Medicare for Parents

这个保险叫MEDI-CAL.65岁以上都可以申请,但非居民只包急诊. 但总比没有好,再说父
母来一般都带很多药, 就是怕有个急病.

下面是网站, 和SANTA CLARA COUNTY 的地址电话.

http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/scc/menuitem.2c9f27538b48f388dfe093102830a429/?path=%2Fv7%2FSCC%20Public%20Portal%2FHealth%20and%20Human%20Care%2FCaring%20For%20the%20Elderly%2FHealth%20Insurance%20for%20the%20Elderly

North County Office
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
100 Moffett Blvd, CA 94043
(650) 988 6100
(408) 271 5600

很容易申请,只须注意以下三点:

1. 要说父母准备长期住在加州,临时居民不给;
2. 月收入父母一个人不超过$1000, 两个人不超过$1472;
3. 父母的家庭财产不超过$3000.

对于第一个问题,虽然签证只有6个月,但你只要说准备长期住在加州,就可以,他们不是
移民官. 对于第二和第三个问题,可以说在美国没收入,一般就不会在问了.但如过说在
国内有收入,要提供工资条和银行存折复印件.

If you live in San Mateo county, there's an even better option called the
WELL Program, which provides all general medical care (as well as some very
limited dental care) at the San Mateo Medical Center. There are some fees
associated with the program but for very low income people (anyone with only
retirement income in China will definitely qualify as very low income), all
services are free.

http://www.sanmateomedicalcenter.org/smc/department/smmc/home/0,2151,5562066_112231453,00.html
(scroll down the page to see the brochure for the WELL Program)

There are also some free medical clinics in the Bay Area that provide some
limited services:

Stanford Arbor Free Clinic
http://arbor.stanford.edu/

Stanford Pacific Free Clinic
http://pacific.stanford.edu/home.html

Berkeley Free Clinic
http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/home.html

(Google for other free clinics in the area)
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PS - selection, layers

Selection Tools Tutorial

Selections Tutorial

Making Selections

Layers Tutorial

http://www.uwec.edu/help/PhotoshopCS2/blendmodes.htm


http://northlite.50megs.com/ps/blend.htm


http://teamphotoshop.com/articles-The-Techniques-Fun-with-blend-modes-5,8,62a.html



http://www.romeo-help4u.com/MG/tutorials/PS/site/basics/?page=blending-mode


http://www.nebulus.org/tutorials/2d/photoshop/ps3/


http://www.debdsweb.com/tutorials/blends.htm


http://www.gatheringofartists.com/epitome/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=52


http://www.gatheringofartists.com/epitome/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61



More Advanced

http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161017&page=1

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Photoshop - Navigation and Selection

Navigation Tutorial

Cropping Tutorial

Viewing & Navigating

Resolution

What is Resolution

Understanding Resolution

Input Output Resolution

Image Resolution

Digital Resolution


Basic Color Correction

Color Correction Tutorials

Auto Color

Color Cast Correction

Color Correct and Rotate

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The Suspect

by John Lescroart

Bearable writing with annoying protagonists. However, the San Francisco setting may lure me back to this author.
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Classical Music

1. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643, Italy)
L'Orfeo (first important opera)

****The Baroque Period (1600 - 1750)***

2. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687, France)
Ballet des Plaisirs (reform orchestra composition)
3. Henry Purcell (1659-1695, England)
Dido's Lament from Dido [dai-do] and Aeneas
4. Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706, Germany)
Canon in D [pa-ke-bel]
5. Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1715, Italy)
Christmas Concerto (Concerto grosso No.8)
6. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, Germany)
Brandenburg Concerto
Air on the G String
7. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759, Germany)
Water Music
Firework Music
Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus)
8.Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750, Italy)
Adagio in G minor (not written by Albanoni)
9. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741, Italy)
The Four Seasons

***The Classical Period (1750-1830)***

10. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788, Germany)
Sinfonia No.4 in G major (son of J. S. Bach)
11. Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787, Bavaria)
Orfeo ed Euridice
12. Franz Joseph Hayden (1732-1809, Austria)
Symphony No. 45 'Farewell'
Symphony No. 94 'The Surprise'
Symphony No. 101 'The Clock'
Symphony No. 104 'The London Symphony'
13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791, Austria)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter'
The Marriage of Figaro
Piano Concerto in C major
Requiem
Piano Sonata in A major
A Musical Joke
The Magic Flute
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
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State of Fear

by Michael Crichton

Like all the fiction with an agenda, the tensity and pace of the story give away to prolonged clarification of the author's stand point. Crichton even goes through the length of giving academic references. It is enlightening at first and boring in the end. His characters are made simple and flat so that they can ask the same questions and illustrate the same ideas again and again.

The doubt about global warming is understandable, the theory of the state of fear is insightful, but somehow, putting together, it is neither captive nor persuasive.
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The Enemy At Home

by Dinesh D'Souza

As always, D'Souza's book is full of insights, but as any other partisan propaganda, it is biased at least, and sometimes, to the extend of being ridiculous.

There's no doubt that most of the Americans, including some policy makers are clueless about how foreign people perceive America, as a nation or as a culture. Reading this book will definitely help. However, when the author drags his advantaged cultural perspective into a bi-partisan fight, it is unavoidably devalued. After all, you can't justify the good taste of an orange with a rotten apple.

What a shame!
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Children Calcium Need & RDA for Others

1-3 500mg daily
4-8 800mg daily
9-18 1300mg daily

2000 calorie diet

100% calcium = 1000mg

1 Dannimal Yogurt: 250mg
1 Lucerne string cheese : 200mg
1 Whole Kids string cheese: 150mg
1 cup reduced fat milk: 350mg
1 cup soy milk: 250mg
1 cup soybean boiled: 260m

Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Nutrient Units RDA
Vitamin A mcg_RE 800
Vitamin D mcg 5
Vitamin E mg_ATE 8
Vitamin K mcg 65

Water-Soluble Vitamins
Nutrient Units RDA
Vitamin C mg 60
Thiamin mg 1.1
Riboflavin mg 1.1
Vitamin B-6 mg 1.3
Vitamin B-12 mcg 2.4
Niacin mg 14
Folate mcg 400

Trace Minerals
Nutrient Units RDA
Iron mg 15
Zinc mg 12
Selenium mcg 55
Copper mg ---

Major Minerals
Nutrient Units RDA
Calcium mg 1000
Phosphorus mg 700
Magnesium mg 320
Sodium mg ---
Potassium mg ---
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Movies - 2007

1. King Kong - Fell asleep in the middle. A third way through the movie, I haven't seen the chimp yet, and when it finally shows up, it grabs fewer shots than dinosaurs.

2. Marie Antoinette - Pointless and meaningless. With strangely modern music. Frivolous enough, but still needs a root.

3. Thank You for Smoking - Best movie of the year so far. Humorous, funny, and smart.

4. Little Miss Sunshine - Good movie. Interesting, and light.

5. Mission Impossible III - As boring as the second.

6. Superman Returns - Fairly interesting.

7. The Break Up - Light, touching and pointless.

8. Ice Age: The Meltdown - Fell asleep and couldn't finish.

9. Crazy Farm - Boring, have to skip some passages.

10. My Super Ex-Girlfriend - So so funny.

11. Over the Hedge - Funniest animation this year so far.

12. Keeping Mum - Dark and creepy, but funny enough.

13. An Inconvenient Truth - Apart from Gore's fat ass, a very informative and insightful documentary.

14. Click - Surprisingly funny and touching.

15. Rumor Has It - Light.

16. The Departed - Another pointless trash. The ending is funny though, everyone dies, so quickly, so easy.

17. Stranger Than Fiction - Touching, and interesting.

18. Pride and Prejudice - All time classic. Never fails me. They just can't make a bad movie out of it.

19. Open Season - Okay animation, not very original.

20. Lucky Number Slevin - Bloody but cool. Bruce Willis still holds up.

21. Grimm Brothers - Surprisingly entertaining. Matt Damon hasn't failed me yet.

22. Inside Man - Fresh idea, loose ends, and slow pace. Amusingly lack of climax.

23. Babel - Miscommunication originated from sexual frustration?

24. Borat - Not sure I get it.

25. American Dreamz - Hilarious. Hugh Grant is dazzling as usual.

26. The Prestige - Captive but not lovable.

27. 16 Blocks - Reasonably good but not exciting.

28. Scoop - Woody Allen is soooo old.

29. Happy Feet - The most boring animation ever.

30. Curse of the Golden Flower - Zhang Yimou can only make trash now.

31. All the Kings Men - Strong performance.

32. Just Like Heaven - Cute and funny.

33. The Illusionist - So so good. The actress is too ugly.

34. Casanova - Entertaining enough.

35. The Holiday - Better than I expected.

36. The Pursuit of Happiness - So so. Depressing most of the time.

37. Brokeback Mountain - boring.

38. Memoirs of a Geisha - Watchable.

39. Pink Panther - Good laugh.

40. A Good Shepherd - A little bit confusing, but good.

41. Cheaper by Dozen II - Just like the title.

42. Children of Men - boring.

43. Copying Beethoven - Ugly except the music.
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Cross

by James Patterson

So boring, I had to drag myself to the end. This is definitely my last Patterson.
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Espresso drink names and terms

Caffe Latte
A Caffe Latte is a single shot of espresso with steamed milk. There is not frothed milk in this drink. A Caffe Latte should have approximately a 3:1 ratio of milk to coffee. Note: ordering a Latte in an Italian restaurant may get you a glass of milk so be sure to order Caffe Latte.

Cafe au Lait
A Cafe au Lait is similar to a Caffe Latte except it is generally made with brewed coffee instead of espresso in a ratio of 1:1 milk to coffee with sugar added to taste.

Cappuccino
Cappuccino is traditionally equal parts espresso, steamed milk and frothed milk. Many coffee shops will add much more milk than this in the belief that bigger is better.

Americano
An Americano is a single shot of espresso with 6 to 8 ounces of hot water added. This term was originally devised as a sort of insult to Americans who wanted their espresso diluted.

Hammerhead aka A Shot in the Dark
A hammerhead is a shot of espresso in a coffee cup that is then filled with drip coffee.
This may very well be the drink with the most distinct names. It seems that every espresso bar insists on giving it a new name. Check out a few of the alternate names.
This is probably one of those love it or hate it drinks. On one side it to me seems like a novelty drink in the sense of give me all the caffeine I can get. But at the same time if the espresso is made properly and the coffee is chosen wisely it can be an exceptional drink and unlike straight shots it's not gone in a couple of sips. Personally I love it. If you have the option of choosing the coffee go with something roasted a little lighter and on the acidy side. The combinations of the caramelized sugars and depth of the espresso plus the high notes of the coffee make an excellent beverage. Daniel

Mocha
This is usually a Cappuccino or a Caffe Latte with chocolate syrup added. This term actually has very little meaning beyond chocolate being involved so you might want to ask what it is in a given coffee house before you order one.

Espresso Con Panna
This is a shot with whipped cream.

Double
Two shots of espresso with the same amount of all other ingredients.
Just to make things confusing some shops will treat a double as double everything keeping the proportions the same.

Ristretto
This is a restricted shot. Less water is allowed to come through the coffee grounds but the shot should take the same amount of time as a normal pull. This is approximately a .75 ounce pull.

Lungo
This is an extra long pull allowing approximately twice as much water through the same amount of coffee as normally used for a single shot. This will be somewhat over extracted. It's about a 2-3 ounce shot.

Cafe Macchiato
Cafe Macchiato is a shot of espresso (served in a small espresso cup) topped off with steamed milk (of a velvety smooth texture) - the ratio of cafe/latte is approximately 80/20. Most Italians drop a teaspoon of sugar in this elixir. Put another way this is a serving of espresso with a small dollop of foam on top.

Cafe Breva
A Cafe Breva is essentially a cappuccino made with half&half instead of whole milk. This should have a very rich creamy flavor. Half&half is a bit of a pain to foam, but it most definitely can be done.

Dry
A dry cappuccino generally refers to a drink with a small amount of foam and no steamed milk.
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Coffee roasting - from wiki

Darkness

A note on flavor: Describing the tastes of different roasts is as subjective as putting a wine into words. In both cases there’s no substitute for your own personal taste, for sample


 Aliases Roaster Watch Surface Flavor
Light Cinnamon roast, half city, New England After about seven minutes the beans “pop” and double in size, and light roasting is achieved. American mass-market roasters typically stop here. Dry Light-bodied and somewhat sour, grassy, and snappy
Medium Full city, American, regular, breakfast, brown At nine to eleven minutes the beans reach this roast, which U.S. specialty sellers tend to prefer. Dry A bit sweeter than light roast; full body balanced by acid snap, aroma, and complexity
Dark High, Viennese, French, Continental After 12 to 13 minutes the beans begin hissing and popping again, and oils rise to the surface. Roasters from the U.S. Northwest generally remove the beans at this point. Slightly shiny Somewhat spicy; complexity is traded for rich chocolaty body, aroma is exchanged for sweetness
Darkest Italian, espresso After 14 minutes or so the beans grow quiet and begin to smoke. Having carmelized, the bean sugars begin to carbonize. Very oily Smokey; tastes primarily of roasting, not of the inherent flavor of the bean

Grades of coffee roasting; from left: unroasted (or "green"), light, cinnamon, medium, high, city, full city, French, and Italian.
Grades of coffee roasting; from left: unroasted (or "green"), light, cinnamon, medium, high, city, full city, French, and Italian.

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CSS - continued

1. Code Style
2.
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Feed

1. Feedburner
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Blogs

Popular Blogs



Political Blogs



Other Blogs and Places to Find Blogs

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Study: Most Wrinkle Creams Don't Work

Dec 14, 2006
(WebMD) You can pay more than $100 an ounce for a wrinkle cream that promises to erase the years from your face, but spending a few bucks on a good sunscreen is probably a better investment, new research shows.

Those "breakthrough" anti-wrinkle creams now dominating department store cosmetics counters don't really work all that well, shows a Consumer Reports investigation that compares wrinkle creams. And neither do their less pricey drugstore counterparts.

Investigators found no correlation between price and effectiveness in the wrinkle creams they tested. One of the cheapest -- Olay Regenerist -- performed slightly better than the rest.

But none of the tested brands produced dramatic results in terms of reducing wrinkles.

"The fact is that using these products isn't going to make you look like the models in their ads, unless you are 27-years-old and have no wrinkles to begin with," says Nancy Metcalf, a senior projects editor at Consumer Reports.

Study Compares Wrinkle Creams

Americans now spend more than $1 billion a year on antiaging skin products, but most have no idea if there is any scientific basis for claims the products make.

In their first-ever investigation to compare wrinkle creams, Consumer Reports investigators tested nine products, ranging in price from $38 to $335.

Light-skinned women between the ages of 30 and 70 used the creams as recommended by the manufacturers on one side of their face for 12 weeks, while using a moisturizer with sunscreen on the other side.

Each cream was tested by at least 17 women.

An optical device designed to measure minute changes in wrinkle depth and skin roughness was used to evaluate the creams' effectiveness.

Photos were also taken of the crow's feet area of the women's faces before, during, and immediately after participation in the study.

Finally, study participants were evaluated by specially trained technicians, as well as being asked about their satisfaction with the face cream they used.

The investigation found only slight improvements overall in wrinkles for any of the tested products.

But each product performed better for some women than for others.

At $57 for the cream, lotion, or serum, Olay Regenerist was the top performing product, followed by Lancome Paris Renergie, at $176, and RoC Retin-Ox+, at $135.

One of the worst performing products, La Prairie Cellular, was also one of the most expensive, at $335 for an ounce of day cream and 1.7 ounces of night cream.
Active Ingredient Didn't Matter

Investigators found little relationship between the active ingredients in the products and their overall performance.

That surprises Florida dermatologist Susan Weinkle, MD, who tells WebMD that the active ingredient in a wrinkle cream is the most important factor in how it works.

Weinkle is an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the University of South Florida and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Dermatology.

She says products that contain the vitamin A derivative retinol do seem to have some effect on existing wrinkles. Retinol-based products are weaker versions of the prescription wrinkle cream Retin-A.

However, both the poorest performer in the Consumer Reports test, RoC Retinol Correxion Deep Wrinkle, and one of the best performers, RoC Retin-Ox, have retinol as their active ingredient.

Weinkle says antioxidant-based products, like those containing vitamin C, green tea, or copper, may help prevent wrinkles, but they won't banish those that already exist.

For existing wrinkles, products containing hexapeptides or pentapeptides as their active ingredient may help, she says.

Olay Regenerist is a pentapeptide-based product, but so was one of the poorer performers in the test, StriVectin-SD.

Weinkle agrees that price has little to do with effectiveness when it comes to antaging skin products.

"Just because you pay more doesn't mean you are getting more," she says. "You really have to look at the ingredients."

She adds that wearing a sunscreen every day will do more to prevent new wrinkles than any face cream on the market.

"Wrinkling comes from ultraviolet light, so you can use expensive wrinkle creams until the cows come home," Weinkle says. "But they aren't going to do much good if you don't protect your face from sun damage."
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Echo Park

by Michael Connelly

Costs me a good night sleep. Full of twists. Just when you think you got it, it turns. Though the last turn a bit lame, the romance part ends too cliche, they leave rooms for fresher blood in the coming sequels if there's any.
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Safe Fonts

Arial Webdings Tahoma
Arial black Georgia Times New Roman
Arial Narrow Ompact Trebuchet MS
Century Gothic Monotype Verdana
Comic Sans MS Palatino Franklin Gothic
Courier New Symbol

Generic Collections

  • Serif
    the little details on the ends of the characters are known as serifs. Look closely at these serif examples: TIMES, PALATINO and GARAMOND.
  • Sans-serif
    sans means without in French. Sans-serif fonts do not have the details. Check these examples: ARIAL, HELVETICA, BODONI, VERDANA and OPTIMA. Sans-serif fonts are recommended for the web because they are easier to read at low resolutions.
  • Monospace
    Monospace fonts give equal spacing to each letter. Typewriters used monospace fonts such as COURIER and COURIER NEW.
  • Fantasy
    These fonts are used decoratively, perhaps for titles or headings. Fantasy fonts vary from browser to browser and are not an "official" collection except in CSS. Examples include IMPACT and PAPYRUS. Picture fonts such as WEBDINGS ( SYMBOL and ZAPF DINGBATS ), are not included in the fantasy collection.
  • Cursive
    Cursive fonts resemble handwriting. Examples include COMIC SANS MS, ZAPF CHANCERY, PARK AVENUE, LUCIDA HANDWRITING, LUCIDA CALLIGRAPHY
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The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

I've heard of this book for a long while but the "bee" part in the title keeps my hand away from it. Basically, I am not interested in any title that involves animal, huge or tiny.

This is a beautifully written story, about the growing pain and salvation of a girl. It has all the elements to become a bestseller: mystery - what happened on the day that Lily's mom died? tension - between Lily and her father, black and white; romance - Lily and Zach, Julie and Neil, etc. death - Lily's mom, May; culture - southern; religion - black Mary; social changes - civil liberty act, etc. All these elements interweave and interact, and yet, the author is skillful enough to keep everything personal so that the story evolves in a sweet and subtle aroma.

I still manage to skip many paragraphs about bee keeping though.
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Web Publishing Resources

Accessibility Information



Editors



Secure FTP Clients


The CITS Division no longer supports using standard FTP to remotely transfer files with our UNIX network. You now must use a software program that supports the Secure File Transfer Program (SFTP). The links below detail free and low-cost software which you can download and install on your local hard drives.


SFTP programs conduct file transfers in an encrypted manner. For directions on how to use these FTP clients, please see the CTIS Transfer Files using Secure Transfer Program (SFTP) page.



  • Macintosh OS 8/9 - MacSFTP ($25, 15 day free trial)

  • Macintosh OS X - Fugu (free)

  • Windows - WinSCP3 (free)

  • Windows - WS_FTP Pro ($39.95, 30 day free trial)


Web Standards



  • W3C This is the governing body which sets the HTML standards Their site has LOTS of information and also code samples you can use to write excellent code.Their site contains information on the standard HTML you will learn in this class. You may have learned earlier versions of HTML such as the 3.2 standards (which include the Center tag), but it is important that you familiarize yourselves withthe XHTML 2.0 standards because older tags (like CENTER and FONT) have been deprecated. That means that they are being phased out. Newer additions and updates have been implemented which give more control (such as align= rather than center). Please look over the standards so you are familiar with them and do not use any tags which are deprecated.
  • World Association of Webmasters (WOW)


Browser Info and Code Validators





Finding Image Size without Photoshop


Question: How can I get the image sizes of .gifs, .jpg and other image files if don't have access to an image editing application like Photoshop?


If a graphic artist has created the image (if you work in a company, for instance) you can ask them for the size. There are also some freeware/shareware graphics programs on the web that you can download that will give you info.


I use one called Graphic Converter (for Mac OSX but I also used it on earlier Mac OS and it is also available for Windows). It will give sizes of graphics and convert images from one format to another.


Here are some suggestions for Windows users from other students:

I find the best one that works really well on a PC and is delivered with the MS suite (so everyone should have it) is "Paint". In case you aren't sure where to find it- the path is:



  • Start

  • All Programs

  • Accessories

  • Paint


Open your graphic, click on >Images, >Attributes, and you will see the size.


There is yet a simpler way. In Windows XP (maybe other Windows versions as well including ME), go to Windows Explorer and go to the folder with the images. Right click on a particular image and select "properties". The "summary" tab gives the size of the image in pixels.


Graphics Design/Audio Resources and Tips



Forms



CSS


CSS Compatibility Chart

Another Compatibility Chart


Quirksmode W3C DOM charts



Blogs and Related Blog Stuff


Very Cool JavaScripts, Java Applets, Flash and Other Cool Sites


Flash Examples



Try the machines on the left side - Praystation

Play Golf??


Industorious Clock


Java Applet Examples


Brock Institute for Advanced Studies

Home Page for Virtual Mechanisms
Animated by Java


Smartmoney.com

Enter a stock symbol and then click Charting and/or Competition to see various Java Applets in action.


DHTML


DHTML Game Examples


Dynamic Drive - DHTML Scripts for the Real World


Cite Sources


If you use materials (text, images, etc.) from other sources, be sure to credit the source. Here is a link which explains how to credit a source for a web site:

Modern Language Association


Citation Machine Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.


Special Characters


Webmonkey Reference—Special Character Codes


The Trouble With EM 'n EN (and Other Shady Characters)


Where can I find the Data Files for the book?



  • The Download page allows you to download files for the 4th Edition of the book. Files are available in PC and Mac format.

  • Student Online Companion for the 4th edition contains additional materials and tutorials..



Document Type Definition 1



"The rules for each tag in HTML are spelled out in a Document Type Definition (or DTD) . Without the DTD, a browser would have no idea how to display a page marked up in HTML. In fact, the DTD is embedded in the browser - so the browser "knows" what a < b > tag does. It doesn't need to go and look it up anywhere. "


Use the XHTML Transitional doctype statment at the top of your document:


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">


Make sure that you follow strict XHTML coding rules (lower-case, proper nesting, closing all tags, etc.). See Carey, Appendix E and/or W3C XHMTL for more information. Note also that the DTD for XHTML 2.0 has not yet been written so we will continue to use the 1.0 transitional DTD.



If you've ever wondered why today's browsers are so big (and thus, take so long to download), it's because "each new version has to accomodate all the different DTD's and to interpret all the lax HTML syntax" 2 from the past! For more information on this interesting topic, see Beginning XHTML, Chapter 2.




General Debugging Questions/Hints


If you are absolutely, positively certain that your HTML code is correct and you notice that for whatever reason, part of your web page does not work then check the following.


Check for any spelling and typing mistakes. Sometimes an extra vowel or hitting the wrong key is all that is wrong with your web page. Remember, sometimes capital letters make a difference.


Why won't my pictures show up on my web page?




  • Check to make sure you have uploaded your image file to the correct location on the server.

  • Do you have the right filename in your Images Folder? For example, windmill.GIF instead of windmill.gif.

  • Does the Images folder name use all capital letters, all lower case letters, or is there a mix of lower case and capital letters? It helps to be consistent in naming the Images folders (or for that matter, all your folders) for all projects.

  • Remember to keep your gifs and jpegs in the proper Image folder, especially when you are working with more than one Image folder for your web site.




I can not get a particular tag name property to work right.




  1. Check your code for missing closing tags.
  2. Check for spelling errors.
  3. Check to make sure you have the correct attributes and attribute format.



What is the best way of debugging my HTML code?




  • Check your code in a very systematic way. Review the troubled line of code by taking a look at every single character of text, typing space, and typing errors. Here is a list of things to check.

    1. Spelling
    2. Tag format
    3. End tags
    4. Attribute format


  • Isolate areas for testing. Use comments to comment out everything
    except the "first" part. If it works ok, add the "second" part - and
    so on - that way, you can focus on small parts and it is not so
    overwhelming.


Fonts


Here are 2 links to pages with fonts for downloading. (Thanks to Jack Leung)!




From the Forum - Web page privacy and security


Question: I had a question about Web site management. I am building a Web site for my family and was hoping to include current contact information, and other resources, such as a family tree, and whatnot.

Some family members have expressed concern about the privacy of their information. I am wondering what the best way to give everyone the peace of mind that no one outside of the family is able to come into our site and get personal information.

I thought that a password protected page might be secure enough, but does a "web bot" or other automated information collecting program really need to open the page to get the information from the pages?


> "Web bots" won't be able to get in if the page is login and password protected.


Another friend suggested the password protection, along with SSL encryption. Is this overkill? I will never be promoting this Web site, but does that really keep it safe from prying eyes?


> Probably. But this is important if you will implement login and password protection. Otherwise, the password will not be encrypted when it's sent over the network.

> You can implement SSL without buying a certificate from a CA vendor. Just use self-signed. The only problem with this is that your browser will complain when it connects to it initially since it does not recognize the SSL certificate.

> Password protection plus SSL is easy to setup on Apache, so it's probably worth it if you are worried about privacy and security


> Here's a good document on how to setup up a self-signed SSL certificate.


> I guess the best document on Apache http server - from the source itself.



From the Forum - Web Collaboration Vendors


Question: I am looking to configure a "Yahoo Group" kind of functionality that includes forum, online chat, upload/download files etc. on our website. Has anyone configured forum software or an ftp website? If so, recommend any vendors or feedback how difficult to configure and use?


I am putting up a forum for re-entry students.
I am using http://www.phpBB.com

I don't know if you are hosting internally or
whether you are using a webhosting company...
if you are using a webhosting company, you need
to have cgi-bin access, php and mysql support.

BTW - phpbb was listed as the January "Project of
the month" at Sourceforge ( a huge repository of
open source projects ).



From the Forum - Hosting (ISP, DNS, etc.)


Question: I am looking for a low cost solution to host my web site.


I have switched my entire company over to ixwebhosting, it has saved us a lot of money and customer service and quick response to questions or concerns about setup and usage is top notch.


The Windows solution, which is slightly more expensive, allows you to do mssql, mysql, .net, .asp, and the list goes on. You even have direct access to your DNS records and have full control over pointing to external servers that you might host yourself.


Unlimited storage, unlimited email accounts and 35Gig of Bandwith per month are included. If you need more bandwidth than that then you probably need a dedicated server.


This is by far one of the best solutions I have seen. If you want to check out some others just to compare pros/cons:



  • robows.com

  • valueweb.com

  • hostway.com

  • interland.com


Really High End



  • datareturn.com

  • verio.com

  • interland.com (dedicated solution)


There are tons of solutions out there I think ixwebhosting is the best I have seen to date considering the number of features

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From the Forum - Easy to integrate calendars


Question: I need to create calendars that can be updated by the client.


Here are three solutions, I have worked with the one provided by http://www.calendarscripts.com which is written in PERL. Try it out the documentation is great and you can easily import through the admin console (upload) from a text delimited file.


Another solution that I haven't used but have heard good things about is web calendar creator


Another one to use that is more expensive but if you get the unlimited version you could charge your clients and host for them using Now Up To Date Calendar/Contacts (NUDC) which is available at poweronsoftware.com. I use their software on a daily basis and love it, syncs with my CLIE, Entourage/Outlook, and I can go to any browser and view it online as well.


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