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Now -a solution may be at hand: the Moses project, a vast series -of sea gates that may finally the sodden city dry. - -The need for Venetian water control has never been greater. -Especially high tides have caused major floods 10 times in -the past 67 years alone, most diastrously in 1966 when the -water in parts of the city climbed to more than 1.83 m. -Compression of sediment under the city, along with rising sea -levels, often causes smaller floods, shutting down businesses -and making sidewalks and squares impossible. - -The source of the problem is geography. Venice is primarily a -small cluster of interlocked islands set in the northern end of -a 536-sq.-km lagoon. A long ridge of land seperates the lagoon -from the far larger Gulf of Venice except at three major inlets. -These openings allow high gulf tides to become high Venetian tides, -with the water sometimes climbing far enough to swamp the city's -seawalls. - -In 1984 a commission composed of Italy's 50 largest engeneering and -construction firms was formed to find a way to control the water -flow through the inlets, and Moses is it. Moses, an acronym for the -plan's technical name as well as a lyrical reference to the parting of -the Red Sea, calls for 78 hollow sea gates---each up to 5 m thick, 20 m -wide and 27.5 m long---to be hinged to foundations, or caissons, in the -seabed and to lie flat there. The gates would usually be filled with -water, but when tides rises to a height of 1 m or more, compressse air -would pump the water out. The free end of the gates would then float -upwards, breaking the surface after about 30 minutes and sealing off -the inlets. Sea locks would permit permit ships to pass while the gates -are up. - -The project---which would take as long as ten years and cost at least -\$2.7 billion---could still run into obstacles, especially given the -fickle nature of Italian politics. Concerned that gates would be raised -so frequently and remain there so long that they would cause water in the -lagoon to grow stagnant, Greens are making that argument in an -environmental-impact review that could delay or even scuttle construction. -Even so, this is the closest Venice has come to a permanent solution to -its water problems in 700 years. By local bureaucratic standards, that's -not too bad. - -%---By Jeffrey Kluger. Reported by Jeff Israely/Rome---Time, June 2, 2003 - -\bigskip -ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE GATES. - -The gates are made of steel covered with a resistant coating to prevent -building of algae and crustaceans. Every five years they're are scheduled -for removal and cleaning. - -The 78 hollow sea gates are filled with water most of the time and remain -out of sight in a foundation or cassion. During especially high tides, -compressed air flushes out the seawater. Within 30 min.\ the gates rise -to the surface and block the inlets. When the danger passes, water is -admitted back into the gates, causing them to sink within 15 min. - -\bigskip -PREFACE TO THE \LaTeX-GUIDE - -\medskip -A new edition to ``A Guide to \LaTeX'' begs the fundamental question: -Has \LaTeX\ changed so much since the appearance of the third edition in 1999 -that a new release of this manual is justified? - -The simple answer to that question is `Well \dots.' In 1994, the \LaTeX\ -world was in upheaval with the issue of the new version \LaTeXe, and the -second edition of the `Guide' came out just then to act as the bridge -between the old and new versions. By 1998, the initial teething problems had -been worked out and corrected through semi-annual releases, and the third -edition could describe an established, working system. However, homage was -still paid to the older 2.09 version since many users still employed its -familiar syntax, although they were most likely to be using it in a \LaTeXe\ -environment. \LaTeX\ has now reached a degree of stability that since 2000 -the regular updates have been reduced to annual events, which often appear -months after the nominal date, something that does not worry anyone. The old -version 2.09 is obsolete and should no longer play any role in such a manual. -In this fourth edition, it is reduced to an appendix just to document its -syntax and usage. - -But if \LaTeX\ itself has not changed substantially since 1999, many of its -peripherals have. The rise of programs like `pdf\TeX' and `dvipdfm' for -PDF output adds new possibilities, which are realized, not in \LaTeX\ -directly, but by means of more modern `packages' to extend the basic -features. The distribution of \TeX/\LaTeX\ installations has changed, such -that most users are given a complete, ready-to-run setup, with all the -`extras' that one used to have to obtain oneself. Those extras include -user-contributed packages, many of which are now considered indispensable. -Today `the \LaTeX\ system' includes much more than the basic kernel by Leslie -Lamport, encompassing the contributions of hundreds of other people. This -edition reflects this increase in breadth. - -The changes to the fourth edition are mainly those of emphasis. - -1. The material has been reorganized into `Basics' and `Beyond the Basics' - (`advanced' sounds too intimidating) while the appendices contain - topics that really can be skipped by most everyday users. Exception: - Appendix H is an alphabetized command summary that many - people find extremely useful (including ourselves). - - This reorganizing is meant to stress certain aspects over others. For - example, the section on graphics inclusion and color was originally - treated as an exotic freak, relegated to an appendix on extensions; in the - third edition, it moved up to be included in a front chapter along with the - picture environment and floats; now it dominates - Chapter 6 all on its own, the floats come in the following - Chapter 7, and `picture' is banished to the later - Chapter 13. This is not to say that the picture features are no good, - but only that they are very specialized. We add - descriptions of additional drawing possibilities there too. - -2. It is stressed as much as possible that \LaTeX\ is a markup language, - with separation of content and form. Typographical settings - should be placed in the preamble, while the body contains only logical - markup. This is in keeping with the modern ideas of XML, where form and - content are radically segregated. - -3. Throughout this edition, contributed packages are explained at that point - in the text where they are most relevant. The `fancyhdr' package - comes in the section on page styles, `natbib' where literature - citations are explained. This stresses that these `extensions' are part of - the \LaTeX\ system as a whole. However, to remind the user that they must - still be explicitly loaded, a marginal note is placed at the start of their - descriptions. - -4. PDF output is taken for granted throughout the book, in addition to the - classical DVI format. This means that the added possibilities of `pdf\TeX' - and `dvipdfm' are explained where they are relevant. A separate - Chapter 10 on PostScript and PDF is still necessary, and the - best interface to PDF output, the `hyperref' package by Sebastian - Rahtz, is explained in detail. PDF is also included in - Chapter 15 on presentation material - - On the other hand, the other Web output formats, HTML and XML, are only - dealt with briefly in Appendix E, since these are large topics - treated in other books, most noticeably the `\LaTeX\ Web Companion'. - -5. This book is being distributed with the \TeX Live CD, with the kind - permission of Sebastian Rahtz who maintains it for the \TeX\ Users Group. - It contains a full \TeX\ and \LaTeX\ installation for Windows, Macintosh, - and Linux, plus many of the myriad extensions that exist. - -We once again express our hope that this \textsl{Guide} will prove more than -useful to all those who wish to find their way through the intricate world of -\LaTeX. And with the addition of the \TeX Live CD, that world is brought even -closer to their doorsteps. -\end{document} - |