text:
Dearest Miss: This was such a good week! You were magnificent in capturing the zeitgeist of the current politics affecting Canadians. In the last two weeks alone you've been quoted in newspapers, appeared on TV in Vancouver, were interviewed on Toronto and Vancouver radio, did a London, England podcast and the Free Talk Live radio broadcast (talking about your upcoming appearance at the prestigious New Hampshire Liberty Forum on February 23-26), and confirmed a Sun TV news appearance for Monday, and a radio interview in your hometown Kamloops Thursday.
Even I got in on the current big debate. On Thursday, November 23rd, four previous Vancouver mayors issued a call to legalize marijuana and end cannabis prohibition, particularly imploring the Canadian Prime Minister Harper not to proceed with mandatory minimum jail sentences for cannabis under Bill C-10, which is likely to pass in the current Canadian Conservative-controlled Parliament.
The news department of CTV news, a major television network, asked you for my opinion of this statement from the four former mayors, then showed the remarks I issued from Yazoo federal prison on that night's TV news broadcast, and published me in the online CTV news story too.
On Friday morning, the Province newspaper led their Letters to the Editor page with my full letter and remarks under the bold headline, "Politicos only say war on drugs is a failure after they've quit", and a photo of you with the massive FREE MARC banner in the background. In my letter I impugn the integrity of the current elected officeholders in Canada and the US who refuse to concede to the democratic will to legalize marijuana and recognize the folly of prohibition.
While it's hopeful that four former mayors have made crystal clear the urgency and necessity of ending prohibition to restore justice, the safety of our streets and our individual freedom to choose, it remains disturbing that virtually no politician currently in elected office at any level advocates this.
It is a political irony that these former mayors, former presidents of Colombia, Brazil and Mexico, former governors, hundreds of other previously elected and now former officials throughout the world, along with hundreds of former police officers, all declare the war on drugs a counter-productive failure, a gift to organized crime and a threat to the stability of several nations, but none of them acted on this while in the political authority of their elected or appointed office.
There is an unfathomable disconnect between actually holding political office and doing the right thing when it comes to ending prohibition. Even with majorities in the U.S. and Canada favouring the legalization of marijuana, no serious action occurs in the parliaments, statehouses, legislatures and congresses of Canada, Mexico or the United States to further this desire. Nor is any rational explanation for this dereliction of democratic will and common sense offered by the authorities in office. Why?
– Marc Emery, U.S. federal prison, Yazoo City, Miss.
As the media continued to cover the news about the four former mayors joining Stop The Violence BC to condemn prohibition, and question the current Vancouver Mayor, Gregor Robertson, in this regard, they noticed he had added his voice to the call and issued the following Tweet online Thursday night:
@MayorGregor: Good to see 4 Vancouver ex-mayors calling for end of cannabis prohibition. I agree, we need to be smart and tax/regulate.
The news coverage of that Tweet got a number of quotes from the current mayor about how prohibition is a failure. And this happened right after my recent blog called him and others out for never publicly endorsing legalization despite knowing he ought to. So now he is on record endorsing legalization as the newly re-elected mayor. Oh, my sweet wife, this is wonderful to see!
On that very same Friday, you held signs up and delivered slogans with your enviable lung power at an appearance by the Prime Minister and the Premier of BC at Telus Science World in Vancouver. Your message that prohibition only benefits the politicians, police and gangsters was the dominant media talking point of the day, thanks to you, despite both the PM and Premier being there announcing funding for the facility.
Your presence even had the media grilling the Prime Minister on the crime bill, and while he rejected your assertions categorically, as he insists always on doing, you had the media being your conduit to the PM! Fantastic! I loved hearing your appearance on the CTV news segment about the mayors and Harper's visit, when you played it over the phone for me. Oh, dear Jodie, you've done such a great job. Almost every media outlet had your message, succinct and to the point.
[See Jodie's quotes from the news stories here.]
You are so inspiring! Together, Team Emery made tremendous political impact in these last few days! And to top it all off, on that Friday night, as part of the Thanksgiving weekend concerts here at the prison, my rock and roll band THE YAZOO 5, played a 55-minute performance from 7pm to 8pm. Our nine-song set went very well, I had a wonderful time! I knew our songs and had them thoroughly practiced. We were outdoors with fully amplified electric equipment and were deliciously loud on a clear evening with 65 degree Fahrenheit temperature, just the right amount of light, playing under an open big sky. My bass guitar work was so improved, I wasn't even nervous at any time throughout the concert or even before.
Our band is made up of TC, a black Mississippian, originally of Detroit, who loves soul, country and R&B; Sapp, a terrific black drummer from Florida who picks up on an unfamiliar song immediately; Victor, also our vocalist and wonderful rhythm guitarist, an Hispanic American who loves rock and country; my good friend Terry, the virtuoso Hendrix guitarist with 20 years of professional performing experience (who knows how to play almost every song ever!); and I, who, after six months of playing bass, have done three concerts now and am getting pretty good! TC is a brilliant singer and does soulful vocals on Stormy Monday, Hotel California, I Can See Clearly Now, and Red House. Victor does wonderful country vocals on Way Out Here, Out in the Backwoods, Killing Time, and he finally nailed the vocals to Voodoo Child and Purple Haze.
My only disappointment is that I'd love to put on a show with the band every weekend – it's so thrilling. Our next concerts will, in fact, be over the Christmas and New Year's Day holiday weekends. We'll be adding Don't Stop Believing (Journey), Blue on Black (Kenny Wayne Shepherd), Don't Blink (Kenny Chesney), and Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) for those shows, and probably dropping Purple Haze. I also know how to play bass on White Room, Wind Cries Mary, Money, All Along the Watchtower, Sunshine of Your Love, Johnny B. Goode, I Shot The Sheriff, Stir It Up, No Woman, No Cry, and Tightrope. Terry knows the lead on all those songs too, so we might bring some of those out in the new year.
I've just finished a terrific 850-page time travel novel that had me absorbed over eight days, written by Stephen King, called 11/22/63. I enthusiastically recommend this book. In a sleepy town in Maine (where else for Stephen King?), a modest teacher named Jake is shown a time travel portal at the back of the diner owned by his friend Al. Through this portal, you go from the year 2011 back to September, 1958. Always the same day, same time, same place. Al has been going back to September 1958 hundreds of times over the past few years to buy meats at 1958 prices for his diner. With each trip into 1958, Al does change the past, and it's fixed in time, until the next jaunt back into '58, and then the past is reset back to the status quo. And when he returns from 1958 through the portal, only two minutes has elapsed in 2011 time, no matter how long Al or Jake has stayed in the past. Al gets it in his head to go back to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from killing President John Kennedy, which Al hopes will prevent the Vietnam War, the assassinations of M.L. King and Robert Kennedy. But by 1962, while shadowing Oswald, living off the winnings from gambling on sports he knows the outcome of, Al gets irreversible cancer, and has to return to 2011 to recruit English teacher Jake to do the job.
What I've told you is established in just the first 40 pages, the next 800 are engrossing, thrilling and disturbing. Throughout the book the reader is teased with the premise "if you could, would you, should you?" The past is obdurate – a new word I learned, meaning the past resists changes. The past doesn't want to be disturbed, and puts roadblocks in the way of those change agents who come into the past. With every page I was thinking about the implications of the premises established by this book, so when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it.
It's also a touching love story, Jodie, and it made me think of us. The distance between us, the time (955 days) remaining until we're together again, the strength of our commitment, and the romance we have always had. Time and space. I love my incredible Mrs. Emery!
And when I wasn't thinking about the implications of changing the past, it was because those nine songs for my concert were in my head, morning, noon and nighttime too! Waking up and as I fell to sleep, I could hear my bass lines to Killing Time, Way Out Here, Stormy Monday, and the others. That's something new in my life, Miss, that I'm really enjoying, this hearing songs I am working on in my head at all times of the day.
Can't wait to see you on December 10th and 11th! Congratulations on your terrific work getting the Prime Minister's attention, and getting our message into the news. I'm excited to have you seek a Liberal or NDP nomination in the 2015 election. Qualified as I feel I am, I might have too much baggage to seek elected office successfully – but you, everyone loves you, Miss, you are so classy and so wise for your age. I am so honoured to be your husband!
Forever your grateful prince,


text:
Fall 2019 - Practical Applications of Advanced
Methodology in the Music Classroom
Course Description
Practical Applications of Advanced Methodology in the Music Classroom
The University of Kansas will offer the distance learning course Practical Applications of Advanced Methodology in the Music Classroom #835. It is a graduate level music education class for practicing professionals and current music education students.
Course Description
This is a live interactive class with on-campus students and those off-campus via Skype. MEMT 835, Practical Applications of Advanced Methodology in the Music Classroom (3 credit hours) will meet Mondays, Aug. 19, 2019 - Dec. 9, 2019 from 4:30 to 6:20 p.m. with additional "by appointment" time for the student's research. This course will be devoted to a study of enhanced methodological and pedagogical approaches for the music classroom.
Potential course foci:
• in-depth methodology
• advanced pedagogical development
• classroom management
• learning styles enhancement
Dr. Debra (Gordon) Hedden, Associate Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy at the University of Kansas, is a general music specialist and is a past chair of MENC's (now NAfME) Chair of the Society for General Music.
In public school she has taught band, choir, and general music; in higher education she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in music education and has founded and directed the Northern Iowa Children's Choir at UNI. While at KU since 2003, she has initiated graduate music education distance delivery and founded and directed the KU Youth Chorus at The University of Kansas.
Dr. Debra Hedden
Class Timeline
Mondays from 4:30 PM- 6:20 PM (subject to change)
Dates listed:
The course will be offered at KU as both an on-campus class in MUR 575 and an off-campus course with sites to be determined by students' needs. Some community colleges and high schools have Polycom transmission capabilities and could be used for class locations; or the student can purchase software and use the internet to attend class. Both venues offer live, participatory class sessions that can conceivably occur anywhere in the world.
Course participants will have continuous opportunities to enhance their professional networking as well as learn from each other.
Practicing music educators and current graduate students in any music education discipline are potential participants for the course.
While this is an innovative approach to teaching and learning, the class will function as a typical class in virtually every way.
All students will learn to operate the technology at the site and will be assigned presentations and/or papers that will be delivered to the class via the technology.
The instructor will provide technical assistance in learning the system. All participants will contribute in terms of teaching and learning.Credit
The course is offered for 3 graduate hours of credit, 2 hours for class and 1 hour for assigned projects, papers, and/or presentations. The third hour will be devoted to out-of-class preparation and research.
This is a live interactive class offered at multiple sites simultaneously via the Kan-Ed distance system and the internet.
Students wishing to enroll at a distance site should contact the instructor immediately for a site. Call her at 785-864-9638 or send an e-mail to Dr. Debra Hedden at least 2 weeks prior to the 1st day of class to arrange for use of a distance site. Please provide your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, intended semester/year for attendance, and requested site location.
Both degree seeking and nondegree seeking graduate students may enroll, but distance students enroll through one section if attending at Edwards, another for "all other" sites. Students will be assessed the fees relevant to the section in which they enroll.
The University of Kansas Continuing Education
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1625, USA
+1 877 404 KUCE (5823) toll free
+1 785 864 KUCE (5823) Lawrence
E-mail: email@example.com
Music Education and Music Therapy at
The University of Kansas
Dr. Debra Hedden - firstname.lastname@example.com 785-864-9638

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Pets pets pets
Does neutering affect certain dogs' health; possibly contributing to cases of cancer and joint disease? The following study from the University of California Davis is something to ponder. It may make veterinarians rethink an altering timeline for certain breeds of dogs.
The dog overpopulation crisis forces euthanasia at shelters across the US. Therefore, this research is not going to sit well with shelter rescue advocates because traditional spaying and neutering of dogs at six months old has long been the crusade of the rescue world which later embraced pediatric spay/neuter (aka "early" spay/neuter) when this method became available in the 1980s for pups that were as young as seven weeks. The following excerpt is verbatim from the 2/13/13 UC Davis press release:
"Neutering, and the age at which a dog is neutered, may affect the animal's risk for developing certain cancers and joint diseases, according to a new study of golden retrievers by a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis.
The study, which examined the health records of 759 golden retrievers, found a surprising doubling of hip dysplasia among male dogs neutered before one year of age. This and other results were published Feb. 13 in the online scientific journal PLOS ONE.
"The study results indicate that dog owners and service dog trainers should carefully consider when to have their male or female dogs neutered," said lead investigator Benjamin Hart, a distinguished professor emeritus in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
"It is important to remember, however, that because different dog breeds have different vulnerabilities to various diseases, the effects of early and late neutering also may vary from breed to breed," he said.
While results of the new study are revealing, Hart said the relationship between neutering and disease-risk remains a complex issue. For example, the increased incidence of joint diseases among early-neutered dogs is likely a combination of the effect of neutering on the young dog's growth plates as well as the increase in weight on the joints that is commonly seen in neutered dogs.
Dog owners in the United States are overwhelmingly choosing to neuter their dogs, in large part to prevent pet overpopulation or avoid unwanted behaviors. In the U.S., surgical neutering - known as spaying in females - is usually done when the dog is less than one year old. {My two cents- spaying a female before her first heat is often recommended because this reduces the chance of her developing mammary tumors later in life.}
In Europe, however, neutering is generally avoided by owners and trainers and not promoted by animal health authorities, Hart said.
During the past decade, some studies have indicated that neutering can have several adverse health effects for certain dog breeds. Those studies examined individual diseases using data drawn from one breed or pooled from several breeds.
Against that backdrop, Hart and colleagues launched their study, using a single hospital database. The study was designed to examine the effects of neutering on the risks of several diseases in the same breed, distinguishing between males and females and between early or late neutering and non-neutering.
The researchers chose to focus on the golden retriever because it is one of the most popular breeds in the U.S. and Europe and is vulnerable to various cancers and joint disorders. The breed also is favored for work as a service dog.
The research team reviewed the records of female and male golden retrievers, ranging in age from one to eight years, that had been examined at UC Davis' William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for two joint disorders and three cancers: hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear, lymphosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma and mast cell tumor. The dogs were classified as intact (not neutered), neutered early (before 12 months of age) or neutered late (at or after 12 months of age).
Joint disorders and cancers are of particular interest because neutering removes the male dog's testes and the female's ovaries, interrupting production of certain hormones that play key roles in important body processes such as closure of bone growth plates, and regulation of the estrous cycle in female dogs.
The study revealed that, for all five diseases analyzed, the disease rates were significantly higher in both males and females that were neutered either early or late compared with intact (non-neutered) dogs.
Specifically, early neutering was associated with an increase in the occurrence of hip dysplasia, cranial cruciate ligament tear and lymphosarcoma in males and of cranial cruciate ligament tear in females. Late neutering was associated with the subsequent occurrence of mast cell tumors and hemangiosarcoma in females.
In most areas, the findings of this study were consistent with earlier studies, suggesting similar increases in disease risks. The new study, however, was the first to specifically report an increased risk of late neutering for mast cell tumors and hemangiosarcoma.
Furthermore, the new study showed a surprising 100 percent increase, or doubling, of the incidence of hip dysplasia among early-neutered males. Earlier studies had reported a 17 percent increase among all neutered dogs compared to all non-neutered dogs, indicating the importance of the new study in making gender and ageof neutering comparisons."
According to AKC Canine Health Foundation, "the task is now to determine if the observations in this study are indeed true across all breeds and mixed breeds of dogs. Dr. Hart is interested in continuing his work by studying Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherd Dogs and Dachshunds. Additionally, gaps in knowledge continue to exist concerning the complex relationship between sex hormones and cancer."
Dr. Christine Zink is a professor of pathology and microbiology at John Hopkins who has done extensive research on HIV; but as a veterinarian, she treats agility dogs. She raises questions in her thought-provoking 2005 article "Early Spay-Neuter Considerations for the Canine Athlete" which is available online. She mentions studies where dogs spayed or neutered early are taller than dogs spayed at an older age. Zink notes that sex hormones have a role in bone density, concluding that this may be the reason veterinarians are seeing a higher incidence of orthopedic disease in dogs altered early. She also offers interesting suggestions balancing the rescue/ overpopulation dilemma with decision making in the hands of responsible dog owners as to the best age to spay/neuter their dogs.
Babylon Town Shelter Adoptables (631-643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: Showcasing two tiny dogs that each need a change of fortune. Poodle mix "Lucky" #13-211 isn't so lucky. He was returned to the shelter after two years because of landlord woes. Min Pin "Chino" #13-209 may have been abandoned when his former owners moved. Come meet all the dogs and cats waiting at the shelter.


text:
More Police Brutality? Officer Stuns & Then Punches Man
MSNBC Reports: Video shows police using a stun gun on a man then punching him in the face&IP=22.214.171.124
Please click the "Report" button below if the video on this page is not working properly.
Comments will only be displayed by verified emails. No Spamming or Racism.


text:
Shah.naman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 219 designs submitted by 55 freelance designers.
We are a group of young entrepreneurs who are trying to revolutionize the way people in the developing world use their mobile phones. We are creating a platform to allow individuals to use their mobile numbers to build large and interactive social networks. Help us launch this company with a great logo.
Target audience are young, hip, social 18-30 year olds. Both male and female.
We are looking for a simple but elegant logo for a hot new startup called inCrowd. inCrowd is based around creating social networks through mobile phones in India. If possible the design should incorporate elements that work with the Crowd theme or a Social Graph theme of connecting people. The logo should fit normal web 2.0 design themes and should be playful. Feel free to experiment with icons such as speech bubbles and other things that might fit the theme of the business as broadly defined above. Some other things of note:
Colors: Please no more than 3-4 colors. No gradients or patterns. Solid colors only. Should match with a white background
Fonts: No cursive or hard to read fonts. The logo should be playful and easily read.
Capitalization: Feel free to try both inCrowd and InCrowd. The C in Crowd must be capitalized.
Files to be delivered: We will require a Photoshop (psd or ai) and vector format version. Additionally we will need a link to any font used.
Beyond these specs…anything is fair game. We will provide feedback regularly during the contest and please do reach out to us with any questions you might have. Good luck!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


text:
Get more NerdMelt goodness for less by becoming a member!
• FREE ADMISSION to all ticketed NerdMelt events for one month, excluding Women Crush Wednesdays, fundraiser shows, private events, and other specially marked events.
• JUMP THE LINE NerdMelt Members get front-of-the-line access to get seated first!
Check out our full events calendar at NerdMeltLA.com packed full of shows you won't want to miss!
Make your purchase online, then pick up your NerdMelt Membership card on location at 7522 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046 during open box office hours, which begin one hour before scheduled showtimes.
For box office pick-up, present your ticketing confirmation, which will be emailed to you after purchase. The month-long membership will begin on the first day of use. Enjoy!


text:
Apple Cross-Breeds Desktop With Mobile in OS X Mountain Lion
Feb 16, 2012 11:58 AM PT
Apple revealed on Thursday a developers' preview of the next version of its OS X operating system, and it's loaded with some of the features found in the company's popular iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Parts of the OS X refresh, called "Mountain Lion" and expected to be released in late summer, will be deja vu for users of Apple's mobile products.
A new messaging app will replace iChat. The new app closely resembles the one used by Apple's mobile devices and allows sharing of words, photos and videos among Mac users, as well as users of iOS gadgets. What's more, it lets you start a task on one device and continue to work on it on another.
A reminder app lets you create lists that can be pushed to all your devices through Apple's online storage service, iCloud.
Sharing Everywhere
The notes app in the OS looks exactly as it does on the iPad, although it has more formatting options and a neat feature that permits you to "rip" a page from the pad and place it on the desktop. Notes, too, are synchronized and shared with other devices through iCloud.
The Notification Center found in iOS will be in Mountain Lion, too. It's a single place to view your latest emails, calendar events, reminders and system notifications.
On iOS devices, sharing what you work on can be done with a single poke. With Mountain Lion, it can be done with a single click. No matter what you're doing with your computer, a share icon is always available with a context menu that lets you do things like bookmark pages, email a document, message a contact or create a tweet.
Airplay mirroring will also be found in Mountain Lion. So if you have Apple TV, you can mirror the screen of your Mac on a TV. That's especially useful for business presentations created with programs like Keynote.
Gatekeeper Security
There are also some new features in Mountain Lion not found in the realm of iOS. Support for Chinese speakers will be beefed up, and security will be improved with Gatekeeper.
Gatekeeper allows you to determine what apps can be downloaded and installed on a Mac. That isn't necessary in iOS because Apple itself acts as the gatekeeper by only allowing apps that it approves to be sold to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users.
Gatekeeper gives you the option of installing apps only from the App Store, from the App Store and developers who have been certified by Apple or from anywhere you want.
One feature from the iOS world that doesn't seem to be making it over to Mountain Lion is Siri, the virtual assistant found on the iPhone 4S.
Robust Upgrade
"This is one of the most robust upgrades that we've seen from Apple in a while," Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, told MacNewsWorld.
Apple is sending a message to the markets with Mountain Lion, he added.
"The takeaway message is that Apple is more than ever committed to the Mac platform," he said. "That even though it's not the central hub of their revenues, it's still an important product in the overall Apple line and they have no intention of stopping to be innovative on the Mac or to stop supporting it aggressively."
Feature Convergence
As more features from iOS begin to show up in OS X, some believe it's only a matter of time before Apple merges the operating systems together.
"Within the next one to two years, they'll try to drive the operating systems together," Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group, told MacNewsWorld. "It should be done by 2015 at the latest."
Neither Apple nor Microsoft is rushing into convergence, maintained Carl Howe, a research director at the Yankee Group. "They recognize that computers still have a lot of utility," he told MacNewsWorld. "Nobody is going to say you should give up word processing on your computer because you can watch movies really well on it."
Apple isn't alone is trying to create ties across its family of devices. Microsoft is trying to do it with Windows Phone and Windows 8. Google showed signs of it when it recently introduced a version of its Chrome browser for Android.
"Everyone is moving the mobile world and non-mobile world together," ABI Research Mobile Devices Analyst Michael Morgan told MacNewsWorld. "So all your data, all your experience will become synchronized across all of your computing activities."


text:
SpiderPig needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 8 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
Looking for a new website banner for advertising
My new website is pocketpciphonetheme.com. Im looking for two new banners to advertise with.
Sizes 468x60 and the other 160x578
I would like some animation and some pizazz. My website sells a "iphone theme" for phones so i would like to have some of the screen shots in the banner as a teaser of whet they will be getting.
- similar colors to the website
- use some of the screenshots in the banner as a teaser.
- Item 1...


text:
Brand: Ativan Lorazepam is a habit-forming drug used to treat anxiety disorders. The drug should not be taken for a period longer than four months. Withdrawal symptoms may occur when you stop using lorazepam, including tremor, sweating, muscle cramps, stomach pain, vomiting, unusual thoughts or behavior, and seizure (convulsions). Side effects include: confusion, depressed mood, thoughts of suicide or hurting yourself, hyperactivity, agitation, hostility and hallucinations. (Photo by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration)
Copyright © 2019, Chicago Tribune


text:
Erik Gillund is a car guy to the core; one look at his unique creation and it's evident he comes from an automotive background rich in character.
Getting his start with mini-trucks, Gillund was winning dB competitions before moving on to Imports. That was when he owned everything from Honda EG and EK hatches to cars like the Acura Integra, 350Z and even a hardcore Eclipse drag car.
"Back in 2010 I was ready for a break from the Imports and wanted something that was stylish, comfortable, highly tunable and could accommodate my family. And the VW Jetta made perfect sense," Gillund explained.
A trip to the local dealer unearthed a killer deal on a 2008 Jetta 2.5L. And when he got an even better trade-in offer on his Z, the deal was done.
Like so many builds, Gillund had zero intentions of modifying the Mk5... at least, that's what he told his better-half. "I told myself and my wife that I wasn't going to modify the car. It would be a daily driver so needed to be reliable. Yet in the back of my mind I wanted to modify it since none of my cars have ever remained stock," he laughed.
A short two weeks after buying the car, it was already laying on a bed of air, thanks to a friend with a Mk3 on air-ride. It only took one ride in it for Gillund to realize it created a smooth ride that not only handled well, but could also get low.
The drop was handled by Air Lift's XL Slam Series air suspension with a pair of Viair 480cc compressors and twin two-gallon tanks that were vinyl wrapped and mounted in a custom enclosure that's a crowd favorite at shows.
"I like to keep things different. So instead of polishing the air tanks, I decided to wrap them in vinyl when I realized they looked like drink cans; I have a Mountain Dew every morning instead of coffee and I also love Bud Light, so the inspiration was easy," Gillund said. "I swear, more people talk about the cans in the trunk than the wheels or front-end swap."
Speaking of the unique nose, it's got the face of a Mk6 GTI and the derriere of a Mk5. "A while ago, somebody posted a Photoshopped image on Facebook of a Mk5 with a Mk6 front-end. I fell in love with it and had to make it happen. So I contacted Fast Eddie's Autobody in Manassas, VA to do the swap," Gillund said.
"To my knowledge, I was the second person to complete the swap at the time" Gillund added. "As far as I know, only one guy in Japan had successfully done it before."
Since the swap was such a rarity, Gillund was blazing a path to greatness, and Fast Eddie's successfully grafted the Mk6 GTI front-end onto his Jetta using OEM parts.
"The swap was anything but a bolt-on deal, a lot of things had to be custom modified, like the core support, headlight brackets, bumper brackets and especially the fenders," he said.
The GTI fenders were roughly 2" short, so the bodyshop cut and welded the rear portions of the stock Jetta fenders to the Mk6 GTI panels for a perfect fit. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and Gillund admits that if he'd started with Jetta fenders, it might have been easier. But, like we said, the swap was so new he was blazing his own trail.
With a fresh face and a slammed stance, the car proceeded to see four sets of wheels until he landed on what could possibly be the defining feature of the car: its 19" Blonix Snowflakes.
"It's difficult to find a set of wheels that are different but also suit the car. But when I saw a Hyundai Genesis at SEMA 2012 with the Snowflakes, I knew they were the ones," Gillund said. "I contacted Blonix about the rims and a custom set arrived four months later," he added.
Of course, the fenders had to be heavily massaged. After a lot of rolling, the effort resulted in arches that swallow the massive mesh rims that feature 3" front and 3.5" rear lips.
With a killer stance and unique wheels, not much more needed to be done in the way of body mods. "I added Votex skirts, filled the hood notch, smoothed the upper grille and added a Dorbitz Designs lower grille. Beyond that, I didn't go crazy with the exterior because it already looked so good," Gillund said.
Life on the inside is good thanks to plaid GTI seats, an NRG suede steering wheel with quick-release hub and plenty of black and red suede on the pillars, roof and door panels. Gillund also had trim pieces Hydrodipped in a wood-grain finish, while other accents were dipped in a black metalflake tint. The result is a simple yet effective combination of colors and finishes that complete a solid build.
Although Gillund didn't opt for the 2.0T motor, the 2.5L five-cylinder is no less of a workhorse, especially with a throaty intake howl thanks to an APR cold-air intake and software re-flash. Along with some cosmetic mods like an Integrated Engineering polished valve cover, a mild wire tuck and Porsche reservoir caps, the engine bay upgrades are concise but choice.
If one word summarized this Jetta it would be presence. It's low, wide, clean and commands attention no matter the company. And it's been achieved without a mile-long mod list as further proof it's not the quantity but rather the quality of a build that defines it.
Tech Spec
2008 VW Jetta
Erik Gillund
Woodbridge, VA
Medical equipment
Engine 2.5L five-cylinder 20v motor with APR/Carbonio carbon cold-air intake and software, Integrated Engineering billet valve cover, Porsche 911 oil, coolant caps, K&N breather filter, semi-wire tuck
Drivetrain stock
Brakes R1 Concepts drilled and slotted rotors, StopTech Street pads, stainless braided lines
Suspension Air Lift XL Slam Series air kit, two Viair 480cc compressors, dual two-gallon air tanks with custom vinyl wrap, custom enclosure
Wheels & Tires 19x10" ET+32 Blonix Snowflake wheels from ISS Forged, polished 3" f, 3.5" r lips, flush-mount valve stems, brushed faces, color-matched windows, 225/35 R19 Hankook Ventus Evo tires
Exterior 2012 VW GTI front-end conversion with European-spec front bumper, Votex side skirts, filled hood notch, Dorbitz Designs lower grille, smoothed upper grille, rolled fenders, smoked mirror signals
Interior VW GTI plaid seats, NRG suede steering wheel, quick-release hub, black suede upper and lower B-pillars, red suede headliner, A- and C-pillars plus door inserts, Hydrodipped wood-grain trim pieces and grab handles, black metalflake door panels
Audio/visual stock
Thanks my wife and family, Lorenzo Hicks at Iceboxx Customs, Janoy Fuentes and crew at Blonix Wheels, ISS Forged, Fast Eddie's Autobody, Jeff and crew at Custom Functionz, Kenneth Marion, Jay Martinez at Tuner Evolution, Ken Appell at Carlisle Events, Xclusiv Alliance, Nick Bottini at Alles Gute Designs


text:
Minimizing the Weight Gained
from Quitting Smoking
You may have heard that you can't deal with weight control issues at the same time as quitting smoking. It may be fine for some people to gorge themselves while quitting smoking and deal with the weight at a later time. The health implication of a minor weight gain is negligible in comparison to the health risks posed by smoking.
The average smoker would have to gain over 75 to 100 pounds to put the additional workload onthe heart that is experienced by smoking, and this is not saying anything about the smoking cancer risk.
But for aesthetic and emotional reasons, allowing uncontrolled eating and the inevitable weight gain is a mistake that will often undermine the quitting process.
Discouragement over appearance can cause some to return to smoking. Then the smoker has the additional problem of the extra weight combined with smoking. Sometimes the weight does not automatically disappear by simply relapsing back to smoking.
Weight gain following smoking cessation can be due to several factors. Smoking can have an effect on a person's metabolism and thus quitting can account for a small weight gain in some individuals.
Gains of 5 to 10 pounds over a number of months can be attributed to metabolic alterations in some individuals. But once weight gain exceeds 10 pounds, other factors are more probably responsible.
Snacking between meals or increasing the overall size of meals, can easily result in the consuming of several hundred extra calories per day. Eating just an additional 100 calories a day will result in a one-pound fat gain in just over a month, 10.4 pounds in one year, and an extra 104 pounds in ten years. One hundred four pounds of fat from drinking the equivalent of one extra soft drink per day.
This is why you often hear, "I didn't eat that much more but gained excessive amounts of weight!" True, they may not have eaten that much more daily, but they did it everyday, and the cumulative effect can easily account for the "mysterious" weight gain.
Some ex-smokers eat more because they are just hungrier. They find themselves snacking between meals or needing to eat at times that were never necessary before. If they wait to eat too late in the day or there is too much time between meals, they may start to experience symptoms such as headaches, sleepiness or lack of energy.This can be a real side effect of smoking cessation.
The reason for the new sense of hunger is due to the fact that nicotine is an appetite suppressant. Smoking between meals seems to eradicate the need for the snacking behaviors experienced by many ex-smokers.
Nicotine does this by elevating the blood sugar and blood fat levels, basically tricking the body into thinking that it has eaten more than it actually has. While that may help to control weight, it does so at a risk. Cigarettes used as an appetite suppressant can cause cancer, heart disease, strokes and a host of other illnesses.
The ex-smoker is no longer constantly administering an appetite suppressant. This does not mean he or she needs to increase caloric intake. It may be a matter of redistributing food normally eaten at single sittings at large meals into numerous smaller meals spaced throughout the day. This can allow for the snacking between meals ex-smokers are notorious for without increasing overall caloric intake.
As an example, if breakfast consists of cereal, muffin, eggs, and a glass of juice, instead of eating all that food in one sitting, it can be dispersed over two or three times keeping a more even distribution of blood sugar throughout the morning hours. The same rule can apply to lunch and dinner, allowing for numerous snacking times throughout the day.
A more insidious mechanism of increased caloric intake can be experienced by unwittingly eating more at the end of meals.
The smoking of a cigarette used to signify the end of a meal. With no cigarette to serve as a cue, the ex-smoker may continue to consume extra food after every meal whether or not he or she is hungry. The ex-smoker may not even know that he has eaten more in the process.
One solution to this behavior can be planning the meal out in advance. Calculate and prepare the amount of food you used to consume while smoking and acknowledge to yourself that you have finished.
Another way is leave the table immediately upon completion of the meal. If you must stay at the table have a glass of cold water or a non-caloric beverage present. Don't leave a plate with scraps or desserts in easy reach.
Another very good solution is getting up and brushing your teeth. This can become the new cue for the end of the meal as well as improve dental hygiene. The clean feeling in your mouth may be a new pleasurable experience for an ex-smoker. While smoking, brushing of the teeth was often followed by a cigarette, compromising the overall cleansing process.
Besides controlling consumption, exercise is another tool to help with weight control efforts after quitting smoking. Twenty to thirty minutes of exercise done every other day can offset the metabolic alteration accompanied by smoking cessation.
If you are eating "a little more," then more exercise can help offset that, too. But be realistic. You have to do a lot of activity to burn off a relatively small amount of food. That is not to say it is a waste of time to exercise to lose weight; just don't eat food with a shovel and go for a short walk and expect to work off the difference.
Successful weight control while quitting smoking can be accomplished with a little extra effort and planning. If weight gain is experienced during smoking cessation, steps should be implemented as soon as possible to reverse the process. Then to maintain a healthy lifestyle, watch your food consumption, exercise regularly, and most importantly - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
Share this article
Stop smoking weight control videos
"I would rather be a little overweight and not smoking than underweight and dead" article Video
Incorporating exercise after quitting
"I know I am going to gain weight if I quit smoking!"
After I lose weight I will quit smoking: video
Blood sugar issues when quitting smoking: article Video
Quitting may lead to other self-improvements


text:
Chelsie Hightower — Crush of the Day
What is it about dancers that drive us crazy? Their bodies? Their sweet moves? The fact that their sweet moves remind us that our go-to 'Cabbage Patch' dance really sucks? Even though we've been practicing since a time when people knew what the hell a Cabbage Patch even was.
Anyways, dancers make us want to be a more well-rounded dude. Whether it's getting into better shape or learning to do something other than 'The Shopping Cart' on the dance floor. Yup, we crush at The Shopping Cart too.
Chelsie Hightower is a Latin ballroom dancer who made her television debut on 'So You Think You Can Dance.' Although she was eliminated after making it to the Top 6, Hightower went on to, arguably, bigger and better TV shows that only women watch by acting as a partner to such "stars" as Ty Murray, Louie Vito, Jake Pavelka, Michael Bolton and Romeo on 'Dancing With The Stars.' This season she is paired up with Roshon Fegan which is either a Tai Chi move or a curse word in 'World of Warcraft.'
Anyways, watch Hightower cut some rug with Romeo while we go and practice 'The Running Man' in front of the mirror…


text:
Nokia and in this case UK carrier Three, have co-released a new ad for the Nokia Lumia 925. Falling under the "absurd" category, the Finnish smartphone maker asks Do Carrots help you see in the Dark? The ad then shows what looks to be a scientific test with subjects consuming vast quantities of carrots and then engaging in sports like hurdles and boxing, but completely without light.
The subjects of course fail miserably and since people falling down is allegedly funny, it is supposed to get a laugh.
The commercial ends with the line "For better low-light performance, try the Nokia Lumia 925" along with the Three's branding.
While the commercial is mildly entertaining, it suffers from the same problem as the other recent Lumia 925 ad: they never actually show the device (let alone it doing anything). That seems a bit odd, since they could have easily have shown the phone twirling around or looking all pretty with its Live Tiles. Even more, they could have showed it taking photos in low light and the results.
It's not clear if this will air on TV or just be a web-only video, but for now you can watch it on YouTube (which we only use to watch Nokia ads, evidently).
We'll leave it up to you folks though. Yay or nay?
Source: Nokia UK (YouTube)


text:
New Policy
Major Revision of Existing Policy
Minor/Technical Revision of Existing Policy
Reaffirmation of Existing Policy
Repealed Policy
The purpose of this regulation is to establish a standard for the hours of work and for the provision of benefits to University employees. The benefits in this section are intended to apply to all budgeted University faculty and staff and are intended to complement applicable collective bargaining agreements. However, to the extent any benefits contradict existing collective bargaining agreements, the collective bargaining agreements will be the controlling authority for those covered employees.
Benefits made available to budgeted Faculty, Administrative and Support employees include paid and unpaid leave, holidays, State and University-sponsored insurance programs, and retirement. Benefits shall be provided proportionate to full-time equivalency on the payroll. Benefits and hours of work requirements shall be administered consistent with the following provisions.
A. Workweek
1) The standard workweek is 40 hours for full-time employees. Holiday pay (maximum of eight hours) and paid leave are not considered overtime and are paid at the employee's regular pay rate except as stipulated in appropriate collective bargaining agreements.
2) Each employee is expected to work the number of hours in the employee's established workweek unless on approved leave.
B. Overtime (applicable to hourly employees only)
1) Overtime must be approved by the appropriate supervisor prior to the hours being worked. Failure to comply with this provision may lead to disciplinary action.
2) Overtime worked will be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
3) Overtime shall be paid no later than the end of the following pay period, unless accrued as overtime compensatory leave.
C. Compensatory Leave: (applicable to hourly employees only). Compensatory leave shall consist of the following types and such unused leave shall be transferred or paid as follows.
1) Overtime compensatory leave is provided in lieu of payment for overtime for nonexempt Support employees at the rate of one and one half times the total hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek.
2) Unused overtime compensatory leave shall be paid out as follows:
a. if the employee changes departments through promotion or reassignment.
b. if the employee has accrued more than 80 hours (120 for University police) as of June 1, the amount in excess of 80 and 120 respectively shall be paid out in the last pay period of June.
c. if the employee separates from the University.
d. if the employee requests payout during the year
3) Regular compensatory leave shall be provided to a Support exempt employee for work beyond 40 hours on an hour-for-hour basis. The University may elect to pay an employee for a part or all accrued special compensatory leave at any time.
4) Employees must use accrued compensatory leave prior to using other types of leave.
D. Paid and Unpaid Leave Status. Employees who may face the need to be on an unpaid leave for one pay period or more must meet with the Benefits Staff in the Office of Human Resources prior to going into an unpaid status. If it is not possible for the employee to meet, the employee should designate a representative to meet on the employee's behalf in order to ensure arrangements are made to provide for continued insurance coverage.
1) Leave shall be accrued while in pay status and shall be credited on the last day of that pay period or, in the case of separation, on the last day the employee is on the payroll.
2) During approved unpaid leave for parental, foster care, medical, or military reasons, an employee may use accrued leave to continue the contributions to State benefits and other expenses.
3) Unless agreed otherwise, an employee shall be employed in the same or similar status upon completion of the approved leave period.
4) While on paid leave, an employee may not be employed elsewhere unless the requirements for outside activity have been met.
Health Insurance, Life Insurance and Related Benefits
The University offers a variety of benefits to its employees including health, vision, dental, and other benefits to assist employees with everyday needs. Many of the standard benefits are provided to employees through the State of Florida; however, the University also provides benefits to its employees through private entities. Benefits are offered both on a pre-tax and after tax basis, depending upon the nature of the benefit. For further information regarding the benefits provided to University employees, please contact the Office of Human Resources Benefit Coordinators or refer to the OHR website at www.unf.edu/dept/humanres/benefits.html.
A. Sick Leave. Sick leave accrual for full-time employees shall be as follows with proportionate accrual for less than full-time.
1) Sick leave shall be accrued before use unless available through the University's Sick Leave Pool pursuant to the Sick Leave Policy. There is no maximum on the amount of sick leave that can be accrued. Sick leave accrued prior to October 1, 1973, shall be used prior to any sick leave accrued after that date.
2) Sick leave is authorized for the following purposes:
a. The employee's personal illness, injury, exposure to a contagious disease, a disability where the employee is unable to perform assigned duties, or appointments with health care providers.
b. The illness, injury, appointments with health care providers, or death of a member of the employee's family.
c. An employee may be required to provide medical documentation to support the use of sick leave for three (3) or more consecutive days of absence.
3) Notice of absence due to illness, injury, disability, or exposure to a contagious disease shall be given on the first day of absence.
4) The University shall accept the transfer of a maximum of eighty (80) hours of accrued sick leave accrued in another State university within Florida or New College for which payment has not been received provided no more than 31 days have elapsed between employments; or if reemployed by UNF within 60 days, unpaid sick leave will be restored. In the case of a layoff, the unpaid sick leave will be restored if recalled by the University within one year.
5) Upon separation, an employee with 10 or more years of State service shall be paid for one-eighth of all unused sick leave accrued prior to October 1, 1973, and for one-fourth of unused sick leave up to a total of 480 hours accrued after October 1, 1973, in accordance with Section 110.122, F.S.
B. Annual Leave
1) Annual leave for full-time employees shall be as follows with proportionate accrual for less than full-time. An academic year (39 weeks) employee, and an employee appointed for less than 9 months shall not accrue annual leave. Hours of accrual for Support is based on years of creditable service and such service shall be awarded as one month of service credit for each calendar month that the employee is on the salaried (non-OPS) payroll of the University or during authorized unpaid leave.
2) Annual leave shall be accrued prior to use.
3) Employees may accrue annual leave in excess of the year end maximum during a calendar year. Employees with accrued annual leave in excess of the year end maximum as of December 31, shall have any excess converted to post October 1, 1973 sick leave on an hour-for-hour basis on January 1 of each year. The employee may retain hours in excess of the year end maximum with the approval of the Vice President for Human Resources.
4) No annual leave, accrued in another State university within Florida or state plan shall transfer.
5) An employee who separates from employment shall be paid for all unused annual leave hours up to the year-end maximum allowed for the pay plan. Upon reemployment by the University within 60 days or upon recall by the University within one year, all unpaid annual leave shall be restored and any annual leave paid at time of separation shall be restored upon repayment.
6) Upon entering into the Deferred Retirement Optional Program (DROP), employees may elect to be paid up to the year-end maximum of their unused annual leave.
7) Upon transfer from an annual leave-accruing position to a non leave-accruing position, the employee shall be paid for unused annual leave.
8) Upon the death of an employee, payment for all unused annual leave shall be paid to the estate of the employee, beneficiary or as provided by law. Restrictions for employees participating in DROP upon their death may apply.
A. ADMINISTRATIVE - Employees are provided paid administrative leave as follows and shall not cause the full-time employee to exceed 40 hours during the workweek. Administrative leave is not accrued.
1) JURY DUTY - Administrative leave for jury duty shall not exceed the number of hours in the employee's normal workday. If jury duty does not require absence for the entire workday, the employee shall return to work immediately upon release by the court. If the jury duty does not coincide with the regular work schedule, the employee shall be granted administrative leave based on the total hours served on jury duty and such leave shall be granted on the next scheduled work shift. Any jury pay shall be retained by the employee. Employee must provide documentation to the Office of Human Resources for all hours of jury duty in a timely manner. Failure to provide documentation will result in the employee using annual leave in lieu of administrative leave. Documentation may include a copy of the jury summons, copy of the subpoena or notification from the Bailiff of the Court.
2) SUMMONS AS WITNESS - Administrative leave shall be provided to an employee summoned as a witness in a matter not involving personal interests. Administrative leave shall not be provided to an employee serving as an expert witness. Witness pay shall be retained by the employee. Employee must provide documentation to the Office of Human Resources for all hours of "Summons as Witness" in a timely manner. Failure to provide documentation will result in the employee using annual leave in lieu of administrative leave. Documentation may include a copy of the jury summons, copy of the subpoena or notification from the Bailiff of the Court.
3) ATHLETIC COMPETITION - Administrative leave for athletic competition in Olympic events shall be provided in accordance with Section 110.118, F.S.
4) OFFICIAL CLOSING OF THE UNIVERSITY - Administrative leave shall be provided for the official closing of University facilities. Support employees required to perform essential services during an emergency closing shall have the time worked during the official closing calculated as overtime.
5) FLORIDA DISASTER VOLUNTEERS - The University President may provide administrative leave for Florida Disaster Volunteers.
6) CIVIL DISORDER - The University President may grant administrative leave for civil disorder or disaster for an employee who is a member of a volunteer emergency response team.
7) VOTING IN PUBLIC ELECTIONS - Up to two hours of administrative leave may be provided for voting in public elections.
8) INVESTIGATIONS - The University may place an employee under investigation on leave up to the length of the investigation.
9) DISCIPLINARY NOTICE - The University may place an employee on administrative leave between the notice of reduction in pay, suspension, or dismissal and the effective date of such action.
10) BEST INTEREST OF THE UNIVERSITY - The University may place an employee on administrative leave when the employee's presence in the workplace may result in damage to property, or injury to the employee or others, or it has been determined that it is in the best interest of the University to do so.
11) PRESIDENTIAL DISCRETION - The University President, may, at his/her discretion, designate additional leave days with pay for administrative purposes.
B. BEREAVEMENT - Employees may use up to three (3) days of Bereavement Leave upon the death of a family member/relative. For purpose of this policy, family member/relative is defined as:
Employee's spouse
Employee's parents
Employee's children and children's spouses
Employee's grandparents
Employee's grandchildren
Employee's siblings and the sibling's spouses
Employee's aunt, uncle, niece, nephew and first cousin
Employee's spouse's parents
Employee's spouse's children
Employee's spouse's siblings
Employee's spouse's grandparents
Employee's domestic partner
"Relative" or "related" person also includes a person who is engaged to be married to an employee. Documentation must be provided by a copy of the obituary, or a copy of the funeral program or completion of the "Bereavement Leave Approval Request." The employee's name and relationship must be written on the form. Failure to provide documentation in a timely manner will result in the employee using annual leave in lieu of the bereavement leave.
C. COMPULSORY LEAVE - Compulsory Leave provisions shall be consistent with the following.
1) The University may place an employee on Compulsory Leave if the employee is unable to perform the duties of the position or is experiencing excessive absences due to medical reasons.
2) Medical certification of the medical condition and work restrictions, if any, by an approved health care provider shall be required.
3) The University may require the employee to be examined by a University-appointed physician to determine fitness for duty. The University shall pay the cost of the examination.
4) Notice shall be provided to the employee identifying duration of the leave, the conditions for return to the position, and whether such leave shall count toward FMLA entitlements.
5) The employee may be allowed to use paid leave during compulsory leave to continue the contributions to State benefits and other expenses.
6) Unless agreed otherwise, an employee shall be employed in the same or similar status upon completion of the approved leave period and upon receipt of medical certification.
7) Employees who fail to meet the conditions of the compulsory leave or who fail to obtain medical certification and are unable to perform duties may be dismissed for inability to perform the duties of the position.
D. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Employees are provided with twelve workweeks (480 hours) of Family and Medical Leave within a 12-month period in compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 (Public Law 103-3) and the Final Regulations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 CFR Part 825). The 12-month period is calculated on a rolling year basis for each individual employee. All employees are eligible including OPS employees who have worked at least 12 months (these need not have been consecutive) and who have worked at least 1250 hours in the 12-months prior to the leave. Faculty, Administrative, and Support employees may use paid leave for an FMLA event and such shall be counted toward the entitlement.
E. MILITARY LEAVE Military leave and reemployment rights shall be provided to Faculty, Administrative, and Support employees consistent with Federal and State laws, specifically:
1) An employee, except an employee in a temporary position, who is drafted, volunteers for active military service, or who is ordered to active duty shall be eligible for military leave.
2) An employee shall receive their full pay in addition to their military pay for the first thirty (30) days of active duty.
3) After the initial 30 days, the law allows those on active duty to receive the necessary pay to fill any gap between their military and civilian pay and continue their existing benefits. Leave payment of this type shall be made only upon military authority that thirty (30) days of military service have been completed.
4) Upon separation from the military service, the employee shall be eligible to return to the former position held or a different position in the same class provided the employee is honorably discharged.
F. PARENTAL LEAVE - Employees shall be provided with up to six (6) months unpaid parental leave during which time the employee may use accrued leave when the employee becomes a biological or adoptive parent. Parental leave may begin two weeks prior to the expected date of the child's arrival unless otherwise approved by the Vice President for Human Resources.
G. WORKER's COMPENSATION - Workers' Compensation benefits for an injury compensable under the Florida Workers' Compensation Law shall be provided consistent with the following.
1) An employee shall remain in full pay status for a period up to a maximum of forty (40) hours without being required to use accrued leave credits. If, during that period, the employee receives Workers' Compensation benefits then the employee shall reimburse the University the amount of the benefits. Such reimbursement shall not include payments for expenses related to medical, surgical, hospital, or nursing treatment or payments of disability losses.
2) An employee may elect to use paid leave to supplement Workers' Compensation payments, not to exceed the employee's regularly scheduled work day.
3) The period of paid or unpaid job-related disability leave shall be in accordance with Chapter 440, F.S.
4) An employee who was injured in the workplace, may be returned to alternate duty consistent with established University policies or procedures.
5) If at the end of the leave period, an employee is unable to return from leave to work full-time and perform the duties of the position, the University may consider various employment options.
6) FMLA shall run concurrently with Workers' Compensation.
H) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEAVE: In accordance with Florida law, the University will provide employees up to three (3) days of leave in a 12-month period if the employee or a family or household member is a victim of domestic violence. If you have questions regarding your eligibility for domestic violence leave, please contact the Human Resources department.
All eligible Faculty and Administrative employees are enrolled in the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) unless employees elect to participate in the Florida Retirement System. All other employees participated in the Florida Retirement System (FRS Pension or FRS Investment Plans), except those who remain in the State and County Officers and Employees Retirement System or the Teachers Retirement System.
References: 1001.74, FS.; 1001.75, FS. and relevant Collective Bargaining Agreements
History: NEW 2-1-06; Repealed 6C9-4
Adopted by the University of North Florida Board of Trustees as part of the University's Personnel Program on January 26, 2006.
Formerly 4.007


text:
|Statement by Ambassador Wang Min, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, at the Twelfth Plenary Meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
Mr. Chairman,
I thank you for convening today's meeting, and appreciate the leadership role of Spain in chairing the Contact Group.I also welcome chairman of each working group for their briefings, and thank them for their important contributions.
Mr. Chairman,
The issue of piracy off the Somali coast has always posed a serious threat to stability and development of the region as well as safety and security of international shipping.At present, acts of piracy are still running rampant.They are getting apparently industrialized and violent, with increased all-weather piracy capabilities and expanding scope of attacks.It is imperative for the international community to strengthen coordination and cooperation to cope with these developments.
Mr. Chairman,
China supports combating piracy off the Somali coast under the relevant international law and Security Council resolutions.China has taken an active part in international cooperation within the framework of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The Chinese Navy started to dispatch escort warships to the Gulf of Aden and the Somali waters in January 2009.By the beginning of July this year, China has dispatched twelve batches of31 warships to engage in escort missions for 4,711 vessels in 469batches,more than half of which are foreign vessels.The escort missions are 100% successful.China will continue to strengthen coordination and information sharing in military activities with the parties concerned on the basis of voluntary participation and consultation on an equal footing.
Fundamental settlement of the piracy issue off the coast of Somalia depends on political stability, economic growth and social tranquility in Somalia. The peace process in Somalia is now at a crucial juncture.China welcomes the progress made by the Transitional Federal Government in implementing the Kampala Accord and the Roadmap Ending the Transition.We hope the parties concerned in Somalia strengthen cooperation, resolve their disputes through dialogue and consultation, and end the transitional period as scheduled.
China calls on the international community to continue to put great emphasis on the situation in Somalia. The international community should provide consistent and comprehensive support to Somalia on different dimensions and in a wide range of areas,and faithfully fulfill its commitments to assisting Somalia. The international community should further enhance the capacity of regional mechanisms to respond to the Somali issue, and vigorously support and give sufficient assistance to the coastal countries in their capacity building efforts.In the meantime, it should continue to increase financial,technical and logistical assistance to AMISOM, and create conditions for the United Nations to take over the tasks of the AU peacekeeping operations in Somalia at an early date.
Mr. Chairman,
China will continue to work with the international community and play a constructive role in promoting the peace process in Somalia.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.


text:
Comments on Conflicting Absolute Positions
by Rob Swan
77 Reader CommentsBack to the Article
Yet again we are limited by IE, and et again we have to implement another hack…
That is *sweet*. I had no idea you could do that, now I'm going "I wonder where I could use that…"
Ta muchly!
Doesn't anybody ever read the specification? This magical surprising feature of CSS is very clearly defined. I'm only a college student working towards a computer science degree, and I've never worked on web design for anybody else, but even I knew about this.
Why is it that even on a site devoted to web design, none of the web developers know very much about the languages and APIs they're using? I understand that web design is more artistic than programming, and as such web developers shouldn't be expected to be as technically proficient, but if you're going to make a living using something you should know something about it.
It always amazes me what poor programmers most web developers make. Are the two skills mutually exclusive or something? I know I'm certainly not very good at making a web page look very pretty.
James - it's not just a matter of reading the specs, it takes time and effort to test each feature against each browser to see whether it is actually supported (many aren't) and what workarounds, if any, are needed.
thanks very much for that. I can have a three column, equal height layout, with a header and footer, and equally can present the contents in any order.
Simply beautiful. Thanks
Hi Rob,
Ok, box-height and CSS can be very tricky, but why not
laying out the template with good old pure-CSS?
(then you can opt additionaly for the height-js trick)
for example:
#header {height: 80px;}
#side {float:left;width:200px;}
#right {margin-left:210px;}
While this is indeed a beautiful solution, it creates another issue: The side bar gets a very un-desired scrolls, which remind the frames days.
Maybe it's just a matter of implementation, and can be avoided if the side bars content's width is known, but it certainly not good to have more than one scrollbar on a page.
Also, the position of the scroll bar (for the main content area) is not ideal. *People look for these scrolls* on the *side* of the screen, not somewhere *inside* it. Can this issue be addressed in the same manner?
As Marc van den Dobbelsteen already said, a simple margin on the right pane would also do the job. simply "width:auto"
and margin like the width of the left pane (or even more, if you want some space). Or did i miss something?
Just a quickie. I moved the menu and sidebar to after the content so that screen readers don't have to skip the menu.
ISSUE: in all browsers if you set a div to 100% (used for certain effects)it takes the parent width and a horizontal scrollbar appears :( Just not setting it 100% removes the problem but some of my skinning requires it.
Interesting method. There is a way to express 100%-20px without dynamic expressions that combines the use of width:100% and borders. I have a "crazy example":http://experiments.mennovanslooten.nl/2005/FlexLayout/final.html of that. I'm looking forward to the CSS3 days of width:calc(100%-30px);
bq. but it certainly not good to have more than one scrollbar on a page.
I disagree. Many desktop applications have multiple scrollbars. I see no reason why browser-based applications should not.
You should have posted this article one year ago. At that time I had to figure out all of this by my own :(
I came up with a solution that is nearly identical to yours.
Your article would have saved me a lot of work 2 weeks ago. Also the solution is a bit overkill for a 2-colums job, it is beautiful for 3 colums and more websites. Thanks for taking the time to explain everything.
Rob, this is absolutely fabulous! Well done. I knew that you could set the positions of all sides like this, had tried it once and got a wonderful page - until I tested it in IE, when I cried…
bq. The side bar gets a very un-desired scrolls, which remind the frames days. Maybe it's just a matter of implementation, and can be avoided if the side bars content's width is known, but it certainly not good to have more than one scrollbar on a page.
The model needed was one where the sidebar is stationary on the page, while the content column scrolls. Under normal circumstances, I would expect such a sidebar to fit within the space available, so there wouldn't be any scrollbars on it. But provision has to be made for the case when the content of the sidebar overflows the space available - if it's fixed in position, you couldn't ever see what was below the fold, so an independent scrolling mechanism is the only way to do that. But mostly I don't see it being a problem.
If you don't like the scrollbar within the text (I don't think it's an issue, I don't think anyone will have trouble finding it), you could always set a zero margin on that side, and use padding to create the same gap. The scrollbar would then be on the right edge of the screen, although it wouldn't be full height. (Disclaimer - I haven't tried this, but I can't see why it wouldn't work!)
I don't really need to say anything else! Can't wait to have a proper play with this! My current thought is whether this is a potential alternative to faux columns? Although I love using them and have on many occasions, I have found them in some instances to be constricting when trying to achieve the desired layout.
can the conditional comments and "javascript" formula be contained in a style sheet that is separate from and linked to the main document?
Stephen: Sure. Conditional Comments are not limited to only having the style tags in them. They can have any HTML inside of them and IE will render them if they pass the logical test. There is no reason why you can't have the content inside of the Conditional Comments simply a link to an IE only style sheet.
Excellently written and very easy to understand!
This is a great concept, and I love how two inconsistencies actually work together in a way to provide a (mostly) non-JS alternative.
In this case, "two wrongs do sort of make a right"...
PS: Nice handling of the "brilliant CS student" too… :-)
So what would happen if you just got rid of the over style? Wouldn't it still work, but just fit better to the text inside each div?
What I meant was if you just get rid of the overflow style, would the divs expand to accommodate the text inside of it. That would get rid of the usually unwanted scroll bars on the sides of the divs.
I thought I'd just offer a bit of a more constructive extension of James' comment. (I thought it was a good article, but I just wanted to link the actual spec!)
Here it is:
"CSS 2.1 / 10.3.7":http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#abs-non-replaced-width
This isn't really a "special" feature or a "conflict". The spec simply defines a whole lot of variables, such as "left", "right" and "width", throws them all into an equation, and the user agent is left simply to solve this equation for any unknowns. If left and right are specified, but width isn't, it solves for width (that is what this article describes).
Specifically from the spec:
bq. 5. 'width' is 'auto', 'left' and 'right' are not 'auto', then solve for 'width'
The same applies to the vertical context.
In your example, the HTML is labeled header, side, & RIGHT…
While your CSS is header, side, & MAIN.
Not a bad article, although I'm surprised that this is anything new and worth posting at a place like ALA. I'm sure many non-beginners here have come across a problem like this at least a year or three ago. I know I have.
Regardless, my comment is about the performance of the expressions you used in IE-specific style sheet. First of all, since you're even considering IE5, it can be assumed that your lowest CPU denominator is around Pentium 3. I've done some extensive performance testing in the past on web applications that required CPUs as slow as 1.2Ghz and found that using even a single line of "expression" in the style sheet can make computer come to a crawl.
The cause of that is the huge inefficiency of IE's implementation of expressions: instead of doing the checks only when the window size changes, the expressions are evaluated on virtually *every* event.
My fix for that was simple: instead of using expressions I wrote a few simple events that ran whenever the page was resized. Even though the event was called 4 times on every resize on IE (go figure!), it improved overall performance by a great amount.
The bottom line of this very long post: I recommend staying away from expressions, if possible, which, in this case, is.
Nice solution Rob. I hope nobody asks me to do the overflow auto scroll bars galore thing, but there's a lot of beauty in how you went about doing what you did.
Great article.
One minor point: I know you're creating invalid CSS anyway, but you may as well add in the correct units
height:[removed]document.body.clientHeight-120 + 'px');
This article arrives at a funny time for me - I was just working on this very sort of thing. I didn't have the same layout requirements as you, but close.
The difference between my method and yours, in IE: I use the IE's wrong interpretation of the box model, in conjunction with a visual illusion (borders in a certain direction with a color that matches the body background).
Absolutely positioned elements don't print well. All content that should overflow onto page 2 and following will be cropped. At very least you will need a print style sheet that uses a different technique to achieve the same layout.
The last time I heard a client wanting to achieve this is their excuse of, "I want everything to scroll within the webpage…".
The browser already has a scrollbar so why add another or even more scrollbars to it?
I just don't understand why do we even bother creating more scrollbars inside a window which already has a scrollbar.
Could anyone please give me a solid reason why and where would we want to implement this in a given scenario?
I don't particularly like the scrollbars on your example but I really like your technique for positioning both the top left and bottom right of an element. I never knew that was possible. Now that I do, it opens up amazing possibilities.
Cheers mate
Though web design is a craft, many of us learn alone, and by trial and error. And along the way we pick up assumptions (approximations that allow us to get the job on hand done). At the time we might realise that our understanding of the topic is a bit fuzzy but we probably tell ourselves something like, "Ok, as soon as I meet this deadline, I'm going to take the time to really get to grips with this!" Then there are more urgent projects, more deadlines, and at some point we forget that our understanding of a particular area is actually based on shaky foundations and we end up making assumptions that are completely erroneous. It takes some perspective to step back from things and question those assumptions and it is a good reflex to have I think.
By the way, Eric Meyer's Cascading Style Sheets The Definitive Guide (Eric Meyer, O'Reilly Press) explains very nicely and thoroughly how positioning works.
"Roger Roelofs":http://www.alistapart.com/comments/conflictingabsolutepositions?page=3#28 :
bq. Absolutely positioned elements don't print well. All content that should overflow onto page 2 and following will be cropped. At very least you will need a print style sheet that uses a different technique to achieve the same layout.
Well, yeah. I would have taken it as read that anyone clued-up enough to be reading ALA would be using a print stylesheet for anything apart from the most trivial of pages as a matter of course…
Sorry, it's lost the end of the quote, let's try again:
bq. Absolutely positioned elements don't print well. All content that should overflow onto page 2 and following will be cropped. At very least you will need a print style sheet that uses a different technique to achieve the same layout.
Well, yeah. I would have taken it as read that anyone clued-up enough to be reading ALA would be using a print stylesheet for anything apart from the most trivial of pages as a matter of course… but not necessarily to achieve the _same_ layout ... instead, to adapt the layout to one suitable for printing.
Very good article. One small error in the html you give the main panel an id="right" but the css is calling #main.
Danny Foo: In-window scrollbars can be appropriate for certain types of web-based applications. Maybe true for certain "web pages", but I'm mainly thinking about web apps. Imagine working in a word processor in which the entire menu and all navigation controls scrolled off the screen as you paged through your document…
I agree with you, j theis. I am building an security management webapp and need to follow traditional app conventions - think outlook or an IDE or iTunes. I resorted to a bunch of javascript to get around the IE limitations that don't offer the same flexibility and simplicity. Very excited to see someone else was smart enough to figure this out and generous enough to share it. Thank you, Robert!
While, this works nicely for a very simple layout with no styling inside the left and main containers, it will not work for more complicated layouts.
1) You cannot use 100% widths inside the containers. It will create horizontal scroll bars in IE.
2) If you work around this problem by setting overflow-y to auto and overflow-x to hidden, then IE will just slap the scroll bar on top of the content if the content length dynamically changes or the browser is resized.
3) It breaks similarly if there is "float:right" inside the divs.
The solution I use is to set the overflows with
overflow:auto;—for safari
Then add another div inside the container.
conditionally style this div for IE 6 & 7 with
padding-right:20px; (make room for the scroll bar)
That will prevent the scroll bar from placing itself on top of the content. With these changes, it should work much better with dynamic content.
I've been working on a website for almost a year now that has all sorts of pane-stretching, and so far we've been doing it all with all sorts of ugly JS. I can't even begin to tell you how refreshing it is that there is a much more simple technique. Seriously, this just made my day/week. Much thanks and respect.
I have a similar goal on my page but different design requirements. My extra requirement is that the side bar move vertically along with the main box. This is because I have an ad in the side box, and it needs to come into view as people scroll down (thus menu also needs to be fixed not absolute) and because the menu blends into the main page and having a potential scrollbar there will be hideous. Does anyone know a tutorial or website that does this?
The best technique I could come up with uses javascript to resize the menu bar to be the exact pixel width. I don't really mind using javascript, but my annoyance is that it is done after the page load and I think it has to be that way, so my page first draws with a % guesstimate based on a few key resolutions and then redraws with pixel perfect accuracy thanks to javascript. I couldn't figure out a way to make the javascript that does this before the first draw because the javascript uses DOM to update the width and margins of a bunch of divs.
bq. Why is it that even on a site devoted to web design, none of the web developers know very much about the languages and APIs they're using?
Perhaps because many of us are too busy making websites to study the specs comprehensively? Web design is one of those fields where you learn something when you need it, so overlooking what may seem like an obvious thing is quite easy. Besides, many people generally thought this wasn't possible (probably through word and mouth) and felt no need to confirm it for themselves (why would they?).
Robert, a good referencing example indeed.
But I'll only use this for a client on a very low budget or if the client requires a very quick reference guide.
Else for a 'help' feature, I'd rather advice them to implement a 'smarter' system to help produce a solution for a problem. :)
Still I really appreciate this tutorial. A good reference for me to keep for future. Regards.
Check out this method:
Main content goes first in source, which is better for SEO, usability and accessibility.
this goes a bit pair shaped in safari for me—safari 1.3.2 (v312.6)
it's the strangest bug—i've never seen it before, maybe it's just a bug on my system not one everyone is likely to see? no idea:
clicking on the "finished layout" link gives the page, but the background, outside of the three main panels, remains what was on the preceding page. and changing the size of the window results in all sorts of pixel distortion and noise in the areas outside of the three main panels. quite a strange, changing as you change the size of the window, mess.
I have a recurring dream where I write an HTML page, apply CSS rules, and the page renders correctly no matter what the browser. Then I get chased down a corridor by a giant blue lowercase e and I wake up screaming.
Just wanted to post a thank you, this simplified a dynamic resize I had in a project, and also opened my eyes to a sweet new way of fill-up-page block structuring.
I particularly like the clarity of your thinking - taking things back to first principles. It is an object lesson in keeping things simple.
Your solution is just what I'll need to implement some redesigns of old frame-based websites that I've been putting off.
Thanks. This was an interesting and helpful little article, Rob. Nice job!
Firstly, I have to say this is a fantastic solution; it never would have occurred to me to set more than two positions on an element. Very well-written, too, thankyou very much.
My first point is; *No Need for Dynamic Properties*
This is related to Anatoly Litsov's point above (dynamic expressions can get very expensive since they constantly update). My solution is simply to use a few lines of javascript to do the same thing - get element by ID, do the math with document.body.clientHeight/Width, and have the whole thing wrapped up in a window.onresize event handler, and all of that within the existing conditional comment.
Secondly, *An attempt to fix the Opera bug*
That bug annoys me a lot, and I would really rather avoid it if possible (aiming for maximum possible backwards compatibility). So, I dreamt up a possible solution with just one HTML change; a container div around the sidebar, with the following CSS (note, my sidebar is on the right, with HTML source order adjusted accordingly)
#sideContainer {
#side {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
right: 20px;
bottom: 20px;
overflow: auto;
The idea being that the container div handles the 200+padding width, and the 100% height of the body (html needs 100% height too), and the sidebar is 'pinned' with conflicting absolutes within this box. This works in Firefox 2, Safari 3 winbeta, IE6…but in Opera 8, the behaviour is the same as before! Applying a background color to the container shows that it is, as one would expect, stretching all the way to the bottom of the window, including when the window resizes; but the sidebar within it refuses to pin to it's bottom.
I'm stumped. I'm posting in the hope someone will spot a flaw, or be inspired to figure out some other way around this tedious bug.
There are 2 issues that the article does not address that will have people scratching their heads trying to figure out why things are not working. Both are covered in my article "Frames wihtout frames"
2. The expression that Rob uses will only work if IE6 is in quirks mode (the example document has an xml prolog which does the necessary quirkifying). See the "Standards Mode compatibility for IE 6" section in my article, for an extended expression that will work either way.
@John Campell, others—
I thought I had a way to fix the 100% & float problems inside the absolutely positioned elements in IE—add position: relative; to the .container divs.
However, that didn't do it. But I was unable to find a problem with floats in IE, anyway, just with width: 100%.
Why stress about Opera 8? "I love Opera":http://www.alanhogan.com/conversations/i-love-opera-the-browser , but don't most users (and there are not many) use the latest version (9), in which there is no bug? And as noted in the article, it only shows on resize. That's a user-initiated problem that is fixable by reloading, something an Opera user would likely be intelligent enough to try.
<div id="right"> in the example shoud be <div id="MAIN">
I didn't realise that so many people were vague on positioning so its good that your article brings this to attention.
As a matter of interest you might like to know that the original example can easily be done without using expressions (and in standards mode)and I have converted one of my very (very old) demos to look like the authors.
or an even older similar example.
Instead of using expressions to subtract pixel heights from 100% you simply apply top and bottom padding to the html element and then IE interprets 100% height of the body from inside the padding thus giving you your gaps at the top and bottom of the page.
Of course it only works in 100% height scenarios and so is of limited use. I often find that these types of layouts (along with forced fixed positioning examples) only work well in certain situations but not for everything as there are quite often scrollbar issues.
I also notice this quote early in the article which is a little misleading:
"Technically you can use both a right and a left property and leave the width as auto. But unfortunately IE does not support this"¦"?—css-discuss
That isn't quite true and IE does support the properties left and right at the same time and you would soon see this if you tried it out.
#main {
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
left: 240px;
right: 120px;
The misconception arises because the background appears to only enclose the content but if there is enough content then it stretches correctly to the positions defined. In fact this can be cured by giving the inner content "haslayout" and then it works as it should.
Its only top and bottom positions that IE doesn't understand when used together.
#44: the bug you describe does surely exist. I can confirm both the background from the preceding page and pixel distortion on window resize.
I am really interested in a solution to this problem. I would like to adopt this approach, but my company officially supports Safari 1.3.2 :=(
Sorry for the huge text in 55, it looked fine in the preview..
Scrolling does not work in Safari 1.3.2 - while the scroll bar is moving, the content is fixed, which means that you can never see any content below.
Excellently post and easy to understand.
This post has saved a lot of time. Thanks for your time to explain everything.
The fix is to add height:100% to html tag.
Has anyone tried using this technique to create a 2- or 3-column layout that goes beyond the bottom of the window and where both or all of the columns stretch to the same height as a "height-defining" column? I believe I've figured out how to do this in all browsers (no, I didn't use faux columns or funky paddings or margins). I was wondering, Rob, if you've seen this before and if not, if you'd be interested in hearing my method. I read an article that said this would be the "holy grail" of CSS web design.
I just found Matthew Levine's article.
I use this technique or variants very heavily, thanks to the frames without frames article published (and cited) a while back.
Be forewarned: VERY rarely, and usually inconsistently, Expressions can cause the IE browser to hang in an infinite loop. What appears to happen is the dimension gets calculated which causes the expression to trigger again, ad infinitum. There are some discussions of this, but I don't have the links.
For me, it was the width being adjusted. In the end I had to pull it from the CSS,and put it in a javascript embedded in the footer of the page. I didn't like doing so, because CSS is where it should be, but I had to. So people should be aware of this. While I was at it, I fixed the opera issues in JS too (window.opera is a good way to object sniff for opera)
Hi, i was looking for the same layout for some time ago, found the same solution with the absolute positioning of each corner, and ran in to the same problems in IE6 og earlier versions.. After a bid of work i actualy manged to find af solution that works alle the way down to IE5 in pure CSS without the need for Javascript. - Will put it online and post a link if anyone should be interessetet :-)
Hi.. Haven't had time to write an explanation, but the code should be pretty strait forward :-) (There is a small problem with the positioning og the right side scrollbar in IE6 that i haven't been able to solve yet, but other than that i works as a charm as far as i can se :-)
Rasmus - see my post 54 :)
Sorrey.. Missed your post :-)
Does anyone know of a way that I could achieve a similar effect using the "em" size unit?
I would like my header to be able to fully encapsulate its text, regardless of the text size the user has chosen.
I noticed that plenty have reported the problem with absolutely positions containers that incorrectly size containing DIVs with 100% widths.
I found that it no scrollbar appears in IE7/Win, FF2/Win, O9/Win, NN9/Win, S3/Win.
The problem I'm experiencing is that I cannot set the height of DIVs to 100% in IE7/Win. It works in all the above mentioned browsers.
Have anyone got a solutions for this problem?
Thanks for taking the time to write this great, clear article.
I've done this layout using pure CSS, but using individual BORDERS (as an earlier commenter noted) as if they were margins or padding. The neat trick he didn't mention: you can set BORDER-COLOR to TRANSPARENT so no need to match background colors or designs. 100% fills the remaining calculated width. You might have to keep an eye on your z-index layering when constructing to prevent mouse events from being captured in the wrong DIV.
Whilst your CSS is clean and effective I thought I should point out a few difficulties that it exposes.
Firefox has a well known and long established print bug exposed by the use of absolute positioning - content is curtailed, usually to a single page.
Firefox mousewheel navigation (the autoscroll feature) is also broken.
Neither of these may be considered show stoppers for some but developers might like to be aware of these issues.
It looks like #main style is supposed to be the style for <div id="right">??
Whilst the solution is neat and taught me things I didn't know, I do have a worry about those users who can't use a mouse for some reason.
As exampled it seems impossible to get the DIVs to scroll down using keystrokes. It seems to me that a sighted user who cannot use a mouse would be unable to access the text at the bottom of both the DIVs.
In a similar layout with frames tabbing would give focus to each frame in turn, and then the up and down arrow keys would scroll the individual frames.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I really enjoyed the article.
One issue I'm having in IE7 is getting a nested DIV to respect the calculated height of the parent div. In Firefox, setting the height property to 100% yields the desired result; that is, a div that consumes the entire height of the underlying element. In IE7, the height is ignored, presumably because the element's height is calculated rather than specified in CSS.
If someone has a workaround, I'd be grateful for tips.
Great article rob. Very clear and concise, eays to follow. Good job.
Thank you very much for this article. It solved me a month of headache.
Love this technique. Had no idea this was possible. TY!!!
The layout I'm stuck with has three fixed width columns. For over two years I have tried different ways to get IE6 (may it someday RIP) to extend the background of the right and left columns all the way to the bottom of the center column (where the varying height main content is). I don't even have (or need or want) scroll bars.
Maybe there's an expression-free method to accomplish this somewhere out there, but I haven't been able to find it. I'm just glad this approach works perfectly for my purpose.
Thanks for taking the time to track down and explain a classic head-scratcher to this non-expert.
Thanks, even if we're seeing IE6 fade away, it is still very much a reality with Asian users.
I have been looking for a cross-browser option of pinning a div to the viewport's height, preferably without the use of jquery or equivalent.
This is brilliant.