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Home and interior design are in a constant, ever-advancing state of evolution. But since humans have sought shelter in caves, the primary purpose of our homes – shelter – has remained constant.
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Decorate your toddler's bedroom with colors, a theme and furniture that's suitable for her now and that can grow with her as time goes on. Updating her nursery into a "big girl's room" that fits her personality will last longer than the nursery you designed for her. Ask her for input on her bedroom decor, if possible.
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A baby room, or nursery, is a room that will be remembered long after the baby has grown into adulthood. Decorating the nursery is, in one way, planning ahead for how the months and years after birth will be reminisced. Also, the decorations in a nursery will be some of the earliest things a newborn will set eyes upon, and parents rightly want to make those decorations stimulating and pleasant for the child. Decorating a baby room is not difficult, and remembering a few key steps before actually setting the room up can save time later.
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Whether made by a professional artisan or by your children in school, arts and crafts can make a room stand out. Crafts run the gamut from designs painted on a wall to hand-sewn pillows, from hand-thrown pottery pieces to carefully constructed wall art. Choose to make and decorate with crafts that give your room a modern edge or stick with folksy crafts that give your room a down-home, Americana feel.
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A teen's room gives him a place to study, hang out and do his other hobbies, in addition to the obvious sleeping he does there. If your teenage son lets you near his bedroom, make the decorating process a joint effort. Involving him in the process allows him to express his individuality in the bedroom decor. A decorating plan before you begin the process ensures the decor works well together and stays on budget.
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If you are among millions of people who call a cubicle a workplace, consider yourself lucky. Although, you may see it only as a table with three low walls, a cubicle is your sanctuary and an extension of your home. A cubicle, which usually comes in a bland color of office gray, is a blank canvas, where you can creatively decorate using ideas that will suit your personality and style.
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Decorate your baby's room with a color scheme or theme that relaxes you and makes you feel content, as your baby will feed off your feelings, especially in the beginning. His room is supposed to a tranquil retreat that makes him feel secure. Keep the main parts of the room, such as the walls and furniture, neutral so they can grow with your child if you don't want to put time and money into redecorating the room in a couple years.
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Most people concern themselves with furniture and accessories when decorating a room. However, the walls are a huge part of any room and can greatly alter the look and feel of the room. Decorate the space with color, patterns and texture that add style and character to the room. Change the wall decor in any room at any give time to give the entire room a makeover.


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Victoria Beckham Soft VictoriaCategories:Other Brands
There's the Victoria, and now, the Soft Victoria, a new offering from S/S13 Victoria Beckham. And from the looks of it, it's slightly different as compared to the original. For starters, it looks to be more unstructured than the former, for those who prefer their bags slouchy.
And then there's the addition of the perforated detailing, a piece of laser-cut goatskin that's then affixed over the calfskin body. I'm assuming the goatskin here forms the outer layer (in white), over the black calfskin body, which only means 2 things really. Firstly, that it will be heavier than the norm, and secondly, it should be pricier than the rest. It's surprising then that it retails for only USD2950, or around SGD3660 after conversion, which isn't so bad compared to other luxury designer bags out there today that charge you lots more for a lot less.
Get it online via Bergdorf Goodman, or Cruise Fashion that's based in the UK, where it's priced at GBP1750.
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Today I stopped at the Viktoria Beckham Mini Tote twice and kept staring. I said to myself: 'There's something there…'
Something to flaunt yes!
I mean, it's colorful, it's shining and above all it's clean and simple…
Don't be deceived, the exterior might appear to be overly simple, but the interior is as sophisticated as a tote can get and that's just an iron-clad proof that this bag is worth every penny. I love complex design, take a look at the sides please!
These kind-of-bags is what you really want in your wardrobe because, they have the 'classic' look that you need as an everyday accessory.
The interior is well structured and extremely soft, large enough to store and structure your daily essentials. And while the term 'mini' is added to the name, this bag is quite roomy, measuring 13.5″ x 10.5″ x 7″ (W x H x D).
For the Spring Summer 2014 Collection, Viktoria Beckham followed the code of fashion; abandon the black and flaunt with bright colors. The Mini tote is available in Ocean Blue or Candy Pink. It's made from a mix of Buffalo and Calfskin leather with fabric lining and pale gold-tone hardware.
It's available at Elyse Walker for $2,450 USD.
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I heart the Victoria, I heart the colour red. Put them both together and you've got the S/S13 Victoria Beckham Victoria, in Red. A bag that needs no further introduction on this blog; it's as elegant and as sublime as Victoria Beckham herself on any given day. Measuring 34 cm by 28 cm, you'll now find it in this stunning hue on Net-A-Porter at GBP1995.
There's also another in black, but compared to this one, that's just like watching David Beckham flex his buttocks on the H&M TVC but not actually being able to touch it.
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There's just something about a squared, chic and thin bag that comes with a shoulder strap. And it can absolutely not be boring, neither too sophisticated, just give it to me in simple and neat. Celine has never took their trio pouch out of their stock, in fact, they created more variations and colors, like the Celine Solo Trio Cosmetic Pouch, you know.
Then Balenciaga decided to participate, there was still room left in the Jacuzzi and they introduced the Balenciaga Le Dix Triple S Shoulder Bag. Of course, Louis Vuitton needed to join too, that's why they released the Modul bag (in Damier Canvas) in the beginning of this year.
I am way off topic.
But here is something slightly different, introducing the Victoria Beckham Zip Pouch with Shoulder Strap. It's a super-cute, grown-up cross body bag and you know what? It's super thin too.
Painted in the loveliest color, blush pink and crafted from durable materials like calfskin and buffalo leather. The Trio Pouch got three compartments, if that's too much then surprise. This bag only got two compartments. The shoulder strap can be adjusted and detached – shoulder it at day and turn it into a clutch in the evening.
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The pay increase was part of a $388 billion omnibus spending package that was approved by the House and then the Senate later in the evening. The administration has warned that the pay increase may lead to severe agency belt-tightening and a reduction in the workforce.
The approval means that, for the first time in three years, the federal government's 1.8 million civilian employees will begin receiving higher pay in January. In the past two years, Congress's failure to complete spending bills until the new year left federal workers waiting for weeks to get the increase.
In February, Bush proposed a 1.5 percent average raise for civilian workers and a 3.5 percent increase for members of the armed forces. White House officials said the plan would allow all employees to keep up with inflation while rewarding the military during a time of war.
Lawmakers of both parties instead deferred to a two decade-old tradition of "pay parity" and granted civilian workers a raise equivalent to that awarded to the military. Supporters argued that many civilian workers, including employees of the CIA, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, play vital roles in national security.
"This pay adjustment rewards them for their commitment and dedication to serving our country and protecting our citizens, " House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said in a statement. Hoyer and Virginia Reps. Frank R. Wolf (R), Thomas M. Davis III (R) and James P. Moran Jr. (D) were the main House backers.
The White House said the 3.5 percent raise exceeds inflation and would add $2.2 billion in spending for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. In a letter to Congress last week, Joshua B. Bolten, director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget, warned that the increase "would be very difficult for agencies to absorb . . . and will likely require reductions-in-force or shifts of resources away from critical programmatic priorities."
Federal employee union leaders applauded the increase. "We're very pleased at the bipartisan support that has been there for the pay raise all year," said Colleen M. Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union.
John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, praised Congress "for reaffirming its commitment to . . . federal employees and, in particular, for DOD, DHS and blue-collar civilian workers."
In other developments, lawmakers dropped language forcing the OMB to abandon revised rules designed to speed up the competitions run by agencies to determine whether private contractors can do federal work more cheaply than civil servants. The provision, sponsored by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), had earlier won approval in the House and in a Senate committee.
Also dropped was language that would have guaranteed federal employees in every agency the right to reorganize their work units as "most efficient organizations" -- with fewer workers, for example, or better technology -- when they go up against contractors in competitions involving 10 or more jobs.
The measure would have required contractors to show savings of at least 10 percent or $10 million to win a competition . Such restrictions still apply to the Defense Department, but the White House had threatened to veto any effort to expand them government-wide.
"The Bush administration through its actions is once again showing its disrespect for the people who deliver valuable public services every day," Van Hollen said.
In a statement, Mikulski said: "I will keep fighting to fix the competition process that is shamefully slanted in favor of private contractors."


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But I just sat and wrote them, I didn't ever really do them.
just kidding about that last part. I did each many times to make sure the hands and rebounds were correct. I have often thought about making a video that shows all the practice combinations in the Book, so people could see and hear them, But decided against it just because of the sheer volume of them, and that many have such a slight difference from the last of next, it wouldn't really be worth it. I think Air punching each combo as you read it is a far simplier method to use than trying to reference what I do on a screen. I suggest that people put their hands up in the correct position, do the movements as they read and voice out the accented (punched) rebounds. At least, it works for me. I figured to do the whole book, It would takes many hours of video shooting on my part, then twice that for editing.
But I still occassionally worry about the Chapter 10 advanced and chapter 11 echo rhythms. For the people at that level of dedication, really following the written word and trying to decipher the movements and sounds underneath, I have often thought a demo of most exercises would help. But I wouldn't post something that specific to the book on Youtube. It would be done SLOWLY, to see the movements, for teaching purposes. Not very entertaining to be sure.
For the record, on Disk-4 of the 4-DVD series, is titled "Advanced punching combinations" where I do cover the topics of chapter 10 and 11. I don't think I did any specific combinations that are in the book, but I did cover every main topic heading in those chapters, such as "advanced" and "super-advanced" combinations, advanced elbows, advanced reverse techniques, advanced side techniques and echo rhythms (ehco = reproducing a specific beat pattern from all around the bag. The sound stays the same, but the punching combinations are different.) This video is NOT a beginners level video, and I say that during the opening. This video starts with a review of the 24 techniques and then jumps directly into advanced topics. It is also a closer camera focus than the other videos, to see the bag areas better. Many of my fist movement variations and changes are subtle and hard to see from a half body focus length, so I zoomed in to see the bag closer.
That video #4 would be a good companion to the single 2-hr DVD, for the single DVD does not cover advanced combinations. I have thought about offering it for sale as a stand alone video. But I do recommend it, (and send it) to individuals interested at that level. Right now you can only get it individually from me, for it is only sold by Ringside Boxing right now in the packaged set. If interested in the 4-DVD set, or DVD-4, PM me personally via the board.
Sorry I got side tracked there, Roc. For your question, I'll consider doing those 8 lines on page 152, but I can't really promise when I'll get to it. I'll have to memorize each and then shoot it individually, then perhaps edit them into one long combo (that's why they all start and end with Fist Rolls). in the meantime, PM me your address.
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Stonington — A Pawcatuck man with a criminal record was arrested on a warrant Friday morning as he was reporting to West Vine Street School to work as a substitute teacher for the first time.
Police said an administrator who discovered Norman R. Riley, 48, of 21 Huntington St., was wanted in connection with an October domestic disturbance alerted them that he was at the school.
School board chairwoman Gail MacDonald said this afternoon that school officials are looking into how Riley was hired since applicants are supposed to undergo a background check.
While the state judicial department data base only shows Riley with having two convictions for driving with a suspended license and a pending speeding charge, a search of The Day archives shows several more arrests including an arrest for forcing his way into an ex-girlfriend's home in 2010.
MacDonald said it is her understanding that Riley said that he had never been arrested on his job application.
On Friday, Riley was charged with breach of peace, third- degree criminal mischief and interfering with an emergency call in connection with a Oct. 28 domestic dispute at his home, police said. He was arraigned in New London Superior Court on Friday and is slated to appear again in court on Jan. 7.
Capt. Jerry Desmond said police took steps to ensure the Friday's 8:43 a.m. arrest did not cause a disturbance at the school or upset students. He said Riley was cooperative during his arrest.
On the same day in July of 2010, Riley was charged in Old Lyme with driving with a suspended license and then in Old Lyme for allegedly forcing his way into an ex-girlfriend's home. Police said Riley entered the house but did not harm the woman, and he was charged with second-degree criminal trespass, third-degree stalking and disorderly conduct. The state judicial department data base does not have any record or dispositions of those incidents which is indicated they were erased from his record after he completed some type of program or probation.
Two days after those arrests, Riley was beaten and robbed by several men who he had met on a downtown New London street corner in the early morning hours. The assault took place after the group had driven to another location.
Riley was flown by Life Star helicopter to Yale New Haven Hospital after his condition worsened.
Court records show that in June Riley pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license in October of 2011 and was fined $150. In April, he received a suspended 90-day prison term after he pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license in December of 2011. The charge would be erased after a year if he met certain conditions.
Riley was also arrested in 2003 for driving with a suspended license and in Hopkinton R.I, on the same charge in 2010. The latter case was dismissed.
Riley was also the defendant in six foreclosure lawsuits and another for nonpayment of legal bills over the past three years.
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10. Who can receive student benefits?
In general, the children of retired, deceased, or disabled beneficiaries who remain full-time students at age 18 are entitled to benefits until they reach age 19 or complete their secondary (grade 12 or below) education, whichever occurs first.
9. What must I do to receive student benefits?
You must complete page 2 of form SSA-1372-BK, Student's Statement Regarding School Attendance; have a school official certify on page 3 the information you provide; leave pages 4 and 5, Notice of Cessation of Full-Time School Attendance, with the school official; and return the completed and certified pages 2 and 3 to your local Social Security office by mail or in person.
8. Can I get benefits for taking college courses?
No. At one time, SSA did pay benefits to college students, but the law changed in 1981. We now pay benefits only to students taking courses at grade 12 or below.
7. Can I get benefits if I attend a home school, alternative school, online school,
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Students in these programs may qualify for benefits if they are in full-time attendance. (See question 6.)
6. What does SSA mean by full-time attendance?
Social Security generally considers a student to be in full-time attendance if he or she:
- Attends an elementary or secondary level school, as determined by the law of the State or other jurisdiction in which the school is located;
- Is enrolled in a day or evening non-correspondence course at least 13 weeks in duration;
- Is scheduled to attend at the rate of at least 20 hours weekly; and
- Carries a subject load considered full-time for day students under the school's standards and practices.
5. What changes must I report to SSA, and how do I report them?
You must tell SSA if you:
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- Stop attending school;
- Reduce your attendance below full-time;
- Are paid by your employer to attend school;
- Change schools; or
- Are convicted of a crime.
You must also let us know if:
- You move or change your mailing address; and/or
- Your estimated earnings from work change.
Notify SSA by calling or visiting your local Social Security office; by calling our toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778); or by mailing a completed form SSA-1383 or SSA-453 to your local Social Security office. Your local office may have given you these forms or you may have received them in the mail when you became entitled to student benefits.
4. When will my benefits stop?
In general, we will stop your benefits the month before the month in which you attain age 19 or the first month in which you are not a full-time student, whichever is earlier.
Your benefits may also stop if you marry, you stop attending school, you reduce your attendance below full-time, you change schools, your employer pays you to attend school, or you are convicted of a crime.
3. What must I do if I change schools?
If you change schools, you must complete a new SSA-1372-BK; have a school official certify it; leave pages 4 and 5 of the form with a school official at the new school; and return pages 2 and 3, completed and certified, to your local Social Security office.
2. Can I receive benefits for summer months when I'm not in school?
You can receive benefits during the summer, even though you are not attending school, if the time that you are not in school is not longer than 4 months, you were in full-time attendance immediately before this break, and you intend to return to elementary or secondary school immediately after the break. If you turn age 19, however, during a month when you are not attending school, the last month for which we can pay you is the month before you attain age 19.
1. What if I don't graduate on schedule?
If you don't graduate on schedule, you must complete a new SSA-1372-BK; have a school official certify it; and return pages 2 and 3, completed and certified, to your local Social Security office. You must also leave pages 4 and 5 of the form with a school official if the school no longer has them.


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What do the first McDonald's, the only river in the world that flows backwards, and the 2004 Power Quality Exhibition and Conference have in common? Drum roll please — they're all in Chicago! The Windy City is set to host this year's Power Quality Show, which will be co-located with the Power Electronics Technology Exhibition and Conference at Chicago's Navy Pier Nov. 16 through Nov. 18, with professional advancement courses on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15. The joint events are called PowerSystems World. Organizers have labeled it "the premiere event for power quality and power electronic technology professionals," and considering all it has to offer, you'll probably agree. Nearly 3,000 attendees and 215 exhibiting companies have already signed up to attend PowerSystems World 2004, which makes it the best place to see the latest products and equipment, learn from industry experts, and most importantly, learn from your peers.
With increasing demands on a strained electrical grid, unplanned blackouts, and terrorism threats in the back of everyone's mind, distributed generation has become a hot-button issue in the power quality industry. More and more companies are turning to on-site generation systems to ensure the reliability of their power, and more manufacturers are developing equipment to meet this need. If you feel like you and your employees need to learn more about this topic, the Power Quality Show is a great place to start. There will be a special section of the Exhibit Hall dedicated to the Distributed Generation Pavilion. This is a place for manufacturers and suppliers of distributed generation products and equipment like microturbines, reciprocating engines, fuel cells, photovoltaic systems, and wind turbines to exhibit and demonstrate their products. There will also be two educational sessions that will cover distributed generation technologies, communication, and control.
Educational sessions are one of the many benefits of attending a conference, and this year the Power Quality Show will offer 27 classes that cover everything from reliability to the state of wind generation. As if that weren't enough, this year's event will feature two keynote speakers. Kurt Yeager, president of EPRI, and Patrixio Vinviarelli, CEO and president of Vicor Corp., will speak at the 8:30 a.m. session on Nov. 16.
In a presentation titled, "Power Quality and Reliability in the 21st Century," Yeager will address the status of electric reliability in North America and the power quality industry's role in supporting the nation's infrastructure. Vinviarelli's address titled, "Where Should the 'Buck' Stop?" will cover how new power conversion engines can overcome the limitations of non-isolated point-of-load "buck" converters. Following the keynote addresses, attendees have the chance to sit in on two award presentations. The first-ever Power Electronics Technology Lifetime Achievement award and the John Mungenast International Power Quality award will be presented to two individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the power quality field, and unlike those stuffy award shows on TV, we won't cue the music to cut them off.
Like we said earlier, attending this conference is a great way to learn from industry experts, and at the "Current Issues in Power Quality" session at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 10, you'll have a chance to learn from one of the greats. Mark McGranaghan, vice president of consulting services for EPRI-PEAC, will discuss issues facing electric utilities and industrial and commercial customers like advances in monitoring technology to make characterizing power quality issues easier, taking advantage of the Internet to provide power quality services, and coordinating power quality issues with energy efficiency initiatives.
Every successful business has a plan, no matter what the area of expertise. The "Power Quality as a Business" session at 2 p.m. on Nov. 16 is for those interested in entering the power quality field or those who want to expand their already established business. Anthony Hoevenaars, Mirus International, will talk about how to create a winning business model; employ effective marketing techniques; and attract, hire, and keep qualified employees.
A new addition to this year's show will be a free session at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 18 featuring the past winners of the John Mungenast award. The panel members will discuss their views on the state of the power quality and reliability industries, including the role of renewables, distributed generation, and new control and communications technologies. In addition, the panel members will weigh in on where they feel the industry is headed in regards to these technologies. Q&A time will be made available at the end of the session for members of the audience to pose questions to this "who's who" panel of experts.
Without a doubt, PowerSystems World, and especially the Power Quality Show is the premier event for power quality professionals. In as few as five days, you can attend professional advancement courses, visit the Exhibit Hall to learn about new equipment, listen to industry experts talk about important power quality issues, and meet others in the industry. Think of it as five days to a better business. For more information, visit www.powersystems.com.


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Folk names: Ipecac, Rio, Matto Grosso.
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Part used: Root and rhizome.
Collection: The root of this small South American shrub is gathered throughout the year, although the Indians collect it when it is in flower during January and February.
Indications: Ipecacuanha is mainly used as an expectorant in bronchitis and conditions such as whooping cough. At higher doses it is a powerful emetic and as such is used in the treatment of poisoning. Care must be taken in the use of this herb. After an effective emetic dose has been given, large amounts of water should be taken as well. In the same way that Ipecac helps expectoration through stimulation of mucous secretion and then its removal, it stimulates the production of saliva. It has been found effective in the treatment of amoebic dysentery.
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Preparation and dosage: Infusion; as this is a very powerful herb, only a small amount should be used. 0.0l-0.25 grams of the herb are used for an infusion. Pour a cup of boiling water onto a small amount of the herb (equaling the size of a pea) and leave to infuse for 5 minutes. This can be drunk three times a day. If you need to use it as an emetic, l-2 grams should be used, which equals l/4 - l/2 teaspoonful when used for an infusion.


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The production hopes to film as early as next year. We guess if Troll Hunter has to be remade, we're happy Marshall is going to oversee the project. But lets hope they really take their time and cast the perfect Troll Hunter.


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I can't help but think "what if" the Jets did the smart thing and dumped their idiot OC midseason? Does anyone in their right mind think Baltimore wins the SB if Cameron was still their OC? 2010 should have been our year. Schitty mucked it up with that call on 3rd and 17 right before halftime. SMH
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Talked about this exact thing last night with a friend of mine who's actually a Bears fan. He says, "What if the Jets fired Schotty and promoted Bill Callahan after that NE blowout a few years ago? Do you win in Pitt come January?"
Schoddy: the gift that keeps on giving.
I don't blame Schooty for that game. He called a good game vs Indy & NE in the playoffs. I always thought that #1 the Jets beating NE the week before took that fire out of them and just made think they were going to go into Pittsurgh and beat them again. #2. 3rd & 17 id Schooty calls a running play everyone kills him for not tryong to get the yardage. Since he called pass we know what happened. Team was just flat that first half. Nothing worked.
Forgot the goal line sequence though.
Hindsight is always 20/20.....
It's much simpler than that.
Baltimore hired Harbaugh. We hired Rex.
I think we learned this year that Schotty, although being awful, got much more blame than he deserved.
Yes, the OC was for sure the problem with this team. We can tell by the way our offense flourished under Goggles Pizzano this past year. The fact that Pitt ran all over our iron clad run D meant little or nothing in that game.
Rex's vaunted Defense lost the AFCCG in Pittsburgh after failing to show up for the first half and then not being able to stop Pittsburgh on a critical 3rd down to seal the game. Thats not how great defenses play. But dont tell that to Rex or those who bow to Rex as being a Defensive genius.
No , lets blame the OC instead.
Part of this thread was the idea that the Ravens made the right decision and the Jets made the wrong one. It got lost in the mix. That fact is almost without debate IMO.
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yes the Ravens organization is superior to the Jets organization...they selected Harbaugh and passed on Ryan...now we know why.
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Oh Just Die AlreadyAugust 18, 2003
On Netscape Navigator 4.x and the Zen Garden
A reader asks:
I was looking at the (beautiful) designs in the Zen Garden a moment ago and thought I'd throw Netscape Navigator 4.8 at them. Nothing! (So far as I can tell) The textual content was all there, of course, but not an iota of style.
Is there any prospect of getting a version of the Zen Garden page to 'inline' the styles so we can see how 'backwards compatible' they are?
(I have sites where a significant number of the visitors are locked in to NN4 and other old browsers…)
A responsible designer considers his/her audience. If a big chunk of your users run older browsers, you'd better make sure you're giving them something to look at.
In the case of the Zen Garden,
@import prevents NN4 from trying anything foolish. It thinks it knows CSS, but it just can't keep up. So I (unabashedly, and unapologetically) serve up an unformatted XHTML document to NN4.
Well, I happened to have the Garden files loaded in front of me when that e-mail came in, and wouldn't you know, I got curious myself.
Here's what you do: load a design, any design. In the URL, you'll see 'cssfile=/0xx/0xx.css' plus some other junk. Change 'cssfile' to 'nn4', and the style will then be pulled by a
<link> as well as an
It's not pretty. You'll notice some of the designs won't even start to apply themselves - NN4 chokes on the Box Model Hack, so its CSS engine seems to die when it encounters an instance of it. Don't even bother trying any of this in a standard-compliant browser, it'll load the same stylesheet twice and really make a mess of things.
I'm always sorry to hear about anyone stuck supporting this relic; sometimes I'm forced to as well. As Zeldman points out in DWWS, transitional layouts are still very necessary in real-world situations. Netscape Navigator 4.x is Mostly Dead, but if we learned anything from the Princess Bride, it's that Mostly Dead also means Partly Alive.
Despite mainstream sites and their continued misguided efforts at being 'backward-compatible', the consolation is that NN4 usage is at all-time lows and rapidly fading. According to Upsdell, current usage is hovering around 1% and shrinking, down from 3% a year ago. If that's not insignificant, I don't know what is.
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I wonder…
- Do clients that expect their web site to appear the same in NN4 as it does in Mozilla also expect their TV ads to look as good on my Grandpa's 13" black and white as it does on my 42" plasma?
- Do these clients also expect their jingles to sound as good on mono AM radio as they do on their FM brethern?
(No, I don't really have a plasma. Damn it.)
Jeff… that was beautiful. Let's get out the 8-track and celibrate disco-style!
NN4 is the son of Mordor.
Jeff, as much as I really like your analogy, there are pervasive reasons that drive folks to expect wonderful things to come out of this browser. The main issue is that designers can make a site look good while catering to this low-low denominator. I guess that if I tried hard enough, I could even design a nice webpage through the use of spacer gifs and the like. Heck, back in '98 my site used a css-based layout and looked pretty good in ol' NN4.
Another analogy (only an analogy, not trying to invite flames) might be to liken the old browser issue to the use of environmentally friendly materials and methods in architecture and building.
Sure, you can build a fabulous hose with a stick-built frame, plywood, pressure treated lumber, petrol-based carpeting and vinyl siding. But how does that building fit in with its environment (ecology and climate)?
The old building codes aren't compatiable with all the new technologies emerging in this field. And the people who are developing these technologies are always wrestling with local governments when trying to get building permits.
Likewise, how are design methods that were in use in 1997 going to fare in today's information environment?
Sure the website might look great in NN4, but we need to carry around one those new Sony CLIE's or Handspring Treo's to show how badly such a layout breaks in it's browser.
I think that once people are given a clear either-or choice between one method or another, they'll go with the more forward-thinking approach - especially if their values are in line with what the future holds.
I suppose that this has always been the struggle of progres, however.
"It's amazingly hard working with some clients who just expect to get the exact same experience across all browsers, whether they were built in 1997 or just last year."
I don't think all the blame for this can fall in the client's lap as they have simply been trained to think a certain way as most web design firms are quite happy to give the client whatever they want, without question, as they can bill them for more hours of development time. I think at least some of the blame for the "pixel-perfect mindset" that many clients have is the fault of unscrupulous design firms who have been promising them that since the mid-nineties.
Why would a client think that web design isn't print design when all the evidence (many sites out there) they see points to the contrary? I think $$$ is the answer. You have to "sell" web standards to a client by giving them two prices: "tag-soup price" and "webstandards price" and then asking them if providing Netscape 4 users with an identical layout is worth the extra money. This does take balls and you have to be willing to lose a few potential clients I guess…
I find it interesting that clients even care to know HOW you do it: Standards or not. In my experience, they have no clue what the hell you're doing they just know you did something and it does what they want it to do. I've always coded as standards compliant as possible, and didn't have to "educate" the client or even mention what I was doing. All they care about it is works and looks pretty. Whenever I do mention standards, I don't even have to explain too much. They trust my judgement. That's what they hired me for. They expect I know my stuff so they don't worry about details.
"I've always coded as standards compliant as possible, and didn't have to "educate" the client or even mention what I was doing. All they care about it is works and looks pretty."
I guess you have never run into a situation when using the 'standards' has had adverse effects in real-world browsers like Netscape 4.
Clients don't care when the oldest browser they use is IE5 or IE5.5 :P
Jai - Thanks. :)
Kevin - Good points. Still, I think an analogy like those I used could make a bit of a point to a client who isn't understanding why standards-compliant sites look different in NN4 than they do in MSIE 6. They need to understand that the reason you want to use standards is so you can incorporate great design features that 90+% of the visitors will see. It's not for nothing. An explanation like this might prove sucessful:
"Compare it to a TV ad. When you make a TV ad, you do so with the thought that most of your viewers will be using nice, relativley new color TVs with decent audio systems. Thus, you use bright color, fine text detail, and music to capture their attention. There is a small percentage of people who will see these ads on black and white TVs, using rabbit ears for reception, and with a single tiny speaker for your music. This guy obviously isn't going to get the full experience of your ad, but the core content is there – he'll get your point. Plus, he's used to seeing ads at less-than-perfect fidelity, so you won't look bad, relative to your competition.
Choosing to design your site so that it looks identical in Netscape 4 as it does in modern browsers would be the equivalent of making your TV ad in black and in mono sound, since there are a couple of people who will see it that way, anyhow. Catering to the lowest common denominator is an admirable concept – but it doesn't make sense when that denominator only encompasses 1% of your audience."
This is a problem i battle with daily.
Each of you have made very good points in all areas.
I am a little suprised that everyone can be so naive as to think that the 1% is a fair and true representation of the audience that views your site.
Case in point. 1 percent is only one percent when you look at it in context of the ENTIRE world of online users.
(granted everyone has the potential to be your audience)
But when you get a client come to you with a very specific user group - you may as well throw the damn 1% rule out the window - it's foolish.
To use that as a fair reflection on the entire industry would be futile. In my country, we have one of the highest (if not the highest from memory) internet connections per head. Yet the target audience we primarily cover - present an entirely different different percentage. We range from 15 - 40 percent in extreme cases, using a 4.x netscape.
Presenting a client something that wont work (or looks substantially different) on that percentage is dangerous.
Trying to get programmers to unlearn how they create pages for me the designer is a dead end. Trying to convince higher ups that this is the way to go, is even worse.Dont get me started on clients. They dont care. why should they ? Heres your money. Make it work.
Trust me, I know. I already mentioned I work at a University where the percentage of Netscape 4.7 users is over 60%.
Still, as designers, we have a responsibility to move the web forward. I did my part. How? I designed sites at the University that worked in Netscape 4.7x, but sparkled in Netscape 7 or similar. Now, the sysadmins are in the process of migrating our users to NS7.
Clearly, every design project is different. Every audience is different and every demographic is different. That doesn't change the fact that those who are clinging to NN4 are using SIX year old technology, which we all know is a lifetime in Internet years. We can't cater to them forever.
At every juncture, I'll be trying to convince my clients that it's time to move on – making websites that WORK in NN4, but sparkle in modern browsers. They won't bite everytime, but each time they do is a success for us designers – it's worth trying.
Jeff - The quote works for me :) I might try a similar approach the next time I do a small contract for someone - rather than trying to explain web accessiblity and such.
Marc - I can echo Jeff's statements. We all have ideals regarding web design. Aside from this, I still stand behind hybrid layouts.
Utilizing these new technologies in large sites like wired news or pga.com (and giving netscape 4 users a text page) is an important, yet radical step.
However, this can't be done for every audience. I think that the pragmatic approach of building hybrid layouts is also very important in pushing the full adoption of these technologies. Moderation is certainly all right.
In your case, I think that giving netscape 4x users the basic design is all you would need to do. Produce a tables/based layout, then use what css elements netscape supports by way of the link tag, then add a layer of refinement to the design using css by way of the @import method. From my experience, most netscape users don't see a broken design by any account, but if they view the site in a newer browser, it simply looks more attractive - which can be an incentive to upgrade, but not an outright coersion to upgrade.
At the University I work at, many user still make regular use of that damned jurrasic browser.
While this is Mostly Sucky, the nice part of it (for me) is that these users have also become acustomed to seeing ugly, broken, and/or barley-styled pages.
I'd adopted the custom of creating a very basic stylesheet (usually with a few font definitions, colors, and that's about it), as well as an advanced stylesheet that makes use of positioning and other elements NN4 can't even begin to render. I think LINK to the basic.css, and @import the advanced.css, and I get a page that makes just about everyone happy.
Unless, of course, it's a page about the recent rise in tuition rates.
Very sad that NN4 can't see the design, but if the content gets delivered, in the end, that's what's important, i think. Usable, readable content.
Of course, I've had this interaction with Dave in the past, where I explained I wasn't so much for design as a means to an end, but as a means to make the content a little sweeter. I'm not a designer, so this view might be disliked here ;-)
As Dave points out, 1% is insignificant. OTOH, I'm fond of quoting a friend by saying that "A community that excludes even one of its members is no community at all". We then have to consider, is it exclusion?
If the 1% using NN4 receives the content, but not the styling, and content is the important part, then I'd venture to say it's not a problem. If you're looking at a site where design is there only for design's sake, then I'd venture to say that NN4 users are indeed excluded.
Hmmmm, I vote for content delivery, before design myself. :-)
Nic - precisely. It's amazingly hard working with some clients who just expect to get the exact same experience across all browsers, whether they were built in 1997 or just last year. This is a large part of why NN4 persists - people still cater to it.
As Jeff points out though, users of it are getting used to seeing unstyled pages. As long as the content gets across, NN4 doesn't deserve my style.
I have worked in a UK University which decided to end the use of NN4. You wouldn't believe how much of a struggle it was to pull this piece of software way from our lecturers and support staff. They had become so fond of it that they wouldn't even consider using something else (such as IE6). Than heavens for SMS… we replaced every copy of NN4 over 1 week on 1000 computers. We then took our phones off the hook and let our IT trainer handle to fallout!
Amazingly, when I look at our web-server logs, we are still getting hits from IE2 browsers. There will always be users out there who just refuse to come into the 21st century and use new software… their cry: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Our web-site now runs with XHTML 1.0 Strict and CCS 2.0 so they don't have much choice now.
BTW: Nice analogy Jeff
I work in the Computer/Networking support (for faculty/staff) at a small private university.
In fact, I started last September, when they kept giving me toy jobs until they found out I wasn't a moron.
Anyway–I believe it was the second week–I was supposed to set up a new XP box from a RIS server (you plug it into the network and install it!). After the install, I noticed something absolutely horrifying. I called my boss over.
"Is this Netscape 4?"
The good news is, they got a whiff of Mozilla. (Unfortunately, they 'standardized' on 1.3.1–I got in serious trouble for letting 20 new boxen out with 1.4 out.) Doubly unfortunately, I've discovered the cause of the inertia: the users are morons. Nay, incredible morons.
"What's this Dinosaur thing?"
"That's Mozilla."
"What's Mozilla?"
"It's"–[Explains the AOL-Microsoft-Netscape thing for ten seconds, gets blank stare.] "It's the new Netscape."
"Yeah, plus it has spam-filtering and pop up blocking."
"I want to use *that* then."
[Having learned my lesson previously, I set up all of the options for Mozilla 1.3.1 that are on by default in 1.4 so I don't have to explain every fscking little thing for 20 minutes.] *Clickety*, *clickety*, *point-clickety*. "There, it's set up."
"Okay. So where's my e-mail?"
"You go to Window->Mail & Newsgroups."
"That's not how I used to go to it."
"Er, okay, how did you do it before?"
"Start, Programs…"
"Yeah, it's under Mozilla, then Mail."
"Oh, I see!"
"Yeah. Even better, though, you can just hit Control-2."
"OOOoooooooo….. So how did you do that?"
[Internally screaming: ******* don't you ******* get this ******* ****??!!?!! I bet you drive your ******* car with the ******* oil light on for days too, 'cause you don't understand it!] "Never mind."
"Okay. Now I want to set up this digital camera that I got…"
Maybe we can get them switched to the old, buggy version of Mozilla in two years. :(
"Amazingly, when I look at our web-server logs, we are still getting hits from IE2 browsers."
I'm a bit doubtful of that. I think its more likely that you are misidentifying Web-TV as IE2 as older versions identify themselves as:
Mozilla/3.0 WebTV/1.2 (compatible; MSIE 2.0)
The idea that anyone is still running IE 2 (nostalgia aside) is kind of baffling to me. I can only imagine that surfing most modern sites with it would be almost intolerable. I still use Netscape 2 and NCSA Mosaic from time to time just for kicks and it's almost intolerable. You get all kinds of scripting errors thrown at you because no one does object detection anymore and half the time the browser will crash before the page is done loading if it's filled with nested tables.
Sites that use CSS layouts fair much better of course as the layout is simply ignored. Perhaps there will be a new renaissance for ancient browsers as more sites adopt CSS ;)
> There will always be users out there who
> just refuse to come into the 21st century
> and use new software… their cry: "If it
> ain't broke, don't fix it".
I doubt that user attitude is a main cause of obsolete browser usage. I expect most of those users are individuals or schools with ancient hand-me-down computers, and without the resources to upgrade their systems or buy new ones. They are also corporate and government users waiting for IT departments to find enough benefit in newer software to justify the cost and hassle of an change.
I agree, of course, that for most sites it is best to insure that content is available to all users, and styles to those users whose software is capable enough. We could be creating much better and more forward-compatible sites with much less work, if we didn't waste half our time on inefficient code and hacks designed for a dwindling population of obsolete clients.
Clients would care about standards if they realized how much money they could save (both now and in future maintainence) by having a site built with modern techniques for standards-compliant browsers.
IE 2?! You are joking right?
I think the 1% stat can be misleading. I am currently re-designing the business site of my uncle. Although I would love to do css layouts for the site, I am limited to transitional layouts because of where he does most of his business – Africa and South America (he exports medical disposables). He has travelled extensively there and tells me, that most of his clients use IE5 and <NN7.
I suppose it just depends on your potential audience. Just providing the content for my uncle's clients won't just cut it.
I got to thinking…In most cases, which is greater:
1. The percentage of visitors using NN4 or another similarly prehistoric agent.
2. The percentage of users who would gain from the greater accessibility of standards-compliant sites (because they are disabled, using mobile devices, using text browsers, etc).
I don't know the answer. I'm sure it's different from project to project. But, it's a question worth asking, I think.
Anyone ever consider that your tracker could have made a mistake? IE2 is just ridiculous. Also, consider that it IS possible to make it seem like you surfed from another, even "made-up" browser like Dave found out a few weeks ago (i'm too lazy to fish out the entry).
You guys think ie 2 is bad!
From out tracking, (a site bfore my time at the company, but still active) we have recorded the following :
Netscape 3 has a higher percentage than netscape 4 with 5.25 and 3.21 percent respectively. Ie2 and 3 both rank similarly.
Operating systems : Although these dont receive any number of hits even worth considering - its great for a laugh
amiga and acorn both have 1% … who on this good planet would hook either up to the internet??!?!?
Nope… it was definately IE2… clear as day… running on a Windows NT4 Machine (Our stats software can pick up the difference between a version of IE and WebTV). I nearly fainted when I saw it! My guess is that someone had installed NT4/IE2 on an old machine to use it as a test suite.
I thought it was odd when one of our sites went from 11% to 23% NN4 usage in the space of a year. Digging around, it turned out that it was Zyborg and some other web bot that had "NN4-compatible" query strings. We've now changed how Nettracker (our log analyser app) treats these; hopefully we'll now see the real NN4 figure and design accordingly…
Jeff, I think I can give you a semblance of an answer to your question. The answer is #2. Why? Because 100% of people fall into that category. I don't mean to be a wiseass, but the key word is "would."
At some point in our lives, we will all effectively be disabled, be it by a permanent method such as blindness or failing eyesight, or any number of temporary methods such as a broken hand, eye infection. Consider that tomorrow you might find yourself not being 100% capable of doing what you can do today.
If that is a little too idealist answer, consider the fact that the number of people in #1 is decreasing, while the number of people in #2 is increasing. If the numbers are close now, which I believe they are, then you are better off going with the up-and-comer.


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PARIS, 13 AUGUST 2008 The Swedish choreographer, Mats Ek, achieved international recognition with his brilliant re-working of Giselle for his own company, the Cullberg Ballet, in 1982, a work staged at the Paris Opera Ballet in 1993. Such was its success that he was invited to create Appartement for the French company seven years later, a work bringing back memories of Marie-Agnès Gillot crawling round with her head down a lavatory and of José Martinez sprawled out on a sofa before deciding to eat it. Such a piece was not to the taste of everyone and reviews were mitigated. This time 'round no risks were taken and the French company has enriched its repertoire with two proven works, The House of Bernarda Alba, premiered by the Swedish troupe in 1978, and the more recent A Sort of..., created in 1997 for the Nederlands Dans Theater.
From the world of the theatre, where he studied up to the age of 22, Ek brought to contemporary dance the idea that anything can be transposed onto the stage; legends and myths, hope and despair, our own secret childhood, as well as, in the case of The House of Bernarda Alba, oppression in its most varied forms. The ballet deals with a bitter revolt against outdated family and religious traditions.
The House of Bernarda Alba, set to organ music by Bach interspersed with Spanish guitar pieces, is freely adapted from Federico Garcia Lorca's last play, La Casa de Bernada Alba, written in 1936 shortly before his execution by Franco's supporters. In a Spain on the verge of civil war, Bernada Alba, a proud and sanctimonious woman, condemns her five daughters to stay in mourning for their father and to live isolated from the rest of the world. They are forced to remain cloistered in their sinister house for 8 years and the tragedy reaches its climax when the frustrated youngest daughter throws herself at her eldest sister's suitor only to find herself pregnant and deserted.
In a stroke of genius, Ek cast a male dancer, the superb Kader Belarbi, in the role of the tyrannical widow, adding to the atmosphere an unpleasant and grotesque dimension. The daughters, dressed in black, are crushed by his terrifying cruelty, intensified in dance by harsh, angular gestures. Belarbi, in a black veil and long fluid skirts never shows the slightest sentiment, except in one of the highlights of the work where, chest bared, he interprets a shocking pas de deux with the statue of Christ, an object of desire he has detached from the wall. The wild violence of the images of two men erotically wrapped around each other profoundly shocked Catholic Spain at the work's premiere three years after Franco's death.
Besides drawing visual inspiration from engravings by Francisco de Goya, Ek developed his ballet by adding the spoken word together with shouts and screams. The mealtime scene, which seemed to come straight out of a Goya masterpiece, is nightmarish.
The profound jealousy between the sisters culminates in the sufferings of the pathetic eldest daughter, performed by étoile Agnès Letestu, whose only suitor is lured by her dowry alone, while her youngest sister, betrayed in turn, hangs herself in her despair.
Sickening and suffocating, the ballet was magnificently interpreted by all members of the company, from Belarbi himself in one of his greatest roles, to corps de ballet member, Laure Muret, both dancers appearing in one of their last performances before retirement. Alice Renavand as the servant, in the role made famous by Ana Laguna, was remarkable.
The atmosphere changed radically with the second work on the programme, A Sort of..., where the influence of Goya was exchanged for the world of Magritte. Light, airy, dreamy and colourful, but full of humour, verve and violence, this is a ballet which has neither rhyme nor reason. Set to a score by the Polish composer, Henryk Gorecki, it is pure dance, contemporary and classical, switching rapidly from burlesque to the absurd and is, by turns, tender and cruel.
The work opens on a couple of lovers, Nolwenn Daniel and Nicolas Le Riche, the latter at the peak of his form and thoroughly in his element. Clad in a long coat and a pair of women's shoes, he gives a roguish grin, winning over his audience from the beginning. The spectators are ready to follow him anywhere, which is what they do as a large suitcase takes centre stage. Inside is a woman's body, Nolwenn Daniel clad in a man's costume, but it is unclear as to whether the case protects her or is intended to suffocate her. A superb pas de deux has Le Riche dressed as a woman and Nolwenn Daniel dressed as a man. This is a universe where anything is possible - multi-coloured balloons appear on all sides, buildings light up and heads and arms agitate behind a wall which itself breaks up into a thousand parts, and wave upon wave of dancers appear, disturbing and unconnected as in a dream.
The choreographer has interwoven a series of highly unlikely love stories, domestic quarrels and sexuality included, which have taken on a surrealist dimension. It is the theatre of the absurd. A Sort of... was danced with sensuality and fugue by the whole company.
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