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DARRINGTON, Wash. - The search by heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands for victims from the deadly Washington mudslide was going "all the way to the dirt" as crews looked for anything to provide answers for family and friends a week after a small mountainside community was destroyed.
All work on the debris field halted briefly Saturday for a moment of silence to honor those lost. Gov. Jay Inslee had asked people across Washington to pause at 10:37 a.m., the time the huge slide struck on March 22, destroying a neighborhood in the community of Oso north of Seattle. Authorities said they had found at least 25 bodies and 90 remain missing.
"People all over stopped work - all searchers - in honor of that moment, so people we are searching for know we are serious," Snohomish County Fire District 1 Battalion Chief Steve Mason said.
An American flag had been run up a tree and then down to half-staff at the debris site, he said.
Among the dozens of missing are a man in his early 20s, Adam Farnes, and his mother, Julie.
"He was a giant man with a giant laugh," Kellie Howe said of Farnes. Howe became friends with him when he moved to the area from Alaska. She said Farnes was the kind of guy who would come into your house and help you do the dishes.
Adam Farnes also played the banjo, drums and bass guitar, she said, and had worked as a telephone lineman and a 911 dispatcher.
"He loved his music loud," she said. "They still have not found him or his mom. They're going through a hard time right now."
Finding and identifying all the victims could stretch on for a very long time, and authorities have warned that not everyone may ultimately be accounted for after one of the deadliest landslides in U.S. history.
Rescuers have given a cursory look at the entire debris field 55 miles northeast of Seattle, said Steve Harris, division supervisor for the eastern incident management team. They are now sifting through the rest of the fragments, looking for places where dogs should give extra attention. Only "a very small percentage" has received the more thorough examination, he said.
Mayor Dan Rankin said the community had been "changed forevermore."
"It's going to take a long time to heal, and the likelihood is we will probably never be whole," Rankin said.
Dogs working four-hour shifts have been the most useful tool, Harris said, but they're getting hypothermic in the rain and muck.
"This is western Washington, folks," Harris said. "These people are used to rain."
Commanders are making sure people have the right gear to stay safe in the rain and potentially hazardous materials, and they're keeping a close eye on the river level to be sure nobody is trapped by rising water, he said.
At the debris site Saturday, Mason, the battalion chief, said teams first do a hasty search of any wreckage of homes they find. If nothing is immediately discovered, they do a more detailed, forensic search.
"We go all the way to the dirt," he said.
The huge wall of earth that crashed into the collection of homes followed weeks of heavy rain.
Previous slides triggered by storms included one that killed 150 people in Virginia in the wake of Hurricane Camille in 1969 and another that killed 129 when rain from Tropical Storm Isabel loosened tons of mud that buried the Puerto Rican community of Mameyes in 1985.
A dam in San Francisquito Canyon, Calif., collapsed in 1928, causing an abutment to give way and killing 500 people, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Crews pleaded with the public not to show up and try to help. Only local volunteers are being allowed to help rescuers.
Joe Wright of Darrington set up his tool-sharpening operation near the firehouse. He's been busy. In a little more than a day, he estimated he had sharpened more than 150 chainsaw chains dulled by rocks and dirt.
"There were people using their own saws," Wright said. "They're just trying to get down there to get the job done."


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Kurt Nimmo
December 25, 2012
On Monday Piers Morgan attempted to divert attention away from a petition to deport him by tweeting about the murder of two firefighters.
"I don't care about petition to deport me. I do care about poor NY firefighters murdered/injured with an assault weapon today," the CNN host tweeted.
The man suspected in the murders was an ex-convict who had served time for killing his grandmother with a hammer. Ex-convicts are prevented by law from owning firearms. News reports said he used a rifle to shoot the firefighters. Anti-Second Amendment advocates like Piers Morgan are fond of using the term "assault weapon" to describe any firearm.
Strict gun laws like the 1994 Crime Act and Clinton's federal assault weapons ban did not reduce crime and would not have prevented the murders in New York. "Criminals get their guns from the black market and stealing and not from federally licensed dealers," Kelly Whitley of the NRA said in 2002, two years before the federal ban on so-called assault weapons expired.
More than 60,000 people have signed the petition to deport Morgan posted on the White House website by Infowars.com on Friday.
The Obama administration has promised to address all petitions receiving over 25,000 signatures within a 30 day period. The Infowars.com petition received that number within 48 hours.
The petition and the demand that Morgan be deported for actively subverting the Second Amendment received wide coverage by the establishment media.
Infowars.com posted the petition to counter the establishment media's propaganda campaign against the Second Amendment in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut. Following his unprofessional interview with Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America and his ad hominem attack on Pratt's character, the establishment media made Morgan the informal leader of the anti-Second Amendment movement.
The petition was not posted to deny Morgan protection under the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects speech regardless of the nationality of the speaker.
The petition was posted to draw attention to Morgan's effort to rob Americans of their right to possess firearms and shed light on the Second Amendment argument ignored or dismissed by the corporate media. It successfully accomplished this objective within several hours of appearing on the White House website.
The effort to rob Americans of their Second Amendment right to own firearms will begin in earnest next month when Congress convenes. Piers Morgan will serve as the informal propaganda minister of the government plan to incrementally strip all Americans of their sovereignty.
In its original context, the Second Amendment was about resisting government tyranny. In the modern context, it stands as a symbol of political sovereignty.
As Gary North notes, the existence of the Second Amendment means the American citizen "still has the fundamental marks of political sovereignty, namely, firearms. His firearms testify to the fact that the central government does not yet feel sufficiently confident to confiscate his firearms in the name of the central government's exclusive monopoly of violence. His firearms testify to the fact that he is still a citizen, and that he still possesses rights that politicians and bureaucrats cannot legally overturn."
Piers Morgan and the anti-Second Amendment intelligentsia, North continues, "want this right overturned… because they are in favor of centralized political control. They believe that their class, namely, the intellectual class, is in control of the agencies of civil government. For the most part, this assumption is correct. They assume that their class, and only their class, has the wisdom to allocate weapons. They believe that their class alone possesses the right to determine which citizen has access to weapons, under which circumstances, and for how long."
Piers Morgan will not be deported. But the attention the petition brings to the issue guarantees that those of us who believe in sovereignty and natural rights will be heard as the establishment and its media prepare a scripted onslaught against the Second Amendment in the weeks and months ahead.


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Vice President Pence on U.S.-Japan Alliance: A Cornerstone of Peace and Prosperity in the Asia Pacific
By DipNote Bloggers on April 19, 2017
While continuing his trip across the Asia Pacific, Vice President Pence traveled to Japan on April 18-19 and while there met with Prime Minister Abe to reaffirm the abiding friendship and enduring alliance between Japan and the United States. The Vice President also met with Japanese and American business leaders as well as members of the U.S. military stationed in the region to highlight the Administration's economic agenda, and underscore America's unwavering support for our troops at home and abroad.
Vice President Pence stated in a press conference with Prime Minister Abe, "The United States-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace, prosperity, and freedom in the Asia Pacific. And under President Trump, America is committed to strengthening our alliance and deepening our friendship for the benefit of our people and for the benefit of the world.
"Under President Trump, the United States will continue to work with Japan and with all our allies in the region, including South Korea to confront the most ominous threat posing this region of the world, the regime in North Korea. And let me be clear, our commitment is unwavering and our resolve could not be stronger," he continued.
Vice President Pence also had the privilege of formally launching the U.S.-Japan Economic Dialogue during his visit. According to the Vice President, "This dialogue presents the United States and Japan with an opportunity to deepen our bilateral economic ties and to foster jobs, prosperity, and growth."
At a meeting with the U.S.-Japanese business community, Vice President Pence elaborated on the goals of the Economic Dialogue. He explained, "Under President Trump's leadership, the United States seeks a stronger and more balanced bilateral trade relationship with Japan. Our goal is simple: We seek trade that is both free and fair and benefits both our nations equally."
The Vice President also acknowledged the important political and military cooperation that exist between the two countries. He stated, "Today, over 50,000 U.S. service members and a further 50,000 civilians and family members are stationed here in Japan. And the United States will continue to deploy our most advanced military assets in the region. And with regard to this challenge, let me be clear: While all options are on the table, the United States will continue to work directly with Japan, our allies across the region, and China to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear on the regime in North Korea until they once and for all abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile programs."
Vice President Pence shared a similar message from the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan at Yokosuka Naval Base, a tangible sign of our unity with Japan and the United States' unyielding commitment to peace and security in the Asia Pacific.
At each of his stops when speaking to these various audiences in Japan, the Vice President reiterated the U.S. commitment to its partner, stating in one instance: "Today as we have for more than half a century, the United States and Japan stand united in defense of democracy and the rule of law, not only in this region, but all across the world."
For more information:
- Vice President Mike Pence to Travel to the Republic of Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, and Hawaii
- Remarks by the Vice President and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Aso at a Press Conference
- Remarks by the Vice President to US-Japanese Business Community
- Remarks by the Vice President Aboard USS Ronald Reagan


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Lauren Bacall, whose 1944 screen debut opposite future husband Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not featured the immortal line, "You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and . . . blow," has died. She was 89 years old. Bogart and Bacall married in 1945, a year after meeting on the set of To Have and Have Not (she was 20, he was 45), and they shared the screen in three more films, two of them—The Big Sleep and Key Largo—acknowledged classics.
Born Betty Joan Perske in the Bronx, Bacall starred in scores of movies, earned an honorary Oscar in 2009, won two Tony awards on Broadway and worked as recently as 2013, lending her voice to the English-dubbed version of the 2012 French animated film, Ernest & Celestine.


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fabric scrap memory game
I promised a few more ideas using the technique from Jen + Ray's escort cards. One of our favorite games is Memory, we play it all the time. So why not make your own memory game using scraps of your favorite fabrics.
You'll need to dig through your scrap bin and find fabrics with a nice small repeat. I threw in a few solids as well. Try not to choose two fabrics that are very similar (you wouldn't want to pick a blue dot and a teal dot that could be mistaken for each other during the game). Print this template (each page will make 10 cards or 5 pairs) and follow the directions here to make your cards.
The version I made has 30 cards (or 15 pairs) which is about perfect for my 4 year old (but a little challenging for Bee, who is almost 3). You can make the game harder or easier by adding or taking away pairs. I hope your little ones love it as much as mine do. When Bee plays, she says "Oooh!" when she flips over each square.
Disclaimer: I debated about laminating my cards to make them a little more durable, but then you lose the fabric texture which is really half the fun. If you pay careful attention when you are making them to spread your glue to all the edges and really press them together, I think your cards will last for quite a while. (Unless you leave them unsupervised with your 2 year old.. then all bets are off!)


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Attendance Chair: Jon Gunderson Scribe: Ian Jacobs RSVP Present: Madeleine Rothberg Al Gilman Mark Novak Denis Anson Hans Riesebos Harvey Bingham Al Gilman Gregory Rosmaita Regrets: Rich Schwerdtfeger Kitch Barnicle Charles McCathieNevile David Poehlman Action Items Open Action Items 1.IJ: Draft a preliminary executive summary/mini-FAQ for developers. (No deadline.) 2.IJ: Propose split to the list. Identify why and issue of priority. 3.CMN: Propose a technique that explains how serialization plus navigation would suffice for Checkpoint 8.1. 4.DA: Send name of new organization to list that was mentioned by some from the US Census Bureau 5.DA: Review techniques for Guidelines 7 and 8 6.DB: Get Tim Lacy to review G+ 7.DB: Review techniques for Guidelines 3, 4, and 11 8.GR: Look into which checkpoints would benefit from audio examples in the techniques document. 9.GR: Review techniques for Sections 3.7 and 3.8 10.GR: Send to list screen shot of JFW Window list. 11.MQ: Review techniques for Guidelines 9 and 10 12.RS: Take notification of focus and view changes to PF as possible DOM 3 requirement. New Action Items 1.IJ: Propose new 4.15 and 4.16 to list 2.DA: Get confirmation that the numbers for checkpoint 4.5 make sense 3.MR: Send URI to Micrsoft's implementation of synchronized audio/video slowing down to the list Completed Action Items 1.IJ: Propose three terms to the list: Document Source, Document Object and Rendered Content http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0132.html 2.IJ: The content/ui division in G1 needs to be fixed Staus: Done locally. 3.IJ: Resolutions from FTF meeting Status: All done, I believe. 4.IJ: Adopt new wording of proposal for checkpoint 9.2 Status: Done locally 5.JG: Take conformance grandulatity issue to the WAI CG. Status: done, sent e-mail agenda item to CG 6.JG: Identify the minimal requirement for each checkpoint. http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/2000/04/min-req.html 7.JG: Write email to the list asking for information about which user groups require the ability to slow down presentations othewise access it impossible. Status: dropped 8.CMN: Find out from I18N how to generalize the accessibility provided by sans-serif fonts. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0103.html 9.DP: Review techniques for Guidelines 1 and 2 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0102.html 10.HB: Take scoping issue of the current guidelines to the EO working group Status: EO confirms that they are doing the FAQ. Minutes 1a) Completed 2.IJ: Propose three terms to the list: Document Source, Document Object and Rendered Content http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0132.html 3.IJ: The content/ui division in G1 needs to be fixed IJ: Done locally. 4.IJ: Resolutions from FTF meeting IJ: All done, I believe. 5.IJ: Adopt new wording of proposal for checkpoint 9.2 IJ: Done locally. 7.CMN: Find out from I18N how to generalize the accessibility provided by sans-serif fonts. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0103.html 13.DP: Review techniques for Guidelines 1 and 2 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0102.html 19.JG: Identify the minimal requirement for each checkpoint. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0128.html 20.HB: Take scoping issue of the current guidelines to the EO Working Group HB: EO confirms that they are doing the FAQ. 18.JG: Take conformance grandularity issue to the WAI CG. JG: Sent as an agenda item. 1b) Continued 1. IJ: Draft a preliminary executive summary/mini-FAQ for developers. (No deadline.) 6.IJ: Propose split to the list. Identify why and issue of priority. 8.CMN: Propose a technique that explains how serialization plus navigation would suffice for Checkpoint 8.1. 9.DA: Send name of new organization to list that was mentioned by some person from the US Census Bureau 10.DA: Review techniques for Guidelines 7 and 8 11. DB: Get Tim Lacy to review G+ 12. DB: Review techniques for Guidelines 3, 4, and 11 14. GR: Look into which checkpoints would benefit from audio examples in the techniques document. 15.GR: Review techniques for Sections 3.7 and 3.8 16. GR: Send to list screen shot of JFW Window list. 17.JG: Write email to the list asking for information about which user groups require the ability to slow down presentations othewise access it impossible. 21.MQ: Review techniques for Guidelines 9 and 10 22.RS: Take notification of focus and view changes to PF as possible DOM 3 requirement. 2) Announcements 1. April 27th, WCAG Telecon will be discussing markup to provide navigation information to user agents 2. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standardsby the United States ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD. Comments will be accepted until May 30th http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/nprm.htm http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/overview.htm 3) PR#224: Checkpoint 4.16: Minimal conformance requirement unclear http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#224 JG: The only thing not covered is inheritance by viewports. IJ: Does the presence of several viewports cause an accessibility problem? DA: Some users with CD can only process a certain amount of visual information. One user could play card games, e.g., as long as there were no more than four cards in his hand. If you have too many viewports, you may exceed the threshhold above which processing becomes impossible. IJ: For me, the requirement becomes the ability to close, not the ability to prevent opening. DA: If you have to close with looking, then it's still a problem. GR: I don't want to have to do this by hand: I want to configure the UA. Also, I want to ensure that configurations are inherited and that focus is constant when a viewport is duplicated. JG: Sounds like minimal requirement is allowing the user to turn off any viewport that opens automatically. IJ: Propose issues of opening in 4.15 and issues of number in 4.16. "Not opening" is a technique for controlling the number. DA: You might also want a technique to limit the number. IJ: Would being prompted cause you confusion? So is the technique we're suggestion appropriate for the users whose needs we're trying to address. DA: Prompting might confuse, yes. AG, JG: The proposed remedy would meet 4.16 as stated today. DA: One technique: ignore "target=_new". DA: Too much information is also a disorientation problem. But the cause of disorientation is different. IJ: 4.16: Allow the user to configure the number of viewports open at one time. DA: Techniques will be similar. AG: I have a residual unhappiness - you're creating more requirements. I realize that the problems aren't the same, but if the minimal requirements are the same, why not merge the checkpoints. IJ: Minimal requirement for 4.15 is to prevent the focus from moving (and let the user change it by hand, by navigating to another viewport). For 4.16, it's don't open new windows and don't ask. AG: "Just say no" is not sufficient. You also need prompting and "just do it normally". So three pieces to minimal requirement. AG: I think that number of viewports is an issue for blind users, even if it's a lower priority for them. Action IJ: Propose new 4.15 and 4.16 to list. 4) PR#244: Checkpoint 4.5: Change to P2 since no reference implementation. http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#244 MR: Refer to my email: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0065.html MR: Part of the difficulty is to avoid distorting pitch. JG: Variable-speed tape recorders have been doing this since the 1950's. AG: Yes, there are techniques for doing this, although I don't think that this has been done commercially as long as that. JG: What's the range for slowing down? Half-speed? HB: George Kerscher argued that below 80%, the audio becomes almost unusual. DA: Most of the technology I'm aware of is about speeding up. GR: Although many blind users speed up rendering, some users who are newly blind, or who have other disabilities, will need to slow down as well. GR: I don't think slowing down needs to be symmetric with speeding up. IJ: We can't pick numbers out of a hat. For any of these ranges, we need to do research. JG: Note that 4.5 does not talk about speeding up since you still have access to content. Slower than you wish, perhaps, but you still have access. HB: Then it's a P2 or P3 to speed up. JG: You may not have to do pitch adjustment at 80% speed. JG: What about for animations and video? HB: Will you get "beating" phenomena in the visual field? AG: I think it makes sense to split video and animation due to feasibility. JG: We're not talking about compressing. We're talking about extending the time a frame is visible. AG: You could do dithering. MR: I'm not aware of data on these needs. DA: I would guess that for video or animation, half-speed would suffice. MR: If there is audio that goes with the video, then those two need to be synchronized. The user needs to know that if they slow down the video more than 80%, that the audio may not be rendered. JG: It would be acceptable to cut out the sound below 80%. DA: Yes, a user could view the video without audio first , then replay faster with audio to get more information. JG: - For video / animated: slow to at least 50% - For audio: slow to at least 80% - When synchronized: down to 80%, must synchronized, after that, audio can drop out. HB: We don't need to specify a continuous range down to 50% or 80%. Consider resolved for now (unless information contradicts our best guess): 1) Leave 4.5 a P1. (We have a reference implementation). 2) Specify minimal requirements for synchronization as stated above. Action DA: Get confirmation that these numbers make sense. Action MR: Send URI to MS's implementation to the list. 5) PR#262: Checkpoint 5.9: Change Priority since non-standard approaches may be better. http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#262 Resolved: Keep same priority. Use wording below: 5.9 Follow operating system conventions that affect accessibility. In particular, follow conventions for user interface design, keyboard configuration, product installation, and documentation. [Priority 2] Note. Operating system conventions that affect accessibility are those described in this document and in platform-specific accessibility guidelines. Some of these conventions (e.g., sticky keys, mouse keys, show sounds, etc.) are discussed in the Techniques document [UAAG10-TECHS]. 6) PR#264: Checkpoint 3.9: Raise priority since may cause CD problems. http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#264 IJ: I've sent email to reviewer, no reply. But it sounds, based on discussion today, that users with CD are affected. J G: I sent email too: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/2000AprJun/0131.html DA: Yes, too much visual information can cause problems. GR: Isn't there also an issue about spatial relationships between images and text? DA: Yes, that's a possibility. With people barely able to take in the information, the switch between modalities (text/image) can be difficult. If you want to talk about learning theory, you're dealing with different types of information. Research shows that transitions between modalities can be a very difficult task. I would suggest that this be moved to a P2. AG: Yes, flopping back and forth between modes. The lower challenge may be pure text or pure image. Images aren't bad, but complexity can be bad. IJ: A change in priority would be a substantial change to the document. This is not a mere clarification to the document. Therefore, this change (and others of this class), may cause us to cycle back. AG: I think that it's at the Director's discretion to be able to make the call. The Chair should get consensus and take "the call" to the Director. /* More discussion on the W3C process and how changes have an impact on moving to Recommendation */ DA: I don't think we should sacrifice accessibility for convenience. Resolved: Make 3.9 a P2 (due to impact on users with CD). 7) DOM 2 issue /* IJ presents issue of DOM WG dealing with namespace issues and it being uncertain when they will move to Proposed Recommendation */ IJ: Options - Wait for them. - Drop to DOM 1. We lose namespace support and CSS module. HR: What about open-ended requirement for DOM? JG: We closed it off to make the spec tighter. HB: I don't believe that any MS product conforms to DOM 1. JG: MS people believe that they do. IJ: Philippe has told me that IE's DOM is a superset of of W3C DOM Level 1, but has not confirmed that yet. IJ: NN 6 claims full support for the DOM. JG: How many people consider DOM 2 critical? GR: I am leaning towards that position. I think 5.4 (CSS module) is important. IJ: Please be prepared to wait at least 3 extra months. GR: We might have to wait anyway if we recycle. IJ: We should change our strategy if we recycle so that we can drop to DOM 1 by default if DOM 2 not a PR after a certain point. HR: I think DOM Level 2 important as well. The CSS module is useful (as is the events module). DA: I think that going for accessibility would require going to DOM 2. MR: I'm not informed enough about the DOM. AG: I still believe that we should put in an explicit implementation time out: say that you have to comply within 6 months (for example) of the document becoming a Rec. This is the ugly proposal. HB: I would hate for our spec to have to wait 6 months. I'd rather put in words about DOM 1, and do what AG says. IJ: I think we should move to DOM 1. You would get more accessibility sooner, then publish another UAAG later and not break conformance to UAAG 1.0. JG: So it sounds like: - The WG should resolve the other issues first and get a sense of the sum of changes. - If we choose to recycle, we could try for DOM2. - If we choose not to recycle, we might try DOM1 then produce a new REC with even more of DOM2 work later on. JG: Would anyone object to going ahead with DOM1 and creating a new UA Rec when DOM2 becomes a Recommendation? HR: I still prefer the solution of giving user agents a six-month lead time. IJ: I think that an open-ended dependency on a document that doesn't yet exist or at least might change in unexpected ways, is dangerous. Copyright © 2000 W3C (MIT, INRIA, Keio ), All Rights Reserved. W3C liability, trademark, document use and software licensing rules apply. Your interactions with this site are in accordance with our public and Member privacy statements. 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text: In Russey Orm village, Ksaet commune, Kompong Rou district, south from Rieng city Svay, you will find a unique vegetable agribusiness cluster. From engaged local producers you can buy a variety of vegetables grown under organic standards. Mr. So Vuthy, one of the vegetable cluster farmer and member of the local Interest Group Revolving Fund (IGRF), is 42 years old supporting a family of 9 members (3 women). He used to grow vegetables just for household consumption using traditional techniques, but since he joined PADEE supported vegetable agribusiness cluster, he adopted new techniques and more modern technology and learn to grow vegetable as a business. He realised that if he grows vegetable under a net house and uses modern irrigation system, he is able to produce safe vegetables and sell them to different markets with a better price. SAC (Svay Rieng Agro-Products Cooperative) accepts to buy agreed quantities of his organic vegetables. He decided to benefit from PADEE co-investment fund to invest his own money on a net house and dripping irrigation system. In addition, he participated to a training organised by Svay Rieng PDAFF and Lors Thmey company related to soil preparation, seed selection, production plan, pest management and harvesting techniques, which are very important and useful for growing organic vegetables. He is particularly motivated to learn new things, he gets the points fast and catches up on vegetable new good practices. He has built his 500 m² net house and used Lors Thmey package for an additional 1,000 m2 plot. He said that he was really interested to grow vegetables under a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) and CamGAP standards to supply targeted markets because he is very keen in avoiding harming consumers' health. He now grows very different kinds of vegetables on his farm, such as Chinese mustard, cucumber, Chinese cabbage, Chinese kale, and eggplants. He learned how to grow "as a business" as he was confident that the demand for local safe vegetables is growing. Now, by participating in the different cluster multi stakeholder meetings, he finds new market opportunities by himself at the provincial market and he has regular retailers at Prosoth market where he now supplies with 50 Kg per day with all kinds of CamGAP and organic vegetables. He also supplies about 10 Kg per day to SAC. As a result, he says he can now improve his family living condition from the generated additional income. He has more free time with his family and he considers his vegetable business like his main business. He particularly appreciates the dynamics of the local agribusiness cluster supported by PADEE project connecting his farm and other farmers to sustainable market opportunities. If his business is more successful, he will increase production and invest more.


text: Jackie James was one of the greatest hurdlers in UMass Boston history and was a part of three NCAA track and field championships, helping the Beacons capture the 1986 indoor, 1986 outdoor and 1987 indoor crowns. The nine-time All-American also was a part of UMass Boston's second place showings in the 1988 NCAA indoor and 1987 and 1988 outdoor meets, while leading the squad to a 15th place national indoor finish in 1989 and a 16th place team effort for the 1989 outdoor championships. She placed in the top six in the hurdles six times at the NCAA championships, including all four times at the indoor competition. James proved to be among the best in the nation, finishing second three times in the hurdles and was a member of championship 4X400 relay teams at the 1988 indoor and outdoor NCAA meets, including the quartet that established an NCAA record time of 3:40.76 at the 1988 outdoors that still stands. The 1990 UMB graduate finished first on 12 occasions in either the 55 or 100 meter hurdles in indoor and outdoor competition and earned All-New England and All-ECAC honors for the hurdles and All-ECAC accolades for the triple jump as well. James also helped lead the Beacons to three straight ECAC indoor titles and a pair of outdoor championships during her tenure and won the indoor 55 hurdles at both the 1988 and 1989 All-New England meets and the outdoor 100 hurdles at the 1989 ECAC competition. The speedster still owns three school records at UMass Boston with a 13.80 mark in the 100 meter outdoor hurdles, a 46.80 mark as part of the 4X100 outdoor relay squad and the aforementioned 4X400 outdoor relay team.


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Darkroom/E6 development
Hey folks, we have ordered the gear to do E6 color development by hand using the chems Eric donated. This is a full 6 bath E6 kit (as opposed to E6 Rapid). It's going to be awesome! And difficult! Join the party! Once we have this gear, we will also be able to process color negative film using C41 kits, but the current project underway is E6.
E6 checklist
- Large tub, translucent plastic preferred (think we have this)
- E6 chems (thanks Eric!)
- temp controller (see shopping list below)
- chem bottles, 1 qt x6 (see shopping list below)
- plastic reels, 35mm & 120 (ours are convertible)
- film tanks (check!)
- timer (check!)
- Darkroom (check!)
Most of this stuff is on the Darkroom resources page.
Kelly's Shopping list
- Temperature controller - $72.77
- Accordion chem bottles, 1qt - $4.99 (x6)
Total: $102.71
- Kelly - $20
- Subtotal: $80.71
- Rubin - $80.71
- Subtotal: $0
We have enough monies! Kelly is ordering stuff.
Development queue
When we get this all together and actually mix up the chems, we will want to try to use them up within a week or so. Given this, it's good if we have a little backlog of slide film ready to develop before we mix up the chems. If you have slide film you've shot (or can commit to shoot soon, add a date) you can add yourself to the development queue here. (I understand the batch should be good for ~15-20 rolls? Jas can probably comment. --Hurtstotouchfire 17:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)) Sounds about right for a 1 litre batch -- Jas
- Kelly - 3 rolls
- 2 rolls Kodak e100VS, shot.
- 1 roll Fuji Velvia 100, shot last weekend in Indiana
Donating film
If you'd like to donate some slide film or $$ towards slide film that may be helpful for people who don't already have a backlog of E6 film to develop.
E6 examples and recommendations
If you're just looking for advice on what film to get, you can check out what other people have been shooting, above. Unfortunately slide film is a bit more expensive than color negative film, running about $8/roll for 36 exposures on 35mm. It's lovely though. I know that Joachim and Jas can probably provide more examples (links, guys?), but my flickr feed has a few shots which were E6 processed slide film. --Hurtstotouchfire 17:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)


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We all know a few disc golfers who "pad" their ace stats by camping on hole #1 short at Morley. Bless their hearts. Our investigative team's extensive research uncovered the term for this. It is called a "Pink Ace" or a "Cubby Ace". The trusted internet defines this as follows a) an ace where you sit at a short hole and empty your bag trying for an ace, preferably with a camera running or b) an ace on a hole you could nail with a beach Frisbee. Both seem fitting.
Who is this man and what has Carl "Cubby" Cubbedge done to deserve this term?
We'll provide these links and let you decide if he deserves the title "King of the Pink Ace". www.youtube.com/user/DiscGolfer http://www.cubbysdiscgolfworld.blogspot.com http://discgolfer.ning.com/profile/Cubby
(in our opinion he looks like a nice guy who needs a big hug!)


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Taye Diggs and his wife Idina Menzel have boosted security at their Los Angeles home after the actor chased an intruder down on the night of the Screen Actors Guild Awards in January.
The couple found a man in their Studio City home when they returned from the awards ceremony, and Diggs pinned him down until police arrived.
Hassan Omar Juma has since pleaded not guilty to one felony count of first-degree burglary with a person present.
Speaking about the incident for the first time, Diggs tells "Access Hollywood Live," "He started to come in and then he left and then I chased him. It was nowhere near as sexy or cool as it seemed.
"Everybody's safe… My kid and my wife were in the house; I probably would not do it (chase an intruder) again, but everybody's cool."
And Diggs admits he and his wife have learned from the drama: "The doors were unlocked, so we learned our lesson about that… (and) we got a crazy security system, we've got 18 dogs."


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SSR 65-3a: SECTION 202(g)(1). -- RELATIONSHIP -- VOIDABLE MARRIAGE -- EFFECT OF ANNULMENT
SSR 65-3a
- In December 1961 the claimant entered into a voidable marriage which terminated her entitlement to mother's insurance benefits. In December 1962 this marriage was annulled by a Connecticut court, which made no provision in the annulment decree for payment of alimony to the claimant. Held, since the annulling curt made no provision in its decree for payment of alimony to her and, under applicable Connecticut law, the court had no jurisdiction thereafter to award her alimony, the claimant's entitlement to benefits, terminated by reason of her remarriage, may be reinstated effective December 1962, the month in which the marriage was annulled.
This case is before the Appeals Council on its own motion to review the decision of the hearing examiner issued on February 28, 1964. The claimant and her attorney were advised of such action by the Appeals Council and informed of the claimant's rights with respect thereto.
In his decision, the hearing examiner found that the claimant was not entitled to reinstatement of mother's insurance benefits on the earnings record of [H-1, her deceased husband] following the annulment of her remarriage to [H-2].
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The general issue before the Appeals Council is whether the claimant's entitlement to mother's insurance benefits on the earnings record of [H-1] may be reinstated and, if so, the month in which such reinstatement is effective. Specific issues are whether the court decree obtained by the claimant * * * operates to annul the marriage from its inception or merely prospectively from the date of the decree and whether the court which issued the annulment decree without awarding permanent alimony to the claimant retained jurisdiction to grant such alimony at some later date.
The evidence of record establishes that the claimant became entitled to mother's insurance benefits on the earnings record of [H-1], effective September 1957. On December 25, 1961, the claimant married [H-2] in Connecticut. Section 202(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, as pertinent here, provides for termination of mother's insurance benefits effective with the month in which the claimant remarries, and, consequently, payment of these benefits to the claimant ceased effective December 1961.
On December 14, 1962, the Superior Court of the County of Hartford, State of Connecticut, issued a decree declaring the marriage of the claimant to [H-2] to be "null and void" and the claimant "single and unmarried." The annulment decree made no provision for the granting of alimony to the claimant.
Section 46-28, Connecticut General Statutes Annotated provides, in pertinent part:
- "Whenever from any cause any marriage is void or voidable under the laws of this state or of the state in which such marriage was performed, the superior court may, upon complaint, pass a decree declaring such marriage void, and may thereupon make such order * * * concerning alimony as it might make in a proceeding for a divorce between such parties if married."
The Appeals Council believes and finds that under the applicable law of Connecticut, the annulment decree of December 14, 1962, annulled the claimant's marriage to [H-2] from its inception.
In the case of Nott v. Flemming, 272 F.2d 380, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, dealing with a factual situation similar to that in the instant case, held that a woman who, under the applicable State law, still had recourse to the court to obtain permanent alimony from her second husband after their voidable marriage had been annulled, was not entitled to widow's insurance benefits on the earnings record of her deceased first husband. The court pointed out that although no alimony had been awarded to the claimant, it was still possible for her to obtain an order for such alimony under the applicable New York statute. The Court thus distinguished the case from other decisions in which title II benefits were reinstated following the annulment of the claimant's remarriage. As to these decisions the court stated:
- "* * * it was clear that, though the ostensible husband may have had an obligation to support during the time the marriage was formally in effect, it was also clear that no obligation to support could be enforced against him after the marriage had been dissolved by the annulment decree."
It appears, therefore, that it was the continuing possibility of the claimant's being awarded alimony under appropriate State law which was the basis of the decision in the Nott case.
While the Connecticut court could have ordered the payment of alimony to the claimant it did not do so in the annulment decree of December 14, 1962 and Connecticut has no statute which permits a court to modify a divorce decree (or, by implication, an annulment decree), silent as to alimony, so as to provide alimony after the decree has become final. The initial lack of any provision for payment of alimony in the decree has been held, in effect, to preclude later modification of the decree to provide for alimony. Maxwell v. Maxwell, 11 Conn. Supp. 205 (Conn. Super. 1942); see also, Ingraham v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 119 F.2d 223 (9th Cir. 1941). Thus, the Connecticut Court having issued a decree which, under Connecticut law, rendered the claimant's marriage to [H-2] null and void and the court having failed to grant permanent alimony to the claimant, it is the opinion of the Appeals Council that the court lost jurisdiction to award such alimony.
It is the further opinion of the Appeals Council that, based on the reasoning in Nott v. Flemming, supra, the mother's insurance benefits of the claimant may be reinstated. Reinstatement, however, can be effective only with the month of issuance of the annulment decree since, until the decree was issued, the voidable marriage remained in effect and the wife had a legally enforceable right to receive support from her husband.
It is the decision of the Appeals Council that the claimant's entitlement to mother's insurance benefits on the earnings record of [H-1] should be reinstated effective December 1962, the month in which the annulment decree voiding her marriage to [H-2] was issued. The decision of the hearing examiner is reversed.


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Protecting Yourself Legally
Members of the SM/leather/fetish communities have always had some level of concern regarding the issues of privacy, discretion, and personal security. The Radical Right, employers, ex-partners, and others may pose threats to these concepts. Many times their motivation comes from ignorance, but new motivations like custody of children, and revenge are also becoming commonplace. This presentation provides tips for protecting yourself legally for various circumstances.


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Top Groups
Flutes are AWESOME!!!!!!
Anyone who loves the flute can join! Especially someone who plays Bass, Alto, contalto, Subass, Contrabass, subkontrabass, double kontrabass, hyperbass, or hyperpiccolo.
Percussion Ensemble
To bring awareness that percussion strait up rocks everything.
Cellos United
We are a group for cellists that like to share their music and discuss playing techniques and cello music. All cellists are welcome, and any music featuring one or more cellos is accepted.
Clarinets Rule!
Don't post pieces if the woodwind lines aren't amazing (or if there aren't any). I'm (obviously) a clarinet player, and I wish to make it known that clarinets are amazing.
Cellos sould not be in the back grownd
Pep Band
Everything related to Pep Band, Basketball Band, Stand Tunes and more.
String Orchestra
The purpose of this group is to share music written for string orchestra or violin, viola, cello, double bass, and/or piano solos or ensembles with other people interested in this type of music.
What should I name this group...
1: Worship Me*
2: Post a couple times a week**
3: Brush your teeth twice a day
4: Wear your seatbelt
5: Don't swear to much (if you feel the need to swear)
6: No insulting people
7: Have fun
*Okay you don't have to do that...yet
**I'm saying this so that we can keep this group active
If you don't follow these rules, especially 5 and 6, I will consider kicking you, or banning you. And I don't wanna do that
And, feel free to spam
Pit Is Love, Pit is Life.
The World Needs More Pit Arrangements! And this is the perfect place for them to go
Only one rule for compositions/arrangements submitted to the group: The majority of the instruments used must be some kind of percussion instrument or other instrument commonly found in a percussion ensemble.
Percussionist Unite!
Glad you joined! Feel free to post percussion music ONLY. I want this to be a percussion group not a "oh lets just post random scores here to get views." No hard feelings haha.
OVNI Orquestra de Violoncelos Noturnos Interplanetários - Brasilia Cello Ensemble
OVNI is a Brazilian Cello Orchestra established in 2015, which its first performance was at the Brasilia Planetarium, in October 1st 2015.
"OVNI" means UFO in Portuguese. A nice play of words to show the jolly spirit of the group.
Since then, students are improving the repertoire of cello ensemble for beginners, and playing music while the public can listen and see at the same time stars, planets, galaxies, the cosmos and all the wonders planetariums can provide.
The orchestra does its rehearsals at the Escola de Música de Brasilia (the capital of Brazil, just a few yards of the National Congress) under the supervision of cello teacher Danilo Chaib.
In 2017 the group changed the initial I which originally was meant for "Iniciantes" (Beginners) to "Interplanetários" (Interplanetary) which at this point makes more sense :)
Post and share your compositions, discuss drumming, and remember to practice mallets
Bass Solo Scores
As the scores will added, they will be placed in the relevant discussion-catalogues with links.
Amazingly, but on this site the "Search" doesn't find any groups with the word "bass" or "bass guitar" in the name!
Here it is supposed to gather a collection of scores in which the any bass (guitar or contrabass, bassoon or contrabassoon, or cello in the lower register, or another) has a really interesting party, own line, fully or partially solo.
Genre of music is not limited!
It should be a quality score of an interesting work — that's the only limitation!
Everyone can add their own brick to this beautiful Palace! :-)
Contrabass players
This group aims to become a place for discussions, help and advice around the contrabass.
You are free to post every kind of playable piece here as long as you need a contrabass to play it.


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This article covers an important topic, dialog boxes. With the release of Vista came the cool TaskDialog that all Vista users are getting used to. It provides a richer dialog than the standard message box dialog available on Windows XP.
However, this great new feature causes a minor bump in the carpet for WPF developers. Which dialog should WPF developers use? Should WPF developers customize their dialogs for each Operating System? What about application documentation? Should documentation have to cover two flavors of every dialog box? The TaskDialog clearly provides for much more information than the message box, so what to do?
This is the very question that tapped on my shoulder about three months ago. So I developed a custom dialog class that works on both Vista and XP. It looks just like Vista's TaskDialog, yet without all the messy API business. (Microsoft, please add TaskDialog to the 3.6 Framework so we WPF developers do not need to fool with the Windows API and so that it can be an Operating System independent feature.) If you're interested in looking at the Windows API TaskDialog code, you can have a look at the VistaBridge application in the Windows Vista SDK.
We will look at some dialog usage examples and then have a look at some of the code.
For demonstration purposes, I have provided an image and the corresponding code used to open the dialog.
Dim obj As New CommonDialog.CustomDialog
obj.AdditionalDetailsText = "These are additional details"
obj.Buttons = CommonDialog.CustomDialogButtons.OKCancel
obj.ButtonsDisabledDelay = 5
obj.Caption = "The buttons are disabled for 5 seconds"
obj.DefaultButton = CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults.OK
obj.FooterIcon = CommonDialog.CustomDialogIcons.Information
obj.FooterText = "This is the footer text"
obj.InstructionHeading = "This is the instruction heading"
obj.InstructionIcon = CommonDialog.CustomDialogIcons.Question
obj.InstructionText = "Do you want to proceed with the next task?"
'show the dialog and get the result
Dim objResults As CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults = obj.Show
The above image was captured after the delay timer had completed and the user had clicked "See Details" which exposed the AdditionalDetailsText information.
Comparing the two images with the CommonDialog.CustomDialog properties makes it very easy to see where each property is displayed.
You can also see how the dialog will look on a Windows XP system.
Allow me to touch on the ButtonsDisabledDelay property. Many times, our beloved users are quick on the keyboard or mouse and just click through important dialog boxes. They tend to tell customer support, "I never saw that box!" For those users (I can smell a new user profile setting), or for very important dialog boxes, the ButtonsDisabledDelay property was added. Assign how many seconds you want the buttons to be disabled before the user can respond to the dialog box. Since this dialog can't be closed with the little red X or by pressing ALT-F4, your user will have plenty of time to actually read and digest the information you are trying to communicate. Just don't get too crazy with the delay feature.
Dim obj As New CommonDialog.CustomDialog
obj.Buttons = CommonDialog.CustomDialogButtons.YesNoCancel
obj.Caption = "Standard Dialog - default button No"
obj.DefaultButton = CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults.No
obj.InstructionHeading = "This is the instruction heading"
obj.InstructionIcon = CommonDialog.CustomDialogIcons.Question
obj.InstructionText = "Do you want to proceed with the next task?"
'show the dialog and get the result
Dim objResults As CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults = obj.Show
In this dialog, the DefaultButton has been set to No, the rest is very basic and standard.
Dim obj As New CommonDialog.CustomDialog
obj.AdditionalDetailsText = "Cool WPF dialog box!P"
obj.Buttons = CommonDialog.CustomDialogButtons.OK
obj.Caption = "Works with Vista and XP"
obj.DefaultButton = CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults.OK
obj.FooterIcon = CommonDialog.CustomDialogIcons.Shield
obj.FooterText = "This is a secure program"
obj.InstructionHeading = "Big Brother Is Watching"
obj.InstructionIcon = CommonDialog.CustomDialogIcons.Warning
obj.InstructionText = "Do you want to proceed with the next task?"
'show the dialog and get the result
Dim objResults As CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults = obj.Show
In this dialog, I've selected different icons and changed the text.
The only difference in the way this custom dialog renders is that on Vista, the dialog takes advantage of Aero Glass and, if available, uses it on the Window chrome. On XP, the custom dialog uses the system XP Window chrome.
The above CustomDialog class provides the public interface for the CommonDialog project. Consumers instantiate and set properties on this class and call the Show method to display the CustomDialogWindow. The CustomDialog class constructs the CustomDialogWindow and returns the result after logging the user's dialog actions (see optional logging feature below).
The CommonDialog.CustomDialog class provides a Private Sub LogDialog procedure that gets called when the user closes the dialog. By default, this procedure has no code, since the actual implementation would be very specific to each user's application and requirements. However, developers can very easily use this stub to provide rich dialog logging to their applications.
Private Sub LogDialog
In addition to the properties used to construct the dialog and the user's response, the following properties can also be logged:
Public Function Show() As CustomDialogResults
'get the calling code information
Dim objTrace As System.Diagnostics.StackTrace = _
New System.Diagnostics.StackTrace()
If _strCallingReflectedTypeName.Length = 0 Then
_strCallingReflectedTypeName = _
End If
If _strCallingMethodName.Length = 0 Then
_strCallingMethodName = objTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod.Name
End If
If _strCallingModuleName.Length = 0 Then
_strCallingModuleName = objTrace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod.Module.Name
End If
rest of the code...
The above code snippet shows how the CallingMethodName, CallingModuleName, and CallingReflectedTypeName properties are populated. This information can be helpful to developers trying to troubleshoot an issue and the user was not sure what they did.
The VistaAeroAPI class allows developers to use Aero Glass in their WPF windows. There are so many Internet examples of extending Aero Glass in C#, so I've included this class here which is written in VB.NET.
Aero Glass is a feature of Windows Vista. So XP users do not have this feature. Additionally, Vista users can turn Aero Glass off. So, when using this feature in your applications, you must be able to handle XP and Aero-off situations.
Public Sub New(ByVal intButtonsDisabledDelay As Integer)
If System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major < 6 Then
Me.AllowsTransparency = True
_bolAeroGlassEnabled = False
_bolAeroGlassEnabled = True
End If
_intButtonsDisabledDelay = intButtonsDisabledDelay
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnSourceInitialized(ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
'these two sections of code are different because the first one is dealing with XP
' so we need to change the Window a bit to make it look like the Vista Window
If _bolAeroGlassEnabled = False Then
'no aero glass - we are XP
Me.ResizeMode = Windows.ResizeMode.NoResize
Me.borderCustomDialog.Background = _
Me.tbCaption.Foreground = System.Windows.SystemColors.ActiveCaptionTextBrush
Me.borderCustomDialog.CornerRadius = New CornerRadius(10, 10, 0, 0)
Me.borderCustomDialog.Padding = New Thickness(4, 0, 4, 4)
Me.borderCustomDialog.BorderThickness = New Thickness(0, 0, 1, 1)
Me.borderCustomDialog.BorderBrush = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.Black
'Vista is here. However, if the ExtendGlassFrame fails, we need a fallback
' plan to make our Window look good
'aero glass
If VistaAeroAPI.ExtendGlassFrame(Me, New Thickness(0, 25, 0, 0)) = False Then
'aero didn't work make window without glass
Me.borderCustomDialog.Background = _
Me.tbCaption.Foreground = _
Me.borderCustomDialog.Padding = New Thickness(4, 0, 4, 4)
Me.borderCustomDialog.BorderThickness = New Thickness(0, 0, 1, 1)
Me.borderCustomDialog.BorderBrush = System.Windows.Media.Brushes.Black
_bolAeroGlassEnabled = False
End If
End If
End Sub
The first logical step when working with the Aero Glass feature is to determine the Operating System version. I have elected to perform this check in the constructor using this code: System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major < 6.
System.Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major < 6
When using the Aero Glass feature, you need to Override the Window OnSourceInitialized method and place your Aero Glass code here.
This is also the location to handle non-Aero or Aero-off scenarios. In the case of this application, I have coded the Window object, setting its properties, assuming that Aero Glass will be available and enabled. In the above code, if the Operating System is XP, then a small amount of adjustments are necessary to make the dialog Window look the same or as close as possible to the Vista Aero dialog. Likewise, if the Operating System is Vista and the Aero Glass feature is turned off, a few small adjustments are made to the Window object to make it look good even without Aero.
This is an important and necessary step when implementing Aero Glass in your WPF applications.
I have started a WPF Sample Series on my blog. I will be posting 3-6 WPF Sample Applications a month. I won't be posting every sample here on CodeProject, but you can still read them and download the code from my blog.
Hope this code helps someone learn a little more about WPF.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
I'm a passionate Software Architect and Developer.
A long-time WPF-Prism fanatic who enjoys writing line of business applications, developer tools, and Visual Studio Extensions.
My front end passions are WPF, Xamarin.Forms, Electron, ES2015 (ES6), Node.js, WordPress, and Angular.
For the back end I use what is appropriate for the project: SQL Server and ASP.NET WebAPI, MongoDB, Express, Azure, AWS, Firebase, etc.
I am very pragmatic software engineer and strive to write simple, maintainable, and testable code. Simple code allows for solving complex problems in a maintainable way.
My Blog
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Just a grain of sand on the worlds beaches.
Cheers, Karl
private void BackgroundWorkerDoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
var obj = new CustomDialog
AdditionalDetailsText = "These are additional details",
Buttons = CustomDialogButtons.OKCancel,
ButtonsDisabledDelay = 5,
Caption = "The buttons are disabled for 5 seconds",
DefaultButton = CustomDialogResults.OK,
FooterIcon = CustomDialogIcons.Information,
FooterText = "This is the footer text",
InstructionHeading = "This is the instruction heading",
InstructionIcon = CustomDialogIcons.Question,
InstructionText = "Do you want to proceed with the next task?"
private void BackgroundWorkerDoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
System.Windows.MessageBox.Show("Click me");
at System.Windows.Input.InputManager..ctor()

at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.GetCurrentInputManagerImpl()

at System.Windows.Input.KeyboardNavigation..ctor()

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.FrameworkServices..ctor()

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement.EnsureFrameworkServices()

at System.Windows.FrameworkElement..ctor()

at System.Windows.Controls.Control..ctor()

at System.Windows.Window..ctor()

at CommonDialog.CustomDialogWindow..ctor(Int32 intButtonsDisabledDelay) in F:\RadControlsWpfApp1\CommonDialog\CustomDialogWindow.xaml.vb:line 25

at CommonDialog.CustomDialog.Show() in F:\RadControlsWpfApp1\CommonDialog\CustomDialog.vb:line 261

at RadControlsWpfApp1.ViewModels.LoginControlModel.BackgroundWorkerDoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) in F:\RadControlsWpfApp1\RadControlsWpfApp1\ViewModels\LoginControlModel.cs:line 88

at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)

at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)
Be warned: This is an advanced scenario.
Private Sub btnThree_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles btnThree.Click
Dim obj As New CommonDialog.CustomDialog
obj.AdditionalDetailsText = "You are using a very cool WPF dialog box that works with both Vista and XP"
obj.Buttons = CommonDialog.CustomDialogButtons.OK
obj.Caption = "Works with Vista and XP"
obj.DefaultButton = CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults.OK
obj.InstructionHeading = "Big Brother Is Watching"
obj.InstructionIcon = CommonDialog.CustomDialogIcons.Stop
'next line causes clipping at the bottom of the dialog
obj.InstructionText = "NNNNNN encountered a problem attempting to load your data file." & Environment.NewLine & _
"This is a the second line."
'next line makes the dialog appear correctly (one extra character)
'obj.InstructionText = "NNNNNNN encountered a problem attempting to load your data file." & Environment.NewLine & _
' "This is a the second line."
Dim objResults As CommonDialog.CustomDialogResults = obj.Show
Me.tbResults.Text = String.Format("Last dialog result was {0}", objResults.ToString)
End Sub
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Come join our team!
High Ridge Animal Hospital in Stamford, CT is looking for an associate veterinarian to join our wonderful team of doctors. We are a full-service, multi-doctor hospital that provides quality veterinary care for dogs, cats, birds, and pocket pets. Our doctors enjoy practicing in a recently renovated (exam rooms & client service area) facility equipped with digital x-rays, digital dental radiography, and an in-house lab. The experienced and long tenured team maintains an efficient and family-like work environment by being proactive to the needs of our doctors, patients, and clients. This is the perfect opportunity for a doctor with basic surgical experience with an interest in dentistry is a plus to help further expand our services!
We take great pride in our community connections, working closely with several local rescues and wildlife organizations such as Red Leash Rescue, Tailor's Wildlife, and New York Pet Rescue just to name a few. Get to know us better here!
The city of Stamford is a great place to live and work. Located along the Long Island Sound, the area provides plenty of amenities to explore, such as fantastic beaches, restaurants, parks, music festivals, and convenient access to the Metro North Railroad, which will get you to Manhattan in 45 minutes. Enjoy the best of big city life without any of the hassles!
We are a family of practices with a long history and reputation that separates us from others - see what all the buzz is about! We support our veterinarians with superior salary, benefits including health and dental, 401(k), CE allowance, vacation, dues, liability coverage, outstanding practice teams, and a family friendly atmosphere.


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HIV/AIDS News
Fluconazole Prevents Yeast Infections in Women with HIV
In a multicenter clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), weekly doses of the drug fluconazole safely prevented certain common yeast infections and was not associated with adverse events or drug resistance. This is the first large, long-term study of HIV-infected women to evaluate whether fluconazole, which is used to treat yeast infections, can prevent them as well.
Paula Schuman, M.D., from Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, will present the research findings today at the XIth International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver, British Columbia.
This study is part of NIAID's concentrated effort to develop better prevention and treatment strategies specifically targeted to HIV-infected women," says Steven Schnittman, M.D., assistant director for clinical research, NIAID Division of AIDS. "Fluconazole appears to safely and effectively prevent mucosal candidiasis, the most common fungal infection affecting women with HIV. In addition, the effectiveness of the drug is not at the expense of clinical resistance."
Vaginal yeast infections are common and easily treated in most women. They usually are caused by Candida albicans, a yeast that normally lives in the body. HIV-infected women, however, frequently develop yeast infections of the mouth, vagina and throat that are particularly persistent and difficult to treat, often increasing in severity as their immune systems weaken.
The study proves that fluconazole has a useful role in the clinical management of HIV-infected women at risk for recurrent yeast infections," says Dr. Schuman. "As more and more women become infected with HIV and strategies of how best to use this class of drugs continue to be debated, this research provides some needed answers."
In the NIAID trial, called the Women's Fungal Study or CPCRA 010, 323 HIV-infected women with CD4+ T cell counts of less than 300 cells/mm3 of blood were randomly assigned to receive 200 mg of fluconazole once a week or placebo. After a median follow-up period of 29 months, fluconazole reduced the risk of at least one yeast infection of the mouth and vagina by 44 percent. The drug reduced the risk of oral candidiasis by 50 percent and vaginal candidiasis by 38 percent. During the study, 41 patients on fluconazole and 23 on placebo experienced at least one adverse event; however, no serious toxicities were seen. The researchers also looked at the effect of fluconazole on yeast infections of the throat and on invasive fungal disease, but too few cases occurred in each arm of the study to determine with statistical certainty if fluconazole prevented these conditions.
In a substudy, researchers investigated Candida resistance to fluconazole both clinically and in the test tube. Of those women who developed yeast infections, only 13, six in the fluconazole group and seven in the placebo group, developed clinical resistance to the drug after treatment. "This finding demonstrates that the resistance rates did not differ between the two groups, indicating that the regimen of fluconazole used was not associated with clinical resistance," says Dr. Schuman. "The in vitro resistance results currently are being analyzed."
The fluconazole study was conducted at 14 sites of the Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA), one of three national AIDS clinical trials networks supported by NIAID.
NIAID, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts and supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat such illnesses as AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, asthma and allergies. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
NIAID press releases, fact sheets and other information are available on the internet via the NIAID home page. The address is http://www.niaid.nih.gov.


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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police say a Facebook conversation made a man so jealous that he killed and dismembered a friend of his wife.
The Rio de Janeiro police department says in a statement emailed on Wednesday that Anderson Gomes Aleixo grew jealous when he found out that his wife and a childhood friend were chatting on Facebook.
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A Canadian Press story published earlier this week by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) links the teachings of Crossroads Christian Communications on issues such as homosexuality, to a decision by the federal government to stop providing Crossroads with matching funding through its Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
Crossroads, founded by Rev. David Mainse, produces Canada's national daily Christian television program, 100 Huntley Street, as well as other Christian television shows for both domestic and foreign consumption. Its foreign missions division has projects running overseas, including the project in Uganda for which funding has been halted.
Typically, CIDA works alongside development organizations such as World Vision and matches the funds raised by the organizations within their own constituency. Past grants over the years to various groups have matched funding by as much as a 9:1 ratio.
"I have asked officials to review this organization before further payments are made," tweeted Julian Fantino, International Cooperation Minister.
The group was receiving funding from the government of Canada for its work in Uganda, where gays and lesbians face severe threats.
The federal government has denounced virulent homophobia in that East African country and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has condemned plans for an anti-gay bill that could potentially include the death penalty for homosexuals.
Nevertheless, the federal government has been providing $544,813 in funding for Crossroads Christian Communications — an Ontario-based evangelical group that produces television programming — to help dig wells, build latrines and promote hygiene awareness in Uganda through 2014.
Until Tuesday, the organization's website carried a list of "sexual sins" deemed to be "perversion": "Turning from the true and/or proper purpose of sexual intercourse; misusing or abusing it, such as in pedophilia, homosexuality and lesbianism, sadism, masochism, transvestism, and bestiality."
Lower down the page, the group asks sinners to "repent."
In a later part of the article:
A study by the Canadian Research Institute on Humanitarian Crisis and Aid concluded that, between 2005 and 2010, the funding for religious non-government organizations increased 42 per cent. Secular groups saw an increase of five per cent.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been asked about that disparity.
"We consider the efficiency of projects," Harper replied during a Montreal news conference last month. "(We) do not consider the religion of groups promoting these projects."
A further update from CBC News is available here.
Because many relief agencies are evangelical and share Crossroads' views on social issues, this could spell the end of matching government funding for groups not willing to tone down or renounce their positions on subjects where they feel the Bible's teaching is non-negotiable.
UPDATE (10:00 AM) — Turns out I missed some good background on this story — Crossroads isn't the first to see its CIDA funding cut — at this item at Bene D.


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CHICAGO (January 14, 2013) – Seyfarth Shaw LLP announces the publication today of the 9th annual edition of the firm's Workplace Class Action Litigation Report. Recognized as the "definitive source of information on employment class action litigation" by EPLiC Magazine and a resource that "no practitioner who deals with employment claims . . . should be without," the 870-page Report covers 1,059 class action rulings rendered by federal and state courts in 2012 on workplace laws.
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By Rusty Russell, Co-Investigator, Field Book Project
Two of the most dynamic words in the history of science are "explore" and "discover". Whether in the field or in the lab, exploration begets discovery, both of which feed the powerful drive of scientists to learn. So it was with Cleofé E. Calderon.
In 1851, the French botanist Adolphe- Théodore Brongniart described a new genus and species of bambusoid grass, Anomochloa marantoidea, from a specimen being grown in a Paris garden. The seeds from which this plant was raised had an uncertain origin, but were believed to have been collected in coastal Brazil. Although additional plants were cultivated from the original, this species was never again seen in the wild for 125 years. However in 1976, after an earlier but fruitless attempt to relocate this rarity, Smithsonian botanist Cleo Calderon and her Brazilian colleague Talmon S. dos Santos were foraging the understory of cacao plants in the eastern state of Bahia when they encountered the elusive Anomochloa. I am intimately familiar with this story for reasons I'll explain shortly so, in honor of Women's History Month, I wanted to tell this tale.
In the months preceding the U.S. Bicentennial celebration, Tom Soderstrom, Cleo Calderon and I set out on a ten-week journey to study and collect bamboo in the mata Atlantica of eastern Brazil, an historic refugium and, therefore, a rich and diverse region for bamboo species. Operating out of CEPEC, a cacao research center between the towns of Ilheus and Itabuna, it was decided to form two teams in order to maximize our coverage of the area. Tom, I and two CEPEC assistants would go one way, while Cleo, Talmon and two others would proceed elsewhere. The makeup of these teams was not a surprise to me because, upon beginning my career at the Smithsonian a year earlier, I immediately found myself in Cleo's bad graces for assuming that her role was more clerical than scientific. Suffice to say that I paid for this error. It was an unforgiveable mistake, so … she never forgave me (sigh). But we maintained a cordial relationship involving minimal conversation. However, I came to greatly respect her research diligence, her work ethic, and her tremendous contribution to Botany through her collecting and publication record. The grass genus Calderonella and many grass species are named in her honor.
Back in Brazil, each foray lasted about ten days after which we would reconvene at CEPEC to share our bounty, and return to our hotel in Itabuna to share our stories. Anomochloa was always in the back of our mind as we searched for and collected hundreds of bamboos and smaller bambusoid grasses. On this trip, Cleo was inexaustible according to Talmon, himself a big strapping field veteran. Cleo had stopped smoking the year before and commented often about her improved ability to tromp through the field and climb hills without losing her breath. Then, at the end of our penultimate trip, Tom and I were relaxing at the hotel having returned a day early (I'm sure there was cerveza nearby), when we recognized the beat up black jeep roaring into town with horns blaring. Tom understood immediately.
When I learned that Ana Tkabladze, an intern on the Field Book Project, was digitizing Cleo's field books, I got curious about her record of that trip and, specifically, that historic discovery. First of all, Cleo was fluent in Spanish, her native language as a full-bred, soccer-loving Argentinian, as well as English and Portuguese. Most Brazilians did not even recognize her accent. So, as I began to read her 1976 journal, I was struck with how seamlessly she moved through all three languages, sometimes in the same daily entry. Navigating her field book is, therefore, a bit of a challenge. I thumbed ahead to April 21st, anxious to read her account of the rediscovery of Anomochloa, expecting to find multiple exclamation marks, asterisks or smiley faces. Nope. Collector No. 2381, date, location, distances from landmarks, elevation, and photo numbers, all faithfully recorded per usual. Only one thing distinguished this record. Cleo indicated (n.sp.?) the possibility of this being a new species. Ha! She didn't assume that she had rediscovered A. marantoidea, but considered the possibility that it was a second, unknown species. She had kept an open mind.
Cleo passed away in 2007. Her research relationship with Tom Soderstrom was such that, shortly before he died in 1987, she had left the Smithsonian, never to collect or publish again. But like so many other stories of exploration and discovery, Cleo Calderon's exploits live on through her collections and field notes. And in our memory.
For a picture of Cleofe Calderon, see her obituary in this issue of Bamboo Science & Culture: http://www.bamboo.org/publications/e107_files/downloads/ABSJournal-vol21.pdf


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Adding Transcription Content
1) For a new collection (one not yet in omeka), you need to create a collection in the administrative interface, or in the transcribe.omeka_collections table. Verify the collection id number assigned (auto-incrementally) by the software in this database table. You'll need to enter it as the first variable in the loadDbase script.
For an existing collection, look in the transcribe.omeka_collections table to obtain the id for this collection. This is NOT the same as our collection identifier.
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2) change directory to /srv/scripts/transcripts/omeka/
3) empty the metadata and images directories
4) run: getContent {collnum} {boxnum}
for example: getContent u0003_0000581 687 This will collect the _2048 sized images and item-level metadata from /srv/www/htdocs/content for the identified content.
Images go into the ./images directory, and metadata in the ./metadata directory.
Note that if the box number in the metadata is incorrect, that item will not be selected.
5) run: remove2048
This renames the images in the ./images directory to take the "_2048" out of the file name
6) run: makeDer
This creates derivatives and dumps them into the respective directories in /srv/www/transcribe/archive:
- files/ (original image)
- fullsize/ (800 pixels on the long side)
- square_thumbnails/ (200 pixels on each side)
- thumbnails/ (200 pixels on the long side)
7) run: `loadDbase num` where `num` is the collection id number assigned by the database in step 1. Later versions of this software should pull the collection names and IDs from the database and give you a selection from which to choose.
In short, loadDbase pulls metadata out of the MODS files and creates the entries in the Omeka database. More detailed information is available in /srv/scripts/transcripts/omeka/dothis
8) modify the header of documentIt to identify the collections and boxes added. Then run it: `documentIt` to add the record of what we're transcribing to the InfoTrack database.
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