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|Table of topic groups > Front page of CSS-guide > General info - Advice pages > Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
I collect to this page some questions and answers, which concerns primary CSS. I try to answer also to HTML, XHTML and XML related matters. Some questions are not asked frequently, but it is common habit to use a FAQ-page. I put also some imaginary questions, which I belive many people might ask for me. From the page 12. What other special features CSS has you can look at to what questions you can't get answers from this site. I made to this page a one kind of continuation page Used CSS in my sites, where I tell, what CSS-features I have used in my sites. I hope, that they could give good hints.
If you want answers to questions, which concerns only this site read following pages:
Web-pages should work in all platforms. Into many platforms it is not possible to install MS IE. For example in the Linux platform can be used Opera and Mozilla based browsers and some other browsers. Nokia 9xxx Communicator and many other mobile devices use the Symbian OS (EPOC) platform. For that platform Opera is the only available modern CSS2 supporting browser. In overall the Internet is not intended to be like a private property of some company but instead of as wide as possible open web community (I handle in this matter related points of views closer in an extra page). I give hints to detect different browser in an extra page.
The usage of style sheets is controlled through preferences of browsers. I have explained the setting of user style sheets in the extra page What are user style sheets. That page gives hints also to change other preferences.
Especially if font definitions are used pages, which use CSS are usually rendered faster than pages, which don't use it (read basics of CSS from the page What are basic structures of HTML and XML documents).
For CSS has been created two basic ways to link style sheets (
and
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="print.css">). In principle the usage of the
LINKelement gives the possibility to change style sheets (
<link rel="stylesheet alternate" type="text/css" media="screen" href="alternate.css">). I explain the basic usage of style sheets in the page 2. How to put CSS into Web pages and the functionality of the usage of so-called media types in the page 6. . Look at also the extra page How to design CSS files.
Apply passing methods of Netscape 4.x series according to your needs.
Opera 5.x+, MS IE 5.0 for Mac, MS IE 6.0 for Windows, Netscape 6.1+ and Mozilla 0.9+ follow it quite strictly. In my mind Opera browser have the widest CSS2 implementation (argumentation).
Neither of them goes according to the CSS2 specification, but Netscape 4.x works very incorrectly. Use browsers, which I have mentioned in the previous answer as comparison browsers.
This is not possible, but you can find some advice from following pages in order to get relative good working pages in various browsers:
- 3. What are color, units and keywords in CSS - handles problems concerning units. Especially font sizes
xx-smallare very problematic to use.
- 8. How to set CSS for backgrounds and borders - this page handles border, background and dimension problems. Many browsers handle
heightproperties incorrectly, but the situation is not equal concerning tables and other elements. Set the dimensions of elements so, that they work well in browsers, which follow the CSS2 specification.
- Netscape 4.x problems. It is possible to support Netscape 4.x series only partial. It is reasonable to make for it own (compared to other browsers limited) CSS-files.
You can find the answer from the extra page Netscape 4.x problems.
pseudo-class is used?
You can find the answer and the solution to this problem from the page How to set CSS for anchors and links. There is also other possible questions, which concerns
:hover, for example following:
Why Opera crop the text at the
:hoverstate if the text size is bigger as it is in the normal state?
Why Opera doesn't (presumably) allow dynamic changes of the
displayproperty with
I answer also these question in the same page.
Properties, which can have units, must use them except the value
0and the
line-heightproperty. Look at also the page 3. What are color, units and keywords in CSS
I handle thins matter in the page 4.
- If some table works really bad in Opera, the HTML-encoding is in most cases very invalid. MS IE renders relative bad encoded tables as if they are error free, but Opera doesn't. Thinking about the future development of the Internet, Opera works well, if visitors just give feedback about bad encodings to the authors.
- If differences are relative small, the author has presumably used such HTML features (for example proprietary attributes), which Opera doesn't support or the author has done the CSS according to the buggy behavior of MS IE ( (look at also a quotation in an extra page).
border and
padding properties have two pixel cell
spacing? Is there anyway i can get a table border that equals one pixel
consistent in all browsers?
Browsers use as the default in HTML the cell spacing value
"2". Some browsers need to the element
TABLEthe specifier
cellspacing="0"to get it off. This helps also defining one pixel wide borders to table cells (read more about these matters from the page 10. How to set CSS for table elements).
Many browsers have a bug concerning the on bug in so-called inheritance. Look at advice from the page 10. How to set CSS for table elements.
Don't set these properties directly to the table but set instead a
DIVelement around the table and to that element
background-colorproperties. The element
DIVtakes as default all available horizontal space but the element
TABLEonly the necessary space. If you to try to define with CSS the width of table so, that it takes the full width, it cause that browsers render the table differently (look at a previous question). Set the width of the table below the width of the surrounding
The basic structure can be build upon
DIV elements.
I handle alternatives in the page 11. Visual
formatting model.
This matter is explained in the page 11. How to put CSS into Web pages in the section Display.
DIV element to be centered?
In principle this should be possible by setting
div {margin:auto}, it works correctly only quite new browsers (I handle this problem in the pages 8. How to set CSS for backgrounds and borders and 11. Visual formatting model). In order to get pages centered in most browsers, it is necessary to set
align="center"and to child-elements necessary
text-alignvalues. If necessary use an additional
class="" and
You can find the answer from the page 4. What are selectors, classes and id-attributes (look at especially the section, which handles class and id selectors).
Look at the answer from the extra page What are semantics of (X)HTML elements. I refer in that page also to a certain kind of opposite to them, so-called presentational elements.
- If the problem is only by using frames, the most likely reason is that Opera handles nested framesets differently (I explain this matter in a special page).
- The second possibility is common problems concerning the
widthproperty, which I have handed in a sub part of another question.
- Third margins for the
BODYelement has bee defined with non-standard attributes (
leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"), which Opera doesn't understand. Opera needs corresponding CSS (
body {margin:0}).
- In addition I have found that if the CSS is very complex, the page might need to reload before Opera renders it correctly.
margin and
padding properties have
set to zero to elements
BODY and
Browsers left in HTML-pages default margin, so-called browser
offset, if it doesn't have set off. Commonly that can be eliminated
with CSS, but some browsers needs proprietary attributes for the element
BODY (look at the previous
question). But these don't take off the space, which browsers reserve
for the possible vertical scroll bar. The empty space can be eliminated
only by using frames, which don't allow scrolling.
In most cases helps, if you define a document wide
DIVelement and for it for example
width:99%. Define to large image dimensions in order that they would be rendered in all circumstances.
It can be used, but following matters must remember:
- In the terminations of so-called empty elements must be a space (for example
, you should not write
).
- The XML-declaration (
<?xml version="1.0"?>should not be used in page, which have other file extension than *.html, *.htm or *.shtml. By using other file extension with the XML-declaration, browsers might interpret the document as an ordinary XML-document, when the page doesn't work as expected.
- The CSS-implementation of some browsers is DTD-dependent. If you don't have used DTD or it has been
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">, the CSS-implementation changes in MS IE 6.0 for Windows, MS IE 5.0 for Mac and new Netscape/ Mozilla browsers. The changing point in new Netscape/ Mozilla is however different.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">doesn't cause the change in MS IE browsers, but in new Netscape/ Mozilla does.
The basic idea of CSS is to able to handle any presentational feature of elements. At this point of view CSS2 should be able to redefine borders of form control element. All new browsers can do this for example to

. Form control elements have however features, which CSS2 can't be able to apply. There is not for example for
<INPUT type="radio"any standard, how to implement CSS. It is understandable that implementations are different. Look at more about this subject from the page 8. Backgrounds and borders.
They are created in many times with non-standard ways. These browsers don't support proprietary DHTML encodings of Netscape 4.x and MS IE 4.x browsers. I made an extra page, where I teach how to design dynamic menus, which work both in new Opera/ Netscape browsers and MS IE 4.x for Windows/ Netscape 4.x browsers. Menus work also in MS IE 5.x for Mac browsers, which support both the proprietary encoding of Windows versions and standard encoding.
I have found that it somewhat expects that each cells have some text. In order to get low cells define also
font-sizeproperties. What about the width problems I have found that the browsers might need very accurate definitions of table elements with CSS for tables. I have an example about this kind of situation in the page, which handles dynamic menus.
Only Opera 4.x+ supports in theory at this moment landscape printing. The supporting is however "virtual" because it can render in the print preview pages as landscape, but it doesn't change the printing orientation of the printer itself. The visitor must change that. Printing-related special CSS features are supported quite poor in MS IE browsers and Mozilla Gecko browsers don't support them at all. MS IE might support with some proprietary encoding landscape printing and some other printing-related features. I handle printing-related features in the page 6. How to set CSS for texts and different media types.
Browsers try to implement
list-style-position according
to the CSS2 specification. In the other hand they have different default
values for list elements. Look at from the page 9
browser-specific notes.
The browser tries to follow the CSS2 specification implementing
vertical-align property. Look at from the page 8
a browser-specific note, which concerns inline elements.


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ollyctd necesitaba un nuevo diseño de fondo de Twitter y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We resell all forms of accommodation in the Kruger National Park including South African National Parks, luxury lodges and packaged tours.
Our social media platforms form an important part of our marketing strategy and need to be done in the best possible way.
Our audience consists mainly of FITs or free independent travelers. This new breed of client has emerged from the large amount of information available online. The conventional model would involve guests booking through retail travel agencies. Now, enough information is available for guests to make informed decisions and ultimately make their own travel arrangements.
In terms of age ranges, we service a very wide range of guests but it is safe to say the majority of our guests are above 25 years of age.
We have just had our web page overhauled at 99designs, you will see the winning design below:
We would like a twitter page in line with the above design. Some important things to remember:
* We must include our telephone numbers somewhere in the background
* We obviously need the company logo and font
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Reflections on Colorado Fashion Week
It was Denver's time on the catwalk last week as Colorado Fashion Week took over the Buell Theater lobby.
Were we ready for our closeup? The five nights of shows weren't without glitches, but the overall event showed a solid foundation for future fashion weeks.
Colorado Fashion Week is the longtime dream of founder Justice Kwesi Kwarteng, who assembled a good team to help him put on shows at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Andrea Tucker, who runs Studio Salon, a collective of stylists, made the look of the shows consistently strong. Michelle Herrington coordinated dozens of models from several agencies throughout the week. Lakeysha Green worked on the choreography. And many others who I didn't get to meet saw to lighting, sound, logistics and the myriad details that are needed to produce an entertaining fashion show.
Getting an event off the ground isn't always easy, as the opening night demonstrated. Technical problems caused the show to be an hour late, and while the crowd was patient, this isn't a precedent you want to set. The lobby of the Buell is a great setting for a show, with models descending a mezzanine staircase to the runway.
The hairstyles by Rebelle by Tootsie's, Blondies, 3 Litlle Birds and Studio Salon collective were inventive, the makeup artistic. Next, Erroll Perkins, master makeup artist for NARS, showed his skill with color, butterfly eyelashes and dramatic lips.
Wednesday's show highlighted wedding dresses by Deedee Vicory and her D'Lola Couture as well as the Fashion House of Rae Marie.
On Thursday, Dannnenmann-Pure from Aspen brought its fall collection to Denver, showing it as well as Johanna Christine by Johanna Alwin.
Gino Velardi had a full house for his show on Friday night. The presentation opened with a half dozen models in red posed on the staircase. The profusion of cocktail dresses and gowns made women in the audience hope for invitations to plenty of occasions to wear the frocks. The day wear – houndstooth sheaths, capelets – had a retro feel. Participants felt the week holds promise for future Fashion Weeks. Natalie Fletcher, whose Natalie Lynn Models provided seven female models and one male model for shows said she thought the shows were "on a New York level."
She admitted attendance might have suffered because Denverites are used to going out later than the 8 p.m. call time: "I would think for the show they'll do next spring, attendance will be higher because people know what to expect now." she said.
The pure effort required to pull off an event of this size is daunting and Kwarteng says he is already planning the next fashion week, which will be held next spring.
He says his first priority is to get sponsors to help defray the expense of putting on shows.
One event that was part of last week's schedule that didn't occur was a pop-up market at which designers would sell items from their collections. Kwarteng said he hopes to schedule the market in about a month.
The bigger question that needs to be addressed is that there has been a proliferation of local fashion events in the past few months and you have to wonder if all the shows and markets dilute the efforts of the fashion community or bolster it. Crowded into four weeks time, there will be Colorado Fashion Week, Fallene Wells' Forever Darling Show, Fashion Group's Rising Star awards (Oct. 8), and 5th Annual Hair Show and 2nd Denver Fashion Weekend (Oct. 13-15. It would be nice to think the community can support them all, but is that realistic?


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Stevens Librarians Present Innovative Teaching Practices at Conference
Stevens Librarians Present Innovative Teaching Practices at Conference
Librarians Linda Beninghove, Rommel Espinel, and Vicky Ludas Orlofsky along with Library Intern Ellie Horowitz represented Stevens at the 15th Annual Virtual Academic Library Environment (VALE) New Jersey Conference on January 10, 2014, at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. The VALE conference was attended by over 300 academic librarians from colleges and universities across the state, including Rutgers University, Princeton University, Rider University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, The College of New Jersey and many others.
The librarians presented on the "flipped classroom" method of teaching critical thinking and information literacy skills. These skills -- the ability to access, evaluate and use information responsibly -- are recognized by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education as essential skills for the 21st century, and in 2009 were recognized by the Obama Administration in a proclamation establishing October of every year as National Information Literacy Awareness Month.
The librarians' presentation, entitled "Flipping the Script: Using Videos as Instructional Tools to Flip the Information Literacy Class," described the process of creating and using videos as instructional tools that were specifically meant for students to watch prior to their in-class library sessions. The videos covered topics traditionally included in the lecture or theoretical element of the in-class library session. This exposure to the material beforehand meant that the students were ready to engage in active learning exercises based on those topics.
These instructional videos were also created so that students could watch them from anywhere at their own convenience, which is especially of importance to online students who may need help navigating the tricky world of information and knowledge creation in the digital world.
Linda, Rommel and Vicky have plans to expand the videos and classes available from the library for the use of all Stevens students.
If you are interested in learning more about flipped classrooms in general or the library's efforts in particular, please email Linda ([email protected]), Rommel ([email protected]) or Vicky ([email protected] ).


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Colorado's newest senator has turned out to be a gun guy, a moniker that makes Littleton Republican Tim Neville laugh. He said he's not into titles but he is all about liberty.
Neville this week fought against Senate Bill 10, which would authorize the Department of Public Safety to seek, accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations to help fund activities of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
Gun-rights advocates have long objected to various checks performed by the CBI. This week, a Republican-controlled House committee passed HB 1048, by Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, which eliminated the need for CBI to perform background checks on gun transfers.
Neville said his beef is that the CBI should be funded from the state bank account, not donations that could be interpreted as to gain influence.
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In the Valley of Elah is an improvised explosive device that writer-director Paul Haggis has set to go off in the hearts and minds of Americans who still support the war in Iraq. Haggis, who earned an Oscar (Best Picture and Screenplay) for Crash, has aimed his second film at the hardworking, churchgoing, flag-flying, decent Americans who cannot imagine that the country they love would engage in an unjust war. These persons support our troops, would die for their country, and are willing to have their own chidren make that sacrifice in Iraq as well.
Haggis's protagonist in In the Valley of Elah is such a person. Tommy Lee Jones (nominated for Best Leading Actor for his portrayal) plays Hank Deerfield, a Vietnam veteran who has never lost faith in his country. He believes in military service and the martial discipline that has shaped his character and way of life. He is a man of Christian virtues who every day raises the American flag—the emblem of his belief that the United States is the greatest country in the world. Still, Hank is fiercely independent, a small-town man who is self-sufficient to a fault; he has run a gravel service for 30 years and trusts no one else to repair his trucks. His 2 sons look up to their father and follow him into the military. When the movie opens, one has died in a helicopter crash during training; the other is serving in Iraq.
Haggis took the title of his film from the battlefield in the First Book of Samuel, where the heroic David slays the giant Goliath—a story of the triumph of good over evil. But Haggis's story is not about good prevailing. Rather, it is an account of the corruption of the souls and minds of young soldiers that will shake their parents' faith in the war in Iraq and in the United States itself. For those parents, the Sunday school understanding of David and Goliath validates all their deepest convictions; however, Haggis's film tries to force a different understanding on them.
Haggis, apparently worried that his film would be accused of crossing the line from antiwar to against our soldiers, sent a publicity letter via the Internet with this disingenuous explanation of his reading of the story of David: The Bible doesn't tell us "how many boys the king sent into the valley before [David]. How many stories of brave young men were never told?" Haggis wants audiences to believe that his film digests those many stories of brave young men into an "acorn." And, for whatever reason, he hides this acorn in a murder mystery.
"Million Dollar" reprise
The movie traces much the same moral and psychological journey as Clint Eastwood's portrayal of Frankie Dunn in Haggis's screenplay for Million Dollar Baby. In that movie, Frankie is another version of the decent American—a God-fearing Catholic, a boxing manager and trainer, and an autodidact whose moral fastidiousness has limited his worldly success. We follow him as he overcomes his prejudice against women in boxing and then as he renounces his church's teachings to give a lethal injection to the woman he trained and has come to love as a daughter. She was permanently paralyzed in her championship bout and now desperately wants to die. Haggis suggests that only by rejecting his faith in the church's teachings could the admirable Frankie do the right thing.
Haggis's screenplay was a great success—a perfect vehicle for Eastwood and a box office Hollywood movie with a controversial ending that gave people something to talk about. In the Valley of Elah is designed to do the same: it takes Hank Deerfield on a similar type of moral adventure. Hank is awakened one morning by a phone call informing him that his son is missing—not in Iraq, where he thought he was still serving, but from the Army base to which his unit had just returned. His son is AWOL but Hank refuses to believe it. He gets into his pickup truck, says goodbye to his long-suffering wife (played by Susan Sarandon), and sets off to the Army base to investigate for himself.
It turns out that Hank was a noncommissioned officer in the military police and therefore knows how an investigation should be conducted. He quickly realizes that he is not getting the whole truth and that the Army is more concerned with its image than with his son's fate. He begins his own investigation, talking to his son's friends and appropriating his cell phone, along with the video clips—taken in Iraq—that were stored there. The images have been compromised, but he finds someone who will painstakingly restore them. Over the next few days, he views portions of the restored video; they are bewildering and chaotic images that he and the audience must understand to solve the mystery.
Hank's search turns into a homicide investigation when his son's burned body parts are found in a field near the base. The Army police are quick to conclude that he had become a drug addict in Iraq and was killed in a drug deal that had gone bad. They become even more adamant about excluding Hank from the investigation and tell local police to back off. Now he begins to realize that this is not the "band of brothers" army he knew and supported.
Charlize Theron plays Emily Sanders, a single mother and the local police detective assigned to the missing-person case who is pushed aside when it turns to murder. She forms an unlikely alliance with Hank that begins with antagonism and ends with mutual respect. Together they begin to unravel the mystery. Hank may have been out of the military police for 30 years, but he is as good a crime-scene investigator as any supersleuth portrayed in modern television. Within minutes of arriving at the scene—days after the crime—he is able to explain to Emily where his son was killed and how the body was dragged, and proves that the military and civilian police were incompetent at best.
It is only Tommy Lee Jones's deadpan acting and marvelous, deeply lined face that has the ugly beauty of a Rembrandt etching that make these preposterous moments and the grotesqueries that follow believable. His bravura performance lends seeming authenticity to this disturbing and manipulative film.
Dr Stone is Touroff-Glueck Professor of Law and Psychiatry in the faculty of law and the faculty of medicine at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. He is the author of Movies and the Moral Adventure of Life (The MIT Press).


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Protecting Lower Duwamish Waterway
Learn how SPU is keeping pollution out of the Duwamish River.
The Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) remains a treasure for the Seattle area despite a legacy of pollution. Once a meandering river, the LDW was dredged and straightened in the late 1800s to make way for large shipping vessels. Decades of polluting industry along its banks left significant contamination in the mud of the waterway and along its banks.
Today the LDW is a major shipping route for cargo, generates significant jobs, provides a recreational playground and remains an important habitat for marine life.
In 2001, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed a 5.5 mile stretch of the LDW as a Superfund cleanup site – meaning, it is among the most polluted sites in the nation. The pollutants of most concern include metals, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and phthalates (plasticizers).
View the steps of our pollution source control program.
Lower Duwamish Pollution Source Control Program
The City has an aggressive source control program to keep pollution from entering the LDW. It focuses on three elements:
- Business inspections
- Source tracing
- Pipe cleaning
These elements are described in detail below.
Business Inspections
The City inspects and works with businesses to ensure that they are using best management practices to keep pollution out of storm drains that flow to the LDW. The inspections address focus on stormwater pollution prevention and also look at issues involving hazardous materials and industrial waste management. The City prioritizes businesses with the most potential for pollution and uses its progressive enforcement program to ensure compliance.
Source Tracing/Characterization Sampling
The City's source tracing program is designed to identify sources of pollution by collecting sediment samples in catch basins and pipes at key locations within the drainage/combined sewer service areas. When elevated levels of contaminants are found, additional sampling and inspections are conducted upstream to locate the source. Some of the pollutants looked for include metals (arsenic, copper, lead, mercury, and zinc), semi-volatile organic compounds, PCBs, and total petroleum hydrocarbons.
Pipe Cleaning
The City's storm drain system transports stormwater, but also picks up pollution along the way. When SPU finds high levels of pollution in storm drain sediment, it jets and cleans the pipes to remove the sediment and stop pollution from reaching the waterway. Material removed from the pipe is collected, dewatered, and shipped offsite for disposal. The pipe is then checked periodically to see whether the contamination comes back. If it does, the whole process starts over again with more sampling and business inspections to find and control the source.
SPU works with businesses in the LDW and is aggressively tracing sources of pollution to prevent it from reaching the waterway, but everyone can make a difference in the health of our watersheds.
You Can Help Keep Pollution Out of the Lower Duwamish Waterway
We can all work together to protect the LDW. Take advantage of the following services SPU provides to residents to help protect the Duwamish:
- Auto maintenance tips and FREE workshops
- Storm drain stencil kits
- Household hazardous waste prevention tips and FREE disposal of certain hazardous household items
- Learn about natural yard care to reduce pollution and conserve water.
- Use compost (instead of fertilizer) to slow stormwater runoff. Watch for FREE compost promotions like Compost Days in newsletters and bill stuffers.
Learn about the City's efforts to clean up the LDW with project partners
The Lower Duwamish Waterway Group (LDWG) is a public-private partnership that consists of the City of Seattle, King County, Port of Seattle, and the Boeing Company.
The City's pollution detective work is part of a greater effort by the Source Control Work Group (SCWG) to keep pollution out of the LDW. Led by the Washington Department of Ecology, members of the SCWG include U.S. EPA, City of Seattle, King County, and the Port of Seattle.
Source Control Implementation Plan
The City has completed a Draft Source Control Implementation Plan (SCIP). The Washington Department of Ecology is modifying the Phase I Municipal Stormwater Permit to incorporate the actions of the SCIP into the Permit. The Washington Department of Ecology is holding a public comment period for this action. More information can be found on the Washington Department of Ecology's website.
The Source Control Implementation Plan Documents are available for review:
- 2015-2020 Lower Duwamish Waterway Source Control Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2015-2020 Lower Duwamish Waterway Source Control Implementation Plan Appendices (pdf)
- 2015-2020 Source Lower Duwamish Waterway Control Implementation Map Atlas (pdf)
Other Documents:
- View the City of Seattle's 2012 update on source control activities (pdf).
- Read the December 2010 source control progress report (pdf) on our source control work in the Duwamish.
- Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
- View the latest Habitat Restoration along the LDW (pdf) (link not available at this time)
- Learn more about the work that SPU does to Protect Seattle's Waterways
- Learn about our PCB Detection Dog Pilot Study
View earlier progress reports:
- June 2004 Report (pdf)
- January 2005 Report (pdf)
- June 2005 Report (pdf)
Learn more about pollution source control or how to report a problem.


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While there are literally hundreds of varieties of mangos out there, each with their own unique flavor and texture, here are some basic guidelines you can use to make sure you get the best ripe mango.
- Color is not always an indicator of ripeness. Some mangos stay green even when ripe while others may ripen into various shades of red, pink and yellow.
- Choose one that is plump and heavy for its size.
- Hold it up to your nose. It should smell fragrant.
- Press the skin with your thumb. It should give slightly.
- Mangos should not be mushy.
- Refrigeration stops most mangos from ripening, so if you have an unripe mango, ripen it on the counter before refrigerating.
Green (unripe) mangos are tasty too! Use them in salads, curries and to make pickles.


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Heidi Russo longs to know her son, but she has to give him his space. She wants to protect him, but she has to let him live on his terms, as he sees fit.
So Russo agitates within, hoping that 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — the boy she gave up for adoption, with considerable consternation, 25 years ago — someday can embrace her as a member of the only family he has ever known.
"If and when he changes his mind — he may never change his mind — I'll watch him from home," says Russo, 44, a registered nurse living in the Denver area. "When I have a chance to get out to a game, I'll watch him from there."
She is uncomfortable with her burgeoning exposure, with sharing the details of a very personal story that became national news Tuesday shortly after being reported by Yahoo. She comes across as a woman who, having grown more resolute with maturity, is trying to cope with a reality that leaves her feeling incomplete.
During a brief conversation Tuesday, her inner conflict is evident in the pauses and sighs as she attempts to balance her maternal wish with the knowledge it might never be fulfilled.
"It's … um, obviously a strange experience," she says of the position she is in as the biological parent of a "celebrity" she doesn't really know.
"But I've been interested in getting a chance to see Colin, to be with him, since the day he was given up for adoption," she says.
Russo has made numerous attempts to reach out over the years, and Colin has been polite but lukewarm. No surprise. When a child given up for adoption discovers the truth, no matter how that truth is divulged, that child is likely to have a thousand questions, surrounded by infinite layers of mixed emotions, all covered by a protective shell.
"I have to respect his wishes," Russo says.
She's living with the choice she made as a pregnant 18-year-old in Wisconsin carrying a biracial child fathered by a man to whom she was not married.
"It was an excruciatingly painful time," she says of the decision to seek parents for Colin and, upon settling on the Kaepernicks, to let him leave her life.
She's hoping now for a relationship with Colin, or least regular correspondence, and wondering if perhaps that might somehow fill that empty space in her heart.
Yet she prudently keeps her distance, cheering from afar, as Colin prefers for now.
Russo is greatly comforted by the knowledge that Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, who raised Colin from infancy, have been cordial and assuaged by her observation of a well-adjusted young man who has grown into an NFL quarterback with star potential.
That's something she conveyed when she met with the Kaepernicks three months ago in Denver, where the 49ers were playing the Broncos in a preseason game.
Again, understand that Russo's desire for a relationship does not come across as a case of a negligent mom materializing in hopes of hitching a ride on the fame train. She has followed him from a distance for years. She was emotionally alongside well before Colin rocketed to fame 17 days ago with a spectacular performance in his first start on the massive national stage that is "Monday Night Football."
When Colin asked about his father, Russo reached out. She got nowhere. No response. She has moved on for now, perhaps for good if her sharp comment is any indication.
"I never got a response," she says flatly. "He has denied him for 25 years, so nothing has changed."
So this is, for Russo, a deeply personal crusade of sorts.
She's close enough to be irritated by the furor in the wake of a Sporting News column last week implying Colin's copious tattoos represent a criminal lifestyle or a prison mentality — when there is no public evidence of any such behavior.
"It's upsetting to see negative comments written and said about a kid who is doing amazing things," she says. "You don't judge a kid by his tattoos. It's just somebody wanting to say something negative about someone who is doing positive things."
Russo believes she did the right thing at the time, giving up Colin when she did. But she never stopped thinking about him. Having given birth to another child — he's now 8 years old — she wonders how things might have turned out had she been more prepared in 1987.
"I made my call on Colin a long time ago," she says. "I have to live with that.
"It's his life. The Kaepernicks have been great. They have given Colin everything he could want and more. They were able to raise him in the same kind of athletic environment that I grew up in. I wanted him to have a great life, and that's what he has."
Russo is simultaneously content and unfulfilled. She accepts less but wants more. She is a fan who follows Kaepernick and a mother who loves her biological son.
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Some old timers still blame a December 1988 Barron's article ("Phoenix Descending") for the collapse of the city's real-estate boom. This is fantasy, of course: The market caved in on its own, pulled down by too many hustles, too much overbuilding and the savings and loan scandal driven by local steward Charles H Keating and his pet senators. Now Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones has tried to make amends with a Wall Street Journal story about Phoenix's "nascent real-estate rebound." Indeed, it "holds lessons for the rest of the country." Another fantasy?
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Phoenix has found a viable formula. Low prices are igniting demand from first-time buyers and investors who are converting the homes to rentals. The local economy is on the upswing with several big employers like Amazon.com Inc. and Intel Corp. hiring again, which is further increasing demand for housing. And the region is benefiting from a surge of buyers from Canada who are using their favorable exchange rate to scoop up bargains in the desert.
Could this be true? Has long-suffering Phoenix "found a bottom" and is beginning a rebound? As Zhou Enlai may have said when asked about the significance of the French Revolution: It is too soon to say. What it means about the metropolitan area's real competitiveness and future is murkier still.
This hardly means the good old Growth Machine is sputtering back to life. The old model, where easy credit, liar loans, massive population increases and industrial-scale laying down of spec housing, strip malls and other development remains broken. An uptick in housing interest won't change it. More importantly, if it did, a return to business-as-usual would be the worst possible outcome for Phoenix's future.
The boosters are not interested in Phoenix's real competitive situation. "Positive" data and anecdotes are thrown out. Back in the "good old days," metro Phoenix made top lists, but only in job creation and housing starts — and the jobs being created paid low wages. Another trick is always to compare Phoenix and Arizona against their past performance. There's rarely useful context or an effort to benchmark against peer cities. For example, venture capital "is up." Or not: Arizona received $132 million in VC in 2011, according to Dow Jones Venturesource, vs. $166 million in recession-ridden 2010. But here's the context: Seattle companies netted $135 million — in the fourth quarter of last year, and not an especially strong performance. All of Washington state, similar in population to Arizona, received $542 million in VC in 2011. Ignorance is useful to the ruling elites and perpetuating the status quo.
Phoenix wasn't even in contention in the new Hot Spots report by the Economist's well-regarded Intelligence Unit. It examined 120 cities, using 31 indicators as well as in-depth interviews with business and political leaders. The goal was to produce a gold-standard benchmark of the world's most competitive cities. Only 15 out of a total of 60 global hot spots are in North America: New York, Washington, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Montréal, Houston, Dallas, Seattle, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Miami. These are the cities that make the grade to prosper and succeed in our new century of discontinuity. As the report states: "Size alone does not determine a city's growth potential ... Competitiveness, however, is a holistic concept. While economic size and growth are important and necessary, several other factors determine a city's overall competitiveness, including its business and regulatory environment, the quality of human capital and indeed the quality of life. These factors not only help a city sustain a high economic growth rate, but also create a stable and harmonious business and social environment." Does this penetrate the booster craniums in Phoenix?
No. Obviously. The Kooks never tried to "get" economic development. They undermined the old state Commerce Department at every turn, failing to give it the toolbox of incentives that have worked nationwide. Instead, they replaced it with a "public-private" Commerce Authority controlled by the Real Estate Industrial Complex. Its mandarins tell the press it "is offering what it believes to be the nation's largest pool of innovation grants — $3 million — to create more home-grown businesses, speed the commercialization of inventions and help existing small businesses grow and add jobs." But what does that mean? South Carolina promised Boeing some $900 million in incentives to land a 787 production line. Austin spent $4 million to attract an eBay support center. These attracted established, large-scale employers. And what about support for Science Foundation Arizona and the Phoenix Biosciences Campus, which would be real job/innovation machines? In reality, the Commerce Authority is simply a target-rich environment for investigative reporters, agreeing to pay its first director an astonishing $1.25 million. The Greater Phoenix Economic Council is toothless and now torn apart by the appetites of the East Valley and the west side, all to the detriment of Phoenix. It was only effective when first established, under the dynamic leadership of Ioanna Morfessis and backed by major corporate leaders, now all gone.
The results were on display with the "competition" to win a new Apple operations center. The center and its 3,600 jobs went to Austin instead, a city that already boasts an impressive tech ecosystem utterly lacking in metro Phoenix. Austin, which knows how to play the eco-devo game, is giving Apple $8.6 million among other incentives. Just peddling sunshine, land and lots of tilt-up spec buildings won't cut it. This reality is not new. I can't tell you how many times I was told in the 2000s that "Phoenix is in the running" for some big project, only to see it go elsewhere. Intel is nice, a legacy of real economic-development efforts and Craig Barrett's affection for the Valley. But ask a resident of Phoenix how easy it is to get a job there. As for Amazon, it is creating low-wage warehouse jobs controlled by the well-paid thousands of headquarters employees who will occupy the multiple skyscrapers being built out my window in downtown Seattle.
Thus, a headline in the Republic proclaims, "More Arizona startups taking root." But read on and you learn that just 7,272 Arizona corporations were started in 2011, a 33 percent decline from the number registered during 2007. A banker notes, "New Mexico often has more venture activity than the state of Arizona, yet the population of the Phoenix area is two times the population of New Mexico." Small firms and startups, don't create many jobs. Also, a report by the Business Journal in the 2000s showed that Phoenix actually has much fewer startups per 100,000 people that many smaller cities, much less Phoenix's peers. In any event, the typical startup or tech venture is a rich-man's toy in north Scottsdale or Gilbert, meant to be quickly sold off, not built into the next Amazon, much less have a civic connection to creating a great city.
Then there's the continuing drag of political extremism, which shouts, "Global companies, don't invest here!" One new example is an anti-contraception bill that is the most extreme in the country. As Daily Kos comments, "How many times do we have to say this? Arizona's economy is in the shitter, education was cut a half-billion dollars last year, and 100,000 were just kicked off the state's Medicaid program. And this is what they spend their time on: restrict, restrict, restrict access to birth control, and if we can't restrict it anymore, then let's threaten workers with losing their job."
I don't write this to "make Phoenicians feel bad" or because "I hate Arizona." I do it so people get a clue. The old economic model, such as it was, failed to create good jobs and great companies even when it was performing at its best. It did create very costly externalities and great wealth for a few of the real-estate boyz. Now it's a new world, where slow growth and hyper-competition is the norm, with smart, livable cities taking the prize. A bunch of cheap houses, a few months of delightful weather and championship golf are not an adequate economic strategy for a major metropolitan area.


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Time Out says
We've long been fans of Purl, one of London's first speakeasy-type bars and begetter of both VOC and the Worship Street Whistling Shop. It's become extremely popular, which means that booking is advisable – though walk-ins will be seated if there's space. The layout of the bar, over a number of smallish spaces in a vaulted basement, gives the opportunity for genuine seclusion if that's what you're looking for. And if you're interested in cutting-edge cocktail making, you're also in luck. Novel methods and unusual ingredients are used in many of their unique drinks, but they're also unfailingly sound in the classics. We experienced slow service because they were understaffed that evening, but usually service is very efficient and always very friendly. The selection of spirits is both extensive, and outstanding. And the music is chosen by someone who has very good taste in jazz.
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Average User Rating
3.5 / 5
Rating Breakdown
- 5 star:22
- 4 star:5
- 3 star:4
- 2 star:5
- 1 star:11
I used to love this place about five years ago - top service, buzzy speakeasy atmosphere, concise but well-thought-through drinks menu and packed with surprises. I've been twice recently and thought they might have been having an off-night but it's gone way downhill. Well-meaning but totally clueless staff, no atmosphere at all, and sixteen poorly-described generic cocktails with none of the old magic and invention. A great shame, just more proof that good places can get lazy.
Tucked away down some stairs, you would never know it is there. Open the door into a darkly lit traditional speakeasy cocktail bar. Walk ins are very hit or miss (we were lucky) so wold suggest to book. The cocktails are fantastic!! Very theoretical which adds to the enjoyment of very tasty drinks. Balloons, dry ice, flames and more to delight all the senses! Prices are as you would expect at £13ish a drink. Perfect for a date or a casual one because it is a wednesday!
Very disappointing. Booked for pre-dinner drinks on our anniversary. I'd asked for a cosy place but got sat next to a piano in the middle of the vaults. Got a flat glass of champagne which I'm not sure if it even was champagne and my husbands drink was weird. Service was very slow and couldn't wait to leave.
Arrived with mixed group of 8; bouncer asked if we had reservation; once we told him not he said no worries and let us in; wanted to stay for one drink only; place was empty when we arrived at 20:30 yet we were turned away since the waitress felt place was fully booked
At first we thought possibly bad employees but turned out owner was there himself
Not sure what their problem is but we won't be subjected to it ever again
I have booked a 3 cocktails masterclass for my boyfriend's birthday as he really enjoys cocktails. Rosco (hope I spelt his name right) was so funny, knowledgeable and patient with us. He showed us the whole place which is absolutely stunning in our opinion.
I definitely recommend this cool place for a date, hang-out with a group of friends and especially the masterclasses. We were there an hour before they opened and we met all staff too - evryone was very nice and friendly.
I also have to say that the cocktails are truly amazing as well. First of all, the display of the making and second the taste and texture
Rude staff, sitting only and pretentious. Disappointing as I like to concept of the place, but whats the point in sitting in a nice place to be treated with disdain
Nice idea, was very excited about a night out at Purl with my partner but left early, disappointed. The place was empty but it appeared to be an issue to move table as basement was dead. The strict front-of-house lady takes herself too seriously, then forgot to take our order and left us feeling very awkward for approaching the bar. Cocktails average and masked by gimmick presentation. Stayed for one, felt unwelcome and left. Waste of £30 & not a true prohibition bar, nobody dares move nor misbehave. They aren't joking when they say "strict table service." Don't bother, Steam Bar saved the night, positive comments likely to be from friends.
I had the worst cocktail ever at this place - it came with 'candied bacon' that was a cold, limp bit of soggy bacon that still have the congealed frying fat on it. TOTALLY gross. When I complained the waiter was incredibly rude to us and so we walked out. Disaster.
Terrible service, horrible cocktails, no atmosphere and amateur decor. Disappointing.
This is not just one of the best bars in London, it is one of the best in the world - and I have spent a lot of time in a lot of bars in a lot of countries! Sitting only (it has a restaurant licence - but nobody eats!) and you need to book in advance for a Friday or Saturday. However, it is well worth it, but you have to expect the unexpected with the cocktails with many of them involving dry ice, liquid nitrogen etc. If there is just two of you ask to sit at the bar and chat to the bartenders - brilliant. I will definitely be back on my next trip to London - in fact I might visit London just to go to this bar again.
This bar just gets better and better each time I visit. The atmosphere, drinks and staff are second to none. A slice of NYC in Marylebone! My only criticism would be that it would be great if it opened later than midnight. And to people like 'Jamie' below who say the drinks are unpleasant, maybe stick to your 'Sex on the Beach' and 241's at Wetherspoons as you clearly have no taste....
I think the best thing about Purl is definitely the atmosphere created by great music and décor. As for cocktails, the presentation is amazing, but some of them do not taste great. And yes, the bouncers can be very rude, which is totally unwarranted, as this is a bar after all, not a club and the people who go there are generally polite, well-off and do not cause problems.
A unique, imaginative and impressive bar. Have been here four or five times over the last few years and I have never been disappointed. To the commenters saying service was slow - granted, it's not the fastest in town, but these are drinks that take time to prepare and so should take time to drink and savour, rather than knock back in five minutes flat. One note of caution though: if you're a fan of sweet cocktails - Sea Breeze, Sex on the Beach, mojitos, etc - don't come here. Purl's cocktails will scare the pants off you.
Although theatrical half the cocktails we got were unpleasant. There is one thing combining flavours in unusual ways there is another making pleasant drinks. Make sure you don't get put in the vaults as they have no atmosphere, are very hot and you tend to be forgotten about. Not really worth the effort.
WOW is all i can say...show me one bar in the world that does what these guys do!!! the new menu is insane- i will keep on visiting this place... congrats to the owners
What an incredible experience on the weekend. Staff were amazing and the drinks to die for. Will definitely be back soon! thank you Purl
5 star service....this bar is getting better and better every time we come! there needs to be more purl's around london!!!!
people saying bad things about the drinks obviously don't appreciate cocktails. I've had the drinks mentioned below- they were outstanding, best cocktails I've ever tasted. maybe they are just beer and wine drinkers and need appreciate well made cocktails.
This is the best speakeasy style bar in London. Fact. Amazing combination of old school atmosphere with 'wow' drinks and theatre behind the bar. Try the Ceres Joker... a helium balloon garnish - awesome!
Almost didn't go based off some of the previous reviews about bad service. None the less I decided to book a table for nine people and hope for the best. In short we hard a brilliant time. We had a small alcove area booked for us which we ended up filling with 12 people with no mind from the poor waitress who looked after us. She herself was lovely, very welcoming and looked after our rowdy (yet friendly) group of people brilliantly. The drinks were fantastic, we really enjoyed them though some are obviously very strong and if you like your 'sweet can't taste the alcohol' type of cocktails then ask your server for a recommendation ;) All in all, brilliant place to go with old friends and new friends you want to impress. I loved it and recommend it. Especially loved it when my drunk musician friend decided to start playing the piano at the end and even the bouncers were impressed and started clapping.
Can't believe I have only just found this place.... Most imaginative cocktails I have ever seen This place is the best speakeasy I have ever been too and that includes PDT, death & co, little branch, milk and honey, ECC, night jar. PURL YOU ROCK MY WORLD
Really enjoyed this bar - really nice decor and great drinks. Perfect Christmas venue.
Still one of the best bars in London due to imaginative drinks, great music and a really nice intimate atmosphere. I was there last night and the Christmas decor is looking spot on too. Surprised TO only give it 3 stars?
Was beyond apprehensive post booking (and putting a credit card down as it was a party of 10) - and then reading reviews before attending - however we as a group of girls in our late 20s & early 30s absolutely LOVED the bar. Very cute / kitsch decor, lovely private alcove booths , really sweet staff and nice drinks. Had a really nice birthday and would definately be back. xx
most unbelievable bar. coming from australia i was told to visit Purl, i was blown away. i have never seen anything like it. thank you to the purl staff, they made us feel very welcome ( even though we didn't have a reservation)
Rude staff, very bad cocktails but nice design. Won t ever go again. T.
lovely venue and great cocktails. the waitress Gemma was a STAR! Great experience, definitely worth going back :)
Started badly with an extremely rude doorman and continued with a rude and arrogant host! We (a hen party) were ushered into a booth (aka cave) and forgotten, managing to get only two drinks each in the 2 1/2 hours we were there. When the drinks did arrive the waitress poured one between two glasses and didn't even replace it (£11 a pop). The atmosphere was tired, the stale bread on the table worse and it completely deflated the hen 'high' we had been on! The host was even rude to the hen. All in all, a real shame and we won't be visiting again!
Worst bar ever !!! Staff are rude and unhelpful. Service is non existent
No atmosphere, expensive, poor service
Purl is an outstanding bar. We first started going there when nobody else knew about it, and it would only be for selfish reasons that we say we wish it hadn't caught on! Its definitely a busier bar now than it was a year ago but the bar has evolved to cope with this. We always book as tables get snapped up quickly and love the fact that even though there is sometimes a small queue outside - it never feels packed out inside. The table service is a nice touch and the cocktails are definitely some of the best i've had. The staff there all seem to be knowledgable and really friendly - they've written down drinks recipes for us, and booked us taxi's - nothing seems too much trouble! I'm really sad to see the reviews below as this isn't the bar we know!! Purl isn't going to be quickly serving disco drinks over the bar to office parties - but that's why its one of the best bars in London!
We prebooked an area Purl which was great (a little cave that sat 12 peope). However, when we got there at our allotted time, we were left waiting for 20 minutes whilst they cleared the table from the previous guests. We were then told it was table service only and we were not able to order from the bar. This is absoloutely fine... when you get service! We were constantly trying to track our waiter down to order drinks/ask him to clear our full to the brim table. When he did finally show his face he told us he would be back... then dissapeared again!The waiter that was looking after our table had a major attitude problem and was too busy swanning around rather than doing his job which was looking after the guests in this very small bar. A night of lovely cocktails was ruined by a waiter who could do his job, we could of easily had double the amount of cocktails we did due to seriously slow service. The venue is nice, the waiter was not! Cocktails fun and interesting.
A victory of style over substance. Well presented cocktails that don't actually taste very good. Funky décor but essentially a dark, humid, slightly stinky basement. A nice waitress but very slow service. Probably won't go back.
i had never heard of purl until someone told me. we went down on the off chance that we could get a seat. unlike the below reviews. we were greeted by such a friendly girl and was swiftly seated at a vacant table. drinks were the best i have ever tasted ( and i travel the world). The service was great to. Staff were knowledgable. I will be back and will bring all my clients in.
I read the great reviews, and I was keen to try. Sadly, I was disappointed. I visited with three friends on a Thursday evening. There was no problem getting in and the bouncer was friendly. My drink - the Rum Grog - was quite good. My friends' drinks, I thought, were average. But, Purl sorely disappointed. Problems? 1) We arrived without reservations. The place was not busy and the waitress hesitated for far too long, staring at her nearly blank clipboard, before deciding to let us have a table. 2) We were led to a nice booth-style area in the basement. But, as commented in Timeout's review, the humidity (and, therefore, the smell) was slightly off-putting. Not enough to complain maybe, but not a great start. 3) We waited and waited and waited for ou orders to be taken. Eventually we gave up, and just as my friend had decided to find and order drinks at the bar, the waitress finally appeared. Once the waitress took our orders, we waited and waited and waited for the drinks to be served. We were literally at the point of just walking out, and refusing to pay, when she finally returned with the drinks. The waitress returned once to ask, in the most uninterested way, whether we liked the drinks. Needless to say, we reduced the optional service charge. London is full of bars; I would rather visit one that cares about customer satisfaction.
My favourite bar in London, bar none! Could get lost in there for hours just taking it all in.
easily the best place to impress your friends for cocktails. i have never seen cocktails so visually stimulating before the staff i have on the numerous occasions i have been are incredibly knowledgable give it a try you wont be disappointed
Brilliant little bar, been visiting for almost a year now and never fails to impress.
I live around the corner and have visited several times. It's a good place to bring out-of-town friends or book for a special night. I'd like to go more often but, unfortunately, it's not a place where you can just drop in for a good drink. Bouncers - unnecessarily rude on several occasions. I understand that you should book ahead of time for this place, however, since I live a block away I do not think it is unreasonable to stop by and ask the bouncer if there is a free table or bar stool for a quick drink on a weeknight. If not, a simple no will do rather than a confrontation. Drinks - Original and very well done. Changing menu keeps it fresh. Waiters/Waitresses - Average Bartenders - Very knowledgeable and personable


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Cosart scratched with tweaked oblique
Righty likely to miss just one start; Flynn gets nod for Thursday's finale vs. Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- Jarred Cosart collected his first big league hit in his Marlins debut on Friday. The occasion was greeted with the 24-year-old receiving the baseball as a memento.
As it turns out, Cosart got more than that from the at-bat. The right-hander tweaked his left oblique, which led to him being scratched from Thursday's start against the Pirates.
Brian Flynn will make the start for Miami in the series finale at PNC Park.
Cosart's ailment isn't believed to be serious, and it is not landing him on the disabled list. On Tuesday and Wednesday, Cosart played catch and said he is improving.
"If this was the World Series and I had to pitch, I'd pitch," Cosart said. "It's more on the precautionary side. It's more tight. It's not a sharp pain. It's nothing like that. It's just kind of uncomfortable. I don't want to be uncomfortable, and they don't want me to be uncomfortable. I've got a bullpen [session] on Saturday, and I'll be ready to go."
Manager Mike Redmond said the club anticipates Cosart rejoining the rotation on Tuesday against the Cardinals at Marlins Park.
"It's unfortunate, but it looks like it's not going to be a long-term deal," Redmond said.
The Marlins acquired Cosart from the Astros on July 31, and he took the mound in Miami the next day against the Reds. In 5 1/3 innings, the righty was charged with four runs -- three of which scored after he left the game.
Switching from the American League to the National League means Cosart now gets to bat. He actually did his job at the plate, collecting his infield single and dropping down a sacrifice bunt.
But on his hit, he felt soreness in his left side after either the swing or sprinting to first base.
"Most likely on the swing, but I don't really know," Cosart said.
"It flared up on him," Redmond said. "It will keep him from making that start."
While Miami tabbed Flynn for Thursday, the club hasn't announced Saturday's starter yet. But it is expected to be veteran Brad Penny, who is currently at Triple-A New Orleans.
The Marlins' rotation already is without Henderson Alvarez, who is on the DL with right shoulder inflammation. Alvarez played catch on Wednesday and he is progressing nicely. The expectation is the All-Star will be reinstated on Aug. 14, the first day he is eligible to return. Miami faces Arizona that day at Marlins Park.
Flynn was called up from New Orleans on Tuesday when Jacob Turner was designated for assignment. Turner on Wednesday was claimed off waivers by the Cubs.
The initial plan was for Flynn to be used in long relief, but now he will make his first start for Miami this season. His lone outing at the big league level this year was three innings of relief against the A's on June 27.


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Wishes for the new year
Posted by Patroklos Papapetrou on January 1, 2012
I would liek to wish to all blog readers/followers/tweeple/developers etc. out there
First and foremost a healthy 2012!!!
May we have people around us that we love and love us (family, close friends) and try to spend with them as much time as you can!
Try to see the glass as half full rather than half empty … as though it seems difficult in some cases
Let us smile everyday … it costs nothing …
Always strive for the best both for ourselves and our society …
and in a year from now, may we see the future with even more optimism.
Happy new year to all of us and our families!


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Sports injuries benefit from a positive mental attitude
When Doug Smith felt a sharp pain in his left knee at a softball tournament, he feared he might never play his favorite sport again. The 32-year-old real estate investor spent three months with a physical therapist. "But every time I tried to go back out on the field, I couldn't stop thinking about the moment when I felt that pain in my knee," Smith said.
Advances in sports medicine have made the physical recovery from sports injuries faster and easier, but a person's mental attitude is actually one of the most challenging factors.
In conjunction with his physical therapist, Smith worked with licensed sports psychologist Robert Andrews. Months later, Smith was surprised to find that he had improved his throw accuracy. Andrews took time recently to talk about the mental recovery plan that should be part of overcoming any injury.
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Sports psychologist Robert Andrews offers these tips to people recovering from injuries:
Mental imagery is a very important and powerful way to help with your recovery and increase confidence. Seeing yourself as healthy and fully functioning is a key to a full recovery from your injury.
Spend time each day visualizing your injured area moving through a full range of motion, strong and healthy. You might have to work hard to see this in your mind at first, but after a few days you will be able to visualize these positive mental images more easily.
Use a positive point of view to gain confidence in your ability to become active again. Avoid saying "I will never," "I can't" or even "my bad knee." Rewrite those phrases into positive statements: "I will," "I am getting better at" or even "the knee I am working hardest on."
Q: What is the most common sports injury you deal with?
A: I work with more traumatic injuries, such as to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a major ligament that supports the knee. These injuries are really tough to come back from mentally, and there is a very high percentage of athletes who never return to a high level of play after suffering this devastating injury.
I have worked with athletes from just about every sport who have suffered ACL injuries. They are usually in pretty bad shape mentally and emotionally when they get to me.
Q: Do you find more often than not it's the mental block that prevents people from reaching recovery goals?
A: Absolutely. With such huge advances in surgery and the rehab process, physical recovery is highly successful. The concept of recovering from an injury mentally and emotionally is a relatively new concept.
After an injury, there is so much that the brain is trying to process: physical pain, images of how the injury occurred and the realization that you may have to take time off or need surgery.
When you go back out to throw a baseball or softball, or jump, a primitive part of the brain called the limbic system springs into action. Its job it to make sure you are safe and won't be injured again. As much as you might want to perform a certain movement, the protective part of your brain creates an intense emotional response - anxiety or fear. Sometimes this can create a physical block where your body just won't let you perform any skill that your mind has associated with the original injury.
Q: What advice do you give to people who've had setbacks in recovery?
First and foremost, anyone who suffers from a sports injury should see a doctor or physical therapist, then work hard at your physical rehab. Then I would consider integrating a mental recovery plan into the process.
There are very powerful techniques available like Eidetic Imagery and EMDR that teach the brain to process injury-related stress and fear. The results are profound. These techniques can give you more confidence, reduce your fear of re-injury and help dissipate negative mental images related to the injury.


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We're still picturing drones as small things that may deliver Amazon packages to us one day, but their biggest impact is most likely to come in military surveillance. And the Navy is planning on using a drone that's practically the size of an airliner.
Wired reported that Northrop Grumman has completed the ninth round of testing for MQ-4C Triton drone that has roughly the same wingspan as a Boeing 757, or about 130 feet.
In the latest round of testing, the Triton achieved 9.4 hours of endurance testing at altitudes of 50,000 feet, according to Northrop. The Navy expects to take its first delivery of 68 Tritons by the end of 2017.


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WASHINGTON - In response to President Obama's State of the Union address, Congressman Paul Ryan issued the following statement:
"Last year, the American people chose divided government. So this year, both parties have to make it work. We need to make progress on real solutions. We need to strengthen our economy. And we need to create jobs—because if we don't, we'll have a diminished future.
"We need to balance the budget. Otherwise, we'll provoke a debt crisis. Our finances will collapse. The economy will stall. And the most vulnerable will suffer. Instead, we have to budget responsibly—so we can expand opportunity for everyone in this country.
"I'm concerned the President doesn't fully appreciate the challenge of our national debt—and its threat to our economy. Tonight, he outlined many new programs in detail. But when it came to spending restraint, he was remarkably brief. He overstated his administration's success on this front. And he downplayed the task before us.
"This isn't a partisan issue. It's math. Over the last four years, the national debt grew by $6 trillion, the largest increase of any presidency. But the President hasn't changed course. For the fourth time in five years, he's failed to submit a budget on time. And Senate Democrats haven't passed a budget in nearly four years.
"This spring, House Republicans will offer a budget—on time—as we have in the past two years. If the President wants to work together, he'll find a willing partner in House Republicans. But he needs to get serious about the challenges ahead."


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Adams hits ahead of Peralta to break up righties
CINCINNATI -- With Matt Carpenter and Kolten Wong hitting atop the lineup, the Cardinals had one other left-handed bat to fit into their Opening Day slate. After weighing his options, manager Mike Matheny decided that Matt Adams best belonged behind catcher Yadier Molina and ahead of shortstop Jhonny Peralta in the sixth spot.
Placing Adams in front of Peralta breaks up what would have otherwise been a string of four consecutive right-handed hitters in the heart of St. Louis' order. Matheny said Adams' past results in Great American Ball Park also factored into his decision on where to bat his first baseman.
Adams has one double and three homers in 19 previous at-bats in the Reds' ballpark. Two of those home runs came in extra innings of the Cardinals' Sept. 4 victory over the Reds last season, a game Adams entered to replace an injured Allen Craig.
While Adams is in the Opening Day lineup for the first time in his career, Peralta represents the eighth Opening Day shortstop to start for the Cardinals over the past eight seasons. Though Peralta hit seventh on Monday, the Cardinals will consider batting him as high as second as the season progresses.