When it comes to a Bluetooth headset, users want it all: fabulous call quality, a comfortable fit, an intuitive button arrangement, and a stylish look--not to mention a great price. Unfortunately, that's a tough order to fill. We looked at ten headsets across a range of prices and designs, and we found that you can get many of those things, but only if you're willing to pay top dollar for your Bluetooth headset. And even if you cough up $100 or more, you may find that your chosen model has some drawbacks, depending on your fit preferences and usage habits.
Two big trends were evident in the Bluetooth headsets tested. First, in an effort to provide a versatile and customizable fit, many manufacturers offer designs that include multiple, swappable earbuds and over-the-ear pieces. Second, a lot of headsets now have noise-cancellation technology that can mitigate or even nearly eliminate bothersome background noise.
Our Best Buy, the new $130 Aliph Jawbone, delivered superb audio: Voices sounded crisp generally, and the headset did remarkably well at reducing background noise. Plus, the Jawbone package includes multiple earpiece components, which ups your chances of finding a good fit. For example, I have small ears, and I wear glasses regularly enough for earhooks to be problematic. But after mixing and matching the Jawbone's earbud and earhook options, I found an acceptable fit.
Our second-ranked pick, the $150 Plantronics Discovery 925, felt really comfortable and snug on this fussy headset wearer. The Discovery uses no hook; I simply inserted the headset in my ear, with one hand. And the Discovery naturally didn't interfere with my eye glasses. Conversations sounded clear, but in noisy environments the Discovery did not mitigate background noise as well as the Jawbone did.
Some of our other choices in the Top 10 underscored our finding that you can't have it all in a single headset. For example, you can use or remove the earhook on the $100 Jabra BT530; either way, the fit felt secure. But in my tests the call quality was unreliable, with superclear calls one minute but voice distortion and annoying echoes the next. Getting a feel for the BT530's function buttons took a couple of tries, too. Meanwhile, the hook-based, $130 Motorola Motopure H15, despite some voice breakups during calls, impressed me with its elimination of background noise.
We couldn't lab-test the devices' battery life for this review, but company-advertised talk times for these headsets range from 4 hours or less (for the $120 Nokia BH-804) up to 9 hours (for the $60 LG Electronics HBM-760).
Now, cell phones and headsets that support the latest Bluetooth specification, version 2.1, are slowly beginning to appear. The new spec is designed to bring users simplified pairing, along with advances in security. As long as both your phone and headset support Bluetooth 2.1, you won't need to punch in a PIN during the pairing process, for starters. Among the headsets we tested in this batch, the $130 BlueAnt V1, the Motorola Motopure H15, and the $100 Motorola H780 support this new spec.
Make sure that the headset you want to buy will support the cell phone you own; some Bluetooth headsets do not work with all Bluetooth-enabled phones. If you own an Apple iPhone 3G, for instance, you'll find that it is not compatible with all Bluetooth-enabled headsets.
For more information about selecting the right headset for you, read our Bluetooth headset buying guide.


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Trials and research on how to treat the desease are not limited to North America. A University of Edinburgh scientist has evolved new procedures to analyze the affecting of radiation therapy after breast cancer surgery. New procedures can help doctors determine who would benefit from receiving radiation therapy as a follow-up to surgery. These new techniques will require doctors to check tissue samples from breast cancer surgeries to decide who should receive also radiation therapy.
A new test to be conducted internationally will track 3700 women to observe the benefits of radiation therapy in women who has a medium risk of recurrence. The study will also follow this group of women to discover if there is a considerable risk of core damage for those who have undergone announcement therapy. In short, it is important to determine if radiation therapy has any significant impact on the recurrence of cancer in low risk cancer patients.
The innovative trial will seek to identify a molecular signature in breast cancer that may help to decide if radiation therapy is necessary to prevent recurrence. Tissue from breast cancer surgeries will be used for extensive study in the future. Scientists are concerned about the long-term effect on the heart from issue and chemotherapy. The protein brain natriuretic peptide will also be researched to see if it is a premature sign of cardiac damage. Electrocardiography and echocardiography will also be used to identify any untimely signs of cardiac trouble.
This striving study would also like to look into the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. They will look at the impact of issue and chemotherapy, breast reconstruction and other quality of life areas. It will include women from all over the world. More than 120 breast cancer centers around the world have already signed up to take part in this project.
The study could have an impact on the cost of breast cancer treatment. If it can be determined if radiation therapy will not increase survival rates of those patients who are low risk, it could save the medical community and patients thousands of dollars. It's important to remember that, the health and survival of patients are the main concern of any trial or research carried on throughout the world.
The research may decide if women who were considered low-risk for recurrence of breast cancer would benefit from radiation therapy.
This new international trial is being sponsored and funded by the University of Edinburgh and Lothian Health Board as well as the United Kingdom Medical Research Council. The European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer and Breast International Group will coordinate the efforts of the trials around the globe.
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Saving is something that we should all make a habit from a young age. It can sometimes be very difficult to stick to a savings plan. If you cultivate these habits from early on, it will be easier when you're older. Today, we want to share a few helpful saving tips to get and keep you on track. We hope that these tips will make a difference to your monthly finances.
The best way to save regularly is to set up a savings plan. You can do this manually or through your bank. Almost everyone in the world you has access to online banking. Online banking makes it very easy to set up a savings order which takes money and saves it without you even knowing. You decide the weekly or monthly amount that must be saved and the bank does it. This way, you are saving without being able to use that money for anything else instead. You can also save manually by having a savings jar or just simply depositing a set amount into your account.
When you use cash, keep the change. Have a jar by the door when you enter your home and drop the change in the jar as you get home. The jar will fill slowly but surely and soon you will have some extra cash that you weren't planning for. You can use that money for a trip or put it into an emergency fund. No matter what you use it for, you will be grateful for it.
Some jobs offer retirement options and others don't. No matter what the case, it is a good idea to save some extra money for the future anyway. You never know what will happen. Add some money to your own retirement fund every month and build your future from a young age.
If you follow these tips, you will find that saving is an easier process than you think. If saving happens without your constant attention or awareness, you will find yourself happily surprised when you do have a look in the jar or your savings account. Happy saving!
Financial habits can cause you problems without even realising it. If you don't keep track of your spending habits and your debt, you may find yourself in trouble somewhere down the line. One of the best ways to get you back on track and out of debt is to cut back unnecessary expenses. Most of us have these expenses that we don't need to make but do because we want things. When financial trouble is knocking, we need to cut away the wants and focus on the needs.
Evaluate your monthly expenses – Look for things that you can cut out; things that you don't really need. Also, look for places where you can cut down, for example, eating home more often instead of going to restaurants. Look for any expenses that you can cut out.
Make changes to your spending – Be smarter about spending. Instead of buying all the most expensive items, go for the cheaper options that work or taste just as good. Look out for sales and discounts that can save you money. Every little bit helps. Also, check for specials where you can buy bulk and save money down the line. If you can afford to buy bulk today, you won't have to buy the specific item again in a few months.
Cut out frivolous spending – If you know you will be going to a fair or a special event, save money for it ahead of time. Avoid frivolous or unplanned spending as far as possible. These spending sprees can cause a big problem very quickly. So, plan for these events if you can.
Don't go crazy when more money comes in – When things start getting better financially, try not to go back to old habits. Stick to your smart habits and save more of the extra money for the future or that big dream. You can allow yourself some more leniency but do so with care.
Follow these simple tips to reduce the unnecessary expenses you spend every month. You will e amazed at the difference this change can make to your monthly financial situation.
Personal finance matters are both very important and very easy to get messy. As soon as you lose track or don't know where your money is going every month, you have a problem. Finance 4 You would like to help you sort these problems out. We all want to live above the red even if we only earn a small salary. No matter what you earn, it is possible for you to live within your means. Just follow our tips.
Draw up a budget and stick to it. Drawing up a budget is not difficult. Sticking to it can be very difficult. A budget is the best tool you have to keep you on track with your finances. Make a list of all your monthly expenses including account payments, credit card debt, cost of food and fuel, etc. Also, make a list of where your money comes from and how much comes in. Your expenses should not exceed your income. If it does, you need to make some cuts.
Cut back on unnecessary expenses. If your expenses are exceeding your income, you need to make some cuts. Unnecessary expenses can be anything from eating out too much to buying clothing or gadgets that you don't really need. When we get to cutting back expenses, the best way to assess these is by asking 'what do I need?' not 'what do I want?'. The answers to what you want can be cut back.
Put a savings plan in place. When you don't earn a lot of money and are already struggling it can be difficult to save. However, no matter how little you save, you need to put a savings plan in place. Even if you just put away £5 a week or a month you will already be making a difference for your future.
These are the three main and most successful tips for getting your personal finances on track. If you can put these in place, you should experience less stress with your finances.


The Clementine is a member of the mandarin orange family, and they have no seeds to worry about, just peel and eat. They are very popular around the Christmas holiday season.
The clementine contains almost no fat, is very low in calories, just 47 calories per serving (100g or 3.5oz), contains no cholesterol, and is therefore great as a little snack.
They are packed with vitamin C, with one serving providing nearly all of the recommended daily intake. Vitamin C boosts our immune systems, is thought to slow the onset of Parkinson's disease, helps to lower blood pressure and reduces the risk of the hardening of our arteries.
These little fruits also provide a good source of the B vitamins, especially folic acid (B9) and thiamine (B1). Thiamine is thought to help protect us against diabetes. A person deficient in thiamine could have a greater chance of suffering from cardiovascular disease. Alcohol inhibits the absorption of thiamine. Folic acid is required for our cell growth, to protect us from anemia and for the production of red blood cells.
Clementines are very fragrant when peeling and can therefore trigger our body to release endorphins giving us a feeling of calm.
If you are using the zest of the clementine for cooking, ensure its thoroughly cleaned to remove any chemical residue.
Compare clementine nutrition facts to the other fruits.


Mahendran Naidu, a volunteer in the Fayette County Public Schools and in non-profit programs, has been named the Fayette County "Hero of the Year" in the fourth annual Fayette County Heroes Campaign, a community awareness and fund-raising effort that recognizes people who make a difference in the community and support the local Red Cross through financial contributions.
Through Naidu's non-profit initiative, Educare, he has organized several youth-development programs in Fayette County, including student mentoring programs in public schools. He also is a founding board member of the Toyota Bluegrass Miracle League and serves on the board of several non-profit organizations, including the YMCA of Central Kentucky.
A team of 40 community leaders, led by co-chairs Joker and Leslie Phillips, has raised more than $117,000 for local Red Cross programs and services since Feb. 21. Donors raising or contributing at least $1,000 were eligible to nominate someone as the hero of the year.
A committee of Red Cross volunteers named Naidu the winner and made the announcement April 20 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort and Spa. The other finalists for the award were Lindy Karns, Dr. Dennis Kelly, and Ruth Mark.


From bluetooth-enabled control interfaces to 3D-printed headset designs, we can build robust custom hardware for installations and public showcases.
Creating VR for Museums or AR for trade shows often reveals that the most exciting applications can't be achieved with existing hardware out of the box. This is why most of our projects aren't designed to fit neatly into the format dictated by Oculus Rift or Google VR; but instead are an amalgamation of different technologies.
No one existing piece of hardware can meet all the requirements of a custom build: The Oculus Rift is great, but it isn't suitable or hard wearing enough to be handled by hundreds of children. A Gear VR headset is great for portability, but can't be left unattended for power and security reasons. These are just some of the reasons why it is often necessary to build custom hardware.
One of the major advantages of custom hardware is being able to cater to exact hardware requirements. This might be a simple case of integrating a tablet into a display unit, or a more complex build to integrate a depth-sensing camera into a VR headset.
For creating custom electronic solutions, we commonly use Android, Arduino and Bluetooth devices. When it comes to physical builds, our fabrication team use a fully-kitted workshop to craft with materials such as wood, metal, resin and plastic, with methods including mould casting and 3D printing.
Read the blog post about our involvement in Calvium's Porth Teigr Placemaking event, and the functionality of the binoculars we created.


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Scientists Program Remote-Controlled Nanobots to Kill Cancer
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U.S. Army To Test Remote-Controlled Combat Vehicles
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Scientists have created an army of remote-controlled, biodegradable, cancer-killing nanobots.
A joint effort by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and The University of Manchester, these tiny droids could one day empower doctors to diagnose disease and deliver drugs from within the human body.
The wee machines are made from spirulina algae—a dietary supplement sold in most health food stores. Popular among Aztecs in the 14th through 16th centuries, the algae was rediscovered in the 1960s.
It remains unclear whether its consumption actually yields any benefits; spirulina is currently under investigation as a source of nutrition on long-term space flight or Mars missions.
"Rather than fabricate a functional microrobot from scratch using intricate laboratory techniques and processes, we set out to directly engineer smart materials in nature," Li Zhang, an associate professor at the Chinese University, said in a statement.
How nanobots work (via Carlo Schaffer, Science Robotics, AAAS)
By exploiting intrinsic elements—fluorescence, degradability, shape—and engineering additional features—magnetization, biological activity—scientists can easily track their biohybrid bots' journey through the body.
"Creating robotic systems which can be propelled and guided in the body has been and still is a holy-grail in the field of delivery system engineering," according to Manchester professor of nanomedicine Kostas Kostarelos.
Specific uses for the technology were not described. But a press announcement tipped its ability to release potent drug compounds to attack cancer cells.
More work is required to refine motion tracking, biocompatibility, biodegradation, and diagnostic and therapeutic effects before clinical trials can begin.
"But nevertheless, our work provides the first ever example of how this could be possibly achieved by degradation," Kostarelos said.
"The potential of these bots for controlled navigation in hard-to-reach cavities of the human body makes them promising miniaturized robotic tools to diagnose and treat diseases which is minimally invasive," he added.
A paper detailing the team's findings were published today in the Science Robotics journal.
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Home » FOOTBALL » UN Special Adviser on Sport Supports Initiative to Allow Safe Headscarf in Football
UN Special Adviser on Sport Supports Initiative to Allow Safe Headscarf in Football
Posted on March 1, 2012 by Abdul Rahim in FOOTBALL 1 Comment
Geneva, Feb 29, 2012: In the context of recent developments in the football world regarding the issue of female players wearing headscarves while on the field, Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, has expressed his support for the initiative driven by FIFA Vice-President HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on behalf of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to review the Laws of the Game in favour of allowing a safe headscarf (hijab).
This coming Saturday, 3 March 2012, in Surrey, England, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) – football's ultimate law-making body – will hold their 126th Annual Meeting. On the agenda this year are eight proposals and amendments to the Laws of the Game including "a discussion regarding the Hijab", pertaining to Law of the Game 4 on The Players' Equipment, and its interpretation.
On 23 November 2011, FIFA Vice-President representing Asia, HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, was mandated by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee to present the headscarf issue to the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Tokyo on 17 December 2011. Following that presentation, Prince Ali was subsequently invited to present the case at IFAB's Annual Meeting.
In a letter addressed to FIFA President Joseph F. Blatter, UN Special Adviser Wilfried Lemke expressed his support for the AFC's initiative and for a vote in favour of the right to wear a safe, Velcro-opening headscarf in FIFA-regulated matches and competitions.
Referring in the letter to the way that sport can effectively contribute to Millennium Development Goal 3 ("Promote gender equality and empower women") and referring also to Article 1 of the International Charter of Physical Education and Sport ("The practice of physical education and sport is a fundamental right for all"), Mr. Lemke expressed his "wish that the issue can be resolved in a way that respects both the Laws of the Game as well as cultural considerations, while promoting football for all women without discrimination."
"As the governing body of the world's most popular sport, I believe FIFA has the responsibility to ensure that everyone has an equal chance to participate in football, without any barriers and regardless of gender, race, ability, age, culture or religious beliefs," he added, stressing that innovative types of safe and suitable sport headscarves existed and were already used with success in other sports disciplines.
He continued: "Such a harmonization would remove a barrier that can deter women and girls from participating in football […] and would set a positive example. It would send the message that each female player, from the top elite level down to the grassroots, has the freedom to decide whether or not to wear this particular piece of attire while on the field. It would give the opportunity for remarkable female athletes to demonstrate that wearing the headscarf is not an obstacle to excelling in life and sports, and would hence contribute to challenging gender stereotypes and bringing about a change in mentalities."
On 16-17 February, Mr. Lemke was in Los Angeles, California, where he attended the 5th World Conference on Women and Sport, organized by the International Olympic Committee. In the declaration which was adopted by the participants, it is mentioned that "the promotion of women's participation in sports activities, management and administration should, and must, serve the wider goal of supporting the international agenda of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls."
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Repeat the double rolling with each successively thinner setting until #6. Very lightly flour the long noodle and hang it flopped over the string. Gloria always said: If it looks like socks hanging on a clothesline, then you've done it right. Let the noodles hang for at least 30 minutes.
If you don't have a noodle machine and you want to roll out the noodles by hand, the process is similar. Be sure the noodles are rolled consistently so that they do not have thick or thin spots. Flour sparsely so that the dough does not become brittle. The final noodle should be 3 inches wide, and as thick as a heavy rubber band. After making a whole batch of lasagna noodles, you will know why chefs use the pasta machine.
While the noodles are drying, in a large colander pot (sometimes called a spaghetti or pasta pot) place two quarts of water, a tablespoon of olive oil and two tablespoons of salt. When the water comes to a full boil, add the dried noodles three at a time.
Press them down in the water and let them cook for two minutes. Remove from the boiling water, rinse immediately in cold water, and place in a large bowl. Do this for all the noodles, one batch at a time, making sure the water is boiling between batches. Your noodles are ready.


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What's That Bumblebee: New wildlife app makes it easier to identify the UK's eight most common species
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust has launched a new wildlife app which makes it easier to identify some of the UK's most common species of bumblebees.
The new app, entitled What's That Bumblebee, offers a brief description of eight of the most common species, and allows users to compare similar species side-by-side.
In total there are 24 bumblebee species in the UK, but the most common 'Big 8' that people are most likely to see in their garden or park are the Buff-tailed bumblebee, Common carder bee, Early bumblebee, Garden bumblebee, Heath bumblebee, Red-tailed bumblebee, Tree bumblebee and White-tailed bumblebee.
What's That Bumblebee also lets people engage with nature in a different and fun way by bringing a three-dimensional bumblebee to virtual life in the user's own garden or living room, for studying in detail and with the option of capturing images to send to family and friends.
Gill Perkins, Chief Executive of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, said: "We've received lots of enquires from people who've had more time to notice bumblebees because of the lockdown and want to find out more, and this app is a great way of doing that."
Andy Benson, the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Education Officer, added: "In these difficult times, lots of people have been appreciating nature and wanting to find out more. What's That Bumblebee makes it easy for people of all ages to discover and identify different bumblebees visiting their gardens, outdoor spaces, parks or window boxes."
One in three mouthfuls of food consumed in the UK are due to the hard work of pollinators such as bumblebees. But UK bumblebee populations have crashed, and two species have become extinct in the last 80 years.
Loss of flower-rich habitat is the biggest threat to survival of bumblebees, with 97% of our wildflower meadows lost since the 1940s. Climate change, disease and pesticides may also be major threats. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust encourages people to make gardens, parks and green spaces bumblebee-friendly.
People are being encouraged to share images from the app, which can be downloaded for free for iOS and Android, on social media using the hashtag #whatsthatbumblebee.
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Title: The influence of western, particularly English, political ideas on Indian political thought, with special reference to the political ideas of the Indian National Congress (1885-1919)
Author: Ghosh, S. K.
Awarding Body: SOAS University of London
Current Institution: SOAS, University of London
https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00029617
The influence of English constitutional doctrines is direct and clear upon the early Congressmen and "moderates" (Chapters I - II). Their demands were tardily and partially conceded by the Morley-M into and Montagu-Chelmsford reforms (Chapters VI - VII). The ultimate political ideal of the "moderates", and even of the home rulers (Appendix I), was colonial self-government (Chapter IV - B). The "extremists", who drew some inspiration from the Irish Sinn Fein movement (Chapter III), and the "terrorists", who followed the violent methods of their Russian namesakes (Chapter V - A), were utterly dissatisfied with the rate of political progress that the "moderate" method of political agitation had secured. Compared to the "moderates", the "extremists" and "terrorists" were more influenced by Hindu religion and culture. The reaction of religious reformers (Arya Samajists and Vivekananda), and leading thinkers (Aurobindo, Gandhi, Tagore, Coomaraswamy, and Her Dayal) to Western ideas is shown in a chapter on "Cultural Nationalism and Western Ideas". The Western contact stimulated, in social matters, movements against the undemocratic institution of caste, std, in economic matters, movements in favour of the adoption of modern industrial methods (Chapter IX). The primary sources utilized for this thesis have been of the following nature:- proceedings of Congress, other conferences, Governor-General's Legislative Council, Parliament; speeches, writings and memoirs; periodicals published in India as well as in Great Britain; and newspapers voicing opposite views, for example, The Bengalee and The Pioneer Mail. As Bengal's contribution in ideas on politics and cultural nationalism was particularly important, Bengali sources have been used extensively. Marathi sources could not be used owing to the ignorance of that language. On political questions, not only the opinions of Indians but also the reactions of Anglo-Indian administrators and publicists, and English politicians have been discussed. But the political ideas of the Muslim Leaguers have practically been left out.
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Q: What is the meaning of the output of the command 'sensors'? I have installed the package 'lm-sensors' and I use the command 'sensors' to check the temperature of my CPU. The output of the command is something like this:
acpitz-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1:        +52.5°C  (crit = +93.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:       +46.0°C  (high = +90.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)
Core 1:       +48.0°C  (high = +90.0°C, crit = +90.0°C)

dell_smm-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
Processor Fan: 3000 RPM
CPU:            +52.0°C
Other:          +44.0°C
Other:          +45.0°C

What does virtual mean here? What is 'isa' and 'acpitz'? Which one is the real temperature of the CPU?

A: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Management_Mode:

SMM is a special-purpose operating mode provided for handling system-wide functions like power management, system hardware control, or proprietary OEM designed code.

dell_smm-virtual-0 is your CPU fan, managed by your system firmware.
acpitz-virtual-0 is the temperature sensor near/on your CPU socket. This sensor can be unreliable.
coretemp-isa-0000 measures the temperature of the specific cores.
If you have an Intel device, the CPU sensor and motherboard sensor should generally be accurate, or close to each other's readings. Many AMD CPUs have faulty onboard sensors that heavily conflict with the motherboard readings.
Also, given that you have a laptop, and a firmware-controlled fan, a) fan control is most likely not possible, and b) your CPU temperatures are perfectly fine.

A: Sensors is reporting values found in Linux virtual file system directory:
/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/temp

You can find them out yourself (even if Sensors isn't installed) using:
$ paste <(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/type) <(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone*/temp) | column -s $'\t' -t | sed 's/...$/.0°C/'
INT3400 Thermal  20.0°C
pch_skylake      -47.0°C
SEN1             52.0°C
SEN2             48.0°C
SEN3             55.0°C
SEN4             58.0°C
B0D4             54.0°C
x86_pkg_temp     54.0°C

Notice the pch_skylake sensor has gone crazy. Whilst researching the problem I found this question and posted this answer.

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Q: IndexOutOfBoundsException in SpannableStringBuilder Android I am trying to insert multiple textview with imageview in Android . That is why I have the following code :
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         PhoneContactInfo phoneContactInfo = adapter.getItem(position);
         String contactname = phoneContactInfo.contactName;
        // autoCompleteTextView.setText("");
         Toast.makeText(this, " Something is clicked",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

         ClickableSpan clickSpan = new ClickableSpan() {

               @Override
               public void onClick(View view) {
                   Log.v("clicked", view.getClass().getSimpleName());

                 //  int i = ((EditText) view).getSelectionStart();
                 //  int j = ((EditText) view).getSelectionEnd();
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                  //         Math.max(i, j ), "", 0, "".length());

               }

           };

         TextView tv = createContactTextView(contactname);
         View view1 = getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.contact_layout,null);
         TextView tv1 =  (TextView) view1.findViewById(R.id.contactName);
         tv1.setText(contactname);
         view1.setBackgroundResource(R.color.bubble);
         BitmapDrawable bd = (BitmapDrawable) convertViewToDrawable(view1);
         bd.setBounds(0, 0, bd.getIntrinsicWidth(),bd.getIntrinsicHeight());
         contactname = contactname.substring(1, contactname.length());
        // sb.append(contactname + ",");
         sb.setSpan(new ImageSpan(bd), sb.length()-(contactname.length()), sb.length(),Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
         autoCompleteTextView.setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
         sb.setSpan(clickSpan, sb.length(),
                         sb.length(), Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE);
         autoCompleteTextView.setText(sb);

     }

     public TextView createContactTextView(String text){
          TextView tv = new TextView(this);
          tv.setText(text);
          tv.setTextSize(20);
          tv.setBackgroundResource(R.color.bubble);
          tv.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0,android.R.drawable.presence_offline, 0);
          return tv;
    }

     public static Object convertViewToDrawable(View view) {
          int spec = MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(0, MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED);
          view.measure(spec, spec);
          view.layout(0, 0, view.getMeasuredWidth(), view.getMeasuredHeight());
          Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getMeasuredWidth(), view.getMeasuredHeight(),
                    Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
          Canvas c = new Canvas(b);
          c.translate(-view.getScrollX(), -view.getScrollY());
          view.draw(c);
          view.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
          Bitmap cacheBmp = view.getDrawingCache();
          Bitmap viewBmp = cacheBmp.copy(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888, true);
          view.destroyDrawingCache();
          return new BitmapDrawable(viewBmp);

        }

But when I have entered any text in MultiAutoCompleteTextView , it gets exception . THe logcat shows the following :
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653): Process: com.commlink.messaging, PID: 22653
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653): java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: setSpan (-13 ... 0) starts before 0
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.checkRange(SpannableStringBuilder.java:1042)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.setSpan(SpannableStringBuilder.java:603)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.text.SpannableStringBuilder.setSpan(SpannableStringBuilder.java:598)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at com.commlink.messaging.New_Message.onItemClick(New_Message.java:84)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView.performCompletion(AutoCompleteTextView.java:911)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView.access$500(AutoCompleteTextView.java:91)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AutoCompleteTextView$DropDownItemClickListener.onItemClick(AutoCompleteTextView.java:1201)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:299)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1152)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:3014)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.widget.AbsListView$3.run(AbsListView.java:3865)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:808)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5330)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:828)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:644)
12-01 14:52:53.498: E/AndroidRuntime(22653):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

The code works if I add this line : sb.append(contactname + ","); Why ? How can I solve this error ? Why does this error occurs ?

A: You want to get an element from an empty array. Check whether your indexing is correct. Try debugging and see what is happening.


This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a graph showing the energy-level structure of the Er3+ ion in a YAG crystal.
Start with an empty worksheet and use the Single Import ASCII icon to browse to the \Samples\Graphing subfolder of the Origin program folder, and import the file Van_Rudd_Er_Energy_Levels.txt.
Highlight column B and create a symbol plot by selecting menu Plot: Symbol: Scatter.
In the Drop Lines tab, check the Horizontal box and set Width to 1. Click OK to apply the changes.
In the Vertical icon in Scale tab, set the following for the Y axis scale: From: 0, To: 24000, Value(in Major Ticks Group): 2000.
Highlight cell 1-8, cell 9-15, cell 16-21, cell 22-26, cell 27-31, cell 32-43, and cell 44-48 respectively, to plot scatter graphs by selecting menu Plot: Symbol: Scatter and then repeat step 3 through step 11 to make another 7 graphs. Set the increment value of the Y axis (step 7) to 100, and the From and To values as 0 to 600, 6500 to 6900, 10200 to 10500, 12300 to 12800, 15200 to 15600, 18300 to 20800, 22200 to 22700, respectively. The Title in Y axis (step 8) are also different and should be set as \+(4)I\-(15/2), \+(4)I\-(13/2), \+(4)I\-(11/2), \+(4)I\-(9/2), \+(4)F\-(9/2), \+(4)F\-(7/2) \+(2)H2\-(11/2) \+(4)S\-(3/2), and \+(4)F\-(3/2) \+(4)F\-(5/2), respectively. Then set the Y axis Major Ticks and Minor Ticks to None.
In order to change the rotation angle of the Y title created in step 9, select the Y title, choose Properties from the right-click menu and set the Rotate(deg.) to 0 in the Object Properties dialog that opens.
Activate one of the graphs and select menu Graph: Merge Graph Window. Change the settings as shown below and click the OK button to merge the 8 graphs previously created.


Latin soul, daring architecture and a reverence for the outdoors blends a heady mix in the heart of the American Southwest.
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No wonder, given the unique combination of well-documented cultural, culinary and commerce bounty here, that the city ranks #22 globally in our Google Search Results subcategory.
Start your visit with a stroll through Roosevelt Row Arts District, or RoRo as locals have taken to calling it. Art galleries, studios, restaurants and bars sit side by side in this walkable creative district in the downtown core. Then head over to the Green Gables neighborhood for a hoppy farmhouse ale at Wren House Brewing Co., a cozy taproom set in a 1920s bungalow.
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Don't miss the Desert Botanical Garden, which with more than 50,000 plants has one of the world's largest collections of desert flora. Want to see some cacti and succulents in their natural element? Take a close-up look at Camelback Mountain. Summit trails are not for the faint of heart, especially in 100-degree heat, but the base of the mountain offers easier and equally beautiful trails for beginners.
Architecture buffs should make a beeline to Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home, Taliesin West, located in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains. Here, Wright set up his studio and school, where his apprentices lived and worked beside him. If you're looking for a respite from the heat, visit the Phoenix Art Museum where Carlos Amorales' Black Cloud, a site-specific installation consisting of 25,000 individual, life-sized, black paper moths and butterflies, weave their way in a swarm up the walls and ceilings of a gallery space.


Peyote is a small cactus that contains mescaline as its primary active chemical. Is native to Mexico and southwestern Texas. It is found primarily in the Chihuahuan Desert and in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí among scrub, especially where there is limestone. There are a number of different species of the cactus responsible for producing mescaline. Peyote is native to Mexico and southwestern Texas. It is found primarily in the Chihuahuan Desert and in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí among scrub, especially where there is limestone. There are different reasons people might use, the original reasons, were for medicinal purposes and as part of religious ceremonies. The Native American Church still uses it for reasons that include treating illnesses, communicating with spirits, as part of prayer ceremonies and to see the future. When Peyote is consumed, either chewed or boiled down to make a tea, it will produce euphoric, psychoactive effects.
If you have had any experiences with Mescaline (Peyote), be sure to tell us about it in the comments – we are always interested in hearing about our readers experiences in areas like this.


The Monopolar Handpiece Simulator is one of the newest accessories for the ESU-2400 Series of electrosurgical unit analyzers and the only one of its kind. This accessory simulates a monopolar electrosurgical handpiece with cut and coag buttons. This simulator enables automation of monopolar output activation using the footswitch output of the ESU-2400 while providing a passthrough connector for triggering the generator using the footswitch port. Some compatible models include the Conmed System 5000 or 2450, the Coviden ForceTriad or ForceFx and Bovie generators.


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The people who observe Australia Day, the country's public holiday, partner it with grills and pool parties. In any case, for the people who protest it, it is a token of the continent's relentless colonization. Last year on January 26, a huge number of individuals walked through Australia's significant cities in opposition to the holidays, which they instead alluded to as Invasion Day. It is a dull reframing of the tradition of the arrival of the British 233 years prior, which put in motion hundreds of years of abuse of Indigenous individuals. These protests have developed and acquired political footing for a long time, and Tuesday's were supported by the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement.
Understanding Australia day
Australia Day, on January 26, denotes the date that a British armada cruised into Sydney Harbor in 1788 to begin a disciplinary state. The sailors raised a banner ashore that the British depicted as "Land Nullius" (no one's property). However, Aboriginal individuals had occupied the landmass for no less than 65,000 years. The public occasion was first officially perceived in 1818, and it has been honoured broadly starting around 1994. It happens during the Southern Hemisphere's late spring, such that countless Australians go through the day at the ocean side or with loved ones.
Since the holiday's started notwithstanding, Indigenous Australians have been avoided from festivities. In 1888, when Sir Henry Parkes, the father of the Australian Federation, was asked how First Nations individuals may be involved, he commented that it would serve to "advise them that we have robbed them.
Australia day: a day of celebration
To many, Australia Day is a day of celebration of our country's values, opportunities, and hobbies. To some, it addresses fresh starts and acquiring citizenship in a nation of relative harmony and opportunity. To other people, it is a day to spend at local area occasions or a barbeque with family, companions and a round of terrace cricket.
The National Australia Day Council was established in 1979 and organized a considerable number of events, including the Australia of the Year Awards. They express that on Australia Day, we 'commend what's extraordinary regarding Australia and being Australia. It's the day to think about what we have accomplished and what we can be glad for in our great country, the day for us to commit once again to making Australia a far better spot for what's to come.'
Australia day: a day of mourning
For certain Australians, especially among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, January 26 isn't a day of festivity. Yet, it is viewed as a day that remembers the attack by British pilgrims of terrains previously claimed. In 1938, on the 150 commemoration festivities, William Cooper, an individual from the Aboriginal Progressive Association, and different activists met and held a 'Day of Mourning and Protest'.
For some, the day includes perceiving the historical backdrop of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, including the injury brought about by government approaches of assimilation and partition that saw many individuals eliminated from their traditional lands and culture. This also incorporates acknowledgement of the brutality of the Frontier Wars, a time of contention among settlers and Australia's Indigenous people groups, which kept going from 1788 until the time around the Coniston massacre in 1928.
Nakkiah Lui, a Gamilaroi and Torres Strait Islander entertainer and playwright, composed an opinion piece in the Guardian disclosing why she would not celebrate the day yet rather saw it as a day of mourning.
Australia day has changed over the years.
Australia didn't turn into a country until 1901, when the six British colonies joined to shape the Commonwealth of Australia. In 1931 the Victorian Government approved a proposition to make the Monday closest to January 26 a public holiday called Australia Day, framing a long weekend. By 1935 different states and domains continued framing a long weekend, close to January 26. It wasn't until 1994 that January 26 was proclaimed a national public holiday.
The demand for change in the date
The "Change the Date" movement requires an alternate date to celebrate the public holiday. The motivation behind changing the date is to perceive that many individuals value having an extraordinary day to commend the place they call home while likewise recognizing the traumatic setting and history that January 26 addresses explicitly. Ideas for elective dates incorporate January 1 (the anniversary of Federation in 1901), 8 ("May 8" seems like "mate"), May 27 (the commemoration of the 1976 Indigenous referendum), and some more. The proposition to Change the Date is intended to be comprehensive for those who live in Australia, including First Nations individuals.
Notwithstanding, just changing the date isn't to the point of changing the narratives and frameworks in Australia that proceed to oppress and disadvantage First Nations individuals. Further instruction of more extensive Australia on the historical backdrop of colonization, just as understanding and acknowledging the issues critical to First Nations individuals, is also a part of the discussion and proposition around changing the date.
Abolishing the date
Another developing movement is to cancel Australia Day. This means to drop the public holiday, the idea of Australia Day and what it celebrates. It is contended that without huge changes in key areas of equity connecting with First Nations individuals, there isn't anything to celebrate. These regions incorporate civil rights, lawful compensation, widespread acknowledgement of Australia's actual history, treaty, self-determination (the force of self-administration) and constitutional declaration.
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exports.__esModule = true;

var _domAnimate = require('./dom/animate');

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function error() {
  throw new Error('[React Widgets] You are attempting to use a widget that requires localization (DateTimePicker, NumberPicker)' + 'but there is no localizer set. In order to use these widgets please install a localizer');
}

var dummy = {
  formats: error,
  parse: error,
  format: error,
  firstOfWeek: error
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text:
Component Extension (CX) API requirements Version 1.0
W3C Note 11 December 2001
This version:
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-CX-20011211
http://www.w3.org/TR/CX
Angel Diaz, IBM
Jon Ferraiolo, Adobe
Stein Kulseth, Opera
Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C
Chris Lilley, W3C
Charles McCathieNevile, W3C
Tapas Roy, Openwave
Ray Whitmer, Netscape/AOL
Copyright ©2001 W3C® (MIT, INRIA, Keio), All Rights Reserved. W3C liability, trademark, document use, and software licensing rules apply.
From the early days of the World Wide Web, Web Agents had been extended to support more types of contents. The recent developments of XML and the possibility to mix mupltiple XML Namespaces in the document reiterated the need to extend implementations and relaying on add-on softwares to accomplish tasks not supported by default in the implementation. In other words, we have several XML languages to represent different parts of Web pages (XHTML, SVG, MathML, XForms, etc.), we now need a well defined mechanism that allow different specialized tools to work together and handled these compound documents.
This W3C Note contains a non-exhaustive list of requirements to work on a Component Extension API. The goal of this API is to extend the ability of a Web application. Note that the Web application can be either on the server side or on a client side, and does not automatically implies interaction with a user or having a Web browser.
Status of this Document
This document is an early draft resulting from the HyperText Coordination Group face to face meeting to discuss standardization of Plug-in and Active Component Architecture for the Web. It is anticipated that this will be published as a W3C note as soon as it has reached an appropriate state of maturity.
This document is a Note made available by the W3C for discussion only. Publication of this Note by W3C indicates no endorsement by W3C or the W3C Team, or any W3C Members. There is no commitment by W3C to invest additional resources in topics addressed by this Note.
Comments on this document are invited and are to be sent to the public mailing list www-component-extension@w3.org. An archive is available at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-component-extension/.
W3C Technical reports are published online at http://www.w3.org/TR.
1.1 Formatting
1.1.1 baseline and linehight
1.1.2 linebreak, size and rectangle negotiation, multiple rectangles
1.1.3 DOM Views and Formatting
1.2 Rendering
1.2.1 freeze/unfreeze
1.2.2 z-order/painting
1.2.2.1 clipping
1.2.3 sharing colormap
1.2.4 sharing fonts
1.2.5 colors (accessibility issues)
1.2.6 Device dependent drawing
1.2.7 forcing redraws, invalidate rectangles, invalidate region
1.2.8 window-less plug-in
1.3 Style
1.3.1 DOM CSS
1.3.1.1 specified values
1.3.1.2 computed values
1.3.2 actual values
1.3.3 Generic Styler
1.3.4 Local Styler
1.3.5 Mobile profiles
1.6 DOM Core tree
1.7 Starting point
1.8 Connecting with outside/scripting
1.9 Nesting/reetrance
1.10 Abstraction level
1.11 timeline
1.12 network/HTTP
1.13 Editing
1.13.1 Editing mode
1.14 associations/registrations/negociations
1.15 Accessibility
1.16 Versioning
1.17 storage/persistence
1.18 Memory management
1.19 Security
A Glossary
B References
C Contributors
This document contains a description of the Component Extension requirements established during the HyperText CG meeting in August 2001. It classifies the Application Programming Interface (API) requirements in 3 categories:
The requirement must be addressed by the Component Extension API.
The requirement may be addressed by the Component Extension API.
The requirement is declared out of the scope of the Component Extension API. It might become in its scope in future versions.
The description of a Component Extension must be in terms of content that is handled, not in terms of a specific piece of software. For example, it is appropriate to request a Component Extension that handles SVG [SVG 1.0], including some set of functionalities (for example identified using the SMIL required functionalities mechanism for the switch element, or the SVG equivalent).
The list of requirements provided in this document is not exhaustive and only reflects the requirements from the HyperText CG meeting.
1.1 Formatting [1]
The Host implementation must provide a mechanism for an embedded object to request a region or set of regions for displaying content. The formatting interface should be independent of platform specific constraints.
1.1.1 baseline and linehight [1]
The Host implementation and Component Extension need to coordinate the linehight and the baseline.
1.1.2 linebreak, size and rectangle negotiation, multiple rectangles [1]
The Host shall provide means to determine the maximum size of the rectangle into which the embedded object may render. Conceptually, the size of this page may be unconstrained in both dimensions given scrolling. In practice, the Host must somehow constrain this in at least one dimension.
For example, the Host may indicate that this rectangle is scrollable in the line-stacking direction. It must fix the other dimension. Typically, it would report the current width of its renderable area.
The embedded object must be permitted to negotiate rectangles and break into smaller areas across lines if need be.
1.1.3 DOM Views and Formatting [2]
The [DOM Level 3 Views and Formatting] should be considered by the Component Extension API.
1.2 Rendering [1]
1.2.1 freeze/unfreeze [1]
A Component Extension may wish to suspend rendering momentarily while for example a succession of changes are made to the structure, or the structure is made temporarily invalid, or for some other reason whereby the intermediate state of the document is no to be displayed. Examples of such methods:
SVG DOM: SVGSVGelement
unsigned long suspendRedraw(in unsigned long max_wait_milliseconds);
void          unsuspendRedraw(in unsigned long suspend_handle_id)
raises(DOMException);
void          unsuspendRedrawAll();
void          forceRedraw();
void          pauseAnimations();
void          unpauseAnimations();
See also section 5.11 in [SVG10].
Openwave plugin API
PluginSuspend and PluginResume methods.
1.2.2 z-order/painting [1]
It should be possible for content which is rendered by Component Extensions to take its correct place in the z-order of the entire document - it can be above other content such as backgrounds, which show through transparent areas, and other content later in the document or with higher z-order should be able to partially overlap content rendered by the Component Extension.
1.2.2.1 clipping [1]
Clipping, which addresses removal of parts of display elements that lie outside of a given boundary, must be addrssed by the Component Extension.
1.2.3 sharing colormap [2]
Implementations which require a colormap will need to allow the Component Extension to request the allocation of colors in the colormap and to find out what colors are already in the colormap, and to be notified if the color associated with a particular color index has changed.
1.2.4 sharing fonts [2]
The Component Extension should have access to system fonts and their properties. The Host implementation provide means for querying metrics of the current font. Metrics of interest could be a subset of those provided by [OpenType]. The Host implementation should provide methods for determining glyph bounding boxes, baselines, and nominal font height. It should also provide an indication whether a given character maps to a glyph in that font. The Component Extension should be able to find out about downloadable fonts that other content on the same page has made available, and itself to make available fonts that it has downloaded. The font properties in use on the parent of the element whose content is being rendered by the Component Extension should be made available by inheritance over the Component Extension interface so that the same fonts can be used by the Component Extension.
Accessibility information about preferred font sizes should be passed across the Component Extension interface.
1.2.5 colors (accessibility issues) [1]
1.2.6 Device dependent drawing [1]
Component Extension API should provide a platform dependent (e.g. XWindow Graphic Context, Microsoft Device Context) method for gathering device dependent information for formatting and drawing into each of the rectangles (e.g. for optimisation of drawing, such as window, device context, fonts). However this must not preclude the ability to use device independent methods, and the specification should recommend that these are available as a fallback.
1.2.7 forcing redraws, invalidate rectangles, invalidate region [1]
In the Component Extension-does-compositing model with direct screen drawing, a Component Extension might damage content rendered by something else. This is like the situation in windowing systems where a window is iconised and (portions of) other windows that are now uncovered have to be told to redraw.
The container-does-compositing model, with rendering being an offscreen RGBA pixmap, does not have this problem and need not tell its parents or other Component Extensions to redraw. Moving or update of a Component Extension merely requires re-composition of the current stack of offscreens without the need for a forced redraw, though this can be limited to a particular invalidated region.
Issue (rectangle-region-1):
These descriptions narrowly miss actually listing a requirement. Make it simpler.
See also [Netscape Plug-ins].
1.2.8 window-less plug-in [1]
Component Extension which do not draw at all should be addressed by the Component Extension API.
1.3 Style [1]
1.3.1 DOM CSS [1]
This section describes the relation between the Component Extension API and the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 CSS specification [DOM Level 2 Style Sheets and CSS].
1.3.1.1 specified values [3]
Unlike the DOM Level 2 CSS specification [DOM Level 2 Style Sheets and CSS], this note does not require access to the specified CSS values in the style sheets.
1.3.1.2 computed values [1]
If the Host implementation provides a DOM tree to the Component Extension and a CSS Style engine, the Component Extension API must have access to the computed CSS values of its nearest DOM Node ancestor (its parentNode) using the DOM Level 2 CSS [DOM Level 2 Style Sheets and CSS] ViewCSS interface. Depending on the CSS Style engine, the Host Implementation may also provide a fully decorated DOM tree for the content addressed by the Component Extension.
1.3.2 actual values [3]
Actual CSS values, as defined in the CSS specification [CSS Level 2], will not be addressed by the Component Extension API.
1.3.3 Generic Styler [1]
The Host implementation should contain a Style engine to handle general properties and to provide extension mechanism in order to support other properties. This Generic Styler engine has the responsibility of decorating the DOM tree with the computed values (see also 1.3.1.2 computed values).
Languages, such as CSS, have mechanism to extend the set of style properties used in the application. As an example, SVG 1.0 [SVG 1.0] reused some of the properties listed in the CSS 2 specification [CSS Level 2] and adds new ones. It is expected that the Generic Styler of the Host implementation supports a specific set of properties and some general style properties such as color, background or fonts are required to be supported. [Definition: A foreign style property is a style property that is not recognized internally by the Generic Styler.] The Generic Styler does not know its default value, or if the value could be inherited or not. The Generic Styler is expected to support foreign style properties.
The Component Extension should declare information on style properties it uses that may be foreign to the Generic Styler such as parse, default values, inheritance, ... The Styler is responsible for maintaining the information and dealing with duplicate declarations between Component Extensions. A Component Extension remove style properties or values associated with the style properties. In other words, the set of style properties stored by the Generic Styler is the union of the set of style properties supported by the Host implementation and its Component Extensions. If a computed value is not recognized, the Generic Styler can:
use a default value
like for colors, always make the computed value have two parts
a value in first set of values
a possible extended value
have extended value + callback
Issue (generic-style-engine-1):
What to do about style sheets when it is not known what Component Extension will be loaded?
1.3.4 Local Styler [2]
The Component Extension can also embedded its own local Style engine. In this case, the Component Extension does not need to declare or get the computed values of the style properties in a DOM tree. This model has the advantage to not assume a DOM API between the Host implementation and the Component Extension, and only applies to the root node of Component Extension (svg:svg, math:math, ...). The local Style engine needs to provide:
access to style sheets.
access to containing DOM tree (optional).
access to the [parent] information item in order to get the computed values of the style properties: propname -> value
access to style properties information: propname -> inherit/initial value.
1.3.5 Mobile profiles [1]
Mobile profiles are always required to be supported by the Host implementation and its Component Extensions.
1.4 Error handling [2]
An error handling mechanism should be provided by the Host implementation to the Component Extension in a future revision of the Component Extension API. This mechanism may be based on, or inspired from, the error handling mechanism provided by the DOM Level 3 Core specification [DOM Level 3 Core].
1.5 Events [1]
There must be a way to pass events from the Host implementation to the Component Extension and from the Component Extension to the Host implementation. If the Host implementation provides a DOM tree to the component extension and contains an event mechanism, the Component Extension API must support the DOM Level 2 Events specification. User Interface events, such as window events or system events (reload, URI notify events), may be addressed.
Namespace-bound events are events whose propagation is limited to elements namespace boundaries, i.e. it propagates until it reaches an element who does not use its ancestor's namespace name. Namespace bound events are out of scope.
1.6 DOM Core tree [1]
The Component Extension API must provide programmatic read-only access to HTML and XML content by conforming to the following modules of the W3C Document Object Model Level 2 Core Specification [DOM Level 2 Core] and exporting the interfaces they define:
the Core module for HTML
the Core and XML modules for XML.
1.7 Starting point [1]
Features of the existing Netscape Plugin API [Netscape Plug-ins] should considered as a starting point with implementation experience for features of the Component Extension API, which may be modified, replaced, or eliminated as required to address problems and requirements.
1.8 Connecting with outside/scripting [1]
The Component Extension will call a Host implementation function to request a connection to one of its features.
This feature may be a generic functionality (eg. "copy/paste", whether this is selected by button, menu item, keyboard shortcut, drag-drop, or ...) or a specific Host implementation chrome (eg. toolbar, button, status bar ... ).
The request can be to output data through the feature (eg. status bar, title bar, alert, ...), to subscribe to events generated from a browser control, or to add a control to the chrome (eg. toolbar, menubar, menu ...)
The Host implementation should return a value indicating whether it allows the connection or not.
The Component Extension API should define how the features are selected, and specify a minimal list of connections that the browser *should* allow if it does have the requested feature, so that the Component Extension can reasonably expect such a connection request to be granted.
Subscribed-to events can be passed to the Component Extension using the normal event-passing mechanism (see 1.5 Events). If the connection needs to pass large amounts of data, the Component Extension's stream APIs should be used.
chrome [1]
adding new items/removing new items
"right-click drop down menu"/main menu bar
status line
drag/drop
alert [1]
query user agents capabilities?
cross plug-in streams
properties [2]
properties dialog
system properties: hostname, IP, ...
1.9 Nesting/reetrance [1]
It must be possible for a Component Extension to discover, where available, and integrate the formatting and rendering of externally supported content types inserted into the Component Extension DOM Node's subhierarchy that are not internally supported by the Component Extension.
1.10 Abstraction level [1]
Much like the W3C DOM IDL descriptions and language bindings, the Component Extension API must be described independent of programming language, operating system and platform.
1.11 timeline [2]
SMIL 2.0 [SMIL 2.0] is a specification for synchronized multimedia and SMIL Animation [SMIL Animation] is a specification for how the timing and animation aspects of SMIL 2.0 can be integrated into other languages, such as SVG (see chapter 19 in [SVG10]).
If the Host implementation supports synchronized playing of media such as audio, video or animations, then the Host implementation must support the ability for time-based Component Extensions to play media on a portion of a Host canvas, and the Host-played media and the Component Extension-played media must be synchronized. The API for achieving this synchronization must be rich enough to permit accurate implementation of the 'syncBehavior' and 'syncTolerance' attributes defined in the section 10.3.1 in [SMIL 2.0].
SMIL 2.0 and SMIL Animation allow content to be started and stopped via interactivity, such as User Interface events (e.g., mouse and keyboard). Host-supplied event propagation APIs must be such that time-based Component Extensions can implement the interactivity capabilities defined in the section 10.3.1, "Basic time support", in [SMIL 2.0].
If the Host implementation supports streaming media, then the Host implementation must supply APIs that allow Component Extensions to receive streaming content.
1.12 network/HTTP [1]
Networking Support will include an API to request the data from a URI reference.
The Component Extension will call a Host implementation function and pass the URI reference, any additional headers (for example, in the case of HTTP, maybe an additional accept type), the method (in case of HTTP, GET, PUT, POST or HEAD) and a pointer to a notify data. The Component Extension may tell the Host implementation to use the cache or to override it.
When the request is complete, the Host implementation will call the Component Extension's notify function, and pass the data to the Component Extension using the Component Extension's stream APIs.
kError HostURIRequest(kURIMethod method,
const char *uri,
const char *headers,
const char *entity,
unsigned long entitySize,
void* notifyData,
boolean useCache);
void   CXURINotify(const char *uri,
kStatus status,
void* notifyData);
Issue (networking-1):
In the Netscape model [Netscape Plug-ins], the data corresponding to a network request are sent to the Component Extension by the Host implementation by creating a stream: it is a callback mechanism.
Should we reused this mechanism or do we want to tie all asynchronous requests with one (probably DOM) event model ?
1.13 Editing [2]
Many Component Extensions will involve editing functions, so the API must provide a method for access to editing functionalities - character input, drawing interfaces, etc. These must be available in a device independent manner. This requirement also means that the available rendering space may need to be dynamically re-sized (see also 1.1.2 linebreak, size and rectangle negotiation, multiple rectangles).
1.13.1 Editing mode [1]
The Component Extension API must provide an interface that allows the notification of the toggle between "edit" and "view" modes. This API must be present on both the Host implementation and the Component Extension.
1.14 associations/registrations/negociations [1]
In order for the Component Extension to be able to extend the Host DOM implementation, there must be a way for the Component Extension to register its own DOM implementation in the Host DOM implementation. In that case, the DOM implementation Node factories in Document must create DOM Nodes using the registered Component Extensions Node for the corresponding types. Only the construction of the DOM nodes is affected by the registrations, not the building of the DOM tree. If the Component Extension does not provide a DOM implementation, the Host implementation must build the entire DOM tree itself, including for the content addressed by the Component Extension.
If the Host implementation provides support for XML 1.0 [XML] documents, it must also implement the namespaces support defined in the Namespaces recommendation [XML Namespaces]. Namespace conflicts resolution between Component Extensions must be resolved by the Host implementation. There must be a way for the user to choose between Component Extension implementations in case of conflicts.
The set of functionalities provided by the Host implementation must be accessible to the Component Extension. The same applies for the Component Extension: the Host implementation must have a way to query the set of functionalities provided by the Component Extension.
There are severals ways to extend the Host implementation. Technologies such as XBL or IE behaviors must be considered.
The group might decide to come up with a modular architecture for an XML parser that will permit some of the XML content to be handled by other component. A general stream API should be addressed by the Component Extension to gain access to their data.
1.15 Accessibility [2]
The Component Extension API must provide for accessibility requirements. Substantially, this reinforces the need for several of the requirements listed already, such as the ability to specify a content-type rather than a plugin, the provision and use of device-independent interaction interfaces.
The User Agent Accessibility Guidelines [UUAG] require that access is provided for DOM interfaces, and "platform-specific interfaces" (for example MSAA, the Java Accessibility API, etc) where they exist.
1.16 Versioning [1]
The Component Extension API should have an identifiable versioning mechanism. The version information must change each time the functionality is changed.
I am not sure it is necessary to discuss techniques here, as is done in the following paragraph.
One technique for achieving this is to provide the naming for functionalities, and use a mechanism like CC/PP for identifying the available functionalities. Although this seems a little heavy for this purpose, and seems to be better suited to using various unstandardized systems rather than for a standardized system.
1.17 storage/persistence [2]
The Host implementation will allow the Component Extension to save data in persistent storage or a file system. This ability will be governed by the security model associated with the Component Extension.
For example, a web page has the ability to store cookies in the file system of the host. But a sandbox model exists there. Furthermore, the user may block web pages from setting cookies.
The storage functionality can be divided into:
Reading and Writing data specific to the Component Extension. ('Private' Storage) Example, saving high scores in a game. Storing cookies is an example in the context of a web page.
Reading and Writing data from the global data. ('Public' Storage). Example, reading list of addresses (or a specific address) from an addressbook. [3]
For the first item, the Host implementation may provide the Component Extension APIs to get and set values.
For example, to set:
HostSetAttribute("newscore", itoa(newScore));
to read,
length = HostGetDataSize ("highscores");
if (length > 0)
scoreString = memAlloc (length);
HostGetAttribute ("highscores", scoreString);
If the security settings of the Component Extension do not allow these operations, then these operations will fail. Or, the user maybe prompted for advice.
See also [WAP Persistent Storage].
1.18 Memory management [1]
Memory management would include APIs for
Allocating a block of memory
Resizing the block of memory
Releasing the block of memory and
Flushing memory from the host's space.
Issue (memory-1):
how much memory should a plugin be allowed ? Probable answer: System dependent. If the allocation function fails, an exception will be generated.
What about read/write? If the allocate APIs return a pointer, (as the Netscape APIs do), what will prevent a plugin to do something like
char* s = MemAlloc (100);
s[2000] = 'a';
On a system that doesn't have a memory management unit, this may freeze the system.
Security issues must be considered for each of the functionalities of the Component Extension API.
Component Extension
The term Component Extension (also well-known as plug-ins in Web browsers) refers to any software in charge of providing the client-side part of the Component Extension API. It is a program that runs as part of the Host implementation and that is not part of content.
Host implementation
The term Host implementation refers to any software in charge of providing the server-side part of the Component Extension API. Softwares may include Web browsers, media players, Component Extensions, and other programs (including assistive technologies) that help in retrieving and processing (this includes rendering) Web content.
An application programming interface (API) defines how communication may take place between applications. It is a set of functions or methods used to access some functionality.
CSS Level 2
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 Specification, May 1998. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512
DOM Level 2 Core
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Document Object Model Level 2 Core Specification, November 2000. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Document Object Model Level 3 Core Specification, September 2001. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core
DOM Level 2 Style Sheets and CSS
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Document Object Model Level 3 Views and Formatting Specification, November 2000. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113
DOM Level 3 Views and Formatting
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Document Object Model Level 3 Views and Formatting, November 2000. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-3-Views-20001115
Netscape Plug-ins
Netscape Plug-in Guide, 1998. Available at http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/plugin/index.htm
Microsoft OpenType Specification, April 2001. Available at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/default.htm
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) RFC 2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax, eds. T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, L. Masinter. August 1998. Available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
SVG 1.0
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.0 Specification, September 2001. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG
SMIL 2.0
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 2.0), August 2001. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/smil20
SMIL Animation
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) SMIL Animation, September 2001. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/smil-animation
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, September 2001. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10
WAP Persistent Storage
WAP Forum (Wireless Application Forum) WAP Persistent Storage Interface , May 2001. Available at http://www1.wapforum.org/tech/documents/WAP-227-PSTOR-20010530-a.pdf
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0, October 2000. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006
XML Information set
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XML Information Set, August 2001. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/PR-xml-infoset-20010810
XML Namespaces
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Namespaces in XML, January 1999. Available at http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114
The people who contributed to this document are the members of the HyperText Coordination Group and the participants of the Oslo face-to-face meeting:
Jonny Axelsson (Opera), Bert Bos (W3C), Angel Diaz (IBM), Jon Ferraiolo (Adobe), Max Froumentin (W3C), Rick Graham (Bitflash), Stein Kulseth (Opera), Dean Jackson (W3C), Philippe Le Hégaret (W3C), Håkon Lie (Opera), Rune Lillesveen (Opera), Chris Lilley, (W3C), Charles McCathieNevile (W3C), Steven Pemberton (CWI/W3C), Vincent Quint (W3C, HyperText CG Chair), Tapas Roy (Openwave), Peter Stark (Ericksson), Ray Whitmer (Netscape/AOL), Steve Zilles (Adobe)


ADS (advanced Design System, from Agilent) is electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, and signal integrity applications.
At Thales the microwave designers were accustomed to use MDS, the predecessor of ADS, and its project management.
With the introduction of ADS this project management was lacking.
Within MDS we had the "blue screen" with its icons (collectors) which represent projects and libraries.
Opening a project will give you a page with more icons representing circuits, layouts, workbenches (sub folders) and more, which give the user a very good impression of the hierarchy of all the files within a project.
When doing a total design the number of files (design, datasets, presentation pages) soon becomes huge ( > 100 ).
Which datasets belong to which designs is not clear.
The presentation page has the choice amongst all data sets, while in practice they are limited to just the datasets of specific designs.
Knowledge transfer to other developers is close to zero.
We needed a viewing/working project structure on top of designs, layouts, datasets, presentation data etc.
The user browses his project data via that structure, paths to components and designs are found via the same project structure.
The viewing structure is a hierarchy of collector items (icons) in a 2D fashion, where at the bottom of the hierarchy one will find designs, datasets etc.
Such a system was already available for 15 years in MDS.
The other solution is to give each design, sub designs, layouts, data files, presentation pages etc, a logical name, in a way that you can see the relation between the files. Some people even write down the meaning of a file and its relation between the other files in a log book so that they can find, after a few months, their way in their own project.
If every designer uses the MDS way of setting up a project then it is much easier for another designer to take over the project, even after many years.
At Thales (Hengelo) we made a design kit called MDS_DK. For each item (circuit, layout etc) there is a collector (icon).
These icons are placed, from the MDS collectors library, on a design page and all items can be opened by selecting the icon and choosing, from the main menu: MDS_DK->Open item.
You create a new design by placing a new design icon on a design page, give it a unique name and selecting: MDS_DK->New design.
Create a short cut for opening and creating new files, this saves you a few mouse clicks.
If you want to try it out, you can download the design kit here: MDS_DK.


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Looking beyond the grid to power Australia
4 January 2022, 10:37 pm ·3-min read
Off-grid power company Pacific Energy is planning an industrial-scale expansion as it rolls out a hybrid future in some of the most rugged parts of Australia.
The need for a stable and secure electricity grid means renewable energy cannot take over, according to some critics.
The solution for miners and electricity firms faced with a vast and unforgiving landscape is increasingly being found off-grid with their own hybrid power supplies and battery storage systems.
Only two per cent of Australia's population lives in off-grid locations, but more than six per cent of the nation's electricity use occurs in these regional and remote areas - dominated by energy demand from mining operations.
Pacific Energy, owned by Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), added more than 76 megawatts of power to its portfolio last year, taking it to over 550MW or about the size of a typical coal-fired power station.
Chief executive James Cullen told AAP on Wednesday the WA-headquartered firm is looking at a presence in all three eastern states and the Northern Territory as industrial demand increases.
"The grid is here to stay and the various issues being experienced as a result of surging renewables penetration will eventually be worked through," he said.
"However, there will be sectors which may come off the grid such as fringe-of-grid consumers switching to dedicated stand-alone power systems or reduced reliance on the grid, such microgrids incorporating rooftop solar and storage in industrial complexes."
WA, the source of much of Pacific Energy's growth to date, is not part of the so-called national electricity market.
The NEM operates on one of the world's longest interconnected power systems - from Port Douglas in Queensland to Port Lincoln in South Australia - a distance of around 5000 kilometres and supplies around 80 per cent of Australia's electricity consumption.
"The off-grid market has been the backbone of the business for many years so west of the NEM has certainly been the focus," Mr Cullen said.
"But with the rapid changes in technology and economics we see various opportunities in and around the NEM," he said.
"Industrial facilities are likely to have demand for integrated solar, inverter, battery, and switchboard packages in order to connect and control multiple sources of energy from behind the meter, such as selecting from solar, battery or NEM generation to power workplace EV charging stations."
Projects in the west include a 32MW hybrid gas and renewable energy plant for critical minerals developer Strandline Resources.
Galena Mining's lead-silver Abra project in the Gascoyne region is getting an 18MW hybrid gas, solar, battery system and LNG storage renewable power station.
Northern Star Resources has a 17MW expansion of the Thunderbox power station underway to power its gold mining operations.
A 6MW solar farm is being built for lithium miner Pilbara Minerals' Pilgangoora operations.
Near completion, a power plant being developed in Esperance for Horizon Power brings together 22MW gas, 9MW of wind, 4MW solar and 4MW battery energy storage systems.
A joint partnership with South Australian firm LAVO is testing hydrogen energy technology.
Iluka Resources also worked with Pacific Energy's subsidiary KPS Power Generation to convert a 10MW diesel power station at the Jacinth-Ambrosia minerals sands mine in South Australia into a hybrid solar system.
Wall Street sell-off deepens, Nasdaq down
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Chinese port city reports COVID case dip
The Chinese city of Tianjin has reported fewer COVID-19 cases after conducting mass testing and locking down some areas to curb the highly transmissible Omicron variant.Tianjin, a key port in northern China, reported 18 domestically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms for Monday, National Health Commission (NHC) data showed on Tuesday.
Haunting Facebook post as suspect in girl's death arrested
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ShutterstockPicture yourself standing at the edge of a road, trying to decide if it's safe to cross. It's night time and rain is falling, making it difficult to see what's up ahead. After looking both ways, you step onto the road. But what if this was a poor choice? Perhaps you've misjudged the speed of an approaching car. How does your brain realise its error and correct things before it's too late? Experiments in cognitive psychology and neuroscience have taught us we make decisions by integra
Fashion journalist Andre Leon Talley dies
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Hey this is a wonderful video! However I am confused with how the fader recall works on this board. Could you explain it a little bit more?
Great video Justin! Our church is supposed to purchasing a studiolive 24 soon. I can't wait!


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The three-piece Alto is a marvel in itself, and once you see what it does, you'd want to head to the nearest beach or playground sand pit to build an epic castle. While you're at it, why not have Scoppi, Cuppi, Ringo and Ballo at hand to help with the construction of the moat and entrances?
Bath time is never boring with shape-making Starfish and SunnyLove, and the click-and-store neatness of Lili and Sloopi.
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Mynydd Y Gwair Windfarm Local Community Fund - First batch of Round 6 Small Grants awarded
We're delighted to announce the successful applicants to the round 6 small grants of the Mynydd Y Gwair Windfarm Local Community Fund to date.
The Mynydd y Gwair Windfarm Local Community Fund offers grants to organisations providing services, facilities or activities that benefit the communities within the Community / Town Council areas of Llangyfelach, Pontlliw and Tircoed, Pontarddulais, Mawr, Penllergaer, Clydach and Morriston.
Round 6 opened in October 2020 for applications for Small and Medium grants from third sector organisations, social enterprises, schools and Town and Community Councils in the areas of benefit.
Applications can be submitted up to 11th January 2021.
The 3 successful applications to date are:
Pontarddulais Age Concern To provide monthly contact, a delivered lunch and access to a technology service to ensure that older people in the group continue to stay safe and positive until we can meet up.
Bont Elim Community Church To maintain services until it is safe to re-open and rebuild all the groups and classes within the building, as well as expand our services over the next season.
Friends of Coed Bach Park Provision of play equipment for a group of young people that have limited access to outside facilities where they can socialise
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