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The UQ Base Template is one of the earlier UQ Drupal templates created.
Training for UQ Base template is available for Site Editors and Site Coordinators who need to add and manage content for the websites.
Which template is applied to my site
If the front page of your website has the following image in the bottom left hand-side of the webpage, it is has the UQ School template applied. If it does not have this image, then it has the UQ Base template applied."
Start editing the website
Instructions to Login to the site
Step 1
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the login link in the footer.
Step 2
Login with your UQ Username and password.
Step 3
Click on the home icon () to view the School site.
You can proceed with editing your site.
Additional Guidance
Create a basic page
On this page, Site Editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to create a basic page. This includes information about all the different fields available.
This tutorial covers the creation of basic pages, the other content types such as "Article" and "Event" will be slightly different.
Read through the tutorial first then undertake the exercises at the end of this page. When finished, Site Editors will have a number of basic pages for their website.
When undertaking this training activity please create 7 webpages in your sandbox. This will ensure that there is enough content available when undertaking all the Site Coordinator activities.
Add a new basic page
Login to your Sandbox or Drupal starter website and navigate to the administration menu in the top left hand corner of your web browser.
To create a new page navigate to: Content > Add Content > Basic Page
NOTE: The Add Content menu will list the different content types you can use (i.e. Article/Basic Page/Event etc). The majority of the time you will use Basic Page.
Basic Page fields
The screenshot shows the basic page fields. A description of the fields and the actions that can be performed are detailed below.
Left hand menu navigation
- Title
- The create basic page screen requires a Title of the webpage. The Title is a mandatory field.
- Featured
- This checkbox can be checked to allow your page to be displayed in a feed. Depending on how your site is set up, this could be on the homepage or in a listing on a subpage (see note below).
- Summary
- No content is required in the summary unless your basic page is being promoted or displayed in a feed. The summary would then be used to display in the feed.
- Body
- Content, documents and images required on a webpage are added to the Body section. The content in the Body can be formatted using the editor. The editor, which is located at the top of the body content, has many of the same functionalities that can be found in a word processing program.
- Users can access features such as bold, italic, underline, bullets, justification and can insert/edit links and images, and copy and paste content etc. Html code in the webpage can be viewed by accessing the "source" in the editor. There is an option in the editor to paste content from Microsoft Word into the Body of the webpage. This is covered in detail in Activity 3: Add & Edit Content of the Site Editor training. Tables can be created in the body for the purpose of displaying tabular data. This is covered in detail in Activity 4: Tables of the Site Editor training. We recommend that you use the templates which are located in the tables page of the style guide for positioning content and images.
- Text format
- The editor can be viewed in Full HTML, Raw HTML or Plain text. The editor defaults to Full HTML. If multimedia such as YouTube or Vimeo is required on the page then it is recommended that users paste the HTML code using the source functionality within the editor (next to the table icon).
NOTE: Featured: This checkbox can be checked to allow your page to be displayed in a feed. Depending on how your site is set up, this could be on the homepage or in a listing on a subpage. See example image right (the summary content is in the red box).
- Featured Image
- This is where you can attach an image that best represents this content page. This image then can represent the page in a feed. There is another "Image" field, explained below.
- Images
- This field allows you to add multiple images attached to the content item. The content page will display these images automatically, cropped and positioned to the right of the content body.
Adds an image that display's in a fixed position on the right hand side of the webpage. Click the "Browse Server" button and navigate to the image that is required on the page then double click on the image. The image will now upload. Fill in "Alternative text" and "Title" in the box. Click "Save" to add to webpage. Repeat for multiple images.
Category Tags
This feature is currently not in use.
Menu Settings
Once checked the Menu link title will be automatically populated with the title of your webpage. Add some content to the Description as this content is shown when hovering over the menu link.
The Parent item contains a drop down menu that allows users to index their content in the menu. NOTE: The default is Main menu.
Weight allows the web pages to be changed in the navigation, i.e. smaller weights are displayed before links with larger weights.
** Please note, this is only available to Site Coodinators, and Sandbox sites at present.
Revision Information
NOTE: A revision is a previously saved copy of a page. You can roll-back to previous revision if needed, which will replace the current page. In general, the site will store up to 5 revisions of each page. You don't need to save each page change as a revision, it is an optional function.
It is useful for short term changes, such as a notice, that need to be taken down after a period of time.
Authoring information
This normally does not require attention. It will automatically populate the authoring information with your details.
Publishing options
To publish the page click the Save button at the bottom. By default pages will be NOT be published live when they are saved. This means that they won't appear in menus, search engines and people cannot view them unless they are an editor or coordinator who can access the site.
To save the page without publishing, simply click "Save". If you would like to publish your page, you must click "Publish" before clicking "Save".
You can unpublish a page by editing the page, clicking on "Publish options" and unchecking "Published".
Your site could be set up to display content on the homepage in a feed. This may mean that you can check "Promoted to front page", which sets this page to automatically display in the homepage feed.
Depending on the feed configuration, "Sticky at top of lists" is used to keep the content in front of more recently published content in a feed.
Once published your page will now show up on the black "top main menu".
EXERCISE: Create a new page
Once you have read through the tutorial create your first webpage.
In the top left hand corner of the web browser in the black menu click on the Content > Add Content > Basic Page.
In the Title field type in "About us". NOTE: Site Coordinators will need to create 7 pages for this exercise.
Check the box "Featured" and add "This page details information about studying at the University of Queensland" in the "summary". NOTE: Image and caption not required for this exercise.
In the Body field leave this blank as we will add content, images and documents in Activities 3 to 8.
Click on the Menu Settings and check the box "provide a menu link" and add the content "This page details information about The University of Queensland".
Click on "Publish" at the bottom of the page.
Your first webpage will now exist in your site. If it is published, then people who visit the direct URL can view your page. It may automatically appear in feeds, depending on how your site is set up.
SITE EDITORS NOTE: If you are working on a live website it won't exist in the main black menu until a Site Coordinator adds it to the menu. If you are working on a sandbox it will exist in the main black menu.
Repeat steps 1 to 6 and create 6 more webpages. The titles of the webpages should be as follows:
- Students
- News
- Teaching Excellence
- Global Reputation
- Campus Life
- Contact us
Add and Edit Content
On this page site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to add and edit content to web pages. This page also has instructions on how to cut-and-paste a MS Word document into a webpage.
Upon completion of the exercise below you will now have a webpage that is populated with content.
View the full list of content
Click on Content in the admin menu on the top left hand menu of the browser to see all of the nodes on the site. This will include Pages and any other content types the site might have.
To "find" your content
- Filter by status: published/unpublished/promoted/not promoted/sticky/not sticky
- Filter the list of content by its type
Edit your content by clicking "edit" to the right of the listing
Preview your page (whether published or unpublished) by clicking on the title
Perform simple bulk operations by checking a group of content, choosing your action on the drop down list and clicking Apply.
- publish/unpublish
- promote to appear in feeds / remove from feeds
- Make content sticky / not sticky
- Trigger the system to update the URL aliases
In page editing
You can also navigate to a page on the front-end of the site and click the Edit tab instead of going through Content in the admin menu.
Cutting & Pasting documents into a webpage
When cutting and pasting information directly from a Word Document, text document or another web page, unnecessary code from that page will carry through to your site. This code is not visible unless viewed through the source but it can potentially cause problems for search engines, people with disabilities and devices such as phones and tablets. It can also make your page display strangely and cause problems editing your page at a later stage. For best results use the Paste from Word button.
- Open up your MS Word document and copy your content (Ctrl A)
- Click the Paste from Word icon and paste your document into the dialogue box (Ctrl V)
- Click Ok
EXERCISE: Editing and adding page content
Read through the steps noted on this page to familiarise yourself on how to edit and add content to a webpage. Complete the activity below.
- Navigate to the Training Resources webpage, open the Sample document located on this page, and copy the content of the document (Ctrl A).
- Locate your "About us" webpage and click to edit this page.
- Click the Paste from Word icon and paste your document into the dialogue box (Ctrl V) then click Ok
- Save your webpage.
File browser
On this page, site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to navigate through the file browser on their Drupal website.
The File browser displays all the files that have been uploaded to Drupal that may be linked to a page. You can upload, rename and delete the files from this view.
Access via the admin menu under Content > File browser.
Structuring files with subfolders
Subfolders can be created within the File browser to create structure and make finding files easier. To create a subfolder, right-click on the parent folder and select New Subfolder. Enter the name for the new folder and click OK.
Subfolders can be created under other subfolders for more specific structures.
Folder settings
The settings button allows you to view the files in the selected folder by different filters. You can change from a list view to a thumbnail view, or order the files by Name, Type, Size, or Date modified.
Uploading files
First select the subfolder you want to upload to by clicking on it. Then select the Upload option with the green, up-facing arrow. This will display a window to browse your computer so you can select the file you want to upload.
Select the file to upload and click the Open button. The file will be uploaded and appear in the folder of the File browser.
There is a size limit of 20MB per file, although no limit on the total number of files.
NOTE: File names should not have spaces or special characters in them like ' or ( ) as these are not valid url characters on the web and can prevent some browsers from opening those files. Best practice is to replace all spaces with hypens before uploading. e.g. "registration form.doc" becomes "registration-form.doc"
Renaming files
Once a file has been uploaded you can rename it via the File browser. However, if the file is already being linked to on a page or from an external location then the link will likely break and need updating.
Right-click on an uploaded file and select Rename. Change the file name as required and click OK.
Moving files between subfolders
Files can be moved from one folder to another without having to re-upload them. Select the file you want to move, right-click on it and select Add to Clipboard.
Select the folder you want to move it to, right click on it and select Move files. The file will be moved to the new folder but the url will remain the same so no links to it will break.
Deleting files
To delete a file, right-click on it and select Delete. You will be prompted to confirm you want to delete that file so that files cannot be deleted by accident. Once a file is deleted it is gone permanently and cannot be recovered.
Deleting multiple files
Hold Control (on PC) or Command (on Mac) when clicking on the files you want to delete. This will select multiple files at once which you can delete in a single action.
Downloading files
To save a copy of a file to your computer, right-click on the file and select Download.
Deleting subfolders
To delete a subfolder, right-click on it and select Delete. Once a folder is deleted it is gone permanently and cannot be recovered.
You can only delete folders that are empty. If it contains any files or other folders you will not be able to delete it until you have either deleted or moved all of its contents. This guards against accidentally deleting a large number of files.
File URL
For the full URL of the image, right-click on the file and select Copy URL. Then press Ctrl+C to copy the address as it appears.
EXERCISE: File browser
- Navigate to the admin menu and under Content > File browser create a subfolder for your site. Use categories that will help you organise and find your files. Eg. about, news, events.
- Upload a couple of files into each folder.
- Copy the URL for one of the files.
- Add a link in a content page to copied URL.
- Save your work.
Session 2: Homepage & Inception
In this session, you will learn how to build and modify a homepage using the Inception module. The exercises will step through how to add some common homepage elements like a banner that displays featured content, and a list of promoted content.
Unit 2.1: Inception
Inception is a content type that allows you to easily drag and drop other content like blocks, views or HTML code together in a variety of layouts.
Sandbox sites come with an Inception homepage and some default introductory content. The yellow boxes are the areas where you can drop blocks of content in. DO NOT DELETE the default homepage. If you don't like the work you have done, remove the element or drag it to scratch. If you delete your page, you will have to configure a new one to be the homepage. This configuration access is only available to Site Administrators.
Firstly let's clear the default sandbox content and populate it with our own homepage.
- Navigate to the homepage.
- Drag the top introduction block into the "scratch" zone at the top right.
The scratch is a bucket to temporarily hold blocks that you aren't using on the page. Blocks in scratch are not visible to the public.
- Click on scratch, you will see your block has been moved there.
- Click save at the bottom of the page to apply the change. That block will now reside in scratch unless you move it out again.
- Now, move you mouse to "Getting Started" and click the trash can icon.
- Click "Remove element" to confirm you want to delete this.
- This will permanently remove this text block from the page. Notice that it does not appear in scratch.
- Drag "Take a Guide" into scratch and save.
- The homepage is now empty and ready for you to build your own.
Unit 2.2: Banners
Let's add a banner. Banners nodes that are 'Promoted to frontpage' AND 'Featured'.
- Click "Add Element" in the top most yellow region and select "View".
- In the View drop down choose "(Starter banners) Tall banner with passive buttons"
- Click Add view
- If the banner doesn't appear immediately it is because the system may require a few seconds to generate the correctly sized images.
The banners look for any basic page or article content which is "Featured" AND "Promoted to front page".
Different banner styles
Now, let's create a different style banner.
It is critical you remove the first banner before creating a second banner. Please ensure you complete the first step.
- Firstly, remove the existing banner – drag the banner into scratch and save OR click the bin icon that appears when you hover over the banner.
- Select Add Element for the same top yellow region and choose "View".
- Select "(Starter Banners) Tall Banner", then "Add view".
Your new banner should be showing; this time without the coloured buttons and fading through each of the three items you've created.
Unit 2.3: List with lead
Add a list with lead showing your promoted content. List with lead displays Basic Pages that are 'Promoted to frontpage' but NOT 'Featured'.
- In the same top most yellow region, add a new "view" element.
- Select "(List with lead) Title, Summary, Image".
- Add view.
- The following block should appear with your four basic promoted pages in the listing.
REMINDER: Promoted to front page must be checked in the "publishing options" or it will not show in the listing.
We now need to adjust some things. The text under each heading is pulled from the body of the basic pages. If you want it displaying something better, you will need to edit the summary for each page.
Let's adjust the default text in the left column and change the number of items displayed to 3:
- Click on the cog icon in the grey bar above the element.
- Click on "Custom View Options".
- Add a welcome message into "Custom header", give it a H2 title and some body text.
- Scroll down and in the "Max number of items" field set the max number of items = 3.
- Save changes.
TIP: Most of these views will always generate the more recently published first. If you wish to specify order, try manipulating the "Authoring information".
Your completed block should look like this:
Unit 2.4: Add text block
Now let's add a plain text block to one of these regions.
- Choose a region and click Add Element > HTML Code
- Add a heading "About this site" and set it as <h3>.
- Add a short body under the heading.
- Click Add html.
- Drag your text block so that it appears under the banner and above the list with lead. Click Save.
- Click the Preview button at the top right corner of your homepage to see your homepage without the yellow regions.
- Click the Edit mode button at the top right corner to return back into edit mode.
On this page site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to insert a table on their Drupal website.
Tables can be used to display data in a grid. They should not be used for general content layout, such as aligning images with text, as it does not work with responsive design to display well on mobile devices. There are templates available to handle common layouts involving images and text.
Step 1: Insert a table
- Position the cursor where the table should be placed.
- Select the table icon from the editor menu
- In the Table properties dialog window, enter the number of rows and columns required
- Headers
- Applies to the first row or column and defines what the values in each row and column mean.
- Border size
- Sets the pixel width of the table border. Usually 1 or 0.
- Alignment
- Sets the alignment of text in the table cells. Should be left as Not Set in most cases as this will default to a left alignment.
- Width
- Sets the overall width of the table. Defualts to 500 pixels but should be changed to 100% in most cases. Using a % width allows the table to respond more effectively on mobile devices.
- Height
- Sets a fixed height on the table. This should be left blank so that the table height expands naturally according to the content in it.
- Cell spacing
- Controls the space between table cells.
- Cell padding
- Controls the space between the border and the content of the table cell.
- Caption
- Adds a caption above the table that explains what the table is about. e.g. "Results of survey into Drupal usage at UQ"
- Summary
- Defines a summary of the contents of the table. Doesn't appear on the page but can be read by screen readers and search engines.
- Click OK to create the table.
- Add content to the table cells.
Table styles
The UQ Base theme has a range of different table styles which can be used by applying a class. The Style Guide contains the full list of table styles.
To apply a class, open the table properties and click on the Advanced tab. Enter the class style under "Stylesheet Classes".
EXERCISE: Adding Tables
- Navigate to the "Contact Us" webpage
- Select the "table" icon and add a new table that includesing rows, columns and a header. Insert text into your table.
- Visit the help guide and view the list of table styles you can use
- For the list apply a table style that will make your table green
Adding and replacing images
On this page, site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to add images into a content page. Site editors should also visit the Creating web images page for information on the technical requirements for web images.
Insert an image
There are two ways to do this; insert an existing image already sitting in the Image browser OR upload an image via the editor.
- Position the cursor where the image should be placed.
- Select the Image icon from the editor menu
- On the dialog window, click the Browse Server button to bring up the Image Browser dialog window.
- Select the image you want to insert, or upload a new image and then select it.
- Double click the image to add it to the Image dialog window on your page.
- Write an Alternative Text description of the image so that screen readers and search engines can understand what it is. This is required to meet WCAG accessibility legislation. Visit the Accessibility pages of this website for more information.
- Click OK to insert the image to the page.
PLEASE NOTE: You only need to upload one image. UQ Drupal comes with a set of image styles that automatically crop and resize images to preset dimensions. If you have one image, but you want to display it in various sizes, landscape, portrait or square, you only need to upload one file (the biggest size to be used).
How to use Image Styles
For an example, if there is a banner image that would be too big to insert into your content, you can choose a smaller image style such as "medium square" to use instead. Drupal would crop the image to the image style size before inserting it.
- Position your cursor where you want to insert the image.
- Click the Image icon in the editor
- Click Browse Server to locate your image
- Right-click on that image to see the preset image styles available. These are indicated with a green tick beside them.
- Click on the style you want to use. This may take a couple of seconds before Drupal inserts the selected image, cropped and sized, into your content.
EXERCISE: Adding images
- Go to the Training resources page and download a banner to the desktop. Note: If undertaking Site Editor Training a banner will be already saved in your image browser.
- Go to the image browser and upload the banner image.
- Insert an image into your content as a "Medium Square"
- Insert another copy of the same image but the size we want is "Small landscape"
- Save your page.
Image browser
On this page, site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to navigate through the image browser, upload, delete and manage their images.
Manage your images
The Image browser displays all the images that have been uploaded to Drupal that may be inserted in a page. You can upload, rename and delete the image files from this view.
Access the Image browser via the admin menu under Content > Image browser.
Structuring files with subfolders
Subfolders can be created within the Image browser to create structure and make finding images easier. To create a subfolder, right-click on the parent folder and select New Subfolder. Enter the name for the new folder and click OK.
Subfolders can be created under other subfolders for more specific structures.
Folder settings
The settings button allows you to view the images in the selected folder by different filters. You can change from a list view to a thumbnail view, or order the files by Name, Type, Size, or Date modified.
Uploading images
First select the subfolder you want to upload to by clicking on it. Then select the Upload option with the green, up-facing arrow. This will display a window to browse your computer so you can select the image you want to upload.
Select the image to upload and click the Open button. The image will be uploaded and appear in the folder of the Image browser.
There is a size limit of 20MB per file, although no limit on the total number of files.
One image, multiple uses
If the image you are uploading is intended to be used in multiple ways (eg. banner, news feed), upload only one image that is as large as its intended maximum use. The system then can crop and rescale accordingly for different purposes.
NOTE ALSO: Image file names should not have spaces or special characters in them like ' or ( ) as these are not valid url characters on the web and can prevent some browsers from opening those images. Best practice is to replace all spaces with hypens before uploading. e.g. "professor mat hemagical.jpg" becomes "professor-mat-hemagical.jpg"
Renaming image files
Once an image has been uploaded you can rename it via the Image browser. However, if the image is already being displayed on a page then the file path will likely break and need updating.
Right-click on an image and select Rename. Change the file name as required and click OK.
Moving images between subfolders
Images can be moved from one folder to another without having to re-upload them. Select the image you want to move, right-click on it and select Add to Clipboard.
Select the folder you want to move it to, right click on it and select Move files. The image will be moved to the new folder but the url will remain the same so it won't break on any pages displaying it.
Moving multiple images
Hold Control (on PC) or Command (on Mac) when clicking on the images you want to move. Then selecting Add to Clipboard will add them all at once.
Deleting images
To delete an image, right-click on it and select Delete. You will be prompted to confirm you want to delete that file so that images cannot be deleted by accident. Once an image is deleted it is gone permanently and cannot be recovered.
Deleting multiple images
Hold Control (on PC) or Command (on Mac) when clicking on the images you want to delete. This will select multiple files at once which you can delete in a single action.
Downloading images
To save a copy of an image to your computer, right-click on the file and select Download.
Image URL
For the full URL of the image, right-click on the file and select Copy URL. Then press Ctrl+C to copy the address as it appears.
Deleting subfolders
To delete a subfolder, right-click on it and select Delete. Once a folder is deleted it is gone permanently and cannot be recovered.
You can only delete folders that are empty. If it contains any files or other folders you will not be able to delete it until you have either deleted or moved all of its contents. This guards against accidentally deleting a large number of files.
EXERCISE: Image browser
- Go to the admin menu under Content > Image browser and create a subfolder for your site using a category that will help you organise and find your images. Eg. events, news, about, people.
- Upload all the images (9) located on the Training Resources page. Place these images into the relevant folder(s)
- Move an image between folders.
- Move multiple images between folders.
- Delete Sample homepage banner 1 image.
Site Coordinators Note: Once deleted upload Sample homepage banner 1 again as this will be required for Site Coordinator Training exercises.
Adding links
On this page, site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how links can be added to text or images, link to pages on your website, documents on your site, external urls, an anchor on the page, or email addresses.
Adding links
- Highlight the text you want to link using the mouse, or for images, click on the image to select it and a box will appear around it.
- Click the link icon in the editor menu
- Select the type of link you want in the dialog window that appears. See below for details on types of links.
- Click OK to apply the link.
Removing links
To remove an existing link:
- Click on the text or image that is linked
- Click the Remove Link icon in the editor menu
Types of links
Follow the steps above to get to the link type dialog window.
Links to pages on your site
To link to a page on your site:
- Choose the 'Link to content on this site' option
- Start typing the name of the page/node in the field below. It will auto-complete the available matches for you
- Select the page/node you want to link to
- Click OK to insert the link
Please note: This is the best method for linking to other pages on your site. If you manually enter a friendly URL into the link, keep in mind that the friendly URL can change if there is a change to the title of the page you are linking to.
Links to documents on your site
To link to a document (such as a PDF or DOC) on your site:
- Choose the 'URL' option
- Select the Browse Server button to open the File Browser dialog window
- Select the file to link to, or upload a new file and then select it
- Click OK to insert the link
Links to external sites
To link to an external website:
- Choose the 'URL' option
- Type or paste in the full url to link to, including the http:// part
- Click OK to insert the link
Link to anchor in the text
This allows you to link to a section on the same page. You first need to create an anchor in that section in order to link to it:
Create an Anchor
- Place the cursor where you want the anchor to be; usually just before a section heading.
- Click the Anchor icon in the editor menu
- Type a name for the anchor. Anchor names cannot have any spaces in them and typically include one or more words that describe the section.
- Click OK to insert the anchor.
Now link to the anchor:
- Choose the 'Link to anchor in the text' option
- Select the anchor from the list of available anchors
- Click OK to insert the link
Links to email addresses
To link to an email address:
- Choose the 'E-mail' option
- Enter the email address in the E-Mail Address field
- Optionally you can add a prefilled subject line and/or body text
- Click OK to insert the link
EXERCISE: Adding links
- Navigate to the "About Us" webpage (NOTE: this page will be populated with content that was created in Activity 3: Add & Edit Content.
- Create a link to another content page.
- Create an anchor on your webpage.
- Create a link to the anchor you have just created.
Session 1: Menu
In this session, you will learn how to add, modify and delete links, as well as, rearrange the order of links in the black menu.
Unit 1.1: Add links to the menu
- In the Admin menu go to Content
- Edit each page "About us", "Contact us", "News" and "Students", and tick "Provide a menu link" at the bottom to add the page to the menu.
- The Menu Link Title will auto-populate from the page title. If you have a long page title, you may want to shorten it on the menu.
- Save
You should have these pages listed on your black menu. They may be in a different order, but we will reorder them in the next exercise.
Unit 1.2: Alter the menu
Reorder menu items
The above image shows that the order of menu items is not ideal. We will reorder what's there.
- Move your mouse to the top, right corner of the black menu
- Click on the cog button and select 'Edit menu'
- Rearrange the menu by dragging the items into the following order:
- Home
- About Us
- Students
- News
- Contact Us
- Save
Delete a menu item
- Select 'Edit menu' from the black menu cog icon again.
- Delete the "Students" menu item. This won't delete the page, just remove it from the menu.
- Save
Add a menu item
There are two ways to add pages to menus:
a. via the page edit screen
b. via the menu itself
- Edit the menu and click "Add link"
- Enter a title for the link and the url path.
- For pages on your site, enter the node ID rather than the friendly url so that the link doesn't break if the friendly url is changed. To get the node ID open another browser tab and go to Content. Search for your page and click edit then look for the node/number in the URL (eg. node/8)
- For pages on other sites, enter the full url path (e.g. http://www.google.com)
- Enter the url path or node ID in the path field
- Save
When editing a menu, you may have already noticed that it is possible to drag items to an indented spot underneath other items. This will place the indented menu item onto a secondary menu.
Remember to save once you have reordered your items. The end result will look similar to this:
At the moment, the system does not support menu structures that go deeper than 2 levels in the blackmenu.
Unpublishing & Deleting pages
On this page, site editors will find the step-by-step instructions on how to delete pages. Please note it is preferred that you unpublish a page, rather than delete it, as any attached images on the deleted page will also be deleted. As with Editing Content, you can find the page you want to unpublish/delete either by navigating to it and clicking the Edit tab; or by selecting Content from the admin menu to find it there.
Upon completion of the Site Editor training please continue the advanced training available on the Site Coordinators Course.
Step 1: Edit the page you want to delete
Click on Content in the admin menu to see all of the nodes on the site. This will include Pages and any other content types the site might have. When you click to edit the page you want to delete, the Delete button will be at the bottom right of the edit screen.
Alternatively, when you view the full list of site content, you can click Delete beside the node you want to delete.
You will be prompted to confirm you want to delete so that it doesn't happen accidentally.
Bulk deletion
You can also check multiple content items and select the drop down box to perform a bulk action.
CAUTION: Deleting a node is permanent, there is no way to recover a node once it has been deleted.
EXERCISE: Deleting pages
- Navigate to Content in the admin menu and locate "news" and "student" webpages.
- Delete "news" and "student" webpages using bulk actions.
Site Coordinators Note: Once deleted create "news" and "student" webpages again as this will be required for Site Coordinator Training exercises.
Session 3: News
In this session, you will learn how to install a new content type called "Article" and how to use it to build news on your website. You will learn how to create articles and display them in two ways; as a full listing on your news page and as a short list on your homepage.
Unit 3.1: Central things manager
In order to create news articles, we need to enable the content type "Article":
- Go to Central Things Manager in the admin menu.
- Click on "Install Things" tab on the right.
- Check the "Article" box and click "Install Things" button at the bottom. This may take a minute or two to complete.
Unit 3.2: Create articles
Go to Content > Add Content, you can now add a content of type "Article" for your news items.
- Go Content > Add Content > Article.
- Give your article the title "News article #1", a short summary, an image and body text. NOTE: Training resourses are available on the training resources page of the Drupal website.
- Note, the published date is quite important as it is likely to be displayed in News listings. Have a go and change the published date - the date is found in the "publishing options".
- Create another 4 news articles. Name these articles "News article #2", "News article #3", "News article #4", "News article #5"
- Make one of your articles feature on the homepage banner.
Unit 3.3: Full news listing
We now can create a news page on the website that displays a full list of all the articles we have. There already exists a block that will display all the articles on our site, we will just need to display it in the right place – on our "News" page.
- Go to the admin menu Structure > Blocks
- Look for the "View: List of Articles: Articles: Title, Summary, Image" (towards the bottom of the listing) and select configure.
- Block title can be "<none>"
- Region settings will set where in the website layout we want the block to appear. There is a help guide which displays all the available regions. Select "Content Primary".
- Visibility settings will determine what pages/users we want this block to appear. Let's limit this block to only appear on the "News" page.
Select the option "Only the listed pages".
Enter in the text box below the URL of your news page eg. node/15
- Save block.
- Navigate to your news page, the list of articles should appear on your page.
Unit 3.4: Display latest news
Let's now display the 3 most recent news articles on the homepage.
- Navigate to the homepage.
- In a region > Add Element > View
- Select "(List of Articles) Articles: Title, Image"
- Open Custom View Options
- In Custom header, type "Latest news" and set it to H3.
- In Custom footer, type "See more news" and link it to your news page.
- Set the max number of items to 3.
- Click Preview. Notice in the preview that there's a pager at the bottom of the listing.
- Set Pager type to "Fixed number of items (no pager)".
- Click Preview. The pager should be gone.
- Add view. You should see your new block appearing like below:


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And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 2:18
I have been working on this brick path.
As usual with most projects on the farm, the path,
formerly known as a shed, will find new life.
Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matt. 7: 14
I love the beautiful skies out west. I feel hope when I see the
beautiful sky.
For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Psalm 33: 21-22
Long before we had firearms man had ways to defend himself,
wage war, and murder others.
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;
and that which is done is that which shall be done:
and there is no new thing under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9
I took this photo at a trading style post in Arizona.
The center gourds are the reason I took it as I liked the idea
of a new way to use the gourds I grow.
And the house, when it was in building,
was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither:
so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron
heard in the house, while it was in building. I Kings 6:7
I sometimes snap photos of things I would like to make. Here is another
item from the trading post in Arizona.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule,
which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held
in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Psalm 32: 9
In New Mexico we have very few days that aren't
brightened by sunshine no matter the temperature.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life. John 8: 12
On our trip to Mesa, Arizona last month we were downtown
and saw many unique creations. I was happy that Bill had a
chance to see how I feel when I sit in chairs!
There were giants in the earth in those days;
and also after that, when the sons of God
came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare
children to them, the same became mighty
men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 6:4
Our temperature at 7 am-Cloudy 15°
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat, and summer and winter,
and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth,
and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:16

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Many articles about diabetes appear daily, many of them very interesting. The intent here is to make some of these available for others who may not see them or have bypassed them. I will try to comment briefly on those I have grouped or on an individual article. This is not guaranteed to be a daily post, but I hope that this will give you ideas for your own research or blog posts. Please talk to your doctor about medical problems.
27 May 2013
Debate On Labels for Patients
2 comments:
I had never thought about the perspective of docs caving to pressures of a patient just to stay in business. Thanks for opening me up to that.ReplyDelete
Thanks Scott. I enjoy reading good doctor blogs and I have had some correspondence with her about this topic and she has a very positive attitude on the topic of patients.ReplyDelete


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I may just be the Rodney Dangerfield of the "I get no's" regarding love. It's strange really. Because anytime I ever heard anyone complain about wanting to find love, I always seemed to have had it, at the time. Being a serial monogamist has well assisted the illusion of love being in perpetual motion for long stretches at a time. When in truth I was merely opening my legs prospecting for the hope of love. Now it seems irony is holding its belly in hysterical laughter and pointing at me. It's cracking up, because I think it knows I really don't care if I have it or not at this point. Actually I'm leaning toward the not wanting it part. The long hours I've spent at the knees of friends encouraging them away from their tears to believe and not give up hope on that special someone out there waiting to meet them, leaves me furiously mocked.
You see the problem is, something in my programming told me I was supposed to be Donna Reed. An apron, my swishy skirts and pointy vintage shoes are in the closet as proof. But nothing else in my life experience has ever supported it. But also No one ever told me I Didn't HAve to get married. A baby boomer, orphaned at 9, mesmerized by TV and mentored by characters like Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, only assisted my propensity toward delusional. Living my life in bubble thoughts in my head, saying words like darling, with flashes of Ziegfeld Follies kicking up can cans in response to traumatic events. I really didn't stand a chance. I still have a pop out closet brimming with boas and opera gloves in almost every color, pretending in testimony.
All of my loving affairs were benefactors of this frivolity. Some knew me others had no clue who I was and are likely still scratching their heads in perplexity. One almost lover once told me I was "in every sense of the word female", which I took as a compliment even though the implications may have had everything to do with my menstrual cycle. When I took to my fainting couch there wasn't much anyone could do who wasn't toting a heating pad.
With all my props, and passion, I don't think I was really good at sex, although some of my lovers professed I was, most of them even declared undying love for me. I think I had that little thing called abandon which creates the element of surprise and spontaneity but also lends itself to fantasy. I was really good at that. No wonder they liked me. But fantasies move on into real life. I was never very good at that. I seem to still be the place people like to escape to, but not the girl anyone ever really wanted to take care of. There she is, did you see her? Pollyanna just popped up her coiffed head again. When I see her now, I yank on her pearl necklace and listen to the baubles clank as they bounce off the hardwood floor.
Most of my lovers were even illusions. What this really means is when I saw them for who they really were, the reality check left my nose print in the wall, where I slammed into it. You see, I have the uncanny gift of seeing a person as they are in their highest evolved self. Not what they truly are the moment I happened to crash the hell into them. Such evolvement would have taken many more years of other lovers besides me, to cultivate.
Oh falling in love was always fun. So many feelings, pulsing surges you think are going to burst the skin from the inside out and light up the world and inspire a hopeful forever from a lover. Oh yes I have been there, from the crooning to the pining.
I tried to take the Zena Princess Warrior approach to love, but she was after my generation. I'm not that girl, even though I do have a funny little whip hanging on my bedroom door. I never used it. I do have a slight temper and can be moody. But I'm not even good at being angry, wishing beyond my Jeannie blink, I was a hot blooded Italian woman flinging plates when I found a fiancé in my own bed making love to another woman. Or the time I was struck mute at the discovery of the husband leading a double life then later another fiancé having unprotected sex with men while we together. If ever there was a girl who had a right to break dishes it was me. Instead I left or forgave, cried and kicked them out, or all of the above, always a lady and one in dire need of a tantrum. I definitely got the E ticket when it came to experience and should be awarded the E in effort even though I was attracted to all the wrong people. Such is the plight of most women I know.
There was a song in a commercial from the seventies; the lyrics go something like; "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in the pan, and never ever let you forget you're a man, 'cause I'm a woman, w o m a n.", as she whipped her hair about along with the kitchen towel. Talk about your subliminal messages. Oh and I often heard this drill of the ideal woman; "A cook in the kitchen, a whore in the bedroom, a lady in public, a mother to the children". Check them all off the evah loving list then darling, because I'm it! The most unselfish person I ever met was me and they still cheated. Hilarious! Because most men, LET me … without reservations bring home the bacon, but none of them let me be a woman, let alone stay long enough for me to heal the fractured little girl that lived inside me. I am doing that all on my own. Listen people I even wrote a handbook for the broken heart. Take that lemonade! I can't just have a broken heart no I have to blaze a trail about it and write my own tool to get over it. No Donna Reed here.
From the idiot savant healer guy, some musician guys, to high powered executive guys, they all now have a place of honor in my walk of shame and I am their widow. Irony of all ironies none of them were "Daddy" which is what I was supposed to be attracted to according to textbook psychology. Unless of course I take into account the word "coward", which is something they all had in common including my father.
Some of the men I've met would have made perfect companions in a retirement home when I'm 88. Then maybe I could have laughed with them over meds, as they regale their tawdry stories of debauchery and deceit. Oh please, I'm not bitter and I am certainly no cynic. No Pollyanna worth her salt ever could be unfortunately. No, I gathered all of my flowery essence and my apron and took it to the gay men. Becoming a Grace to a Will was the perfect answer to my woe-be-gone heart, which can be quite satisfying. It has the close proximity of a lover without the pitfalls of sex. The excitement of funny banter and tantalizing recipes makes good use of my apron strings as well as my boas, without Fred Flintstone yelling at me. I only wish I had done it sooner.
No, no love for me I think. It's better this way, because most of the time I'm not lonely. I enjoy my own company and have much work to do. Besides my karmic ally may have traded in the possibility of so called love for myself so my children would get to have it for real. So far so good, three out four of them have found their soul mate it seems, which are pretty good odds. Shhhh… can't say it to loud, knock on Formica, I don't want to jinx it. Believe me I'm no martyr sacrificing my heart on the anvil of wishes. I'm too exhausted to be in love, let alone get married again. I want the universe to use the energy and continue to give it to them because they are going need every ounce they can get.
Truthfully it is liberating to decide no love. It is a purposeful decision. It is succinct and in perfect timing with my plans that were so often interrupted by my wildly clinging hope for love. Although as a song writer, my insatiable desire was often a catapult for my music. But it was also an appendage, an albatross, the monkey on my back. So all of my tears just ended up creating a spring of well water, which is a wealth of reference now for me to use, instead of abuse within myself. That's ok, I'm ok. I'm lucky to be alive. I'm even more blessed to have grown children and a reason to have survived my demons for higher purpose stuff. What else is a girl to do? What would you do in my place? Would you counsel me at my knee and beg me not to give up? Please don't. I know anything is possible. It wouldn't surprise me if I did crash into someone again, it would just be my luck.
There are plenty of opportunities for mischief any time I let myself out of my Jeannie bottle bedroom and powder my bewitching nose. But being on this side of the wall has its perks. I have control of my time, my dinner, and my dvr, for as long as we both shall live. I buy my own flowers, take myself to the movies and still sing in the shower. What more could a person want? What ever passion once left under my pillow, was not lost on me, because it still can leave me wondering. Not enough to hold its hand again, but just enough to light candles with romantic notions and to keep my lipstick handy. I think that something about love must have at least liked me a little. Because when I am feeling quite myself, I can create the aura of it and most importantly dream a little. If you could be a fly on the wall of the doll house, at any point in time, you would find me still swooning to Puccini. Would I make someone a good wife? Anyone lucky enough to find out would likely say of course. The real question is; do I want to be? uhm .. Not so much. But then you never know …
Hope you had a Happy Valentines Day Lovers … have a saucy romp for me … *wink*


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From reading it seems that King Edwards never has any interest in conquest of Scotland. His my goal was the Welch land and dealing with France. The movie falsely starts out during a period of English conquest of Scotland as Wallace is a boy. This was false since a young Wallace grew up in peaceful kingdom of Scotland free of England.
However, after the Scottish king dies. Several competing parties to the thrown wanted power and nobody could decide what to do. So they invented King Edwards to mediate the affairs. It was then that he realized that he could easily take advantage of the situation by selecting a puppet king.
Anyways, Edwards was ruthless, shrewd and cunning. His grandson seems to be a chip off the old block.
If I remember it was King Edwards who expelled the JEWS out of England and they did not return for over 300 yrs.


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I wonder why banks leave their doors wide open but then chain their pens to the table.
A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
I have a face for radio and a voice for facebook..!
son: Mommy, Mommy, can I wear a bra now? I'm 16..
mom: Shut up Albert….
mom: Shut up Albert….
son: Mommy, mommy! I don't see what's so hot about watching tv!
mom: Shut up and turn the damn thing on!
mom: Shut up and turn the damn thing on!
I measure my fitness level by whether or not my bath towel still fits around me
In a survey, 9 out of 10 men prefer clever and beautiful
women. The one prefers the other 9
women. The one prefers the other 9
If I had only one day left to live, I would live it in my statistics class: it would seem so much longer
Boy: I would go to the end of the world for you!
Girl: yes, but would you stay there…
Girl: yes, but would you stay there…
"Who's there?"
"Who's there?"
X: I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith
y: Really! What's the name of his other leg?
y: Really! What's the name of his other leg?
Two peanuts were walking down the street. One of them had salt on it
A dog limps into a saloon, holding one leg off the ground gingerly, and says, "I'm lookin' for the man… who shot my paw"


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WASHINGTON — Grilled by lawmakers, the Department of Veterans Affairs insisted Tuesday it was well on its way to fixing problems with its suicide hotline and largely brushed aside the worst criticisms in an internal watchdog report released two weeks ago.
A March 20 audit by the VA inspector general had found that nearly a third of calls to the Veterans Crisis Line as recently as November were bounced to backup centers run by an outside contractor, as well as other problems including weak leadership and inadequate data to measure the quality of calls. The rollover calls happen when phone lines are busy, leading to possible waits of 30 minutes or more.
It was an early test for new VA Secretary David Shulkin, who has made suicide prevention a signature issue at the troubled agency, riven with scandal in recent years since reports of delays in treatment at veterans' hospitals.
Approximately 20 veterans take their lives each day. Testifying before a House panel, Steve Young, VA's deputy undersecretary for health for operations and management, pointed to a dramatic turnaround in calls answered by the hotline since November. He said it was now a ''rare instance'' that calls are bumped to a backup center and that calls are answered by live counselors within eight seconds, on average.
The crisis hotline ''is the strongest it has been since its inception in 2007,'' Young told the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
But pressed by lawmakers, the VA acknowledged it was still working to make other improvements it had promised to do by last September. It pledged to beef up quality control and hire a new permanent director as soon as possible.
''Fulfilling the IG's recommendations is a key step in raising the bar,'' Young said.
Shulkin, who previously served as the VA's top health official, has previously described the issue as resolved. ''Fixing the Veterans Crisis Line was a critical step in keeping our commitment to veterans,'' he said in a March 21 statement.
Lawmakers were unconvinced.
Minnesota Representative Tim Walz, the top Democrat on the House panel, pointed to ''re-occurring issues we see time and time again at VA.'' For more than a year, the crisis hotline has operated without a permanent director and has yet to issue a policy handbook.
''I would be very careful in saying you fixed the problems,'' Walz warned.
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23 November 2007
sweater on the loose
So, I have many talents. But really one of my strongest one is losing things. I loose keys, staplers, pens, wallets, metrocards, clothes, hats, gloves, and on and on. Really, if you would like something lost you should hand it to me and I will lose it within 15 seconds.
Lately I have been knitting a beautiful baby sweater. It has been very satisfying. I cast on after we ate on Thanksgiving and by this evening I had the back, both arms, and part of the front knit. I was in the middle of explaining how satisfying this was when I went in my bag to find these peices to show-and-tell. Or to brag. Who knows.
But in my bag was only the sweater back, the sleeve I had just finished, and the front that I was knitting. Since I am talented in this area and thus have a lot of experience with What To Do When You Suspect Something Has Been Lost I began carefully and calmly taking everything out of my bag. "It has to be here," I insisted. It wasn't.
So I put everything back into my bag and tried once more. I carefully took everything out one by one checking it closely for signs of a missing sleeve. No sleeve. "Oh well, it must be at home. I probably threw it out of my bag when I was looking for my hat earlier." (Is it becoming clearer why I am so good at losing things?)
Once we got home, no sleeve. So I called everywhere I sat knitting today (1 restaurant, 1 bar) and asked if perhaps I had left it there. Now, usually when you call about a missing object it is easy to describe what you are missing in a generaly fashion, a coat, a headband, a sweater, a wallet. (Again, I know this through much personal experience) But a sleeve to a baby sweater is not so easy. First of all it isn't a sleeve yet, it actually looks more like a washcloth. But it isn't square so a really funny kind of washcloth. "Umm, this might sound strange but I think I left and oddly shaped piece of knitted fabric there earlier today?" "What?" "An oddly shaped piece of knitted orange fabric. It looks like a washcloth but not sqare." "Ummm, is it like a piece of clothing or art?" (Can you tell that I was in Chelsea by all the art galleries?)
Everyone I talked to was very kind, searched the restaurant or bar and got back on the phone, "well, I don't really see anything and I think if we had what you are talking about we would know it. So sorry, we really hope you find it!" (This is the best customer service I've had all day)
So. No knitted sleeve = I have to knit yet another sleeve. Luckily this clearly does not take all that much time. Here is what I am down to in terms of the sweater:
What do you think the other sleeve is out doing? If you happen to see it cavorting around town will you let it know I miss it? That I would really like it to come back now?
I think the fact that I am only mildly irritated by the whole escapade speaks to how totally accustomed I am to losing really important and devastating things. How does one divest themself of a talent?
1 comment:
- paige said...
Talents are gifts from God (or other supernatural, all-knowing, gift distributing entity) and as such should be embraced, not divested.
You should turn it into a positive. You could become an inanimate object hitman, of sorts; hiring yourself out to lose things that people no longer want...for a nominal fee, of course.
I personally have about 50 cubic feet of baby things that I am afraid to throw away for fear that doing so will cause me to immediately become pregnant with another little girl- something I'm not quite ready for just yet. If I lost the stuff, however, it would be a karmically different story. Are you available for hire immediately?
- 03 December, 2007 09:51
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£2 amaryllis bulbs-in-pots really do grow! The flower stalk on mine has hit 15 cm already! It was 6 cm when I bought it. So much cheaper than a £5 bulb plus £1 pot plus £1 bag of compost which I never would have finished.
Watch her eat her way through London!


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-- I am pleased to see that Minnesota took my advice and sat Delmon Young down for a game.
-- Randy Johnson must be pissed. I allow two runs against the SF Giants, and I don't get a win? Prepare for the Johnson red-ass brigade!
-- Edwin Jackson: looking more and more droppable by the second.
-- Aaron Harang is the hard-luckiest of the hard luck pitchers this year. Sorry buddy. Those peripherals deserve better than this.
-- Why did Carlos Zambrano throw 130 pitches on Wednesday? Can anyone tell me? I know that I reclassified him from "overused" to "bonafide physical freak" a few weeks back, but 130 pitches? C'mon.
-- Jesse Litsch is on my "Danger: Mirage" poster, replacing Brian Bannister and a host of others.
-- Brad Penny still has been dropped in none of my leagues. Truly astounding.
-- That's three straight dominant performances for Brian Wilson (after two atrocious ones). He's a good buy-low candidate. With 16 saves, he's living proof that any team can provide closers with tons of value.
-- I've come to the conclusion that young teams become dominant a year or two earlier than we expect, and old teams fall apart a year or two before we expect. I thought the Mets had one more big run in them: guess not. I thought the D-Backs and Marlins were a year or two away: oops. Best runs scored/runs allowed team in baseball? The Cubs. A Cubs v. Red Sox World Series might just shut down much of the U.S. east of the Mississippi.
-- I'm not going to be able to ignore Blake DeWitt in deep leagues for much longer. Okay, maybe a bit longer.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Fantasy Errata
Posted by Mike Bock
Labels: Aaron Harang, Blake DeWitt, Brad Penny, Brian Wilson, Carlos Zambrano, Delmon Young, Edwin Jackson, Jesse Litsch, Randy Johnson
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Welcome to Word-filled Wednesday.
It's such a joy to be your hostess today!
The purpose of WFW is share God's word (no famous quotes or literature...only the word of God)
The home of WFW is at Amy's 160 Acre Woods.
I don't think there could be a more perfect picture to reflect this verse in Hosea about the way God guides us with his tender care, amazing kindness and great love.
The word kindness is often translated as "steadfast love" in the Hebrew, and that is exactly what it is.
A love that will never fail and never end.
No matter what the circumstances, difficulties or fears may be, God is there with His tender loving care to show us the way.
As we learn to trust and be secure in this abundant love, we are free to be kind to others.
Now we can care for others as we have been cared for by God.
God gives so many opportunities each day to show kindness, which brings us great joy every time we do! The pleasure we feel in caring for others is just a shadow of the delight God takes in caring for us.
(taken from: Love as a Way of Life)


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|Reviews for Light As A Feather 2
| Nana56 chapter 7 . 3/22/2009
I don't know this 'verse, *sigh* more catching up to do, but I did really enjoy these drabbles.
| Mad Server chapter 7 . 3/22/2009
I don't know this 'verse but, I liked this! Dean looking majestic when he flies... Sam being in awe of his wings and touching them and secretly thinking they're beautiful... yeah, it's the sense of awe that I like most about this I think, or wonder, and then with some classic Dean quips and nonchalance mixed in, and the hint in the first drabble about some mysterious angst of Dean's. Nice job!
| PADavis chapter 7 . 3/22/2009
Light as a feather.
This was just beautiful stuff.
| PADavis chapter 6 . 3/22/2009
Kill you, kill you now for doing this. I'm ecstatic. But I really hate Dark...
| PADavis chapter 5 . 3/22/2009
He's majestic when he's airborne. Grounded he seems bashful, withdrawn.
| PADavis chapter 4 . 3/22/2009
That's lite! LOL. This is like wing!cest but better. And apres the story. Beer and pie. Fab.
| Thru Terry's Eyes chapter 7 . 3/22/2009
I love wing fics!
| Thru Terry's Eyes chapter 6 . 3/22/2009
This ones cool to!
| Thru Terry's Eyes chapter 5 . 3/22/2009
He's majestic when he's airborne. Grounded he seems bashful, withdrawn.
I am SO taking that line to bed with me tonite...
| Thru Terry's Eyes chapter 3 . 3/22/2009
okay, I was gonn a breeze thru them all and do one comment cause I'm tired but Blue bird of happiness stopped me in my tracks.
| PADavis chapter 3 . 3/22/2009
Love love this darn you. Not a manly color. And freckled. Sighs.
| PADavis chapter 2 . 3/22/2009
Just a moment.
Dang- I love this even in drabbles. Doesn't forgive you from writing an actual chapter.
Just so you know.
| PADavis chapter 1 . 3/22/2009
Oh you very sly thing. Gorgeous first.
| 1983Sarah chapter 7 . 3/22/2009
Wow, just wow. That was awesomeness! Now, I'm normally of the mindset that Dean should be human and be the every man to overcomes all things. However, if they go this route, I could totally get into it. Well written, even in drabble format. I want more of the story, honestly and if you are saying you have a story like this I will have to check it out! I love the idea of Dean with wings and at piece and the brothers being together again and trusting each other. Bravo. Sorry for the ramble!
| CatBeist chapter 7 . 3/22/2009
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So, in the interest of giving cause to occasionally check this site, here's a handful of memetic tchotchkes - great for ice-breakers or the local pub's quiz night - to tide y'all over under the next batch of big-think claptrap. (Which, I promise, is coming swiftly down the pike. I'm just faffing about with word-choice at this point.)
* * *Two major plane crashes within twelve hours, the latest in an alarming line of aviationary disasters. My set-theory specialist housemate reassured me that the meager probability of getting in a place crash (around 1 in 4.2 million) is the same whenever I set foot on an aircraft. Of course, he had to go on to explain how compound probability would support my jittery suspicion that, yes, I am more likely to die with each flight I take. Thanks, math!
* * *Via the always-delightful Things Magazine, here's a remarkable collection of photos that suggests China was more livable amid the early-'80s aftermath of the Gang of Four. Shanghai wasn't always a garbage-strewn clusterfuck? And there was once depth and translucence in the skies over Guangzhou? Scenes of natural splendor uncluttered by artificial lights and souvenir vendors? The mind reels.
Meanwhile, the recent Takanashi Yutaka photography exhibition provided an interesting White Lodge/Black Lodge converse to the above Flickr set. A series of bar interiors - also shot in 1983 - from within the warren of Shinjuku's Golden Gai suggests that relatively little has changed in Tokyo over the past twenty-five years. In claustrophobic bars with thematically unified decor, gel-haired rockers and chain-smoking ojisan mingle with heavily made-up gals sporting vinyl Puma shoulder-bags. Throw a couple of cellphones into the frame and the pics could have been taken last night.
this hokey preview of Twin Peaks' second season. Remember what it was like in the days before user-generated content and constant connectivity? How quaint Alan Thicke's smug tour-guide persona and ABC's proprietary impassivity seem now... But far more shocking than the presumed lack of media literacy circa 1990 is the very existence of something called Cop Rock. Yeah, that other show mentioned in the opening credits. What, pray tell, is Cop Rock?
That's right: from deep within the furrowed grey matter of Steve Bochco, he who cut his teeth on Columbo and achieved nigh-unmatched TV notoriety for creating both Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, comes a pre-ironic musical cop show - complete with every embarrassing, epoch-anchored production gag & genre trope the late '80s had to offer! I'll wager that this here li'l ditty (complete with caricatured "negro drug dealers") about how snorting blow is within the constitutional rights of rich white folks is a reasonable indicator of the show's genesis.
No, this is not some tangential sight-gag from the scathingly self-aware 30 Rock; this show happened for real. But then again, I thought Mad Money was a contextual one-liner created by Arrested Development. Goes to show you never can tell...


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Everyone is up in arm's about Facebook messing with their emotional lives this week. As those of you who know me will not be shocked, I am of two minds about this, but really not all that much.
On the one hand, yes, it is not nice of Facebook to deliberately play around with people's emotions. I get that. Had someone gone and killed themselves or somebody else while being subject to their feed manipulation, there would have been some kinda lawsuits landing on Zuckie's doorstep.
On the other hand, I suspect that the real issue here is people realizing the extent to which they leave themselves open to emotional influence by Facebook, or by the people we see on Facebook, which is the mirror of ourselves we have constructed there. Some people look at it a lot, others not so much. Some people have lots of friends on there, and therefore almost by definition (see Dunbar's Number) , are connected to people they don't know well at all. Facebook has gained an unprecedented power in people's lives. Which can be both very very good and very very bad.
There was a great piece in the Wall Street Journal this morning on the "Distraction-Industrial Complex." In short, the author talks about how not having a broadband connection at home is the greatest boon to his productivity at work and his life at home because he's not being drawn back to his computer screen all the time to do some task he could've gotten done at work or, alternately, to see how the rest of the world is reacting to his most recent wisecrack, or how his high school girlfriend or nemesis is spending vacation.
I think there's a lot of truth to this. I have to really try to limit my time on Facebook. I try not to pay too much attention to my blog traffic, though I totally know what it is.
I recently read about a mutual fund manager who models himself on Buffett who has built a no-distraction room at his office. No phone, internet, what have you, where he can go in and read and think. We all need and crave that. Everybody who exercises cites as a benefit to be unconnected from all the hullabaloo to be calm and think about stuff.
But it's hard to get there, because connection and attention are like crack.
In the end, re Facebook, I gotta quote Gogol: don't blame the mirror if your mug is crooked.
But now, back to the coalmine.
Monday, June 30, 2014
This week's Facebook kerfuffle
Everyone is up in arm's about Facebook messing with their emotional lives this week. As those of you who know me will not be shocked, I am of two minds about this, but really not all that much.


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Well Christmas has come and gone and last week the block, head and crank came back from Barum Engineering, and it looks good, but first just to catch up on the other stuff i've been doing while waiting for the engine.
All the component parts of the engine have been cleaned, sandblasted and painted. To start with the exhaust and inlet manifolds were parted mainly because the heat riser valve seemed to have been removed and welded up. As was to be expected the four bolts sheared off but with a bit of gentle persuasion the manifolds came apart. As i suspected the valve and shaft had been removed and the remaining holes in the side of the casting quite roughly welded up. I decided that this would be unrecoverable and turned my attention to the inlet manifold. The four broken bolts were well rusted in and after several attempts with stud removers i decided to drill them out, this worked but i found the reason why they wouldn't come out, they had been put in cross threaded and even after a careful clean up the threads were too far gone. I then drilled them out and inserted helicoil thread inserts, job done, the manifold was then cleaned and sprayed grey.
It occurred to me after looking online that there are two steel bushes in the exhaust manifold that support the heat riser shaft. Maybe when they welded up the holes these may still be there, some gentle cleaning up with a grinder revealed them and once i could see the full circle of the bushes I then tapped them straight through the casting and out. Manifold saved!!!! I ordered a kit and with a bit of jiggling around i managed to fit it. The valve is very simple in operation, when cold the balance weight holds the flap inside the manifold closed and diverts the hot exhaust gases up inside a cavity around the inside of the inlet manifold and then back out to the exhaust manifold, as the engine warms the bi metal spring moves the flap open and allows the gases to exit the engine straight down the front pipe.
Now, the engine. Well Lee and John at Barum checked the bores which had had liners fitted and with a a clean up with the honing tool came up lovely, the head was skimmed, and the top of the block was skimmed to remove the pitting around the valve areas. This reduction in height was matched by machining the same amount off of the top of the pistons to maintain the correct compression ratio. They also checked the valves and fitted bronze valve guide inserts and re cut the valve seats. While checking the crank John found that it had been machined out of line so i can only assume that this must have been felt in the vehicle! He waved his magic wand and re machined it. Now i've got it back, the core plugs were pulled and cleaned out, all the threads cleaned, oilway plugs taken out and the galleries cleaned. I spent quite a lot of time cleaning the very dirty and corroded exhaust and inlet ports but it was worth it you wouldn't believe how much crap came out!
The end of January means the obligatory visit Stoneleigh Military show. I went with a list of many parts and for once was well disciplined, although it was very difficult to. Walking around is like being a kid in a sweet shop.
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If you missed it live last night, our Pandora Directive finale is now on YouTube!
While the storms thankfully didn't knock out our internet while we were on last night, they did knock it out during my upload. So I just said, "Screw it," and went to bed, which is why you're not getting this until today.
On September 8th, we'll be starting a new game -- Tex Murphy: Overseer. Next week, we're back to Freelancer.
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Katz on dogs : A Commonsense Guide to Training and Living with Dogs. / Jon Katz.
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In a nation where our love of dogs keeps growing and dog ownership has reached an all-time high, confusion about dogs and their behavioral problems is skyrocketing. Many dogs are out of control, untrained, chewing up furniture, taking medication for anxiety, and biting millions of people a year.Now, in this groundbreaking new guide, Jon Katz, a leading authority on the human-canine bond, offers a powerful and practical philosophy for living with a dog, from the moment we decide to get one to the sad day when one dies. Conventional training methods often fail dog owners, but Katz argues that we know our dogs better than anyone else possibly could, and therefore we are well suited to train them. It is imperative, he says, that we think rationally and responsibly about how we choose, train, and live with the dogs we love, and the more we learn about ourselves, the better we can recognize their wonderful animal natures. Misinterpreting dogs is a profound obstacle to...
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June 15, 2017 - JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) celebrated achievements of Mississippi Main Street Communities at the 28th Annual Awards Luncheon in downtown Jackson.
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The annual awards luncheon honors Main Street directors, board members and volunteers and recognizes the most outstanding downtown development projects from Main Street communities in Mississippi.
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"This is the Mississippi Main Street Association's most important event of the year," said Allison Beasley, MMSA President. "It gives us an opportunity to meet with and celebrate the local directors and investors throughout the state that are doing the hard work of making our downtown districts more competitive, successful and sustainable."
"We are thrilled to honor our economic development and preservation heroes in Mississippi's downtowns," Beasley said.
Since 1993, Mississippi Main Street Association has generated more than $5 billion in private and public investment (including more than $1.2 billion in public investment).
In 2016, Mississippi Main Street programs generated 234 net new businesses, 68 business expansions to existing businesses, 1,811 net new jobs, 104 facade rehabilitations and 366 downtown residential units.
MMSA currently has 50 active Main Street cities throughout the state, seven Downtown Network members, and numerous Associate, Allied professional members, and Friends of Main Street.
As a Main Street America Coordinating Program, MMSA is part of a powerful, grassroots network consisting of 45 Coordinating Programs and over 1600 neighborhoods and communities across the country committed to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. MMSA partners with the Mississippi Development Authority and many private investors in the state.
MMSA provides training and technical assistance based on the Main Street Four-Point Approach® - Organization, Promotion, Design and Economic Vitality - to 57 Main Street communities and network members in the state. Since 1993, MMSA has provided more than $5 billion in public and private re-investment back into Main Street communities. For more information, visit http://www.msmainstreet.com.


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I keep telling the class "I need a bigger bucket! You guys are filling it up and up and up."
And it's true. Everywhere I turn I see something that fills my bucket with happiness. In these two days I've been delighted by so many things: singing practice for the Pasta Night, Zoobs patterns of surprising complexity, kids showing me good mastery of the color, number, and calendar sight words, the entire class listening attentively to a presentation by Sonoma Wildlife Rescue, William Z. and Ryder learning to ride a two wheeler for the first time, Mary and Mariana learning how to pump a swing. That's to mention just a few.
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Against Bioethics
'Against Bioethics' by Jonathan Baron is a book worth buying - probably a strange verdict, coming from one of the editors of Bioethics, you might think. The truth though, is that Baron is not actually against bioethics. His book provides an excellent exposition of how a utilitarian would approach particular issues in bioethics. Among the issues he covers are drug R&D, research allocation issues and similar topics of current concern. Baron is quite critical of deontological or principle based thinking that is fairly common in the field.
Peter Singer, on the book cover, 'Ignore the title. Baron doesn't want to get rid of bioethics, but to show us how we can do it better. His acute diagnosis of the pervasive errors of deontological approaches to bioethics deserves a wide readership.'
Nuff said, buy and read this book. While you read chapter 8, have in mind that there are good consequentialist arguments against placebo controls even in countries where people have no alternative acess to life extending drugs. This is the only part of the book that I found disappointing. Disappointing not because I disagree with Baron - I do, very strongly so - disappointing because he chose to ignore widely available (ie PubMed listed articles) consquentialist arguments in favour of criticising not so sophisticated deontological arguments put forward by the that time Editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Marcia Angell.
Another great book in the MIT Press's series 'Basic Bioethics'. The field ought to be grateful to Glenn McGee and Art Caplan for continuing to choose challenging topics for inclusion in their series.
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Rosie Cooper MP said:
"West Lancashire has tried fortnightly collections and residents believe it is just not enough. I have received a huge number of complaints from local residents about the system. People tell me about the smells from the rotting waste and the vermin it attracts. When I have been out in different areas of the constituency I have seen for myself the problems of fly-tipping, which is a real eyesore and a potential health hazard."
"It is right that we must find ways to increase recycling rates, but this should not be at the expense residents' health and safety. West Lancashire District Council should revert to the weekly collection of food and non recyclable waste. Other areas can manage weekly collections so why NOT West Lancashire? The health and well-being of local residents should matter more than the Council's wish to save money by using fortnightly collections. If they want to save money they can use the money set aside for crackpot schemes, such as the new civic offices costing £7 million."


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Understandable explanations were on Friday in Lagos, given by the Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Is'haq Modibbo Kawu on why Nigeria could not completely switch over from analogue to digital TV broadcasting today, June 17, 2017 as earlier announced by the federal government.
Digital Switch Over (DSO) is a global movement driven by technology to migrate from current analogue TV experience where viewers use antennas to search for signals to a more crisp screen viewership and multiple channels access using Set Top Boxes (STBs) connected to TV.
The transmission plan and directive was handed down to nations by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to make plans to switchover as soon as possible so that more frequencies that are now very strategic for broadband penetration are released as dividends.
Investigations by Business Hilights showed that even though Nigeria has started but is yet to fully migrate, no ECOWAS state currently has neared Nigeria's current level of delivery.
Moreover, several African nations, having seen feats and mileages already achieved by Nigeria, are coming to learn from the NBC DSO delivery architecture. Some of them include Sierra Loane, Ethiopia, Zambia and others.
Explaining more on why Nigeria is making progress that are worthy of emulation by other African countries, DG of NBC said "Many have misconstrued the process, assuming that on that date, (June 17, 2017) almost like a magic wand, Nigerians would wake up to find that we have switched off analogue and switched on digital television, all over our country".
"But as I have always informed Nigerians and journalists, June 17th, 2017, is a BENCHMARK DATE for the digital switchover in our country. Our mission remains constant: to switch off analogue completely when we achieve up to 95 percent access to Free Digital Television content across our country.
Continuing, he noted that "All Nigerians are entitled to access to information, irrespective of class, creed or location; and the new technology of digital broadcasting is already enhancing access in a most revolutionary manner. That would soon become a nationwide experience for all Nigerians".
Kawu assured that NBC will remain optimistic, hinting that "by the end of the year, at least half of the country would have access to Free Digital Television content".
"Our timeline plan is to execute a phased implementation of 6 states, at a period. So as we conclude the six states currently in progress, we would choose another set of six states, reflecting the geo-political zones, for the next phase, until the entire country is completely covered.
"Following the successful launch of the Abuja switch over last December, we announced a plan to launch in one state from each of the six geo-political zones of Nigeria. Consequently, the following states were chosen for the next phase of the project: Kaduna in the Northwest; Gombe in the Northeast; Kwara in the North Central; Osun in the Southwest; Delta in the South-South and Enugu in the Southeast.
"I am happy to inform you that at our last stakeholders' meeting last week, the decision was taken to launch in Ilorin Kwara state by the end of June; Kaduna by the beginning of July, these follow the completion of the installation of the transmission facilities in these locations; and subsequently, we would launch Osogbo in Osun; Enugu in Enugu state; and then Delta as well as Gombe state.
"These decisions were taken when issues around the financial commitments of the NBC to its various stakeholders had not been clearly settled. But we proceeded with the faith that the DSO was just too vital to our national progress and should not face any more delays.
He was upbeat that in respect of a specific switchover date, the countries of the ECOWAS sub-region would re-assess the issue of deadline, given that all member countries have not met the June switchover deadline.
He was however quick to point out that "It must be emphasized that the delicate nature of the DSO process, has always obliged countries to carefully manage the process to avoid problems. Most countries of the world have had to adjust their switch off dates".
"Let me re-emphasize that one of the fears about delayed DSO transition, is the problem of trans-border signal interference from analogue transmitters. The good news is that our neighboring countries have not achieved anything close to what Nigeria has been able to do so far. As a matter of fact, none of the countries in the ECOWAS sub-region has a DSO process that matches what we have achieved in Nigeria.
In his further submission, Modibbo Kawu averred that "The DSO process is a huge financial, technical and logistical challenge. Switching on a huge country like Nigeria, requires tremendous financial commitment".
"We would like to thank President Muhammadu Buhari, who stated last December, through Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, that Nigeria is irrevocably committed to the DSO. We have continued to receive the support of the Federal Government and we would like to place on record too, the tremendous support of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
"To accelerate the progress of work, we are engaging with the Nigerian Governors' Forum, so that the states can partner with us, especially in the procurement of Set-Top-Boxes as well as critical assistance for the installation of transmission systems by our signal distributors. Let me assure you all, and all Nigerians, that the NBC and the stakeholders of the DSO process are committed to achieving the completion of the process.
He called on the Nigerian media to help raise awareness on DSO and further assured that NBC "would intensify publicity so that Nigerians can better appreciate the significance of the process and how far we have come, and what more mileage needs to be covered".
It would be recalled that the NBC since the appointment of Kawu on May 25, last year, his leadership has succeeded in delivering the seamless switchover of Jos and Abuja cities, met financial commitment to stakeholders, appointed call centre managers and supervised the importation of 850,000 STBs valued at $26m.
He has also strengthened the confidence of local STB manufacturers in other to meet up the estimated 32 million boxes that will feed the nation when about 95 per cent coverage of digital terrestrial transmission (DTT).
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