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Well, not really but we are heading to ATL later this evening. I'm attending this with my mom, my sis and a few thousand other women tomorrow.
We've been super busy this week. Dougie has baseball games every Mon and Tues. and Emma has been having cheerleading practice every afternoon. Her tryouts are today. On top of that, 2 different teams have asked us about letting Dougie be a part of their travel teams this summer. I jokingly asked him when the MLB scouts were coming to watch him?
As I mentioned earlier, we are going to get to attend a bridal shower Sunday for my cousin, Kaylan who's getting married in a few weeks. Emma, Dougie and Caleb are all part of the bridal party!! I said all that to say, the next few weeks are going to be extremely busy for us, and I'm sure your family is busy too. I may not be around very much, but I'll try not abandon the blog.
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A Baltimore County Council member has withdrawn a controversial bill that sought to bar protests near public and private schools in the county — a measure that drew wide criticism from organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, the county teachers union and the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, a national anti-abortion organization.
Councilman Todd Huff, a Lutherville Republican, said Tuesday he has asked county attorneys to pull the bill so he could sit down with the teachers' union and "try to see how we can work through this issue, and see what their thought process is" in opposing it.
Huff's measure would have barred protests within 300 feet of schools in Baltimore County during the hour before and after school, and while classes are in session.
When he introduced the legislation, Huff described it as a school safety measure. But several organizations condemned it as unconstitutional and an affront to free speech.
Gregg Cunningham, executive director of the California-based Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, whose Maryland chapter has staged protests in front of some area schools, said recently his group would make a "monster fight out of this," and said of Huff, "This guy better get lawyered up."
Three anti-abortion protests have been staged outside Baltimore County schools this school year, said Charles Herndon, spokesman for the school system. In past years, members of the Westboro Baptist Church — whose anti-gay demonstrations at military funerals and other events led to a Supreme Court ruling in their favor — also have gathered in front of county schools, Herndon said.
Some parents have been upset about protests at schools.
Trish Bisaha, a Perry Hall parent, said she felt rage one morning last fall when she dropped her sophomore son off at school and saw two anti-abortion demonstrators holding large signs depicting dead fetuses. The images were "inappropriate" for children to see, she said, and the signs were a distraction for drivers at an already busy intersection.
"I was livid," Bisaha said. "Many parents are disgusted and upset by it."
Huff said he had not targeted any specific group or protest in his legislation, and that he had simply wanted to "make it so our children can go to school in the morning, do their class work, and go home in the evening without side distractions."
"I was not targeting anybody," he said.
Still, David Rocah, an attorney for the ACLU of Maryland, had called the measure, "blatantly unconstitutional."
"There are all kinds of reasons people protest outside of schools," he said, noting labor, environmental and political demonstrations. "The idea that Councilman Huff or anyone else on the Baltimore County Council would want to prohibit any of this is ridiculous and patently unconstitutional."
Rocah added, "It's kind of a sad commentary on where we are today — that an elected official could have the idea that we need to protect kids from political speech. ... We ought to expose them to more and get them more involved. That's the sign of a healthy democracy and a free society."
The county school system had not taken a position on the bill, and schools spokesman Mychael Dickerson said officials already have authority during school hours to ask people to leave school property if they are "disruptive or trespassing."
Abby Beytin, president of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, had questioned the need, saying protests don't occur on school grounds but on public sidewalks.
"It's not like we have a lot of people protesting outside schools, honestly," she said. "This is draconian measures — for what? This country is founded on free speech. The teachers believe strongly in free speech."
Huff said Tuesday he hoped to work with TABCO and "see if they have any ideas on how they can work to help protect the kids."
Cunningham acknowledged demonstrations such as those organized by the Center of Bio-Ethical Reform are meant to shock — and evoke a response. He said his group's mission is to "expose abortion," and members believe images can influence people. "We're out there to try to change public opinion."
The graphic images used in such protests have prompted some complaints by people who happen upon them. A protest along a highway in Bel Air several years ago upset motorists, prompting several to call police. Maryland State Police arrested 18 members of the anti-abortion group Defend Life, triggering a civil lawsuit. A federal judge ruled that the activists' free-speech rights had been restricted, and the state police settled the civil lawsuit last year for $385,000.
Dennis Robinson, president of the Perry Hall Improvement Association, said some residents have been frustrated by anti-abortion displays outside schools.
"Parents don't want to have to answer the question from their children, 'What's that a picture of, Mommy or Daddy?' " he said. "I'm a parent, and I want to talk to my kids about those things when I think it's an appropriate."
Still, Robinson said, "It's not up to me, and I certainly don't think it's up to the government, to tell people how they should convey their viewpoint."
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MSD Atomic EFI On A Big-Block - Splitting The Atom
Ditch That Carb
Wheeling has changed a lot through the years. Bigger tires, lower gearing, and fuel injection are mainstays nowadays. Electronic fuel injection (EFI) comes on every new vehicle, but that was not always the case. When we dusted off the family heirloom (literally) the first thing he wanted to add was MSD's Atomic EFI. While fuel injection usually runs cleaner and generally delivers better mileage than carburetors, neither was the deciding factor for this upgrade. Our '67 FJ40 is smog exempt, and it is a fool's errand to expect the 468ci big-block under the hood (that's right, I said big-block) to sip fuel with a massive four-barrel carburetor.
So what was the motivation? Fuel injection allows an engine to run at any angle on the trails, starts up easily, and automatically adjusts for different elevations and temperatures, unlike a stock carburetor. These situations are common to off-roaders and are on the radar for the Cruiser's future. However, some fuel injection systems have a reputation for being complicated and difficult to install. All of that changed with MSD's introduction of Atomic EFI. With half the connections of other systems, MSD claims that its product can be installed in a day. That may be true for a professional mechanic in a fully equipped shop, but could it be done by a couple of guys with basic handtools in a two-car garage? We wanted to find out.
The kit we ordered (PN 2900) is rated to support up to 525 hp and includes the throttle body, power module (with wide band O2 sensor), handheld controller, fuel pump, fuel filters, and all related wiring and hardware. If you already have an electric fuel pump capable of delivering the required 60 psi to the Atomic throttle body, a kit is also available without the fuel pump and is even easier to install. MSD engineers have incorporated most of the input sensors into the throttle body, which makes the system compact and clean-looking—perfect for our classic Land Cruiser.
The throttle body actually houses the ECU and incorporates the throttle position sensor (TPS), manifold absolute pressure sensor (MAP), intake air sensor (IAT), and fuel pressure sensors in one location on the right side of the unit. Also integrated into the throttle body are internal fuel rails that provide fuel to four 80-pound/hour fuel injectors, one at each corner of the throttle body.
Even with a few unforeseen challenges due to our unique drivetrain combination, we were able to install MSD's Atomic EFI in a day at home in the garage. Once wired and plumbed the system fired right up and idled smoothly. With just basic input parameters and with the self-learning capabilities of the system, the throttle response and idle continue to improve with every mile we drive. We can now enjoy consistent fuel delivery at any angle on the trail and didn't have to spend four years getting a degree in electrical engineering to do it.
Return or Returnless Fuel System?
Atomic EFI has the option to be installed as either a return or returnless fuel system. Returnless is the easiest to install because you only need to run a fuel line from the tank to the electric fuel pump and up to the throttle body. In contrast, a return-style fuel system uses a regulator and a second line running back to the tank with any excess fuel.
Several factors will help you determine which is best for you, including quality of fuel, ambient temperature, and distance of the fuel pump from the tank. While our parameters put us on the edge of the ability to use the returnless system, we chose it simply based on ease of installation with our existing fuel tank.
Adding a fuel pump in the tank and/or a return fuel line and regulator is more complicated. However, it will virtually eliminate the possibility of fuel pump cavitation (with symptoms similar to vaporlock) in hot conditions. If our installation creates issues in the future we will be certain to remedy the fuel routing and let you know.


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Jan 10, 2012 | 828 Minutes
"Can't get enough of Chicago? The most dynamic character in Charlie Newton's…terrific [START SHOOTING] is the Windy City–the down and dirty side of it, anyway…the voices reverberate in your ears, and the smell of gunfire lingers long after the last man is down."–New York Times Book Review
"The vision of Chicago in this firecracker crime novel is one teeming with violence and venality, where Al Capone has been replaced by gangbangers and authorities are far from untouchable…his lit-fuse urgency hits you right in the gut."–Entertainment Weekly
"Charlie Newton is the real goods, delivering bare-knuckles crime fiction with life-or-death action, visceral language, and characters whose flaws and humanity pull us into his cops-and-crime landscape. I was completely won over. Start Shooting is a superb balance between adrenaline and pathos."–Robert Crais, New York Times bestselling author of The Sentry
"[Charlie] Newton has given us a frenzied, frenetic, driving, punching, shouting, pinwheel of revelations about life in the wrong lane…I wanted to put the book down and shout, 'Whoa, whoa! Slow it down just a little, please.' But I couldn't put the book down."–Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune
"[Charlie] Newton's books, all set in Chicago, are full of startling things — shocking plot turns, indelible characters, brutal violence alternating with moments of strange beauty and desperate tenderness."–Chicago Sun-Times
"Doing for the Windy City what The Wire did for Baltimore and James Ellroy's novels did for Los Angeles, [Start Shooting] uncovers with sardonic intensity the deep and seemingly irreversible connections between crime, politics, business and tabloid journalism….[Charlie] Newton delivers [a] thrilling, densely packed novel that makes most Chicago crime thrillers seem tame."–Kirkus (starred review)
"A vast cast of characters, many deeply evil; numerous subplots…; copious violence and car chases; a granular look at the city; and a writing style that might be called fever dream….Arleen and Bobby are wonderfully realized characters, and the beyond-frenzied action is certainly hypnotic. Newton has created the writerly equivalent of every great Chicago bluesman who ever lived playing together; all soloing simultaneously. It might be messy, but you wouldn't want to miss a single note."–Booklist (starred review)
"Charlie Newton bar none is the most talented new voice of noir. Start Shooting had me on the edge of my seat for hours: dark, chilling, gripping, clever…Raymond Chandler would be proud."–Andrew F. Gulli, The Strand Magazine
"The dark underside of Chicago's gangland snarls and bites juxtaposed against the sheer beauty of Newton's writing." —Crimespree Magazine


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This is my second post here on the Meloship, and I am going to start making NBA picks with spreads from time to time. It's the second night of the NBA following All-Star Weekend, and 24 teams are in action this evening. The Knicks are back in action at home against the Cavaliers, and that is just one of the few very intriguing games this evening. The Sixers, following their blowout win over the Pistons last night, host the Thunder who shares the league's best record with the Heat. The Sixers have struggled of late losing 7 of 9 before beating lowly Detroit last night, and I expect the Thunder to be able to handle them on the road. The Cavaliers are coming off a last minute loss to the Celtics last night, and head to the Garden to take on our Knicks. Good young point guard matchup with Lin and Kyrie Irving, who I think is without a doubt the rookie of the year in the league so far. The Western Conference has some intriguing games later in the night, with the Mavs heading to Memphis, the Bulls visiting the Spurs, the Nuggets hosting the Blazers and the Timberwolves facing the Lakers, coming off a win against the other Los Angeles team last night.
Wizards +7 over Magic
Thunder -3.5 over Sixers
Pistons -5.5 over Bobcats
Warriors +6.5 over Hawks
Bucks +6.5 over Celtics
Cavaliers +10 over Knicks
Hornets -3.5 over Raptors
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Spring breakers pour into Cancun despite risks
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Tens of thousands of U.S. college students are flooding into the Mexican city of Cancun, where officials have stepped up patrols of marines, soldiers and special tourist police in zones packed with hotels and bars.
City officials say they expect thousands more visitors than the 25,000 who came to the Caribbean coast resort last year. They say at least part of that increase may be due to people avoiding Pacific Coast cities such as Acapulco, which have been hit by high-profile incidents of criminal violence in recent years.
Cancun tourism director Maximo Garcia Rocha says some major tourist agencies are expecting as many as 43,000 spring breakers, but the major influx was only beginning Friday.
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One of the biggest music shows of the year will be streamed live in living rooms across the world thanks to YouTube.
The video-sharing site will broadcast three days of live performances from the Coachella Music and Arts Festival Friday beginning at 3:50 p.m.
YouTube will stream the live performances of more than 60 artists throughout the weekend.
All the video will be available free of charge.
"We're not sure if it's the promise of a weekend in Palm Springs, but Coachella always manages to pull together one the most impressive and diverse festival line-ups," Tim Partridge, YouTube's music marketing manager, said in a statement
This year's festival is scheduled to feature artists such as Radiohead, who played a tune up show in San Jose on Wednesday, and the Black Keys, Swedish House Mafia, Miike Snow, Andrew Bird, Florence + The Machine, Gotye and more.


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- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/164454
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- vital:13052
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- Abstract
- Newcastle is located on the east coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales (NSW). Coal mining began in the early 19th centrury, and from the 1850s encouraged the development of pit-top towns gathered around an increasingly busy river port. Coal mining shifted west into the Hunter Valley where there are still vast amounts of open pit coal production. Mining also encouraged industrial development in engineering, transport and, from 1915, iron and steel production. Deindustrialization in Newcastle dates from the mid-1970s and plant closures accelerated in the 1980s and 1990s as the steel works and other related manufacturing industries closed down.
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- Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group
- Relation
- Industrial Heritage and Regional Identities (Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series) Chapter 8 p. 168-189
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- Copyright © 2018 selection and editorial matter, Christian Wicke, Stefan Berger and Jana Golombek; individual chapters, the contributors
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Prior to to the film there were previews, of course. One of them was for the new Muppets movie. As I watched the trailor I couldn't help but come to two conclusions.
#1 Amy Adams is adorable.
#2 Kermit the Frog looks like a kiwi.
Can you guess what happened next? :)
I had to do it or else the idea would haunt me forever. :)
Kermit is my latest kiwi guy. He's got a fruit leather mouth liner (that sounds weird), and his collar is a slice of cucumber that is cut with a star-shaped cookie cutter, propped up on this upside down flowery shaped bento silicone mini cup. The thing that really makes Kermit recognizable are those eyes.
Icing eyes wouldn't do for this guy. Kermit's eyes are made from m&m's, mint m&m's to be exact. :)
Truth be told, I've never been much of a Muppet fan (though that old cartoon Muppet Babies was a fave) (am I totally dating myself with that confession?). But I have been a lifelong Sesame Street lover, and Kermit did have many appearances in that 'hood back in the day. :)
Kermit the Quirky Kiwi was quickly devoured by my little miss piggy, Paige. Nom.
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At least one man was hospitalized after he was shot by police during an early morning call on 10th Street.
According to a BPD press release, officers responded to a disturbance call at about 5:52 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, to find a woman who told police she had been assaulted by at least one of three males who were still inside the home drinking.
Details of the shooting are unclear, and police say the investigation is ongoing, but soon after their arrival, police shot a man they later identified as 28-year-old John Michael Bledsoe, who they say drew a shotgun.
"She was outside and officers were talking to her when he came out with a shotgun," said Officer Carol Riley.
She went on to say the suspect has a criminal history.
"He has pending charges out of Hardin County," she said.
A search, however, revealed only a 2007 DWI charge, to which Bledsoe pleaded guilty and received one year of probation.
Bledsoe was transported to the hospital Friday and was reportedly in stable condition; he will be transported to the Jefferson County Jail upon his release, according to a BPD press release.
Riley said police have charged Bledsoe with aggravated assault on a public servant, and more charges are pending.
Bledsoe's bond is $150,000.
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New boat sales for the average dealer tracked by Spader Business Management were down 47% in the first quarter vs. 2008, the company reports. Sales dropped from $1,083,738 to $574,357, with pre-owned boat sales down only 2.3%, Boating Industry reported today (May 1) on its boating-industry.com website.
Spader, a training and consulting firm based in Sioux Falls, S.D., tracks North American marine and RV dealers.
New boat inventory levels were down a little more than 14% for the first three months of the year ending March 31 – from $3,8 to $3,2 million. Spader reported used boat inventories were up 23.8% to $453,918 in the first quarter, resulting in a total inventory decline of 11%.
Total dealership sales fell 36.1% compared to Q1 2008. F&I revenue fell 53.8% and service revenues dropped 19.4% for the month, while parts and accessories sales were down 15.1%, marina revenues dipped 0.9% and other department sales slipped 58.5%.
Total dealership gross margins rose 3.5% because, with boat sales down, a greater percentage of revenue is coming from higher margin areas, Spader explained. The average dealer reported a significant increase – 5% — in gross margin on parts andaccessories. New boat gross margins edged down 1.2% vs. last year.
Spending, in turn, was down by more than 20% in terms of dollars spent. However, as a percentage of gross margin, the average dealer spent more in the first three months of 2009. Personnel expenses, floor plan interest expense and fixed expenses were all up in terms of the percentage of gross margin spent on those items.
The average dealer reported a net loss of $127,013 for the first quarter of '09 – 10% more than the average net loss of $114,808 for the first quarter of 2008.


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Houston woman says she killed man in self-defense
A south Houston woman said she was only protecting herself when she fatally shot a man at a service station.
"I didn't intend to hurt or harm anyone. I just went to the gas station to get gas," Shanequia McDonald said on Tuesday.
McDonald told Houston police she shot Lewis Daniel shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday at a Gulf station in the 6800 block of Cullen, between Griggs and the South Loop. The case will go to the Harris County grand jury to decide if any charges will be filed.
On Tuesday, McDonald was at the side of community activist Quanell X.
"She tried to walk away. What else was she supposed to do?" Quanell asked.
McDonald said she was pumping gas when Daniel, 58, approached her and began making sexual overtures.
"He's from around this area but personally, no, I don't know him," she said Tuesday.
McDonald said she told the man to leave her alone but he persisted, and then pulled out a knife.
"He kept jumping at me with that knife," McDonald said.
She told police that she grabbed a rifle from her car when the man continued to threaten her with the blade.
McDonald said she fired at the ground, hoping to scare the man off.
"She never intended to shoot directly at him," Quanell said. "She didn't know the bullet actually ricocheted and hit him."
McDonald then went home to tell her mother what happened. Only then was the Houston Police Department notified.
"She left for her own safety. She was afraid that some of those who were sitting with (Daniel) were going to harm her," Quanell said.
The activist said the shooting was a case where Texas' self-defense and stand your ground laws were justified.
Quanell has led recent marches in Houston to protest the not-guilty verdict a Florida jury returned in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but said McDonald cannot be compared to the man acquitted of killing the 17-year-old Martin.
"George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman stalked and pursued Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman was armed (but) Trayvon Martin was not," Quanell said.
McDonald "was the victim of an assault. She was trying to get away," he said. "She got the weapon to defend herself."


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"We're in this business because it's important to Charles Schwab (SCHW)," said Bernie Clark, head of Schwab Advisor Services, and to demonstrate the importance of its RIA custody business, Schwab will institute next week a multimedia marketing campaign for advisors.
The campaign will include sharable, digital banners with the tagline "RIA-Stands for You. Discover the difference with a registered investment advisor," and an affiliated website, RIAStandsForYou.com.
Speaking at the FPA Experience 2011 conference in San Diego, Clark said the campaign will include a toolkit for RIAs who custody with Schwab to use printed and video materials on their own sites. "It's a campaign about being independent," Clark said, that includes video vignettes featuring some high-profile advisors, such as Chris Cordaro of Regent Atlantic, Gene Diederich of Moneta Group and Rebecca Pomering of Moss Adams Wealth Advisors, talking about their priorities and process when it comes to serving clients.
In response to a question from the audience by Tim Welsh of Nexus, Clark said "I think we can grow" the campaign to possibly include a list of advisors that consumers would be able to contact by, for example, entering their zip code.
In an interview on Thursday with AdvisorOne, Clark said the importance of RIAs in the financial services industry has "never been more significant" and proceeded to discuss some of the major trends that advisors should be addressing.
For one, he mentioned the growing importance of women as clients, pointing out that in North America, 37% of the affluent population is female, but fewer than 20% currently use a financial advisor. "It's a market," he said, "that has to be tapped," though to serve that market segment, advisors "may need some differential processes." He also said that emerging markets investing is "wildly underutilized" by most investors.
He warned of the opportunities and dangers in generational wealth transfers, saying that nearly half of all managed wealth is lost in intergenerational transfers. The affluent are growing more quickly than other cohorts, he said, citing the CapGemini Merrill Lynch 2011 World Wealth Report, which found an 8.3% increase in the affluent population worldwide and 8.6% growth in the U.S. between 2009 and 2010.
But client feelings about investing and expectations of their advisors have changed significantly coming out of the crisis of 2008-2009, meaning that advisors "need a different approach in planning for them and in the products you use." A US Trust/Campden Family Wealth survey found that 78% said they had changed their approach to investment either somewhat, a lot or completely. He also pointed out that as for the high-net-worth client, "more wealth equals more advisor relationships," citing research that showed that 58% of household with more than $5 million in investable assets have multiple advisors.
Turning to the "dynamic regulatory environment," Clark said it's become more obvious that "regulators won't create clarity" when it comes to issues such as investor protection or the fiduciary issue. "It's not going to come by decree," he said, and called on advisors to "take control of the situation." Schwab's own research has found, he reported, that many advisors have already embraced additional regulation when it comes to protecting clients.
Moreover, he urged advisors to "think like an enterprise—think big, think beyond—but act like a mom-and-pop business" in caring for clients.


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Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as "Tassie") is an island state, part of the Commonwealth of Australia, located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania, the 26th largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of 507,626 (as of June 2010), of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart precinct. Tasmania's area is 68,401 square kilometres, of which the main island covers 64,519 square kilometres.
Tasmania is promoted as the natural state, and A World Apart, Not A World Away owing to its large and relatively unspoiled natural environment. Almost 45% of Tasmania lies in reserves, national parks and World Heritage Sites. The island is 364 kilometres long from its northernmost to its southernmost points, and 306 kilometres from east to west.
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As Brett Favre continues to fend off questions surrounding his alleged sex-ting scandal, one of his fellow NFL quarterback counterparts has said that he is "disappointed" by the situation.
When Access Hollywood caught up with former NFL MVP Kurt Warner backstage at "Dancing with the Stars" on Monday night, Warner spoke about the controversy.
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"Does it ever surprise you anymore when you're hearing stories – unfortunately, like Brett Favre and what he's going through?" Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson asked the athlete. "I know it's greatly disappointing."
"In this day and age, I don't know if you're ever fully surprised, but I think you're disappointed," Warner admitted. "Because so much of what we stand for… is class and respect."
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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Favre finds himself at the center of new allegations, which claim that while he was a member of the New York Jets in 2008, he allegedly left voicemails and allegedly sent very graphic photos of himself to Jenn Sterger – a Jets sideline reporter at the time. Access has not been able to verify the authenticity of the alleged voicemails or photos.
For Warner – who played 13 years for three different NFL teams in his career, which included two MVP awards and a Super Bowl win with the St. Louis Rams in 1999 – making sure to honor his wife, Brenda, is always something that he said guides his actions.
"Even though we're dancing together, I want to always respect my wife in every area of my life," Warner said of his run on the ABC reality show with "Dancing" partner Anna Trebunskaya.
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However, even if the allegations are proven to be untrue, Warner suggested the scandal would leave its mark on Favre's Hall of Fame career.
"I think it's more disappointing than anything because you just want to believe that everybody has those same values. And I'm not saying Brett did anything – I don't know the situation. But anytime these things come up and they tarnish somebody's reputation, you're disappointed by that."
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"Is he somebody you'd ever think about reaching out to?" Shaun asked the former NFL star.
"I'm always open to talk to guys like that, but sometimes it's tough to make that first move," Warner said. "But I'm all about talking guys if they reach out to me and say, 'I'm looking for help.' Because if someone is looking for help, they'll usually listen to what you have to say, so I'm always open to those situations."
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The first part of the All-Star process is rather innocuous, based as much on who has the best commercials, the most street cred or a teammate from China, as it has to do with on-court contributions.
But when it comes to naming the reserves for the All-Star Game, that's different.
That's a window into the thinking of the NBA's 30 coaches (or the minions who get the assignment handed down to them).
Thursday, we got a peek into that window, with the 14 reserves named for the Feb. 14 Challenge the Fire Marshall extravaganza in Dallas.
The common theme?
Winning. None of the 14 reserves come from teams with losing records.
So no Chris Kaman. No David Lee.
And no issue there.
You can't be named an All-Star the day after your team loses to the Nets or in the same week you lose by 50 at home.
And no Monta Ellis.
Again, no issue.
NBA history is replete with second-tier stars scoring boatloads of points for going-nowhere franchises.
But that doesn't mean that the coaches got it all right.
The Cavaliers, with the league's best record, deserved to have a second All-Star. Yes, Mo Williams is hurt. Fine, select him, then let David Stern clean up the mess, since it's what the commissioner seems to be doing these days.
And for the second spot for the Hawks, the choice here would have been Josh Smith, because he can have a greater impact, or at least a more-dynamic one, than Al Horford.
Out West, a case could be made for Chauncey Billups, the type of player who does all the little things coaches supposedly look for. But it's not as if a compelling case could be made to dismiss one of the coaches' choices.
A closer look at the reserves.
Eastern Conference
Chris Bosh: He should have received the starting nod this season over Kevin Garnett, with the coaches quick to correct that oversight.
Rajon Rondo: He has become the absolute motor of the Celtics. If you can't contain him, everyone else in Boston's lineup looks better. He is this season's best Celtic.
Paul Pierce: Oh, you could make a case for Ray Allen instead, but Allen is not a coach's nightmare isolated on top as the seconds tick away.
Joe Johnson: A vote of respect for the Hawks guard who might not be a superstar, but who makes a difference just about every time out.
Al Horford: This is a vote for the little stuff, the defense on the pick and roll, the relentless energy expended away from the ball. The stuff coaches notice.
Gerald Wallace: Another vote for the little things that add up. The Bobcat who throws the most fear into the opposition is Stephen Jackson, but his game is not nearly as complete. Plus, Capt. Jack hardly has made life easy for so many brethren in the coaching fraternity.
Derrick Rose: This spot probably would have gone to Mo Williams if the Cavaliers guard would have spent another week healthy. At least Rose had the courtesy to get the Bulls back to .500 the day the reserves were named. And a more logical choice than teammate Joakim Noah, since scoring still matters.
Western Conference
Chris Paul: Like the standings themselves, a product of Western Conference superiority who has to settle for scraps. He would start in the East. Always.
Pau Gasol: Anyone who argues for Andrew Bynum, instead, hasn't taken notice of the Lakers' record in the games when Gasol is available. And Los Angeles' recent struggles, coupled with the depth of talent in the West, leaves no room for three Lakers All-Stars.
Kevin Durant: The time almost is at hand when he inherits a Kobe-like permanent seat at the starters' table.
Dirk Nowitzki: Booted from that starters' table this season because the glut of top-tier forwards in the West.
Zach Randolph: His revival is almost as remarkable as what is happening overall in Memphis, perhaps even more so. He probably stands as the first-ever Clippers and Knicks (modern era) reject to reach this level. All of the stats; none of the previous drama.
Brandon Roy: The Western Conference's version of Dwyane Wade deserves the distinction.
Deron Williams: The comparisons to Paul have died down, so, to some, has his automatic candidacy. This could have been Billups' spot, or even Aaron Brooks' spot, but the Jazz deserve representation.
Ira Winderman writes regularly for NBCSports.com and covers the Heat and the NBA for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.


text: This is the third in an excellent series by John Cross demonstrating the Bible's big picture starting in Genesis. It has a particular emphasis on reaching those who ascribe to New Age beliefs and other postmodern ideas. A percentage of the content may be similar to Stranger on the Road to Emmaus (Western cultures) and All That the Prophets Have Spoken (Muslims).


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NORMAN, Okla. - The Division II Ping All-America Teams were announced recently with one Georgia College & State University golfer making Third Team and one Honorable Mention. Also, three Bobcats were named to the All-Southeast Region Team.
Sweden native Niclas Johansson was named to the All-America Third Team. An All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) selection, Johansson was No. 8 in par-5 scoring with a 4.68 average, which was second among PBC competitors. He also placed 17th in sub-par strokes per round at 3.43, third among conference golfers. Johansson ties a Georgia College record set by David Robinson with three All-America titles. Johansson finished with a 72.3 stroke average as well as seven top-10 finishes and three top-20s.
Pedro C. Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil) was an Honorable Mention All-American. Lima was a solid fourth in the nation in par-3 scoring, averaging 3.10 per hole. Lima had four top-10 finishes to go along with three top-20 finishes, boasting a 73.2 average.
Two-time All-PBC golfer Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) joined Lima and Johansson on the All-Southeast Region Team. Young had three top-20 finishes and two top-10s with a 72.9 average.
The 2009 season was another stellar one for one of the most decorated programs in school history. The Bobcats took fifth at the NCAA Finals, marking five times in the last six years Georgia College has played for the Division II title under head coach Jimmy Wilson.
Winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, the GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health
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Improving the health of adolescent girls in the developing world is the key to improving maternal and child health, reducing the impact of HIV, and accelerating social and economic development.
Start with a Girl: A New Agenda for Global Health sheds light on the realities of girls' health and wellbeing in developing countries, on the links between the health of girls and the prospects for their families, and on the specific actions that will improve health prospects for millions.
This report describes the most prevalent and serious health problems adolescent girls face in developing countries, linking them to a combination of specific public-health risks and social determinants of health. It highlights the diverse ways in which governments and non-governmental organizations have soughtoften successfully, albeit on small scaleto break vicious cycles of ill health. Finally, and most importantly, the report lays out an ambitious yet feasible agenda for governments, donors, the private sector, and civil society organizationscomplete with estimates of indicative costs.
"By engaging girls and young women . . . NGOs and social businesses can address girls health needs while creating productive livelihoods.Muhammad Yunus
The report has benefited from input from high-level advisors, including Sarah Brown, Melinda French Gates, Helene D. Gayle, Ashley Judd, Musimbi Kanyoro, Liya Kebede, Sir Michael Marmot, Thoraya Obaid, Joy Phumaphi, Mary Robinson, and Muhammad Yunus.
Related Content
* Watch the launch event
* Download Levine and Temin's presentation
* Read a Q&A with Ruth Levine.
This report is accompanied by a Web Annex for background information on the two studies commissioned for this report as well as an extended reference list.
* Adolescent Girls Health Agenda: Study on Intergenerational Health Impacts
* Financial Requirements for Global Investments in Priority Health Interventions for Adolescent Girls
* Extended References
The following are eight priorities for action:
1. Implement a comprehensive health agenda for adolescent girls in at least three countries.
2. Eliminate marriage for girls younger than 18.
3. Place adolescent girls at the center of international and national action and investment on maternal health.
4. Focus HIV prevention on adolescent girls.
5. Make health-system strengthening and monitoring work for girls.
6. Make secondary-school completion a priority for adolescent girls.
7. Create an innovation fund for girls health.
8. Increase donor support for adolescent girls health.


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This is the sixth volume to appear in the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series, which gathers and publishes texts that have been influential in the development of thinking about the conservation of cultural heritage. The present volume provides a selection of more than sixty-five texts tracing the development of the field of preventive conservation from antiquity to the present day.
The volume is divided into nine parts: Philosophies of Preventive Conservation, Keeping Things, Early Years of Conservation in Museums, Relative Humidity and Temperature, Light, Pests, Pollution, The Museum Environment and Risk Management, and Future Trends. Writings by such well-known figures as M. Vitruvius Pollio, John Ruskin, and Rachel Carson are complemented by selections from diverse sources including early housekeeping books, eighteenth-century archivist manuals, and Victorian novels. Other seminal texts include John Evelyn's seventeenth-century tract on air pollution in London and the founding manifesto of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings by William Morris. There is also a wide-ranging representation of recent scholarship, including writings from non-Western traditions such as India and Japan. Each reading is introduced by short prefatory remarks explaining the rationale for its selection and the principal matters covered. There is also a bibliography.
Intended especially for students, this volume will also be of interest to conservators, museum curators, collection managers, and others involved in caring for collections and objects.


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Nine people who have not recently made any sweeping judgements about biotechnology.
Last week, I told you about the US Supreme Court ruling that made it illegal to patent naturally occurring DNA. In that article, I talked briefly about the fact that the new ruling doesn't cover all DNA. It's still perfectly legal to patent synthetic DNA, and the court documents referred specifically to complementary DNA (aka cDNA).
This is where things get murky. Complementary DNA is a thing that can be both natural and synthetic. And, as a laboratory creation, it's an important step in a common method of replicating naturally occurring DNA. All of which leaves some holes in the idea that the Supreme Court ruling is a simple "win" for open-access science, patent activists, and patients. After all, if you can't patent a gene, but you can patent the laboratory copy of the gene, what's that mean? It's sort of like not being able to patent a novel, but being able to patent a copy of its contents that's had all the white space removed. It seems like everybody is a bit confused by this. So I wanted to take a moment to at least clarify what cDNA is and what some people, on different sides of the science/law/biotech divides, are thinking about it.
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When I arrived back in the little country of many islands: Denmark, everything bascially looked the same, though everything was as different from the US as it had ever been. The most obvious difference is you feel like you're entering a miniature doll house when you get outside. The cars, roads, carts at the aiport. Everything is tiny.
Beyond that, the air is damp and the sky is more white than blue. The wind is always blowing cooly. The little white anemone flowers are covering the forest floors like a blanket. They always bloom in mid-April.
Everything in Denmark is groomed and small. There are no plants, animals, bugs or tornadoes that could kill you. Denmark may in fact encompass the tamest parcels of land on earth.
Arriving on Easter Sunday, without the rest of my family, I had lunch with SR's parents and his brother's family. Then, though I knew I shouldn't, I went for a run. Easter lasts 5 days here, so going out on a run on one or any of the five is not only tolerated, but expected. I told myself it would be brief. For the entire first mile, my left knee was in near-excruciating pain. I hand't run since the Mad City 50k a week before. Then I had a terrible shock of pain down my left hamstring and I stopped. But only for a few seconds. I pushed on and had a pretty good run, about 10 miles, though I had to walk up and down all of the hills because of the pain in my knee.
I haven't run a step since. In fact, I can't walk without pain. Life is in bloom, the sun is out and, yes, today was the Copenhagen Ultramarathon 100k, which I was hoping to run in under 9 hours to make the Danish national team, but alas... maybe next year. yeah, and I'm not Danish either, I know.
I am, instead, nursing myself back to health. Mattias isn't here to nurse, so I have to nurse something and that is me for once. (although, I am nursing the breast pump, though it is just a dumb piece of plastic.).
The reason I can't run, most simply put: iliotibial band "syndrome"
Danes call it "runner's knee".
Since one of my pet peeves is running blogs with anatomical pictures (ha,even I am guilty of it), I will just assume we all know what it is.
Ok, ok, ok. I can't help it. Anything to get your attention/gross you out. It is actually an amazing looking structure that band. And I mean it has an important job.
Yes, but the real problem is getting my head right. My life since Mattias was born has been a constant push, push, push. I don't know why. I have been back in Denmark a week now and I can't shake this post-ictal feeling. Like as if I had a major seizure and I am starting to come out of it into a big haze. I mean, what on earth has been going on? Even while here, every night, I wake up screaming in a panic that I am dying of some terrible thing and find myself so soaked in sweat that I have to change my clothing and the blanket.
I am, if you couldn't guess, back here for work and the people who my study employs were, they told me eventually, shocked to see how I looked. As I've said before, in the US, it is cool to "pull off" being thin, basically because you have beat all the odds. But in Denmark, I appear ill, though in all honesty am I not weak. I told them about my psychiatric, er, adventures, while I was in the US, about not sleeping, not eating, running in the middle of the night, etc.. They could hardly believe it. It also surprised me when they indicated that to them, I had always been a model of good health, in all senses of the word, and now I had come out with this. And they are employed by me. Granted, they seemed happy I was so honest with them; trust me, I have never witnessed such a captive audience when telling a story.
While here, I of course can't get myself to not exercise. And I know the key to recovering from IT band problems is not NOT exercising. Here is what I am doing:
massage, stretching, strengthening all my muscles but avoiding using the darn left quadriceps
Today I feel less pain. Last night I had a massage and then this morning I went to 1 hour "stomach, butt, thighs", 1 hour yoga+pilates, 1 hour spinning at very low resistance, high cadence and then 30 minutes CX Worx Core. Awesome! It wasn't quite like running 100km, but I wish I had time to do this every day. Then for sure my leg would be ready for Chippewa.
But what happened today in The Copenhagen Ultra? Well, the Danish record in the 50k was broken by Jesper Noer in 3:16:57. Okay, so it is a great time, but just two weeks ago three guys at the Mad City 50k ran faster than that! Wisconsin does have higher standards than Denmark when it comes to ultra running. I honestly think anything with the word "ultra" attached to it does not appeal to the Danish psyche. Maybe that is why there are all of these Danes who have run over 100 marathons, but have never even considered an "ultra".
Perhaps that is the reason that, as far as I can tell, I have the Danish Record in the 50km for women. That would however require me to be Danish, I guess. Today at the Copenhagen Ultra, Rikke Heinessen, did get close in a time of 4:12:56. But this is a flat route. Though who is keeping track? I am, because I'm grumpy since I can't run.
So I'll eat a flødebol instead.
The women's 100km race was very exciting, though unfortunately no one broke the 9:30 needed to be an alternate on the 100k national team. The 2nd-5th place women were less than 10 minutes apart and there were only 8 women finishers!
Here is Helle coming in in 10:04, in 5th place, looking strong.
And my good friend, Henriette, came in not long after.
Now, since Danni will ask, the title is a song by the Danish-Norwegian band Aqua (think "Barbie Girl"). It just makes me laugh because it is played so much on the radio here and I just can't imagine a song like that ever making it in the US. The US sure is a pious place. And Aqua was sure deluding themselves if they thought it would be big overseas.
Finally, has anyone else been following the Marathon des Sables? Meghan Hicks is in 5th for the women! Last stage is today but results aren't in.


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Pushing the Warriors (13-3, 2-0 Little East) to the conference sweep was solid pitching in both games as the bullpen allowed just six hits while also striking out 22 respectively.
Four of UMass Boston's (8-8, 0-2 Little East) hits came in game one, with junior first baseman Matt Consiglio (Southbury, Conn.) recording three of those. Collin Keefer (Charlotte, N.C.) recorded a hit in both games, and Mike Mattei (Spencer, Mass.) notched the final hit for UMass in game two.
Eastern Connecticut combined for 29 hits in the twinbill with 14 of those marked down as extra base hits. Leading the Warriors at the plate in both games was Joe Balowski who went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored in game one and 3-for-3 three RBI and a run scored in the nightcap.
Starters Daniel Heefner (Tracy, Calif.) and Lucas Ilges (Gloucester, Mass.) were both handed their first conference losses of the season. Heefner went 4 1/3 and combined for four strikeouts. Ilges lasted just 1 2/3 in game two. Closer Jeff Thomas (Redwood City, Calif.) had another strong showing on the mound as he went the final two innings of the night cap and did not allow a hit and fanned two.
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Google's announced details to dominate your living room with the Android TV just a mere few hours ago at its I/O conference and Razer's already stepped up to the plate to reveal plans of a new connected entertainment device to supplement the platform.
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Build: More Details On Building Windows 8 Metro Apps
At the Microsoft Build conference yesterday afternoon, the company presented three "Big Picture" sessions, all designed to give developers an overview of the creation of new "Metro-style" applications for Windows 8. These sessions progressed from a basic overview of design principles to fairly detailed examples of building actual applications using Visual Studio Express and Expression Blend products. I haven't been a professional programmer in many years, but it was certainly a big change from the way that most Windows developers have worked in the past.
Microsoft's Jensen Harris went over the basic design decisions the company made. He explained the concepts that underlie the way the company wants developers to create applications, so they work consistently with other applications, and on a variety of systems.
The main concepts were: using a Metro-style design; creating "fast and fluid" applications; snapping and scaling applications; using contracts for making applications work together; investing in a great "tile"; creating "active" applications, specifically Live Tile; connecting to the cloud; and embracing the basic Windows. On Metro design, Microsoft picked a touch-centric design over the more common keyboard-and-mouse-centric design because it's more intuitive. The company urges developers to do the same.
Harris converted an older-style application into one for the new Metro UI by removing extra space, moving the commands, improving the text display, and aligning things to a grid.
"A Metro-style app is not just a Win32 app that you recompile," Harris said. In general, most Metro applications will be smaller in scope than the monolithic applications that dominate the desktop today.
"Fast and fluid" is Microsoft's catchphrase for how they want Windows 8 and its applications to work. It focuses on raw performance of the touch interface, "fluid animation," and a common language for touch, very different than using the finger as a replacement for a mouse. Harris demoed the difference between using the mouse like a finger (with lot of scrolling) and using a touch-based interface (where you select with one finger, then use another to scroll much faster). He hit on other user interface features such as "semantic zoom." (This feature is not in the build of Windows 8 that was distributed to attendees.)
Harris told the developers not to "bifurcate" the touch and mouse interfaces, but instead to design for touch first. If you use standard control and interactions, he said, the mouse and keyboard combination will still work well.
For instance, with touch, you swipe up with a finger to bring up a menu; you can also bring up the menu by right-clicking with a mouse.
"A screen without touch will seem antiquated in a few years," Harris said. (Personally, I'm not sure it makes sense for desktops, particularly with larger screens, but we'll see.)
Applications need to run on a wide variety of machines, ranging from tablets with screens less than ten inches to desktops with monitors that are 27 inches and larger. Higher-definition screens, including 10-inch screens with 1920 by 1080 resolution are coming.
Harris suggested that developers provide their assets (icons and similar items) in 3 sizes (100%, 140% and 180%) so they can be ready for the new higher-definition screens. Applications should be designed for 1024 by 768 and widescreen 1366 by 768 views, an optional portrait view, and a "snap view" for when it is snapped to the side with multiples on screen.
The company is focusing on landscape first because the vast majority of people have desktop and laptops that have landscape screens, however it supports portrait, as well.
Harris then talked about system "contracts," which he defined as the glue that binds applications together. The most fundamental of these contracts are Share, Search and Picker.
Every application should be a source for sharing, but only those that publish, store, or transform the data should be sharing targets.
For Search, all applications that implement search can use the same interface to find things in different contexts, such as in mail, Internet search, and social network applications. Only applications that really need search should implement it.
Finally, Pickers lets applications connect with local and network content, but also with other applications that connect with various online sites.
The next section dealt with Live Tiles. Icons are "antiquated" since they are static, Harris said. Instead, he suggested that developers create "tiles" for the Start screen that do more things. That might mean changing text or information (such as mail notifications) or even that you don't need to open the app altogether (as may happen with a Weather application). Tiles should be more than icons; they should be extensions of the application. There are standard templates for tiles and developers need to create both small and large tiles. Users can create secondary tiles by "pinning" content from an app.
"Alive with activity," is a concept which means bringing what's great about the web to Windows through things like Live Tiles. Users tend to put such tiles on the first page of the Start screen. Within the Start screen, there aren't folders, but there are groups.
Additionally, notifications can briefly bring up a pop-up screen with a notification (although users can turn that off). No "junk drawer" for notifications exists, Harris said, urging developers to put that kind of information in a Live Tile instead. Again, there are templates for notifications, though most apps should be silent.
There are three ways to update tiles and notifications, including local and scheduled methods, but most people will instead use the new Windows Push Notification Service.
Application experience should "transcend the process" so that when you come back to an application, it should be as if you never left, Harris said. When you finish a level of a game, you should never have to beat that level again, on any device. Likewise, when you set up your preferences, they should follow you on multiple devices. All this is made possible through Live Login, and every application automatically gets a small amount of cloud storage for storing these settings.
Applications will suspend after about five seconds, which means applications need to be saving their states automatically. This also lets the state migrate to new machines.
Finally, Harris urged the audience to adopt "the Metro design principles," as developers need to have "pride in craftsmanship," and embrace "fast and fluid" user interfaces. He told the audience that Windows was the most important ecosystem, and the new UI had "the biggest potential to change people's lives."
Platform for Metro Style Apps
In the next session, distinguished engineer Ales Holecek, demonstrated the underlying platform for building Metro applications, including the new Windows Runtime (WinRT) APIs and the new App Execution Environment.
You can create applications with unmanaged languages such as C and C++ or with managed languages such as Visual Basic and C# (with both using XAML). You can also use web tools such as HTML 5 and JavaScript.
For Win32 and .NET, Holecek said people's investments would be preserved, as these applications will run under Windows 8. He withheld details beyond that. For instance, it is unclear to me if or how older applications can use the sharing, searching, and picking features available in the Metro UI applications.
Holecek built an application in C++ using XAML, an XML-based language used for presenting things on screen in Microsoft's development frameworks. He showed a very simple "Hello World" application and how it worked with existing portable C++ libraries. It looked pretty straightforward.
But the Metro Software Developers Kit lacks some capabilities of the desktop application. For instance, there is no concept of overlapping windows, so you can't use message loops. There is no GDI support, since the company is committed to DirectX, which is hardware-accelerated and thus much faster.
The Metro-style application APIs include all sorts of things: fundamentals, specific media ones (visual effects and "PlayTo" for multiple devices), devices, communications, and the user interface.
Holecek used these APIs along with C#, taking the same XAML code used in the C++ example. He displayed a simple file picker and said there are many more asynchronous APIs to prevent applications from "hanging." The file picker was written with only five lines of code, and it was immediately hooked up with the Skydrive service, as that is already part of the system. Connecting up a webcam to the application took just two lines of code.
The App Execution Environment relies on the APIs and includes a broker to make sure they are running safely. A manifest is used to keep track of special permissions (such as using the camera). It can also suspend applications when they don't need to be running. Such applications remain resident in memory but don't use any resources; the scheduler ignores them.
Holecek built an application in HTML 5 and JavaScript that takes output from the webcam and connects it with an HTML 5 video stream. He used a CSS design layout that called APIs designed to align content to grids. This uses the same HTML engine as Internet Explorer, Microsoft is working with the W3C on new standards for layout and other features.
Lastly, Holecek affixed a C++ project that added visual effects to the captured Webcam images. A more complex application that combined JavaScript and HTML with a C++ project and the standard metro UI controls resulted.
While the applications store is not yet available to distribute the application, a declarative method for packaging the application was shown. All Metro applications must be digitally signed, Holecek said.
Tools For Building Metro Apps
In the final and most technical session of the afternoon, Microsoft's Kieran Mockford and Chris Sells focused mainly on developing an application within Visual Studio Express.
VS Express aims to create more managed designs for applications, with things like grid controls and snap views, said Mockford.
Applications that use the templates will resize appropriately for running full-screen, aside an application that is "snapped" to the side of the screen, or the Snap application. The Expression Blend designer can now be included within Visual Studio.
Mockford and Sells built an application that uses Bing to gather data on "retro" computers, by entering C++, the new templates, Gridview controls, and adding asynchronous API calls.
Then they created an application in HTML 5 and JavaScript, displaying templates for JavaScript and integration with the Search contract. They brought the whole application into Expression Blend and used the grid templates to improve the layout, brought in web content, added animations, and changed the font display. All this was done in the service of creating a tile-based application for showing Channel 9 content.
In this demo, the duo developed across multiple machines with remote debugging, including debugging on one machine with the affected part of the application shown on another. In addition, they debugged across multiple machines using a simulator that shows how the application runs at different sizes and resolutions. The application scaled appropriately in portrait mode and worked with mouse and keyboard or touch simulation.
Using the GPU to accelerate, Mockford and Sells demoed Direct3D. More to come on this in later sessions.