https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tAi2yzUO7Y&list=RD4tAi2yzUO7Y#t=37
IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
The three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration plan
When politicians talk about "immigration reform" they mean: amnesty, cheap labor and open borders. The Schumer-Rubio immigration bill was nothing more than a giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties.
Real immigration reform puts the needs of working people first -- not wealthy globetrotting donors. We are the only country in the world whose immigration system puts the needs of other nations ahead of our own. That must change. Here are the three core principles of real immigration reform:
1. A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border.
2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
Make Mexico Pay For The Wall
For many years, Mexico's leaders have been taking advantage of the United States by using illegal immigration to export the crime and poverty in their own country (as well as in other Latin American countries). They have even published pamphlets on how to illegally immigrate to the United States. The costs for the United States have been extraordinary: U.S. taxpayers have been asked to pick up hundreds of billions in healthcare costs, housing costs, education costs, welfare costs, etc. Indeed, the annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011. The effects on jobseekers have also been disastrous, and black Americans have been particularly harmed.
The impact in terms of crime has been tragic. In recent weeks, the headlines have been covered with cases of criminals who crossed our border illegally only to go on to commit horrific crimes against Americans. Most recently, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, with a long arrest record, is charged with breaking into a 64 year-old woman's home, crushing her skull and eye sockets with a hammer, raping her, and murdering her. The Police Chief in Santa Maria says the "blood trail" leads straight to Washington.
In 2011, the Government Accountability Office found that there were a shocking 3 million arrests attached to the incarcerated alien population, including tens of thousands of violent beatings, rapes and murders.
Meanwhile, Mexico continues to make billions on not only our bad trade deals but also relies heavily on the billions of dollars in remittances sent from illegal immigrants in the United States back to Mexico ($22 billion in 2013 alone).
In short, the Mexican government has taken the United States to the cleaners. They are responsible for this problem, and they must help pay to clean it up.
The cost of building a permanent border wall pales mightily in comparison to what American taxpayers spend every single year on dealing with the fallout of illegal immigration on their communities, schools and unemployment offices.
Mexico must pay for the wall and, until they do, the United States will, among other things: impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards -- of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore.
Defend The Laws And Constitution Of The United States
America will only be great as long as America remains a nation of laws that lives according to the Constitution. No one is above the law. The following steps will return to the American people the safety of their laws, which politicians have stolen from them:
Triple the number of ICE officers. As the President of the ICE Officers' Council explained in Congressional testimony: "Only approximately 5,000 officers and agents within ICE perform the lion's share of ICE's immigration mission...Compare that to the Los Angeles Police Department at approximately 10,000 officers. Approximately 5,000 officers in ICE cover 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam, and are attempting to enforce immigration law against 11 million illegal aliens already in the interior of the United States. Since 9-11, the U.S. Border Patrol has tripled in size, while ICE's immigration enforcement arm, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), has remained at relatively the same size." This will be funded by accepting the recommendation of the Inspector General for Tax Administration and eliminating tax credit payments to illegal immigrants.
Nationwide e-verify. This simple measure will protect jobs for unemployed Americans.
Mandatory return of all criminal aliens. The Obama Administration has released 76,000 aliens from its custody with criminal convictions since 2013 alone. All criminal aliens must be returned to their home countries, a process which can be aided by canceling any visas to foreign countries which will not accept their own criminals, and making it a separate and additional crime to commit an offense while here illegally.
Detention--not catch-and-release. Illegal aliens apprehended crossing the border must be detained until they are sent home, no more catch-and-release.
Defund sanctuary cities. Cut-off federal grants to any city which refuses to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
Enhanced penalties for overstaying a visa. Millions of people come to the United States on temporary visas but refuse to leave, without consequence. This is a threat to national security. Individuals who refuse to leave at the time their visa expires should be subject to criminal penalties; this will also help give local jurisdictions the power to hold visa overstays until federal authorities arrive. Completion of a visa tracking system -- required by law but blocked by lobbyists -- will be necessary as well.
Cooperate with local gang task forces. ICE officers should accompany local police departments conducting raids of violent street gangs like MS-13 and the 18th street gang, which have terrorized the country. All illegal aliens in gangs should be apprehended and deported. Again, quoting Chris Crane: "ICE Officers and Agents are forced to apply the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Directive, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. If an illegal-alien inmate simply claims eligibility, ICE is forced to release the alien back into the community. This includes serious criminals who have committed felonies, who have assaulted officers, and who prey on children...ICE officers should be required to place detainers on every illegal alien they encounter in jails and prisons, since these aliens not only violated immigration laws, but then went on to engage in activities that led to their arrest by police; ICE officers should be required to issue Notices to Appear to all illegal aliens with criminal convictions, DUI convictions, or a gang affiliation; ICE should be working with any state or local drug or gang task force that asks for such assistance."
End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it's the wrong policy, including Harry Reid who said "no sane country" would give automatic citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.
Put American Workers First
Decades of disastrous trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed our middle class. Today, nearly 40% of black teenagers are unemployed. Nearly 30% of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For black Americans without high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more than 70% were employed in 1960, compared to less than 40% in 2000. Across the economy, the percentage of adults in the labor force has collapsed to a level not experienced in generations. As CBS news wrote in a piece entitled "America's incredible shrinking middle class": "If the middle-class is the economic backbone of America, then the country is developing osteoporosis."
The influx of foreign workers holds down salaries, keeps unemployment high, and makes it difficult for poor and working class Americans -- including immigrants themselves and their children -- to earn a middle class wage. Nearly half of all immigrants and their US-born children currently live in or near poverty, including more than 60 percent of Hispanic immigrants. Every year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants. We need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities' rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the American dream.
Additionally, we need to stop giving legal immigrant visas to people bent on causing us harm. From the 9/11 hijackers, to the Boston Bombers, and many others, our immigration system is being used to attack us. The President of the immigration caseworkers union declared in a statement on ISIS: "We've become the visa clearinghouse for the world."
Here are some additional specific policy proposals for long-term reform:
Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs. We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.
Requirement to hire American workers first. Too many visas, like the H-1B, have no such requirement. In the year 2015, with 92 million Americans outside the workforce and incomes collapsing, we need companies to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed. Petitions for workers should be mailed to the unemployment office, not USCIS.
End welfare abuse. Applicants for entry to the United States should be required to certify that they can pay for their own housing, healthcare and other needs before coming to the U.S.
Jobs program for inner city youth. The J-1 visa jobs program for foreign youth will be terminated and replaced with a resume bank for inner city youth provided to all corporate subscribers to the J-1 visa program.
Refugee program for American children. Increase standards for the admission of refugees and asylum-seekers to crack down on abuses. Use the monies saved on expensive refugee programs to help place American children without parents in safer homes and communities, and to improve community safety in high crime neighborhoods in the United States.
Immigration moderation. Before any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers. This will help reverse women's plummeting workplace participation rate, grow wages, and allow record immigration levels to subside to more moderate historical averages.
The three core principles of Donald J. Trump's immigration plan
When politicians talk about "immigration reform" they mean: amnesty, cheap labor and open borders. The Schumer-Rubio immigration bill was nothing more than a giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties.
Real immigration reform puts the needs of working people first -- not wealthy globetrotting donors. We are the only country in the world whose immigration system puts the needs of other nations ahead of our own. That must change. Here are the three core principles of real immigration reform:
1. A nation without borders is not a nation. There must be a wall across the southern border.
2. A nation without laws is not a nation. Laws passed in accordance with our Constitutional system of government must be enforced.
3. A nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. Any immigration plan must improve jobs, wages and security for all Americans.
Make Mexico Pay For The Wall
For many years, Mexico's leaders have been taking advantage of the United States by using illegal immigration to export the crime and poverty in their own country (as well as in other Latin American countries). They have even published pamphlets on how to illegally immigrate to the United States. The costs for the United States have been extraordinary: U.S. taxpayers have been asked to pick up hundreds of billions in healthcare costs, housing costs, education costs, welfare costs, etc. Indeed, the annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011. The effects on jobseekers have also been disastrous, and black Americans have been particularly harmed.
The impact in terms of crime has been tragic. In recent weeks, the headlines have been covered with cases of criminals who crossed our border illegally only to go on to commit horrific crimes against Americans. Most recently, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, with a long arrest record, is charged with breaking into a 64 year-old woman's home, crushing her skull and eye sockets with a hammer, raping her, and murdering her. The Police Chief in Santa Maria says the "blood trail" leads straight to Washington.
In 2011, the Government Accountability Office found that there were a shocking 3 million arrests attached to the incarcerated alien population, including tens of thousands of violent beatings, rapes and murders.
Meanwhile, Mexico continues to make billions on not only our bad trade deals but also relies heavily on the billions of dollars in remittances sent from illegal immigrants in the United States back to Mexico ($22 billion in 2013 alone).
In short, the Mexican government has taken the United States to the cleaners. They are responsible for this problem, and they must help pay to clean it up.
The cost of building a permanent border wall pales mightily in comparison to what American taxpayers spend every single year on dealing with the fallout of illegal immigration on their communities, schools and unemployment offices.
Mexico must pay for the wall and, until they do, the United States will, among other things: impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages; increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them); increase fees on all border crossing cards -- of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays); increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays); and increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico [Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options]. We will not be taken advantage of anymore.
Defend The Laws And Constitution Of The United States
America will only be great as long as America remains a nation of laws that lives according to the Constitution. No one is above the law. The following steps will return to the American people the safety of their laws, which politicians have stolen from them:
Triple the number of ICE officers. As the President of the ICE Officers' Council explained in Congressional testimony: "Only approximately 5,000 officers and agents within ICE perform the lion's share of ICE's immigration mission...Compare that to the Los Angeles Police Department at approximately 10,000 officers. Approximately 5,000 officers in ICE cover 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam, and are attempting to enforce immigration law against 11 million illegal aliens already in the interior of the United States. Since 9-11, the U.S. Border Patrol has tripled in size, while ICE's immigration enforcement arm, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), has remained at relatively the same size." This will be funded by accepting the recommendation of the Inspector General for Tax Administration and eliminating tax credit payments to illegal immigrants.
Nationwide e-verify. This simple measure will protect jobs for unemployed Americans.
Mandatory return of all criminal aliens. The Obama Administration has released 76,000 aliens from its custody with criminal convictions since 2013 alone. All criminal aliens must be returned to their home countries, a process which can be aided by canceling any visas to foreign countries which will not accept their own criminals, and making it a separate and additional crime to commit an offense while here illegally.
Detention--not catch-and-release. Illegal aliens apprehended crossing the border must be detained until they are sent home, no more catch-and-release.
Defund sanctuary cities. Cut-off federal grants to any city which refuses to cooperate with federal law enforcement.
Enhanced penalties for overstaying a visa. Millions of people come to the United States on temporary visas but refuse to leave, without consequence. This is a threat to national security. Individuals who refuse to leave at the time their visa expires should be subject to criminal penalties; this will also help give local jurisdictions the power to hold visa overstays until federal authorities arrive. Completion of a visa tracking system -- required by law but blocked by lobbyists -- will be necessary as well.
Cooperate with local gang task forces. ICE officers should accompany local police departments conducting raids of violent street gangs like MS-13 and the 18th street gang, which have terrorized the country. All illegal aliens in gangs should be apprehended and deported. Again, quoting Chris Crane: "ICE Officers and Agents are forced to apply the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Directive, not to children in schools, but to adult inmates in jails. If an illegal-alien inmate simply claims eligibility, ICE is forced to release the alien back into the community. This includes serious criminals who have committed felonies, who have assaulted officers, and who prey on children...ICE officers should be required to place detainers on every illegal alien they encounter in jails and prisons, since these aliens not only violated immigration laws, but then went on to engage in activities that led to their arrest by police; ICE officers should be required to issue Notices to Appear to all illegal aliens with criminal convictions, DUI convictions, or a gang affiliation; ICE should be working with any state or local drug or gang task force that asks for such assistance."
End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it's the wrong policy, including Harry Reid who said "no sane country" would give automatic citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.
Put American Workers First
Decades of disastrous trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed our middle class. Today, nearly 40% of black teenagers are unemployed. Nearly 30% of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For black Americans without high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more than 70% were employed in 1960, compared to less than 40% in 2000. Across the economy, the percentage of adults in the labor force has collapsed to a level not experienced in generations. As CBS news wrote in a piece entitled "America's incredible shrinking middle class": "If the middle-class is the economic backbone of America, then the country is developing osteoporosis."
The influx of foreign workers holds down salaries, keeps unemployment high, and makes it difficult for poor and working class Americans -- including immigrants themselves and their children -- to earn a middle class wage. Nearly half of all immigrants and their US-born children currently live in or near poverty, including more than 60 percent of Hispanic immigrants. Every year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants. We need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities' rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the American dream.
Additionally, we need to stop giving legal immigrant visas to people bent on causing us harm. From the 9/11 hijackers, to the Boston Bombers, and many others, our immigration system is being used to attack us. The President of the immigration caseworkers union declared in a statement on ISIS: "We've become the visa clearinghouse for the world."
Here are some additional specific policy proposals for long-term reform:
Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs. We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.
Requirement to hire American workers first. Too many visas, like the H-1B, have no such requirement. In the year 2015, with 92 million Americans outside the workforce and incomes collapsing, we need companies to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed. Petitions for workers should be mailed to the unemployment office, not USCIS.
End welfare abuse. Applicants for entry to the United States should be required to certify that they can pay for their own housing, healthcare and other needs before coming to the U.S.
Jobs program for inner city youth. The J-1 visa jobs program for foreign youth will be terminated and replaced with a resume bank for inner city youth provided to all corporate subscribers to the J-1 visa program.
Refugee program for American children. Increase standards for the admission of refugees and asylum-seekers to crack down on abuses. Use the monies saved on expensive refugee programs to help place American children without parents in safer homes and communities, and to improve community safety in high crime neighborhoods in the United States.
Immigration moderation. Before any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers. This will help reverse women's plummeting workplace participation rate, grow wages, and allow record immigration levels to subside to more moderate historical averages.
Everything I try to do says, "Problem Loading Page." Sigh... I sure wish we could put some cast-iron security measures on the site to prevent this sort of thing. Gee whiz! I'm so sorry that this is still happening after all that everyone has done to solve this ongoing problem.
Any clues as to what is happening? Or how to stop the weasels who are causing it?
Any clues as to what is happening? Or how to stop the weasels who are causing it?
NYTexan to: TheOldLady
It was prolly my fault...was deleting old FReepmail and then the dang thang crashed!
It was prolly my fault...was deleting old FReepmail and then the dang thang crashed!
3D-JOY to: NYTexan
No excuse NOT to go to bed now...all will be well in the morning! POSITIVE thinking here!
No excuse NOT to go to bed now...all will be well in the morning! POSITIVE thinking here!
Jim Robinson to: Jim Robinson
Exclusive -- Jeff Sessions: 'Clarity of Donald Trump's Position' on Trade Is 'Right' as Americans Lose Jobs Overseas
Exclusive -- Jeff Sessions: 'Clarity of Donald Trump's Position' on Trade Is 'Right' as Americans Lose Jobs Overseas
When I type text that is longer than the width of this input field, the text wraps as expected but the height of the box doesn't expand immediately to show me all of the text. I can see the line that I'm typing but not line above it until I type a couple of words on the wrapped line. Then the height of the box expands so I can see all of the lines of text.
Jim Robinson to: Buckeye Texan
Plugged it into the live program after very little testing. Hope it doesn't break something else.
Plugged it into the live program after very little testing. Hope it doesn't break something else.
Jim Robinson to: Buckeye Texan; all
Installed my new loading form technique into the post and comment editing forms so the expanding features will work there, too. Drawback is it takes a bit longer to load the forms due to having to execute the expanding plug-in feature. It's usually only called during initial page load. Hoping everything works out okay.
Will need to tackle the ajax busy indicator project (a spinning "busy" icon) but don't want to tackle it today.
Installed my new loading form technique into the post and comment editing forms so the expanding features will work there, too. Drawback is it takes a bit longer to load the forms due to having to execute the expanding plug-in feature. It's usually only called during initial page load. Hoping everything works out okay.
Will need to tackle the ajax busy indicator project (a spinning "busy" icon) but don't want to tackle it today.
Jim Robinson to: Buckeye Texan; John Robinson
John reminded me of a better solution for loading forms that will be faster, but I'll have to develop some new routines and rip out the old. Will be faster and cleaner (programming-wise) than my current routines, so will be better and worth it for the long haul.
John reminded me of a better solution for loading forms that will be faster, but I'll have to develop some new routines and rip out the old. Will be faster and cleaner (programming-wise) than my current routines, so will be better and worth it for the long haul.
Jim Robinson to: humblegunner
Got 'er in. Click on "InReplyTo" to see what this post is in reply to.
Got 'er in. Click on "InReplyTo" to see what this post is in reply to.
Jim Robinson to: Jim Robinson
Now, I'm already seeing a need for previous and next buttons in a threaded conversation. And to display the entire threaded conversation. Not tonight though.
Now, I'm already seeing a need for previous and next buttons in a threaded conversation. And to display the entire threaded conversation. Not tonight though.
humblegunner to: Jim Robinson
Ok, now that's cool!
In the instance of multiple posts back and forth I infer it'll kind of cascade them on top of each other?
Checked, yeah it do.
Cool!
Ok, now that's cool!
In the instance of multiple posts back and forth I infer it'll kind of cascade them on top of each other?
Checked, yeah it do.
Cool!
Jim Robinson to: Jim Robinson
Users can be notified on actions by themselves or by others on objects they own, control or follow.
Users can be notified on actions by themselves or by others on objects they own, control or follow.
Jim Robinson to: Jim Robinson
Oops, including too many items here, Cannot notify in real-time for all likes, pings, posts, votes, follows, etc. Will swamp the db. A user can easily click to get a list of posts by users or on posts, pages, polls, etc, he's following. Info doesn't have to be stored in the notify table. Will cut this back a bit.
Oops, including too many items here, Cannot notify in real-time for all likes, pings, posts, votes, follows, etc. Will swamp the db. A user can easily click to get a list of posts by users or on posts, pages, polls, etc, he's following. Info doesn't have to be stored in the notify table. Will cut this back a bit.
Jim Robinson to: Jim Robinson
Maybe one table for like and ping notifications and another for invite/accept, request/accept, join/unjoin. Albums, mail, chat, polls and tags remain in their separate tables, info available by click. Posts and comments by click on latest, etc, and boot, block, ignore and other user/page admin tasks separate as needed.
Maybe one table for like and ping notifications and another for invite/accept, request/accept, join/unjoin. Albums, mail, chat, polls and tags remain in their separate tables, info available by click. Posts and comments by click on latest, etc, and boot, block, ignore and other user/page admin tasks separate as needed.
Changing the comment section. Instead of having a comment form at the bottom of each thread, when I finish this portion of the project, there will be a comment link at the bottom of each post and each comment. When you click on the link, it will open a comment form with three fields:
Ping to:
Embed:
Comment:
The old two field (now three field) comment form will be discontinued and a comment form will only display when you click "Comment.".
Ping to:
Embed:
Comment:
The old two field (now three field) comment form will be discontinued and a comment form will only display when you click "Comment.".
bd476 to: Jim Robinson
When I view this thread from my home page there is a clickable part that says Click to view all 24 messages but it didn't work. I came "out here" to reply to the ping.
When I view this thread from my home page there is a clickable part that says Click to view all 24 messages but it didn't work. I came "out here" to reply to the ping.
bd476 to: Jim Robinson
I should have written "Click to view all 27 comments" (rather than 24 comments) does not open from my home page.
I should have written "Click to view all 27 comments" (rather than 24 comments) does not open from my home page.
Are we sure we want folks able to post on our profile page?
html validator next
I'm going to be installing an html filter tonight on our page editor routine. I don't think very many people have used that function yet, but if there are any errors in my coding, some or all of your html on the top of your page banner area could get filtered out. You may want to make sure you have a local copy before you update your page again.. I've got a few pages that I'll copy, and Syncro and humblegunner may want to copy theirs. Well, heck, I may just go ahead and make a local copy of theirs too.
The new html filter will allow only the standard page formatting codes, such as: b big blockquote br center div em font h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 hr i li ol p s small strong table tr td th u ul, etc. Also: a href, img and table.
Unfortunately, the various browsers are full of security risks and holes, especially IE, so we're going to have to block things like script, style, form, input, button, mouse functions, object, etc. Basically, anything that has known security risks.
I'm going to try to figure out if we can keep some limited audio capability. For now, we're using youtube for video.
I'm installing this first phase of html filtering on our user page editing program because we haven't used it much. I'm also working on installing an html validator routine. After we get these two routines developed and tested on the user page editing program, I'll work them into the posting programs so we can start using HTML throughout for posting.
The new html filter will allow only the standard page formatting codes, such as: b big blockquote br center div em font h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 hr i li ol p s small strong table tr td th u ul, etc. Also: a href, img and table.
Unfortunately, the various browsers are full of security risks and holes, especially IE, so we're going to have to block things like script, style, form, input, button, mouse functions, object, etc. Basically, anything that has known security risks.
I'm going to try to figure out if we can keep some limited audio capability. For now, we're using youtube for video.
I'm installing this first phase of html filtering on our user page editing program because we haven't used it much. I'm also working on installing an html validator routine. After we get these two routines developed and tested on the user page editing program, I'll work them into the posting programs so we can start using HTML throughout for posting.
Jim Robinson:
Some of this info will end up in our sandbox, user guide and FAQ after it's developed, tested and released.
Some of this info will end up in our sandbox, user guide and FAQ after it's developed, tested and released.
Jim Robinson:
Just found out via testing that if you forget a closing quote, you can lose some of the following code and text until it finds one further down the page. Well, you'll get strange results, anyway.
Just found out via testing that if you forget a closing quote, you can lose some of the following code and text until it finds one further down the page. Well, you'll get strange results, anyway.
Test post. Don't have this feature coded into edit or posting comments routines yet.
This is an excerpt that would have had some ugly characters in it when cut and pasted:
Testing paste into an edit post form:
Citizens -- pregnant or otherwise -- are now tangible cardboard targets for "law enforcement."
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting pregnant women were "requested" by law enforcement agencies.
These targets "feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and... a pregnant woman."
Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even.
Since the story about these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing graphics to live forever.
Testing paste into an edit post form:
Citizens -- pregnant or otherwise -- are now tangible cardboard targets for "law enforcement."
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting pregnant women were "requested" by law enforcement agencies.
These targets "feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and... a pregnant woman."
Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even.
Since the story about these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing graphics to live forever.
Jim Robinson:
http://jhy.io/tools/convert-word-to-plain-text
This site was very useful as far as providing a routine we could use internally to swap out the microsoft uglies.
http://jhy.io/tools/convert-word-to-plain-text
This site was very useful as far as providing a routine we could use internally to swap out the microsoft uglies.
Testing stripping out MS Smart Chars using built-in routine: Citizens -- pregnant or otherwise -- are now tangible cardboard targets for "law enforcement."
Citizens -- pregnant or otherwise -- are now tangible cardboard targets for "law enforcement."
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting pregnant women were "requested" by law enforcement agencies.
These targets "feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and... a pregnant woman."
Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even.
Since the story about these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing graphics to live forever.
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting pregnant women were "requested" by law enforcement agencies.
These targets "feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and... a pregnant woman."
Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even.
Since the story about these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing graphics to live forever.
To eliminate the weird "curly quotes," etc, characters in the text. Seems many news pages are using MS Word to produce their articles and MS Word inserts special smart characters for curly quotes, apostrophes, long dashes, etc. When you cut and paste from these pages, the special characters create an unsightly mess on your post. The routine at the source strips them out, actually, converts them to regular quotes, apostrophes and dashes.
From the source:
This is a repost of an entry from 2004. This Word-cleaning functionality is showing up in more and more web editors, but people might still find this useful.
Most of the time when I'm writing content for the web (for this blog, or a forum comment, or whatever), I'll write in Microsoft Word for the spell check and other features that aren't in a standard textarea widget, and then I'll cut and paste into the form on the site.
The problem is that this carries all of the high characters ("smart-quotes" and the like) that MS Word makes straight through to the site -- and most sites aren't set up to handle them. They expect plain ("Latin") text.
A solution: this script converts text copied from MS word into plain text. Paste your input into the top box, press clean, and the input will be scrubbed and sent to the lower box.
(If you want to clean up Word HTML, rather than just create plain text, I suggest that you use HTML Tidy with the "clean" and "Word 2000" boxes checked.)
This is a repost of an entry from 2004. This Word-cleaning functionality is showing up in more and more web editors, but people might still find this useful.
Most of the time when I'm writing content for the web (for this blog, or a forum comment, or whatever), I'll write in Microsoft Word for the spell check and other features that aren't in a standard textarea widget, and then I'll cut and paste into the form on the site.
The problem is that this carries all of the high characters ("smart-quotes" and the like) that MS Word makes straight through to the site -- and most sites aren't set up to handle them. They expect plain ("Latin") text.
A solution: this script converts text copied from MS word into plain text. Paste your input into the top box, press clean, and the input will be scrubbed and sent to the lower box.
(If you want to clean up Word HTML, rather than just create plain text, I suggest that you use HTML Tidy with the "clean" and "Word 2000" boxes checked.)
onyx:
Citizens – pregnant or otherwise – are now tangible cardboard targets for
“law enforcement.” Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting
targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting
pregnant women were “requested” by law enforcement agencies. These targets
“feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and… a
pregnant woman.” Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even. Since the story about
these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have
supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing
graphics to live forever.
Citizens – pregnant or otherwise – are now tangible cardboard targets for
“law enforcement.” Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting
targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting
pregnant women were “requested” by law enforcement agencies. These targets
“feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and… a
pregnant woman.” Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even. Since the story about
these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have
supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing
graphics to live forever.
Jim Robinson:
Test:
Citizens -- pregnant or otherwise -- are now tangible cardboard targets for "law enforcement."
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting pregnant women were "requested" by law enforcement agencies.
These targets "feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and... a pregnant woman."
Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even.
Since the story about these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing graphics to live forever.
Test:
Citizens -- pregnant or otherwise -- are now tangible cardboard targets for "law enforcement."
Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a provider of shooting targets to the Department of Homeland Security, has admitted that targets depicting pregnant women were "requested" by law enforcement agencies.
These targets "feature children, elderly gun owners and mothers in playgrounds, and... a pregnant woman."
Awesome. They were REQUESTED by DHS, even.
Since the story about these targets started spreading throughout the interwebs, the pictures of them have supposedly been taken down. But you know how the Internet has a way of allowing graphics to live forever.
Howdy everyone!
Wish I had something to report. The last thing I said to John last night was to keep me informed, but I haven't heard from him yet today. Hoping he's up in San Jose installing our new equipment.
3D-JOY:
I read your report on another site and it seems we will be back up and better than ever in a couple of weeks. I am going to make new business cards with the address. I need to be ready to go when all is good. I think I will press them to donate monthly after the first month...just in time for the next quarter.
We have 100's of members who are splinter groups from the original tea parties. They mention my clothing and car bumper stickers all the time and I have missed the chance to have it written down for them. All our memories are slipping if things are not written down.
I read your report on another site and it seems we will be back up and better than ever in a couple of weeks. I am going to make new business cards with the address. I need to be ready to go when all is good. I think I will press them to donate monthly after the first month...just in time for the next quarter.
We have 100's of members who are splinter groups from the original tea parties. They mention my clothing and car bumper stickers all the time and I have missed the chance to have it written down for them. All our memories are slipping if things are not written down.
Jim Robinson:
Cool. DrO is OK. This is some of the R and B we used to listen to way back when in HS.
Cool. DrO is OK. This is some of the R and B we used to listen to way back when in HS.
onyx:
Yes, thanks very much, he's doing pretty good. He likes R & B and those singers with SOUL. I heard a little of Janis Joplin on Imus early this morning. Poor drugged out soul, she could sure belt out the tunes, too.
Yes, thanks very much, he's doing pretty good. He likes R & B and those singers with SOUL. I heard a little of Janis Joplin on Imus early this morning. Poor drugged out soul, she could sure belt out the tunes, too.
don-o:
Good advice always. My initial impression is that this will be some fun when it's up and going. Suggest that you add a Sandbox forum.
Good advice always. My initial impression is that this will be some fun when it's up and going. Suggest that you add a Sandbox forum.
html sandbox:
Ok, have added a sand box. No sand at this time though. It's listed as a "Featured Page" on the site's home page, (Click MyFRpage home).
Ok, have added a sand box. No sand at this time though. It's listed as a "Featured Page" on the site's home page, (Click MyFRpage home).
Jim Robinson:
Data::FormValidator::Filters::Demoroniser - A Data::FormValidator filter that allows you to demoronise a string.ie, removes [moronic] Microsoft "smart" characters with sensible ACSII versions.
Data::FormValidator::Filters::Demoroniser - A Data::FormValidator filter that allows you to demoronise a string.ie, removes [moronic] Microsoft "smart" characters with sensible ACSII versions.
A lot of stuff I'd like to get in soon.
Not necessarily priority sequence:
1) Finish up edit mode for user menus. done.
2) Finish up edit mode for user pages. done.
3) Add user form for adding page title, about text, banners and sidebar seq control for user pages. Optional background midi music per page? done.
4) Pings, tags, like. - started. Pings and Like in and testing.
5) Ability for page owner to move a post from one page to another.
6) Join/Unjoin, Accept/Reject, Invite/Accept
7) Page owner/admin tools: boot, block (from page); remove post, remove tags.
8) Search
9) HTML validator. researching.
10) Internal - next page loop, button.
11) Display shortened amount of text with "more/less" buttons.
12) read/write and privilege access codes.
13) User preferences
14) batch populate for menus.
15) Upload photos, images
16) Albums.
17) "Reply to:" on each comment line (opens a "reply to" form and pings recipient). - in.
18) Mail
19) Chat wiindow. Also, open any mail session or thread in chat window.
20) Add bookmark pulldown top of user page
.
21) Add seq control: "ascending, descending, recent activity, editor seq" to top of user page Also page owner defaults per page.
22) Add Brevity page control: Titles/Headers/Text
23) Menus for user right sidebar
24) Allow "No posts" or "No Comments" on page, ie, on certain pages only the page owner can make new posts, likewise a post ordering system so page owner controls sequence of posts.
25) Working on an internal interface that makes AJAX a lot easier and faster to program and debug. - scratch. Going to jquery.
1) Finish up edit mode for user menus. done.
2) Finish up edit mode for user pages. done.
3) Add user form for adding page title, about text, banners and sidebar seq control for user pages. Optional background midi music per page? done.
4) Pings, tags, like. - started. Pings and Like in and testing.
5) Ability for page owner to move a post from one page to another.
6) Join/Unjoin, Accept/Reject, Invite/Accept
7) Page owner/admin tools: boot, block (from page); remove post, remove tags.
8) Search
9) HTML validator. researching.
10) Internal - next page loop, button.
11) Display shortened amount of text with "more/less" buttons.
12) read/write and privilege access codes.
13) User preferences
14) batch populate for menus.
15) Upload photos, images
16) Albums.
17) "Reply to:" on each comment line (opens a "reply to" form and pings recipient). - in.
18) Mail
19) Chat wiindow. Also, open any mail session or thread in chat window.
20) Add bookmark pulldown top of user page
.
21) Add seq control: "ascending, descending, recent activity, editor seq" to top of user page Also page owner defaults per page.
22) Add Brevity page control: Titles/Headers/Text
23) Menus for user right sidebar
24) Allow "No posts" or "No Comments" on page, ie, on certain pages only the page owner can make new posts, likewise a post ordering system so page owner controls sequence of posts.
25) Working on an internal interface that makes AJAX a lot easier and faster to program and debug. - scratch. Going to jquery.
Jim Robinson:
Also, if you see something like "Comment-test" or "Like-test" it's just me testing an incomplete untested routine and it might, er, probably will break (or do nothing).
Also, if you see something like "Comment-test" or "Like-test" it's just me testing an incomplete untested routine and it might, er, probably will break (or do nothing).
Go to your home page and click on "NewLink" in your sidebar.
Should open a form with three fields:
MenuTitle
LinkTitle
LinkUrl
Enter a title for your first menu like, Links or Media or Bookmarks or whatever kind of links you'd like to enter.
Then enter a short title of a website, then the url.
Click "Add" and it should add the item to the sidebar and redraw that section.
Continue adding links as you wish. To start a new menu, just enter a new menu title.
Don't have an edit routine in yet, so watch carefully for typos before you click add. Will try to get the edit program done tomorrow.
Should open a form with three fields:
MenuTitle
LinkTitle
LinkUrl
Enter a title for your first menu like, Links or Media or Bookmarks or whatever kind of links you'd like to enter.
Then enter a short title of a website, then the url.
Click "Add" and it should add the item to the sidebar and redraw that section.
Continue adding links as you wish. To start a new menu, just enter a new menu title.
Don't have an edit routine in yet, so watch carefully for typos before you click add. Will try to get the edit program done tomorrow.
humblegunner:
There are, however, a group of blogs that have had eloquent and verbose and tearful things to say about me that I might find it amusing to showcase.
I wonder if I could link to specific posts thereon to present such a grouping.
Nah.. that's too much like spiking the football and doing a funky dance.
Take the high road, Johnny,,,
There are, however, a group of blogs that have had eloquent and verbose and tearful things to say about me that I might find it amusing to showcase.
I wonder if I could link to specific posts thereon to present such a grouping.
Nah.. that's too much like spiking the football and doing a funky dance.
Take the high road, Johnny,,,
I think I have custom menus about half done, but got side tracked fighting bugs. Hopefully, get it in tomorrow.
Then I'll start linking in the code so you can add banners to the top of your pages and "About text."
See my Vietnam page for an example of a page banner and about text.
Then I'll start linking in the code so you can add banners to the top of your pages and "About text."
See my Vietnam page for an example of a page banner and about text.
Jim Robinson:
Also needed:
Rename a menu. Note: renaming a menu to an existing menu name effectively merges the menus.
Delete an entire menu.
Populate a menu using a list of comma separated titles and links.
Also needed:
Rename a menu. Note: renaming a menu to an existing menu name effectively merges the menus.
Delete an entire menu.
Populate a menu using a list of comma separated titles and links.
humblegunner:
Well, I have just brilliantly thought up something to put on the wish-list.
Now that I've got a bunch of family-type pix on my "hunt" page, and
taking into account that even among good FReepers there are folks
who may wish me harm or mockery or irritation... GIVEN ALL THAT...
It would be a great goodness to be able to designate a page "private"
and select those who are authorized to view it.
I'd hate for a "gunner-hater" to use a pic of my dad to mock me.
Or If it's such an issue, maybe I oughta just delete anything I'm worried about.
Proven it is that a related series of pix may be set up with comment ability between 'em.
Well, I have just brilliantly thought up something to put on the wish-list.
Now that I've got a bunch of family-type pix on my "hunt" page, and
taking into account that even among good FReepers there are folks
who may wish me harm or mockery or irritation... GIVEN ALL THAT...
It would be a great goodness to be able to designate a page "private"
and select those who are authorized to view it.
I'd hate for a "gunner-hater" to use a pic of my dad to mock me.
Or If it's such an issue, maybe I oughta just delete anything I'm worried about.
Proven it is that a related series of pix may be set up with comment ability between 'em.
Jim Robinson:
Yup. we have private pages and members only routines in the plan. Just have to code it and get it working.
Yup. we have private pages and members only routines in the plan. Just have to code it and get it working.
Rearranged the fields on the "New Post" posting form a bit. This is a brief comment that prints above the title, kind of like a lead-in or intro or a "my title" or an additional line of title or "Barf alerts", etc.
Moved the text portion of form up to the top part of the default posting form from where it was in the optional "article source" fields hidden below on the form.This article text prints in the lower section of a post, beneath the title, source fields, attribution and embed if any.
Hoping this will be a little more intuitive.
Hoping this will be a little more intuitive.
Jim Robinson:
I originally thought that most posts to this site would just be the brief comment type without even a title or any source fields. Then when we started collecting posts, it got kind of hard to tell them apart with no titles, so moved the title up and made it required. Still have several more changes to make to make it a bit easier to follow.
I originally thought that most posts to this site would just be the brief comment type without even a title or any source fields. Then when we started collecting posts, it got kind of hard to tell them apart with no titles, so moved the title up and made it required. Still have several more changes to make to make it a bit easier to follow.
Jim Robinson:
Great quote by Johnny Cash at 1:01:30 above after singing Bobby McGee--Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose--where he thanks God for all the freedoms we have in this country--even the right to burn the flag. The audience booed, but then he goes on to say... and the right to keep and bear arms. And if you burn my flag, I'll shoot you. And the audience cheers.
Then he goes on to perform "Ragged Old Flag."
Great quote by Johnny Cash at 1:01:30 above after singing Bobby McGee--Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose--where he thanks God for all the freedoms we have in this country--even the right to burn the flag. The audience booed, but then he goes on to say... and the right to keep and bear arms. And if you burn my flag, I'll shoot you. And the audience cheers.
Then he goes on to perform "Ragged Old Flag."
1) If you post two or more articles consecutively things get a little messy. A page refresh usually straightens it out.
2) When you post a new comment it gets displayed below the post you're on. Not supposed to do that. But it goes into the db ok, so a page refresh will display it where it's supposed to be.
Hoping to fix these in the next couple days. Will have to rethink my way through a jumble of perl and AJAX javascript spaghetti routines.
2) When you post a new comment it gets displayed below the post you're on. Not supposed to do that. But it goes into the db ok, so a page refresh will display it where it's supposed to be.
Hoping to fix these in the next couple days. Will have to rethink my way through a jumble of perl and AJAX javascript spaghetti routines.
Jim Robinson:
To fix bug number 1 listed at the top of the thread, had to replace the line (above) marked "// old code" (and a couple others) with the four lines just above it. Then I spent hours trying to debug it and it turned out the div named 'postcontent' had a class designation but not an id. Damn. Kept overlooking that and couldn't figure out why the code wasn't working. Finally spotted the omission, inserted the missing ID tag and presto! It works! (this is my first javascript project and it's pretty tricky coding - for me).
To fix bug number 1 listed at the top of the thread, had to replace the line (above) marked "// old code" (and a couple others) with the four lines just above it. Then I spent hours trying to debug it and it turned out the div named 'postcontent' had a class designation but not an id. Damn. Kept overlooking that and couldn't figure out why the code wasn't working. Finally spotted the omission, inserted the missing ID tag and presto! It works! (this is my first javascript project and it's pretty tricky coding - for me).
Search parameters:
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entire system
Select:
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or enter user
and page (if needed)
Search key:
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Search on:
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Timeframe:
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history
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this page
all of this users pages
entire system
Select:
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Search on:
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List of links by category to display on a links page linked from MyFR's home page. Users may submit suggested links for inclusion.
Jim Robinson:
Suggested link:
category, url, description, submittedby, timestamp
Users may also submit suggested new category codes:
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Crazy
Crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
Crazy for feeling so blue
I knew
You'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday
You'd leave me for somebody new
Worry
Why do I let myself worry
Wonderin'
What in the world did I do
Crazy
For thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for tryin'
Crazy for cryin'
And I'm crazy
For lovin' you
Crazy for feeling so lonely
I'm crazy
Crazy for feeling so blue
I knew
You'd love me as long as you wanted
And then someday
You'd leave me for somebody new
Worry
Why do I let myself worry
Wonderin'
What in the world did I do
Crazy
For thinking that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for tryin'
Crazy for cryin'
And I'm crazy
For lovin' you
Jim Robinson:
A comment posted on the youtube site by mrRyansUTube 1 week ago (approx 2/7/2013):
"Your post pulled at my heart as I listened to Patsy ...just as much as her song did. Patsy brings a tear to my face when I listen to her ...so sometimes I do just for the experience of deep feelings, and the inevitable tear. Tammy's Stand by Your Man pulls my strings too. I'm a young senior now, with so much regret and so many mistakes to look back on ...and alone, like you. But any day above ground is still a good day."
A comment posted on the youtube site by mrRyansUTube 1 week ago (approx 2/7/2013):
"Your post pulled at my heart as I listened to Patsy ...just as much as her song did. Patsy brings a tear to my face when I listen to her ...so sometimes I do just for the experience of deep feelings, and the inevitable tear. Tammy's Stand by Your Man pulls my strings too. I'm a young senior now, with so much regret and so many mistakes to look back on ...and alone, like you. But any day above ground is still a good day."
Patsy Cline was one of my favorite country & western singers when I was a teenager. I liked R&B the best, but also listened to R&R and C&W.
bd476:
Gee Jim I didn't know you have such outstanding taste in music. Patsy Cline is a longtime favorite of mine. The steel guitar is so sweet.
Gee Jim I didn't know you have such outstanding taste in music. Patsy Cline is a longtime favorite of mine. The steel guitar is so sweet.
Found a shooting range in Northern California (Ukiah) with cottages a quarter mile away. Quite a bit out of the way for driving from Southern California but not too far to drive rental cars from San Francisco Airport for anyone flying in. It's about a two and a half hour drive from SF.The cottages are a bit pricier than those in Texas though ($195 to over $390 depending). Don't know if they offer group discounts.
onyx:
Everything is more expensive in CA, but FReepers from NV, OR, Utah and possibly WA could come! Heck even TX FReepers! We traveled there!
Everything is more expensive in CA, but FReepers from NV, OR, Utah and possibly WA could come! Heck even TX FReepers! We traveled there!
Been trying to locate a suitable shooting range with cottages nearby. There's the Burro Canyon shooting range near Pasadena/Azusa, in Southern California and there are a couple RV parks nearby, but could not find any cottages nearby. Plenty of suitable hotels in the area.
Jim Robinson:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Burro+Canyon+Shooting+Park,+Azusa,+CA&hl=en&ll=34.216912,-117.887421&spn=0.45083,0.604248&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=14.427774,12.260742&oq=burro+canyon+shooting+range&t=h&hq=Burro+Canyon+Shooting+Park,+Azusa,+CA&z=11
Burro Canyon Shooting Park near Azusa, CA
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Burro+Canyon+Shooting+Park,+Azusa,+CA&hl=en&ll=34.216912,-117.887421&spn=0.45083,0.604248&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=14.427774,12.260742&oq=burro+canyon+shooting+range&t=h&hq=Burro+Canyon+Shooting+Park,+Azusa,+CA&z=11
Burro Canyon Shooting Park near Azusa, CA
Working on a portable hospital bed. I use a hospital bed at home, because I can't sit up on my own due to muscular dystrophy. The bed raises me up to a nearly sitting position, then I can slide over to my powerchair. But when we travel, Chris has to help me get out of bed. This is rather inconvenient.
I thought I might put a hospital bed in the RV, but there really isn't enough room for one. So, decided to try to make my own. I bought a piece of 1/2" plywood and cut it into various pieces. Essentially, have three pieces 33" wide and fashioned them together. Longer piece on the bottom, with a shorter piece fastened on top with screws in the middle towards the foot end and the other about 30" long as the head board fastened to the shorter piece cross-wise with a piano hinge, making a flap that can be raised and lowered. Purchased an Okin Deltadrive actuator kit from Amazon (see above photo) to hook up under the head flap to raise it up and down pushing off the bottom board.
I also purchased an inexpensive rollaway bed that we can store in the RV. When we're ready to turn in for the night, we'll set up the rollaway with my plywood bed lift under the mattress. It has a handheld remote with buttons to raise and lower the head. The power supply and controller can be plugged in to 110v or it can work on nine volt batteries. Perfect for RV.
Am now thinking that this could probably work in hotels too. May cut the bottom board off and make all pieces narrower so it's not so long and bulky and we can make a carrying case for it. When we're travelling in the van, I can ask the hotels we book for a rollaway, then slip this under the mattress. Woo hoo! Instant hospital bed! And won't have to bug Chris to get me up.
I thought I might put a hospital bed in the RV, but there really isn't enough room for one. So, decided to try to make my own. I bought a piece of 1/2" plywood and cut it into various pieces. Essentially, have three pieces 33" wide and fashioned them together. Longer piece on the bottom, with a shorter piece fastened on top with screws in the middle towards the foot end and the other about 30" long as the head board fastened to the shorter piece cross-wise with a piano hinge, making a flap that can be raised and lowered. Purchased an Okin Deltadrive actuator kit from Amazon (see above photo) to hook up under the head flap to raise it up and down pushing off the bottom board.
I also purchased an inexpensive rollaway bed that we can store in the RV. When we're ready to turn in for the night, we'll set up the rollaway with my plywood bed lift under the mattress. It has a handheld remote with buttons to raise and lower the head. The power supply and controller can be plugged in to 110v or it can work on nine volt batteries. Perfect for RV.
Am now thinking that this could probably work in hotels too. May cut the bottom board off and make all pieces narrower so it's not so long and bulky and we can make a carrying case for it. When we're travelling in the van, I can ask the hotels we book for a rollaway, then slip this under the mattress. Woo hoo! Instant hospital bed! And won't have to bug Chris to get me up.
Jim Robinson to: 3D-JOY
I purchased a recliner that lays down flat several years ago when my legs were in real bad shape. Thought I could sleep in it and raise up into a sitting position when necessary to get the blood flowing, then lie down again when it got better. Unfortunately, it didn't work out very well. That's when I switched to using the hospital bed.
I purchased a recliner that lays down flat several years ago when my legs were in real bad shape. Thought I could sleep in it and raise up into a sitting position when necessary to get the blood flowing, then lie down again when it got better. Unfortunately, it didn't work out very well. That's when I switched to using the hospital bed.
3D-JOY to: Jim Robinson
I was in one hotel that had twin craft-matic motion beds in the room. I wonder if they can be requested? Mine raise the head of the bed very high.
I told you to come visit...I am prepared! LOL
I was in one hotel that had twin craft-matic motion beds in the room. I wonder if they can be requested? Mine raise the head of the bed very high.
I told you to come visit...I am prepared! LOL
The right sidebar will contain a promo section controlled by sysadmin (me), plus a box for polls once I get them programmed, then a section for the users's tags/topics for the page, plus a section for user's related links for his page content.
Jim Robinson:
Optionally, right sidebar could automatically include 10 latest article posts blocks per each page on user's account?
Optionally, right sidebar could automatically include 10 latest article posts blocks per each page on user's account?
Jim Robinson:
Added a sidebar sequence code to the user page table. This will cause a right sidebar section to appear for specified page. Example, I set up sbseq codes 1, 2 and 3 for my home, development and travel pages and they now appear in the right sidebar in that sequence. Currently defaulting to a max of ten latest threads per each section.
Added a sidebar sequence code to the user page table. This will cause a right sidebar section to appear for specified page. Example, I set up sbseq codes 1, 2 and 3 for my home, development and travel pages and they now appear in the right sidebar in that sequence. Currently defaulting to a max of ten latest threads per each section.
Jim Robinson:
http://www.myfrpage.com/cgi-bin/get.cgi?user=10&page=home
I'm also testing this on the "news" page in the MyFRpage/home page.
http://www.myfrpage.com/cgi-bin/get.cgi?user=10&page=home
I'm also testing this on the "news" page in the MyFRpage/home page.
Me and Sheila before we were married. I was out of the navy for less than a year when we met. I was working as an aircraft sheet metal mechanic for my brother-in-law (Jim Brennan) at the time. He used to rib me all the time saying now that you're out of the service, you'll be married in less than a year. I said no way, I'm a confirmed bachelor. Well, that all changed after that sweet young thing entered my life. We were married in June 1970. I was 24 and she was 19.
Jim Robinson:
Me with John and Chris in our first house in 1974. A 2 bedroom, 1 bath on Safford St in Fresno just two blocks from my first computer job at Producer's Dairy. The home was built in the '20s and we bought it for $15,000. Sold it six years later for $32,000. John was born in '72, Chris in '74.
Me with John and Chris in our first house in 1974. A 2 bedroom, 1 bath on Safford St in Fresno just two blocks from my first computer job at Producer's Dairy. The home was built in the '20s and we bought it for $15,000. Sold it six years later for $32,000. John was born in '72, Chris in '74.
The above photo is of me and Sheila (in cowboy hat) meeting Sarah Palin at a 2010 Tea Party Express rally in Reno.
Sheila, Chris and I have traveled through all 48 of the contiguous states during the last few years. Most of our trips were with Tea Party Express tours. We've tea partied with thousands of liberty loving patriots from sea to shining sea.
Sheila, Chris and I have traveled through all 48 of the contiguous states during the last few years. Most of our trips were with Tea Party Express tours. We've tea partied with thousands of liberty loving patriots from sea to shining sea.
testing a first post on a newly added page... 1, 2, 3.. a, b, c, d, zz cc vv bb cc
Number the menu divs: rsbmenu$menuid and, lsbmenu$menuid, etc.
New menu item newitemrsmenu$menuid etc
Replace entire div after new item input.
On original load build an empty new menu x div with a new item section.
After name supplied, replace the x div with numbered div and include new x div.
Update:
Scratch all of the above. Was taking too long to program as AJAX functions so went in and did it with the old cgi coding method. Works fine for this kind of stuff.
New menu item newitemrsmenu$menuid etc
Replace entire div after new item input.
On original load build an empty new menu x div with a new item section.
After name supplied, replace the x div with numbered div and include new x div.
Update:
Scratch all of the above. Was taking too long to program as AJAX functions so went in and did it with the old cgi coding method. Works fine for this kind of stuff.
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Hull comes under attack by North Vietnam shore artillary while providing naval gunfire support off the DMZ
Hull comes under attack by North Vietnam shore artillary while providing naval gunfire support off the DMZ
Jim Robinson:
add overall search functions to top nav bar; search by user; search by keyword; search by title
add overall search functions to top nav bar; search by user; search by keyword; search by title
Hoping to make the following changes/enhancements:
Each user has his "home" topic (his user page [MyPage]) and can also have multiple additional topic pages. User defines the topics in his sidebar topic box. Anyone posting to his page can also go to or post to his additional topic pages. User can also have multiple "stickie boxes" in his sidebar listing items of his choice in his designated seq. New stickie boxes can be created and labeled and sequenced as needed. Same for user created menus where he can store links (or bookmarks). And user designated sidebar lists by topic that automatically list the latest "n" number of posts per sidebar topic on his page. Menus and sidebar lists can be collapsed or expanded as needed, Any of his pages can also have a top banner area in which he can use html to add banners and or describe his home and topic pages, etc. Any of his pages can be designated to receive or not receive posts/comments. Pages can also be designated public or private, published or unpublished.
The home page for the site is structured the same way. And any additional custom pages. Each custom page is "owned" by a freeper account. Owners can recruit others as helpers, admins, etc. Custom pages can be open to all members or by invite or request/approval only.Page owners can delete abusive posts or even kick unwanted posters off his pages.
Our site home page is where we can maintain sidebar lists of chapters, clubs, groups, special interest pages or selected user pages. We can also maintain a central forum by topic. Of course, the same goes for any chapters, clubs, groups, etc.
Following, followers, pings, ping lists, tags. Users can follow others or be followed. Can ping others to posts, or ping an entire ping list. Can maintain any number of labeled ping lists which can be open for anyone to join or can be joined by invite or request only. A ping list can generate a list of pinged posts. Same for keywords (tags). Ping lists can be generated for any chapter, club, group, etc. Individual posters can opt out of said lists. Likewise, all posters on a thread can be pinged. Users can also "follow" discussion threads and be notified of new posts.
We can also generate timelines per user page, topic page, ping pages, tag pages, etc.
Albums of pics or videos can be created, maintained, posted to, etc.
Each user or group of users (clubs, chapters, groups, special interest pages, etc) can effectively maintain a database of categorized information and or article posts by topic.
User can designate how many items to list per page, how many characters to display per post or comment before asking for more, etc. Also, a toggle switch to hide sidebars for mobile use.
Each user has his "home" topic (his user page [MyPage]) and can also have multiple additional topic pages. User defines the topics in his sidebar topic box. Anyone posting to his page can also go to or post to his additional topic pages. User can also have multiple "stickie boxes" in his sidebar listing items of his choice in his designated seq. New stickie boxes can be created and labeled and sequenced as needed. Same for user created menus where he can store links (or bookmarks). And user designated sidebar lists by topic that automatically list the latest "n" number of posts per sidebar topic on his page. Menus and sidebar lists can be collapsed or expanded as needed, Any of his pages can also have a top banner area in which he can use html to add banners and or describe his home and topic pages, etc. Any of his pages can be designated to receive or not receive posts/comments. Pages can also be designated public or private, published or unpublished.
The home page for the site is structured the same way. And any additional custom pages. Each custom page is "owned" by a freeper account. Owners can recruit others as helpers, admins, etc. Custom pages can be open to all members or by invite or request/approval only.Page owners can delete abusive posts or even kick unwanted posters off his pages.
Our site home page is where we can maintain sidebar lists of chapters, clubs, groups, special interest pages or selected user pages. We can also maintain a central forum by topic. Of course, the same goes for any chapters, clubs, groups, etc.
Following, followers, pings, ping lists, tags. Users can follow others or be followed. Can ping others to posts, or ping an entire ping list. Can maintain any number of labeled ping lists which can be open for anyone to join or can be joined by invite or request only. A ping list can generate a list of pinged posts. Same for keywords (tags). Ping lists can be generated for any chapter, club, group, etc. Individual posters can opt out of said lists. Likewise, all posters on a thread can be pinged. Users can also "follow" discussion threads and be notified of new posts.
We can also generate timelines per user page, topic page, ping pages, tag pages, etc.
Albums of pics or videos can be created, maintained, posted to, etc.
Each user or group of users (clubs, chapters, groups, special interest pages, etc) can effectively maintain a database of categorized information and or article posts by topic.
User can designate how many items to list per page, how many characters to display per post or comment before asking for more, etc. Also, a toggle switch to hide sidebars for mobile use.
Jim Robinson:
separate routines to build the list index array by site, user, date, keyword, etc; process the array.
separate routines to build the list index array by site, user, date, keyword, etc; process the array.
Jim Robinson:
loops to build array by page, user, keyword, etc. grab a chunk, process, get next chunk, etc.
loops to build array by page, user, keyword, etc. grab a chunk, process, get next chunk, etc.
Jim Robinson:
list menus, create a menu, update menu title, add items to menu, update items, reorder menu items, delete items, delete menu.
list menus, create a menu, update menu title, add items to menu, update items, reorder menu items, delete items, delete menu.
The wheels have fallen off our wagon.
Associated Press · Jun 29, 2012 · By Joe Mandak
FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts joked that he'll spend some time on an "impregnable island fortress" now that the court has ended a session that featured him casting the decisive vote to uphold President Barack Obama's health care law.
Responding to a question about his summer break, Roberts said he planned to teach a class for two weeks in Malta, the Mediterranean island nation.
Responding to a question about his summer break, Roberts said he planned to teach a class for two weeks in Malta, the Mediterranean island nation.
Weiner is an idiot.
breitbart.com · June 27, 2012 · Big Journalism
Politico, in full attack mode against Republicans on the eve of the Supreme Court's likely decision to overturn all or part of Obamacare, sought out former Rep. Anthony Weiner to offer his insights on the law. Weiner claims that Democrats were right to pass the law, but that the public is simply too stupid to understand its benefits, and that the party should have done a better job of defending its members from public outrage over the issue.
It's a "one world" socialist peacenik organization but they did a pretty good job with these videos. Apparently, they hooked up with some street singers then recorded performers from various cities around the world to back them up. Recorded them all and mixed it into a great series of videos.
Jim Robinson:
bug in youtube support. doesn't like "https" in url. works when 's' is omitted. -fixed.
bug in youtube support. doesn't like "https" in url. works when 's' is omitted. -fixed.
Foundation done, basic structure of the site up and running.
Privacy/privileges/access control. Started.
Profile page/sidebars. Started. Basic structure in. Almost done 9/28. Will be adding additional items to the sidebars as features are completed.
Join/requests/ban/block. Must do before we can invite others in for testing. Started 9/28.
"More" link and control. Must do before we get too many test posts.
Pull (set pulled flag rather than deleting posts, comments, etc).
Abuse system.
Mail system/folders.
Albums/images/folders.
Tags/ping lists, send/notify when someone comments on your post.
Logging/project management (keeping others informed--collaborative reporting/site development).
Posts by poster.
Latest comments.
Active threads.
Search.
Embed images/videos/polls on posts (update 9/24: images done, youtube videos done).
Club pages, chapter pages, state pages, FR home page. Got a start on FReeperPAC page.
Mobile option/toggles & preferences to control report formatting, number of items to list, etc.
Profile page/sidebars. Started. Basic structure in. Almost done 9/28. Will be adding additional items to the sidebars as features are completed.
Join/requests/ban/block. Must do before we can invite others in for testing. Started 9/28.
"More" link and control. Must do before we get too many test posts.
Pull (set pulled flag rather than deleting posts, comments, etc).
Abuse system.
Mail system/folders.
Albums/images/folders.
Tags/ping lists, send/notify when someone comments on your post.
Logging/project management (keeping others informed--collaborative reporting/site development).
Posts by poster.
Latest comments.
Active threads.
Search.
Embed images/videos/polls on posts (update 9/24: images done, youtube videos done).
Club pages, chapter pages, state pages, FR home page. Got a start on FReeperPAC page.
Mobile option/toggles & preferences to control report formatting, number of items to list, etc.
Jim Robinson:
like table: likeid, postid, commentid, userid, timestamp . ping table: pingid, postid, commentid, userid, pingedby, timestamp.
like table: likeid, postid, commentid, userid, timestamp . ping table: pingid, postid, commentid, userid, pingedby, timestamp.
This is a brief comment about this test post.
Test post with an image.
Improvements needed:
Need to test source img width - automatically reduce to 60% (claiming transformation to thumbnail) and if result greater than 360 reduce to 360, otherwise post as is.
May be useful?
var image = new Image();
image.src = "test.jpg";
image.onload = function() {
alert('width - ' + image.naturalWidth);
alert('height - ' + image.naturalHeight);
}
If resulting img width is less than 361 and text length is greater than 2000, text should flow around embedded image, otherwise print under.
Do the above width calculation at post time and store results on the corresponding post or comment record so it doesn't have to be recalculated with every display.
Also support for [caption="This would be a caption"] (builds a table with caption under image).
And support for [bold] [big] [underscore] [strike] [/bold] [/big] [/underscore] [/strike] (would translate to span/class and done via css and all would terminate automatically at end of post?)
Improvements needed:
Need to test source img width - automatically reduce to 60% (claiming transformation to thumbnail) and if result greater than 360 reduce to 360, otherwise post as is.
May be useful?
var image = new Image();
image.src = "test.jpg";
image.onload = function() {
alert('width - ' + image.naturalWidth);
alert('height - ' + image.naturalHeight);
}
If resulting img width is less than 361 and text length is greater than 2000, text should flow around embedded image, otherwise print under.
Do the above width calculation at post time and store results on the corresponding post or comment record so it doesn't have to be recalculated with every display.
Also support for [caption="This would be a caption"] (builds a table with caption under image).
And support for [bold] [big] [underscore] [strike] [/bold] [/big] [/underscore] [/strike] (would translate to span/class and done via css and all would terminate automatically at end of post?)
Jim Robinson:
Test adding in an image using embed on new edit routine. - Works!
Need to plug in delete routine. - done.
Need to include name and date lines on new ajax screen redraw routine so delete can remove them when redrawn. - done.
bug, after edit with embed, embed displays twice. - fixed.
Need last edited date.
Redraw after posting new comment using "Comment" link draws wrong form (draws full comment form vs brief one line new comment form).
Test adding in an image using embed on new edit routine. - Works!
Need to plug in delete routine. - done.
Need to include name and date lines on new ajax screen redraw routine so delete can remove them when redrawn. - done.
bug, after edit with embed, embed displays twice. - fixed.
Need last edited date.
Redraw after posting new comment using "Comment" link draws wrong form (draws full comment form vs brief one line new comment form).
Jim Robinson:
Gonna have to figure out how to localize the timestamps - done on posts and comments. will need to add in elsewhere in system.
Gonna have to figure out how to localize the timestamps - done on posts and comments. will need to add in elsewhere in system.
