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Hi! Welcome to my electronic book!!
I hope you enjoy reading about my life and those around me. All of these instances and
experiences have shaped my life and my being. I started out this book like I started the written version, with the story of my introduction into Cub Scouting. Scouting has been a very important
part of my life and a program that I have always supported, even when sometimes it was not
very supportive of me.
These stories are taken from three books, two of which are complete and only waiting for a publisher to take a chance, print and promote them, and wait for the positive reaction. I have received a lot of uplifting electronic mail concerning many of the short stories here, which have been shared on the Scouts-L, Arrow-L, Joy, and Reflections electronic mail groups; and on the rec.scouting.* newsgroups since 1990.
In addition, there is a separate section called "Keepers" here. In this section are stories told to me and other Scouters which I feel are inspirational and reflects the current status of our Scouting programs. Those Scouters and others whom have contributed a part of their lives here are identified by electronic mail ("email") addresses which were current at the time of their initial posting. I have not made an effort to obtain current email addresses, but I have made strong friendships with many of them and would be happy to share their current email addresses with you upon request.
I welcome your feedback and comments. Most of all I welcome you sharing what I have to say both positively and negatively about Scouting with those in your communities, churches and
units. It is only through a sharing and exchange of information can we together make the program stronger, better for our children and fellow adults, and most of all, a reflection of the best that America and the world has to give our children and future leaders of the world....perhaps even by
then, the universe!
Settummanque
Using tables for page layout
Tables are currently the only HTML option for page layout. If you simply place a chunk of text on a page, the length of the lines is determined by the dimensions of the viewer's browser window. When the user resizes their window, the text reflows to fill the new space. Though some may consider this a "feature," it actually hinders the user's experience with the content. The conventions of print give us a comfortable place to access content. Without some adherance to these standards you may discomfit and ultimately lose your readers.
To avoid this use tables to define the areas of your pages. Use table cells to create margins, put your text in table cells to limit the line length (ideally 10 to 12 words on a line), and use cells to position elements on the page.
Cell attributes and table dimensions
The behaviour of a table depends largely on how its cells are defined. For the purposes of page layout you should define cell widths with absolute values. Additionally, the cell should contain a single-pixel GIF equal to the width of the cell to make sure that the table dimensions do not change when the browser window is resized.
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No borders, please!
When we talk about tables we are not speaking of the beveled beauties that HTML offers for the presentation of tabular content. We are using tables to get around the limitations of HTML, and we are using them in ways in which they were not intended. These are invisible tables whose sole purpose is to give us control over page elements, so be sure to set BORDER="0".
While we're on the subject, table borders are ugly and unnecessary even in the context of the tabluar materials they were intended for. It is much cleaner to use spacing, alignment, and indents to delimit tabluar information.
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In print the space between columns is referred to as a gutter. You can use tables to create gutters, either through 1) adding a cell that serves as the gutter, or 2) by using the cellpadding (space between cell contents and cell) or 3) cellspacing (space surrounding cell) attributes.
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