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LOS ANGELES - The Hub Network, a destination for kids and their families, continues to build up its star-studded "Hub Network's First Annual Halloween Bash" by announcing that actor and comedian Kenan Thompson will serve as host. The one-of-a-kind special celebrating the best of Halloween with a nationwide 50-state costume competition judged by a panel of celebrity presenters, including Halloween-expert Martha Stewart, will be broadcast Saturday, October 26, 8-10 p.m. ET/5-7 p.m. PT.
Anyone with a little imagination and creativity may submit to enter the nationwide costume competition, which is open from now until Sunday, September 29. Fifty semi-finalists representing each state in America will win a trip to Los Angeles to be a part of the two-hour star-studded event. One lucky winner will take home $25,000 and will have a chance at a walk-on role on the Hub Network's Daytime Emmy(R) Award-winning series, "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series." Viewers can visit hubworld.com/halloween to view a two-minute tutorial with complete details and entry information about the nationwide costume competition.
Thompson's incredible versatility and imagination make him the perfect host for the "Hub Network's First Annual Halloween Bash." Thompson is entering his eleventh season on "Saturday Night Live," where he has made numerous contributions to the show with his catalog of hilarious impressions that include Bill Cosby, Rev. Al Sharpton, Charles Barkley, CeeLo Green, Grady Wilson, and Whoopi Goldberg, and by playing memorable characters, such as "DJ Dynasty Handbag," the scathingly fierce co-host of "Deep House Dish" and Weekend Update correspondent "Jean K. Jean." His career also includes lending his voice talent as "Greedy Smurf" in the animated films "The Smurfs" and "The Smurfs 2." Thompson will star in Rob Reiner's upcoming film, "Summer at Dog Dave's" with Morgan Freeman, and he co-stars alongside Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler and Ed Helms in the upcoming Lionsgate feature film, "They Came Together."
The two-hour "Halloween Bash" will also include chart-topping musical performances, celebrity presenters and lots of entertaining tricks and treats for kids and their families. The live-to-tape special will take place at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif. Bob Bain serves as executive producer and Paul Flattery is producer for Bob Bain Productions.
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* disassember works
* the virtual machine implementation is almost complete (without the library), some easy C test utils can be run
* the virtual machine implementation is almost complete (without the library), some easy C test utils can be run
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HDA UserSpace
The goal of this initiative is to move whole codec configuration outside the kernel space. The core of this change is the virtual machine interpreting the special instruction set designed for the C language.
The currect code in the kernel side should be retained (at least until the whole userspace solution is rock stable). The only acceptable solution is to have one source code (C language) which will be shared with the build-in kernel HDA driver and the HDA driver using the user space firmware files (containing the HDA bytecode):
The whole implementation:
The codec can be controlled using a build-in kernel code (module) or using user space firmware files (containing the HDA bytecode with equal functionality). The kernel builder might choose to support only the native HDA kernel modules or only the bytecode firmware files or the support for both solutions.
- users can quickly replace the userspace code (good for testing, updates)
- the kernel code / modules will be reduced
- little overhead (see the #Overhead for the virtual machine)
Possible issues
- acceptance as a standard (virtual machine / software interfaces) - bad example is the em28xx development - http://lwn.net/Articles/306601/
- HDA modem drivers - it seems that LSI develops some closed source solution for their modems which interact with the kernel HDA codec interfaces
IKIB (In-Kernel Interpreted Bytecode)
The "virtual machine" is the core of this solution. The virtual machine interprets IKIB (In-Kernel Interpreted Bytecode) and interacts with the kernel API and the HDA API. The data structures might be shared (except the pointers which must be translated). The data sharing and the bytecode interpretation must be safe in all ways to not damage the kernel. For example, the interpreter must contain some instruction count limits to prevent CPU lockups, verify data structures passed to the kernel functions to avoid bad behaviour etc. etc. etc...
The ELF loader for the bytecode modules (firmware files) has same functionality as the loader for native kernel modules. It takes care about the final code linking (relocations). It means that the firmware can be separated to logical modules. All firmware files must contain the bytecode version and required library version.
Note that IKIB is quite universal and might be used also for other Linux kernel parts (projects).
- tcc (TinyCC) with the IKIB backend producing the ELF object files (unlinked - like native kernel modules)
- simple disassembler
Currect Status
- tcc is quite functional - it can compile all the HDA driver sources including the complicated data structures
- the text sections are about 10-20% bigger than for x86 instruction sets - more optimizations should be applied to the resulted IKIB
- data/bss sections are same as for other platforms (it is quite obvious)
- disassember works
- the ELF bytecode loader/linker works - requires some additions to support multiple modules (firmware files)
- the virtual machine implementation is almost complete (without the library), some easy C test utils can be run
Overhead for the virtual machine
- interpreted bytecode is slower than the native CPU intructions - we need to measure the slowdown factor
- more memory is required - the bytecode interpreter and the bytecode interface library is "extra" which the build-in kernel solution does not have

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Power Bites: Celestial "Black Out"
by Stephen James O'Meara
The gravitational pull of a black hole is so powerful that not even light can escape its grip. Indeed, the classical view of a black hole is that of an object that draws energy in, not out.
So, imagine the surprise when Joern Wilms (Tuebingen University, Germany) and an international team of astronomers observed for the first time energy being drawn out of a black hole!
The observations actually were made by the European Space Agency's X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission satellite, which was imaging a black hole in the core of MCG-6-30-15, a galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth.
Many galaxies (including ours) have black holes at their cores, but the black hole in MCG-6-30-15 is supermassive—containing the mass of millions to billions of suns compressed within a region smaller than our solar system. The gravity in a supermassive black hole is so intense that the very fabric of space twists around the black hole, dragging cablelike magnetic field lines along with it. As the black hole spins, it pumps energy out through these magnetic "cables" into the chaotic gas whipping around it. In turn, the already intense hot gas (from the sheer force of crushing gravity) gets even hotter.
The action appears to be following the first law of thermodynamics (conservation of energy), which states that energy lost from the black hole must be transferred to its surroundings. So the black hole is acting like an electric dynamo, which is most interesting indeed!
A dynamo is a physical system that converts mechanical energy into magnetic energy—such as hydroelectricity on Earth. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated from flowing water, as when water accumulated behind a dam is channeled downward to power the motion of a generator (essentially a wire loop revolving in a magnetic field), which in turn produces an electric current. The black hole, then, is the celestial version of an enormous hydroelectric power plant.
- What discovery about the flow of energy in a black hole surprised scientists?
[anno: Scientists were surprised to find that energy flows out of a black hole, as well as into it.]
- Draw a diagram showing the flow of energy in a supermassive black hole. Use arrows to indicate the direction in which energy is flowing. Label each type of energy flowing around the black hole.
[anno: Each student's diagram should show a circle or an orb. One set of arrows should be arcing into the center of the circle. These arrows should be labeled "gravity." Another set of arrows should be arcing out of the circle. These arrows should be labeled "electromagnetic."]
- What does the pressure inside a black hole cause?
[anno: The pressure inside a black hole causes things to get very hot.]
- Do you think a black hole has more potential energy or more kinetic energy? Why?
[anno: Answers may vary but could include that a black hole has more kinetic energy because the energy around it is constantly in motion due to the gravitational pull of the hole.]


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Sunday, October 26, 2008
SSDs and the return of the root partition
Unix was designed with this in mind, which is why to this day most programs on Unix and Linux are found in one of two directories: /bin holds the frequently used ones, and /usr/bin holds the less frequently used ones. A similar arrangement applies to libraries, which are held in /lib and /usr/lib. The idea was that the "root" partition was put on the fast small device, and the "user" partition went on the big one. This led to some other restrictions as well; /bin and /lib together have to have all the software needed for a minimally functioning system, because until all that stuff is going the system can't mount /usr to get at the rest of it.
All that became irrelevant in the age of the Linux PC because the entire system hung off one physical disk. But maybe that is about to change. Solid State Disks (SSDs) are entering the disk world. They have zero mechanical latency and their read speed is blisteringly fast. Write speed is more variable, but the new Intel product is reported to be very fast. It is also small (80GB) and expensive ($600).
So it looks like the time has once again arrived for keeping the commonly used programs and libraries on a small fast disk and everything else on something big and slow. The original root versus /usr division doesn't work for this of course: people want the system to fire up X windows, KDE or Gnome and a bunch of apps, not just a shell prompt. But all of those things will fit very nicely onto one of these SSDs. Better yet, the user files have now been shifted out from /usr (from which it got its name) and put in /home. So this needs zero surgery to the standard Linux layout.
For the average user $600 is a bit steep though. What is actually needed here is something smaller and cheaper. I run a well-populated version of Fedora, and my root partition with all the Fedora packages is under 10GB. So I while I can't imagine blowing $600 (or whatever that is in £s these days) on 80GB of SSD, I could certainly imagine putting a 10GB version in for $100. That would hold the Linux kernel, X Windows and all the apps, with enough room left over for /etc. That would increase the speed of booting up, logging in and starting applications without greatly increasing the cost of the system, especially since that often involves reading lots of different files scattered around the disk. Even better, most of this stuff is only written rarely, and then mostly in the background by system updates. So the current poor write performance of most SSDs doesn't matter.
(Update: I have of course forgotten that by default Unix and Linux keep track of the access time (atime) of files, which means that every time you read something a little metadata write happens. So write performance does matter here).
Looking around, the nearest product to this specification seems to be the OCZ 32GB unit, which retails for a bit over £100 (say, around $170). Thats bigger and more expensive than what I want, but hey, Moore's Law seems to be working so I'll just wait a bit. I also note that all these products seem to be targetted at the laptop market, which makes sense given SSDs other advantages of low power consumption and physical robustness. Maybe they should start thinking about the market for hybrid desktop systems as well.
3 comments:
- Robin said...
Write performance isn't an issue because you can just turn off atimes with the "noatime" mount option. Almost no programs need atimes.
- October 27, 2008 at 1:48 AM
I've been told that usr is short for unix system resources, rather than user. Not sure what the real truth is.
- October 27, 2008 at 10:04 AM
I hate to be contrary but the reason some binaries are in /bin and some are in /usr/bin is to do with the order in which partitions are mounted at various stages in the boot process (the same applies to /sbin and /usr/bin). The root partition is mounted by the boot loader and all the others are mounted by the OS so the binaries to mount the other discs need to be on the root partition, hence /bin /sbin. Of course, given that things to breeak there are always enough tools on the root parition to try and fix any problems.
- October 28, 2008 at 10:07 PM


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It begins by stepping over Walter Röhrl's autograph. On the lower part of the driver's-side door frame is indeed the signature of the man who helped make the original Audi Ur-Quattro the mythical machine it has become. His feats as a rally driver and subsequent test driver for Porsche have also made Röhrl a legend. So it's only fitting that he should have some connection to this homage, made 30 years later, known as the Audi Quattro Concept.
Up until this point, the car had merely been a vision in Col de Turini white (a nod to the Monte Carlo rally there) on the stands of the 2010 Paris and Los Angeles motor shows. But it works. Oh, how it works.
Based on the architecture of an RS 5 (due in the United States in 2012), it's shorter, wider and lower, and dispenses with such fripperies as rear seats, air conditioning or an audio system. The hood and tailgate are fashioned from carbon fiber, the body is mainly aluminum. Even the Sparco sports seats are light, about 33 pounds each with an electric motor.
Just like the Ur, the Quattro Concept has a turbocharged inline five. This one is from the TT RS (due Stateside in 2011). It makes 408 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque out of 2.5 liters, then pushes it out to all four wheels via a six-speed manual transmission (from an S4). Audi claims a zero to 62 mph (100 km/h) time of 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 186 mph.
Because of the light weight around 2,866 pounds overall, 992 pounds lighter than the donor vehicleshort wheelbase and RS 5 suspension settings, the car can tackle corners like a champ. The steering is quick and direct, the carbon/ceramic front brake discs scrub off speed in a fade-free manner, and when the turbo kicks inwhich it does in a slightly old-school whooshy and blowy waythe drive is every bit as good as the looks. There's something of the E-tron electric supercar concept about the front, a direction in which future Audi designs will go. And the four-ring logo in the C-pillar is sweetly subtle.
There's a skunkworks air about the Quattro Concept, but the suits at Ingolstadt have taken notice. If certain engineers in the company get their way, talk is of a limited production run of around 600 vehicles (with the possibility of an S tronic transmission), each costing more than an R8. Then again, the Quattro Concept's power-to-weight ratio is actually better than a V10-powered R8. Audi, please make this car.


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The female models wore high-shine ponies with asymmetrical partings secured low on the nape. At first glance, the ponies seem relatively simple--and though they weren't extremely intricate, they certainly paired beautifully with Chai's fashion. CLICK HERE to watch a quick recap of the show!
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Check Out Undrafted Free Agent, Orie Lemon
Another Oklahoma State player agreed to terms with our Dallas Cowboys. His name is Orie Lemon. Yet another undrafted free agent!!
Orie, a coverted quarterback, is an inside linebacker, and for those that don't know I live in Oklahoma (Yes I am a Okie!) and I watched Lemon play and explode in his Senior year. This young man is talented. I can't believe some of the good players that went undrafted this year.
A first-team All-Big 12 honoree as a Senior in 2010. Lemon's calling card was productivity, as he ranked among the national leaders with 133 tackles and had 101 solo stops. He garnered Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Orie stands 6'1′, 243 pound-er a good size for a linebacker. I would like to see Bradie James take this young talent under his wing. Orie reminds me a little of Bradie. He's averaged 10 tackles a game, but he also has speed – running a 4.87 in the 40 yard dash.
As a senior at Yates High School, Lemon, who played quarterback, passed for 1,214 yards and 14 touchdowns while rushing for 600 yards and 12 touchdowns. He made the Dallas Morning News Top 100 list and was recruited along with OSU by Arkansas, Houston, Tennessee, LSU and USC.
Best of Luck in camp and I think we will be seeing this young man stick anif he can stay within himself and do his thing.
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Well acted
Some very strange plot stuff was added to the film for some reason that simply didn't either fit into history or to help make sense of Churchill's achievements
Mostly speeches in this BORING film. Save yourself the $$ and go to a series of grad ceremonies or watch parliament in session. SNOOZE zzzzzzzzzzz.
Expected a little boring BUT found exceptionally well done. It showed a man in history that was steadfast as well as sensitive. From other movies I've seen this year the Oscar should definitely go to Darkest Hour & Gary Oldham. England was very fortunate to have him. It's a fact I wish today our country had someone like Churchill to fully trust, support and respect.
Great movie
Realism, excellent acting, excellent production design and costuming. Very, very honest. Best movie of this year so far.
Fabulous movie. Shows Churchill's struggle with decisions that needed to be made in Britain's involvement in World War 2. Shows his human side and his greatness, NOT an easy thing to portray. The movie is beautifully shot, makes you feel as if you could be a part of that time.
Excellent movie! Loved it.
I have always considered citizens of the UK as a back-boned race of people. Winston Churchill absolutely embodied this trait. I do not agree with another reviewer who said, "...sad that the movie reduced a lion to a blathering, indecisive, sad old man." He had to appear as a lion for the sake of his people; in private, he had self-doubts as we all do. Good film!
Historically accurate except for the subway scene.
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Hyshil is an illustrator & designer living in Amsterdam, her creatures navigate through starry clouds and never-ending ribbons to act out
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Rolando Garcia
Rolando Garcia says he was bitten by the radio bug at the age of sixteen when he began broadcasting bilingual headline news for the small country-western AM station in his hometown of Douglas, AZ. He hosted a live daily 4-hour rock and roll show while in the service in Clovis, NM and later a 2-hour weekly show on a free-form station in Tucson. Rolando has been a KUVO volunteer since 1996. He was the originator and host of the R&B Jukebox from 1997 to 2003, when, because of his travel schedule, he handed the mic to Easy Bill. Currently, Rolando fills in for Mama Kat on Rockin' and Rhythm and also still hosts several of the R&B Jukebox "specials" during the year, including the Christmas, New Orleans and Gospel programs. If you listen closely, you'll also hear his voice on many KUVO recordings.


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[b]Name: Morgan Cey Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Height: 6.03 Weight: 177 lbs Born: 10/27/81 Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent 8/26/05[/b] [b]Junior Career[/b] After graduating from high school in Saskatchewan, Cey played two seasons in the SJHL with the Flin Flon Bombers. In his final year in the SJHL he led the league in wins with 35, was tied for the league lead with a .916 save percentage and was named a First Team SJHL All-Star and the league MVP. In 2001-2002 he joined the Notre Dame program in the CCHA where he made his mark as a four year starter which, in the end, saw him leave Notre Dame the school's all-time leader in goals against average, save percentage and shutouts and sixth all-time in wins. An undrafted player, Cey left Notre Dame an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2005 after finishing his senior campaign. [b]Professional Career[/b] The Lightning signed Cey in the Fall of 2005 and he participated in the 2005 Traverse City prospect tournament where he started one game, which he won, stopping 28 of 31 shots faced. After a successful Lightning training camp where he nearly secured the backup job in Springfield, Cey pulled his groin and after missing roughly a half a month of action he was assigned to Johnstown of the ECHL where he shared starting duties in a tandem with Jonathan Boutin the first half of the year. In December he was named to Canada's Spengler Cup roster and traveled to Davos, Switzerland where he participated in one game in the tournament in relief. In January, Boutin was recalled permanently to Springfield of the AHL and Cey has played well as Johnstown's starting netminder. [b]Talent Analysis[/b] [i]Pros: Cey is incredibly quick for a man his size. He is also tenacious and is a scrapper between the pipes. Cons: Cey never has had any formal goaltending instruction and it shows in his positioning. He struggles at times to take proper angles to shooters and he occassionally gets caught being too aggressive in challenging shooters.[/i] [b]Future[/b] It's a shame Cey didn't get drafted and get some goaltending coaching sooner in his career, because many of the raw tools necessary to be a good professional goaltender are in his possession. Cey will probably struggle to make inroads in the organization with Lightning draft picks like Jonathan Boutin, Gerald Coleman and Karri Ramo ahead of him on the depth chart, but he should be a solid and reliable minor league player for the organization with the remote possibility of becoming an NHL backup. [url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=63197]Statistics Courtesy hockeydb.com[/url] [i]Profile Created 3/7/06 by Pete Choquette[/i]
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"This crest is a powerful symbol of the bonds between our two nations," said Mayor Wesely. "With the crest and plaque on display, visitors can now learn about the history of the H.M.S. Lincoln and take pride in the ship bearing our city's name."
The H.M.S. Lincoln was engaged in combat escort duty during the balance of the war, and the crest now on display was attached to the forward bridge bulkhead. It was presented to Lincoln's Acting Mayor, Thomas R. Pansing, on August 18, 1950.
Members of the late Mayor Pansing's family were on hand for today's plaque dedication. Also attending was Royal Navy Captain Harry Keay (kee), who is stationed at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base. Representatives of veterans' organizations were also invited to the ceremony.
The crest had been displayed in the City Council Chambers in the previous County-City Building at 575 South 10th, now the Justice and Law Enforcement Center. When the city and county offices were moved to the new building at 555 South 10th in late 1997, the crest was put into storage until a suitable display site could be found.
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8 Blush Wax Melts in a Tin.
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Burn Time: 120 Hours (15 Hours each melt)
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Mr.Business necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 330 diseños de 66 diseñadores freelance.
Cotton Cafe'
Cotton Cafe' is a trendy, original, and creative clothing company. We have aligned ourselves in the market place with the great fashion companies of the world, such as Louis Vuitton,Sean John, True Religion, and Gucci to name a few. Cotton Cafe' thrive on providing creative works of art, in the form of clothing so that our customers can feel different or custom. We're a group of professionals who have a great sense of style and creativity. Our team is diverse which empowers tons of expressions.
***We're looking for a permanent designers to help launch our comfort t-shirt collection, so there is a chance for the winner to earn the right to work on multiple projects with us.
Our audience is bettle drivers to Bentley drivers, babies to adults, men/women, hollywood to hollyhood, fashion forward and creative people of the word.
Design specifics:
We are seeking a high end, sophisticated, professional logo. The logo for Cotton Café must communicate to the consumers that it's a high-end established and professional clothing company that boast quality which can be embraced in the high fashion world and the urban markets.
Design key words:
Distinctive, sophisticated, simple, clean, strong, modern, artistic, clever, sharp, and somewhat flashy.
We would like to incorporate an iconic visual element into the design. The icon will come to stand along independently from the companies name in the design of the clothing and other media. The overall logo must communicate in digital the same way if embroidered.
Examples: AT&T (Globe) Louis Vuitton (LV) Versace (Medusa Head)
True Religion (Horse shoe)
***Don't get stuck on initial icons nor on representations of the words Cotton or Café.
Design types we're open to:
Typographic, crest, calligraphy, negative space, Initials
NO- Gradients, Clip art, 2D, 3D, shades, shadows
We would mainly like to go with black, white or Gray. Open to use another color that is unique and adds to the overall design. The extra color should give direction for print and web materials.
***The logo must stay consistent with any color background.
The font should be simple, original, creative and be legible from the largest to the smallest of print.
***Please provide final logo in Adobe Illustrator (vector format) (AI, PSD (300DPI), GIF, (TRANSPARENT) JPEG (300DPI), TIFF CMYK & RGB (300DPI), PDF, EPS and PNG (TRANSPARENT)
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Looking for a long sleeve shirt that offers a body-defining fit? Available in white, blue or black, the 2(X)IST Button Front Long Sleeve T-Shirt consists of a ribbed polyester/rayon blend that is soft and wrinkle resistant. Other details include a 4-button placket, button-secured pocket on the left sleeve and a 2(X)IST logo near the hem of the shirt.
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Potentially surprising parts of the E language.
Current as of E 0.8.33o.
For-loop pattern failure is not an error
If the key or value pattern of a
for loop does not match, then the loop simply skips that element of the collection. This can be useful, but is unlike all other non-explicit pattern match operations (
def and parameter lists).
# E sample ? def things := [1, "two", 3] # value: [1, "two", 3] ? for x :int in things { > println(x) > } # stdout: 1 # 3 #
Move the pattern into a
# E sample ? for thing in things { > def x :int := thing > println(x) > } # stdout: 1 # # problem: <ClassCastException: String doesn't coerce to an int>
The current developer version also allows strict checking to be turned on with a pragma (experimental):
# E sample ? pragma.enable("for-must-match") ? for x :int in things { > println(x) > } # stdout: 1 # # problem: <ClassCastException: String doesn't coerce to an int>
def x doesn't return x
The forward declaration expression,
def var, does not return var but rather the Resolver for it.
# E sample ? def x # value: <Resolver> ? x # value: <Promise>
If you want to pass a resolver as an argument, using it as an "out parameter", this syntax is helpful:
x.hereIsAResolver(def y) ... use y
If you want the actual promise, simply write
(def x; x).
Unresolved references do not necessarily behave as their future resolved identity
— messages sent before the reference is resolved may be reacted to however the current holder of the reference "arrow-head" chooses, which does not necessarily correspond to the reference to which the unresolved reference resolves.
This has been discussed in an e-lang thread.
This cannot be fixed without removing pipelining, eliminating one of the major benefits of the E reference model.
For now, see this lengthy example by MarkM.
To avoid being vulnerable to this type of misbehavior, do not use a sameness test (
==) or Map key lookup in order to decide on the reliability of the response to a previously sent message. This might involve using a when-catch/whenResolved construct to wait until the reference is resolved.
Accumulator operator is lowest-precedence
As you can see in the following expansion, the operator following the "_" is always lowest-precedence (as it is the one effectively rewritten into an assignment form):
? e`pragma.enable("accumulator"); accum 0 while (a) { _ * b + c }` # value: e`null ... # accum__1 := accum__1.multiply(b.add(c)) ...
None known; this is probably an accident of the definition of the expansion of accumulator syntax.
Avoid accumulator syntax when the accumulation cannot be expressed as a single call.
Shadowing function arguments
Rebinding a name within a block is an error, e.g.
def foo() { def x := 2 def x := 3 }
("Failed: x already in scope")
However, rebinding an argument does not issue any warning:
def foo(x) { ... def x := 2 ... println(x) }
The already-in-scope error is intended to catch accidentally using the same name twice, not prohibit rebinding. Generally, you can expect it to be supressed anywhere there is visible
{...} syntax.
Single-letter uriGetters are a special case
It is not possible to refer to a single-letter uriGetter in a URI literal.
? def <t> := ["foo" => "bar"] # value: ["foo" => "bar"] ? interp.setExpand(true) ? <t:foo> # expansion: file__uriGetter.get("t:foo") # value: <file:/Users/kpreid/t:foo>
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Farm Service Agency Administrator Jonathan Coppess has reminded producers to submit their annual reports of acreage to their local FSA county offices to meet FSA program eligibility requirements.
"Producers must file their reports accurately and timely for all crops and land uses, including prevented and failed acreage, to ensure they receive the maximum FSA program benefits possible," said Coppess.
Accurate acreage reports are necessary to determine and maintain eligibility for various programs, such as the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and newer programs authorized in the 2008 farm bill. Programs include the Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE), Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE), Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), Tree Assistance Program (TAP), and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm Raised Fish Program (ELAP).
Acreage reports are considered timely filed when completed by the applicable final crop reporting deadline, which may vary from state to state.
Prevented acreage must be reported within 15 calendar days after the final planting date. Failed acreage must be reported before the disposition of the crop.
Producers should contact their county FSA office if they are uncertain about reporting deadlines.
Late-filed provisions may be available to producers who are unable to meet the reporting deadline as required. Reports filed after the established deadline must meet certain requirements to be accepted and may be charged late fees.
Producers should visit their county FSA offices to complete acreage reporting. For questions on this or any FSA program, including specific crop reporting deadlines and planting dates, producers should contact their county FSA offices. More information on FSA programs is at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov.


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After years of steady growth, Okatie Elementary has been nominated for a 2013 National Blue Ribbon School award by the South Carolina Department of Education - one of five schools statewide.
The National Blue Ribbon program honors public and private K-12 schools that prove academic achievement or show dramatic improvement in student outcomes.
"To be nominated for this national recognition is a very significant achievement," said Acting Superintendent Jackie Rosswurm, in a statement. "It says a lot about the strong focus on academics at Okatie, and also about the hard work of its students, parents, community partners, leadership and staff."
Okatie received an average rating on its 2008 state report card but improved to "good" in 2009 and "excellent" in 2010. The school maintained its excellent rating, the highest possible, the next two years and received an "A" for 2012 under South Carolina's new federal accountability ratings. Okatie also won a Palmetto Gold state award in 2012 for overall academic achievement and a Palmetto Silver award for closing achievement gaps between specific demographic groups.
Earlier this year, Okatie was one of five South Carolina schools to be honored by the South Carolina Department of Education with an Exemplary Writing Program award. The recognition was based on an intensive five-month evaluation of the schools' instructional programs.
South Carolina's other four National Blue Ribbon nominees are:
• Mayo High School for Math, Science, and Technology (Darlington County)
• Flowertown Elementary (Dorchester District 2)
• Ware Shoals Elementary (Greenwood District 51)
• New Prospect Elementary (Spartanburg School District 1)
Okatie Principal Jamie Pinckney said the nomination came as a surprise.
"That was not even on our radar," she said. "We've been working really hard the last three to five years, and it's showed."
She credits not only an intensive focus on data linked to No Child Left Behind, but the collaborative environment among staff and outreach to parents.
"We have actively involved parents, a school board that's supported us with good programs and we have a school district that's on board," she said. "Data is one piece."
Student bodies at the nominated schools are at least 50 percent low income and scored within the top 15 percent of schools on state standardized tests in both English Language Arts and mathematics.
Under federal guidelines, South Carolina is allowed to nominate five schools. The 2013 winners will be announced next fall, and the recognition ceremony will be held in Washington.


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$57,155 Base Price MSRP
$68,785 As Tested MSRP
Model Lineup: Lincoln Navigator 4x2 ($57,155); Navigator 4x4 ($60,055); Navigator L 4x2 ($59,320); Navigator L 4x4 ($62,220)
Standard Engine: 5.4-liter sohc 24v V8
Engine Options: 310-hp 5.4-liter V8
Standard Transmission: 6-speed automatic
Transmission Options: 6-speed automatic
Basic Warranty: 4 years/50,000 miles
Assembled In: Louisville, Kentucky
Model Tested MSRP: Lincoln Navigator L 4x4 ($62,220)
Standard Equipment: leather seating, Anigre wood trim, three-zone automatic climate control with rear auxiliary fan, 600-watt AM/FM audio with 14 speakers, six-CD changer and auxiliary input jack, 10-way power front seats with position memory, heated/cooled front seats, heated and reclining rear seats, wood-and-leather steering wheel with power-tilt and climate/audio controls, power-adjustable pedals, power windows with one-touch operation, power locks with remote entry, auto-dimming rearview mirror, dual illuminated vanity mirrors, universal garage-door opener, keyless entry keypad, remote keyless entry, power-deploying running boards, power-folding side mirrors, power-folding third-row seat, power liftgate, roof rack, high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights, fog lamps, rearview camera, voice-controlled navigation with HD Radio technology, SYNC and Sirius Travel Link
Options As Tested: DVD entertainment ($1,995); moonroof ($995); 20-inch polished wheels ($1,310); heavy-duty trailer-tow package ($595); White Platinum tri-coat paint ($595); chrome hood accent ($75); rubber floor mats ($75)
Standard Safety Equipment: front airbags, front occupant side-impact airbags, full-cabin head-protection curtain airbags with rollover deployment, AdvanceTrac electronic stability control with Rollover Stability Control, antilock brakes (ABS), tire pressure monitor, rear-view camera
Optional Safety Equipment: noneDestination Charge: $925
Navigator is rated to tow up to 9,000 pounds.
Yet the Navigator is smooth and quiet on the road, with a compliant, fully independent rear suspension that smoothes over the roughest of pavement. It is a truck, however, with a ladder-type box frame and separate body, so the Navigator is not as responsive as a crossover SUV such as the Lincoln MKX. The car-based crossovers don't offer the towing capability of the truck-based Navigator, however.
The Lincoln Navigator comes in the standard size or a long-wheelbase version called the Navigator L. Both can seat seven or eight passengers, depending on the seating configuration ordered. The Navigator L is almost 15 inches longer than the standard version. Passenger accommodations are essentially the same, but the Navigator L provides an additional 24 cubic feet of cargo space behind the third seat.
The Navigator is powered by a 310-horsepower 5.4-liter V8 with a 6-speed automatic transmission, which we found work smoothly together. Navigator is available with either rear-wheel drive (2WD) or electronically engaged four-wheel drive (4WD) that can be driven on dry pavement and includes low-range gearing. We recommend opting for the four-wheel drive.
For 2011, Lincoln Navigator changes are minimal. Voice-controlled navigation with HD Radio technology, SYNC and Sirius Travel Link is now standard, there's standard Trailer Sway Control with AdvanceTrac and Roll Stability Control, the MyKey system allows limiting vehicle top speed and radio volume, and there is complimentary maintenance for the first 12 months or 15,000 miles. Some options have been changed. Navigator was last redesigned for the 2007 model year.
The Lincoln Navigator 4x2 ($57,155) and Navigator 4x4 ($60,055) come with leather upholstery and wood trim.
Two second-row captain's chairs and a third-row bench seat are standard for seven-passenger seating, though a three-place second-row split bench seat is available at no charge for eight-passenger seating. Rear seats are heated, while the front seats are both heated and cooled. A power-folding third-row seat and power liftgate come standard. Other standard features include a high-watt stereo with six-CD changer, 14 speakers and auxiliary input jack; three-zone automatic climate control with rear-seat fan and controls; leather-and-wood steering wheel with audio and climate controls; 10-way adjustable front seats; power-adjustable pedals; keyless entry keypad; remote keyless entry; front seat position memory; power-deploying running boards; roof rack; high-intensity discharge headlights; power-folding mirrors with memory; fog lamps; and 255/70R18 tires on alloy wheels.
The Navigator L 4x2 ($59,320) and Navigator L 4x4 ($62,220) are similarly equipped.
The 101A Decor package ($3,460) includes Olive ash wood trim and Canyon Premium leather with black piping. Stand-alone options include DVD entertainment ($1,995), remote start ($345), 20-inch polished wheels ($1,310), moonroof ($995), the Trailer Tow package ($595) which includes rear load-leveling air suspension, heavy-duty hitch integrated with rear bumper, two-inch receiver, heavy-duty radiator and transmission cooler, brake module wiring, and four-pin and seven-pin connectors, and the Monochrome Appearance Package ($420) which includes body-colored trim and chrome accents.
Safety features include dual-stage front airbags, front-seat side-impact airbags, and curtain-style head-protection airbags with rollover sensor for all outboard seats. All Navigators are equipped with Lincoln's AdvanceTrac electronic stability program with Roll Stability Control, which uses a gyroscopic roll-rate sensor to enhance rollover resistance. Four-channel antilock brakes (ABS), rearview camera, and a tire-pressure monitor are standard.
Walk Around
The Lincoln Navigator is a truck. It's built on a pickup-style ladder frame, with a separate body bolted to that frame, rather than welded into one unit. But unlike most truck-based vehicles, the Navigator features a fully independent rear suspension, which contributes to a smoother ride and better handling than the solid rear axle on a traditional pickup.
The Navigator L is nearly 15 inches longer than the standard model, extending its full length to almost 19 feet. The extra length does not significantly change passenger accommodations, but it adds 24 cubic feet of cargo space behind the third seat. That's more than a big trunk's worth of space. The additional overall length makes this big sport-utility even more challenging to park, however.
The Navigator's basic shape is clean, if slightly bland. It consists of mostly sheer, tapered surfaces that are consistent across the vehicle, with a chrome strip running below the windows. The profile is tidy for such a big vehicle, almost lean.
The front and rear were clearly designed in Lincoln's retro-style brand theme. The eye is immediately drawn to the big, intricate grille in front. Its horizontal and vertical lines are supposed to inspire thoughts of Lincoln's Star logo, and the high-intensity beam headlights on either side add a jeweled, classy look. A second, thinner grille below the bumper replicates the bigger one above, flanked in this case by the fog lights.
The taillights look as if they were lifted from Lincoln's MKZ sedan. They're shaped like wings that cut into the liftgate and wrap around the rear corners, with chrome edging and a hard contrast between the red and white sections.
The details seem to be an attempt to spice up an otherwise staid look, as if Lincoln is trying to out-bling the Cadillac Escalade. The optional chrome hood accent is basically a thick piece of chrome tacked on the end of the hood above the grille. We'd find the Navigator more attractive without it, but it harkens back to Lincoln heritage.
The Navigator comes standard with 18-inch double-spoke alloy wheels. The polished 20-inch wheels look good, but have an adverse effect on ride quality and interior noise. We prefer the 18-inch wheels because the taller sidewalls soften the bumps and are better for towing. Then again, we view the Navigator as a truck, not a car.
Two exterior features have definite benefits. The outside mirrors are large, with repeating turn signals along the bottom edge and approach lamps underneath. The lamps light when the doors are unlocked with the remote key fob, and cast a nice circle of visibility around the doors. More than that, the big mirrors retract against the windows with the touch of a button. That's handy when parking in tight spaces or for curbside parking.
The Navigator retains its trademark retractable running boards. When the doors open, the running boards drop and extend, creating a step that makes climbing in and out easier. They are artfully integrated into the overall exterior design, and are almost impossible to detect when the doors are closed.
Deliberately retrogressive styling touches outside the Lincoln Navigator carry through inside, and the square-ish shapes and flat switch clusters generate a kind of post-modern, Scandinavian-furniture feel to the interior.
The leather is thick and soft. The plastics, with some retro-looking graining, are nice to the touch. There's a mix of satin-nickel and chrome peppered throughout the cabin, and nothing looks cheap. The only real gripe in our test vehicle was the seam where the wood panel for the center stack blended down into the wood on the center console. It felt more like a bump.
One of the Navigator's obvious strengths is space, seemingly acres of it, in all directions.
The front seats are large and thickly padded, yet they adjust to accommodate all sizes, from NBA forwards to those who must sit up close to the wheel to peer over the tall dash. Power-adjustable pedals are standard, and they can be moved forward or back with a button on the dash. These pedals have their advantages, but they would be more valuable if the power-adjustable steering column telescoped in addition to moving up and down. Without a telescoping wheel, the pedals don't really add anything to the adjustment mix. If we had to choose one or the other, we'd choose the telescoping wheel.
One minor annoyance with the Navigator's driver's seat is the speed at which it automatically moves backward or forward when the key is removed or inserted. In most cases, this is a welcome feature that makes it easier to climb in and out of a tall vehicle, and the Navigator's slow-moving seat may or may not have been related to sub-zero temperatures during our test drive. Yet at times the driver's seat moved so slowly that you could literally be backed out of a parking space and going forward before it had returned to its set position.
Once the driver gets comfortable, however, it's hard to beat the commanding view ahead. Greyhound buses or tractor-trailer rigs are about the only vehicles on the road that can obstruct the driver's forward vision in a Navigator.
The gauge package is the weak link in the Navigator's interior. The dials look like they're straight out of the 1960s, with black script on a white background and white lighting. They're not as crisp as some other, more contemporary schemes. The speedometer and tachometer are fine, but the four auxiliary gauges across the top (fuel level and coolant temperature among them) aren't. They're small to begin with and essentially covered by the steering wheel rim if a driver likes to keep the wheel low in its travel range.
Switches and control buttons are generally well placed, concentrated in the center stack or on stalks on both sides of the wheel. Most are big enough to operate with gloved fingers, and they have a nice, positive operating action. The gripe here is a row of switches near the bottom of the stack controlling the fans and seat heating and cooling, among other things. The buttons are on the small side, but the illuminated pictographs on them are tiny, so they seem even smaller than they really are in the dark.
The voice-activated DVD navigation system includes Sirius Travel Link, which provides uninterrupted, coast-to-coast coverage of real-time traffic data; weather reports (current and five day forecasts with storm information and even ski resort conditions); fuel options sorted by price or distance from more than 120,000 gas stations; major league pro and college sports as well as movie listings from more than 4,500 theaters. A six-month introductory subscription to Sirius is included at no cost.
We rate storage options in the Navigator slightly better than average. The front center console is big, with more than enough room for a fairly large purse, but it's countered by a small glove box that's all but filled by the owner's manual. There are hard pockets or bins at the bottom of all doors, with enough width and depth for phones, wallets or CDs, and flexible map pockets are located on the front seatbacks. The cupholders are deep and fairly useful, and front passengers can share those for the second row, which are located on the back of the center console. There are three more cupholders for the third seat.
The standard second-row seating arrangement is two captain's-style bucket seats. These are the choice if comfort for second-row passengers is the primary objective. On the other hand, a three-place second-row bench is available at no charge, and it doesn't give up much (except another storage console that goes between the buckets). The bench is not brick flat, as it is in some sport-utility vehicles. It offers some contour and bolstering to improve comfort without diminishing the value of the middle space. The bench seat is also split 40/20/40, so kids can fold down the back of the center section and feel as if they have their own space. Also, there's no center console to get in the way when the seats are folded.
Second-seat passengers have their own adjustment for temperature and airflow (between the floor and overhead vents), as well a power point located on the back of the front center console. The optional rear DVD entertainment system is mounted in its own overhead console, with the controls and input jacks. The eight-inch screen drops down in the center, and it includes two pairs of wireless headphones.
Headrests on the second- and third-row seats can fold down when the seats are empty. Good thing, because when they are up they reduce the scope of the rearview mirror considerably. The view rearward isn't all that broad in any case. Lincoln has offered a solution to this problem with its rear backup camera. The image is shown in the rear-view mirror. It is quite small, no more than three inches across. While the image is useful, obstacles are not as easy to spot as they are in systems that show their images on six- or seven-inch dash-mounted screens.
Third-row seat access is easy, with a one-hand flip lever that folds the second seat forward and clears a wide path to the rear. Passengers already in the third seat have a strap release that reverses the process. The third seat is another of the Navigator's strengths. It will actually seat adults approaching six feet in reasonable comfort, as long as they're willing to climb back there. The longer Navigator L does not increase rear seat legroom, though it does add a few millimeters more hip and headroom.
Lincoln's power-folding rear seat is easy to use and can be handy. The seat is split, and operates with a pair of toggle switches just inside the power liftgate. Simply press one or both, and one or both seat halves fold flat to the load-floor level. We'd like it better if there were redundant switches on the dash, as there are for the rear sliding doors on a minivan, for example. And if the rear-seat headrests are up, the driver has to lean into (or climb into) the rear to manually release them before the power folding mechanism will work.
Cargo capacity for the Navigator L is 128.2 cubic feet with the second- and third-row seats folded. For perspective, that's more space than the entire interior volume of most passenger vehicles. Moreover, the dimensions of the Navigator L's load floor are largest in the class, with enough space for 4x8 sheets of building material. Behind the third row of the Navigator L is 42.6 cubic feet of cargo space when the third-row seats are upright. That's considerably more than any other luxury sport-utility, and almost as much as in the typical mid-size wagon with its rear seats folded.
A cargo divider folds up out of the floor behind the seats and essentially splits the load area in half, which helps control cargo by limiting the space over which packages or bags might slide back and forth.
Driving Impressions
The Lincoln Navigator is very quiet inside for a truck, and generally quite smooth, almost placid. It's a full-size SUV, and if you tend to drive conservatively you will probably like this vehicle. Initially, the brake pedal feels a little soft, but it's very progressive in application and easy to master for smooth, even stops, despite a curb weight exceeding 6,000 pounds. With a little practice, the driver can avoid the fore-aft bobbing that can make motion-sensitive passengers feel car-sick.
The Navigator is full of noise-mitigating technology, including acoustically dampened glass in the windshield and side windows. The body boom familiar in vehicles that are essentially big steel boxes, which often comes across as pulses of air hitting the eardrums, is nearly eliminated in the Navigator. The quiet seems to emphasize noise generated by the tires, which is the only noticeable encroachment on the solitude inside.
The optional 20-inch wheels and low-profile tires are noisy; when not whacking over bumps and pavement joints, there's the steady hum of tread on the road surface. We like the appearance of larger wheels, but the price of style is high in the Navigator. We recommend the standard 18-inch wheels and higher-sidewall tires, which offer a smoother, quieter ride. The 18-inch wheels are better for towing and are better for rough terrain.
The Navigator is as smooth inside as any body-on-frame truck we've tested, and generally free of annoying vibration. The ride is smooth, too (except for the effect of the 20-inch wheels), thanks partly to the fully independent rear suspension. Moreover, the rear suspension helps keep the rear tires pressed to the pavement on bumpy surfaces, eliminating most of that skipping feeling familiar in trucks with solid rear axles. There's no axle tramping over bumps or undulations, and a reasonably smooth driver can keep the Navigator's body (and those inside) nice and level through turns.
Steering is on the heavy side, perhaps surprisingly so in this type of vehicle. The good news here is that, for tracking curves or changing lanes, the steering feels responsive, direct and reasonably quick. On the downside, in sharp, slow-speed turns, such as trying to whip into a parking space, the heavy steering feel can slow things down. By comparison, the steering in the Chevy Suburban feels too light and requires a lot of steering corrections in everyday driving.
Bottom line, the Navigator rides comfortably and handles competently in nearly every situation. Driving one hard in neighborhood traffic is inappropriate behavior, however, due to its size and weight. This vehicle is a lot of mass to move, so it can't stop as quickly or change directions as quickly as a lighter vehicle.
The Navigator's 5.4-liter single-overhead cam Triton V8 generates a maximum 310 horsepower, which is no longer particularly impressive by large SUV standards. The Triton delivers torque evenly, with similar thrust whether the engine is turning 1000 or 4000 rpm, and the six-speed automatic transmission is a definite plus. There's more than enough acceleration in the Navigator to merge safely or turn quickly across traffic, and it's probably quicker than what we considered a fairly quick car in the mid-1990s. Yet at the bottom line, the Navigator accelerates more slowly than just about any luxury sport-utility we've driven in the past few years.
The automatic transmission might be the best. It's smooth and responsive. The Navigator's six-speed comes from ZF of Germany, and it was the first of its kind in a full-size SUV. It performs almost exactly as we like, shifting up or down when we would if we were doing it with a gear-change and clutch, and almost never shifting inappropriately. It will hold a gear when going downhill, for example, maximizing engine braking and reducing the need to use the brakes.
While the Navigator has less power than some competitors, a combination of factors, including the transmission, give it excellent towing capacity of 8,500-9,000 pounds (depending on model). Moreover, its Triton V8 runs on 87-octane Regular, while nearly all the other vehicles in this class demand Premium fuel.
The Navigator is not an easy vehicle to park, and the rearview camera, which comes standard, is helpful for judging distances to the car behind and alerting the driver to unseen objects.
The Trailer Tow package is a must for anyone who tows. We've found the load-leveling air suspension works very well.
The Lincoln Navigator hits the most important marks for a full-size sport-utility vehicle. It's relatively smooth, quiet and huge both inside and out. It comes equipped with lots of safety features and nearly all the luxury bells and whistles. The Navigator's tow rating is among the highest in the class, and it runs on regular gasoline where nearly all others require premium. The base price is lower than most of its competitors, before dealer incentives, but its sister vehicle, the Ford Expedition, can be equipped with almost as much luxury at a lower price. Some will find the Navigator bland. Those who regularly transport lots of passengers and stuff, and those who tow heavy loads, should find it worthy.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent J.P. Vettraino reported from Detroit, with Kirk Bell in Chicago, and Mitch McCullough in Los Angeles.
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Using WSDL Definitions with UDDI
WSDL is used to describe the interface of a web service. <tModel> UDDI documents provide metadata descriptions of a web service and pointers to specifications that describe their implementation. Given this provision, WSDL documents tie into the UDDI data structures in a couple of places:
- A <tModel> document should be created for each WSDL document supported by a web service. The <tModel> describes the abstract service type, not the service instance; if appropriate, the WSDL file pointed to by the <tModel> should not contain the <service> and <port> elements. Omitting the <service> and <port> elements allows a WSDL document to describe many web services located in several different places. The WSDL document's URL should be listed as the value of the <h1>viewURL> element. A <tModel> that references a WSDL document should have a categorization taxonomy of uddi-org:types; a categorization value of wsdlSpec should be applied to it by using a <categoryBag> element.
- A <bindingTemplate> structure is created for each unique URL access point used by the web service. The <bindingTemplate> document references one or more <tModel> documents containing the WSDL definitions supported at this access point.
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The Hertz reservation system web service provides a concrete example of how UDDI and WSDL work together. Here is the <tModel> for this web service:
authorizedName="..." operator="..."
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IBM created an API that does this abstraction very cleanly. This API is called the Service Registry Proxy (SRP) and is contained as part of the UDDI4J project at IBM. This pseudocode demonstrates how to publish a new web service exposed by WSDL into a UDDI registry:
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And it is true. Much of our opinions come from the media we watch. Very little of our opinion is truly independent - unless you have read about it, inquired about it and created your own line of opinion. Which is why we all think secular. We all believed in the Doordarshan news and the news that our papers printed. Which really explains a lot of our 'thought' positions. Unless you truly read beyond that, you will believe in what the herd writes.
Be that as it may, people realized that one could pay to put news in print. And thus it happened - beyond advertisements. We began to see agencies put our news slanted in one way to influence opinions in one way and so on.
Just before a movie released, a news item would talk about an 'affair' between the cast. That raises curiosity and people often went and watched the movie.
Just before a major brand of soft drink was launched in India, there was a lot of badmouthing of sugarcane juice - who they perhaps considered as their major competition.
These are just examples, but there are many such examples. Because of the scarcity, print media and electronic media held sway, because once you had access to that inner circle, you could print anything and get the public to believe anything - including fake revolutions, fake honesty and what not.
Now this has been taken further ahead by newspapers - which are happy to take paid news. They will carry news - because it is paid for or (hold your breath) because they have a stake in your venture which they will pay through 'planted news'. And then lobbyists discovered it - which is why often one finds laudatory articles on companies, missile systems, even cricketers - hoping it will sway opinions of people.
Enron famously declared that it had spent a few crores 'educating' Indians - most of the money went into hands of politicians and perhaps media as well.
The latest scam here is all about the Agusta helicopters where some 16m Euro was spent creating a favorable impression of the helicopters in the India media. Now while we wait for the list to come out - it is to be noted that this is nothing new.
Covers with notes were distributed before elections, in party offices - all so that coverage could be bought.
Along the way journalists also discovered that with their access, they could lobby, they could sway opinion and they became opinion maker instead of reporting the news. We have had famous examples like the Radia scam.
Since then media has proliferated, social media has boomed and the opinion of old media has waned like no other. And media hates it.
Now when the Agusta scam broke out, hardly has a journalist come out in the open that this is a unethical practice.
Accepting money, favors, trips - and then writing about it is unethical. But some think otherwise...If journalists were compromised financially in Choppergate, it's as important to nail them as those who received kickbacks. Same punishment.— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) April 29, 2016
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The Beheading of St. John the Forerunner is the commemoration of the martyrdom of John the Forerunner. It is a strict fast day because of the grief of Christians at the violent death of the saint. It is commemorated by the Church on August 29.
Although the Forerunner was beheaded in the Spring, around the time of the Passover, this feast was fixed for August, when a church was dedicated in its honor.
The accounts about the martyrdom of John the Baptist are provided by Ss. Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29). It was in the 32nd year after the Birth of Christ.
- The memory of the righteous is celebrated with hymns of praise,
- But the Lord¹s testimony is sufficient for you, O Forerunner.
- You were shown in truth to be the most honorable of the prophets,
- For you were deemed worthy to baptize in the streams of the Jordan Him whom they foretold.
- Therefore, having suffered for the truth with joy,
- You proclaimed to those in hell God who appeared in the flesh,
- Who takes away the sin of the world, and grants us great mercy.
Kontakion (Tone 5)
- The glorious beheading of the Forerunner,
- Became an act of divine dispensation,
- For he preached to those in hell the coming of the Savior.
- Let Herodias lament, for she entreated lawless murder,
- Loving not the law of God, nor eternal life,
- But that which is false and temporal.