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On the Behavior of 2d Transformations in Internet Explorer
Posted on 27 February 2010 by Brendan Kenny
In my work on the box2d and web worker modules in gwtns, I've needed the ability to put things up on the screen. To really make sure I was doing the word "overkill" justice, I decided to use my old TransformedElement module for that purpose. This has given me the opportunity to go back and ruminate over my original implementation.
Though it was only a few months ago, I originally took it on as more of a way to get to know the GWT deferred binding system than to write the perfect transformation library, and I wrote it in definite haste. I would probably not structure it the same way a second time. It's not bad, but the differences between the underlying IE and CSS3 implementations are enough to make the unifying API a little less straightforward than it should be.
What was terrible, though, was the speed of the Internet Explorer version. The trial and error process to get IE's matrix filter fully operational was annoying enough that I didn't spend much longer on it than I had to. It helped that I only needed to position elements, not animate them, but that's no longer true. As a result, I took a day last week to profile and revamp the IE implementation. The performance is actually now on par with the Firefox version, since the majority of execution time is taken up by DOM access.
But I'll write more about the changes I made in my next post. For now, I really want to address how to get Internet Explorer transforming elements in almost the exact same way as all the "modern" browsers that support the CSS 2D Transforms (draft) specification. I've been surprised at the lack of support for IE as plugins and tools have started popping up to let authors easily transform elements. In fact, many explicitly state that IE support seems possible, but it hasn't been implemented yet due to the pain of figuring out the different format.
But there's no reason to repeat ourselves as a community. Supporting IE is actually pretty straightforward, you just have to be a little tricky to get around a few problems. With this done—if you're willing to forsake Firefox users prior to 3.5 and Opera users prior to 10.5—essentially every browser in use is capable of applying geometric transformations to HTML elements. In writing this, I'm hoping that I can at least set a baseline of understanding of how transformations work in IE. That way, those that don't want to figure it out from scratch won't need to, and those that do will be able to concentrate on creating tools more elegant and sophisticated than I have here.
Unless otherwise stated, this post will be strictly about two dimensional transformations. So when I talk about "affine transformations" or "translations," just read "2d affine transformations" or "2d translations."
I'm going to assume some familiarity with basic linear algebra and transforms. I'm hoping, though, that I can provide enough context so that the proper Wikipedia or MathWorld search will be clear even for unfamiliar concepts. Please let me know if and where I confuse or gloss over an important detail.
This will only cover support for the equivalent of the matrix transformation function. i.e. transform: matrix(a, b, c, d, e, f); rather than the list of transformation functions: transform: rotate(<angle>) scale(<number>) ...;. I'm primarily interested in transforms through scripting—so I concatenate transformations into an internal matrix representation—but it's trivial to find the matrix form of any list of transformations. This has implications for animation, but that will have to fall outside the scope of this post.
All listed code was tested only in Internet Explorer 8. The Matrix Filter was added in IE5.5, but the accessor syntax was slightly changed in the latest version to better comply with the standard way of extending CSS. The syntax changes should be trivial, but layout changes are probably not. If you work it out, please let me know so I can put up a link.
Finally, if all of this isn't your cup of tea, I'll have the final code posted next. Don't worry; it'll be JavaScript.
UA Background
The type of transform we're interested in is called an affine transform, which describes most of the ways one would want to move or change an object: scaling it, rotating it, shearing it, translating it, etc. There used to be no standard way to transform DOM elements, but a few years ago Apple started pushing for their format (which started life on the iPhone) to be adopted. From there, it spread to the desktop version of Safari and then eventually to Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. It's now close to being finalized.
But it turns out that Internet Explorer has been well ahead of the pack for years, supporting the transformation of elements through its CSS "filter" extension since at least 2000. A quick Google search will actually find mention of it all over the place in old DHTML tutorials, but I can't think of any time I've seen it in the wild. Like the existence of Flashblock, the fact that spinning webpages aren't more widespread is probably evidence of divine providence and existing barriers shouldn't be trifled with. But in the end, I prefer tools that will cheerfully help you shoot yourself in the foot (or your users in the eyes). We're just going to have to rely on collective good taste.
A still forthcoming blog post better compares the results of IE's matrix transform filter to the results of current CSS3 implementations, but, in theory, they are close to identical in what they support.
Math Digression: Linear Transformations
An affine transformation is actually a combination of a linear transformation and a translation. In our case, the linear transformation takes linear combinations of a point's x and y coordinates to map them to new coordinates. In other words, for point x
linear transformation T produces the new point
or, in matrix form:
By using specific values for the entries of the transformation matrix, here represented as a through d, a single linear transform can express a rotation, a scale, a shear, or even an ordered sequence of these operations combined. It can be very illuminating to work out what these specific matrices are for yourself, but as a simple example, an expansion by a factor of two would be represented like this
This transformation would map every point to a new point at twice the distance from the origin, except the origin itself.
In fact, no linear transformation can move the origin. Rotations provide another easy example: no matter how many times a wheel is rotated, there is no rotation that will change the center of the wheel; that point is fixed. If we want to be more precise:
At the origin, the values of a, b, c, and d are irrelevant; a linear transformation always maps the origin to itself.
Further Math Digression: Translations
Translations are what allow objects to move around without distortion. There are a few different ways to think of a translation, but the end effect is that all points (including the origin) are shifted in the same direction by the same amount. As noted, there is no way to do this with a simple linear transformation matrix because (among other things) there is no way for it to move the origin.
We'd really like to express the full affine transform as a matrix, though. Why would this be desirable? For our purposes, the main benefit is transform concatenation. Since matrix multiplication is associative, a chain of transformations applied consecutively to an object is equivalent to the application of the single product of each transformation's matrix. Instead of an unbounded list of transformations, each requiring yet more operations to find an end result, each transformation can be multiplied into an intermediate matrix, requiring no more storage than the entries in that matrix.
If we can represent a linear transformation and a translation in a single matrix, more sophisticated behavior also becomes possible. For example, objects would be able to rotate about any specific point rather than always rotating about the origin. Our job also becomes easier; rather than dealing with a bunch of bookkeeping to keep two separate data structures geometrically synchronized, we keep only one structure (a matrix) and one very simple operation (multiplication). The problem remains, though, that matrices can only represent linear transformations, and a translation is not a linear transformation.
We cheat this by augmenting the matrix used so that we are now applying a linear transformation to a 2d plane in a 3d space. By convention, we add a z-coordinate of 1 to all of our 2d points, which guarantees we always have a non-zero coordinate with which we can play. Since the origin is no longer the actual origin (it's now at (0, 0, 1)), we can shift it. We are actually shearing in 3d space, but when we discard the extraneous z-coordinates and look again at just our original 2d points, it appears as if a translation was applied.
If that's not your kind of explanation, maybe the arithmetic will be a little clearer. Again, we augment our points so they are now in 3-space, and our matrix needs to likewise be upgraded to a 3×3 version:
Comparing this result to the linear-transformation matrix multiplication in the previous section, it should be easy to see both the linear transform and the added translation at work. The e and the f entries, since they will always be multiplied by 1, move all points e-units horizontally and f-units vertically.
I purposefully left the bottom row of that matrix as [0, 0, 1]. Some really cool and interesting things can be done by altering the entries there, but without being careful with them, some sticky mathematical situations can arise (especially with invertibility). All the current browsers avoid this (in 2d land, at least) by only accepting transformations specified by the top 2×3 entries of the transformation matrix.
The form is more limited, but for our goals it is sufficient.
This briefest of reviews will have to do for now. If you'd like to learn more, I suggest basically anything by Jim Blinn (in particular, his A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline and its treatment of homogeneous coordinates). For more immediate gratification, Wikipedia does a pretty good job here.
And Back to IE
As mentioned earlier, Internet Explorer accepts a transformation matrix through its filter extension to CSS; in Javascript you might set the filter from a matrix like this:
element.style.filter="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Matrix(M11=a, M12=c, M21=b, M22=d, Dx=e, Dy=f, SizingMethod = sMethod)";
where a, b, c, and d still represent a linear transformation, and e and f represent a translation. These could be hardcoded values or dynamic ones, varying due to time and user input.
The SizingMethod property tells IE how to deal with elements that exceed their original bounds when transformed. If SizingMethod is left at its default value—the string "clip to original"—everything works and the element is transformed correctly. However, the rendering of it usually leaves something to be desired. If it was rotated or translated or scaled in a way that takes part of it outside of its original bounds, that part will be clipped. For example, a simple translation of 35 pixels to the right yields:
View example: SizingMethod = "clip to original" (in IE only, obviously).
So the default SizingMethod ends up being not very useful, but this isn't unexpected given "clip to original;" everything seems sane.
The other possible value for SizingMethod is "auto expand," which allows the transformed element to take up as much room as it needs (notably, without changing layout, just like the CSS3 rec). This would seem like the key, but it comes with a catch: if SizingMethod is set to "auto expand," then all translation values will simply be ignored:
View example: SizingMethod = "auto expand".
I have absolutely no idea what the reasoning was here, or how anyone thought that this behavior would be functionally useful. The MSDN documentation states it so matter of factly that I feel like I must be missing something (or taking crazy pills), but I haven't run across anything that actually explains the behavior. Fortunately, there are ways to work around this problem. Mostly.
Workaround 1
As other people have also realized, the solution is to re-split the desired affine transformation. An augmented matrix is still used throughout the transformation process to allow transforms to be combined, but when it comes time to write the transform to an element's style, the linear transformation and the translation are separated once again. The matrix filter (and "auto expand") is used for the linear portion of the transformation. Since the translation is useless there, the element is instead translated as any other element would be: by altering its 'left' and 'top' attributes.
There are a few minor regressions inherent to this approach. First, translations now alter layout: as an element is translated around the page, any elements positioned relative to it will also have their positions altered. Currently I work around this by either only transforming absolutely positioned elements, or by wrapping an absolutely positioned element with a relatively positioned one, set to the same original dimensions. This has the effect of keeping the rest of the layout stable as the transformed element moves at will. It's not pretty, but it works.
The other minor problem is that elements are now limited to integer pixel positioning instead of the nice floating point values they could use before. Smart rounding can mitigate the effect, but some object jittering will always be present, especially in slow movements or with small elements.
But there's a more fundamental hurdle. As stated earlier, by its very nature a linear transformation leaves the origin of an element unaffected. A compliant CSS3 transform with no translation does this: origins stay put. IE is different; it transforms an element, calculates a bounding box for it, and then places that box's top left corner at the specified 'top' and 'left' coordinates, origin be damned. Hasty info-graphic ahoy:
The default origin for both the CSS3 Transforms spec and IE is found at the center of an element (given here in screen coordinates). When a pure linear transform is applied to it (in this case a rotation of 30 degrees), CSS3 keeps the origin fixed. IE's bounding box routine will instead ensure that an element's left-most point is at its 'left' value, and its top-most point is at its 'top' value. While this may seem straightforward in its description, in practice you just end up with bouncy boxes. No point is fixed. This becomes clear when you see it in action:
View example: pure rotation behavior
Again, I have no idea how someone implemented this, tested it, and thought it useful, but not all things are revealed to me.
(In a rotation, the origin's movement can be described by two catenary curves. That is cool. But not useful.)
Since IE keeps no point fixed under a linear transformation, if a translation is then just naively applied, an element's final position will have shifted not by the translation value but by (translation + (some origin shift)). We need to compute that shift and remove it every time.
Take horizontal positioning first: Let x be the 'left' position of the original (untransformed) element, let w be its original width. The element's horizontal midpoint is at
Finding the midpoint of the bounding box can have serious impacts on performance, but we will only concern ourselves with the theory for now and assume we already know its dimensions. What follows wouldn't really be a proof, relying on an appeal to intuition with one visual example, but for one simple fact: a rectangle under a 2d linear transform shares its center with its minimum axis-aligned bounding box. The proof of this is straightforward, so I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader.
Let wb be the width of the bounding box of the transformed element. Note that wb is not a transformed version of the vector (w, 0). This is obvious under a 90° rotation, as wb would have length 0, while the bounding box would actually have a width equal to the height of the original element.
Since it shares its center with its bounding box, and we've assumed that we know the width of that box, the transformed element's midpoint has moved to
Since we want the bounding box (and thus the transformed element) to be horizontally centered at mx, not m'x, we subtract the difference of the two from the translation value before we apply it to the element. If we call the horizontal shift sx
The vertical shift is found similarly.
In JavaScript, the shift would then be removed when applying the translation to the element:
element.style.left = x + e - sx + 'px';
element.style.top = y + f - sy + 'px';
Finally, while I'm not going to go in depth on support for changing the origin, it's just an additional adjustment, this time by the transformed difference between the center of the original element and the requested new origin. If you'd like to take a look at my solution, it's located here. The code is somewhat obfuscated for performance, but it shouldn't take long to figure out (yes, that's Java. It's still weird for me too).
That's it for now. If you just want the code, or you're dying to know how the replacement of two lines of code with twelve resulted in an order of magnitude speedup, stay tuned for the next post, entitled, "The DOM," or, "The API Only a Mother Could Love."
Links Cited
Example pages. These only work in Internet Explorer, and probably only in IE8.
SizingMethod: 'clip to original'
SizingMethod: 'auto expand'
Bounding box positioning.
Outside resources.
The gwtns library
CSS 2D Transforms Module Level 3
MSDN: Matrix Filter
SVG 1.1: Coordinate Systems, Transformations, and Units
MSDN: SizingMethod Property
A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline
Paul Bakaus's Transformie
Zachary Johnson's jQuery Patch
Jon Combe's css clocks
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Benidorm in Alicante (Valencia) with it's 71,034 habitants is a town located in Spain about 230 mi (or 371 km) south-east of Madrid, the country's capital town.
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An impression of the east side of Benidorm.
A walk from Benidorm to the cross in the Sierra Helada.
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The main street of Benidorm Levante area, leading from Rincon de Loix to the old town.
Fotografias de Benidorm (Alicante) Spain.
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I'm used to left hand side, I also prefer to use tiller control with my left.
The advantage of left had throttle is is allows the right to be used for other things, steering, radio, flags, camera etc.
It also means that should I need to power down quickly the hand required won't be doing anything other throttle as it won't be steering, radio, flags, camera etc..
I will have mine always on the right preferably .. that way I use my thumb for the trim and is much more accurate.
Any port side installations Ive used had the trim on the LHS of the control and meant I had to use the little fingers to do that job which is a hinderance.
'cos when you're launching the boat, after getting out of the car, you don't have to cross over to the other side of the boat to start the engine, open the throttle, etc.
Assuming you have a RHD car.
Ummm... Don't you still have to get in the boat and center yourself behind the wheel?
Not until after the boat engine is running, the boat off the trailer and the car/trailer parked off the slipway.
From that point, there's no difference.
I notice a tendency with some boat builders to rig the controls on the port-hand side of the jockey console and I assume this is to save time spent reversing the handle on the control box, which is supplied in this configuration.
Not judging, just seems a little odd.


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The OECD Global Partnership process has highlighted the problems associated with aid volatility and aid fragmentation. The 2011 Paris Declaration Monitory survey found that only 43 percent of aid was predictable in 2010, up only 1 percent from 2005. Even more worrisome, there has been an increased use of multiple donors through common arrangements, joint donor missions, and joint analytic work.


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PRODEXPO is the biggest food exhibition in Russia and Eastern Europe. This year the event gathered together almost 2.500 companies from 69 countries.
The exhibition took place 13 to 15 March in Tashkent.
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By Gail Sanders Durgin, Ph.D.
Many conditions prevent a person's brain from performing at its best. Three of the most common conditions are ADD/ADHD, depression and head injury. Medication, psychotherapy and exercise are three frequently used methods of reducing the symptoms of these conditions. Sometimes additional methods, such as neurofeedback and biofeedback can assist in returning someone to improved performance.
Billy's mother called my office to inquire about neurofeedback and how it could help her 11 year old son. Her son had been diagnosed with ADHD for several years and was already taking 2 different medications, but Mrs. Moss was still unhappy with her son's behavior and grades. We scheduled an intake appointment for Billy.
Billy came in the next week. He started his appointment with a continuous performance test (called the TOVA or Test of Variables of Attention). The TOVA evaluates the level of impulsivity and attention a person has as compared to others in his/her age group. Next, Billy's mother and I talked about Billy's medical history, behavior and academic performance. At Billy's next appointment, I conducted a qEEG or quantitative brain map. This evaluation records the electrical activity in Billy's brain at 19 sites and displays the findings in color pictures that reflect how Billy's brain is operating.
Billy's brain had high levels of a frequency band called theta (4-7 Hz.) that is often seen in children and adults diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. The high levels of theta are linked to poor attention and poor impulse control. Billy's brain also had low levels of 12-15 Hz over the center and front of the brain which can also be linked to poor impulse control and poor attention, as well as sleep problems and bad hand writing.
The next week, Billy started his first neurofeedback training session. Billy was seated in a comfortable chair facing a computer screen and speakers. Sensors were placed on Billy's scalp at the sites where his brain needed to learn to operate in a different manner. I programmed the therapist's computer to reward Billy's brain with a visual reward on his computer screen and an auditory reward from the speakers when his brain produced the type of EEG he needed. Billy saw a game-like event happen on his screen and heard a short beeping sound when his brain did what it was asked.
Over the sessions, Billy's mother started to report that she was seeing changes in Billy's behavior. He was less oppositional about doing his homework. His grades gradually started to improve. His teacher told his mother that he was off task less at school and needed fewer reminders to turn in his homework. He was easier to get up in the morning for school and argued less with his parents.
Over the weeks, Billy continued his improvements until his mother took him back to his pediatrician and asked that his medication be reduced. His improvements remained after he reduced his medication. He continued to attend neurofeedback training and Billy and his mother told stories of improvements in many areas including handwriting, reading speed, getting along better with classmates at school, and generally being a happier child. One day Billy's mother said she was happy with the improvements Billy had achieved. He had gotten straight A's on his report card and had become good friends with a classmate. Mrs. Moss and Billy were both happy and concluded neurofeedback training.
Susan walked into the office with her mother. Susan had dropped out of college due to poor grades. She complained of depression and poor attention in school. Even though her mother was a health professional, she was at a loss to help her daughter get her life back on track and turned to me for assistance. The three of us reviewed Susan's history and symptoms. Susan had a qEEG to determine the sites and frequencies where her brain needed training. Her qEEG showed patterns of depression, ADD and a possible mild head injury from a car accident. She agreed to begin neurofeedback training.
At first, Susan had trouble getting to her appointments on time and sometimes missed appointments without calling to cancel. She seemed be indifferent to making progress but as she continued with her treatment, her attitude began to change. Susan began to arrive at all her appointments on time and her personal appearance improved. At this point, Susan obtained a job at a local business. She was not excited about the work but agreed that she needed to work to have money to do the activities and make the purchases that she wanted. After a few weeks, Susan talked about working to earn a promotion at work which she accomplished within a month. One day as I was reviewing her progress, Susan revealed that she had slowly been weaning herself off her antidepressant medication and was completely off the medication. A few weeks later, she told me that she had managed to stop smoking completely with the help of nicotine gum and was also weaning herself off the gum. The most noticeable difference in Susan was here smile and sense of humor. She had become a real pleasure to be around. Susan's treatment involved training her left frontal cortex to decrease her depression, training different frequencies in the front and center of her cortex to control ADD symptoms and training different sites on her cortex to communicate with each other.
At this point in time, Susan was laid off from her employment due to economic problems in the company. Susan expressed an interest in returning to college. She contacted her college advisor and was told she could attend summer school on a probation basis. If she did well, she could return as a full time student in the fall. Susan returned to summer school and performed better than ever. She was accepted back for the fall semester and continued her education until she graduated and was on the Dean's list her final year. Susan and her mother expressed their happiness with her improvement in her life and education with the assistance of neurofeedback training.
Linda called me in tears. She was a teacher and was having a lot of difficulty performing her job. She fallen down her front porch steps about six months before and had not been able to focus on her job since. She especially had difficultly with the clerical aspects of recording grades and test scores for her students. She also suffered from frequent severe headaches and was experiencing stress and depression. She had seen several doctors including a neurologist who told her there was nothing physically wrong with her and that she should see a psychiatrist for medication and a counselor for psychological therapy. Linda had tried both but neither helped her to improve her performance on the tasks she had to do to meet the performance standards of her employment. She also told me that she was sure that her problems were related to her fall.
Linda had a qEEG performed and the results verified Linda's suspicions. She had a problem in her brain with different sites communicating poorly with each other. Linda was quite relieved to learn the results. She was tired of telling herself that she was "crazy." Linda started neurofeedback training. The first change she noticed was an improvement in her sleep. The improved rest helped her manage her day better and enjoy the teaching aspects of her job.
Linda also learned a type do biofeedback called Heart Rate Variability training. This technique helped Linda calm and focus herself using her breathing and her thoughts. She reported that she could use this skill throughout the day to help her manage her stress and it improved her ability to focus on the needs of her students. The frequency of her headaches was starting to decrease.
Linda was still struggling with the clerical aspects of her work but one day she came in and said while it was still stressful she was starting to complete those tasks in less time and she was able give the needed report to administration on time. Over time, Linda continued to have fewer headaches and her ability to perform in the classroom improved. She started to smile when she came for appointments and reported that her mood was improving. She was beginning enjoy socializing with her family and other teachers again. Linda was able to function more like her "old self" and was not fearful about losing her position. Linda had successfully recovered from the injury to her brain that she experienced from her fall.
Neurofeedback and biofeedback can assist children and adults in improving their function in daily life. The qEEG analysis can determine the areas and frequencies where the brain needs training. The neurofeedback training is individualized for every client using a variety of neurofeedback techniques and equipment.
Gail Sanders Durgin, Ph.D., is the owner of Neurofeedback Associates, Inc. and has been providing neurofeedback and biofeedback since 2000. She has been certified by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance for over ten years and has experience providing services to people with a wide range of problems and disabilities.
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Stuttering: Risk Factors, Public Attitudes and Impact on Psychological Well-Being
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Stuttering is a communication and fluency disorder usually beginning in childhood. Developmental stuttering (DS) is a speech disorder which is characterized by repetitions, prolongations or pauses that disrupt the normal flow of speech. It occurs in approximately 5-8% of the pres-school children and recovers spontaneously in 70-80% of the cases. The role of a stuttering person's possible tendency toward psychosocial-emotional disorder as an etiologic cause of stuttering is discussed in this book.
Overall, research findings appear to support the role of tendency toward psychosocial-emotional disorder as an important contributing cause in the etiology of developmental stuttering. The authors also examine the psychological impact of stuttering, the neurobiological differences in the cerebrum between persons with developmental stuttering and the public attitudes towards people who stutter.
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Stuttering as Symptom: The Bipolar Stuttering Threshold and Related Bipolar TPNB-LPPD Threshold Syndrome Hypotheses
(Martin Treon, Texas A&M University-Kingsville (Retired), Kingsville, Texas, USA)
The Psychological Impact of Chronic Stuttering in Adults
(Ashley Craig and Yvonne Tran, John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Sydney Medical School-Northern, The University of Sydney, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards NSW Australia)
The Neurobiological Differences in the Cerebrum between Persons with Developmental Stuttering and their Fluently Speaking Peers
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes (POSHA-S): The European Portuguese (EP) Translation and Adaptation Process as a Model
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Chips and salsa go together, but should you buy them on the same aisle?
Finding the foods you want at your local supermarket is something you're probably very familiar with. You go to the bakery for bread products and the butcher's counter for meats. Aisles are arranged by like products. Right?
This isn't always the case. You may not have noticed foods that go together are displayed side by side, even though they typically would be stocked in different parts of the store. Extra-thick, natural bacon and premium-brand refrigerated hash browns (neither is on sale, of course) get placed next to the egg shelf. Or an organic salsa gets placed next to tortilla chips instead of on the condiment aisle with all of the other salsas. The store's motivation in doing this is to suggest tasty (full-priced) pairings that you'll grab out of convenience instead of going to the other side of the store to compare prices.


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Vopak ou Royal Vopak N.V. (Koninklijke Vopak pour les néerlandais, VPK pour Euronext) est une compagnie pétrolière et gazière néerlandaise, créée en 1999, qui fait partie de l'indice AMX.

Cette entreprise est présente dans le domaine du stockage et négoce des ressources en énergies fossiles.

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L'entreprise a été créée en 1999 par la fusion de Van Ommeren et Pakhoed. En 2002, l'entreprise scinde ses activités pétrolières et gaz naturel, créant pour cela une nouvelle société Univar dont le siège social est à Rotterdam.

En , Vopak s'associe à Shell pour la fabrication d'un terminal de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL) - d'une capacité initiale de l'ordre de huit milliards de m3 par an - à Fos-sur-Mer.

En , Vopak s'associe à Unimills (Sime Darby) pour investir 120 millions d'euros dans la construction d'une unité de production d'huile végétale à Port-la-Nouvelle dans l'Aude.

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2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Minosuke Bandō as Uta
posted on 2019-02-06 01:40 EST by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film premieres on July 19 in Japan
The official website for the live-action films of Sui Ishida 's Tokyo Ghoul manga revealed on Wednesday that the tentatively titled live-action Tokyo Ghoul 2 film is bringing back Minosuke Bandō (seen below) as Uta.
The film opens in Japan on July 19.
Masataka Kubota (center in image below) is returning as Ken Kaneki, but Maika Yamamoto (left in image below) is replacing Fumika Shimizu as Tōka Kirishima. (Shimizu retired from acting to join the Happy Science religious organization in 2017.) Shota Matsuda (right in image below) is joining the cast as Shū Tsukiyama, a character who appears in the manga but was not in the last film.
Other returning cast members include:
Shunya Shiraishi as Nishiki Nishio
Kai Ogasawara as Hideyoshi "Hide" Nagachika
Hiyori Sakurada as Hinami Fueguchi
Nobuyuki Suzuki as Kōtarō Amon
The first film premiered on July 3, 2017 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. It then debuted in July 7 in Berlin, and July 10 at the Marunouchi Piccadilly theater in Chiyoda, Japan before its wide theatrical release in Japan on July 29, 2017. The film ranked #5 in its opening weekend in Japan.
Funimation screened the first film in theaters in the United States in October 2017.
Sources: Tokyo Ghoul film's website, Comic Natalie
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On Wednesday 21 November, Dr Samantha Decombel and Cllr Lucinda Wing were chosen to follow in the footsteps of Victoria Prentis MP during an event aimed at encouraging more women to stand for election.
The initiative saw more than 350 inspiring women from all parts of the country visit Westminster to highlight the need for greater representation in politics. On 21 November 1918, just days after the Armistice, the Qualification of Women Act was passed to allow women to stand for Parliament for the first time.
Since then there have been just 491 women MPs compared to 4503 men. Today only one in three politicians are female. The 'Ask Her To Stand' event was aimed at closing the gap and encouraging more women to stand for elected office.
The day was organised by campaigners Frances Scott, 50:50 Parliament, Helen Pankhurst and the Centenary Action Group, the Fawcett Society and the Jo Cox Foundation. Samantha and Lucinda spent time talking to Victoria and seeing first-hand what it means to be a Member of Parliament. They were invited to take part in workshops and listen to talks.


This thread is for anyone who wants to show how they've Feng-Shuied their cockpit to ease hypermiling.
When I started ecomodding a while back I kept wondering about how and where to attach all the buttons, switches and LEDs in a way that is both functional and wife-approved. Luckily, the CD changer under my radio was kaputt, so I removed it to (1) use less electricity, (2) keep it out of the reaches of anyone who might want it. (Actually, I don't mind someone taking it, but I don't want to replace my window in the process.) So I used the space under my radio for my ecomodding console, and now that it's more or less done I'd like to show it off so that others may get some inspiration.
I used the carcass of a dead radio to make sure everything would fit nicely.
An on-off-on switch for the DRLs (on-off-auto).
There is also a small blue LED to signal when the DRLs are on, and a larger blinking red LED that was supposed to signal when the radiator fan kicked in, but now only signals when the engine kill button is pressed. There is still room for another two switches when the time comes.
The insides (pardon the mess) are wired through connectors which allow the whole box to be easily taken out of the car (and worked on in a warm, dry place). I plan to get the mess cleaned up and add a small diagram of which wire show go where, in case my failing memory gets the better of me.
My ScanGauge rests in on the ashtray, under which is the OBD socket.
I'm thinking about a semi-clear piece of plexi, hinged at the top, to cover the buttons from curious eyes and fingers when I'm not driving.
And here's the start/stop button in action.
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May I open a "Show off your ugly cockpit" thread ?
megane : thread - kill switch.
...how does that saying go? "...NEATNESS is next to..."
Oh, c'mon Groar. First the Uglyback, then the Uglycover and Uglyteeth, now the Uglycockpit. Where is your self esteem??
Anyone want to play spot the VAG part ? The wheel is an obvious one... Note I drive on the correct side so the wheel is on the right, and mods seem to be at a minimum. But wait, there is an SG2 poking its head over the steering column.
Why yes, there it is. Note that the SG supplied sticky pad has long since given up so I replaced it with one intended to stick number plates onto the outside of the car, but as you can see the toxic state of my interior has made it fail.
No it wasn't as late as the clock suggests, I must work out how to change it for GMT after BST.
Yes I did take a Dremel to my dashboard to get the wiring to fit. I actually got fed up of banging my knee on the door to this cubby hole.
I did miss out a pic of the insulating tape holding this cover closed, but you get the idea.
Here's my toggle switches, which fill space formerly occupied by blanks in all North American Insights. From left to right, it's fuel injectors, clutch switch (assist/regen disable), DC/DC converter, and MIMA enable. The only one I use with any frequency is the one on the far left, which enables EV mode, forces DFCO, or just does light anti-theft duty.
This is the only picture I have of my MIMA display, which is just eleven LEDs wedged between the steering cowl and the dash.
Pictures of my ScanGauge, MPGuino, and BCMGauge will have to wait until the latter two are installed. I also have a momentary kill switch on the gearshift and a MIMA joystick + 2 buttons zip-tied to the handbrake lever.
LOL, Robert you need some gas and juice in that thing.
LOL, you beat me to it!!


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Q: Windows Phone 8.1, accelerometer gives wrong reading I am developing application for windows phone 8.1 and need to detect phone movement.
For example, I need to detect one of two scenarios:
User leans phone down

and user leans phone up

And here is the screenshot of application showing acelerometer readings when the phone is in position like on the second picture.

X-Axis, Y-Axis and Z-Axis are same (Same on my device). In the second picture when phone is facing up, X = -0.5317. Looks like that for some reason all axis take this value.
Here is the code.
public RoundPage()
{
    this.InitializeComponent();

    // ...

    this._accelerometer = Accelerometer.GetDefault();
    this._accelerometer.ReadingChanged += _accelerometer_ReadingChanged;
}

async void _accelerometer_ReadingChanged(Accelerometer sender, AccelerometerReadingChangedEventArgs args)
{
    double xAxis = args.Reading.AccelerationX;
    double yAxis = args.Reading.AccelerationY;
    double zAxis = args.Reading.AccelerationZ;

    await Dispatcher.RunAsync(CoreDispatcherPriority.Normal, () =>
        {
            AccTextBlock.Text = String.Format("X: {0:f2}  Y: {0:f2}  Z: {0:f2}",
                xAxis,
                yAxis,
                zAxis);
        });
}

What am I doing wrong? What is correct way do detect this readings.

A: I make mistake in String.Format method, I was always printing xAxis ({0}).

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Guardian: world's oldest intact shipwreck discovered in Black Sea
Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world's oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea where it appears to have lain undisturbed for more than 2,400 years, the Guardian reported.
The 23-metre vessel, thought to be ancient Greek, was discovered with its mast, rudders and rowing benches all present and correct just over a mile below the surface.
What preserved it was the lack of oxygen at that depth, researchers said.
"A ship surviving intact from the classical world, lying in over 2km of water, is something I would never have believed possible," Professor Jon Adams, the principal investigator with the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (MAP), the team that made the find, told the Guardian.
"This will change our understanding of shipbuilding and seafaring in the ancient world," he added.
The ship is believed to have been a trading vessel of a type that researchers say has only previously been seen "on the side of ancient Greek pottery such as the 'Siren Vase' in the British Museum".
That work, which dates from about the same period, depicts a similar vessel bearing Odysseus past the sirens, with the Homeric hero lashed to the mast to resist their songs.
The team reportedly said they intended to leave the vessel where it was found, but added that a small piece had been carbon dated by the University of Southampton and claimed the results "confirmed [it] as the oldest intact shipwreck known to mankind". The team said the data would be published at the Black Sea MAP conference at the Welcome Collection in London later this week.
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There are over 29 Gig Racing Clubs around Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly alone has 13 gigs.
The history of the Pilot Gig Clubs is from the days when vessels around the coast of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly needed a pilot to help them navigate their way through difficult waters to find safe harbour or negotiate a safe passage. The gig, a rowing boat for six oarsmen/women, would carry the pilot to the vessel. The pilot with his knowledge of the local sea conditions would then board and assist the vessel in its endeavours. The practice is believed to date from the 1700s.
Individual areas of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly would need more or less gigs depending upon the hazardousness of their part of the coastline. The Isles of Scilly, is especially notable for its involvement with gigs because of its geographical situation with numerous small islands and rocks clustered close to each other.
The profits of pilotage could be very high, particularly if the gigs risked themselves in dangerous weather conditions to struggle to the rescue of an out of control vessel. The value of the contract would be negotiated after the stricken vessel was made safe.
The entrepreneurial spirit of the local pilots on the Isles of Scilly was such that gigs from several of the islands would race against each other to the vessel, with the winner receiving the pilotage contract. The island of St Agnes alone had four pilots in residence.
The gigs used today by the many clubs who keep this tradition alive around Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are of the long variety, designed for attaining a high speed but in former times, gigs would have been built in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on how they were going to be used, be it for speed or for their ability to handle a large volume of cargo.
Today, throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly gig races are held as sporting events with a calendar of regular fixtures during the year. The clubs compete against each other in a number of competitions and the World Gig Racing Championships are held on the Isles of Scilly every year. The World Championship sees teams from across the globe competing in addition to local gig teams.
There are gig racing teams of both men and women with many clubs sporting both and while friendly competition is a part of the sport with inter club events, gig rowing can also be enjoyed purely for its leisure and recreational benefits as a great sport for getting you out on the water around Cornwall's magnificent coastline and its beautiful rivers.


slight annoyances that people should take into consideration.
One, I think it does take a little more concentration to hike with poles.
stumbling.  I don't know - I'm not there yet.
Prev by thread: Re: [pct-l] "national monument" vs "national park".


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Cakes & Cupcakes / Dessert / Layer Cakes
Whole Grain Apple Sage Spice Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Lately, I've taken to the road, to long winding roads flanked by fall's most brilliant palettes. Driving in this golden, seasonal light has offered complete freedom for my mind to wander, the miles multiplying in my headspace, a simple luxury often sacrificed to to-do lists and frenzies. On the road, there is little choice but to sink into my head and lose myself to the landscape. I can sing at the top of my lungs or think about where I am, what I want, and where I'm going. Aside from the occasional minivan sprouting roots in the passing lane, these drives have been peaceful ways to enjoy the season… at least until night falls.
When the darkness descends, my mind plays tricks on me. Every sound in my car feels catastrophic as if my trusty Vibe will suddenly spit me onto the side of the road, leaving me vulnerable to the night (my imagination is a wild wild one). The other drivers on the road feel like threats, and I mistrust my own spatial awareness. It can feel impossible to see beyond the bend, to understand the twists and turns of the road (and in Pennsylvania, boy do those roads twist and turn!). The only thing to do is trust in the dashed lines, to focus, one after the other, and to move forward with caution and purpose.
This period in history feels a lot like the transition from day driving to night driving. There was a glimmer of hope, of unity, of progress, of a destination many thought they'd never live to see. Minds ran wild with possibilities (even if many of the original possibilities had been shattered). Then the darkness hit. Fear crept in. The future felt (and feels) utterly uncertain, but we have to remember the white lines- one after the other. There are still beacons to seek. There are still high beams to shine into the darkest of nights.
I wish I had felt more passionately about the election, more trusting of a candidate. I felt passionate about a symbol- a female who had brushed off the most insulting, ignorant comments to achieve the ultimate power role. I felt passionate about the possibilities a female could pave, but I wish I had felt like independent thought, versus pep rally excitement, mattered, like America could be represented on a gradient instead of black versus white, us versus them. It's a flawed system, but those flaws feel all the rawer in the current state of mourning.
But there are white lines to guide us through this darkness, and maybe the silver lining is we must ALL participate now. We cannot kick up our heels and rest on her laurels. One of the first white lines I focused on was an email from my Design*Sponge editor, urging us to push for a broader spectrum of stories, to showcase all walks of life, to celebrate those who work hard on our behalf, the activists whose battle cries we all too often ignore until we feel the effects all too deeply. I'm proud to be a part of a group that has begun to seek action, to shine the high beams, and to continue to navigate toward the destination we originally envisioned so clearly, but I'm also turning inward. How will I take a bigger, broader stand?
In this grief stage, returning to normal passions is hard to navigate, but now more than ever, there's a need to stand for our beliefs, our passions, the things we hold true. I believe in protecting this planet, in the seeds that carry hundreds of years of history, of acres of apple trees and fresh-picked herbs. I believe in sharing food, in passing plates, and conversing. I believe in beauty and empathy, but at this point more than ever, I believe we need to push into uncomfortable places, into the seemingly unnavigable.
I recently stood in a room full of women, women who had surely rallied and cried, and yet, we didn't make moves to talk to each other, to fully connect in person. We hid in our phones, in our social media accounts, then looked to other women to tell us how to connect (women who truly did inspire, don't get me wrong). I'm guilty, but I'm also hungry, hungry for us to share, to converse, to exchange views, and truly try to understand the "other." We need each other, to help find that next white line that will lead us through the dark twists and turns of the road. In the meantime, here's a dose of beauty, the inspiration for something to share, and a brief moment of sweetness in spite of all that is bitter.
Apple Sage Spice Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream
About This Recipe: Loaded with spices, apples, and sage, this layer cake is a true celebration of fall, accented with homemade spiked caramel. If the apple garnish is too intimidating, serve cake slices with warm apples on the side. (more…)
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Brown Butter Apple Cake with Scotch Caramel
Before Siri, before GPS, before smart phones and even before flip phones, our adventure began with an idea and a map. Yet, like so many adventures with my oldest sister, these adventures often went awry. Our idea had been to picnic at a nearby lake, flanked by fiery trees blazing with autumn's robust palette. There was one snag- our horrible sense of direction.
Yet, like so many routed plans gone awry, our failure to navigate led to something far more endearing- the discovery of an old church/schoolhouse and a playground covered in fall's leaves. It wasn't the new sort of playground, with bright, shiny plastics and padding at every possible fall. It was the death-trap sort with metal, concrete and chain links, a remnant of the old schoolhouse. I was still a child at the time, and the monkey bars made me forget the abandoned lake goals.
The ground was a lake of its own- with thick piles of fallen leaves. Every footstep was accompanied by a swooshing noise and a feeling reminiscent of walking through sand. These leaves swirled and gathered by the graves of the church's old cemetery. The neat rows were now wonky, and time had chipped away at the crisp stone. We were surrounded by stories, and in the absence of other human beings, the whole place seemed to exist just for us.
We eventually discovered the lake, with its blue waters and sailboats gently floating on the horizon, but by then, our interest had shifted. We returned again and again to the schoolhouse. It became our "secret place." Our other sisters pestered and pried, trying to disclose the location, but my lips were sealed, as if protecting a key to a magical kingdom.
The serendipity of the discovery of our secret place made it all the more special. The quiet of that park and the way the leaves would blanket the earth came to epitomize fall. Even though distance and the years now separate me from that secret place, I still travel back there in my mind with each autumn's passing. This cake, like my secret place, is an ode to embracing fall.
Happy Autumn!
-Quelcy
Whole-Wheat Chocolate & Caramel Ombre Cake
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Two bar pub evenly split between the drinkers and the diners - the latter serving wholesome pub grub with its carpeted floor, wooden beamed ceiling and homely interior. The bar has a nice warm fire in the winter. Has an attached tea room that is linked to the pub.
Locally valued therefore listed as an Asset of Community Value.