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Tracking ice clouds
Tracking ice clouds
Fly into a massive thunderstorm with pilots and scientists as they study how global warming could affect storms. Learn how changes in ice clouds due to climate change could provide clues to future weather patterns. See scientists capture data on the beginning of an unusual cyclone. This excerpt is from a documentary on the International Cloud Experiment (ICE).
Things to think about
Before viewing
Think about the biggest thunderstorm you have ever seen and imagine flying into its core! What would you see? What would it feel like?
As you view
Watch the pilots fly into the thin, wispy cirrus clouds left behind after a thunderstorm. Scientists expected these clouds to just decay but their research shows something different. What do they discover?
See scientists capture the birth of a cyclone! What is unusual about this particular weather phenomenon?
After viewing
Hector is one of the planet's largest thunderstorms. It occurs consistently, north of Darwin. An international team of scientists and pilots fly planes through the thunderclouds to gather data. Why are they studying these storms?
Cirrus clouds are made of ice crystals. In the clip, the narrator says the scientists are working on the big versus small ice-crystal puzzle. Clouds with larger crystals let in more heat whereas clouds with smaller crystals reflect heat. Describe what you think might be the effect on the climate if thunderstorms generated more small-crystal cirrus clouds, or, alternatively, more large-crystal cirrus clouds?
Next steps
Different types of clouds affect the Earth's climate differently. Research different cloud types (for example, cumulus) and how they influence the climate.
The effect of clouds is one of the largest sources of uncertainty in predicting climate change. Investigate how global warming could impact on different types of clouds and, in turn, the Earth's climate.
00:00:03:01NARRATOR:The Proteus takes off for a closer look at what remains of the monster Hector. What it captures inside the cirrus clouds delights the scientists.00:00:19:02MAN:One of the things we've been trying to do is we've been trying to track an ice cloud and how it evolves over the course of time.00:00:27:05MAN 2:There's kind of a viewpoint that people have that a lot of cirrus clouds are dead material, that these clouds are just pumped out and they just kind of passively go away and kind of waste away.00:00:42:15NARRATOR:The data from the Proteus suggests otherwise.00:00:45:23MAN:As you go away from a storm, instead of just seeing decay of what it started with you start to see the cloud remaking itself. And you can see that in the crystal habits. If it's regenerating you'll see beautiful rosettes.00:01:02:10NARRATOR:But what does it mean in terms of the big versus small ice crystal puzzle? The ice scientists simply don't know. But they're nevertheless thrilled with this new, unexpected data. MAN 3: I'm really impressed that they did such a great job. Dave and Greg are so pleased that they're eager to get back to their computers at home.00:01:27:10MAN:Most people get the data that they need and then we go back and go and analyse our data.00:01:34:22MAN 2:The cirrus guys don't know what they're talking about if they say they can go home now. They can go home now because they're got enough new stuff to look at that they can write a bunch of papers. I can't go home now and I don't think they should, either.00:01:50:04NARRATOR:Ed would like to see one last big, ugly storm. And, amazingly, he gets it. Right in the middle of the net something big is brewing. A series of thunderstorms pops up one after the other and then, together, start rotating. For the very first time scientists precisely capture the birth of a cyclone. But, curiously, the severe tropical low hits inland and keeps building. The Dornier scrambles for one last almighty storm chase. Carl's team should be able to both catch the storm and return. MAN: The Dornier has not failed once whilst we've been out here. The serviceability rate has been fantastic. It's a new dimension, so it's interesting.00:03:33:16NARRATOR:The scientists nickname the strange phenomenon 'Landphoon John'. Cyclones are normally creatures of the ocean. Without moisture they tend to shrivel up and die. Landphoon John is now 2,000 kilometres inland, stamping across the Tanami Desert. What on earth is going on inside this strange storm? Is it a rare, but normal, phenomenon... ..or is it a glimpse of the kind of thing in store for an even warmer planet, a future in which cyclones will be untamed by deserts? A future in which thunderstorms become even more common and wild? The ice team is happy. In minute detail they have captured the birth of the cyclone. And now the Dornier brings back new data that may reveal what was going on in the heart of this bizarre desert event. The icing on the cake.00:05:03:08MAN:This probably is what is called a golden day.00:05:06:15MAN 2:Everything they expected was there.00:05:09:20MAN 3:Talking about this all over the world among tropical meteorology experts, trying to figure out what is this thing and why did it persist that long?00:05:20:10NARRATOR:The ice experiment is over, so what's the outcome? Will clouds be our salvation or our doom?00:05:27:08MAN:This is a four-month field program and then after that we have three years of analysis and theory.00:05:34:03MAN 2:You've got a 500-piece puzzle. And even with all the aircraft and all the ground-based measurements we have we still only have about 16 pieces of the puzzle.00:05:46:17MAN:No-one has come up with any other bright ideas for a better way to look into the future. I think we've made a lot of progress, but I still think we have a long way to go.
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Hi. Been trying out sdome of the tutorials here to make more realistic planets - here's my latest attempts.
Earth's Cousin - My first try in a long time at making coastlines from scratch, and first ever at making city lights.
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A Closely Guarded Secret: State Tax Bill For Boeing And Other Companies
By Austin Jenkins
Washington lawmakers recently rushed into special session to pass $8.7B in aerospace tax breaks. The aim: to land Boeing's next generation 777 airplane. But how much does Boeing – or any other major company in Washington - pay in taxes? That's actually a closely guarded secret. Now one state lawmaker wants to change that and a hearing is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 22.
Boeing is a company that you can look up on line and find out how much its quarterly profits are, what its stock price is, what sort of dividend it's paying to its shareholders. But one data point you cannot find is how much this company pays in Washington state taxes. Beverly Crichfield says "We don't disclose that information."
Crichfield is a spokesperson for Washington's Department of Revenue. She says taxpayer information is protected by Washington law.
Austin Jenkins: "Even when a company like Boeing is asking for a multi-year, multi-billion dollar tax benefit?" Beverly Crichfield: "That is correct."
Of course, companies can always waive confidentiality. I asked Boeing to release its state taxes for the past three years. The answer back was no - no also to an interview on this subject. I got the same answer from Microsoft.
Photo: Washington lawmakers recently approved an additional $8.7B in tax breaks for Boeing, however the company won't release its total state tax liability. Photo by Austin Jenkins.
Confidential taxpayer information is available to the governor and a few other elected officials. Democratic State Representative Reuven Carlyle is one of them. That's because he chairs the House committee in charge of taxation. When I asked him how much Boeing pays in taxes.
Reuven Carlyle: "Under state statute I am prohibited from answering that question."
Carlyle doesn't much like having this proverbial piece of tape placed over his mouth.
Reuven Carlyle: "We don't want to be punitive for companies, we don't want to be reckless or irresponsible."
But Carlyle believes lawmakers and the public deserve to know how much a company -like Boeing - pays in state taxes especially if that company comes to the legislature asking for special consideration in the tax code. Washington's certainly not alone in guarding corporate tax information. Oregon and Idaho do the same. But in Wisconsin, anyone can fill out a form and request a company's – even an individual's – net tax information.
Amber Carter: "I think there needs to be really a level of caution with releasing specific company information."
Amber Carter is a tax expert at the Association of Washington Business whose members include Boeing. She argues if tax incentives are crafted on the front end to ensure a return on investment, then how much a company pays in overall taxes becomes irrelevant.
Amber Carter: "We are very supportive of having data available to demonstrate the benefit of tax incentives, what we want to make sure though is that the confidentiality and trade secrets of those companies are protected."
But Richard Pomp doesn't buy the competition argument. He's a law professor at the University of Connecticut and an expert on local taxation.
Richard Pomp: "When you are a publicly-held corporation receiving billions in tax expenditures you have no right to privacy at that point."
Pomp notes that publicly traded companies already release reams of financial information to comply with federal regulations. So, what's the motivation behind releasing a company's tax bottom line? Pomp is blunt.
Richard Pomp: "You've got to put some names on it to get the public engaged the way it would if they learn that Boeing pays less taxes than they do."
Of course, we don't know what Boeing's effective state tax rate is. Tax committee chair Reuven Carlyle plans to introduce corporate tax transparency legislation this January. He hopes to build on a law passed earlier this year that requires new levels of reporting when a company benefits from a specific tax break. As for the aerospace tax incentives just extended by the Washington legislature: we do know Boeing would be getting more than half off its bill for those particular taxes.
Washington's tax disclosure law: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=82.32.330


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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5)-- It is that time of year again. The excitement of summer has begun to wear off as parents grapple for something, anything, to get the kids out of the house for a few hours. I grew up in Alexandria, so I know that there are only so many times you can go to the movies or sit by the pool.
The "stay-cation" has become a popular phenomenon, especially in these hot summer months. Parents are looking for things to do to get their families out of the house, but most people don't have the time, money, or patience to plan big weekend getaways.
Louisiana's culture and nature have so much to offer, and there are many wonderful jewels that often slip the minds of bored kids and sun-stressed parents. Day trips are something inexpensive, exciting, and manageable, and I am here to help you plan them!
Kisatchie National Forest is one of the best resources for outside adventure that Louisianians have at their fingertips. The Kisatchie Ranger District, or Red Dirt, is one of the areas of Kisatchie that is perfect for a day of exploring. If you are just going for the day and not bringing off-road vehicles or horses, you do not have to pay an entry fee. So, fill the car with gas, load up the family, and pack a bag with towels, water, and lunch.
Kisatchie Ranger District is tucked between Alexandria and Natchitoches. There are walking and biking trails, camping and picnic areas, and cool water to provide an oasis from the harsh summer sun. The day use hours are from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm, or daylight to dark.
I decided to venture out to Red Dirt, myself, for the first time in years and see if it really was the perfect place to spend a summer day.
I am, without a doubt, directionally challenged. With that being said, there are plenty of resources available to guide you to the park and around it. The website offers maps of the area, and I typed in the address given, 229 Dogwood Park Road, Provencal, La. This took me directly to the park and brought me to the Longleaf Scenic Byway, which is the road that takes you through the park and connects to all of the unpaved forest roads that lead straight to adventure.
Red Dirt has something for every kind of person. The water is cool and clear, providing the perfect escape from the summer heat that so often squelches any want for outdoor activity. For the more adventurous, there is a wonderful trail called the Sandstone Multi-Use Trail, which can be used for biking, hiking, off-road vehicle use, horseback riders, and mountain bikers. There are plenty of picnic areas, perfect for parking the car and sitting around for lunch, along with overnight camping areas, if you are more outdoorsy than I.
If you want to have an active day, bring your bike and park the car. The Sandstone trail is over 36 miles long, and there are two routes that vary in distance and difficulty. The North Loop is 16 miles long, the South Loop 15 miles long, and there is a cut-across trail that is only 5 miles long.
If you look at the map available at the information sites (Take one. Or five. It will make your adventure more manageable and less "Where are we going"), there are multiple places designated for camping and recreation.
For my day trip, I started on the west side of Red Dirt and made my way east. I began by exploring Lotus Camp, which is where I would begin the Sandstone Multi-Use Trail. There are picnic tables and a clear marking for the beginning of the trail. I then traveled to the Red Bluff Camp area. There is a path that has been marked, and it is an easy and short trek through some lightly wooded area. The Kisatchie Bayou lies along the edge of this area, and it is the perfect place to slip your feet into the water and get a taste for what would be available at the Kisatchie Bayou Recreation Complex. The third place that I visited was Coyote Camp, which is on the east side of the Red Dirt area; when you are driving towards this camp, there is a marker that says scenic overlook and directs you to a side road. Take it. This view was one of my favorite parts of my day trip, and it really reminds you of how special Louisiana is.
I wanted to look at the less-known areas of Red Dirt and really get a feel for it, but the two areas that Red Dirt is most famous for are the Longleaf Vista Complex and the Kisatchie Bayou Complex. Longleaf Vista Complex is not on the Sandstone Multiple-Use trail map that you will find at the information stations once you enter Red Dirt. To find this area, you will need to continue to travel east along the Longleaf Scenic Byway until you reach the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area. Believe me when I say that this is a highlight of the Kisatchie Ranger District, and it is worth driving to Red Dirt just to see this portion of Kisatchie.
Longleaf Vista Complex is for those who want the ultimate scenic view. It has a 1.5-mile interpretive trail that makes a loop through high mesas, creeks, meadows, and hardwoods. It truly shows a section of Louisiana's unique natural terrain that leaves the visitor wanting to make another loop. The entrance to the trail is a set of steps that leads down from the parking and picnic area and into the woods. This is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful nature experiences someone can have in Louisiana. It boasts of diversity, and it provides a unique panoramic view. There is even a large, covered picnic area to rest and eat lunch after your walk.
Kisatchie Bayou Complex is the perfect area to explore if you are trying to escape the heat. I would recommend making the loop around Red Dirt and doing all of your hiking or biking adventures first and enjoying the cool, crisp water last. This will enable you and your family to be fully refreshed at the end of your excursion, and if you have little kids, it will let them splash around enough to tire them for the ride home.
This is District Ranger Michael Dawson's favorite area of Red Dirt to visit in the summer. He said, "My favorite area is Kisatchie Bayou Recreation complex. It's more of a creek than a bayou, with rocks, sandy beaches, and cool, clear water. It has that small, slight roar of water moving across rocks. It's shady on the creek in the afternoon, and it's one of the few places in Louisiana that you can actually hear the sound of running water."
So, if you are looking for somewhere to explore with biking or hiking, or just a peaceful creek to lie in while you watch the kids play in some soft rapids, drive up to Red Dirt and explore. All you need is a car, a sack lunch, some water, and bug spray.
Adventure is available; you just have to find it.
Emily Redmond is working for KALB in the newsroom while she spends the summer at home in Alexandria. She just completed her sophomore year at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, and is pursuing a degree in Writing.


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Shrimp-Andouille Creole
Oxmoor House
Yield: 5 servings (serving size: 1 cup shrimp mixture and 1/2 cup rice)
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- Calories: 284
- Fat: 6.2g
- Saturated fat: 2.3g
- Protein: 22.9g
- Carbohydrate: 33.8g
- Cholesterol: 149mg
- Iron: 4.7mg
- Sodium: 669mg
- Calories from fat: 20%
- Fiber: 3.9g
- Calcium: 103mg
- Cooking spray
- 5 ounces andouille sausage, sliced into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with green peppers and onions, un-drained
- 1 (5.5-ounce) can spicy tomato juice (such as V-8)
- 8 ounces frozen peppers and onions, thawed
- 1 cup frozen okra
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 1/4 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 1/2 cups hot cooked rice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- Heat a large Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add sausage; cook 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pan. Add celery to drippings; cook 3 minutes. Add garlic; sauté 30 seconds.
- Add sausage, tomatoes, and next 7 ingredients; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in shrimp; cover and simmer 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Serve over rice. Sprinkle with parsley.
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- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining, Make-Ahead, Family
- CUISINE: Cajun/Creole
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Shellfish, Sausage
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Gluten-Free
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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Facebook Do's and Don'ts
Here's all you need to know, courtesy of momlogic contributor and Internet Safety Specialist Lori Getz.
There's no doubt that manners are important. But who knew that there would be a whole new set of etiquette for online interactions? Well, there are. In part two of our Cyber Safety series, find out the do's and don'ts of Facebook.
Do: Check your privacy settings!
Within Facebook, there are 3 "Settings" tabs: Account, Privacy, and Applications. These settings allow you to control everything from how your page looks to who can see what you post. Within the Privacy setting alone, there are 4 sub-categories, each with several options. It is important that you read through all of them and make appropriate decisions about who can see what!
Do not: Use friending to alienate or become "famo."
A friend request is a precious thing. Do you remember walking up to a new friend on the kindergarten playground and asking him or her to be your friend? Well, welcome to the 21st century version. You don't want to use this power to alienate others, but at the same time, you only want to let people in that you know in the physical world. "Famo" refers to becoming Internet Famous. Kids love to "collect friends," whether they know them or not. The more friends you have, the more famo you are. People you meet online that you don't know face-to-face are strangers. It's just not safe to let them into your inner circle!
Do not: Use the Honesty Box to slander or defame others.
The honesty box in Facebook is an application on your profile page where people can drop anonymous comments. When teens use this feature, it is usually to harass one another. That's just plain old cyber-bullying!
Do: Control who sees your News Feeds.
On the top menu bar of Facebook, you have 4 main options: Home, Profile, Friends, and Inbox. On the Home page, you see the News Feeds. These are status updates of what your friends are doing and thinking (much like Twitter). Make sure you know who can see these updates -- you will find this control in the Privacy setting. You wouldn't want to accidentally tell the world you are leaving town for the weekend and that your house will be empty.
Do not: Fall for Phishing scams.
Phishing is the act of attempting to trick users into divulging sensitive and personal information by directing them to a fake website that collects things like usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, etc. Facebook has encountered several phishing scams where you will receive a link in your inbox directing you to a new page that looks like Facebook but requires you to log in again. DON'T DO IT! At the log-in page, the hacker is now waiting for you to type in your username and password so they can collect it. Hackers usually do this to steal your identity and break into other accounts where the username and password may be the same (such as your online banking account). If you are redirected to a page where you are asked to re-enter your username and password or any personal information, scrutinize it carefully. If you are unsure and don't need to access the page, just close the window and forget about it.
Do: Read the Terms of Service.
Have you ever noticed in Facebook that it appears the ads seem to be just for you? That's because Facebook scans your posting and accesses your personal information in order to learn what you like and don't like. That way they can attach appropriate advertisers to your page. It's a great way to direct-market. Make sure you read Facebook's Terms of Service and understand their role in the content you post.
Do not: Poke incessantly -- it's annoying!
I think this one is pretty straightforward. Poking is a way to let someone know you are trying to get his or her attention. But there is no message attached, just the fact that you received a poke. Can you imagine if someone sat next to you and poked you all day ... it would drive me crazy!
Do: Understand the difference between private messages and the Wall.
The second option at the top of your Facebook page is Profile. This is your public Wall. Think of it like a billboard on Sunset Blvd. Everyone can see everything posted to your Wall, including passersby. If you want to send a friend a private note on Facebook, then send them a message rather than posting to their Wall. The Wall is not the right place to make plans or talk about personal things.
Do not: Use Facebook to send SPAM or chain letters.
Not only are SPAM and chain letters annoying, they are usually sent to gather your personal information. A chain letter is created by one person and then sent to others. But every time you forward a chain letter, there is code in the e-mail that sends all of the e-mail addresses back to the creator of the chain letter. So don't give up your personal information or that of your friends by forwarding the e-mail. I promise you will not have bad luck for 7 years!
|Lori Getz is the founder of Cyber Education Consultants and speaks to students, parents and educators about Internet safety, security and ethics. She has a Master of Arts in Educational Technology from San Diego State University and is certified by isafe.org as an Internet Safety Specialist. Her mission is to help bridge the gap between a young generation of digital natives and their parents and teachers. She is the mother of one and lives in Los Angeles with her husband.
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Okay, I'm gonna give this one more (final) go. This seems to be working for everybody except me, so obviously something I'm doing is flawed. That said, I'm at a total and utter loss at trying to figure it out—I'm stumped.
I just looked over the Germ Gallery that Jon showed us. (By the way, it's very nice. I like it, lots.) :) Anyhow, I went through the js.js script you ran on that, Jon, and it is functionally identical to what I am using on this preschool's gallery test page (at http://www.villagpreschoolgallery.com/gallerytest1.html ) and yet, the browser will always end up following the links.
What is different? What is wrong in my gallery that's causing this? Anyway…I don't mean to be a pest, (advance apologies if I am) I just really want to understand what is happening.
Thanks again.
I can't get anywhere with that link. I told you what to do. Get rid of the first if statement and replace it with the DOM API (then, no problem with braces plus it becomes more usable). I can't help you if you won't listen to me.
Secondly, non-javascript users should be pointed to a server side version of the same page. Those that commented that this should be done solely on the server side miss the idea that this solution saves bandwidth for both you and your visitors.
This photo gallery provided a quick solution for a simple business' website. We're finishing up a complete overhaul of our site and after fighting with complicated javascript (& dreamweaver) that this college student does not understand, this article was the light at the end of the tunnel! Now our "facilities" page will be as cool as the other guy's ;-)
I had a look at your preschool image gallery code and also ran into issues. You can check out the gallery that I did at http://dasme.org/imagegal/ and copy the script code that I use. On that page the second pic has a caption that will appear when clicked.
I am really not sure why your page breaks with the code that you have, but I can assure you that mne works. Try using my script and see if that helps. I origionally thought it may of been the doctype def that you are using on your page, but my page still properly renders and works with the base html 4.01 trans definition. I'm stumped :)
Well Dante, you've shown some aspect of maturity by at least trying to be helpful towards another poster. Who would have thought such compassion would be forthcoming from someone who otherwise gives the impression of being a spiteful troll?
It is unfortunate that you feel it necessary to jump and stick your oar in whenever knowledge is shared and sad that this web of ours allows you to do so with such unhelpful frequency. You rail against the 'flashy script-hacking' that goes on here. Well, I'm sorry to say it, but a lot of the sites that go on to be created by those who read and learn here are a damn sight more successful and with a far higher aesthetic value – ie: as an added bonus to looking nice, they WORK! – than your own site, which you are evidently quite proud of.
Could it be then, that this site of which you are so proud is the same one that brings up an alert if you dare visit with Mozilla berating you for your choice of browser and steadfastly refusing to work in the way it was obviously intended? I congratulate you on your narrow and counter-productive efforts.
Physician heal thyself.
PS. I'm sure PPK is thrilled by your evangelical use of his moniker as a means of shoring up your arguments instead of having actual originality of thought. Do you pay him the licensing fee?
An interesting bug in http://www.villagepreschoolcenter.com/gallerytest.html, which took me longer to track down than I planned!
Your script fails when you try to assign some text to
It's failing because that node's a leaf: it doesn't have any child nodes. The quick'n'dirty fix would be to change '' to 'some placeholder text'. Then it would have a text node as its first (and only) child.
As an alternative (or in addition) you could add a little sanity-checking and recovery to the script itself. I am
not a DOM scripting wizard. But something like the following should work.
function showPic( theAnchor ) {// Returns false on success, true on failure ;)
// Assigns the value of theAnchor.href to document.getElementById( 'placeholder' ).src
// And sets the text of document.getElementById( 'desc' ) theAnchor's title or to its text content
// Disclaimer: tested hardly at all and only in Safari1.2 if ( document.getElementById && theAnchor.tagName "A" && theAnchor.href && ( theAnchor.title || ( theAnchor.firstChild ) ) ) {
myImageElement = document.getElementById( 'placeholder' )
if( myImageElement && (myImageElement.tagName "IMG") ) {
myCaptionElement = document.getElementById( 'desc' )
// We probably should sanity-check what kind of element we have here.
// But there are an awful lot of valid possibilities, so
// it's an exercise left to the reader
myCaptionText = theAnchor.title ? theAnchor.title : theAnchor.firstChild.nodeValue
myImageHref = theAnchor.href
myImageElement.src = myImageHref
if ( myCaptionElement.firstChild ) {
myCaptionElement.firstChild.nodeValue = myCaptionText
} else {
if( document.createTextNode ) {
myCaptionElement.appendChild( document.createTextNode( myCaptionText ) )
} else {
// no caption set. But never mind….
// image loading should have been ok so
return false
//failed so
return true
I don't know thy this is so complex.
if (!document.getElementById)
var r = false;
else var r = true;
At the end:
return r;
Why use all that complex if/else code when the above (or adding the DOM API) would've done?
I use a browser detect (very bad desicion, but I needed to). Mozilla and all none-IE browsers totally screw up everything, so I disabled it. It will be fixed in the redesign (if I do it), but for now I punish these browsers. Yes. What a bad designer I am. Can we change the subject?
I recently agreed to make a web page for my wife. I hade coded a little html in the mid-90's when things were much simpler (and boring by today's standards). I figured I'd better come up to speed before starting. Wouldn't you know, of all the web design books at Border's, I picked Zeldman's DWWS. Lucky me.
Imagine my frustration in trying show a LOT of images (my wife Rebecca is a lampwork glass bead artist) AND use css AND make it compliant AND make it smooth. Dang.
Anyway, I came up with something that is akin to Mr. Keith's idea but different. Take the code if you find it useful. http://www.rebeccas-beads.com
Thank you Mr. Zeldman and other standards proponents.
Actually it's IE that's screwed up. Of course it represents the majority of browsers out there, so making sure things work on it is a good thing. But being able to code once and distribute to any client is the ideal. If IE were compliant, then we wouldn't have to come up with so many hacks just to make a site behave as we expect.
Finally, if your site is any indication, then yes you are a very bad designer. But then you don't care about that anyway do you Dante?
Hi, this may be really simple, but I was wondering if it's possible to either make the image or caption a link? If so, an example would be greatly appreciated!
Frankly I don't care about people calling my design bad anymore. People like you don't visit my site, anyway. My site was aimed at people looking for info on San Francisco History, which flowed smoothly. Maybe that failed, but I'm fixing it. So go ahead and sue me for trying to help people.
Ian, just wanted to express my (belated but still very) sincere thanks to you for figuring out what was wrong with my script there.
Your suggestions worked perfectly, and they taught me a lot of valuable stuff about JavaScript and the DOM. Thanks many bunches.
I don't help people. I give maymay a lot of advice, even though I didn't solve it. And no thank yous.
Just kidding.
Awesome script! Just what I've been looking for.
I've been trying to figure out where I can add a bookmark tag somewhere on this script, so whenever I click on an image it will display <image.jpg> and also make a call to the bookmark on the page.
Thanks first.
I think this is a great little script. I was just wondering if it would be difficult to make the image that javascript intercepts a link to a larger image. So, when I click on the text link it shows the preview, and then when the preview is clicked (the link that javascript intercepts) it opens a larger version of that image in a new window.
I applied the techniques in this article to an existing page, and I must have some simple puncuation in the code wrong (even though I cut and pasted most of it)
Does anyone have a working sample of these gallery using image thumbnails? I may be able to get mine working by looking at someone else's.
Is it possibile to link the target image to a larger version of the image?
Paul: I successfully executed using thumbnails on this site: http://summerinnbnb.com/haines.php
An interesting note about the caption area… I found that if your placeholder text is say two lines long, and you replace it with a caption that's 3 lines long you may run into issues with some browsers (Safari being one of them, didn't test beyond that). The issue I ran into was that the third line gets cut off when you click on an image with a 3 line caption. I kinda had to hack to fix it – by forcing my placeholder text to be extra large, adding a few br's and a non-breaking space.
Is it possible to format the caption area at all, like adding a in the caption?
Great article, thanks again ALA. I did find a problem in Safari though. If your images are not exactly the same size they will be stretched, matching the size of the largest image (I tried it with images of same height different widths, but assume the reverse is also true). I did not specify height or width in code (exactly the same as in the article) & it works fine in IE5.5 Win, Win/Mac Firbird/Firefox, and Camino. I did not change the javascript at all, just copy and paste from the article. I am running Panther 10.3.3, Safari 1.2.1.
This may be a fairly basic problem for those with more experience, but being new to JavaScripting….
What I would like is to have the caption provided not by the Title element, but instead along the lines of a PHP include?
I guess pseudo-code for this would look something like this…
…where I assume myCaption would be a text string passed to a function within the JavaScript that would then display the contents of the file 01.txt.
Is this sort of thing possible? Either code and/or pointers to resources/examples would be appreciated.
Thanks for taking the time to write this article. Its been quite helpful.
Hey Jeremy, thanks for that – very useful – and I even substituted thumnails for the text and it looks neat, but I found a problem….
You say it works for IE 5+ (PC and Mac), but my version of IE (Mac 5.2.3) opens the larger images like they were a link to another page which means I lose all my lovely page formatting and I'm forced to use the back button.
Any suggestions why it would do that?
Love this script and would like to use it. It's not working for me in Netscape 7.1, and I just went through all the comments here. None of the examples work in NS7.1 (except for Rebecca's beads – absolutely beautiful, by the way!) Works fine in IE6 and Moz.
Here's my attempt:
Here's a screenshot. I want it to look like it does in IE:
Would appreciate some help! Thanks!
My bad! There was a problem with my NS profile. AOK now. Love the script! Thanks!
I also love this image gallery. I really need these previous / next buttons though. I thought maybe this can be accomplished using a bit of javascript and using display:none? Or changing the Z-index using javascript? Does anybody know how to do that?
Please only use the following browsers in your comparisons.
IE 6.1 (fully patched)
Opera 7.5b/7.23
Mozilla 1.7b
Firefox 0.8
Safari (1.2)
In case you didn't know IE 3,4,5, Netscape 4,4.6,4.08,6 are obsolete so let's not say i hope it can work in any of them.
Are we ever going to move forward. I might as well bring out my betamax video machine so i can watch the latest Matrix dvd disc on it, watch me start crying when i can't insert the disc.


text:
Microsoft picks over Google's Windows exit strategy
Microsoft responded to yesterday's report that Google was internally ditching the company's operating system in favour of Linux, Mac OS X Chrome OS by telling anyone that would listen that the Mountain View Chocolate Factory wasn't exactly immune to occasional security gaffes. Redmond blogger Brandon LeBlanc felt obliged to, in …
What a joke...
Does anybody dare to connect a fully patched windows install to the internet, without it running
1) a firewall
2) antivirus
3) antispyware
Nope, because it would be owned within 15 minutes.
When I switched to linux last year I was happy not to install any of the above...
That' s irony, M$!
15 mins...
You would be so lucky. It was about 30 seconds last time I tried that nonsense. Considering there are only so many IP ranges you may possibly be on and there are hundreds of thousands of pwned units scanning the "known ranges" on a constant basis, 15 minutes would be an over exaggeration :-/
...but that's just retarded.
I am a Linux man myself, but no system is invulnerable. It is insane not to use the firewall system provided to secure your PC. There are security vulnerabilities discovered regularly for all pieces of software, including FOSS.
I admit that their are few Linux virii in the wild, but they do exist. Also, you could potentially forward on an email containing an infected attachment to one of your mates unknowingly. When a free AV (such as Clam) could scan your email, and use very few resources doing so, I don't see why you would not do it. In adition, Linux virii will likely become more commonplace as it gains more of a following, so as time goes on your chances of infection will increase (and they are not zero right now).
Anti-spyware, I'll grant you, is not as big a deal. But the others... I must point out the huge FAIL in your decision.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with the argument that Linux is "more secure"* than Windows, but only providing you use the security facilities available.
* "more secure" in quotes because it isn't the right phrase to use, but ICBA, it'll do, take it with a pinch of salt
Re: Sorry...
> I admit that their are few Linux virii in the wild, but they do exist
Really? Got a link to information on one?
RST.B to name but one ? Ive disinfected quite a few machine when I worked for a large colo.
Its manly spread by skrit kiddies who dont know they are using infected binaries.
Not in the wild...
but I had a friend 10-15yrs ago who wrote one. It did no damage, was never released into the wild and was just a bit of fun for him, but it existed.
I have also heard stories of them. I could be wrong, but as there is no technical reason they could not exist, I beleive they do.
I know for a fact that at least one exists, if not in the wild, hence my comment is almost correct. The rest of my argument, I believe, would still be valid even if no Linux virii exist.
re: petur
Yes, I do. Granted it sits behind a NAT, but what's your point? How many Windows PCs are actually directly connected to the internet these days anyway?
Had you not said FULLY PATCHED, I'd give you some credit. Not tomention my "fully patched" version of Windows already has a firewall. Please feel free to let me know what vulnerabilities I'm exposed to.
Linux viruses in the wild
There is more than one linux / posix virus out there, I'd recommend ditching the attitude that *any* operating system is immune to viruses because they all have at least one. The more popular linux distros get, the more viruses will be written for them, too ;)
@ Annihilator
Windows firewall is easy enough to bypass so i really would not be putting any trust in their level of security. Granted it renders you immune to most "in the wild" worms that are circulating but if you have anything worth protecting on your PC then a slightly more robust firewall is in order.
Re: Linux viruses in the wild and RST.B
Malware is not the same as a virus. The thing about a virus is that it has a way of spreading itself, normally via email.
To the best of my knowledge no Linux email system will allow automatic execution of received code, so viruses can't spread themselves. I don't think there are any Linux email clients which will just blindly execute received code even if someone clicks on it. It doesn't matter how popular the OS gets, if viruses can't spread, there are no viruses. Built in security via good design is a tricky concept for a lot of people to understand...
RST.B is a proof of concept of how to infect an ELF executable. It has no way of spreading itself so is harmless unless someone is daft enough to run it. If I send someone "sudo rm -rf /" and the recipient is daft enough to make it executable then execute it there's not much hope, but it's hardly a security issue to pin on the OS.
I dare
I have done so for over 10 years without being penetrated. I don't use software firewalls on computers, or anti-virus or any anti-spyware. Never had any need for them. But then I know how to spot a risk and either avoid it or sandbox it if it cannot be avoided.
Software firewalls and anti-malware tools are for folks who need that extra comfort blanket.
I hate to be pedantic here, but I don't think virii means quite what you think it does.
Virii roughly translates to Man
The plural of Virus, belive it or not is Viruses
Sorry, but it's a bug bear
Re: Linux viruses in the wild and RST.B
seriously I can keep pulling them out ???
There have been in the past and there is nothing to stop them in the future. Bruteforce viruses exist for ssh etc. As a security expert said if you unplug your machine from every wire encase it in concrete and dump it in the middle of the Atlantic then it might just might be secure.
Re : Linux viruses in the wild and RST.B →
Best of luck with the brute force ssh attempts !
If it requires the user to run a binary its a Trojan, not a virus.
The weakness of Windows over the years is it could be compromised from outside with no user action.
Linux and FOSS may have privilege or remote code execution fails but all the ones I've heard of require a local user with an account on the system to run some dodgy binary or click a link to a malicious site that uses a script or Flash to mess with your system.
No OS/App is perfect, just some are way closer than others.
Virii is correct plural form
Umm... Actually, "virii" *is* the correct plural form of "virus". Back in the DOS days, this was the common spelling. Just like "radii" is the plural form of "radius".
Yep, You're right
Evidently Google doesn't do it either.
Fully patched windows?
Well apart from the difficulty in fully patching windows before you expose it to the internet - yeah sure.
If it's fully patched up I would (and have) popped it on the DMZ with the firewall off - I wouldn't advise anyone do it full time (like I wouldn't advise a linux user to run as root with all services running as root and no firewall) but if you want to test something for a few hours, it's fine.
FYI, Windows 7 and Vista come with an integral firewall (enabled by default) and an anti-malware package (Defender). Strangely, Microsoft Security Essentials is not included but is available by download for free. Results from VirusTotal suggest the MSE is quicker to recognise new threats than several popular AV programs.
It is unwise to run any system connected to the Internet without a local firewall, regardless of the O/S concerned. Whilst many people may feel safe because their broadband routers have integral firewalls, few people check the logs regularly or have logs forwarded to their system. My previous router, like many popular broadband routers, was running a version of Busybox with such a firewall but fell victim to an exploit in which someone gained access and then altered the router's firewall policy and routing....
@Matthew Anderson
"Windows firewall is easy enough to bypass...."
How? Asking the user to switch it off and ignore the ensuing messages in red doesn't count.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_form_of_words_ending_in_-us#Virus
Erm.... No
You're correct about Radius, but not Virus.
Wikipedia probably isnt the best reference to use, but I'm short of time
You'll aslo find the same in an epsiode of QI, various forums and notice a distinct lack of the term virii on etymology sites!
RE: re: petur
"Not tomention my "fully patched" version of Windows already has a firewall. Please feel free to let me know what vulnerabilities I'm exposed to."
I wouldn't trust any security package from MS. If their other software is anything to go by, their firewall is probably about as hard to get through as a wet paper bag.
"How many Windows PCs are actually directly connected to the internet these days anyway?"
Err, lots. Granny gets the little box from BT and plugs one end into the wall and the computer into the other end...
OK, my appologies
I am not infullable*, I made an assumption about the plural of virus.
If it's not virii, then it's a common mistake to make. I'll look into it.
* you may notice the Red Dwarf reference... then again you may not. :)
Granny isn't technically directly connected to the net then, the box from BT will have NAT on it which isn't the best defence but it's still a 'layer', although wide spread use of IPv6 will make NAT pretty useless in terms of defence.
I did notice the Dwarf reference, and believe it or not it shed some light on a dark day! So my thanks to you :-D
I'll see your Linux virus and I'll raise you..
..a CP/M virus.
Yup. Written by me (no payload just the infection bit) for CP/M 3 on the Amstrad CPC range of computers. Not sure about the exact date but presumably late 1980s.
Since most machines only had 3" floppy drives and most people rebooted when they wanted to switch applications it probably never would have been much of a threat to world civilisation :)
Tbh most of what I remember is the sheer hell of trapping BDOS calls then the excitement of updating allocation information to patch in my code changes. Ah - the happy carefree days of student life :D
You're so awesome. I think I'll apply your principals to my production systems. After all, you apparently have it all figured out.
Layered security is the proven method of securing ANY machine/network. So why poo poo a software firewall if it is part of a wider security platform? Oh, thats right, because you know it all....
If 'virii'=='man':
Then we have exactly described the problem.
... on you...
Post your IP address, and put your money where your mouth / arse is...
"It is insane not to use the firewall system provided to secure your PC"
Here is a quick question for you. How many ports does a desktop oriented linux distro have open and listening for connections in a default install?
If the answer is less than 1 then there is no urgent need to run a firewall at all.
Don't assume that becauseWindows *desktops* listen on an insane number of ports by default that Linux ones do to.
re: invincible Windows
(note the date!)
Any questions?
Yup, that's an XP exploit, but I wouldn't doubt even one second that Mafia$oft's security practices regarding Windows 7 aren't fundamentally better, since it's the _behaviour_ and the security _process_ not so much the _system implementation_ that counts.
Mass noun in Latin
Virus comes to English from Latin. The Latin word vīrus (the ī indicates a long i) means "poison; venom", denoting the venom of a snake. This Latin word is probably related to the Greek ἰός (ios) meaning "venom" or "rust" and the Sanskrit word visham meaning "toxic, poison".[2]
Since vīrus in antiquity denoted something uncountable, it was a mass noun. Mass nouns — such as air, rice, and helpfulness in English — pluralize only under special circumstances, hence the non-existence of plural forms in the texts.[3]
It is unclear how a plural might have been formed under Latin grammar if the word had acquired a meaning requiring a plural form. In Latin vīrus is generally regarded as a neuter of the second declension, but neuter second declension nouns ending in -us (rather than -um) are so rare that there are no recorded plurals. Neuter nouns of other declensions always end in -a (in the nominative, accusative and vocative), but even if we were to apply this rule to vīrus, it would be conjecture to guess whether this should give us vīra, vīrua, or something else. There simply is no known plural for this word in Classical Latin.
In Neo-Latin, a plural form is necessary, in order to express the modern concept of 'viruses'. Dictionaries such as Whitaker's Words therefore treat it as a second-declension noun with the following fairly ordinary forms:
singular plural
nominative vīrus vīra
vocative vīrus/vīre vīra
accusative vīrus vīra
genitive vīrī vīrōrum
dative vīrō vīrīs
ablative vīrō vīrīs
This is a title
Petur - you are best off having some sort of firewall, even with Linux. It's easy to forget services you have running. Just being behind a NAT box is better than nothing, but if your PC is connected directly to the interwebs, it's safest to use a firewall - https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/keeping-safe/C/firewall.html
2 and 3 are right though.
In Linux...
petur: You didn't need to install them because
1) Built into the linux kernel (if the distro sets it up right)
2) Don't open ports, don't allow random code to act as services running as root
3) Have a nice secure SELinux config setup.
Assume you've got your security in line and you may even be able to reflect a targeted attack. Of course the confusion over targeted vs blanket continues to spread, everything is simply 'security', not running random crap on untrusted devices/websites is a good way to be blanket secure and is probably where Microsoft still falls down.
"Windows is known for being vulnerable to attacks by hackers and more susceptible to computer viruses than other operating system" could not be supported by the facts.
I think you will find that it does, if nothing more than sheer market saturation making it a worthwhile target.
Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with Windows fine desktop O/S. However just like the shitty little padlocks you get with your new suitcase, you wouldn't use them as is, you'd get something a little stronger to make sure, like cable ties and decent locks. Same with Windows, everyone who buys Windows, always leaves the shop via the security stand, just ensure they pick up an AV(irus)/AM(alware)/AS(pyware) package.
Not everybody
I don't ever leave a shop via the security stand. I think the free alternatives are mostly better than a lot of the stuff you need to pay for.
Or atleast cheaper, and use less resources. Just my experience as in the UK the only AV etc shops seem to sell is Norton, and in PC world the main price they show for a machine includes Norton, with the "stand alone" price in smaller text below.
Guess buying it in store makes it easier for somebody with little computer knowledge like somebodies Nan or something.
Use MS Security Essentials - does the job.
There saved £30.
RE: Errrm...
"Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with Windows fine desktop O/S. However ... everyone who buys Windows, always leaves the shop via the security stand, just ensure they pick up an AV(irus)/AM(alware)/AS(pyware) package."
So, you've pinpointed something that's wrong with Windows almost immediately - "Security".
Do you want me to tell you a few other things? (The most obvious one is that when you want to "stop" the system you first have to click on "start". A usability analysts nightmare!)
Huh? You think Linux is easy to shutdown?
If you were Windows a user wanting to shutdown your box I could tell you over the phone with no hesitation. I'd also suggest that while clicking 'start' to stop is a bit odd everyone knows that everything is on that menu anyway.
If you are a Linux user I have to ask you twenty questions first before I could work out how to do it.
can't agree
I tried to cancel my Xbox live subscription recently - and the veins are still pulsating on my forehead. Much as MS piss me off, I have to point out that it's not Windows' inferiority as a product that causes it to be universally targeted by hackers. It's the fact it's so ubiquitous. What hacker is going to waste his time causing grief for users of Black Hat Arse Edition v1.45458372 with its user base of seven? You'll have noticed a couple of stories about Mac-focused attacks in the tech news recently. This will be down to Apple's recent success drawing attention to the platform. The reality is that Windows is titanium armour plated compared to less popular OSs.
Jeez I feel dirty now. I'm off to shit in my xbox. I'll show you a ring of death, you bastard.
Someone who hasn't missed the point entirely! the security risk to ANY OS is directly proportional to market share (ubiquity). How about all the linux folk who've posted here telling us that you don't need added protection for your uber-OS come and post again once ChromeOS has been released and started gaining traction?
As a linux varint (IIRC?) it's only a matter of time before the hordes fleeing to Google from MS, and subsequently all Linux users, find themselves the objects of affection of a new generation of black hats coding not for Windoze but for OSX ChromeOS and Linux.
"Someone who hasn't missed the point entirely! the security risk to ANY OS is directly proportional to market share (ubiquity)."
What a load of old rubbish. The security risk to any operating system is *inversely* proportional to the amount of Clue applied to the subject by those who make it. You're assuming that every programmer is as stupid as the MS ones.
There's a few people at MS who know what they're doing.
If there were a LOT of people at MS who knew what they're doing then Windows wouldn't top the pwned charts quite so reliably.
"...coding not for Windoze but for OSX ChromeOS and Linux."
So, which distro? Which patch level(s)? Which browser?
Some of it can be guessed at (esp. in OSX), but stop and think about this for a moment... popping a *nix box isn't as simple, nor is it as straightforward.
As for the marketshare claptrap, will someone kindly explain why MacOS 9,8,7, etc had a rather decent pile of viruses floating about for them, but OSX blackhats are forced to rely on trojans and extremely stupid users to get their wares installed?
( g'wan, say the same for Windows, but read this first: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20006478-245.html )
As for this bit:
"the security risk to ANY OS is directly proportional to market share (ubiquity). "
If that were true, then 5-10% of all malware out right now should be OSX-related... instead the number is (roughly) 0.001% (give or take a decimal place).
Now - all that said... the truth lies somewhere in-between. Yes there are market-share factors, but anyone who claims it to be the end-all be-all is a fool. Likewise for anyone who claims that any OS is infallible.
Umm, no. Not true.
"The security risk to ANY OS is directly proportional to market share (ubiquity)"
I think you forgot to add ".. and system design". The reason MS has such a massive problem is that the OS wasn't built from the ground up for process and user separation, they only started working on that since about Win NT 4. The "others" share the Unix heritage of default user and process segregation, so don't have to start from scratch.
Sure, other OS can suffer malware - no OS will ever fix a room temperature user IQ - but it's much harder to hose the box by accident, even if it's fresh out of the box*. I'm writing this from a Windows desktop, left is the new Macbook Pro, on my right is a laptop with OpenSuSE and virtual box to run suspect Windows files, so I'm fairly familiar with most platforms..
(*) Amusing fact: just bought a Macbook, and guess what was the first thing it did? Patching -- and asking for a reboot..
So market share is the only factor?
You think that OS architecture and careful implementation have nothing to do with it, then? Cosdwallop! All OS's are NOT created equal. Some are better than others. Most are better than WIndows.
Of course some of the black hats will target Linux and Mac OS X. And there will certainly be some issues. But nothing like the disaster that MS has left us with - millions of zombies worldwide.
"The reality is that Windows is titanium armour plated compared to less popular OSs."
You forgot to select the "Joke Alert" icon there mate.
Have you read El Reg before? About once per week (sometimes more) there is an article about how Windows systems are now able to be compromised in a new and exciting way. Hardly "titanium armour plated".
"That type of self-defeating behaviour..."
Then why does Google leave a choice for mac OS X? Isn't that defeat?
Chrome OS is for netbooks. I would be seriously amazed if it could be used to compile code or do anything else than access Google's online products. It's a kind of Andriod on steroids.
Google wants to be independent of any technology from another company. One can see that, because all the technology Google uses, is open source. Using mac OS X, that uses open standards to connect to the outside world, or Linux which offers complete control, Google's IT infrastructure becomes 100% vendor independent.
Their desktop client was the last piece of vendor lock-in they had. Removing that makes a lot of business sense. because it drives down costs. And also generates more knowledge about open source. Which can then be used to offer more advertisements (<-Google's core business remember?).
So the whole security thing is a smoke screen. Some of it is true of course, all of Microsoft products are insecure by design, but it's mostly a nice phun towards Microsoft. An easy score.
Chrome < Android
>"Chrome OS is for netbooks".
It's a thin client OS. It's perfect for a huge business. It just sits there and lets big servers do all the work. You don't store apps on it and you don't leave data on it.
> "It's a kind of Andriod on steroids"
No it's not. It's more like an anorexic Android stripped to it's bra and knickers.
Bra and knickers. Mmmm
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One person was taken to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident Friday morning in Madisonville.
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Electric Volt 2 Belt
Sometimes belts like these rattle or don't grip - not this one. Also, the way you can tell a cheap one of these is that the metal clamp on the end which stops the belt fraying always falls off. Mine is rock solid. Don't hesitate.
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If you have ever been talked into taking your own Guilt Trip with your family, and have the pictures to prove it, you can win your very own road trip with a seven-day voucher from Budget Rent A Car, valued at $1,400. All you have to do is submit your road trip photo to Instagram with the hashtag #GuiltTripPics to enter for your chance to win. to check out some of the most recent submissions, and for the official rules.
Paramount has also launched the website WhyDidITeachMyMomToText.com, featuring a number of humorous text messages between mothers and sons. You can also submit your own texts to be featured on the site as well.
The Guilt Trip was released December 25th, 2012 and stars Yvonne Strahovski, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott, Colin Hanks, Barbra Streisand, Kathy Najimy, Danny Pudi, Casey Wilson. The film is directed by Anne Fletcher.


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Nicole Webster, Ph.D.
- 2002, Ph.D., Michigan State University
- 1992, M.S., Michigan State University
- 1993, B.S., University of Florida
Research Areas:
Civic Engagement / Social Change
/ Service Learning
Positive Youth Development
Minority and At-Risk Youth
Research Focus / Projects:
My research focuses on understanding the impact of service learning experiences on youth and young adults in school and community-based settings. My emphasis is on service learning and outreach as an intervention tool for minority youth in marginalized low-income communities.
Professional Associations:
- International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)- www.aera.net
- Minoritites in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS)- www.manrrs.org
- Caribbean Studies Assocation (CSA) - http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org
Honors / Awards:
William Henson Diversity Award. College of Agricultural Sciences. (2011).
John Glenn Service-Learning Scholar. The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at The Ohio State University recognizes twenty-five scholars whose scholarship efforts contribute to advancing the understanding of or adoption of service-learning, with specific emphasis on K-12 education. (2007).
Emerging Scholar. A research based project funded by Brandeis University's Center for Youth and Communities (CYC), CIRCLE, and the International Center for Research on Civic Engagement and Service-Learning (ICR-CESL) at the University of California, Berkeley that recognized and provided support and encouragement for a new generation of diverse service-learning researchers. (2007).
Emerging Scholar Award, Honored at the 6th Annual International Conference in Service Learning Research (November 2006).
Joan Luerssen Faculty / Horace T. Woodward Faculty Enhancement Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences, recipient; Monetary Award of $2000 to support professional development. (2005).
Selected Publications:
Webster, N. & Ward, S. (in press). Pathways for Youth Mentoring: Merging Communities of Practice. Journal of Community Positive Practice.
Webster, N., Ganpat, W. & Chester, C. (in review). Towards a model of promoting youth development in the Caribbean through agriculture investment. Vulnerable Children & Youth Studies.
Webster, N.S., & Ganpat, W. (2012, in press). Career Perceptions and Caribbean Secondary Youth. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension.
Webster, N. & Arends, J. (2012). Perspective Transformation and International Service-Learning: An Insider's Look Through Stephanie's Story. Journal of College and Character, 13(2), available online at http://journals.naspa.org/jcc/vol13/iss2/6
Webster, N. & Martin, C. (2011). A Method for Improving the Educationof Latino Students in Charter Schools. In Stewart & Webster (eds.). Cultural tension and dynamics in service learning. Information Age Publishing. Greensboro, NC.
Webster, N. & Ganpat, W. (2011). Constructing meaning of education and development for urban youth in the Caribbean. Commissioned paper for the St. Vincent and Grenadine Ministry of Education.
Prins, E. & Webster, N. (2010). Student identities and the tourist gaze in international service-learning: A university project in Belize. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 14(1), pp. 5-32.
Ganpat, W. & Webster, N. (2010). An agricultural apprenticeship program for youth in Trinidad, West Indies: Can it meet the Caribbean's urgent need for younger farmers? Journal of Youth Development, Bridging Research & Practice, 5(1), pp. 43-53.
Dunlap, M. & Webster, N. (2009). Enhancing Inter-Cultural Competence through Civic Engagement. Civic Engagement in Higher Education/Creating Opportunities for College Students to Learn about and Practice Civic Engagement (pp. 140-153). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.
Webster, N. (2007). Enriching School Connection and Learning in African American Urban Youth: The Impact of a Service-Learning Feasibility Project in Inner City Philadelphia. In S. Gelmon & S. Billig (Eds.), From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Service-Learning Research, Advances in Service Learning Research.
Webster, N. (2005). Racial socialization and youth activism. In Sherrod, L., Flanagan, C. A., & Kassimir, R. (Eds.). Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia. (pp. 520-521). Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
Aronson, K. R, Webster, N. S., Parker, J., Reason, R., Ingram, P., Mitchell, K. (2005). Developing Plans for a Randomized Control Trial to Evaluate a Conceptual Model of Service-Learning. In J. Callahan, S. Root, S. Billig (Eds.), Improving Service-Learning Practice: Research on Models to Enhance Impacts, Advances in Service Learning Research (pp. 82-91). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Books and book chapters:
Stewart, T. & Webster, N. (Eds.). (2011). Cultural Tensions and Dynamics in Service Learning. Information Age Publishing.
Stewart, T. & Webster, N. (Eds.) (2010). Problematizing the Culture of Service Learning. Information Age Publishing.
Current International Research Projects:
South Africa-- research with the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and the University of Limpopo and the University of Venda on rural youth invovlement in agriculture
Trinidad-- research project with the University of West Indies on youth development and agriculture engagement


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Synopsis: The death of an apparently friendless woman hits home with Ruth (Frances Conroy) in this episode of HBO's Six Feet Under. When Emily Previn (Christine Estabrook) chokes to death, Fisher & Sons can't find anyone to attend the funeral, but Ruth takes it upon herself to make the event special anyway. David (Michael C. Hall) tries to forge a special friendship with blind date Ben Cooper (Adam Scott), but the nascent romance is interrupted by David's cop ex-boyfriend, Keith (Mathew St. Patrick). Distraught ... Full Synopsis


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Tips to help your entire Sandwich Generation family prepare for outages – whether power or equipment. Don't forget the WATER and BATTERIES!
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Fulfilled Scriptural prophecies are wonderfully encouraging Bible verses to share with our grandkids. Here are some cute clipart coloring pages…
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Coming to America
In 1982, the Craigheads decided to go east—quite a distance east—to the West Coast of the United States. After sharing a house in Los Angeles with their pastors from Hong Kong, Craighead started to look for work. "I went to an ASIS Los Angeles Chapter meeting because I'd bumped into someone who told me about it. As you walked through the door, you got a raffle ticket for a door prize. Well, I won, and the prize had a fellow's business card attached to it," he recalls. "I called him up that afternoon and thanked him and asked 'By the way, do you have jobs available?' He said there was something, and I was told to come in for an interview. So, I went for the interview the next day, and two nights later I was running around in a patrol vehicle as a field supervisor inspecting accounts! So it was ASIS that led to my first job here."
In his position as district manager with Pedus Security Services, which he remained in until late 1987, Craighead learned a great deal about the contract security business. He worked for a former Los Angeles County Sheriff, Fred Dickey, and the president of the company, Timothy Gilmore, CPP, who encouraged employees to earn ASIS's Certified Protection Professional® (CPP) designation. The managers were told that if they studied for the CPP and took the written examination, the Protection of Assets Manual, exam fee, and other costs would be covered. In addition, he says, "If you passed, you got an increase in salary. So, I studied and I got the CPP just under a year later…. I received a $100 monthly increase in salary."
On high. While Craighead was studying for the CPP, his company's client, the 62-story First Interstate Tower (now the Aon Center), lost its security director. Located in Los Angeles, the tower was at that time the tallest building west of the Mississippi. Craighead interviewed for the position, even though he had no extensive experience in high rises. The property manager who interviewed him was a tough New Yorker who seemed impressed when Craighead said, "I will tell you what you need to know, and I will never lie to you." Pedus Security Services was quickly notified of Craighead's selection. "I think it was that honesty thing," Craighead reflects. "He wanted someone he could trust."
After starting in his position at the tower, Craighead often wished there was a manual on how to run a security and fire-life-safety program in the high-rise environment, because no guidebooks existed in the mid-1980s. "I started dissecting the building and learning how all the systems worked. And I started keeping files," he states.
One of the issues at First Interstate Tower was that it did not possess a sprinkler system. These systems were not required in Los Angeles' office towers in 1973, the year the building was completed. In May 1988, years after Craighead left the tower, a massive fire destroyed five floors, killed an engineer who was investigating the incident using an elevator, and injured 40 others. The high rise suffered more than $50 million in damages.
"It was a really big incident here," he says, and ultimately led to changes in the way buildings were operated in Los Angeles, including immediate notification of the fire department when an incident occurs, certification of fire-life-safety consultants working at high-rise buildings, and formal approval of building emergency plans.
By the time of the fire, Craighead was working for American Protective Services, eventually becoming a regional manager for contract security operations in Southern California, reporting to a retired police captain, Sam D'Amico, and a retired U.S. Marine Corps General, Art Bloomer. (In 1999, the company was purchased by Securitas.) Craighead had joined that company in 1987 and was still with it in February 1993 when the World Trade Center in New York City was bombed by Islamic terrorists. "It was a watershed event in high-rise security," he says, and it made him think, once again, about writing a book.
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Victoria's Secret Swim 2012: Behind the Scenes (by VICTORIASSECRET)
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Cotton lingerie commercial with Miranda Kerr. This should be on tv 24/7
Dec 16, 2011
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Julia - Sixy Second Portrait - shot on Canon 7D (by stevecarty). Fascinating
Nov 28, 2011
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Cinematic Opening (ENG) (by thekayous)
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Think different
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify and vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as crazy, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Oct 5, 2011
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Al Green - Rainin' In My Heart (Live Acoustic)somebody stop the rain!
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HARREY PODDER: Say the Magic Word (by stodoe)
I thought it was pretty funny :)
Jul 16, 2011
Out of Sight (by any31332), a wonderful little animated short.
May 31, 2011
Insensible is one of my favorite songs of Mandalay, from their album Empathy.
I've been listening to this group a lot lately, and to the singer's solo effort called Passive Aggressive (the singer's name's Nicola Hitchcock).
Anyway, enjoy this cool song, and have a nice day :)
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford is back on the field for spring practice and ready to face a familiar challenge.
With a blue sky and a setting sun providing a colorful California backdrop, the two-time defending Pac-12 champions began the first half of its split spring practice schedule Monday. The theme is practically an annual tradition: replacing several starters headed to the NFL and coaches who have moved on to other jobs.


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I put a bunch of rope in the trunk of my car and drove out to the Gorge Metro Park, just down the street from where I lived. My plan was to carry that rope out as far away from people as I could, find a sturdy tree and do the deed. But when I stepped out of my car I saw some kids playing in the field right near the parking lot. I realized I could never find a spot far enough off the path where there wasn't some chance a little kid out for a hike, or a young couple looking for a make-out spot, or an old man with a picnic basket and a picture of his late wife might find me. Then I thought about my mom and how bummed out she'd be if I killed myself. And I thought about my friend "Iggy" Morningstar who'd killed himself about ten years earlier and how I was still not over that. I put the rope back in the trunk and went home.
That day changed me forever. I decided to live. But I also decided I was no longer bound to anything that came before that day. I decided that conceptually I had already killed myself. Now I could do anything, absolutely anything at all.
All the greatest things that have happened to me in my life have happened since that day. Things have been so incredible since then that I sometimes wonder if I'm the main character in some weird existentialist movie and that there'll be a twist ending in which the audience will realize that I really did kill myself that day.
If you're contemplating suicide, my advise is go ahead and kill yourself. But don't do it with a rope or a gun or a knife or a handful of pills. Don't do it by destroying your body. Do it by cutting off your former life and going in a completely new direction. I know that's not easy. I know it might even seem impossible. If you'd have asked me before that Spring day in 1992 I would have told you it was absolutely impossible for me to do any of the things I've done since that day. At first it seemed like I was right, that it was futile to even try to get out of the morass I was in. It took more than a year of very hard effort before things started to change even a little bit. But when they did, they really changed."
During World War One, 10% of all casualties were civilians.
During World War Two, the number of civilian deaths rose to 50%.
During the Vietnam War, 70% of all casualties were civilians.
In the war in Iraq, civilians account for up to 90% of all deaths."


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Has SBN Stopped Being Useful?
I think that the Security Bloggers Network (SBN) is amazing, so please don't misinterpret this post... I've provided the domain for the website and host a mailing list (although it was infrequently used even during the 2 months when people used it). Yet I have to wonder if it is perhaps becoming a little too large and if it requires a filter.
I know there have been debates in the past over whether or not SBN was full of noise and you can't really debate that... but it's full of noise in the way that twitter is full of noise... most of the noise is useful.
Let's take a look at the BrickHouse Security blog... first it should be stated that BrickHouse is an online storefront selling GPS Trackers, Spy Equipment, etc. Now let's look at some of their recent blog posts...
Taconic Car Accident Tragedy Could Have Been Avoided with Technology- For anyone who hasn't read it, or can't guess from the title... it's a blog post about a woman dying in a car accident... at least the first two paragraphs are. The second two? A write-up on how if she'd had a GPS Tracker in her car, she'd still be alive... Wait! What does BrickHouse sell again? Oh yeah... GPS Trackers. <-- I hope other people's stomachs turned... because mine sure did.
How about this post, spread FUD explaining bump keys (first thought: "Wait.. hasn't this been discussed everywhere for a couple years now, why bring this up now?"). Then I reached the last two paragraphs that contained the solution to bump keys... Biometric Locks -- Conventiently sold by BrickHouse Security (including a link to them)... with the following text:
These tools are the first step towards having a secure home and for thwarting the steps criminals take to get around security measures. As long as homeowners are smart and realize the technology that is at their disposal, the bogeyman will fade away.
I see... they can protect me. After all, we've never, NEVER, never seen biometrics bypassed!
I honestly don't see any value add from blogs like this being included with in SBN.


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I have always loved seeing naked women, who doesn't? But over time I've learned that while pics of naked girls are fine and dandy, I was always curious about what they looked like clothed, too. Here is where I plan to collect and share the images I find that best embody the fun and sexiness behind seeing a girl clothed, then seeing what's under those clothes.
Also, I have this setup to allow picture submission, so feel free to share your favorite clothed/unclothed images.


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Jason Witten was unable to pull in a reception from Tony Romo with just over one minute left in the Giants and Cowboys Sunday afternoon match-up on FOX, and in the process he took out a FOX 'sound technician.' Witten just missed grabbing the pass from Romo, but his momentum carried him out of bounds and directly into a sound technician on the sidelines. The sound guy was no match for the Cowboys tight end and ended up on the ground. Article found on: Cosby Sweaters
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OO website page: Occupy Oakland events and news.
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
Oakland/Bay Area Office:
2501 International Blvd, Suite D, Oakland, CA 94601
A nationwide movement of debt resistors fighting for economic justice and democratic freedom.
A Strike Debt project that has bought up and forgiven nearly $15 million in random U.S. medical debt at less than five cents on the dollar.


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Dragonflies symbolize the illusion of light, thoughts and dreams in this knitted interpretation featuring lace, beads and Estonian gathered stitches.
This design combines lace eyelets, beads, decrease stitch outlines, gathered stitches, stockinette and garter stitch to provide the details of the dragonflies against a ground of reverse stockinette. The dreamy reflection of light and shadow is framed with columns of small beads and gathered stitches.
Construction: knitted flat in one piece from end to end
Beading Techniques: the larger beads are placed with a crochet hook; the smaller beads are pre-strung and pushed into place between purl stitches
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Luxurious brown lined jewelry storage compartments are hidden inside of this unique Cheval Jewelry Wardrobe™ by Powell while enabling you to use it as a full length mirror as well. The mirror adjusts to three different angles with shiny exterior mirror knobs. Open the wardrobe to reveal storage for rings, earrings, bracelets, broaches and other accessories. This wardrobe has a marquis cherry finish and has antique brass hooks that are ideal for hanging necklaces and chains. Assembly is required and this wardrobe ships via UPS/FedEx Ground.
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The quality offered by The GEM Hotel - Midtown is well worth its 3 stars. A useful transport option, Penn station can be easily reached from the hotel. Times Square and Radio City Music Hall can easily be reached on foot from the hotel. Bryant Park, Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center can be reached following a short walk from here. Museum choices close by include Madame Tussauds and Michael Perez Pop Art Gallery.
You can also bask in the presence of a smoking area at The GEM Hotel - Midtown. Beneficial services such as a fax service and a luggage storage, along with an express check-in/out service, can be to your advantage. In total, there are 39 rooms here.
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-BEFORE YOU BOOK THE BAND: The Flobots receive many performance requests from cool groups of folks who are passionate about music and social change, but new to the business of setting up concerts. If you fit this description, here's a few things to consider before you reach out to our booking agent.
-Stage/Sound System: Flobots does not provide these. You would need to secure a stage and sound system prior to booking the band.
-Crew: The band generally does not perform without a minimum of 1-2 crew members who are essential to making sure the sound is top quality. Even in the case of benefit or donated shows, the cost of crew members must be taken into account.
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-Budget: Be prepared to discuss the budget available for the show. As mentioned above, even if you are requesting that the proceeds toward a cause, costs such as travel, crew, and accommodations must be anticipated.
-Collaboration: We get many requests from school clubs working on great causes, many of them very similar! We encourage you to reach out to other groups and work together. This allows you to pool the resources needed to put together a show.