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Visualforce is the component-based user interface framework for the Force.com platform. The framework includes a tag-based markup language, similar to HTML. Each Visualforce tag corresponds to a coarse or fine-grained user interface component, such as a section of a page, or a field. Visualforce boasts about 100 built-in components, and a mechanism whereby developers can create their own components.
Visualforce uses the traditional model-view-controller (MVC) paradigm, with the option to use auto-generated controllers for database objects, providing simple and tight integration with the database. You can write your own controllers, or extensions to controllers, using Apex Code. Visualforce also provides AJAX components, and embeds the formula expression language for action, data and component binding interaction.
This article introduces Visualforce. It illustrates the major areas of functionality, provides an example of the MVC paradigm in action, shows how to include database integration, and demonstrates how to create your own components.
A developer creates Visualforce pages by composing components, HTML, and optional styling elements on the Force.com platform. Just like HTML, Visualforce can integrate with any standard web technology or JavaScript framework to allow for a more animated and rich user interface. Each page is then accessible by a unique URL. When someone accesses a page, the server renders the page.
As the figure above illustrates, pages are constructed on the server and depending on the logic behind the page may interact with the database, invoke external web service calls, or both, before returning the view to the client (browser). In fact:
Let's see how this works in a little more detail.
This section provides a quick overview of a simple Visualforce page, followed by some aspects of the MVC model. A simple example should give you a feel for Visualforce. Here's the code for a Visualforce page:
<apex:page standardController="Account"> <apex:form> <apex:pageBlock title="Edit Account for {!$User.FirstName}"> <apex:pageMessages/> <apex:pageBlockButtons> <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!save}"/> </apex:pageBlockButtons> <apex:pageBlockSection> <apex:inputField value="{!account.name}"/> </apex:pageBlockSection> </apex:pageBlock> </apex:form> </apex:page>
page component wraps every Visualforce page, and its
standardController attribute lets us make use of standard, automatically-generated, controller technology.
pageBlockButtons and
pageBlockSection tags provide standard Salesforce styling for a section in a page, similar to what you see on a detail page.
inputField generates an appropriate input element, depending on the type of the field.
commandButton renders a button, which when pushed, invokes a standard method called
save() on the controller.
When you visit the page with your browser, the platform renders it, producing something like the following:
There are some important aspects to this page:
Account standard controller retrieved a record from the database considering the record Id found in the request (i.e., the URL), and made it available to the Visualforce page automatically.
$User variable provides access to details of the currently logged-in user.
{!account.name} expression retrieved the metadata associated with the
name field of the
Account object, rendered an appropriate input element, and initialized with the value from the Account retrieved from the database.
name field on Account is automatically displayed, and the input is highlighted as required by virtue of the
inputField component having been nested within a
save() method on the controller provides a means of persisting the object back to the database. Had there not been a record in the request, this same action would attempt an insert of the account information provided in the form.
pageMessages component.
The ease with which you can create powerful user interfaces that are tightly bound with the metadata, database, and controller layer is a key aspect of Visualforce. The following sections examine much of the functionality behind Visualforce.
Visualforce pages are rendered on the server, and displayed on a client, typically a web browser. As such, they have server-side access to data and logic. Modern platforms will separate the database, model, and view out into separate layers. This gives you modularity, clear separation of concerns, and containment — ultimately making your application easier to code and maintain.
The following figure highlights the primary elements that comprise the capabilities of Visualforce as they pertain to the various layers of the MVC pattern illustrated in the following diagram.
In the figure:
The following figure shows the MVC layers in action with Visualforce:
Notice the following:
apex:inputField component.
apex:inputField component is bound through the expression on its value attribute to the controller's
get method on its account property.
From the above diagram, the Account Name field presented in the page was rendered by inclusion of the
apex:inputField Visualforce component. The value was derived through that component's value attribute expression, which calls into the controller layer for the get method on the controller's account property. Both the page and the controller are aware of the data structure and can interact with it directly — in this case the Account entity definition. As you can see, the expression uses simple dot notation to refer to the name field on the specific account instance.
For a full description of the database, and to Apex, the language used to code custom controllers, see An Introduction to the Force.com Database and An Introduction to Force.com Apex Code respectively. While the rest of this article may use both database and Apex functionality, it assumes you are familiar with these technologies.
Controllers and extensions provide the logic interaction and behavior for an application. Force.com provides standard controllers for all standard and custom business entities. These controllers provide access to standard platform behavior including saving, logic, and navigation. In the example above, the standard controller for account was specified so standard action methods such as save can be bound to action supporting components, such as
This is the signature for the
save action method in the standard controller:
public PageReference save() {}
Clicking the button invokes the standard save process. Navigation is managed through the
PageReference object that is returned from the method.
Custom controllers, written in Apex, deliver the flexibility to define your own logic, navigation, algorithms, and database and web services interactivity. With the stateful programming model provided by Visualforce, custom controllers can maintain state between pages making development of wizards straightforward. Custom controllers can themselves leverage the standard controller.
Assume that you have two database objects, Account and Contact. A simple controller class for a two step wizard that creates an Account and a related Contact might be defined as such:
public class MyWizardController { public Account account { get; set; } public Contact contact { get; set; } public MyWizardController() { account = new Account(); contact = new Contact(); } public PageReference next() { return Page.step2; } public PageReference previous() { return Page.step1; } public PageReference save() { Database.insert(account); contact.accountId = account.id; ApexPages.StandardController contactController = new ApexPages.StandardController(contact); return contactController.save(); } }
Note how Visualforce pages are first class citizens in the Apex language. In the above code,
Page.step1 references a Visualforce page called
step1, and if a button is bound to this action, the controller will redirect the user to the
step1 page.
Finally, extensions provide the ability to augment standard or custom controllers. With extensions you can extend data access, adding logic or conditional navigation to an existing controller. An extension class is defined by providing a constructor which takes the controller type being extended as its argument. The following class definition extends the standard controller:
public class AccountExtension { public Account account { get; set; } public AccountExtension(ApexPages.StandardController controller) { account = (Account) controller.getRecord(); } }
Adding this controller to the page requires a simple change to the page component tag:
<apex:page standardController="Account" extensions="AccountExtension">
A Visualforce page can contain a mixture of HTML and Visualforce components. The HTML and component tags need to be well-formed, and all pages begin with the
page component. For example, here is the most basic Visualforce page:
<apex:page> </apex:page>
Each component has a set of optional and required attributes, which provide additional information to the component. For example, the following attributes remove the sidebar and top header in a Visualforce page:
<apex:page sidebar="false" showHeader="false"> </apex:page>
The Component Reference document , linked to from the Visualforce page edit/creation screens in the online builder, documents each component and its attributes. The following subsections provide a small taste of some of these standard components.
There are varying degrees of granularity with standard output components. At the fine end of the spectrum is
apex:outputPanel, which is a simple container that, in the case of HTML rendering, produces a
div element:
<apex:page > <apex:outputPanel layout="block" style="font-weight:bold"> Hello World! </apex:outputPanel> </apex:page>
And at the coarse end of the spectrum is
apex:enhancedList. A simple reference like the following produces the respective output:
<apex:page> <apex:enhancedList type="Contact" height="350"/> </apex:page>
Let's change this page by adding one line after a simple
<apex:page standardController="Contact"> <apex:pageBlock title="Simple Title"> Hello {!$User.FirstName}. </apex:pageBlock> <apex:detail subject="{!Contact.Id}" relatedList="false" /> </apex:page>
In order for the above line of code to work, you need to have the Id of the contact in the URL. The standard controller does the work to supply this value dynamically into the merge field within the detail tag. Our page now looks like this :
As you can see, we now have the standard contact detail panel included! This looks and feels and behaves just like the standard contact detail panel, except of course it's embedded within our own page.
It's worth stressing this point: You can now construct your own Salesforce user interface pages that looks and feel just like the standard ones, enhanced in any way you like, reusing existing, standard Salesforce display components. Alternatively, you can make it look completely different, banishing all of the Salesforce look and feel.
Before we end this section, let's quickly learn more about the
detail component. This component renders the detail page layout for a given object. Most components take optional attributes that refine the behavior in some way. Passing
relatedList="false" to the
<apex:detail> component ensures that it doesn't show any related lists beneath the details, as typically found when you view a contact.
When creating forms, the most common input elements are covered by the generic types such as
apex:selectList, and
apex:inputText. However, when working with the Force.com database entity definitions, do not overlook
apex:inputField, as it delivers field type awareness, requiredness, editability, and formatting automatically based on the respective field definition.
For example, in the above code sample, the
apex:inputField component was used to create the input element for the account's Name field. The addition of the standard Industry field on Account highlights type awareness:
<apex:page standardController="Account"> <apex:form> <apex:pageBlock title="Edit Account for {!$User.FirstName}"> <apex:pageMessages/> <apex:pageBlockButtons> <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!save}"/> </apex:pageBlockButtons> <apex:pageBlockSection> <apex:inputField value="{!account.name}"/> <apex:inputField value="{!account.industry}"/> </apex:pageBlockSection> </apex:pageBlock> </apex:form> </apex:page>
Here, the two fields appear as you would expect based on their types:
Enhancing the level of interactivity for a given interface can be accomplished using combination of standard components that will keep a user in context until their task is complete. Using the account edit form and by making a couple of small changes, we can demonstrate how this is done through the implementation of partial page updates.
<apex:page standardController="Account"> <apex:form > <apex:pageBlock id="in" title="Edit Account for {!$User.FirstName}"> <apex:pageMessages /> <apex:pageBlockButtons > <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!quickSave}" rerender="out, in" status="status"/> </apex:pageBlockButtons> <apex:pageBlockSection > <apex:inputField value="{!account.name}"/> <apex:inputField value="{!account.industry}"/> </apex:pageBlockSection> </apex:pageBlock> </apex:form> <apex:pageBlock id="out" title="Read View"> <apex:actionStatus startText="updating..." id="status"/> <apex:pageBlockSection> <apex:outputField value="{!account.name}"/> <apex:outputField value="{!account.industry}"/> </apex:pageBlockSection> </apex:pageBlock> </apex:page>
rerender attribute on the
commandButton changes the behavior from full to partial page, and specifies what areas of the page will be updated on the response — in this case, the
apex:pageBlock component tags with the named identifiers.
commandButton binds the operation indication to the identified
apex:actionStatus component.
quickSave() method on the standard controller performs the same database operation as the
save() method, but returns the user to the same page rather than navigating away.
The output of this page with an valid account Id in the request should look like this:
When the user changes a value and clicks on the "Save" button, the status will indicate the record is being updated:
When the update is complete, the component identified by the rerender attribute value "out" will be updated to reflect the changes to the model.
In addition to the standard components, Visualforce also includes the facility to create custom components. Custom Visualforce components are developed using a markup-based approach through composition of HTML or other Visualforce components (standard or custom). Custom components are referenced by name in a similar fashion to standard components with the difference being the namespace given to them.
A page that includes a custom component might simply look like this:
<apex:page> <c:mycomponent> </apex:page>
With the definition of the component being simply:
<apex:component > <fieldset> <legend>MyComponent</legend>
Hello World!
 </fieldset> </apex:component>
The output within the page would look like this:
Custom components also support strongly typed attributes. Allowing the consumer of the component to specify the text rather than always seeing "Hello World!" would require a simple attribute definition and passing of the desired value:
<apex:page > <c:mycomponent text="Hello from the page!"/> </apex:page>
With the added attribute component in the custom component definition:
<apex:component > <apex:attribute name="text" type="String" description="My text to display"/> <fieldset> <legend>MyComponent</legend>
{!text}
 </fieldset> </apex:component>
The output within the page now looks like this:
Custom components can also have their own controllers, and attribute values can be passed into these controllers. Attributes support all primitives, Apex classes, and sObject definitions, including arrays of each.
Visualforce pages can be incorporated into an application through multiple mechanisms. Here are a few ways to use Visualforce pages.
Here, the tab called "My Visualforce Page" is generated by a Visualforce page.
In this scenario, Visualforce pages can be added to standard page layouts. To make Visualforce pages available in the page layout editor, set the standard controller of the Visualforce page you are trying to add inline to the page to that object. This standard controller can be both a standard or custom object; however, you can only have one object assigned to the standard controller at a time.
Instead of having standard buttons access standard functionality and pages, you can override them to instead invoke your custom Visualforce pages. Simply go to the Buttons and Links page for the object you want to override, and click Edit next to the appropriate button or link. If your standard controller is set properly, you should see the Visualforce page in the override picklist.
Custom links and buttons can be added to standard page layouts, letting you call in to your Visualforce pages.
As each Visualforce is addressable by a URL, so you can simply link to the pages.
There are multiple ways to edit Visualforce pages and its related types through the Web browser, APIs, and supported tools that use those APIs.
A convenient way to edit pages online is through Development Mode. Development mode provides an in-place editing experience for your page and controller. Once you enable it on your user record under Setup | Personal Information | My Personal Information, you can create any page by entering a unique page URL and then selecting the quick fix.
Clicking on the quick fix to create the page navigates to the page, including the editor:
Pages and components can also be edited from their respective nodes under Setup:
The primary Visualforce types are exposed in both the Metadata API as well as the standard Force.com SOAP API. The names of these types are:
For more information, see the Documentation pages for these APIs.
You can also use supported implementations of the Metadata API to help develop, migrate, and deploy Visualforce pages and applications containing these pages. For example:
Here's a screenshot of the IDE in action:
Read An Introduction to the Force.com IDE for more information.
Look and feel for pages can be managed using CSS by setting appropriate values for a given component's
style or
styleClass attribute. For example this CSS:
<apex:page > <apex:outputPanel style="border:2px solid red"> My Styled Panel </apex:outputPanel> </apex:page>
produces this output:
One thing to note, inline styles are not ideal for efficient Visualforce pages. Using a style class, or reference to a style sheet, will render better performance overall in a custom page. Check out this session from Dreamforce on best practices for highly efficient Visualforce pages for more information.
In addition, if you'd like to take over the entire experience, you can remove the standard header, sidebar, and all stylesheets by setting the appropriate attributes on the page component tag:
<apex:page showHeader="false" standardStyleSheets="false"> <apex:outputPanel style="border:2px solid red"> My Styled Panel </apex:outputPanel> </apex:page>
You can also provide a stylesheet wherein you can maintain your own CSS class names:
<apex:page showHeader="false" standardStyleSheets="false"> <apex:styleSheet value="{!$Resource.styles}"/> <apex:outputPanel styleClass="border_red"> My Styled Panel </apex:outputPanel> </apex:page>
$Resource global refers to a static resource, described in the following section.
In that example, the
$Resource global is used to specify the static resource named
styles, which, in this case, is a stylesheet that contains at least the 'border_red' class name. In addition to the various discrete types of resources, static resources also support structured archive file formats such as zip. Using a structured archive, it becomes possible to leverage many modern open JavaScript libraries and encapsulate your CSS styles that may include references to images.
For example, a style sheet defined as follows and named styles.css can be included in a structured archive along with the referenced image:
.mystyle { background: url(img/mybackground.png); font-size:18pt; font-weight:bold; width:220px; height:59px; }
Uploaded as a static resource named "styles", it can be referenced as such in a page:
<apex:page showHeader="true" standardStyleSheets="false"> <apex:styleSheet value="{!URLFOR($Resource.styles,'styles.css')}"/> <apex:outputPanel styleClass="mystyle" layout="block"> My Styled Panel </apex:outputPanel> </apex:page>
$Resource global variable.
URLFOR() function provides a mechanism to drill into the structure of the archive for the proper element — styles.css, in this case.
img/mybackground.png is maintained through the blowout of the structure as the archive contains the folder named "img" at it's root and the respective file within it.
The panel now appears styled with the background image as follows:
The default rendering for Visualforce pages is HTML, but it is also possible to specify PDF as the rendering output for easily printing dynamic content. This rendering type is controlled through the
renderAs attribute on page. The following simple page will be converted to PDF format on the server before being returned to the browser:
<apex:page renderAs="pdf" showHeader="false">
Hello PDF World!
 </apex:page>
This attribute supports expressions for dynamic determination of the rendering format.
Email Templates also support Visualforce markup technology to create rich email messages.
Visualforce email templates are designated with the
messaging:emailTemplate component tag. Additional email-specific components allow for specification of plain text and HTML bodies, as well as attachments. Attachments support the PDF rendering as well. The following is a basic example of how the same multi-level object data can be provided in an email to be sent to a user:
<messaging:emailTemplate subject="Contacts for {!relatedTo.Name}" recipientType="User" relatedToType="Account"> <messaging:plainTextEmailBody > Account Name: {!relatedTo.name} Contact Names: <apex:repeat value="{!relatedTo.Contacts}" var="contact"> {!contact.name} </apex:repeat> </messaging:plainTextEmailBody> <messaging:attachment renderAs="pdf" filename="contactlist">
{!relatedTo.Name}
 <apex:dataTable value="{!relatedTo.Contacts}" var="contact"> <apex:column value="{!contact.name}"/> <apex:column value="{!contact.phone}"/> <apex:column value="{!contact.email}"/> </apex:dataTable> </messaging:attachment> </messaging:emailTemplate>
Note the following:
messaging:plainTextEmailBody component tags.
Visualforce tabs, as described above, can also be flagged as "mobile ready", which makes them available for any mobile configuration.
Once added to a user's mobile configuration settings, a capable mobile device with the salesforce.com mobile client will include this tab. When selected, it launches a live browser connection to show the Visualforce page underlying the tab. For example, the following simple page renders the appropriate platform image depending upon the device type detected within the
c:mobileSample component:
<apex:page showHeader="false"> <c:mobileSample/> </apex:page>
The markup for the
c:mobileSample component simply displays an image stored within a static resource named
mobileImages, but determines which image to display at runtime based on the browser's reported user agent value as inspected in the component's controller.
<apex:component controller="mobileSampleCon"> <apex:image value="{!URLFOR($Resource.mobileImages, deviceType + '.jpg')}"/> </apex:component> public class mobileSampleCon { public String deviceType { get; set; } public MobileSampleCon() { String userAgent = ApexPages.currentPage().getHeaders().get('USER-AGENT'); if(userAgent.contains('iPhone')) deviceType = 'iPhone'; else if(userAgent.contains('BlackBerry')) deviceType = 'BlackBerry'; } }
There is also an open source library of Mobile Templates that allow you to build engaging enterprise mobile apps with high-impact visual design templates that utilize mobile-optimized HTML5 and CSS3. Combine these modular design templates with Salesforce Platform Mobile Services and Developer Mobile Packs to view, edit and update customer data, view backend reports, find nearby records, and more.
Force.com Sites is a technology that lets you create public websites and applications that run natively on the Force.com Platform. Force.com Sites harnesses Visualforce making it very easy to transform your current applications into public websites.
Force.com Sites is straightforward to use. A site is created by determining a domain name, and the defining a set of Visualforce pages that will be made available at that domain name. For example, you could create your own site "mysite.force.com", and expose a Visualforce page "helloWorld" as the default page. When any visitor then accesses the domain, they will see the output generated by the helloWorld Visualforce page.
Force.com Sites also include other functionality, such as caching and automatic feed generation — but Visualforce lies at its heart. To learn more about Force.com Sites please see An Introduction to Force.com Sites.
Visualforce is a powerful component-based user interface framework. While supporting the traditional model-view-controller design pattern, Visualforce also provides novel features that promote reuse (the component model), PDF generation, AJAX interactions, and mobile rendering. Visualforce is also well-integrated with the logic layer, Apex, which can be used to write custom controllers, and which also support Visualforce pages natively via the PageReference type.
Visualforce can be utilized to extend the value of existing applications by creating highly interactive and efficient user experiences with many ways of being integrated within the standard Force.com application architecture as well as a solid foundation for the creation of entirely new applications.
Visualforce is also used in other areas within the platform, such as in email templates and the Force.com Sites technology, which allows you to surface Visualforce pages to a public audience, effectively making it the primary technology for creating user interfaces for Web applications on the Force.com platform.


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Legislation requires Ofcom to secure that local commercial radio stations provide an appropriate amount of:
and to provide guidelines as to how the above requirements should be met.
These are the required guidelines. They set out Ofcom's general policy in relation to these localness requirements and how we are likely in most cases to apply them to local stations.
Ofcom considers each station on a case by case basis and how, if at all, these guidelines should apply to those stations. The extent to which local material and locally made programmes must be included in the service provided by a licensee is specified in the station's Format (and may vary by station).
How a station produces its locally-made programmes is a matter for each station. For example, there are no restrictions on the amount of automation (e.g. using voice tracking) that a station may use. However, licensees are expected to take into account listeners' expectations and be able to react to events on a timely basis when it comes to automated and live programming.
Localness is not an issue for all stations, but where it is required by a station's licensed Format, it should be informed by these guidelines.
These guidelines are not rules, but they outline the sort of considerations that may come into play if it becomes necessary to investigate a station's localness output. Many of these considerations are based on listener expectations.

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|Congratulations to Di McGowan, St John Paull College Coffs Harbour (left) and Nicole Mansfield, Shore (centre), winners of the 2017 HTANSW Premier's History Scholarships. The photo was taken at the August 2017 award ceremony held at the State Library with the Premier of NSW, the Hon. Gladys Berejiklian, the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Aboriginal Affairs & Asst. Minister for Education, the Hon. Sarah Mitchell, and the Minister for Education, the Hon. Rob Stokes.
The NSW Premier's Teacher Scholarships were first introduced in 1999, and were instituted to enhance and enrich the learning experiences of students in the classroom whilst presenting a unique opportunity for teachers to develop skills and knowledge in their chosen field of expertise.
The HTANSW sponsors two scholarships of $10,000 each, available for teachers of history in schools or TAFE NSW Institutes. The scholarship supports visits to universities, schools, libraries and historical sites and research into exemplary practice relevant to the teaching of History in the NSW curriculum.
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Special News Commentary The Chance for Peace in Vietnam
During the newspaper strike in New York The New York Review presents the following articles from the foreign press and from our own correspondents.
The effects of the war in Kashmir have not all been bad. The crisis has now brought about diplomatic cooperation between the United States and Russia at the United Nations. And it has shown that when confronted with a dramatic Asian problem involving China, Washington can act with a cool and prudent confidence. But reassuring as these developments may be for the future, they do not outweigh the enormous risks created by the situation in Kashmir, with its dangerous combination of Asian nationalisms and Communist strategies, its Soviet Hinduism and its Maoist Muslimism. If conflict spreads in this part of Asia, the situation could "escalate" beyond the control of the most clearheaded leadership. The Russians, Americans, and French now agree that the Chinese are hoping that the present disputes involving India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia will all eventually enlarge and interlock, advancing Chinese ambitions. To thwart this supposed Chinese plan, it is now all the more important to find a solution in Vietnam.
What is France's position? From August 1963 onward, it seemed that France—i.e., General de Gaulle—wanted to be of help in arriving at a Vietnamese settlement. But at his press conference on September 9th, following the outbreak of the Kashmir war, De Gaulle made it clear that his views have changed. He now thinks that France can do no more than wait to join with the other Great Powers in a Vietnamese intervention that will take place in the fairly distant future. Nor does he still believe that a solution to the Vietnamese problem must come from the Vietnamese themselves. This is a distressing reversal of his policy of two years ago which was based on the very principles of "non-interference" by foreign powers and free determination by the Vietnamese, that he now renounces. The man who once argued against foreign intervention would now multiply the intervention by five. This is a strange disavowal, the death of a hope.
But it must be said that De Gaulle's skepticism finds some justification in the apparent hopelessness of the situation. This can be summed up by the two words constantly reiterated by the members of the North Vietnamese delegation that visited Paris earlier this year at the invitation of the French Communist Party: Guerre Longue. The delegation's visit was politically significant; one of the most influential members of the Hanoi Communist Party, Le Duc Tho, met with the "revisionists" of the party most loyal to the Soviet line. But the visit did not produce the results that might have been expected in view of the "understanding" attitude of the French authorities and the interest it had aroused among the Americans. It occurred during a period when Hanoi was stiffening its position, probably because the efforts of U Thant and the Algerian delegation at the United Nations to act as intermediaries between the…
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September 01, 2016 16:15 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Sept. 1, 2016) -
Royalty North Partners Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RNP) ("RNP" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its private placement of 63,576,745 units to raise gross proceeds of approximately $9,536,511.75.
Each unit issued under the private placement consisted of one common share and one transferable warrant exercisable to purchase an additional common share at a price of $0.25 until September 1, 2021. The shares, warrants and any warrant shares issued upon exercise of the warrants are subject to a hold period and may not be traded until January 2, 2017, except as permitted by applicable securities legislation and the rules and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Proceeds from the private placement will be used to fund the previously announced Loan & Royalty Agreement with Country Wine & Spirits, Inc., a leading San Diego retailer of wine, beer & liquor, for transaction expenses and for working capital purposes.
The Company paid a commission to certain arm's length finders in connection with the private placement. Each of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Medalist Capital Ltd., Fidelity Clearing Canada ULC ITF Echelon Wealth Partners and Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd. received 6% cash commission and 6% in non-transferable brokers warrants, which warrants will otherwise be on the same terms as those issued pursuant to the private placement, for orders facilitated by such finders.
Certain insiders of the Company participated in the private placement by purchasing an aggregate of 9,270,000 units. Accordingly, the private placement constituted to that extent a "related party transaction" under applicable Canadian securities laws. The Company is relying on the exemptions from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements found in sections 5.5(a) and section 5.7(1)(a) of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 - Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions as the fair market value of the transaction, insofar as it involves interested parties, is not more than the 25% of the Company's market capitalization. The Company did not file a material change report more than 21 days before the expected closing of the private placement as the details of the private placement and the participation therein by related parties of the Company were not settled until shortly prior to closing and the Company wished to close on an expedited basis for sound business reasons.
On behalf of the Company,
Justin Currie, Chief Executive Officer and Director
About Royalty North Partners Ltd.
Royalty North Partners is a Vancouver, BC based, TSX-V listed (RNP) company focused on creating a diversified portfolio of cash flowing royalties by providing financing to private businesses operating in the "mid-market". RNP is led by a seasoned board and management team with a successful track record of experience in royalty financing, capital markets transactions and private company operations. RNP is targeting royalty investments in companies with stable cash flow in non-resource based sectors looking for growth capital or succession liquidity.
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Shariff Wrapper
The Shariff Wrapper provides share buttons that respect the privacy of your visitors and are compliant to German data protection laws.
The "original" share buttons automatically transmit data of your visitors to the social network sites as soon as they visit your website. They do not need to click on a share button for this and therefore have no choice, if they want their data to be send. The German computer magazin CT has developed "Shariff"
(/ˈʃɛɹɪf/) that fullfills the strict data protection laws in Germany. This plugin adapts the Shariff concept and provides an easy to use solution for WordPress. We currently support 22 services like Facebook, Twitter, GooglePlus, Xing, LinkedIn and many more.
For more informations about the Shariff project check out the original GitHub project and read about the project itself c't information page (in German).
You can automatically add share buttons to posts, pages, the main blog page, product sites and many more as well as use it as a widget or add the shortcode
[shariff] manually to your pages or themes.
|Jan-Peter Lambeck & 3UU
|3UU, starguide
|Facebook, googleplus, privacy, share buttons, Shariff, sharing, social, twitter, vk, Vkontakte, whatsapp
- Upload everything to the
- Activate the plugin using the plugins menu in WordPress
- Use
[shariff]anywhere in your post and/or use the Shariff settings menu.
To enable it for all posts please check the options in the plugin settings.
- new service Odnoklassniki (thanks to rockhit)
- new meta box allows for individual settings per post or page
- new option to hide share counts that are zero
- new option to disable dynamic cache lifespan (not recommended)
- new option to set the button size to small, medium or large
- new option to add a custom class to the container around Shariff
- new option to open links in a popup (thanks to jackennils)
- new option to use NewShareCount instead of OpenShareCount (Twitter)
- added timestamp variable to be accessible via shortcode
- fixed post timestamp for caching under certain conditions
- fixed Facebook share count error for never crawled pages
- fixed empty tab after sharing on certain mobile devices
- fixed custom title attribute (thanks to kschlager)
- updated Flattr user id for the future (thanks to poetaster)
- reduced changelog on wordpress.org (thanks to timse201)
- minor css improvements
- updated help section
- fixed WhatsApp button on Android when using Chrome
- fixed Shariff being added to RSS feeds under certain conditions
- updated to latest Facebook Graph API for share count requests
- new option to set the rate limit for sending mails using the mail form
- added home url as fallback for share count requests
- added further anti-spam prevention mechanics
- added noopener and noreferrer to share links
- fixed double encoding of share count request links
- updated media uploader request for translation
- updated handling of admin notices following WordPress core
- tested and optimized for WordPress 4.6
- new fallback for share count requests in case pretty permalinks are disabled
- new filter shariff3UU_render_atts to change options on the fly (thx Ov3rfly)
- fixed share title in cases with html encoded characters
- fixed double counting on ranking tab under certain conditions
- fixed php info notice in admin notices
- new option to disable the Shariff buttons outside of the main loop
- fixed Facebook App ID request
- minor css fix
- new design option to set a custom button color for all buttons
- new design option to set a border radius for the round theme (up to a square)
- new design option to hide all buttons until the page is fully loaded
- new mailform option to use a html anchor (again)
- new statistic option to fill the cache automatically
- new statistic option to set the amount of posts for the ranking tab
- new statistic option to use share counts with PHP < 5.4
- fixed preventing buttons from beeing added to excerpts under certain conditions
- fixed urlencoding of share count requests
- improved handling of wrong or mistyped service entries
- minor bug fixes
- new workaround for sites running PHP 5.2 and older
- new option for WordPress installations with REST API not reachable in root
- fixed an error in combination with bbpress
- fixed ab error on very old PHP versions
- fixed ranking tab
- minor css improvements
- fixed mail form link
- fixed xmlns for w3c
- removed some remaining wrong text domains for translations
- minor css fixes
- fixed mobile services not showing on certain tablets
- fixed type error on totalnumber when cache is empty
- fixed share count requests when WordPress is installed in a subdirectory
- fixed urlencoding of share url, title and media
- added width and height to SVGs to prevent large initial icons prior to css
- new classes shariff-buttons and shariff-link added
- removed local translation files due to switching to wordpress.org language packs
- minor css resets added
- added minor css resets to prevent influence of theme css
- fixed LinkedIn share link
- prevent php warning messages on unsuccessful includes while WP_DEBUG is active
- changed text domain to match plugin slug
- complete overhaul of the plugin core
- buttons now also work without JavaScript
- icon font has been removed and replaced with SVGs
- share counts now use the WP REST API
- share counts now always show the last cached counts prior to updating them
- fixed duplicated share count requests
- new ranking tab shows the shares of your last 100 posts
- new service pocket
- new option to show the total amount of shares in the headline with %total
- new option to use the total amount of shares in your theme (see FAQ)
- new action hook shariff_share_counts (see FAQ)
- new option to change the priority of the shortcode filter
- new support for selective refresh introduced in WP 4.5
- new external API feature replaces the external host option (experimental, see FAQ)
- new support for SCRIPT_DEBUG
- css and js files are now only loaded on pages with Shariff buttons
- improved compatibility with plugin Autoptimize (force scripts in head)
- improved compatibility with multiple caching plugins
- all shortcodes are now being stripped from the mail message body
- fixed potential double sending of mails
- removed all jQuery dependencies
- requires at least WordPress 4.4 (only for share counts)
- we no longer support IE 8 (if it ever worked)
- updated status tab
- updated help section
- minor bug fixes
- code cleanup
The complete changelog can be found here: https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shariff/trunk/changelog.txt
Q: Can I use the Shariff buttons in my theme?
A: Yes.
You can use all options of the shorttag as described on the help tab in the plugin settings.
Q: Can I use the total amount of shares in my theme?
A: Yes. You can use
<?=do_shortcode('[shariff services="totalnumber"]')?>
to simply output the total amount of shares for a post in the loop. It will return the number itself wrapped in a
 in order for the shariff.js to update the count. Also only cached data is used, in order to not slow down your site.
Q: Is there an action hook to use the share counts every time they get updated?
A: Yes. You can use
function your_awesome_function( $share_counts ) {
// $share_counts is an array including all enabled services, the timestamp of the update and the url of the post.
// do stuff
add_action( 'shariff_share_counts', 'your_awesome_function' );
WARNING: This hook will get called A LOT. So be sure you know what you are doing.
Q: How can I configure the widget?
A: It uses the same options that have been configured on the plugin options page. However, you can put in a shorttag that overwrites the default options. It has the same format as you use in posts. Take a look at the help section of the plugin options page for more information.
Q: Can I change the options on a single post?
A: Yes. You can change all options using the shorttag in the Shariff meta box on the right side of the post edit screen.
Q: Why are shares not listed?
A: Shariff tries to protect the privacy of your visitors. In order to do this, the statistics have to be requested by your server, so social networks only see a request of your server and not from your visitor. However, we do not know, if you want this. Therefore it is not enabled by default.
Q: How can I show the share counts?
A: Enable it on the plugin options page in general or add
backend="on" to the shariff shorttag in your post.
Q: I still do not see share counts
A: Please have a look at the status tab on the plugin options page. It states wether share counts are enabled and if there is a problem with a service. Please also keep in mind that the plugin has a minimum refresh time of 60 seconds and that each service has their own cache as well.
Q: Why can't I change the TTL to a smaller / bigger value?
A: The time to live (TTL) value determines, if a share count of a post or page gets refreshed when someone visits this specific page / post of your blog. Too small values create too much useless traffic, too high values negate the goal of motivating visitors to also share a post. The value can be adjusted between 60 and 7200 seconds. Keep in mind, the actual lifespan depends on the age of the post as well.
Q: I get the Facebook API error message "request limit reached"!
A: Facebook has a rate limit of 600 requests per 600 seconds per IP address. Especially in shared hosting environments many domains share the same IP address and therefore the same limit. To avoid this you can try to raise the TTL value or provide a Facebook App ID and Secret. Google "facebook app id secret" will provide many guides on how to get these.
Q: How can I change the position of all buttons?
A: Have a look at the alignment options in the admin menu or checkout the style option.
Q: How can I change the design?
A: Have a look at the parameters "theme", "orientation" and "buttonsize". They work mostly like the original code parameters that are explained at http://heiseonline.github.io/shariff/ Or you can have a look at the test page at http://shariff.3uu.net/shariff-sample-page-with-all-options to get an overview. But please be warned: This is a test page! It is possible that you find features that are only provided in the development version. Use it only to get an impression of the design options.
Q: How can I change the design of a single button?
A: If you are a CSS guru please feel free to modify the css file. But of course this is a bad idea, because all changes will be destroyed with the next update! Instead take a look at the style and class attribute of the shorttag. If you put in any value it will create a DIV container with the ID "ShariffSC" around the buttons. If you are really a CSS guru you will know what does the magic from here on out. ;-)
Q: I want the buttons to stay fixed while scrolling!
A: No problem. Just use the style attribute to add some CSS to the shorttag. For example in a widget (adjust the width as needed):
[shariff style="position:fixed;width:250px"]
Of course you can use all other options in that shorttag as well. It also works with the CSS style option on the plugins design options page, if you really want this applied to all buttons on your page.
Q: I want a horizontal line above my Shariff buttons!
A: You can use the headline option on the design tab. For example, enter the following code to create a horizontal line and a headline:

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Q: I want a different or no headline in a single widget, post or page!
A: Use the headline attribute to add or remove it. For example, you can use the following shorttag to remove a headline set on the plugins options page in a single widget:
[shariff headline=""]
Of course you can use all other options in that shorttag as well.
Q: Can I add [shariff] on all posts?
A: Yes, check out the plugin options.
Q: But I want to hide it on a single post!
A: Do you really know what you want? ;-) However, it is possible. Write anywhere in your post "hideshariff". It will be removed and Shariff will not be added. You can also use "/hideshariff" to write "hideshariff" in your post. You might also want to take a look at the Shariff meta box on the right side of your post edit screen.
Q: What are the differences between the two Shariff plugins?
A: One is developed by us, one by someone else. ;-) The main difference is that this plugin has a few more options and a great support. :-) Neither of the plugins are "official" or directly developed by Heise.
Q: Does it work with a CDN?
A: Yes.
Q: Pinterest does not show an image!
A: You can add media="http://wwww.example.com/yourImage.png" within the [shariff] shorttag or add it in on the plugin options page - of course with the link to your image.
Q: Can I set a fixed URL to share?
A: You can use the "url" parameter within the shortcode
[shariff url="http://www.example.com/"]
This is also available within widgets. However, it is not a good idea to manipulate the URI, because it could mislead your visitors. So you should only use it, if this is really needed and you do really know what you are doing. Therefore it is not available on the plugin options page in general.
Q: What is the differenz between the services `mailform` and `mailto´?
A: mailform will provide an e-mail form on top of the post or page and mailto will draw a link with the mailto-protocol to open the default e-mail application of the client.
Q: What happened to `mail`?
A: mail was replaced with mailform to provide an easier way of distinguishing between the two types of mail buttons.
Q: Can I disable the mail form completely?
A: Yes, take a look at the Mail Form tab on the plugin options page.
Q: What happened to the Twitter share counts and what is OpenShareCount?
A: Please read: https://www.jplambeck.de/twitter-saveoursharecounts/
Q: The buttons are not correctly beeing shown on my custom theme!
A: Please make sure that wp_footer(); has been added to your theme. For more information please visit: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_footer
Features marked as "experimental" in the admin menu are experimental! This means: We think it is a good extension to our plugin that we would like to include in a future version, but we are not sure yet about the best solution that works for all or most people. So please feel free to use and test it and report back to us about it. Experimental features might be removed in an update, if it does not work out. So please pay close attention to our changelog!
Q: What is the external API feature?
A: First of all: Usually you do not need it! The plugin requests all share counts itself. However, there are some reasons to put the backend on another server: - avoid requests from you WP server to all the social networks - use a more powerful server for the statistic - use the original backend implementation of Heise or your own solution - make your own backend available for more than one WP installation But please have in mind that there are also some good reasons not to use external servers: - you need an additional installation of WP and the plugin or have to create your own implementation of a Shariff backend - some plugin settings (backend checks, statistic, etc.) will only work on the external server - you have to use SHARIFF_FRONTENDS as an array with all your frontend domains to enable the backend or find your own solution - we CANNOT provide support for your own implementation
Q: How can I configure the external API?
A: In the statistic settings fill in the URL to the API of the external server. For the WordPress installation on the external server you have to create a "constant" called SHARIFF_FRONTENDS to permit other domains to use it. Please have in mind that you have to fill in all subdomains you want to use! The domains must be defined like this:
define( 'SHARIFF_FRONTENDS', 'example.com|www.example.com|blog.example.com|another-domain.com' );
Q: What does "Request external API directly." means?
A: By default, the browser request the share counts from the server your site is running on. If you have entered an external API your server will then request the counts from this external API instead of fetching them itself. Therefore, the external server will only see the IP from your server and not the one from your visitors. If you check this option, the browser of your visitors will instead directly request the share counts from the external API and therefore reveal their IP address to them. This might be faster, but it is less secure. Please also make sure to set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin header right. If your site is available using https, your external API will need to be reached by https as well. Otherwise the request will get blocked for security reasons. All options and features (e.g. the ranking tab) regarding the statistic will only work on the external server.
These are bugs or unexpected glitches that we know of, but that do not have an impact on the majority of users, are not security relevant and will perhaps be fixed in the future - if we have time to spend or you provide us with a lot of "Kölsch" ;-)
- If the first post on the start page is password protected and Shariff is disabled on protected posts, a widget at the end of the loop will not be rendered.


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The engines that are now in stock on the UsedEngines.co website are purchased from reliable sources that are able to obtain engines with lower than standard mileage.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (PRWEB) November 16, 2012
Used engines for sale company announces free shipping at UsedEngines.co. All in stock engines that are ordered online or by telephone are eligible to receive this new offer of free shipping to help reduce the price that engine buyers pay for replacement vehicle engines. This new incentive for free shipping is currently active and was first tested in the spring of 2012. The customer response to this offer is one of the reasons why the UsedEngines.co company has decided to offer free shipping again. More information can be found at http://www.usedengines.co/blog.
The buying public is generally aware of the preowned or used vehicles market. These cars, trucks and SUVs are usually sold after they have been traded in from leases or sold by dealerships. The engines that are inside of these vehicles can be stripped out or sold to companies that are able to distribute the engines to other buyers. The engines that are now in stock on the UsedEngines.co website are purchased from reliable sources that are able to obtain engines with lower than standard mileage.
Auction companies have recognized the popularity of used engines and some have created special online portals to sell these engines. The buying and selling of motors takes place nearly every day on the Internet. One drawback for customers that purchase motors from auction sellers is the type of warranty coverage offered. Some sellers that are the originators of the auction listing sell engines with warranties although others might not. One way the Used Engines company is helping to eliminate this issue is by attaching warranties to all engines sold offline or online.
New innovations have taken place at the UsedEngines.co website that are helping this company to forge into the future as an online engine seller. The addition of a customized quote system is helping all engine quotes to be delivered entirely online. This new system has eliminated the need to call by phone to receive a price on an engine. This new measure is making it faster to receiving pricing for Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Toyota and other engines that are in stock daily from this engine retailer's website.
The online innovations and new free shipping offer were first planned in the early part of 2012. New inventory has been researched and acquired by the UsedEngines.co company. These new inventory expansions are helping to ensure that customers searching for late model or current preowned vehicle engines can find these motors quickly.
This expedited searching is designed to remove the delays in engine delivery that can be common dealing with an offline only seller. A news report on these recent innovations can be found here http://www.prweb.com/releases/used-engines-for-sale/website-domestic-imports/prweb10010071.htm.
About UsedEngines.co
The UsedEngines.co company first launched online in 2009 and has expanded in the past 3 years. By staffing its company with talented employees, the Used Engines company has been able to build a loyal following of customers. The engines that are selected and sold online and offline go through a process of elimination to ensure engine condition. This internal testing is designed to improve customer satisfaction for engine buyers. The UsedEngines.co website includes online quotations as well as free shipping incentives for buyers that search online for faster and cheaper ways to buy a preowned engine on the Internet.


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Sunday, 29 January 2012
New Jewelry Design & Group Gift at Virtual Impressions
Cindy is a beautifully crafted sparkly diamond jewelry design with unique wave necklet base.
Just 2 colours in this set, either platinum or gold with diamonds.
2 necklace lengths can be selected according to taste, short and long, or if you like both, a special 4 piece set including 2 necklace sizes and pair of earrings is available.
Wedding sets including Tiara are also in the range , Please try the free demo tiara before buying a bridal set.
All jewelry is on offer at over 50% off, exclusively to members, Necklace & earrings at L$170, combined sets with 2 necklaces, L$240, and wedding sets at L$380
Please Join Virtual Impressions Retail Group & wear your group Tag to buy at the discounted prices from the Group Members Stand, inside the entrance on the right.
A New Group Gift Harmony Necklace & Earrings set with deep rubies, is out now. Come get your copy from the members stand. Please join the group & wear your tag.
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Saturday, 21 January 2012
2 New Jewelry Items and Free Gift at Virtual Impressions
Announcing a new jewelry collection 'Georgina' a sophisticated of pearls & diamonds to grace any formal or semi formal outfit, or wedding ensemble. 2 sets are on offer, a 5 peice jewelry set with necklace, earrings & pair of bracelets, and a wedding set including tiara. A free tiara demo is available to try before buying.
All sets are on offer to group members for less than half price, single 5 peice sets at L$180 and wedding sets at L$380. Also on offer is a 3 pack of all 5 peice sets at only L$400.
Also out today is a simple ladies necklace, 'Love Heart', with a 1 script menu to change initials on the heart. 4 colours to choose from and Virtual Impressions Retail Members can buy for half price at L$120.
With all group discounts, please join Virtual Impressions Retail Group and wear your tag whilst buying from the member stand, inside the door on the right.
Finally a free gift is instore by the stairs.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012
A New Jewelry Design & Group Gift out at Virtual Impressions
Released today Valerie, a new romantic jewelry set with roses & pearls. The perfect accessory for a formal event or wedding.
Valerie has 2 sets on offer, 3 piece with necklace & earrings, and 4 pieces in a wedding suite with tiara.
5 colours are offered in the smaller set, Black, Blue, Red, White & Cream, and 3 in the wedding set, Black, Cream & White.
Nb demos of the tiara can be tried before buying the wedding set.
This week members of Virtual Impressions Retail Group can buy all of the new items at over 50% off, single sets for L$180 each and wedding sets at L$380, and also a fat pack of all colours are offered at only L$500.
To buy at the discounted price, please join the group and wear your group tag whilst paying at the members stand, inside the door on the right.
Membership also entitles you to the new group gift 'Ellen' in Silver with Aquamarine. This is a limited exclusive edition, and can be found with the other items listed above
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
New Jewelry Design & Free Gift at Virtual Impressions
Announcing 'Ursula' a new statement jewelry design with diamonds on precious metal. Sets offered include 3 pieces with necklace & earrings and wedding sets including a tiara. NB a free demo of the tiara is available to try before buying.
This week group members may buy each set at over 50% off, single 3 piece sets at L$180, wedding sets at L$360 and fat pack of 3 , necklace & earring sets at L$360.
To buy at the discounted price, please join Virtual Impressions Retail Group and wear your tag whilst buying from the member's stand, inside the entrance on the right.
Finally a new free gift is in the foyer. Please stop by the take a copy.
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Sunday, 1 January 2012
New Jewelry & Group Special Now at Virtual Impressions
A New Classic Jewelry Design, Mia, is out now at Virtual Impressions Main Store. A necklace draped round the neckline with marquise & brilliant cut diamonds on gold or platinum.
Just the 2 options are currently offered coming with matching earrings.
Virtual Impressions Group Members can buy each set at over 50% off this week at L$140, or may buy the double pack for only L$240.
Join the group to buy at the discounted price and wear your tag whilst paying.
Also new is a Group Gift Agatha in Chocolate, an exclusive limited edition for members.
Pick up a copy whilst wearing a tag.
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Here is another demo recording of my song "Lucky". I wrote the song in 2008 and, just recently, rewrote some of the lyrics. It's about getting over a bad breakup. In a way, it is the "sequel" to "She Walks Away".
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Live Video Of New Song "Lucky"
This is from my show on Thursday, June 27th 2013 at Stompin' Grounds in Austin. It's a new song that I plan on recording very soon. Playing some amazing lead guitar on this song is Daniel David. We have yet to rehearse the song and he just made it soar! We haven't played together in over almost 5 years and he played the entire set with me…without any rehearsal. He's that good!
This video was recorded and uploaded by TrueFMOnline.com. You can see their post about the entire show by clicking on the link.
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dress, G.V.G.V. for Uniqlo; shorts, ebay; boots, Wanted; phonecord necklaces, DIY
Here's Jess trying out her new Homer slippers I gifted her tonight. We then proceeded to awkwardly climb Williamsburg's "Vagina Tree".
love that top/dress!
OMG, I had no idea that G.V.G.V. was doing a Uniqlo collab! I need to stop by and see if there's anything left! I hate it when they're sneaky like that! Thank you for the heads up...
i want that top!
HAHA the homer slippers have me fascinated. foot in mouth..baha.
Love the homers.
Thanks for the super awesome gifts, dude :-)


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Being highly contagious, the streptococcal bacteria are spread through contact with an infected person or by inhalation of the bacteria. Help for scarlet fever scarlet fever is a potentially serious disease so it is important to seek medical attention at the time showing their symptoms in the child. To know more about this subject visit Dr. Neal Barnard. Quick treatment prevents serious complications such as rheumatic fever, meningitis, pneumonia, and kidney disease. Scarlet fever is usually treated with an oral course of penicillin or other antibiotic such as erythromycin. It is essential for your child to finish given antibiotic treatment even if you begin to feel better. Many parents used medications to reduce fever or relieve pain. However, contrary to popular belief, these also come with side effects and it should be administered with caution, so you should consider alternatives such as natural remedies to relieve pain and/or fever.
Rest in bed and a nutritious diet accompanied by lots of liquids will help hasten the recovery. Natural remedies scarlet fever is a potentially serious ailment and therefore is not considered for home treatment. If the allopathic medical treatment is chosen, or if it comes to your child through natural medicine, treatment must be monitored and always performed by a trained health care professional. As is the case with any disease, it is essential to enhance the immune system to support the efforts of the body to eliminate the infection. A number of herbal remedies and homeopathic can provide great advantage if they are used together with the allopathic medication to strengthen natural immune response of the body.
Herbal ingredients including Echinacea purpurea, Astragalus membranaceous, Inula helenium and Withania somnifera are well-known for its antiviral properties, anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties as well as its ability to consolidate and to assist the immune system to promote a quicker recovery. It is also important to strengthen the immune system once you have taken a very long course of antibiotics. Other herbs such as Meadowsweet and Yarrow are effective in reducing and controlling the fever, a prominent symptom in scarlet fever. With a little help from nature, your child brincara in the vicinity in the usual way very soon!


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Discussion in 'Supercard' started by JackKnife, Sep 5, 2010.
Does anyone know how to upgrade the SCDS2 to work on my DSi 1.4?
it'll come flashed to work with it
It works right out of the box with 1.4.
But you can just flash it with this
Kk, thanks everyone.
I made an edit to my post to include the file you need to flash it


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Yesterday, the world said goodbye to one of its most fearless environmental voices – Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. Decades ahead of her time, the brilliant Kenyan author and environmental activist founded the Green Belt Movement that has since planted millions of trees. She stood up for the environment long before it was fashionable to do so, and steadfastly challenged her own corrupt government when there was no one to protect her from dangerous consequences. In 2004, Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote "a holistic approach to sustainable development" that focused on the interrelatedness of social injustice and environmental degradation. She was the first African woman to receive that prize, a source of enormous pride for women everywhere.
Born into a deeply patriarchal society that still struggles to give voices to both women and the environment, Maathai rose up against all odds to obtain a PhD in Veterinary Anatomy – the very first African women to achieve such high educational ranking. She used her considerable learning to advance the plight of Kenyan women in particular, and to empower them to protect their vast, but vulnerable natural resources. The New York Times reports that the international community embraced her activism and showered Maathai with honorary degrees and awards, including France's Légion d'Honneur and Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. But in Kenya, she often stood alone.
The Green Belt Movement website reports that the visionary's death came unexpectedly and until today African environmentalists and women around the world have looked to Wangari Maathai's extraordinary example for strength to fight their own battles. Now they will look to her enduring memory.


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Scott created Evidon (formerly Better Advertising) while an Entrepreneur in Residence at Warburg Pincus LLC, the global private equity firm that is supporting the company. From 2005-2008, Scott was President and CEO of About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. He spent eight years with The New York Times Company in a number of senior management roles. In addition to his role at About.com, he was the General Manager of the company's flagship website, The New York Times on the Web. He also served as vice president, strategic planning for The Boston Globe. Before joining The New York Times Company, Scott was with Multex.com (a venture-backed company which was acquired by Reuters in 2003 after a successful IPO in 1999), where he was Vice President and General Manager of its business-to-consumer division. Before beginning his media career, Scott worked in management consulting at The Boston Consulting Group and in investment banking at Merrill Lynch & Co. Scott holds an A.B. in Public Policy and American Institutions from Brown University, where he was a winner of the Rouse Prize for Economics. Scott also interned in the US Senate and in the Office of Management and Budget as a recipient of a White Internship from the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown. He has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.


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During the election, both parties remained surprisingly silent on what exactly they would do to reinvigorate the housing market. For the current Administration, that may have been a blessing as its policy efforts in housing have been lackluster at best.
Some signs of an improving housing market have been apparent, but this has less to do with effective policy than with other market-related factors and the passage of time. Attempts to assist struggling homeowners such as the Home Affordable Modification Program have been, by most accounts, of limited success and have undergone multiple reboots. The government remains completely involved in the secondary mortgage market with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exactly where they were in conservatorship in 2008. Vast confusion has permeated mortgage markets waiting for firm guidance from regulators on what constitutes an acceptably underwritten mortgage. And it could be argued that greater emphasis and federal resources have been placed on fighting the last war in housing, namely egregious mortgage products, than in tackling the issues preventing private capital from returning.
Ironically, the policy having the biggest impact on the housing market is one the Administration cannot take credit for, namely the Federal Reserve's interest rate actions. Moreover, the only real policy efforts to emerge from the government since the crisis have been those by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The fact that their acting Director is not a politician speaks volumes for the results thus far in housing more broadly.
Now that the Administration has a "do-over" opportunity in housing, what steps ought it take to get housing back on track?
The focus should be a three-pronged approach to financing, servicing and underwriting process reforms, along with legacy asset management in order to address widespread uncertainty hanging over the market.
The first priority must be to establish the operating framework and infrastructure for a secondary mortgage market supported by private capital. The FHFA's work on a new securitization platform along with various initiatives to rationalize and align the GSEs' policies sets the right direction, but by itself does not establish the replacement to the housing agencies. For that to take place, a clear roadmap as to what follows after Fannie and Freddie must be developed, and that must come from the Administration. The time is now to pick one of the three alternatives laid out in the February 2011 Treasury housing reform plan.
To assure that the structure of the secondary market has economic and operational viability, a panel of housing finance experts representing a cross-section of mortgage market stakeholders should be convened by Treasury and FHFA outlining the type of security, pooling and servicing agreement and federal guarantee if any, among other features of the market. Working with this group, Treasury and FHFA officials need to establish a timetable for winding down the GSEs which includes structuring their operations in a post-conservatorship world. Concurrently, Federal Housing Administration processes and pricing that served a countercyclical role in supporting mortgage financing during and after the crisis must be reworked to facilitate the return of private capital.
At the same time, the Administration should take on an effort to overhaul the credit rating agencies given their significant role in the securitization process. That no meaningful reform of the ratings process has occurred is a major policy flaw that transcends just the housing market.
Concurrently, another group of experts must be tasked with offering reforms to mortgage servicing including how servicing companies are to be compensated for their work by whatever succeeds the GSEs. The FHFA has taken the lead on this initiative in soliciting comments for mortgage servicing compensation structures in 2011, but the industry needs resolution of this issue quickly. The industry anxiously awaits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Qualified Mortgage definitions due out by January 2013. However, this is just the policy down payment for Dodd-Frank's risk retention requirements and associated Qualified Residential Mortgage Rule (not to be confused with QM). Delays in issuing both sets of requirements have further postponed a return of private capital to the housing market. Crafting effective policy is always the objective, but the pace of reform in the case of housing has been glacial.
The final prong in rebooting housing reform must be tackling legacy mortgage problems. It is clear that HAMP, its sister the Home Affordable Refinancing Program and first-time homebuyer tax credits have not had the impact that even the Administration was hoping for. While there appears to be improvement in the hangover in housing inventories as reported by CoreLogic, the latest figures of 2.3 million units puts the market back to exactly where it was when the President took office. Moreover, a recent academic study places the impact of HAMP at about one-third the Administration's goal. By these measures, the Administration has little to cheer about. Still, there are other avenues that should be explored such as private-public financing arrangements, greater use of shared appreciation mortgages and more aggressive investor tax credits for foreclosures and rental properties.
In making its pitch for another four years the Administration said that it was on the right path but that its work was not done. For housing, the work in many areas never got started. Just over four years removed from when the GSEs entered conservatorship, we have no more clarity on the role of government in the future of housing other than it should be far less than it is today. The Administration needs to use its re-election toward putting together a comprehensive housing reform program that can be its legacy.
Clifford V. Rossi is the Executive-in-Residence and Tyser Teaching Fellow at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.


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Flower Boy Ramen Shop Week 33 Caption Contest
This week is the finale of Flower Boy Ramen Shop! Noooo - what am I going to do?! I'm actually going to miss Kang Hyuk, Ba Wool, and Woo Hyun more than anyone else. These boys will no longer be brightening up my computer screen after this week...
Ah well - thank goodness for caption contests! Here's the winner from last week's caption contest:
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And now, here is this week's caption contest!
Send us your best caption, and the winner will be announced on Monday, December 26. We will also announce the winner of the DramaFever T-shirt next week!


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In case you ever miss Ireland and want to recreate a bit of Irish spirit wherever you are, we have ultimate pub sing-along playlist right here! Including classics such as Whiskey in the Jar, Irish Rover and Molly Malone, these songs sing about Dublin and Ireland in the 'ol times.
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The Lord's Resistance Army has issued what appears to be its first response to the "Kony 2012" movement -- a 19-page statement in which it calls Invisible Children a "front organization" acting as a pawn for the U.S. government.
CNN obtained what is believed to be the LRA's first statement in which it calls the "Kony 2012" campaign and video a "clear act of malevolent deception and manipulation of world mass consciousness."
"Indeed, this is not the first time the Invisible Children has been used to play such dirty
role," said the statement signed by Justine Labeja, spokesperson for the LRA. "In Uganda, the Invisible Children has been used to cover up on many occasions for the vile acts of the US supported military regime of Uganda in its dirty war activities that its army has carried out against the civil population in Northern, North Eastern, Eastern and Mid-Western Uganda."
CNN notes that it received the statement -- which at various times references Al Capone, Pope John Paul II, Rambo and Joseph Stalin -- from African journalist Frank Nyakairu:
"CNN obtained the statement, issued Wednesday, through journalist Frank Nyakairu, who passed it on along with the e-mail he received it in," the news outlet states. "He said it was sent to him from LRA representatives in Nairobi, Kenya, who have been quoted in international news media. Nyakairu is respected internationally for his coverage of the LRA."
Though it has yet to be confirmed as authentic, the Daily Mail points out that Grace Natabaalo from the African Center for Media Excellence also tweeted links to the statement, and posted: "I think it is real." The Independent's Africa correspondent Daniel Howden also tweeted a link to the 19-page statement.
On Thursday, Invisible Children released "Kony 2012: Part II - Beyond Famous," a sequel to "Kony 2012."
The new film aims to provide a more in-depth look at Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, which has retreated from Uganda and is now believed to be in either the Central African Republic, the South Sudan, or the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Beyond Famous" offers what it calls a "comprehensive approach" to stopping Kony and also delves deeper into the fact that traditional peace talks by political and religious leaders have not been able to stop the warlord, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
The sequel points out the fact that in the U.S., two bipartisan resolutions supporting the efforts to disarm the LRA were introduced and have now been sponsored by 92 members of Congress. And on March 23, the African Union announced the establishment of a Regional Cooperation Initiative to coordinate efforts to end LRA violence in Central Africa.


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Have fun and Happy Friday. Blue skies here! We're shocked!
What random acts of kindness have you done? I can't name them all so I'll just name a few that I've done recently: taking carts from strangers in the parking lot back to the store for them, complimenting strangers' bags or clothes etc., handing a stranger my half-full punch card for a local doughnut shop.
Do you think any kind of afterlife exists? Not 100% sure either way. I tend to think of souls being recycled in whole or part as I imagine everything else in life does. I guess that isn't exactly an afterlife, is it?
What's the biggest personal change you've ever made? I've made a lot! Losing and gaining weight as much as I have has been major (talking fluctuations around 75 lbs). Changes in fitness has changed my life in many ways. That said, I think the biggest change I've made (making) is altering my internal landscape. Altering my self-talk and "scripts" into healthier habits. Pretty damn difficult and very much worth it. Lovin' me that DBT.
What's the stupidest thing you've ever done? Well, there's quite a few. A recent one involves mistaking a green light for a green arrow then turning left in front of an oncoming, massive pickup. It was terrifying and a very unusual mistake for me!
What do you think would be one of the best steps we could take toward ending poverty around the world? Having everyone experience poverty for themselves-not just a tour or a video or an article, actually experiencing poverty for however long it takes to appreciate it (that may vary from person-to-person).
What is Satan's last name? Natas (Satan backwards) Why? No clue.
Can crop circles be square? Yes. Because I say so.
If someone gave you the power to save just one animal species on earth, which would it be? Bees. I'm not just saying that because Baby Bananaface loves "Bee Movie," although that could have something to do with it ;o)
Do people really get any wiser as they get older? No. They get wiser as they get wiser. Has nothing to do with age. Experience certainly has a place in developing wisdom, although wisdom cannot be developed from experience alone.
If you could be a farmer, what would be on your farm? Alpacas? I think that'd be more fun than sheep... IDK, that's the first thing that popped into my mind after mushrooms. Definitely seems like more fun than mushrooms. I do love mushrooms though...
If you could have something named after you as a memorial what would you choose? (building, park, school, that kind of thing) Oooh. I think I'm torn between a gym (a community hub like my beloved YMCA) and some sort of crisis center with counseling and skills training and such.
What would your DJ name be? Boo, Who? Same as my mixed-martial arts fighter name ;o)
When did you consider yourself an 'adult'? Don't know that I do... I'm not sure exactly what "adult" means. I think we always have more to learn although I suppose finding the hubster and decided to share my life with someone else, that felt pretty adult. Certainly deciding to stick around be Baby Bananaface's mother felt adult. So, I suppose I felt adult when I began loving and accepting others for who they were, are, and will be.
What's your earliest memory? This is a tough one for me... I think the earliest memories for me are of my childhood home and school. Maybe 1st grade? Mrs. Loftness (tall gal with curly hair) and Mrs. Olsen (dark hair cut in a bob) come to mind. There were guinea pigs too.
Do you define yourself based mainly on your intentions, your actions, or something else? Maybe heart? A combination of intentions and effort. Actions come into play although I can't place too much credit on them because when I'm depressed I can't do much and sometimes I do very terrible things due to my disease that I wouldn't want to blame myself for. I can also do very stupid things while hypomanic that I wouldn't want to blame myself for.
If required, could you saw off your (unconscious) partner's leg to save them (a la the Grey's Anatomy episode)? Yeah. No problem. I'd use my teeth and karate chop it if I had to. Drop a boulder on it. Steak knife. Chainsaw. Anything.
What motivates you to improve yourself? The hubster and Baby Bananaface. I mostly live for them. Working up my self-worth still to feel like I can live for myself, even so, I think they'll always be up there as far as motivation and reason to improve myself and meaning of life.
Would you rather be bald or hairy? Bald. Easier to put on lotion than wax and shave.
Would you be disappointed to learn that 200 years from now you will have no living descendants? Not particularly. Maybe the hubby would, he's got more of that type of pride. I think I'd be disappointed if humans weren't around and bettering themselves and the planet, although if the whole of nature was doing well, I wouldn't be too upset over that either.
Which do you prefer, odd numbers or even numbers? Odd. For whatever reason they feel more solid to me. Maybe it's because they don't divide easily? They gotta stick together?
Do you have a favorite number? 13. That's my birthday day. I've always liked 23 and 27 as well, and BB's birthday is on the 27th!
Does a person's happiness level depend mostly on the good or bad things that have happened to the person, or on something else? I don't think it has anything to do with what's happened to them. I've have horrible, traumatizing, heartbreaking things happen in my life and that hasn't impaired my ability to be happy. There are also people that have had simply wonderful lives without pitfalls and aren't necessarily happy!
What was the last thing you remember shoplifting? Two shot glasses (well, tasting glasses). I have a little bit of a problem regarding this... out of character. Tends to happen when I'm stressed.
Would you take a one way mission to mars trip? HELL-TO-THE-NO!
You have to drink four pints of a liquid per day (not water). What is it? Not water?! What?! Damn. Not even sure I can drink that much coffee... maybe tea? I like rooibos/chai, although that much I think peppermint or green tea would be best.
What is the most commonly held belief that you personally find deeply offensive? That there is such a thing as being more or less than another being. We have to make judgments to stay safe, I think it can be quite dysfunctional though.
Would you rather be a giant, or microscopic? Microscopic. Seeing the world more easily would be fun, just seems like all the tiny stuff would be quite exciting! Also, I wouldn't want to be sleeping out in the open and never fit in a shelter...
What long-lost childhood possession of yours would you like to see again? This odd fairy toy thing I had. I can't remember all the details about it. I remember a lovely periwinkle color and a few tiny fairy toys that fit in some sort of jewelry box that acted as their home. It was cute and fed my imagination and I loved it! I think the tops of the fairies were flowers too, instead of hair. Talk about a great disguise ;o)
If you had to pick a new first name, what would it be? Used to Crystal. I even named a pet rat Crystal and signed my school work with that name for a while. Nowadays... Hmmm. I like Rebecca. Makes me feel like a strong, beautiful pioneer! I also think I could do with a cheery name. Something that ends with a "y" or "ie?" Don't know. I think Hannah suits me pretty well!