November 2013 Archives
The Truth About The Railways - The Hancock Report
In 1963, British Railways dealt with public complaints -- crowded carriages, reduced service, late trains, dingy stations -- by voicing them through comedian Tony Hancock and responding to them in this humorous photo booklet.
National Archives: Oklahoma Statehood, November 16, 1907
"Housed in the historical records of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate at the Center for Legislative Archives are many documents that illuminate Congress's role in the statehood process. Below is a selection of the wide-variety of congressional records that document Oklahoma's unique path to statehood." Includes early 20th century photographs of Tulsa, federal laws and executive orders pertaining to statehood, and a 1902 map of Oklahoma.
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/15/21482622-insurers-state-officials-say-cancellation-of-health-care-policies-just-as-they-predicted?lite
"In comments filed in August and December 2010, America's Health Insurance Plans -- a trade group representing 1,300 insurance plans -- urged the administration to 'reconsider' grandfathering rules because they were too stringent to allow many to keep their policies.
"In the first round of comments, AHIP stated that under the administration's proposed regulations, 'The percentage of individual market policies losing grandfathered status ... will likely exceed the 40-67 percent range' and warned that could cause 'disruptions' for those who wish to keep their policies.
"When those proposed rules weren't changed, AHIP again wrote in December, 'We believe that more can and should be done to protect the interests of consumers who wish to maintain their existing coverage.'"
Adobe Community: Acrobat v8 doesn't like Cambria
What to do when Acrobat's Distiller ("Print to PDF") chokes on printing an email containing a common font like Cambria. "You need to un-check 'Rely on system fonts only; do not use document fonts.'" Further in the thread, there's a solution for a problem with distilling documents with complex equations using the Cambria Math font. ("Windows XP > Control panel > Regional and language options > Languages tab > check the box for 'install files for complex script' ")
