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To participate in this exclusive giveaway, fans are invited to interact with both LuxeInACity and Crunaties using Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest directly from a widget embedded on LuxeInACity's luxury blog. Each social interaction will give fans a specific amount of entry points into the giveaway. For example, one fan may choose to follow @luxeinacity, Like Crunaties and pin an image on Pinterest for 11 points, another may opt to Like and follow on Twitter both LuxeInACity and Crunaties for a combined 16 entry points. The more socially active fans get, the more chance they have to win one or more luxury ties.
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"The colors red, white, and blue did not have meanings for The Stars and Stripes when it was adopted in 1777. However, the colors in the Great Seal did have specific meanings. Charles Thompson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, reporting to Congress on the Seal, stated:
"The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valour, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice."

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WashPost: Search Is Scary
From the WashPost, via the Straits Times, comes this instance of scaremongering: "Your secrets aren't safe – from the search engines." A casual reader might conclude that somehow search engines can scan your hard drive and tender your private information to anyone. But in fact, the point is, some people (and more often, companies/universities) are dumb enough to put the wrong thing online, and there is a subculture of folks who make a sport (or a business) of finding these documents (ie excel spreadsheets with credit card numbers). "It is all legal" the paper warns omminously, "using the world's most powerful Internet search engine." Sigh. Reminds me of early coverage of the net itself.


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If you are a campus student and have not had a picture taken for your student ID, please stop by Campus Academic Services and let us take your photo. Student photos help the NBC staff and faculty to identify our students and keep the campus a safe place. Once you have had your photo taken, you can go to the student portal to print out your ID. The library staff can print your ID in color and laminate it for a $1 fee.
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Big Buck's has been responsible recently for raising the profile of horses embarking on the comeback trail following a long lay-off. At the weekend Fingal Bay, who has been out of action for nearly 14 months makes his return to the racecourse.
Trainer Philip Hobbs is upbeat about the chances of the eight-year-old in Saturday's Betfred Mobile and Levy Board Heroes Handicap Hurdle, over two and three-quarter miles. He expects the one-time stable star to go close to winning. Richard Johnson has been booked to ride.
"Fingal Bay is in great form," Hobbs reported on Tuesday. "He's had a tendon injury but I am very happy with him at present and the expected soft ground will be to his liking."
Often, time away from the racecourse can be beneficial, not just in giving the injury the chance to recover, but also in allowing a horse to mature and develop physically especially if. like Fingal Bay, they do not have many miles on the clock.
Fingal Bay, whose record is an impressive six wins from nine starts, looked a potential top-liner when he finished an excellent second to the David Pipe-trained Dynaste in a novice chase at Cheltenham in November 2012. That day he was beaten 4½ lengths, trying to give the talented Dynaste 5lb and subsequent events have shown the enormity of that task.
Over hurdles Fingal Bay had the class to beat the smart Simonsig when they met over 2½ miles at Sandown and remains a bright prospect as long as he can shrug off the injury worries.
Casting his net wider, Hobbs has entered If In Doubt for a Pertemps Hurdle Qualifier at Musselburgh on Sunday, but the trainer says it will be a late decision on whether he takes his chance. The gelding was runner-up in the Lanzarote Hurdle and connections are keen to qualify for the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham. "There are three other courses where he could qualify, but the weather and ground is the worry at present."
Those concerns will be echoed by plenty of other trainers especially after Leicester joined Wednesday's other scheduled jump fixtures at Newcastle and Ludllow on the abandoned list. Only Kempton's AW twilight Flat card remains.
Prospects for Towcester tomorrow are not bright and there will be an inspection of the course at 8am on Wednesday, while Chepstow's meeting on Friday is under threat. The waterlogged track must pass a noon inspection on Wednesday. Hopes are higher for Wincanton on Thursday where, although the ground is heavy, no inspection is planned. The British Horseracing Authority has announced that Kempton will stage an additional six-race 'jumpers' bumper' fixture on Friday.
The debate regarding the Festival target of Annie Power continues to spark interest. Ruby Walsh admitted on Wednesday the mare's exuberance would be a slight concern for him if she were to run in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, one of three possible targets, after she ran so freely when winning at Doncaster on Saturday but told Racing UK: "I don't think any of the races would inconvenience her".
"Does she have enough experience over two miles for a Champion Hurdle; do you want to expose her to At Fishers Cross and Big Buck's over three miles and risk emptying her out, or do you throw her in against Quevega? Thankfully, I don't have to make that decision.
"I wish I had a say in which races they ran in but I have none. It's the downside of having a good job, having to choose between good horses, but that's life."


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7 Key Trends in the Business of Tech
IT has created a data explosion, and virtually every click to a website, every search on Google, and every text on a cellphone is recorded. CIOs are putting business intelligence and analytics efforts at the top of their lists, but what are the other trends that are turning heads in the tech world?
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One of the two legal highs stores at the centre of a dispute over drugs and morality on the high street closed its doors this week.
The Arbroath Herald received a tip-off on Friday that Misty Heaven on Fisheracre was to close, which was confirmed by an employee on visiting the premises.
Legal highs have been a divisive issue in Arbroath in recent months with the Arbroath Against Legal Highs Group (AALHG) leading a campaign to ban the substances from the town.
Councillor David Fairweather has been one of the faces at the forefront of the campaign. He said: "The owners are saying it's not a result of public pressure. I would suggest, obviously the public pressure over a sustained period of time has had a contributory factor to that."
Yesterday (Thursday), Mr Fairweather proposed a motion at the full Angus Council meeting to debate the issue, along with support from fellow AALHG figure Rev. Martin Fair.
Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Fairweather said: "Regarding the motion tomorrow it's a fairly simple one. I'm looking for the chief executive to write to Westminster and Holyrood for clarification on how we can either licence that type of premises or what we can do about the substances they are selling.
"One of the reasons for my motion is to get all 29 Angus councillors working together in this and make sure this is not a one hit wonder. The Scottish Parliament cannot debate it and allow it to go away, it's far too serious for that."
Misty Heaven's owners were given an opportunity to comment but had not done so by the time we went to press.


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The 2011 Womens World Cup: England 2-0 Japan
Coming into form at the right time is a critical aspect of tournament football, but it is one that occasionally feels as if it is overlooked. This evening, against a team that played some sublime football in their previous match, England put in a performance which suggested that they might just be doing exactly this and, while it would be premature to suggest that they could win the tournament, a comfortable win in their final group match this evening against Japan saw them continue the upward trajectory that they have followed since the start of the tournament. Of course, we could question how the commitment of the Japanese team by might have been affected by having already qualified with two wins from two matches, but any team can only play the team that they are up to play against. One of the criticisms previously levelled at the England coach Hope Powell is that she may carry a certain degree of tactical inflexibility – a criticism that might have been considered to have some legs after the drab draw with Mexico in their opening match – but this certainly didn't seem to be the case this evening. Powell shuffled her pack this evening and, whilst Japan had previously been stylistically compared with Barcelona, the England midfield got in amongst their players tonight, stifled Japan's pass and move technique and prevented...Read More


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West Ham United boss Sam Allardyce has hit back at critics of England coach Roy Hodgson.
Allardyce wrote in the London Evening Standard: "I watched England against Chile and Germany and my response to some of the criticism that followed is -what's the problem?
"So, we lost two friendlies but we're preparing for the World Cup finals and Roy Hodgson was looking to see if there are players, apart from those which helped England qualify, who could break into the squad.
"As I see it now, the biggest problem for Roy is similar to mine at West Ham - finding those goals."
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Title:The cost of railroad regulation : the disintegration of American agricultural markets in the interwar period Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; SHARP, PaulDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:University of Southern Denmark; Discussion Papers of Business and Economics; 2012/20
Title:Italy's comparative advantage : a long-run perspective Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; WOLF, NikolausDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:CEPR Discussion Paper; 2012/8758
Title:Comparative advantages in Italy : a long-run perspective Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; WOLF, NikolausDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Bank of Italy; Economic History Working Papers); 2011/09Abstract:The history of Italy since her unification in 1861 reflects the two-way relationship between foreign trade and economic development. Its growth was accompanied by a dramatic increase in the country's integration with ...
Title:The cost of railroad regulation : the disintegration of American agricultural markets in the interwar period Author(s):FEDERICO, Giovanni; SHARP, PaulDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:University of Copenhagen; Department of Economics Discussion Paper; 2011/11-17Abstract:We investigate the costs of transportation regulation using the example of agricultural markets in the United States. Using a large database of prices by state of agricultural commodities, we find that the coefficient of ...
Title:A tale of two oceans : market integration over the high seas, 1800-1940 Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2011Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EHES Working Paper; 2011/11Abstract:Long-range market integration is an essential component of globalization but it is still comparatively under-researched. The conventional wisdom relies heavily on the case of Atlantic trade in the period after 1870. This ...
Title:A Short-Lived Backlash: The political economy of wheat protection in Europe in the first half of the 19th century Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2009/61Abstract:In the first half of the 19th century, the wheat trade policy in Western European countries followed a major political cycle, featuring a massive increase in protection in the late 1810s and early 1820s, and a slow process ...
Title:The first European grain invasion: a study in the integration of the European market 1750-1870 Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI HEC; 2008/01Abstract:This paper argues that market integration should be measured as σ-convergence over the largest possible sample of markets. It test this claim with an empirical analysis of the European market for wheat, rye and candles ...
Title:On the accuracy of historical international foreign trade statistics : Morgenstern revisited Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:1989Citation:Florence, European University Institute, 1989Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI Working Papers; 373


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Walkthrough: Managing Tests Using Lists and Properties
By using test lists, you can logically group tests and then work with those tests as groups instead of individually. Test lists are especially useful when you have a large number of tests.
Follow the steps in the procedure "Create a Unit Test" in Walkthrough: Creating and Running Unit Tests.
To manage tests using test lists
In Visual Studio, open the Test Manager window. To do this, click Windows on the Test menu and then click Test Manager.
The Test Manager window initially displays three folders: Lists of Tests, Tests Not in a List, and All Loaded Tests. After a test is generated, it is automatically placed in the Tests Not in a List folder.
Click the All Loaded Tests folder in the Test Manager window.
All the tests in the current project are displayed.
To create a new test list, right-click the Lists of Tests folder and click Create New Test List.
The Create New Test List dialog box appears.
In the Name field, type BVTs as the name of the test list, and click OK.
The BVTs list is created and displayed in the hierarchy pane of the Test Manager window under the Lists of Tests folder.
Click the Tests Not in a List folder in the Test Manager window.
Highlight DebitTest and CreditTest in the data pane of the Test Manager window. To do this, hold down the CTRL key while clicking both tests.
With the tests highlighted, drag them into the BVTs list.
Click the BVTs list in the hierarchy pane.
This displays its contents, DebitTest and CreditTest, in the contents pane.
Right-click the BVTs list in the hierarchy pane and click Create New Test List.
The Create New Test List dialog box appears.
In the Name field, type Bank as the name of the test list and click OK.
The new test list is created and displayed in the hierarchy pane of the Test Manager window as a list under BVTs.
Click All Loaded Tests in the hierarchy pane.
Copy the DebitTest unit test into the Bank test list. To copy the test, while pressing the CTRL key, drag DebitTest into the Bank test list.
A new instance of the DebitTest test is created and placed in the Bank test list.
In the hierarchy pane, click All Tests.
Right-click one instance of DebitTest and click Disable.
Notice that both instances of DebitTest are disabled.
In this procedure, you created a new test list and added tests to it. You use test lists to group tests. In the past, to organize tests into groups so that you could run them together, you had to place them into directories and subdirectories on disk. To further segregate certain groupings of tests, such as those that test a specific software feature, you had to apply tags to the tests. Now you can use test lists for this purpose.


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she said that she just wanted to take things slow for awhile, what does she mean by this?Visitor's Question from a 16-20 year old Male
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Ranitidine use while Breastfeeding
Drugs containing Ranitidine: Zantac, Zantac 150, Acid Reducer, Zantac 75, Zantac 300, Deprizine, Zantac Injection, Acid Relief, Taladine, Sunmark Acid Reducer Maximum Strength, Show all 21 »Equaline Heartburn Relief, Careone Acid Reducer, Acid Control 75, Zantac 150 EFFERdose, Berkley and Jensen Acid Reducer Maximum Strength, Acid Reducer Non-Prescription Strength, Zantac EFFERdose, Zantac 300 GELdose, Zantac GELdose, Zantac 25 mg EFFERdose, Acid Control 150
Ranitidine Levels and Effects while Breastfeeding
Summary of Use during Lactation
Although interpatient variability exists, the dose of ranitidine in breastmilk is less than the dose used in newborn infants. Maternal ranitidine would not be expected to cause any adverse effects in breastfed infants. No special precautions are required.
Drug Levels
Maternal Levels. Six women with established lactation who were 6 to 10 days postpartum were given a single dose of 150 mg of ranitidine orally. Average milk levels were 1.28, 1.42 and 1.02 mg/L at 2, 4 and 8 hours, respectively, after the dose; however, there was great interpatient variability in both peak levels and the time of the peak.[1]
After 5 oral doses of ranitidine 150 mg every 12 hours in a 54-day postpartum woman, the highest measured milk level occurred 5.5 hours after the 5th dose and was 2.6 mg/L. The estimated half-life in milk was 2.9 hours.[2]
Using the average peak milk level data from these 2 papers, an exclusively breastfed infant would receive an estimated maximum of 300 mcg/kg daily with a maternal dosage of 150 mg daily. This dosage is 20% of the dosage used intravenously in newborn infants for stress ulcer prophylaxis.
Infant Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Effects in Breastfed Infants
One 54-day-old breastfed infant had no observable adverse effects after maternal ingestion of ranitidine 150 mg every 12 hours for 2 days.[2]
Effects on Lactation and Breastmilk
Histamine H2-receptor blockade is known to stimulate prolactin secretion.[3] Ranitidine in intravenous doses over 100 mg or during long-term oral use have increased serum prolactin in some studies,[4][5][6] but no reports of galactorrhea or effects on breastfeeding women were found as of the revision date. The prolactin level in a mother with established lactation may not affect her ability to breastfeed.
Alternate Drugs to Consider
Cimetidine, Famotidine, Nizatidine, Omeprazole, Pantoprazole, Sucralfate
1. Riley AJ, Crowley P, Harrison C. Transfer of ranitidine to biological fluids: milk and semen. In: Misiewicz JJ, Wormsley KG, eds. The clinical use of ranitidine. Oxford: Medicine Publishing Foundation, 1982:78-81.
2. Kearns GL, McConnell RF Jr, Trang JM et al. Appearance of ranitidine in breast milk following multiple dosing. Clin Pharm. 1985;4:322-4. PMID: 4039999
3. Knigge UP. Histaminergic regulation of prolactin secretion. Dan Med Bull. 1990;37:109-24. PMID: 2188799
4. Perret G, Hugues JN, Louchahi M et al. Effect of a short-term oral administration of cimetidine and ranitidine on the basal and thyrotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated serum concentrations of prolactin, thyrotropin and thyroid hormones in healthy volunteers. A double-blind cross-over study. Pharmacology. 1986;32:101-8. PMID: 3081918
5. Delitala G, Devilla L, Pende A et al. Effects of the H2 receptor antagonist ranitidine on anterior pituitary hormone secretion in man. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1982;22:207-11. PMID: 6125393
6. Knigge U, Wollesen F, Dejgarrd A et al. Comparison between dose-responses of prolactin, thyroid stimulating hormone and growth hormone to two different histamine H-2 receptor antagonists in normal men. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1981;15:585-92. PMID: 6276054
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The Annual Art Exhibition opens in Áras Chluain Tarbh on Friday November 18th at 8pm. The opening will be by Dr.Rhona Mahony, Master National Maternity Hospital and local resident.
The exhibition is open on Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th from 11am-6pm. Look out for the flyer which on the reverse has a competition entry for a meal for two sponsored by Viking Steakhouse. Everyone who attends the exhibition and drops an entry form in will be entered into the competition.
Artists are invited to exhibit their paintings during the exhibition. Each artist may submit up to four paintings to the exhibition, there is no commission and only a €12 hanging fee. Please contact 087-4610755 for further details.
We would like to thank Clontarf Wines who are sponsoring the wine reception at the opening.


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Launch of Sindh MDG Report - Speech by Marc-André Franche, Country Director, UNDP in PakistanJun 19, 2013
Mr. Murad Ali Shah, Finance Advisor to the Government of Sindh
Mr. Nisar Khoro, Senior Minister, Government of Sindh
Mr. Arif Ahmed Khan, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Sindh
Distinguished panellists, ladies and gentlemen!
Assalam o alaikum and a very Good Morning!
It is a great pleasure to be in Karachi today for the launch of Sindh MDG report which is the first MDG report for Sindh province. The Report is being launched at a very appropriate time for a number of reasons.
First, a new provincial government has resumed its responsibilities from the historic transition of power from one elected government to another.
Second, the federal government and the provincial governments have just announced their budgets. It is encouraging to note that budgets, at the federal and provincial levels, make increased provisions for development expenditures – Sindh at 4%.
Third, the new government has an assignment to put aside individual/group interests and work for all citizens of Sindh by strengthening public institutions working in favour of poor.
Pakistan lags behind on most of the MDGs. Out of the 33 indicators for which data is available; progress on 25 indicators is either slow or off track. With the current pace of progress, the country will miss the achievement of most of the MDGs by the year 2015.
It is encouraging to note that progress on a few MDG indicators in Sindh province is above the national average. However, there exist widespread disparities across districts and gender, the female participation progress rate in labor force was established to be 11.4% as compared to 51% for men.
Rising inequalities, across regions and gender, is one of the main development challenges not only for Sindh but for Pakistan and region. While poverty has reduced substantially across the globe – from 1.9 billion people living below the poverty line in 1990 to 1.3 billion people in 2008, income and wealth inequalities, access to productive assets, social outcomes and services remain widespread. Child death rates and stunting have been estimated 2 to 4 times higher for the lowest income quintiles when compared to the highest wealthiest quintiles.
Sindh MDG report therefore very timely and aptly raises the issue of inequality across regions and gender, which the Government of Sindh and development partners should prioritize for their interventions.
While there are important issues at the global and regional levels that affect progress toward MDGs, the pivotal action must be taken at the national and sub-national levels. Each nation is unique, with its own constraints and breakthrough opportunities. However what has been demonstrated at the global level is the importance of frameworks to help each country identify the obstacles to progress and scale up targeted interventions that make a real difference on the ground and sustain momentum towards making sustainable and transformative change.
Some experiences from across the world are partial for Sindh and are crucial.
1. Investing in women and girls has strong multiple benefits for all MDGs.
2. Increasing energy, water and sanitation access has a fundamental impact on MDG measures related to poverty, health and education. At the same time, investing in broad access to clean energy options is critical for a more sustainable, low-carbon future for all.
3. Mere allocation of funds does not guarantee results. The quality of expenses is equally important as quantity.
4. Ability of institutions to deliver and utilize the funds efficiently e.g. speed–up the business process.
I am pleased to know that the Government of Sindh has undertaken and is currently planning a number of interventions to promote human development and progress toward MDGs. Initiatives for social protection, jobs creation for youth, poverty reduction, education reforms etc are commendable interventions. UNDP in Pakistan is committed to provide support to the Governments of Pakistan in number of areas which the Government of Sindh has prioritized in its budget for the year 2013-2014.
Few such areas can be:
1. Data collection and analysis; dialogue on MDG in partnership with SDPC, College for Social Sciences and University of Karachi.
2. Working on MDG Acceleration Framework that includes firstly identifying the MDG indicators that Pakistan is lagging in; secondly, identifying the obstacles in achieving MDG; thirdly identifying the solutions to those obstacles.
3. More importance is given to the youth by the Government of Sindh in order to empower them and up-scale the Skill Enhancement Training Project in the private sector; garment industry as well as other sectors so as to increase employment for youth.
I wish to thank:
- Government of Sindh, Pakistan;
- Chief Foreign Aid, P&D;
- Distinguished panellists;
- Shakeel Ahmad, UNDP Pakistan;
for your support and for being here today. Shukria!


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Paratha King is a pure vegetarian Paratha (stuffed flatbread) food outlet, established in 2006 at Karama, Dubai.
Mr. Naren Gurnani is inspired by the Parathewali galli in Delhi. He started his first outlet with a commitment to deliver extraordinary taste through pure ingredients, original recipes and expert technique to the delight of his customers. Paratha King's kitchen staff are masters of their crafts and take pride in delivering gourmet quality Paratha's with a street food touch.
Paratha King has become famous for many of their dishes, including; cheese paratha, paneer paratha, vegetable hyderabadi biryani and tawa pulao.
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Women's Basketball Moves Up In National Rankings - Prepares for MIAA Tilt With Albion Wednesday
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Calvin women's basketball team continues to move up the national rankings. The Knights are now ranked 12th in the USA Today/ESPN Division III Coaches Poll - up one spot from a week ago. In addition, Calvin is ranked 17th in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25 poll - up three spots from the previous week.
Under the direction of head coach John Ross, the Knights are off to a 12-1 start overall and a 4-0 mark in the MIAA. Calvin is currently tied with Hope for first place in the MIAA standings and will host Albion Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Van Noord Arena.
The game will feature an audio broadcast and a video stream at: Calvin Sports Live Link
USA TODAY/ESPN DIII Coaches' Poll: WBCA DIII Coaches Poll
d3hoops.com Top 25 poll: d3hoops.com Top 25 poll


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|From Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children. National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. MMWR Vol. 58, No. RR-4. September 4, 2009.


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TYPO3 Phoenix and FLOW3 - April 2012
May 11, 2012
Category: Development
Author: Karsten Dambekalns
The major event for the TYPO3 community in April surely were the TYPO3 Developer Days in Munich. We had handed in a number of session and workshop proposals centered around Phoenix and FLOW3 - and were overwhelmed by the response we had. Afterwards the focus of a part of the team went back to FLOW3, to get things done for the release of version 1.1.
TYPO3 Phoenix
The new new new TypoScript rendering has been merged last month, and the various sites in production have been updated as needed. History management and link handling have been tweaked, the rewritten page tree implementation was submitted to the codebase and some workspace publishing bugs were squashed. Christian worked on the concept for content types in Phoenix and prepared some documents.
Aske and Bastian continued to work on the setup tool for Phoenix (and other FLOW3 applications) and pushed the results to the review server. This brings us a lot closer to a smooth experience for first-time Phoenix users.
As already mentioned, we had some very nice sessions around Phoenix and the technologies we are using during the TYPO3 Developer Days. The sessions on EmberJS and TYPO3 Phoenix key concepts, the workshops on building a Phoenix website and creating a Phoenix plugin, the introduction to the TypoScript rendering engine (using Fluid) - all were well received and often ended with lively discussions about open tasks, possible solutions and new concepts. The longest workshop was about developing the concept for the Phoenix backend, and enough people participated the full day to fill four separate working groups. At the end of the day we had collected names and contact details from a number of people that want to participate in the project and had quite some results in the areas setup, editing, user permission handling and general UI/UX that can be implemented or serve as a good base for further work.
One part that was already started is the management view. Sebastian worked on it and already produced some impressive results. Bastian later met with Marc Neuhaus (author of the FLOW3 Admin package) and had a real nice discussion on how to join forces for the Phoenix Content Management module
Another task ticked off in April was the launch of the call for papers for the T3CON12 Québec. During T3DD12 some of our team also spent some hours with Visay Keo who is maintaining the Phoenix-powered website for the T3CON12 Asia to help him get things up and running.
Robert finalized the HTTP foundation changes and they were merged into the master codebase. A side effect is that unit and functional tests (not only) for the MVC stack have become a lot easier now, due to no longer needing to mock requests (simply create an instance) and a "virtual browser" that can be used in functional tests.
Another large change were the improvements and bug fixes for content security in FLOW3, that should now be fully working as expected. The same is true for file monitoring, which was given a thorough nudge and should now reliably detect all situations that make cache invalidation necessary.
Bastian had a first go at reviewing the FLOW3 ruleset for PHP_CodeSniffer and Karsten changed the location of XLIFF files in FLOW3 packages to make the Pootle translation software happy. Those using FLOW3 on Windows probably are happiest about the removal of the .Shortcuts folder we introduced a while back to speed up class loading in FLOW3 - the use of symlinks is a real pain on Windows…
Of course FLOW3 was also a topic for the TYPO3 Developer Days. Robert presented noteworthy changes that will be part of FLOW3 1.1 and the Form project was presented to interested developers by Bastian Waidelich. Connecting the worlds of FLOW3 and the TYPO3 CMS, the future TER project also was presented and Sebastian brushed up this whitepaper for that occasion.
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At the tail end of July, the IRS released final regulations that will greatly liberalize a shareholder's ability to increase debt basis in an S corporation. Perhaps more importantly, the final regulations at long last give shareholders who have been guilty of – or victim of – poor tax planning an opportunity to make amends. Specifically, shareholders who have funded the operations of a loss-generating S corporation through loans from a related party may now rearrange the flow of funds to create a relationship where the shareholder—rather than the related party—is the direct creditor of the loss S corporation, thereby creating debt basis the shareholder can use to deduct losses allocated from the S corporation.
Trust me; I recognize that the opening paragraph was a bit of a mouthful. So let's clear things up with some Q&A:
Q: Please remind me why I should continue to read this? Why do we care about a shareholder's basis in his S corporation again?
A: Because Section 1366(d)(1) provides that a shareholder can only utilize a loss allocated to him or her from the S corporation to the extent of:
1. The adjusted basis of the shareholder's stock, and
2. The adjusted basis of any indebtedness of the S corporation to the shareholder.
So if you want to get the most benefit from any losses generated by your S corporation—while staying out of the Tax Court at the same time--you need to understand, and be able to determine, both types of basis.
Q: Understood. So there are two different types of basis?
A: Absolutely. A shareholder's basis in stock and his basis in debt are separately maintained and subject to different rules. For example, an S corporation distribution is tax-free to the extent of the shareholder's stock basis; the shareholder's debt basis does not factor in to determining the taxability of a distribution. If that last sentence piques your interest, you may enjoy reading this.
Q: How is stock basis computed?
A: Because of the flow-through nature of an S corporation (the corporation rarely pays corporate level tax, in order to preserve a single level of taxation the shareholders must constantly adjust their basis in the corporate stock to reflect the items of income or loss passed through to them.
To illustrate, assume A contributes $100 to a wholly-owned S corporation. If the S corporation invests the $100 and earns $10 in interest, presumably the value of the S corporation increases to $110. The $10 of interest income flows through to A and is taxed on his Form 1040. If A does not adjust his basis to account for the interest income and he sells the S corporation's stock for $110, he will recognize an additional $10 of gain ($110-$100). Thus, A will have paid tax on the same $10 twice, which runs contrary to the purpose of an S corporation.
In general, the starting basis is either what the shareholder paid for the stock or the basis of assets contributed to the corporation in a I.R.C. § 351 exchange. From that point on, stock basis is adjusted each year in the following order:
Increased by:
1. Capital contributions
2. Items of income (including tax-exempt income)


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I blogged about the first batch of posters, aimed at the binge drinking crowd. I couldn't make myself blog about the current batch. Fortunately, Robert Avrech did it for me. So, regarding this vile poster and the others in the series, I point to Seraphic Secret and yell out "Yeah! What he said!"
A bit of photoshop to make that pill box a calculator and this could show her discovering how much more her "free" birth control pills is costing her compared to the open market. And he's smug about having paid so he can get laid.
"Free birth control! Now I can afford to take that internship with Bill Clinton."
Wow, Miley Cyrus could be the perfect poster child for Obamacare. Smoking dope, doing drugs, getting an abortion, treatment for STD's,….
Mike Devx
Susie and Nate – Hot To Trot.
Just a couple of fun loving Americans!
Somehow, I think the people who created this ad took time off from their day jobs where they teach 4th Graders how to quickly and expertly put a condom onto a cucumber.
Turns out free birth control is about the the only thing to get excited about. Get that STD, she's royally screwed.
One analysis found that the average deductible for someone who enrolls in a "Silver" plan is more than twice the deductible for employer-sponsored coverage. Deductibles for the lowest-cost "Bronze" plans (which cover only 60 percent of projected medical costs) average $5,150 for an individual and can be as high as $6,350 or $12,700 for a family of four.
So exchange insurance isn't so great if you actually get sick.
Got ObamaCare? Too bad for you | New York Post
I occasionally, in the wonderfully mannered world of today, wonder why I bothered learning to shave. I sometimes feel very out of place given that the current hot look is evidently what once would have been referred to as: 'slob.'
Since Avrech and other's have covered the "Ho" angle, let's look at this batch along with the first round, which featured several ads with Latina mom's &child and the rest were young, beer-swilling or adventure-seeking white men. So in their world, there are: single white women on the prowl, single Latina women with kids, and reckless, single white men. No families, with or without kids. Proof that Progressive destruction of marriage and traditional families does create more "customers" for the nanny state.
Charles Martel
As a lesbian trapped in a man's body, I have to be frank: I adore skanks. I applaud a government that treats them seriously. Skankhood, and the respect it's due, is a serious matter, right up there with Iran, unemployment, and massive student debt.
If my government wants to make it easier for me, a hairy 65-year-old lesbian, to get laid, I am profoundly grateful.
EWWWWW…… as a guy this ad has a real bad feel. It is like accidentally making eye contact with a dude in a bar and seeing he is looking at you with more interest than his date. It's a good thing Obamacare covers those must have sex change operations. She might have a shot.
Utter garbage. Yes, Obama strove to debase the culture and he had his effect, but his clock is getting cleaned now that Trump is wielding the scythe of Justice.


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A Scent Of Scandal
Lucinda Haymore is still reeling from the cruel betrayal of a vile seducer. Softly, irresistibly, his profession of love disguised his truer, baser intentions. With the knowledge that her reputation is at stake, she is happy to accept a proposal of marriage in name only from her best friend since childhood. . .
A Taste Of Sin
While Paul St. Clare has no interest in consummating his marriage with Lucinda, he has every intention of allowing her to enjoy true physical ecstasy in the hands of another. It's no surprise that he finds an agent more than willing to accommodate his needs in the House of Pleasure. What he doesn't expect is how perfectly the arrangement satisfies everyone's desires. . .
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The Hidden Knife -SEAMOK
I'm really pleased to get to know the SEAMOK crew. I must admit that I was put off by their logo, with the vivid tattoo skull, but at its core the group strikes me as rock solid. Visit them on my links. By the way, SEAMOK is an acronym for Simple, Effective, Aggressive, Methods Of Kombate. We are on the same page.
I'd like to share with you a snippet of their knife thinking, from Amo Guro Michael Blackgrave:
"A lot of systems teach to go up the middle and get into the gut of the situation. I teach the opposite…I try to avoid a center-line engagement preferring to cut and flank..off angle and slash….De'Cadena (chaining) with slashes and a few pops to vital areas. This not only keeps me from getting caught up in an inside game tussle where I can and probably will receive serious injury, it also keeps me in play with freedom of vision and movement to scope for potential multiple opponents. It is much easier to engage when the freedom of movement isn't impinged by being confined to tight quarters (the inside). This also allows me to slash and pop and get the hell out of Dodge!" Amo Guro Michael Blackgrave
I can't tell you how many styles are hell bent to get right inside the opponent, eyebrow to eyebrow, and duke it out. They are oh-so-confident that they can wade right into the teeth of an opponent's attack–with a knife!– and emerge unscathed. Reason cannot penetrate these people, because they are so convinced of their ability to trade shot for shot (of course, in their telling of it, they will completely dominate the opponent so that not even a single shot will land).
Let us just say for the sake of argument that I can go inside an opponent, chest to chest, and totally control him, so that he cannot knee me, elbow me, bite me, headbutt me, grapple me, spit on me, or kick me, all at contact range. What about his homies behind me?
Amo Guro Blackgrave's strategy (and mine) is the logical strategy:
Don't go inside.
Don't trade shots.
Given any sort of choice, hit and run.
Hit and zone to the outside, while looking for his gangbanger buddies.
If you don't think he'll be deterred by the sight of a knife, don't let him see your knife until it's too late.


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"Dry Eye / AMD: Meeting the Challenges"
This seminar encompasses two conditions of increasing importance to contemporary examination of aging patients. The first three hours cover "all things dry eye". It will include current foundational patho-physiology of dry eye syndrome with a heavy emphasis on meibomian gland dysfunction and tear biochemistry. The second three hours cover "all things AMD", which includes the latest research and treatment options. Nutraceutical and dietary information will be discussed.
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HAWTHORNE, Nev. — A mortar shell explosion killed eight Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapons until an investigation can determine their safety, officials said Tuesday.
The explosion occurred Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot, a facility used by troops heading overseas, during an exercise involving the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune, N.C.
The 60mm mortar round exploded in its firing tube during the exercise, said Brigadier General Jim Lukeman at a news conference at Camp Lejeune. He said investigators are trying to determine the cause of the malfunction.
The Pentagon expanded a temporary ban to prohibit the military from firing any 60mm mortar rounds until the results of the investigation which could take weeks or months.
It was not immediately clear whether more than a single round exploded, a Marine Corps official said.
The identities of those killed won't be released until 24 hours after their families are notified.
The medical operation was complicated by the remoteness of the site, which is favored because the harsh geography simulates conditions in Afghanistan.


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All three NASCAR series will be running this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, a tricky 1.5 mile oval that always seems to bring out the best in the drivers. There are plenty of big storylines as we get together in the Metroplex for the final time in the 2013 season.
Let's start with the truck series, where the NASCAR world is still talking about James Buescher, who has been nothing short of amazing this season. He heads home to Texas Motor Speedway with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series points lead and a championship in his grasp. In only one 200-lap race, the Plano, Texas native transformed a one-point deficit to rookie Ty Dillon into a 21-point advantage.
Now, only three races remain for Buescher to hold serve and claim a title he's been stalking since he entered the series full-time in 2009.
After two weeks off, the Nationwide gang is back and ready to finish off their 2013 season. Eight points separating leader Austin Dillon and second-place Sam Hornish Jr., it's time for the two drivers and their teams to buckle down and take full advantage of every opportunity.
They have Texas, Phoenix and Miami over the next three weeks to settle this battle. As fate would have it, Dillon and Hornish are both running for their first NASCAR Nationwide title and they know that any little slip-up could cost them the title. Based on past series history at Texas, Dillon holds a slight edge over Hornish, but it should be a wide-open race on Saturday afternoon.
The main event comes Sunday afternoon with the Chase for the Sprint Cup title on the line. Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson are tied for the points lead with just three races to go the 2013 season. We have a little bit of history going on here as we have a tie for the first time this late in the season since 1975, when the current points structure was implemented.
In 1996, Jeff Gordon led Terry Labonte by a single point. A year ago, Johnson held a two-point lead over champion-to-be Brad Keselowski.
This will be really close. As we look inside the numbers, we see that Kenseth's average finish at Texas Motor Speedway is 8.5. Johnson is close at 9.1. Kenseth owns the track's best driver rating of 106.5. Johnson is second at 103.3. The edge goes to Kenseth in laps led with 772 to Johnson's 443.
The most glaring difference – at least in 2013, the first season for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Gen-6 car – is in their 1.5-mile track performance. Four of Kenseth's seven wins have come on tracks just like Texas. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Kyle Busch, won April's Texas race from the Coors Light Pole. Johnson has been shut out on the 1.5s, as have his Hendrick Motorsports partners Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne.
Look for the Gibbs boys to get Kenseth out of Texas still in first place in the standings heading west to the Valley of the Sun.
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Say, are you in the Los Angeles area, or can you be there tonight? Yes? Then here's a reminder that Chris Hardwick himself will be appearing at Nerdist Theater at Meltdown Comics to read from and sign his book The Nerdist Way, and you can and should be there to bask in the glow. That's not enough? How about Wil Wheaton moderating a Q&A? Yeah, see, there you go, you want to be there. And if there's still room, you can also RSVP to hang around for a post-reading party, too.
The reading's at 7:30 pm, and the signing and party are at 8:15. You can RSVP to [email protected] or (310) 860-0806. Meltdown is at 7522 West Sunset Boulevard. We will see you there, correct? Correct.


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How often does a quarterback win the Super Bowl, and get traded two years later?
Jim McMahon's exit from Chicago was dramatic, to say the least. He suffered a shoulder injury at the hands of Charles Martin in a game versus the Packers in1986, which promptly ended his season. Martin was ejected from that game, and handed the first multiple-game suspension ever from the NFL.
McMahon's remaining time in Chicago was rocky, having fallen out of head coach Mike Ditka's favor, and, to a larger degree, then-president Michael McCaskey.
Jimmy Mac ended up in San Diego, where he wanted to play, but once again had issues with the coaching staff. His off-the-field persona was finally catching up with him, and the performance on the field was not matching up.
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Cole Aldrich
How do you guys feel about the Kansas Center Cole Aldrich? Personally I feel like he is one of the most underrated players in college basketball despite playing for such a big name school. I feel that Aldrich, much like Brook Lopez last year has taken over the paint for his team and is both a good offensive and defensive presence. While not quite as big as Lopez (6'11 245 vs 7'0 260), I believe that Aldrich will be undervalued on draft day, will slide a little farther than he should, and end up being an impact player on whatever team drafts him much like Brook Lopez has for the Nets this year.
I think hes closer to 6'10 but hes got a good touch from the inside and good free throw shooter.Doesnt have great athleticism but respectable 2 blocks a game. If Im a contender late in the first without a low post scorer I'm taking a hard look at this guy. Possible mid first
He is like 6' 10, smaller than lopez, but with similar game. If he bulks up a bit could be a good PF/Center in the league.
His footspeed is below average, he could be a liability on the perimeter.
On the good side his jumshot is very effective, and is a solid FT shooter. I project him 15-25 in this draft or 10-13 on 2010
I like this guy. He has extremely nice touch around the basket and can hit a mid range shot even though his form is very awkward. Great free throw shooter for a big man which is a huge plus. Also a very good shot blocker. He will be a good player in the league some day.
I kinda like Cole even though he didn't stay home and join the Gophers. My jealous nature didn't allow me to root for him last year in the Final Four, but now I'm happy for him. I just don't have faith in his ability to do anything in the next level (NBA). I don't think he's quick enough to hang with the big men in the NBA, and his midrange jumper isn't that good yet. But he is a great college player.


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|New Round of 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants Available
|SALEM – Today the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) has opened the next competition for $9.5 million in funds for 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) grants. This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects such as reading and math, provides students with a broad array of enrichment activities that can complement their regular academic programs, and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.
Eligible entities include, but are not limited to, school districts, education service districts, community colleges, faith-based and community organizations, charter schools and city and county agencies. Schools and community organizations are encouraged to apply as partners.
The 21st CCLC 2013 request for proposal and application are posted on ODE's 21st CCLC website: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=108
The 21st CCLC application has been revised since previous competitions, so applicants should be sure to download the new 2013 grant application. Completed grant applications must be received at ODE by 5:00 PM on Tuesday June 4, 2013. Successful proposals will be funded as of July 1, 2013. All awards are pending receipt of federal funds.
To help partnerships develop high quality applications, ODE will offer technical assistance sessions on Friday, May 3, 2013 at ODE. Repeat sessions will be held from 8:30-11:30 AM, and 1:00-4:00 PM. Click here to register for this technical assistance meeting. Please complete registration by 12 pm on Thursday, May 2, as seating for each session time is limited.
For those unable to attend the meeting on May 3, a technical assistance webinar will be held on Monday, May 6, 2013 from 9-10:30 am. Webinar access information is available here .
For more information about 21st CCLC programs, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's 21st CCLC website: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html. This site provides links to a variety of useful resources for program implementation and planning.
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See ecbasis.
ecbatic (not comparable)
- (grammar) Denoting a mere result or consequence.
Usage notes[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ecbatic in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


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I hate companies like this and I'm glad that the internet can show everyone how stupid and arrogant they are. Improv Everywhere is a group based in New York that does funny improv stunts around the city, such as sending a bunch of people into Best Buy in blue golf shirts, and a 200 person freeze in Grand Central station. It's all pretty funny stuff that is fairly harmless.
Last year, they performed "Best Game Ever", where they made a little league game awesome — showing up with signs, as peanut vendors, etc. Everyone enjoyed it. This year on April 1st they did the "Best Funeral Ever" as a joke. They staged a fake funeral, then pretended to crash it and join the mourners, but made the video look like they were crashing a real funeral. Here's the video:
Lots of people fell for it (and many were quite upset), including CW 11 news (WPIX) who played it on the air as if it really happened. They didn't contact Improv Everywhere. They didn't call the cemetery. They didn't try to get a quote from the family. Nothing. They played it as a factual story. Here's their news story about it:
Improv Everywhere posted a video of the news story on their site, but it was later removed due a copyright claim from the Tribune, who owns the news station. Not only was this a horrible way to try to hide their mistake (rather than own up to it and apologize), but it simply reeks of hypocrisy. They showed the Improv Everywhere video on the air without permission or attribution, then file a DMCA claim to have their video removed from YouTube. As Charlie Todd, the founder of IE, said:
It's OK for them to air content that we shot and own, but it's not OK for me to upload their footage of the content they took from me? It's "fair use" for the news to take a video off of YouTube and broadcast it, but it's not "fair use" for a citizen to expose their poor reporting on his own content?
CW 11, nice job hiding the story. Now instead of a handful of people knowing how stupid you area, a whole bunch know.


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My car decided to quit on me tonight and I need some info on what it could be. I drove my car to 3 different work places with 2hrs shutoff time at each place. I decided to order take out food and when I went back outside to start my car to leave, it would not start. So this is where I need the help.
1. The ignition will turn over but only makes a clicking sound
2. The lights do work(so i'm guessing its not the battery)
3. Jumper cables were added in case it could have been the battery but still failed to start(just the clicking sound)
4. All the lights and dingings come on when trying to start.
I am hoping someone could give me a little insight on what could be causing this. The car was just taken to advanced auto parts to be put on the computer due to the oil pressure gauge not wanting to read. The oil was just recently change &, it's got gas in the tank. ANY and ALL info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Here is mine testing out my new SPC 8-cell battery. 50 MPH of fun, until my radio glitched and I crashed it into a mailbox, snapping off a wheel and breaking numerous other parts. But I kept on driving, you will just have to see. :)
Still trying to get enough money to repair all the parts broken, anyways, enjoy! :)


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What is LaTeX?
LaTeX is a software for typesetting documents. In other words, it's a document preparation system. LaTeX is not a word processor, but is used as a document markup language.
LaTeX is a free, open source software. It was originally written by Leslie Lamport and is based on the TeX typesetting engine by Donald Knuth. People often refer to it as just TeX, meaning LaTeX. It has a long history; you can read about it at http://www.tug.org/whatis.html. For now, let's continue by looking at how we can make the best use of it.
How we can benefit
LaTeX is especially well-suited for scientific and technical documents. Its superior typesetting of mathematical formulas is legendary. If you are a student or a scientist, then LaTeX is by far the best choice, and even if you don't need its scientific capabilities, there are other uses — it produces very high quality output, it is extremely stable, and handles complex documents easily no matter how large they are.
Further remarkable strengths of LaTeX are its cross-referencing capabilities, its automatic numbering and generation of lists of contents, figures and tables, indexes, glossaries, and bibliographies. It is multilingual with language-specific features, and it is able to use PostScript and PDF features.
Apart from being perfect for scientists, LaTeX is incredibly flexible—there are templates for letters, presentations, bills, philosophy books, law texts, music scores, and even for chess game notations. Hundreds of LaTeX users have written thousands of templates, styles, and tools useful for every possible purpose. It is collected and categorized online on archiving servers.
You could benefit from its impressive high quality by starting with its default styles relying on its intelligent formatting, but you are free to customize and to modify everything. People of the TeX community have already written a lot of extensions addressing nearly every formatting need.
The virtues of open source
The sources of LaTeX are completely free and readable for everyone. This enables you to study and to change everything, from the core of LaTeX to the latest extension packages. But what does this mean for you as a beginner? There's a huge LaTeX community with a lot of friendly, helpful people. Even if you cannot benefit from the open source code directly, they can read the sources and assist you. Just join a LaTeX web forum and ask your questions there. Helpers will, if necessary, dig into LaTeX sources and in all probability find a solution for you, sometimes by recommending a suitable package, often providing a redefinition of a default command.
Today, we're already profiting from about 30 years of development by the TeX community. The open source philosophy made it possible, as every user is invited to study and improve the software and develop it further.
Separation of form and content
A basic principle of LaTeX is that the author should not be distracted too much by the formatting issues. Usually, the author focuses on the content and formats logically, for example, instead of writing a chapter title in big bold letters, you just tell LaTeX that it's a chapter heading—you could let LaTeX design the heading or you decide in the document's settings what the headings will look like—just once for the whole document.
LaTeX uses style files extensively called classes and packages, making it easy to design and to modify the appearance of the whole document and all of its details.
LaTeX is available for nearly every operating system, like Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and many more. Its file format is plain text—readable and editable, on all operating systems. LaTeX will produce the same output on all systems. Though there are different LaTeX software packages, so called TeX distributions, we will focus on TeX Live, because this distribution is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
LaTeX itself doesn't have a graphical user interface; that's one of the reasons why it's so portable. You can choose any text editor. There are many editors, even specialized in LaTeX, for every operating system. Some editors are available for several systems. For instance, TeXworks runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Another very important reason is that it's probably best-suited for beginners.
LaTeX generates PDF output—printable and readable, on most computers and looks identical regardless of the operating system. Besides PDF, it supports DVI, PostScript, and HTML output, preparing the ground for distribution both in print and online, on screen, electronic book readers, or smart phones.
To sum up, LaTeX is portable in three ways—source, its implementation, and output.
Protection for your work
LaTeX documents are stored in human readable text format, not in some obscure word processing format, that may be altered in a different version of the same software. Try to open a 20 year old document written with a commercial word processor. What might your modern software show? Even if you can read the file, its visual appearance would certainly be different than before. LaTeX promises that the document will always be readable and will result in the same output. Though it's being further developed, it will remain backwards compatible.
Word processor documents could be infected with viruses, malicious macros could destroy the data. Did you ever hear of a virus "hiding" in a text file? LaTeX is not threatened by viruses.
Comparing it to word processor software
We've already described some advantages of the typesetting system LaTeX compared to word processing software. While LaTeX encourages structured writing, other word processors may compel you to work inconsistently. They might hide the real formatting structure and encrypt your document in some proprietary file format. Compatibility is a big problem, even between versions of the same software.
There are some interesting articles available online comparing LaTeX to other software. Of course, they are expressions of opinion. Some are years old and therefore do not cover the most recent software, but they discuss important points that are still valid today.
What are the challenges?
The learning curve could be steep, but this article will to help you master it.
Though writing LaTeX looks like programming, don't be afraid. Soon you will know the frequently used commands. Text editors with auto completion and keyword highlighting will support you. They might even provide menus and dialogs with commands for you.
Do you now think it will take a long time until you would learn to achieve creditable results? Don't worry; this article will give you a quick start. You will learn by practicing with a lot of examples. Many more examples can be read and downloaded from the Internet.
We shall continue with the setup of LaTeX on our computer.
Installing LaTeX
Let's start off with the installation of the LaTeX distribution–TeX Live. This distribution is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unix-like operating systems. TeX Live is well maintained and it is being actively developed.
Another very good and user-friendly LaTeX distribution for Windows is MiKTeX. It's easy to install like any other Windows application, but it's not available for other systems like Linux or Mac OS X. You can download it from http://miktex.org.
At first, we will visit the TeX Live homepage and take a survey of the installation possibilities. Feel free to explore the homepage in depth to study the information offered there.
Open the TeX Live homepage at http://tug.org/texlive.
We will cover two ways of installation. The first will be online and requires an Internet connection. The other method starts with a huge download, but may be finished offline.
Let's check out the two installation methods.
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Time for action – installing TeX Live using the net installer wizard
We will download the TeX Live net installer and install the complete TeX Live distribution on our computer.
- Click on downloading over the net or navigate to http://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.
- Download the net installer for Windows by clicking on install-tl.zip.
- Extract the file install-tl.zip using your favorite archiving program. For example, WinZip, WinRar, or 7-Zip can do it for you.
- Open the folder install-tl-* and double-click the Windows batch file install-tl:
- The net installer will automatically detect your language. If it's showing the wrong language, you can force the choice of the language using the lang option at the command prompt such as install-tl –lang=en:
- The installation wizard will pop up, as shown in the following screenshot:
- Click on the Next button, now it offers to change the installation folder, but it's fine to retain it. In our article, we will refer to this default location:
- Click on the Next button. As shown in the following screenshot, choose one of the options, for example, for the creation of shortcuts:
- Click on the Next button. You can then confirm the settings and actually start the installation by clicking on the Install button:
- The next screenshot shows how you can monitor the installation progress:
- Finally, click on the Finish button and you're done.
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What just happened?
You have completed the installation of TeX Live 2010. Now your Start menu contains a folder called TeX Live 2010 containing six programs:
- DVIOUT DVI viewer—a viewer program for the classic LaTeX output format DVI. Today, most people choose PDF output, so you probably won't need it.
- PS_VIEW—a viewer program for the PostScript format; again you probably won't need it, except if you would like to use the PostScript language or read such documents.
- TeX Live documentation—well, that's useful regarding setup and use of your software!
- TeX Live Manager—that's your tool for package management, for example, installation and update of LaTeX packages.
- TeXdoc GUI—it's a graphical user interface offering access to a huge amount of LaTeX-related information. There's a lot of it stored in your computer by now. Use it to gather information whenever needed; it could be quicker than searching online.
- TeXworks editor—this is an editor developed to create LaTeX documents comfortably. We will make extensive use of it.
TeXworks is also shipped with MiKTeX 2.8 and higher.
If you would like to stay in control over what should be installed on your computer, start the install-tl-advanced batch file instead of install-tl:
The TeX documentation available online contains more information for advanced users.
Now, we will go through the offline installation of TeX Live 2010.
Time for action – installing TeX Live offline
We will download a compressed ISO image of TeX Live 2010 with a size of about 1.2 gigabytes. After extraction, we can choose to burn it on DVD or to extract it to our hard disk drive and run the installation from there:
- Visit the download area at http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html.
- Download texlive2010.xz. If possible, use a download manager, especially if your Internet connection is not stable.
- Extract texlive2010.xz and you will get the file texlive2010.iso. If your archiving program doesn't support the .xz file format, obtain, for instance, the program 7-Zip version 9 or later from http://7zip.org and use it for extraction.
- Either burn the ISO file on a DVD using a burning software supporting the ISO format or extract it to your hard disk drive. 7-Zip is also capable of doing that for you.
- Among the extracted files or on your DVD, you will find the installer batch files install-tl and install-tl-advanced that we've already seen. Choose one, start it, and go through the installation like in the previous installation.
What just happened?
It was similar to the first installation, but this time you've got all the data and you won't need an Internet connection. This complete download is especially recommended if it's foreseeable that you will do another installation of TeX Live later or if you would like to give it to friends or colleagues.
After an offline installation, it's recommended to run an update of TeX Live soon, because packages on a DVD or within an image could already be outdated. Use the TeX Live Manager to keep your system up-to-date if you are connected to the Internet.
Installation on other operating systems
If you work on Mac OS X, you may download a customized version of TeX Live at http:// www.tug.org/mactex/. Download the huge .zip file and double-click on it to install.
On most Linux systems, installation is easy. Use your system's package manager. With Ubuntu, you may use Synaptic, on SUSE systems use YaST, with Red Hat a RPM frontend, and on Debian systems use Aptitude. In the respective package manager, look out for texlive.
If you want to stay on the edge, you could download and install the most current version of TeX Live from its homepage, instead of the version from the operating system's repositories. But be aware that installing third party sources may harm the integrity of your system.
Now that we've prepared the ground, let's start to write LaTeX!
Creating our first document
We have installed TeX and launched the editor; now let's jump in at the deep end by writing our first LaTeX document.
Time for action – writing our first document with TeXworks
Our first goal is to create a document that's printing out just one sentence. We want to use it to understand the basic structure of a LaTeX document.
- Launch the TeXworks editor by clicking on the desktop icon or open it in the Start menu.
- Click on the New button.
- Enter the following lines:
This is our first document.
- Click on the Save button and save the document. Choose a location where you want to store your LaTeX documents, ideally in its own folder.
- In the drop-down field in the TeXworks toolbar, choose pdfLaTeX:
- Click the Typeset button .
- The output window will automatically open. Have a look at it:
What just happened?
You have just seen the first few minutes of the life of a LaTeX document. Its following hours and days will be determined by editing, typesetting, and so on. Don't forget to save your document frequently.
As announced in contrary to the classic word processor software, you cannot see the effect of changes immediately—but the result is just one click away.
Have a go hero – checking out advanced LaTeX editors
Do you have experience in working with complex programs? Do you like using a feature-rich and powerful editor? Then have a look at these LaTeX editors. Visit their websites to find screenshots and to read about their features:
- TeXnicCenter— a very powerful editor for Windows, http://texniccenter. org
- Kile— a user-friendly editor for operating systems with KDE, such as Linux, http://kile.sourceforge.net/
- TeXShop—an easy-to-use and very popular editor for Mac OS X, http://pages. uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/
- Texmaker—a cross-platform editor running on Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, and Windows systems, http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/
The mentioned editors are free open source software.
We learned in this article about the benefits of LaTeX. It will be our turn to use the virtues of LaTeX to achieve the best possible results.
Furthermore, we covered:
- Installation of TeX Live
- Using the editor TeXworks
- Creation of a LaTeX document and generation of output
Further resources on this subject:
- Creating Tables in Latex [article]
- Scribus: Managing Colors [article]
- Scribus: Creating a Layout [article]
- Parsing Specific Data in Python Text Processing [article]
- Scribus: Manipulate and Place Objects in a Layout [article]
- Advanced Output Formats in Python 2.6 Text Processing [article]


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I am loving red kale right now. I love the colour, the flavour and most of all the amazing crunch. I love combining all sort of varieties of greens, giving a variety of flavours and textures to a salad, it just makes it more interesting. This is my version of a garden salad. Lots of variety and an easy peasy salad dressing that you don't even have to mix in advance, just coat the salad, toss and serve!
1 cup red kale, ripped into bit size pieces
1 cup baby kale
1 cup baby spinach
1 cup baby swiss chard
1 carrot, peeled and shredded
1/2 cup parsley, coarsely chopped
1/2 zucchini, cut into half moons
1/2 cucumber, cut into half moons
1/2 red pepper, sliced
1/2 green pepper, sliced
2 green onion stalks, sliced
1 lemon, juiced
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt & pepper to taste
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Their reasoning is that the 80-minute play is torn from newspaper columns as recent as this past September about Canadian citizen Maher Arar, a Syrian-born software engineer detained in 2002 by the United States and jetted to his birthplace, where he was tortured due to false, Canadian-government-supplied information that he had a link to Al Qaeda.
The fictionalized piece that the obviously incensed playwright has composed is a barrage of 23 pungent scenes combining the claustrophobic feel of Franz Kafka's The Trial with the inevitable downward spiral of David Mamet's Edmond. Gow calls his detainee Mohammed El Rafi (Michael Gabriel Goodfriend) and assigns him a career in hydrogen combustion development, perhaps suggesting a metaphor for the play's combustible nature.
Stopped in the first scene by an airport customs guard, Mohammed is quickly shunted to an interrogation room where American homeland security agent Jenkins (Laurence Lau) plays good cop and bad cop over a period of time. Eventually the lubricious Jenkins persuades increasingly frustrated and frightened Mohammed to sign statements implicating himself in terrorism.
As the ordeal gathers momentum, Gow introduces Claire Hopkins (Lanie MacEwan), a Canadian lawyer convinced of her client's innocence both before and after she's wrongly suspected by her equivocating superiors of forging too close a relationship with him. Quitting her position on a matter of principle, she befriends Mohammed's ex-school-teacher wife Laila (Brigitte Viellieu-Davis) and guides her into an activist stance. In keeping with the facts of the actual Maher Arar case, Claire's and Laila's joint campaign ultimately leads to Mohammed's release and return. But it doesn't transpire until after he's been caged and tortured for more than nine months.
As Claire tries to obtain Mohammed's release, she encounters several officials who question her intentions, among them Canadian Consulate supervisor Johnston (D. Michael Berkowitz), Canadian Vice Consul Hodge (Sal Mistretta) and Canadian Consul Barbara Murielle (Susan Jeffries). None of them offer help. Instead, they spout diplomatic flim-flam that too often Gow allows to cross the line into caricature. However, there is one eye-popping scene in which Claire, accompanied by the determined Laila, induces Johnston to express explicitly the fear of the foreign that underlies contemporary anti-Muslim prejudice. He says, "All people of Middle Eastern extraction will pay the price...It's human nature, even in a pluralistic, liberal, democratic society."
In Gow's plus column, the author sometimes waxes genuinely poetic. Composing a letter to his wife that he's unable to send, Mohammed stands in an isolated beam of light that designer Joe Hodge provides and says, "I am writing you on a piece of black slate which I have found in my mind, with a piece of white chalk extruded from my heart." In Gow's shorter minus column is his depicting Mohammed's release without providing an explanation as to how it came about. Possibly, Gow thinks Mohammed's return has the Kafkan arbitrariness of his capture, but the effect is that of a playwright rushing to a denouement after suspecting he's put his audience through enough sympathizing anguish.
Playing Mohammed El Rafi, the thin, dark-eyed Goodfriend maximizes that anguish. Far from taking any sort of detached, Brechtian approach to the character, Goodfriend lives through the ordeal as if incarcerated himself. He progresses harrowingly from befuddlement and dudgeon to a terror marked by pleading and hair-raising screams.
MacEwan as Claire and Viellieu-Davis as Laila also seem to be acting in homage to the real figures whom they're meant to represent. Switching from accuser to confidant, Lau has a CIA-operative-like sangfroid that also infuses the performances of Berkowitz as the slippery Johnston, Mistretta as the wine-loving Hodge, and Jeffries as the icily proper Consul.
With Arrivals, Gow is clearly responding to today's disturbing political climate; but as a result of his radiant anger, he's also written a play with a significance that transcends international conditions. He strikes at a basic concern that, once poked, sends patrons out into the cold much less settled than when they enter.
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