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  Notes Client Background Agents
Notes 6 agents introduced the ability to run a client agent in a background thread.
When we use background agents, we have gotten into the habit of putting up a message box at the start of the agent and at the end of the agent, simply for "usability".
We found that at least until users get used to background agents, they tend to start something off, then see that their Notes client is available, then think "Hmm, where's the results?".
www.breakingpar.com /bkp/home.nsf/0/87256B280015193F87256FC40074B111   (787 words)

  
 Subject Bibliography:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Background Notes on the Countries of the World is a series of short, factual pamphlets written by officers in the Department of State's geographical bureaus, including information on the country's land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations, and United States policy.
Background Notes are written for nearly 160 countries.
Background Notes on the Countries of the World.
bookstore.gpo.gov /sb/sb-093.html   (334 words)

  
 Nodes and Arcs 1989-1999: WWW history and RDF
This document is provided as a background discussion motivating the WWW Proposal in RDF document.
Note: The following discussion is only one interpretation of the relationship between the RDF data modeling system and the original system of knowledge management outlined in the WWW proposal.
In providing a system for manipulating this sort of information, the hope would be to allow a pool of information to develop which could grow and evolve with the organisation and the projects it describes.
www.w3.org /1999/11/11-WWWProposal/thenandnow   (2457 words)

  
 Browse Topic: Background Notes
Background Notes, provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated or revised periodically.
The Current Background notes are organized in alphabetical order by the name of the country.
Background reports issued prior to January 20, 2001 are arranged alphabetically within large geographical areas.
www.library.okstate.edu /govdocs/browsetopics/backnote.html   (329 words)

  
 Pilgrims and Puritans: Background
But it is also interesting to note the underlying traces of evangelism in, if not the first, certainly the last of the reasons.
Michael Kammen, however, notes a "tradition" in the early 19th century "in which the Compact was viewed as part of the repudiation of English domination" (Kammen, 64).
Following Samuel Eliot Morison, they noted that the emphasis on education saw the establishment, survival, and flourishing of Harvard College--which survived only because the entire community was willing to support it, so that even the poor yeoman farmers "contributed their pecks of wheat" for the continued promise of a "literate ministry" (Miller, I: 14).
xroads.virginia.edu /~CAP/PURITAN/purhist.html   (4050 words)

  
 Personalize Journal Notes by Using Stationery
When you personalize the note that you are working on, the settings you change apply only to that note.
Background pictures are graphics that you place in a note for the backdrop of your stationery.
The file size of your note increases with the file size of the graphics file that you use for a background image.
www.microsoft.com /windowsxp/using/tabletpc/learnmore/stationery.mspx   (772 words)

  
 Notes on the Amendments - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
As noted on the Constitutional Convention Topic Page, several delegates to the convention refused to sign the newly drafted constitution because it did not include a bill of rights.
Bills of rights were typically parts of the constitutions of the several states of the day (and today), placed there to ensure that certain rights were recognized by the government.
It is important to note that the 23rd Amendment does not make Washington, D.C., a state; it just confers upon its citizens the number of electors that it would have if it were a state.
www.usconstitution.net /constamnotes.html   (4253 words)

  
 Pindar: Background Notes
Read these, noting the references to parentage and genealogy: Jason claims the right to the throne (in antistrophe 5) by virtue of his descent from Aeolus.
Jason assembles the crew of the Argo: note the inclusion of Euphamus, identified as being from Tainaros in the Peloponnese.
The illustration in the course packet is from a vase on which a trainer is preparing five young athletes for the race.
mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/pindar/cciv110.back.pindar.html   (2002 words)

  
 Australia’s long-term challenges: Background Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The following Background Notes provide additional information on the strategic issues outlined in the Prime Minister’s address and some factual information about the community needs that are driving the policy initiatives.
Where relevant, the notes provide an update on developments and announcements for the nine key strategic priorities outlined in the Prime Minister’s lecture to a meeting of the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) in November 2002.
This latest attachment to the Background Notes reviews some of the significant measures the government has introduced since 1996 to improve health outcomes and deliver long-term sustainability to this sector.
www.dpmc.gov.au /speeches/pm/challenges/background_notes/1_introduction.cfm   (232 words)

  
 Background Notes
The Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website you are now using.
Within each Background Note is a link under "OFFICIAL NAME" that goes to the respective "country page" containing additional information.
Selected Background Notes also are available for sale in print from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn   (196 words)

  
 Monthly Review: Background notes to Fanshen - notes from conference Understanding China's Revolution: A Celebration of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Along with his Chinese academic colleagues, Hinton advised the residents of Long Bow on the complicated tasks of teaching peasants to read, breaking up old feudal estates, insuring the equality of women, and replacing the old magistrates who governed the village with elected councils.
In them he detailed not merely measurable successes and failures of the revolution, but the deep scars of struggle, the resistance to change, and the uniquely Chinese process, often painful and violent, of criticism and self-criticism.
We were in groups of eight and when the planes came we ran out into the field, threw our bedrolls in the middle and lay face down on our bedrolls because they said it looked like a manure pile from the air.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1132/is_5_55/ai_108882477   (1547 words)

  
 Notes on The Guys
The workshop production continued the theater's tradition of outreach to the New York community, and its ongoing emphasis on artistic expression that is timely and connected to the lives of the public it serves.
Simpson noted that "small theaters, while more vulnerable to current events, also have the ability to react and respond.
It was great, in a way, that their first meeting was before an audience at the Flea." When it came time for the film to be made the two actors were familiar with the material.
www.northern.edu /wild/0304Season/Guys/Guy_nts.htm   (2330 words)

  
 GAnet - Technology - Internet Tutorials - Designing Portfolio Web Sites - Background Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Do you want backgrounds to be the same consistently through the site or to change, for example, subtle working through a series of colors.
Be very selective about the backgrounds you choose, whether it be solid or textured.
Note the difference in the way the work is integrated/presented and the varying degrees of complexity.
www.germantownacademy.org /technology/digitaldesign/index.shtml   (636 words)

  
 Background Notes on Ela-Chaim Cunzer's Dissertation by Esther Rudomin Hautzig
Background Notes on Ela-Chaim Cunzer's Dissertation by Esther Rudomin Hautzig
These notes are not meant to be erudite or enlightening about Ela-Chaim Cunzer's work.
Not long ago, when I asked how she was able to observe what my uncle was doing in a small and packed attic she said that she often placed herself near him.
www.math.uchicago.edu /history/background_notes.html   (3084 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Background Notes Honduras November 1994: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Please note that special order titles occasionally go out of print, or publishers run out of stock.
These hard-to-find titles are not discounted and are subject to an additional charge of $1.99 per book due to the extra cost of ordering them.
Please note that we are unable to respond directly to suggestions made via this form.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9995685507?v=glance   (279 words)

  
 Homer, Iliad: Background Notes
In Books II and III, Homer himself fills in some of the background, by the plot device of moving the action forward in a manner that also allows for a retrospective view of details.
Thus, in Book II, Agamemnon musters the troops, and this provides an occasion for Homer to introduce the "catalogue of ships," an account of how many ships came from where in Greece, and by whom the battalions on them were led.
Note that in Book XXI, Lycaon says that Priam wed his mother "with many other wives" (line 100, p.
mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/Iliad/cciv110.back.Iliad.html   (3256 words)

  
 Defining Women's Health - Background - Notes
One could note that the majority of citations in the Institute of Medicine report, Exploring the Biological Contributions, that predate 1985 are in the field of brain functioning and mental health, where debates on social vs. biological influences have for a longer time shaped the principal paradigms.
Lock goes on to note that the white Euro-American body has thus far served as the gold standard of what constitutes "normal" in biomedicine (just as others have noted how the "70-kilogram man" has served to define "normal" for an undifferentiated "human" body).
As she notes, "[a] criterion for a unified approach is that it should be relevant to women across cultures and nations, while allowing for country-to-country and culturally specific fine-tuning" (p.
www.fas.harvard.edu /womenstudy/events/proposal_notes.htm   (2754 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa
U.S. Department of State Background Notes: Egypt, March 1995 Bureau of Public Affairs March 1995 Official Name: Arab Republic of Egypt PROFILE Geography Area: 1 million sq.
Travel Notes Climate and clothing: Clothing should be suitable for hot summers and temperate winters.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/nea/egypt9503.html   (5217 words)

  
 Dagor Bragollach Background/Design Notes/Strategy--Online Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Important Note: To understand the following background, you must be aware that Elves are not subject to death by old age or ailment.
Please note that when I refer to Elf Lords in this file, I am no longer referring to the generic Elf Lord unit from previous versions of this scenario.
(Note: Sauron may attack air units, but, luckily, he appears to be too smart to attack the Impassable Terrain units.
www.dor-lomin.com /dagor/backgrnd.html   (4991 words)

  
 Planet Waves for January 2000 | Technical Notes and Background
These entries provide some background on the January 2000 horoscope, including thoughts that did not make it into the final draft, or were probably too complex or pompous to include for mass-market publication.
Even the kindest and most humanitarian astrologers note that intellectual superiority and aloof emotional responses are typical of your sign (and my moon sign), but we all can agree that the world and its higher-minded people are, thankfully, in evolutionary processes.
You are well-poised to learn that it is possible to change your mind with grace and ease, and that by feeling, you will gain depth and immediacy to your intelligence, and lose nothing.
www.planetwaves.net /PWM000100.tech.html   (3403 words)

  
 Background Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Background Notes on Davy, (Von) Kempelen, Brewster, Babbage, Arago, and Maelzel
NOTE: I believe these are the people Poe refers to, but one cannot be absolutely sure.
Therefore, I am not to be held accountable if these people are the not the same as the ones in the stories.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Corridor/4220/davy-kemp.html   (301 words)

  
 Background notes for The Scarlet Letter - English 204
Background notes for The Scarlet Letter - English 204
What follows here is background information for The Scarlet Letter.
This novel moves us out of the genre of comedy and into the genre of romance, although it is not the typical definition we have of romance.
www.iona.edu /faculty/dwilliams/204/SLNOTES.html   (872 words)

  
 12.4 - Background Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Now in your Background Notes you notice that you've got a good description of the Highland Maya culture, and you also have a map showing their location.
Milpa farming is a system where the forest is cut down nearby the villages and the farmers burn the brush and then plant corn and other plants in the area.
The economic burden that these families find themselves in is awesome, even by our standards here in Hawaii where we have a very difficult economy, and many families are tremendously burdened by paying the rent and supporting a family.
www.hcc.hawaii.edu /~rob/Anth200Menu/DOCS/5/anth12-4.htm   (430 words)

  
 Background Notes: South America, September 2003 - U.S. Department of State - Microsoft Reader eBook
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs country background notes for international travelers to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Each country's brief, factual background note summarizes its geography, people (population, ethnic groups, languages, health, and religion), history, culture, government and political conditions (type, political parties and principal government officials), economy (GDP; land, climate, and demographics; agriculture and natural resources; trade, industry, and investment; and transportation), defense, human rights, and foreign relations.
Each country's background note also provides travel and business information, including principal U.S. officials (ambassador, public affairs officer, counselor for economic affairs, etc.); embassy location, telephone, and fax numbers; and passport information.
www.ebookmall.com /ebook/100817-ebook.htm   (833 words)

  
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Cultural background is one of the primary sources of identity.
These minimum standards are in fact quite high, requiring from the State a very high level of performance in the field of human rights.
The Vienna Declaration provides explicit consideration for culture in human rights promotion and protection, stating that "the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind".
www.un.org /rights/dpi1627e.htm   (2192 words)

  
 Scoop: Background Notes on the Stockholm Convention
Background Notes on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
In addition, the Ministry assessed the levels of dioxins in the bodies of New Zealanders and appraised health risks.
Background levels of dioxins in the New Zealand environment are generally low compared with the levels recorded in many other countries.
www.headlice.org /lindane/news/stockholm.htm   (2183 words)

  
 Background Notes: Biotechnology
This means that it could potentially be used for strong, artificial tendons and ligaments or as super-thin, biodegradable sutures for surgery.
Check out the photonics background notes for even more uses for spider web.
Edwardo Kac was a scientist who wanted to highlight GM and make people make their own decisions about the issue.
smartmoves.questacon.edu.au /teachers/topics/biotechnology.asp   (2163 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
If it is not given, then there will be no pauses in the display of the file.
Notes: Display text, Go to next line (adds CR+LF) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statement: LIGHTBAR ELEMENT Parameters: (number) (x) (y) (label) (text) Example: LIGHTBAR ELEMENT 01 10 10 BLORT This is a LightBar Element Notes: Defines lightbar element (number) at position (x),(y).
The selected element will have text color (c) and background color (d).
splorg.org:8080 /people/tobin/projects/bbs/matrix/Statemnt.txt   (429 words)

  
 Background Notes: Republic of El Salvador, Country Background , El Salvador Country Background, .El Salvador Country ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Background Notes: Republic of El Salvador, Country Background, El Salvador Country Background,.El Salvador Country Background
Likewise, it is the responsibility of advertisers to determine the suitability and credit worthiness of potential customers prior to any transaction.
Help us pick a background color for the site (some colors may not be visible on your screen).
www.realadventures.com /listings/1024197.htm   (2224 words)

  
 Children of the Code - Background Research Notes: Benjamin Franklin
NOTE: THE CHILDREN OF THE CODE PROJECT IS NOT ADVOCATING ALPHABET OR SPELLING REFORM.
Franklin, having designed the new letters he proposed, reformed his alphabet in a phonetic order which he had worked out himself, obviously, by noting the part played by throat, breath, tongue, teeth, and lips in the pronunciation of various sounds.
Note about interviews: Participation in the preceding Children of the Code interview(s) does not constitute or imply an endorsement of the Children of the Code project or documentary by the interviewee.
www.childrenofthecode.org /code-history/franklin.htm   (2666 words)

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