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Creating mobile Web applications with HTML 5, Part 1
Combine HTML 5, geolocation APIs, and Web services to create mobile mashups
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About this series
HTML 5 is a very hyped technology, but with good reason. It promises to be a technological tipping point for bringing desktop application capabilities to the browser. As promising as it is for traditional browsers, it has even more potential for mobile browsers. Even better, the most popular mobile browsers have already adopted and implemented many significant parts of the HTML 5 specification. In this five-part series, you will take a closer look at several of those new technologies that are part of HTML 5, that can have a huge impact on mobile Web application development. In each part of this series you will develop a working mobile Web application showcasing an HTML 5 feature that can be used on modern mobile Web browsers, like the ones found on the iPhone and Android-based devices.
The basics: Getting a fix
Geolocation by itself is somewhat of a novelty. It allows you to determine where the user is. However, just knowing this and reporting it to the user would not be very useful. Why would anyone care about their exact latitude and longitude? It is when you start using this in combination with other data and services that can make use of location, that you start to produce some interesting results. Almost all of these services will want a user's latitude and longitude as part of their input. Often this is all you need, so let's look at how you get this. Listing 1 shows the standard JavaScript API for this.
Listing 1. Finding a user: getCurrentPosition
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successCallback, errorCallback, options);
This is the essential API for geolocation. For a large class of
applications, this is the only thing you will ever need. The geolocation
object is part of the standard navigator object. It has a couple of
methods, but the most commonly used is
Accessing a user's position is an expensive operation (you might be
reaching out to a satellite in space!) and it requires the consent of the
user, thus it is an asynchronous operation. Its parameters are callback
functions: one for success, and one for failure.
The success function will get passed a single parameter of type
Position. This object will have two properties: a timestamp
property and a property called coords of type
Coordinates. A
Coordinates object has several properties:
- latitude
- longitude
- altitude
- accuracy
- altitudeAccuracy
- heading
- speed
Not all of these properties will be available on all devices, except for latitude, longitude, and accuracy. If the geolocation API is supported and the device can resolve its location, you can count on having latitude, longitude, and accuracy.
The error
callback function will get passed a single parameter
of type
PositionError. An instance of
PositionError will have two properties: code and message. The
message is device specific, and is useful for debugging. The code should
have one of three values:
Your application should rely on the code to display a friendly error message to the user.
Note, the W3C specification also allows for a third parameter of options. These include things like a timeout for how long it takes to determine the user's location. However, this is not supported on devices like the iPhone yet, so it's use is not advised. Now that you have looked at the API in detail, take a look at a simple example to use it.
Integrating with Twitter
These days the hello world of mashups is to use Twitter in some way. For your first example, you will use Twitter's search API. It supports searching for tweets within a given radius of a location. Listing 2 shows the local Twitter search.
Listing 2. Local Twitter search
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta name = "viewport" content = "width = device-width"/> <title>Local Twitter Search</title>
 Search Twitter: <input type="text" id="kwBox"/> <input type="button" value="Go!" onclick="startSearch()"/>

The user can enter a search term into the text box. A click on the button
calls the
startSearch function. This is where you use the
geolocation API. First you check to see if it is available. If so, then
you call the
getCurrentPosition API. For the success
callback, you use the function
searchTwitter. For the error
callback function, you pass a simple closure that simply
displays the error information.
searchTwitter function is called when the location is
successfully determined by the browser. Here you use the position passed
to the function to add a
geocode parameter to your Twitter
search query. The example in Listing 2 searches for
tweets within 50 miles of the determined location. To call Twitter, you
use a dynamic script tag, which is a technique often referred to as JSONP.
This is supported by Twitter's search API, and allows you to call Twitter
search directly from the browser, with no server needed at all. This is
indicated by the
callback parameter on the query. Notice it
is set to
showResults. That is the name of the function that
will be invoked. It is not shown in Listing 2, since it
is just used to create the UI, but it is available as part of the source
code for this article (see Downloadable resources). Figure 1 shows a screen capture of the code from Listing 2 running on an iPhone.
Figure 1. Search Twitter from an iPhone
This application, like many other location-aware applications, only needs to get the location one time. However, other apps will need to keep track of users as they are on the move. Those applications will need to use the other, more advanced geolocation APIs.
More advanced: Tracking
Sometimes your application needs not only the user's current location, but
it needs to be updated each time the user changes location. There's an API
for that and it's called
watchPosition. It is very similar to
getCurrentPosition, taking the same parameters. The one major
difference is that it returns an ID. This ID can be used in conjunction
with the final geolocation API,
clearWatch. This function
takes the ID you got from
watchPosition. You see, when you
watchPosition, the browser will keep sending updates to
the success callback function that you passed it, until you call
clearWatch. Continuously getting a user's location can really
drain the battery of a mobile device, so use these APIs with great
caution. Now look at an example.
Integrating with Google Maps
For this example, you will leverage Google's Map APIs. These are optimized for use on mobile devices, with particular emphasis on the iPhone and Android platforms. This makes them very attractive to mobile Web developers, especially if you create location-aware applications. The sample application below will simply show the user's location on a map, updating the map each time the user's location changes. Listing 3 shows the mapping code.
Listing 3. Mapping application with Geolocation
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" /> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <title>I'm tracking you!</title>
 Current location:   <input type="button" value="Stop tracking me!" onclick="stopTracking()"/>

Once the body of the document loads, the
initialize function
is called. This function checks to see if geolocation is supported on the
browser. If it is, then it calls
getCurrentPosition, similar
to the previous example in Listing 2. When it gets a
location, it creates a map using the Google Map API. Notice how the
latitude and longitude are used to create an instance of
google.maps.LatLng. This object is used to center the map.
Next, you create a marker on the map to represent the current location of
the user. The marker once again uses the latitude and longitude that you
received from the geolocation API.
After creating the map and putting a marker on it, you start tracking the
user. You capture the ID returned from
Whenever a new position is received, you re-center the map on the new
location, and move the marker to that location. Listing
4 shows two more functions that you need to look at.
Listing 4. Geocoding and canceling tracking functions
function showLocation(pos){ var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(pos.coords.latitude,pos.coords.longitude); if (geocoder) { geocoder.geocode({'latLng': latLng}, function(results, status) { if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { if (results[1]) { $("location").innerHTML = results[1].formatted_address; } } }); } } function stopTracking(){ if (trackerId){ navigator.geolocation.clearWatch(trackerId); } }
In Listing 3, the
showLocation function is
called when the map is initially drawn and when an update to the user's
location is received. This function is shown in Listing
4. It uses an instance of
(created at the beginning of the
initialize function in Listing 3.) This API lets you perform geocoding, or,
taking an address and turning it into mapping coordinates (latitude and
longitude.) It also performs reverse-geocoding—taking mapping
coordinates and returning a physical address. In this case, you take the
coordinates produced by the geolocation API and use the Google Maps API to
reverse geocode them. The results are then displayed on the screen.
The last function in Listing 4 is the
stopTracking function. This is called when the user clicks on
the button created in the HTML in Listing 3. Here you
use the
trackerId obtained when you first called the
watchPosition function. You simply pass this to the
clearWatch function and now the browser/device will stop
getting the user's location and will also stop calling your JavaScript. Figure 2 shows a screen capture of the tracker
application in use.
Figure 2. Tracking application
Of course, to really test out the tracking, you need to change the location. Using the Google App Engine can be a useful tool, since it allows you to easily upload your Web application to a publicly reachable location. Then you can test directly from your mobile device anywhere your device can get a good cellular connection. Once you do that, you can hop on public transportation or have somebody drive you around and watch your Web application respond to your changing location.
This article has shown you how to use geolocation APIs in a mobile Web application. GPS can sound very sexy, but complicated. However, as you have seen, the W3C standard for geolocation provides a very simple API. It is straightforward to get a user's location and track that location over time. From there you can pass the coordinates to a variety of Web services that support location, or perhaps you have your own location aware service that you are developing. In Part 2 of this series on HTML 5 and mobile Web applications, you will look at how to take advantage of local storage to improve the performance of mobile Web applications.
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Halfway through her third pregnancy, Liz Diament, a 33-year-old art curator from Silver Spring, MD, developed an itchy rash all over her body. When she visited a dermatologist and asked him to look at the rash, he whipped out a handheld device and tapped on some keys. "Oh, well," he said, "The drug I thought would help most is a C, so we'll have to talk about that."
Diament's doctor was referring to a five-letter rating system established almost 30 years ago by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help doctors determine whether a drug poses a risk to a fetus. Category C means that no studies have been done, or that animal studies have shown a risk to the fetus but because there haven't been follow-up studies in humans, "risk cannot be ruled out."
Diament decided to forgo the drug, and luckily, the rash eventually went away. Many women, however, have no choice but to take medications during their pregnancy to treat chronic conditions (such as asthma or epilepsy), pregnancy-related bacterial infections, or severe allergies, says Sheila Weiss Smith, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Maryland's School of Pharmacy.
The average woman will take three prescription drugs during pregnancy, according to Smith. Most of what is known about the safety of these medications in pregnant women is based on animal studies, which aren't necessarily predictive of what will happen in humans, says Gideon Koren, M.D., director of Motherisk, a research and consulting service based at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, that tracks the effects of drugs during pregnancy and breastfeeding. More often than not, the safety of a drug during pregnancy is based on both a degree of guesswork and a hope that it won't harm the fetus.
The Trouble With Testing
Over the last decade, many obstetricians and researchers have grown frustrated with the lack of data available on drugs that are often used in pregnancy. At a meeting in Washington, D.C., convened by the FDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on the proper dosing of drugs during pregnancy, some researchers complained that drug companies call doctors to find out about available data on the safety of a drug on a fetus, but don't conduct enough of their own studies.
"We want to get the data but are leery of doing studies," says Bert Spilker, M.D., Ph.D., former senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PHRMA). "We don't want to put women at risk unnecessarily," explains Dr. Spilker. "What we think is reasonable is that we collect data on pregnant women taking a drug and put the information on the package label so that women can talk to their doctors and make an informed choice."
Doctors involved in both research and advocacy efforts say the significance of having up-to-date, easily accessible information on the safety of drugs during pregnancy cannot be overstated. At the FDA/NIH meeting, participants listened to a report of a young woman who stopped taking her asthma medication while pregnant and subsequently died of an asthma attack before the baby was born. "Without information, many women simply refuse to take the drugs, not realizing the harm they can cause themselves and their baby," says Marietta Anthony, vice president for women's health research at the Arizona Health Sciences Center."
A Role for the Government
To meet this need for information, the government has stepped in with multiple efforts and agencies. For example, the FDA awarded two research grants—unusual for the agency—to university medical centers to study the effects of blood pressure drugs commonly used in pregnancy. In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities to study causes of fetal defects, including the effects of drugs during pregnancy, according to the center's founding director, Jose Cordero, M.D. And the Council on Family Health, a nonprofit organization that works with the pharmaceutical industry, teamed up with the FDA to launch a public awareness campaign to educate women on the safe use of medications and supplements before, during, and after pregnancy.
Even more important, the FDA has been working to do away with the current rating system and instead provide much more detailed information on what is known about a drug's effect on a fetus or a breastfed newborn. But Dianne Kennedy, the FDA's MedWatch director, cautions it could take several years before any proposal for reform becomes policy.
While the proposal may change somewhat as it goes through the review process, Kennedy says drug companies will likely have to expand the section on each label about what is known of a drug's effects during pregnancy and breastfeeding. It would include references to all available studies as well as specific instructions for doctors, such as waiting until after the first trimester (when most of the fetal organs are formed) before using certain drugs.
The FDA is also proposing guidelines that would require companies to provide periodic reports on positive and negative experiences in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. "In the past, we've waited for companies to issue spontaneous reports of bad outcomes," says Sandra Kweder, M.D., deputy director of the FDA's office of New Drugs. "This rule would require a proactive approach."
What We Know Now
The FDA's plan is commendable, but at least ten million babies will be born before the proposed regulations make it off the drawing board. Until then, there is already information that's available to help women and their doctors make decisions on what drugs to take during pregnancy, the proper dosage, and when to take them.
Sources such as Motherisk, the Organization of Teratology Information Services (a network of groups that monitor the effects of substances on the fetus), the FDA, and the CDC will provide information to pregnant women or their doctors. These organizations often have knowledge of current research from government studies, as well as from smaller studies conducted by private obstetricians who observe how patients and their newborns respond to medications taken during pregnancy.
While data has been slowly accumulating for years, many researchers say that studies on pregnant women with AIDS helped push research along on many other drugs. According to the CDC, many anti-retroviral drugs given during pregnancy and intravenously at delivery now prevent the perinatal transmission of the virus.
In the past, says Dr. Spilker, most physicians tended to take a conservative approach and caution women who were on long-term medications to stop taking their drugs during pregnancy. Today these women can usually work with their obstetricians and specialists to develop a treatment plan to maintain the health of both baby and mother. Under the advice of several doctors, Jean Halbauer, 37, of Valhalla, NY, changed epilepsy medications or drug dosages during each of her three pregnancies, and is now the proud mother of three healthy young children.
The Need for Research
Drugs for chronic conditions during pregnancy have gotten a great deal of attention, but the truth is that information is needed on nearly every drug, says Smith. That's because about half of all pregnancies are unplanned, which means that a woman may be pregnant and taking almost any medication during the early weeks before she learns that she's pregnant.
Also essential is information on exactly what doses of a drug are necessary during pregnancy, says Nancy Green, M.D., medical director of the March of Dimes. Dr. Green says that many doctors are inclined to reduce the dose of a drug during pregnancy to lower the chance of harm to the baby. But changes in blood flow and hormone levels may actually mean that a dose has to be increased during pregnancy to remain effective. More research on basic physiology in pregnancy is needed, according to Catherine Stika, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University in Chicago. Dr. Stika says there is much to be learned about how a woman's body changes from one trimester to the next, which can affect how pregnant women absorb, metabolize, and excrete each drug.
Having good data empowers women to get the treatment they need, says Dr. Green. Case in point: The FDA switched an asthma drug, the Pulmicort Turbuhaler, from category C ("risk cannot be ruled out") to category B ("no evidence of risk in humans") after data on more than 2,000 women who had used it during pregnancy showed that the drug did not increase the risk of birth defects.
The switch was important news to Debbi Fernandez, a social worker from New York City who was thinking about trying to conceive her first baby and had recently begun using the Pulmicort Turbuhaler. "The drug has been so effective that I can run up a full flight of stairs to the train without wheezing," says Fernandez. "My doctor was already recommending that I stay on it, and the fact that there are published studies to back that up makes me feel so much more confident about staying on the drug."
Safe Solutions
Before taking any drug—prescription or over-the-counter—talk to your doctor. The times to be most cautious about medication are during the first trimester of pregnancy (when organs are being formed) and during the last two weeks, when final development in utero takes place, according to Donald Sullivan, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacy practice at Ohio Northern University and author of The Expectant Mother's Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs, Vitamins, Home Remedies, and Herbal Products (Macmillan). Listed below are drugs your doctor may recommend to treat specific conditions during pregnancy.
Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is the drug of choice for treating headache and fever during pregnancy, says Gideon Koren, M.D., director of Motherisk, a research and consulting center on the safety of drugs in pregnancy. Aspirin is never recommended in pregnancy.
Cough and Cold
Even if you've used over-the-counter products during a previous pregnancy, check with your doctor before taking anything, as information may have changed, advises Dr. Koren. It's also important to see a doctor because a persistent cold may actually be an infection that requires an antibiotic. To treat a stuffy nose, Sullivan recommends a short-acting nasal spray for a few days, as only two percent of the drug is absorbed in the body. Be sure to check with your doc first.
Asthma and Allergies
Many asthma drugs have been shown to be safe in pregnancy, especially inhaled medications, which are less likely to reach the baby, says Michael Schatz, M.D., chief of allergy at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego. For allergy relief, Benadryl appears safe for occasional use, although it may make you drowsy, says Sullivan.
Skin Conditions
If you have a preexisting skin condition, check with your dermatologist before continuing to use any product during pregnancy. The acne medication Accutane, for example, can cause severe birth defects. To alleviate the itching that can be common during pregnancy, use a moisturizer that does not contain any medication or try soaking the affected area in an oatmeal bath.
About 20 percent of reproductive-age women are diagnosed as being clinically depressed, says Dr. Koren. And up to 15 percent of women will become depressed during pregnancy. Antidepressants in the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor family (such as Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil) are considered generally safe during pregnancy, though most is known about Prozac, according to Sullivan.
Fortunately, both the government and advocacy groups are taking major steps to learn more about the effects of medications during pregnancy and to do a better job of disseminating the information that is already available to pregnant women and their doctors. You can become an advocate for your own health by seeking out this information before taking prescription or over-the-counter drugs during pregnancy.
Francesca Lunzer Kritz is a freelance writer.


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When describing Medina it's best to start from its historic square. This picturesque square is the place of summer concerts, farmers markets, restaurants, and stores. Our square is the hub of Medina's historic district. Tree lined streets with Victorian homes extend out from the square continuing the historic character of this story book community.
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The curtain has opened on what may be the closing act in a multinational fraud case involving India-born brothers Virendra and Narendra Rastogi, dozens of associates, two wives, a mistress, their defunct metals trading companies and losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
In the first weeks of a trial that could last four months, the prosecution laid out its case against Virendra Rastogi, former chief executive of RBG Resources Plc, and three associates in a courthouse in London. All four pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to defraud.
Richard Latham told the court that Rastogi spent years convincing banks in Britain and the United States to lend money based on fraudulent transactions, while RBG conducted a number of legitimate deals as nothing more than a cover to satisfy auditors and due-diligence inquiries.
Rastogi was helped by his brother in the United States, who was at the helm of a similar operation there, Allied Deals Inc.
RBG collapsed in 2002 with debts of about $445 million. Its failure followed that of Allied Deals, which eventually led to the trial and conviction on fraud charges of several principals and staff at that company.
Narendra Rastogi, who pleaded guilty to U.S. charges—as did Jaspreet "Soniya" Basra, company secretary and admitted forger, and Anil Anand, Allied Deals' chief financial officer—all did star turns on the witness stand for the prosecution, and all were grilled by a defense team determined to show that Virendra was a victim of his older brother's greed and jealousy.
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Chicken Nuggets: Are They Healthy? Featured
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This kid-friendly and wildly popular food is often DEMANDED by kids. Should you give into to your kiddos' requests for these bite-sized poultry pieces?
At a first glance, breaded and fried chicken isn't the best nor is it the worst food your kid could be eating. The chicken provides some B-vitamins and protein and served with a side salad or veggies and a whole grain, it can be part of a healthy eating plan.
Much of the nutritional value in nuggets depends on who's making them. Store-bought and fast-food varieties aren't without their issues (see below). You can always opt to make your own breaded and baked nuggets. This helps decrease the unpronounceable ingredient list, preservatives, sodium and fat.
The following is the basic nutritional info for 6-piece chicken nuggets from a popular fast food joint:
- Calories: 280
- Total Fat: 18 grams (27% of the daily recommended dose for an adult)
- Saturated Fat: 3 grams
- Sodium: 540 milligrams (23% of the daily recommended dose for an adult)
Although the calories and even fat seem to be reasonable, you're not getting much bang for your buck — looking at the nutritional value, this means that for the 280 calories you're not getting many nutrients in return. These nuggets are lacking significant amounts of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and healthy fats.
In addition, in 2003 a popular fast food establishment promoted their chicken nuggets as now using "all white meat." That makes us all wonder . . . what were they using before to make their nuggets?
Furthermore, it's the ingredient list that raises a red flag. Besides reading like a short novel, two ingredients in some varieties of chicken nuggets are the preservatives tBHQ (tertiary butylhydroquinone) and dimethylpolysiloxane. The former is a petroleum-based product that helps prevent rancidity while the latter is an "anti-foaming agent" which is also used in silly putty. Both products are thought to pose no health risk, but who wants to eat food with ingredients that you can't pronounce?
The Verdict: Most varieties of processed chicken nuggets should be eaten sparingly. Besides offering little nutritional value, there contain an overwhelmingly high amount of preservatives. If chicken nuggets are a favorite in your house, opt to make your own – baked, fried or even broiled – at least you'll have full control over the ingredients you're serving.
Recipes to Try:
Ellie's Crispy Chicken Fingers
Chicken Fingers With Curried Ketchup, from Food Network Magazine
Chicken Fingers, Two Ways
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JOHNSON CITY (Oct. 3, 2012) – For the fourth time in her young career, ETSU sophomore Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Golfer of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday.
Wahl, who recorded a pair of top-15 finishes during the week, carded back-to-back rounds of 68 at the UNCG Starmount Forest Tournament to finish fourth and help the Buccaneers to a dominant 24-stroke victory in an event that included a pair of ranked teams, as well as ACC foe Maryland.
In addition to her efforts at the Starmount Forest Tournament, Wahl also finished a team-best 15th at the prestigious Golfweek Conference Challenge earlier in the week. Her efforts in that event powered the Bucs past No. 2 UCLA.
Wahl and the rest of her teammates will return to action Oct. 13 at the Hoosier Fall Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. For more on ETSU women's golf throughout the season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's golf link.
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Melbourne Cup 2017: The street parade
In case you weren't aware. Tuesday, November 7 is Melbourne Cup day.
If Victorians weren't aware before Monday, the traditional pre-cup street parade was a dead-set giveaway.
It's always an opportunity for the behind-the-scenes types to feel some love before race day when emotions tend to at a high intensity at dawn before building to a peak just before 3pm.
Before you worry too much about the 2017 field of hopeful, test your knowledge with the ultimate Melbourne Cup quiz.
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Events Calendar
TSS Earnslaw New Year's Eve Cruise 2013
Tue, 31st Dec 2013 - Wed, 1st Jan 2014
TSS Earnslaw New Year's Eve Cruise 2013...more
New Year's Eve Countdown 2013
Tue, 31st Dec 2013 - Wed, 1st Jan 2014 - 7:30pm - 1:00am
An excellent line-up of entertainment has been booked, live bands for the main stage, DJs to entertain the younger revellers and a spectacular firework display to light up the night sky and bring in 2014 with a cheer...more
Arrowtown Christmas Market
Fri, 27th Dec 2013
Arrowtown's 16th annual "Boxing Day" market is to be held on Friday 27 December. This popular market is held on the Library Green in Arrowtown's Buckingham Street. The market features fruit and food stalls, and a huge variety of quality crafts, clothing, plants and goods. There is free entry....more
Queenstown Jazz Fest 2013
Sat, 26th Oct 2013 - Mon, 28th Oct 2013
The Queenstown JazzFest is a live music celebration which brings music to the masses and showcases the breadth of jazz styles from around New Zealand and the world....more
Arrowtown School 150 Year Celebrations
Fri, 25th Oct 2013 - Sat, 26th Oct 2013
Arrowtown School will come alive with a community gala held on Saturday 26th October where local clubs and groups will come together along with local entertainers and wine and food. The gala will be held on the school grounds and will also include photos taken from registered past students and teachers. There will be an auction and evening function on the Saturday night with official opening on the Friday night. The school will also be open to the public on the Friday for you to view the classrooms and children at work....more
Queenstown International Jazz and Blues Festival
Thu, 24th Oct 2013 - Sun, 27th Oct 2013
Don't miss this fantastic 3-day live music celebration as more than 70 jazz and blues musicians from the USA, Australia and New Zealand take to the stage in Queenstown over Labour Weekend. From cool blues and classy jazz to soul funk and big band swing, there'll be something to get everyone in the mood!...more
Wellness Event
Wed, 23rd Oct 2013 - 7:00pm -
Join us for an evening of wellness info, and find out how we can help you get fit and looking good for summer.
Time: Wed Oct 23rd @ 7.00pm
Ticket price: $10 for 1 or $15 for 2
Place: Millbrook Conference Centre...more
Gibbston Valley Gala Dinner - Cure Kids Fund Raiser
Sat, 21st Sep 2013
Award-winning Gibbston Valley Winery is once again hosting a Gala Dinner and Charity Auction to raise money for Cure Kids the winery's charity of choice....more
100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games 2013
Mon, 12th Aug 2013 - Sun, 25th Aug 2013
100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games is the ultimate testing ground where elite athletes can experiment and explore performance limits against world-class competition. Winter Games NZ 2013 will run over 14 days from 12-25 August. The programme will include FIS World Cup events in Snowboard Slopestyle, Snowboard Cross, Freestyle Ski Halfpipe, Freestyle Ski Slopestyle, as well as Snowboard Halfpipe. Three Super Continental Cups and seven Continental Cups will also feature in the competition. For further information, visit www.wintergamesnz.com...more
Ten Top Designers descend on Queenstown for New Zealand Fashion on Tour
Fri, 5th Jul 2013 - Sat, 6th Jul 2013 - 7:00pm -
The New Zealand Fashion on Tour event will be held in The Millhouse Restaurant at Millbrook Resort. We will host an intimate dinner to showcase of designer collections. Designers will present four capsule collection looks each throughout the evening in 15minute slots. The first collection starts showing at 7pm followed by 8pm & 9pm. There are different designers each evening....more
25 years in tea Dilmah
Tue, 2nd Jul 2013 - 2:30pm-4:30pm
Dilmah Founder, Merrill J Fernando & son, Dilhan invite you to join them for High Tea to celebrate 25 years of the Dilmah brand and to thank those who have supported them....more
American Express Queenstown Winter Festival 2013
Fri, 21st Jun 2013 - Sun, 30th Jun 2013
Mark your calendars now… the dates for the Southern Hemisphere's biggest winter party are officially locked and loaded for next year!...more
Experience even more luxury at The Spa at Millbrook!
Sat, 18th May 2013
We've got an exclusive event on May 18th in The Spa at Millbrook and we'd love to invite you and your friends to join us. Book in for some bubbles, two and a half hours of pampering and pure luxury....more
Thu, 16th May 2013 - Sat, 25th May 2013
C'mon babe, why don't we paint the town . and All that Jazz! An outstanding cast is bringing this glamorous classic to life, with astonishing dancing, amazing singing and flamboyant costumes....more
Millbrook Masters
Sun, 14th Apr 2013 - Fri, 19th Apr 2013
The week long programme, for all golfers men and women aged 30 plus includes 4 rounds of golf at Millbrook Resort with carts. The 2012 event included 10th Birthday Welcome Function with wines matched by Rockburn Wines, 3 tournament lunches with wine matching, Farewell Dinner and Awards Ceremony, entertainment, quality players pack with special tournament jersey....the list goes on....more
Arrowtown Autumn Festival 2013
Fri, 12th Apr 2013
Each autumn, as the trees and hillsides of this historic gold mining town turn vibrant red and gold, the local streets come to life in celebration....more
Dinner hosted by Grant Taylor at The Millhouse
Mon, 8th Apr 2013 - 7pm
We are delighted to announce a very special evening at The Millhouse hosted by local expert winemaker Grant Taylor. We only have 35 places available, so act fast!
Grant Taylor is one of New Zealands most awarded Pinot Noir winemaker's, earning a string of gold medal and trophy accolades over the years. He is most famous for winning the trophy for 'Best Pinot Noir' at the world's largest wine competition in London.
Having now completed over 40 vintages, and having developed his own Valli Vineyards wines, Grant will be hosting dinner at The Millhouse and sharing his knowledge and stories with us.
We are privileged and honoured that Grant will host a dinner for us at our signature fine dining restaurant The Millhouse....more
Gibbston Harvest Festival 2013
Sat, 16th Mar 2013 - 11am - 5pm
A fun family day for all ages. Master classes on wine tasting and food appreciation will be held throughout the day. Activities include food and wine, barrel rolling, bouncy castles, face painting...more
Motatapu Arrowtown.com Miners Trail Run/Walk
Sat, 9th Mar 2013 - 9am Start
A spectacular 15km loop through the Glencoe Station with incredible backcountry views and a magnificent view of the Wakatipu basin....more
NZ PGA Pro-Am Championship
Thu, 28th Feb 2013 - Sun, 3rd Mar 2013
Top level professional golf returns to Sir Michael Hill's private course The Hills in 2013 with the New Zealand PGA Pro-Am Championship. Players and spectators alike will be treated to the unique challenges and stunning scenery of The Hills and its surroundings, as well as the attractions of New Zealand's premier tourist destination, Queenstown.
The Hills is not only New Zealand's most challenging tournament golf course, it is also a magnificent facility for spectators. Strategic vantage points enable you to follow several holes at a time, and public facilities are excellent and family friendly. The 19th, focusing on the finest of local food and wine, entertainment, tournament merchandise and areas for you, family and friends to relax in, is a central feature of the event. The venue is easily accessible from Queenstown, Arrowtown or Central Otago with adequate parking available.
New Zealand XI vs England - four day warm-up match
Wed, 27th Feb 2013 - Sat, 2nd Mar 2013
New Zealand XI vs England...more
Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert
Sat, 23rd Feb 2013 - Gates Open 11am
Catch 3 music legends - America, Bachman & Turner and Pat Benatar - performing all their greatest hits against the stunning backdrop of the Kawarau River at Gibbston Valley Station....more
Classic Hits Winery Tour 2013
Tue, 19th Feb 2013
The 7th annual Classic Hits Winery Tour is coming to Queenstown's Waitiri Creek Winery on 19 February with three of New Zealand music's biggest acts - Fat Freddy's Drop, Anika Boh and Hollie Smith....more
New Year's Eve Countdown 2013
Mon, 31st Dec 2012 - Tue, 1st Jan 2013 - 7:30pm - 1:00am
New Year's Eve goes off with a bang each year in downtown Queenstown with a spectacular lakeside fireworks display, live music and parties in the streets....more
Mon, 31st Dec 2012 - Thu, 31st Jan 2013
Long summer days are ideal for getting out and enjoying the annual Summerdaze Festival which has an action-packed month-long calendar of events from 31 December to 31 January....more


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ASP.NET Multi-Select Radio Buttons
"HERESY!" you say, "Radio buttons are for single-select items! If you want multi-select, use checkboxes!" Well, I would agree, and that is why I consider this a significant bug that ASP.NET developers need to be aware of. Here's the situation.
If you use ASP:RadioButton controls on your WebForm, then you know that in order to get them to behave properly, that is, to define a group in which only one of them can be selected by the user, you use the Group attribute and set the same value on each one. For example:
1: <asp:RadioButton runat="server" ID="rdo1" Group="GroupName" checked="true" />
2: <asp:RadioButton runat="server" ID="rdo2" Group="GroupName" />
With this configuration, the controls will render to the browser as HTML Input / Type=radio tags and when the user selects one, the browser will automatically deselect the other one so that only one can be selected (checked) at any time.
BUT, if you user server-side code to manipulate the Checked attribute of these controls, it is possible to set them both to believe that they are checked.
1: rdo2.Checked = true; // Does NOT change the Checked attribute of rdo1 to be false.
As long as you remain in server-side code, the system will believe that both radio buttons are checked (you can verify this in the debugger). Therefore, if you later have code that looks like this
1: if (rdo1.Checked)
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3: DoSomething1();
4: }
5: else
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7: DoSomethingElse();
8: }
then it will always evaluate the condition to be true and take the first action. The good news is that if you return to the client with multiple radio buttons checked, the browser tries to clean that up for you and make only one of them really checked. It turns out that the last one on the screen wins, so in this case, you will in fact end up with rdo2 as checked, and if you then make a trip to the server to run the code above, it will appear to be working properly. However, if your page initializes with rdo2 checked and in code you set rdo1 to checked also, then when you go back to the client, rdo2 will remain checked, again because it is the last one and the last one checked "wins".
And this gets even uglier if you ever set these radio buttons to be disabled. In that case, although the client browser renders the radio buttons as though only one of them is checked the system actually retains the value of both of them as checked, and your next trip to the server will really frustrate you because the browser showed rdo2 as checked, but your DoSomething1() routine keeps getting executed.
The following is sample code you can put into any WebForm to test this yourself.
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2: <form id="form1" runat="server">
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Radio Button Test

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5: <asp:Button runat="server" ID="cmdBlankPostback" Text="Blank Postback" />
7: <asp:Button runat="server" ID="cmdEnable" Text="Enable All" OnClick="cmdEnable_Click" />
9: <asp:Button runat="server" ID="cmdDisable" Text="Disable All" OnClick="cmdDisable_Click" />
11: <asp:Button runat="server" ID="cmdTest" Text="Test" OnClick="cmdTest_Click" />
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13: <asp:RadioButton ID="rdoG1R1" GroupName="Group1" runat="server" Text="Group 1 Radio 1" Checked="true" />

14: <asp:RadioButton ID="rdoG1R2" GroupName="Group1" runat="server" Text="Group 1 Radio 2" />

15: <asp:RadioButton ID="rdoG1R3" GroupName="Group1" runat="server" Text="Group 1 Radio 3" />

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17: <asp:RadioButton ID="rdoG2R1" GroupName="Group2" runat="server" Text="Group 2 Radio 1" />

18: <asp:RadioButton ID="rdoG2R2" GroupName="Group2" runat="server" Text="Group 2 Radio 2" Checked="true" />

20: </form>
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1: protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
2: {
4: }
6: protected void cmdEnable_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
7: {
8: rdoG1R1.Enabled = true;
9: rdoG1R2.Enabled = true;
10: rdoG1R3.Enabled = true;
11: rdoG2R1.Enabled = true;
12: rdoG2R2.Enabled = true;
13: }
15: protected void cmdDisable_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
16: {
17: rdoG1R1.Enabled = false;
18: rdoG1R2.Enabled = false;
19: rdoG1R3.Enabled = false;
20: rdoG2R1.Enabled = false;
21: rdoG2R2.Enabled = false;
22: }
24: protected void cmdTest_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
25: {
26: rdoG1R2.Checked = true;
27: rdoG2R1.Checked = true;
28: }
30: protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
31: {
33: }
After you copy the markup and page-behind code into the appropriate files. I recommend you set a breakpoint on Page_Load as well as cmdTest_Click, and add each of the radio button controls to the Watch list so that you can walk through the code and see exactly what is happening. Use the Blank Postback button to cause a postback to the server so you can inspect things without making any changes.
The moral of the story is: if you do server-side manipulation of the Checked status of RadioButton controls, then you need to set ALL of the controls in a group whenever you want to change one.


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Audio: No Ring Tone When Transfer to Unified CCE Agent
From DocWiki
No Ring Tone When Transfer to Unified CCE Agent
|Problem Summary
|No ring tone is heard when transferred to Unified Contact Center Enterprise agent.
|Error Message
|Possible Cause
|Cisco Unified CM has an incorrectly configured service parameter.
|Recommended Action
|In CCMAdmin > Service > ServiceParameters > Unified CM, check the value of H323 parameter Send H225 User Info Message. It must be set to User Info for Ring Back Tone.
|Release 7.0(2)
|Associated CDETS #


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Report from Phillipa (thanks Phillipa - those of us (ie me) who couldn't make the launch are really pleased you have given us a report on the night. It's the little things like this that remind us readers how nerve wracking it must be being "the author".
On Thursday 29 January hubby and I hosted the official launch of The Killing Hands, book four in the Sophie Anderson series.
About 110 of our family and friends came along to the Colonial Hotel in Melbourne to have a drink (or two), buy a book (hopefully!) and catch up. We also had some of the Sisters in Crime crew and members of the Melbourne Pan Macmillan office too.
The heat certainly was a factor – as I was driving down Lonsdale Street at 5.30pm, it was 45 degrees Celsius. I like the warm weather but this was overpoweringly hot…damn hot. So hot that we have to move from Colonial's second level function room to their first, because the upper level air-con wasn't cutting it.
Around 7.15 we did the speeches – the only real formality of the night. Hubby was the compere, then Jan Novak from Pan Macmillan said a few words, and then it was my turn. Given I'd abandoned writing my speech at 4pm that day and just gone with summarised points, I was nervous. I like my words on the page, not flowing from my head into a microphone! Still, everyone said the speech was good.
It was a great night and the only thing that would have made it better was more air-con.


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Grammy award-winning rock giants, YES, announce a double-album 2016 Spring UK/European tour. The band will perform two of its iconic albums, Fragile and Drama, in their entirety.
Legendary progressive rock band, YES, will start their 2016 UK-European Tour kicking off 27 April 2016 in Glasgow, Scotland and wrapping up 2 June 2016 in Bari, Italy. On this tour, fans can look forward to a unique YES experience; the band will perform two of its iconic albums in their entirety, Fragile and, for the first time ever, Drama.
YES will delight audiences with tracks from two of its most influential albums. Fans will hear long-time favorites, including Roundabout, Long Distance Runaround, Heart of the Sunrise, Machine Messiah, Into the Lens, Tempus Fugit, and more. In addition, YES will perform all the tracks in the order they appear on each corresponding studio album.
"This is a first for us," said YES guitarist, Steve Howe. "This is the first time we'll be performing Drama in its entirety. In fact, most of the Drama songs haven't been performed in some 30 years." YES drummer, Alan White, adds, "Drama's a great album, and we decided it's long past due to bring its life and energy back to the forefront. We think the fans will love hearing Fragile and Drama in their entirety, and we certainly look forward to performing them."


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Georgia College & State University's dance team, the Sassy Cats, recently took ninth at the Universal Dance Association (UDA) National Championships over the weekend of Jan. 18.
The 12-member squad, under the leadership of advisor Doris Henderson and captain Charlotte Ballard, picked up their best finish in the club's history. The dancers improved five slots from a 14th place finish a year ago.
The next competition for the Sassy Cats will be at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships in early March.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Drizna wrote:Hey ninjex if I gave you a phone number could you do that? Got a call from a scammer/phisher and am trying to find his info to post it so people don't fall for it.
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Yeah figured. Couldn't hurt to ask.
KthProg wrote:
-- Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:43 pm --
Yeah definitely not me...kind of suspicious though im gonna check that out lol.
no lol they stopped helping me they are honestly a bunch of pricks.
Im just going to build my own IM from the ground up. itll be easier.
They also refused to take my emails down or even black out my email address
-- Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:46 pm --
I do have a working email application that sends and recieves emails saves contacts events and etc but it doesnt parse the emails yet there are a lot of different types of emails to consider.
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text: Hello I have a dedicated server with debian 6 and ispconfig3. For several days I have too many connected users and the server is unusable. The cpu is always at 100% and I have to stop apache to solve. Is there something to set max 500 connection to apache? for example mod_bw module for apache.


text: Mackenzie Kavanaugh (left), 14, and Ashley Knopp, 14, both of Dixon, let their hair fly as they ride the Sizzler Thursday evening at Polo's Town and Country Days. The festival, which offers a carnival, beer garden, live music, a craft show, a parade, a pig scramble, and loads of other free entertainment, runs downtown through Sunday. Today is Kid's Day. Noyz Boyz and Country Line Live band perform tonight, and radio hosts Dwyer & Michaels entertain the crowd Saturday. The grand parade at 12:30 p.m., followed by the pig scramble at 3 p.m., are Sunday's highlights. Carnival armbands are $20, good for noon to 5 p.m. today or Sunday. Go to www.polodays.org or call Jon Miller at 815-973-3507 for a complete schedule or more information.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio— Typically after a road match, the LA Galaxy immediately return to Southern California, but this time around the script has been flipped.
The Galaxy fell 4-1 to the Columbus Crew on Saturday in their worst defeat of the 2014 regular season. LA suffered their biggest margin of defeat, but rather than fly cross-country to return home, the club will remain in Columbus for two days before heading to Colorado for Wednesday's clash with the Rapids.
Following the team's crushing defeat, there was understandable concern that the loss may put a damper on the Galaxy's week-long road trip, but defender A.J. DeLaGarza insists that the opposite is true.
"We can't let this loss linger. We have a game in a couple of days and it might be good for us all to be together. We get to all go through this together and not just head home [separately]," he said. "We're going to go have dinner together and do whatever we can to get the morale back up so that we don't let this game affect us for the rest of the season."
Galaxy captain Robbie Keane agreed that LA will need to put the loss behind them quickly ahead of Wednesday's match at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
"The good thing about the season is that there is always a game around the corner," Keane said. "We have a game on Wednesday and have to pick ourselves up fairly quickly…let's see what we're made of [against the Rapids]."


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Guest post by Robert Patrovic
As ChildFund recognizes #GivingTuesday today, we are sharing the inspiring story of a father watching his daughter work hard – to give. Through ChildFund, Kara sponsors Mijael, a 6-year-old boy from Bolivia, and this year she raised funds to visit him.
My wife, Mary, and I have always tried to teach our children the value of their place in the world. We instilled in them a need to make the world a better place. Although we believe we've provided a comfortable home and life, we have always been sure not to focus on the attainment of personal possessions. There are almost no video games in our house (except for educational ones), no smartphones when they were kids, and we've always stressed reading, playing outside and giving.
Each of our three children, Jess, 23; Bobby, 20; and Kara, 15, is different, but they share that same value system. They have always volunteered for many causes both in and out of school. We have encouraged them to seek their dreams and have always taught them that hard work gets results. When they have truly wanted something, we have shown them paths to get it – always involving work on their part.
Kara, in particular, has always been one of the most giving people we know, even as a younger child. When, at 9 years old, she came to us with the idea of sponsoring a child, we were very encouraging (how could a parent not be?!). I helped her do the research on which organization operated the most efficiently, as she is conscientious about things like that. We decided on ChildFund. We helped supplement her monthly sponsorship payment and she did her best to keep in touch with Mijael over the years. At the time, he was 6 months old; Mijael is now 6 years old.
When she came up with the idea to actually visit Mijael, we saw this as an excellent learning opportunity and told her we would accompany her if she raised the money to go. This was in late January, a time where her schoolwork was especially heating up. Kara is a dedicated student and athlete. She played high school soccer and track and field and played for a club soccer team, as well – quite the demanding schedule.
Once Kara realized what it would take to put this trip together, she decided she wanted to invest more time, ultimately leaving the club soccer team. She used the extra time to really begin planning her big trip to Bolivia. She first placed a letter in our church's bulletin and got a good response, which encouraged her further. She sent more letters and emails, developed budgets, researched flights, hosted fundraisers and even got some media coverage. The trip began taking on a life of its own, and Kara was at the forefront. How proud we were!
As the project grew in scope with more and more fundraisers, increased amounts of time and planning were required. At this time, Kara was given a "gift" of sorts. While playing soccer, she took a serious fall. She suffered a pretty serious concussion and broke her wrist. Kara could not participate in her normal activities. She was discouraged, understandably so, but this gave her the gift of time to spend on fundraising and planning her trip. Kara was making a hug jug of lemonade out of a large batch of lemons – a gift from God. Talk about getting inspiration from your own child!
Ultimately, Kara was successful; so successful in fact that she raised about $850 more than she planned. With the extra money she was able to provide gifts for 55 additional children and donate to two health care fundraisers in Tarija [Mijael's community]. Although, I only went to accompany Kara, my own life was changed dramatically as well.
Kara has been, is, and continues to be a God-given gift and inspiration in our lives. I was moved by the impact that Kara had. At one point, she was honored as a Chapaca (resident of Tarija), which is an incredible tribute. In addition, the Tarija people called her a role model for their children because of her motivation to give. Imagine that, a child who comes from a wealthy country like the U.S., who is accustomed to living comfortably, being honored as a role model for children that have very little.
Kara has decided to continue to raise funds for Mijael, ChildFund Bolivia, and the various communities of Tarija. We are so proud of and inspired by our daughter.
Learn more about Kara's trip to Bolivia.


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The times they are a-changin'.
I may not have had to walk 15 snow-steeped miles to school when I was kid (thank you southern California), but I certainly didn't have access to the wide-open world of the Internet like youngsters do today. My parents, bless their souls, chose to forgo a high-speed connection in favor of the wonderful world of dial-up, limiting my Internet access to the obscure hours of the day when no one was likely to use the telephone. And while dial-up may have prevented me from the accessing a slew of online filth and kept me innocent longer than today's youth, it would be naive to think aren't worthwhile websites for kids—you just have to know where to look.
Responsible parents know vigilance is key when children are using the Internet to entertain and educate themselves. Thus, we've scoured the Web to find the most popular, fun, educational, productive—and safe—sites around. While it's ultimately up to parents to individually decide what is and isn't appropriate for their sprouts to see, if your kids are interested in sniffing around online, as a starting point they can't go wrong with these age-appropriate online destinations.
Yahoo! Kids
Most adults no longer log onto Yahoo! every morning to get the latest news, check email, and generally warm up to daily Internet offerings, but your children can still use the Yahoo!'s Kids counterpart as a sort of Internet home base. It has a plethora of games of all kinds, music, movies, jokes, sports, horoscopes, e-cards, and even a StudyZone that has information on animals, reference materials (e.g. a world factbook, dictionary and encyclopedia) and more.
If you want to check up on your kids' activities, go to the Parents section, which provides movie reviews for kids from a parent's perspective, advice on online safety, and much more. Of course, the best feature of Yahoo! Kids is its child-friendly search engine, which only pulls up appropriate links. Your kids will find so much to do and learn on Yahoo! Kids that they won't need to go anywhere else.
National Geographic Kids
When I was a kid, it was always a special occasion when the yellow-framed National Geographic magazine would arrive in the mail, and my parents treated these tomes as reference material, earning a spot on the bookshelf just below the encyclopedias. Now, kids have online access to a lot of this same great educational material, which allows them to keep apprised of things happening around the world. Yes, there are the requisite games to keep kids interested, but the People and Places section, Animals, Activities, Stories and other educational links are where the good stuff is. This is a learning site up there with the best of them, and you're kids won't even know they're boosting their IQ and taking a free trip around the while browsing it.
A hybrid educational/entertainment site, Funbrain disguises learning through fun, interactive games like Grammar Gorillas and Math Baseball. You'll also find Web books and comics, like Diary of a Wimpy Kid (nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award) and Amelia Writes Again. Your tots can read blogs from children in their age group with similar interests, and the site links words to dictionary definitions for learning on the fly. Aids for teachers and parents, like homework supplements and quizzes, are also available. The site offers filter options so parents and other users can break the different types of content into age-appropriate sections for classroom and at-home use. If you want to build your child's brainpower, albeit with a little gaming and nostalgia, send them to Funbrain.
There's no denying that kids like Harry Potter. I remember reading the series religiously when I was in elementary school, each book release a perfectly suitable excuse to go on a reading bender through the night. Thus, it's no surprise that author J.K. Rowling eventually took the franchise online given it's mind-boggling success. Pottermore, an interactive website revolving around the seven books, provides fans with exclusive content, games and a variety of other interactive features that compliment each book. Users must sign up for a free account before they can access different aspects of the site, but the process is quick and asks very little in the way of personal information other than a name and birthday (which you can always lie about). Only the first two books in the series and the first 15 chapters of the third one are set up with interactive features, but the rest will follow in suite down the line. It may not be the most educational site on our list, but it's a great way to entice your kids to read.
Highlights Kids
The days of having to go to the dentist office to snag the latest issue of Highlights are long gone. Now your kids can access all of the awesome hallmarks of the magazine online, complete with more than 50 Hidden Pictures pages to boot. The site isn't the most comprehensive, but it does feature a wealth of educational and entertaining components to keep your kids engaged, including interactive stories, simple craft projects, healthy recipes and a history tidbit of the day. With a little help from a friend or parents, kids can also share their latest drawing or short piece of writing with the rest of the online community, adding a simple-yet-effective social element that works like an online refrigerator. The Ask Arizona advice column, another facet within the site's "Read it" section, is a nice little section for handling some of the countless dilemmas kids are undoubtedly going to face on their road to maturity.
Jokes ("Why did the cow cross the road? To get to the udder side."); boredom busters like arts and crafts projects; games; magic tricks; wacky facts; and more make up this universe of pure childish fun. While the site is largely entertainment-based, it does have some interesting educational stuff thrown in for good measure. Check out the Weird Science section to find fun experiments to do with your kids that teach them about physics, chemistry, biology, weather and more. There are also several kid-friendly recipes to get them involved in the kitchen. You can even search Funology's content by age and type of activity to find content tailored to your child's interests.
Whyville is also a social networking built from the ground up for tweens. The online world requires your child to manage money, eat properly and helps educate kids on online safety. A filter automatically removes and reports the use of foul language and sends red flags to site moderators for other words that may lead to inappropriate chatting. In fact, before kids can even participate, they must pass a test to get their "chat license." It's actually very difficult to pass. Kids can design their own personal avatar, earn "clams" by playing games, start their own business, write for the town newspaper and more. Whyville is a great and safe way to get your kid acclimated to online networking sites and teach them some basic Internet codes of behavior before they enter the big, bustling world of Facebook, Twitter and other social networking behemoths.
When it comes to teaching kids morals, nobody has has ever done it with such subtlety and imagination as Dr. Seuss. Ever since the 1950's, his books have been teaching kids valuable lessons, such as the importance of environmental awareness in industrialized society (The Lorax), why racism is stupid (The Sneetches), and the psychological implications of holiday-motivated materialism (How the Grinch Stole Christmas). Lucky for us, Random House publishing has taken Seuss's teachings to the web, and developed a wonderfully interactive site for kids to explore. With links to videos, games, and Seuss' classic books, this site ranks among the best we've encountered for younger children.
Lawrence Hall of Science
Answering complex scientific questions in a simple, engaging, and child-friendly manner is a difficult feat to accomplish, but Lawrence Hall of Science has pulled it off. The kid's section of the website offers up a myriad of simple and intriguing questions in an easy-to-navigate format. When your child finds something they're interested in, clicking the link will send them to a brief explanation of the topic and suggest an activity where they can explore the question hands-on. In addition to experiments, games, and activities for younger kids, the site also has plenty of content that older, smarter kids can learn from. One of my personal favorites on the site is Bug Hunt! — an interactive activity that urges kids to get outside and search for a range of insects (i.e. ants, ladybugs, grasshoppers) and submit them to a Google Map so users can see what other players have found in their particular region.
PBS Kids
How can you go wrong with a website from PBS? The award-winning online stopover features activities and games from your child's favorite PBS shows, including guest appearances by Callou, Arthur, Curious George and Clifford the Big Red Dog. Kids can also discover music from their favorite TV shows and print off a host of hands-on material including coloring book pages, connect the dots sheets and even storybook sheets that feature black-and-white images with ample room for text. Although it is definitely tailored for a younger audience — it will likely bore your 13-year-old to tears — there is an admirable amount of online and offline activities for parents and teachers alike.
This list has been updated since its original publication to add websites.
What do you think of our list of the 10 best websites for kids? Did we miss something? Let us know in the comments below.


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