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Photo Gallery: 40 Gorgeous Gardens
Inspiration for your yard.
Plants define eating and lounging spaces.
In this luxe Toronto yard, eating, lounging and entertaining spaces are delineated using plants. A relaxed dining table occupies one corner of the paved patio, separated from the grassy area by a low-key water feature. Right outside of the house, another paved terrace is bordered by lush trees and climbing roses, which soften the effect of the red brick walls.
For more outdoor ideas, see our gallery of gorgeous gardens.
Climbing hydrangea balances a mostly stone space.
Climbing hydrangea softens the effect of hardscaping while amping up privacy. One sun-soaked corner of the space is devoted to relaxation, with Belgian sofas made of sturdy teak and cosy, colourful pillows. A koi pond separates that corner from the rest of the yard, which is devoted to dining and entertaining.
For more outdoor ideas, see our gallery of gorgeous gardens.
Use layered river rocks for visual interest.
Layered river rocks populate the bottom of this low-maintenance water feature, more than making up for the absence of koi or aquatic plants. Easy-to-grow Siberian iris borders the feature, adding to the lush feel and providing a natural screen.
A rustic, wooden trellis adds visual interest.
A rustic, wooden trellis and large stone feature add visual interest to this verdant, lakeside yard. A small patio is the perfect spot to relax and watch the sun go down over the lake, while abundant flowers add a splash of colour and fun.
An elegant pond muffles city noise.
An elegant pond with a fountain helps mask the sound of cars, making this city backyard feel like a true urban escape. Beautiful hydrangeas and verdant boxwoods add another layer of lushness to the stone patio, while a rundown garage was transformed into an indoor-outdoor entertaining space thanks to 20′-wide accordian doors.
For more outdoor ideas, see our gallery of gorgeous gardens.
Casual landscaping doesn't distract from the view.
The owners of this Sunshine Coast getaway went for casual landscaping, dominated by indigenous grasses and pretty flowers, so as not to distract from the gorgeous ocean views. A rustic, zinc-topped table is the perfect spot for a lingering dinner party, while twinkling outdoor lights set the mood for a laid-back soiree.
For more outdoor ideas, see our gallery of gorgeous gardens.
Sandstone pavers keep the yard low maintenance.
Designer Terry Ryan transformed a weedy backyard into an outdoor lounge by laying sandstone pavers in a variety of sizes, which immediately made the space low maintenance without sacrificing texture or visual interest. A towering magnolia tree is the only remnant of the old space.
For more outdoor ideas, see our gallery of gorgeous gardens.
Cover different areas in the same flagstone pavers for continuity.
Designer Terry Ryan of Cubic Yard Design worked with the homeowners to create this low-care modern yard defined by its hardscaping and classical elements. He used the same square-cut flagstone pavers in all three zones (barbecuing, lounging and dining) to create flow from one area to the next.
See more Gorgeous Gardens in our photo gallery, plus take a tour of another yard by Terry Ryan.
Anchor the end of a garden with a functional greenhouse or shed.
In this lush Toronto yard, a classic circular fountain creates lively sound and movement, and lends visual interest to the conservatory entrance. A ring of potted boxwoods emphasizes the air of theatricality.
Horizontal planks lead ones gaze around the yard's periphery.
A long planter that sits atop a concrete retaining wall is filled with grasses, softening the lines of the fence. A modern steel container planted with a birch tree offers a touch of nature in this backyard.
See more before and after photos of this makeover in our photo gallery.
This was inspired by the cottage gardens of Europe.
The hedges mark out a spot for rose bushes and waving patches of lavender. In the background, a willow mingles with an ash tree, a smoke tree, a catalpa and a variegated maple. A riot of Spanish lavender spills over the sides of the table.
Purple and red blooms pop nicely against the greenery.
Landscape designer and artist André Boisvert designed this meandering stream, fed by recycled water, that links two ponds. "It's so natural, it looks like it's been on the property for 100 years," says homeowner Mike Lawrence. Local designer Brian Grubert built the aluminum bridge.
Get more landscaping ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens gallery and Gardening & Outdoor Living guide.
Purple plantings lead the way to a feature fountain.
The crumbling ruin of a warmly-hued, original stone barn wall adds texture and romance to this section of a 15-acre country garden, just adjacent to the pool.
See more Gorgeous Gardens in our photo gallery.
Play with different varieties of flowers and shrubs to create varying heights.
This lush garden has a symbiosis between formal and natural elements — symmetrical planters and a casual mix of flowers work in perfect harmony. Boxwood-enclosed gardens are filled with foxglove, allium and roses, adding colour to the stone exterior of the home.
See the interior of this home in our photo gallery, plus see more inspiring backyards in this photo gallery.
Switch them up from season to season with local varieties.
At this historic Muskoka lodge, the manicured gardens are made even more colourful with hanging baskets and planters on the steps and along the pathway. They're easier to care for than the garden, and can be transported back to the city at the end of the summer.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
A quaint rural cottage in a storybook setting.
Located near the Shlei fiord, this romantic home's main entrance is sheltered under the balcony off the principal bedroom. Homeowner Monique Waqué planted the boxwood-edged garden with poppies, carnations, succulents, peonies and Siberian iris.
See more great cottage and country rooms in our Cottages & Country Houses gallery, Traditional Cottages gallery, plus see more cottage photos.
All-white hydrangeas make a statement.
Reams of snowy-hued hydrangeas blend well with the white trim of this quaint Caledon, Ont. home. For a simple facade, plant flowers in one colour along the front of a house.
A checkerboard lawn offers a graphic look.
Just steps from the main house, this tranquil garden cottage in Toronto makes a perfect city retreat. The owners designed this low-maintenance lawn ? made of alternating squares of grass and flagstone ? after they came across a similar rooftop garden in Paris. It's also perfect for entertaining, and large enough to accommodate a tent for summer soirées. Architect Anthony Belcher planted the yard with a tasteful mix of white and green shrubs and perennial flowers, including clipped boxwood hedges, climbing hydrangeas, roses and English ivy. Use your own inspiration to create a unique yard like this.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Instead of a cottage, splurge on a backyard.
The fences in this urban backyard have latticed panels to encourage the growth of climbing flowers between classically detailed pilasters. Teak benches are reproductions of a design by the British architect Edwin Lutyens. The raised stone terrace is planted with graceful linden trees, forming a hedge on stilts and a backdrop to the view from the terrace. Clipped boxwood shrubs and climbing hydrangea bushes bring structure to the space.
See more of this yard in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery, plus see more Inspiring Backyards.
A myriad of colourful flowers makes for an enchanting garden setting.
Suited to the age and elegant rusticity of an original stone farmhouse, lush plantings and understated stone elements help make a new part of this home look like it's been there for centuries.
Add living roofs to awkward structures.
A mechanical building for the pool blends into the surrounding landscapes with a green roof. The plantings were done in a checkerboard to complement the yard's geometric lines.
Add greenery without the upkeep of a garden.
English ivy is a great option for yards with large trees and shaded areas. You can still enjoy a lush backyard without the work of gardening every weekend. Groundcovers are easy to care for if you're going to be at the cottage every weekend and can't commit to a high-maintenance garden in the city.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Plant beds to separate sections of a garden.
This secluded plot of land in Quebec's Eastern Townships used to be a stretch of black asphalt that wound its way up a hill and around to the back of a house. The owners planned the gardens as a serene view from the home and an area to relax and entertain. Beds of boxwood balls and pachysandra define this dining area, while a 75-year-old white pine provides shade from the sun. If you're lucky enough to have a large tree like this, consider positioning a dining area below it for comfortable shade from the summer sun. Neat beds define and envelop different areas of the garden.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Take time to plan a garden.
This Japanese garden is rich with plants like mini dogwood bonsais, weeping larch, rhododendrons, hostas and Japanese junipers, but they're all positioned and used in a way that allows each its unique moment and purpose.
An Asian-inspired home carries the design to the backyard.
This tranquil oasis draws its inspiration from the Asian interiors of the home. Keeping colourful flowers to a minimum, the homeowner, filmmaker and writer Mona Zaidi, opted for a neutral outdoor palette to blend in with the fence and reed matting covering the garage. To make the small yard look larger, mirrored windows on the garage reflect the garden and sunshine. Tree-hung lanterns mimic Japanese garden lighting, and invite guests into hidden corners of the yard. For such a small, established backyard, limit patio furniture and let the trees be the focal point.
See more pools, patios and gardens in our Inspiring Backyards photo gallery. Plus, get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Layer history into exterior structures by using natural local materials.
This guillotined limestone wall offers a French Provençal aesthetic, while concealing a pool. The striking statement wall overlooks a wild ravine, as well as the kitchen garden and a pond.
Anchor your garden paths with metal arches.
This gravel and basalt stone path is flanked by boxwood, Japanese irises, hellebores and red masterwort. Black metal arches add height and gravitas to the path, which leads to the secluded patio beyond the hedges.
Use hedges and paths to blend garden styles.
A five-foot high, sculpted yew hedge divides the formal country garden in the foreground from the casual garden room tucked behind. Tiers of plantings step up from the reflecting pond by the house to a studio beyond the hedge, creating a sense of flow through the garden. The use of gravel and stone throughout the various garden rooms visually connects the different spaces, creating a sense of unity.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Create a fun, eclectic look in your garden with large pots.
For maximum flexibility, combine container planters and flower beds when planning a garden. Container planters are easy to maintain, portable, and great for adding seasonal accents to your garden. Mix and match container sizes and shapes for a pleasing vignette.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Turn a pretty old birdbath into a garden focal point.
Add interest to your garden with unexpected container planters. Here, a stone birdbath is planted with trailing flowers and placed at the end of a garden path. For a more casual feel, old kitchen pots, serving bowls, bicycles with baskets and even rain boots can be used as planters.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Combine hardscaping with garden areas.
A wrought-iron fence sections off a special garden for the kids with a playhouse, butterfly bushes, and edible berry trees. The waterfall, pool and flagstone lounging area are separate from the garden, creating the feel of distinct vignettes.
Use hedges and trees to define spaces.
Borrow a few ideas from this gorgeous backyard in Montreal. Gardening guru Marjorie Harris loves the idea of a path that leads to an open tapis vert, or green carpet. Line the path with boxwood hedges and a mix of annuals and perennials, and surround the "carpet" with taller bushes or trees for privacy. Invest in a rustic wooden dining set and let the summer entertaining begin!
See more pools, patios and gardens in our Inspiring Backyards photo gallery. Plus, get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Bright colours define an Okanagan patio.
Artist Bobbie Burgers sets the table in anticipation of an outdoor feast. Symmetrical planters offer pretty greenery, herbs and salad fixings. The property — to which Burgers and her family escape all summer each year — also boasts a small vineyard and personal orchard.
See more photos of Burgers' country house.
Choose open structures that offer both shade and views.
Don't just dine alfresco, cook alfresco with a barbecue station. If you entertain large groups, invest in a large table, too — this one seats ten! A sleek pergola overhead ties the two areas together, while slim stone pillars keep the views to the garden open.
See more pools, patios and gardens in our Inspiring Backyards photo gallery. Plus, get more garden ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery or Smart Looking Sheds photo gallery.
Tuck pretty plants into a shady corner to create an inviting space.
Plantings of different heights give this garden a loose, organic look, as do the climbing plants up the pergola columns. The addition of a small garden path, which disappears behind the plants, produces the illusion of a larger yard.
Choose plantings that mimic an enchanting, English-country garden.
Running along the side of the house, a wide flagstone path is softened by moss growing in its crevices. The plants appear to grow uninhibited and wild, but the low boxwood hedges and careful dispersion of colour throughout the greenery hints that things are actually well-controlled.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Tackle awkward landscaping areas with brightly-hued blooms.
Rising up from the flagstone pool deck, a sloping garden is home to a showy and sweetly scented mock orange shrub, daisies and lilies, as well as a terraced rock garden where more daisies, roses, gold-hued alyssum and a variety of perennial geraniums bask in the sun, creating a sense of tamed wilderness.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Plant a shade garden to add interest to all areas of your yard.
Take advantage of every square foot in a garden with a variety of plants for sun, shade and everything in between. Nestled alongside a 12-foot-high granite outcropping, this shade garden is a tranquil oasis that features a cloak of lush greenery, punctuated by fuchsia and white accents.
Get more landscaping and garden design ideas in our Gorgeous Gardens photo gallery.
Delicately scented flowers delight all the senses.
Perfumed by dianthus, lavender and roses, this pretty pea-gravel pathway leads from the main house and winds among rockeries and an old stand of cedars before arriving at this 170-year-old guest house.
A sunken area offers up a different look at every turn.
In this leafy backyard by landscape architect Ron Holbrook, formal paving and hedging balance the virtual forest of trees and drifts of euonymus and cedar. A painted bench blends into the greenery, offering a quiet spot to enjoy the outdoors.
See more of Holbrook's landscaping projects in our photo gallery.


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Once the land of the ancient Maya, the Yucatán Peninsula is home to pristine beaches, rugged ruins and very few tourists
Author Mike Guy Photography Ehren Jospeh
l LIKE ITS DIAMOND-STUDDED FRENCH NAMESAKE ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN, the Riviera Maya—a stretch of coastline on the Yucatán Peninsula that reaches from just south of Cancún to the peaceful village of Tulum—is a shimmering white-sand playland of the well-to-do. But it can be experienced much more affordably than Monaco, Cap d'Antibes or even Venice. On this riviera, the main attractions aren't Bianca Jagger in a tiara or even Matthew Perry carousing in St. Tropez, but instead mysterious, vast underwater sinkholes called cenotes, peaceful beachside palapas, a preponderance of yoga mats, and the granite tops of millennium-old Mayan ruins emerging from thick jungle canopies.
The region rode a rising tide of tourism for a decade, with visitors attracted by the Caribbean Coast's quiet beauty and an abundance of calming retreats among the ruins of Tulum. But what with the recent economic situation, there are now spectacular deals to be had in luxury lodging, and the sites are relaxingly free of crowds. Serenity now.
Riviera Maya is call magic world due to its Snorkel gear and vest

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WASHINGTON, DC, March 29, 2008 (ENS) - When the Washington Nationals host the Atlanta Braves in Sunday's nationally televised baseball season opener, they will play at the first green-built ballpark in the United States.
Completed just in time for Opening Day, the new 41,000-plus seat Nationals Park is the first U.S. stadium to achieve environmental certification by the U.S. Green Building Council under its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, rating system.
To earn its LEED Silver rating, the ballpark features numerous environmentally-friendly elements, including high efficiency lighting, low emitting finishes, highly recycled materials, and low-flow plumbing fixtures.
This webcam shot of the new Nationals Park taken this afternoon shows all in readiness for Opening Day. (Image courtesy Clark Construction OxBlue)
A 6,300 square foot green roof covered with plants is located above a concession area beyond left field to help absorb rainwater and reduce runoff to the nearby Anacostia River.
Nationals Park also has an intricate groundwater and stormwater filtration system. Given the stadium's proximity to the Anacostia, the architecture and engineering team took great care to design systems that treat both groundwater and stormwater runoff.
The ballpark's filtration system separates water used for cleaning from rainwater and treats both sources of water before releasing them to sanitary and stormwater systems.
Third-party commissioning of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems will ensure that all systems run at their most efficient, saving energy and money, the builders say.
The ballpark was built by Clark/Hunt/Smoot, a joint venture composed of Clark Construction Group, LLC of Bethesda, Maryland; Hunt Construction Group of Indianapolis, Indiana; and Smoot Construction Company of Washington, DC. The combined portfolio of these three firms includes the construction of 11 of the past 16 Major League Baseball stadiums built in the United States.
The project was supervised by Clark Construction's Ronnie Strompf, who has called the stadium "green friendly." The project has relied heavily on recycled materials, and during construction, more than 80 percent of the construction waste was diverted from landfills.
Clark/Hunt/Smoot worked with HOK Sport and local architecture firm Devroux & Purnell to design and build the stadium in just 23 months, a record for the construction of a major league ballpark.
President George W. Bush has accepted the Nationals' invitation to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team's season opener against the Braves. Game time is at 8:05 pm ET on Sunday.
The occasion will mark the second time President Bush has thrown out the ceremonial first pitch at a Nationals game. The first one occurred on April 14, 2005, when Washington played its first game at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium.
Another new ballpark now under construction will be environmentally-friendly tool. Citi Field, the New York Mets' new stadium, set to host its first game on Opening Day 2009, will feature recycled steel beams, concrete made from coal combustion ash, energy and water conservation, stormwater runoff controls.
Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2008. All rights reserved.


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People Story - Bonnie Richards
At SAP, we believe that when you bring everything you are, you can become everything you want.
Bonnie joined SAP in 1996 as a Field Marketing Manager for North America. It was in this role that she learned about sales and our services that she moved on to hold various other marketing positions in Solutions, Services, Global Programs, and Industry.
Throughout her career at SAP, Bonnie has had the opportunity to work on many large programs and initiatives – one of which included incubating SAP's first Global Social Selling Program, which has become a revenue-generating approach adopted by many of the sales teams. With the full onset of Digital Transformation, Bonnie's career has continued to evolve and grow where she now sits on the SAP board-level initiative ONE Digital Experience (1DX) and leads their Change Management and Communication strategy.
"With a focus on people and working at the intersection of digital technologies, business, marketing, and customer needs, I'm so happy to apply the knowledge I've gained and tap into the relationships I've developed over the years," she says.
Bonnie truly believes in the power of getting involved and building a positive support system. At SAP, Bonnie is an active member of Pride@SAP, SimpleChange@SAP, 1DX, and the Marketing Community. Outside of SAP, she is involved with the American Red Cross, the Mazzoni Center for LGBT Health & Youth, Francisvale Dog Shelter, and KIPP Charter Schools. But St. Jude's Children's Hospital holds a special place in her heart since it was a charity so important to her mother before she lost her fight to Leukemia & Lymphoma in 2008. As a result, Bonnie donates to the hospital in her mother's name several times a year so she can keep her memory alive.
Early in her first year at SAP, Bonnie came out as gay to some teammates. Received with open arms and a remarkably easy experience, Bonnie learned quickly just how special the people around her at SAP are. Bonnie went on to learn about the progressive and inclusive domestic partner health coverage and other considerations SAP offers to its diverse workforce. She absolutely loves how the Company prioritizes diversity and inclusion in all its forms and has enabled her to do what she loves while still always being true to who she is.
"At SAP, I feel and have always felt included and valued. And I have been given opportunities to explore, innovate, and experience new things all the time. I can tap into my potential and stretch myself without fear."
Bonnie has had her share of hurdles in life, but by overcoming them, she has come out stronger and make an inspiring difference in the lives of others.
As Bonnie said, "There is an ebb and flow with work as in life. Things happen. And it's not always easy. We all encounter personal hardships."
A few years ago, life threw her a curve ball and she lost both her parents within just a few short years of one another. Shortly after this, during the economic decline of 2007-08, she and her partner Patti lost their specialty food and cheese store. It was a harsh reality only followed by an earthshattering setback when her sister-in-law, Nicki, was diagnosed with a rare stage-4 Spindle Cell Carcinoma, a form of soft tissue cancer that attacked 90% of her face. Bonnie and her partner Patti were devastated, frightened, and depressed. As Patti went on to support and care for her younger sister through 20+ surgeries over the next few years, Bonnie leaned on her friends and SAP family.
As Patti traveled frequently with Nicki for surgeries, Bonnie also needed a flexible work schedule. While enabling Patti to be with her sister was the number one need for the family, addressing everyday life like paying bills, shopping for groceries, working a demanding schedule, and taking care of their 14-year-old Chocolate Lab, Gus, also needed to carry on as usual. Not unlike single parents or big families with children, Bonnie could achieve the balance she needed thanks to the compassion she received from work.
"Searching for meaning after such a terrible sequence of events was so important for me. I honestly don't think I could have done it if I weren't at SAP. What helped me get through it all was being surrounded by my friends and family at SAP, having understanding and supportive managers, feeling part of a strong, close-knit team, and having the flexibility to work where and when I needed. SAP helped me stay stable and provide for my family."
SAP has long been the source of a significant support system for Bonnie and the friendships, emotional health, and caring community was what her soul needed to keep her going. Today, Bonnie's manager has her in a position where she too can help others. Now Bonnie is in change management and it's such a natural fit having had to learn the hard way to adapt and thrive in the face of adversity.
Overcoming hardship and facing your fears is necessary when life throws you curve balls like it did for Bonnie. She knows first-hand the anxiety and worry life changes bring. Although it can paralyze people, it doesn't need to if you are equipped with information, caring people, and the tools to help you navigate it.
"Overcoming those personal struggles in my life has allowed me to see the great depth of the relationship I have built with SAP and all it has to offer. SAP made all the difference for me to be able to deal with adversity without the added stress and anxiety of having to hide who I am."
Given SAP's current environment of digital transformation, change and the tools needed to ride it out are vital for people to thrive in their careers. Bonnie loves that rewarding feeling when she knows she has done something for someone else and would encourage everyone to stand up tall, be true to yourself, and get involved in causes that you hold dear to your hearts.
When I asked Bonnie what message she'd like to share with anyone considering a job at SAP, she simply responded, "Why wouldn't you? Come see for yourself and be everything you want."
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The Met Office has issued a yellow status weather warning of ice for Northern Ireland.
The warning was issued shortly before 10am on Monday and is valid from 4.00pm on Monday through to 11:00am on Tuesday.
"Ice is expected to form across Northern Ireland on Monday evening with icy surfaces expected, lasting into Tuesday morning," reads the warning on the Met Office website.
"Some injuries are likely from slips and falls on icy surfaces and icy patches will form on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths."
More to follow.


text: Jack Moore acknowledges right from the start that it's impossible to quantify what took place in Baltimore and St. Pete. But he did calculate how the odds for both Boston and Tampa Bay fluctuated throughout the evening, and that snazzy image he created certainly puts it all in perspective. [FanGraphs]


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shouldn't that be 7-20V?
Why not connecting it with the external memory bus?
There is a via under one of your crystals (connected to GND I believe?). Just thought I'd mention it in case it was not intentional.
@bubulindo: QuoteWhy not connecting it with the external memory bus?I don't understand. What external memory bus? Care to elaborate?
IMHO, why not go for switch mode regulator? After all the boards is going to use quite an amount of current. Furthermore, the overall board cost is already high, adding a few more dollar for switch mode IC, inductor, diode and some capacitor won't cause any harm. Then you can pump in higher voltage and definitely less heat!
Suggest making the proto area 2 pins longer, to accept at least 1 20-pin DIP.
I'd like to be able to work with up to 14V. Not sure how you'd go fitting the extra components while minimising distance between the reg, diode and inductor. Perhaps by turning the 5v regulator around and moving the 5v cap above the Vin cap?
Quote from: Jonathan Oxer on Jul 28, 2011, 12:06 am@bubulindo: QuoteWhy not connecting it with the external memory bus?I don't understand. What external memory bus? Care to elaborate?Guessing he means connect the ethernet feature via address/data port A (D22-29) with D39 ALE, D40 Rd, D41 Wr, rather than using the SPI port. I don't know if there's any existing Arduino ethernet kits that do this. Using SPI means compatibility with existing ethernet shields and EtherTen.Or have I misunderstood what bubulindo was suggesting?
have a look and see if it's possible to place two connections on the TOSC pins in the chip.
are the Pwr and D13 LEDs different colours?
why not go for switch mode regulator?


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Sad, because there is such a thing as prejudice being practised in Malaysia, despite the fact that we are supposed to be in the 21st century and has been independent for 46 years in the federation of Malaysia.
Her plight was brought up YB Mong Dagang, State assemblyman for Bukit Begunan at the Dewan Undangan Negeri meeting.
In fact under PM Najib Razak's "One Malaysia" concept such prejudice should no longer exist. But yet Nadia's case is a tip of the iceberg. There are many more silent sufferers of this biased policy of the government.
Under the Sarawak Interpretation Ordinance, Nadia is a Dayak Iban and as such she should be entitled to any privileges as spelt out in Article 39 of the State Constitution or Article 153 of the Federal Constitution read together with Article 161A of the same Constitution.
We would have thought that the special position and privileges of the Natives are fully guaranteed under the Supreme Law of the country. But that is not so as the case of Nadia clearly shows.
What should we do to rectify this anomaly? Can suing the authority concerned of any help? Or bring her case to higher authorities? Or through our respective YBs?
At least in the case of Nadia I think we have to thank YB Mong for highlighting her plight. We need more YBs like him who are not ashamed to be called Dayaks to highlight Dayak problems. – The Broken Shield


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Today I sourced the John W. JONES family in the 1910 census of Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana. John was married to my maternal 2nd-great grandaunt, Margaret PIERCE daughter of Edmund G. and Catherine (GROENENDYKE) PIERCE.
John was listed as a 42 year old farmer who could read and write and owned his home free of mortgage. His marriage to Margaret was his second marriage, and they had been married for 7 years. John was listed as being born in Indiana, but the birthplace of his parents was simply given as 'United States'.
Margaret was listed as a 37 year old born in Indiana, with both parents born in Indiana. She was able to read and write, but had no occupation listed. This was her first marriage, and she was the mother of one child who was living.
Also living in the household were : Freda P. Jones, daughter, aged 14 years, born in Indiana and attending school; Layman S. Jones, son, aged 6 years, born in Indiana.
John W. JONES b. ca. 1868 Indiana, d. after 1920 census, m.(1) Huldah E. RETHERFORD March 23, 1894 Madison County, Indiana, m.(2) Margaret E. PIERCE March 1, 1903 Madison County, Indiana. Huldah was born ca. 1872 in Indiana and died December 11, 1901 Lafayette Township, Madison County, Indiana. Margaret was born April 1873 Madison County, Indiana and died June 11, 1923 Madison County, Indiana.
Children of John W. and Hulda E. (RETHERFORD) JONES :
i. Freda P. Jones b. 1896 Madison County, Indiana, d. after 1910 census
Children of John W. and Margaret E. (PIERCE) JONES :
ii. Layman S. Jones b. ca 1904 Madison County, Indiana
ii. Herman Jones
iii. Neal W. Jones b. August 14, 1914 Madison County, Indiana


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Maybe Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who made a swing through California this week amidst speculation he might run for president, is giving good advice to Californians about jobs.
But if I were Perry, I wouldn't tell Californians the truth about how to create more jobs. And as a Californian, I'm not sure why I believe him.
After all, Texas is an economic competitor. And Perry has made great show of his efforts -- which included previous trips here -- to steal companies and jobs from Calfiornia.
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That's good for him and for his state--he's the governor of Texas, not California.
But it's a bit peculiar for GOP legislators to meet with him, as they did Thursday, as though he were some job expert.
He may good ideas about job creation. But why exactly would he be sharing his secrets with us?
That said, California needs to learn from Texas, and other states and countries, about how to improve economic policies, as well as budgeting and other acts of governance at which we're failing.
Perry simply may not be the most reliable source.


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A half-naked Prince Harry is taking centre stage at a top gay bar. The party boy royal has been immortalized in a huge mural painted at a London club.
Harry, currently on duty in Afghanistan, became a hit with gays after being named a "gay icon" by QX magazine. Club director Chris Amos said: "It probably began when we started seeing him in his army uniform.
"He's a real man. He's cheeky and sexy but he's also decent.
"That's what makes him a role model for us, as well as being a gay icon."
Chris said revelers are queuing up to have their pictures taken with the undies-only image, which was painted by homoerotic artist Mikes Bliss at the Manbar nightclub in Charing Cross. Harry's popularity among gay men rocketed after photos of him playing topless rugby were taken in Afghanistan. It was compared to 1980s blockbuster Top Gun's famous volleyball scene.
His reputation also soared when naked snaps of him romping with a blonde in Las Vegas went viral on the web. Many were worried the snaps would dent the royal family's reputation in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year. But the sensation actually made the 28-year-old prince more popular as it showed he is game for a laugh.
The Vegas romp was put in perspective just weeks later when Apache pilot Harry was sent back to the war zone.
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The IT industry, the 1989 uprising, trendy fashion from Timişoara, Ceauşescu's death, salary increases for the workers at Dacia, former Securitate members as entrepreneurs, the desire for Nike and Adidas, a memorial to the victims of Communism, the soup kitchen for those who cannot afford Western European prices, and images of murder victims. The documentary on Romania consists of a series of rapid cuts between very different images. Generally speaking, this film is about the "unfinished revolution" – the fact that although dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu was executed in 1989, the same elites remained at the top and the secret service Securitate continued to control the fate of the Romanian people.
In between these images, director Robert Neumüller inserts examples of the economic and social development of this recent addition to the EU bandwagon. But he repeatedly returns to his main theme. Showing brutal scenes like naked bodies perforated by shots, he paints a harsh picture of the year 1989, a past that still lingers in the present. In Timişoara, the city in the west of Romania where the so-called revolution started in the winter of 1989, 153 people were killed during that time alone. Prison sentences for the killers turned out to be rather short. And then, very few people in powerful positions ended up being held accountable for the disappearance of thousands of opponents of the regime in penitentiaries. In the 1990s, after the "revolution", Securitate generals got rich off the privatisation process. Today, many of them are multi-millionaires, as university professor Marcel Tolcea informs us.
Writer Ana Blandiana does not approve of the fact that Romania was allowed to join the EU without first being made to work through its past, as is being required of the countries of the former Yugoslavia. "The EU and NATO accepted us even though the Securitate still had a strong grip on everything. Our accession had nothing to do with a genuine change towards a more ethical society." Blandiana believes that macro-economic and geopolitical motivations were behind the accession to the EU.
If you would like to watch the complete film please go to ESI's Youtube page.
Article Eight of the Proclamation of Timişoara has still not been met twenty years after the overthrow. It stipulates that members of the Securitate and Communist cadres should be banned from holding public office in the new democracy. Return to Europe also notes that today hardly anyone seems to be interested in reflecting on the Communist past.
And yet there are exceptions. Prof. Tolcea and some colleagues have founded the initiative "Enough". They campaign for a democratically minded faculty and have asked colleagues to disclose any affiliations they may have had with the Securitate. One remarkable consequence of their activities was the resignation of the university's rector. So the viewer can see that the revolution in Romania is actually continuing, albeit with rather small steps – this is not something that is going to happen at all quickly.


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Case Study: Co-Operative Financial Services Transforms
With purely manual processes in place, CFS couldn't keep up, which was negatively impacting customer satisfaction and retention.
Now we're helping to turn CFS's mail-handling operations into a fully automated e-mailroom. Our managed service identifies, indexes, scans and stores thousands of incoming general insurance claims each day. The process uses a secure, resilient Wide Area Network for speed and data integrity.
Our enterprise content management system helps CFS offer same-day turnaround for activities like insurance claim settlements and changes to insurance policies, which used to take a week. It's also saving CFS money and helping the company comply with industry regulations.


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Be on your guard
Stand firm in the faith
Be courageous
Be Strong
Do everything in love
1 Corinthians 16:13-14
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Bali Villa Architecture
This article originally appeared in the August 2009 issue of Architectural Digest.
Rob Cohen, director of action-adventure movies (The Fast and the Furious, Dragonheart) and an avid surfer, was soon to start shooting a film in Australia when he and his future wife, Barbara, decided to go to Bali for a holiday. There he contacted environmentalist and eco-designer Emerald Starr, who showed him a villa that was available on the Indian Ocean with "a surf break right out front." He promptly acquired the East Bali property, which also had a river running through it.
Cohen then met Linda Garland, an Irish-born interior and landscape designer and environmentalist who has lived on Bali for 35 years. He procured several additional pieces of land next to the first—he was eager to have a complete view from his place of Mount Agung, an active volcano sacred to the Balinese—and commissioned Garland to design a residence for him and his family, with Starr on board as environmental and sustainable systems consultant.
Garland had long been fascinated by the Minangkabau buildings of western Sumatra and proposed to Cohen that they revive the architecture on his seven acres. The residence would consist of three traditional Minang rumah gadang (big houses), with dramatically curved thatch roofs and multitiered upswept gables, and one lumbung (a rice house) to serve as one of the guest pavilions. Garland consulted with scholars of Minangkabau architecture and conducted a monthlong survey of the Minangkabau region of Sumatra to arrive at the selection of buildings.
The largest pavilion would be for the living and dining areas, and the master bedroom pavilion would be large, too; two guesthouses would be smaller. All four would be placed around a continuously flowing and oxygenating lake created by diverting water from the river, and they would have impeccably green credentials. "The houses are made almost entirely of recycled woods—primarily 100-year-old ironwood poles the electric company discarded after switching to concrete stanchions—and bamboo, " Garland explains. "The pavilions sit about 10 feet above the ground on huge stones. This sort of construction makes them less vulnerable to earthquake activity."
Sumatran master builders lived on Cohen's property during construction. A dozen carpenters erected the pavilions over a period of a year without benefit of cranes or Caterpillars and assembled them without nails, pegging them in place.
Cohen's furniture specifications included "oversize and comfortable, whether family and guests are in wet bathing suits or evening wear." Garland designed three 10-foot-long black-bamboo sofas for the living room and covered them in newly loomed Timorese cloth. "Rob agreed to let me send my collection of antique Timorese fabrics to Timor and paid to have them replicated there, " says Garland. The low table in the living room is a shaman's medicine storage chest made by the Batak tribe of Sumatra. For the dining room, Garland chose an old teak root for the pedestal, and a number of chairs produced by a local furniture company. An antique rattan mat, or lampit, from Kalimantan covers part of the teak floor, cut from a forest certified for timbering.
Garland told Cohen about a French anthropologist who had spent years in remote Balinese mountain villages. He had collected hundreds of Bali Aga statues, many dating back centuries, and now wanted to sell them off a few at a time. Cohen, who studied anthropology at Harvard, believed the collection should not be broken up and should be kept on Bali, so he bought them all. Many perch on raised steps at either end of the pavilion, where they grin, leer or scowl with characteristic Balinese originality.
From their commodious tented bed in the master bedroom pavilion, Rob and Barbara Cohen can see the ocean, while in their sitting area they look at both the sacred Mount Agung and the Seraya mountain range. The walls are woven inky blue-black bamboo. On one plaited wall is a collection of Balinese masks Cohen purchased from the French anthropologist. Some of the bedroom doors are antique carved panels from Batak houses, which have been converted to swinging saloon doors leading to the baths and dressing rooms.
"I made maquettes of the four buildings in bamboo and resited them numerous times to get the best mountain views and the best sunrises and sunsets and to catch the nicest breezes, " says Garland, who also designed the landscaping, selecting salt-tolerant palms that would thrive in proximity to the sea. "I spent days in the broiling sun overseeing 12 guys going through stacks and stacks of cracked and broken telephone poles until we found intact poles. I loved doing it and feel that this house is an ode to the archipelago of Indonesia—a fusion of Sumatra and Bali, Sulawesi and Sumba."


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The KX100 is a 2-stroke motorcycle made by Kawasaki. The bike offers a good transition between the traditional 85cc bikes and the 125cc bikes by having larger wheels (19 inch front, 16 inch rear, compared to 17/14 of normal 85's). Its predecessor is the KX80 Bigwheel, which is still sold in the UK under the name "KX85 II". Longer travel suspension and larger bore size main differences between these bikes which otherwise are the same.
The KX100 can be raced in dedicated 100cc motocross classes, or open minicycle classes, such as Supermini in Canada, which allows up to 150cc 4-strokes and 85cc-112cc 2-strokes as of 2007. The KX100 can sometimes be raced in the 125cc class however, 100cc bikes are not very common.


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Where do you discover new kid-friendly crafts?
I don't know where my kid craft ideas come from. It is a combination of what my kids want to do and what we have on hand. Pulling out the play-doh, paints and crayons never gets old. Mostly I let their imagination lead the way. For holiday projects I might have directions.


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This proudly different Texas capital is home to thriving live music and culinary scenes, a rambunctious university, and a healthy share of fitness fanatics. In their efforts to "Keep Austin Weird," locals embrace it all.
Author Mark Healy Photography Blake Gordon
WEIRD. THAT'S HOW AUSTIN SEES ITSELF. It's part of the local identity, a way for this proud city to distinguish itself from the Lone Star State's other high-profile, large-personality towns. You see it on bumper stickers and in boutique storefronts, on University of Texas backpacks and affixed to the insides of cabs: "Keep Austin Weird." It's an effective battle cry and an admirable goal. And so far—if the Viking-costumed klezmer band you see dancing in the street is any indication—Austin seems to be doing a pretty good job.
Austin is Texas' capital and in many ways a direct expression of the state's rough-and-tumble Ranger spirit. But there are other forces at work in shaping the city's character. There's UT, a local tech industry and, perhaps most notably, it's the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World," with more venues per capita than any city in the U.S. It is also home to filmmakers and actors (Richard Linklater, Robert Rodriguez, Sandra Bullock and King of the Hill creator Mike Judge, to name a few), along with hordes of chefs who've come to join a barbecue and Tex- Mex revolution. Austinites also embrace the skeletal aesthetic spilling over from Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration, reveling in their city's haunted hotels, bizarre "moonlight" towers and appreciation for the occult. With all these overlapping quirks, weirdness abounds. May it stay that way.
Music is something that is beyond human characteristic likings and dislikings. It is liked by every one though its genre can be different. Some may like the classical music style or to some hip hop and rock style would be worth making a choice. Besides these there are several genres & different artist are available.


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Hot Spots: The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Help for storage teams
New FRCP regulations, in addition to other compliancy requirements, have led many IT departments to deploy enterprise search within business apps such as ecommerce and custom portal software. But these search apps can also be leveraged to make good use of the treasure trove of information that's sitting idle within enterprise storage systems.
The new FRCP rules are about more than how a company deals with legal issues; they're an opportunity to improve enterprise information management.
New e-discovery regulations will make storage managers' jobs even tougher, but they may also be a blessing in disguise. Last December, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which govern civil law processes in the U.S., were amended for the 10th time. One of the amendments, Rule 26(a)(1)(B), states that an organization must be able to identify, by category and location, electronically stored information it may use to "support or defend claims." The amendment also mandates that this capability should exist before a discovery request for specific information is made.
I'm not sure organizations headquartered in the U.S. are ready for this, and we're eight months removed from the FRCP changes going into effect. I'm willing to bet that many CIOs and corporate counsels don't know what information they store, where it is and how much it would cost to produce it as evidence. The substantiation for this particular requirement, as well as Rule 26(f), which requires opposing parties to immediately meet and discuss issues related to electronically stored information, was the number of pretrial hearings on arguments surrounding the burdens--especially the costs--associated with producing digital evidence.
Storage costs can be high during an electronic discovery. Tape restoration costs, including legal supervision and basic review, have been the center of controversy as judges were forced to determine who paid for data restoration and review. During one case, Quinby v. WestLB AG, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35583 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 15, 2005), it cost $3 million to restore more than 3,700 backup tapes. In Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12643 (S.D.N.Y. July 24, 2003), the total bill to restore, review and produce 77 backup tapes was $273,649.
The bottom line is that the FRCP will impact information management in your shop, if it hasn't already done so. But you can use the rules to your benefit. As a storage guru, you store more than just evidence. You store business assets. These new legal process rules should serve as a catalyst to improve your overall understanding of information.
Think like a lawyer (for a minute)
For the most part, your storage team is the only department that has any indication of what corporate information exists and where it is. You know, in theory at least, how many copies of application data are created for data protection purposes. For those things you may not know--such as the content or context of all the files, messages and database records in storage--the FRCP may be able to help. The content of files, email messages and databases provide the most insight during a legal proceeding, regulatory investigation or internal audit. Knowing who created the files, keywords, text patterns and other attributes (context) can help you manage information more effectively and take advantage of things like tiered storage or hardware encryption if the data is confidential.
More importantly, this information contains critical business content that may provide unique insight into an organization's operations and employee behavior. For example, consider the amount of collaboration, including activities such as hiring employees and finalizing sales contracts, that occurs over email. These messages may be considered records of the business, and could be requested as part of a legal matter or internal investigation.
When a discovery request arrives, attorneys immediately go into a frenzy to provide date ranges, keywords, employee names and other criteria to be used in finding this information. This is all well and good if you have the appropriate technology to handle such a request. If you want to search for the relevant information, the data must be indexed to provide insight into its actual content and context. With the indexing done, you can search for the email or invoice your company counsel is looking for. And the faster lawyers get this information, the less likely it is they'll hover over your shoulder, impatiently drumming their fingers while they wait for the evidence to be gathered.
The funny thing is that knowing the content and context of information can actually help organizations in nonelectronic discovery situations as well. Other departments can leverage information as business assets. For example, engineers who can search customer service records can gather the most common issues with a specific product so that future designs address the problems.
Whether it's getting an email for an attorney or helping a product manager to identify buying trends within a specific geographic region, the challenge is the same: retrieving a small amount of information from a large data set.
Index, classify and search
One of the ways organizations can commence information identification and understanding is by indexing and classifying data with enterprise search apps. These products may be standalone applications or they may be embedded within information management products that allow large data sets to be grouped, organized and queried.
By getting complete, accurate results from enterprise search and classification tools in a timely manner, attorneys can spend more time reviewing evidence as opposed to looking for it. In addition, marketing can focus on analyzing the information instead of waiting for it to be found and loaded into a data warehouse.
One of the reasons for the rapid adoption of email, file-system and database archiving applications is the sheer number of business records companies must cope with. Organizations are also using content management systems to manage files and emails as records by defining a workflow that ensures the content is kept for the appropriate timeframe. Archiving and content management applications also index information before it's stored within a repository--most use embedded search technology. By embedding enterprise search and indexing technology with archiving and content management, vendors allow users to query repositories so they can quickly locate a subset of data.
Unlike information archiving and content management systems, there are several applications and information management software solutions that don't have embedded search and indexing technology. Fortunately, you have the option of making information more accessible by deploying intelligent storage systems that embed search and indexing functionality. As data is sent to the storage device from any application, the attributes of the content are indexed, allowing authorized users to locate information retained within a specific device. These intelligent systems leverage enterprise search technology to facilitate information access regardless of the application that stores it.
As you seek to mitigate electronic discovery costs by deploying products with enterprise search features, you should also determine where some of these applications can be used to support other business departments challenged with understanding where information is and how it can be mined.
Electronic discovery provides initiative for search efforts
Many IT departments have deployed enterprise search within business applications such as electronic commerce and custom portal software. Yet most corporate information--information that may be a treasure trove of electronic evidence--sits idly within storage systems. As a result of the arguments surrounding tape restoration costs, storage-related electronic discovery expenses and other issues surrounding digital data evidence production, the FRCP were amended and put into effect December 2006.
The FRCP will keep electronic discovery processes at the forefront of the minds and budgets of general counsels for the foreseeable future. Some of the rules are directed at understanding corporate information quickly; an unenviable task for many IT departments, especially storage groups that already have plenty to deal with. If attorneys need this information, IT and storage folks can help with enterprise search solutions or products that embed this capability. The good news is that attorneys typically have budgets to reduce litigious risk, and enterprise search features are extensible to marketing, engineering and other departments.


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MOSe MenusOctober 27, 2003
When in doubt, reload.
I introduced my idea of MOSe, or Mozilla/Opera/Safari Enhancement about four months ago, with my Zen Garden submission mnemonic. It's time to take it further.
By logically structuring the bits and pieces that used to be strewn about the top navigation area and the sidebar, I've reduced the number of possibilities to 'About' (which covers information on the site, me, and a FAQ) and 'Weblog' (which features the RSS feeds, archives, etc.) Each of the two main navigation items link to a respective secondary page that lists menu items in a little more detail.
Responsible navigation allows all users equal access to content; doing it the way I have offers a way out for IE (and other CSS-capable browsers that miss the menus). A little bit of redundancy goes a long way toward accessibility in this case.
An extra
div was necessary for each menu, thanks to my centered, absolutely-positioned layout. Given that FIR is used for the main menu items to start with, the code is a bit more targetted with extra
classes and
divs. These are necessary for the specific background images I use.

About this Site and
its Author

about dave

about

faq
Once you get around some of the hoops I had to jump through to position the menus properly on this site, the CSS is remarkably simple. The menu is hidden by default:
#sec1 {display: none;}
And then to show it upon hover, all that's needed is this:
li.li1:hover > #sec1 {
display: block;
Mozilla and Safari allow us to apply
:hover to arbitrary elements, in this case meaning specifically the
li that contains both the parent link and the child menu.
Why couldn't I have just applied it to the
a element within, and allow that to control the menu? Wouldn't that have worked in IE? No, because XHTML doesn't allow
a elements to be nested — the menu's
ul would have to site inside the original
a element. Besides, IE doesn't support PNG.
The Visuals
And because I've written off IE by this point, the door was wide open for using PNG images to enhance the menus, which is exactly what I did. The background gets a 50% opacity blue PNG, and a nicely faded image sits just below each menu to give me a faint drop shadow effect.
I'm a little unsure how to finish them off — the mouseover image effects on the 'About' menu may be dropped, or I may apply them to the 'Weblog' menu eventually. I'll have to start using them to figure out which way I'll go.
No new technique is without its share of bugs, naturally. I am aware that Opera 7 doesn't seem to get the absolute positioning right, and that resizing fonts seem to break the menus. It would seem the links aren't quite being treated as block-level items, so overlap occurs. I have no clue why this is right now.
Let me know in the comments if you come across anything else. For now, I'm content to put these out there and see what happens.
And finally, a screenshot for you poor folk stuck on IE:
(Yes, I'll probably end up boosting the opacity a little more to keep the menu items readable.)
Reader Comments
Win2k/IE6. Right bar is in fact on the right, but starts below the content. see http://www.solarfrog.com/images/mezzoblue.jpg
Ah, thanks Lance. That was due to my
 on the home page, rather than the new setup. Back to normal.
looks like an absolute mess in FB 0.7. has no one else noticed? it just displays the menu open and badly so, on top of other elements of the page. a worthy attempt, tho. hope you get it working.
Dave, it looks sweet, but in Camino the menus go behind the Zen Garden and Blue Spark images. Firebird and Mozilla (mac) are both fine though - so must be a temporary problem with Camino.
In safari, the whole page layout is jiggered, with a huge horizontal scroll bar. If you're using the text indent FIR method and absolute positioning, Safari likes to have overflow:hidden as well. Thats what was causing the huge horizontal scroll bar on mine. Dunno if that helps.
Looks great - good to see the possibilities being opened up!
captain: When in doubt, reload.
Captain - it looks fine in Firebird 0.7.1 on Mac OS X
The new layout is severely broken in Safari 1.0 (the jaguar version.) I don't know about Safari 1.1, but it is unusable right now. The content is positioned about 80% from the left, the header is all garbled, and the navigation headers (weblog, about) are duplicated all over the page. You tested it on Jaguar yet?
Thanks for the roundup Jon, I'll have to look a little more closely at Safari. It was working great last night, but I made a few adjustments this morning which may have thrown things off.
On the page mt throws at you (it looks like you haven't implemented the new menu yet) the layout is fine, not broken at all. Check the homepage, and then this page, maybe you can find the problem.
thanks dave/jon, it does in fact load right after a refresh, my pardons.
this is all very exciting!
Indeed, Safari is breaking up rather ungracefully. I nearly cried.
Not really. But hey, it's cool. You'll have the problem alleviated soon, I'm sure. For now, I'll check out what you've got in Firebird.
Ah, it's fixed!
Looks great, Dave! Didn't notice the drop shadow until you mentioned it, but the subtlety is perfect.
In Moz 1.3, I'm getting the faq and mezzoblue text overlapping in the about menu.
Wouldn't you know it, the Safari problem was due to an extra ul. When in doubt, *validate*. I keep learning this the hard way!
Lach - that's thanks to the font size issue I mentioned in the post. I'm still working on that one.
What a shame this does not work in Opera 7.21 Win2k, which has no problems with Eric Meyer's linked menu work.
The menu at http://www.moronicbajebus.com works fine with Opera however it also falls over in the playground http://www.moronicbajebus.com/playground/cssplay/pop-up-menus/
Good luck with the fine tuning.
It seems to be still breaking in Safari 1.1. The menus fall behind Blue Spark. That said, I am anxious to see it working, the section of the menu below Blue spark look sweet.
Beautful appearance on FB 0.7 on Windows.
I think the reason you are having problems with overlapping text when font size is increased is very simple - the menu widths are specified in px (for shame :-)), and when the font size gets too big, the line of text has to wrap.
Try specifying the width in em or % and see what happens.
Resize your window down and the menus pop-up nowhere near the actual item.
Nice Work! Love the png background.
(forgive me if you've mentioned this, I haven't seen it!)
In moz 1.0.2 at narrow widths the dropdown 'drops down' to the left of the actual item. I imagine this has to do with absolute positioning of the dropdown and the fixed nature of 'about | weblog | contact'.
Just to confirm, Safari 1.1 (v100) has the menu(s) appearing behind the 'zen garden' and 'blue spark' images, but strangely enough, on top of the 'modernalus' image.
Look forward to seeing the last few problems ironed out - looks a treat on FB on Windows as others have noted.
Ken, for plain English (and Spanish) translations of CSS selectors such as the one you mentioned, try selectoracle:
"li.li1:hover > #sec1" returns:
Selects any element with an id attribute that equals sec1 that is a child of a li element with a class attribute that contains the word li1 and which is in a hover state.
Doesn't work in Mozilla1.6a. Also after refreshing. The menu's appear behind the images under them.
Very cool. I've been thinking about using EM's css menus on my site, but I've been far too lazy to get around to doing it. BTW, it works fine in FB 0.7 on WinXP home
Bravo Lloyd! I'm so embarrased I didn't remember the attribute part.
I tried to post a comment at your site but it was broken :(
Looks lovely in Firebird0.7/Linux! I like the mouse-over images too, I'd like them on the weblog menu as well. Nice technique, I'll keep it bookmarked.
Confirmed the problems in Moz -
I'm on Mozilla 1.5 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-GB; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 which produces the following:
The text wraps, resulting in the "mezzoblue" part of "about mezzoblue" lying over the "faq" text.
Altering the browser's text zoom to 75% fixes it:
Great job, and quick too. It works well now in moz 1.6a.
Well done.
It has stopped working in the later versions of Firebird, in 0.7 (mozilla 1.5) it works fine but in the latest nightly (mozilla 1.6a) the menus for "about" and "weblog" appear behind the "zen garden" and "blue spark" buttons.
By the way it looked great in the older Firebird.
Fixed my comments :) Thanks, Eric.
Running Firebird .7 on linux, it looks like there's a problem with the "about mezzoblue" text wrapping down onto the next menu item: http://www.daltonlp.com/ss1.png
I agree with Mark M, Anne, and Ryan Short that the menus are appearing underneath the "zen garden" and "blue spark" (but not modernalus) pictures below them. I'm using the latest MFB on Win2K:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.6a) Gecko/20031027 Firebird/0.7+
I even cleared my cache trying to get it to work, so reloading didn't work for me.
Dave—looks great in FB.7/Win98. I totally dig the opacity, it's a very cool effect.
Would anyone mind if I asked a stupid qustion? What does the > do in this line of Dave's code:
li.li1:hover > #sec1
I've tried unsuccessfully to find out what this does on a number of occasions, but can't quite seem to tease it out of Google…
I just z-indexed 'em. Refresh & reload - any difference?
(I'll have to grab Moz 1.6a to test this later)
Ken - http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html#child-selectors should do ya.
This is general comment not feeback about bugs from someone relatively new to this stuff, so hope that's ok.
I think the techniques you write about and implement are great in pushing the limits of how we think about designing with CSS and web pages in general. I find this site and the Zen Garden inspirational and rich places for learning.
That being said I have to say that I liked your original navigation better. I thought it was structuraly explicit and easy to navigate. This guuui.com article on visual versus strcutural simplicity, http://www.guuui.com/issues/04_03.asp and this study on breadth versus depth, http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/apr032.htm, explain where I am coming from.
But to sum up I think that there ought to be a good reason to use hidden navigation. Yes such considerations are relative to your audience (web designers/developers) and your site's purpose (CSS experimentation). But I have a fear that handy techniques such as this, that have their place when used appropriately, can easily become the next fad devoid of any relationship to audience, purpose or the user experience. But hey, that's just my opinion…
IE - CSS driven dropdowns = pity
Andrew, excellent points of course - you shouldn't be using the latest whiz-bang technology for the sake of the technology alone. You have to keep in mind everything else you normally would, including usability.
I've been meaning to revamp my navigation for a while, however. This is only phase 1. There are more changes that will eventually lead to (I hope) a logical breakdown by section. I think Doug ( http://www.stopdesign.com/ ) and Ethan ( http://www.sidesh0w.com/ ) are both doing it in a way that would work for me as well. But we'll see where it goes.
In Mozilla Firebird, it appears as if the text wraps onto the next menu item when the text size is increased too much (as stated by others previously).
While not solving the larger issue at hand, perhaps add a non-breaking space between words such as in the phrase, �about dave�. This will not fix the problem of text extending beyond the bounds of the pop-up menu. This will, however, fix the problem of overlapping text.
Overall, nicely done; after my own website frustrations, you've made a CSS-believer out of me.
I've never been a big fan of dropdown menus myself, not really sure why, but these are pretty cool. Great example of the power of CSS…Nice work.
Works like a charm!
I didn't checked the code but I think you used all three opacities out there (-khtml-,-moz- and W3C)?
IE 5 can display the menus too, if you use a little bit of DHTML Behaviors too implement arbitrary hovering. Its trivial code, so I'll let you figure it out. Here a hint to make life even easier: define a .hover class.
Nice work though, I dig the menus.
This is a nice cooincidence.
I just finished a demonstration of .png transparency support in IE, using a couple extra lines of css.
The mnemonic aspect of the MOSe campaign would be strengthened if slightly altered to: MOoSe.
I couldn't stop myself from posting this :)
I'm viewing on IE5.5/Win (I'm sorry! It's at work!) with text size Medium and your right hand column wraps beneath the main content. On the two smaller sizes it lines up correctly though.
S-less Dave, you have a convert. No more opacity for me! Not using it will make me more unique ;)
Got a couple of screenshots from Oper 7.21/WinXPro.
In the first screenshot ( http://jrickards.ca/menu1.jpg ), notice that the mouse pointer is over "about" but no pop-up menu. Also noticed the position of the "contact" link to the right. In the second screenshot ( http://jrickards.ca/menu2.jpg ), notice that the mouse is between "about" and "weblog" and the menu appears way over to the left. Also notice that the position of "contact" has shifted. Actually, all three seem to shift around a lot, sometimes all together, sometimes as they should appear.
Good effort, am looking forward to a cross-browser solution.
I'm not seeing the full effect in Safari 1.0 - only seeing the first submenu and nothing more.
Very cool. I was banging my head against the wall trying to build a similar system a few months ago but couldn't get the degradation to work so I gave up on it.
One pet peave, though. "Opaque" means completely solid, allowing no light to pass through. Surely you mean "translucent" or "transparent".
(Sorry, in my other life I'm an editor.)
It's pretty common to refer to opacity as the amount of transparency in the graphics field, thanks to Photoshop's sliders that muddle that definition. But looking back, I guess I did use the two a little too interchangably, didn't I? Whoops.
Dave – that's sidesh0w.com (for Ethan's site)! re: comment 41
sideshow.com, hahaha… Completely different sites. :P
Nice work Dave, maybe you can clarify something for me. What's the difference between #myDiv p { margin: 0; } and #myDiv > p { margin: 0; }? In practice they do the same thing, no?
Shaun, in this case it's specifically to hide bits and pieces from IE. Functionally there isn't a ton of difference in my example.
In general though, the difference between a child and descendant selector is definitely esoteric at best: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/conform.html#doctree
For the most part they can be used interchangably - although descedant is broader, and child is a bit more specific.
Thanks for clearing that up for me, Dave. I guess I could have dug that up myself, huh? :D Cheers.
I'm not sure if this is the case in XP or 2000 when using IE, I have long since stopped using it outside of testing my own site, but this screenshot was captured with the Longhorn Build 4051 & IE 6.05. I hope Microsoft can fix some of their CSS issues before the next XP Service pack that should include an updated IE.


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Jerry Jones played it cool Tuesday when asked if he felt a sense of relief to finally have Bridge City's $1.4 million water filtration system up and running.
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Technically, turning on the sand filters at the city's two operating wells last weekend only kicked off a 120-day pilot project, after which the city will need another OK from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to be 100 percent in the clear.
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