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Rajiv De Silva Named President and CEO of Endo Health Solutions Inc. (Formerly Known as Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc.) (ENDP)
MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Endo Health Solutions Inc. (ENDP) today announced that Rajiv De Silva, a pharmaceutical executive who had been President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals and a senior executive at Novartis, has been named Endo's President and Chief Executive Officer, effective March 18. Mr. De Silva, who will also join the Endo Board of Directors, succeeds David Holveck who is retiring.
"Rajiv is a strong leader with the deep industry experience, outcome-oriented approach, and proven ability to drive results the Board was seeking in our next CEO," said Roger H. Kimmel, Chairman of the Board. "His track record in generating growth and profitability, managing complex integrations, and delivering for shareholders will serve us well. We are focused on taking the actions needed to create value for Endo shareholders and believe today's announcement is another key step forward that will enable us to build on Endo's strong foundation. At the same time, we appreciate Dave Holveck's significant contributions to Endo, including his leadership in reducing the Company's dependence on Lidoderm, and wish him well in his retirement."
Said De Silva, "I am excited to take on the challenge of leading Endo and helping the Company realize its full potential. Endo occupies a unique position in the healthcare market, able to deliver innovative products and services across multiple platforms with clear strengths in the medically important areas of pain management and urology. I look forward to working with the Endo team to build on its strengths and deliver top line growth while also improving cost management, execution and integration to enable Endo to make the most of its many opportunities and create value for its shareholders."
Mr. De Silva, 46, has deep experience in the pharmaceutical sector. He most recently served as President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, a $20 billion market capitalization specialty pharmaceutical company with a presence in the U.S. and a wide range of international markets. While at Valeant from 2009 to 2013, Mr. De Silva also served as Chief Operating Officer of Valeant's Specialty Pharmaceuticals business. During this period, he drove a turnaround plan that resulted in a multi-fold increase in revenues through acquisitions and organic sales growth, substantial improvements in profitability and cash flow generation, and put Valeant among the leading creators of shareholder value in the sector.
Prior to joining Valeant, Mr. De Silva was a senior executive at Novartis from 2003 to 2008, most recently serving as President of its Vaccines business in the U.S. and the Head of Vaccines in the Americas. He was previously President and CEO of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada and Global Head of Strategic Planning for Novartis Pharma. Earlier in his career, he was a Principal at McKinsey & Company, where he served as a member of the partnership group that led the global Pharmaceutical and Medical Products practice.
He currently serves on the Board of AMAG Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company focused on nephrology, hematology, and oncology, where he is a member of the Audit and Transaction committees. He holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Princeton University, a Masters of Science in civil engineering from Stanford University, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Conference Call and Webcast
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A replay of the call will be available from February 25, 2013 at 6:30pm ET until 11:59pm ET on March 4, 2013 by dialing (888) 286-8010 (domestic) or (617) 801-6888 (international) and entering passcode 57765730.
A simultaneous webcast of the call may be accessed by visiting www.endo.com. In addition, a replay of the webcast will be available until 12:00pm ET on February 25, 2014. The replay can be accessed by clicking on "Events" in the Investor Relations section of the website.
About Endo
Endo Health Solutions Inc. (Endo) is a US-based diversified healthcare company that is redefining healthcare value by finding solutions for the unmet needs of patients along care pathways for pain management, pelvic health, urology, endocrinology and oncology. Through our operating companies: AMS, Endo Pharmaceuticals, HealthTronics and Qualitest, Endo is dedicated to improving care through a combination of branded products, generics, devices, technology and services that creates value for patients, providers and payers alike. Learn more at www.endo.com.
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Antony Raijekov (2 Albums, 13 Tracks)
Antony Raijekov is a bulgarian musician who is working in field of music since 1991. He is studing jazz piano at Vienna Konservatorium, Austria and before that he was studing classical piano in Sofia, Bulgaria. He compose music for several theatre perfomances: The Fireplace, NightSongs, Return, etc. He was invloved in several musical bands in Bulgaria: POPARA, Acoustic Sound Lab. and colaboration with V. DIkov. Currently he is based in Vienna, Austria.
For his work he has been awarded Electronic Music Award in the category 'Electronic and computer generated music' on the 16th international competition ComputerSpace 2004, 'Musician of the month', July 2004 by the ctgmusic.com music community. Award for MEDIABOX - interactive audio-visual installation artwork under creative commons licese - ComputerSpace 2007 / OpenIdeas Company.
He is member of Jamnedo, CCMixter CC portal, CTGMusic.net.


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To the editor: Great editorial about the Somersworth Housing Authority in Wednesdays paper Nov 28. Thank you for bringing light to the fact that Beth Salinger should resign.
After all, as said in the editorial she was the person in charge.
Michael McKenna
To the editor: This letter is in reference to installing more benches and coverings for those of us who take the Coast buses around the area. I have called both the Coast bus company and Public Works in Portsmouth for two years without results. Several months ago I finally spoke with "the man in charge" and he said he'd look around to see if there's a "bench kicking around". I offered him one I have at my place, of course kiddingly as it's pretty old and run down. That was back around August. I've not heard from anyone about this nor do I see new benches on Commerce Way or other places needed, as well.
I have a few different illnesses that cause me great pain at times, so I get very tired by the time I've walked to the bus stops and don't have any place to sit down to wait for it. Sometimes it's a longer wait than expected. We are required to be there early even though quite often they are quite late! I only missed the bus one time but saw it go by me, even though I was waving it down.
So, let me get this. Right? The town can afford to install new bike racks and there, but not benches and coverings for those of us who have disabilities or just can't afford a car at this time?
Not nice!
Monique Sullivan
To the editor: Am I the only one who did the math??
In the 11/26/12 online edition of Foster's: "Bottles of wine worth a total of $100g go missing from Portsmouth liquor store"
As quoted in the article: "WMUR's investigative team looked at liquor commission records from January 2011 through March 2012 and found a total of 76,293 bottles of alcohol had gone missing from New Hampshire state liquor stores in this fifteen month period, an $800,000 value."
I may not be a math whiz, but if we average 30 days per month over 15 months, that's 450 days. That would mean that there were nearly 170 bottles of booze missing for every calendar day of the period?
Further: "Two New Hampshire stores that are commonly placed in the top 10 stores losing alcohol were Hampton and Hooksett. WMUR reported Hampton losing 8,788 bottles of wine or spirits, totaling $136,000 during the fifteen month period, and Hooksett with 7,924 bottles missing, with $73,000 in losses."
That would mean that 19 bottles per day disappear from Hampton and 17 per day from Hooksett. Put another way, of the estimated $800,000.00 loss during that time period, more than 25% came from those two locations. And this is acceptable? This is "shrinkage"? Is a hidden bottle that hard to detect?
What is being done to curb the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of our merchandise? Perhaps there should be some "shrinkage" in the staff and management responsible for loss prevention.
Dana Lariviere
To the editor: Is anyone besides me getting tired of seeing Sen. Kelley Ayotte following John McCain and Lindsey Graham around as if she were pledging at their fraternity house? First sequester and now Benghazi, there she is standing alongside the two senatorial anachronisms parroting their words and thoughts. Well, that's when they let her speak. Often she seems to be little more than eye-candy.
Seriously, does anyone think she would be doing this on her own? Of course she wouldn't. It's beyond me why she thinks hitching her political wagon to McCain and Graham will serve her political interests. However, it's not difficult for me to understand that her political interests are what this charade is all about.
John Cook
To the editor: As a mental health professional with 25 years experience working with adolescents, their families, schools, police, the juvenile justice system, and other helping professionals, I was both encouraged and dismayed by the headline story in Foster's on Nov. 27. Samantha Allen's story on the Rochester Police Department's plans to address the ballooning truancy problem being experienced by so many New Hampshire communities highlights both positives and negatives in our collective attempts to do right by our youth.
The Rochester Police and their collaborators within the school system deserve praise for taking the situation seriously and responding vigorously. They are putting considerable energy into trying to come up with something to stem and hopefully reverse this troubling trend in order to get kids back in school where they belong with the full support and enforcement of their families.
The method, mandatory family attendance at a weekly education session held at the police station backed up by the threat of large fines, may prove effective for some families.
However the approach seems to be a pretty heavy handed, dull, and imprecise tool to be truly helpful.
Reasons for truancy are as numerous as there are truant students. Discouragement due to academic failure, bullying, poverty, family physical and mental illness, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, the physical and sexual abuse of the children, and ineffective parenting are among a variety of interacting factors that may underlie the problem. If you don't adequately diagnose the disease, you cannot hope for a real cure. As with so many problems and solutions, when it comes to truancy one size does not fit all.
What is most tragic is that until recently we in New Hampshire did have interventions that, while imperfect, did allow us to get to know each family as a unique entity and craft family appropriate, custom strategies that were reasonably effective. As noted in the Foster's article, the virtual elimination of the CHINS petition preceded the dramatic increase in truancy. The previous legislature acted extremely unwisely in taking away the most effective tool we had in New Hampshire to intervene early enough and intelligently enough to make a lasting difference in families wherein truancy and associated problem behaviors pointed to and arose from serious family issues. This is no secret. In their candor most police, school administrators, family workers, and others with experience in the field will tell you that from the time the CHINS process was dismantled, this very result was both expected and feared. Well informed, thoughtful, and non ideological government policy does matter. If we ever needed another reminder of "Penny wise, pound-foolish" this lesson should last us for a while.
Unfortunately the police, well meaning as they are, are forced to come up with programs they are not equipped to design or carry out. Perhaps if we all insist, our new State leaders will pay attention and start to undo the damage of their predecessors.
Tom Burns, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
To the editor: Today, Nov. 27, I watched the Republican reaction to the interviews of Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice by Senators Lindsay Graham, John McCain and Kelly Ayotte. These interviews were in response to the political attack by these Senators on her early reporting of the CIA unclassified assessment of the Benghazi attack.
Initially, in concert with the riots in Egypt in reaction to a film objectionable to Muslims, the unclassified CIA report that Rice used said that preliminary estimates were that it was likely a similar attack in Benghazi that was then joined by a terrorist attack. Whereas the CIA was conducting activities in Benghazi related to terrorism, the CIA preferred to not mention terrorism related to Al Qaida that would expose their presence.
Senator Ayotte chose to ally herself with the extreme interpretation of Rice's reportage as a 'Cover-up' to hide what is claimed to be (by John McCain) Al Qaida resurgence and a failure of the Obama efforts. This was imagined to be a cover-up linked to the 2012 election. McCain has long sought revenge on Obama for losing to him in 2008 by opposing him at every turn. Ambassador Rice is apparently seen as another opportunity to indirectly attack Obama. That Senator Ayotte would join such a vendetta speaks to either incredible na�vet� or to her unbridled ambition within the republican party. After all, she was even flattered to be considered a Vice Presidential prospect.
In my opinion she has embarrassed New Hampshire by her vicious insinuations in her statements today.
Hiram Connell
To the editor: Kelly Ayotte has told Megyn Kelly, from Fox News, that her attacks on UN Ambassador, Susan Rice, are not race-based.
Ayotte worked with John Sununu on the Romney campaign while many believe Sununu engaged in racist dog whistles, calling President Obama lazy, not very bright, and un-American.
Kelly Ayotte never stood up and objected to John Sununu's disgusting behavior toward President Obama. She should do that now. Kelly Ayotte should tell NH children that using racist dog whistles for political advantage is unacceptable and disgusting.
Bob Jean
To the editor: The door knocking is done. The mailers have been received and read. The House parties are fond memories. And, the voters have spoken. Indeed, they have spoken loudly and clearly. They want our Concord government to return to civility. They want budgets and taxes controlled. They want a good education for their kids. The want affordable health care. They want to keep our clean New Hampshire environment. They want safe roads and bridges. Most of all, they want change.
I am humbled by the outpouring of support for my House candidacy in the Barrington and Lee flotarial district. And, I would like to thank each and every voter, whether I was their candidate or not, for taking part in the November 6th elections. We have great challenges ahead of us and already Governor-elect Hassan is leading the charge.
Over the course of the next two years I expect to participate aggressively in ensuring that the mandate that you, the voters, handed to me. After 32 years in finance, evaluating municipal financing, I am most anxious to get involved.
The time has come to work together. And, I look forward to hearing your voice and acting on your behalf for the next 24 months. Thank you for this opportunity to give back to a country, a state, and a people that have been so very good to me.
Roger Menear


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September 2009 Journal of Geoscience Education
Volume 57, Number 4
Fortner (2009) published in the March 2009 JGE was missing an acknowledgment. The correct acknowledgment should read, "This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DGE0440499. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."
Fortner (2009) published in the March 2009 JGE was missing an acknowledgment. The correct acknowledgment should read, "This work was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DGE0440499. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."
Editorial: Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences
Nir Orion, Roger Trend
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 222-223
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URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p222
Commentary: Fostering Students' Argumentation Skills in Geoscience Education
Roger Trend
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 224-232
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This paper considers opportunities for teachers to use an argumentation pedagogy in order to develop students' geoscience thinking skills. Educational argumentation principles and procedures are outlined. Argumentation can foster both student and teacher motivation and interest in the context of accessible and well-structured geoscience content. Geoscience lends itself to an argumentation approach because of its physical and intellectual accessibility, its concern with 'socio-scientific' ideas, its operation on scales readily understood by children and its regular occurrence in mass media reports. Students need to learn how to construct an argument, supported by evidence, and to learn from counterarguments. Argumentation involves both cognitive and affective skills of both teachers and students. It can be used to help children understand not merely the socio-cultural aspects of science but also basic science concepts and processes. A geosciences argumentation pedagogy is exemplified using coastal evolution: argumentation procedures and protocols are illustrated and explained. Four other potential opportunities in geoscience education are summarised in tabular form. The paper concludes by emphasising the critical role of epistemological understanding: it cannot be ignored.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p222
Curriculum & InstructionA Novel Approach to Teaching and Understanding Transformations of Matter in Dynamic Earth Systems
Scott K. Clark, Duncan F. Sibley, Julie C. Libarkin, Merle Heidemann
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 233-241
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The need to engage K-12 and post-secondary students in considering the Earth as a dynamic system requires explicit discussion of system characteristics. Fundamentally, dynamic systems involve the movement and change of matter, often through processes that are difficult to see and comprehend. We introduce a novel instructional method, termed Cause-MaP, designed to enhance non-science major undergraduates' understanding of complex Earth systems. Students are provided with a mechanism for explicitly following matter as it moves through the environment, and are encouraged to describe this movement both verbally, in response to a structured set of questions, and pictorially, in box-and-arrow diagrams. This approach raises awareness of the underlying causes for the dynamic nature of systems, and encourages reasoning, thoroughness, and transferability of skills. Preliminary data suggest that this method is effective with post-secondary students and we encourage adaptation of Cause-MaP to other courses at both the post-secondary and K-12 levels. A follow-up, more rigorous investigation of the impact of this approach on student learning will clarify the effectiveness of this instructional method.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p233
Characterizing and Improving Spatial Visualization Skills
Sarah Titus, Eric Horsman
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 242-254
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Three-dimensional spatial visualization is an essential skill for geoscientists. We conducted two evaluations of students' spatial skills to examine whether their skills improve after enrollment in a geology course or courses. First, we present results of pre- and post-course survey of abstract visualization skills used to characterize the range of spatial abilities in the student population at Carleton College. In Introductory Geology, there was a correlation between those who score very poorly on the spatial survey and those who receive a grade of C or lower. Students in higher-level courses had better developed visualization skills than those in Introductory Geology. Gender differences disappeared in upper-level courses except for the spatial relations (mental rotation) task, where male students consistently outperformed females. Second, we describe the efficacy of instructional materials designed for a Structural Geology course at the University of Wisconsin. This study included a qualitative controlled experiment investigating whether frequent use of stereographic projections affected student performance on exam questions requiring spatial skills. The results of both the survey-based quantitative study and materials-based qualitative study suggest that students' spatial abilities can improve through practice provided in geology courses.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p242
ResearchA Cognitive Framework for Reasoning with Scientific Models
Duncan F. Sibley
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 255-263
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Humans reason by analogy (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980; Gentner, 1983; 2003; Hofstadter, 2001, 2006; Pinker, 2007). Some have further argued that analogs can be scientific models (Hesse, 1966, Clement, 1989) although clearly not all analogies are models. Analogies based on mere physical similarity are not equivalent to scientific models but analogies based on shared relationships between the analog and target may be equivalent to scientific models. A literature review of analogies and scientific models indicates that all scientific models in geology are relational analogs. Relational analogs are equivalent to models because both: 1) are based on recognizing relational characteristics of the analog (or model) and target, 2) map similarities and differences between the analog (or model) and target and 3) support inferences about the target based on relational similarities between the target and analog (or model). Therefore, the cognitive processes involved in analogical thinking provide a theoretical, research-based framework for instruction designed to improve students' ability to learn how to use and generate scientific models.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p255
The Relationship Between Instructors' Conceptions of Geoscience Learning and Classroom Practice at a Research University
C.T. Markley, H. Miller, T. Kneeshaw, B.E. Herbert
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 264-274
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Reform of undergraduate science education will need to be supported with effective professional development for current and future faculty. The professional development programs will need to address the knowledge, skills and beliefs of higher education faculty so that they can implement the kind of effective practices that results in the intended learning and meets the needs of diverse learners. To support the design of these programs, this research characterized the relationships between faculty's conceptions of teaching and learning on their teaching practices. Teaching faculty at a Doctoral/Research University were randomly interviewed to assess conceptions with respect to: 1) individual faculty learning, 2) student learning based on academic level, 3) how teaching is valued by the organization and 4) course goals. Additionally, classroom observations were conducted to determine the level of student-teacher interaction and cognitive engagement of the instructor and students with graphical and symbolic representations, as well as other manipulatives. Observations indicated teacher-centered classes across all academic levels. These data contrasted the subject's conceptions that cognitive and technical skill development is best achieved through self-directed learning. Analysis of the interviews and observations suggested the contradiction between learning practices the subject viewed as effective and the utilized teaching methods resulted from two major barriers: 1) the instructors' conceptions on the evolution of student learning and 2) an institutional reward structure that doesn't support the development of effective teaching practices.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p264/may09.html#v57p264 /may09.html#v57p101
Students' Geocognition of Deep Time, Conceptualized in an Informal Educational Setting
Renee M. Clary, Robert F. Brzuszek, James H. Wandersee
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 275-285
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Students in a Landscape Architecture Design 1 course (N = 25) at a research university in the southern US developed design solutions implementing geologic time for an informal education site. Those students who employed abstract metaphors for their designs (n = 8) were more successful than students who proceeded with a linear design construct. Pre- and post-test assessments using the Petrified Wood Survey and student-constructed timelines suggested that 1) 75% geoscience content knowledge is needed for successful design, and 2) relative understanding of Earth events and the barrenness of early Earth's landscape is also prerequisite for successful design implementation. Most revealing of students' cognitive processes were the concept statements and concept maps produced during the project. The concept statement forced students to address the project's requirements, take a position with their concept development of abstract metaphorical representation, and proceed with a final design solution. It appears that concept statements with accompanying concept maps facilitate student cognition by forcing student comprehension and application of geoscience content knowledge. We suggest that an inclusion of concept statements when teaching application of a complex Earth system or process may facilitate students' geoscience cognition in design and/or informal educational settings.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p275
Thai University Students' Prior Knowledge About P-waves Generated During Particle Motion
Suttida Rakkapao, Kwan Arayathanitkul. Passakorn Pananont
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 286-299
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The goal of this study is to identify Thai students' prior knowledge about particle motion when P-waves arrive. This existing idea significantly influences what and how students learn in the classroom. The data were collected via conceptual open-ended questions designed by the researchers and through explanatory follow-up interviews. Participants (n = 171) were freshmen in science, engineering, agricultural sciences, and medicine fields enrolled in a university in Thailand. The major categories of Thai students' prior knowledge about particle motion at P-wave arrival are (1) the belief that particles spread in all directions, like water waves, when P-waves arrive, (2) the belief that particles move forward with a sine wave motion, and that these particles travel with the propagating wave energy to the P-wave's final destination, (3) the belief that particles vertically move back and forth at P- wave arrival. These beliefs are the alternative conception held by more than three-quarter of our study population. The other held the scientific conception (category 4) that particles in a medium vibrate in the same direction as the propagating wave energy when P waves arrive, coupled with recognition that particles do not travel with the propagating energy. Recognizing the existence of this prior knowledge is vital to creating teaching strategies to promote the conceptual change approach, which is based on both historical Piagetian learning theory and the new trend "knowledge in pieces", about particle motion and seismic energy, in particular, as well as earthquakes, in general.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p286
Barriers to College Students Learning How Rocks Form
Karen M. Kortz, Daniel P. Murray
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 300-315
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Students do not have a good understanding of how rocks form. Instead, they have many non-scientific alternative conceptions to explain different aspects of rock formation. Using 10 interviews and nearly 200 questionnaires filled out by students at four different colleges, we identified many alternative conceptions students have about rock formation. We then used themes within those alternative conceptions to identify the underlying conceptual barriers that cause them. Conceptual barriers are deeply-held conceptions that prevent students from understanding scientific explanations. One conceptual barrier can cause many alternative conceptions, and alternative conceptions can be the result of more than one conceptual barrier. The seven conceptual barriers identified in the study that prevent students from understanding rock formation are Deep Time, Changing Earth, Large Spatial Scale, Bedrock, Materials, Atomic Scale, and Pressure. Because of these conceptual barriers, students cannot form scientifically correct mental models of how rocks form, resulting in alternative conceptions, so the conceptual barriers need to be overcome before students truly learn the scientific explanations of how rocks form. The results of this study can be applied to other areas of geology in addition to rock formation.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p300
An Empirical Methodology for Investigating Geocognition in the Field
Heather L. Petcovic, Julie C. Libarkin, Kathleen M. Baker
JGE, v. 57, n. 4, p. 316-328
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The investigation of how geologists engage in field mapping, including strategies and behaviors, is an open area of research with significant potential for identifying connections to best instructional practices. While study of experts in an array of disciplines has yielded general conclusions about the nature of expertise, the consideration of geoscience experts, especially in authentic settings, is virtually unstudied. Field mapping involves a complex interplay between the individual mapper and the natural environment. Both cognition and behavior influence the observations and interpretations that ultimately yield the map, a representation of the natural world. We set out to establish a methodology, adapted from existing studies of expertise, that would allow us to document cognitive and behavioral processes involved in situated map-making and generate preliminary insights into expert-novice differences in mapping behavior and cognition. We present here a theoretically–driven, mixed methods methodology, and suggest that navigation coupled with field artifact and audio data provide the richest and most meaningful insights into geocognition in the field.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/sep09.html#v57p316


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Read this first to make sense of all this: http://www.brikwars.com/forums/viewtopi ... 33&t=10278
So the battle begins:
Markus leads the charge as the Norhavren soldiers move up.
The Lorendal soldiers prepare for combat. Two men on the battlements drop their weapons and prepare the catapults.
Faerden mounts up and leads his men out through the gate, while the sentries light their crossbow bolts on fire at a nearby brazier.
The soldiers of Norhavren continue their charge, their fury as unyielding as the north wind. The troops let out a loud war cry that can be heard across the battlefield, shaking their foes with fear (-1 to skill for 1 round).
The sentries open fire on Lord Markus, but fail to hit him.
Unfazed, Lord Faerden charges forward valiantly, battleaxe in hand. He strikes a fierce blow against Lord Markus as he counters...
...Yet Markus' counter isn't strong enough! He loses a hit point and is knocked from his mount, who continues to run forward until it realizes its rider is gone.
In a humiliating show of cowardice, the Lorendal troops shut the gates and brace them with their muscles rather than charging at the enemy like true warriors would do. Tarius sits back and watches them do his dirty work, while the rest of Faerden's men head for either the battlements or the armory.
Alagard climbs to the battlements and attempts to cast a blessing upon Lord Faerden, but his range dice fall just short (I used IVHorseman's rules for this).
The Norhavren mounted Knights charge at Lord Faerden; the first strikes Faerden with his halberd, but Faerden blocks the blow just in time.
The second is less honorable, and swings his halberd downward to strike at Faerden's horse!
The gruesome blow nearly cuts the horse in two, and it dies instantly as Faerden is thrown from his mount. He lands directly in front of the now-recovered Lord Markus!
Markus seizes the opportunity and swings his battleaxe into Faerden's back, but his armor shields him from the blow!
The Norhavren troops continue to move up, and Sir Rupert joins Lord Markus in attacking Faerden.
The Norhavren ballistas also fired. The first one was successful, as its bolt sailed over the battlements and impaled the catapult operator.
The second one also managed to hit, and its powerful bolt knocked Alagard off the battlements (-1 HP).
The Lorendal knights charge their Norhavren counterparts with their corseques. The first failed to do any damage, while the other missed.
Alagard attempts to cast a magic missile spell at the Norhavren knights, but again he fails.
Three of the Lorendal knights made it into the armory, and managed to find some better weapons.
Faerden gets up and attacks Sir Rupert with his Axe, but Rupert blocks the blow!
The Norhavren knights attack the Lorendal knights with their halberds, but fail to kill either of them.
Faerden is dealt a cruel surprise as the cold head of Markus' axe cuts into his armor plate and buries itself deep in his spine.
He falls to the ground, dead.
A Norhavren crossbowman fires a bolt into one of the Lorendal horse's heads, killing it and sending the rider flying backward.
The ballistas also fire again, but this time Alagard puts up a magical wall to protect himself.
The dismounted Lorendal knight readies his weapon and impales a Norhavren knight as he rides by, killing him.
The second one aims his corseque downward and charges at Markus, but his immensely high armor roll spared him from death.
He then swings around and kills the horse with his axe, sending the rider flying off to the side.
The dismounted knight must have found favor with the dread pirate 2x2 or something, as his armor roll saved him from both the Norhavren knight's halberd and a lethal ballista bolt!
Surrounded by enemy forces, the disrupted Lorendal knight dies beneath the blows of several Norhavren blades.
The other Lorendal knight swings his corseque around and cuts into the Norhavren knight's armor, killing him.
As the Norhavren troops draw ever closer, the sentries fire their crossbows at the leading knight. He dies as numerous crossbow bolts tear through his breastplate.
The Lorendal knight is soon surrounded as Markus and the second column of Norhavren troops move up.
The ballistas aim at the main gate and fire. The powerful shots pierce the door's thick wooden bearings and force them open, as the troops bracing the door are knocked down.
The Norhavren troops waste no time in charging the gate. They are now very close to the fortress!
Realizing that he may die very soon, the Lorendal knight readies his weapon for one last charge, and runs toward the Norhavren column. He then misses his attack.
Lorendal footmen, backed up by two more knights, rush out to meet the Norhavren soldiers. Two of them are killed by crossbow fire from the sentries, while Alagard successfully casts a fireball spell that kills two more.
The heroic Lorendal knight dies as he is cut down by several Norhavren troops, while another knight is killed by a well-aimed ballista bolt.
With no regard whatsoever to the safety of their own men, the Norhavren battle cannon fires and kills three of their own men, along with three Lorendal troops and a knight.
Knowing that they must warn the kingdom of the Norhavren assault, Tarius and Alagard escape through the south gate and leave their men to die for them like cowards.
The Lorendal soldiers make one last desperate push to rout the Norhavren troops. Three of them charge at Lord Markus, who is now at the center of the gate.
This proves to be a huge mistake as Lord Markus swings his fearsome axe and kills all three men in a single swipe, severing heads and crushing bones.
After a couple more turns, Sir Rupert and his men move up against the castle wall to avoid the catapult, while Lord Markus kills even more Lorendal soldiers. In the end, the Lorendal troops were completely wiped out.
Lord Markus: "We have won a great victory this day! Once more the people of Lorendal will fear the might of Norhavren!"
Sir Rupert: "My Lord, don't you think they would have managed to alert their superiors? Surely the Lorendal would have attempted something of the sort."
Markus: "Indeed. Which is why I am sending you after their retreating men!"
Rupert: "My Lord, you wish for me to go into Lorendal territory alone?"
Markus: "Do I detect a bit of hesitation in your voice? No, I will not send you alone. Take a small detachment of elite warriors and pursue the cowards to their nearest town. Wipe them out, then burn the village for good measure. Don't fail me Rupert."
Rupert: "Of course my lord. I shall ride out at once."
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Re: Battle of the WIP Castle
This was a very exciting siege, actually; very well done. I haven't assessed the pictures very well; what were the troop totals of Lions versus Dragons? Just curious.
I also like the ballistae.
I also like the ballistae.
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Bad day to be a horse.
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Re: Battle of the WIP Castle
The forces are actually about even; although I'm pretty sure that Lorendal has a few more soldiers than Norhavren, despite what our heroes said. I've also added a few more specialist troops to Norhavren since the battle; they might have a part in the next one.Rev. Sylvanus wrote:This was a very exciting siege, actually; very well done. I haven't assessed the pictures very well; what were the troop totals of Lions versus Dragons? Just curious.
I also like the ballistae.
Re: Battle of the WIP Castle
Very entertaining battle, lots of carnage and destruction. Seemed a little one sided though
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For E18, go to the E Setting panel. In ''Look > Scaling'', you can control the UI scaling ratios. A ratio of 1.2 seems to work well for the native resolution of the MBPr 15" screen.
For E18, go to the E Setting panel. In ''Look > Scaling'', you can control the UI scaling ratios. A ratio of 1.2 seems to work well for the native resolution of the MBPr 15" screen.
== X Server ==
== X Server ==
Revision as of 17:17, 9 October 2019
HiDPI (High Dots Per Inch) displays, also known by Apple's "Retina Display" marketing name, are screens with a high resolution in a relatively small format. They are mostly found in high-end laptops and monitors.
Not all software behaves well in high-resolution mode yet. Here are listed most common tweaks which make work on a HiDPI screen more pleasant.
- 1 Desktop environments
- 2 X Server
- 3 X Resources
- 4 GUI toolkits
- 5 Boot managers
- 6 Applications
- 6.1 Atom
- 6.2 Browsers
- 6.3 Gimp 2.8
- 6.4 Inkscape
- 6.5 IntelliJ IDEA
- 6.6 Java applications
- 6.8 Mono applications
- 6.9 NetBeans
- 6.10 Skype
- 6.11 Slack
- 6.12 Spotify
- 6.13 Steam
- 6.14 Sublime Text 3
- 6.15 Thunderbird
- 6.16 VirtualBox
- 6.17 Wine applications
- 6.18 Zathura document viewer
- 6.19 Zoom
- 6.20 Unsupported applications
- 7 Multiple displays
- 8 Linux console
- 9 See also
Desktop environments
To enable HiDPI, Settings > Devices > Displays,or use gsettings:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "[{'Gdk/WindowScalingFactor', <2>}]" $ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface scaling-factor 2
Fractional Scaling
A setting of
2, 3, etc, which is all you can do with
scaling-factor, may not be ideal for certain HiDPI displays and smaller screens (e.g. small tablets).
- Wayland
Enable fractional Scaling experimental-feature:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"
then open Settings > Devices > Displays (the new options may only appear after a restart)
- Xorg
You can achieve any non-integer scale factor by using a combination of GNOME's
scaling-factor and xrandr. This combination keeps the TTF fonts properly scaled so that they do not become blurry if using
xrandr alone. You specify zoom-in factor with
gsettings and zoom-out factor with xrandr.
First scale GNOME up to the minimum size which is too big. Usually "2" is already too big, otherwise try "3" etc. Then start scaling down by setting zoom-out factor with xrandr. First get the relevant output name, the examples below use
eDP1. Start e.g. with zoom-out 1.25 times. If the UI is still too big, increase the scale factor; if it is too small decrease the scale factor.
$ xrandr --output eDP1 --scale 1.25x1.25
--panning option as explained in #Side display.
GNOME ignores X settings due to its xsettings Plugin in Gnome Settings Daemon, where DPI setting is hard coded. There is blog entry for recompiling Gnome Settings Daemon. In the source documentation there is another way mentioned to set X settings DPI:
You can use the dconf Editor and navigate to key
and complement the entry with the value
'Xft/DPI': <153600>
From README.xsettings
Noting that variants must be specified in the usual way (wrapped in <>).
Note also that DPI in the above example is expressed in 1024ths of an inch.
Text Scaling
Alternatively or additionally to above solution, you can scale only text by factor not limited by whole numbers, for example:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface text-scaling-factor 1.5
KDE Plasma
You can use Plasma's settings to fine tune font, icon, and widget scaling. This solution affects both Qt and GTK applications.
To adjust font, widget, and icon scaling together:
- System Settings > Display and Monitor > Display Configuration > Scale Display
- Drag the slider to the desired size
- Restart for the settings to take effect
To adjust only font scaling:
- System Settings > Fonts
- Check "Force fonts DPI" and adjust the DPI level to the desired value. This setting should take effect immediately for newly started applications. You will have to logout and login for it to take effect on Plasma desktop.
To adjust only icon scaling:
- System Settings > Icons > Advanced
- Choose the desired icon size for each category listed. This should take effect immediately.
Display Scale not integer bug
When using not integer values for Display Scale it may causes font render issue in some Qt application. A workaround for this is to:
- Set the scale value to
- Adjust your font and icons and use the "Force fonts DPI" ( this affects all apps, also GTK but not create issue with the fonts )
- Restart Plasma
- If required tune the GTK apps using the variables
GDK_DPI_SCALE(as described above)
Tray icons with fixed size
The tray icons are not scaled with the rest of the desktop, since Plasma ignores the Qt scaling settings by default. To make Plasma respect the Qt settings, set
PLASMA_USE_QT_SCALING to
Xfce uses the DPI given by the X server. There is an option to override Font DPI (Settings Manager > Appearance > Fonts > DPI > Custom DPI setting) but it's better to adjust X server DPI instead. See Xorg#Display size and DPI for how to fix it.
To enlarge icons in system tray, right-click on it (aim for empty space / top pixels / bottom pixels, so that you will not activate icons themselves) > Properties, set "Maximum icon size" to 32, 48 or 64.
Xfwm comes with two hidpi themes: Default-hdpi and Default-xhdpi. You can set them under Settings Manager > Window Manager > Style > Theme.
You can set the default icon sizes of gtk2 menus, buttons and so on under Settings Manager > Settings Editor > xsettings > Gtk > IconSizes, with a line like this:
gtk-large-toolbar=96,96:gtk-small-toolbar=64,64:gtk-menu=64,64:gtk-dialog=96,96:gtk-button=64,64:gtk-dnd=64,64. "gtk-dnd" is for the icons during drag'n'drop, the others are quite self-explanatory. You can use any value your icon theme supports.
Has good support out of the box.
For E18, go to the E Setting panel. In Look > Scaling, you can control the UI scaling ratios. A ratio of 1.2 seems to work well for the native resolution of the MBPr 15" screen.
X Server
Some programs use the DPI given by the X server. Examples are i3 (source) and Chromium (source).
To verify that the X Server has properly detected the physical dimensions of your monitor, use the xdpyinfo utility from the xorg-xdpyinfo package:
$ xdpyinfo | grep -B 2 resolution
screen #0: dimensions: 3200x1800 pixels (423x238 millimeters) resolution: 192x192 dots per inch
This example uses inaccurate dimensions (423mm x 328mm, even though the Dell XPS 9530 has 346mm x 194mm) to have a clean multiple of 96 dpi, in this case 192 dpi. This tends to work better than using the correct DPI — Pango renders fonts crisper in i3 for example.
If the DPI displayed by xdpyinfo is not correct, see Xorg#Display size and DPI for how to fix it.
X Resources
If you are not using a desktop environment such as KDE, Xfce, or other that manipulates the X settings for you, you can set the desired DPI setting manually via the
Xft.dpi variable in Xresources:
Xft.dpi: 180 Xft.autohint: 0 Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.hinting: 1 Xft.antialias: 1 Xft.rgba: rgb
Make sure the settings are loaded properly when X starts, for instance in your
~/.xinitrc with
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources (see Xresources for more information).
This will make the font render properly in most toolkits and applications, it will however not affect things such as icon size!
Xft.dpi at the same time as toolkit scale (e.g.
GDK_SCALE) may cause interface elements to be much larger than intended in some programs like firefox.
GUI toolkits
Qt 5
Since Qt 5.6, Qt 5 applications can be instructed to honor screen DPI by setting the
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR environment variable:
export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=1
If automatic detection of DPI does not produce the desired effect, scaling can be set manually per-screen (
QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS) or globally (
QT_SCALE_FACTOR). For more details see the Qt blog post or Qt developer documentation.
- If you manually set the screen factor, it is important to set
QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0otherwise some applications which explicitly force high DPI enabling get scaled twice.
QT_SCALE_FACTORscales fonts, but
QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORSdoes not scale fonts.
- If you also set the font DPI manually in xrdb to support other toolkits,
QT_SCALE_FACTORSwill give you huge fonts.
- If you have multiple screens of differing DPI ie: #Side display you may need to do
An alternative is e.g.:
QT_FONT_DPI=96 vym
Setting the GDK scale will scale the UI, however it will not scale icons. If you are using a minimal window manager where you are setting the dpi via Xft.dpi, GDK should scale perfectly fine with it. In other cases, do the following:
To scale UI elements by a factor of two:
export GDK_SCALE=2
To undo scaling of text:
export GDK_DPI_SCALE=0.5
Scaling of UI elements is not supported by the toolkit itself, however it's possible to generate a theme with elements pre-scaled for HiDPI display using oomox-gitAUR.
Elementary (EFL)
To scale UI elements by a factor of 1.5:
export ELM_SCALE=1.5
For more details see https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/elementary/
Boot managers
Lower the framebuffer resolution
Set a lower resolution for the framebuffer as explained in GRUB/Tips and tricks#Setting the framebuffer resolution.
Change GRUB font size
Find a ttf font that you like in
Convert the font to a format that GRUB can utilize:
# grub-mkfont -s 30 -o /boot/grubfont.pf2 /usr/share/fonts/FontFamily/FontName.ttf
-s 30 parameter to modify the font size
/etc/default/grub to set the new font as shown in GRUB/Tips and tricks#Background image and bitmap fonts:
Update GRUB configuration by running
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Adding the following line and running
bootctl update increases font-size in the systemd-boot menu:
console-mode 1
As a general rule, applications can be launched with a custom scaling value, e.g.
$ atom --force-device-scale-factor=2. A more permanent solution is to add this scaling factor as a flag to the relevant .conf or .desktop file (normally located at
/usr/share/applications/). In the latter instance, the flag should be added to the line beginning with "Exec=", e.g.
Exec=/usr/bin/atom --force-device-scale-factor=2 %F. The next section provides more details on implementing this for specific applications.
--force-device-scale-factor=2 as a flag to the atom.desktop file:
Exec=/usr/bin/atom --force-device-scale-factor=2 %F
Firefox should use the #GDK 3 (GTK 3) settings. However, the suggested
GDK_SCALE suggestion does not consistently scale the entirety of Firefox, and does not work for fractional values (e.g., a factor of 158DPI/96DPI = 1.65 for a 1080p 14" laptop). You may want to use
GDK_DPI_SCALE instead. Another option, which will avoid Firefox-specific settings in many setups is to use the settings in #X Resources as Firefox should respect the
Xft.dpi value defined there.
To override those, open Firefox advanced preferences page (
about:config) and set parameter
layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to
2 (or find the one that suits you better;
2 is a good choice for Retina screens), but it also does not consistently scale the entirety of Firefox. If Firefox is not scaling fonts, you may want to create
userChrome.css and add appropriate styles to it. More information about
userChrome.css at mozillaZine.
@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* #tabbrowser-tabs, #navigator-toolbox, menuitem, menu, ... */ * { font-size: 15px !important; } /* exception for badge on adblocker */ .toolbarbutton-badge { font-size: 8px !important; }
If you use a HiDPI monitor such as Retina display together with another monitor, you can use AutoHiDPI add-on in order to automatically adjust
layout.css.devPixelsPerPx setting for the active screen. Also, since Firefox version 49, it auto-scales based on your screen resolution, making it easier to deal with 2 or more screens.
If you use Wayland, see Firefox#Wayland for instructions to enable the optional Wayland backend on firefox. This is also appicable to thunderbird.
You can also use the Wayland-enabled packages of Firefox from the AUR: firefox-waylandAUR (compiles from source) or fedora-firefox-wayland-binAUR (binary from Fedora). You might experience some minor visual glitches with these packages.
Chromium / Google Chrome
Chromium should use the #GDK 3 (GTK 3) settings.
To override those, use the
--force-device-scale-factor flag with a scaling value. This will scale all content and ui, including tab and font size. For example
chromium --force-device-scale-factor=2.
Using this option, a scaling factor of 1 would be normal scaling. Floating point values can be used. To make the change permanent, for Chromium, you can add it to
To make this work for Chrome, add the same option to
~/.config/chrome-flags.conf instead.
If you use a HiDPI monitor such as Retina display together with another monitor, you can use the reszoom extension in order to automatically adjust the zoom level for the active screen.
Opera should use the #GDK 3 (GTK 3) settings.
To override those, use the
--alt-high-dpi-setting=X command line option, where X is the desired DPI. For example, with
--alt-high-dpi-setting=144 Opera will assume that DPI is 144. Newer versions of opera will auto detect the DPI using the font DPI setting (in KDE: the force font DPI setting.)
Gimp 2.8
Use a high DPI theme, or adjust
gtkrc of an existing theme. (Change all occurrences of the size
button to
dialog, for example
There is also the gimp-hidpi.
To scale the icons to a "usable" size go to Preferences > Interface and set the icon size to Large or Larger[1][2].
IntelliJ IDEA
IntelliJ IDEA 15 and above should include HiDPI support.[3] If it does not work, the most convenient way to fix the problem in this case seems to be changing the Override Default Fonts setting:
- File > Settings > Behaviour & Appearance > Appearance
The addition of
-Dhidpi=true to the vmoptions file in either
$HOME/.IdeaC14/ or
/usr/share/intelligj-idea-ultimate-edition/bin/ of release 14 should not be required anymore.
Java applications
Java applications using the AWT/Swing framework can be scaled by defining the sun.java2d.uiScale variable when invoking java. For example,
java -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=2 -jar some_application.jar
Since Java 9 the GDK_SCALE environment variable is used to scale Swing applications accordingly.
Recent versions (R2017b) of MATLAB allow to set the scale factor[4]:
>> s = settings;s.matlab.desktop.DisplayScaleFactor >> s.matlab.desktop.DisplayScaleFactor.PersonalValue = 2
The settings take effect after MATLAB is restarted.
Mono applications
According to [5], Mono applications should be scalable like GTK 3 applications.
NetBeans allows the font size of its interface to be controlled using the
--fontsize parameter during startup. To make this change permanent edit the
/usr/share/netbeans/etc/netbeans.conf file and append the
--fontsize parameter to the
netbeans_default_options property.[6]
The editor fontsize can be controlled from Tools > Option > Fonts & Colors.
The output window fontsize can be controlled from Tools > Options > Miscelaneous > Output
Skype for Linux (skypeforlinux-stable-binAUR package) uses #GDK 3 (GTK 3).
Slack (slack-desktopAUR), like all Electron apps, can be configured to use a custom scaling value by adding a
--force-device-scale-factor flag to the .desktop file. This is normally located at
/usr/share/applications/. The flag should be added to the line beginning with "Exec=". For example:
Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libcurl.so.3 /usr/bin/slack --force-device-scale-factor=1.5 %U
You can change scale factor by simple
Ctrl++ for zoom in,
Ctrl+- for zoom out and
Ctrl+0 for default scale. Scaling setting will be saved in
~/.config/spotify/Users/YOUR-SPOTIFY-USER-NAME/prefs, you may have to create this file by yourself:
Also Spotify can be launched with a custom scaling factor which will be multiplied with setting specified in
~/.config/spotify/Users/YOUR-SPOTIFY-USER-NAME/prefs, for example
$ spotify --force-device-scale-factor=1.5
Official HiDPI support
- Starting on 25 of January 2018 in the beta program there is actual support for HiDPI and it should be automatically detected.
- Steam > Settings > Interface, check "Enlarge text and icons based on monitor size" (restart required)
- If it not automatically detected use
GDK_SCALE=2to set the desired scale factor.
The HiDPI-Steam-Skin can be installed to increase the font size of the interface. While not perfect, it does improve usability.
MetroSkin Unofficial Patch also helps with HiDPI on Steam with Linux.
Sublime Text 3
Sublime Text 3 has full support for display scaling. Go to Preferences > Settings > User Settings and add
"ui_scale": 2.0 to your settings.
See #Firefox. To access
about:config, go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced >Config editor.
VirtualBox also applies the system-wide scaling to the virtual monitor, which reduces the maximum resolution inside VMs by your scaling factor (see [7]).
This can be worked around by calculating the inverse of your scaling factor and manually setting this new scaling factor for the VirtualBox execution, e.g.
$ QT_SCALE_FACTOR=0.5 VirtualBox --startvm vm-name
Wine applications
$ winecfg
and change the "dpi" setting found in the "Graphics" tab. This only affects the font size.
Zathura document viewer
No modifications required for document viewing.
UI text scaling is specified via configuration file (note that "font" is a girara option):
set font "monospace normal 20"
Zoom can be started with a proper scaling by overriding the
QT_SCALE_FACTOR environment variable.
$ QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2 zoom
Unsupported applications
run_scaled-gitAUR can be used to scale applications (which uses xpra internally).
Another approach is to run the application full screen and without decoration in its own VNC desktop. Then scale the viewer. With Vncdesk (vncdesk-gitAUR from the AUR) you can set up a desktop per application, then start server and client with a simple command such as
vncdesk 2.
x11vnc has an experimental option
-appshare, which opens one viewer per application window. Perhaps something could be hacked up with that.
Multiple displays
The HiDPI setting applies to the whole desktop, so non-HiDPI external displays show everything too large. However, note that setting different scaling factors for different monitors is already supported in Wayland.
Side display
One workaround is to use xrandr's scale option. To have a non-HiDPI monitor (on DP1) right of an internal HiDPI display (eDP1), one could run:
$ xrandr --output eDP-1 --auto --output DP-1 --auto --scale 2x2 --right-of eDP-1
When extending above the internal display, you may see part of the internal display on the external monitor. In that case, specify the position manually.
You may adjust the "sharpness" parameter on your monitor settings to adjust the blur level introduced with scaling.
--scale 2x2 does not work on some Nvidia cards. No solution is currently available. [8] A potential workaround exists with configuring
ForceFullCompositionPipeline=On on the
CurrentMetaMode via
nvidia-settings. For more info see [9].
modesetting driver you will get mouse flickering. This can be solved by scaling your non-scaled screen by 0.9999x0.9999.
Multiple external monitors
There might be some problems in scaling more than one external monitors which have lower dpi than the built-in HiDPI display. In that case, you may want to try downscaling the HiDPI display instead, with e.g.
$ xrandr --output eDP1 --scale 0.5x0.5 --output DP2 --right-of eDP1 --output HDMI1 --right-of DP2
In addition, when you downscale the HiDPI display, the font on the HiDPI display will be slightly blurry, but it's a different kind of bluriness compared with the one introduced by upscaling the external displays. You may compare and see which kind of bluriness is less problematic for you.
If all you want is to mirror ("unify") displays, this is easy as well:
With AxB your native HiDPI resolution (for ex 3200x1800) and CxD your external screen resolution (e.g. 1920x1200)
$ xrandr --output HDMI --scale [A/C]x[B/D]
In this example which is QHD (3200/1920 = 1.66 and 1800/1200 = 1.5)
$ xrandr --output HDMI --scale 1.66x1.5
For UHD to 1080p (3840/1920=2 2160/1080=2)
$ xrandr --output HDMI --scale 2x2
You may adjust the "sharpness" parameter on your monitor settings to adjust the blur level introduced with scaling.
There are several tools which automate the commands described above.
- This script extend a non-HiDPI external display above a HiDPI internal display.
- xrandr-extend.
- xlayoutdisplayAUR is a CLI front end for xrandr which detects and sets correct DPI: README
Linux console
The default Linux console font will be very small on HiDPI displays, the largest font present in the kbd package is
latarcyrheb-sun32 and other packages like terminus-font contain further alternatives, such as
ter-132n(normal) and
ter-132b(bold). See Linux console#Fonts for configuration details. Also see Linux console#Persistent configuration in particular for applying the font setting during the early userspace boot sequence.
After changing the font, it is often garbled and unreadable when changing to other virtual consoles (
tty2-6). To fix this you can force specific mode for KMS, such as
video=2560x1600@60 (substitute in the native resolution of your HiDPI display), and reboot.


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Atlanta Member Meeting 04.02.09
WHEN: Thursday - April 2nd 2009, 6:30pm
WHERE: Room # 1116 West, Klaus Advanced Computing Building, GA Tech
WHO: ALL Atlanta Members
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Singer Mark Hall comes to Liberty University for Momentum Youth Ministry Conference
Mark Hall, lead singer for the top Christian band Casting Crowns, will be a busy man on April 12. He will be on the Liberty University campus during the day as part of the Momentum Youth Ministry Conference, and at night for a College For a Weekend concert.
But that shouldn't be too much trouble for a man who manages to tour around the country and still lead his youth group of 400 students each Wednesday night in Atlanta, Ga.
Hall is clearly focused on ministry and that's why he has teamed with Global Youth Ministry to offer the all-day Momentum Conference, sponsored by Liberty's Center for Youth Ministry. The conference will be open to youth leaders, youth workers, and students in sixth through 12th grades. There will also be a special session for LU students interested in youth work.
Hall is scheduled to speak in the afternoon sessions and will do a special breakout session with youth pastors. He will be joined at the conference by other big names in youth ministry: Roger Glidewell, founder of Global Youth Ministry, and Bobby McGraw, a featured speaker for the group.
Global Youth Ministry conducts the Momentum Conferences throughout the country and around the world to equip youth leaders with biblical principles and practical, take-home tools for ministering to teens and to help students get a clear direction for becoming a healthier youth group.
Youth ministry is the second most-enrolled program in Liberty's School of Religion.
For more information on the conference go to www.globalyouthministry.org.


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Sydney firefighters save historic Barrenjoey lighthouse from headland blaze
Almost 80 Rural Fire Service volunteers have worked this morning to contain a bushfire on Sydney's northern beaches, near the historic Barrenjoey lighthouse.
The blaze started yesterday on the Barrenjoey Headland near Palm Beach and has burnt out 17 hectares of bushland.
The RFS said crews succeeded in saving the main lighthouse, but there is some damage to the roof of one building in the complex.
Spokesman Brendan Doyle said crews are still on scene.
"Currently crews are allowing the fire to burn slowly down to the waterline," he said.
"Crews are obviously controlling any hot spots around the main ridge of the Barrenjoey headland and any problem trees that may be in the area."
Two helicopters were on the scene yesterday to help firefighters after the fire broke out at 2:00pm (AEST).
The blaze had cut off access to the walking track at the headland and at the height of the fire it was feared tourists may have been trapped.
However, all people have been accounted for. One firefighter has been treated for minor burns.
Authorities had warned that if anyone was stuck in the area they could seek shelter at the lighthouse, where there was a clearing from the scrub.
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How do volcanoes form?
Deep inside Earth, between the molten iron core and the
thin crust at the surface, there is the mantle, a large layer of rock that is largely solid, but flows like plastic. When, for various reasons, rock from the mantle melts, it sometimes moves to the Earth?s surface through weak spots in the crust, releasing heat, gasses, and rock--a volcanic eruption. But why does this solid rock melt and come to the surface?
From Magma to Lava
Extremely high temperature and pressure can cause the lower mantle to melt and become liquid rock, or magma. When a body of magma rises through the denser rock layers toward Earth's surface, some of it remains liquid. Magma that has reached the surface is called lava.
Lava Types
Magma comes in different "flavors," or compositions.
Each of these will produce a different lava, from fluid, fast-moving
basalt to slower, more viscous andesite. Because rocks are
made up of collections of minerals that melt at different
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Thursday, Sept. 28, 1911
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Mrs Elvina HALE STUBBS, sixty-seven years old, wife of Geo Stubbs, died at St Mary's hospital Thursday afternoon at one o'clock, following an operation which she underwent Monday night. The decedent had been in failing health prior to the operation, but the announcement of her death was a great shock to relatives and friends.
During her residence in this city, which was nearly half a century, she had won a host of friends by her Christian acts. She was beloved by all who knew hr and the family has the deepest sympaty of the community in which she lived. Mr and Mrs STUBBS were married in Henry county, Iowa, in 1865, and came to this city immediately afterwards where they had since resided. Besides her husband, she is survived by the following children: Ernest and Claude of this city; Walter and Frank of Kansas City; Mrs Roy ROGERS, Bowling Green, Mo and Schuyler STUBBS residing in the West.
The funeral of Mrs STUBBS will be held Friday afternoon at her late home on Dickenson street. Rev E. O. COLE of the First M.E. Church will conduct the service. Burial will be made in Edgewood Cemetery.
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John Bersch of the United States Air Force recently sent us some Code violation photos he took in Iraq.
Bersch is nearing the end of an eight-month tour and thought you might like to see the types of installations he's recently run across while serving our country overseas.
"As you can see from the pictures, the NEC is optional over here in Iraq. Although I didn't do any of the work in these pictures, I was sent to this location to fix many problems. Based on the circumstances, you cannot blame the craftsman in many of these instances, except for the extension cord.
"The dining facility had two large refrigerated beverage holders plugged in to this one extension cord until they stopped working for some unapparent reason. The small panel was attached to the wooden wall in what was a shower and sink area. That panel fed some lights, a hot water heater, and a small 240/120V transformer mounted by the sink. Happy shaving!
"The next photo is of a 150A homemade plywood distribution panel with wood covers. That's me disconnecting a wire that wouldn't trip the breaker. It was just sparking and dancing in the dirt and wouldn't trip. Our lieutenant almost stepped on it. People are scared of electricity for some reason. The large distribution panel is still in use today, as we were not allowed to fix it because it was a contractor's responsibility. The wires were stripped back and run through the plywood — neat on the front side and quite a rat's nest on the back of the wood.
"Last but not least is the hot plate special. This hot plate was run off the plywood distribution panel you just saw. It is just a heating element with no temp control. The only switch is on the British-style outlet. The wires were just shoved into the receptacle. As you can see from the picture, it took them several near fires before they installed the rocks on the wood table. Safety first! We weren't sure if they were still using it, but as we left the tent a local national was entering with a tea kettle. Question answered."
"As I said at the beginning of this e-mail, most of these installations were born out of necessity and feature a lack of training and a huge lack of supplies. "No Grainger to call here. Besides, the individuals were probably not even electricians. They were just soldiers doing the best they could with what they had on hand at the time. I hope your readers enjoy the pictures."


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When Delores Dalke of Hillsboro began selling real estate in the 1970s, the trend in home decorating was to have colorful walls. But, by the 1990s, conventional wisdom changed to say that walls should be light and neutral in color, at least if you were going to sell the home.
The idea was that if a room's walls were a neutral color, the owners could decorate it and accent it as they wanted. The truth, though, was that most people decorated with neutral furniture, as well.
In recent years, decorating ideas have changed again. Dark and rusty reds, gold, and dark browns have become popular colors.
"I have really seen a big difference in the interior painting of homes, and I don't know when it happened," Dalke said.
She realized the change was occurring when she went to a house she had sold a couple of weeks earlier and found the family painting the walls bright red.
Creams, beiges, and off-whites that were so popular in the 1990s are now seen as outdated. Dalke enjoys the change.
"I think it's fun now to see those darker colors," she said.
The change gives homeowners more practical variety: How different is cream from eggshell? How different is maroon from navy blue? Dalke said homeowners who use dark colors also are more likely to know how to decorate to highlight the colors. And there are other benefits to dark walls.
"Actually, dark colors can hide a lot," she said.
However, dark-colored walls require special attention to lighting. Lamps and light fixtures are a good place to start, but windows, mirrors, and window coverings can help brighten a room, Dalke said.
Trends in home exteriors don't change as quickly as interiors, she said, but there has been a slow shift toward darker colors for exteriors, as well.


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We're pleased to share the this blog post from special AN reporter Guiseppe de Cesare (Concordia University). He shares some observations about the international nature of this year's meeting.
As an international student from Italy studying anthropology in Montréal, I found the AAA meeting an exciting opportunity to learn about the research that is being done by American anthropologists. When I went to registration area, however, I was surprised to see that there were also many non-American anthropologists presenting at the meeting. In fact, I met scholars from all over the world: Japan, Belgium, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia and Italy.
I asked myself: Why did so many international scholars come to Montréal to participate in the AAA meeting? At first, I thought it was because the event takes place in Montréal, a cosmopolitan and bilingual city that attracts tourists from all over the world. Then, after interviewing some international scholars, I realized that many came either because they were fascinated by some particular topics covered at the meeting or because they were invited by their colleagues to be part of a panel. Moreover, most of the scholars were new to the city and, even though they found it attractive, they said Montréal was not the main reason why they came to this year's meeting.
At the registration area, I even noticed people of different nationalities gathered together in small groups. For example, there was a group of anthropologists made by three Japanese and one Russian while another one was made by two Belgians and one Italian. In fact, for the international scholars I met, the AAA meeting represented not only an opportunity to present research, but also a way to meet anthropologists from other parts of the world.
In short, one of the reasons why this year's AAA meeting attracts many international scholars is because it allows anthropologists from all over the world to get together, share research findings and socialize, all in a stimulating environment.


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Last Saturday, my favorite lady and her husband threw a wedding reception for their family here - and since I have this shiny new camera I was supposed to take a lot of pictures!
The reception took place on an old steam boat docked in Luzern on the day of the Luzerner Fest - which meant it was ca-razy in Luzern but we could watch it all from comfortable distance of the boat =) We started off with an apero on the top of the ship then moved downstairs for an amazing multiple course meal followed by a front row view of the Luzerner Fests fireworks. Later at night we moved to the rooftop of a bar for some dancing but my picture taking didn't extend past a certain number of glasses of wine =) (sorry Jen!)
The night was romantic, magical, warm, breezy - the food was delicious and our glasses were never empty (no, really)...But most of all my beautiful lady and her handsome husband were marvelous looking and spending time with them was the best part of all =)


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