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Arriving at the Cross, Mary waited with Jesus as He shed his blood and took away the sins of the World. She was present as they took the Lord God Almighty down from the Cross and buried Him in the tomb. It is inconceivable what pain went through her as she watched Jesus slowly suffer and die. Who can tell the fear and desperation that passed through her as they carried her Lord and placed him in a tomb?
She went with the other women to the tomb on the third day and found it empty. She ran for Peter and others and told them of the emptiness that she had discovered. The emptiness of the tomb must surely have symbolized to her the emptiness of hope for the once-exorcised and now seemingly abandoned disciple of Jesus. As she stood there, weeping for herself and for her lost Lord, she sees a man approaching. In her desperation, she takes Him to be the gardener and pleads with him to tell her where Jesus has been laid. The man, Jesus, only calls out her name and casts the fear, confusion, and emptiness out of her.
She cried out, "Teacher!" and is comforted again by His presence. He commissions her, again, and gives her an important message: "Go to my people and say them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." She took this blessed charge and ran to tell them the blessed news. Mary had carried the Gospel message—Jesus has lived, died for our sins, and been raised from the dead—before any other and, thus, is well deserving of the title: Apostle to the Apostles.
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Barnard's fourth annual global symposium, Women Changing India, took place on Friday, March 16 in Mumbai, attracting media interest from news organizations worldwide. See below for a sampling of coverage highlights.
In the weeks leading up to "Women Changing India," event listings appeared in print editions of Forbes India, The Asian Age, and DNA (Daily News Analysis). The day before the symposium, The Hindustan Times ran an article about the global symposia series and Barnard, pictured below.
Following the symposium, The New York Times' "India Ink" blog featured an interview with President Debora Spar. "Just by definition, the president of the student body is female. The leaders of all of the clubs are female. The young women really get an opportunity to be in a female environment and to develop intellectually, personally and academically, without always being conscious of being the woman in the room," President Spar said, in response to a question about the Barnard student experience.
Rediff.com featured video interviews with panelist Kiran Bedi, India's first and highest ranking police officer, and Chhavi Rajawat, sarpanch of the village Soda. Watch these interviews below.
An article by the Press Trust of India also highlighted Bedi, who talked about her career choices during the event. The story was picked up widely, appearing in The Times of the India, The Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, The Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle, The Economic Times, NDTV, IBN Live, India Today, Daily Bhaskar, India TV and others.
The entertainment section of The Hindustan Times ran an article about another panelist, film director and choreographer Farah Khan. "By the end of the session, we had half-a-dozen converts who'd learnt that men needed to change their mindsets," she said, noting the value of the symposium for a small group of male high school students in the audience. Bollywood Hungama also ran an article about Khan's participation in the symposium.
View photos from Women Changing India, as well as photos and media coverage from the 2012 Young Women's Leadership Workshop in Mumbai.
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Bluefields is a city on the Carribean coast of Nicaragua.
Bluefields is the capital of the Southern Autonomous Region on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua.
Nicaragua is unusual in being one of the few countries in Latin America simultaneously colonized by two European powers. The west was colonized by Spain, and their usual policies implemented resulting in the complete extinction of indigenous cultures and peoples. In their place, a Mestizo, Spanish-speaking, Catholic culture evolved.
The east, or Caribbean coast, however, fared differently. It was colonized by Great Britain and the result was the survival of three indigenous groups, including the Miskitu, Sumu, and Rama, and three multi-ethnic communities, including the Creole and Garifunu.
Differences between the two regions were only exacerbated when, in 1894, the Spanish speaking Nicaraguan military - with the help of the US - invaded the Caribbean coast, forcing territorial integration, to which the Costeños were implacably opposed. Successive Nicaraguan administrations began implementing policies that sought to impose the primacy and dominance of Mestizo culture. Indigenous cultures and languages of the Caribbean coast were forbidden by governmental decree and licences and concessions granted to US and other foreign interests to exploit the natural resources of the region without much tangible benefit to the locals.
The Autonomy Law, first implemented under the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) government in 1987 (bitterly opposed by Nixon and other Republican successors), sought to redress the injustices created by centuries of foreign and internal colonialism.
The people are still well aware of their combined heritage of being escaped/freed slaves, part of indigenous groups, descendants of Spanish settlers, and/or a mix of any of these groups. This creates a very diverse and vibrant community. The language most spoken is a Creole of English. Most people speak Spanish as a second or third language after Creole and/or an indigenous language. All in all, there are 6 different ethnicities that can be found throughout the region; Black/Creole, Mestizo, Miskito, Rama, Sumu, Garifuna.
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Domestic flights arrive from Managua. The flight is about USD100 each way, or cheaper if you book a round-trip flight. There are also flights from here to Corn Island which are also about USD100 one-way.
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From Managua to Rama - about 6 hours. From Rama, take a speedboat called a "panga" to Bluefields. The boatride is about 2 hours.
There is now a dirt road from Rama to Bluefields, but there are no bus services. Bus service runs from Rama to Pearl Lagoon through Kukra River. From there you can take a panga to Bluefields
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There is a boat leaving San Juan Del Norte every Wednesday at 8 am to Bluefields. It s the same Boat which goes to the Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island. There are pangas from Bluefields to and from: Rama, San Juan de Nicaragua (del Norte), Pearl Laggon, Haulover, Kukra River, Tasbapouni, La Cruz de Rio Grande, Karawala, Sandy Bay and El Bluff. Most cargo ships which go to Big Corn have to stop at El Bluff for paperwork. They almost always take passengers for about C$ 250. The Capitanía (close to Bluff's port) can tell you when the next ship for Corn Island is stopping there.
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Ten cordobas (NIO10, about USD0.50) per person anywhere you go. However coming from the airport with a lot of luggage they will charge you NIO20. Taxis are easily found zipping around the streets.
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Learn to speak "Miskito". Learn how to eat turtle. Learn to walk slow and smile.
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When travelling at night always take a taxi, especially around "Four Brothers". After 20:00 always take a taxi. Do not carry more money than necessary. Do not flash expensive items (such as cameras) around. Use common sense. Don't go into small alleys.
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Whichever category they fall, the tents of Flemington were well-occupied by "familiar faces. From business moguls Anthony Pratt to Geelong Cats skipper Joel Sellwood to models Megan Gayle and Lara Worthington and back to deputy PM Michael McCormack and pollie power couple Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres, they were all there.
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Shares of Charming Shoppes CHRS, +0.23% rose almost 24%. The company agreed to be bought by Ascena Retail Group Inc. ASNA, -9.25% for $7.93 a share, or about $890 million. Ascena's shares also rose, up 11%. Read more about the sale of Charming Shoppes, on MarketWatch
Con-way Inc. CNW, +0.00% shares moved up nearly 13%, on the rise following the trucking firm's report of better-than-expected first-quarter results.
Papa John's International Inc. PZZA, -3.97% gained almost 20% following its report of better-than-expected first-quarter results. The company's strong showing comes on the heels of similar sales gains at rivals Domino's Pizza Inc. DPZ, -2.46% and Pizza Hut YUM, -1.70%.
Protalix BioTherapeutics PLX, -0.12% rallied more than 13%. The company said late Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration approved one of its treatments for adults with a confirmed diagnosis of type 1 Gaucher disease. See details of the Protalix deal, on MarketWatch
Regal Entertainment Corp. RGC, +14.29% shares closed 5% higher after Stifel Nicolaus & Co. upgraded the movie theater operator to buy from hold. The company swung to a first-quarter profit and said it is "optimistic" about the rest of the 2012 film slate.
Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC shares surged almost 39% as Microchip Technology Inc. MCHP, -5.58% signed a deal to acquire the company for $823 million.
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Arch Coal Inc. ACI, +1.09% shares fell almost 8% after first-quarter results showed a steep drop in profit and as the company unveiled a plan to slash its dividend by 73% as part of an effort to reduce expenses.
Chesapeake Energy Corp. CHK, -8.70% shares fell 14.6%. The company said in a regulatory filing that it had ended certain arrangements with CEO Aubrey McClendon. Also on Wednesday, analysts at Robert W. Baird cut their rating on Chesapeake to neutral from outperform. Read full MarketWatch coverage of Chesapeake Energy.
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Big Time Texas Hunts Winners Announced
A letter in the mail proclaiming "You Are a Winner" usually ends up in the trash with the other junk mail. Fortunately, Roger Dean Theisen took the time to read one he recently received from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Big Time Texas Hunts program. It was a winning moment.
"When I received the letter I was excited but couldn't remember which hunt I had put in for. I was hoping it was the Grand Slam," said Victoria tobacco shop owner Roger Dean Theisen. "I've entered for a number of years, figured it was a good cause."
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Even fake invitations don't come cheap
Where's there's a Will (and Kate), there's a way … to try a scam.
It's only natural people are trying to cash in on the Royal Wedding and they'll do it in the most inventive ways possible. There's such a thing as crossing the line, though, and it looks like The Mail on Sunday uncovered one such enterprise.
The paper said that someone who claimed he was an employee working at the printing firm that produced the official royal wedding invitations offered a journalist a copy of the invite … for $3,200.
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So far it seems pretty tame, but there's more.
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I've been watching more and more people jump on the idea of Telex as a way to prevent internet censorship (e.g. http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38207/ -- not my comments at the bottom of the article).
Halderman says the design is such that it doesn't matter if the location of ISPs employing Telex stations are known to the censors. "The key thing is that we want to put the stations at enough points in the Internet so that blocking all the routes that go through those would be tantamount to making the Internet unavailable," he says.
I've gone over the basic design and it's a pretty neat idea, I'll admit. But I'm a little confused...
What happens if an ISP that already has Telex keys (for instance if a government takes control of the ISP) goes rogue? It seems that they haven't solved for determining who a trusted ISP would be?


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Eleftheros Typos, the best designed european newspaper
The greek daily Eleftheros Typos (Free Press) has been awarded best designed european newpaper on this edition of the European newspaper Awards, on the national daily category.
The Mayo News (Ireland) was chosen best local, El Periódico de Catalunya (Spain) best regional and Welt am Somtag (Germany), best weekly.
I got an enormous luck working in the InnovAtion team in charge of the redesign of the daily. Great luck, colaborating with great professionals as Juan Antonio Giner, Juan Señor, Javier Errea, Marta Botero, Mike Fairhead, Gabriel Sama, Pablo Errea or Eduardo Tessler, and also Pablo Ramírez, the other infographics consultant. Maybe the two weeks of my life when I've learned the most.
About the graphics, which is this blog about, here you are some examples of the graphics which are being made at the ET infographics department. InnovAtion idea for teh graphics was, as I hope is seen, clarity, simplicity, as teh marvelous design by Javier Errea. Colors as guide.
In addition, on teh graphics category of teh European newspapers Awards, these have been the winners:
- Svenska Dagbladet (6) Sweden
- Expresso (3) Portugal
- Äripäev (1) Eesti
- Berliner Morgenpost (1) Germany
- Frankfurter Rundschaa (1) Germany
- Het Financieele Dagblad (1) Netherlands
- Hufvudstadsbladet (1) Finland
- Östersunds Posten (1) Sweden
- Presso (1) Finland
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (1) Germany
- All Eleftehros Typos issues on PDF and updated daily
- The new at Innovations in Newspapers
- How Eleftheros Typos was (Infographics News)
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July 2010
Figure 1
Illustration of cellulosic biomass processing today: 1) biomass harvested; 2) enzyme treatment; 3) enzymes break down cellulose chains into sugars; 4) microbes ferment sugars into ethanol; 5) ethanol is purified. To make the process more cost-effective process, the BESC project would use biotechnology approaches to combine steps 3 and 4. Diagram: Department of Energy BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Biofuel or bioenergy?
Although biofuel is the most familiar term when the public considers alternatives to fossil fuels, bioenergy is more encompassing. "The term bioenergy includes all useful forms of energy that can be extracted from living organisms or their residues, such as crop residues and wastes."1 The challenge is how to meet the needs of larger-scale production of biofuel, because many believe that replacing petroleum fuel with biofuel might lead to deforestation, among other possible negative environmental impacts, which can also include the loss of wildlife habitat.1 It may be feasible, nonetheless, to produce biofuel on a larger scale by putting more effort into the production of bioenergy from natural sources that do not require large tracts of new land or the use of existing trees. Developers could use crop residues and waste, or they could cultivate fast-growing trees specifically for harvest, for example.
Are there alternatives to corn seed ethanol?
In 2007 and 2008, the ethanol biofuel industry used about 16% of the U.S. corn crop for ethanol production.2 As of May 2008, there were 134 ethanol plants in operation in the U.S., with 77 additional plants under construction.3 These enterprises convert the starch of corn seeds into fermentable sugar using a microbial amylase enzyme and then ferment the sugar into biofuel ethanol. This method converts food (starch) into fuel. Producing ethanol from corn seeds is not new—a blend of corn gasoline (10% ethanol) was commercially produced and sold at a gas station in the U.S. as early as 1933.4
Today, better alternative sources for biofuels can come from:
- agronomic crop residues such as leaves, stems, corncobs, and rice husks, and
- fast-growing perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, giant reeds, and Miscanthus (Miscanthus floridulus).5
Biofuel of this type is called cellulosic biofuel, and it is a way of turning cellulose-containing plant material, including agricultural byproducts, into bioenergy. Cellulose is the most common organic compound on the planet,6 which means that making ethanol from cellulose expands the range of natural resources available for the production of biofuels.
As mentioned earlier, the production of cellulosic biofuel has been around for a long time. In his September 1925, interview with the New York Times, Henry Ford said that there is energy for biofuels in any vegetation that grows wild or domestically.6 Unfortunately, the current costs [economical and environmental] to produce cellulosic biofuel are still relatively high.
Harnessing plant bioenergy
Currently, bioethanol can be produced from the seeds of sorghum, the number two bioethanol crop in the USA, but scientists are experimenting with using the whole plant. Photo: University of Georgia, Bioenergy Program.
Plants for use in bioenergy can be considered green bioreactors. A functionally active gene normally produces a protein. If the sequence of a gene from one living organism produces a protein with a useful function, and the gene is then transferred from this donor organism to another living organism (host organism), the host should be able to produce the same useful protein that is normally produced in the donor. This is how transgenic plants [plants that have received one or more transferred genes] become green bioreactors that can be used for the inexpensive production of valuable compounds. For example, scientists have already engineered plants for the production of cellulases—major biofuel industrial enzymes—that can make biofuel production cost effective.5 Organisms that have been engineered in this way are called recombinant.
The technology for transfer of foreign genes into a plant's genome is very similar to the technology that has been used for decades to produce biotech drugs. Instead of using bacterial cells that take up the donor genes, plant biotechnologists either use Agrobacterium tumefaciens,9 a species of gram-negative bacteria that naturally transfers genes into plants, or they use the gene-gun method. Transferring genes using the gene-gun method (also called the biolistic method) involves firing at plant cells pellets of metal (usually tungsten powder or gold powder) coated with the desirable DNA.
What are cellulosic biofuels?
Plant cell walls contain soft fibers and hard fibers. The soft fibers mostly consist of cellulose—a chain of tightly bonded glucose molecules. The hard fibers are mostly lignins, and these bind to the cellulose and strengthen the cell walls. The glucose elements of cellulose can be separated from each other to yield single glucose molecules, which can then be fermented into biofuel.
Currently, microbial reactors produce a mixture of cellulases commercially (see Figure 1). These are utilized for the manufacturing of fermentable sugars for cellulosic biofuel. Together with pretreatment processes that break apart the cell walls and remove lignin,10 this method adds to the overall cost of biofuel production greatly. To reduce the expenses associated with pretreatment processes, producers could
reduce the amount of lignin in bioenergy crops via crop genetic engineering in a way that would not interfere with the crop's structural integrity and resistance to biological stress factors such as diseases and insects;
change lignin's chemical structure to reduce the need for expensive pretreatment processes;5,11
or, produce the required cellulase enzymes within the leaves and stems of bioenergy crops via crop genetic engineering. In fact, these enzymes have already been produced in corn and rice leaves and stems (not in seeds, roots, or flowers), and these plant-produced cellulases can convert pretreated corn stover into fermentable sugars for biofuel effectively.12,13,14,15,16,17
Can the industry be sustainable?
Even if researchers can engineer recombinant bioenergy crops with modified/reduced lignin content and produce all of the required cellulases, and figuring in government subsidies to the industry, the cost of cellulosic ethanol would still be at least as high as the current price of petroleum. This is not good enough to create sustainable cellulosic biofuel commercially or to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
The petroleum industry makes its profit not only from its main products, including gasoline, ethane, kerosene, and natural gas, but also from petroleum derivatives, or co-products, such as lubricants, asphalt, petroleum coke, and paraffin wax.18 To make cellulosic biofuel profitable and competitive with corn ethanol (corn seed starch ethanol), co-producing recombinant high-value products such as biodegradable plastics can increase returns from bioenergy crop farming and the biofuel industry.11,12
POET, the largest bioethanol producer in the world, was the first cellulosic ethanol company in the United States to produce 25% cellulosic ethanol and 75% corn ethanol (the company began production in the third quarter of 2009).19 Other cellulosic biofuel plants are planned in the U.S. in the near future. For example, switchgrass is a relatively fast-growing perennial grass that is adaptable to almost all parts of the U.S., and it has great potential to produce cellulosic ethanol and butanol (an alcohol that is chemically related to ethanol and has potential as a biofuel).20 It is likely, nonetheless, that the producers will not profit from their cellulosic ethanol unless the U.S. government subsidizes them heavily, or they use genetically engineered cellulosic bioenergy crops.
Figure 2
Development cycle for the Sticklen group's designer corn variety, Spartan Corn III, which is used in cellulosic biofuels production. Artwork by Michigan State University State News.
What are some other possible sources for bioenergy?
Engineering designer crops to produce molecules is over a decade old.5,7,11,19,21 This technology is called molecular farming, and it is used to manufacture several products, including biodegradable plastics.14,15,20,22,23 Plant scientists use molecular tactics to modify the plant genome to produce these products. For example, the Sticklen research team at the University of Michigan has programmed transgenic plants to store recombinant products in specific leaf and stem subcellular compartments so that they can be harvested later.13,14,15
Designer corn: The Sticklen team has also developed a designer corn variety—Spartan Corn III—for use in cellulosic biofuel production, by firing a gene of an anaerobic microbe, called Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens H17C, into corn cells using a gene gun and growing whole transgenic corn plants from the cells.24 The microbe lives naturally in the rumen, or second stomach, of cattle, where it helps the animals digest silage by producing an enzyme. Spartan Corn III can produce the same enzyme in its cells. In Spartan III, the recombinant enzyme is stored inside a subcellular compartment in the recombinant corn, called a vacuole, until harvest time (see Figure 2).
Rice components: It is possible to use molecular farming with rice straw or rice hull. In most parts of the world, rice straw is burned as waste, which can create environmental and health problems, such as asthma.17 Producing high-value co-products along with the conversion of rice straw to biofuel would make it economically feasible to decrease environmental contaminants such as smoke and improve the health conditions of rice farmers. Using rice straw and rice hull for biofuel could become very important in the future because these two crop residues make up 50% of the total of the world's agronomic waste.17
Is biobutanol the future industry?
Many producers view corn bioethanol technology as a transitional operation until cellulosic ethanol technology can become economically competitive with corn ethanol; however, cellulosic bioethanol technology might soon be viewed as transitional, too. Scientists are researching systems that will bring the cost of production down for biobutanol production. While bioethanol is produced by fermenting glucose from yeast, biobutanol is produced by the fermentation of glucose using the Clostridium acetobutylicum bacterium.
Biobutanol has the following advantages over ethanol, and indeed, over petroleum fuels.25 Biobutanol
- evaporates six-fold less than ethanol and even less than gasoline;
- does not corrode like bioethanol, which is corrosive, and at high concentrations can destroy engine parts;
- can be transported through existing gasoline pipelines, unlike bioethanol (85% E), which must be moved by tankers;
- has energy content almost equal to the energy content of gasoline—the same cannot be said for bioethanol; and
- can be blended as an additive to diesel fuel, which then reduces soot emissions—the same is not possible with bioethanol.
Issues to consider
Converting food into fuel: The conversion of food and feed into fuel can increase the price of these two important commodities. In addition, land used to grow food competes with land used to grow fuel products. This problem can be mitigated by using non-food and non-feed bioenergy crops, such as perennial grasses, and the non-food and non-feed portions of agricultural crops, such as crop residues, for production of cellulosic biofuel.
Monoculture of bioenergy crops: When a bioenergy crop such as switchgrass or Miscanthus is farmed on a large scale, it will be farmed as a monoculture crop (large-scale cultivation of one crop year after year). Monoculture farming takes a toll on the environment because pests, diseases, and weeds remain for years in the fields. Farmers must apply pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides, which can contaminate soil and water. To solve this problem, a large percentage of monocultured agronomic crops today are genetically engineered to improve resistance to harmful biological and chemical factors. A bioenergy crop, switchgrass or Miscanthus for example, could still be used in monoculture, but it may first need to be genetically transformed to improve resistance to insects, diseases, and herbicides.12
Pollen grain flow: Another concern about genetically engineered crops is the possible spread of pollen grains from one field to another.26 Scientists are looking into solutions. One solution under study, for example, is to produce biotech products only in crop leaves and stems—not in the flowers or seeds.16
Soil microbe populations: Soil microbes need to feed on sufficient crop residues in soil. Biofuel producers must consider methods that do not cause a problem by removing too much residue. For example, a suggestion has been made to keep at least two-thirds of plant residues on the soil to ensure the sustainability of a microbial population.27 Another report suggests the development and use of advanced cropping systems or producing and removing of biomass from soil without "undermining crop and soil productivity."28 The U.S. National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) has also been heavily involved with the effect of corn stover removal on emissions of carbon from soil.29
Although there are many possibilities for producing biofuel from the agricultural sector, and therefore decreasing our dependence on petroleum fuels, it is important for scientists, communities, and governments to examine the potential side effects and consequences of utilizing plants and agricultural lands for this purpose.
Acknowledgment: The author's research was financially supported by the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research (CPBR), Corn Marketing Program of Michigan (CMPM), National Corn Growers Association(NCGA), and a grant from USDA to Iowa State University (PI: Prof. Jeffery Wolt; Co-PI: Miriam Sticklen). The author wishes to thank Dr. Russ Freed for editing this article.
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*This is a rewrite of one of the very first posts I wrote on this blog. I thought it was time for an update*
One very important aspect of raiding, no matter what role you play, is to take as little damage as possible and stay alive for as long as you can. Besides obvious avoidance like not standing in fire (which is very important) you should also make the best use of your class's damage reduction abilities and any other tools available to you.
Healers do their best to keep everyone alive, but each player also plays a role in this and can make the healers job easier or harder.
This post isn't just aimed at specific classes, I'm also aiming for healers, raid leaders, and avid combat log analysts so you can tell if your fellow raiders are doing everything in their power to stay alive and reduce damage taken as much as possible.
Here's a list of class-specific damage reducing abilities and self-heals that people can use in raids:
Death Knight
Anti-Magic Shell – Good against magic-based bosses. If timed properly it can be used to prevent the application of magic debuffs. With only a 45-second cooldown, it should be used often on any fight with magic raid damage.
Army of the Dead – This isn't just a dps cooldown, it also reduces the damage the DK takes. For a dps DK this damage reduction won't be huge, but any little bit helps. If they can channel the spell while raid-damage is happening they'll get the damage reduction plus the benefit of the ghouls.
Bone Shield – Blood tank ability. This reduces damage and should be used on cooldown.
Dancing Rune Weapon – Blood tank ability. Increases parry chance by 20% while active.
Death Coil – Can be used as a self-heal while under the effect of Lichborne.
Death Pact – Sacrifices a minion to be healed for 25% of maximum health. This can be used to sacrifice and Army of the Dead ghoul rather than your normal pet.
Death Strike – This ability will heal the death knight for at least 7% of their maximum health. Though it's generally not part of a dps DK's rotation, it can be used to great effect when they're desperate for a heal. Tanking DKs should be using this all the time.
Icebound Fortitude – A 20% damage reduction for non-tanks. Shouldn't mess up damage rotations as it only requires runic power (no runes), so it should be used any time large amounts of damage are expected. For Blood tanks IBF reduces damage taken by 50%.
Rune Tap – Blood tank ability. Heals for 10% of their health.
Vampiric Blood – Blood tank ability. Increases health and healing received.
Barkskin – 20% less damage taken for 12 seconds every minute. It costs no mana, triggers no global cooldown and can even be used while stunned. This ability should be used multiple times on any fight by druids of any spec whenever damage is expected.
Frenzied Regeneration – You need to be in bear form to use this, so it will generally only be used by tanks.
Survival Instincts – This is a feral talent, and a bear's major damage mitigation ability. It can be used in bear or cat form, so if your feral kitties are specced into it they should be using it too, whenever large amounts of damage are expected.
Deterrence – This ability can save your life in a lot of fights by deflecting incoming attacks. It does, however, cause the hunter to stop attacking so it should only be used when the incoming damage will be significant.
Raptor Strike – With the glyph, using Raptor Strike will reduce damage taken for 20% for 5 seconds. This is of questionable use since hunters are not likely to be in melee range to use Raptor Strike most of the time, but there are situational uses (such as using it while on a pillar during phase 2 of Nefarian).
Spirit Mend – Spirit Beast talent. Beast Master hunters with a spirit pet can use this ability to heal themselves.
Evocation – With the glyph of evocation this will restore health as well as mana.
Frost Armor – Very situational spell. It can be used if physical damage is expected, but most raid damage will be magical.
Ice Barrier – Frost only. Will absorb any type of damage.
Ice Block – Removes most harmful debuffs and makes the mage completely impervious to damage.
Mage Ward – Absorbs fire, frost and arcane damage. This spell should see a lot of use on fights with these kinds of magic damage.
Mana Shield – Damaging attacks will drain mana instead of health.
Ardent Defender – Protection paladin talent. Reduces damage taken by 20% and can save you from an attack that would have killed you.
Divine Protection – Reduces damage taken by 20% for 10 seconds. Should be used often whenever damage is expected. Can be glyphed to give 40% magic damage reduction (but no physical damage reduction).
Divine Shield – Removes most debuffs, in addition to preventing all damage for 8 seconds. If being used by a dps, should be clicked off when no longer needed to avoid screwing up your damage output too much.
Guardian of Ancient Kings – When used by a protection paladin this decreases their damage taken by 50%
Hand of Protection – Removes most physical debuffs. Can be used and clicked off when no longer needed to reduce downtime. Can be used on others, so it might be a good idea to use one of your self-use only skills first.
Desperate Prayer – Holy talent. Self-use heal that can be a lifesaver.
Dispersion – Shadow talent. Reduces damage by 90%. You can't dps while you're using this, but you do regain mana and should be able to live through almost anything while this is active.
Guardian Spirit – Holy talent. Will prevent a target from dying and increase their healing taken. Will likely be reserved for tanks on most fights.
Power Word: Shield – If you don't have a Disc Priest throwing these around the raid, a timely PW:S can save you. And yes, it can be cast in Shadow Form.
Pain Suppression – Discipline talent. Will likely be reserved for tanks on most fights.
Cloak of Shadows – Removes harmful spell effects and causes you to resist new ones for 5 seconds. Gives momentary immunity to damage which, when timed correctly, can avoid large bursts of predictable damage.
Combat Readiness – Using this will make the rogue deflect incoming weapon strikes. Enemies shouldn't be targetting the rogues for attacks often, but it can come in handy.
Evasion – Again, rogues shouldn't be getting directly attacked by mobs often, but this can occasionally come in handy if the tank drops and a rogue (if he's next on aggro) is able to evasion-tank a boss for a few extra seconds.
Feint – Reduces threat and damage taken by AoE effects. With the Glyph of Feint (which reduces the energy cost to zero) and only a 10-second cooldown this should be used all the time whenever AoE damage is happening.
Recuperate – Using your finishing moves to heal yourself can be a significant dps loss, but it can be very useful during heavy damage or when out of range of healers.
Stoneclaw Totem – When glyphed this totem will place a damage absorb shield on the shaman.
Shamanistic Rage – Enhancement talent. Reduces damage taken by 30%. Has a 1 minute cooldown, so it should be used often.
Spirit Link Totem – Reduces damage taken by 10% and redistributes the health of anyone in range.
Death Coil – Causes damage and restores health.
Drain Life – Causes damage and restores health.
Shadow Ward – Absorbs shadow damage. For Destruction Warlocks, this can turn into Nether Ward, which will absorb any magic damage.
Soul Link – Causes 20% of damage taken to be taken by your pet instead.
Bloodthirst – Fury talent. This does damage and healing and will be used by Fury warriors all the time.
Enraged Regeneration – Regenerates health over 10 seconds.
Last Stand – Protection talent. Increases the warrior's health by 30%.
Rallying Cry – Increases the health of all raid members (the warrior included) in range by 20%. This is a great raid cooldown to help people survive a large amount of damage and give the healers some extra time to catch up on healing.
Shield Block – Requires a shield, so will only be used by tanks. With Shield Mastery, this also reduces magic damage taken.
Shield Wall – Reduces damage taken by 40%. This will generally only be used by tanks. For DPS putting on a shield and hitting this can be rather unwieldy and a big dps loss, but I've seen it used to save a raid from a 1% wipe.
Victory Rush – On fights with adds this can provide some decent healing for your warriors.
Race/Profession Abilities
First Aid – Dense Embersilk Bandages can heal for a fair amount and are great to use in a pinch.
Gift of the Naaru – Draenei's racial ability.
Lifeblood – A self-heal (plus haste boost) for herbalists.
Stoneform – Dwarves racial ability. Removes harmful effects and reduces damage taken by 10%.
And some general tips for all:
Don't pull aggro – Most classes have threat reducing/dropping moves. Make use of them before the boss comes stampeding towards you. And for heaven's sake, don't use Bladestorm as your opener on a pack of trash mobs.
Don't stand in fire – I know the old tunnel vision trap is easy to fall into. A large part of avoiding bad things on the ground is being able to see them, so this problem can often be solved with a good UI. Don't clutter your UI with enough mods and meters that you can't see half your screen. Also, make sure you can see your health bar (by moving it to a place your eyes automatically track to, or using a HUD) or have some kind of visual or audio notification to tell you when you're taking damage. If you're taking unexpected damage, the answer might be to move.
Use your health stones/health pots – To increase the likelihood of using these things, make sure they get integrated into the way you play. If you use keybinds, have one for your health stone. If you're a Clique user, assign a mouse-click to it. If you put your health stone on an action bar on the corner of your screen that you never look at, you aren't going to use it.


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The Power Is In Your Hands
Looking for a Digital Field Network? With HART, It's Right in Front of You
T BRITISH PETROLEUMS PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) PLANT in Wando, S.C., managers are facing a dilemma familiar to their counterparts at thousands of manufacturing facilities throughout the country: do more with less.
BP is investing heavily in plant construction in China, so our objective is to lower costs and increase our availability. We need to use what we have and use it better, says A.J. Lambert, an instrument and electrical reliability specialist with BP.
One way plant personnel are achieving that goal is by using a previously underutilized technology that is providing them with a remarkably detailed view of conditions throughout their plant and the ability to reduce asset management/maintenance costs.
The silver bullet thats generating these benefits: the HART Field cCommunications protocolProtocol. Through the use of HART diagnostic information, this BP plant is saving approximately $300,000 per year in just maintenance and production costs alone, says Lambert.
Feel the Power
Of course, not every plant will attain such dramatic results, but most users can achieve all, or nearly all, of the functionality they seek by tapping into the proven power of the HART-enabled field devices they may already own. As a result, most of the benefits they achieve through the use of HART drop right to the bottom line. Few automation projects are as easily justified economically as that.
HARTs exceptional value to process manufacturers lies in its ability to simultaneously communicate an instruments primary variable via a standard 4-20 mA analog signal and and up to three secondary valuesadditional process variables and plus diagnostic information via digital signals on the same wire. Initially, HART was initially embraced by maintenance staffs who were delighted to be able to use handheld communicators and calibrators, such as those made by Meriam Process Technologies or Emerson Process Management and , and take them into the field. All they had to do was attach them to any HART-compliant instrument--regardless of manufacturerand they were immediately able to retrieve critical information about an instruments condition, its health and its range, as well as perform calibrations, document them and obtain much more digital information besides.
Since then, manufacturers have developed a wide range of new intelligent products and added HART capabilities to existing ones, providing even greater benefits to a broader base of users. For example, field device makers such as Siemens differentiate themselves by communicating additional HART data that are unique to the companys instruments. Siemens pressure transmitters have the ability to monitor and store data on the highest and lowest pressures experienced by the entire instrument, the instruments pressure capsule and its electronics, says Lou DiNapoli, marketing manager for the companys pressure and temperature transmitters.
All users have to do, says DiNapoli, is use a HART handheld device or our Device Description Language-enabled Process Device Manager (PDM) software to get that information, which is highly useful in diagnosing process problems. If you use someone elses equipment and software, you just need the Device Description for our instrument.
Sophisticated Asset Management
In recent years vendors have developed sophisticated asset management software packages, including Yokogawas Plant Resource Manager (PRM), Siemens PDM, Emerson Process Managements AMS and Honeywells Asset Manager PKS, that enable maintenance engineers to view, track and analyze the condition of instruments remotely. In this situation, data from a device is split into separate analog and digital signals. The analog signal, carrying the primary variable, is routed to the control system, while the digital secondary values and diagnostic data are conveyed to the asset management systems.
Asset management systems and their ability to use HART data are proving enormously beneficial as numerous users will attest.
BPs Wando plant started tapping the full potential of HART about five years ago, when it installed Emerson Process Managements ValveLink software to gain diagnostic information from its approximately 125 most critical control valves. Among the areas in which the plant has cut costs is in valve maintenance during planned shutdowns.
Before using HART, we would pull out 35-50 valves for maintenance during shutdowns every two years, says Lambert. There might have been a work order or some concern about a particular valve, but we really didnt know what might be wrong with it. As a result, wed spend a lot of money and time. Now, with more information from ValveLink and HART, we pull only five or six valves during a shutdown. And we have a lot more information about why were pulling it. Our diagnostic system can show us when a problem assumed to be in a valve really isnt, but is perhaps somewhere else in the process. In other cases, were able to see potential problems in valves before they become serious.
A senior engineer for field instrumentation with another major oil company refiner says that digital HART instrument data, routed back to the refinerys asset management system, has enabled it to improve its processes as well as realize savings on maintenance.
According to this petroleum industry source, Right after we started capturing this data, we were picking up diagnostic alerts for valve travel deviations, air pressure problems on valve actuators and other variances., he says. We were skeptical at first, but when we investigated those alerts, we discovered that we had actual problemsbent positioner feedback rods, filter regulators that were either failing or malfunctioning, leaks in diaphragms and other problems. So what we learned from our HART-enabled asset management system was that our system was still operating, but it was not controlling the process as well as it could, and that we might be facing pending failure because of these problems. We were able to correct these problems before they had an impact on the process.
Petro-Canada, which is implementing projects at its Montreal and Edmonton refineries to reduce sulfur in its gasoline and diesel fuels, also will use HART data from for troubleshooting on valves and field instruments, says Pat Castellino, an engineer with the companys process technology and reliability group.
I expect a manpower reduction in the startup phase of the project and then on a lifecycle basis, he says Castelino, when asked about potential benefits stemming from the use of HART data. We feel that the additional information we incorporate into our asset management solutions will help us establish more effective predictive maintenance practices.
Several factors make HART solutions relatively easy and cost-effective to implement. First, HART does not require a costly rip and replace strategy. The HART protocol runs on standard wiring that most plants already have in place and, as mentioned, there are millions of HART-enabled devices already in use. Often, field instruments that are not HART-ready can be easily and inexpensively upgraded.
Because HART represents an enhancement of the standard 4-20 mA analog field communications standard, there is no need for companies to undertake major retraining programs. Courses offered by HCF, vendors and other sources generally provide all the background information plant personnel need to use HART Effectivelyeffectively.
In addition, HART network architecture is simpler than that of most all-digital fieldbus protocols, making it the ideal option for many plants.
If Im putting in a 4-20 mA system with HART, the engineering is very simplified; its basically a matter of routing wires from the control system to the final elements, says Petro-Canadas Castellinothe major refiners senior engineer. Designing a HART system doesnt require a great deal of specialized knowledge concerning matters such as the number of devices to assign per segment, to which segment should each device be assigned, failure modes on loss of communication, surge protection, signal reflections, power and signal-attenuation calculations.
"When I increase the amount of engineering that has to go into a system, Im increasing my opportunity for human error, and those are things Id like to avoid., he adds.
Easy and Effective
In addition to being relatively easy and cost-effective to implement, plants can adopt HART very gradually and realize benefits, even on a small scale. For example, many users get their first experience with HART by commissioning instruments on the bench in maintenance shops. All thats required is a PC equipped with DDL-enabled asset management software and an interface between the computer and the field devicetypically a HART modem.
Tom Holmes, president of HART modem manufacturer MACTek Corporation, says there are significant advantages to using a desktop or notebook computer for bench or field configuration of devices rather than using handheld configurators.
What is HART?
In 1993, the HART Communication Foundation (HCF) was established to provide worldwide support for application of the Highway Addressable Remote Transducer technology or HART Field Communications Protocol. HCF owns the HART technology, manages the protocol standards, and ensures that the technology is openly available for the benefit of the industry. The ARC Advisory Group, Dedham, Mass., estimates that, of the approximately 40 million field devices installed worldwide, 26% percent are HART-enabled, making it the mostly widely used protocol for smart field instrumentation.
All of the information you need about all of the devices you use is right there on your computers hard drive. You can do signal processing, a host of higher-level diagnostic applications; data storage; downloading of archived configurations that are right on the computer. You dont have to go through the trouble of downloading a device configuration from a server, loading it into the handheld configurator and then reversing the process when you get out to the instrument, he says.
In addition to producing modems for RS-232 serial ports, MACTek recently began producing models that use USB ports. In addition to being simpler to use than the serial port versions, many computer vendors no longer include serial ports on their computers, making the USB version a necessity for many users. Also, multiple devices can be attached to a single USB port through the use of USB hubs. As a result, says Holmes, some customers have been able to set up small monitoring/data acquisition systems using several USB modems.
Theres one customer doing a fiscal metering application involving custody transfers of product. He needs high accuracy and reasonable sampling rates, offers Holmes. The application required him to monitor eight HART loops in multidrop mode. They used eight USB modems, connected to two four-port hubs, which, in turn were plugged into two PC USB ports. Theyre using Emerson Process Management AMS Device Manager to monitor the equipment.
Moore Industries HART Interface Monitor (HIM) is another product particularly well suited to small and medium-sized installations or those that lack an asset management system, says John Emmett, Moores London-based HART specialist.
The Moore Industries HIM passes the 4-20 mA signal directly into a DCS or a PLC, but it also breaks out the digital signals, converts them to analog and makes them available to the control system as well for alarming and other functions.
Using the two alarm relay contacts in each HIM, users can set limits around process variables.
For example, with a smart valve positioner, you have the control system using a 4-20 mA signal driving it open and closed. Using an HIM , you can read the valve position feedback over the same pair of wires and return it to the control system. In addition to there being a cable savings, the alarm relay contacts act as âsoft limit switches. So you can set a trip limit within the HIM and cause a relay to close when the valve reaches its limit, says Emmett.
The digital feedback on the valve position also can be used in safety system applications, a burgeoning application for HART technology. (see sidebar).
Other components that enable users to implement and expand their HART-based field networks are smart distributed I/O modules, such as those provided by Rockwell Automation.
Instead of running all of the wiring back to the control room from each individual device, our FLEX I/O is out near the field and brings the data back via a network. This reduces long home-run wiring runs from multiple field devices, and it reduces the number of terminations you have to do per point for field devices, says Pat Moyer, Rockwell Automations marketing manager for distributed I/O.
Like a multiplexer, smart, distributed I/O separates the analog and digital signals and routes them to the appropriate systems.
Multiplexers, including those manufactured by MTL Instruments, enable users to simplify their wiring and scale up their systems incrementally. For example, by using MTLs MTL4840 HART connection system, users can connect nearly 8,000 loops to a single PC communications port and easily configure a scan list and get LED indications of the loop being scanned, says Tess Thonger, a MTL marketing manager.
Because HART delivers many of the same benefits as all-digital fieldbus protocols, its unsurprising that theres confusion in some potential users minds about them. Part of the problem stems from users mindset based on their initial exposure to HART, says Jim Cobb, Emerson Process Managements Plantweb marketing manager.
Its a little bit of a case of HART having been around long enough that people think they know it, but in reality, they only know the surface, says Cobb. Now, when you see some of the systems that are coming out today, they have pretty good HART support. As the systems vendors start educating their customers, thats going to be the most important way the message gets out to the users.
Joe Serafin, Honeywells product manager for HART integration, says Honeywell tells its customers that their choice of field communications protocol should be dependent on what they want to achieve. If theyre interested in peer-to-peer control on the wire, we tell them to go with Foundation fieldbus. But if they dont want to do that, they can probably get everything else they want out of HART, says Serafin.
But we dont really care which they use, adds Serafin. You can actually buy both HART and fieldbus devices and have them in functioning in the same control module. Thats how well theyre integrated.
In for the Long Haul
Few industry observers question that, in the long run, the process industries will eventually migrate to fieldbus protocols. But dont even think about mothballing your HART devices anytime soon. HART is probably the most economical and best solution for modernizing existing plants.
HART combines the reliability and robustness of todays analog signal with the power of tomorrows digital field network. Considering the millions of HART devices already installed, the most responsible action for the industry is using HART to its full potential.
After all, people are still using pneumatic devices today, says Moore Industries Emmett. And if you think about all of the millions of HART instruments already installed around the world, you can be sure that HART is going to be with us for at least the next decade or two.


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One of the biggest changes was that my daughter changed schools! Please ignore the goofy picture of both of us but it was pooooouring down rain on her first day of school. The last few weeks I have been giving myself 24/7 to make sure that she is settled, happy and having lots and lots of playdates. She is thriving in her new environment and I have never seen her happier...
Just when I thought I had it all down- happy 3rd grade daughter in a new school that she loved, happy 6th grade son who had gotten his favorite teacher- something tragic happenned. Last week my son's beloved teacher, Mr. Feldman died. One day he is in the classroom alive and well and the next day my son comes to school to find out that he had passed away.
My son's weekend writing assignment was "I Don't Usually Complain," and here was his essay:
"I don't usually complain but it has been a really hard week for me. My teacher, Mr. Feldman, passed away.
Mr. Feldman was the best teacher I have ever had. He was hilarious and made us laugh the whole day! But, we were learning at the same time. He also made me believe in myself and he wanted each one of us to become the best that we could be.
He loved history and would tell the class about George Washington in full detail. He told us about how Washington left all the gunpowder on the ground and, when it rained, they had to retreat. He told us about how Washington tripped over a rock and shot the French ambassador. And, he told us all about Christopher Columbus and how he wasn't quite the figure that we thought he might be. He made history come alive for us.
Mr. Feldman would also jokingly make fun of us, but in a weird way it drew us closer to him. He made fun of A. for reading a newspaper in class, for talking to himself, or looking back at the schedule constantly. He made fun of N. and called him an egomaniac. He made fun of me for calling out and said that he would break me of that habit. I told him, "good luck." He also teased me about how I used to get kicked out of class a lot when I was in 1st grade. He would joke that Mrs. Mackie set up a hammock for me out in the hallway.
It might sound mean to others but he teased us because he cared and we all thought that the teasing was funny. The teasing, though, had hints of truth to it, and inspired us to be our best. Mr. Feldman always told us that he gave 100% of his effort to make learning fun and expected us to give that 100% back.
I am not one usually to complain but I am sad because my teacher died this week."
Mr Feldman was a very special teacher and person and we are so very sad for his family and the boys. Mr. Feldman, we will miss you. My son is getting tons of support and love at his school (and, of course, at home) and I will begin regularly writing the blog starting tomorrow.
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OK. System.Exception is not abstract. Why?
I don't think this is targetted at programmers as such, more like end-users of Windows and maybe Office. Laura, clarification?
(Having System.Exception not be abstract sounds kind of handy, if anti-FX cop - but why not an interface instead - well, may make catch block behavior a bit "interesting" due to multiple inheritance.)
Interesting and short video, but I was craving a little more in depth information... Maybe it's just me.
This particular episode isn't targetted at programmers but there will be tons of these- we will definitely hit a few for programmers specifically in the future! Thanks
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no audio in Silverlight 3...
I can play the "Dare to Dream" video just fine
But why are we still maintaining MS-DOS era naming restrictions when MS-DOS has not been a part of at least 3 iterations of Windows (beginning with Windows 2000, I believe, so now 4 iterations....)?
These are "device" names, and they are still in use even if DOS has been erradicated. Use CMD to test for yourself. Now, we can ask why Windows doesn't evolve into a more POSIX like scheme here (/dev/null and other such pseudo files), but that's a much more complicated discussion.
I'm sure there are many oddities in Windows which would garner the same response, "but why" from most people. LPT1 is the most humorous example. How many of us have parallell printers anymore? They might be an obsecure one here and there, but for the most part, it's all USB.
What amazes me more is that people get frustrated that you can't use "?" in a file name. I'm sure there is also a perfectly good explaniation.
The one thing I always wondered was why MFC has the prefix AFX (I know the answer, but why?) and why Word has the executable name "winword.exe" and Excel has the executable "EXCEL", there really isn't any consistency there.
Thanks Laura for the factiod
Reserved name? That's Why. You didn't need to do a video just for saying 2 words! I was hoping for a geeked out explanation and instead all I get is "Reserved name". Even n00bs know that it's a reserved name!
Seems like a gui version of what would be raymond chen command line.. although this explained the reasoning it didn't explain why today we should give a f-- about DOS.
Yea, no kidding. I wish that Windows had a Unixish like shell. We have PowerShell, so maybe I should stop whinning. It would be nice if Windows has native SSH support
Legacy is a ball and chain
? * can't be used because they are "file globbing" characters. There's other characters that can't be used as well, such as : as it's used to separate the volume from the path. What you may find even more surprising is that there's differences here based on the file system in use (FAT or NTFS).
Why does Microsoft Update
f**kmess with the display settings? (Even when the display driver isn't being updated.)
I ask because every time it updates it swap monitors, changes resolutions, the bar is on the wrong screen even when you tell it the other is your main monitor.
Why does my PC take so long to boot up?
Why no building 7? The real story.
Why is Ballmer still the CEO?
Why doesn't note pad have a spell checker?
Why no pop up "helper" called Clippy in MS word? On second thought scratch that last question.
Hah- these are great guys- keem 'em comin!
I still use a parallel printer : it's an IBM InfoPrint 12 (works very well) on Windows 7. It supports USB, but I couldn't find a way to make it work with seven. Only using a generic driver can I use it, and it doesn't work with USB.
Awesome... Keep 'em coming.
Why does it take forever for help to appear when you press F1 in Visual Studio?
Why doesn't Microsoft declare a date from which a legacy applications will no longer be supported or be executable by the O,S.?
eg No longer supply the vb6Runtimes etc. Only .net applications.
WHY can't we declare a class in C# that has a property named "Foo" and a method named "get_Foo" at the same time ?
Why as a user I cant create a name for a folder like ".f01" but when I do it from code it is possible?!!!
Well I may not have a parallel printer anymore but I work with hardware that uses serial and parallel ports for an interface. It is very common in the Point of Sale world to still use those interfaces. Things are slowly moving to USB or IP based connectivity but sometimes that is just overkill for a low power, low bandwidth interface like RS232.
I can try to answer a few of those
1. Help loves to search and index new content when launching.
2. To keep customers happy and keep the press down about "the new windows breaks applications"
3. See #2. VB6 runtime comes with Win 7
Why does file access performance suffer the deeper it is in a path? eg. \path\file is quicker than \\share\path\path\path\path\path\file
Especially after the first time the file was accessed. Caching anyone?
ps. this is also why I don't really like the breadcrumb style history concept. You can't fully break down directory structures.
Virtualization ftw!
Charles: Legacy isn't a ball & chain, it the damn Mother-In-Law.
(You may have to put up with her but it doesn't stop you wish she was dead.)
Maybe its time to disappoint a few customer to lay the groundwork and fundations of the next generation of operation system.
Am all new windows APIs (none of the previous exist), with a simpler dependancy model.
A casuality of this would be killing the Legacy Support.
I agree you could use virtualization to support legacy. the only way in the new OS.
Cool series concept (love the title graphic). Now do an episode on MAX_PATH. Or two or three or four ...
No kidding. Why doesn't Microsoft pick a "pad" and go with it. I mean, Wordpad gets the ribbon, and as far as I can tell Notepad only got an updated dialog when you attempt to exit without saving. What is up with that? It's a bit dissappointing.
We can all ask dozens of why questions, here are few more:
- Why doesn't Windows have a real terminal (sorry I just can't let it die)
- Why doesn't Windows support SSH out-of-the box?
- Why doesn't Microsoft release "Windows Developer Edition", and allow devs to pick and choose the components they need. It's make me crazy we have to buy Ultimate or Enterprise to get "Boot from VHD". I feel like I'm being nickled and dimed to death sometimes.
- Why is Microsoft licensing so confusing?
- Will Microsoft open-source more of it's software?
- Why did Microsoft close-source Paint.NET? Why did they remove the open source downloads?
- Why did "Windows Vista" take so long to get to market - the real story?
- Why doesn't Microsoft develop all things in the future with .NET, we have managed extensions for C++, what's holding you back?
- How do Program Managers, Product Managers, SDET's, and SDE's differe in role and responsiblity
Those are just a couple...
And a few more
Why is it opening compressed folders in Windows Explorer is so slow?
Why Windows (7 included) allows me to create files and folders with names in (practically) any national alphabet, but doesn't allow me to send them to a compressed file?
I love this new series. Keep up the good work Laura! These are great.
If you still want to create folder with name con, lpt1, etc. try following:
Prefix "\\.\" with full physical path where you would like to create the dir and create folder using command prompt.
D:\test>mkdir \\.\D:\test\con
I wish there was a way we could order videos by the highests number of discussion comments. From what I can remember, you're videos are up there. great job
Actually one more, is there a way in Windows 7 or Vista to tell Windows Explorer for once and for all to always show my folders in one view (i.e. details) no matter what they contain. Seriously! Seriously! Seriously! I know what view I want, Windows doesn't, stop trying to be so smart and get out of my way...
I apologize for my outburst, but it's the one feature (to me it's a bug) of Windows that causes me to invent swear words.
The one thing I always wondered was why MFC has the prefix AFX (I know the answer, but why?)
If you know the answer then that pretty much explains why, doesn't it? Wikipedia makes it pretty clear:
One interesting quirk of MFC is the use of "Afx" as the prefix for many functions, macros and the standard precompiled header name "stdafx.h". During early development what became MFC was called "Application Framework Extensions" and abbreviated "Afx". The name Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) was adopted too late in the release cycle to change these references.
Short for "Application Framework Xtensions"
Adam: They tried that already. It was called Longhorn. It didn't work out.
Is Microsoft planning to have a Ph.D. program in Microsoft Licensing?
I like to know why if you boot in safe mode when the dos screen is loading the files some are in directory Drivers some are in DRIVERS why the difference.
Hope this makes sense.
Ha, Yes, I didn't phrase my question correctly. I wanted to know it was renamed, It's so confusing, and when I first learned MFC, I had to go look it up.
For example, the product code name Astoria was renamed to "ADO.NET Data Services". Seriously, Astoria sounds so much better, and people remember it. Please don't rename Azure to something like "Microsoft .NET Cloud Framework 1.0".
Geeked out explanation: con is a reserved name for the console. It can be used to direct the default text output to the screen. A common usage scenario would be a batch file, which's output was directed to a text file or the line printer (lpt1, lpt2) to use the screen as output method for a single command.
@wkemf: The question mark could be used in filenames, because using a single character wildcard would not exclude it. It was however used in the 8.3 character filename days as the first character in the FAT for deleted files. Deleting a file would replace it's first character with ?.
If you feel the need to use a reserved device name as a folder name or filename for a file without extension, add a Unicode fill in character. Rightclick into the input field and select Insert Unicode control character -> ZWJ or ZWNJ. And if you need to use reserved characters, you can use their wide-latin equivalents. That's fairly easy, if you have the Japanese or Chinese keyboard layouts and IMEs installed.
I had to look this one up on the internets to find out if it was true or not.
Why hasn't Willie Nelson done any marketing for Microsoft? Seriously
You could BSOD a Windows 98 box attempting to access the file C:\con\con
You can get creative on the methods of accessing this file.
This was a major source of lulz for me back in the day.
I'd love to know if the age old rumour that there's an 'if (powerpoint)' statement in the Windows message pump(s) is true!
You can't use a question mark (?) in a file name because it's a wildcard just like the Asterisk (*), the difference is that the question mark is a wildcard for just one character.
and if you try to enter a file name with a "?" in a save file dialog box, the save button will act a bit like a search button.
so the "?", "*" and all other forbidden characters are so because they are reserved for other file/folder uses.
I guess that's because when you compile, the get part of the property is changed into a method called get_PropertyName, so having a method with that name will be like defining a method twice.
The Word executable has the name winword.exe because there was a widely used DOS version before the first Windows version. Plenty of system back when might have both installed to suit different users. Excel, on the other hand, had no DOS version. It was ported from the Mac to Windows, and thus didn't need a filename that distinguished it from another PC platform version.
open thread.
This can be possible using DOS command prompt mkdir c:\con\
mkdir c:\aux\


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