage to '70s vigilante flicks, and though the actors play their parts largely, they never devolve into comic book like hysterics. Some critics could argue the humourless approach (aside from Butler's occasional sly one-liner) as negative, but I think the humourlessness is so pointed it could be considered a circular approach to comedy. I didn't watch the film with an audience, but I imagine it was quite a theatrical experience (even if the goopiest bits were cut out for the R-rating).
My Batman by way of Saw analogy certainly applies to the film's overall look, which is gritty, grimey, dark and spooky. With a few exceptions (any scene in Foxx's house) this 2.40:1, 1080p high definition transfer is devoted to cool colours, silver sheens, fine grain, high contrast, and above all, deep, dark blacks. Director F. Gary Gray, and cinematographer Jonathan Sela keep their Gothic look very pure. The overall tone is an almost perfect mix of blue and green, but not cartoonish. The greens are bulked up a bit outside of prison, which is almost monochromatically represented by the deep blues. Skin tones are clean, but not particularly natural, as they're kind of a few standardized hues. Almost every scene features some kind of warm hued element that pops nicely, and none of these bleed, or feature any blocking or edge-enhancement. The fine details are very sharp, from extreme close ups to wide city shots. The consistency of the wide shots is clearly beyond standard definition abilities, but the close-ups are the most impressive element of the entire transfer. Look closely at the CG veins during the lethal injection scene – you can see them pumping. The consistency of both close-up and far off details maintains even during the super dark scenes, which feature perfect, deep blacks, and razor sharp highlights. The persistent grain thickens slightly, but never in an oppressive manner.
Law Abiding Citizen's soundtrack is presented in the form of a solid and big Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track. The sound design is at its best when it's dealing in dynamics, and shocking the audience with sudden bursts of aural fury. The whole of the mix is quite heightened, but really revels in absolute silence for large sections, spiking the utter quietness with only dialogue and very subtle sound effects. These scenes mostly depend on the center channel, even moving some of the previously surround enabled effects to the channel, but the more aggressive scenes are plenty busy with stereo and surround embellishments. Dialogue takes the clear precedent, but due to the design of most of the sets the spoken word echoes into the rear channels on regular occasion. The prison sequences feature oodles of ambient inmate noise, the catacombs feature pinpointed prickles, and the cityscapes feature all sorts of incidental crowd and vehicular sounds. The occasional explosions and gunshots are punchy, bassy, and feature plenty of directional additions and afterthoughts. Brian Tyler's score follows the basic modern thriller template closely, but a few poignant symphonic bits escape the mix, which is warm, and equally punchy when it needs to be.
For some reason Anchor Bay has put the theatrical, R-rated cut of Law Abiding Citizen on a separate disc, and with it the set's only audio commentary, which features producers Lucas Foster and Alan Siegel. The track is solid, including both spirited discussions and informative behind the scenes stories. The tone is definitely in-keeping from the usual producer's point of view, focusing more on the wider scale of production, including money, rather than a more pointed look at the artistic or narrative aspects of filmmaking. This leads to a little too much back patting, and cast and crew loving, but usually leads to a nice broad view of the process.
Back on disc one, the unrated one, the extras continue with 'The Justice of Law Abiding Citizen' (6:00, SD) is a brief look at the actual laws as they apply to what happens in the film. It's too short to really work, but is an entertaining twist on the usual EPK. 'Law in Black and White' (15:00, HD) takes a look behind the scenes in stylistic black and white. This piece is a mix of raw behind the scenes, mostly of the heavier effects scenes, and kind of fluffy cast and crew interviews. Again, it's mostly a selling piece, but it's well made. 'Preliminary Arguments' (6:50, SD) features five special effects progressions with production commentary. The final piece is a pre-visualization of an alternate ending. Things end with a trailer 'mash-up' that apparently one some online contest, a real trailer, and trailers for other Anchor Bay releases.
Law Abiding Citizen isn't exactly a great motion picture, and it doesn't bring oodles to the mad vigilante formula, but it's better than expected, and very well made. The film is technically tight, very well acted, tonally adept, and overall pretty satisfying right up to the point the villain's plot is fully revealed, after which it's a bit of a bummer. The Gothic and Noir visuals look very sharp on this 1080p Blu-ray disc, and the Dolby TrueHD soundtrack is finely tuned to the suspense and mood. The extras are brief, but reasonably satisfying, even if the existence of two discs (one for each cut of the film) is a little odd. I recommend a viewing with muted expectations.
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Right thinking Americans hold a city hostage and kill people, eh? Wouldn't that make the guys that raped and killed his wife super heroes then? Or do super heroes also eat babies?
Gabe Powers wrote: Fair enough Cruize, I'm fine with wish-fulfillment stuff, I just though Butler was a particularly brutal Batman villain, and I always root for Batman. I also admit I'm disturbed by the idea of viewers placing him in a real world situation and thinking he did the right thing.
He was the good guy of the movie. He did what any normal, right thinking person would do in the same situation. He took care of what the totally worthless government refuses to do for the people they say they protect. Bunch of lies.
He was the good guy of the movie. He did what any normal, right thinking person would do in the same situation. He took care of what the totally worthless government refuses to do for the people they say they protect. Bunch of lies.
I've thought about it, and you guys are right (though I'm not sure for the right reasons), it should've ended darker, and nothing about the last 5 minutes makes any sense anyway.
Now when you put it in that context, totally agree with you. Real world, nope, can't root for this guy. Wish-fullfillment, definitely. Absolutely agree with you on that.
Fair enough Cruize, I'm fine with wish-fulfillment stuff, I just though Butler was a particularly brutal Batman villain, and I always root for Batman. I also admit I'm disturbed by the idea of viewers placing him in a real world situation and thinking he did the right thing.
Gabe, that is the beauty of subjective art. You see him as a villain, me and the others who saw it with me were pissed because we saw him as the hero. He did what others couldn't or wouldn't. He killed those who directly or indirectly were assocated with his family's death and/or the eventual botched prosecusion, or lack there of. It was very disappointing that the film ended the way it did. Butler was 10 steps ahead of the system and all of the sudden they not only make up those 10 steps they get one ahead of him? A check of IMDB discussion threads there are several dedicated to this very point of how disappointing the ending was, so it isn't just me and my merry clan
Just like ultimately the audience rooted for Ledger's "Joker", so too you root for Butler's "Clyde Shelton". Imagine that Dark Knight ends with one of the groups of people blowing the other up as he had planned, only to have Batman overcome him and instead of stopping his fall, Batman allows Joker to die in the fall. Instead, the Joker's plan is twarted, not by the system, but the unexpected humanity of persons put in a live or die situation. And Batman does save Joker from falling to his death. They took the easy way out with Law Abiding Citizen, ignoring the fact they had created a cat and mouse story where the audience didn't want the cat to "win" neccessarily.
Just like ultimately the audience rooted for Ledger's "Joker", so too you root for Butler's "Clyde Shelton". Imagine that Dark Knight ends with one of the groups of people blowing the other up as he had planned, only to have Batman overcome him and instead of stopping his fall, Batman allows Joker to die in the fall. Instead, the Joker's plan is twarted, not by the system, but the unexpected humanity of persons put in a live or die situation. And Batman does save Joker from falling to his death. They took the easy way out with Law Abiding Citizen, ignoring the fact they had created a cat and mouse story where the audience didn't want the cat to "win" neccessarily.
I thought this movie was just okay. I agree the performances were strong and the kills were brutal, but the premise has been used before. "A man killing others because of their actions". "To teach them the value of life and because of their mistakes". Hmm, where have we heard that one before? Saw comes to mind. Also, Spoiler EVEN the main antagonist gets killed, just like the main antagonist in Saw for his wrong doings. I thought the "bad guy gets killed" ending was also very cliche. . I also thought the dialogue came off very recycled such as, "Killing people is not going to change anything," and Jamie Foxx's character was pretty disposable.
I know, I know, I should enjoy a movie for what it was, but after all these recycled story lines coming out, I wish there was at least ONE original movie. It did hold me interest very well, but the dialogue and premise kind of brought it down in my opinion. Good for a first viewing, but that's probably it.
I know, I know, I should enjoy a movie for what it was, but after all these recycled story lines coming out, I wish there was at least ONE original movie. It did hold me interest very well, but the dialogue and premise kind of brought it down in my opinion. Good for a first viewing, but that's probably it.
I must say I'm kind of frightened by the complete lack of understanding in a couple of these posts. Butler was a VILLAIN, through and through. A psychopath! He sent a video of him chopping a man up to Fox's family! He killed a whole bunch of people! Did you guys miss that stuff? He was a very bad person. His story was tragic, but he was enjoying every minute of his bloody 'revenge'. Even the Punisher got bummed out when he accidentally shot a cop. That was the beauty of Butler's performance, he made you like the bad guy, a bad guy whose only redeeming quality was the fact that he was f**ked by the system. He's not even an anti-hero, like Travis Bickle, he's a bad guy.
I absolutely loved this film up until the end. I HATE the end of the movie, absolutely hate it. "Justice" is not served, rather, the system wins out. There are few movies that I have had this strong of a liking for, only to have the film leave me totally pissed off.
This was thoroughly enjoyable - better than most movies. I found Gerard Butler to be quite good in it. I say 3 1/2 out of 5.
i LOVE this movie (just watched it last night) but (without spoiling) i wish a person who lives at the end had died and i wish someone who died at the end lived. plus Fox is a terrible actor and nearly ruined this movie for me. Gerard is AWESOME!!
I enjoyed this movie. Finished watching it this morning.
From what I could tell the only big difference between the cuts is the torture scene at the beginning, which is pretty freaking brutal when uncut.
I thoroughly enjoyed this one, too. I only wish the DVD release of this title also included the DC, but I'm sadly aware that giving the Blu extra content is an industry trend that's not going anywhere!
Oh well, at least it was only ten bucks at Best Buy.
Oh well, at least it was only ten bucks at Best Buy.
Hugely enjoyable movie, and great review. I went in a bit cautious as I had read some terrible reviews and it was exactly what the above review said: "Law Abiding Citizen isn't exactly a great motion picture,... and overall pretty satisfying right up to the point the villain's plot is fully revealed".
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Disc Details
Release Date: 16th February 2010
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Producers Commentary, The Justice of Law Abiding Citizen, Law in Black and White, Behind the Scenes, Preliminary Arguments, The Verdict, Trailer Mash-up, Trailer
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Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meany, Viola Davis, Michael Gambon
Length: 109 minutes
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The scent of locust wood smoke and the sound of crackling fires permeated the early morning scene on Hog Butchering day.
Guided by the predawn glow of a flickering lantern, Daddy lit the kindling wood under the scalding tank. He fed the fire until the water almost reached the boiling point, then built more blazing fires to heat water in several tripod-mounted, big black cast-iron kettles. Every greasy task, and lots of cleanup, required a daylong supply.
The slaughter began around 7:00 AM as Daddy, Uncle Bill and Uncle Hartzell coaxed the first hog from the sty and shunted it into an open paddock. There one of my uncles stunned the animal with a .22-caliber rifle. They only needed a single shot aimed at a spot slightly above the eyes. Their aim was precise enough to immediately immobilize and topple the animal. My marksmanship, on the other hand, was so bad I couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a scoop shovel.
The tussle to upend the critter began by grabbing all four feet and landing the porker in the belly-up position. Granddaddy clutched a curved sharp knife and slashed the left side of the pig's throat. From there he reached deep inside and pierced the jugular vein, located about three inches from the jawbone.
A clean severing of that major vessel maximized the amount of blood the beating heart pumped free of the body before the onset of rigor mortis. Draining the circulatory system as much as possible was a precautionary step in securing a satisfactory curing and safe storage of hog meat under farm conditions.
George and Lee Grant, Joe Harris and Daddy dragged the limp body toward the scalding tank. Both uncles joined in for added heft. The team hoisted the four-hundred-pound hog to the adjoining platform, then stepped back from the smoke and took time to wipe sweat from their brows. "Heave ho, over you go!" sang Uncle Bill, affecting an oh-so-painful grimace as he put his shoulder to the carcass and pretended to single- handedly dunk the beast.
Daddy called out, "Bill, don't get ahead of me! I need to check the temperature of the water." Most farmers tested its warmth with their bare hands. Daddy was more precise, using an older model steam pipeline thermometer that had been discarded at the mill. He wasn't about to take the chance of "setting" the Hair if the water was much hotter than necessary. Conversely, too cool a temperature would result in an incomplete scald with the same effect, namely that the hair was not easily freed from its roots.
After assuring himself the water was 190 degrees, Daddy added a small shovelful of wood ashes to help clean the carcass.
The four-man team slowly lowered the hog, back first, into the tank using two seven-foot-long, twisted-link trace chains. George and Lee had their protective boots on and stood astride the top edge of the trough as they worked in tandem to dunk and rotate, while making sure to expose both sides of the limp body to the air a couple of times.
Lee noticed the hide rubbing against the chains began to show signs of bare skin. "Look'a there boys," he said, "she's a comin'." At each end, Daddy and Joe made sure the hair around the extremities was also loosening.
Evidence of a good scald soon appeared — the bristles around the head and ears started to peel off easily. Granddaddy pulled on the tail and it came clean as a whistle. Then he rubbed the legs to see how well they were doing. Before long the rush was on to get the animal out of the tank and repositioned once again on the platform.
Everyone took a hand in working over the hog to remove the coarse hair and scrape the hide clean. "Don't just stand there, Kenneth," Bill barked, "get me another bucket of scalding water. There are a few stubborn hairs to be scraped off before we have a bare carcass."
Daddy had a notched, homemade gambrel stick in his hand. "Hartzell, when you finish teasing out the hamstrings on both hind legs, help me insert this between the exposed tendons," he said. I watched as they slid this butcher's device into place.
The butchering crew had previously erected a horizontal scaffolding pole held up by a stout set of A-frames, made from slender tree trunks. There they suspended the newly scalded and scraped animal, with the head dangling about a foot off the ground.
Granddaddy Ambrose, the adroit butcher and meat cutter, readied himself for the evisceration process by donning a white apron. First he removed the pig's head, then dashed more hot water over the carcass, using his newly sharpened butcher knife to shave any remaining spots that were not completely clean. This procedure was repeated as necessary until the smooth and pinkish skin was free of hair and bristles.
The pearly-white carcass was now ready to gut.
–from 'The Day is Far Spent,' by Kenneth A. Tabler, Montani Publishing, 2006
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Chaffetz's district shocked by decision not to seek re-election
Draper, Utah —
(KUTV) There were a lot of shocked reactions coming from Utah's 3rd Congressional District after Rep. Jason Chaffetz announced that he's not running for re-election.
Voters from Cottonwood Heights, Draper, and Provo spoke about his decision.
"I'm very surprised," said Carol Gordon while sipping coffee at Beans & Brews in Cottonwood Heights. "But, pleased because I think it might open the door for his challenger and it would be nice to have a changing of the guard. He's done as much as he can do."
At a nearby table sat a group of high school students who will be voting in 2018. Several of them said they attended Chaffetz' heated town hall meeting in town and were not planning to vote for him in 2018.
"I'm glad that he's going to be out of the picture," said 17-year-old Isaac Reese. "He's just hurting my future and I won't support someone who is hurting my future."
At a park in Draper, many of the moms hanging out with their kids, said they don't really care either way. But one grandmother said she believes Chaffetz is getting the job done.
"I thought he was a very good man and I thought he was doing a very good job," she said.
Utah's 3rd Congressional District covers parts of eastern Utah extending from Salt Lake County, through parts of Utah county to the Arizona boarder.
Chaffetz swept every election over the years in office, but many said they believe his time is up.
"I think he saw the writing on the wall and thought it was a good time to get out," said Dayna Huges on the streets of Provo.
"I'm just glad he's going to open it up and let someone else have a shot at it," said LuAnn Campbell in Provo.
Provo had a mixture of supporters, and those who are happy he's stepping down.
"I was happy to hear that news," Mary Hasler said. The reason she feels that way? "His lack of energy of looking into anything that he should be looking into about Trump."
But Jonathan Rivera and Kyle Stenson, on a lunch break in Provo, said they believe Chaffetz had done a good job fighting for Utah in Washington.
"Overall I really like the guy," said Rivera. "He's on the attack in regards with personal issues in Washington that I personally feel we do need to clean up."
"I love what he's done for the conservative voice," Stenson said. He believes Chaffetz could have furthered his political career by staying where he was at. "Given more time I think he could have advanced his career up [in Washington], because I think he's got the ear of President Trump and I think he could have been supported at the highest level."


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You have followed all the rules, written an inspiring resume, and now you're puzzled because your online submissions and emails receive no response.
You have followed all the rules, written an inspiring resume, and now you're puzzled because your online submissions and emails receive no response.
A potential source for your frustration may be technology-related. If you're perplexed about why your resume is not drawing the right attention, take heed to ensure you're not stacking the odds against you.
Each time you submit your resume online, there's a strong probability that scanning technology (ATS software) is employed to screen your qualifications. This process categorizes, ranks and archives each resume submitted online — yielding a limited group of potential candidates.
The typical job-seeker will select, or will "copy and paste," a pristine Microsoft Word version of his resume and cover letter for online submission. What he doesn't know is that these documents are converted internally into a Plain Text or ASCII format — cluttered with irrelevant characters in an altered format. This conversion may potentially "choke" the scanning process, compromising your outcome.
To err on the side of caution, always save the Word version of your resume in Plain Text format and edit after viewing to remedy shoddy formatting. By using a text editor (such as MS Notepad), you can easily replace the multitude of "?" characters (formerly a bullet) with an asterisk (*) and reformat the content as required. Submitting an edited Plain Text version of your resume and cover letter online, although not as attractive as Word, may be the extra nudge required for a superior ranking.
As creatures of habit, job-seekers often incorporate their contact information as part of a Word document "header" and/or "footer." As I and others can attest, should you elect to attach an MS Word version of your resume in an email, the contact information contained in the header and/or footer may not be displayed on the recipient's screen. As a result, you may never be contacted by a busy recruiter.
Technology is not perfect. Invariably, your PC is not configured identically as the recipient's PC. Variations in operating systems compounded by multiple releases and configuration options within MS Office may be the source for these occasional problems.
Regardless, to avoid such an issue, always incorporate your resume content within the main body of a Word document. By using the "Margins" option in Word, you can easily adjust the page margins to meet your formatting needs.
When submitting your resume as an email attachment, the sender assumes that the recipient will be able to open it. Surprise! There are a variety of reasons why the recipient may not be able to open your attachment — including corporate network security restrictions. Incorporating your resume content in the main body of the email eliminates a potentially frustrating extra step for any busy recruiter. However, if you are asked to send your resume as an attachment, always send a PDF version to deter possible alterations, and always follow up to verify that your email was received and your resume successfully opened.
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Several weeks passed, and the young man was summoned for the first fitting of the new suit. He tried it on, and realized that it seemed to be pulling across the shoulders. "No problem," said the tailor. "You just need to bend sideways a bit more." Another week passed, and it was time for another fitting. The young man had never actually had a suit made to measure before and did not want to appear too critical, so he hunched himself into the jacket. This time one sleeve was clearly longer than the other. He pointed this out to the tailor. "No problem," said the tailor. "You only need to hold the shorter sleeve down a bit with your hand, and then they will both look the same length." Again, the young man did not like to argue, so he complied with this bizarre suggestion.
Finally came the trousers. Getting into the trousers was such a struggle that the young man could not rightly see how he was ever going to be able to walk in them, but the tailor surveyed him, admiringly. "My word, sir, but you cut a fine figure indeed in this suit." The client smiled wanly and limped across the room, trying not to look too closely at his reflection in the mirror. With reluctance, and in deep disappointment over the suit project, he paid the bill and hobbled home.
On his way home, people in the street turned to stare at him, as he struggled to walk in the lopsided trousers, his shoulders painfully crooked, and holding one sleeve down with his hand. "Poor guy," said one of the bystanders. "What a shame that such a young man should be so deformed. But how lucky he is to have such a skillful tailor!"
This story came to mind again recently when an old friend called me for a chat. I have known her for years, and she is one of the wisest people I know, as well as being one of the kindest and truest of friends. Because she has suffered all her life from the effects of a spinal malformation, she has had to spend much of her time lying flat on a mattress. I have often seen her dealing with meetings and conferences in this position. She is a religious sister, and this year has been offered some sabbatical time. She was telling me about how she is using it.
"I have always known," she told me, "that our journey with God is about body, mind and spirit. But I have tended to neglect the 'body' bit and focus on the intellectual and the spiritual. My body was more of a burden to be borne than a blessing. Then something told me that this should change, so I decided to give my body a sabbatical as well."
This thinking has led her to spend several periods of intensive exploration with a spiritual guide who is also a practitioner of the Alexander Technique. So my friend's spiritual and physical exercises are becoming intertwined, to the great benefit of both body and soul.
But what was really exciting for her, as she told me all this, was that her guide and mentor had explained the root causes of her chronic back pain. "You see," she told me: "I have this malformed spine going through my body like a crooked rod. Now I discover that all through the years my muscles have learned to adjust themselves to this distortion and have forced themselves into unnatural postures in their attempt to keep me together and semi-functional. My mentor is teaching me, slowly and painfully, to re-educate my muscles to take up the positions and functions that nature intended. It's very hard work, reshaping what has been out of shape for so long, but it really is helping." She paused for breath, then continued: "But Margaret, what a parable!"
What a parable indeed! How readily we conform ourselves to the deformities and distortions of our lives and our world, rather than facing the pain and the discipline of living true to who we really are. The result is chronic inner discomfort, or worse.
There is indeed a crooked spine running right through our world today, and perhaps there always has been. Its deformity has been shaped, since humankind first became self-aware, by the human tendencies toward greed, materialism, self-aggrandizement and the thirst for power. While we are not personally or totally responsible for this systemic distortion, we do have choices. We are like my friend's muscles. We have adjusted ourselves to a distorted system instead of struggling to live true to ourselves, and thereby challenge the distortion of the system. Challenging crooked systems is costly and painful and requires time, discipline and courage. It may demand that we confront what is out of order in our governments, our religious systems, our workplace or our family relationships. It will certainly demand that we examine and try to correct what is out of order in ourselves.
A few questions to address during Lent might be these: Am I feeling uncomfortable with the way things are in me and around me? Could it be because I am struggling to make myself conform to something that is not true either to myself or to God? If so, am I going to keep on forcing myself into this bad suit, until I cannot walk straight any more? Or will I fire the tailor?


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Voting at Webster University
Students have unique issues when it comes to voting. Do you register where you go
to school or where your permanent address is? Will you lose financial aid if you change
your voter registration? Will you need to change your driver's license if you vote
in Missouri?
This page is designed to give you information to help you find answers, register to vote and research the issues. This is a non-partisan informational page to give you the tools you need to vote.
Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center for Justice was developed by the New York University School of Law. This site offers a 50-state voting guide to help students understand how voting laws and rules differ from state-to-state. The site explains residency, registration, identification and absentee voting requirements for voters in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Their Missouri Student Voting Guide can be found here.
Rock the Vote: Voting as a Student
Rock the Vote also has a link allowing you to register to vote, search to see if you are already registered, find a polling place and sign up for election reminders.
United States Election Assistance Commission
This site has the National Mail Voter Registration Form in English and a number of other languages. They also have a link providing resources for military and overseas voters.
Vote Missouri
The Missouri Voting Rights Center also gives you the opportunity to register to vote (via mail), find out what types of ID are required to vote and also explains how Missourians can vote while overseas. This site also includes a helpful section for military voters. A similar link for Illinois can be found here.
Vote Smart
If you are interested in researching the candidates and the issues, Project Vote Smart is a non-partisan, non-profit educational organization that allows you to research candidates and current office holders in your state.
TurboVote requires registration to use. Once registered, you are able to download necessary documents to register to vote and sign up for text alerts notifying you of upcoming elections. Note: Turbovote has a $5 annual subscription fee or will charge you for postage if you want the forms mailed to you, however, you are able to print them out yourself for free. Other sites listed above will also allow you to print out voting documents or register online without having to sign up for a login or pay for a subscription.


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Comparison Between Rituximab Treatment and General Corticotherapy Treatment in Patients With Pemphigus (Rituximab 3)
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|Comparison Between Rituximab Treatment and General Corticotherapy Treatment in Patients With Pemphigus
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|Comparison Between Monoclonal Antibody CD20 Treatment (Rituximab (mabthéra))and General Corticotherapy Treatment in Patients With Pemphigus
|Brief Summary
Pemphigus is a severe and sometimes life-threatening disease with a mortality rate between 5 and 10 percent depending on the severity of disease and age of patients.
The standard of care is high doses of corticosteroids (CS) (usually, prednisone, 1 to 1.5. mg/kg/day, which are often associated with immunosuppressive drugs i.e., azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, although only one randomised study has demonstrated the superiority of the combination of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs as compared to corticosteroids alone (9). Because of the low frequency of the disease, control trials are difficult to conduct. Evaluation of the different treatment regimens proposed, i;e; corticosteroids alone, CS and immunosuppressive drugs, IV immunoglobulins or new therapeutic regimens such as rituximab (an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody directed against B- lymphocytes) or immunoadsorbtion.
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|Joly P, Maho-Vaillant M, Prost-Squarcioni C, Hebert V, Houivet E, Calbo S, Caillot F, Golinski ML, Labeille B, Picard-Dahan C, Paul C, Richard MA, Bouaziz JD, Duvert-Lehembre S, Bernard P, Caux F, Alexandre M, Ingen-Housz-Oro S, Vabres P, Delaporte E, Quereux G, Dupuy A, Debarbieux S, Avenel-Audran M, D'Incan M, Bedane C, Bénéton N, Jullien D, Dupin N, Misery L, Machet L, Beylot-Barry M, Dereure O, Sassolas B, Vermeulin T, Benichou J, Musette P; French study group on autoimmune bullous skin diseases. First-line rituximab combined with short-term prednisone versus prednisone alone for the treatment of pemphigus (Ritux 3): a prospective, multicentre, parallel-group, open-label randomised trial. Lancet. 2017 May 20;389(10083):2031-2040. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30070-3. Epub 2017 Mar 22.
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Vancouver-based photographer Dina Goldstein shoots for magazines and ad agencies around the world. Her series, In the Doll House, examines the less than perfect life of B and K. B is a super doll, the most successful doll in the world. Her partner K is grappling with his sexuality and finds himself in a loveless marriage. He struggles with his position in the household and faces his lack of authenticity.


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Richard Stockton, 12
Farmingdale State, 9
Pomona, NJ � Richard Stockton (6-5, 4-3 Skyline) scored three goals in the fourth quarter to snap a 9-9 tie and defeat Farmingdale State (3-9, 3-4 Skyline) 12-9 today. The Ospreys won their third consecutive game and dealt Farmingdale its fourth straight loss. Freshman Josh Dybus (Lyndhurst/St. Peter's Prep) led Stockton with four goals and Steve Mazurek (Jackson/Jackson) contributed two goals and two assists. Keith Bologno (Glen Gardner/ Voorhees) added one goal and three assists for the Ospreys.
Farmingdale State goalie Kevin Winters (Baldwin, NY/Baldwin) played a superb game despite the loss, finishing with 23 saves. Chris Fiorenzo (Lindenhurst, NY/Lindenhurst) led the Rams' offense with two goals and two assists. Stockton outshot Farmingdale State 61-24.
Fiorenzo scored for Farmingdale with 20 seconds left in the first half to tie the back-and-forth game 6-6. The Rams opened up a 9-7 lead in the third quarter but Jon Kelly (Howell/Howell) netted two consecutive goals for Stockton to tie the match 9-9 after three periods. The 9-9 deadlock was the fifth tie of the game.
In the fourth quarter, Dybus scored the eventual game-winner with 13:30 to play and added another tally five minutes later. Bologno gave Stockton a three-goal cushion with 5:04 on the clock and the Ospreys went on to the 12-9 victory.
Stockton will travel to Kean for a Skyline Conference game on Wednesday, April 18 at 7 pm. Farmingdale State will host Stevens in a Skyline Conference game on Tuesday at 3:30 pm.
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(Boston, Mass. – Aug. 8, 2013) - The owner of Meriden Enterprise Center has agreed to pay a penalty of $52,500 to settle EPA claims that it violated federal regulations covering the disposal requirements for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
290 Pratt Street, LLC owns the Meriden Enterprise Center facility in Meriden, Conn. EPA alleges that in June 2010, PCBs were discovered to have leaked from transformers and to have contaminated soil and concrete areas at the Meriden Enterprise Center. The release prompted EPA and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CTDEEP) to require that the PCBs be cleaned up in accordance with PCB regulations under the Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) and in accordance with Connecticut law. Under the terms of the agreement, 290 Pratt Street, LLC will promptly complete any remaining PCB cleanup requirements.
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Finally: Another awards ceremony! At last night's Grammys, celebrities seemed eager to cuddle up to the warm and welcoming bosom of a red carpet, and for the most part, everyone cleaned up nicely. Hell, even Lisa Rinna looked good, forgoing her usual penchant for leopard print for sleek silver. Other big successes: Alicia Keys, who always looks sleek; Fergie, who kept things minimal and sunny; Natasha Bedingfield, who dazzled in royal purple; and Rihanna, who had the most exciting dress of the evening by far — short, snappy, dazzling. But of course, there were the losers, too, and we don't just mean the people who went home without statuettes. Carole King would have been better off in a tapestry than what she was wearing; Taylor Swift looked like she was headed to the prom; Cyndi Lauper looked like the Bride of Frankenstein, and we're not sure what the hell Kelis was thinking. Galleries of the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Grammy Awards, after the jump.
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Tucson Arizona Family History Center
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Center Contacts and Hours
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- The free standing building is located on the north east side of the Tucson East Stake Center parking lot, south of Palo Verde Park. There is ample parking and handicap accessibility.
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- Tuesday 10 am - 9 pm
- Wednesday 10 am - 2 pm
- Thursday 10 am - 9 pm
- Friday 10 am - 5 pm
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- Closed: April 6, October 5, November 28, 29, 30, December 20 - January 2
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- 9:00am to 1:30pm
- SCHEDULE (NEW - Posted January 14th)
- List of Classes:
- Making the Most of Ancestry.com: With more than 11 billion records and 31,000 searchable databases, Ancestry.com is the most popular website for genealogy research. However, the sheer amount of data can make searching for your ancestors seem daunting. This class will help you navigate the records more efficiently and provide an overview of the other resources available to users of Ancestry.com. (Handout)
- British Research for Beginners
- British Isles Research - Beyond Parish Records
- Genealogy subscription websites available at no charge through the FHC: Many of the major websites useful for genealogy research charge a fee. Several of these can be accessed at LDS Family History Centers without charge. This class is an overview of these websites.
- Civil War Records and Research: From the time of their draft or enlistment through their death from old age, veterans of both sides of the Civil War left behind a legacy of records. This program will cover the types of records generated at the beginning of service, during service, and post-service. We'll also cover eligibility and pension acts, as well as the pension records. What to look for and how to locate it. (Handout)
- Family History for Those Who Think It's Done and Fleshing Out Your Pioneer History: Many members of the LDS Church whose families have been members for several generations believe that their family history is complete. This class suggests several family history projects which can be considered by these individuals. Also, we will briefly consider resources one can investigate if they would like to know more about their Pioneer ancestors.
- German Research Tips (Handout)
- Finding the Living: Tips to get you started to find lost family and friends from Private Investigator Amy Urman. (Handout)
- Finding the Dead - Sources to Research: Paper Trail of Death - Sources to locate death and burial information other than a standard death certificates. (Handout)
- OK, I'm Sitting in Front of the Computer - Now What Do I Do?: Getting organized and places to go to find your ancestors.
- Immigration - Finding the Details of Your Ancestor's Arrival in America: This class will focus on where to search for information that will lead you to your ancestor's immigrant ship. Sources for ships' lists - both on line and in libraries - will also be discussed. (Handout)
- Scots-Irish Research: "The Scots-Irish" a brief history of the origins of these unique people. The emphasis of this class will be finding appropriate records on individuals ranging from the 1800s in America back to the 1500s in Great Britain. On line source handouts will be provided.
- "Will" You or Won't You? - Wills and Probates: This wills and probates 101 class will take you through the probate process from wills to death to probate to settlement. We will discuss terminology, genealogical tidbits found in probate documents, and where and how to look for probate documents.
- On-Line Resources and Tools - Not Limited to the Family History Center Portal: Emphasis on Google Earth, Google Maps, and related resources.
- Family History Basics - Setting Up Space, Gathering and Entering Information, Scanning, and Preserving: This course will focus on how to organize your paper research and get them digitized. It will teach tips on creating an electronic filing system, naming files, scanning photographs and documents, and photo/document preservation.
- FamilySearch Indexing - Serving in Family History from Home or Anywhere: Over 2 billion genealogical records are searchable online for free through the efforts of volunteers. But the work is not done, and the need for indexers worldwide is growing. Anyone can index, anywhere, for just minutes a day. This class will show you how easy it is to participate in this global project by taking you through a live demonstration of the Indexing program. (Handout)
- Maps, the Best Kept Family History Research Secret
- Audio Digitizing: Use Free Software to record tapes, or real time audio and then clean up background noise. Share files as MP3's or CD's and more.
- Document Digitizing: Emphasis is on scanning hand written and typed documents - photo albums, etc. with brief coverage of movie and video digitization.
- Oral Histories: Capture Living Legends. Good questions and strategies for starting dialog and conversation that can be recorded for posterity.
- Gathering and Publishing Your Family History
- Clues to Conclusions: If you've been researching for a while, you probably have piles (or files) of paper – documents, notes, photocopies, etc. And you're still missing the ONE document that proves the parents of your great-grandmother. This presentation will give you several ideas on how to take all those "clues" you've found and put them all together to form a conclusion and perhaps solve your problem.
- Becoming Familiar with the FamilySearch.org Website Including New FamilyTree: FamilySearch has undergone significant changes in the last year. There are many new resources to help people interested in family history.
- Family Search Family Tree: Introduction and trimming and sourcing your family tree {for LDS Church Members}. (Handout)
Center Resources
- Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
- Cox Collection
- Several thousand donated family histories, books on various genealogical topics and geographical areas, and genealogical periodicals.Tucson FHC catalog
- FHC Portal: This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions. Websites available are:
- 19th Century British Newspapers
- Alexander Street Press (Civil War)
- Ancestry.com
- Access Newspaper Archive
- Swedish church records
- Find My Past (UK)
- Fold 3 (specializing in military records)
- The Genealogist (UK)
- Heritage Quest
- Paper Trail
- World Vital Records
We also have deluxe versions of the following genealogy mangement software for you to "test drive."
- Ancestral Quest
- Family Insight
- Legacy
- Roots Magic (software programs that interact with newFamilySearch.)
Additional computer resources include:
- Animap
- Centennia
- Genealogy Bank
- American Ancestors (New England Genealogical Society)
- Family Tree Maker disks ( some--check catalog)
- Some Pedigree Resource File disks
- Spanish version of PAF (PAF 4)
Hardware and Equipment
- 10 patron use computers
- microfilm/fiche copier (paper)
- microfilm/fiche digital copier
- flatbed scanner
Center Services
Staff Research Specialties
- British Isles: Saturday 10-2
- Germany: Tuesday 2-5
- Scot-Irish: Friday 2-5
- Southern States: Tuesday 10-2
- US: Thursday 6-9 pm
Computer tutoring: Friday mornings 10-12. Call the center 298.0905 for an appointment.
Software User groups meet the second week of the month- please call FHC to confirm.
- Family Insight - Thursday 7:00 pm
- Legacy - Saturday 10:30 am Topic schedule
- Family Tree Maker - Tuesdays 2-5 pm. One on one help
Volunteer at the Center
Individuals with computer networking skills are needed on an ad hoc basis.
Community volunteers with an interest in family history, and a desire to serve others, who are willing to commit to a weekly shift for at least one-two years are invited to join our staff. Training will be provided. Contact the Director for further information.


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In a move to expand the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership's involvement in Oscar voting, the organization announced Saturday during its first general membership meeting that it will allow all members to vote in the foreign-language film and documentary short categories.
This changes the previous rule that required members to see the nominated films in both categories in a theater in order to vote. The academy's board of governors approved a plan that will now allow members to see the nominated documentary pieces in either a theatrical screening or on a DVD.
The announcement was made at a meeting in Beverly Hills at the academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater and simulcast to locations in Emeryville, Calif., and New York City.
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"The main reason to host such an event was to have a relaxed, casual gathering with our membership and let them know about all of our programs," Dawn Hudson, the academy's chief executive, said in a post-meeting interview.
"It was a real dialogue, and there was great member engagement," academy President Hawk Koch said.
Approximately 1,000 members attended the meeting, which was led by Koch and Hudson, the academy said. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo spoke about the academy's international outreach efforts. Academy governor and producer Kathleen Kennedy discussed plans for the new film museum, screenwriter Susannah Grant discussed the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and director and academy governor Bill Kroyer discussed the organization's technology efforts.
Actor Ed Begley Jr. applauded the organization's efforts to "green" the recent Oscar telecast.
Koch received specific shout-outs from members during the meeting for scheduling such an event -- the first of its kind for an organization not historically known for its transparency. Afterward, members were complementary of the event's professionalism and the amount of information shared with the members.
Notable attendees of the satellite meetings included directors Brad Bird and Pete Docter in Emeryville in the Bay Area and Michael Moore and Melissa Leo in New York at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International.
A couple of attendees said the meeting, which was closed to the media, became heated when one member questioned the nomination rules for voting on foreign-language film, criticizing the current process whereby six finalists are chosen by a volunteer committee of members, while three more of the films are chosen by an executive committee.
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Koch said former foreign-language category chairman Mark Johnson explained the rules to the angry member.
The one-year president added that one of the most-asked questions of the meeting centered on the foreign-language category, with members questioning why they can't see those films on DVD when others can be screened in that manner.
As part of the rule change, the organization will provide its members with DVDs of the nominated films in five categories: foreign-language film, documentary feature, documentary short subject, animated short film and live action short film.
The strong turnout and positive feedback left organizers predicting that the meeting will become an annual event.
"From the reaction from all three places, it's a good bet we will do it again," said Koch.
This year's controversial Oscar telecast, hosted by Seth MacFarlane, wasn't discussed at length at the meeting. Koch mentioned the show's ratings — which were high enough to warrant the return of producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. He also said he discussed the process behind the "In Memoriam" segment of the show, whereby a committee of members chooses 40 individuals to honor from 300 requests for inclusion.
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Intended audience: HTML coders (using editors or scripting), script developers (PHP, JSP, etc.), Web project managers, and anyone who needs to better understand how HTTP and meta elements fit into the picture for language declarations in HTML.
For HTML, should we put language declarations in HTTP headers and meta elements, and how are they different from those in language attributes?
In addition to the
lang and/or
xml:lang attributes on the
html tag, it is also possible to find language information related to an HTML page in
meta elements and an HTTP header. This article will look at how those should (or should not) be used.
Note that you should always use the
lang and/or
xml:lang attributes on the
html tag (eg.
<html lang="en">) and anywhere else in your page where there is a significant change of language. For more information on the use of language attributes see Declaring language in HTML.
The HTTP
Content-Language header can be used to provide metadata about the intended audience of the page, and can indicate that this is more than one language.
Content-Language value for an
http-equiv attribute on a
meta element should no longer be used.
You should always use a language attribute on the
html tag to declare the default language of the actual text in the page.
Before we answer the question at the top of this page, it is important to first draw a distinction between (1) using file metadata to identify the audience for the document, and (2) specifying the language used for processing content.
Then we will consider in turn the HTTP and meta declarations, and their pros and cons.
Metadata that describes the language or languages of the intended audience is about the document as a whole. Such metadata may be used for searching, serving the right language version, workflow management, classification, etc. Where there are language changes in a document, information about the language of the intended audience is not specific enough to support text-processing (for example in a way that would be needed for the application of text-to-speech, styling, automatic font assignment, etc.)
The language of the intended audience does not include every language used in a document. Many documents on the Web contain embedded fragments of content in different languages, whereas the page is clearly aimed at speakers of one particular language. For example, a German city-guide for Beijing may contain useful phrases in Chinese, but it is aimed at a German-speaking audience, not a Chinese one.
On the other hand, it is also possible for a page to contain the same or parallel content in more than one language. For example, a Canadian web page may welcome readers with French content in the left column, and the same content in English in the right-hand column. Here the document is equally targeted at speakers of both languages, so there are two audience languages. This situation is not as common on the Web as in printed material since it is easy to link to separate pages on the Web for different audiences, but it does occur where there are multilingual communities. Another use case is a blog or a news page aimed at a multilingual community, where some articles on a page are in one language and some in another. For example, a forum used by a Punjabi community may contain posts in English, Hindi and Punjabi in a single thread.
There are also pages where the navigational information, including the page title, is in one language but the real content of the page is in another. While this is not necessarily good practice, it doesn't change the fact that the language of the intended audience is usually that of the content, regardless of the language at the top of the document source.
When specifying the language for text-processing you are declaring the language in which a specific range of text is actually written, so that user agents or applications that manipulate the text (such as voice browsers, spell checkers, or style processors) can effectively handle the text in question. So we are, by necessity, talking about associating a single language with a specific range of text.
This specificity distinguishes the declaration of the language for text-processing from the language of the intended audience. Whereas the intended audience can be speakers of multiple languages, a specific range of text can only be in one language at a time.
lang (and/or
xml:lang) attribute should be used for specifying the text-processing language of your content. This is why you can only use a single language value with these attributes.
The use of a
meta element in the document
head with the
http-equiv attribute set to
Content-Language is not mentioned directly in the HTML 4.01 specification, and yet, for a long time, much of the informal guidance out on the Web about how to declare
language for your HTML page suggested its use, and some HTML authoring tools automatically created such elements when you specified language information using
dialog boxes. Here is an example that declares the language to be English.
Unlike the
lang and
xml:lang attributes, the value of the
content attribute can be a comma-separated list of language tags. The example below declares the primary
languages of the document to be (in equal measure) German, French and Italian.
If the name of the
meta element wasn't a clear enough clue, the fact that the value supports multiple languages indicates that this element is really about document level metadata. If you are to usefully indicate the language of a range of text, you have to be specific – it can only be in one language at a time. The
meta element, then, is an in-document location for expressing metadata about the language of the intended audience of the document as a whole.
Until recently, few browsers paid any attention to this meta element. Then several major browsers began using this element, if there was no language attribute on the
html tag, to set the default language of the text in the document (what you should use a language attribute on the
html tag for). The way this was implemented was inconsistent, and therefore unreliable, from one browser to another.
Because of the history of confusion and inconsistent implementation surrounding this kind of declaration, in 2011 the HTML Working Group took a decision to make the
meta element with
http-equiv set to
Content-Language non-conforming in HTML. This means that you should no longer use it in HTML5, and therefore, though technically not illegal in other types of HTML, it is best to now not use it anywhere.
HTML5 did, however, make a concession for backwards compatibility. If there is a meta element with
http-equiv set to
Content-Language in the markup, and if there is no language attribute on the
html tag, and if the meta element has a value that is a single language tag, then a browser can (not must) use that information to guess at the default language of the text on the page. Having said that, this is only for backwards compatibility, and you really shouldn't use this approach any more. Simply use a language attribute on the
html tag.
One implication of HTML5 dropping the meta element for declaring language is that there is now no obvious way to provide metadata about the document inside the document itself. At the time of writing, it is hard to find examples of the use of such metadata, though in theory it would be quite useful for content management systems, translation processes, and the like. This kind of information can be carried by an HTTP header (as we'll see in the next section), but such systems and processes tend to work on documents that are not sent from a server with an HTTP header, and so in-document metadata would be useful.
Perhaps another approach, such as RDFa, would provide a way of representing such information in the future.
Dublin Core on the meta element. Since the rules in HTML4 for
meta elements put few restrictions on how it is used, it is also possible, though not common, to find instances where it is used to express language information using Dublin Core notation. It does not appear, however, that this information is ever used by browsers, and it is unclear to what extent it is used by any other application.
Language information may also be found in the
Content-Language HTTP header that is sent with a
document when a document is requested from a server. This information is associated with a particular page by settings on the server or by server-side scripting. See the last line in the example below that shows the HTTP response that accompanies this article.
Like the
meta element with the
http-equiv attribute set to
Content-Language, the value of the HTTP header can be a comma-separated list of language tags. The HTTP specification indicates clearly that the intent of this information is to provide metadata about the intended audience of the document.
If no language is declared on the
html tag, some, but not all, mainstream browsers recognize the value declared in the HTTP header to set the default language of the text in the page. Even in a browser that does this, however, the information seems to be applied to some features and not others that are affected by language. The HTML5 specification says that if there is no
lang attribute on the
html tag, and if there is no
meta element with the
http-equiv attribute set to
Content-Language, and if there is only a single language tag in the HTTP header declaration, then a browser may use that information to guess at the default language of the text in the page.
Since you should always use a language attribute on the
html tag, and the language attribute always overrides the HTTP header information, this really becomes a fine point, however. The HTTP header should be used only to provide metadata about the intended audience of the document as a whole, and the language attribute on the
html tag should be used to declare the default language of the content.
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Penguins must put back-to-back losses behind themby Mike G. Morreale
NEW YORK -- The Pittsburgh Penguins haven't fared too well when forced to close out a series in a Game 7 on home ice in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in recent years.
They'll need to do that Tuesday in order to advance to the Eastern Conference Final.
The Penguins appeared to unravel at the most inopportune times, taking undisciplined penalties and getting caught up in a few unnecessary skirmishes, on the way to a 3-1 loss against the New York Rangers in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Second Round series at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. What once was a 3-1 lead in this best-of 7 series is completely gone after the Penguins dropped their second straight game.
Pittsburgh will host New York in a winner-take-all finale Tuesday at Consol Energy Center (7 p.m. ET; CBC, RDS, NBCSN).
Among the nine penalties called against the Penguins, three were roughing minors. There was also one for too many men, and James Neal received a 10-minute misconduct with 10 seconds remaining in regulation.
"Frustration is a tricky word; if it leads to uncharacteristic things, like uncharacteristic play and penalties, then it's bad," Penguins defenseman Matt Niskanen said. "But you saw we had real desperation to be aggressive and go after them.
"Our compete level was really high when we were down 2-0. We had a really good push in the second half of the first period and were battling like heck to get back in the hockey game and couldn't score. We were pushing really hard and [Marc-Andre Fleury] played well the rest of the game. We need a better start so we don't cross that bridge again. We need to just lay it all on the line."
In a subdued dressing room at the end of the game, players pointed to a failure to keep the Rangers off the scoreboard in the opening seven minutes when Martin St. Louis and Carl Hagelin scored in a span of 2:51 to send most of the 18,006 in attendance into a frenzy and immediately put the home team in the driver's seat.
"I think we were a little frustrated because our team isn't used to falling behind so quickly, but I thought we had more energy [Sunday]," Pittsburgh defenseman Rob Scuderi said. "But they get two bounces that go their way. We can be a little frustrated as a team, but we have to have confidence in what we do as a group. It has gotten us to this point and if we play it the right way, it'll get us to the next round."
The Penguins must now clinch on home ice, where they are 2-6 all-time in Game 7s. Since Dan Bylsma took over as coach in February 2009, the Penguins have gone 1-7 on home ice with an opportunity to close out a series and have been outscored 33-18.
Despite that fact, the players remain confident.
"All Game 7s are big, but we can't change what's gotten us to this point," said Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, who has one goal this postseason. "All we can do is make sure we show up [on Tuesday]. It's a matter of taking advantage of your chances and capitalizing, trying to go to the right areas and finding ways to create. Sometimes it's easier than others, but ultimately you've got to find a way."
The frustration even seemed to get the best of Crosby, who was whistled for cross-checking against Dominic Moore in front of Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist at the end of the second period.
"You start blanking their top guys and start frustrating them, they get frustrated," Rangers defenseman Marc Staal said. "When it's not going well for them, that means we're doing our job. That stuff after the whistle is going to happen. Throughout a series, emotions carry over; that's just part of it."
Penguins forward Craig Adams acknowledged that he couldn't pinpoint one reason his team lost two straight for the first time in the playoffs, but he does know the opening 10 minutes Sunday cost his team Game 6.
"You're not happy whenever you lose a game, especially two big games, so that's frustrating but it's nothing that we can change right now," Adams said. "I don't approach Game 7s differently. It's a must-win game but, at same time, you're focused on doing all the things that you normally focus on to win a game. You need to win four games to move on, so we haven't done that yet."
Further complicating matters is the fact over the past four postseasons, the Penguins have never won a series after losing consecutive games. Not only have the Rangers won back-to-back games, but they've outscored Pittsburgh 8-2.
"I think you have to close the book on Games 5 and 6 pretty quickly," Bylsma said. "Yes, we had a chance in those games to end the series, but there was a different storyline for different games. [On Sunday] we got down early by two goals and we had to reset at that time, fight back. Going into Game 7, we have to have the same mentality. We can't look back to Game 1 or look at Game 5 or Game 6. It's time to move on to Game 7 in Pittsburgh."
It might help if the Penguins opened the scoring Tuesday, something they haven't done in all three losses; the team scoring first in this series has won all six games. One positive for the Penguins has been the penalty kill; they have denied the Rangers on 22 of 24 opportunities in the series.
"Five-on-5 and our penalty kill were pretty good," Crosby said. "We're working hard, but we still have to do a better job of clearing rebounds and getting to the net. There are some good opportunities there. We had a couple of breakaways shorthanded, some pretty good looks. If anything, our power play has to do more or at least generate more chances."
The Penguins' power play generated seven shots on four opportunities Sunday, but was held scoreless and fell to 1-for-19 in the series. Bylsma utilized four forwards and one defenseman with the man advantage in Game 6 and will likely return to that strategy if presented the opportunity in Game 7.
"We went to four forwards and I liked the way that looked," Bylsma said. "James [Neal] had a good chance, but we didn't get it and that was part of the story of this game."


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