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Firefox/Projects/3.7 and 4.0 Theme and UI Revamp/Direction and Feedback
- 1 Firefox Theme/UI Proposed Direction
- 1.1 Update to Visual Styling and Resulting UI Changes
- 1.2 Placing Tabs-on-Top
- 1.3 Hiding of the Menubar
- 1.4 Bookmarks Changes
- 1.5 Combine Stop, Reload and Go Into One Button
- 1.6 Create Simple Home Tab
- 1.7 Introduction of App Tabs (or Persistent Tabs)
- 1.8 Progress "Line"
- 1.9 Feedback/Concerns/Questions
- 2 Future Posiblities
Firefox Theme/UI Proposed Direction
The original goals of the Theme/UI Revamp Project were to identify problems with the current Firefox UI and propose solutions to those problems. Strong emphasis has been placed on Firefox's visual appearance on Windows. Particularly Windows 7 and Vista (i.e. the future). We are also looking into ways to carry some of these ideas over to Mac and Linux.
Since restructuring the theme touches and depends on so many other elements the project has expanded slightly in scope. It now encompasses not just the current visual style, but also how best to handle UI placement, arrangement and also the evolution of some new features.
After a few iterations, and a lot of discussion, the UX team has settled on a firm initial direction to be implemented in a future version of Firefox.
Update to Visual Styling and Resulting UI Changes
As noted on the 3.0 Windows Default Theme Issues Wikipage, Firefox feels dated and behind on Windows. Especially Vista and Windows 7. These issues include absence of Glass, anemic purple toolbar color on Vista, tall and bulky UI footprint, element overload, inconsistent toolbar icon usage/style, lack of a tactile look & feel and perhaps too great of a divergence between the look on XP and Vista/7.
The proposed direction to correct these shortcomings includes:
- Embracing Glass: Toolbar and Tabs using Glass. Raised translucent buttons that are slightly glossy to meld with the toolbar. Raised 3D look to achieve tactile "feel"
- Neutral Tones: Overall neutral color scheme that can transition among platforms. Can remain attractive and slick without fighting for focus from web content
- Placing Tabs-on-Top: Create default placement of tabs-on-top with the option to have tabs-on-bottom
- Hiding the Menu Bar: Hiding the menubar by default(on Vista/7) allows us to use Glass, free up vertical space and retain platform consistency
- App Button and App Menu: Condense and trim existing menu structure into a single button App Button labeled "Firefox"
- Combine Stop/Reload/Go: Combine Stop, Reload and Go into one button attached to the location bar. Reduces visual "clutter" and combines three buttons that have connected functionality
- Home Button/Tab: Remove "Home" Button from default toolbar. Move functionality to a "Home Tab" containing your homepage
- Introduction of App Tabs (or Persistent Tabs): Ability to create persistent "App Tabs" for web apps
Placing Tabs-on-Top
Placing tabs-on-top would allow:
- Firefox to have a correct UI hierarchy where the controls are tab specific.
- Fix a redundancy in having both a titlebar with page title as well as a tab with the page title. Still titlebars can have the whole title instead of a truncated one.
- A Fitt's Law win if the window is maximized.
- A small vertical space saving allowing more room for content.
Retain the option to have have tabs-on-bottom. Also potentially tabs on the left or right side in a thumbnail or list style view.
Hiding of the Menubar
The menubar as a UI is pretty good at one thing: hiding complexity. The general purpose of the menubar is to contain all of the things that you want your program to do but you can't(or shouldn't) cram into the main UI. So the menubar generally ends up with a lot of stuff that isn't used very often, if at all, and yet is reproduced on every window and takes up a significant amount of real estate. It also has the tendency to become a dumping ground for new or hardly used features. This experience can be made worse with sub-menus, or even sub-sub-menus, which are hard to find and hard to target.
Starting with Vista, and continuing with Windows 7, the menubar has been systematically removed from Windows applications built by Microsoft and other vendors. It has been replaced with alternatives like the Windows Explorer contextual strip or the Ribbon found in Office 2007. The Ribbon UI is now also used in Paint and Wordpad for Windows 7. Many apps still retain the menubar as an option to be pinned or to be shown briefly by holding the Alt key.
One of the more challenging, not to mention contentious, aspects of the Firefox UI update has been how to handle the MenuBar. On our first pass we were informed by how Safari and Chrome had handled this problem by paring down all menu items into two separate Page and Tools buttons. This approach has a few advantages but also some disadvantages. The new proposed approach to this problem is an App Button which is similar to the single menu approach taken by Windows 7 native applications (Paint, WordPad) and by MS Office.
The UX team feels this approach has several advantages over the previous idea:
- It is less complex
- Takes up less space
- Instead of two potentially conflicting locations for menu items, there is now only one unified location
- Can be placed in the upper left analogous to the Menubar paradigm it is replacing
- Similar to the far more ubiquitous Office 2008/2010 + Windows 7 application menu
- Reduces clutter on the Navigation Toolbar
- It also creates a more flexible and rich canvas for perhaps doing some decidedly non-menu-esque things
The App Menu could look something like this early sketch. The actual contents of the menu are still being decided on and tracked in Menu Cleanup wikipage.
The approach applied to this problem has been to:
- Dissect the menubar and menu bar items.
- Categorize items based on function/theme.
- Trim items that duplicate functionality in the default UI.
- Remove some items that don't make sense.
- Expose some items in the UI that weren't previously.
This process will also be informed by data collected from the Menu Item Usage Test Pilot study.
The main goal here was to achieve parity with Vista and Windows 7. Secondary goals were to cleanup the menu, reduce space taken by the menubar and make way for future UI options like tab-on-top. Less UI space = more content space.
A goal going forward is a smarter placement/discoverability of features so that they don't have to be hidden away in a menu. Population of the App Menu should be considered carefully.
Hiding of the menubar by default would only occur on Windows and potentially Linux. Mac would retain the menubar by default. Holding Alt on Vista/7 would show the menu (which can also be toggled on).
Bookmarks Changes
By default there are four separate ways to access bookmarks in the main Firefox window:
- Bookmarks Menu
- Bookmarks Toolbar
- Bookmarks Sidebar
- AwesomeBar
So there are at least four different ways people are using bookmarks. Some users may be using just the menu, some people may just be using the toolbar, some people may be using the sidebar for a tree view of all bookmarks or some people may just be starring things and using the awesomebar.
This creates a few problems:
- If the menubar is off how do people access their bookmarks menu? What if the bookmarks menu has never been used?
- Many people never alter, nor use, the bookmarks toolbar. Yet it is enabled by default taking space away from content.
Basically, how to combine bookmarks and plan for different use cases.
The proposed solution for this is to make the bookmarks toolbar the place for bookmarks. Create a bookmarks "widget" that replicates the bookmark menu functionality and place that on the bookmarks toolbar. This could be moved to the main navigation toolbar as well.
If a user hasn't altered the bookmarks bar past the default, it will be hidden and the bookmarks widget moved to the navigation bar. If they have it will remain the same.
This will free up some more vertical space for content and remove visual clutter of an element that isn't being used.
The bookmarks bar could of course be turned back on.
Combine Stop, Reload and Go Into One Button
Merging these into one button and attaching them to the location bar gives them context. A secondary benefit is that it combines like functionality and removes another toolbar button.
A common concern about this is that it would increase targeting time by moving the refresh/stop buttons so far away from the back/forward buttons. That really depends on where you are moving your mouse from however. If you are typing in the URL bar and moving to hit the go button then you are already in the right spot to hit stop if you change your mind. However if you are hitting back or forward and then want to hit stop/refresh it is far away.
This is a legitimate concern but it's hard to say how it will work out without observing it.
In the Customize page there would be an option to add a separate Stop, Reload and Go buttons.
Create Simple Home Tab
The home button at present functions pretty much exactly like a bookmark. Yet it has its own dedicated place in the default set of toolbar buttons. It's not entirely useful and takes up prime real estate.
We would like to create a "Home Tab" moving the functionality of the home button to a persistent tab. This tab initially would just take you to your home page. Any links clicked on this page would spawn a new tab. This would serve as a good introduction to tabs for users not accustomed to them.
Future Expanded Home Tab Functionality
Eventually the Home Tab will start to be slightly more than just a link to your home page. It could turn into a dashboard like page which could potentially have your top bookmarks, about:me stats, history timeline, recently closed tabs, change styling on major local holidays, or more.
This is currently being explored in The Home Tab Design Challenge.
Introduction of App Tabs (or Persistent Tabs)
The idea behind "App Tabs" is that some web apps are more like applications than web pages. For example, Google Docs, Gmail, Acrobat.com, MobileMe, 280 Slides, etc. Things you would want to have open all the time and they could potentially be chromeless since you don't navigate through them with back/forward. Sort of like built in Prism. If, say, you wanted Gmail open all the time without chrome you could drag it to the left and pin it thus making it an App Tab.
There would also be some other way to make an app tab besides drag/pinning it to the left. For instance a contextual menu item.
Progress "Line"
A progress bar can make waiting seem slightly less painful and let you know if something might be hung-up or not. It won't actually make things faster, but it might make them feel faster.
Instead of the indeterminate progress indicator in use now, we would like add a progress "line" under the location bar on the active tab and at the top of each background tab. This will let people know about how much longer their background tabs have until they load and it also looks cool.
You are trying to make Firefox look like Chrome/Safari/IE/Opera:
We are not trying to make Firefox look like any other browser. Firefox is Firefox. Similarities between browsers are unavoidable. They all have shared lineage and are based off of their predecessors. The basics of what a browser does and how it does it is already established. Browsers are all trying to solve the same problems so evolutionary ideas that are similar are inevitable.
With that said, just because an idea didn't originate here doesn't mean it isn't a good idea. Platform trends and conventions are sometimes good to follow. There are plenty of ideas being worked on for Firefox that are innovative and novel.
Other applications don't hide the menu bar so how is this maintaining external consistency?
Maybe it would be better phrased as "emerging external consistency". As of Windows 7 the most popular user facing prepackaged applications (and Office) ship with the menubar off by default. If it has one at all. Whether Photoshop or AutoCAD ship with menubars isn't necessarily relevant. For one they are different types of applications and for another they don't have a ubiquitous competitor shipping with the OS (IE).
Future Posiblities
Merging the LocationBar and SearchBar
The AwesomeBar already has a lot of search functionality, even though it is currently only local. These fields have a convergent function: finding things. Merging these and including something like Taskfox will put search in a unified location with added utility. It will also reduce toolbar complexity/clutter by merging functionality.
Status Bar Evolution
The status bar currently takes up a lot of space on every window. The full link description is used by some but not all. The progress bar can be duplicated elsewhere. It is also currently a catch-all for a great many extensions. As well as being at the bottom of the window away from the rest of the UI.
Finding better placement for download notifications, progress (see Progress "Line") and link URLs would allow us to hide the status bar by default. It could then be used solely for extensions perhaps becoming the ExtensionsBar instead of the status bar. Installing an extention that made use of this space would then enable it. It could then be further enhanced to be slightly taller and enable extra functionality such as panels.
New Notification UI
A redesign of the notification system is planned.
This design will remove notifications bars. Integrating persistent notifications as well as notification panels and activity indicator panels.
Profile Stuff
Introduction of User Profiles. Uses could include different sets of bookmarks, individual histories, different settings, password/login manager, bookmark syncing(similar to Weave).


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Make browsing your website a more pleasant experience.
Uses the Instant.Page script to make browsing between pages on your website super fast.
The Instant.Page script prefetches pages that are about to be clicked on so that they start loading whilst you are on the current page. By the time you click on the link a lot of the loading process has happened and so the page appears to load much more quickly.
Increased website speed (even just the appearance of increased speed) improves user experience, and conversion rates, and stickiness, and all the good things that make users love you.
- Install and Activate the plugin through the plugins page.
- Done. Everything else is setup automatically.
How does this work?
Tada checks to see if your users are hovering over a link, and then uses the browsers built in prefetching mechanism to prefetch the html for the link that is about to be clicked.
Why are my pages still slow?
Whilst Tada does speed up the process, it will only reduce the time required to load the page – it won't elminitate it. This means that heavy pages, and slow web hosts may not appear instantly. In addition, I have found that the WordPress admin interface can be quite slow and so the best experience happens for users who are logged out. I use the Incognito mode in my browser to test this.
What WordPress Themes work with Instant Pages?
Most WordPress themes will work fine with Instant Pages, however there are a few that may not. These are themes that use javascript to link to internal pages. For instance if the theme is built with React or Vue (or similar) then it may not work (but equally – probably isn't needed). Also if the theme applies transitions to page loads (such as fading in and out) then you may not see an improvement. However these are specialist cases, and most themes will work great.
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Registro de cambios
1.2 – 26th November 2020
- Update Instant page to the latest version.
1.1.1 – 25th July 2019
- Add support for async attribute in script enqueue. Currently only works with the Jarvis theme, but may be coming to core (one day).
1.1 – 18th March 2019
- Minify the script for more speed.
1.0 – 16th March 2019
- Initial Release

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Electric Guitars
California Heritage Since 1974
How we make guitars in the USA
Since 1984 the Ernie Ball Music Man family has been committed to achieving unequaled playability, beauty and consistency by finding the ideal balance between man and machine. Using the delicate touch of hand-craftsmanship and the digital accuracy of robotic technology at different stages in the manufacturing process, we've focused on mastering the formula for crafting some of the best playing and sounding guitars in the world.
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Every company has its roots.
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It's not my fault, my brain implant made me do it
By Laura Y. Cabrera, Michigan State University and Jennifer Carter-Johnson, Michigan State University
Mr. B loves Johnny Cash, except when he doesn't. Mr. X has watched his doctors morph into Italian chefs right before his eyes.
The link between the two? Both Mr. B and Mr. X received deep brain stimulation (DBS), a procedure involving an implant that sends electric impulses to specific targets in the brain to alter neural activity. While brain implants aim to treat neural dysfunction, cases like these demonstrate that they may influence an individual's perception of the world and behavior in undesired ways.
Mr. B received DBS as treatment for his severe obsessive compulsive disorder. He'd never been a music lover until, under DBS, he developed a distinct and entirely new music preference for Johnny Cash. When the device was turned off, the preference disappeared.
Mr. X, an epilepsy patient, received DBS as part of an investigation to locate the origin of his seizures. During DBS, he hallucinated that doctors became chefs with aprons before the stimulation ended and the scene faded.
In both of these real-world cases, DBS clearly triggered the changed perception. And that introduces a host of thorny questions. As neurotechnologies like this become more common, the behaviors of people with DBS and other kinds of brain implants might challenge current societal views on responsibility.
Lawyers, philosophers and ethicists have labored to define the conditions under which individuals are to be judged legally and morally responsible for their actions. The brain is generally regarded as the center of control, rational thinking and emotion – it orchestrates people's actions and behaviors. As such, the brain is key to agency, autonomy and responsibility.
Where does responsibility lie if a person acts under the influence of their brain implant? As a neuroethicist and a legal expert, we suggest that society should start grappling with these questions now, before they must be decided in a court of law.
Who's to blame if something goes wrong?
Imagine that Ms. Q was driving one day and had a sudden urge to swerve into a crowded bus stop. As a result, she ended up injuring several people and damaging the bus stop. During their investigation, police found that Ms. Q had a brain implant to treat her Parkinson's disease. This implant malfunctioned at the time the urge occurred. Furthermore, Ms. Q claims that the bus stop was not there when she acted on the impulse to swerve.
As brain stimulating technology advances, a hypothetical case like Ms. Q's raises questions about moral and legal responsibility. Is Ms. Q solely responsible for her actions? Can we attribute any blame to the device? What about to the engineers who designed it or the manufacturer? The neurosurgeon who implanted it or the neurologist who programmed the device parameters?
Historically, moral and legal responsibility have largely focused on the autonomous individual – that is, someone with the capacity to deliberate or act on the basis of one's own desires and plans, free of distorting external forces. However, with modern technological advances, many hands may be involved in the operation of these brain implants, including artificial intelligence programs directly influencing the brain.
This external influence raises questions about the degree to which someone with an implant can control their actions and behaviors. If brain implants influence someone's decisions and behaviors, do they undermine the person's autonomy? If autonomy is undermined, can we attribute responsibility to the individual?
Society needs to discuss what happens when science and technology start challenging those long-held assumptions.
So many shades of gray
There are different legal distinctions concerning responsibility, such as causal responsibility and liability responsibility.
Using this distinction, one may say that the implant is causally responsible, but that Ms. Q still has liability for her actions. One might be tempted to split the liability in this way because Ms. Q still acted on the urge – especially if she knew the risk of brain implant side effects. Perhaps Ms. Q still bears all primary responsibility but the influence of the implant should mitigate some of her punishment.
These are important gradations to reckon with, because the way we as a society divide liability may force patients to choose between potential criminal liability and treating a debilitating brain condition.
Questions also arise about product liability for companies, professional responsibility issues for researchers and technology developers, and medical malpractice for the health professionals who placed and programmed the device. Even if multiple actors share responsibility, the question regarding how to distribute responsibility among multiple actors still remains.
Adding an additional layer is the potential for malicious interference of these implants by criminals. Newer implants may have wireless connectivity. Hackers could attack such implants to use Ms. Q for their own (possibly nefarious) purposes, posing more challenges to questions of responsibility.
Insulin pumps and implantable cardiac defibrillators have already been hacked in real life. While there have not been any reports of malicious interference with brain implants, their increasing adoption brings greater opportunity for tech-savvy individuals to potentially use the technology for evil.
Considering the impact brain implants can have on moral and legal notions of responsibility, it's time to discuss whether and when brain interventions should excuse people. New technologies often require some modification or extension of existing legal mechanisms. For example, assisted reproductive technologies have required society to redefine what it means to be a "parent."
It's possible that soon we will start hearing in courtrooms: "It's not my fault. My brain implant made me do it."
Laura Y. Cabrera, Assistant Professor of Neuroethics, Michigan State University and Jennifer Carter-Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.


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Rosemary Wren was born at Oxshott, Surrey in 1922. Her mother was Denise Wren, and her birth came just two years after the Oxshott Pottery was started.
She trained at Guildford School of Art under Helen Pincombe who also had a pottery at Oxshott. After serving her country in the Women's Land Army during the Second World War she started potting at Oxshott.
In 1970 her partnership with Peter Crotty started, and when her mother died the couple took over Oxshott Pottery and moved it to Devon, then Scotland.
Rosemary is best known for her stoneware models, notably birds.
Oxshott Pottery was started in 1920 at Oxshott in Surrey by Henry and Denise Wren. Their daughter Rosemary Wren was born there in 1922.
The pottery remained at Oxshott until 1978, shortly before Denise's death, and then moved to Exeter in Devon under the direction of Rosemary and her partner, Peter Crotty. Another move followed in 1982, to Newton Abbot, not far away, and then another in 1989 to Strathpeffer in Ross-shire, Scotland.


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So it did take a while bud let's start a topic about my "project".
The guide in this topic are the picture's i took in chronological order
Therefore things might look a bit chaotic every now and then.
As i get closer to the present time, things will get better documented, needless to say most off it will be common knowledge
on this board. Since i have searched a lott on nagca and mallcrawlin.
But now lets start with how this "crazy" hobby started when i bought our 1994 ZJ5.2LTD in October 2003 as a DD.
These are the only pictures i have of our ZJ where it is stock, clean and polished
November 2003
The first event i went to do some offroading, it was held on a dirt bike track.
And after this weekend the ZJ has never been clean.
Along with it came the first costs
General Ameri Trac TR 235/75*15TR
I also found it necessary to take the pitman-arm off, why? I can't remember
More to come
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A little jump to february 2004
As far as i can see according to my jeep bills no problems what so ever this past winter.
Bud I did buy the official FSM and owners manual an absolute must if you are a DIY person.
Another very functional tool a "Schaarvetspuit".
A recreational area nearby called the "posbank" near the city Arnhem, no offroading allowed however.
My youngest fan in this picture 1 year old, now a days almost 3.
Event on a dirt bike track in "Groesbeek" near the city Nijmegen, damages
1 rear bumper reflector did cost me �18 by the stealership and
1 head lamp glas, new unit went for �192.80 to be exact, have the invoice right here.
Had a fun day though.
Another event this month in "Overloon", offroading in the snow.
No damages this time, only a tired son.
By now the 4x4 virus(read as JEEP virus) really hit me, it is time for mod's
So I ordered a BB, an ACOS kit and a set off BPE's in th US
Waiting for the goods I started looking localy for wheels and tires.
31" looked fine since this car was still our DD
Succeeded with a set off US wheel "blade" 15x7 with 31"x10.5lt15 bf at's
Since my BB was not in yet, I put the wheels on just for the looks and off course the pic's
In the meantime the sound off the exhaust was becoming louder
So the first time off electric welding to an exhaust.
So got the first 6 months covered, more to come
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as promised march 2004
In the meantime took care of some small repairs,
Brakeshoe's for the emergency brake, oilseal rear DS and a torn CV-boot on the left
Meanwhile the stuff I ordered arrived, took well over 1 month.
So lets get on with it, first in the rear.
2" BB in place.
So some extra space in the wheelwell here with GT 235/75*15 which is almost equal to a 29" tire.
Up Front
Obviously these speak for themself, have the ACOS'ses on for a year and a half and no regrets what so ever.
in detail
here a half...
and here the end result.
And yes still on "small" tires, With an Arb bull-bar on the way it is kind off a waste to cut up a bumper.
In the meanwhile changed diff oil and pimped the cover.
green gehamerslagd(t)(wont know how to translate this, so learn dutch)
and back in place.
Time to start with the bull-bar.
The thing itself
All bits and pieces.
Soon to be continued.
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A magnum 8000 winch.
Everything sorted out.
It's dark and late.
Winch mounted.
The other side.
Brackets and "evap canister" shield in place.
Almost done, 31" on and some trimming on the inner fenders.
Next day time to check the winch on a jeep event in "Zeumeren"
Later that week, some flex pic's.
Nice fit.
So that was march 2004 more to come.
Last edited by ogdak; 12-13-2006 at 02:49 PM.
just wondering why is there 8 slots in that Zj grille??????
wonder why the last post is all xxxx for me any one else
Originally Posted by steves88vb
Same reason they all have 8.
Are those the foreign BFG ATs? all the ones I've seen don't look like that. Maybe retreads?
yeah YOUR right, my Zj is just a Reject model and has 7 slotsOriginally Posted by 1996cc
93-95 have 8 slots and 96-98 have 7Originally Posted by steves88vb
I do not know wether there is a difference in US or European market.Originally Posted by ATL ZJ
But the are not retreads.
And for the number off "slots", 8 is indead stock for '93 through '95 models.
ive seen those bfg's before they have them here this is an awsome write up its a trip to see how its done in other countrys
Thnx,Originally Posted by Cue-Ball
Here is some more.
So after March comes April 2004.
Did not do a lot this month, went to the "maaasvlakte" near the port of Rotterdam.
Was fun due to good weather and company.
So just some pic's
Some people think you can swim with a SUV, fortunately Droopy was nearby
from left to right
Eelco, Jeeped, Droopy en Jeepee
So afterall some maintenance issue's, leaky oilseal on the right rear axle.
So time for fresh oil and a diff cover paintjob.
An opened diff
The leaking seal, €16,51 from the stealert.
piece off iron
nicer diff cover
Famous mastershaft and c-clip
new vs. old
All for now, latersz
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May 2004
So got a few things done like longer shocks, adj. TB's, did not make tha many pic's.
After getting my rocker panels dented, I desided to get some protection.
Liked these a lot.
So went to a friend who is very good on a drawing board and with iron.
He came up with this
So after one day, the unpainted result
So the next day went offroading with some www.jeepforum.nl guys/girls in "veldhoven". Sorry no pic's
So 1 week later, got the SB off to get powder coated, and went playing
So meanwhile it is june 2004
The SB are ready and mounted
more detailed
Also notice the spots where I dented my rockers
So all for now, enjoy
Last edited by ogdak; 12-13-2006 at 02:54 PM.
not to be a bitch but in the pic of your rear BB install the coil isolator go's between the coil spacer and the spring. not between the coil spacer and the coil bucket.
I agree to do it that way, makes more sense.
However, it was a nicer fit this way as a remember.
That was over a year ago, they are already long gone.
Great zj Ogdak. I want put a from ARB bumper, but is not very heavy?
If I remember correct about 40~45Kg without the winch.
So Left off last time with the SB's
So here is one more.
Nice thing off those heavy duty custom SB's is, is that you can put a jack underneath and lift up half the ZJ
Just one single pic off a weekend offroading in "schaijk"
So now time for a real job, we are planning to go to Sclayn in Belgium early next month.
Bud with 3 kids in the backseat it is nice to have a working CC.
So had a change to get the system put under pressure to determine what caused the CC not to work, at a
local german dealership. Happens to be one off the mechanics used to work for our well known stealerships.
He told me 90% off not working CC's in Grand's are caused by leaky evaporator's.
So went to a local airco specialist for a "track & trace", they did confirm on the 90% rule.
So the T&T did cost me €160, left me with a working CC for about 1 week.
So went back to them to have one of the mech's go over, under and in the ZJ with a UV-light and yellow goggles on.
And finally, looking through a very small hole in the heater-a/c unit found the leak, the predicted evaporator core.
They gave me a quote for approx €1000 to fix it, the evaporator is only €140 bud it is a time consuming repair
because the have to get the dash off and the complete heater-a/c unit out to change the evaporator core.
So I decided to do it myself and save like €800, went home with the new evaporator core.
Grabbed the FSM and started removing the dash, also took out the right chair for some extra space to work in.
Obvious the "black box" is the heater-a/c unit, with the evaporator core in it.
Goes from the right side right up to the steering column.
Consist off a top and bottom half, copper pipe's on top is from and to the heater core.
The dash
heater-a/c unit out
and opened
On the left, blower motor.
In the middle, evaporator core.
On the right, heater core.
The leakage is on the right side cant be seen with the bare eye. Normally for proper operation the system would be on 12 bar
so you don't need that big off a hole. On this side there was a lot off dirt and leafs.
So made a filter, from a panty off my .... on the outside right on top off the firewall where the air comes in.
Evaporator core out, on the right top I had to cut my coolant lines to/from the heater core
heater-a/c unit installed
So went back to the airco shop to get the system filled again, did not have to pay for the R134A the second time around
Excellent service. So off for a nice ride to "Sclayn".
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July 2004
Like mentioned before we are planning a trip to "Sclayn" in Belgium.
It is also going to be our first time camping with our kids.
So the day before leaving came to the conclusion that we did not have enough lugage space. So went for a skibox.
Good thing to buy one of these in de summertime, plenty choice and nothing "out off stock".
So for de trip to sclayn put the small ones on again.
I know, not the best pictures but al I had
Due to bad waether the weekend was not to succesfull for the wife and kids,
but I had a GREAT time.
August 2004
This months mod's
-F>R spring swap
-3" longer front spring's
-Adjustable CA's
F>R swap does not need further explaining.
Combined with the BB's about 5" lift in the rear.
Upfront 3" longer skycrapper's combined with the ACOS is about 6"
Nice flexxin
Like mentioned above, Adj. CA.
Tape with line around the tire is to get things roughly allignt
This months end result.
Personally I think it is sitting to high for a set of 31"
Pro to that is that the tires move up into the wheelwell very nice and easy.
Downside is that the Skycrapper coils can not take that much flex.
This is how the came off in january 2005.
I know I should have known.
So meanwhile it is september 2004
So things need to get tested and we are only 1 week away of The First Annual Dutch Jeepcamp
As said as done, went testing in "Ressen".
The pic's speak for them self.
Just checking the extended brake lines.
Former front coil now in the rear and almost fully compressed.
Little rubbing on the rear, needs some adjusting.
From below.
And the last one.
Sooooooooo all for now.
p.s. test went well.
Last edited by ogdak; 12-13-2006 at 03:06 PM.
cut off those shock boots all they will do for you is trap mud and sludge. Eventually that stuff will score the shaft and yoru shock will leak.
Originally Posted by Kraqa
That is why I left them loose at the bottom.
September 2004
So time for Dutch Jeep Camp
Also in 2004 lot's off poison ivy.
The camp site
Thought it would be nice to put some 33" on MT wheels on.
So just some "poser" pic's.
Lady's from my most favourites list.
So saturday in a nice piece off forrest.
So last day, sunday.
So that was jeepcamp 2004, till next year.
So later that same month we had the FOC trophy in Belgium http://www.4ft.be/eng/index.htm
But I wanted o go on 33". So made a deal with Mav © and went to work to make things fit.
So the adj. CA's turned out to be very usefull again. Finally had to grind half the head off the SS bolt off.
Also the sway-bar had to go. Which made driving on the highway fun, especcially on the fly over's.
So first night on the camping site with some rain.
Signin went very well, considering there where over a thousend 4x4's over the weekend.
Saturday had a flat tire after being pulled out by a traktor.
Did catch dirt between de tire en the rim.
BUt with som crow-bar's and lots off water managed to get things airtide again.
So sunday we went into a rather small piece off forest which was very swampy.
So got stuck in a ditch.
Don't think it has been this dirty before.
And this was the last time I wheeled it.
Time for a HP30, 8.8 and LA's
Stay tuned.
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In June of 1940, the Jews of Lithuania were worried. Some had just recently fled from Poland, narrowly escaping Hitler's reach. They had hoped to find in Lithuania a safe haven. But the Soviets had moved to occupy the country and had begun making arrests, confiscating property, and harassing the Jewish population. At the same time, the German threat still loomed. Jews felt trapped between the mouths of two gaping lions and were desperate to leave Europe in search of true safety.
But escape was no simple matter. Britain and America were unwilling to accept more than the usual number of Jewish immigrants. And even those lucky few who could secure visas to travel were running out of time; the Soviet Union had ordered the international consulates in Kaunas, Lithuania's capital, to close. Once the consulates closed, the door to escape would be forever shut.
And so it was that on the morning of July 27, 1940, the Japanese Consul, Chiune Sugihara, looked out the window to see a great crowd of refugees pressed around the gate of the Japanese consulate. Men, women, and children, all desperate for help. They had gone from consulate to consulate without success; Sugihara was their last resort.
The crowd would force Sugihara to make a choice, one between obeying his government and obeying his conscience. What this ordinary man decided to do saved thousands of lives and imparts valuable lessons in heroism and manliness.
Lessons in Manliness from Chiune Sugihara
1. Do not be a burden to others
2. Take care of others
3. Do not expect rewards for your goodness
-The code taught at Chiune Sugihara's school
Courage in Small Choices Leads to Courage in Big Ones
Many men wonder if they would have the courage to make the right decision in the midst of a large challenge. The answer is simple…do you have the courage to go your own way in the small decisions of your life? It is the small choices that build your courage backbone and give you the strength needed to make the right choices when truly tested.
Sugihara made the decision to follow his own path as a young man. His father strongly pushed him to become a physician. But Chiune, long interested in foreign cultures, wanted to go to college to study English and perhaps become a teacher. For years, father and son fought over this point of contention. Sugihara's father forced him to take the entrance exam for medical school. Chiune wrote only his name on the test, turned it in, and then went outside to calmly eat from his lunchbox. Sugihara's father was furious when he found out what his son had done. He disowned Chiune, cut off his allowance, and refused to pay for his education.
Sugihara enrolled in Waseda University to study English. He tried to pay his own way by working odd jobs, but it wasn't enough; he was dropped from the school's rolls. Unbowed, he took the exam for working in the Foreign Ministry. His success on the test granted him a scholarship to go to school to learn Russian and become a diplomat.
In Japanese culture, respect for one's elders was paramount, but Sugihara had made the decision to follow the beat of his own drum, and he would continue to do so his whole life.
Sugihara was ever diligent in his studies. He would tie a pen and small bottle of ink to a rope which he looped around his ear, allowing him to take notes wherever he was. It was the precursor to the moleksine! Others laughed at his eccentricity, but when they saw he could memorize whole pages of the Russian dictionary and beat their pants off in exams, they didn't think it was quite as funny.
After graduation, Sugihara rose through the ranks and became Vice Chief of the Foreign Ministry in Manchuria, which the Japanese had conquered and renamed Manchukuo. Tens of thousands of Chinese were murdered as part of this take over, and Sugihara, disgusted at this inhuman treatment and the Japanese military's influence in the government, resigned his position there.
In these smaller choices, Sugihara prepared himself to make the life or death decision that loomed in his near future.
Follow Your Conscience
Jews waiting outside the Japanese consulate.
"I didn't do anything special….I made my own decisions, that's all. I followed my own conscience and listened to it." -Chiune Sugihara
The Japanese Foreign Ministry eventually posted Chiune Sugihara as the Japanese consul in Kaunas, Lithuania. Issuing visas was actually secondary to what was expected of Consul Sugihara in this job; the Japanese government was interested in having him spy on what the Germans and Soviets were up to.
But then came the day when Sugihara awoke to find a large crowd of Jews waiting outside his consulate. These Jews hoped to obtain transit visas which were necessary to leave the Soviet Union and would enable them to stay temporarily in Japan on the way to their final destinations.
Unsure of how to be proceed with such a large number of applicants, Sugihara cabled the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for permission to issue the hundreds of visas which were needed. He received this reply:
Concerning transit visas requested previously STOP. Advise absolutely not to be issued to any traveler not holding firm end visa with guaranteed departure ex Japan STOP. No exceptions STOP. No further inquiries expected STOP. K. Tanaka Foreign Ministry Tokyo.
Sugihara sent another cable and received another denial. He sent another, and again his request was turned down. Some of the refugees had end visas (visas which certified that the country of their final destination would accept them), but most did not. Many also did not meet an additional requirement of having sufficient money to cover travel expenses. Some did not even have a passport. What was Sugihara to do?
The consul could not ignore the imploring faces of the people outside his gate. He consulted with wife and made the decision to disobey his government's orders. He knew what the consequences of his action would be-he would surely be dismissed from his position when found out, and was placing he and his family in danger. The Japanese government could try and execute him for insubordination, and the Soviets and Germans could both retaliate as well. But Sugihara decided he was morally obligated to risk his future to save these human lives. He told the crowd outside the consulate that he would issue visas to each and every one of them.
Endure in Your Decision
It is easy to make a choice, harder to stick with it.
Sugihara could have issues a few dozen visas and been done with it, feeling that he had done his duty. The Soviets had ordered him to close the consulate, and now the Japanese government was also instructing him to do so.
But while Sugihara issued as many visas a day as he could, the crowd outside his consulate grew instead of shrunk. Word had spread that the Japanese consul was giving visas to one and all, and Jews from miles around journeyed to Kaunas for his life saving stamp, sleeping on the sidewalk as they waited to see Chiune. Sugihara could not turn away from them. He requested an extension from the Soviets, and they allowed the consulate to stay open until August 28th.
For weeks, Sugihara worked 18-20 hours a day issuing visas, rarely even breaking for meals. It was a painstaking process as each visa had to be written out in complex Japanese longhand and recorded in a log book. Sugihara's tired eyes were rimmed with dark circles and his hand was sore and cramped. But the crowd did not diminish, and he continued to work. Despite the great burden he labored under, the refugees all remember his aura of kindness, how he looked at each of them in the eye and smiled as he handed them their visa.
When he was finally forced to leave, he decided he needed to stay a night at a nearby hotel to rest and gather his strength before boarding the train to Berlin. But he left the refugees a note telling them which hotel he'd be staying at, and they followed him there. He was deeply weary, but instead of retiring to his room, he sat in the hotel lobby and continued to issues visas. He no longer had his official stamps but wrote the visas anyway in the hope they'd be accepted. Stationed in the lobby, he carried on for several days until finally he had to depart for the train station. He asked those who remained for their forgiveness and deeply bowed to them.
The refugees followed him once more. As the train sat in the station, Sugihara wrote as many visas as he could, handing them out the train window to the many outstretched hands. As the train lurched forward he threw his official stationery out the window in hopes it could be put to use. As the crowd receded from view, the faces of those left behind filled his heart with sorrow.
Ten months after Sugihara left Kaunas, the Germans took over Lithuania. The Jews who hadn't gotten Sugihara visas were almost certainly killed. From a prewar population of 235,000, only 4,000-6,000 Lithuanian Jews remained alive after the war.
Accept the Consequences of Doing the Right Thing
"Do what's right because it is right."-Chiune Sugihara
Sugihara had been taught as a child not to expect rewards for goodness, and for much of the rest of his life, none were forthcoming.
Sugihara was moved to Berlin and was then stationed in Prague. There he was asked to send to Japan a full report of his work in Kaunas, including the number of visas he issued. He did not flinch from giving an honest accounting; he had issued 2,193 visas, although the number is closer to 6,000, as one visa would be given to the head of the household but would cover the entire family. He and wife anxiously waited for the axe to fall. Sugihara did so stoically, never showing his family the fear he lived with (he even continued to issue visas to Jews while in Prague).
After the war, the Soviets placed the Sugihara family in a series of internment camps before finally allowing them to return to Japan. Upon their return, the repercussions of what Chiune had done in Lithuania finally caught up with him. He was summoned to the Foreign Ministry and told that because of what he had down in Kaunas, they had no position available for him and that he should resign.
After a life of luxury as a diplomat, Sugihara was now on his own, jobless in ravaged postwar Japan. Soon after this forced resignation, Sugihara's youngest son, who had weakened during their time in the internment camps, took sick and passed away. In short order, Sugihara had lost his prestigious position and his child. His life was spared, but for a Japanese man, the pain of losing face was absolutely devastating. Much of the buoyant warmth that had marked Chiune's younger self seeped away.
Jobs were scarce in post-war Japan. But Sugihara did what he had to to support his family. Initially, the only job he could get was selling light bulbs door to door and working in a supermarket. The family scraped by. Later he was able to put his Russian to use, working in Moscow for a trading company. He never regretted his actions for a moment, but the consequences of those actions weighed heavily on this ordinary man.
Near the end of his life, Sugihara was recognized for his courageous decision and was named by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations and visited and thanked by some of the Jews who survived the war because of his life-savings visas.
Sugihara's mother had come from a long line of samurai, and his upbringing was influenced by the Bushido code. He was taught to live with duty, honor, and dignity and to not only die bravely, but to live courageously. Because this one, single man chose to follow that code, it is estimated that 40,000 descendants of those given visas are alive today.
Sugihara may have sought to downplay the heroism in following one's conscience, but it is perhaps the bravest, most vital thing a man can do.


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High availability
High availability may be provided via an Oracle RAC configuration or Microsoft SQL Server Active/Passive Failover Cluster. Blackboard offers support for RAC with all versions of Oracle supported by Blackboard. For information about running Blackboard Learn with RAC, see Oracle RAC Support. To learn more about the SQL Server Failover capabilities of Blackboard Learn, contact Blackboard Consulting.
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High availability is supported through an optional cluster configuration with a redundant instance of the database running on a second server using Oracle RAC or SQL Server Failover capabilities to provide the redundant database functionality.
Memory sizing
Sizing for memory is absolutely critical for ensuring a high-performing and reliable configuration.
Oracle configurations require a set of inputs to calculate the SGA and PGA spaces of memory. The SGA will contain both the SQL area for caching statements as well as the buffer cache for storing blocks of data in memory. The PGA space will maintain the process memory requirements as well as hash and sorting space for query execution. The combination of these two regions makes up the requirements of Oracle memory.
SQL Server will have similar memory requirements as Oracle. SQL Server memory is broken down into three regions:
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Database data file storage
Blackboard Learn uses a relational database system (Oracle and SQL Server) for the storage of database content.
Clients on UNIX platforms may use one of the following:
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