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Improper Safety Belt Use
Safety belts only offer protection when the backrest is upright and the belts are properly positioned on the body.
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Favorites and duds from today's* commenting
Apologies for the would've once been later than usual, but now is the standard amount of late Roundup. Yours truly made pork tonight and the dump truck full of industrial strength cleaning solvent I ordered to make the kitchen inhabitable by humans again had a rip in the hose so we're staying in a hotel.
This whole post was working blue, but kudos to DougExeter for gutting out probably the most explicit (and funniest) penis joke in the Restaurant Manager thread. They say brevity is the soul of wit; but saying some gross shit about your dick is pretty good, too. His joke in the Budweiser thread was even better, and it's the Comment of the Day not because it received one of the single worst replies I have ever read on this site or any other, but because it's original and hilarious and subversive and goddanged good. Thanks, Doug.
On the opposite side of the coin, you can wring plenty out of a ribald set-up with a high-class backhand, and The Amazing Sneijderman does just that with this literary number. I swear to Christ, between Sneijijdereijdamien and Steve U's Schrodinger's Underscore, I've spent an embarrassingly large portion of my life hitting cmd+tab to make sure I'm not rubbing a big brown free range egg on my face, and I've only been doing this for like a month. (Also I'm two years old)
Damn, cobra, brah!, that's a really funny recontextualization in the Kate Nolan post. I'll cop to not watching the video — nothing is going to top that slam. I still think the recon as a format is mostly dead, but this was a fun counterexample.
Puerile, infantile, outright stupid. And funny, SideBar. This is not something I see working all that well in the macro, and I'll bet we see more of the 1/2 pee-pee caca jokes as Fox Sports ascends to proto-relevancy, but as far as I'm concerned, this is the first, and it made me laugh.
[Reading off teleprompter] It wouldn't be a Roundup without Raysism, would it? Here's a very characteristically sharp gag in the Bleached Gatorade post that was showered with praise by everyone except the idiot who had to also point out that Ray's name sounds like something else. Hehehehehe, I wonder if he's ever thought of that? Clod.
Speaking of solid jokes with shitty replies, I liked EditBay's simple pun in the same post. I guess that puts me into the elite fraternity of 49 people who also saw the joke and laughed, eh, illinifan1280? Boy we're a motley crew. God I hate this shit.
Sit right there, though, because that same thread saw an old-fashioned pyramid!!!!!! Wow!
And the hits just keep coming for international megaconglomerate InBev, as noted alcohol drinker IronMikeGallego has revealed that he does not care for one of their most successful products. This was a fresh take, though. Unlike the hops in Bud Light!!!!!!
Finally, how about a little love for this idiot dialogue from Bevraj of Choice way back in the Chipper Jones thread from this morning? I loved it. Pretty bold to write a miniature play featuring Chipper Jones and make the other guy the idiot. Tremendous work.
Total Fucking Duds
Okay, wow, well, I kind of meant to breeze through the favorites because my real passion today is the Duds, but before I get there, I'll say that today was a really excellent day for commenting. That favorites list is long! And it's without my usual bloviation, to boot. Really strong stuff from all over the board today. In fact, there are no duds for today.
*Yesterday, however, is a different story.
Yes, I'm expanding my jurisdiction for duds all the way to yesterday at 9:33PM and beyond to include a horrifically unfunny and offensive joke at the expense of Indian Americans, Indians, and Sikhs, as well as a seriously disturbing and intimidating comment from 2011 that hints at much more than I'm willing to discuss in a comment criticism blog post. But I'm choosing to take these on for a good reason, partially explained by this illuminating comment in the same thread from yesterday as above. Let me be clear:
Simulord, you do not live here. You are not a part of this place. You got the racist, sexist and insensitive part right, that's for sure, but Deadspin is not your place. Your place is the sad, false world you've dreamed up in which you are funny and edgy and welcome. This place, the one we inhabit, is one full of creative and hilarious people who, though they sometimes make mistakes, are thoughtful and intelligent enough to know when they've done so. This place is full of people of various genders, ethnicities, religions, and so on who don't want to have to wade through garbage to get to the entertaining and non-threatening parts of their day. This place is full of people who don't want or need your gross schtick.
If it seems unfair to pick on a comment from so far back, then I'm sorry for that. But there is a pattern here, and it's clear. You're not interested in contributing anything of value to this site or the people who make it up. You'd much rather embarrass yourself and shit on someone else in the process. Well, hey, I can do that, too. Your comments are bad, and you seem bad, too. Go deal with your issues and come back with a better attitude and funny material, or don't come back at all. Maybe go get a vibrator.
Everyone else, see you Friday.


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The Machiavellian Guide To Search
In the era of "Big Data" and fast technology, it's hard not to see HISTORY as the long chalk-smeared blackboard we want it to be. A relic of fragmented of letters. Broken thoughts and speech unlearned. We're so intent on making up the "new rules" on the underpinnings of the "new marketing", that we've thrown HISTORY to the dogs. They can't teach us, because they don't know.
Data-driven marketing is indeed smart, timely, and prudent, you'll get no argument from me. We'd be foolish to abandon and squander the opportunity. But, I've given to thinking about data and people in the following way: like the double-slit experiment people behave differently when they know they're being observed. Insomuch the data is blur of what's real behavior and what's not. Before we could ever calculate what a human interaction was worth, we were left with observation of interaction, sans data, in order to manifest strategy. It's the one big problem with Big Data, everyone has access to it. Whether you can interpret and analyze that data is another question.
The Prince is the quintessential playbook on political strategy, and you can see its footprints and fingerprints throughout the 20th and 21st century political landscape. It altered the status quo going forward. It's been adopted beyond the the political arena much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been incorporated into business strategy and maneuvering. And, while the connotations of "Machiavelli" make you think of Evil Spock, and generally despicable-mad-genius behavior, it shouldn't. Machiavelli had the gumption to unfold the dark-side of the human condition in a way that Shakespeare never could, and for this he's been persona non grata in both strategic and literary circles for centuries, until his revival about century ago. So what's the point, Tony?
All the Big Data and data-driven decisions in the world are just numbers, independent of relationship or action, without first defining a set of strategic rules in which to leverage all this data to create personas, paradigms, and models. While Chapter 7 in "The Prince" is most often referenced, I believe it is Chapter 3 that provides the greatest deal of insight. It's this chapter that explains how Louis XII lost his hold on Italy and the five mistakes he made. These are five rules that every SEO and digital marketer can use as a guidepost to conduct search.
The Five Guidelines of Machiavellian Search
Machiavelli touted that Louis XII made five mistakes that proceeded to be the catalyst to his loss of Italy:
- He had crushed the smaller Powers
- He increased the power of a single person so that it became supreme
- He brought in a very powerful foreign ally
- He ruled his conquered land from afar
- He established military presence before colonies
These five costly mistakes can be transposed as rules or guidelines to help us engineer solid SEO and Search strategy.
1: Never Disregard Topical Niche Sites
While the largest hubs on the web cater to variety of people, personalities, and interests, and consequently provide the largest funnels of traffic, it's the niche/small sites that can become your greatest champion. Niche sites serve people who are dedicated and fanatical about the topic (whatever it may be). They provide high rates of conversion, high levels of engagement, higher rates of shareability to other like-minded users. Take the time to do the research and find them for your target segments and forge relationships; they're likely the ones peppering the first couple pages of results for terms and phrases your client wants to be seen for too. Forsaking the niche sites in favor of aggregation-esque sites may drive traffic, but won't lend itself to long-term loyalty.
Data-driven marketing decisions are likely ignore the niche sites. The numbers would likely tell you that more wide-reaching, heavily trafficked sites bring more (but not necessarily of what matters).
2: Never Give a Single SEO/Search Strategy All the Power
It's the common adage: "Absolute power corrupts absolutely". If you're locked into a single way of doing this or doing that, you had better know that it's going to work like gangbusters. The danger of a single strategy is that it perpetuates lock-step thinking; no one is allowed to move beyond a certain space as it must be able to tie back to THE STRATEGY. Whether it's a content strategy, a link building strategy, or optimization schema.
Diversification of SEO and search strategies, like portfolios, helps to create balance, helps to target different segments and personas, and helps to lessen the effect of a single strategy that tanks. Moreover, strategy diversification helps to foster unconventional thinking that can snowball into new strategies that can measured with data.
3: There's No Turning Back From the Dark-Side
As an SEO/Search Marketer once you slide into the place where ethics become "flexible", it's difficult to turn back from that. Each step takes you a little further down the slope, and before you know it, it's become the way.
4: Never Follow the Data Blindly
Data is the best tool you have and it's also the worst enemy you have. As I mentioned up top, the massive influx of data points has helped engineer more laser-guided strategy. But, it's also that influx, the tsunami of data points, that can cause hesitation, and frankly voltage overload. The moment you stop analyzing and interrogating the data, tearing it down and unpacking it, and point to it as all the proof you need, is the moment you need to stop using it. Anyone can build a story around a number, bend it however they want to (just take a look at the latest political season); it's not going to help you create a great search strategy.
5: Core SEO is at the Heart of Strategic SEO
When I say Core SEO, I'm referring to things like technical website architecture, information architecture, taxonomy, PageSpeed, canonical domain, etc. These are the lifeblood of every single strategic SEO campaign because without solid foundation no search strategy will perform as optimally as it could. To bring it back to Machiavelli's 5th mistake, crafting a potent, kick-ass search strategy to funnel people onto a busted site is to militarize your new found land before you have a base of people to support you.
Data is good, great even, it's become the status quo. As my friend Hugo Guzman says," is redefining what it means to be skilled marketer in the digital age". But don't be so quick forget that strategy was built long before "data" even had a definition, built off the back of hypothesis, observation, testing, and postulation. Don't disregard historical observations and behavior just because there isn't a percentage you can attach to it.
"I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it." – Niccolo Machiavelli
Dec 13 2012
Excellent post, Tony – both as valuable advice and entertaining reading.
I especially like point #4 – there's a line drawn between using the data and the data using you. And the closer one comes to that line, the more vague it becomes.
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Often when we think of a leak in a swimming pool we automatically assume it is water dripping from a broken pipe, water escaping at a loose connection, or moisture seeping into the surrounding ground. In some cases these drips are not only water leaks but transform into air leaks when the system is shut down. It is also possible for air leaks not to drip but serve as an open air vent, sucking in air when the system is running and allowing air to fill the plumbing and/or pool components when the system is off.
The sometimes elusive air leak can be more dangerous than a water leak. As air is sucked back into your system the pump can lose prime. When the system is turned back on it puts extra stress on the pump and can even lead to melted/warped components. In short, an air leak can damage plumbing and pump components leading to costly repairs. To prevent these drastic damages all leaks or loose connections at the equipment pool pad should be repaired promptly and correctly.


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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � Volunteers counting Portland's homeless population say they have found more campsites than ever before.
The final count is not in yet, but organizers of the census conducted Wednesday night say they expect the number of homeless to be higher this year given that a record number of people who have been using city shelters and the growing number of campsites where the homeless congregate.
The responses will be incorporated into the Point in Time survey, which the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development requires all states to complete. HUD gives Portland about $3.1 million a year for employment assistance, job training and emergency shelters.
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SACRAMENTO — Trevor John put on a spectacular shooting performance at Sleep Train Arena to help the Monte Vista High boys basketball team cap a magical season with its first state title.
John tied a Division I state title game record with six 3-pointers and the Mustangs' defense closed out the 66-55 victory over Centennial-Corona on Friday night.
The state championship is Monte Vista's first in any sport and is the first for a Contra Costa County public school since Northgate won Division III in 1995.
"I'm kind of in a daze, but it's special," said second-year coach Nick Jones, a 1998 Monte Vista graduate. "The seniors set the tone in the offseason last year, and the chemistry has been phenomenal. It's been a great group to be around, and they did something historical for the school."
John, a Cal Poly commit, scored 23 points, with 18 coming in the first half of the wire-to-wire victory.
Grant Jackson added 12 points while leading the Mustangs (32-1) against Centennial's pressure defense. He also went 6 of 8 from the free-throw line in the final 1:08 to help seal the win.
Centennial (29-4) was led by junior guard Sedrick Barefield, a Southern Methodist University commit, who had 16 points.
John got started on his record performance right away, connecting on his first five 3-point attempts and pouring in 15 first-quarter points as the Mustangs took a 20-12 lead.
"John hitting those 3s early really settled everybody in," Jones said. "The nerves and the stage were behind us, and then it just got down to basketball. Him coming out shooting like that was huge."
John hit his sixth 3-pointer early in the second quarter to tie Mater Dei's Katin Reinhardt for the Division I state title game record and give Monte Vista its biggest lead of the half, 26-13.
"Wherever you go, the hoops are still 10 feet, the free-throw line is still 15 feet, the 3-point line is still the same," John said. "You just have to be able to block out your surroundings and just play the game."
John was blanketed by a defender the rest of the way, preventing him from breaking Klay Thompson's record of seven 3-pointers in a state title game in any division.
John wasn't the only one to shoot well in the big NBA arena. The Mustangs were 11 of 16 from 3-point range as a team. Centennial, though, was just 2 of 18 from the beyond the arc.
Monte Vista's defense, a huge key in the best season in school history, came up big again, holding Centennial to well under its season scoring average (76) and limited Centennial to 28 percent shooting from the floor.
Centennial's pressure defense did bother Monte Vista at times, and helped create a surge that got the Huskies within 56-49 with 3:32 to play. But Monte Vista then scored on two straight possessions to push the lead back to 11 with 2:25 left.
Monte Vista's remarkable season included a school record for wins. The Mustangs won East Bay Athletic League, North Coast Section and Northern California titles. Their lone loss came in overtime at rival San Ramon Valley.


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If anyone had doubts about the importance of the voluntary carbon market they would certainly have been overcome by the announcement last month by Merrill Lynch of a new carbon offset service to assist businesses to reduce emissions through voluntary offsets.
If anyone had doubts about the importance of the voluntary carbon market they would certainly have been overcome by the announcement last month by Merrill Lynch of a new carbon offset service to assist businesses to reduce emissions through voluntary offsets.
In partnership with ICF International, Merrill Lynch's new Green and Gold initiative is the latest in a series of moves by major financial institutions to position themselves in a market valued by Abyd Karmail, Merrill Lynch's managing director and global head of carbon emissions at over of $70 billion.
Merrill Lynch intends to provide clients with the highest sustainability carbon emission offsets and access to its full suite of proprietary carbon finance products. Carbon credits offered include those that meet the Gold Standard VER, Gold Standard CDM, and Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) standards which carry the endorsement of leading environmental and conservation NGOs.
Merrill Lynch is but one of many major financial houses that have entered this fast growing component of the carbon credit marketplace.
In 2007 Morgan Stanley, another global financial institution with assets of nearly $800 billion, launched the world's first carbon bank, with services that allowed clients to compile their emissions inventory and calculate their carbon footprint using ISO 14064 standards. Morgan Stanley's Commodities Group procures and cancels carbon credits equivalent to a client's verified carbon footprint. By 2011, Morgan Stanley will have invested upwards of $3.5 billion into the carbon market, and expects very high returns when the current Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
Barclays, one of the UK's leading financial institutions has been involved in carbon trading since 2005. It was the first UK bank to set up a dedicated carbon trading desk to help clients, and is one of the most active players in the emissions trading market, having traded some 300 million tonnes as of 2007. As part of its own carbon neutral strategy, Barclays also produces its own brand of high quality offsets. So far Barclays has produced over 200,000 tonnes of its own tradable carbon credits.
The Voluntary Carbon Market
Many are confused about the carbon trading market, and in particular about the difference between the company carbon trading, and the legislated carbon market. Only in Europe are large companies in specific sectors mandated by law to buy carbon offset credits if they exceed legal pollution limits. The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
Voluntary carbon offset trading comes stems from a variety of sources - people trying to offset their carbon footprints, businesses seeking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, or major events trying to be carbon neutral, such as the Olympics, the Super Bowl, etc.
Carbon offsets can come from many sources. The "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007″ market report claims that the voluntary carbon offset market is dominated by three types of projects: forestry sequestration (36%), i.e. the avoidance of deforestation or the planting of new forests; renewable energy (33%) - generating power with clean, renewable sources (such as wind or solar) instead of dirtier fossil fuels; and industrial gases (30%) - containing and storing the emissions created by industry so that they are not released into the atmosphere.
As noted earlier, the voluntary carbon offset market is expanding at an astounding rate. According to 2007 report, the global voluntary carbon market was worth roughly $91 million in 2006, with 23.7 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) traded. Trades in other carbon-related financial products, such as derivatives and futures, are also posting double-digit gains each year.
Enticed by the possibility of high returns, financial institutions have flooded into the voluntary carbon market, working as carbon 'brokers' helping bringing integrity to the market and helping small companies continue to participate in carbon trading. While heavily polluting industries, particularly in the energy, cement, and metals production sectors have experience with carbon trading (largely because they are required to buy offsets in the EU-ETS, small companies can be overwhelmed by the complexities of the carbon market.
This has created a demand for financial intermediaries to help companies navigate the emissions trading scene while at the same time, generating significant profits. Business leaders around the globe now realize that going green is not an unbearable plight but rather a win-win situation.
A derivative benefit of growing participation from financial institutions in the carbon market is the establishment of market integrity. The carbon market has always been susceptible to bogus credits or double counting of credits. Such credits allow for an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, as purchasers are able to emit emissions that were never offset.
Acting as intermediaries, these financial institutions screen all incoming credits against strict criteria and international standards, before being passed on to clients.
"The market must continue to grow on a foundation of environmental integrity," said Merrill Lynch's Abyd Karmali. "Demand in the rapidly growing voluntary carbon offsets market is shifting towards emission reductions that provide stakeholders with an independent guarantee of environmental sustainability and credibility."
The GLOBE Carbon Registry, managed by the GLOBE Foundation of Canada, takes this one step further. The GLOBE Carbon Registry, which will be available in July of 2008, will ensure market integrity by issuing a unique serial number to each posted credit, avoiding double counting and allowing chain of custody control from creation to retirement.
The GLOBE Carbon Registry will also record transactions of carbon offsets that conform to internationally recognized or other transparently described greenhouse gas quantification standards. The registry will list which party (consultant and/or company) verified each credit and to which standard it was verified. This will allow purchasers to choose from the highest quality offsets, while eliminating producers or verifiers of poor offsets.
Though still in its infancy, the voluntary carbon trading market is one of the fastest growing markets on the planet. Although there have been some growing pains, the increasing participation of some of the world's biggest financial players is expected to smooth out the road ahead and define the voluntary carbon market as an innovative model of a market-based solution to global environmental problems.
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These turned up in my living room the other day, I'm not sure where they came from, but I try not to ask too many questions about that sort of thing; my guess is magic. Magic snacks happens a lot in my house and is how keep myself from dying from not enough food, or whatever the technical term for that is. Things I find on/under/in my sofa account for about 80% of my sustenance and if/when (when, definitely when) the non-Jurassic Park Attenborough decides to document my life in a series called 'Animal Losers' that looks at the world's most pathetic creatures, there'll be a great episode on my foraging techniques. I imagine it would include ol' Dave dropping the line, "Mother Nature, it seems, is not without her sense of humour" and then cut to a clip of me slouched like a human puddle watching DMX films, eating a bag of two week-old Morrison's own brand nachos I found behind the TV.
I like that there's a picture of a pizza on the packet, just in case you needed a reminder of what these are supposed to taste like. But then I guess you kind of do, as they mostly just taste of ketchup and herbs, but that's fine because I like both those things. I'm not really sure about these. I guess they're kind of shaped like pizza so maybe they get some points for that. I don't know, I have no idea what I'm doing really, there's no method to this madness. This isn't even pizza, it's crisps. What the hell is going on? I should just write these off for trying to trick me into think they're pizza with fancy packet design and artificial oregano. However, that said, there is a skateboarding cheetah with sunglasses so I'm going to give them some extra credit for at least having a mascot that's cool and relevant to my interests.
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Oakland Raiders linebacker Sio Moore left Friday's game in Green Bay on a stretcher after taking a hit to the neck and back.
Moore, a second-year player, was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation. Coach Dennis Allen said after the game that Moore's X-rays came back negative; the linebacker suffered a neck strain and flew home with the team. Linebacker Nick Roach and cornerback Tarell Brown sat out the rest of the game with head injuries, and Kory Sheets spent the rest of the night on the sideline due to an Achilles injury. Sheets later tweeted that he's out for the season. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, citing a source close to Sheets, reported that it's a torn Achilles.
Here's who else was among the injured Friday night:
1. Green Bay Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji injured his arm and was quickly ruled out for the rest of the night. Rapoport reported on Saturday that Raji tore his right biceps and will miss the season:
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2. NFL Media's Albert Breer reported that Cam Newton has a contusion in the middle of his back. The Panthers quarterback went in for X-rays during the second half of Friday's preseason game and the results came back negative.
3. Bears safety Chris Conte left the game against the Seahawks with a head injury, and was being evaluated for a concussion, according to the team's official website.
3. Giants guard Geoff Schwartz was carted off the field Friday with a dislocated toe injury. Schwartz was one of New York's offseason investments on the offensive line, a former starter with the Kansas City Chiefs. Rapoport reports that Schwartz will undergo an MRI on Saturday to find out the severity of the injury. The guard will see a foot specialist following his MRI. A source close to Schwartz says the fear is he'll miss significant time, though no prognosis or time frame has been offered at this time.
4. Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Josh Scobee exited the game against the Lions with a quad injury and didn't return.
5. New York Jets safety Antonio Allen left the game against the Giants due a to head injury. Following the contest, coach Rex Ryan said that Allen suffered a concussion.
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Conceived in crisis, Congress's deficit-reduction "super committee" fizzled, without cutting a dime.
With the exception of a brief break in GOP ranks over opposition to tax hikes, the two parties remain deeply entrenched in old positions – and apparently see no reason to change, until after the 2012 elections.
But the enormity of America's fiscal crisis and two toxic political deadlines – the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the onset of draconian automatic spending cuts – could give Congress the leverage for another shot at a grand bargain over taxes and spending.
In a sense, every tax and spending decision from now through the 2012 election is a setup for that rare moment of political opportunity. But aside from the political calendar is the constant threat that financial markets may move faster, forcing Congress to react under the gun of a deeper crisis.
How we got here
Raising the national debt limit has always been a tough sell, especially for the party holding the White House. But this time, a new GOP House majority drew a line in the sand: No debt-limit increase without spending cuts of equal magnitude – and no tax hikes.
The standoff, which took the nation to the brink of default on Aug. 2, threatened "fiscal Armageddon," the White House said. Wall Street trembled. In the end, Congress and the White House agreed to raise the debt limit, including the creation of a joint congressional panel to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in additional deficit reduction – or, failing that, automatic spending cuts of the same magnitude in 2013.
Even after the debt-limit deal, Standard & Poor's lowered the US credit rating, on the grounds that Washington hadn't demonstrated the capacity to set the nation on a sustainable fiscal course.
"There may not be an issue of such gravity and magnitude, at least on the domestic side, that any Congress has faced in modern times," said Senate deputy leader Richard Durbin (D) of Illinois, at a rally on Nov. 16.
Why no reaction? Look at Europe.
Yet the failure of the 12-member super committee to agree to a plan to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion – not even 3 percent of the $43.9 trillion that the United States is expected to spend over the next decade – barely stirred a reaction.
No fiscal Armageddon. No catastrophe. No flight from US Treasury bonds. Only a new round of partisan finger-pointing – and some recriminations within GOP ranks over lawmakers who even considered raising taxes as part of a deal.
The US national debt has now roared past $15 trillion, up from the $14.3 trillion breached on Aug. 2. The government still borrows nearly 40 cents for every dollar it spends. Soaring health-care costs still threaten to drown Washington in red ink.
One explanation for the muted reaction is that the US debt woes have been vastly eclipsed by the prospect of a debt meltdown in Europe, struggling to avert fiscal collapse in Greece and Italy, among other nations. Moreover, Wall Street reacts to expectations, and Wall Street expected the 12-member panel to fail.
"Ironically, Europe's troubles give us a little more time," says Robert Greenstein, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.
"Problems with the euro make the dollar and US Treasurys look better relatively than they did before," he adds. "Whatever issues and concerns people have, it's still the best place to put your money."
That reprise from world markets may not last – a point acknowledged by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. But for now, fiscal crises elsewhere bought Congress and the White House some time to assess what went wrong and take another run at the problem.
With the failure of the super committee, responsibility for deficit reduction now falls back to the full Congress. But Republicans and Democrats remain as divided over a way forward as they were heading into the panel's deliberations.
Two views of the problem and solution
Republicans say the nation's fiscal crisis is rooted in a federal spending binge, period. The solution, they say, is to spend less and cut taxes.
Democrats blame the crisis on the impacts of the Bush-era tax cuts, especially tax breaks for the wealthy, and two wars paid for on credit.
Moreover, the wreckage of the super committee deliberations produced blame narratives that fit well with campaign strategies for 2012. Democrats are already producing ads that say Republicans were willing to sacrifice the fiscal health of the nation to subsidize the lifestyles of the rich. Republicans say Democrats refused any concessions on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, thereby ensuring that these programs will go broke.
"Doing nothing will lead to the outcome both sides fear – massive tax increases and the shredding of the social safety net," says Sen. Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma. "If we don't make these decisions ourselves, the international financial community will dictate the solutions to us, which is exactly what we are seeing in Europe today."
Absent market sanctions, however, there's little incentive for Congress to break through politically useful party lines until after the 2012 elections. But two big deadlines – the expiration of the Bush tax cuts after Dec. 31, 2012, and the automatic spending cuts set to take hold in Jan. 3, 2013 – may create the impetus for action.
If Congress does nothing, a series of tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 will expire, and tax rates will revert to 2000 levels. Along with the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts mandated by the failure of the super committee, congressional inaction would mean some $4 trillion in deficit reduction. A popular Social Security payroll tax cut and aid for long-term unemployed workers – part of a deal to extend the Bush tax cuts after Republicans won back the House in 2010 – are also set to expire at year's end.
But, for different reasons, these outcomes are unacceptable to both sides. Here is why:
Bush tax cuts. Republicans want to permanently extend the Bush tax cuts, a move that would increase the federal debt by almost $3 trillion over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Research Service.
President Obama and most Democrats say the tax cuts should be extended for all but the highest-income taxpayers, which would increase federal debt overall by $2 trillion. Letting the cuts expire for high-income taxpayers is expected to increase tax revenues by $931 billion over 10 years.
Automatic spending cuts. Republicans are already signaling an intent to challenge the automatic spending cuts for the Pentagon. Sens. John McCain (R) of Arizona and Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina announced in a joint statement that they aim to "pursue all options" to ensure that the mandated $600 billion in automatic spending cuts for the Pentagon do not occur.
Mr. Obama says he will veto any effort by lawmakers to repeal the cuts. "We need to keep the pressure up to compromise, not turn off the pressure," he said in a press conference on Nov. 23.
Payroll tax cuts. Although Republicans have supported extension of the cuts in the past, GOP leaders have held back an endorsement for a new extension, expected to come to the floor as soon as Dec. 2. The payroll tax break was negotiated as part of a deal to extend the Bush tax cuts in December 2010, after Democrats took a drubbing in midterm elections. Extending that tax break could add $250 billion to federal deficits.
Democrats propose extending and further lowering the payroll tax paid by workers to 3.1 percent and also cutting employers' share of the payroll tax from 6.2 percent to 3.1 percent. Mirroring their standoff in the super committee deliberations, Republicans say the payroll tax cuts must be offset by spending cuts.
While each of these items has its own pros and cons, they are now tied to the prospect of another run at a grand bargain after the 2012 elections.
"What everyone wants is a bipartisan deficit-reduction package, and we still have 13 months to reach it," says Mr. Greenstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
To resolve the issues in isolation is to give up a critical pressure point, he says.
"If you take defense off automatic cuts, there's no reason for Republicans to come to the table," he says. "If you take the Bush tax cuts off the table, you completely forgo the single best political lever to try to work out an agreement with the Republicans on tax reform."


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BOSTON, Mass. – Looking for some retribution after Tuesday's 2-1 loss, women's ice hockey put together a total team effort behind a goal and two assists from Emily LaRosa (Weymouth, Mass.) to defeat the Bengals of Buffalo State College by the final of 4-2 Wednesday afternoon in the Clark Athletic Center Ice Arena.
LaRosa's first goal of the day gave the Beacons a 2-1 lead with less than two minutes to play in the period. She would then assist the final two UMass Boston (5-8-1) goals to help her team past Buffalo State (5-9-1) as well as end a two-game skid.
The afternoon got off to a rocky start for UMB as Buffalo State converted on their first power-play attempt to take a 1-0 lead just 1:30 into the contest. It would take almost 13 minutes for the Beacons to respond, but when they finally did it completely changed the momentum of game.
Sarahanne Cavolo recorded her team-leading sixth goal of the season at the 14:05 mark to tie the score at 1-1. Katie Loiselle (Glocester, R.I.) and Angela Dandreo (Swampscott, Mass.) assisted on the play. LaRosa's goal would give the Beacons their first lead over the Bengals in the two game series. Her fourth marker of the year was set-up by Alli Greenberg (Stoughton, Mass.) and Lauren Tansey (Virginia Beach, Va.). The assist marked the first career point for Tansey, while Greenberg's helper was her fourth of the campaign.
After the first intermission, Greenberg added to the Beacons lead with her team-best sixth goal as well. LaRosa tallied her first helper on the seniors goal along with Emma Valli (Eastham, Mass.). Buffalo State however was not about to go down without a fight as they made it a one goal game just over four minutes later on a Kendra Peters score.
Now with only one goal separating the two teams, UMB once again picked-up the pressure and would earn their second two-goal lead of the day when Emily Howard (Terryville, Conn.) found the back of the cage to make it 4-2 with less than two minutes to play in the second period. LaRosa was joined by defenseman Kelly Sharlow (Potsdam, N.Y.) as the two Beacons that assisted on the game-clinching goal.
In the third period, Buffalo State dominated the shots column, but it was the Beacons defense for the second straight day, this time anchored by sophomore netminder Kailyn Burke (Franklin, Mass.) that kept the Bengals off the scoreboard. UMass' backline did an especially great job at completely neutralizing the Bengals offense when they went to an extra forward with well over three minutes left in regulation. Burke was solid from start to finish totaling 22 saves, while Sarah Quigley and Jordan Lee combined for 20 saves respectively.
Both squads closed out the game with 24 shots a-piece. On the power-play, Buffalo State was 1-for-4, while the Beacons went 0-for-3.
Women's Hockey returns to action on Saturday when they travel to St. Anselm College for a 3 p.m. ECAC East conference game.


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Chief Justice Roberts: Technology among top issues for court
Reconciling ever-changing science and technology with established Constitutional principles - set down by statutes and rulings long before the modern world was even imagined - will be an ongoing challenge for federal courts, especially his own, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday during a Rice University discussion.
"Is being able to see through walls a violation of search and seizure protections? I think it will be a good opportunity to see how prescient the framers were if the Constitution will be able to deal with these questions," Roberts told an audience of several thousand. "What is the fundamental protection offered by the Constitution when applied to new technology and situations? It's a question that comes along all the time."
Roberts did not speak formally to the receptive crowd, instead sitting with longtime friend and Rice University President David Leebron for an informal hourlong chat. Roberts' visit was part of the school's centennial celebration.
Though the Tudor Fieldhouse audience doubtless wished otherwise, Roberts said from the outset that he couldn't discuss any cases before the Supreme Court - past, present or future. Which of course meant he also couldn't discuss the political and social issues that lay behind them.
However, when asked about some of the most difficult challenges the high court will face in coming years, Roberts turned to the thorny matter of technology. In earlier days, an advance such as wiretapping posed an obvious invasion of privacy under normal circumstances. The evolution of technology, from biological to electronic, presents much more nuanced issues, he pointed out.
Answering selected questions from the floor as well as some offered by Leebron, Roberts touched on a variety of issues.
On the influence of politics on the court, Roberts said there is none. He said the justices are comfortable making unpopular decisions and engage in constitutional discussions without the polarization seen in other branches. He also said the philosophical differences between members are overblown in the media.
"It's easier for reporters to say that this justice is liberal, that one conservative," Roberts said. "I don't think that's a very useful way to look at it," Roberts said. "That is imported from the political side. Most of our cases are unanimous."
On the most pleasant surprises he experienced after joining the court, Roberts cited two: the depth of intellectual discussions in the conference room, which involve only the nine justices and never feature voices raised in anger; and how well the justices get along.
"We are extremely close," Roberts said. "I was surprised by the extent to which the justices have a collegial relationship."
Confirmation process
Roberts also offered an opinion on the confirmation process of nominees to the Supreme Court:
"It's not a very edifying process. The formula is very well established: A senator asks questions about hot topics. The nominee says he can't answer. The senator scowls and asks again. The nominee says he cannot answer. And then the senator's time is up," Roberts said.
"Though it may be presumptuous of me to say, I think it would be more useful that they should ask a question that the nominee should be able to answer," he said. "A nominee ought to be able to give a fairly nuanced but deep answer about the role of the court and the separation of powers. I think it could be made a more useful process, but I don't hold out much hope."


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This is rare, nuanced storytelling, anchored by one of Brad Pitt's career-best performances and remarkable technical elements on every level. It's a special film.
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"This is Walter," a knowing narrator informs us at the start of "Snowman's Land." We see a lank-haired, pasty-faced guy and learn he is a hit man. Because of an unfortunate misunderstanding in a men's room, he kills two men, only one of whom is the intended target. The other is an innocent pop singer. Walter's enraged boss then sends him into exile.
Walter (Jurgen Rissmann) recruits another layabout named Mickey (Thomas Wodianka) for the new assignment: to guard the boss' palatial building on a slope of one of the Carpathian Mountains. This inexplicable building, which has the look of an old hospital or corporate headquarters, is isolated in snowbound desolation in "the most remote place in Europe," where not even satellite TV reaches. Berger (Reiner Schone), the boss, dreams it will someday become the hotel centerpiece of a world-class ski resort.
Walter and Mickey, who have aspects of a dour, clueless Laurel and Hardy, arrive at the building after an incredible struggle through the snow and find it empty. Then Sybille (Eva-Katrin Hermann), Berger's wife, appears. She tells them the whole place is off-limits except for the living room, kitchen and their bedrooms. Then she heads off on a shopping trip.
Naturally, they explore, finding a swimming pool and an industrial-strength drug laboratory. Sybille returns after three days, bragging about an incredible orgy fueled by one of her designer drugs. Mickey sneaks one of the pills into her drink, takes one himself, and they engage in an Olympian sexual encounter in which it appears alarmingly as if someone will get hurt.
How funny does this sound? I believe "Snowman's Land" is intended as a deadpan comedy, with Walter and Mickey taking on aspects of the characters played by Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare in "Fargo." Unfortunately, the German writer-director Tomasz Thomson is more successful at visual composition than narrative momentum; would-be sequences of black comedy are too stretched out to benefit from timing.
Still, in its cold and remote way, "Snowman's Land" maintained a certain interest for me. The performances are ingratiating in their stupidity, and the plot involves a nice confusion of missing bodies and mistaken motivations, especially after Berger turns up with his ruthless Russian bodyguard and it appears Sybille has gone missing.
At first, Berger assumes the "slut has gone to another orgy with her arty friends," and he warns his employees to double their vigilance against the inbred, degenerate locals he imagines skulk through the forest, plotting butchery and thievery against him. Where these locals live and even whether they exist is a good question, although we may have glimpsed one slipping between the trees.
The film then subjects us to varieties of torture and double-crosses, and both Walter and Mickey wish they had never come anywhere near this godforsaken empty building and its sadistic landlord. I can see what Thomson is getting at and even sort of appreciate it at times; the movie isn't boring, but it meanders and loses track of plot threads. Any feelings we have for the characters is muted because they all richly deserve to die at one another's hands.
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Washington - When Rep. Barney Frank took over as chair of the House Financial Services Committee in 2007, he offered a "grand bargain" between business and liberal Democrats. But few captains of industry and finance rushed to take him up on it.
Yet the subprime mortgage debacle and turmoil in the financial markets have put the 14-term Massachusetts Democrat into the inner circle of those trying to resolve the crisis.
"We are at a very important potential inflection point in American public policy," said Representative Frank, speaking at a Monitor breakfast on Thursday. "Today there is a consensus that underregulation is not just a factor, but the single biggest cause of the fix we are in today. There are not effective constraints against irresponsible risk-taking built into the market."
He says that the legacy of the Reagan years – and carrying into the Clinton years – was the assumption that the No. 1 goal of government is growth, and that if you achieved growth, you didn't need to worry about much else, including soaring inequality.
But the business community, Frank says, is learning that there's a political price to pay for the resentment of many Americans who see the current system as fundamentally unfair. He adds that voters will punish lawmakers who support new free-trade agreements or immigration reform.
"In this century, 5 percent of the American people have seen a rise in their real incomes; 95 percent have either stagnated or dropped," he added. "The refusal of the business community to deal with this is the reason that Lou Dobbs is the most prominent economic spokesman in America."
To deal with a fairness gap, Frank wants Congress to strengthen unions, raise the minimum wage, expand access to health insurance, let the Bush tax cuts expire, and significantly increase aid to higher education, especially to community colleges.
The United States is the only industrialized economy that still links healthcare to employment, he says: Lose a job, and workers also probably lose health insurance for themselves and their family. "If you could help people with healthcare, you would reduce a great deal of the resistance to trade," he added. "Once there is legislation that will enhance the economic position of working people, we can go ahead with trade policy."
But the immediate priority for the Financial Services Committee is to complete work on a housing stimulus package. This week, the panel is marking up sweeping legislation to ease the subprime mortgage crisis. On Wednesday, the committee approved a $15 billion loan-and-grant program that would give money to cities and states to purchase foreclosed homes. On Thursday and continuing into next week, the panel is wrapping up legislation to give the Federal Housing Administration authority to guarantee up to $300 billion in refinanced loans, if the lenders agree to write down the loss on outstanding principal. It is Frank's signature contribution to resolving the housing crisis.
While the Bush administration is not backing this version of FHA reform, Frank says that the president may find enough to support in a comprehensive housing package, which is expected to be on the floor of the House in May. If President Bush opts to veto this legislation, "the result would be a longer, deeper recession," Frank added.
After FHA reform, the next priority for the committee will be to take a fresh look at regulation of the financial-services industry. "We need a risk regulator for the noncommercial banks," he said. Commercial banks are highly regulated, but investment banks, hedge funds, and other new entities sitting on large pools of money are not.
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This page contains advanced Firefox configuration options and performance tweaks.
- 1 Performance
- 1.1 Advanced Firefox options
- 1.2 Other modifications
- 2 Appearance
- 2.1 Fonts
- 2.2 General user interface CSS settings
- 2.3 Web content CSS settings
- 3 Miscellaneous
- 3.1 Mouse wheel scroll speed
- 3.2 Change the order of search engines in the Firefox Search Bar
- 3.3 How to open a *.doc automatically with Abiword or LibreOffice Writer
- 3.4 "I'm Feeling Lucky" mode
- 3.5 Secure DNS with DNSSEC validator
- 3.6 Adding magnet protocol association
- 3.7 Prevent accidental closing
- 3.8 Plugins don't work with latest version
- 4 See also
Improving Firefox's performance is divided into parameters that can be inputted while running Firefox or otherwise modifying its configuration as intended by the developers, and advanced procedures that involve foreign programs or scripts.
Advanced Firefox options
This section contains advanced Firefox options for performance tweaking. For additional information see these Mozillazine forum posts.
Network settings
Advanced network settings can be found on the
about:config page (try searching for network).
|Enable pipelining for normal connections
|Enable pipelining for proxy connections
|Maximum HTTP requests per pipeline
|Maximum number of total HTTP connections
|Maximum number of any type of connections per server
|Maximum number of keep-alive type connections per proxy
|Maximum number of keep-alive type connections per server
|Disable IPv6 support
Turn off anti-phishing
The anti-phishing features of Firefox may cause Firefox to become slow to start or exit. The problem is that Firefox maintains an Sqlite database that can grow quite big which makes reading and writing slower after repeated use. If you feel that you do not need Firefox to tell you which sites may be suspect you can disable this feature:
- Turn off the following options under the security tab in preferences: "Block reported attack sites" and "Block reported web forgeries".
- Delete all files beginning with
urlclassifierin your profile folder (
$ rm -i ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_dir>/urlclassifier*
- Some of these files might be recreated by Firefox, but they won't grow any larger than their initial size.
Stop urlclassifier3.sqlite from being created again
If you did remove all the
urlclassifier* files as mentioned above, you may find out that
urlclassifier3.sqlite keeps growing again after a certain time. Here is a simple solution to avoid it for now and ever.
$ cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_dir> $ echo "" > urlclassifier3.sqlite $ chmod 400 urlclassifier3.sqlite
This effectively makes the file empty and then read-only so Firefox cannot write to it anymore.
Turn off OCSP validation
OCSP validation may cause Firefox to become slower for each (HTTPS) connection to a new server. This is worse, recently, where web gadgets are included in pages via HTTPS (e.g., "like" buttons of the social networks), resulting in many connections for a single URL.
- Turn off the following option under Preferences -> Advanced -> Certificates -> Validation: "Use the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to confirm the current validity of certificates".
Turn off the disk cache
Every object loaded (html pages, jpeg images, css stylesheets, gif banners) is saved in the Firefox cache, to be loaded in the future without to download it again from the server, but only fraction of these objects will be really reused without download (usually the 30%). This because of too short expiration times for the objects, updates or simply the user behavior (to load new pages instead the ones already visited). The Firefox cache is divided in memory and disk cache and using the disk cache results to frequent disk writes, because every time an object loaded it is written to the disk and some older object is removed.
- Turn on the following option under the advanced tab in preferences -> Network -> Validation: "Override automatic cache management" and specify zero in "Limit cache to".
Longer interval to save session
The Firefox session store automatically saves the current status (opened urls, cookies, history and bookmarks) to the disk every 15 seconds. It may be too frequent for the user needs, resulting in a frequent disk access.
This setting can be found on the
about:config page (try searching for sessionstore).
- browser.sessionstore.interval 300000
Immediate rendering of pages
Mozilla applications render web pages incrementally - they display what's been received of a page before the entire page has been downloaded. Since the start of a web page normally doesn't have much useful information to display, Mozilla applications will wait a short interval before first rendering a page. This preference controls that interval. Note that if you are on slower connections (dial up) changing this setting might make web pages load for longer times even though the page appears faster.
This setting can be created in the
about:config page as
- nglayout.initialpaint.delay with a value of 0.
Other modifications
This section contains some other modifications that may increase Firefox's performance.
Reduce load time by compressing the Firefox binary with UPX
UPX is an executable packer that supports very fast decompression and induces no memory overhead. It can be installed with the upx package, availalble in the official repositories.
Before using
upx to compress the Firefox executable, make a backup of the binary:
# cp /usr/lib/firefox/firefox /usr/lib/firefox/firefox.backup
Finally, invoke
upx, applying the best possible compression level:
# upx --best /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
Defragment the profile's SQLite databases
In Firefox 3.0, bookmarks, history, passwords are kept in an SQLite databases. SQLite databases become fragmented over time and empty spaces appear all around. But, since there are no managing processes checking and optimizing the database, these factors eventually result in a performance hit. A good way to improve start-up and some other bookmarks and history related tasks is to defragment and trim unused space from these databases.
profile-cleanerAUR in the AUR does just this.
|SQLite database
|Size Before
|Size After
|% change
|19 %
|85 %
Cache the entire profile into RAM via tmpfs
If the system has memory to spare,
tmpfs can be used to cache the entire profile directory, which might result in increased Firefox responsiveness.
Configure the DPI value
Modifying the following value can help improve the way fonts looks in Firefox if the system's DPI is below 96. Firefox, by default, uses 96 and only uses the system's DPI if it is a higher value. To force the system's DPI regardless of its value, type
about:config into the address bar and set
layout.css.dpi to 0.
Note that the above method only affects the Firefox user interface's DPI settings. Web page contents still use a DPI value of 96, which may look ugly or, in the case of high-resolution displays, may be rendered too small to read. A solution is to change
layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to system's DPI divided by 96. For example, if your system's DPI is 144, then the value to add is 144/96 = 1.5. Changing
layout.css.devPixelsPerPx to 1.5 makes web page contents use a DPI of 144, which looks much better.
Default font settings from Microsoft Windows
Below are the default font preferences when Firefox is installed in Microsoft Windows. Many web sites use the Microsoft fonts.
Proportional: Serif Size (pixels): 16 Serif: Times New Roman Sans-serif: Arial Monospace: Courier New Size (pixels): 13
General user interface CSS settings
Firefox's user interface can be modified by editing the
userChrome.css and
userContent.css files in
~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_dir>/chrome/ (profile_dir is of the form hash.name, where the hash is an 8 character, seemingly random string and the profile name is usually default).
chrome/ folder and
userContent.css files may not necessarily exist, so they may need to be created.
This section only deals with the
userChrome.css file which modifies Firefox's user interface, and not web pages.
Change the font
The setting effectively overrides the global GTK+ font preferences, and does not affect webpages, only the user interface itself:
* { font-family: "FONT_NAME"; }
Enables text-only buttons:
.button-box .button-icon { display: none; }
These settings hide the arrows that appear to the horizontal edges of the tab bar, the button that toggles the "all tabs" drop-down list, and the plus sign button that creates a new tab.
/* Tab bar */ .tabbrowser-strip *[class^="scrollbutton"] { /* Hide tab scroll buttons */ display: none; } .tabbrowser-strip *[class^="tabs-alltabs"] { /* Hide tab drop-down list */ display: none; } .tabbrowser-strip *[class^="tabs-newtab-button"] { /* Hide new-tab button */ display: none; }
Horizontal tabs
To place the tab bar horizontally stacked along the sides of the browser window:
/* Display the tabbar on the left */ #content > tabbox { -moz-box-orient: horizontal; } .tabbrowser-strip { -moz-box-orient: vertical; /* * You can set this to -moz-scrollbars-vertical instead, * but then the scrollbar will *always* be visible. this way * there is never a scrollbar, so it behaves like the tab bar * normally does */ overflow: -moz-scrollbars-none; } .tabbrowser-tabs { -moz-box-orient: horizontal; min-width: 20ex; /* You may want to increase this value */ -mox-box-pack: start; -moz-box-align: start; } .tabbrowser-tabs > hbox { -moz-box-orient: vertical; -moz-box-align: stretch; -moz-box-pack: start; } .tabbrowser-tabs > hbox > tab { -moz-box-align: start; -moz-box-orient: horizontal; }
Auto-hide Bookmarks Toolbar
#PersonalToolbar { visibility: collapse !important; } #navigator-toolbox:hover > #PersonalToolbar { visibility: visible !important; }
/* remove maximum/minimum width restriction of sidebar */ #sidebar { max-width: none !important; min-width: 0px !important; }
Web content CSS settings
This section deals with the
userContent.css file in which you can add custom CSS rules for web content. Changes to this file will take effect once the browser is restarted.
This file can be used for making small fixes or to apply personal styles to frequently visited websites. Custom stylesheets for popular websites are available from sources such as userstyles.org. You can install an add-on such as superUserContent to manage themes. This add-on creates the directory
chrome/userContent.css.d and applies changes to the CSS files therein when the page is refreshed.
Import other CSS files
@import url("./imports/some_file.css");
Block certain parts of a domain
@-moz-document domain(example.com) { div#header { background-image: none !important; } }
Add [pdf] after links to PDF files
/* add '[pdf]' next to links to PDF files */ a[href$=".pdf"]:after { font-size: smaller; content: " [pdf]"; }
Show URLs at the bottom of the screen when hovering a link
a[href]:hover { text-decoration: none !important; } a[href]:hover:after { content: attr(href); position: fixed; left: 0px; bottom: 0px; padding: 0 2px !important; max-width: 95%; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font:10pt sans-serif !important; background-color: black !important; color: white !important; opacity: 0.7; z-index: 9999; }
Firefox 4 New Menu Bar/Firefox Button
To toggle between the new Firefox button and the classic menu bar:
- if the button is active, check Preferences > Menu Bar, or right click in the toolbar area and check Menu Bar.
- if the menu bar is active, uncheck View > Toolbars > Menu Bar, or right click in the toolbar area and uncheck Menu Bar.
In GNU/Linux, you will just get a plain grey button instead of the new orange one from Windows. However you can change this to either a Firefox icon or the icon followed by the "Firefox" text.
Adding the following to your
~/.mozilla/firefox/userprofile/chrome/userChrome.css file will place the icon before the text:
#appmenu-toolbar-button { list-style-image: url("chrome://branding/content/icon16.png"); }
Adding the following to the same file will remove the "Firefox" text:
#appmenu-toolbar-button > .toolbarbutton-text, #appmenu-toolbar-button > .toolbarbutton-menu-dropmarker { display: none !important; }
This userChrome.css configuration copies the default Windows Firefox 4+ look and adds an orange background to the button, with a purple background in Private Browsing mode:
#main-window:not([privatebrowsingmode]) #appmenu-toolbar-button { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #FEEDFC !important; background: -moz-linear-gradient(hsl(34,85%,60%), hsl(26,72%,53%) 95%) !important; border: 1px solid #000000 !important; } #main-window:not([privatebrowsingmode]) #appmenu-toolbar-button:hover:not(:active):not([open]) { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #FEEDFC !important; background: -moz-linear-gradient(hsl(26,72%,53%), hsl(34,85%,60%) 95%) !important; border: 1px solid #000000 !important; } #main-window:not([privatebrowsingmode]) #appmenu-toolbar-button:hover:active, #main-window:not([privatebrowsingmode]) #appmenu-toolbar-button[open] { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #FEEDFC !important; background: -moz-linear-gradient(hsl(26,72%,53%), hsl(26,72%,53%) 95%) !important; border: 1px solid #000000 !important; } #appmenu-toolbar-button { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #FEEDFC !important; background: -moz-linear-gradient(hsl(279,70%,46%), hsl(276,75%,38%) 95%) !important; border: 1px solid #000000 !important; } #main-window #appmenu-toolbar-button:hover:not(:active):not([open]) { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #FEEDFC !important; background: -moz-linear-gradient(hsl(276,75%,38%), hsl(279,70%,46%) 95%) !important; border: 1px solid #000000 !important; } #main-window #appmenu-toolbar-button:hover:active, #main-window #appmenu-toolbar-button[open] { -moz-appearance: none !important; color: #FEEDFC !important; background: -moz-linear-gradient(hsl(276,75%,38%), hsl(276,75%,38%) 95%) !important; border: 1px solid #000000 !important; }
chrome directory and
userChrome.css, if they do not already exist.
Block ads
See floppymoose.com for an example of how to use
userContent.css as a basic ad-blocker.
Other tips and tweaks.
Mouse wheel scroll speed
To modify the default values (i.e. speed-up) of the mouse wheel scroll speed, go to
about:config and search for
mousewheel.acceleration. This will show the available options, modifying the following:
- Set
mousewheel.acceleration.startto -1.
- Set
mousewheel.acceleration.factorto the desired number (10 to 20 are common values).
Alternatively you can install the SmoothWheel add-on.
Change the order of search engines in the Firefox Search Bar
To change the order search engines are displayed in:
- Open the drop-down list of search engines and click Manage Search Engines... entry.
- Highlight the engine you want to move and use Move Up or Move Down to move it. Alternatively, you can use drag-and-drop.
How to open a *.doc automatically with Abiword or LibreOffice Writer
Go to Preferences > Applications and search for Word Document (or Word 2007 Document for
*.docx). After finding it, click the drop-down list and select Use other.... From there you have to specify the exact path to the Abiword or Writer executable (i.e.
/usr/bin/abiword or
"I'm Feeling Lucky" mode
Some search engines have a "feeling lucky" feature. For example, Google has "I'm Feeling Lucky", and DuckDuckGo has "I'm Feeling Ducky".
To activate them:
- Type
about:configin the address bar.
- Search for the string
- Modify its value (if any) to the URL of the search engine.
For Google, set it to:
For DuckDuckGo, set it to:
Secure DNS with DNSSEC validator
You can enable DNSSEC support for safer browsing.
Adding magnet protocol association
about:config set
network.protocol-handler.expose.magnet to false.
The next time you open a magnet link, you will be prompted with a
Launch Application dialogue. From there simply select your chosen torrent client. This technique can also be used with other protocols.
Prevent accidental closing
The Disable Ctrl-Q Shortcut extension can be installed to prevent unwanted closing of the browser.
An alternative is to add a rule in your window manager configuration file. For example in openbox add:
<keybind key="C-q"> <action name="Execute"> <execute>false</execute> </action> </keybind>
in the <keyboard> section of your
rc.xml file.
Plugins don't work with latest version
Due to Arch's bleeding edge nature, there can be some compatibility issues with plugins not working with the latest Firefox install (e.g. Pentadactyl). If possible, try installing the nightly/beta builds available, or see Downgrading Packages.
Disable Add-on Compatibility Checks plugin should take care of spurious compatibility issues when the plugins get disabled, even though they work just fine with the new version.


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