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2020: Beijing, Shanghai & Hong Kong (IABE)
10 days from Beijing to Hong Kong
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|Day 1
|Welcome to Beijing! Your hotel room is available for mid-afternoon check-in.
|Day 2
|This morning, enjoy a PRIVATE GUIDED EXCURSION to the GREAT WALL OF CHINA, which once stretched 4,000 miles across China's barren northern terrain from the Bohai Sea to the Gobi Desert. Walk along the wall and take in the stunning views of this mammoth fortress and the surrounding scenery. Return to Beijing for an afternoon at leisure. (B,L)
|Day 3
|Begin your PRIVATE GUIDED SIGHTSEEING at TIAN'ANMEN SQUARE, the largest public square in the world. Next, stop at the FORBIDDEN CITY, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world's largest palace complex. Once the home of China's great emperors, today it showcases ancient Chinese architecture, landscaped gardens, and displays of rare art and artifacts. The afternoon is at your leisure. (B)NOTE:The Forbidden City is closed on Mondays. In these instances, sightseeing on days 2 & 3 will be reversed.
|Day 4
|Fly to Shanghai, China's center of trade and industry. (B)
|Day 5
|Your PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR starts at the YU YUAN GARDENS, dating back to the Ming Dynasty. Then, stroll along the Bund, the city's riverfront boulevard lined with historic buildings, housing, banks, and trade houses. For lunch, stop at a local restaurant featuring XIAOLONGBAO, Shanghai's most famous dish. These tasty soup dumplings are handmade with at least 18 intricate folds to close the top. The broth is the star so, to avoid wasting a single drop, gently pick up the dumpling, dip in sauce, and transfer to a Chinese soup spoon. Next, make a small hole to release the steam and allow the broth to cool. After it cools, sip up the broth and then swallow the dumpling. The remainder of the day is at your leisure. (B,L)
|Day 6
|This morning, your PRIVATE GUIDED SIGHTSEEING starts at the SHANGHAI MUSEUM, featuring stunning displays of ancient bronze, jade, and ceramics. Then, take a WALKING TOUR of the former French Concession, once Shanghai's leading residential and retail area. Today, the qualities that made the area so popular endure-from quaint, tree-lined streets and exquisite architecture to charming shops and fashionable restaurants and bars. Along the way, see the famous Art Deco Cathay Theatre, explore the narrow lanes of Xintiandi, and visit Fuxing Park, where locals play chess, dance, practice tai chi, and more. The afternoon is at your leisure. (B)
|Day 7
|Hong Kong
|Today, fly to exciting Hong Kong. (B)
|Day 8
|Hong Kong
|Your PRIVATE GUIDED SIGHTSEEING begins with a ride on the popular STAR FERRY from Kowloon Island to Hong Kong Island. On arrival, take a CABLE-CAR RIDE up Victoria Peak for panoramic vistas. Then, explore the old Sheung Wan neighborhood and visit the DRIED SEAFOOD MARKET. Savor a DIM SUM feast for lunch before traversing the Central District aboard the historic DOUBLE DECKER TRAM, commonly referred to as the 'Ding Ding,' due to the sound of its bell. The remainder of the day is at your leisure. (B,L)
|Day 9
|Hong Kong
|Enjoy a full day to explore Hong Kong and the surrounding area on your own. Perhaps consider an excursion to see the Giant Buddha on Lantau Island, explore nearby Macau, visit the Temple Street night market, or take a sunset cruise on the harbor. (B)
|Day 10
|Hong Kong
|Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
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Jackson Hole, Wyo.: Be part of the wildlife paparazzi
The grizzly could not have cared less that several dozen people were about a hundred yards away, snapping photos as if he were a much hairier Brad Pitt digging roots out of the marshy grassland near Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park.
"The fact that he has his back to us like this the whole time means he is very comfortable with our presence, which is good and bad," said Kate Wilmot, a bear management specialist with the park service, of the sub-adult male.
We never would have found the grizzly on our own. Instead, we had the help of Jason Williams, owner of Jackson Hole Wildlife Safaris, which specializes in helping its clients spot the Western version of the "Big Five" -- grizzlies, wolves, moose, elk and bison -- and more in the comfort of a van (meals and use of binoculars and spotting scopes included). "Mostly, people want the grizzlies," Williams said. "And we'll try. But what we offer best is information."
Bonus sightings: a pronghorn newborn took its first steps in a field and a group of silver-tinged red foxes played chase across the road.
307-690-6402, jacksonholewildlifesafaris.com. Cost: $130 per person for half-day or $650 for private tour, up to five people.

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Dennis Pragr is a wise man, and a national treasure. Here he sums up what I call the moral retardation that infects the Left
This war is as morally clear as wars get. Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press. In a nutshell, Hamas is a violent, fascistic organization.
Israel, meanwhile, is one the world's most humane states — not to mention a democracy that is so tolerant that Arab members of its parliament are free to express admiration for Hamas.
Over the past decade, Hamas had launched thousands of rockets into Israel with one aim: to kill and maim as many Israeli citizens as possible — Israelis at work, at play, asleep in their homes, in their cars. Finally, Israel responded by killing Ahmed al-Jabari, the chief organizer of Hamas's violence — the Hamas "military commander" as he was known among Palestinians.
The next day, three more Israelis were killed by rockets.
Then Hamas targeted Tel Aviv, Israel's most densely populated region, and Israel shelled Hamas rocket-launching sites.
In other words, an evil entity made war on a peaceful, decent entity, and the latter responded.
How has the New York Times reported this?
On Friday, on its front page, the Times featured two three-column-wide photos. The top one was of Gaza Muslim mourners alongside the dead body of al-Jabari. The photo below was of Israeli Jews mourning alongside the dead body of Mira Scharf, a 27-year-old mother of three.
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BACKSTORY: Disneyland is one of my favorite places to visit. Below, you will find alphabetical links that will take you to photo pages featuring vintage (that I have collected over the years) and current images (shot by yours truly) of each area of the park. The dates in red let you know what pages are either new or have been recently updated. If you miss the interactive map that once graced this page, you can still find it by clicking here.
Prices for high quality photo prints of the images on my site can be found on my main Photography page. The social media buttons below will help you connect to Daveland for more creativity & fun!


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Notes: Fittingly, Jeter will open final season in Houston
In 1992, Astros held first pick in Draft, but passed on the legendary Yanks shortstop
The beginning of the end of Derek Jeter's career will come in Houston.
The New York Yankees open the regular season against the Houston Astros in Minute Maid Park on April 1.
And to think, Jeter is believed to have come within $50,000 of having actually played for the Astros instead of the Yankees.
The Astros had the first pick in the 1992 First-Year Player Draft. Hall of Famer Hal Newhouser, the Astros' area scout in Michigan, was a believer in Jeter and spent time getting to know the high school shortstop and his parents. Newhouser was convinced Jeter was the top player available, and according to members of the Astros who were in the Draft room, he assured club officials they could sign Jeter for $750,000.
John McMullen, who owned the Astros at the time, had put a $700,000 limit on the signing bonus for the first pick in the Draft and wouldn't budge. So instead of selecting Jeter -- who went No. 6 overall to the Yankees -- the Astros picked Phil Nevin.
Nevin was No. 6 on the Astros' wish list, but the five players ahead of him, including Jeter, wouldn't agree to a $700,000 bonus.
Just think of what might have been. As it was, the Astros advanced to the postseason six times in the nine-year period from 1997-2005. What if they had Jeter at short along with Jeff Bagwell at first and Craig Biggio at second? The Astros had four regular shortstops in those nine years -- Tom Bogar (1997, '99-2000), Ricky Gutierrez ('98), Julio Lugo (2001-02) and Adam Everett ('03-04).
Jeter will have spent his entire 20-year big league career with the Yankees -- only the 18th player in history to play for just one team in a career that lasted at least 20 years. Brooks Robinson (Baltimore, 1955-77) and Carl Yastrzemski (Boston, 1961-83) hold the record for the longest careers with just one team at 23 seasons.
Of the 18 big leaguers to have played 20 or more seasons with a single club, seven started their careers after 1970. Eight spent the bulk of their careers between '25-69, and only three played prior to '25.
Of the 17 such players prior to Jeter, the only ones who are not in the Hall of Fame are Biggio (20 years with Houston), Mel Harder (20 years with Cleveland) and Alan Trammell (20 years with Detroit), and Biggio seems to be a Cooperstown lock, likely as soon as next season.
The group of 18 includes three White Sox (Ted Lyons, Luke Appling and Red Faber), and two each from Baltimore (Robinson and Cal Ripken) and Detroit (Trammell and Al Kaline).
At the other extreme, among players with at least 20 years in the big leagues, Mike Morgan has played for the most franchises, with 12. In his 22-year career, Morgan spent time with Oakland, the Yankees, Toronto, Seattle, Baltimore, the Dodgers, the Cubs (twice), St. Louis, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Texas and Arizona.
Going fast
Jeter's announcement he will retire at season's end has impacted the ticket market. StubHub reports that in the first two days after Jeter's decision was made public, the page views for Yankees tickets increased by 900 percent. The two top-selling games for 2014 are the Yankees' home finale on Sept. 25 against Baltimore, and their season finale at Fenway Park on Sept. 28.
Sales for the Sept. 25 game increased 1,186 percent on Wednesday and 270 percent on Thursday, with 98 percent of the sales for that game coming on those two days. The sales for the game at Fenway Park increased 490 percent on Wednesday and 459 percent on Thursday. Before Jeter's announcement the Boston game wasn't even among StubHub's top 50 in sales.
Short stops
In Jeter's 19-year career, 587 other players have appeared in the field at shortstop, including 65 players who made one appearance at the position. Jeter appeared in 2,544 games -- tops for that stretch. Edgar Renteria (2,116) is the only other player who has appeared in 2,000 games at the position since 1995.
Jeter's 1,238 RBIs are the most for a shortstop during those 19 years -- 27 more than Miguel Tejada, who played in 15 of the seasons. Alex Rodriguez, who appeared at shortstop in 11 of the seasons, is the leader at the position with 344 home runs while playing short since 1995. Tejada is second at 291, and Jeter is third at 251. Jimmy Rollins is fourth on the list at 198.
Stat sheet
Jeter's career has been marked by consistency. The only month in his career in which he has a composite batting average below .300 is May, when he has hit .296. He has batted .317 at home and .308 on the road. He has hit .338 against left-handed pitchers and .304 against right-handed pitchers. His average before the All-Star break is .306, and he has hit .319 after the break.
The Astros, however, have not been a good opponent for Jeter. In nine games, he has hit .216, his lowest average against any team. At the other extreme, he has batted .417 against Pittsburgh, .412 against Colorado, .368 against the Mets and .339 against Atlanta. His highest averages against American League teams are .338 against Cleveland, .333 against the Angels and .329 against Texas.
He has hit 256 home runs in his career off 194 pitchers and in 24 ballparks. Sidney Ponson has given up five of his home runs -- the most of any pitcher. Among active pitchers, Ervin Santana has served up four.
In Jeter's first 19 big league seasons, he has had only seven pinch-hit appearances, going 1-for-6 with a walk and two strikeouts. He had one pinch-hit appearance in 1998, 2003 and '09, and two each in '07 and '10.


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Ever witness a wedding disaster?
Joia Sellam: "During the ceremony, the priest went into an angry tirade about new-age people and swimming with dolphins."
Joy Rayman: "We drove to a wedding up in Maryland and arrived at a mansion. We wondered if that was where the wedding would be held, but, in fact, the wedding was held in the stables. It smelled like manure, and there were lots of flies."
Janis Scovronski: "The bridesmaid got too drunk to make the toast. She tried, but it was a lost cause."


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This 12-minute long video shows the start of the final round and then highlights from the medal ceremony. Great stuff! Watch the 13th World Champion steal the show.
- 3:32 - Remarks by Garry Kasparov.
- 5:43 - Christopher Shen got bronze in U8.
- 8:09 - Sam Sevian won gold and Cameron Wheeler earned silver in U12.
- 9:33 - Kayden Troff won gold in U12.
|From l to r: Cameron, Sam and Kayden. The future of USA chess?


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text: LG's G-Slate could be a dark horse in the Great Android Tablet sweepstakes. Sure, this video doesn't do much more than tick off spec after spec, but those specs are actually pretty nice! Now just don't go charging $800 for it and you might just have my undivided attention. [BGR]


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"This video presents the absurdity of NOT cooperating and defends the concept of CP through humor and in a way young adults, those who grew up in the 'Seinfeld era,' might enjoy and more readily understand," Matt Tullos, production manager with the Louisiana Baptists team that produced the video, said. "Often in SBC life we tend to soft sell the idea of cooperating and say 'you should.' The CP Rant provides an entertaining yet compelling argument for churches to give through the Cooperative Program."
Southern Baptist churches are encouraged to view the two-and-a-half-minute video, available for free download at sbc.net by clicking here (scroll down to the second video labeled "CP Rant") in advance of Cooperative Program Sunday, April 13 on the SBC calendar. The animated video features a fictitious, young antagonist questioning why his church should support CP, and a young protagonist pastor pointing out CP's far-reaching effectiveness.
CP Rant producer John Kyle, director of communications for Louisiana Baptists, said the video is designed to answer questions Southern Baptists voice about the Cooperative Program.
"CP is really the story of every person who gives to the Lord through his local church," Kyle said. "CP is not simply what the SBC or the state conventions are doing. In fact, it is what the church members are doing, who they are reaching, how they are making a difference, and they need to know. As the primary character states at the end of the video, 'Somebody had to tell the guy.'
"We attempted to present the case for cooperation in a manner that captures the attention of the audience and makes the case that missions support doesn't have to be an either/or proposition," Kyle said.
"Churches can participate in missions and, at the same time, support missions and ministries in their state and around the world. There is more to missions than 'just feeling it,' as one of the characters states."
The title CP Rant is used positively, drawing on the pastor's defense of the CP, Kyle said.
"I guess the idea is you get on a roll and you just can't stop -- thus the definition of rant. The main character received a crash course in cooperation, if you will, from his pastor and when the opportunity presented itself, just lets it all out," Kyle said. "There's so much about our cooperative efforts that are good and right and needs to be heard by the average church member."
The Cooperative Program allows churches to support a wide array of ministries and missions by giving one single donation at the state convention level. Donations support evangelism, children's homes, volunteer missions, missions education, new churches, colleges and universities, collegiate ministries, camps and more.
Nate Adams, chairman of the SBC Cooperative Program Advisory Council, said the video will answer pertinent questions and inspire educational dialogue.
"I think this light-hearted video gives a voice to questions that some young church leaders have about the Cooperative Program, as well as those to whom the concept of cooperative missions may simply be new or misunderstood," Adams told Baptist Press. "In two and a half minutes it can't deliver all the answers to those questions, but it can open the door for a larger discussion about how CP works and why it is so effective and trustworthy."
"There are many well-done print pieces, articles and other short videos that help tell the CP story and show the life-transforming results of missions done in cooperation," Adams, who serves as executive director of the Illinois Baptist State Convention, said. "I would hope this video would help open a whole new dialogue, even with sincere skeptics, about the proven effectiveness of Cooperative Program missions."
First Baptist Hendersonville in Hendersonville, Tenn., with more than 2,700 in Sunday worship services, has posted the video on the church website. They may show it to the congregation during an upcoming worship service and during the church's missions expo, missions pastor Mike McClanahan told Baptist Press.
"Even though our church is a strong supporter of the CP, and we see direct involvement through the CP, we still have trouble helping our people understand what these two letters are all about," McClanahan said. "This video does the job. This is one of the best communication pieces I've seen on the fundamentals and benefits of the Cooperative Program. It clearly answers the question, 'Why be involved with the CP?' in a conversational style that connects across the generational divides."
In St. Bernard Parish, La., Poydras Baptist Church Pastor John Galey used the video to inform and inspire his congregation of 70 weekly worshippers. He's shown it on a Wednesday night and said he will likely show it on CP Sunday.
"Even though we're small, there's a great benefit for us to be able to participate in Kingdom work and to cooperate together and partnership together in an endeavor that's greater than us," Galey told Baptist Press. "If you've got a church and you've got 12 people to show up on Sunday morning, they'll see through the Cooperative Program they can be a part of something that's bigger than us, and we can be a part of joining together with other churches, expanding God's Kingdom around the world."
Poydras Baptist took its first international missions trip last year, when Galey and a deacon participated in partnership evangelism in Montes Claros, Brazil, with Louisiana Baptists. Galey hopes the CP will inspire his congregation to participate in more international missions.
Ashley Clayton, vice president for Cooperative Program and stewardship development with the SBC Executive Committee, encourages churches to show the CP Rant video this April.
"This new video resource, CP Rant, along with several other Cooperative Program video resources posted on SBC.net, provide our church members an open window to see the good things we do through Southern Baptist Missions and ministries," he said. "I hope every church will take the time, during the month of April, to present these video resources. Southern Baptists churches are never more strong, never more effective, and never more on point for the Kingdom, than they are when they join hands together to preach the Gospel of Christ at home in North America, and around the world."
CP resources are available under the Cooperative Program tab of sbc.net.
Diana Chandler is Baptist Press' general assignment writer/ editor. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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City Manager Michael V. O'Brien is recommending a $3.65 million loan order to fund building repairs to five public school buildings — Chandler Magnet, Dr. James A.Caradonio New Citizens Center, Jacob Hiatt Magnet, Lake View and May Street schools.
In a related matter, Mr. O'Brien has appointed an ad hoc committee to advise him on the construction of the Nelson Place school replacement project.
The committee, made up of city and public school officials as well as parents and neighbors, is intended to provide an additional community perspective on the construction and design of the new school.
The membership of the committee must be approved by the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The $3.65 million loan order, which goes before the City Council Tuesday night, will fund the following work, as part of the Accelerated School Repair Program: Chandler Magnet, window and boiler replacement; Lake View, window replacement; New Citizens, window and boiler replacement; May Street, window replacement; and Jacob Hiatt, boiler replacement.
Mr. O'Brien said the loan order includes the city's 20 percent share of the total costs, which are nearly $10 million. He said the state, through the Massachusetts School Building Authority, will pay 80 percent of the costs.
The manager added that the loan order also includes scopes for which the state will not reimburse the city, such as environmental remediation work.
The loan order is part of the city's fiscal years 2013-1014 planned capital outlay.
Robert L. Moylan Jr., commissioner of public works and parks, said the MSBA will vote on Jan. 30 on which projects it will fund under the accelerated school repair program.
He said the city will advertise bids in early March for each approved project.
The commissioner said all the work at the selected schools will be done during the summer while school is out.
Because the scope of the work at Chandler Magnet is substantial, he added, it is possible that some of that work may need to be done in 2014.
"Final determination of the Chandler Magnet schedule will be made later and assuming it is selected and funded by MSBA," Mr. Moylan said.
As for the Nelson Place School replacement project, Mr. Moylan said all required information has been submitted to MSBA. He said the agency is currently reviewing student enrollment information, both present and future projections.
He said it is expected that MSBA will approve the school replacement feasibility study by Jan.31.
If approved, he added, the city will begin the process of selecting a project manager and architect.
Meanwhile, Mr. O'Brien has appointed the following individuals to serve on the school building committee for Nelson Place: John Orrell, city purchasing director; School Committee member John Foley; School Superintendent Melinda Boone; James Bedard, School Department facilities director; Mr. Moylan and/or Paul Moosey, assistant commissioner of public works; Malachi Kelly, principal of Nelson Place School; and Marco Rodrigues, chief academic officer for the public schools.
Also, Thomas F. Zidelis, the city's chief financial officer; Anthony DiLuzio, a member of the community with engineering and architecture experience; District 1 City Councilor Tony Economou; Brian Allen, the chief financial officer for the public schools; and Mayor Joseph M. Petty.
Also, Pam Landry (parent); Allison Vigeant (parent); Palmira Padilha (parent); Phil Giarusso (neighbor); Jessica McGuire (neighbor); Bettany Emery (staff) and Elizabeth O'Connell (staff).
The city manager will also serve on the committee, which will be chaired by the mayor.


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The Sea Hawk
Título uniforme:
Sea Hawk (Motion picture : 1940)
Información de publicación:
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2005.
Descripción física:
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., b&w with sepia sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
Nota general:
DVD format.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1940.
Also issued as part of the box set: Errol Flynn the signature collection.
Special features: "Warner night at the movies" hosted by Leonard Maltin (Introduction by Leonard Maltin; "Virginia Ciity" theatrical trailer; Newsreel; "Alice In movieland" short film; "Porky's Poor Fish" cartoon; The Sea Hawk); "The Sea Hawk: Flynn in action" featurette; Theatrical trailer.
Credits -- World map -- Readying for attack -- Lowering Spanish colors -- Ship to ship -- Cargo transfer -- Spanish loot and feelings -- Only a pirate -- Royal displeasure -- At war with the world -- Diplomacy vs. force -- Thorpe's plan -- Lady of the Roses -- Suspicious minds -- Charting his course -- News overheard -- Racing to Dover -- Jungle trek -- Little too easy -- Surprise attack -- Back to the Albatross -- Lopez's prisoners -- Enslaved -- Threat of war -- Not for him -- Work stoppage -- Unchained -- Taking the ship -- Inseparable now -- Onto the castle grounds -- Inside the palace -- Traitor's death -- Rallying cry -- Cast list.
Captain Geoffrey Thorpe is the terror of the Spanish Main, striking crippling blows against the oppressive Spanish war machine, freeing English slaves from the galley ships and filling England's coffers with Spanish gold--with the tacit approval of England's Queen Elizabeth I. When the dashing Thorpe raids and sinks a diplomatic vessel bringing ambassador Don JosÔe Alvarez de Cordoba and his beautiful niece Dona Maria to England, he's gentlemanly enough to deliver them safely onto English shores--along with the galley full of wrongfully imprisoned slaves. Smarting from this insult, Don Alvarez conspires with the duplicitous Lord Wolfingham to stop Thorpe and smash the Sea Hawks: the small fleet of privateers that stands between England and King Philip of Spain's thirst for global domination!
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Justin Trudeau, when he had his soul patch and long hair, seemed to be self-consciously adopting the style of d'Artagnan, the leader of the Three Musketeers.
This fall we ought to learn whether he actually can handle a sabre, or is more like an actor, ready to strut and fret his hour upon the stage, making a good show, harmlessly wielding an actor's prop.
If he is to become Liberal leader, he will be crossing blades with some real sword fighters: Pauline Marois and Tom Mulcair.
Trudeau took his first swipe at Mulcair on Thursday, when the provincial Liberals in Kitchener-Waterloo sent out a robocall from Trudeau, telling voters there they shouldn't vote NDP in a provincial byelection because the NDP would be bad for national unity.
Since Marois had just led the Parti Quebecois to a narrow victory in Quebec, reporters asked the NDPers if they still think Quebec should be able to separate with a vote of 50 per cent plus one. The answer: They do, but they'd rather not talk about it. The NDP adopted that position at their convention in Quebec City in 2006, when they were laying the groundwork for their patient and ultimately successful electoral seduction of Quebec. The Sherbrooke Declaration was the first really nice bouquet they offered to Quebecers, who had a long record of resisting the NDP's awkward anglophone entreaties. The document declares that Quebec has the right to self-determination, and that the NDP would respect the result of a referendum carried out under a process established by the National Assembly in Quebec.
This was a change of policy for the party, which had previously backed Jean Chretien's Clarity Act — although Jack Layton sometimes gave different answers in French and English on the question.
The Clarity Act calls for the House of Commons in Ottawa to determine whether the question posed in a referendum is clear, and also to determine whether an unspecified "clear majority" of voters in Quebec had expressed their will. Liberals dislike the Sherbrooke Declaration, and I can see their point. In the event — much to be dreaded — that Quebecers do have another referendum, it would likely be better if the prime minister of Canada has not promised to honour the result. If Marois calls a referendum, and Mulcair is the prime minister, she will be able to say that he has promised to respect the result, so everyone should just relax and vote Oui!
I expect some stern-faced senior servants of the Crown in Ottawa have already drafted a letter for Mulcair, explaining why he must change his position, to be delivered the day he wins power. Whatever its failings, it was the Sherbrooke Declaration that allowed the NDP to send a bunch of (quasi-) federalist MPs to Ottawa and un-Bloc the House of Commons. The document rarely featured in debates in Quebec, but it inoculated the NDP against attack.
In the French-language leaders' debate, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe desperately tried and failed to leave a mark on Layton because Layton had anticipated them all and neutralized them. The result? Duceppe lost his seat and the Bloc was reduced to a four-MP rump. On Tuesday, Quebecers gave Marois a razor-thin mandate to govern the province, and she intends to try to wrest more power from Ottawa. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with few Quebec seats to worry about, is in a position to ignore those demands, and urge her to focus on the economy. Mulcair, though, will have to engage her. The two are veterans of the vicious federalist-sovereignist knife fights of the national assembly.
They can both be expected to do everything they can to maim one another this fall. Marois will demand that the NDP support her campaigns for greater autonomy, putting nasty pressure on MPs who recently were students or bartenders. Mulcair, who has a real taste for the rapier, surely has a plan to parry his old enemy's attacks. It should be fun to watch, if you have a strong stomach.
Meanwhile, Trudeau will be running for the Liberal leadership, an event that promises to be a beauty pageant with one contestant. Trudeau is a wild card. He is unusually charismatic, and he showed formidable toughness and strategic sense in his boxing match this spring. But he has made amateurish mistakes. He was schooled by Jason Kenney over whether honour killings are barbaric, and looked like a substitute drama teacher when he had to apologize for saying that he might become a separatist if Canada adopted Harper's values.
It is possible that voters will forgive him for his missteps, as they often forgave his father, which makes it hard to predict his political future. But it was likely unwise to send a robocall attacking the NDP in a doomed Ontario provincial riding, and I'd like to know if he would say what he said in English in Kitchener to a French audience in Montreal.
This is the kind of battle in which Trudeau must now test himself, and we will see soon enough whether he is ready to trade blows with real fighters.


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bb-datepage.cgi - Xymon CGI script to view pre-built reports by date
bb-datepage.cgi?type={day,week,month} --url=URLPREFIX [options]
bb-datepage.cgi is invoked as a CGI script via the bb-datepage.sh CGI wrapper. bb-datepage.cgi is passed a QUERY_STRING environment variable with the type of time-selection that is desired: Either "day", "week" or "month" can be requested. It will then generate a web form with appropriate day/week/month selection boxes, and based on the users' selection a resulting url is built from the URLPREFIX and the time selection. The browser is then redirected to this URL. The URL is constructed from the URLPREFIX, the type-parameter, the value of the "pagepath" or "host" cookie, and the users' selection as follows: type=day The final URL is URLPREFIX/daily/YEAR/MONTH/DAY/PAGEPATH. type=week The final URL is URLPREFIX/weekly/YEAR/WEEK/PAGEPATH. type=month The final URL is URLPREFIX/monthly/YEAR/MONTH/PAGEPATH. YEAR is the full year (4 digits, including century). MONTH is the two-digit number of the month (01..12). DAY is the number of the day in the month (01..31). WEEK is the ISO 8601:1988 week- number (01..53). PAGEPATH is the current value of the "pagepath" cookie if set; if it is not set but the "host" cookie is set, then this host is looked up in the bb-hosts file and the page where this host is found is used for PAGEPATH. These two cookies are set by the default web-header templates supplied with Xymon.
--url=URLPREFIX This specifies the initial part of the final URL. This option is required. --hffile=FILENAME Specifies the template files (from $BBHOME/web/) to use. The default is "--hffile=report". --color=COLOR Sets the background color of the generated webpage. The default is blue. --env=FILENAME Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the CGI script. --debug Enables debugging output. $BBHOME/web/report_form_daily HTML form template for the date selection form when type=daily. $BBHOME/web/report_form_weekly HTML form template for the date selection form when type=weekly. $BBHOME/web/report_form_monthly HTML form template for the date selection form when type=monthly. $BBHOME/web/report_header HTML header file for the generated web page $BBHOME/web/report_footer HTML footer file for the generated web page
BBHOME Used to locate the template files for the generated web pages. QUERY_STRING Contains the parameters for the CGI script.
bbgen(1), bb-hosts(5), hobbitserver.cfg(5)


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(Phoenix, AZ—September 10, 2003) Convicted Yuma drug dealer Noel Haro was sentenced to two 20-year sentences and four concurrent life sentences yesterday after a jury found Haro to be a "serious drug offender."
Haro was also sentenced to 12 years on 11 other drug-related charges, and ordered to pay nearly $1.5M for investigation and prosecution costs and fines.
Haro, 28, was one of 50 individuals indicted after a three-year investigation into a major drug ring in the Yuma area and was the first to be sentenced. He was indicted on 17 counts involving selling or transferring cocaine and marijuana, and money laundering in Jan. 2002.
The sentencing was the close of a long effort by U.S. Customs, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Southwest Border Initiative and the Attorney General's Office who prosecuted the case.
"There is no question that this sentence sends the right message—those responsible for bringing drugs to our streets will be severely punished," said Attorney General Terry Goddard.
Assistant Attorney General Billie Rosen prosecuted the case for the Attorney General's Office, with assistance by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Hoffmeyer.


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June, 2014 – Eight out of ten Americans will hit the road this July 4th holiday - the most since 2007.* Just in time for the big holiday road trip … a new, national poll reveals more than half (63%) of adult children polled say Dad is a better driver than Mom. Still, the majority (54%) say they'd rather road trip with Mom!
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Why Road Trip with Mom Over Dad? (54%)
Folks surveyed say Mom:
Dad is more likely to:
Why Road Trip with Dad Over Mom? (46%)
Folks surveyed say compared to Dad, Mom:
The national survey of 400 adults, whose parents are 65 or older and currently driving, was commissioned by Visiting Angels, one of our nation's largest in-home senior care companies with more than 450 offices throughout the country.
Folks surveyed say Dad (74%) is more likely than Mom to have ROAD RAGE!
Those polled say Dad is more likely than Mom to ...
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Visiting Angels provides caregivers who drive seniors to and from holiday celebrations if family can't be there to drive them around. Visiting Angels also created a Senior Passenger Aboard sticker that seniors can proudly put on a vehicle while riding with their caregiver or children this holiday. The sticker alerts other drivers to be cautious around this vehicle, as senior passengers are more likely to be injured or killed in traffic crashes due to age-related vulnerabilities, such as fragile bones (AAA).
"The Fourth of July is a time for celebration, but it's also the third deadliest holiday on the road," says Larry Meigs, CEO of Visiting Angels. "We created this sticker to raise awareness that seniors are fragile passengers, just like infants. We encourage adult children to take their aging parents on road trips or to hire caregivers to get their elderly loved ones to holiday celebrations. Regardless of the driver, everyone on the road this holiday must be aware a minor accident for most could be potentially life threatening for the elderly. "
Did You Know? (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Editor's Notes:
* Please cite Visiting Angels as the source for this survey. * This online survey was done by a third party and commissioned by Visiting Angels. * Survey participants (199 men, 201 women) have no affiliation with Visiting Angels.
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In the 'Custom Compiler Layout Assistants (Part 1)' blog post, I profiled the use of the symbolic editor and how it makes placing devices that need to be in a specific interdigitated pattern (for example, a differential pair) very easy. With no constraints to enter and no code to write, layout is done in minutes vs. hours.
However, there is a lot more to the symbolic editor than the ability to simplify interdigitation. One good example is the ability to define multiple P and N row pairs and then symbolically chain and fold the transistors such that you get them to fit neatly in the rows. This is a key feature that allows you to not only control the aspect ratio of the design, but to very rapidly create a custom digital cell layout, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Multiple Row Pairs


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GREENWICH -- At least two years before PCBs and other toxins were found at Greenwich High School in 2011, the town had compelling evidence that something foul was lurking underground there.
Yet no one probed the suspicious soil or investigated further, even as students in one of the wealthiest communities in the nation continued to play sports on the lush athletic fields where layers of dangerous contaminants were hidden just inches below the turf in some areas.
A Hearst Connecticut Media review of hundreds of documents found that the town's own consultant discovered "little cinders" and other debris underground during soil stability tests there in 2009, solid evidence of burned material -- not the clean fill that should have been present.
But officials never tested the dirt or looked any further until a backhoe operator digging a ditch for a new $46 million Music Instructional Space and Auditorium in 2011 -- a full two years after the cinders were detected -- brought up scoops of oily, acrid-smelling muck.
Environmental testing confirmed the dirt was heavily contaminated with PCBs and other federally regulated cancer-causing toxins, including arsenic, lead, chromium and a mixture of hydrocarbons used in crude oil. The town fenced off areas where the dirt was exposed, posted hazardous materials signs and temporarily closed all athletic fields.
But documents show the town knew -- or should have known -- its high school property had been filled in with suspect materials nearly a half-century ago, and that it was likely the soil came from two highly contaminated sources: a former Greenwich garbage incinerator and the coal-fired Cos Cob Power Plant.
"That stuff was bad," said Phillip Chimbolo, an eyewitness who watched in the late 1960s as a convoy of trucks from the incinerator and power plant dumped tons of black ash at the school site. "It should have never been used."
"Back then, they burned everything in the incinerator," Chimbolo said. "If it didn't burn, they just dumped it on top. Who gave them permission to use it, I have no idea."
Toxic red flag
The public record includes a Greenwich official who told the town during a meeting in 1973 that at least 28,000 tons of contaminated ash from the town's former incinerator on Holly Hill Lane was hauled to the high school property and used as fill, the Hearst investigation found.
In a 2013 report, AECOM, Greenwich's environmental consultant, said Greenwich historical records showed the fill was "provided by the town" back in the late 1960s; AECOM concluded the fill was the source of the contamination.
Meanwhile, for more than 20 years, the engineering company hired by the schools, Rocco D'Andrea Inc., of Greenwich, surveyed the property and participated in building athletic fields and other projects, but never noticed anything amiss in the soil.
Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei said he stands by the decisions of town and school officials, including not testing soil before PCBs and other toxins were discovered in 2011.Read Full Article
"I believe the town and school administration have acted responsibly since the recent matters were identified," Tesei said. "Everyone was surprised."
Greenwich plans to clean up its contaminated high school property. The estimated $17 million price tag for the work will cancel summer school and close athletic fields for years as dirt from the MISA project footprint is disposed of in a certified landfill.
The current plan avoids a worst-case $146 million bill for removing all underground contamination. But state environmental regulators are already slowing down the town, saying remediation may take four years, not the two years officials had hoped.
The town plans to remove contaminated soil from selected areas and from the MISA project footprint, where there will be excavations. Contamination underneath most of the athletic fields -- which reopened after state health officials concluded buried toxins do not pose a health hazard -- will remain underground.
Still, during 41 years of moving dirt, digging holes, building and rebuilding athletic fields and covering them with artificial turf, constructing a new science wing in 1993 and creating the college-like campus that is Greenwich High School today, no one apparently saw anything troublesome on the property.
Joseph Ross, chairman of the building committee overseeing the high school's Music Instructional Space and Auditorium project, said no one had any idea there was a problem.
"Everyone knew it was filled," Ross said, referring to the former wetlands that became the Greenwich High School campus.
"The surprise was what it was filled with. Everyone was surprised," he said. "But we had no indicator of high levels of PCBs or anything like that" until a backhoe operator unearthed the tainted soil in 2011.
Greenwich officials bristle over suggestions they were remiss in their stewardship of the high school property.
"That's Monday morning quarterbacking," said Steven Anderson, a former Board of Education member.
Prior to the 2011 discovery of the contaminated soil, there was no reason to test the dirt, said Amy Siebert, Greenwich's Department of Public Works commissioner.
"The potential existence of urban fill does not necessarily require the analysis of its environmental characteristics," Siebert wrote in response to a Hearst query.
Siebert said the 2011 work on the MISA project was the first time in years that contractors had dug deeply into the soil.
"The contractor was digging more deeply into an area that had been undisturbed for decades, discovering suspect material," she said.
State environmental regulators said Greenwich was legally obligated to test dirt under the high school only after something troublesome was found, which is why tests were conducted in 2011 following discovery of the suspicious dirt.
"There is no requirement for testing if you have a filled site, unless there is some observation that I should go look at it," said Jeffery Wilcox, an environmental analyst with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Still, Wilcox and Peter Hill, a DEEP environmental remediation manager, said nothing prevented Greenwich from conducting tests, given the history of the site.
"Could they have done something to see if there was a pollution problem?" Hill said. "It's a maybe. It's not something they would have had to do. Fill has junk in it ..."
But both Hill and Wilcox said they would support new state laws requiring environmental testing to make sure dangers are not hiding underground prior to any school construction project.
Load after load
Chimbolo, the witness to the dumping, is now 78 and living in Vermont, where he was interviewed by Hearst reporters. He was an engineer working on improvements on Hillside Road in the 1960s, when he remembers watching dump trucks, one after another, pull onto the high school property and leave piles of ash-like material, the first step in filling in the wetlands.
Chimbolo recalled that they were overflowing with loads of "what was burned in the incinerator," meaning ash from the Holly Hill Lane site, which is now known to have contained a deadly mix of toxins.
The trucks also brought "coal dust," the ash byproduct from the former Cos Cob plant, which powered Metro-North trains for 80 years. The plant was dismantled in the mid-2000s and tons of soil contaminated with PCBs and other poisons were sent to a certified landfill.
Chimbolo is not the only person with knowledge of questionable fill brought to the GHS property.
Francis Perna, a former Greenwich public works commissioner now deceased, told Greenwich Time in June 1973 that 28,000 tons of incinerator ash "was used as fill in construction of Greenwich High School."
He was discussing how the original football field, now a practice field, was sinking. After the town hired Lyons-Manning Engineering to assess the problem, engineer Robert Wood told the town Board of Education the athletic fields were filled with inferior material and the work was poorly done.
The consultant suggested unstable fill was why the field was sinking.
"There is a heavy overburden of earth over peat about 5 to 9 feet deep," Wood said. "That overburden is a composite of everything: incinerator ash, concrete, even timber below the water line."
Siebert, the current town public works commissioner, said she was not aware a 1973 newspaper article reported 28,000 tons of incinerator ash had been brought to the high school site.
But she said that amount would have resulted in fill of only 1 foot deep across the campus. PCBs and other contaminants were found as deep as 15 feet.
"Analytical testing performed to date indicates that impacts to fill used at the site are not consistent and some of the fill materials used are clean (i.e. they meet today's standards)," Siebert said. "Other fill materials were also used from unknown sources."
Ash and debris
AECOM, the environmental consultant hired by the town after PCBs were discovered, didn't take long to conclude that fill brought in nearly a half-century ago was the source of the contamination.
In a 10,000 page report published in February 2013, AECOM noted "fill material is the primary source of chemical impacts at the site."
The report said the highest concentration of PCBs are in "distinct layers of black, fine-to-medium grained fill material containing cinders, glass, brick or similar debris materials."
Chimbolo described the coal ash he saw as "pitch black, very fine material." The incinerator ash, Chimbolo said, looked different. "It was burned material with pieces of tin. The black coal ash was like soot," he said.
The fill was spread around the high school site at levels ranging from 6 inches to 15 feet below the current surface, Chimbolo said. He said ash was dumped "right on top" of what used to be an ice skating pond, the original football field and an area that is now a softball field.
After DEEP asked Greenwich officials in 2012 about arsenic found in soil under the high school property, AECOM explained that "ash, debris etc." was used to fill wetlands on the property when the school was built, decades ago.
Arsenic is often found in incinerator ash and is a cancer-causing substance, AECOM noted.
AECOM added, "Bid documents and historical construction drawings" show that "fill was brought onto the property from a source provided by the Town of Greenwich to fill the wetlands" when the high school was built in 1970.
"There is a large area where imported soil containing anthropogenic materials (ash, debris, etc.) were used to fill wetlands prior to 1970 and this area is labeled as AOC1," AECOM continued, referring to Area of Concern 1.
AOC 1 is where the worst of the PCB contamination was found and includes three athletic fields.
Everything burned
During the 1960s, town incinerators burned everything brought in: construction debris, paints and thinners, pesticides, aerosol cans, household garbage and so forth.
Incinerator ash from that era is now known to contain heavy metals, chemicals and dioxin-like PCBs, which are produced by combustion.
Today, ash from burning trash is disposed in specialized landfills and under strict guidelines.
But decades ago, during the heyday of municipal incineration, the burning of trash to reduce the size of landfills was not as regulated as it is today. The ash was considered benign and often sold or given away for use as fill, if only to clear space for more waste.
"The ash from incinerators is incredibly toxic," said Claire Miller, a community organizer for the New England Toxics Action Center, which works with municipalities to clean up waste sites and reduce industrial pollution. "These days, we have much stricter rules for disposing of toxic chemicals. In the '50s,'60s and even into the '70s -- you'd have to assume the worst."
"Obviously, there are the heavy metals, such as lead, mercury, cadmium and more," Miller said. "The most troubling thing with incineration of trash is that it creates dioxin. Dioxins are a category of chemicals that are not intentionally produced, and are an extremely toxic by-product of burning trash and classified as bona fide hazardous waste."
Dioxins also are considered cancer-causing by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Health. There is no safe level of direct exposure, she said.
A draft report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded people with dioxins already in their bodies could have a lifetime cancer risk as high as 1 in 1,000.
"Back in time, we had a lot of wetlands," said Wilcox, the DEEP environmental analyst. "There was a desire to have more land. Sometimes they used contaminated material and sometimes they didn't."
Over 300 tons of dirt contaminated with PCBs and petroleum were removed from the Cos Cob plant during 2005 and 2006 and trucked to certified disposal sites in Connecticut and Massachusetts, records show.
Subterranean cinders
In April 2009, Melick-Tully and Associates, a New Jersey geotechnical engineering and environmental consultant, released a report on whether a MISA building addition could be supported by the soil underneath, a major concern at the time, town records show.
After using a truck-mounted auger to dig 30 borings, ranging from 1 foot to 51 feet below the surface, the engineering company informed the MISA building committee that the "majority of borings encountered fill or possible fill material," as well as layers of "silt and clay and inclusions of debris."
One boring, through 2 inches of asphalt pavement in a school parking lot near a playing field, found "little cinders," along with silt, sand and coarse gravel.
This, again, was two years before a hapless backhoe operator would set off public alarm when his shovel came up with a load of inky-black, malodorous gunk.
The boring was on the edge of an 11.4-acre footprint, the same "AOC 1" identified by AECOM four years later as containing the worst of the toxic contamination. A day earlier, AECOM found "traces of debris" and "brick fragments."
The unusual cinder results were presented to the MISA building committee during an April 2009 meeting. The report was acknowledged and the committee moved on without public discussion, according to minutes of the 7:30 a.m. meeting.
Siebert said cinders identified by the Melick report did not offer evidence of serious contamination or raise red flags.
"The report you refer to would appear to be in relation to soil borings performed as part of a geotechnical evaluation for the design of the MISA building foundation," Siebert said.
"Borings in urbanized and developed areas, such as the GHS site, frequently exhibit urban fill which can consist of layers of various materials. The boring program focused on a determination of the geotechnical properties and stability of the soils in place for piles and foundation construction," she said.
Wilcox, the DEEP environmental analyst, said Greenwich's discovery of cinders in 2009 is noteworthy, but stopped short of saying the town should have tested further at that point.
"It's definitely interesting, but what does it mean is hard to tell," he said.
Hill, the DEEP environmental remediation manager, said he would have wanted to know more after learning cinders and other debris were found under what should have been clean high school property.
"We (DEEP regulators) are more suspicious than other people, more careful. We see this all the time," he said.
The 2009 cinders report didn't ring alarm bells, said Ross, the school district's MISA committee chairman.
"It was an indicator of fill. It (the tests) had to do with the structural stability of building the building," he said. "The rock was very deep toward the west, and we were trying to understand the nature of the rock and soil. We were not looking for environmental. There were no PCBs."
"Whether it should have been tested, that's a question for them," Ross said, referring to town officials.
Ross is no stranger to Greenwich schools or construction projects, having served on similar building committees since 2004.
He is vice president of the New York City-based Tishman Construction Corp., a mega-company that was purchased in 2010 by the even bigger AECOM, a global engineering and environmental cleanup company.
AECOM was hired as the town's remediation consultant a year after it purchased Tishman Construction -- Ross' employer.
Ross said he told the building committee that AECOM had purchased his employer when the company was selected for the high school cleanup.
"I didn't feel it was a conflict and our committee did not hire AECOM directly," Ross said. "I made sure our committee members knew of everything and they understood."
At the scene
The Greenwich-based Rocco D'Andrea surveying and engineering firm has been a fixture at school and town construction projects for the last 20 years, surveying land, guiding projects and planning the resurfacing of athletic fields.
Anthony D'Andrea, who succeeded his father as head of the company, walked the high school site dozens of times.
He prepared contract documents for a new softball field, submitted applications to land-use boards and met with neighbors worried about drainage as the high school grounds were dug up for the MISA project, town records show.
Yet in all his years helping oversee projects on the high school grounds, D'Andrea never reported anything unusual about the soil on the property.
Asked how it's possible he never noticed anything, D'Andrea, responding only to written questions, said his work on the athletic fields during the 2000s did not involve deep excavations. He said some fields were rebuilt at the same grade.
"The construction plan for the athletic fields was designed to minimize earthwork and excavation," D'Andrea said. "The profile of the center line of fields 3 and 4 maintained existing grades. There was minimal filling required to smooth-out the surface and some filling in the northwest corner. A similar approach was taken for fields 6 and 7, where existing grades of the original grass fields were maintained."
D'Andrea declined to answer other questions posed by Hearst, including whether he was aware that incinerator waste had been brought to the site, or whether environmental testing should have been conducted after a 2009 report showed the presence of cinders and debris.
He referred those questions to town officials.
"I don't see it was ever (D'Andrea's) job to identify contaminants," said Michael Finkbeiner, a Greenwich land surveyor who competes with the engineering company for school work.
"But it was someone's job," he said. "How did we get so deep into the MISA project without identifying this?"
Staff writer Brian Lockhart contributed to this report.


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The web app manifest is a simple JSON file that tells the browser about your web application and how it should behave when 'installed' on the user's mobile device or desktop. Having a manifest is required by Chrome to show the Add to Home Screen prompt.
A typical manifest file includes information about the app
icons it
should use, the
start_url it should start at when launched, and more.
Create the manifest
A complete
manifest.json file for a progressive web app.
"short_name": "Maps",
"name": "Google Maps",
"icons": [
"src": "/images/icons-192.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "192x192"
"src": "/images/icons-512.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "512x512"
"start_url": "/maps/?source=pwa",
"background_color": "#3367D6",
"display": "standalone",
"scope": "/maps/",
"theme_color": "#3367D6"
Tell the browser about your manifest
When you have created the manifest, add a
link tag to all the pages that
encompass your web app:
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
The request for the manifest is made without any credentials (even if it's
on the same domain), thus if the manifest requires credentials, you must
crossorigin="use-credentials" in the manifest tag.
Key manifest properties
short_name and/or
You must provide at least the
short_name or
name property. If both are
short_name is used on the user's home screen, launcher, or other
places where space may be limited.
name is used in the
app install prompt.
"short_name": "Maps",
"name": "Google Maps"
When a user adds your site to their home screen, you can define a set of icons for the browser to use. These icons are used in places like the home screen, app launcher, task switcher, splash screen, etc.
icons is an array of image objects. Each object should
include the
src, a
sizes property, and the
type of image.
"icons": [
"src": "/images/icons-192.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "192x192"
"src": "/images/icons-512.png",
"type": "image/png",
"sizes": "512x512"
start_url tells the browser where your application should start when it
is launched, and prevents the app from starting on whatever page the user was
on when they added your app to their home screen.
start_url should direct the user straight into your app, rather than
a product landing page. Think about what the user will want to do once
they open your app, and place them there.
"start_url": "/?utm_source=a2hs"
background_color property is used on the splash screen
when the application is first launched.
You can customize what browser UI is shown when your app is launched. For example, you can hide the address bar and browser chrome. Or games may want to go completely full screen.
"display": "standalone"
|Opens the web application without any browser UI and takes up the entirety of the available display area.
|Opens the web app to look and feel like a standalone native app. The app runs in its own window, separate from the browser, and hides standard browser UI elements like the URL bar, etc.
This mode is similar to
fullscreen, but provides the
user with some means to access a minimal set of UI elements for
controlling navigation (i.e., back, forward, reload, etc).
Note: Only supported by Chrome on mobile.
|A standard browser experience.
You can enforce a specific orientation, which is advantageous for apps that work in only one orientation, such as games. Use this selectively. Users prefer selecting the orientation.
"orientation": "landscape"
scope defines the set of URLs that the browser considers to be within your
app, and is used to decide when the user has left the app. The
controls the URL structure that encompasses all the entry and exit points in
your web app. Your
start_url must reside within the
"scope": "/maps/"
A few other tips:
- If you don't include a
scopein your manifest, then the default implied
scopeis the directory that your web app manifest is served from.
- The
scopeattribute can be a relative path (
../), or any higher level path (
/) which would allow for an increase in coverage of navigations in your web app.
- The
start_urlmust be in the scope.
- The
start_urlis relative to the path defined in the
start_urlstarting with
/will always be the root of the origin.
theme_color sets the color of the tool bar, and may be reflected in
the app's preview in task switchers.
"theme_color": "#3367D6"
Learn more about theming in this video.
Splash screens
When your app first launches, it can take a moment for the browser to spin up, and the initial content to begin rendering. Instead of showing a white screen that may look to the user like the app is stall, Chrome will show a splash screen, until the first paint.
Chrome will automatically create the splash screen from the manifest properties, including:
background_color should be the same color as the load page, to provide
a smooth transition from the splash screen to your app.
Icons used for the splash screen
Chrome will choose the icon that closely matches the 128dp icon for that device. 128dp is the ideal size for the image on the splash screen, and means no scaling will be applied to the image.
Again, providing a 192px and a 512px icon will be sufficient for most cases, but you can provide additional icons as necessary.
Test your manifest
To manually verify your manifest is setup correctly, you can use the Manifest tab on the Application panel of Chrome DevTools.
This tab provides a human-readable version of many of your manifest's properties. You can also simulate Add to Home Screen events from here. See Testing the app install banner for more on this topic.
If you want an automated approach towards validating your web app manifest, check out Lighthouse. Lighthouse is a web app auditing tool. It's built into the Audits tab of Chrome DevTools, or can be run as an NPM module. You provide Lighthouse with a URL, it runs a suite of audits against that page, and then displays the results in a report.
What's next?
- If you're using a web app manifest, you'll probably want to set up an app install banner as well.
- A complete reference to the web app manifest is available on the Mozilla Developer Network.
- If you want feature descriptions from the engineers who created web app manifests, you can read the W3C Web App Manifest Spec.


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According to new research from the Monell Center, the degree of change in blood triglyceride levels following a fatty meal may indicate susceptibility to diet-induced obesity. The findings open doors to new methods of identifying people, including children, who are at risk for becoming obese.
Triglycerides are a form of fat that is transported in the blood and stored in the body's fat tissues. They are found in foods and also are manufactured by the body.
"These findings suggest we may someday be able to use a simple blood test to identify those at risk for obesity," said senior author Mark Friedman, PhD, a behavioral physiologist at Monell. "The ability to identify more susceptible individuals would make it possible to target obesity-prevention resources on those who need them most."
The global obesity epidemic is thought to be caused in part by consumption of a diet high in fat and carbohydrates, which promotes weight gain. This propensity to gain weight and become obese when consuming a high-fat diet is at least partially controlled by genes, with some individuals gaining more than others while eating the same diet.
In the study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, Friedman and lead author Hong Ji, PhD, screened rats for vulnerability to diet-induced obesity by measuring the increase in blood triglyceride levels following a single high-fat meal. They then fed the rats a diet high in fat over the next four weeks.
The researchers were able to predict which animals would become obese over the four-week period by examining the earlier metabolic response to the high-fat meal: the smaller the triglyceride change, the greater the weight gain.
There currently are no simple biomarkers for predicting susceptibility to diet-induced obesity, and thus no clinical tests that assist physicians in identifying those at risk for becoming obese. The current findings suggest that a change in blood triglyceride levels may someday be used as such a tool.
Future studies will entail a thorough investigation of the mechanism behind differences in the change in blood triglycerides.
"The differences in weight gain associated with high-fat diets indicate that genetically-determined factors contribute to obesity," notes Friedman. "We have shown that these genetic factors are related to the body's ability to burn fat. We now need a better understanding of how this relates to blood triglyceride levels."
Longer term, Friedman, who received a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue his studies on diet and obesity, hopes to determine whether such a blood test is predictive of future weight gain in humans.
The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a nonprofit basic research institute based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For 40 years, Monell has been the nation's leading research center focused on understanding the senses of smell and taste: how they function and affect lives from before birth through old age. Using a multidisciplinary approach, scientists collaborate in the areas of: sensation and perception, neuroscience and molecular biology, environmental and occupational health, nutrition and appetite, health and well being, and chemical ecology and communication. For more information about Monell, visit www.monell.org.


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Modern civilization began right here in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley. Also known as the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia, this is the place where, six thousand years ago, agriculture, writing and mathematics were brought into widespread use.The term "Middle East" comes from the British navy, which used it to describe the countries on the trade route from Europe to India and China. Everything from Afghanistan to Morocco may possibly be classified as "middle eastern", depending on whom you ask -- and when.Only a partial list of past Empires in the middle eastern territory includes Sumeria, Babylonia, Persia, the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire!When northern Europe was still lurking about in slimy cold stone castles playing chess, the Middle East was enjoying the flowers of poetry, luxurious craftsmanship, music and literature. In fact, the Renaissance in Europe was partly inspired by stories brought back from the middle east by travelers along the trade route.Strategic location, religious history and the world's largest supply of crude oil have kept the Middle East at the center of world activity for centuries. The saga continues.Text by Steve Smith.


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Excerpt from, "Get Healthy With The Brain Doctors Wife" by Tana Amen
I once read a story about Rhode scholars. Apparently, the one common connection between all of them was that their parents read to them every night, and they ate dinner together... at the table (not in front of the television). The time we spend with our children is the greatest investment we can make in their future. How we influence their health while they are young is the greatest long term gift we can give them.
My husband and I got used to the snickers and smiles we would get from people when they would see our daughter, Chloe eating salmon and avocado at three years old, or the comments we get from other parents when they see her snacking on red bell peppers and hummus in the airport. Often, these parents want to know how on earth we got our strong-willed child to eat anything other than fast food and juice.
Simply stated, it has never been an option. Sure our daughter is exposed to it, just as all children are. She doesn't live in a bubble, nor do we want her to. We are teaching her to make healthy decisions for herself. But when she was really little we didn't provide it for her. And at home, we don't have it available, so she doesn't think of it as a natural choice. She never developed the taste for it or the tendency to reach for it! Chloe's natural tendency is to reach for healthy, nutritious, energizing foods.
Chloe is a normal seven-year-old. She loves the same things all kids love. If I had cake and ice cream in the house all the time, she would be eating it on a regular basis within a matter of weeks. It is my responsibility to nourish her and guide her, to teach her about what is good for her. We even play games at the dinner table, "This Is Good For My Brain Or Bad For My Brain." She gives us a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" sign.
Probably the best thing you can do is to lead by example and not have junk food around the house. I would not make it easy for my child to be unhealthy. At the same time, I would not force them to eat foods that they hate or be mean about it. You will likely do more to make them resent your new changes.
You may want to consider introducing several new healthy dishes each week, and continue to serve one or two of their familiar foods (the most healthy of them). Quickly eliminate the worst things, and slowly begin eliminating the other foods, replacing them with more wholesome choices like fruit and raw, home made desserts, salads, soups, smoothies, baked chips instead of fried, etc.
Exposure Equals Preference!
Because I didn't have unhealthy food in the house, and had fresh fruit and vegetables instead, that is what she learned to enjoy. Exposure equals Preference! It is not a God-given right that your children should be allowed to eat poorly! It is not good for them! What you expose your children to is what they will learn to appreciate, what they will develop a taste for. You don't have to force them. It's best not to force them. That will only cause them to develop the same issue around food that many of you may have. And let's face it, you can't be with them 24/7. It is far more effective to teach, guide and empower them to make the healthiest choices possible! Help your children develop a connection with their bodies, an awareness of how food affects them and makes them feel.
The best thing you can do is get your children invested in their own health as early as possible. Get them involved in learning about what brain health means... what it means to their life, how it helps them and why it's important. Here are some practical tips to get your kids on the right track to brain healthy nutrition starting in early childhood.
Brain Healthy Tips for Kids
Helping Kids Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
"Red Light" Foods to Avoid
"Yellow Light" Don't Overdo These Foods
Limit breads as much as possible. Go for whole grain or Ezekiel. I know it's tough, just do your best. Check ingredients for sugar and high fructose corn syrup!
Pasta: It's basically sugar. Try to use Shiratake noodles found in the refrigerated section of health food stores if your kids will eat them. At the very least use whole wheat pasta which takes a little longer to digest.
Oatmeal: This isn't terrible for breakfast, provided you use steel cut oats. Rolled or instant oats convert quickly to sugar. Try putting a half a scoop of protein powder (I like vanilla flavored pea protein), chopped nuts or seeds and some berries in the oatmeal for a more balanced meal. It will give your child focus and energy for a much longer period of time.
Freeze dried fruit snacks with no sugar added (not fruit roll ups!). Don't confuse this with dried fruit. These are a lot lighter. I save these for play dates so I'm not known as the "weird mom" who only serves avocados!
Baked sweet potato chips: Again, saved for rare play dates
Rice: Use brown rice. White rice is pure sugar. Get them started early on brown rice so they don't notice the difference. Brown rice is still sugar, but at least it takes a little longer to digest.
Remember, it's always better for your children to eat starchy carbs with some kind of protein so they don't get a bolus of sugar, then a sharp drop in blood sugar. This affects their focus... and their behavior!
"Green Light" Chow Down!
** Get familiar with your health food store. Most stores have a raw food section that has great snacks. But beware, some of them are just another marketing scheme for more sugary desserts. You have to read the labels.