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INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT. Lecture 4: Information Security Policy. You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. – Yogi Berra. Principles of Information Security Management. Chapters 2 & 3. Chapter 4.
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Lecture 4:
Information Security Policy
You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going,
because you might not get there. – Yogi Berra
Chapters 2 & 3
Chapter 4
Include the following characteristics that will be the focus of the current course (six P's):
"The success of an information resources protection program depends on the policy generated, and on the attitude of management toward securing information on automated systems"
Policy is the essential foundation of an effective information security program
Additional Examples:
Acceptable Use of Systems Policy
Many security systems require specific configuration scripts telling the systems what actions to perform on each set of information they process
Disaster at a University:
A Case Study in Information Security
People Involved
Approach and Resolution
Figure 4-10 The VigilEnt policy center
Source: Course Technology/Cengage Learning
Alternative Approaches: Guide for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems
Management of Information Security, 3rd ed.
Lest you believe that the only reason to have policies is to avoid litigation, it is important to emphasize the preventative nature of policy.


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So called Museo Atlantiko is first and only one underwater sculpture museum in Europe, settled under the Atlantic Ocean in Spain, Lanzarote. It was opened for visitors on 2nd March 2016 and they can dive to explore the sculptures or from glass bottomed boats. Creator of this diving art expedition is British eco-artist Jason deCaires Taylor, who previously opened two …Read More »
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Here's something you don't see every day. Gamers from Nintendo went head-to-head against real dairy farmers at Billings Farm & Museum in Vermont to see whose cow-milking skills reigned victorious in Milk, one of 28 fun games in the 1-2-Switch game for the Nintendo Switch system. Farmer and gamer showed off their best moo-ves and milked it for all they were worth. But there could only be one winner. Nintendo would not be cowed and emerged udderly victorious. Everyone had fun, and there was no crying over spilt Milk. 1-2-Switch and the Nintendo Switch system are now available worldwide.
Related: Ready…Set…SWITCH! Watch Popular YouTube Personalities Battle it Out in the Nintendo Switch Rally


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I totally disagree with the comments made by letter writer Mr. H.J. Hogan ("Military hospital disrespects veterans," March 13) regarding alleged disrespect at Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
My wife and I have been receiving care at or through Eisenhower for the past 31 and one half years. Overall, we have been delighted with the services provided.
When I go to the Army Hospital at Fort Gordon, I could care less if the staff addresses me by my Army retired rank (which happens to be the same as that of Mr. Hogan). My wife and I focus on prompt, courteous and efficient service and treatment. And that is what we have been getting at Eisenhower for all these years.
Being able to use Eisenhower Army Medical Center has been a blessing for us. We have yet to encounter the disrespect of which Mr. Hogan speaks and commend the people at Eisenhower for operating such a fine medical facility.
Morton S. Lindner, Martinez


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It was six and a half hours of meeting through a mediator on Wednesday between the NHL and NHLPA with little to show for it.
The response of one player involved in the negotiations, who was asked if there was any progress made on Wednesday, pretty much summed it up.
"Not really," he said, on his way home from New Jersey last night.
He wasn't sticking around for the possibility of more meetings, which doesn't leave a lot of optimism about a deal in the immediate future.
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said there's currently no offer on the table, although it's quite possible that the league let the mediator know that their last offer was an option if the players were ready to accept.
All we know for sure from Daly's comments is that an entire day was spent together and the two sides were never even in the same room.
It's too bad, because the timing of a deal could have really worked in the favor of a couple players. It still could.
On Wednesday, the Hamburg Freezers announced that Jamie Benn had left the team for personal issues, with Stars beat writer Mike Heika suggesting that it could be as simple as he wants to be home for Christmas. Without a new CBA, he's expected to return to Germany in January.
Earlier this week, colleague Katie Strang reported that Michael Del Zotto returned to New York for treatment on a minor back injury.
With both players in North America, the timing of a CBA couldn't be better because as soon as the lockout is concluded, attention will immediately turn to them and a few others like P.K. Subban, Ryan O'Reilly and Dmitry Kulikov. Unlike many players who were part of the rush to sign before the expiration of the last CBA, they opted to wait. They remain restricted free agents who will have to get a new deal done in the short period of time between the conclusion of CBA talks and the start of a season.
"Our sense is that we would be in touch immediately with the relevant teams and arrange to meet as soon as possible," said Newport's Don Meehan, whose agency represents three of the restricted free agents without a deal in Del Zotto, Subban and O'Reilly. "We have it on our agenda to move quickly ... get an understanding of the new rules and in the meantime, we're not permitted to talk to each other."
There certainly was an element of risk in waiting to sign for Benn, Subban and others since it wasn't clear when unrestricted free agency would kick in under the new deal and there were no contract term limitations in the last CBA. But owners have backed off demands to move free agency beyond 27. Most of those deals made in the final few weeks before the lockout would be allowable under the NHL's last offer, which allows teams to sign their own free agents for up to seven seasons. Taylor Hall signed a seven-year deal to keep him in Edmonton long-term. Evander Kane, John Carlson, Tyler Seguin, Jeff Skinner and Jordan Eberle all signed six-year contracts. Kyle Turris, Kari Lehtonen, Cam Fowler and Kevin Klein signed five-year deals.
These are the players who would be in the comparable pool when it comes to new deals for the most prominent restricted free agents without contracts.
It may have looked like a risk to wait, but those five will now have a clear understanding of the landscape moving forward when they eventually sign their deals. You could argue that they also now have leverage in the short term because teams aren't necessarily going to want to get into a contract dispute with one of their best young players coming off an ugly lockout. Fans can only stomach so much.
While Meehan politely declined to comment on who has the leverage, he said the fact that Newport's three restricted free agents were such important players to their team made it easier to wait and see what the new CBA looked like.
"We're very comfortable with the players involved given their presence in the game and their contributions," Meehan said. "We weren't necessarily worried about the unknown."
Meehan said Newport spent considerable time planning and projecting the Subban contract, starting at the draft. Subban has stated publicly that he'd like to stay in Montreal long-term.
In 160 career NHL games, Subban has 21 goals and 55 assists. A comparable may be Fowler, who has 15 goals and 54 assists in 158 career games. The Ducks signed Fowler to a five-year, $20 million contract in mid-September, a number significantly higher than the two-year deal worth $5.5 million that RDS reported the Canadiens offered Subban in early August.
Fowler is also a good comparable for Del Zotto. Del Zotto is coming off his best season, scoring 10 goals and 31 assists in 77 games, which is almost identical to Fowler's 10-goal, 30-assist standout rookie season.
Del Zotto's back injury is minor tenderness and nothing a few days of rehab this week won't cure. His agent, Mark Guy, expects negotiations to heat up immediately after a CBA deal is reached.
"Obviously they are all very important players to their respective teams," wrote Guy in an e-mail. "We are and have been prepared for these negotiations for quite some time so the reality is getting to work quickly will not be an issue."
The coming transition rules debate between the league and NHLPA may impact the Del Zotto negotiations more than any of the five big RFAs. According to CapGeek.com, the Rangers are at $59 million in cap payroll, which gives them plenty of cap space if there's a temporary $70 million salary cap coming out of the lockout.
But the league has been resistant to the idea of amnesty buyouts and is fighting to count large AHL salaries against the cap, which means the Rangers will have to do something with Wade Redden who still has two more seasons that come with a cap hit of $6.5 million. After this season, both Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh are restricted free agents, and the team can start talking to goalie Henrik Lundqvist about a contract extension on July 1. If the cap drops to $60 million next season, things get tight in New York.
So the moment the ban on negotiations is lifted, Newport and the Rangers need to figure out exactly where Del Zotto fits in.
"They've all been professional and clinical discussions," Meehan said. "We're all going to have to kick into high gear quickly."


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Do You Know Where to Get a Good Deal?
For many ladies out there, the idea of getting a good deal pleases them more than you may ever know.
With that in mind, how can you as a woman find the best deals on clothing, housewares, items for children, and much more?
Often, it comes down to being a good shopper. Better yet, is to know what is worth the price charged and what is not worth the display price.
So, do you know where to get a good deal?
Use the Internet as a Resource
In the event you do not lean too much on the Internet to help you with shopping, why is that?
When it is time to shop for women's clothing, do you find the Internet to be of great benefit to you?
By turning to the worldwide web as a resource, it does several things.
For starters, you can shop for clothing and other items from the convenience of home or your office.
No more crowded stores, no need to fight for parking spots. You also have more time to look at items when online. This means not feeling rushed when you are in a store of some kind.
A downside to online shopping is of course you are unable to try on clothes or try an item you may use in your home. Other than that one challenge, using the Internet to shop and get a good deal can be worth your time.
Be a Savvy Consumer
So that you can find some solid deals moving ahead, keep a few tips in mind:
1. Internet
As mentioned a moment ago, using the worldwide web to help you with your shopping needs makes sense.
Focus in on what you are searching for and go from there. Countless companies these days are all over the Internet. This makes it easy for consumers to locate them with a simple Google search.
Also lean on social media to help you locate some good bargains.
One of the better sites to check out is Pinterest.
With a focus on imagery and short descriptions of brands, you are going to find valuable info.
You can also see what other consumers are discussing. This gives you some added insight into where to turn for deals.
2. Friends
It is hard to find a woman who doesn't enjoy some shopping with a girlfriend or two.
With that being the case, let your friends help you find what you are looking for. To make things easy on everyone, you can divide up different needs.
As an example, do you have a woman in your circle of friends who is the clothing "expert" of the group? If so, she can be the point person for reporting deals on dresses, suits, tops, pants, swimsuits and more.
Is there one of you in your group who is the home renovator? If so, turn to her when looking for deals on items for your home to change the look and feel of where you live.
By sharing knowledge among your friends, the deals can come to fruition.
If finding a good deal has been a little elusive as of late, is it time to reverse that?


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Gigi Hadid has been on a whirlwind trip around the globe appearing on the runway of fashion show after fashion show.
In the meantime, boyfriend Cody Simpson was busy promoting his latest single, New Problems.
While the old adage "distance makes the heart grown fonder" may be true, that doesn't mean the lovebirds have had an easy time of it lately with the lengthy separation.
In a recent interview with People magazine, Cody Simpson gushed over his girlfriend and seemed truly happy to have his girl back in his arms.
The two were on hand at the Surfcomber in Miami for Victoria's Secret PINK Spring Break Bash, where 19-year-old Gigi Hadid was showing off her stuff.
"We didn't see each other for almost a month when I was overseas, so it was really exciting to see him again," Hadid said.
Cute couple @CodySimpson & @GiGiHadid party it up in Miami: http://t.co/TFv7BhDBDr pic.twitter.com/8RNyGuErpH
— JustJared.com (@JustJared) March 15, 2015
Cody Simpson, 18, told the magazine that while the couple have been "on and off" in the past, they are currently "in a really good place."
Simpson, who performed at the event, told the magazine it's all about compromise.
"It's give and take – you've got to have a certain trust," he said. "You build something, and for us it's been sustainable. [We're] very supportive of each other, she's stoked for me and it's mutual."
Love goals. @CodySimpson and @GiGiHadid are too cute. http://t.co/BdWOy7lllv pic.twitter.com/G8H1hgmLGK
— E! Online UK (@EOnlineUK) March 15, 2015
Hadid also provided an update on mom, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Yolanda Foster, who is suffer from Lyme Disease.
"She's battling a tough one, but she's helping a lot of people through her personal health journey," Gigi Hadid said. "I think when she finally figures out how to help herself, she'll be able to help a lot of other people ... I'm very inspired."


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If you want to improve the Feng Shui of your home or office, here are some free Feng Shui tips which you can safely apply to any building.
Feng Shui naturally integrates into any style building - it does not need to look 'Feng Shui-ed'.
Beautiful surroundings make us feel good. While beauty is to some extent in the eye of the beholder, we tend to have a general agreement as to what is harmonious and beautiful.
Keep only things around you that you find uplifting and try to eliminate objects that you find ugly, or that you keep out of duty.
Each type of activity requires different spaces and furniture: Soft shapes help us relax in a bedroom or lounge. A square solid table or desk – and a regular rectangular shaped home – give us a sense of stability. A round building - or a kidney-shaped glass table with metal legs - is dynamic and would suit an environment that thrives on change.
Objects in a room need to be in proportion to its size: if the furniture is too big in a relatively small space, you easily feel crowded and stifled. If it is too small and sparse in a larger area, you tend to feel lost and ungrounded.
Likewise, the size of a home needs to be in balance with the neighbouring buildings - if it's too large it tends to be too exposed and unprotected; if it is too small it is dominated by the other buildings.
Excess clutter inhibits any good Feng Shui. It stops energy, - and people, from freely moving around a space.
While it is visually unappealing, it actually consists of your unfinished action cycles. These not only make your space look bad, they also keep you hung up in the past. Completing everything you start, - by completing projects, filing or throwing out papers, etc. - gives you the space to live your life in the present.
Check under your beds, in your wardrobe or neglected corners: Do you have clothes, papers or projects piling up. I have a rule I follow and that works very well: if I have not used something in a year, and it has no special value for any other reason, I will give it away or throw it out.
To have good Feng Shui you'll need to keep home or office clean and all objects in a good state of repair. A freshly painted space feels much better than a place where paint is peeling, the carpets are worn or the taps are dripping.
Colour also influences the activity level of a space. Pastel and light colours have a calming influence, while bright colours bring in activity. For a bedroom, I do not recommend strong colours, whereas a bright feature wall can bring a welcome flow of energy into a living or family room. Dashes of strong colour can bring life into a place.
Careful with Reds and other strong colours!
Red tones and other strong colours can be wonderful. In the right area, they enhance the most radiant and healthy energies, and can make the space much more comfortable and alive.
But careful, if red tones and other strong colours are used where there is inherent heavy negative energy, they will make this area worse and you will feel more drained and irritated there. It may activate potential sickness energy - personal or financial.
If you don't feel right with red tones in an area, trust that feeling and remove them. If you are not sure where to place reds or if you want to design your home or office with the best Feng Shui colour scheme you will need to have a professional Feng Shui analysis of your unique building.
Electro-magnetic fields are created when an electric current is flowing. Powerlines, electric substations, meter boxes, computer screens, and other electric appliances can affect our health. Prolonged exposure to electro-magnetic fields can cause a wide range of health problems such as listlessness, headaches, lowered immune response, insomnia, fatigue, depression, eczema and difficulty in concentrating.
However, these fields don't usually extend very far so exposure can be avoided. Do not sleep or sit against the wall that has the meter box behind you!
The energy of people who have lived in a house before you tends to hang around long after they have left. This is why a new home feels so much crisper. In order to clear a space of old energies you can conduct space clearing.
A thorough physical cleaning is important: scrub down walls, clean the carpets and wash out the storage areas, lamp shades, etc. This gets rid of a lot of old energy. Repainting is an even better option.
You should also consider an energetic clearing for good Feng Shui of your home or office. You can come up with a creative solution to this: You can throw a party, chant, make a lot of noise, and bang things around, sprinkle wine... It is up to your imagination. Have the intention of making a new start and clearing out the old.
If you have a building where old spirits and energies still seem to be hanging around, you should command them to leave. You can talk to them. It works.
Please note that above are general recommendations only. For example, if you slept in a beautiful bedroom, but its inherent energy was negative, your sleep and health would be still be compromised. The same would be true for a desk position, etc. Find out here if you may have a Feng Shui problem.
If above guidelines don't result in a space that you feel comfortable in, you should consider a professional Feng Shui analysis of your home or office, which would help you identify the positive potential of your place and reduce any negative influences.
If you are designing a house or moving offices, a Feng Shui analysis can save you time and money involved with activating the wrong energies.
Photo by Margo Brodowicz on unsplash.com
How to enhance Feng Shui elements with Christmas decorations.
What to expect and what actually happens during a Feng Shui consultation
A good bedroom supports relaxation, health and wellbeing - it provides good Yin support (nourishing energies).
People interested in Feng Shui can get lost in the details of elements, stars, yin and yang and in that can loose sight of what Feng Shui is really ab
Are there more bad bedrooms nowadays? Increasingly, there are more people not sleeping well, many are stressed and burnt out.
Life is energy! Energy can only exist in a dynamic interplay between the opposites of Yin and Yang.
I have recently come across a few homes where magnetic fields were causing health and sleep problems.


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I can't believe it's been a whole week since Crufts and I'm only just getting around to putting some of these photos online!
What can you say about Crufts? It was busy, busy, busy – and it always amazes me how much dog related merchandise there is there to spend your money on!
I went on Thursday (terriers & hounds) and Saturday (gun dogs). I fell in love with the basset hounds on Thursday but was completely smitten by the red setters on Saturday!
I also really enjoyed the Heelwork to Music (having just started attempting this with my working cocker spaniel, who is just about holding her own amongst the collies) and I have to admit that by the end of the international freestyle finals, I had planned my routine for two years time… watch this space!
All in all, it was an interesting but frantic few days and I have to say I do much prefer the open skies of a country show… which is where I would be right now if the South Wales Country Fair hadn't been cancelled due to water-logging (and Rugby in Cardiff??)
Anyway, just a couple of my Crufts pics, and I'll probably see you there next year!


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Mozaex announced it has begun shipping its Solo 1 all-in-one Blu-ray Disc (BD) entertainment server. Mozaex is demonstrating the Solo 1 along with its entire product line at the 2010 Electronic House Expo (EHX), held from March 25-27 at the Orange County Convention Center (Orlando, Fla.).
For more information visit: www.mozaex.com
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Salt Lake City – March 22, 2010 – Mozaex™, the premiere manufacturer of multi-room, multimedia Blu-ray entertainment servers, has announced it has begun shipping the Solo 1 All-In-One Blu-ray Entertainment Server.
Mozaex is demonstrating the Solo 1 along with its entire product line at the 2010 Electronic House Expo (EHX), held from March 25-27 at the Orange County Convention Center (Orlando, Fla.), booth #DR1A (with LK Stockroom). With retail USA pricing starting at less than $4,300 USD and weighing in at just 6.35 pounds, the Solo 1 breaks both price and weight benchmarks.
"The Mozaex Solo 1 system allows instant playback of media either stored locally or optionally on a networked server," said Mozaex CEO Douglas Kihm. "The Solo 1 plays media including Blu-ray and DVD movies, CD and MP3 music, photos and on-demand NetFlix™ movies and Pandora™ music via the Mozaex unique NetPlay™ online media service. Any media can be played simultaneously in any room, resulting in unprecedented ease, elegance, and excitement."
The Solo 1 is based on an Intel Atom processor and NVidia® ION™, CUDA™ and PureVideo™ technology. With total power dissipation averaging only 50 watts, the Solo 1 delivers Blu-ray movies in full HDMI 1.3 1080p with 7.1 HD Audio at a fraction of the power needed by other Blu-ray Servers.
"The Solo 1's unprecedented low power dissipation results in whisper quiet operation," Kihm added. The Solo 1's compact measurements of only 11.75 in. (W) X 2.87 in. (H) X 9in. (D) allows it to be mounted behind a TV, in a rack or on a shelf. The Solo 1 is the perfect solution for Yachts where rack space is a premium.
The Solo 1 simplifies entertainment by providing instant access to your entire collection of movies, music and photos. To operate, simply plug the Solo 1 into a TV, audio system, and the Internet and you are ready to enjoy entertainment at its best.
Solo 1 is the perfect, affordable solution for one to three room projects that only require 1TB to 6TBs of non-RAID media storage. Up to three Solo 1s can share their onboard 1TB or 2TBs of storage. On average 2TBs can store either 125 DVDs or 25 Blu-rays.
To further expand the Solo system, a Mozaex Server can be added, as well as add up to seven Mozaex players. For larger projects, Mozaex offers the "Player/Server" family which virtually supports an unlimited number of players and RAID 6 storage.
A Solo 1 without on-board storage called the Player 1 is also shipping that plays media stored on the company's networked storage Server. The Player 1's USA retail pricing begins at $2,495 USD.
The Solo 1 may be controlled by a number of control methods including the included IR Remote Controller, the included RF Keyboard and a wide selection of third party control systems from companies such as Crestron, AMX, Control 4, Philips, URC, RTI, HomeLogic, NetStream, among many others. A Server is required for most full 2-way touch panel control systems, such as Crestron®.
Mozaex offers at no-charge, software "Interface Modules" that support the leading control systems. For example, Mozaex offers a Control 4® module that does not require a server to control both 2-way music and 1-way movies and other media via the Mozaex on-screen interface.
To minimize on-site service, Mozaex includes with every Solo 1 a service utility called SurePlay™ that allows the dealer or Mozaex to easily login to the Solo to perform period checkups and update software. In addition, an EasyUp™ utility allows users to easily perform updates to the Mozaex software.
Mozaex also offers no-charge webinar training to its dealers and free standard software updates.
Mozaex products are covered by a limited 3-year warranty and free product lifetime telephone support.


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Former Italy manager Cesare Prandelli got off to a winning start in his coaching debut in Spain as Valencia beat Sporting Gijon. Rounding up all of Sunday's La Liga results.
MADRID (AP) — Former Italy manager
Prandelli led Valencia to a 2-1 victory at
Playing smart football with quick transitions and efficient ball possession, Valencia topped Sporting with two goals by striker Mario Suarez at El Molinon Stadium.
It was the team's third win in eight rounds as Valencia reached 14th place with nine points, two more than Sporting, now in the relegation zone after its fifth straight loss.
"What I liked the most was the attitude of the team," Prandelli said. "I'm very happy, but we still have a lot to improve, we still need to work on many things. The three points gives the team confidence to keep working."
The top four teams in the league played on Saturday.
Barcelona defeated
Valencia scored first with Suarez's right-footed shot from inside the area after a cross in the seventh minute, but Sporting striker Carlos Castro equalized with a close-range header in the 41st.
Suarez's winner came with an easy shot from in front of the goal after Sporting defenders failed to clear a ball crossed into the area in the 65th.
"It was important to get the win," Suarez said. "We have a new coach, new ideas, new concepts."
The 59-year-old Prandelli, who coached Italy from 2010-14, was hired just before the international break to replace
"I'm trying to give the team an identity," Prandelli said. "Once we get that, we can start thinking about bigger goals."
Prandelli was announced as Valencia's coach the day before a 2-0 loss to Atletico on Oct. 2, when the team was still led by interim coach Salvador "Voro" Gonzalez. The Italian is Valencia's eighth full-time manager since
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Villarreal 5, Celta Vigo 0
Roberto Soriano scored two goals in the first 12 minutes to lead fifth-placed Villarreal to a comfortable win over Celta Vigo.
French striker Cedric Bakambu also scored in the first half as Villarreal earned its fourth victory, jumping to 16 points, two less than the leaders.
It was the team's biggest win so far this season.
Athletic Bilbao 3, Real Sociedad 2
Sixth-placed Athletic got the better of Basque rival
The hosts conceded early at San Memes Stadium but rallied with three second-half goals, including a nice lob from outside the area by veteran striker
Athletic had won four in a row before a loss at Malaga in the previous round.
It trails leaders Atletico and Real Madrid by three points.
Alaves 1, Malaga 1
Promoted Alaves was close to winning for the third time this season until conceding a late goal against Malaga.
Brazilian striker
Alaves, which beat Barcelona at the


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Over the course of a year I teach many students. Some of them return for follow up classes. And there are those I could count on a hand or two that have become perennial attendees. At that point they have probably become friends as well. Marilyn Davidson is one of those people, along with her husband Joel.
I first met Marilyn in Texas at Quilting Adventures six years ago. She had taken a different class but visited the classroom where I was teaching to admire the student work. She expressed an interest in attending a future class of mine. And, not long after that, she signed up for one of my Maine quilt retreats. The rest is history.
It's funny to look back on that first class of Marilyn's now. She chose to do a mermaid. It wasn't very large (my students will tell you that I encourage BIG designs). I don't remember if I suggested that to Marilyn or not, but the total height of her mermaid quilt was probably no more than a couple feet. She claimed to be a intimidated by the more experienced students in the class, but she did a fine job. The mermaid turned out very sweet and lovely, just like Marilyn.
The funny thing was, Marilyn returned to another retreat and knocked my socks off with her next quilt, based on a photograph taken by Joel.
It was like she had mulled the fabric collage technique around in her head for a while, then came back to show me what she could really do. As a teacher, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I didn't see it coming. If I had, I would have set her a challenge higher than the mermaid from the very beginning. But, regardless of my oversight, Marilyn picked up fabric collage quickly—she just got it. Her background in painting probably helped her understand about value, how darks and lights create form.
Since then, Marilyn has brought to class a steady parade of wonderful subject matter from African wildlife to portraits of people from around the world and has created stunning fabric collages each time. The inspiration and source material for many of her quilts comes from her very talented photographer husband, Joel. (You may remember Joel as the consultant in my blog post "Take a Flattering Picture of Your Quilt with the Camera in Your Pocket." I also used his photos to create my quilt of a marabou stork, "Kaloli Moondance." See blog posts here, here, here, and here.) Joel is a retired dentist who picked up the camera as a hobby, but his mastery of the medium is at a professional level, as you will see below.
As he often remarks in his blog on photography, Joel spends a lot of time getting close to his subjects.
"I immerse myself into the culture around me and will try to build rapport with my subjects before asking permission to take an image," he says.
This effort pays off in the intimacy of his photos. It's quite clear that he puts his subject at his or her ease before snapping the shutter.
After years of Marilyn using Joel's photos as subjects for her quilts, last year the two had a combined show featuring Joel's photos and the quilts that Marilyn based on them. Both his and her work is deserving of shows of their own, but as a combined show their artistry becomes an interesting conversation. As insightful and revealing as Joel's photos are, Marilyn's interpretation of them usually takes the images to a new place, usually someplace with more color and texture than is possible in the real world.
As Marilyn puts it, "Sometimes I try to interpret his photos in my quilts as realistically as possible. On other quilts, I make his images whimsical by using unconventional colors and patterns."
I am as proud of Marilyn as I could be. I feel I am most successful when a student takes the fabric collage technique and really owns it. Marilyn has done that. It's also inspirational to see how she and Joel make such a special partnership.
"We work as a great team helping each other with our very different art forms," Marilyn says. "We feed off of each other. His pictures motivate me to do a quilt. I have input into his pictures while he's processing them. He gives me feedback."


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UVALDE, Texas – Josh Faircloth's right eye may have been swollen shut on Saturday night at the Uvalde County Fairplex, but the 26-year-old wasn't going to let that stop him from making the 8-second mark for the first time since having his ankle snapped by Crazy Days earlier this season.
Faircloth had missed the past three months following ankle surgery and the Cactus Jack PBR Bull Riding BlueDEF Velocity Tour event this weekend was his second event since the injury wiped him off the Built Ford Tough Series in January.
After being bucked off in the first round on Friday night, Faircloth responded by riding Maximum Justice for 85 points on Saturday even though he couldn't see out of his swollen eye which was getting progressively worse.
"No, I can't see nothing," Faircloth said. "I don't know what is wrong. It is blurry and it hurts. All you think about is whatever it takes to make the whistle. It was good to just get one rode after being out."
Instead of burning an injury exemption last weekend for the Rumble in the Rockies in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Faircloth, who was cleared to return to action on April 28, decided to head to Bonifay, Florida, for a Touring Pro Division event in hopes of getting a couple of rides under his belt before returning to the BFTS in August.
"I wasn't sure how it was going to feel," Faircloth said. "I didn't want to go to Colorado and get on one bull and not be able to come back. I am going to go the rest of this summer and come back after the summer break."
Faircloth was bucked off by Megaton in 7.6 seconds and I'm Lucky in 4.7 seconds in Bonifay.
He hadn't attempted any practice bulls before Bonifay. Once Faircloth returned from Florida, he got on a few bulls at Jerome Davis' ranch to help improve his timing before Uvalde.
Faircloth finished 1-for-3 in Uvalde, but finally felt like he was getting back to his previous form that helped him qualify for the 2014 Built Ford Tough World Finals with a strong second-half of the season.
He concluded 2014 a career-best 33rd in the world standings.
Prior to breaking two bones in his ankle and tearing a ligament, Faircloth admitted he was struggling to use his feet on the BFTS. He had gone 1-for-8 in four events, and he has only earned 10 points toward the world standings this season.
"Before I got hurt, I couldn't get ahold of my feet and I went to trying different spurs," he said. "Jay Miller had a set of spurs and he said, 'Try these.' I put them on earlier when we were sitting around doing nothing and I liked them. For the first time, I felt myself getting a good hold and I felt good."
It took about a month and a half before Faircloth was able to start walking around on his ankle post-surgery. He then spent the rest of his recovery helping out Jerome Davis on the ranch, riding on horseback and doing limited workouts in the gym.
He also judged some local bull riding events.
Of course, it took much less time to miss being away from the sport as a bull rider.
"It was killing me after the first week," Faircloth said. "I never took time off like that. That was the longest I have ever been without getting on a bull since I started riding bulls. I never had to sit out that long.
"I was sitting back watching Gage (Gay) do good, and my traveling partners all over have been doing good. It made me want to come back, and now I am ready."
Faircloth said that he is leaning toward not attending Last Cowboy Standing, the featured event of Cowboy Spring Break in Last Vegas, in two weeks, and will use the summer break to gain points toward the world standings on the BDVT and in the Touring Pro Division.
The Randleman, North Carolina, bull rider is no stranger to the PBR's developmental tours. Faircloth appeared in only two first-half BFTS events last season before using a relentless summer schedule to earn an alternate spot for the second-half opener in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He won three Touring Pro Division events last summer and competed at 19 events.
"I don't know what it is, but I always seem to do good at the Touring Pro level," Faircloth said. "I don't know. It is bad to say, but when I show up to one of these, I know I am going to win. I need to get that same attitude when I get to the Built Ford Tough level. That is the only thing I haven't found yet. I have to expect to win. Me and Jerome talk about it. You have to expect to win. It is just a head game. That is all it is."
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LaVaughn Bernadette Nelson was born December 8, 1929, in Tracy, Minnesota to Martin and Hazel (Anderson) Nelson. After graduating high school she moved to Minneapolis, where she met and married the father of her children Fred W. Knese. The family moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota where they owned and operated a music store. Besides helping in the store LaVaughn taught piano and organ. She later moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where she worked at Sears. She met her husband, Richard M. Light, in Sioux Falls, and they were united in marriage in February of 1973 in Texas. She was a devoted homemaker following her marriage. She and Dick enjoyed paying golf and traveling throughout Europe and Asia. LaVaughn died Saturday, January 1, 2005, at her home in Brainerd, Minnesota at the age of 75.
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Mass of Christian Burial is on Friday, January 7,2005, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Brainerd, Minnesota with Father Seamus Walsh officiating. Friends may visit at the church during the hour prior to services. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd, MN. Memorials preferred to St. Joseph's Hospice and Home Care. Arrangements by Brenny Funeral Chapel of Baxter, MN."
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Lady Backup may be showing her American roots here, but I can't find a British alternative expression to "sneakernet…"
Not all of my UK colleagues know what this means, so simply put "sneakernet" refers to moving your electronic data around by foot aka "your sneakers" – or trainers as it were in the UK.
Regardless of what you call it, there is a lot of data being physically moved around. I think we all generally know this is true, but we set out to quantify exactly how much data is being moved by commuters during an average commute. As a result, we commissioned a 3rd party survey of 4,000 people among the UK (greater London), the US (New York and San Francisco), France (greater Paris) and Germany (Berlin and Munich).
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This is a very real problem. In our survey we found globally 40% of commuters have lost a device over the past year –34% in the UK. You probably don't have to think too hard to image the personal and professional devastation that you could suffer as a consequence of not having a copy of your devices somewhere.
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Every so often I check in with Mike Stern, the manager of Koenig & Strey's Evanston office, for a recap of what's trending in the Evanston real estate market.
Mike is a 25-year veteran of Chicago real estate who always has solid information and a good feel for the pulse of the market. He's a good go-to guy because he doesn't push an agenda or overstate a case.
"Keeping deals together behind the scenes is the big topic these days," according to Mike. "We've sometimes run into 'cold feet' buyer issues after a deal is signed. Appraisals have been a continuing problem, as have home inspections."
"The buyers have done a lot of their own research," he continued. "They're very sophisticated and recent news reports have caused some buyers to become nervous."
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I have a lot of geometries on the map, so it's rendering slowly.
I'm thinking is there a way to render invalidation part only of the whole map when I'm using a pan tool to move the map.
What I mean is when I zoom to a particular zoom of the map. The part of map that I move out of screen will still exist. So next time I move to this part, I do not need to render it again and that will improve the speed.
I think google map is using this tech. I'm using SharpMap 0.9 Mapbox samples
Google's map and some webmap use title cache for rendering images of map.
SharpMap can also save title cache. Pleased view: http://sharpmap.codeplex.com/workitem/31495.
Now, SharpMap haven't created cached layer but you can save title layer ( above) and use titlelayer class on sharpmap for cache layer
I've tried to use a cache and that improve a lot the rending (during zooming, ranning,...) it's about 3 or 4 times faster, depends on, of course, of the layer. I made the test on 30 000 geoms.
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It's not realy optimising and shouldn't use like this in a real application (I done this code only for test).
@TrieuVy: Tile layer is for raster layaer , isn't it ? Is is possible to use Tile layers on vectors ?
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we can create title layer from vector layers . Follow me title layer is static vector layers. Title layer is good when you only use to show map ( read only ).
sharp map have both title layer and vevtor layer. We can add a lot of layers in Sharmap
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Thanks a lot, I will try it.
And can I use this method to cache the the google map background so that when I am offline I still can use google map images
Check committed version 93263 http://sharpmap.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/changes/93263 added support cached files title layer
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The other day A Biologist asked about how one could wear the plum shades that are so trendy for this fall without looking like one had just come from a vampire party. While I am in favor of vampire parties so long as they don't involve the drinking of blood (and, in particular, mine), I agree that for work a more subtle way to incorporate trends is very helpful.
An easier way to incorporate most trends is to play with them on the eyes. There are exceptions, of course: if red lipstick is haute this year, then nothing but a red lippie/gloss will do (though even then you can modify the intensity of the red to your comfort level). But unless the it color is red or pink or coral, you're probably looking at eye makeup as the easiest way to incorporate it.
Liners, Shadows, Mascaras
There are three main ways to use plums on the eyes (and for the purposes of this discussion I've opened it up to all shades of violet, though I'm trying to focus mainly on the warmer ones): eyeliners, eyeshadows, and tinted mascaras. You can use these together or separately, as you like, though I probably wouldn't do all three in the same look.
Below are two swatches of (almost) every plum/berry/purple eyeliner I own. For some reason I did not include the recently-reviewed MAC Superslick in Smoky Heir (though I did incorporate it into one of the looks below). One swatch is in sunlight, the other in indirect natural light.
1. MAC Fluidline in Macroviolet (link) — gel
2. Physician's Formula Shimmer Strips Cream Liner (review here) — gel
3. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eyeliner Pencil in Ransom (review here) — pencil
4. MAC Pearlglide Eye Liner in Designer Purple (limited edition, Spring 10; review here) — pencil
5. Rimmel Exaggerate Full Colour Eye Definer in 281 Aubergine (discontinued color? New product page here) — pencil
6. Kat von D Autograph Eye Liner in Turbo Lover (link) — liquid
7. Stila Convertible Eye Color in Berry (to be reviewed; link here) — pencil
8. MAC Pearlglide Eye Liner in Almost Noir (limited edition, Spring 10; review here) — pencil
9. NYC Automatic Eye Pencil in Plum Perfect (link) — pencil
10. Barbie Loves Stila Smudge Pot in Purple Pumps (link) — gel
11. Milani Infinite Liquid Liner in Endless (review here) — liquid
(By the way — the most difficult to get off my arm later? The Milani Infinite liquid liner. That thing did not want to budge.)
If you're going to play with liner as a color, there are three basic ways to do it:
1. with same-color-family shadows
2. with neutral shadows
3. with a contrasting color family of shadows
I have four examples.
With same-color-family shadows
Because purples can be either warm or cool, I did two different looks here. One is a warm purple going into a warm taupe (warm purple going into magentas and pinks is not so good for eye looks). Taupes are mostly neutral, so this is a neutral-ish eye, but still with a plum tinge.
Look #1: Warm plums and taupe
Sorry, the closed-eye photo of this one didn't turn out for some reason.
Liners used: Kat von D Autograph liquid liner in Turbo Lover (top); MAC Pearlglide in Almost Noir (bottom)
Shadows: MAC Satin Taupe on lid and traveling up towards browbone; deep wine with shimmer shade (second-to-right) from LORAC Private Affair Palette blended into crease and on outer third of lid (review and swatch here)
Other stuff: TFSI, Lancome Definicils mascara, Tarte emphasEYES brow pencil. I use these in all the remaining looks.
Look #2: Cool purples and violet
I do wear purple eyeshadow to work, so this is a look I actually wear. Here I'm using a cooler purple liner and blending it in with cooler purple shadows. If your liners lean warm and you want to stay within the same color family, stick with warm shadow colors; if they lean cool, pair 'em with other cool colors.
As you can see, from the side it doesn't look all that intense.
Liners used: MAC Pearlglide in Designer Purple (top), NYC Automatic Eye Pencil in Plum Perfect (bottom)
Shadows used: Urban Decay Deluxe Shadows in Ransom and Frigid (blended together over lid and up towards brow bone); ULTA Vineyard in crease. Sorry for the sloppy blending. Nothing makes you see all the things didn't realize you did wrong like sticking your face in a tungsten light tent and taking a picture. Yeesh.
With neutral shadows
You can take a regular simple neutral eye and pair a colored liner with it for a bit of pop. This is probably the easiest way to do it. Keep the shadow to a simple wash.
Look #3: Violet with neutral browns
Liners used: MAC Superslick in Smoky Heir with NYC Automatic Eye Pencil in Plum Perfect (top); NYC liner on bottom as well. The Superslick liners don't blend on their own very well, but you can drag a pencil through them while they're still tacky to pull out the line and blend it. This is a more vivid look in real life than it appears in the picture, but still very work-appropriate.
Shadows used: UD eyeshadow in Stray Dog and Deluxe Eyeshadow in Underground, applied as a simple wash all over the eye area.
With contrasting-color shadows
I love the combination of warm plum with warm coppery-rose colors like those in the LORAC Croc Palette, which provided the shadows for this last look. Why these colors work is that they're contrasting but similar; they are all warm and tend towards red rather than blue. (In your box of crayons, it would be like red-purple and red-orange together.)
Look #4: Warm plum with sunset coppers
The only thing I might change about this look is that I'd consider tightlining with a MAC fluidline gel liner in either Macroviolet (er, violet) or Blacktrack (er, black) before putting the Stila berry liner on. The top lash line could do with a bit more definition.
Liners used: Stila Convertible Eye Color in Berry (top); MAC Pearglide in Almost Noir (top and bottom)
Shadows used: Moonstone, Serenity, and Garnet from the LORAC Croc Palette (review and swatches here)
After I had finished the looks above, I remembered that I had an unopened Almay Intense I-Color mascara lying around, so I decided to try it out. Since I already had black mascara on, applying the plum-colored mascara on top doesn't make a huge difference. This week I'm going to try to use it on its own and see how well it works. But here is the product, and here also are the last two looks shot again with a coat of Almay tinted mascara (shade: Raisin Quartz) on top.
Subtle, but you can see it if you're looking for it.
If you want to go big, there are plenty of dark berry and plum lip shades hitting counters now. The new MUFE Rouge Artist Intense series has some serious plums (#14 and #49 come to mind), and MAC always has some interesting less-common shades (Cunning and Kittenish are very bold plum/red shades). For most of us these would probably not be appropriate work looks.
One thing you can do, though, is pick up a plum gloss and wear it either alone or on top of another lippie to darken and deepen it. I have an order in for Guerlain Kiss Kiss Gloss Serum in shade 462 Violine for just this purpose. (And come on, it's a music term, how can I resist?) I'll be reviewing it and swatching it as soon as it comes in. I swatched several of these glosses at the counter and this was a lovely berry color. (The 420 Vermillion would be a fantastic shade for anyone looking for a red lip in gloss form; as you know I also like the Three Custom Color gloss in Candy Apple, and the fact that I already owned the 3CC one was the single thing that prevented me from snapping up the Vermillion as well. Hello, restraint — nice to meet you. Come around a little more often, will you?)
Delicious, scrumptious-looking plum photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/939889408/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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I have the Rimmel Aubergine. Some place suggested that my color brown eyes are most flattered by purple liners. Even though I most often go with the heavy, matte, black liquid liner I really do think the plums are the best color for me and have been wanting to purchase other options. This will be helpful.
I can't seem to get the liner as thin as I'd like. It might be me or the Rimmel.
I did the plum & coppers yesterday and really liked it. Ha! I had always done the plums with purples and blues. I have so much to learn!
AS if I needed another eye liner, you sold me on the warm plums, maybe the Stila.
Thanks Voxy! I can really see ways to add it to my look. Given these pictures and CBD's description, I think my next Sephora trip will involve some plum eyeliner. Definitely wearable, even where I work.
Oh, and I need a red lippie. NEED.
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Smoke alarms have many different features. They can be electrically
connected, battery powered, or both. The pause feature to reduce nuisance
alarms is recommended.
Where to install Smoke Alarms...
Install smoke alarms on every level of your home, near sleeping areas.
Because smoke rises, they should be placed on or near the ceiling, according
to your user's manual. Try to avoid areas such as bathrooms, heating appliances,
windows or close to ceiling fans.
Why does my Smoke Alarm beep?
An intermittent beeping means that the battery needs replacing immediately.
Don't wait this long. Replace the battery in all of your smoke alarms
at least twice a year. Use special dates, for example, when you change your
Smoke Alarm care...
Follow the manufacturer's directions. Test your alarm weekly by pressing
the test button. Once a month test your alarms using smoke from a smoldering
string. Dust can clog a smoke alarm, so every six months, carefully vacuum
inside the power unit according to manufacturer's instructions.
Smoke Alarms do not last forever...
Replace smoke alarms that are over ten years old. Replace smoke alarms
that fail the above tests or that malfunction in any way.
Plan your escape!
Make sure that everyone knows what the smoke alarm sounds like and that
they know what to do when they hear it. Know two ways out of every room
in your house and have a pre-arranged meeting place outside. Once out,
stay out and call the fire department from a neighbor's house. Tell them
your name, address, telephone number.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless and deadly gas. It is
almost the same density of air, not heavier nor lighter, so it mixes freely
with it. Because you can't see, taste or smell it, carbon monoxide can
kill you before you know it's there. CO is inhaled and bonds with the
hemoglobin in your blood, displacing the oxygen you need. It will eventually
displace enough to suffocate you from the inside out, resulting in death or
brain injury.
It is a by-product of anything that burns. It comes from gas or oil
fired appliances such as furnaces, dryers, stoves, water heaters, and barbecues.
It can also come from wood burning stoves, fireplaces, and automobile engines.
About 50% of all reported cases of carbon monoxide poisoning are caused by
defective heating systems.
Symptoms can be mistaken for those accompanying the flu. They may
include headache, fatigue, nausea, dizzy spells, and confusion. If you
feel better after being away from the house for a period of time, you could
be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Medical studies have determined that a high percentage of the population
is particularly vulnerable to CO, including low levels over longer periods of
time. This high-risk group includes fetuses, children, the elderly, and those
with heart and lung disorders.
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, carbon monoxide
poisoning is the leading cause of accidental poisoning death in the U.S., responsible
for 1,500 accidental deaths and 10,000 illnesses annually.
CO detectors are now widely available in battery or plug in types. Follow
the manufacturer's instructions and place it near the sleeping area.
Less than 18% of U.S. households have a carbon monoxide detector.
For more information please contact your local fire department.
High rise apartment buildings are generally referred to as those that exceed
6 stories in height. These buildings are considered to be safer from the
spread of fire than the average single family dwelling. However, it is
a fact that residents of these buildings are generally unfamiliar with the built-in
"safety features" of this type of construction, and what actions to take in
case of fire.
High rise apartment buildings in New Jersey are designed for fire safety and
are typically constructed of non-combustible materials. Fire resistive
walls and floors separate all apartments from one another. Consequently,
they are quite safe from the danger of fire spread from one apartment to another.
Many of these buildings contain a fire alarm system that will alert the entire
building when activated.
The fire resistive stairways in these buildings are for escape purposes.
Illuminated exit signs typically mark exit stairways on each floor. To preserve
the safety of these escape stairs, the doors to them Must Remain Closed at All
These buildings contain interior water supplies and hose lines on each floor
for the use of the fire department. The building's water supply can be
supplemented by the outside fire department connection.
Alert other occupants in your apartment or office and leave the fire area
Close the door to the suite as you leave. This will help to contain
the fire.
Activate the fire alarm pull station in the corridor.
Exit the building using the nearest stairwell, making sure that the door
closes behind you to prevent the spread of smoke and heat into the stairwell.
Once outside, call the local fire department and give your name, building
address and exact location of the fire.
Once out, stay out until instructed by authorities that it is safe to return
to your suite.
Alert all the other occupants of your apartment. Never assume that
it is a false alarm.
Feel your suite door and handle with the back of your hand before opening.
If the door feels warm, fire and smoke could be on the other side.
If door is not warm, brace yourself against the door and open it carefully
to check conditions in the corridors.
If the corridor is clear, move quickly to your nearest exit stairwell, closing
all doors as you leave.
Take your keys with you or leave your suite unlocked in case you are forced
to return to your apartment.
Open the stairwell door carefully and if stairwell is clear, exit the building.
Once outside stay out until instructed that it is safe to return to your
If you encounter smoke in the corridor, crawl low under the smoke and return
to your suite. Never walk through smoke and heat.
If you encounter smoke in the stairwell, leave the stairwell immediately.
Proceed to alternative stairwell, and check for smoke. If stairwell
is clear, exit the building.
If smoke is present in the second stairwell, leave the stairwell, return
to your suite if possible, or seek refuge in another suite or smoke free area.
Do not go to the roof. Doors or hatches leading to the roof will be
locked. Smoke and heat entering a stairwell will usually rise to the top of
the stairwell.
If you must remain in or return to your suite, prevent smoke from entering.
Use tape or wet towels to seal all cracks around doors.
Use cardboard, tape or plastic bags to seal vents or ducts in kitchen and
bathrooms to prevent smoke from entering your apartment.
Telephone the fire department and give your exact location.
If smoke enters your apartment, move to the balcony or most protected smoke
free room. Seal the room with sheets or towels as before and await rescue.
Open a window for fresh air if required. Be prepared to close the window
if smoke enters from the outside. If the window does not open, break it
only as a last resort.
If smoke starts to seep into the room, make a smoke tent by holding a sheet
around your head and body and lean out the window. You may also cover
your mouth and nose with a damp cloth.
Remain calm and listen for any instructions that may be given by the authorities
using public address systems or loudspeakers.
Observe safe smoking rules. Use deep ashtrays and make sure all smoking
materials have been completely extinguished.
Do not smoke in elevators.
Practice safe cooking habits.
Eliminate unsafe electrical conditions.
Practice good housekeeping at all times.
All residents should familiarize themselves with the building. Walk down
the stairway to become familiar with it.
Know the location of all the exits, the location of the fire alarm stations
and all the fire safety equipment.
Be sure you know your correct address.
Be sure your address is clearly posted on your residence and ensure that
it will be visible during periods of daylight and at nighttime
For more information on fire safety, contact your local fire department.


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Global Settings
Getting Started
Community in the Cloud
Migrating From Another Platform
How to use IPS Community Suite
First Steps
Managing Members
Managing Your Community
Content Discovery
File Management
Moderating Members and Content
Member Preferences and Features
Social Sign In
Suite Applications
Core Concepts
Basic Tutorial: Building a recipe section
Advanced Tutorial: Recreating the "Release Notes" section
Tips & Tricks
Advanced Options
Getting The Basics
Products & Purchases
Selling & Managing Hosting
Providing Support
Themes and Customizations
Getting Started with Themes
Advanced Theming
Languages and Localization
- Introduction to languages
- Installing a ready-made language pack
- Setting the default language
- Creating a new language pack
- Translating using the visual language editor
- Translating using the standard editor
- Replacements in phrases
- Plural phrases
- Changing date formats
- Exporting a language pack you have created
Editor and Emoticons
Tips & Tricks
Template syntax
Javascript Framework
Introduction to the framework
Using UI widgets
- Introduction
- ips.ui.alert
- ips.ui.autoCheck
- ips.ui.autoComplete
- ips.ui.captcha
- ips.ui.chart
- ips.ui.dialog
- ips.ui.flashMsg
- ips.ui.grid
- ips.ui.hovercard
- ips.ui.infinitescroll
- ips.ui.lightbox
- ips.ui.menu
- ips.ui.pageAction
- ips.ui.pagination
- ips.ui.rating
- ips.ui.selectTree
- ips.ui.sideMenu
- ips.ui.spoiler
- ips.ui.stack
- ips.ui.sticky
- ips.ui.tabbar
- ips.ui.tooltip
- ips.ui.truncate
Using utility modules
CSS Framework
Sidebar and Widgets
Advanced Options
Configuration Options
Server Management
IPS Connect
Developing Plugins and Applications
Introduction to the IPS Framework
Creating Plugins
Creating Applications
Advanced Theming
What does a theme comprise?A theme in the IPS Community Suite allows for almost limitless visual customization of the software. They are primarily used to match the branding of your community to your main website, but communities will also commonly offer a selection of themes for users to choose from. A theme is made up of the following: Templates
Templates render the HTML for the views. They are a mixture of normal HTML, HTML logic, PHP variables and some special plugin tags. CSS
Standard CSS files that style the page Resources
Normally images, although other resource types can also be used Theme Settings
Special pre-defined settings you can create for your theme, allowing users of the theme (i.e. site owners) to customize it easily The IPS Community Suite allows themes to customize all of these items, and provides tools for doing so. Note: Generally speaking, customizing themes using these advanced options assumes knowledge of HTML, CSS and occasionally Javascript. Making changes without fully understanding the impact could cause issues for your community. Consider using our other theme tools instead. Editing themes There's two primary ways of editing a theme, and we'll cover both in-depth. Template editor
The AdminCP provides interfaces for editing each type of theme resource Designer's mode
A special mode that exports a theme to files on disk, allowing for editing by traditional IDEs.
Using the template editorThe standard way of editing a theme is by using the template editing tools available in the AdminCP. They provide easy access to templates & CSS and don't require any special setup. To begin editing a theme, navigate to Customization -> Themes in the AdminCP, and then click the code icon to the right of the theme you wish to edit. Note: If the theme you wish to edit was originally created with the easy editor, the code icon will instead appear in the dropdown menu for the theme. This is what you'll see: 1. File listing The sidebar lists the available templates/CSS files in this theme. In the template list, templates are grouped first by application, and then front/global, and finally by section. front - Used on the public side global - Used on both the public and admin side Four different icons may be shown to the right of each item in the list to denote its status: M - This file was modified in a previous version of the IPS Community Suite and may be out of date M - This file was modified in the current version of the IPS Community Suite I - This file is being inherited from a parent theme. Changes in the parent theme's file will be reflected here too C - This file is unique to this theme (i.e. it has been added manually) You can switch between templates and CSS files with the tabs at the top of the sidebar. Both types of file can be open at once in the editor. 2. Editor The main editor window is a tabbed, syntax-highlighted editor allowing you to edit both templates and CSS files at the same time. Open a tab by clicking a file in the sidebar; close a tab by clicking the X in the tab. If a file has unsaved changes, a bulletpoint will be shown in place of the X. 3. Search Easily locate a particular template or CSS file by searching for it. This field searches both the name and template contents. 4. Revert If the currently-selected file has saved changes (i.e. it is different from the default theme that we ship with the software), the Revert button will be available. Clicking it will revert the file back to its default status - any customizations will be removed from it. This is often useful after an upgrade where a file may be out of date. In those situations, reverting a file and then manually reapplying the necessary customizations is the best course of action. 5. Variables Most templates have variables passed into them by the backend code; these variables are often used to output data, or control the display in other ways. Clicking the Variables button shows you the variables being passed for the selected template, so that you are aware of what data is available to the template. Note: Don't add, change or remove variables from this dialog unless you are developing an addon and aware of what you are doing. Changing the variables here will cause errors because it will no longer match what the backend is passing to the template engine. 6. Editor preferences The editor preferences dropdown contains a handful of options controlling how the editor appears. You can set these up to suit your own taste. 7. New file The New button allows you to add custom HTML templates and CSS files to this theme. This is often a good idea to keep your changes isolated from the default templates/css files, which enables easier upgrading for sites using the theme. We cover this more in the Best Practices step of this guide.
Using designer's modeWhile the standard template editor is useful for light template editing, for larger, more complex changes, editing with a real IDE is desirable. The IPS Community Suite facilitates this through something called Designer's Mode. What is Designer's Mode? Designer's Mode allows you to use a real IDE by exporting all of the templates and CSS files to disk as files, and then reimporting them to the suite when you have finished editing them. With Designer's Mode enabled, the software will load its theme from this folder, meaning you can edit the files and see the changes as you make them. Warning Designer's Mode should not be used on a live community because it will have resource usage implications. We always recommend developing themes with Designer's Mode on a test/development installation. Enabling Designer's Mode The first step is to create a folder called themes in your root community directory (that is, the same place your conf_global.php exists). CHMOD this folder to 777 to enable the suite to write the files. Next, navigate to Customization -> Themes in the AdminCP. In the toolbar at the top of the page, click the Designer's Mode button. Toggle the setting on after reading the information box, and then save the form. IPS4 will begin writing the theme files to disk. Once complete, you will see a directory structure similar to this in the /themes folder on your server: All themes currently installed are exported when Designer's Mode is enabled; the parent folders in this structure are named based on the theme ID. You can cross-reference the theme ID you wish to edit on the theme listing page in the AdminCP while Designer's Mode is enabled: Each theme folder contains four key parts: /css
The CSS for the theme, grouped first by app, then by location (front/admin/global). /html
The *.phtml HTML templates this theme uses, grouped first by app, then by location (front/admin/global) then by section. lang.php
A language file into which you can insert any custom language strings your theme requires. They should be in this format: 'my_language_key' => "The English phrase" /resources
Resources for the theme (primarily images), grouped first by app, then by location (front/admin/global) then by type. Editing templates When you edit the *.phtml template files exporting by Designer's Mode, you will notice a special tag on the first line of each file that looks like this: <ips:template parameters="$title,$html,$location=array()" /> This tag is how the software knows which variables belong to this template. It is very important that you do not modify this line in template files, or your theme may break. Completing Designer's Mode When you are happy with your changes, you can disable Designer's Mode to import them back into the suite (note that you can enable Designer's Mode again later to continue). To do do, go back to the theme listing screen at Customization -> Themes, and click the red Designer's Mode Enabled button. When you toggle the setting off, you will see additional settings asking you to confirm that you want to synchronize the changes. Warning Be sure the Synchronize option is enabled when you save this form, otherwise your changes will be lost. You can select individual themes to sync, or all of them. You can also choose whether to keep the files on disk or automatically delete them once the sync is done.
Managing theme settingsTheme settings are a way to set up variables that your theme can use, and which offer an interface to be customized via the AdminCP. For example, the default IPS4 theme stores most of its color choices as theme settings, and it's this which facilitates the easy mode editor. Theme settings are particularly useful when you plan to distribute your theme for others to use, but you may also find uses even if a theme is for your own use. For example, you might occasionally have a banner at the top of your site about some upcoming event. Instead of constantly editing your templates to add/change/remove this message, you could set up a couple of theme settings - one to show/hide it, and another containing the text. IPS4 supports a wide range of field types for theme settings, opening up some innovative possibilities for your custom themes. Managing theme settings Note: Theme settings can only be managed using Designer's Mode. Ensure that mode is enabled before continuing. Theme settings are managed by navigating to Customizations -> Themes in the AdminCP, clicking the dropdown menu beside the theme you want to edit, and selecting Custom Settings. The screen you see shows the current theme settings for this theme. You can drag and reorder the settings by grabbing the drag handle to the left of each row, or edit/delete the setting using the buttons to the right. Theme settings can be grouped, and the groups are shown as tabs at the top of the table. Creating theme settings To create a theme setting, click Add Setting at the top of this screen. You'll see a popup window: Title language key
Theme settings need to be language-abstracted, since they can be shown in other languages if a language pack is used. Therefore, instead of entering an English name for this setting, you enter a language key, and then create that language phrase. Since you're in Designer's Mode, a language file named lang.php will be created in the theme directory, so you should create your language phrase in that file, and enter the key in this field. For application
The associated application for this setting; this will be Core in almost all situations. Key
The key is how your theme setting will be referenced in templates & CSS files, so it's a good idea to pick something simple but clear. Tab type
This controls the grouping of the setting. If you want to add the setting to an existing group, select it from the next setting; otherwise, choose New Tab and enter a name in the text field that appears. Type
This determines the field type the setting will use, and therefore how admins will choose a value when they edit the setting. Default value
The field type you choose will determine what fields are shown, so fill them in as necessary. The Default Value field is shown for all field types, and determines what value this setting will have if the admin doesn't change it. Note: for the Color field type, the value you enter should be a hexadecimal value, and prefixed with a # symbol. For example, #ff0000. Save the form to add the setting, and exit Designer's Mode when you have finished creating theme settings. Editing theme setting values Theme setting values are edited by administrators on the normal edit screen for the theme. Navigate to Customization -> Themes, and click the Edit icon to the right of the theme you want to edit. Theme settings are available in tabs on the edit screen, and can be adjusted based on the field type: Using theme settings Now that you have created a theme setting (or several), they can be used in your HTML & CSS files. There's a couple of ways of using them. {theme} tag If you just want to output the value a setting (for example, in a CSS file to set a style value as the value of the theme setting), IPS4 includes a special theme tag you can use: {theme="your_theme_key"} A real-world example: body { background-color: {theme="page_background"}; } HTML logic If you need to check the value of a theme setting in an HTML logic tag (for example, to determine whether a block of HTML should be shown or not), a short-hand variable is available to you: theme.your_theme_key A real-world example: {{if theme.forum_layout === 'grid'}} ... {{else}} ... {{endif}}
Managing resourcesA theme can have resources associated with it; these are usually images, but can be any kind of resource you need. Some examples: Images Web fonts Video Resources for a theme are managed by navigating to Customization -> Themes in the AdminCP, and selecting Manage Resources from the dropdown menu for the relevant theme. You'll see a listing of all current resources in the theme. Note: This only applies if you do not have Designer's Mode enabled. If you have it enabled, you can manage your resources using normal folders and you don't need to upload them through the AdminCP. However, note that the method of referencing a resource file at the end of this step still applies even if you use Designer's Mode. Adding resources To add a new resource file, click the Add Resource button. The form displayed is relatively self-explanatory, aside from: Existing location
Choose the appropriate location for your resource. If it's for the public side of the site, choose front, if it's for both the public and admin sides, choose global. Folder
Files are grouped by type, much like you would structure files in a folder on a desktop. We recommend creating a new folder for your resources to keep them separate from the default resources we ship with the software. Using resources Because of the way uploaded files are stored by IPS4 (in that they could exist on a file system, or Amazon S3, or even in a database as a virtual file, and that's before introducing CDNs), there is no guaranteed URL for you to use to refer to your resource. Instead, you use a special template tag, which IPS4 replaces with the generated URL when the page is rendered. The format is: {resource="<folder>/<filename>" app="<app>" location="<location>"} <folder> is the folder name you created when uploading the image (or the existing folder name if you chose an existing folder). <filename> is the original filename of the file you uploaded, with extension. <app> is the associated application (almost always will be core), and <location> is one of front, admin or global. You can also find the tag you need for your resource by locating it in the table of existing resources (see the start of this step). The template tag can be used in both templates and CSS files, and is simply replaced with a URL. That means you would use it like so: HTML: <img src='{resource="myfolder/myfile.png" app="core" location="front"}' alt='My file'> CSS: body { background: url( {resource="myfolder/myfile.png" app="core" location="front"} ); }
Best practices for your themesWhile the theme system allows almost limitless customization possibilities, there are a few best practices that we recommend you follow. They will make things easier for both you and site admins who choose to use your theme. Don't edit default CSS files Whenever a default theme file is edited, it makes upgrading a site a little more difficult because the customizations have to be handled. This is an easy problem to solve for CSS because by its nature it cascades - that means you can create your own CSS files that overwrite styles defined in our default CSS files, without impacting the ability for the suite to update the default CSS file later upon upgrade. By way of encouragement, we ship an empty CSS file called custom.css which you can use as a starting point for your changes. For simpler themes, keeping your changes in this one file might be sufficient. However, you can create more custom CSS files in the custom group if you wish, and they'll be automatically included (no need to use @import statements). The IPS Community Suite always includes your custom CSS files last in the loading order, so you can use the same selectors you see in the default CSS files and your new styles should overwrite the default. Keep template changes to a minimum Similar to the above, editing templates can lead to difficulty with upgrades, because customized templates may be missing new HTML necessary for a new feature, or worse, break the templates by calling a variable that has since been removed. However, unlike CSS files, templates can't cascade, and sometimes editing a template is the only choice. Therefore, we recommend you try to keep these edits to a minimum. There's a few strategies for doing so: Use CSS where possible
It may be tempting to adjust the HTML in templates to help achieve some particular visual style. We recommend exploring using CSS to do this instead wherever possible because it will make maintaining your theme much easier in the long run. Use template includes and custom templates where appropriate
If you're adding a larger block of HTML to a template (more than a couple of lines), consider putting that code in a custom template bit instead, and then calling that template from the default template. That way, the customization to the default template is a simple include tag that can easily be reverted and added back later without much effort. To call a custom template, you can do: {template="myCustomTemplate" group="<group>" app="<app>"} where <group> and <app> are the keys for the location you chose when you created your custom template bit. Consider creating a hook instead
Application hooks have the ability to adjust templates by 'hooking' into the code inside them. In some situations, using a hook to adjust the template may be more appropriate that editing the template contents directly. Remember mobile support The IPS Community Suite has been designed from the ground up to be responsive; that is, the same theme works on devices regardless of screen size, whether it's a desktop monitor or a phone. When you make changes to your theme, remember to consider mobile support and ensure you include responsive styles too. You can use a tool like Google Chrome's web inspector to mimic different screen sizes, or use a tool like BrowserStack to test your theme on real devices Remember right-to-left support The IPS Community Suite is designed to work fully with both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) languages. If you are creating a theme that you plan to share with others (rather than one just for your own use), keep RTL support in mind. The next step of this guide covers some steps you can follow to support it.
Upgrading themesWhen a new version of the software is released, there will inevitably be changes to the default templates in which would need to be replicated in your own custom themes. On an upgrade, only unedited templates would be upgraded automatically, and therefore this would be for yourself to upgrade any templates which cannot be upgraded. There are a couple of tools available for you in order to achieve this. Each of which is explained below. Theme differences The theme differences tool is an external tool which can be found in the following location on our site https://invisionpower.com/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=plugins&do=diff This tool will allow you to see the differences between any 2 versions of the 4.x software, from 4.0.0 right up to the current version. Once you have selected the versions to compare, you will then be shown all changes between templates on the 2 versions in which you selected in a similar format to the below. Red showing what has been removed, and the green showing what was added Comparing within the admin CP Whilst within a template in your custom theme, you can compare that to the default, unedited version of the same template directly from the admin CP. First of all, you would take a look to see which items within your custom theme have been modified. You can do this using the selection menu at the top of the template list, to select only modified templates. This will enable you to quickly find all templates that you may need to look at after an upgrade. Once you have found and opened a template that you are working on, you will see a tools button in the top right of the screen. Clicking on this will show an option for you show the default. Tip If you simply need to change the template to be that of the default template, you can use the Revert button, also shown in the image below, to achieve this. Once you have selected this, you will see the default template is placed alongside, with any changes to the default indicated, as shown below. Note that you can edit directly on the right hand side to make any changes needed.


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We all know vitamin C is good for us. It is an important antioxidant and helps boost the immune system. But for some reason, most of us limit our conscious intake of vitamin C to either supplements or brightly colored fruits like oranges and grapefruits. And yet there are so many other "colorful" places to find a good shot of C, and when eaten whole or drink as juice, it can provide you and your diet with a real pick-me-up.
Cranberry juice is widely used and effective in treating cystitis, or urinary tract infection. That is because cranberries contain a compound that basically prevents bacteria from attaching itself to the walls of the urinary tract. So, if you are experiencing burning and irritation while urinating, blaze over the health food store and purchase a bottle of natural, unsweetened cranberry juice (the juice at the grocery store is packed with sugar which will irritate the condition). Drink several glasses a day until symptoms subside.
Cranberries also act as natural diuretic and antibiotic. Drinking several glasses of juice each day can offer real relief especially if you are prone to recurring infections.
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