Vic’s Web Site
Vic
About this Web Site
Note: This web site uses XHTML 1.0 and conforms to its strict mode; it requires a standards-compliant browser that properly supports CSS. Unfortunately, at this writing, some older versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (including the version I have available to me here) do not render the pages on this site properly. If your browser does not display this page as described below, use either the free Firefox browser (which contains the requisite support on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows) or some other standards-compliant browser.
Welcome to my web site! Even though it is now going on three years old, there is still a great deal that I wish to add, much of which is marked by place-holders, as explained below. Nevertheless, I hope you will find the considerable amount of information that is here already as useful as others have said they have. I continue to work on the site as time and other projects allow and frequently add new information and photos, so it is continually expanding, often weekly.
Except as noted, the pages on this web site are divided into two sections, a non-scrolling “navigation bar” in pale blue at the left and a scrolling content section in pale yellow at the right. On this page’s navigation bar, you will find each of the topics I currently propose to eventually discuss (I may add others in the future). However, at this point, only the links in green are operational. The links in red just lead to a place-holder page; they will be fixed over time as information is added to the site.
The navigation bar is divided into three parts separated from each other by horizontal lines:
- The first part indicates where the page is located within this web site: it gives bold-face links, the first of which is always to this home page, followed by zero or more links, the last of which is always to the start of the web site area you are currently in. The intermediate links show the page’s place in the web site’s organizational hierarchy. In the case of this home page, only one link is showing, as this page is the root of this web site.
- The second part is a list of navigational links in normal face on which you can click to examine the topics discussed within the web site area in which you are currently located. As explained above, red links are currently dummy links that lead to a place-holder page; only the links in green are currently operational. As you enter the various areas in this web site, the available links in this section will change to reflect the subtopics available. At the bottom of the hierarchy when there are no further subtopics, the links change to allow you to move forward and backward through the web pages devoted to the subtopic; if the subtopic is confined to a single web page, then this section is empty (i.e, the two lines separating the three parts of the navigation bar will be adjacent and nothing will appear between them).
- The third part holds a copyright notice, a clickable link you can use to send me any feedback on the page you might care to share, and the date when the page was last updated.
Because it supports a huge range of Unicode characters and because it is highly readable on the screen, I have formatted this web site using the gorgeous Gentium font, which is available free of charge for all current platforms by following the “Download” link on this SIL web page. For most of my site, Gentium is not strictly necessary, but those areas which are language-oriented will most likely not display properly without it or some equally capable Unicode font that supports the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) character repertoire. At the moment, Gentium itself does not support bold face nor bold italic face. An e-mail newsletter dated 2008 April 4 announced the availability from this SIL web page of the release versions of the Gentium Basic and Gentium Book Basic fonts, which do provide bold face and bold italic face for the Latin characters of Gentium; these variants will eventually be merged back into Gentium itself. To properly see headings and other bold face text on this web site, you should therefore download and install these additional fonts (you should do this even if you installed the beta version of these fonts, as the release versions correct deficiencies in the beta version); otherwise, the default for bold face text will be Times, which sets up a bit of a visual clash. I have installed Gentium, Gentium Basic, and Gentium Book Basic without problems on my system and strongly recommend that you do the same.
This web site contains links to relevant external sites which are, of course, not under my control; such links are flagged by the symbol (at least in standards-compliant browsers) while links to locations within my web site are not so flagged. At the time of writing, the external sites contained the information described in the text containing the link; however, since the Internet is dynamic, the sites referenced by such links may disappear or be reörganized, thereby causing the links to stop working, or, worse, be “hijacked” to contain totally different content without my being aware that this has happened. Please notify me of any external links which have become invalid in such ways so that they may be replaced or removed.
Contacting Vic
My contact information is as follows:
Victor Maurice Faubert549 Frank Applegate Road
Jackson, New Jersey 08527-4222
+1 (732) 928-5607 vmfaubert@gmail.com
My long-time address
vicmf@concentric.netceased being valid as of 18 June 2009, so please change your address books to use the gmail address. If, for some reason, you should fail to reach me at the gmail address, you can also use my Optimum Online e-mail address, which is the same as the concentric address above except that “optimum” replaces “concentric” (I’m avoiding writing it out here to prevent a spambot from “harvesting” it).
If you have not previously corresponded with me, please include the words “Cape Breton” in the subject line to ensure that my spam filters do not mistakenly route your e-mail to my Junk folder.
Note: I will be away in the North Country for the period 23-26 December to spend the holidays with two of my nephews and their families; I will not be answering e-mail or the phone during this time. E-mail will be saved and dealt with when I return; if you need to send photos or large attachments in e-mails during this period, please use the gmail address and not the concentric address, as the latter is limited to 50MB.
Note: I will be away in Cape Breton for the period 1-19 October (and perhaps a few days longer, depending on the weather); I will not be answering e-mail or the phone during this time. E-mail will be saved and will be dealt with when I return. My trip schedule is posted here in case you want to touch base with me in Cape Breton.
